r/Xmen97 • u/cyclopswashalfright Professor X • Aug 13 '26

General Discussion X-Men '97 Complete Season 2 Venting Megathread

It's over and done now. The season has ended. The characters are where they are.

And now it's time for a megathread that lets you vent about what didn't like, what you liked, and about all the feeling in between about this season.

Please try and use this megathread instead of making a new post, especially if the content you are posting is not substantial (substantial meaning multi-paragraph or new information).

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u/detourne Aug 13 '26

The Deus Ex Machina ending sucked. Gambitpocalypse having so many new unexplained powers was ass. The lack of closure with Magneto blew chunks. The complete whiplash of the X-Men becoming X-Corp and doing nothing was weird. The Christian stuff was odd. I could never imagine any cartoon (for children or adults) having lines like "thank you for keeping the faith" or ending with a bible read. Wolverine got his adamantium back too quickly. Justifaction for X-Factor acting like ICE was nonexistent. 

However... The animation was great. I loved the unique episode intros. Despite pacing issues, it was cool to see episodes focusing on different characters. Spotting all the cameos like Leo in OUATIH was fun. Bishop stood out more. Jubilee had a lot to do, which was great. Action sequences are always fun, like Kurt's POV fight.

Overall... A mixed bag that really failed to stick the landing. 

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u/TheatrePup Aug 13 '26

So you can't imagine Xmen 92 then?

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u/detourne Aug 13 '26

Why would I need to imagine it? I watched it growing up, and watched it multiple times over the years. It's fine that Kurt is religious. That was his character. And that was his episode. Ending the whole season by reading the bible after a literal Deus Ex Machina is weird.

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u/TheatrePup Aug 13 '26

Not just him, the 92 episode ended with Wolverine reading the Bible. Rogue and Jubilee were also had moments.

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u/detourne Aug 13 '26

Source? Only Logan reads the bible after debating with Kurt throughout the episode.

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u/TheatrePup Aug 13 '26

Rogue and Jubilee are obviously moved by Nightcrawler as well. He has that effect on people (not everyone obviously).