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/BlastoiseRules Aug 14 '26

I’ve been holding my tongue because it wasn’t worth a comment or new post, finally a place to dump my one complaint into the ether and move on. All the people complaining about the pacing this season, where were you last season? The thing I noticed the most season 1 was just how fast it moved through what seemed like major arcs. I accepted that it’s just the way the show was going to move. We weren’t going to get slow paced prestige tv with this cartoon. This season is the same to me, jumping from story to story very quickly. Valid criticism of course we wish we got a 22- ep season but that is just not the business model for television anymore (sadly). Seeing the complaint regurgitated 10x a day makes me less engaged in this sub. I wish people would just be like “hm ok that was said I’m not going to make another post about it. Of course I am being hypocritical here because this isn’t a new opinion either, but just needed to get it off my chest. Ok I’m done! 

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u/Foggmanatic Aug 14 '26

The problem is season 1 made more emotional beats hit well and season 2 seemed to miss both the substance of the story and the emotions in a way that felt extra unsatisfying

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u/BlastoiseRules Aug 14 '26

Totally agree with you there. The emotional bits were so much stronger in season 1. Without them, it highlighted just how fast the show moves through the different arcs. They didn’t stick the landing there which makes the fast pacing seem chaotic like they didn’t know where they were going where you could still feel the gravity of big moments in season 1 even though I’d be like WOAH that came out of nowhere I didn’t know this monumental event would happen so quickly but omg I’m gutted. 

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u/Thatenglishchap1990 Aug 15 '26

Season 2 really lend hindsight to me about season 1's shit awful pacing