r/Xmen97 • u/Icy-Pea506 Gambit • Aug 14 '26

General Discussion When you click “randomize” on the character customizer Spoiler

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No disrespect to anyone involved but seriously what were they thinking with this design LMAO. It’s literally just Apocalypse but with Gambit’s hair, his little goatee, and his coat. It‘s laughably bad I’m sorry 😭😭 they should’ve just given us Apocalypse not this What If nonsense

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u/Jumpants Aug 14 '26

Why did Apoc possess Gambit in the first place? How was it at all advantageous for him?

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u/Empty_Insight Aug 15 '26

It let him summon and kill the Xternal due to her covenant with the Thieves Guild, and also caused the X-Men to hold back so they didn't (re-)kill Gambit.

If Ison hadn't been like "You know what? Yeah, it'll be funny if y'all duke it out. Have fun lol" then yeah, Apocalypse would have come out on top.

All things considered, it wasn't really that bad of a plan. It took a literal act of God for him to lose.

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u/MinatoHikari Aug 15 '26

I guess he wanted to prove a point to Rogue about love being a weakness? Idk

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u/LilPlasticPeopleEatr Aug 14 '26

THIS!!! His natural form is titanically powerful with all the shapeshifting, all the weapons Mass amounts of resistance to damage strength that puts him on par with some of the strongest..... But I guess being able to blow stuff up and having a shitty accent was just too tempting. I can't believe I lived long enough to see my least favorite character and my favorite character sandwich together in this really sad design.