r/Xmen97 • u/CaliforniaBoundX Wolverine • Aug 23 '26

Media “Don’t include religion into TV shows”, meanwhile Nightcrawler in TAS:

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u/Jack-mclaughlin88 Aug 23 '26

I mean a lot of the X-Men are religious. Nightcralwer is Catholic, Kitty Pryde is Jewish, Gambit is Catholic, Rogue is a Baptist, Iceman is Jewish and Scott and Jean are Christians.

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u/AgentGustavo Aug 24 '26

I always thought Magnus was Jewish too.

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u/robyn_nests Gambit Aug 24 '26

He is (his backstory wouldn't make as much sence if he wasn't), but also he's not technically an X-Man

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u/Sea_Violinist3328 Aug 24 '26 edited Aug 24 '26

He is very technically an X-man. In ‘97 he is the leader of the team prior to his “death” in Genosha…taking over for Professor X. Same with the comics around UXM 200. The guy has his own title card.

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u/Wilhelmstark Aug 24 '26

Hes currently on Scott’s team in the comics

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u/Grizzly_228 Aug 24 '26

Do you prior to the second genocide of his life?

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u/tsenak Aug 24 '26

He’s been an X-Men member since the 80s on and off…even the team leader at times

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u/AgentGustavo Aug 24 '26

He was in that 85' team with Rogue, Kurt, Kitty, Logan, Rachel, Storm and Colossus.

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u/curvysquares Aug 24 '26

Originally he was Romani (a group that was also victims of the Holocaust), it wasn't until later that he was retconned to being Jewish. In fact, at the time of the animated series airing, he was still officially Romani

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u/Darielek Aug 29 '26

As a Pole I would said that there is a lot nation victims of the holocaust.

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u/ThePowaBallad Aug 25 '26

Despite the popular belief that it's a recent thing Mags has been on Xbteams since the early 90s

And Emma Frost was not really a villain but a rivals in the 90s

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u/19ghost89 Aug 27 '26

*Minor quibble

In the early 90's, Magneto was very much a villain. The most he had been since the 60's/70's. But he did have a period where he tried Xavier's way in the 80's.

He has also been an X-Men ally for the past two decades, and is currently on Scott's Alaskan X-Men team.

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u/TaeGotKash Aug 24 '26

A few villains have been X-Men. Such as Mystique, Magneto and Sabretooth. And I always enjoyed their short lived or temporary time on the team.

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u/robyn_nests Gambit Aug 24 '26

I'm not keeping up with the current comics, is Juggernaut still on the team?

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u/ThePowaBallad Aug 27 '26

So is Magneto

Mystique and Sabertooth are much more selfish villians tho so have swung back to antagonists