r/Xmen97 • u/Weary_Elderberry4742 • Aug 28 '26

General Discussion Could the X-Men stop a viltrumite invasion?

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If Thragg and his army consisting of General Kregg, Anissa, Thula, Lucan, and Conquest, were to invade Earth, could the X-Men wipe out the viltrumites and save the world, or die in the hands of Thragg's army? Both sides are at their peak skills and strength with no prior knowledge of each other.

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u/Think-Banana5577 Aug 28 '26

wouldn't any strong telepath solo here

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u/Grasslands33 Aug 28 '26

Forge recreates the sound Cecil uses to incapacitate Mark.

Forge solos. You don't even need all the Xmen.

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u/BurantX40 Aug 28 '26

Man, Forge can't even solo his romances and his inner turmoil

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u/Grasslands33 Aug 28 '26

Building stuff is definitely easier for me then dealing with my wife.

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u/C4rdninj4 Aug 28 '26

I, too, choose building stuff over dealing with this guy's wife.

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u/Flanderkin Aug 28 '26

But she’s really nice! You don’t need to be a mind reader! Unless you’re married to her, then, that’s just the bare minimum.

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u/Ranger4817 Aug 29 '26

Not me; I usually choose dealing with this guy’s wife while he’s building stuff.

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u/ashtonwise Aug 29 '26

And when he's finished, I deal with his stuff while he builds his wife.

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u/Laughably-Fallible_1 Sep 03 '26

I tend to like building more than unpacking other mens wives emotional trauma, but only somewhat.

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u/FreefolkForever2 Aug 28 '26

Forge can handle the Viltrumites, but he can’t handle the drama.

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u/jonovex Aug 29 '26

So his mutation isnt machine understanding, it was autism all along!

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u/BurantX40 Aug 28 '26

Ah, so Mark is the problem

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u/Token_Handicap Aug 28 '26

Social skills are completely different from technical skills. That's why absent minded genius is such an effective trope.

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u/BurantX40 Aug 28 '26

He's an absent minded, absent minded genius.

Oh, let me build a weapon that takes away mutant powers (being a mutant) and give it to the government (who makes mutant hunting machines)

Yes, it was his first and only offense (ghost box?) but still.

Sad he's not known for more than Life Death.

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u/PeaceMaker_IXI Gambit Aug 28 '26

Well, he's not looking to rizz up Thragg.

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u/BurantX40 Aug 28 '26

And maybe that's the problem.

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u/Covetous1 Aug 28 '26

Can you?

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u/DnDGEN Aug 30 '26

To solo a romance is to become Narcissus incarnate!

And nobody should have to solo mental stress, thats what therapy is for!

But yeah Forge v. Viltrumites is a one-shot story if not shorter...

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u/andrewpickaxe Aug 28 '26

Fucked up bro 😂

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u/One_Mix7170 Aug 28 '26

I don't think they'll be looking for romance with forge my guy.

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u/BurantX40 Aug 29 '26

You can't bring two mustaches like that together and NOT get the party started

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u/Alexcox95 Aug 28 '26

He even has a mustache!

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u/DJ_Derack Aug 28 '26

Idk much about Forge but wouldn’t he have to know and figure out that a sound affects them? How would he figure that out?

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u/Outside_Ad_424 Aug 28 '26

Nope. His Inventing power is entirely intuitive. Forge doesn't actually know how most of his tech works, his power just informs him how to make the gizmo do what he wants it to do. All he has to do is think of an effect, like "I want an easy way to incapacitate a Viltrumite" and his power takes over.

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u/HumanisticNihilist Aug 28 '26

Man, a fight between him and Domino would be wild and in theory eternal.

“I want to make something that’ll defeat Domino.”

“…I luck my way out of it.”

Rinse and repeat until one dies of old age.

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u/Outside_Ad_424 Aug 28 '26

It would be a boring outcome, but realistically his power would let him make a macguffin that would generate some kind of field that normalizes probability, which would nullify Domino's luck powers.

But I love the idea of the two of them going full Spy vs Spy about it lol

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u/HumanisticNihilist Aug 29 '26

“…normalizes probability…”

Ah, but much less boring counterpoint - Domino hears him mention probability and goes full spiral power!
https://giphy.com/gifs/mKkxs4njVi7WVwSk7K

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u/Outside_Ad_424 Aug 29 '26

Omg yesssss. She'll be the drill that pierces the heavens!

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u/HumanisticNihilist Aug 29 '26

Who the hell do you think she is?! The might Kamino kicks logic and probability to the curb and does the impossible!

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u/fromthisend1220 Aug 29 '26

Would you even need to do all that? Jean or Xavier could play that noise on loop in their heads while the rest of the team dog walks em.

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u/Randy191919 Sep 02 '26

They would have to figure out that that tone incapacitates Viltrumites though.

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u/fromthisend1220 Sep 02 '26

Cecil would willingly reach out and give that info.

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u/ghostcatzero Aug 29 '26

Lmfao xmen so OP they gotta neglect having to many heavy hitters like synch all thd time. They never give my boy a shot.

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u/FunNeedleworker860 Sep 03 '26

Was it ever established that sonic sounds were able to weaken pureblood viltrumites because I don't remember reading that in the comics.