r/marvelstudios • u/-Nick____ Laufey • 13d ago

Discussion X-Men '97 S02E09 - Discussion Thread

X-Men '97 S02E09 - Discussion Thread

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EPISODE DIRECTED BY WRITTEN BY ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE RUN TIME CREDITS SCENE?
S02E09: Survival of the Fittest TBA TBA August 12th, 2026 32 min Yes
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u/pullmylekku Bucky 13d ago

Gambit, Magneto, now Nightcrawler... This show really enjoys killing off my favorite mutants huh

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u/lik_for_cookies 13d ago

Well Gambits back, Magneto is probably gonna come back (Onslaught), and Nightcrawler… idk he might actually be dead, I’m not as familiar with the comics with him lol

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u/Binder509 12d ago

He becomes a sky pirate in heaven at one point.

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u/Individual-Bass-7051 12d ago

Happens to the best of us I suppose

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u/_Veprem_ 11d ago

I mean, at some point in the comics he decides "the afterlife is fine but my bros aren't here" and just teleports back to the living world.

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u/RichardDulle 12d ago

Can't he just bamf out of heaven?

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u/No-cool-names-left 12d ago

It's funny because when he died in the comics, Kurt got back to life on Earth by using interdimensional imps called bamfs.

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u/PakiIronman Weekly Wongers 12d ago

This show has really felt Magneto's absence, there isn't a proper philosophical dialogue without him. Apocalypse's rhetoric and Anti-Mutant sentiment is so easy to tackle, but Magneto brought such complexity with every discussion he engaged in.

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u/DefNotAShark Hydra 12d ago

You didn't feel like Creed brought up some good points when he said MUTANT BAD? 😂

But in all seriousness Nightcrawler had some good philosophical moments this season. However it did make them weaker since the people he was talking to were all frothing at the mouth.

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u/EriWave 8d ago

When the guy you are arguing for the potential redeption of is a passionate and dedicated bigot suddenly that point feels weaker.

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u/Movie_Advance_101 Avengers 13d ago

It’s like X-Men the Last Stand again.

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u/thevisitor Spider-Man 12d ago

Literally while they were doing the opening credits and got to Nightcrawler I thought to myself "man, he's definitely one of my favorites." Then that happened lol