#guess who's watching xmen 97

[jamjjamm]

Ororo ''STORM'' Munroe

[exotic-inquiry]

bamf

[caramel-cream50]

to me, my gay men

[sunflowergirl522]

GAMBIT😍😍😍😍🤩🤩🤩🤩

[magnetosupporter]

Sooo

lately since ive been reading the comics and watching the '92's show I have come up with a thought that i guess only tumblr fandom may welcome it and i'd to share it with you guys

well, since watching xmen 97 i have been completly in love with rogneto, and even went to read the comics to know more about them and their relationship and what had lead them towards the end so she actually end up marrying another guy, and dont get me wrong, i do enjoy watching gambit and think he's a funny character, cool powers and memorable lines, but i do not like to see him with rogue, but ive came to be cool with this fact since he makes her happy.

ever since watched EP. 5 i had the thought that he was somehow ""childish"" on what he said to rogue when she taught him about her previous relationship, and at first, i did get it, he was hurt, hurt to see she choosing somebody else. choosing someone he thought was no good (in all ways possible) and most important, choosing someone who could give her what he could not.

I mean, he's not wrong, indeed, there are some things deeper than skin, everyone knows that, but not this, not for her. I think, love is so much more than sex, but sex is also a part of love. You can say you love someone without ever have touched them, but sometimes, some moments, when you're so in love you wish to... kiss them. To hold their hands, to hug them, to strip them out of their clothes and touch them bare, kind of touch so intimate, so deep, to bring happiness and pleasure to the other and get yours from it. Its not the thought "someone has their needs", we can live without sex, its okay, but sometimes you wish more, and you are not wrong for dreaming big. Rogue has the right to dream big, to love, to touch, to give herself to someone and be loved, touched, desired. She has the right to have dirty fantasies and even, maybe, dream of having children of her own.

It is unfair to her to remind her what she alredy knows. She never forgot her love for gambit, for the thing deeper than her skin, but with that she was also reminded that even with happy moments she couldn't kiss him desperatly without bringing him pain. It is not causing herself pain that scares her, but hurting someone she loves the most. And we gotta agree that he saying that to her was probaply the most unfair thing someone could have ever said to another. Gambit was wrong, and unfair. And i do think he was childish in this moment, even though he was also hurt.

With saying this to her, I think he scared her, wronged her for choosing herself, her dreams and needs over love. Im not saying "she should have choose sex over love", because I know her moment with Erik was long gone, and probably wasnt so deep as the present one with gambit, but i do know she loved Erik, as he was wholeheartly given to her. There was just so more complex things between rogneto than i could say right now, but the point is: she has the right of being loved, and choosing this for her, even if it isnt with somebody we would like to.

She has the right of choosing herself and not being called selfish for that, because she is not wrong. She cannot be wrong in this matter, its her life we are talking about. We know how much of a hell her powers are to her, so, how can you blame her for choosing a path that wrong bring her or the ones she loves pain??

I do know that in the comics she learns how to control her powers and so many more things, but im talking about EP. 5, that little moment when everything seemed so... hard to go thru. Do not wrong my girl, she deserves to be happy and dont even try saying shit about Erik to favor your r*my, because Magneto may has done plenty wrong things in his life, but he also loved her more than he could put into words. He loves her in every universe, even if she does not choose him.

(not to forget the difference between their reaction on being rejected, but this is a matter for another time)

[manyothermusingsofmine]

anyway brought up my main gripe with Xmen 97 somewhere else and I still cant sleep so my brain is thinking about like.. yeah I have a big issue with the pacing of '97.

Like the whole destruction of Genosha leaves me numb but very much not in the way the story wants me to feel numb about it. The story wants you to feel horrible at what transpired and yes what does transpire is horrible- but you introduced this place like -looks at my watch- what, 10 minutes or so to me? I don't care as much as you clearly want me to care

It is bizarre to see one of your favorite characters get seriously injured and to just internally go "oh come on you're not going to kill off a character you literally just introduced especially not Nightcrawler be for real with me now."

I'm not even going to entertain the thought that Banshee survived because that one is locked in drive by cameos so that whole thing to me played out as "Hello Banshee." "☠️" "Goodbye Banshee."

But also imagine if you will watching this all in a discord vc with your friends and getting to the genuine good emotional beats with Magneto protecting Leech (? i think?) and the whole thing with Gambit and everyone is solemn about it and we're solemnly rebuilding genosha and looking for survivors and we yoink Diamond Emma Frost out of the rubble who then goes "Guess I do best under pressure"

Goddamn I had to repress my laugh reflex so bad but a snort still escaped me in an otherwise silent and solemn VC because my inner response to it just was "fantastic diamond pun Emma hey quick question next time you want a mutant power upgrade can we do it without levelling an entire fucking city?!"

idk where im going with this post its 2 am and I gotta get my ass up in like six hours for work so uh this is going grand anyway

[fizzingwizard]

At last I caved and am watching new!Xmen 97. Two eps in so far.

The animation is good, it really is... They leaned into the retro style but cleaned up and it looks great. But so far there's next to no atmosphere (except for Storm's bits lol). Even in the middle of the night everyone's lit up bright as day lol. Pet peeve of mine.

Also I really wish western animators would learn a little about dynamic storyboarding from anime. Especially since the faces can be so unemotional, it's important to let body language, lighting, and framing convey what they won't use faces for so they won't look "unmanly"

When the voice actors are talking about normal stuff, they sound awesome. When they're talking about X-men stuff, they sound like they stepped out of the 90s yesterday. Lol. Makes me batty. That one scene where Jean's like "I remember when all of existence was on the brink of destruction and there was Scott" and then segues into some nice female support group with Ororo is a good example.

The jokes are funny. Like they are actually funny you guys x'D Wolvie vs Scott has me in stitches. Beast of course has the best lines. Gambit's pretty good too.

Scott makes a really good show these first couple episodes. I'm enjoying him. He's a lot like X-men Evo Scott. Animated Scotts are always so chipper compared to comics Scott, but at least he's not all burnt out like WatXM Scott or all one note like movie Scott.

They let Jean fight while pregnant! I mean... she was just sitting there using her psychic powers... but still. She fought while pregnant! lol.

When she went into labor I thought it was a missed opportunity for some peak humor. Like they got a good start with Wolvie being her only option for getting her to the hospital, and then the chaos on the ride over was funny. But they ruined it by making half the team just quit fighting and go to the hospital. Of course it's important for Scott to be there, but... Honestly I think it would've been funnier if Jean had no one but Logan. Also Rogue saying "what if I touch the baby by accident" kinda baffled me because no one should be touching a newborn, let alone the mother, without gloves...

Morph upsets me xD In a nice way, I guess. Like they're clearly a stand in for Deadpool. Yes, comics Morph is also like that, but still... they're here to be this universe's Wolverine's Deadpool. And they haven't even had that many good lines yet! I'm sure there'll be more as the season goes on but. Then they even cheer up Logan with not only a six pack of beer but a good old bout of wrestling? CMON THAT'S LOGAN AND KURT'S THING. lol. I'm so offended. No not really. But kinda. Anyway. Morph is sweet even though they've stolen Crawler's role with the beer and the friendly fisticuffs and the insecurity etc etc.

For a less extremely personal and subjective opinion on Morph... I actually am slightly bugged that they're here only because their power is morphing. So the X-men have got Rogue, who can imitate anyone's power once she absorbs it, and Morph, who can just imitate anyones power by morphing. If they have limits in this show it's not clear as of yet. So that is too much power on the X-men if you ask me. Can they not just morph into Juggernaut or something? It is really challenging to balance all X-men powers and use them logically. I feel like you shoot yourself in the foot by tossing in too many of the overpowered types.

I LIKE MORPH OKAY I DO. DON'T COME FOR ME. I'M JUST A DEPRIVED X-FAN FROM YER MOM'S GENERATION OKAY

On a very positive note, I'm thrilled that it's only two episodes in and almost everyone on the cast has stuff to do! Scott and Jean obvs - Magneto and Xavier - Jubilee and (potentially) Roberto - Rogue and Gambit (to be fair Gambit's not really happened yet but the seeds are planted with his crush on Rogue and her involvement with Magneto) - and of course Storm. I'm kinda nervous right now because 97!Storm is one of the best Storms ever, and if she's depowered and gone from the team for long the show will really miss her... But that was a great story arc for her in the comics and I'm really hoping it pans out well in this season too.

notice I didn't mention Wolverine. Well Wolverine's always involved in stuff. I don't have to worry about him lol. I'm happy to let someone else be more relevant to the story for a while.

So the hits keep coming and they don't stop coming, which is great, because everyone has something to do, but is also nuts, because boy the show moves fast. Take a breather ffs. It's EPISODE TWO lmao.

Overall I guess it's what I would have expected from a sequel to the old TAS series, but also rather better than what I would have expected. So that's pretty great.

[burning-bubble-tea]

I know it’s not the end of the world.

I know nihilism and apathy is complicity.

But at the same time it is dystopia. Not the end of the world, there are bastions of hope. But it’s dystopia.

Or maybe the status quo as we know it is terrible and dystopia is worse than this. Maybe dystopia/utopia binary is not a helpful line of thought.

I watch tv shows depicting the end of the world. Apocalypses with heroes sometimes pulling through or not in some sort of subversion of the happy ending.

I focus on the small and see life and love and I see it at the large as well. But I also see genocide and violence.

There is no hero to save the day. There isn’t even a hero to try and fail in a narrative of tragedy and cathartic release.

You just keep living as the birds return in spring, the cicadas swarm and the trees wilt.

Time will pass and life will live on. We will keep pulling at the system before one day we find it has unraveled and we may begin weaving together anew.

But I will not wait for revolution and utopia like waiting for the rapture. Being alive in spite of it all and enjoying it is revolutionary.

The infighting will happen anyways. Time will pass anyways. The hate will flow in anyways. Not in my control no matter how much I wish I could stop it. People can be empowered not by being able to stop injustice, but being able to resist, to survive and against all circumstances, thrive.

Bisan feels nostalgic while eating possibly the last bag of her childhood sweets and experiences joy. One day may those sweets come to bring joy again. By her or by those in the future.

Rebecca Hall cites the importance of the past for the future. I live in the present with my past for the future.

Anyways all this bullshit was conjured cause I watched Xmen 97 and I both enjoyed it and am incredibly mixed about it. Y’know cause Disney is complicit in genocide and I’m watching a show that’s basically clearly defining and reflecting issues like systemic racism and political corruption. But whatever. I may not understand the cognitive dissonance people who believe phantasms have when they watch media that so clearly tells them the opposite of what they believe in but alas they continue.

Satire that is not clear enough blends into the whole I guess.

[bottom-lexa]

If you insist... 1-216 please sir! :D

lmao probably didn’t mean all 216 but okay.

okay i tried to do them all but i only did till 108 coz wow there’s so many

1: My name? Aiden 

2: Do I have any nicknames? Nope

3: Zodiac sign? Virgo

4: Video game I play to chill, not to win? I kinda only play CoD

5: Book/series I reread? I don’t think i’ve reread anything

6: Aliens or ghosts? Aliens

7: Writer I trust enough to read whatever they write? I don’t think there’s anyone like that but i read a lot of james patterson

8: Favourite radio station? don’t have one

9: Favourite flavour of anything? vanilla i think

10: The word that I use all the time to describe something great? awesome

11: Favourite song? rn it’s Champion and Something Just Like This

12: The question you ask new friends to get to know them better? literally nothing. i’m bad with new people

13: Favourite word? fuck

14: The last person who hurt me, did I forgive them? i don’t forgive them

15: Last song I listened to? champions - FOB

16: TV show I always recommend? Sense8

17: Pirates or ninjas? pirates i guess

18: Movie I watch when I'm feeling down? the avengers or pitch perfect

19: Song that I always start my shuffle with/wake-up song/always-on-a-loop song? depends on my mood/don’t have a wake-up song/currently, champions is on a loop

20: Favourite video games? CoD Advanced Warfare

21: What am I most afraid of? no one ever falling in love with me. and spiders.

22: A good quality of mine? good listener. and i never judge.

23: A bad quality of mine? I tend to ruin relationships for no fucking reason and idk how to stop that

24: Cats or dogs? DOGS

25: Actor/actress you trust enough to watch whatever they're in? well i won’t watch it thinking it’ll be good no matter what. but i’ve watched two shitty movies because alycia was in them and i’m willing to watch a third.

26: Favourite season? of?

27: Am I in a relationship? LMAOOOOO. no, sadly no

28: Something I miss? Lexa

29: My best friend? @dashingswan​ and @kittlesandskittles​

30: Eye colour? brown

31: Hair colour? also brown

32: Someone I love? lexa kom trikru

33: Someone I trust? my best friends

34: Someone I always think about? the commander

35: Am I excited about anything? nope. not rn

36: My current obsession? nothing atm i think

37: Favourite TV shows as a child? xmen and spongebob

38: Do I have someone of the opposite sex that I can tell everything to? ye

39: Am I superstitious? nope

40: What do I think about most? clexa and how messed up my future is probably going to be

41: Do I have any strange phobias? nah nothing strange

42: Do I prefer to be in front of the camera or behind it? behind

43: Favourite hobbies? working out and writing

44: Last book I read? i think it was a game of thrones

45: Last film I watched? WONDER WOMAN

46: Do I play any instruments? nah but i really wanna learn the guitar

47: Favourite animal? wolf and shark

48: Top 5 blog on Tumblr that I follow? can’t pick top 5

49: Superpower I wish I could have? super strength 

50: How do I destress? workout

51: Do I like confrontation? hell nope

52: When do I feel most at peace? at the gym, pumping the iron, no joke

53: What makes me smile? clexa

54: Do I sleep with the lights on or off? who sleeps with the lights on???

55: Play any sports? not anymore

56: What is my song of the week? Champions - fall out boy

57: Favourite drink? coke zero coz i can’t have alcohol yet

58: When did I last send a handwritten letter to somebody? no clue

59: Afraid of heights? ye

60: Pet peeve? text replies, that are just “ok”

61: What was the last concert I went to see? i’ve never actually been to a concert

62: Am I vegetarian/vegan/pescatarian? noooooope. i love meat too much.

63: What occupation did I want to do when I was younger? i wanted to be a superhero and there was a point where i wanted to be in the army because my dad’s friend was an officer and i just thought it was really cool

64: Have I ever had a friend turn enemy? idk if it’s enemy or just someone i’d strangle if i saw again

65: What fictional universe would I like to be a part of? MCU probably

66: Something I worry about? ma future because it’s gonna be messy with the family and all that

67: Scared of the dark? nope

68: Who are my best friends? i literally answered this a couple of minutes ago

69: What do I admire most about others? i guess it’s different with different people. but open-mindedness is really cool

70: Can I sing? only when i’m alone in the house

71: Something I wish I could do? fly. idk why but that was the first thing that came to mind. and also breathe underwater

72: If I won the lottery, what would I do? no clue

73: Have I ever skipped school? not without my parents knowing, no. coz i stay home if i don’t go and there’s usually a good reason behind it

74: Favourite place on the planet? the gym. 

75: Where do I want to live? a big city that’s warm and dry.

76: Do I have any pets? my smol son Chase

77: What is my current desktop picture?

78: Early bird or night owl? night own for sure

79: Sunsets or sunrise? sunset

80: Can I drive? not yet

81: Story behind my last kiss? never been kissed

82: Earphones or headphones? depends what i’m doing. at the gym + just out on the move + in class = earphones. chilling at home + traveling = headphones

83: Have I ever had braces? nope

84: Story behind one of my scars? i don’t really scar so i don’t have many. there’s one on my arm tho, a pretty big one and that’s from when i was 10. and fell down while playing outside at school.

85: Favourite genre of music? idk man. alt rock probably

86: Who is my hero? lexa kom trikru. 

87: Favourite comic book character? Captain America

88: What makes me really angry? assholes

89: Kindle or real book? real book

90: Favourite sporty activity? working out?

91: What is one thing that isn’t tight in schools that should be? no clue

92: What was my favourite subject at school? maths

93: Siblings? a little sister

94: What was the last thing I bought? A pair of gym shorts that are a size too big

95: How tall am I? 5′1

96: Can I cook? yes. and i’m pretty damn good

97: Can I bake? also yes.

98: 3 things I love? lexa, clexa, my pupper

99: 3 things I hate? homophobes, transphobes, blarkes

100: Do I have more girl friends or boy friends? yep

101: Who do I get on with better, girls or boys? idk tbh. depends on the person

102: Where was I born? bangladesh

103: Sexual orientation? biiiiiii

104: Where do I currently live? wales, uk

105: Last person I texted? @dashingswan

106: Last time I cried? i don’t even remember

107: Guilty pleasure? shows that are too violent and probably will make me feel weird after watching

108: Favourite Youtuber? uppercaseCHASE1 and  TheRealAlexBertie

109: A photo of myself.110: Do I like selfies?111: Favourite game app?112: My relationship with my parents?113: Favourite accents?114: A place I have not been but wish to visit?115: Favourite number?116: Can I juggle?117: Am I religious?118: Do I like space?119: Do I like the deep ocean?120: Am I much of a daredevil?121: Am I allergic to anything?122: Can I curl my tongue?123: Can I wiggle my ears?124: Do I like clowns?125: The Beatles or Elvis?126: My current project?127: Am I a bad loser?128: Do I admit when I wrong?129: Forest or beach?130: Favourite piece of advice?131: Am I a good liar?132: Hogwarts house / Divergent faction / Hunger Games district?133: Do I talk to myself?134: Am I very social?135: Do I like gossip?136: Do I keep a journal/diary?137: Have I ever hopelessly failed a test?138: Do I believe in second chances?139: If I found a wallet full of cash on the ground, what would I do?140: Do I believe people are capable of change?141: Have I ever been underweight?142: Am I ticklish?143: Have I ever been in a submarine?144: Have I ever been on a plane?145: In a film about my life, who would I cast as myself, friends and family?146: Have I ever been overweight?147: Do I have any piercings?148: Which fictional character do I wish was real?149: Do I have any tattoos?150: What is the best decision I have made in life so far?151: Do I believe in Karma?152: Do I wear glasses or contacts?153: What was my first car?154: Do I want children?155: Who is the most intelligent person I know?156: My most embarrassing memory?157: What makes me nostalgic?158: Have I ever pulled an all-nighter?159: Which do I value more in others, brains or beauty?160: What colour mostly dominates my wardrobe?161: Have I ever had a paranormal experience?162: What do I hate most about myself?163: What do I love most about myself?164: Do I like adventure?165: Do I believe in fate?166: Favourite animal?167: Have I ever been on radio?168: Have I ever been on TV?169: How old am I?170: One of my favourite quotes?171: Do I hold grudges?172: Do I trust easily?173: Have I learnt from my mistakes?174: Best gift I’ve ever received?175: Do I dream?176: Have I ever had a night terror?177: Do I remember my dreams, and what is one that comes to mind?178: An experience that has made me stronger?179: If I were immortal, what would I do?180: Do I like shopping?181: If I could get away with a crime, what would I choose to do?182: What does “family” mean to me?183: What is my spirit animal?184: How do I want to be remembered?185: If I could master one skill, what would I choose?186: What is my greatest failure?187: What is my greatest achievement?188: Love or money?189: Love or career?190: If I could time travel, where and when would I want to go?191: What makes me the happiest?192: What is “home” to me?193: What motivates me?194: If I could choose my last words, what would they be?195: Would I ever want to encounter aliens?196: A movie that scared me as a child?197: Something I hated as a child that I like now?198: Zombies or vampires?199: Live in the city or suburbs?200: Dragons or wizards?201: A nightmare that has stayed with me?202: How do I define love?203: Do I judge a book by its cover?204: Have I ever had my heart broken?205: Do I like my handwriting?206: Sweet or savoury?207: Worst job I’ve had?208: Do I collect anything?209: Item of clothing or jewellery you’ll never see me without?210: What is on my bucket list?211: How do I handle anger?212: Was I named after anyone?213: Do I use sarcasm a lot?214: What TV character am I most like?215: What is the weirdest talent I have?216: Favourite fictional character?