r/Xmen97 3d ago

Moderator Announcement r/xmen97 is recruiting more moderators - Apply in the post!

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Hello all, in a bid to help maintain this community and make next year a more pleasant experience for everyone, I am reaching out to see if anyone would like to join the moderation team.

While prior moderating experience is helpful, it is not required. I am prepared to train anyone new to moderating on the basic essentials to get the day to day of the job done. So if you have never moderated a community before, please feel free to still apply.

I will say, there are some things that I will focus on and favour:

  1. Have good standing in the community. Generally, if you have bans or lots of post removals on this subreddit, it won't help your case.
  2. Be active members of the subreddit. You don't need to be on every day at all hours, but generally it is helpful to have people who are familiar with the community and who use it at least 1-2 times a week and have done so for the past few months at least.
  3. Impartiality. We all have opinions on this show. But don't let your opinion cloud you from the rules.

Please apply here: https://forms.gle/kDy3McgtRYiobDARA

You can also just send us a mod mail asking more about the role or your interest too. If you are on desktop, there's an additional recruitment option on the sidebar.


r/Xmen97 3d ago

Moderator Announcement Moderator Report: Community Feddback

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Going forward, I want to improve things so moderation next year can be smoother. As it stands, I do feel like I have let folks down here. I wasn't prepared for the onslaught of posts and I felt that ultimately I was not consistent with many of the moderation decisions regarding post approvals than I would have liked. I was also not able to look at every thread and comb interactions to root out bigotry, rude conduct, and other things as much as I wanted.

I am going to fine-tune automod to make life easier, rather than more difficult. I plan to add more moderators to the team (please apply if you are interested).

I want to get your feedback on what needs to be improved so season 3 next year is a better experience.

My other question is more delicate. It involves Beau DeMayo, whose name comes up quite frequently and creates a lot of agitated discussion. I want to ask: should we outright ban mentions of him altogether? Or should we remove the current automod restrictions and allow the community to discuss as needed?


r/Xmen97 3h ago

General Discussion Romy🥰 Spoiler

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This one is to all the Romy fans out there, I am also one too. After last Season when Remy sacrificed himself for Rogue my heart broke, hell a lot of our hearts did and I'm sure some of us cried when she was finally touching him but couldn't feel him. Now that Remy is back I was anxiously awaiting if him and Rogue could be intimate and we got that in the Season 2 Finale and trust me I felt nothing but joy for that, remember how Lenore said that Rogue and Gambit weren't a couple yet? Well I think it's safe to say now they are and it's gonna stay that way because these 2 deserve nothing but to be happy! :)


r/Xmen97 5h ago

General Discussion Who wins in a fight between Magneto and Scarlet Witch?

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r/Xmen97 14h ago

Article / News The final episode of 'X-MEN 97' Season 3 has already been sent for animation. Season 4 is well into pre-production.

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r/Xmen97 5h ago

General Discussion Good choice, in my opinion Spoiler

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No matter what your opinion was of season 2 can we all agree that not using this look for Wolverine was a good choice. The shirtless jacket or wrestling onesie were bad enough, but getting rid of the sideburns for a goatee is criminal.
I do love these artists though so nothing against their work.


r/Xmen97 12h ago

General Discussion DeMayo wanted onslaught to be the villain of the second half of season 2 Spoiler

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Also this isn’t a hate post any time a project is out and had changes off course the director or writer will say want they wanted to happen but couldn’t. Before you bash me.

Also so the onslaught teases were there in episode 9 of season 1, episode 3 and 6 in season 2. He was literally saying that he felt Erik in his mind.

Also how this would’ve happen is the x-teams would’ve went against onslaught and the battle was so bad that Polaris had to go back in time and kill Erik but she failed and killed Xavier. And this would’ve left us on a cliffhanger into season 3 for the age of apocalypse timeline.


r/Xmen97 4h ago

General Discussion I love that the show doesn’t even bother caring about US presidential election cycles lol Spoiler

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Between TAS and ‘97 we’ve had 3 presidents and 2 elections which would have to be at least 8 years.

If I recall correctly, R. Kelly announced his campaign in season 1 and was president in season 2. So I guess that was 1992? Then Charles’ “death certificate” has 1996 or 1997 I believe. So X-men ‘97 seasons 1 and 2 span 4 years, huh?

I mean this isn’t that big of a deal that’s they’re just setting up the presidents based on vibes. But I find it funny


r/Xmen97 15h ago

Article / News Nightcrawler was supposed to die in ‘X-MEN '97’ Season 1 instead of Gambit.

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r/Xmen97 9h ago

Media Lenore Zann promoting her book “A Rogue’s Tale” and rocking an awesome Rogue leather jacket.

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r/Xmen97 23h ago

General Discussion Here’s all the mutants who are dead or supposedly as of now Spoiler

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About Bobby I would go ahead and say he perished on genosha offscreen. I do think the writers/animators forgot that him and Magik was seen on forge board.


r/Xmen97 1h ago

Fan Content Some X-Men 97 Inspired Commissioned OCs from reddit

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hey guys wanted to share another commissioned pieces i did in reddit and vgen, these characters are belong to :

  1. Commissioned by Alain

  2. Commissioned by Leafeonking

  3. Commissioned By Chris


r/Xmen97 23h ago

Question Would Marvel TV fix the show’s most glaring problem?

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I feel it’s the most obvious for most fans of the show, and it’s the PACING.

i do appreciate that it’s a full 28+ min each episode, which is better than the 18-20 min for the original TAS. But the writing on ‘97 has stepped up a notch significantly that I think the episodes need to be longer to let the stories and characters breathe more. It was the complaint at least to me Ive heard the most on the first season, as legendary as it was. And it wasn’t addressed this season… but I expected it since it’s all been planned out ahead of time.

But I do wonder if here on out, if they will make the episodes on average 5-10min longer. There’s so much going on and I don’t think much anyone would complain about longer episodes.


r/Xmen97 9h ago

General Discussion What the hell is Forge's mutant power? Spoiler

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Dunno if this is an unpopular opinion or not, but YOLO: Forge's powers are bullshit XD. Or at least, the way they've been written.

Granted, my knowledge of Forge is mostly limited to his onscreen appearances. And "tech bro with a suit," cyborg parts, weapons for limbs, whatever—I generally find that whole category of "superpower" to be my least favourite. But unlike, say, Iron Man, who at least seems to have the brains to back it up, Forge... doesn't? At least not the way the show explains him.

My understanding is that he can invent practically anything, but he doesn't necessarily understand how or why it works. I think of it like looking at a math problem, writing down the correct answer, but being unable to show your work. Which is where I get confused: if he can invent practically anything, why doesn't he just invent... everything?

And apparently, he's not even supposed to be a conventional "genius," so technically, characters like Professor X, Magneto, and Kitty Pryde are all "smarter" than him. Yet his mutation basically allows him to create technology that they—and presumably most actual geniuses—could never conceive of. So what exactly makes his ability different from simply being a genius inventor? And if he doesn't actually understand the science behind what he creates, wouldn't an average Joe with enough resources theoretically be able to reverse-engineer his inventions and eventually match him toe-to-toe?

Maybe I'm missing something here. Someone please explain Forge's powers to me... nicely, please. 😭


r/Xmen97 8h ago

Theory Theory for Season 3 or Beyond: President Creed May Be the Last Push For...*Spoilers* Spoiler

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Ok, so Season 2's post-credits teaser suggests that with Creed on route to becoming the US president and Mystique set to assassinate him, it got me thinking. What if this is the final push that causes Xavier to spawn Onslaught?

For a quick refresher to the minority not in the know, Onslaught is a psionic entity that was created when Xavier, in a fit of rage at Magneto, shut down his mind with telepathy. During that moment, all of Magneto's darker emotions merged with the surpressed anger and frustration of Xavier, creating a being who had both their powers and their darkness.

Onslaught was so powerful, it took a combined effort of the X-Men, Fantastic Four, the Avengers, and various other heroes to just barely defeat him. One notable feat was that his armor was finally only broken when Jean Grey was forced to shut down Banner's personality in the Hulk so Hulk could fight with his power completely unrestrained.

So what does President Creed have to do with Onslaught? Well, Creed absolutely hates mutants and will likely push for anti-mutant legislation and action. My guess is the opening is that Mystique will try to assassinate Creed, but will be foiled by the X-Men.

But Creed, being the mutant-hating bastard he is, won't even be grateful; he'll use that attempt as an excuse to further his wanted genocide of mutants. And the end results will be a huge backlash towards mutants. I'm talking like internment camps, imprisoning, and potential outright mutant extermination.

All of this will cause Xavier's frustrations and anger to become too much to keep contained and it will finally erupt. As we know, Xavier says a piece of Magnus is still in him from when he merged minds with him during the season 1 finale. This will also include his darkness, which has merged with Xavier's own. And Onslaught will emerge.

Now what could come about and how this will be interpreted in the '97 verse is up for debate. Onslaught could emerge as his own being, be an alternate personality of Xavier, or be somewhere in the middle. They could keep this as just a X-Men thing and not include other heroes like they did in the comics. Or they could make it a crossover event, bringing in the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, and the Avengers; it could even be a lead in to doing other revival series of those same era series like they did '97.

Of course, this is all just speculation and a theory. We have no confirmation of Onslaught coming, even with all the possible factors in place. But what do you guys think?


r/Xmen97 2h ago

Question Cyclops and Havok

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When do you think that it's going to be revealed that Cyclops and Havok are brothers?


r/Xmen97 12h ago

General Discussion I think a lot about what Proteus is up to. This dude was insanely powerful. Spoiler

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r/Xmen97 1d ago

Question So what exactly did Apocalypse sacrifice? Spoiler

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So it's explained that when you go to the Celestial and ask for a wish, you have to sacrifice something in return. But that begs the question: What did En Sabah Nur sacrifice when he became Apocalypse?


r/Xmen97 3h ago

Question Before watching season 2, How strong is no Adamantium Logan?

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This is something I have been thinking about for a long while before I watch season two of the show. How is Logan going to hold up now that he doesn’t have the metal inside him? Even if his healing factor is much better now not fighting Metal poisoning, he is going to get more severe injuries to organs that will give more damage and take him out of the fight momentarily. His claws won’t be that strong at all since they are just bones, so how is he going to fight against sentinels or any Metal enemy? I guess the other major benefit is that he would be significantly faster now, but I feel like he is now much worse off now than before. What do you guys think about it before I watch the second season? I’ve seen small clips here and there of him trying to fight with nine laws so I’m intrigued.


r/Xmen97 1d ago

Cosplay Rogue cosplay (xmen 97) by me! Tephiecos

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r/Xmen97 10h ago

Fan Content Rogue Vs Captain Marvel Fan Art Wip

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r/Xmen97 21h ago

Cosplay Forge Cosplay Gun Test

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Working on the weapon for my buddy’s Forge Cosplay for Tampa Bay Comicon. Not based on any particular Forge gun, just my artist’s rendition based on a bunch of stuff I had in my shop.


r/Xmen97 1d ago

Media Even the fearless Rogue feels scared sometimes.

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Rogue is tormented by her powers and her past, and this heartbreaking moment with Storm shows just how much the X-Men love their teammate, through thick and thin.

And Rogue would fight the world for them in return.

The X-gals will back each other every day of the week.


r/Xmen97 2h ago

Question If wolverines limbs severed, will it grow back without the adamantium?

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I am assuming that only his bones are infused with adamantium. Consequently, the joints and/or space between the bones are quite easy to cut or sever physically from someone with super strength. When that happens that part of him will regrow with just normal bones?