Especially because Mystique in the movies had such a strong anti-assimilationist energy. Answering the question why she doesn’t always look like a human with “because it shouldn’t be necessary”, having a literal shapeshifter refuse to obey passing dictates is fucking powerful for me as a trans woman.
I didn’t think of it that way when i originally saw the movie, i was still an egg back then, but nowadays, it fits so well. I doubt it’s intentional given the time the movie was made in, but things can work as metaphors for topics the authors didn’t have in mind at all.
Genuinely one of the most egregious and frustrating character assassinations I’ve ever seen in one of these things. I know on some level all of these stories are dependent on who is behind the typewriter so its impossible to say what a character actually would or wouldn’t do but its just such a fucking infuriatingly simplistic view not just of the mutant civil rights allegory but also of how a character like magneto would perceive their struggle. Haven’t finished X-men 97 yet but the plot point with what happens to Storm and his response feels like a direct fucking response to that scene in Last Stand TBH.
Yeah, that was a great moment. Rest of the series is just as good, 97 is just a great show. I’m sure there are flaws here and there that just aren’t coming to mind but it’s shockingly good for recent Marvel content made by Disney.
Real shame about the show runner, I’m assuming s2 won’t happen or will be worse.
When Magneto betrayed the demutantized Mystique instantly I was so mad.
Especially because Mystique in the movies had such a strong anti-assimilationist energy. Answering the question why she doesn’t always look like a human with “because it shouldn’t be necessary”, having a literal shapeshifter refuse to obey passing dictates is fucking powerful for me as a trans woman.
I’ve never really considered it (probably because I’m not a trans woman) but now that you point it out it’s hard not to see it.
I didn’t think of it that way when i originally saw the movie, i was still an egg back then, but nowadays, it fits so well. I doubt it’s intentional given the time the movie was made in, but things can work as metaphors for topics the authors didn’t have in mind at all.
Genuinely one of the most egregious and frustrating character assassinations I’ve ever seen in one of these things. I know on some level all of these stories are dependent on who is behind the typewriter so its impossible to say what a character actually would or wouldn’t do but its just such a fucking infuriatingly simplistic view not just of the mutant civil rights allegory but also of how a character like magneto would perceive their struggle. Haven’t finished X-men 97 yet but the plot point with what happens to Storm and his response feels like a direct fucking response to that scene in Last Stand TBH.
Yeah, that was a great moment. Rest of the series is just as good, 97 is just a great show. I’m sure there are flaws here and there that just aren’t coming to mind but it’s shockingly good for recent Marvel content made by Disney.
Real shame about the show runner, I’m assuming s2 won’t happen or will be worse.