i don't care that they gave Gambit a beautiful sendoff. I don't care that his death was a heroic sacrifice and a masterpiece. I don't care that it fits into the plot perfectly.
That 2D fake man meant more to me than most people. I'm still in tears. I feel like I'm in physical pain. I actually think I hate life rn
One detail I appreciated from X-men 97's devastating episode "Remember It" is that it officially solidified Magneto as a Holocaust survivor.
When the original series was made in the 90s, censors were twitchy about cartoons referencing (even obliquely) the Nazis or their atrocities. That was why Magneto's backstory was a generic war-torn Eastern Europe, shown by that infamous scene where Xavier makes him relive the trauma.
Come this series, we do start getting allusions to Magneto's background; most notably during his speech to the UN.
But this image, especially with the inclusion of the patches, removes all ambiguity.
OH MY GOD ?! 😂 Do you really think you have a chance against Daemon ?! And what's more, you have the nerve to think that he wouldn't dare face you ?! Oh my god... Don't worry boy, he's going to face you. And kill you like shit, in a beautiful tribute to Lucerys.