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I always hated this plot line in these movies. No one has any empathy for the struggles Rogue is going though. Everyone else can be both a living weapon and have a normal life, but Rogue has to choose. If you wanted to framed this as trans metaphor, everyone else looks like a bunch of bigots. Honestly, the more and more you breakdown what Xavier is doing, the more and more he just looks like a different kind of villain. Seriously, how many of the mutants powers ever get explored for non-combat reasons? If this was just about adults, it'd be one thing, but this guy is in charge of children who are being kept away from their parents.
But nope, in Storm's eyes, Rogue is perfect just the way she is. As a living weapon.
I think this may have been were I started thinking there's something wrong with Hollywood and comic book writers.
The Doom Patrol hits that plot point a lot harder than the X-Men. The tv series is excellent.
It really is fantastic as a show. The sex ghost episode is hilarious
Edit: also the phrase "disembodied chumbawumba" entered my lexicon from that show.
We do see glimpses here and there, but most of it takes background to the fighting, or is shortly ended because the school blew up, the rest of humanity ordered a genocide on all Mutants, and got caught in the crossfire, etc.
I feel like that X-Men could benefit from taking a leaf off of Transformers, and having a series set up after peace was made, when everyone's trying to readjust to peacetime, and deal with all of that.
In fairness, Storm is shown to be wrong in saying that there's nothing wrong with Rogue in the rest of the movie, and that she doesn't need to be cured.
The tone of the movies always felt off. Someone, anyone should have called out Storm and sided with Rogue's choice. Even if they disapprove of what Storm is saying, they just silently sat there.