Quote Originally Posted by Michael Watkins View Post
people need to read the story more closely. specifically focus on the last panel involving Charles and Erik. they make it kind of obvious that the plan was to get the parents to overreact so Franklin would act rebelliously. the X-Men didn't harm anyone. they just made a good show of it. Magneto didn't need to toss cars at Sue's already erect force field. he could have used the metal beneath the street to attack them. this was all distraction so Kitty would have time to play good cop.
100 percent this.



The other mutants were present to run interference when the Fam tried to interrupt Franklin and Kitty's alone time. Franklin now thinks his parents are super uncool. It played out perfectly.