Gambit was a freakin’ boss in today’s X-men ‘97. Loved his showing in this episode. I think he probably cemented himself as a major fan favorite for many viewers.
“Not as good as I once was… but I’m as good, once, as I ever was.”
absolutely agree. One of the best moments in Xmen history and after 30 years and Gambit finally gets a big heroic moment that puts all the other characters to shame.
Agree with Remydat all the way. Rogue didn’t deserve him and never did. This is Gambits moment, she’s irrelevant, despite him saving her.
Remember it is 9.8 on IMDB and is the highest rated episode so far.
The vindictive part of me would want to take Quesada and all the other anti-Gambit dudebros from over the years and rub their noses in that 9.8 score. Like really grind it right up their nasal passages until fuchsia pink leaks from their tear ducts.
But I will embody Gambit’s generous spirit and practice forgiveness (while also talking sh-t out the side of my mouth). [displeased Cajun sounds]
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I actually read decent meta about this lately - it compared Remy’s popularity to Dick Grayson’s at DC and how it infuriated the dudes in those offices because they felt both were popular (and especially with women) for the “wrong” reasons lol. I’ll try to find it later.
But, my take is mostly:
Think about the demographic most widely represented among those writers.
Now, think about Gambit.
He isn’t a generic male self insert power fantasy. He’s especially beloved by female fans. Add in that most of these dudes also hate comic book romances beyond anything that isn’t just their self insert making out with whichever cartoon girl they’ve had a crush on since grade school (hence why even some of those who do like him think it would be oh so great if he was an unattached James Bond type with a trail of pining and/or fridged women in his wake, while they also prefer Rogue with men either much older (cough) and/or having some sort of power imbalance over her).
Anyway. Between the cartoon and the (alleged) Deadpool cameo, Gambit fever is only gonna pick up more steam. And I can’t wait for it to burrow under the skin of all those weirdos who’ve tried to kill him off or mocked his fans all these years.