Like AppleJ said, I also don’t think spoilers:end of spoilers
Xavier’s vision was foreshadowing or a hint at Gambit’s Death persona. I admit I don’t fully grasp a lot of the nuance in regards to race/colonialism/systems of oppression, I just don’t have a lot of that in my knowledge bank to speak effectively about it, but I’m learning. It seemed to me like the two stories were echoing and reflecting one another. I mean, my biggest clue was when both couples discuss an escape/vacation to a tropical beach and I’m just thinking: y’all better turn on the news…and then Storm did! I saw Storm’s transformation into Life and Gambit’s transformation into Death to be part of the plot’s echo/reflection theme.
I did not need breathing room between episodes. Seeing grief/remorse would have been more cathartic. Now I have to sit in my feels for another week like a sad baby in a wet diaper.
Mags is alive, I won’t believe the lies! He was taken off the credits because he’s not an x-man anymore. Cypher died under his tutelage in the books and he became a control-freak. I think poor Leech’s death will push Magneto over the edge. Rogue already spoke of his rage, I think we’ll see it boil over now.
Can I say how happy I am that my daughter is watching this with me? She has proclaimed Gambit/Rogue her OTP, wanted me to skip the recap so she didn’t have to see Gambit die again. Her observations crack me up - about Maddie: “whoa, you get quite the glow-up when you go evil,” latest episode: “Just make Deathbird Queen already,” and “ooh, now Storm’s got drip. I can’t wait to see Gambit’s glow up when he comes back. Shorter, pinker crop top - with sparkles.”