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What we already know: Kevin Sydney, codename Morph, is a mutant with the power to shapeshift into anyone they want. This version debuted in the 90's X-men animated series as a mostly original take on the comic book character of Changeling, which then inspired the comics to revive the character in the Age of Apocalypse universe and continued into the Exiles comic books. When X-men came back as X-men '97 Morph was also brought back with a look and personality closer to the Exiles version of the character. But Morph also came back with a controversial power upgrade to be able to partially emulate physical mutations allowing them to have super strength, super speed, agility, extra limbs, and weapons.

I want to introduce a theory. Our Morph isn't just based on Morph based on the Exiles comic, based on the original animated show, based on the comics character Changeling, they're also our X-men '97 version of the character Mimic.

Mimic in the comic books is a mutant with the power to copy other mutant powers. He was an early X-men member similar to Changeling and nearly as obscure. He does appear once as a cameo in the series in the Age of Apocalypse tineline.

What if X-men '97 is pulling elements of the Mimic character into '97's version of Morph? Perhaps their power will continue to evolve and they'll gain a similar ability to copy even non-physical abilities?

TDLR; The theory is Morph has elements of the mutant code named Mimic in X-men '97.

Edit: I used the wrong pronouns a couple of times. It was my intention to use They/Them pronouns where I could. Totally missed the title and I don't think reddit lets me change it. Edited the body of the post to correct my mistakes. To be fair according to JP Karliak, Morph's pronouns are he/they.

I noticed Cooties had a listing on Movies Anywhere, and I thought Fandango also had the MA flag on it when I purchased it but it never transferred. When I went to confirm on Fandango it didn't have the flag anymore but then I checked on Movies Anywhere it clearly has a listing, but when I tried clicking the Fandago link it gives me an error message. I then confirmed the movie should have been listed with the last drop. Is Cooties actually available or is this a known problem?

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Do you think X-men 97 will ever explore the multiverse and crossover with other previous shows like X-men Evolution, Wolverine and the X-men, or maybe even Pryde of the X-men? And would you want them to?

Imagine Wolverine meeting Australian Wolverine 😂

So this isn't quiet a fully fleshed out theory but the themes hit me and I wanted to share.

So Alioth is a cosmic being at the end of time. Kang is able to take control of Alioth and used it to "end the multiversal war".

Galan of Taa was a scientist and explorer in the universe previous to the 616. As the universe was dying he was tasked to find a way to save his planet from destruction. Unfortunately he was unable to stop the destruction of the universe and proposed to his crew a glorious death by flying into a cosmic egg of the next universe. Before the end of the universe the consciousness of the sixth cosmos came to Galan and merged with him to become Galactus in the new reborn universe.

What if Alioth is the remnants of Galactus at the end of time? What if he is the eternal hunger that Galactus feels, surviving on the scraps of life that the TVA throws him? What if "He who remains" was supposed to be the Galan of the current universe, meant to merge with Alioth at the start of the next universe? Both Alioth and Galactus are described as devourers. Galactus and He who remains both dress somewhat similarly in purple. And finally, in Fantastic Four First Steps Galactus takes the form of a giant humanoid however in Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer he takes the form of a giant cosmic storm cloud... Just like Alioth!

Its a stretch and I doubt that it was meant when it was writen but I found the parallels intriguing. Interesting that everyone hated a cosmic cloud in 2007 but loved the idea in 2021 😅

In the original show we meet the X-ternal, a mutant who is important to both the thieves guild and the assassins guild as a power brokered. She is never given a real name in the original show only "the spirit" or the "X-ternal". She is identified as Candra because in the comics Candra is an X-ternal with the exact same role to the guilds. The biggest difference is that the animated X-ternal is black while Candra is white in the comics, and she has different style clothing.

She has reappeared in the X-men '97 show working with Rama Tut, which to my knowledge isn't something Candra ever did (Please correct me if I'm wrong). As Rama Tut leaves the city he hints to her role as the X-ternal and a role to Apocalypse.

Now my theory posits what if the X-ternal was never Candra? What if the writers are pivoting the identity of the character to one that was created much more recently? Perhaps she is actually Genesis, Apocalypse's wife. Together they ruled Okkara and had 4 children, War, Pestilence, Famine, and Death.

Now for my theory to be true, the writers would have to be spinning their own lore for this character because this is not how she is depicted in the comics. She also is not a one to one match in the way she's designed either though there are similarities. And obviously this was never the original intent for the character since Genesis was not created until recently. Genesis has not been identified as an X-ternal in the comics either while Candra and a select few other mutants have been. That being said Candra isn't a very important character to the X-men lore, she is a consistent thorn in their side but she has not been a story driving villian. I don't believe she has been tied to Apocalypse besides both being X-ternals. Since X-men '97 is hinting at a deeper role for the X-ternal character it would make enough sense to change her identity to Genesis who has a deeper connection to Apocalypse and the mutant race as a whole.

If he was born in 97' he's a Gen Z Kid. He even has his own built in AI assistant. As a millennial, he's younger than I am.

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Note: I missed last week but I hope everyone who wanted the Sex and the City movie got it. Lol

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