Geek outlet Bounding Into Comics reports “showrunner Beau DeMayo has revealed that unlike the original series, the upcoming revival will portray the mutant shapeshifter Morph as a nonbinary individual.”
Describing the change as “ham-fisted,” the report notes that the runner of new show X-Men ’97 wants “to just get this right and really drill down to what I think the X-Men’s always going to be about which is just, you know, we talk a lot about the dream is social acceptance and it’s social justice.”
More like social engineering.
DeMayo adds that one of the goals of the project is to tackle “racism and bigotry” with “the power of empathy.”
In the original X-Men comics, the character Morph was capable of shape shifting into anything, male or female or whatever, so exactly why the character needs to be specifically identified as nonbinary now isn’t clear beyond an ill thought out attempt at scoring virtue signal points.
Beau DeMayo confirms that 'X-MEN '97' is not canon to the #MCU. pic.twitter.com/EPpLHa2xpc
— X-Men Updates (@XMenUpdate) February 19, 2024
The character is also described as having an “interesting buddy relationship with Wolverine,” prompting worries that Disney is about to ruin another iconic cultural character.
If Morph being nonbinary makes you angry, you clearly don't know what X-Men stand for. https://t.co/OGwehdmldF
— X-Men Updates (@XMenUpdate) February 15, 2024
Read the room, everyone beyond the alphabet crowd is very fed up with this stuff.
Leftist normies are currently putting out a counter argument that X-Men has always been about mutant freaks who are excluded from society, so that’s like non-binary people, and conservatives should stop crying… or something.
Bit hateful that, no?
The X-Men have and will always be symbols for inclusion and diversity. If you’re a bigot and have a problem with that, you’re not an X-Men fan and you don’t understand the slightest thing about them.
— X-Men Updates (@XMenUpdate) February 15, 2024
It’s really upsetting and sad to see that there’s a side of the internet that doesn’t like morph being nonbinary. The X-Men are supposed to be a symbol of people who are different fighting to have the same rights as anybody else, and they’re mad about it calling it “woke” ?? 😕
— Mr. Peter Noir (@Spidey1933) February 20, 2024
Nonbinary Morph is breaking people, wait until they find out Iceman is gay, Kitty & Betsy Braddock are Bi.Or were Nightcrawler comes from
— Carlyle talking about comics (@Turtz911) February 15, 2024
Wait till they find out that majority of big X-men stories are political/socially based. The X-men is unapologetical "Woke" and proud of it.
This X-Men account was so triggered by people rejecting the drivel that it threatened to block every ‘bigot’ that wasn’t enthused by the injection of gender identity politics into the upcoming show.
While we usually don't comment on people's opinions, the amount of ignorant bigotry and hate comments that have spewed from Morph being Nonbinary in the series, we will be blocking those that can't be respectful.
— X-Men Updates (@XMenUpdate) February 15, 2024
No one is forcing you to follow us or watch the show. 🙂
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