Photo: “Rogue and Magneto”. X-Men ‘97 by Marvel Studios. (March 2024)

Dispersed through my recommended videos Saturday morning were clips of an X-Men Universe pairing that has left me both confused about this new development and curious about exploring the Uncanny X-Men comic archives, specifically, the Savage Land saga. The very act of these two well-known mutants entertaining a relationship with each other would add a new dimension, turning one of the most developed relationships in the series into a love triangle.

The couple development in question, of course, is Rogue and Magneto after sharing an intimate moment where their hands touched. The X-Men ‘97, episode two scene takes place in Magneto’s study, where Rogue approaches Magneto to talk about the past. They reference a sort of romantic intimacy between each other as a cat that’s “gotta stay in its bag” and that it happened “a long time ago”. A Rogue and Magneto pairing IS part of the Marvel canon, with explanations of why Rogue is able to touch Magneto’s hand without absorbing his power or hurting him — their powers cancel each other out.

Even though Rogue and Gambit officially tied the knot in the Mr and Mrs X comic book series (released 2018), the secret meeting scene between Magneto and Rogue in X-Men ‘97 closes with a camera close-up on an eavesdropping Gambit as he somberly drops one of his playing cards out of defeat.

Having dealt with time traveling characters and multiple futures, there are several different timelines in the X-Men world that a Rogue and Magneto storyline only sets up a giant clue that the series has selected to go down a path that leads to a plot involving Mr. Sinister.

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