X-MEN '97: Is Romance In The Cards For Morph And Spoiler? Shower Scene Sends Fans Into A Frenzy!

X-MEN '97: Is Romance In The Cards For Morph And Spoiler? Shower Scene Sends Fans Into A Frenzy! X-MEN '97: Is Romance In The Cards For Morph And Spoiler? Shower Scene Sends Fans Into A Frenzy!

There were lots of talking points in today's episode of X-Men '97, but one of the biggest is an interaction between Morph and Spoiler which suggests there could be romantic feelings on the former's part.

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By JoshWilding - Mar 27, 2024 12:03 PM EST
Filed Under: X-Men '97
Source: Toonado.com

This article was originally published on Toonado.com - head there now for all the latest on X-Men '97!

Before X-Men '97 launched on Disney+, it was revealed that Morph would be portrayed as non-binary (meaning his gender doesn't fall into the category of "male" or "female:). The first two episodes teased the friendship between Wolverine and Morph, but it seems the shapeshifting mutant might be after something...more. 

During the Goblin Queen's attack on the X-Mansion, Morph walks in on Logan - or what proves to be an illusion of the clawed mutant - and is clearly interested. He then offers to help Wolverine read "those hard-to-reach spaces."

This could be taken as a joke or something more, though X-Men '97 fans on X are already running wild with it...

Ultimately, there is a friendship between the two, something that was evident when Morph previously transformed into Sabretooth for a brawl to comfort a disheartened Wolverine. 

Whether you choose to read into that any further is up to you. However, while we don't anticipate Marvel Studios and Marvel Animation exploring a romance between the two X-Men members, we can't help but wonder how Morph's unrequited love will affect him moving forward. 

Elsewhere in the episode, there's also trouble between Gambit and Rogue. The latter having feelings for Magneto (and vice versa) was hinted at in the second episode and "Fire Made Flesh" suggests she and the Master of Magnetism have been spending a lot of time in the Danger Room together!

In our review of the show's first three episodes last week, we concluded by saying, "A triumphant return for X-Men: The Animated Series, X-Men '97 is an eXtraordinary epic which, while a little overreliant on nostalgia, should satisfy fans of the original show and serve as an eXcellent entry poin

X-Men '97 revisits the iconic era of the 1990s as The X-Men, a band of mutants who use their uncanny gifts to protect a world that hates and fears them, are challenged like never before, forced to face a dangerous and unexpected new future.

The first two episodes of X-Men '97 are now streaming on Disney+ with new instalments following weekly.

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mountainman
mountainman - 3/27/2024, 12:08 PM
Something like this would destroy the goodwill this show has built.

Straight men can be comfortable around each other in situations like this. Anyone ever been in a gym locker room?

This is as ridiculous as all the strange people that used to make fan fiction about shipping Steve and Bucky.

You can make Morph gay or bi or whatever. But Wolverine isn’t and never has been.
Baf
Baf - 3/27/2024, 12:11 PM
@mountainman - But how do you know?
Surveyor
Surveyor - 3/27/2024, 12:12 PM
@mountainman - He's been Bi in the comics. So there's literally nothing wrong with possibly making him Bi in the show.
TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 3/27/2024, 12:13 PM
@mountainman - "Put a *non-binary mutant* in it and make it lame and gay!"
Origame
Origame - 3/27/2024, 12:17 PM
@Surveyor - thats a very recent development. And it's been rejected by fans just like when they made ice man gay (they couldn't even make him bi, just flat out gay).
XtremeXFan
XtremeXFan - 3/27/2024, 12:19 PM
@mountainman - wouldnt be the first time wolverine is portrayed as Bi, in X-Treme X-Men an alt version was boyfriends with hercules.

But I do think it's gonna be more one sided in this show, with morph having a crush on logan.

on the other hand I wonder if logan X Jean is gonna happen with a rift now between her and scott, also Emma frost is also returning this season so we might get the Afair/the Logan and jean kiss from new X-men.
mountainman
mountainman - 3/27/2024, 12:28 PM
@Surveyor - Was he bi in 1997 comics? Or just in the ones from the last 10 years where Marvel has hired terrible activist writers that insert themselves into the characters to change them?
jst5
jst5 - 3/27/2024, 6:40 PM
@mountainman - He wasn't.. all his love interest were females and ZERO hints of him being into men.Forcing it in will be the death blow to the show but you know Disney gonna Disney.
mountainman
mountainman - 3/27/2024, 6:47 PM
@jst5 - The good news is they didn’t (at least not yet). This is just some online weirdos and their gay fan fiction then Josh stirring the pot.
jst5
jst5 - 3/27/2024, 7:29 PM
@mountainman - Very true it's good for clicks these days and this is Josh's type of schtick...I have yet to see the show go away from the tone of the 90's show so I can't complain when there isn't anything to complain about.
MisterDoctor217
MisterDoctor217 - 3/28/2024, 12:29 AM
@mountainman -


Don’t get your panties in a bunch lol


He’s not gay despite the recent comics.

Maybe morph just has a crush on him. Plus he clearly has feelings for Jean, like always.

I don’t think they’ll destroy the character like that.
BaddestOptics
BaddestOptics - 3/28/2024, 9:23 AM
@mountainman - If I've been around for over 150 years I'm probably going to try dick just out of curiosity at that point.
Spike101
Spike101 - 3/29/2024, 9:27 AM
@mountainman - absolutely agree. Complete nonsense.
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 3/29/2024, 1:41 PM
@mountainman - these weirdos cant live without this stuff. The replies here are hilarious!
eddyxx
eddyxx - 3/27/2024, 12:12 PM
I didn’t read the article and I haven’t watched the episode yet so I will reserve judgment of this umm.scene until I see the episode.
mountainman
mountainman - 3/27/2024, 12:45 PM
@eddyxx - The scene is Moroh teasing Wolverine as he is in the shower. It seemed similar to straight male friends that mess around with each other by hitting each others’ testicals. No sexual subtext at all.
MarkJulian
MarkJulian - 3/27/2024, 2:00 PM
@mountainman - It wasn't even the real Wolverine. He went to check on Jean. The Wolverine in the shower was a projection created by the Goblin Queen to make Morph see his worst fear- that everyone would learn how he feels about Wolverine. Morph's feelings are 100% one-sided.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 3/27/2024, 2:18 PM
@mountainman - glad to hear it. So the woke brats are simply desperate for ANYTHING sounds like.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 3/27/2024, 2:18 PM
@mountainman - wolverine loves vagina. Specifically Jean's vagina. This won't ever change and that's a good thing.
mountainman
mountainman - 3/27/2024, 2:20 PM
@MarkJulian - Sure you’re in line with what I’ve been saying. There is no sexual tension between Morph and Wolverine. Some online people are shipping this thing that isn’t here (similar to what they did between Bucky and Steve).
mountainman
mountainman - 3/27/2024, 2:23 PM
@McMurdo - Yeah nothing problematic based on 2020’s far leftism has been in this show so far.

This is standard 1900’s liberalism, which many of us would align with.

The problem is that the 2020’s far lefties are trying to mold this to their modern sensibilities. They try to say it says or means X, Y, or Z. They just have missed Magneto’s speech where he said “you don’t have to like us, just let us live”. If the modern far lefties were only asking for peaceful coexistence, almost nobody would take issue with them.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 3/27/2024, 2:37 PM
@mountainman - your point on Magento's dialogue in ep 2 is so on point man.
mountainman
mountainman - 3/27/2024, 2:44 PM
@McMurdo - Seriously all these extreme lefties tried saying that speech owned the anti-woke crowd. Did they even hear it?

Like the mutants are being hunted, imprisoned, and all these horrible things. Where in modern western culture is this happening to any race or LGBTQ person outside of very isolated incidents? Most murder is generally done to people who are known to each other and overwhelmingly amongst people of the same race. Most persecution of races, religions, or LGBTQ is done in developing countries not developed ones. And almost all people that have issues with the modern “woke” moment aren’t trying to round up or outlaw minorities. Saying that “I don’t think you should have lower standards for hiring or college acceptance just to get more equitable race results” isn’t discrimination. Saying “I don’t think that trans women should be able to compete against biological women in sports” isn’t transphobic. These people try to equate different things.

And if we take the X-Men analogy, if in our world there was really a mass movement to outlaw transfenderism/being gay/being a certain race, I’d be the first person (with all of my personal firearms with me) out marching to save them. I marched for the original gay marriage act back over 10 years ago. I want equality. I just don’t want the inequality and division the “2020 works” are pushing.
StSteven
StSteven - 3/27/2024, 5:47 PM
@MarkJulian - No no no! Now you stop it with your “logic” and “reason”. No! If I can’t be angry about a bi Wolverine then what am I supposed to be angry about?!? I mean, even a non-binary Morph didn’t make me that angry considering that he’s a shape-shifter so it makes sense but NOT Wolverine! Not MY Wolverine! He should always be strong and masculine, shirtless and rippling with muscles and covered in sweaty hair. Dirty, sweaty hair…. You know what? Never mind.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 3/27/2024, 6:00 PM
@mountainman - ah yes you're the one who says The lefties and Biden ruined your life lol, and here you are again freaking out over a simple joke that you probably would have heard in the gym during the 90's, or ever present day. Stop clutching your pearls ffs
bobevanz
bobevanz - 3/27/2024, 6:03 PM
@mountainman - for the record, there are other countries that'll straight up jail you or even worse, just because someone is gay. Not everything revolves around the US, and yes the friends of humanity are your present day crazy ass trump lovers and fascist wannabes, so I could care less wtf they think. Freedom of speech, and freedom to call out their stupidity and hypocrisy
mountainman
mountainman - 3/27/2024, 6:03 PM
@bobevanz - Never said they ruined my life. Just that they are the worse major party in the US.

My life is awesome and f*** Biden and all lefties for all I care.

Oh and, I said this was t this way in the show and it’s just a bunch of weirdos trying to make something that isn’t there to be there.

But go on with your wrongness. You are good at it.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 3/27/2024, 6:06 PM
Russia literally just passed legislation that makes lgbtq people terrorists, so I could care less what some complain about. This doesn't effect you in any way, you just want to pretend you're a victim lol
mountainman
mountainman - 3/27/2024, 6:22 PM
@bobevanz - Pretend to be a victim like the biological males in the US that claim they are victimized by not being able to compete in women’s sports?
jst5
jst5 - 3/27/2024, 7:35 PM
@mountainman - The soy boys and blue hair gang just isn't going to understand locker room humor and bros being bros.Everything has to turn into the dude must want to put his dong in a butthole and it's sexual....strange group of folks.
BaddestOptics
BaddestOptics - 3/28/2024, 9:46 AM
@McMurdo - kinda sounds like you all are the ones clawing your eyes out over the thought of a cartoon character enjoying himself some cartoon penis.
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 3/27/2024, 12:14 PM
No it's not, you're just trying to spark sh1t in the comments, you'd be better suited working for CNN or TMZ with your half hearted tactics. If you really wanted to set a fire in the comment section all you'd need to do is allow comments in your very popular "top 10" articles.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 3/27/2024, 2:20 PM
@HashTagSwagg - keep cookin! 🍳
DarthOmega
DarthOmega - 3/27/2024, 3:16 PM
@HashTagSwagg - I freaking love this dude's comments lol
EMagnusPhoenix
EMagnusPhoenix - 3/27/2024, 6:44 PM
@HashTagSwagg - X-actly!! There was no sexual encounter in that scene whatsoever. All I saw was Morph just being Morph.
Deepholedennis
Deepholedennis - 3/27/2024, 12:14 PM
Wouldn’t it be wild if Logan was the girl in relationship with morph?
UniqNo
UniqNo - 3/27/2024, 12:15 PM
Wolvie will of course say "No homo"

It will never happen, but kudos for the show taking things a bit more adult, saw some skin, aliced bodies and some severed limbs...wasn't expecting all that...
UniqNo
UniqNo - 3/27/2024, 12:18 PM
@UniqNo - That or makes sure morph turns that beyond meat to beyond 😺...if you know you know!

Chapelle a genius
Thing94
Thing94 - 3/27/2024, 12:20 PM
Just had woke it up didn't they
DTor91
DTor91 - 3/27/2024, 1:56 PM
@Thing94 - X-Men is woke. The Thing is woke too. You’d know that if you actually understood what you pretend to consume.
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