This post contains spoilers forX-Men 97episode 8.
The extreme intolerance of humans likeBastionshattered Xaviers dream, suggesting that humans and mutants could never, ever co-exist.
The humans just wont let the mutants be.
Before that statement occurred to Val Cooper, it appeared as a T-shirt.
In its original usage, the phrase singaled the mutants shift to pop-culture icons.
The shirt mimics the design of Che Guevara shirts popular in the early 2000s.
They didnt respond to threats against mutant-kind; they took out the potential threat before it could manifest.
And every single time, humans responded with more bigotry and violence.
X-Men 97s midseason stunner Remember It puts the finest point on the issue.
The mutants had their own country, where they could live without harming or bothering humanity in any way.
And yet, the humans still attacked, killing the mutants simply because they could.
Perhaps, then, the final two episodes will prove the power of Xaviers dream.
X-Men 97 is now streaming on Disney+.
