LOVE your thoughts on an X-MEN tv show! Would characters like Emma/Ororo/Wanda/Pietro/Lorna become a secondary cast as stuff moves on (aka this is my way of wondering if you would wanna do outfits for them lmao)
They absolutely would!
I imagine each season would have a theme. Season ones theme would be identity(the five finding themselves and what being a mutant means), and the second would be discovery.
4 out of the 5characters you mentioned would be in season two, that being the magnet kids + our lovely goddess. Emma, I imagine would appear in season three. But there would be four new supporting cast members in season two and one new main character.
The first episode would tell two stories, one on Magneto and one on the X-men who are taking a trip to Cairo. Charles has given little explanation but leaves the kids to their own devices. Walking down a market street, Scott and Jean are enjoying themselves when a teen pickpockets Jean. She senses it due to her telepathy and we get a chase that quickly causes the sunny streets of Cairo to turn into a storm.
That’s how we meet Ororo Monroe. She is brought to America, having been the reason for the trip and she becomes the sixth member of the X-men. Finally Jean has a friend that is a girl and their friendship gets to flourish. Ororo is a challenge for Scott because she isn’t quite ready to take orders and is a strong willed leader. They have to learn to work together but grow close on the process. She is a powerful force on the team and In contrast to the rest, doesn’t fully worship Charles as much as everyone else. Nonetheless she becomes part of the family. She even has a very brief romance with Hank who is having relationship issues with his girlfriend. Don’t worry she learns her self worth and drops him.
Season one would hint that Magneto had a hidden goal, beside the obvious mutant supremacy stuff. The end of the season would show that this hidden journey would end with him at a secret government facility. That’s as much as season one would give, but season two would give the reveal that he has been hunting down Wanda and Pietro Maximoff to join his brotherhood. So they are introduced within the first episode as new villains(ish).
The twins have no idea Erik is their father. They feel indebted to him for their rescue from torture and experimentation and so they feel trapped and unable to leave. They do what he says because they are afraid. Erik knows but doesn’t know how to say anything.
The twins are Romani and were raised Jewish per the request of their late mother Magda due to their fathers religion. They lived in Eastern Europe, traveling prior to being taken into the facility.
Pietro is the over protective brother we all know and love. Full of snark and makes quip after quip, all a cover for his fear and guilt. He takes on as the ‘caretaker’ for Wanda as her powers become progressively more uncontrollable and her mental state worsens. They are both traumatized after their isolation but Peitro pushes it down and refuses to feel it. His sister needs him, only one twin can be hurt and his sister already is. Season two would be darker than season one now that mutants are exposed to the world and the world obviously does not react well, so Pietro reacts with anger towards this, much like his father. Additionally Pietro doesn’t experience time like everyone else and thus has an onslaught of ADHD and short tempers. Pietro is the over protective brother we all know and love. Full of snark and makes quip after quip, all a cover for his fear and guilt. He takes on as the ‘caretaker’ for Wanda as her powers become progressively more uncontrollable and her mental state worsens. They are both traumatized after their isolation but Peitro pushes it down and refuses to feel it. His sister needs him, only one twin can be hurt and his sister already is. Season two would be darker than season one now that mutants are exposed to the world and the world obviously does not react well, so Pietro reacts with anger towards this, much like his father. Additionally Pietro doesn’t experience time like everyone else and thus has an onslaught of ADHD and short tempers.
Wanda is like a fragile statue. She is made of stone but she is falling apart. The whole reason they ended up in the facility at all is because of Wanda was caught using her magic. She blames herself for their capture and she blames herself every time her powers hurt someone. For the majority of the season she is selectively mute and often in survival mode. Throughout the season Magneto pushes the twins to get more violent and leave less survivors, while Pietro is hesitant he is more willing, but Wanda is actively resistant, even though in the end she hurts more people than her brother.
Lorna also makes an experience for a few episodes and helps usher in the plot line of the mutant underground. Lorna knows she’s Magento’s daughter, she has known since her mutation manifested and her mom confessed. The catch? Magneto does not know that she exists. She doesn’t care, she has given up on him. Lorna has experienced bullying and harassment since she was born due to her green hair. When her town found out she could control metal, they called her a freak. Out of anger an altercation occurred and the town decided to burn her house down. The problem? Her mom was in that house. Lorna was rescued and protected by mutants who informed her of the mutant underground. She then lived on this “underground” for most of her teenage life. This meant hiding, living in ware houses, and watching her friends die.
Now she is one of the main leaders of the mutant underground and mostly covers the safety of younger mutants(the morlocks are apart of the underground and cover crazy physical mutations). She is scary and rather young compared to the other leaders but she is ruthless and protective. She gained the name “Polaris” for being the a guide for younger mutants and she would rather die than lose a kid she is protecting.
Her “purpose” in the plot this season is to expose the x-men to the hard reality of being a mutant in this new world. Not everyone got to live in the comfort of a mansion and experience special education. She is especially a challenge made for Jean who has been apart of Xavier’s dream since forever, and thus has the hardest time listening to Lorna talk so poorly of the human race. They get in fights a lot and tend to be snarky with each other but after an episode and a half they learn to see each other. Jean’s perspective changes after Lorna and she starts to look critically at the world. Nonetheless Lorna is actually a badass and becomes an ally to the X-men.
A few other x-men would appear in this season through special episodes. All mutants who could be apart of the future team. I’m thinking mostly of Kurt, Piotr, Emma(less likely), Remy, and/or Banshee. However one would appear in 2 to 3 episodes. Logan would show up in an episode early in the season. Charles is on a solo mission, one he won’t involve the kids in, and runs into Logan. Logan looks younger(?) than we have seen him before but still his age is ambiguous. Logan offers a hand and Charles learns to trust this man as an ally. The two other episodes would be either Logan going on an adventure with Scott and Warren by accident, leading to him being a relationship counselor(in therms of the weird love triangle) for the two, or him meeting the twins and helping them realize they need to leave. Nonetheless he is an active member of the universe just not yet an X-man.
In reference to our main five, lots are happening with them. The Scott, Warren, Jean thing is progressing…oddly. Warren hasn’t realize he likes Scott AND Jean and so he goes full in on competition for Jean. Scott is confused because he is realizing that he likes Warren and it’s all very confusing because is this guy flirting with the girl I like? Or is he flirting with me? Jean still hasn’t realized their feelings, but she is getting even closer with Scott. On a side note, Jean and Ororo act like they are dating to ick out the guys. They find it funny how mixed the reactions are every time. Bobby is getting better with his queerness. He came to terms with it internally last season and is growing the courage to come out. So he goes through that journey. We get the iconic ‘your gay bobby’ from Jean early on the season. She’s just happy he has figured it out. Hank is applying for college and is working hard to balance x-men and that but he struggles. Jean’s powers are growing very very strong. She also keeps having dreams about a bird on fire….hmmm….what could that mean?Warren’s family come back into the picture and he reconciles….kinda. Jean and Wanda end up alone very early on in the season during a fight. They have an understanding and become secret friends on the side. Jean assures Wanda that their will always be a place for Wanda at the mansion.
The big climax would be a magneto battle turned human battle. A conference for the leaders of the world made to discuss mutants, happens in Washington DC. Magneto attacks, X-men protect, but the humans turn on them, seeing both teams as the same. The x-men pull through and still are heroines but not everyone sees them like that
This is the final push for two things:
- The disbanding of the five. Hank has gotten accepted into a high class college and realizes he needs a break from being an X-man. Additionally Warren goes back home to do business college and try and take over his families company. Bobby has not graduated yet so he stays, and Jean and Scott both decide to go to the community college near the school + stay being students under Charles. Scott goes in undecided, Jean takes on nursing and psychology.
- The school is officially opened. With the help of Lorna, the school is able to quickly fill, and more students come to fill the team. The new X-men team revealed at the end of the season are: Scott, Jean, Ororo, Bobby, Piotr, Kurt, although this team will quickly grow in season 3.
The final minutes of the final episode, Wanda would make up her mind and choose to leave. Peitro agrees but Magneto stops them. He reveals that he is their father. Peitro is shocked but warms up to the idea, Magento has already been a father figure for him, and Pietro who is feeling vulnerable, stays. Wanda can’t believe this, to her this changes nothing, and so Magneto let’s her go. Pietro fights and begs for him to force her to stay but Erik let’s his daughter go knowing deep down it’s the right choice. She goes to Xavier’s and finds Jean waiting for her outside, and inside Xavier waiting with a cup of tea.
Wanda joins the X-men but as a student at the school. She is not ready to fight again….or is she?
And there we have it! An overview of season two. Emma would definitely show up in season three but I’m torn between two storylines for her. But oh dear lord I have been writing for three hours now.
Thank you so much for the question! It meant to world to me to have received it!