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Warning: I tried to explain the X-Men timeline to my mom over Thanksgiving dinner

After three hours and a napkin diagram, she just looked at me and asked if Magneto was a nice man, which made me realize we might be too deep in the lore for normal chats.
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adams.uma
adams.uma1mo ago
Tried explaining the whole thing to my cousin once. Gave up and just said the X-Men are like a big, messy family that fights sometimes. Started with the main movies, skipped the time travel stuff. When he asked about Magneto, I said he's complicated, like a guy who wants to protect his people but goes too far. That seemed to work better than my whole timeline chart.
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smith.nancy
Honestly, that's a totally fair question though.
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ivan774
ivan7741mo ago
Try explaining the comics. It's way worse.
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