Mutant Fanclub

Giving Sam a lump of coal as a keepsake for his father was such a weird decision when miners tags literally exist

+ that doesn’t even scratch the surface of Roberto being raised his entire life in Brazil but having a definitively American accent + him having straightened hair and lighter skin, or Rahne having experienced rural cultish religion but it just being generalized as modern Catholicism + acknowledging her religious trauma but giving her no anxieties about being queer????? or Illyana being able to speak fully fluent English without Xavier’s telepathy teaching ??? or making Dani experience racism from people who are supposed to be her friends for no reason other than interpersonal conflict between characters ???? there were other conflict options available ???

Giving Sam a lump of coal as a keepsake for his father was such a weird decision when miners tags literally exist

+ that doesn’t even scratch the surface of Roberto being raised his entire life in Brazil but having a definitively American accent + him having straightened hair and lighter skin, or Rahne having experienced rural cultish religion but it just being generalized as modern Catholicism + acknowledging her religious trauma but giving her no anxieties about being queer????? or Illyana being able to speak fully fluent English without Xavier’s telepathy teaching ??? or making Dani experience racism from people who are supposed to be her friends for no reason other than interpersonal conflict between characters ???? there were other conflict options available ???

It’s more a display of how the other new mutants feel about her and what they’re willing to do for her than it is about Dani processing anything for herself. I’d actually argue that the demon bear saga does more to develop Illyana’s relationship with the group and her connection to people post limbo than it does to develop Dani. More of Dani’s growth actually happens afterwards as she deals with having been so seriously injured.