Cartoons, Comets, and the Universe

I'm a very new X-Men fan, but the brilliance of '97 has made me watch all of '92 plus Evolution and now I'm on Wolverine and the X-Men. I immediately fell in love with Gambit because of his design and while his personality took a bit to grow on me in '92 I eventually found him charming. But he was a main character, and that cannot be said of him in the other animated series. So of course with '97 I was looking forward to him getting to use his powers in creative ways and more screentime in general that he got in '92.

I was being fed quite well with each episode with Romy teases + Gambit's use of his powers besides just using his cards (while cool we know he can do so much more). Of course all this is likely going to be changed after episode 5, where Gambit did a super heroic thing and sacrificed himself to save many. Basically all of him this episode was perfection, and I loved it. But if he is actually gone, I am so conflicted. Yes '92 was quite long and he was a main character there, but he truly is a different and improved character in '97. I cannot stomach the possibility he is only alive for 5 episodes of a show we know is getting at least 2 more seasons.

Maybe it's good they killed him off early so I did not get even more attached haha. I also have been hearing theories going around that it is likely Cable could intervene and will reset things (as he already tried to do) and everyone that died will return. I would love this, but I know so many people liked this episode because of the deaths, so it almost feels selfish for me to want that! Still, while Gambit was awesome in the season, so many of his scenes after Episode 1 involved him being put down either by hallucinations or Magneto. He deserved more than that.