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Gambit’s death pushed Rogue to extreme lengths, fuelled by her guilt at choosing romance with Magneto over her X-Men teammate. Despite Gambit’s death, Marvel Studios’ Head of Streaming and Television, Brad Winderbaum, has now suggested that Rogue will return to this relationship in X-Men ’97 season 2. “Well, Rogue and Magneto are stuck in the past together,” Winderbaum revealed in an interview with Collider, teasing “a lot of romance” in X-Men ’97 season 2. “They’re kind of our past team, and Scott and Jean are in the future, along with Storm and Forge.”
Rogue & Magneto’s X-Men ’97 Romance Explained
X-Men ’97 season 1 revealed that Magneto and Rogue had formed a romantic bond long before the latter joined the X-Men. In order to help Rogue gain control of her powers, her adoptive mother, Mystique, brought her to Magneto in the Savage Land. Rogue quickly became infatuated with Magneto, and even more so when they realized that his magnetism manipulation powers allowed him to touch her skin when nobody else could. The relationship ended after Rogue started to feel the weight of their demons, but Magneto joining the X-Men in X-Men ’97 brought them back together.
