Do we expect Doomsday to acknowledge the First Class relationships?

Like, do you expect Professor X and Mystique to act like brother and sister? Mystique and Beast to be flirty? Beast and Charles as each other’s oldest friend?

Or do you think they’ll ignore all that?

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16tdean2025-12-14 20:19

I mean all the actors are from the original trilogy right? I imagine they will base them on the contents of the original trilogy rather than what was kinda retconned in after.

ShadesOfTheDead2025-12-14 20:21

Mystique was never a member of the X-Men in the original trilogy like she is in Doomsday. That happened in the prequels.

16tdean2025-12-14 20:29

I mean, it seems very easy to do something like that, assuming she is on the side of the X-Men, given iirc the trilogy leaves off with her powerless

kclancy112025-12-14 20:29

How do you know she’s a member of the X-Men in Doomsday?

ShadesOfTheDead2025-12-14 20:37

Her costume has a X-symbol on it.

ShadesOfTheDead2025-12-14 20:56

Also, Mystique and Magneto were grouped as part of the X-Men team at Disney’s Giornate Di Cinema Sorrento event in Italy.

BradyPhoenix2025-12-14 20:23

This is true, but it’s still all the major players from the prequel era. And Rebecca Romijn’s Mystique had little in the way of characterization, so it could maybe be a way to give her a personality. IDK.

maverickassembled2025-12-14 20:28

The events of First Class are crucial to Days of Future Past which feature the og cast, so I’d say they’re pretty necessary components to the portrayals of the og actors now. Rebecca Romjin never came back for DoFP but she was in First Class as a cameo lol.

Though, they wouldn’t HAVE to directly mention in it Doomsday if it’s irrelevant to the plot, and also because there’s already so many characters in the film

TheCitizen6162025-12-14 20:19

Nope

ShadesOfTheDead2025-12-14 20:22

Yes. Considering the fact that Mystique will be a member of the X-Men in the movie.

BradyPhoenix2025-12-14 20:25

That was kinda my thought process as well. Guess we’ll see!

Captain_Cringe_2025-12-14 20:31

I highly, highly doubt it. All the actors are from the original trilogy, and I think Marvel Studios is more interested in maintaining that status quo. I especially think they want the audience to forget about the weirdness of the prequel series status quo (Xavier and Mystique's sibling relationship, Havok being a decade older than Cyclops, Mystique being an X-Men leader) so that the MCU's X-Men can more easily be similar to the comics.

Yes, Mystique will be in Doomsday, but I think it's extremely likely she will be in it as Magneto's right-hand woman like she was in the original trilogy rather than being friends with Xavier and Beast.

BradyPhoenix2025-12-14 20:43

See, I was thinking since they’re going to be doing a presumably more comic accurate reboot soon, the different backstories of these ones wouldn’t be a problem.

But again, I have no idea 🤷‍♂️

Captain_Cringe_2025-12-14 20:53

The different backstories are a problem when they clash heavily with what the perceived status quo and character relationships should be. I don’t think Marvel Studios is interested in having people think of Charles and Mystique as siblings when that’s obviously not going to be what future stories will do. When the MCU X-Men reboot happens, they will want general audiences to see Mystique and think “she’s a villain” and not “she’s Xavier’s sister and a beloved X-Men leader”.

ShadesOfTheDead2025-12-14 20:54

>Yes, Mystique will be in Doomsday, but I think it's extremely likely she will be in it as Magneto's right-hand woman like she was in the original trilogy rather than being friends with Xavier and Beast.

Mystique and Magneto were grouped as part of the X-Men team at Disney’s Giornate Di Cinema Sorrento event in Italy. Mystique also has a X-symbol on her costume.

>Xavier and Mystique's sibling relationship, Havok being a decade older than Cyclops, Mystique being an X-Men leader

Why do think causal viewers (the vast majority of the general audience) would found that weird?

Captain_Cringe_2025-12-14 20:58

Not discounting that she may be an official X-Man. I’m more saying that if she was, it would be because Magneto is also an X-Man, and not because she joined as a Xavier’s friend/sister and Beast’s friend/lover.

I think casual audiences found the Mystique thing weird because it’s completely at odds with her presentation in the original trilogy. The Havok thing is weird only for comic fans. Either way though, I think Marvel Studios is likely going to be leaning much closer to the status quo of the comics and the animated series, which are both very much in contrast with the prequel series.

ccReptilelord2025-12-14 20:36

It would be odd. The characters will be played by Romijn and Stewart. They're the older versions of Lawrence and McAvoy, but never portrayed this relationship themselves. I don't imagine they'll touch upon this storyline. This is Avengers: Doomsday, not X-Men: Let's Return to All the Old Plot Points.

I can't imagine how they wouldn't show Beast and Xavier's friendship. They're always friends.

DangerousArticle78712025-12-14 20:43

I feel they'll mostly conform to the original trilogy status quo with minor acknowledgements of past canons here and there.

Cause technically from the audience's pov, all if it is post DoFP amd they'll make sure to allude to all these past events..

DityDan04012025-12-14 20:44

I think so. It sounds like the version of the team we’re getting is based on the good ending timeline of Days of Future Past, which to me says they just want to worry about “the good ones”. First Class, Days of Future Past, X-men 1, and X2.

LeopardComfortable992025-12-14 20:48

I think appearance wise and for nostalgia purposes we will just get the OG cast, but their relationships etc will be more comic history based imo.

SteelCrucible2025-12-14 20:53

No. I expect them to reboot the X-Men franchise and this is a nod to the Fox era characters. I suspect Doomsday to be cameos for a lot of these characters. They will get a few lines each, someone will talk about yellow spandex, before going in to battle. A portal will open at the end, or some other plot device, where they will return to their respective timelines. There if Disney wants them, but no longer involved in the prime MCU. I don’t think this about honoring the lore Disney doesn’t need to deal with.

Spiderlander2025-12-15 07:10

Yes