Marvel Finally Gives X-Men Fans The Queer Love Story They've Waited For
WARNING: Spoilers ahead forKnights of X #4
After years and years of not-so-subtle LGBTQ+ subtext, the powerful X-Men member Rachel Summers, the multiversal daughter of Cyclops and Jean Grey, has entered into an intimate romantic relationship with Marvel's current Captain Britain, Betsy Braddock the hero formerly known as Psylocke, in the pages of Knights of X #4. This romantic pairing has been a long time coming, and fans of the characters and series are truly delighted that these two complex queer women are finally being allowed to show their obvious love for each other on panel.
While Betsy Braddock has been confirmed bisexual for many years, after entering into a relationship with Fantomex and Cluster (or Lady Fantomex) during her time in Uncanny X-Force, Rachel Summers has always been implied to be queer in some way, but was never made canonically non-straight. X-Men legend Chris Claremont, creator of Rachel Summers, has stated that he always intended to make Rachel and Kate Pryde enter into a relationship, but it never ended up happening on page.
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Knights of X — written by the talented Tini Howard with art by Robert Quinn — follows Betsy Braddock and her Knights of X as they journey through Otherworld, fighting back against the evil Merlyn and his army led by King Arthur and the monstrous Furies. All the while they are searching for the infamous Siege Perilous, the «Holy Grail» of mutant artifacts. Finally, in Knights of X #4 Betsy and her team gain access to the land of Mercator, ruled by the powerful mutant Absolon Mercator, who has imbued the entirety of the realm with the power of the Siege Perilous, pulling all the Knights of X
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