We like leftists and liberals.
We want to ban all guns.
We want free healthcare.
We want UBI.
We don't mind being taxed.
We want to give everyone a free abortion!
Did you not watch the 2000's X-Men movies that were thinly veiled gay rights discussions?
Or the original comics which were anti-religious persecution comics?
Or the entire history of X-Men being treated like minorities targeted by conservative society and pulpit bangers?
It's literally the core of the comic.
Since when is Mystique trans?
But more importantly, why should we care? People and society change, pop culture is nothing more than a reflection of that. As long the writing is good and the character is interesting, then maybe we should stop being so fucking concerned about the gender identity of completely fictional characters.
I don’t think about politics at all while watching movies. But I don’t make politics my identity either
Honestly, never really watched X-Men, or read comics, but I can imagine being frustrated if you were a fan of the characters. Just make new characters instead of hijacking old ones. But then again, we wouldn't have modern Harley Quinn without hijacking, and she's become a really good character in her own right.
If it were up to me, I'd have the original heros age, and that way they could become mentors and make room for a new batch of superheros. Superman has been around since 1938, surely he'd be in his 110s, if not older, assuming he was in his 20s back then.