My Take On Morph As Pestilence From The Four Horsemen Of Apocalypse Fan Theory!

My take on Morph as Pestilence from the four horsemen of Apocalypse fan theory!

Full explanation of my take under the cut :3

So, there's this theory for season two of X-Men 97 where all of the X-Men who weren't seen in the final scene of episode 10 are recruited by Apocalypse as his 4 horseman, Gambit as death, Wolverine as war, Storm as Famine, and yeah, Morph as Pestilence. I subscribe to this theory mostly because it's an excuse to get Gambit back, but OMG THE POTENTIAL DRAMA? It would be so interesting.

This is my theory for Morph: Since Morph's mind has already been basically shattered into pieces by Sinister, Apocalypse's mind control wouldn't work the same way as it would for others. Much like how Sinister's control heightened certain impulses and weakened others, Apocalypse's control would not only lead to Morph disregarding their morals but also the expectations of society. They don't care what you think about them committing murder, neither do they care about what you think about them doing it in a dress. This would lead to Morph realizing these things about themselves that they have repressed as well as introduce the of whether or not these parts of their identity is morally wrong or if they were an unrelated effect. The rest of team could help them see that being themself doesn't make them a monster, it's the villains who hurt and take advantage of them who are the monsters.

Purely design wise, I picture them in a long flowing green dress and dark red makeup that hint to the death and decay that come from their new powers. They have a crown made of dead flowers and horns of deceased animals. They openly show their dissection scars from Sinister as a statement that they don't care what society wants them to hide. Their fingertips are black as any touch will give the subject of contact a disease, whether it be a flower or an X-Man. If you made it this far, thank you so much! Sorry for all the writing.

(Also, I swear the reference pic was more menacing, but I couldn't draw Morph without sass)