History Heartwarming / DarkPhoenix

* Hank and Erik putting aside their quest for vengeance to protect Jean from the D'Bari. Made even more so by Hank answering Selene's question of what he's doing with "What Raven would!". Selene and Ariki also joining them can allow one to remember one of Logan's lines from [[Film/XMenTheLastStand]] the last time the Dark Phoenix Saga was adapted to film.

* Hank and Erik putting aside their quest for vengeance to protect Jean from the D'Bari. Made even more so by Hank answering Selene's question of what he's doing with "What Raven would!". Selene and Ariki also joining them can allow one to remember one of Logan's lines from [[Film/XMenTheLastStand the last time the Dark Phoenix Saga was adapted to film.

** When looking at Raven's journey throughout the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'', there is a parallel to how her life ends, in different ways. The original timeline had her [[TakingTheBullet intercept a fired cure dart aimed towards Erik,]] [[BroughtDownToNormal causing her to lose her powers.]] [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness Unfortunately, her sacrifice led Erik to reject her for her non-mutant status.]] [[AllForNothing In a way, "Mystique" metaphorically died a nobody, with her efforts glossed over]]]]. Here, her last act is to try and appeal to the good side of Jean, a fellow comrade of the X-Men. And even if she ended up being impaled by the latter's Phoenix powers, she died in her blue form and was remembered as a true hero: not wanting to fight, but instead to win with words.

** When looking at Raven's journey throughout the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'', there is a parallel to how her life ends, in different ways. The original timeline had her [[TakingTheBullet intercept a fired cure dart aimed towards Erik, [[BroughtDownToNormal causing her to lose her powers.]] [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness Unfortunately, her sacrifice led Erik to reject her for her non-mutant status.]] [[AllForNothing In a way, "Mystique" metaphorically died a nobody, with her efforts glossed over]]]]. Here, her last act is to try and appeal to the good side of Jean, a fellow comrade of the X-Men. And even if she ended up being impaled by the latter's Phoenix powers, she died in her blue form and was remembered as a true hero: not wanting to fight, but instead to win with words.

!! Meta
* The "X-Men Legacy" video made to promote the movie is ABSOLUTELY this for fans of the X-Men series who had stuck through it since the first X-Men movie all the way back in 2000.
* Creator/ChrisClaremont, co-creator of ''ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga'', enthusiastically attended the premiere and has praised the film.
-->''"Thanks to [Simon Kinberg and Sophie Turner] for bringing Jean's story so wonderfully to life! Essentially true to the original comics story, it turned the focus of the X-film from Charley & Eric (& Hank & Raven) to the students, to Scott (& Ororo & Kurt) & most of all, to Jean and did so brilliantly."''

** When looking at [[spoiler:Raven]]'s journey throughout the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'', there is a parallel to how [[spoiler:her life ends, in different ways]]. The original timeline had her [[spoiler:[[TakingTheBullet intercept a fired cure dart aimed towards Erik,]] [[BroughtDownToNormal causing her to lose her powers.]] [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness Unfortunately, her sacrifice led Erik to reject her for her non-mutant status.]] [[AllForNothing In a way, "Mystique" metaphorically died a nobody, with her efforts glossed over]]]]. Here, [[spoiler:her last act is to try and appeal to the good side of Jean, a fellow comrade of the X-Men. And even if she ended up being impaled by the latter's Phoenix powers, she died in her blue form and was remembered as a true hero: not wanting to fight, but instead to win with words]].
* While it's a horrifiying moment, [[spoiler:Mystique's mouthing "I love you" to Hank as she's dying]] is this.
* Scott affirms his decision regarding Jean's rampages with a speech towards some of Xavier's students, who assume that Jean is evil by [[spoiler:killing Mystique]]:
-->''"She didn’t know what she was doing. Jean lost control. But she’s still Jean. She’s still our friend. We can still help her. We can find her. We bring her home. That’s what we’re going to do, okay?"''

* [[spoiler: Hank]] and Erik putting aside their quest for vengeance to protect Jean from the D'Bari. Made even more so by Hank answering Selene's question of what he's doing with "What Raven would!". Selene and Ariki also joining them can allow one to remember one of Logan's lines from [[Film/XMenTheLastStand the last time the Dark Phoenix Saga was adapted to film]].

* In spite of everything that's happened, it's comforting to know that [[spoiler: somewhere between 1992 and 2023, Charles and Jean will return to the school and the future for mutants still looks bright.]]