Obsessed with the idea of the X-Men/New Mutants watching the Olympics together. There’s actually a lot of diversity in their nationalities, and I could see everyone getting really into it…and creating their own mutant version of the Olympics…Charles is going to have to dip into savings to pay for the repairs
Okay, if I were writing a high school AU where the New Mutant + Gen X girls + Kitty and Rachel went to a private high school where they were required to do a sport, these are the sports they would each play:
Amara and Rahne run track. Amara does better on shorter sprints, while Rahne does better on middle-distance events. Amara is Rahne’s only friend on the track team, but she keeps dumping Rahne to hang out with Jenny’s clique of cool girls.
Dani, Rachel, Paige, and Jubilee are on the lacrosse team. I could’ve gone with basketball for this main team sport, but lacrosse is more aggressive (although girls’ lacrosse is a non-contact sport) and I thought that was suitable for a bunch of superheroes. Dani is team captain, of course, and is responsible for team building and strategy. Rachel is the star player whose arrogance and insistence on her own ability probably cost them a few games. Paige finds that lacrosse is a good way for her to channel her aggression, which she didn’t even really know she had. Jubilee is here only because she is required to play a sport. Her true love is parkour, which does not count as a sport in the eyes of the school.
Xuân is the school’s assistant librarian, and she has gotten roped into being the assistant lacrosse coach as well. This would be more fun for her if the head lacrosse coach were not Emma Frost.
Kitty does cheerleading. Stevie Hunter is the cheerleading coach.
Illyana and Monet are on the swim team. Illyana originally signed up for cheerleading to be with Kitty, but Stevie kicked her off the squad for picking fights and she had to join the swim team. Illyana and Monet are both suited for a sport that is a team sport but only kind of, and they get along well enough but never acknowledge each other’s existence outside of practices and meets.