Is Rachel Summers Coming to 'The Gifted'?
Tonight’s episode of The Gifted introduced another key feature from the “Days of Future [...]
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This is all speculation for now, but its possible there is a clue in the Hound insignia that was tattooed onto Pulse, Thunderbird's former best friend who is the first Hound to appear on the show.
The insignia features radiating slim, pointed black lines, which seems to be a reference to the facial tattoos that were forced onto the hounds in the comics. At the center of these lines is a bird-like shape.
What that shape is meant to signify currently remains unclear, but it could be a reference to the Phoenix raptor that is Rachel's calling card.
Since the Jean Grey of Earth-811, the "Days of Future Past" timeline, was able to control and coexist with the Phoenix Force rather than lose control and transform into Dark Phoenix, her child, Rachel, inherited the Phoenix Force and remains the most competent wielder of its power.
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So here's a theory. Rachel Summers was the source of the powerful explosion that caused the "7/15" disaster that has been referenced on The Gifted as a kind of mutant version of 9/11.
Somehow, Rachel Summers was captured. Upon realizing her incredible power, Rachel was turned over to Roderick Campbell, the pre-cyborg Ahab played by Garrett Dillahunt, who was somehow able to force Rachel to use her telepathic gifts to brainwash other mutants into becoming Hounds
The raptor shape at the center of the Hound tattoo is a reference to Rachel's power signature, which may have appeared during the 7/15 incident that first revealed her power to the public.
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This could lead to a storyline similar to Rachel's origins in the "Days of Future Past" storyline playing out on The Gifted.
Rachel would somehow break free of Campbell's control, turn on him, and then go on the run with the Mutant Underground, adding the highest-profile X-Men character yet to the core cast of The Gifted.
Again, that's all speculation, and it seems iffy that Fox's movie studio would allow the television side to use any character named "Summers" or "Grey" instead of reserving her for the X-Men movies. Still, we feel like pieces could fit, and it's definitely a storyline we'd like to see.
The Gifted airs Mondays at 9 p.m. ET on Fox.
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