Jubilee has always been my favorite mutant teen. She's actually a lot more badass than you think. Feel free to press play on this song as you read...
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1. She ran away from an orphanage and hid out at the mall before being found by the X-Men...
2. ...and then got to ACTUALLY BE PART OF THE X-MEN at a time when no other kids did.
3. Have you ever been NEAR a firework? They're much more dangerous than Katy Perry suggests.
4. She has ZERO time for your bullshit.
5. Her 90s fashion was ALWAYS on point. #NancyDownsRealness
6. NO REPRESSSED EMOTIONS HERE!
7. If it weren't for her, I would've never tried to manifest my own mutant powers by sticking out my hands and...trying.
8. She's the only member of the X-Men who's smart enough to know you need sunglasses in space. #YOLO
9. She doesn't give a single fuck what the other X-Men think of her.
10. She's not intimidated by your sexist and racist bullshit.
11. She got to MAKEOUT with my childhood comic book crush, Robin.
12. She's always a team player, especially if the team is a girl gang.
13. She basically invented the DEAL WITH IT meme.
14. AWARENESS IS KEY. And Jubilee is self-aware as shit.
15. ARE YOU GUYS GONNA QUESTION THE COMPANY WOLVERINE KEEPS!?
16. LOOK AT THEM KICKING ASS AND TAKING NAMES! #Blessed
17. THOSE GYMNASTIC SKILLS THOUGH.
18. She doesn't let assholes like Sabretooth push her around.
19. She's a FOUNDING LADY of the best 90s X-Men team...
20. ...that lead to one of the weirdest TV movies that may or may not still be on a VHS tape somewhere at my mom and dad's house.
21. SHE DIDN'T GIVE UP ON FIGHTING CRIME JUST BECAUSE SHE LOST HER POWERS!
22. She knows the importance of a snack break.
23. LOOK HOW CUTE SHE IS WITH KIDS!
24. And most importantly: She has NO trouble being herself.
