The Gifted

Fandom
Name:	The Gifted
Abbreviation(s):
Creator:	Matt Nix Based on X-Men by Jack Kirby & Stan Lee
Date(s):	October 2, 2017 – present
Medium:	live-action TV series
Country of Origin:	United States
External Links:	Official Site, IMDB, TV Guide
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The Gifted is a Fox live-action television series which is connected to the X-Men film series, set in an alternate timeline where the X-Men have disappeared.

Canon

Two ordinary parents take their family on the run from the government when they discover that their children have mutant abilities, and join an underground community of mutants who have to fight to survive.

Main Characters

• Reed Strucker
• Caitlin Strucker
• Marcos Diaz/Eclipse
• Lauren Strucker
• Andy Strucker
• Jace Turner
• Clarice Fong/Blink
• John Proudstar/Thunderbird
• Lorna Dane/Polaris

Recurring Characters

• Sage
• Ed Weeks
• Shatter
• Roderick Campbell
• Sonya Simonson/Dreamer
• Stepford Cuckoos: Esme, Phoebe, and Sophie Frost

Fandom

Shipping

The most popular pairings in Gifted fandom are John/Clarice and Lorna/Marcos. Rarer pairings do exist, such as Lauren/Andy, Lauren/John, Caitlin/Marcos, and Clarice/Lorna.

Fanworks

Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples.

Fanart

• Polink aesthetic by rowansdagger (Blink/Polaris)

Fanvids

• Stronger by Alcatraz (The Girls of Gifted)
• Centuries♦ (Andy & Lauren)
• mutant resistance by the wolf (Lorna/Andy)
• The Greatest by Flawless Winter (Lorna & Wanda Maximoff)
• Live Like Legends by Alcatraz (Lorna & Wanda Maximoff)

Archives & Fannish Links

• The Gifted (2017) works at AO3
• The Gifted works at FFN
• Tumblr tags: The Gifted, thegiftededit

Resources

• The Gifted Wiki