History ComicBook / AgeOfXMan

* SpiritualSuccessor: Its structure and format and the fact that ComicBook/XMan is the cause makes it one to ''Age of Apocalypse''. That it's an alternate-world story spinning out of a "Disassembled" story makes it one to ''House of M''.

* FantasticRacism: All forms of interpersonal relationships are prohibited, including familial. The Cuckoos are looked on with disdain for having an obvious sibling resemblance (as a telepathic gestalt, they get an exception, but people still find it strange and even disgusting). X-tremists introduces [[FantasticSlurs "grade"]], short for retrograde for people who still have what are considered obsolete romantically sexual relationships.

* HateSink: Rabid, foaming at the mouth, Department X member Moneta
, has an extreme belief in Nate’s Asexual and Aromantic ideology and is thus viii lent and prejudice against anyone who breaks those laws.

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The event has a similar structure to the aforementioned ''Age of Apocalypse'', launching from an ''Alpha'' issue before several miniseries tell its story and explore its world. Notably, the other X-ongoings, such as ''ComicBook/MrAndMrsX'', ''ComicBook/XForce2018'' and even ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' itself, will ''not'' be interrupted to make way for the storyline.

* BadassBeard: Sported by X-Man, Colossus, and Magneto. Inverted in the case of Nightcrawler, who has a beard in the main universe but not here - leading to an amusing moment of surprise when he gets it back.
** X-Man loses his, arguably as a sign of CharacterDevelopment.

[[caption-width-right:350:But where's the Apocalypse?]]

* SixStudentClique: The main cast of ''Nextgen'' are tenth year Summers Institute Students Glob (The Quirk), Armor (The Head), Anole (The Smart One), Pixie (The Pretty One), Rockslide (The Muscle) and Shark-Girl (The Wild One), all of whom hang out at lunch and in study hall as a steady friend group.

* ShoutOut: A CrapsaccharineWorld without families or romantic relationships and reproduction is handled in labs is straight out of ''Literature/BraveNewWorld'', whereas Department X is heavily reminiscent of the Big Brother of ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''.

** The fact that Nate isn't as above it all as he pretends/thinks is a crucial point in the last issue of ''Marvelous X-Men'' and in ''Age of X-Man: Omega''. The former shows a glimpse of the AOX's past, and that reality's Professor X calling out Nate's tendencies to be a solo act, while Cyclops complains that Nate's a natural at everything except understanding other people, which indicates a degree of self-awareness on Nate's part, and the latter has Nate stunned by the presence of [[spoiler: Dani Moonstar, his last girlfriend]], who he emphatically did ''not'' bring into the AOX, or consciously create a counterpart of. Instead, she's a subconscious creation of his, who helps him realise that he's not as immune to relationships as he likes to pretend - and, moreover, that that's a good thing.

* BittersweetEnding: In ''Age of X-Man: Omega'', things are resolved peacefully: the X-Men get to go back, and [[spoiler: while Magneto goes back, after thanking Nate for creating a world that was the exact opposite of the one he grew up in, the AOX version is split off and remains to help Nate reform the AOX reality]]. However, not all of them want to, and understandably so, but they have to.

* CrapsaccharineWorld: The world built by Nate after the events of ''Disassembled'' seems perfect, with everyone gaining superpowers, peace being achieved for mutantkind and advances in technology leading to a new golden age. But between the outlawing of relationships, rampant mind-wipes by Department X, outright erasing of individuals from others' memories and more it’s clear that life is only perfect in this world if X-Man’s laws are followed without resistance of any kind.

* DeadpanSnarker: Nate, at Jean's expense at the end, when he observes that she doesn't like it when he makes unilateral decisions, but it is apparently completely fine with taking them herself.

* MysticalWhiteHair: Nate, at the end.

* SinglePreceptReligion: The Age of X-Man is governed by the Guiding Principles, chief of which seems to be complete individual autonomy - no relationships, be they familial, sexual, or romantic, are allowed. This is under a counterintuitive belief that such units end up dividing people.

* TheoryOfNarrativeCausality: Nate discusses this in great detail in ''Age of X-Man: Omega'', noting how he tried to break the X-Men out of their everlasting cycle of conflict and heartbreak.
* ThereAreNoGlobalConsequences: {{Averted}} in the backstory to the mass awakening of mutant abilities worldwide. Thousands nearly drowned when an eight-year-old spontaneously developed MakingASplash abilities and Piotr and Kurt both mention chaotic scenes in Russia and Germany, respectively. This could be a part of the plan to keep the X-Men from seeing through the facade by continuing to portray them as heroes even in a mutant utopia.
* {{Unperson}}: Seems to be the primary means of punishment that X-Man has for dealing with rebellious X-Men. [[spoiler:Bishop]] is removed from all pictures depicting the X-Men and replaced by [[spoiler:X-23]] after breaking the world’s “no-romance” rule.

* VillainHasAPoint: It depends on how much you see Nate as a villain, but in the final issue, ''Age of X-Man: Omega'', he's treated as having some pretty valid points about the hell the X-Men constantly go through in the real world, and how this world - as intended - offers opportunities both for respite from that and for the X-Men to be their best selves without judgement from others, particularly to the likes of Nightcrawler, who can't pass for human.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Nate Grey, ultimately, explaining that this world was an attempt to break the X-Men out of their endless cycle of struggle and heartbreak, while conforming to the TheoryOfNarrativeCausality enough to make them comfortable (hence the struggle against Apocalypse and the X-Tracts, to make it seem like there's always a cause to fight for).