True to form, Bryan Singer’s rollicking, time-turning new entry to the series, X-Men: Days of Future Past, has its own queer preoccupations. For example, my colleague Dana Stevens identified a classic sublimated same-sex romance in her review: “It isn’t even quite right to say that the movie functions as an allegory about gay culture or gay rights—it’s more of a full-on gay romance, with every other relationship taking a backseat to the stormy lifelong bond that links the destinies of Erik and Charles [Magneto and Professor Xavier].” But watching the film myself, I was struck by a different queer theme, one that is somewhat less heartwarming than the squabbles and ultimate reconciliation of a literal power couple: Fear of queer blood, of the “special” nature of our DNA.