dangallant984

@DarkxSeraph said:

I honestly would think by now that with all the genetic experiments, heroes getting hit by cosmic rays, scientific experiments/accidents creating heroes, gods coming to the Earth... the hate on mutants in paricular, and no other type of superhuman is mind boggling and makes no sense. By now, the Marvel Universe should be like DC with it just being 'metahumans' and humans. All superhumans just lumped together, no one type hated more than the other because, really... if an insane juggernaut of destruction comes barreling down your street in the middle of the night... are you going to really care if he got his powers in a government program, a genetic experiment, or was born with them? He's going to f-up your night, anyhow and you still have to deal with it.

I think there's at least a few factors that make mutants stand out as a distinct threat in the marvel universe.

Firstly I think there's the fear that they can be indistinguishable from baseline humans. They can change their shape and read your thoughts; in a world where that can happen, it would be hard to not be paranoid. They could be your neighbours or your family, or someone you just met, and you would never know.

Also, even with all of the super-powered people in their world, most of them actually are mutants, really, and most of the ones who aren't probably aren't known to have super powers. Half of the Avengers kinda are just baseline humans (Hawkeye,Ironman,Black Widow, Black Panther, etc) or are indistinguishable from them (Cap', Falcon, Daredevil, the Pyms, etc). As far as most people know, most superheroes are human.

But it's not like people aren't scared of Spiderman (often mistaken for a mutant) or Namor, or the Hulk, and they're often treated just as bad as mutants when they aren't with the Avengers. And most people probably don't even know about people like Dr.Strange or the Inhumans, who basically live outside of humanity in secret.

Mutants on the other hand, are mutants whether they're superheroes or not, so besides people's innate fears of the unknown or having their thoughts read or having their children sprout tails or whatever, mutants are often represented publicly by violent terrorists. Even mutant superheroes are arguably more threatening than human ones, just based on what they are capable of.

It may seem completely hypocritical to us, as the readers, but we should't forget that, as readers, we are privy to the secret truths of the marvel universe that the general population of it's own inhabitants simply aren't. And, frankly, even knowing the truth wouldn't make me feel any safer about living in a world like that.

@Teerack: I think he could. let's see if he bothers..

@Rabbitearsblog: exactly.

@cattlebattle said:

Nope, things continually get worse for them....its kind of their gimmick. Look at almost every future timeline they have......they're all apocalyptic where most of the X-Men and mutant kind are dead.

this is a good point, but that's part of why it's so refreshing when do they have a good day; it wouldn't be bad to see a little more of that come back.

@Teerack said:

No Toad in the previews not sure if that means he wont join Scott or they want to make it a surprise. Please let it happen D:

I'd really like to see that!

I wonder how Bachalo would draw him this time.. his WatX-men Toad was almost a different character from his Generation X Toad...

@Teerack: he knows what's up.

@JonSmith said:

Oh, goodie. Danger Room stuff.

haha, well I like the Danger room. And it hasn't really been used for almost ten years, so I'm happy to have it come back.

@GonnaRain said:

@XsPectre28 said:

why is scott here now, so he told wolverine that he supports him and his school.... only to come and take the students? or was it all part of a bigger plan?

Well, I'm guessing he's there to give the students a "choice", like in Schism. If they want to stay, stay, if you want to change schools, then leave with Scott. For me it's totally fair, I mean, both Schools are ok, and they want the same for their students, they want to protect them and teach them to use their powers to the fullest, so, at the end it really doesn't matter which side they choose, but in comic terms those who decide to go with Scott will probably have a little more lines than what they had in JGS if they weren't part of Wolvies X-Men.

it seems the schools perform slightly different functions: Wolverine's school shows that mutants have nothing to hide, whereas Cyclops' school gives mutants a place to hide, but there shouldn't be any reason the school's can't be associated with each other. I'm into it.

@Avenger85: man, am I loving the art for this series!

Kitty saying "more better", not so much.. isn't she supposed to be a genius (not to mention a professional educator)? she should probably have a little better grasp of basic English..

@Rabbitearsblog said:

@dangallant984 said:

If you mean better for mutants in general, well, you can only make it so much better before you start to lose your premise. That's why there was no X-men in House of M; Wanda made their premise disappear.

I agree. One of the main things that made the X-Men popular was the fact that they were always struggling against humanity to be accepted into society, although that theme is kind of lost right now.

And, a little off topic, but, that's exactly why I generally hate the X-men in outer space; they lose the context that is their premise.

@poisonfleur said:

They really like bringing the teleporters into these films. I really hope she isn't just an Azazel/Nightcrawler rip-off and she actually teleports the entire group like Pixie and Magik can.

Who knows what will happen. I am soo psyched for this cast! This film has potential to blow the Avengers out of the water.

well, in so far as it's based on more classic source material. That also gives it more potential to disappoint people, too, but I'm still getting pretty excited!