Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-2054358-20150809032033/@comment-9062114-20150925182357

Honestly, I get why people say this probably won't happen, but I cannot understand how people argue the X-Men cannot fit into the MCU. I'll address the two arguments frequently used against support this idea.

1: The X-Men are looked down upon, while The Avengers and other heroes in the Marvel Universe aren't. This is because those "other superheroes" actually save people, and the Marvel mutants are just normal people with abilities. In addition, The Avengers are government-regulated by S.H.I.E.L.D. and whatnot while Mutants are not, and can and just cause as much trouble as they want with their powers. It's also due to Mutants being a threat to humanity, since they are the next step in Evolution and might be "proof" that the regular folks are going to be replaced by them which is (obviously) threatening. Prejudice, by definition is non-sensical, so trying to expect solid logic when it comes to an emotional idea built of illogic is just impossible to do.

The Marvel universe has had the X-Men in it for decades, they've found ways to justify Mutants discrimination in the world where The Avengers, Spider-Man, Daredevil, etc, are heroes. I don't why people on this Wiki don't get it. The Inhumans are also treated as outcasts and freaks despite the popularity of the Avengers, and they do exist in the MCU already, so the "contradiction" will exist no matter if the X-Men are under Disney's control or not.

2: People wonder where were mutants this whole time and why they didn't help in the Battle of New York or any big events in the MCU, I can ask this about other groups in the Marvel Universe that Disney has the rights to, and can add whenever they wanted. Where were the Vampires during all of the big events, where were the Inhumans, where was The Punisher, where was Ant-Man (Hank Pym), where was Hercules (who Marvel has complete creative control over)? A ton of different people did not partake in such events. Mutants as I said aren't usually that heroic, so odds are they just tried to stay out of danger like most other citizens during these things, it makes even less sense (as I explained) Punisher and Ant-Man were no where to be found in these.

Or maybe they did help and it just was not shown on screen. Just because we didn't see it, doesn't mean it didn't happen. We've never had an MCU film take place in the Netherlands, does that mean the country doesn't exist in the MCU canon? No!

Anyway, Mutants have shown up in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (which is canon in the Marvel Cinematic Universe) before, though they have not been called that, rather they've been called "enhanced" or "special". So, you could even argue Mutants have already appeared in the MCU, making the idea that they've just never been around incorrect.

I get that some people don't want X-Men to go back to Marvel for multiple other reasons. But this idea that they somehow will not fit into the MCU, in my opinion is just untrue on so many levels.

Sorry for this long rant, I just had a lot to say.