Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-2054358-20150809032033/@comment-26687285-20150810114420

Greater good wrote: Marvelfan94 wrote: Greater good wrote: Marvelfan94 hit the nail on the head. This idea is totally ludicrous, in my opinion. Thanks for the compliment double G. But i'm just wondering, on exactly which point did you with me?. Did you mean the part about the continuity, and the 2 different Quicksilvers?. Or about how the X-Men work better as their own seperate thing?. The main sticking point for me was the part about other superheroes being glorified and celebrated while mutants are treated with fear, hatred and bigotry. It's such a double standard and I've never understood it in the comics. Thank you Greater good!. I'm so thrilled to have someone agree with me!. And like i said, this is exactly why i think the X-Men should be in their own seperate world. You see, having all the other Marvel heroes (Spidey, F4, DD, Iron Man, Cap, etc) interact with each other still makes sense to me. They all feel like they would naturally exist within the same world together. But when you throw the X-Men in there, suddenly it feels really jarring. They just seem like a property that doesn't belong in that world. I mean granted, they look consistent with the rest of that universe, but the vibe is just to different.

Now some people might say that that's exactly the point. The idea that people continue to blame the "Mutants", even though much more important things are going on. But what kind of biggotry is that!?. Why the hell would people specifically go after Mutants, when there are so many other things to worry about and/or be scared of!?.

And this is where the fundemental flaw with the X-Men comes in. It's the fact that they're entire existence is predicated upon the notion that people whill always shun things that are "different", wich is logically inconsistent with the rest of this universe. In other words, they're entire function in the Marvel universe... IS A CONTRADICTION!.

Now am i saying that these themes shouldn't be explored in stories like this, no of course not. In fact, there are many great stories that Marvel has put out that deal with subjects like these (one of the best examples is probably "X-Men: Magneto Testament") All i'm saying is that in this context, these 2 things just don't go together.