Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-2054358-20150809032033/@comment-26687285-20150809191612

Honestly, no. I don't want the X-Men and MCU to cross over, for a couple of reasons.

1: This would (even further) convolute the X-Men's live-action continuity (especially) for people who don't follow these franchises to a tee. Now suddenly we're asking questions like: Where were the X-Men during every single disastrous event that's taken place in the MCU?, why didn't they come and help out the Avengers?. Why do these X-Men look different than in the movies?. Is this set in the same continuity as Fox's movies?, is it an alternate/multi-verse?.

2: My biggest reason is one that is one that really has to do with the entire idea behind the X-Men, and their function in the larger Marvel world. I've just never been able to accept the fact that Mutants are looked down upon, while every other super-person is 100% accepted!?.

And yes!, i understand what Marvel is trying to get across with these stories. They're trying to make a statement about hate and prejudice/biggotry (be it anti-semitism, homophobia, racism, whatever), Mutants are supposed to be the outsiders, and all that jazz. But it just makes no damn sense!. If this society is so willing' to exclude, persecute, and even kill people based solely on the fact that they have powers/abillities that make them different/superior, WHY THE HELL are they only doing that to Mutants!?. Why aren't they calling for Spider-Man/Fantastic 4/Daredevil etc to be arrested and/or killed as well!?. How can they possibly be close-minded enough to hate Mutants, whilst not caring at all about every other superpowered individual, even when they are just as, if not more, powerfull/dangerous as/then Mutants are?!.

And i know about the whole natural selection argument, that Mutants are (supposedly) ostracized because "Nature" has deemed them superior to humans. But even this feels like a flimsy explation, since characters like Thor (who is essentially a god, compared to humans) are never treated this way.

This is why i have always felt that the X-Men would only truly make sense in their own seperate world. And thus why i feel it would only hurt rather than help either franchise if they were to cross over.

And 3: i just really like the state that both franchises currently find themselves in. And i like that not every movie featuring a Marvel creation, is part of the MCU, now that that universe is already so crowded and busy. And (as i've already domonstrated) if there is one Marvel property that could/should stand on it's own, it's X-Men.

And BTW, this is actually the only Marvel property i feel this way about. Since (for example) i was desperatly hoping that Spider-Man would return to Marvel Studios, and was positively thrilled when the Marvel/Sony deal was made this year. And now, given the dreadfull reception of Fox's Fantastic 4 reboot, am now hoping the same will happen with that franchise (although i admit, the chances look pretty bleak).