Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-67.59.77.3-20150201065531/@comment-4901718-20150306002608

First of all we have to clear up one thing: "The Marvel Cinematic Universe dont have the X-Men or even the rights of some characters", yes they now find the way of having Spiderman in the movies, but that doesnt mean they can use the term mutant.

So the mutants in this Cinematic Universe are Inhumans, the Inhumans are created when one especific human with some gem enter in contact with alien technology or even an alien himself.

For example we could say that we have in Wanda and Quicksilver the first Inhumans and later with Agent of Shield we find out that Coulson and some people more could become Inhumans too after the contact with the Kree's technology and the Kree blood.

So we see in the first movie how Loki use the scepter to control minds and reveal great things to the people, so i believe the scepter actives because the scepter is Chitauri technology, the Inhuman powers of Wanda and Quicksilver.