Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-2054358-20150809032033/@comment-26687285-20150810143911

Magic713 wrote: Frankly, I feel like the way the MCU is set up now, I find it hard to imagine there being room for mutants, and having them distinguished from the other super heroes (like why is it non-mutant super heroes are treated with praise while mutants are treated with hatred).

Once again, i totally agree. And this is why i think the X-Men work much better in their own seperate universe. Because in that context, (one where there are no other super-humans) it makes total sense that people would be afraid of Mutants. After all, in such a scenario, they would be the biggest thing be to worried about.

And there, even the idea of Humans hating Mutants because Humans are now (as Bolivar Trask put it) the Neanderthal to their Homo Sapien, actually enriches the themes raised by the franchise, rather than feeling like an excuse to give meaning to a non-sequitur.

And finally, i just think that having the X-Men as their own seperate brand, is a better decision creatively. As the X-Men stories are often so expansive and so epic, that they really don't need any endorsement from the rest of the Marvel canon. The X-Men, as a creation, are more than strong/interesting enough to stand on their own.

And for that, and all the reasons i mentioned in my other messages, is why i don't think the X-Men and MCU should ever cross over.