History Headscratchers / XMen

[[folder:Why do they say that Cyclops [[spoiler:''murdered'' Xavier]]?]]

[[folder: The Roots of Anti-Mutant Racism]]

[[folder: Mr Sinister is an idiot]]

[[folder: Magneto, the Avengers, and FF]]

[[folder: What was the point of Operation Zero Tolerance and how was it legal?]]

[[folder: Why did Magneto try to take over the missile base and the country and many other things during the Silver Age?]]

[[folder: What are the mutants power rankings?]]

[[folder: Would the X-Men still exist if a war between humans and mutants break out?]]

** No, a war wouldn't be good, no matter how you look at it. The Nazis and KKK not being big enough? Do you know how big they were? Do you have any idea how many White power groups exist? No, you don't, otherwise you'd know that, had they wanted to, they could start a war. But, as stupid as they are, they know a war is a bad idea. As for fighting for peace being foolish, I'm sorry, but that was the most dick-headish thing I've ever read. Fighting for peace is NEVER a foolish thing to do. Fighting for peace is the only non-foolish thing to fight for. Its not a matter of humans vs mutants, it would be a matter of bad humans vs bad mutants vs good humans and good mutants. Humanity doesn't all want to kill the mutants, and not all mutants want to fight. Its not so black and white. The reason it would be wrong to just sit back and let a mutant regime fight is because the X-Men are the ones who fight for rights, Magneto fights for supremacy. That isn't what they want. How do you not get this? Secondly, if a war did break out in the present, it would ruin the entire franchise. A war can only be used in a future and AU setting, if it happened in the main universe, we'd have something like Civil War: A terribly written story that ruined the comics for a lot of people. A small scale war, such as a single nation enslaving mutants and others fighting for liberation, that could work, but a world scale war between the two races would be a terrible idea.[[/folder]]

[[folder: What is a mutant, exactly?]]

* A mutant, as in Homo Sapien Superior, is a person born with a mutated 'X-Gene' which causes unique developments. How I chose to think of it, as like a key to their genes. Say, someone is born with a gene that allows them to grow a tail, but, its inactive/'turned off', and unlike most genes, it doesn't become active at a certain age. This 'X-Gene' makes a hormone that activates this gene, causing them to develop powers. Similarly, people could be born with an X-Gene, but lack any special genes in need of activating. So, an X-Gene holder and a 'power gene' holder will have to share their CD collections, and create a baby with both, causing them to be a mutant with powers. Similarly, if someone is born with an X-Gene but no powers, if they come across a genetic mishap, such as say, a bite from a spider or being near a Gamma radiation wave, then they'll develop a 'power gene'. The X-Gene may also provide other benefits. As described once in the comics, all mutants are immune to HIV/AIDS, but its also possible they're immune to the effects of radiation (As ''First Class'' claimed, thought note that despite being in a nuclear reactor for a great amount of time, Erik has no negative side effects). Its also possible that the same gene comes in small variations, such as one that lacks the ability to control the amount of this power unlocking hormone, causing PowerIncontinence. Bare in mind, that's my personal take on it, there's nothing in Cannon to say this, but its how I like to explain it. Take it how you will.

** Funny, currently, or last I checked, they HAVE hired a PR specialist. However, Homo Superiour was coined by Magneto, and some writers tend to use it as the official term, leading to Xavier saying it despite previously disdaining it.

[[folder: The Mutant Menance International]]

[[folder: Bishop's Life]]

[[folder: first superhero team]]

[[folder: Apocalypse]]

[[folder: How on Earth do the X-Men have secret identities?]]

[[folder: Wolverine's amnesia]]

[[folder: Hypocrisy: Mutants and SuperHeroes]]

[[folder: Who would have a kid with Sabertooth?]]

[[folder: Suddenly the ship sinks]]

[[folder: Why don't Cyclops' beams constantly make laser sounds behind his glasses?]]

[[folder: If Magneto rule the world, wouldn't discrimination still exist?]]

[[folder: Why does the Juggernaut work with Magneto?]]

[[folder: What is Scott and Madelyne marital status is, now she has returned from the dead?]]

[[folder: Can Mister Sinister really be killed by decapitation?]]

[[folder: Biological sex in shapeshifting mutants]]

[[folder: Population, Paranoia and the Mutant "Species"]]

[[folder: In the comics, does Xavier have 2 identities like Clark Kent/Superman?]]

[[folder: Jean's original codename in the cartoons]]

[[folder: Sentinels chasing their targets]]

[[folder: Danger Room]]

[[folder: Master Mold in Slave Island]]

[[folder: Why the hell didn't Rogue keep the slave collar?]]

** Because you never know when she might actually need her powers acti9ve and easily available. Supervillains and anti-mutant forces don't call ahead before they attack.

[[folder: How can Wolverine smell that someone is a shapeshifter in disguise?]]

** He knew the alternate time line existed, and that someone had obtained access to that timeline's version of his technology. That doesn't mean he knew any details. We also don't know when he became aware of it, just that it was some time before the massacre, so it could have been long after he'd set his 616 breeding experiments in place.

** There still was a time when mutants were ever increasing in their numbers. The fact that the mutant population has dropped drastically is a setback, but doesn't mean that it couldn't hypothetically happen again, so it's still reasonable for people who believe that mutants might one day replace humanity. The idea that the rise in mutants was linked to atomic bomb testing has more or less been dropped and never really made sense to begin with (a lot of the time it was presented as theoretical- they didn't ''know'' where their powers came from and were just speculating). The drop in the mutant population was due to outside interference like the Scarlet Witch, so if nothing like that ever happens again then it is possible that the mutant populace might one day grow large enough to eclipse humans, and numbers have nothing to do with whether something is a separate "species" or not. As for why they consider themselves to be such when they only have an X-Gene in common and are actually just the products of alien experiments...well, most mutants probably don't ''know'' this, and the ones who ''do'' think might think of it as more of an irrelevant technicality (i.e. using "evolution" and "species" as inaccurate but informal term for mutants eventually becoming the dominant group on the planet). The language both sides use (eg. "Homo Superior") only reinforces this notion on a subconscious level. As for the humans, most ordinary people just aren't versed in the complexities and nuances of the mutant issue enough to know exactly ''what'' the differences are between mutants and non-mutant superhumans and don't really care (prejudices don't have to make empirical sense, after all) while the more extreme anti-mutant hate groups in most cases probably ''do'' have issues or suspicions about non-mutant superhumans as well, though mostly it comes down to a) seeing mutants as a potential "evolutionary" threat, b) the existence of mutant supremacy terrorist groups (anti-mutant groups being a backlash), c) fear and hatred arising from ignorance d) the manipulation of more informed but less scrupulous individuals (e.g. Bastion, who stores up anti-mutant hatred simply because that's what he was programmed to do, not because he is unaware of the technical differences; William Striker, who is an AxCrazy fundamentalist extremist, and others who might simply want power and /or are using mutants as a scapegoat), e) bad experiences with dangerous mutants that "evolved" (no pun intended) into an irrational prejudice.

** [[IdenticalLookingAsians All mutants look the same to civilians?]]

Please lets just stop arguing so I don't have to keep saying the exact same things? Also, didn't notice this, the reason they would move to San Fran? 50 State Initiative, where every city was to have one super hero and every state has to have at least one team. One way or another the mansion would get blown up eventually, and [[CityOfWeirdos New York in the Marvel Universe]] is filled with superheroes, while San Francisco has none. The X-Men were invited to live there by the mayor, since San Fran was actually ''pro mutant'' unlike everywhere else.

** 'Girl' can be used as a slang for 'young woman', not just female teens and younger. The current Batgirl is an adult, and many incarnations of Supergirl and Power Girl are depicted in their twenties.

* Granted, he was broken out of prison by the Brotherhood, but his ex-wife still successfully wrote to Senator Kelly to release Charles. They only noticed he was missing when they went to release him--but it was successful. But that's the thing: Putting aside all the retcons, I must ask "How was that campaign successful?" He turned himself in because, SplitPersonality (later LiteralSplitPersonality) or not, he ''was'' responsible for the events of ''ComicBook/{{Onslaught}}''; he still had an ''at best'' double-digit body count on his hands. It just seems like the government only cared about the Avengers and Fantastic Four, went "All is forgiven" when they came back, and didn't really give a damn about the other people hurt or killed by Onslaught.

* Granted, he was broken out of prison by the Brotherhood, but his ex-wife still successfully wrote to Senator Kelly to release Charles. They only noticed he was missing when they went to release him--but it was successful. But that's the thing: Putting aside all the retcons, I must ask "How was that campaign successful?" He turned himself in because, SplitPersonality (later LiteralSplitPersonality) or not, he ''was'' responsible for the events of ''ComicBook/{{Onslaught}}''; he still had an ''at best'' double-digit body count on his hands. It just seems like the government only cared about the Avengers and Fantastic Four, went "All is forgiven" when they came back, and didn't really did a damn about the other people hurt or killed by Onslaught.

* Granted, he was broken out of prison by the Brotherhood, but his ex-wife still successfully wrote to Senator Kelly to release Charles. They only noticed he was missing when they went to release him--but it was successful. But that's the thing: Putting aside all the retcons, I must ask "How was that campaign successful?" He turned himself in because, SplitPersonality (later LiteralSplitPersonality) or not, he ''was'' responsible for the events of ''ComicBook/{{Onslaught}}''; he still had an ''at best'' double-digit body count on his hands. It just seems like the government only cared about the Avengers and Fantastic Four and went "All is forgiven" when they came back, and didn't really did a damn about the other people hurt by Onslaught.

* Granted, he was broken out of prison by the Brotherhood, but his ex-wife still successfully wrote to Senator Kelly to release Charles. They only noticed he was missing when they went to release him--but it was successful. But that's the thing: Putting aside all the retcons, I must ask "How was that campaign successful?" He turned himself in because, SplitPersonality (later LiteralSplitPersonality) or not, he ''was'' responsible for the events of ''ComicBook/{{Onslaught}}''; he still had an ''at best'' double-digit body count on his hands. It just seems like the government only cared about the Avengers and Fantastic Four and didn't really did a damn about the other people hurt by Onslaught.

** How they act on their anti-mutant racism may seem illogical. Chock that up to human idiocy or arrogance. But it's easy to see where the root of the racism could begin. Think about it. You have mutants with potentially dangerous abilities whose powers are developing before they have the means to control them. So suddenly you have inexperienced mutants destroying property, accidentally hurting people, etc. Some people won't care that they didn't mean it. They'll just care that they feel endangered and as with any other form of prejudice, fear leads to hate.

** 'Girl' can be used as a slang for any young woman, not just female kids and teens. The current Batgirl is an adult, and many incarnations of Supergirl and Power Girl are depicted in their twenties.

** 'Girl' can be used as a slang for any young woman, not just female kids and teens. The current Batgirl is an adult, and many incarnations of Supergirl and Power Girl depict them in their twenties.

** 'Girl' can be used as a slang for any young woman, not just female kids and teens. The current Batgirl is an adult.

** 'Girl' can be used as a slang for any young woman, not just female kids and teens.