Flash's Lightning
08-06-2009, 09:05 PM
I wonder why mutants are always segregated?
In the beginning, mutants weren't really plentiful enough to get out in the world; they tended to form groups or communities such as the X-Men, Brotherhood, Hellfire Club, etc.
Later with the population boom, mutants were everywhere, but they still tended to keep to themselves, on Genosha, in District X, and so on.
Of course now, they're back to square one, trying to rebuild their numbers, but still they segregate themselves to a community in San Fran.
Wouldn't it have been smart of Charles, Scott, Emma, or even Erik, to essentially teach mutants to protect themselves, and then send them out in the world to lead real lives?
In the case of Charles, Scott and Emma, it would be a way to make people realize that mutants aren't "those strange, dangerous people over there", but rather, "my teacher" or "the firefighter that saved my life" or "that guy my sister dates". As in, "yeah, he's a mutie, but I guess he's not so bad".
Isn't that the way to change a prejudice? By changing fear into knowledge? Wouldn't keeping yourself locked away from humanity do more to destroy the Charles-Dream than sending people out to live?
(Granted, in Erik's case, it'd probably be something more subtle in order to work a plan to take over humanity, but that's besides the point.)
In the beginning, mutants weren't really plentiful enough to get out in the world; they tended to form groups or communities such as the X-Men, Brotherhood, Hellfire Club, etc.
Later with the population boom, mutants were everywhere, but they still tended to keep to themselves, on Genosha, in District X, and so on.
Of course now, they're back to square one, trying to rebuild their numbers, but still they segregate themselves to a community in San Fran.
Wouldn't it have been smart of Charles, Scott, Emma, or even Erik, to essentially teach mutants to protect themselves, and then send them out in the world to lead real lives?
In the case of Charles, Scott and Emma, it would be a way to make people realize that mutants aren't "those strange, dangerous people over there", but rather, "my teacher" or "the firefighter that saved my life" or "that guy my sister dates". As in, "yeah, he's a mutie, but I guess he's not so bad".
Isn't that the way to change a prejudice? By changing fear into knowledge? Wouldn't keeping yourself locked away from humanity do more to destroy the Charles-Dream than sending people out to live?
(Granted, in Erik's case, it'd probably be something more subtle in order to work a plan to take over humanity, but that's besides the point.)