In the MARVEL universe, I never understood why people hated Mutants but....

[Meta_Conscious]

You're not thinking about it hard enough.

 

[Ajackson17]

Cause they are different and can be very dangerous.

 

[Jabu_Rule]

like Spider man, The Fantastic 4, Thor, Daredevil etc.

I mean they're the same thing except mutants were born with it. So it's OK to have superpowers when you weren't born with them? Why doesn't the general public in the stories ever suspect Spider man or the others I mentioned for being a mutant?

Do you even marvel? Super Humans were hated on also but since they were augmented and not born as someones deformed child, the fear isn't the same. Still there was an entire story line recently about registering all powered beings which was an initiative headed up by Osborne. This was in the books though. Still the movies showed adverse reactions to powered beings on a few occasions. Especially Hulk.

 

[TRILLip Brooks]

Wrong forum

 

[Dupac]

mutants = black people

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[Dupac]

and this is either a quite comical thread, or a social lounge thread.....i'm moving it soon based on where the discussion goes

 

[TRILLip Brooks]

like Spider man, The Fantastic 4, Thor, Daredevil etc.

I mean they're the same thing except mutants were born with it. So it's OK to have superpowers when you weren't born with them? Why doesn't the general public in the stories ever suspect Spider man or the others I mentioned for being a mutant?

Do you even marvel? Super Humans were hated on also but since they were augmented and not born as someones deformed child, the fear isn't the same. Still there was an entire story line recently about registering all powered beings which was an initiative headed up by Osborne. This was in the books though. Still the movies showed adverse reactions to powered beings on a few occasions. Especially Hulk.

People love The Fantastic 4 and Spider man

 

[Chi Snow]

White Ppl fear what they don't know

And once they know, they try they hardest to exploit it, bleed it dry, and then throw it in the rubbish

 

[Dupac]

mutant rights = civil rights

professor x = mlk

magneto = malcolm x

the shit was deliberate as fuck

 

[LUClEN]

The people of New York hate Spiderman at various points in time

 

[soul rattler]

Fear of the unknown. The mutant storyline was heavily influenced by the Civil Rights era

The Mutant Registration Act and Superhuman Registration Act mirrored the racist segregation laden legislation that came about as a result of Jim Crow.
http://marvel.wikia.com/Superhuman_Registration_Act

Mods y'all can move this thread

 

[Dupac]

mutants were also created cuz stan and kirby got tired of origin stories.....

niggaz was smoked outta their minds one day and were like

"dude, i have so many idea for new heroes.....but i'm just to burned out from tryna figure out 'how' they got their powers"

"dude...i got it......what if they were 'born' that way????

 

[jaxn]

mutant rights = civil rights

professor x = mlk

magneto = malcolm x

the shit was deliberate as fuck

this pretty much sums it up. Mutants represent black folks in the MU.

 

[soul rattler]

Later it also became an allegory for gay rights

 

[Lou Cypher]

Yeah i was always told that when the Xmen was formed it was supposed to represent Civil Rights.

Mutant's struggle for equality represents the african american struggle for equality.

 

[Lab Baby]

Aside from the aforementioned painfully obvious Civil Rights (and now gay rights apparently, thank you Bryan Singer) allegories, the difference between the mutants and the other heroes is the history between them and the civilians. First off, NO superhero is immediately celebrated by the comic book civilization, due to vigilantism and excess damage when fighting crime or whatever. But when they are, superheroes like SM and FF are known to the public as heroes of the public, doing things the police can't, like fighting intergalactic planet eaters, mad scientists, and well... mutants. The backgrounds of these masked characters are disregarded in light of their good deeds. Mutants, however, all already stigmatized as menaces to society.

Long story short, everybody wanna be a mutant, but don't nobody wanna be a mutant.

 

[CottonCitySlim]

the mutants need to be in there own universe, no way they can fear in a universe with skrulls, Kree, Cosmic Abstracts ect. Hell Marvel doesnt even completely follow the hated angle. When mutants leave the x-franchise and go to other franchises they are celebrated as heroes..soon as they come back they are hated.

Who the fuck is scared of white rich super models.

How can you be scared of emma frost but not Invisible Woman....

Scared of Cyclops but Hyperion or any other hero who shoots beams.

Why not be scaed of the other super powered beings,....it makes little sense

 

[Bcotton5]

Is the general public aware of the other guys besides Avengers?

 

[TheManInBlack4.0]

I think its because mutants represent the next stage of evolution and homo sapiens feel threatened about going "extinct."

 

[Bcotton5]

but what about inhumans? I think Marvel is pushing them to replace mutants in the movie universe