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Seems to be a distinct difference in reactions to the new X-Men status-quo. Largely I’ve seen people who can identify with minority perspectives see it as empowering and those can’t / don’t see It as an unforgivable betrayal of the characters. #xspoilers
We always get told mutants are an analogy for minority communities, but if they are, they model the worst behaviour I can imagine. They’re an oppressor’s wet dream; forever capitulating and putting their oppressor’s comfort over their own lives #xspoilers
As a kid, the most disappointing part of the X-Men to me was watching the mutants (stood ankle high in the blood of their children) try over and over to serve & save their way out of genocide, as every new human generation learned to hate them afresh #xspoilers
The scene where professor X tells the entire planet that they can get snatched up if they act up was exultant for me. He saved his people, and I’m disappointed I was even shocked to read the equivalent of “what would MLK do?” about it here. #xspoilers
If the peaceful, separatist mobilisation of a minority community that is the subject of very literal genocide makes you uncomfortable, then we know who you’re really identifying with #xspoilers
And weirdly, @JHickman’s status quo is actually the perfect foundation for mutants to go BACK to their original ethos, because “protecting a world that fears and hates you” is noble if you’re immortal, but kinda stupid if you’re not.
