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The thing I love about Krakoa is the potential for mutants to be compelling totally divorced from persecution. I say that because the chief thing my government education taught me about ppl like myself was slavery. Like it was the only notable thing abt us.
The same thing happens with mutants, but they’re not defined by oppression either. The millions of ppl who can’t separate them from suffering isn’t just chance, it’s fed and cultivated by the same system that educated me, one that valorises minority pain to reduce accountability
If national curriculums taught racial unrest (e.g.) as continuations of lethal hatred that are (rightly) violently opposed, rather than a blameless phenomenon that the most noble minorities tolerate kindly, more people would relate to DOX
But hey, for decades the narrative has been that the only admirable thing minorities can do is keep dying and keep being nice about it until their oppressors come around. So that’s what the X-men have been...and that’s what a lot of fans expect.
But if we can’t migrate into stories outside of their suffering, then we’re saying humans are the most interesting thing about mutants.
I enjoy them being MORE than their struggle
I enjoy them being MORE than their struggle
The little peeks we’ve gotten into a burgeoning mutant society - both big and small - are incredible. Acts of huge solidarity, Tempus ageing whisky, Forge’s organic architecture, Cipher’s language building, economics, polamory, religion, justice.
Genocide isn’t a better story.
Genocide isn’t a better story.
Krakoa even adds richer context to the struggle at hand. It gives them a utopia to fight for, a future to protect. Here’s hoping it’ll be around for a while
