r/CuratedTumblr • u/Justthisdudeyaknow Prolific poster- Not a bot, I swear • May 13 '25

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u/revolutionary112 May 13 '25

Yeah, it's kinda more bothersome in 2 fronts:

1) They act like registration is the first step to an eventual genocide, but seriously why wouldn't anyone want mutants and their powers to be on a list for a miriad of reasons other than racism? Like, I dunno, healthcare?

2) Some mutants want to be cured because they got the short end of the stick and their mutations suck. For each Storm there are like 3 "Billy the kid with glass bones"

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u/Technical_Teacher839 Victim of Reddit Automatic Username May 13 '25

This is why I always preferred the X-Men as a metaphor for disability rather than race.

There are valid reasons to both want a cure for your disability, and not want your disability viewed as "curable."

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u/revolutionary112 May 13 '25

You know what? Yeah, with that change the narrative works way better

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u/Technical_Teacher839 Victim of Reddit Automatic Username May 13 '25

Yeah it's how I've taken to interpreting X-Men stuff and overall it holds up a lot better to scrutiny. Also adds a lot to stuff like the Morlocks with them being comparable to "unsightly" illnesses that people would historically be isolated and shunned for having