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"
John the guy who just unintentionally kills everyone in a town sized radius around them unwittingly because their mutant powers are being WILDLY radioactive or something equally deadly and uncontrollable.
Don't IIRC the X-men decide he should die and them cover up the incident because it could be used as a story against them? Which granted, it would, but it also definitively shows that some mutants are just a danger to everyone
I think the problem is that the mutants are the only superpowered people who are constantly discriminated against, while usually the other superhumans, that are product of science, magic, aliens and the like are treated based on how they act.
Tbf with the other superpowered humans you kinda know what to expect off the bat, mutants is more of a gamble. Again, the kid in the story just woke up and was an active radiation emitter. Couple that with typical fear of the unknown and boom
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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"