If mutants were real and you were born one, would you join Xaviers X-men and fight for peaceful co-existence with humans, or would you join Magneto's Acolytes and fight back against humanities oppression?
Joining the Morlocks and living in the sewers or trying to blend in and go about your life are also valid options.
Dont get involved in Mutant affairs and maybe be a solo hero.
Camden Gomez
It would depend on a lot of things.
If I had a really subtle mutation and my life were otherwise a good one, I might just go about my business and never let anyone know what was up. I'd just go about my business and if possible use my powers in subtle ways to make my life better whilst engaging in anonymous online discussion about pro-mutant issues.
If I had a subtle power and my life were really shitty? I could see myself siding with Magneto and company out of resentment and a frustrated sense of entitlement. Doubly so if I had a really obvious mutation like horns or wings or something.
Now if I had a happy life up until the point where I manifested some really obvious and glaring powers, I think I'd go to the X-Men with the idea that fighting for a future where guys like me could just go back to living that nice life someday without racial stigma might seem more appealing to me.
Austin Green
Honestly, assuming I'm a human-looking mutant? I would lie and claim to be the product of weird science.
Alternatively, I'd claim that I'm an Inhuman. (Seriously, what's the difference between Inhumans and mutants? Didn't Quicksilver get time-travel powers from Terragenesis?)
Nathaniel Lewis
Mutants are born, Inhumans are made. Also i'm looking at this thread more from a 90's angle where humans were the vast majority, mutants were still hunted and feared for just being who they were, and super powered people like the Avengers were still somewhat in the minority.
Eli Taylor
would depend on a bajillion factors, especially mutation. Ideally I'd just get flight and become a sky hobo who picks fruits from trees.
I mean, humans can't even peacefully co-exist with other humans so I can't imagine Xavier is on anything but a fool's crusade
On the other hand, it's not like killing all humans and making a mutant society would be any better. You'd still get power struggles and all the other bullshit that makes me unable to tolerate people. So Magneto can fuck off.
Morlocks seem incapable of taking it easy so that's another no go.
Ian Clark
X-Men. Fighting for peaceful co-existence and against oppression are not mutually exclusive. Also, cuter girls.
Aiden Baker
>implying you'd get someuseful power and not something shitty a la Tri-Face John
Owen Ross
I get the impression that while mutants would just get annoyed if you were found to be lying about your X gene, Inhumans might actually imprison you or worse if you lied to them that you were an inhuman
Hunter Myers
something that starts off shitty can often be pushed into something useful if you trigger a secondary mutation.
Ayden Martinez
If I´m still human looking, I´ll just go living my life as usual, If anybody notice my powers I´ll just lie saying that a radioactive hobo bit me.
Asher Sanders
I'd join magneto. I prefer freedom and hanging around more interesting people than mall brats that think there can be peace among humans and mutants (there cant).
If I couldn't get ahold of magneto and my power was physically impassable as a normal person, I'd just hang in the sewers.
Chase Wright
Everyone roll for your power here before discussing
I would love to live in Xavier School but I probably wound't get involved in any of the heroing bullshit
Josiah Price
Do I actually join the X-Men or one of their satellite teams?
X-Men have a better track record of actually surviving. Or at the very least getting resurrected.
Acolytes and Morlocks die by the dozen
Kevin Turner
> Your powers are seeing through illusions and creating copies of yourself.
Well, the former isn't useful. The latter is questionably so.
Ian Torres
But that school gets blown up every single week. Is safer to get a private tutor.
Benjamin Nelson
>Your powers are controlling electricity, prehensile hair, shooting energy beams, and manipulating light. I´m not sure how prehensile hair would work for some one with a short haircut.
Luis Edwards
I'd probably join the marauders.
Levi Ortiz
>Also, cuter girls.
Oh yeah, I forgot this.
If it means I can hang out with Pixie, I'd probably join the x-men.
Blake Morgan
it would probably depend on your power-set they might not even want you as fodder
If the mutations shows up on my appearance, maybe Xaviers X-men. But if it doesn't change my physical appearance at all, I would likely use my powers for my own gain. Like who's going to notice.
i'M A FETISH! I guess it's time to use my powerset to cash in and whore myself to internet weirdo's. Probably not that many field uses.
Andrew Hughes
But user they have X-Gene detectors.
It's only a matter of time before you get dragged into X-Men nonsense.
Bentley Scott
What if a human got a blood transfusion from a mutant and the blood stayed there, the person himself in a symbiotic state with the powered blood?
Nicholas Bennett
X-Men, if I try going solo, horrifying shit's going to happen to me to keep my plotline interesting. With the X-Men I can try and slide into the backdrop, and do my bit without ever being a prime target for a dramatic death, or other bullshit.
Sup Cyclops, hit me with your punch beams so I can help Storm fuck up that guy over there.
Josiah Mitchell
Exactly, as soon as the sentinal programs are rolled out a bunch of the stealth loner mutants are fucked.
I was going to stay I don't think thats how powers worked, but then I remembered all the times Wolverines blood was used to rapily heal crazy injuries. Hmmmmm
Landon Lopez
> "Your powers are manipulating metal and manipulating gravity."
Hey Professor X, I really appreciate you letting me join the X-Men, I'll do my best to fight to protect a world that hates and fears me. Now before all that, I know you're fiflthy rich, so do you mind if I borrow your Amex Black Card?
> In before I invetiably find out Magneto is my Dad. (And then not again)
Xavier Campbell
It could be interesting, specially if a non-mutant adult suddenly has to deal with being a "mutant". And maybe the issues of a foreign 'body' in your system
It all really comes down to what power I'd get as a mutant, but also whether or not Xavier is being portrayed as a legit caregiver who is honestly trying to make a better world of coexistence opposed to the Machiavellian schemer who got numerous X-teams killed, mind wiped his prize student to forget about that. I'd be even more wary of Cyclops if he's running things and his comic history is intact. No good would come of that.
Magneto's position and modus operandi is usually fairly consistent, only it's "scheme and kill/dethrone humans" all the time and I don't want to live in the fucking sewer either just because I developed scales and dragon's breath powers.
So an on the level Xavier would be my go-to, and if he was really a scheming chump, then fuck it. I'd go start my own peaceful co-existence group and not make a fucking task force unless it was *absolutely* necessary to train kids with laser or tornado powers so they don't up and kill people by accident.
Jack Hernandez
This.
Make up a story involving aliens or radioactivity, become a superhero and worry about not bigotry.
So I would "pass" as they say. If I'm a mutant too ugly to pass I'll say I'm an alien.
Zachary Walker
>Your powers are controlling electricity and withstanding extreme heat.
Ah, this is a power set ripe for bullshittery while also giving me survivability against most of the post firearm scifi weapons deployed against mutants.
I'd be a great asset to the X-Men or the Acolytes. Hell this is the kind of ability that could have one run with the Brotherhood, the MLF, or just joining Shield as a search and rescue specialist.
"I can sense the bioelectric energies of survivors and rush through the flaming wreckage toward them unharmed,"
"Ha! The energy weapons these Sentinels are throwing around are starting to tickle, better fry their circuitry,"
"The clash between mine and Magneto's power is generating microwaves and heat. Let's see who can stand that backlash longer,"
Seriously, Shield might be a good option.
Nathaniel Davis
Humans at large are legit evil in X-Men world, so yeah I'd fight them
>I'll just pretend I'm an alien Does anyone in the Marvel universe actually do that? Sounds like you'd have a hard time selling the ideas to your immediate family.
Speaking of which how would your own family react to the new that you're a mutant, Sup Forums?
Austin Lee
>Your powers are manipulating shadows and controlling air.
I guess they could be useful, I could pretty much take out bigger foes by controlling the air and suffocating them I suppose.
Noah Thomas
The Morlocks doesn't sound too bad except you have to be ugly to live there and they'll fuck your face up just to let you join them. I don't really give a shit about Xavier or Magneto, i'd just live life the way I want and probably occasionally use my powers to steal what I need just to get by, though wouldn't hurt anyone.
Josiah Young
Super Leukemia Man needs money for his Terrigen Chemo treatments.
So wait, I'm a magical version of Magneto? Would he even let me on his team or would he be all 'I'm already the master of magnetism go fuck yoursef.'
Fuck it, I'd probably still join up with him, if only to avoid being the guy on the x-men who constantly has to undo his fuckery/lose magnet fights to him. Maybe I'd borrow his plans for Asteroid M and just fuck off into space.
>implying you have any real pride >Implying you're not just posturing to cover up your numerous insecurities, like the average bigot.
Gotta have something to have Pride for it to mean anything, boyo!
Hudson Cooper
I can be proud of all the humans I murder with my god like powers.
Jayden Smith
X-Men. All the girls dress like strippers and Storm is an outright exhibitionist.
Luke Morales
>Your powers are creating force fields and detecting lies.
I think I'd be a low key street hero and fighting for whichever side happens to get to me first.
>The power to control others via food. Technique of Food Manipulation. Variation of Hypnosis.
The only thing I'm sure of is that I'd abuse the shit out it. For better or worse.
William Morgan
Brainstorm Mindspark Spasm
Asher Long
NONE OF THESE.
I would instead start my own group where I would use my and my team's powers to increase the economic capabilities of my country, creating more work places for everyone, increasing the technological progress of my country and showing how human lives can improve if mutants would be given a chance at actively improving society.
Hell, imagine hospitals with gear that allows people to regrow limbs ala Wolverine or heavy duty equipment based off Colossus's powers.
Why doesn't humanity study mutants and create tech based on mutant powers is something I'll never understand.
Julian Hall
So you'd be every non-x-man/non-brotherhood group of mutants that gets stomped to death by sentinels or whatever other antagonist of the week they have at the beginning of an event that sets wolverine on a revenge bender?
Evan Bailey
Do the Sentinels have any jurisdiction beyond the US borders?
Nathan Murphy
Ask Genosha.
Thomas Turner
Those were Wild Sentinels though.
Charles Myers
It didn't seem to impair their ability to fuck up a bunch of mutants though.
Hudson Baker
But they are real. I cant stop getting these digits
Owen Sanders
Darn.
And how about the rest of the world?
Most of the time we see Americans attitude to mutants.
How are the tolerance levels in other countries?
Would Latveria be the safest place for mutants if I work for Doctor Doom? The Sentinels wouldn't be THIS stupid to attack Latveria right?
Jackson Sanders
>Your powers are shooting energy beams, super hearing, transforming into a liquid form, and a prehensile tail. What power don't I have?
Jaxson Rivera
>Random superpower generator >Your power is seeing remote events.
>How You Got Your Superpowers >You received them when a laboratory experiment involving a wild owl went wrong.
Thats too perfect.
Instead of what I think it meant with "remote sensing", basically ESP, far-viewing, being able to psionically spy on people in another country, I'd say this "remote viewing" is the Proportional Eyesight of an Owl. Telescopic and microscopic vision, superman's sight without the x-ray component.
Image would be my superhero name
Robert Lopez
All this would depend on my power level and who approach me first. If I'm able to warp reality and can't control it I'm taking the first offer I get to fix it. If I'm just shooting beams of electromagnetic energy when I fart I likely just live a gasX life and refuse both of them.
Grayson Flores
>Your powers are super balance and manipulating light. The second one seems OP, first one means I can do gymnastics?
Jeremiah Collins
>Your powers are draining life energy, creating copies of yourself and projecting illusions. I'm playing both sides and pulling Xorn level bullshit
controlling air, flight, and telepathy. Controling air and telepathy sounds like a fun combination
Jeremiah Jones
>Soul-Bound Entity >The power to gain creatures/entities that are unique to users and bound to their souls. >Secondary >Magic Immunity Fuck the mutants, me and my Stand are going to harass Doctor Strange.
Hudson Barnes
>Morlocks fuck fighting for peaceful co-existence with humans or fighting against humanities oppression?
>Your powers are near-invulnerability to physical damage, reading minds, and shooting energy beams. Well, I think I'll be fine. I'll just try to blend in and be an amazing Bodyguard. >Sense Client is in imminent danger. >shrug off bullets like raindrops >Shoot a couple energy blasts while nobody is looking. >Profit
Juan Thomas
>Not joining the Friends Of Humanity >Not yelling "NO MORE MUTANTS" until them mutant scum go deaf
what the hell happened with this place, when did you guys turn into mutie-loving faggots?
wow. i guess I'm going with Xavier, not that I can be of any help to Magneto.
Josiah Stewart
3rd option: a independent mutant corporation, I'll fly mutants outside the US in more mutant friendly countries like Brasil or South Africa were they can use their powers for profit and the common good.
Wyatt Thompson
Yeah, but then you'll be likely to be attacked by Wild Sentinels.