I feel like it's worth discussing, with Krakoa well behind us, what the X-Men should be. That's the guiding principle to how stories are written.It's generally agreed that "offering aid to those struggling with the emergence of their powers and defending the victimized, human or mutant" goes without saying. But while the stated mission of "equality" hasn't changed per se, there's contention nowadays - locked to stagnant nostalgia dynamics some days, betraying everything they stand for (with drama milking open declarations as much) the next, all because people have radically different ideas of what pursuing this ought to look like, and how to square that with the market realities of Marvel Comics.So putting aside The Metaphor driving this behavior, I ask you, /co/: what do you believe they should be centered around?Reconciliation with the larger populace that mutants once were part of, that they may live among them without persecution?The advocation of "Mutant" as an identity in-and-of itself? To be a race with interests of their own, who should nonetheless seek to treat fairly and be treated in turn?Some other road towards mutual understanding between humans and mutants?
Who cares about the X-Men nowadays it's not the 90s
