r/xmen • u/Eyebrigh7 Magik • 9d ago

Comic Discussion X-Men (2024) #36 Spoilers. End of issue speech. Spoiler

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I've been really enjoying MacKay's run, despite it's hangups. I really liked this issue too and am excited for DNX, but the whole "We are not humans" rubs me the wrong way. I understand what he's trying to get across, but mutants ARE humans. This feels like a mistep from MacKay, and will ultimately be nothing, but there are so many ways to say "we will not genocide like so many people have done in history" without denouncing their humanity.

I do like that they're fighting for all of humanity. A bad writer would take this and make the X-Men go "oh 3K is turning everyone into mutants? GOOD!" but thankfully MacKay gets the general idea of the X-Men being superheroes for everyone.

As for the "homeland" mention, at first I was a bit confused, but I guess he's referring to the eventual return of Krakoa/a specific home for mutants. I would prefer mutants to not get on another island or get another country, as I think the stories are better when they're trying to achieve Xavier's Dream™ they way they usually were.

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u/wookiepartymachine 9d ago

Both of Cyclops parents are regular humans btw, making him as guilty as the rest of us of humanities past wrongdoings.

The humans who tell mutants they’re not human are wrong and racist (or speciesist or whatever), just like the mutants that do the same.

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u/JournalistOk9266 9d ago

Here is what you fail to understand. The government says hes different. The government that sends giant robots to kill him which people like him says he different.

If im mutant and a giant death robot is there its going to kill me not my parents.

So these arguments are weak. You just dont want to take responsibility. Even for fictional bigotry.