If the X-Men were productive... | |
His unique biology makes him a poor candidate for it though, we can't be sure it would interact with him the same way as it would for other people. | |
And what if the mutants just wanted a normal life? Free to do whatever they wanted by themselves as selfish as that might sounds up there on your high horse. Would you force them to do these things for society? | |
No, you will not be using me as a medical experiment. I had enough of that in my past and I'd slice your throat open if you tried. And I see no reason that mutants should be enslaved to your whims in general. | |
You're going to have a hard time encouraging the mutant community into this work. | |
Because savIng the world isn't contructive right? I mean really , good mutants fighting off bad ones that want to enslave the human populace isn't enough? Not Only that , you want to make humans dependant on mutants . This sounds like a fool-proof plan ... Plus magneto is right , but his power kinda sucks comparend to most of the x-men . The only thing keeping him alive is professor X clemency . But that's another discussion . | |
I have to agree with this. Also, are you trying to say that there aren't any number of things that normal humans couldn't do to help society too?? And if not, why should we be allowed off the hook and not mutants. That's that 'prejudice' you were just arguing to be rid of. Your post does remind me of this though, which is good for a laugh: | |
Because making use of one's talent's for the good of society is totally slavery, right? Much better off using all these wondrous natural capacities with all manner of potential applications for beating up other people with similarly squandered abilities :P (And as for the saving the world argument, most X-Men could probably be safely and more efficiently replaced with a field operative with proper equipment. Nothing about any of their mutations [with a few exceptions] makes them better candidates for combat than standard human beings.) | |
Colossus is an artist. He likes writing and Poetry. Hank Mccoy is a genius and inventor. They might resent being only valued for their super strength. Cyclops a tactician and Storm a politician so and on and so for. Heck Iceman is a trained accountant. They are people too who just want to live their lives. The thing is the X-men don't just save the world (but they do I will get back to this). They protect mutants from a world that hates and fears them. So people need to get over that as well before any of your ideas could come into play. But they do save the world. I respect the military. But when you live in a world with Thanos, the Phoenix Force, Galactus, Skrulls etc. You need superhumans. I remember one time where Tony Stark estimated the Earth had been saved from complete annihilation like 47 times. Not enslavement or partial destruction, but complete annihilation. So sure they don't live in a perfect world but at least it still exists. Also why not complain that Reed Richards, Hank Pym and Tony Stark aren't making the world better? Also a comic where Cyclops clocks into work, blasts a turbinne for 8hrs and then goes home to sink a beer is boring after the first 1-5 issues. | |
A super-powered or super-intelligent character could easily solve real problems within the world they live if they tried... but chose to fight crime instead... All those skills are wasted on comparably trivial purposes. The closest characters in comics to devote themselves to solving everyday problems are villains with ulterior motives and good publicity. | |
I agree with storm, grey and Cyclops (mostly) but seriously human experimentation and mind control, didn't the nazi's do that.... in terms of what the xmen could do that was helpful, jean grey could do almost anything from provide power to engineering to changing how individual cells and atoms work e.c.t the possibilities are endless, Cyclops could provide power and a whole host of other uses for a laser that powerful such as mining, storm obviously controls the weather to suit our needs. in terms of where I differ to you I would have... 1. professor X heal people who have mental issues from alzheimers to turrets giving tham a normal life, see a much better way of using it than mind controlling people! 2. Nightstalker could work as a ambulance! someone 30 minutes from the hospital is having a stroke! what shall we do? BAM BAM Nightstalker got your grandma to hospital in time to save her life! a solder shot in Afghanistan BAM BAM welcome to the worlds best hospital buddy your wife and kids will see you again after all 3. wolverine, is basically only a badass and should be utilised to be a badass, guess who the new bomb disposal guy is? fucking wolverine! if he fails its no biggy he just fucking healed himself, guess who just stopped an armed robbery? fucking wolverine! he just walked in, soaked up the gunshots, falcon punched the robbers in the face and sent them to jail | |
I think a lot of people are missing the point obviously they would not be forced but certainly what would be the harm in asking. | |
Yeah but I don't think many people would watch a movie about that. Or read a comic. Or play a game. Or...any other media forms I'm missing? | |
You do have some clever ideas of what the X-men could do with their powers though. | |
Or... y'know... they could just save us from the evil mutants. | |
Many superheroes actually do use their powers for charity/community service work in their spare time. I know for certain that, on the X-men, Storm does exactly what you'd expect, especially after becoming queen of Wakanda. The problem is, they are normal people. They want to have lives of their choosing, not as tools. Plus, fighting supervillains is pretty important when said villains hatch a new scheme every week and could wreck things up pretty bad if left unchecked. | |
So I got to thinking about this after having watched Chronicle (quite a good movie btw), just because it offered practical demonstrations for the applications of superpowers. Because when you stop to think about it, beating the shit out of other super powered people is probably the *least* constructive use of one's super powers. Really, if a randomly selected group of superhumans (say, the X-Men) were using their powers for "good", than this is what life would probably look like for them:
Cyclops: Paid to stand still and stare at a fixed location to power a turbine/series of turbines. Seriously, this is probably the most constructive use of a near inexhaustible power source. Scott Summers could probably save any country he has citizenship in millions of dollars a year just by having a staring contest with a bulkhead.
Wolverine: Medical research, straight up. Even ignoring the potential applications of reverse engineered cellular regeneration, the man is functionally impossible to harm. He's an *ideal* guinea pig for surgical procedures and/or implanted biomedical technology. Is it an ideal job? No, but it's certainly no worse than having your body farmed out for a super soldier contest.
Storm: C'mon, does this one need explaining? The woman controls the weather... and she's from AFRICA. One of the most famine/drought stricken places there is. Give her an itinerary and a map of local farmland for Christ sakes.
Jean Grey: I'm just gonna focus on the telekinesis here, since telepathy comes up later on in the list. But really, telekinesis is one of the most generally useful of all super powers. The ability to remotely manipulate objects with one's mind? Right off the bat it makes you the most useful engineer/contractor on the planet, since you're capable of working in literally any environment. Provided you can see what you're doing? You can do repairs in an abyssal trench, a magma bed, even the vacuum of space. And the simple fact that you're not limited in your ability to manipulate objects by those stupid "thumbs" the rest of us have, means you basically invalidate tool use.
Professor X: This guy is the king daddy of wasted potential. Let's forget for the moment that if he had more than no testicles that he could just wipe the prejudice out of the heads of every human being he meets. No, think about this: he invented a computer that *NETWORKS ALL OF HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS* (yes, Cerebro). That last sentence? That should've left your jaw somewhere in the hemisphere opposite the one you currently inhabit. That computer is the most powerful, complex and creative thinking machine ever devised. And what does he use it for? Eavesdropping on his old college roomie, that's what. If he took one afternoon and made use of the resources Cerebro gives him access to for useful purposes he'd have: a unified world language, equal rights for mutants and world peace. In one afternoon! The dick :P