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Okay, so the question is, if you were a mutant in the 3rd X-Men movie with powers that could be lethal, and you heard about Xavier's school and the X-Men and their goals, and you heard about Magneto's Brotherhood and their beliefs, which side would you take?

Xavier: yes we have powers that set us apart, but if we do good and we show that we can be valuable contributors in the world, then humanity will accept us.

Magneto: the 'normals' will fear us, and they will try to exterminate us. But we are superior beings, we are the rightful inheritors of this world and we are justified in killing anyone who threatens us.

I would have to go with the X-Men.

I like Xaviers dream more. However, the sad truth is that it *is* a dream, while Magneto describes reality. Even outside the marvel universe.

In other words: will have to go with Magneto.

I'm seriously leaning towards the Brotherhood. I mean I'm already familiar with being a minority-- people in power treating me and mine as an election issue, offering up our rights as a sacrifice to the electorate to try and garner favour by appealing to people's prejudice; people in the medical field trying to figure out what makes us different, some of them no doubt hoping for the day they can 'cure' us; pickup trucks driving by at night shouting epithets. And there are times when I feel like I was born different but no better than 'regular' people, but that I've been made better because I've had to put up with their crap. In the face of oppression, I've grown to be pretty confrontational, mind geared towards fighting anyone who would lay a hand on me or try to send me off to a concentration camp or tell me I don't have all the same rights. So... yah, I'd probably follow Magneto. And lord knows, after Phoenix I'd probably be the best dressed in the Brotherhood-- most of his troops in the movie looked like hobos. Since when did being a 'bad' guy mean you had to look like a slob? :-P

Mind you, when the two sides met, if I saw Colossus standing across the battlefield in that sleeveless uniform, I might be tempted to go turncoat :) I could be 'good' if it meant a hot roommate at Xavier's school. :D

X-Men.

Yes, I'm an optimist.

I'm not willing to kill anyone for my beliefs.

Die for them, sure.

But not kill.

That's a tough one. On one hand, I'm not a particularly hierarchial person, so taking power is not my thing, but on the other hand, I would be superior in all but name if I really had powers like that and it would be silly to pretend otherwise.

whichever side patrick stewart is on :D

(x-men then :))

X -men definatly. A world where humans and mutants live side by side would the ultimate goal. I mean theres too much prjusdice in the world already

It's a difficult one...the X-Men have Storm, while the Brotherhood has Jean Grey. I think, although Jean Grey is much more beautiful, it may be slightly dangerous to be around her, so I'd have to go with Storm. Uh, I mean, the X-Men.

I'd probably attend Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, since I'd agree that relatively peaceful co-existance with the rest of humanity would be essential to future reform.

Although at some point I might be tempted by the charisma of Magneto...

The brotherhood. For no more deep reason than the X-men suck, and Magneto rocks so much harder than all of them combined.

I like Xaviers dream more. However, the sad truth is that it *is* a dream, while Magneto describes reality. Even outside the marvel universe.

In other words: will have to go with Magneto.

Couldn't disagree more. Xavier is more like the dream of MLK and Magneto is like Malcolm X (before he changed). In the real world, MLK was the most influential in making a difference and Malcolm X became a positive influence when he realized the flaw and became more of a supporter of peace.

I'd help the X-men defeat the Brotherhood, but that would be the only involvement I would have with them. Both sides treat mutants as not just physically superior but actually personally and emotionally superior to human beings, and I could not ideologically side with either of them.

Meh. I want the whole coexistance thing, so I'll join the X-Men under the condition that I reserve the right to self-defense.

It's a difficult one...the X-Men have Storm, while the Brotherhood has Jean Grey. I think, although Jean Grey is much more beautiful, it may be slightly dangerous to be around her, so I'd have to go with Storm. Uh, I mean, the X-Men.
ah come on, halle berry > jean grey *nods*

If I were a mutant during these times I would go with Magneto because he is so much more influential then Xaivier.I would fight for my dream.

I would probably join Magneto with the promise of being his top advisor. He's a smart bastard, but he fucked up with Phoenix and with attacking the president.

I would probably join Magneto with the promise of being his top advisor. He's a smart bastard, but he fucked up with Phoenix and with attacking the president.

He didnt attack the president.
Striker did.

I would probably join Magneto with the promise of being his top advisor. He's a smart bastard, but he fucked up with Phoenix and with attacking the president.

Attacking the president? You mean when Stryker mind controlled Nightcrawler into the attack on the White House to frame Xavier???:confused: Or did Magneto attack the president at some other point?

Something to note. Magneto's coming back. And he's gonna be pissed.

'Course, Xavier's coming back too. Interesting to see which of them can rebuild their forces faster. Magneto's down to Pyro, maybe, and Sabretooth when he gets back, and Xavier still has the Institute to return to. On the other hand, Magneto's charisma, and the prestige of regaining his powers after the human attack could catapult him into a position of real power.

Then again, Mystique, if her powers return as well and it's not just Magneto, might choose to work with Xavier to revenge herself on Magneto after he ****ed her over. Or did he?

Think about it, the information she gave them led them to a decoy camp. Was there an elaborate set of plans in place between Magneto and Mystique in case she was captured? Couldn't it even be that his comment as to her no longer being one of them was simply a ploy, recognized by Mystique as such to make her 'defection' more believable?

Magneto's not an idiot. I doubt he would lightly such a formidable enemy as Mystique, even a depowered Mystique. After all, she still maintains her martial skill and all the various information she's accrued.

ah come on, halle berry > jean grey *nods*
Meh. I don't find Halle Berry that attractive - she's far more attractive when she has that wig on. Famke Janssen on the other hand is totally fine, especially in red. *drools*

its like Martin Luther King and Malcolm X really

on the one hand: Professor X will not hurt the innocent or even the guilty he believes peaceful methods can bring the result (and Martin Luther King did the same thing and it worked)

on the other hand: If you have ever suffered racism you will know the first action is violence this is what has happened in magnetos mind the Humans have come and killed his people why should he take that lying down who is too say that the humans wont just lock you and your race away as freaks

Of course Professor X is the right choice but I would join Magneto anyway to protect my loved ones

Magneto. Woot.

and once i get bored with him, i stage my coup and become the tyrant queen, per my literature class discussion, and nuke antarctica (for reasons too complex to discuss at this time). and... then... i'm assasinated a half-dozen years later. hmm... this plan may require a few revisions.

No, seriously, on the Magneto bit. For one thing? Pick your own wardrobe. What's with those X-outfits anyway? For another thing-- I'm a pessimist and an opportunist. I take what I see when I see it, fully expecting it to either disintegrate in my hands or blow up in my face. This seems most analogous with the Brotherhood's system of thought. I might actually be comfortable there, whereas at Xav's place I'd be 'The Broody One Living In A Moral Vaccum'. At least at the Brotherhood, we're all like that.

Magneto. Woot.

and once i get bored with him, i stage my coup and become the tyrant queen, per my literature class discussion, and nuke antarctica (for reasons too complex to discuss at this time). and... then... i'm assasinated a half-dozen years later. hmm... this plan may require a few revisions.

No, seriously, on the Magneto bit. For one thing? Pick your own wardrobe. What's with those X-outfits anyway? For another thing-- I'm a pessimist and an opportunist. I take what I see when I see it, fully expecting it to either disintegrate in my hands or blow up in my face. This seems most analogous with the Brotherhood's system of thought. I might actually be comfortable there, whereas at Xav's place I'd be 'The Broody One Living In A Moral Vaccum'. At least at the Brotherhood, we're all like that.

Yeah, 'cause there's no brooding people with troubled pasts at the institute. ;)

Neither. The X-men are too subtle, and never work to actively confront people about their bigotry, and the Brotherhood just wants to establish the same system in reverse.

I'd create a group that not only prevented mutants from visiting violence on people, but actively campaigned for freedom. If the government attacked me, I would not allow them to harm me, but I would otherwise simply stay out of it's way if it stayed out of mine.

Neither. The X-men are too subtle, and never work to actively confront people about their bigotry, and the Brotherhood just wants to establish the same system in reverse.

I'd create a group that not only prevented mutants from visiting violence on people, but actively campaigned for freedom. If the government attacked me, I would not allow them to harm me, but I would otherwise simply stay out of it's way if it stayed out of mine.

Would you do things like put someone on the cabinet of the President of the US to address mutant affairs. If only the X-Men had thought of something like that. Where's my pen? I gotta write that down.

Yeah, 'cause there's no brooding people with troubled pasts at the institute. ;)


Yeah, yeah, I know, but don't go telling people that. I'm trying to come up with a good excuse to be evil! That's I could think up on short notice.

Okay, so the question is, if you were a mutant in the 3rd X-Men movie with powers that could be lethal, and you heard about Xavier's school and the X-Men and their goals, and you heard about Magneto's Brotherhood and their beliefs, which side would you take?

Xavier: yes we have powers that set us apart, but if we do good and we show that we can be valuable contributors in the world, then humanity will accept us.

Magneto: the 'normals' will fear us, and they will try to exterminate us. But we are superior beings, we are the rightful inheritors of this world and we are justified in killing anyone who threatens us.
tough call

Easy call.

X-Men

If I'm fighting, I'm fighting for the dream, if the dream dies and I'm forced to fight for survival, I will, but only after I gave everything to the dream first.

As a man who can control and drain electricity(including bodily electricity) and channel it for various purposes, including attacks and opening portals in time and space, AS WELL AS a small amount of latent telepathy and telekinisis(in essence, a light amount: I could not do much more than read surface thoughts and communicate, as well as being able to pick up no more than, say, a large book) I'd be an X-man. Still don't have a decent name. Jagged Portal?

Anyway, I'd try to talk some sense into good old Eric. The dude was in a Nazi death camp, yet he's acting just like the Nazis. He'd see reason. It's worth a shot, anyway. Eric Lenshire is a good person. He's just mislead himself.

Easy call.

X-Men

If I'm fighting, I'm fighting for the dream, if the dream dies and I'm forced to fight for survival, I will, but only after I gave everything to the dream first.

Another thing we agree on.

If I'm fighting, I'm fighting for the dream, if the dream dies and I'm forced to fight for survival, I will, but only after I gave everything to the dream first.
Ah, but you know what happens to those who fight for dreams? They wake up.

ah come on, halle berry > jean grey *nods*
Aye, no contest.

Ah, but you know what happens to those who fight for dreams? They wake up.

Or they realize the dream, make it reality. Given the choice between the guy who gave up on an unlikely dream and the guy who failed giving it all he had. I'll take the latter, thanks.

Or they realize the dream, make it reality. Given the choice between the guy who gave up on an unlikely dream and the guy who failed giving it all he had. I'll take the latter, thanks.
But what if they realize that dream and realizes it's a nightmare?

And yes, I'm just babbling right now.

Aye, no contest.
Silly, silly.

Another thing we agree on.


Bloodless and painless... a miracle.

I'd join the brotherhood. Then I'd just get used as cannon-fodder and get killed. *sigh*

Ah, but you know what happens to those who fight for dreams? They wake up.



Lucid dreaming ftw!!

Silly, silly.
But of the three, Vinnie Jones is the hottest, that we can agree on right? :p

But of the three, Vinnie Jones is the hottest, that we can agree on right? :p
That's right. Bitch!

I'd stay low. I'm not a mutant so chances are I'd have my shit ruined pretty quick if I took sides.

I'd join the brotherhood. Then I'd just get used as cannon-fodder and get killed. *sigh*

They didnt get killed they were cured by the cure guns.

Why can't I do both? Double Agent, anyone?

I'd stay low. I'm not a mutant so chances are I'd have my shit ruined pretty quick if I took sides.
True, true. I'd probably be like "Look at me, I can do this" followed by a stabbing from Wolfie/car in the head by Maggie.

I would want to be the Pyro guy on Magnetos side, evil is much funner

They didnt get killed they were cured by the cure guns.
That's true, if the X-men and Pheonix didn't interfere then there wouldn't of been many mutant deaths. But Magneto still sacrificed many of his followers, it did make sense though. Leading from behind. Cowardly, but sensible.

But of the three, Vinnie Jones is the hottest, that we can agree on right? :p
Fuck, yes. Vinnie doing what he does best. (http://not.raunvis.hi.is/~pallja/balls.jpg) Yes, that is Paul Gascoigne.

Fuck, yes. Vinnie doing what he does best. (http://not.raunvis.hi.is/~pallja/balls.jpg) Yes, that is Paul Gascoigne.
Heh heh...did he cry?

Heh heh...did he cry?
Who wouldn't? I doubt Vinnie has weak wrists... *licks lips*

Hears what I heard from each of the factions:

Humans:die mutant scum!We don't like you because your different.:upyours:

Magneto:You will not kill us!Fight back.:mp5:

Xaiver:Ok humans lets be friends.

I think Magneto is the ovious choice .Humans wanted a war.Magneto brought it.

BROTHERHOOD! *damn humans*

They didnt get killed they were cured by the cure guns.
Not all of them. Remember the ones that went in to get the kid and died trying to run away from Pheonix?

homo superior shall rule

homo superior shall rule
Let's get one thing straight here. By any definition of the word, mutants are not a new species. They would have to be all nigh identical to one another. Look at Magneto. Look at Professor X. Look at Wolverine. Look at Storm. They look any different from anyone else? No. A mutant is a human being with a gene that grants them a specific power, nothing more. We see this clearly when Mystique has her mutant gene repressed: she reverts to what her normal form would be. They are not a species. They are still human, just with neato powers.

I decided on a name: Livewire.

The X-Men are too soft, and the Brotherhood is too bloodthirsty.

I'd break away from both and start my own group, that would be an ideal balance of both "sects".

Okay, so the question is, if you were a mutant in the 3rd X-Men movie with powers that could be lethal, and you heard about Xavier's school and the X-Men and their goals, and you heard about Magneto's Brotherhood and their beliefs, which side would you take?

I would side with the X-Men. Fighting for peaceful unity is better than fighting for a peaceful place where only my own kind get to live, at least from my perspective.

Brotherhood all the way. if the damn humans want war i say "bring it on, bitch"

How's this for a mutant for you? <for X-men, of course..... Order, freedom, and benefit of mankind all the way!> A guy with wings like that one guy, but with healing capabilities <half-speed of Wolverine> with a full suit of Adamantium armor and a blade of the same insane metal. Cross on cuirass, calls himself Archangel!

Godfire']How's this for a mutant for you? <for X-men, of course..... Order, freedom, and benefit of mankind all the way!> A guy with wings like that one guy, but with healing capabilities <half-speed of Wolverine> with a full suit of Adamantium armor and a blade of the same insane metal. Cross on cuirass, calls himself Archangel!
I thought there already was an Archangel, unless he didn't add the Arch prefix until he was older or something. =/

I thought there already was an Archangel, unless he didn't add the Arch prefix until he was older or something. =/
really? damn..... I thought I was onto something......

The X-Men want to defend people who hate them. Fuck that. Then again, the Brotherhood are evil... I'd probably start a Non-Aligned Mutant Movement, or something. XD

The X-Men want to defend people who hate them. Fuck that. Then again, the Brotherhood are evil... I'd probably start a Non-Aligned Mutant Movement, or something. XD

The Botherhood are NOT evil - they just perceive to be humans to be the equivalent of animals. The followers of Xavier are the equivalent of PETA.

As the Mutant Master of Mud, I'd be too busy entertaining kids with mud tsunamis. :)

I'd choose the brotherhood.

I hate to say it, but in the end I bet the 'normal' people would have done something.
I mean...look how up until relativly recently someone with a different skin colour was discriminated against.

Besides, all the good mutants are on that side.

Mystique = best mutant.

Xaviers....

they got better girls. :D

I thought there already was an Archangel, unless he didn't add the Arch prefix until he was older or something. =/

the Arch prefix was added when Apocolypse made Angel his Horseman of Death if you were curious as to its origins.

Xaviers....

they got better girls. :D

Decision-making based on the number of available attractive females. I suppose there are worse ways to go through life. :p

the New Excalibur for Me

I'm seriously leaning towards the Brotherhood. I mean I'm already familiar with being a minority-- people in power treating me and mine as an election issue, offering up our rights as a sacrifice to the electorate to try and garner favour by appealing to people's prejudice; people in the medical field trying to figure out what makes us different, some of them no doubt hoping for the day they can 'cure' us; pickup trucks driving by at night shouting epithets. And there are times when I feel like I was born different but no better than 'regular' people, but that I've been made better because I've had to put up with their crap. In the face of oppression, I've grown to be pretty confrontational, mind geared towards fighting anyone who would lay a hand on me or try to send me off to a concentration camp or tell me I don't have all the same rights. So... yah, I'd probably follow Magneto. And lord knows, after Phoenix I'd probably be the best dressed in the Brotherhood-- most of his troops in the movie looked like hobos. Since when did being a 'bad' guy mean you had to look like a slob? :-PAgreed all the way!Mind you, when the two sides met, if I saw Colossus standing across the battlefield in that sleeveless uniform, I might be tempted to go turncoat :) I could be 'good' if it meant a hot roommate at Xavier's school. :DWhat the?! Did we watch the same flick? You did notice Rhino, right?

homo superior shall ruleAhem... "Homo Sapien Superior" is the proper term used in the Comics.

if i was an obvious mutant like nightcrawler or beast I would go with the brotherhood as you would always face prejudice, if not I would probably do my own thing

Xaviers....

they got better girls. :D
the is always that. Then again it depends what side you class Jean as.

I'd take the Cure and join the army. Humans are tool using beasts, it forces us to be more tolerant and more intelligent than if power is just at our finger tips. Ultimately, mutant powers would always lead to corruption and anarchy; I believe the greatest strength of the human race lies in it's capacity to overcome selfish desires and achieve power through unity.

The X-men, and if we're doing the movie storyline, I would do so after shooting xavier. Cause he's just an asshole.

Id pick force cure of all mutants for the simple reason of national security. The entire stability of the planet would depend on it. Could you imagine the destabalizing effects of 300 million walking North Koreas, each one that could do horrendous damage unchecked or uncontrolled? Peaceful coexistence is not a realistic option except in fairy lala land. When push came to shove there would be no other real and practical alternative.

ehhh...I don't know.
I like the whole brotherhood, 'We're more powerful than you could ever imagine and we're gonna kick your arse if you don't do what we say', but 'brotherhood' sounds....you know....just....kinda...gay.
And in the movie they were really emo-looking, and I just couldn't put up with that.

X-Men on the other hand, had some pretty cool chicks in hot outfits. But they were all wimpy and wanting to do the 'right' thing, for the 'good' of humanity.


So it's a real dilemma - being on the side of good with hot women or ruling the world with a bunch of emos and being thought as gay.

the is always that. Then again it depends what side you class Jean as.
while I do class it as poor acting skills,
can anything Jean did be classified as "Evil"?

We only assumed that she killed Scott (and it can be the first manifestation of her Phoenix personlity.)
We only assumed that she killed her parents (they were not there for her homecoming. but they could've been out on vacation.)
We can reason that her killing of Prof Xavier can be attributed to the mental blocks he placed on her.
and the last battle can be called Self Defense. (the soldiers came over the bridge and immediately started firing.) no other time did she do anything except walk around in a daze.

Brotherhood, not siding with people/gov who want to take away potentially awesome powers from me. Sorry but I'm keeping them.

X-Men. With my politics, where else would I stand?

I would join the X-men, kill xavier, rename it sex men, and turn the X mansion into a brothel. But first I would disband the brotherhood by killing maggie boy.

I would kidnap that bald boy in X3 who can disable peoples powers, take him to magneto, produce a pistol and be like "deflect this bitch". Feck I could do that to Jeanie Gray provided she didn't know I was coming and didn't read my mind first. I could just walk around shooting any mutants I wanted to kill. MUHAHAHAHA, no matter what their power, I would be unstoppable.........but other armed humans could kill me.

I would join the X-men, kill xavier, rename it sex men, and turn the X mansion into a brothel. But first I would disband the brotherhood by killing maggie boy.

I would kidnap that bald boy in X3 who can disable peoples powers, take him to magneto, produce a pistol and be like "deflect this bitch". Feck I could do that to Jeanie Gray provided she didn't know I was coming and didn't read my mind first. I could just walk around shooting any mutants I wanted to kill. MUHAHAHAHA, no matter what their power, I would be unstoppable.........but other armed humans could kill me.
while it is true that Leech would de-power any mutant within range, there is no proof that he can cancel any Mutant Effect. for instance, Phoenix, being outside the kid's range uses her TK 'Derezzing' effect to kill Leech, or that Leeches power won't prevent Magneto from dropping 3 tons of steel from above.

Where's the awaken Apocolypse and become his first horseman option? I just want a robotic horse, actually.

Excuse me, Waiter? I'd like to add to my roster of mutant powers the ability to cause the spontaneous combustion of any flatscan that I catch still using "gay" as a synonym for "bad." It's amazing, I didn't think the X-Men-- with their theme of opposing prejudice-- actually appealed to anyone who'd tacitly practice prejudice that way.

Ugh. I hereby propose that "straight" become a synonym for "boring and small-minded." "Gawd, you're so straight." "That's so straight." "I'm not straight, you're straight!" Yeah, I love it. Ugh, heteros piss me off, with their smug superiority and their arrogance and their overpopulating the planet and their taking *everything* for granted. {hisses @ breeders}


ehhh...I don't know.
I like the whole brotherhood, 'We're more powerful than you could ever imagine and we're gonna kick your arse if you don't do what we say', but 'brotherhood' sounds....you know....just....kinda...gay.
And in the movie they were really emo-looking, and I just couldn't put up with that.

X-Men on the other hand, had some pretty cool chicks in hot outfits. But they were all wimpy and wanting to do the 'right' thing, for the 'good' of humanity.


So it's a real dilemma - being on the side of good with hot women or ruling the world with a bunch of emos and being thought as gay.

Excuse me, Waiter? I'd like to add to my roster of mutant powers the ability to cause the spontaneous combustion of any flatscan that I catch still using "gay" as a synonym for "bad." It's amazing, I didn't think the X-Men-- with their theme of opposing prejudice-- actually appealed to anyone who'd tacitly practice prejudice that way.

Ugh. I hereby propose that "straight" become a synonym for "boring and small-minded." "Gawd, you're so straight." "That's so straight." "I'm not straight, you're straight!" Yeah, I love it. Ugh, heteros piss me off, with their smug superiority and their arrogance and their overpopulating the planet and their taking *everything* for granted. {hisses @ breeders}

I resent that. I'm a hetro, and I don't use gay as a deragatory term. Besides, what about mutants who use gay as a synonym for bad?

Since I am first and foremost a libertarian (a true libertarian, not one of these political wack-jobs posing as libertarians), I would have to go with the X-Men. I have a strong belief in personal liberty and personal responsibility, and the X-Man credo is more in line with that.

That and the chance to hang with Wolverine.

I resent that. I'm a hetro, and I don't use gay as a deragatory term. Besides, what about mutants who use gay as a synonym for bad?Pfft! You're straight!

The X-men. What Magneto advocates is genocide of non-mutants. Of course, he might find a way to turn everyone into mutants, but until then he will kill and kill and kill.
Oh, and Intestinal Fluids, you'd be pretty high on my hit list. My actions in favor of co-existance include fighting those who would destroy it - on either side.

My power would be control of the electromagnetic spectrum. My name? Specter. And my combat abilities range from Cyclops-worthy energy blasts to microwave beams (which also have obvious non-combat applications) to gamma ray bursts (at high power, instant death). I'd have built-in radar, nightvision, even X-ray vision.
But most important of all, only Leech could stop me. Jean controls matter. I control energy.

I think Magneto is going to far, trying to kill all humans. We need people to do ordinary jobs, I can't see Magneto milking cows or working in a box-factory. We should just enslave all the humans.

The X-men. What Magneto advocates is genocide of non-mutants. Of course, he might find a way to turn everyone into mutants, but until then he will kill and kill and kill.
Oh, and Intestinal Fluids, you'd be pretty high on my hit list. My actions in favor of co-existance include fighting those who would destroy it - on either side.

My power would be control of the electromagnetic spectrum. My name? Specter. And my combat abilities range from Cyclops-worthy energy blasts to microwave beams (which also have obvious non-combat applications) to gamma ray bursts (at high power, instant death). I'd have built-in radar, nightvision, even X-ray vision.
But most important of all, only Leech could stop me. Jean controls matter. I control energy.

Well, to your first paragraph? He tried that in the first movie. It didn't work too well though. The people turned to water or some such.

Anyways, first off, Cyclops energy blasts, cool. Microwave, haha, warm up food. :). But Gamma? Remember, this is Marvel universe. You'll just transform your enemy into the Hulk. And then you're f*****. No one goes head to head with the Hulk and wins. Although I've never seen Juggernaut fight him...

But no, Jean doesn't just control matter. It's complicated. But remember, she deflected Cyclops's energy blasts in X-2. And she ate a star in the comics.

I resent that. I'm a hetro, and I don't use gay as a deragatory term. Besides, what about mutants who use gay as a synonym for bad?

I was, of course, exaggerating in order to make a point. I don't hate all straight people, just the ig'nunt ones.

Anyway, sometimes to make a point about how freakin' stupid they're being with their generalisations and their abuses of language, I hit the 'extra rage' button and show them what it's like to be on the receiving end. I assume, in the process, that the not-dumbass straight people will abstain from taking it personally.

At the start, if I could pass for human, I'd probably try to avoid the fight. If I couldn't pass for human, or I had a kewl but obvious power that I couldn't resist using, I'd probably join the X-Men. But, if bigoted "flatscans" killed anyone I cared about, I'd join Magneto in tearing them apart.

I'd would of said the Brotherhood, but Magneto would probably just send me out to do his dirty work and forget about me if something bad happened. At least the X-Men help each other out...

The X-Men of course, just to be close to Woverine. I like Wolverine.

The X-men. What Magneto advocates is genocide of non-mutants. Of course, he might find a way to turn everyone into mutants, but until then he will kill and kill and kill.

And still not dissimilar to what we, homo sapiens sapiens, do with our less evolved lifeforms, like e.g. cattle.
I just wonder why he didn't advocate eating us. Salted pork.. hmmmm....

I was, of course, exaggerating in order to make a point. I don't hate all straight people, just the ig'nunt ones.

Anyway, sometimes to make a point about how freakin' stupid they're being with their generalisations and their abuses of language, I hit the 'extra rage' button and show them what it's like to be on the receiving end. I assume, in the process, that the not-dumbass straight people will abstain from taking it personally.
Where exactly did I use the word 'gay' to mean 'bad'. It's only your confused blinkered mind that infered that.
Perhaps you should be looking closer to home when accusing ppl of intolerance and ignorance.

Where exactly did I use the word 'gay' to mean 'bad'. It's only your confused blinkered mind that infered that.
Perhaps you should be looking closer to home when accusing ppl of intolerance and ignorance.

ehhh...I don't know.
I like the whole brotherhood, 'We're more powerful than you could ever imagine and we're gonna kick your arse if you don't do what we say', but 'brotherhood' sounds....you know....just....kinda...gay.
And in the movie they were really emo-looking, and I just couldn't put up with that.
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So it's a real dilemma - being on the side of good with hot women or ruling the world with a bunch of emos and being thought as gay.

Anyone with a better-than-elementary grasp of the English language ought to be able to attest to two instances of 'gay' being used with a clearly negative connotation in that post-- "such 'n such would be good, except it sounds gay" and "what a dilemma! X, or being thought of as gay." I don't have to 'infer' anything, in both sentences 'gay' is offered as the alternative to good. It's the terrible thing you couldn't bear to be though of as being. Blinker that, flatscan.

Hey, guys, I think I have figured out WHY Magneto is so militant. Apart from being arrogant, he is also motivated by these words:

Never again

Magneto is a Holocaust survivor - in X-Men III, when asked if he has a mark, he displays the numbers tattoed on his arm.

Which makes me rethink my earlier position. I doubt he really wants to cause a genocide. What he wants is a way to turn humans into mutants. In fact, a way already exists - use gene therapy and implant the X-gene into everyone. The hard part is doing it on a large scale.

Oh, and I WOULD kill the Hulk. So he is immune to radiation. OK. I'll just create a flash of light to blind him, then fry him with visible/infrared light, which does NOT cause mutations.

X-Men, they have nicer living conditions.

The X-men are tempting... but Magneto's very charismatic. And well... the whole Master of Magnetism thing is really bloody cool. So I'd side with the Brotherhood. Though I probably wouldn't be of much use as I'd have some sort of battle-worthless power, like the ability to digest any substance. Or produce small amounts of heat that would make me useful as a stove or heater, but little else.

Probably a third alternative. I'd rather run my own show.