For all of the different heroes that have embraced one variation or another of Professor Xavier’s dream of a peaceful coexistence between mutants and humans, there have always been villains there to turn that dream into a nightmare, to do their utmost to prevent from being a reality.
Why?
Because some people can’t have nice things, that’s the basic answer. The more complicated one is that for some mutants, coexistence with humans is impossible so long as humans are building and financing mutant hunting robots, a fair point to be sure.
For others, any sign of a cessation in hostilities is a sign of weakness and mutants becoming the dominant species is merely an evolutionary mandate that must happen just as sure as homo sapiens did the same thousands of years earlier.
Perhaps no other mutant abided by the latter more than En Sabah Nur, better known to the world at large as Apocalypse and with a name like that, you’ve got to figure he’s trouble.
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Why?
Because some people can’t have nice things, that’s the basic answer. The more complicated one is that for some mutants, coexistence with humans is impossible so long as humans are building and financing mutant hunting robots, a fair point to be sure.
For others, any sign of a cessation in hostilities is a sign of weakness and mutants becoming the dominant species is merely an evolutionary mandate that must happen just as sure as homo sapiens did the same thousands of years earlier.
Perhaps no other mutant abided by the latter more than En Sabah Nur, better known to the world at large as Apocalypse and with a name like that, you’ve got to figure he’s trouble.
It’s like Steven Tyler did ‘roids instead of coke and dyed himself blue… |