Originally Posted by
Foon4000
I'm excited to see 'NO MORE MUTIES' and anti-mutant propaganda in the background in the D+ series and the larger MCU before we see any mutants, then introducing individuals rather than the X-men as a team. Rogue could be with Destiny (with Mystique out of the picture until the Fox effect wears off. Maybe she's there all the time in disguise) as a pro-mutant terrorist, Gambit could be stealing shizz, Forge could be doing whatever he was doing when he first met Storm back in the 80s, Moria McTaggart a TV talking head as a geneticist and expert on mutants.
Fuck it, just stick Essex Corp logos on shit, newspaper op-eds by Dr M McTaggart on Fury's desk, name drop Agent Cassidy, Brian Braddock or mention unionised thieves in New Orleans and I'd pass out in the theatre/in front of VLC.
They don't need to be dead, just in the background. Mutants can be established without the X-men or Magneto at the forefront for the time being. That doesn't mean they can't be retconned into behind the scenes players, a la Mysterio.