Originally Posted by
PwrdOn
The issue isn't that mutant powers are dangerous, especially given that crazy stuff happens in comics and is mostly ignored, it's that the stories themselves play up this idea that mutant powers are inherently unstable and are difficult to control even for experienced heroes. On top of this, the narrative treats suppressing ones powers as almost akin to staying in the closet and hiding your true self, while just cutting loose and wrecking stuff is portrayed as liberating and cathartic, which totally makes sense until you stop to consider all the bystanders who are going to get hurt in the process. For example, Cyclops' visor is sort of symbolic of his repressed nature and the destructive power of bottled up frustrations, something that is so central to his character that he will never be allowed to bring it under control, this is the sort of cloth that serial killers are cut from and in the real world someone like him would never be allowed to live free of some kind of supervision, much less be put in a position of authority.