Originally Posted by
Brian B
Saturnyne only brought them over because Apocalypse won the right to so so. You blame Saturnyne. I blame Apocalypse. And Krakoa.
The Summoners were just one example of the demon-mutants. There could be other — for lack of a better word — classes.
To date, Apocalypse’s creations have been depicted as demonic, such as the various Four Horsemen. Why would his children be any different? From what we’ve seen, these kids of his maybe worse than his other creations. There’s not much heroic about them anymore, if there ever was.
This is little different than the general issue of making allies from former foes who are still, as far as we know, enemies of humanity, like Apocalypse, Sinister, Shaw, etc. Bringing over a bunch of demons from a Hellish place to Earth really isn’t the best thing the X crew have done for humanity. This is where the mutant metaphor breaks down. Gay people or Mexican immigrants or whoever do not bring over from Hell demons that want to displace humans. Why wouldn’t governments or someone — Orchis in the comics — get the Sentinels going to protect humans? If this were real life, it might be justifiable.
By the way, I do blame the writers and editors, not the characters. This is mostly Hickman’s work. I am holding on and enjoying the ride. I am not sure where this all is going. I just see some flaws in the argument that the mutants are oppressed now, with their own state and super powers. I think Hickman sees it as well, is using it, and it is part of his story.
I’m really looking forward to X-Men 20 in a week, hopefully 21 not too long after that, and Planet-Sized. All the real action in Hickman’s run so far has been in the bigger special issues and “mini” series like House of X, etc. With the Gala, Duggan’s “new” team, Hickman’s new title in September or so, there’s much to look forward to reading.