My dream Uncanny Avengers team, co-captained by what I've affectionately dubbed "Team Mo/Faux",
Storm of the X-Men and
Captain Marvel of the Avengers.
Both are powerful women, first of all, and capable leaders. I think the UNITY squad could stand to get some gender and racial diversity. And it may have been ill advised to put the most recent poster child for anti-mutant hostility on your team because you feel sorry for her. She wants to help? Let her stuff envelopes. Work her out that probability manipulation on crafting up some promotional posters. She DID help restore mutants. But really, that was plenty. Being a face for unification might be a bit much. Sleep in and have a mimosa, Wanda dear.
And who would these co-captains recruit? Let's start with the Avengers side of things. You're gonna need some more aesthetically diverse members so Carol is gonna go with
She Hulk. To most ordinary joes, she looks friggin weird but people are surprisingly into it. That needs representing. Also, she's a brilliant lawyer, apparently, and it would be beneficial having that kind of mind on a team intent on ensuring Civil Rights and Liberties.
Storm is going to bring in the beloved token Alpha Male, Thor.
I'm on board with
Thor's inclusion completely. He's an immigrant. He's above the petty Us vs Them BS. He sees beyond those ridiculous social politics. I say keep him. He fits.
My final Avenger addition:
Vision. Two reasons. He gets the mutant plight. He both married a mutant and 'fathered' two mutant boys. He's got a deeply rooted association and empathy with persecution, bigotry, and ignorance. He gets what its like to want acceptance despite what people view you as. He'd have made a more compelling "its not about labels" speech than Havok's continually misinterpreted attempt. Plus I feel that he would provide all the needed/wanted drama in regard to the Wanda side of things.
Now the X-side of things: You want someone controversial? You want someone that's going to ruffle feathers? You want someone who will vehemently advocate on behalf of mutant rights? Someone that's going to call out their teammates on their sh!t? Well she's got too much pride and she's far to elitist to accept an invitation, and I don't see Storm or Carol looking to get her a membership card, HOWEVER
Emma Frost IS the type of "won't take no for an answer" woman who WOULD just show up at Avengers Mansion, knowing that this team was being formed and refuse to leave. She's not going to entrust this kind of project to the Avengers, nor any Avenger-sympathizing X-folk. No sir, no way. She's the "Rogue" of this team. She's coming in. She's making noise. And she's not leaving. And it would completely fit her character.
Additionally, I can easily see her finding an unexpected kinship with Vision over their mutual angst with Wanda, a natural inclination to flirt with Thor, and a curiosity toward Carol, given her recent memory loss -- possibly teasing and insisting she could help restore what she's lost, if and when Carol is ready.
Storm would recruit
Nightcrawler. A religious man. A man of tolerance. A man wrought with overcoming adversity. A man that does. not. look. human. Its important to show that side of the mutant population because equality has to be more than all of the superficial "they're just like us" mumbo jumbo. Because the world is both a beautiful
and hideous place, but that doesn't mean we all shouldn't be able to live in it free of persecution. Plus he's a jovial guy. He's gonna keep things light at ever opportunity. He's gonna be the peace maker -- dropping jokes and sarcasm to cut through any tension that inevitably may arise.
Carol would recruit
Beast. I hate the guy lately but I feel he makes the most sense of any of these members for an Avengers/X-Men team. He's been on both sides. He's even struggled with his own identity, wanting to pass as human. He's controversial in that regard. And he NEEDS a project. He NEEDS to stop crying about Scott Summers and just get out there and DO something about all this BS he's so butt hurt over. Stop sitting in your lab, fecking with time and space and reality and --- IDLE HANDS PEOPLE!!! -- get out in the world and CHANGE the image you claim Scott is dragging through the mud