I hate the mutant discrimination angle. Either that part of the mutant aspect should be downplayed or go away entirely.
"But real minorities and race relations don't work that way."
To which I say, that's exactly the point. Look, I know fiction reflects reality, but sometimes, fiction needs to make concessions with reality since
A) We read comics to get away from reality in addition to emotional attachment.
B) Excessive darkness leads to audience apathy and contempt.
Every single terrible future the mutants fight against never feels like they've changed the course of history. It only feels like they're delaying their own genocide at the hands of the next big threat. It stops being triumphant and only further makes the X-Men look inept at their jobs and makes the humans of the Marvel Universe dumber than dirt, moreso than usual.