u/HappySailor

So, imagine that tomorrow, X-genes are suddenly a thing and people All over the world start manifesting superpowers. The X-Men aren't real, at least not yet. There has been as of yet, no real mutant terrorist activity such as the brotherhood.

From a pure ideological perspective, where would you, a regular human, sit on some of the political issues that we see mutants facing?

Do mutants have a right to anonymity?

Should there be mandatory mutant testing? To discover who has an X Gene or not? Is is your stance on the testing different, if it does not report to a central database, government controlled or otherwise. What if It merely reveals to the subject that they have an X Gene and puts the onus on them to take things further?

Do you support their regular attendance in regular academic institutions, sporting events, and careers? Alongside mundane humans?

Are there powers, power types, or abilities that do require public disclosure? Once disclosed, do they require limitations or segregation? I'm not just talking the ultra deadly powers, like 16-year-old nukes. But can a person with mind affecting Powers enter politics?

I feel like, it's often very easy for us to side with the X- men in the comics, because they're a fictional stand-in for a lot of real world fear and paranoia. However, I do think the common citizens of the Marvel Universe might be given a bad rap here, because I do think there should be a lot more nuance in discussions about What mutations mean for the common man.

Personally, I'm not even 100% sure I know where I'd stand if this suddenly became a real thing tomorrow. I would sympathize with the common message of the X-Men that these are just people who didn't ask for this, and their desire to live a human life should be protected. However, I don't think it's just scared paranoia to believe It might be more complicated than that.

What's a feature that, as you were playing the game, you started to anticipate but never turned out to be true?

For me, when Beanies' lab introduced the syringe items that contained a single move or passive, I immediately thought I would someday unlock the ability to melt cats down into syringes.

It just seemed a no-brainer based on how Beanies is all about cloning and splicing DNA that the logical conclusion of my breeding program would eventually feature harvesting and re-integrating my favorite features and DNA from previous cats instead of relying solely on Cat-boning.

Especially as higher difficulties became introduced, I started to think that at a certain point there would HAVE to be some kind of late late game grind mitigation toolset that would allow you to create ideal super-cats. The syringes and the procedural items seem the coolest way to brute force the RNG and create your perfect multi class cat abominations, and I really wanted to unlock a way to start farming syringes and explore which abilities truly worked the best together.

Alas, such a thing will have to be the stuff of dreams, and maybe one-day mods.

What was yours?