Fear of heterogeneity

Cade 2022-03-22 09:01:11

The X-Men series are not superhero movies. The biggest difference between them and the Avengers is that the former is rejected as an alien, and the Avengers, whether it is Captain America, Iron Man or Spider-Man, are all regarded as heroes. And be loved.

The consistent theme and reality mapping of the entire X-Men series is how to get along with minorities. They can be regarded as LGBT, minorities, or pagans. They are not responsible for saving the world, only for self-salvation.

Storm was asked about how people feel about humans in "X2" and she replied, "Fear." This is consistent with how humans feel about it. In essence, mutants—different from the Avengers—are no longer the same species as humans. This fear that cannot be eradicated comes from the ontological experience of human beings as a species—the fear of heterogeneity.

This is similar to the beginning of the story of "The Matrix". At that time, the machine civilization was just born. At the UN General Assembly one day, they sent two humanoid robot ambassadors to try to make the "machine country" join the United Nations, but humans thought it was a shame and shame on the spot. Drive off the robot ambassador. Thus broke out an all-out war.

In fact, from the first encounter between the two ethnic groups in ancient my country, and later, people gradually came into contact with white people with yellow hair, blue eyes and high nose bridge, perhaps to X-Men, robots, and even aliens, this kind of heterogeneity. Sexual experience, or imagination, is constantly expanding...

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X-Men: First Class quotes

  • Professor Charles Xavier: You know, I believe that true focus lies somewhere between rage and serenity. Would you mind if I...

    [Charles makes a gesture to request permission to read Erik's mind]

    Erik Lehnsherr: [Erik signals approval and while Charles reads Erik minds. We see moments of Erik's childhood with his mother] What did you just do to me?

    [Both Erik and Charles cries]

    Professor Charles Xavier: I accessed the brightest corner of your memory system. It's a very beautiful memory, Erik. Thank you.

    Erik Lehnsherr: I didn't know I still had that.

    Professor Charles Xavier: There is so much more to you than you know. Not just pain and anger. There is good, too. I felt it. When you can access all of that, you will possess a power no one can match. Not even me.

  • Professor Charles Xavier: Shaw's declared war on mankind on all of us, he has to be stopped.

    Erik Lehnsherr: I am not gonna stop Shaw, I am gonna kill him. Do you have it in you to allow that?

    [Erik pauses while Charles shifts in his chair uneasy]

    Erik Lehnsherr: You known all along why I was here Charles, but things have changed. What started as a covert of mission, tomorrow mankind will know mutants exist. Shaw, us, they won't differentiate. They'll fear us. And that fear will turn to hatred.

    Professor Charles Xavier: Not if we stop a war, not if we can prevent Shaw, not if we risk our lives doing so.

    Erik Lehnsherr: Would they do the same for us?

    Professor Charles Xavier: We have it in us to be the better man.

    Erik Lehnsherr: We already are! We are the next stage of human evolution, you said it yourself...

    Professor Charles Xavier: [cuts in] No, no...

    Erik Lehnsherr: Are you really so naive as to think that they won't battle their own extinction? Or is it arrogance?

    Professor Charles Xavier: [looks at Erik in disagreement] I am sorry.

    Erik Lehnsherr: After tomorrow, they are gonna turn on us. But you are blinded because you believe they are all like Moira.

    Professor Charles Xavier: And you believe they are all like Shaw.

    [leans forward]

    Professor Charles Xavier: Listen to me very carefully, my friend: killing Shaw will not bring you peace.

    Erik Lehnsherr: Peace was never an option.