What if there was no X-Men, what job would they have done instead?

[TheVelvetOnion]

If Xavier never made the x-men what would they have done...
Heres my list?

Professor X - teacher - i mean he was built for it, i think if mutants were everywhere, then he would just be a head master or a teacher of psychology.

Scott Summers - ski instructor - something in alaska i would imagin. I see Scott being someone who would lead a somewhat middleclass life in the mountains probably like a ski instructor

Jean Grey - Doctor - i think that if she wasnt found by xavier she would of gone into the milatary as a doctor helping the injured. Dunno why i think this maybe its something to do with the phoenix thats inside her.

Warren Worthington 3rd - CEO - recluse but backs alot of mutant busineses

Bobby Drake - Sports Personality - everytime i see him i always figure he would do something like hockey

Henry McCoy - Researcher - Probably on Muir island working side by side with Moria.

Ororo Monroe - would of probably be where she is now with T-Challe

James Howlet - was already wolverine before x-men but instead probably would of re-joined weapon X as without xavier he wasnt really given a perpose.

Rogue - would of been a member of The Brotherhood, arrested she probably was freed by mystique but instead of re-joining she went into her own path... inccidently probably finding Gambit along the way.

Gambit - stays with the thieves guild and a regular member of the maurders, after the morlock massicure he would of probably distant himself from Sinister where he probably would of met Rogue.

Nightcrawler - probably would of been killed by locals - he was saved by Xavier

anyone else have any ideas?

 

[November Rain]

how would scott be a ski instructor, if there was no x-men, he would have never been able to open his eyes

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I'm pretty sure Jean would still be traumatized from the emergence of her mutant powers, too. Xavier helped her work through that.

Wolverine was with Department H in Canada when Xavier met him, not Weapon X, so he probably would've stayed there. And then he probably would've been killed by the Collective along with the rest of the original Alpha Flight.

Provided Nightcrawler survived the attack in Dusseldorf, I like to think he would've wound up becoming a priest to the emerging mutant community.

 

[Max J Power]

Mystique would turn into celebrities, take pictures of herself doing incriminating things, and then sell the pictures to tabloids.

 

[storyteller]

If the X-men never formed, these guys would be working for a certain mutant in a certain age.

 

[cerealkiller182]

Angel- continued vigilante work as the Guardian Angel

Beast- an Avengers regular maybe?

Cyclops- his inability to use his powers he would probably end up in Weapon X

Nightcrawler- probably stay in the circus

Colosuss- farming in Russia

Gambit- still a thief

Scarlet Witch- probably pull a nutty way earlier than she did

Storm- she'd probably stay in Africa, and it would be a bigger deal that Black Panther was marrying a weather god rather than Storm marrying the King of Wakanda

Rogue- find her way into Weapon X probably

Pr. X- probably die trying to stop Magneto on his own

Vulcan- a mild mannered teen with superpowers

 

[Harlekin]

Scott would still be living on the streets, trying to make ends meet and potentially selling his body for money. Mr. Sinister would get his hands on him again eventually and he would be little more than Sinister's *****.

I'd imagine the same would go for Jean Grey, still traumatised from the death of her friend. With no Xavier, I wouldn't be surprised if Sinister, interested as he is mixing Summers and Grey blood, just ended up kidnapping her in that state and using her for this experiments.

Who would be successful though would be Warren, just being a rich superhero as the Avenging Angel. He'd probably end up on the relatively same path, becoming CEO and joining one of the bigger superhero teams. Similarly, Hank would've been a researcher, would've ended up with the Brand corporation, gotten furry and ended up with the Avengers most likely.

Bobby, on the other hand, would've been on the receiving end of a lynch mob, just like Kurt would end up. Dead as a doorknob.

Peter would still be in Russia, working on his daddy's farm and becoming a Soviet supersoldier. Ororo would remain a tribal goddess and maybe would've still shacked up with T'Challa, in an easily more convincing storyline. Sean would've remained under Factor Three control. Thunderbird would still be with his tribe. Logan would've stuck with Department H and led Alpha Flight.

 

[Manic]

Professor X - teacher - i mean he was built for it, i think if mutants were everywhere, then he would just be a head master or a teacher of psychology.

Eh. I think Charles would still be running some sort of underground mutant sanctuary, but without the paramilitary training or Danger Room.

Scott Summers - ski instructor - something in alaska i would imagin. I see Scott being someone who would lead a somewhat middleclass life in the mountains probably like a ski instructor

I think he'd be working for Mr. Sinister, considering Sinister had been controlling his life ever since he lived in the orphanage.

Jean Grey - Doctor - i think that if she wasnt found by xavier she would of gone into the milatary as a doctor helping the injured. Dunno why i think this maybe its something to do with the phoenix thats inside her.

If Xavier never found her, she'd be an emotionally unstable wreck who would've ended up on the streets, in her parents' basement, or taken in by the military either as a prisoner or a forced operative. You know, assuming Sinister or Magneto don't snatch her up.

Warren Worthington 3rd - CEO - recluse but backs alot of mutant busineses

I agree, although he'd still also be a superhero. Probably an Avenger or something.

Bobby Drake - Sports Personality - everytime i see him i always figure he would do something like hockey

I like to think he'd still end up being a CPA.

Henry McCoy - Researcher - Probably on Muir island working side by side with Moria.

I agree.

Ororo Monroe - would of probably be where she is now with T-Challe

Either that, or still in Kenya.

James Howlet - was already wolverine before x-men but instead probably would of re-joined weapon X as without xavier he wasnt really given a perpose.

Weapon X? He was practically in Alpha Flight the week he met Xavier.

Rogue - would of been a member of The Brotherhood, arrested she probably was freed by mystique but instead of re-joining she went into her own path... inccidently probably finding Gambit along the way.

I agree, except for the Gambit part.

Nightcrawler - probably would of been killed by locals - he was saved by Xavier

Either that, or in a belltower getting his Quasimodo on.

 

[Vanguard07]

Asuming Cyclops found some other way to control his optic blasts and wasn't captured and manipulated by Sinister/Weapon X/whomever, I'd say he'd probably become a pool shark.

He has that whole "superhuman natural aptitude for processing spatial information geometrically" and all.

 

[November Rain]

he could make more money than simply becoming a pool shark...

 

[Vanguard07]

I dunno. the top pros at pool can make a couple hundred grand a year. With essentially just marksmanship (and the morals to preclude being an assassin) what better job is there?

 

[November Rain]

navy seals sniper

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Wouldn't that still be an assassin? An assassin for a good cause, but an assassin nonetheless. Killing is not incidental to a sniper's job, like you could argue it is for other military personnel; it is a sniper's job.

 

[Vanguard07]

and how much do navy seal snipers get paid anyway? cause if it's more than a 100k i'd be surprised. Not to mention the whole rick of dying aspect. I really dont think that'd be a "better job". There's very little risk of being murdered playing pool.

 

[November Rain]

Wouldn't that still be an assassin? An assassin for a good cause, but an assassin nonetheless. Killing is not incidental to a sniper's job, like you could argue it is for other military personnel; it is a sniper's job.

er, where's all this assassin talk come from?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Vanguard said Cyclops' morals preclude him from being an assassin.

and how much do navy seal snipers get paid anyway? cause if it's more than a 100k i'd be surprised. Not to mention the whole rick of dying aspect. I really dont think that'd be a "better job". There's very little risk of being murdered playing pool.

... unless you're hussling the bikers at your local seedy dive bar.

 

[November Rain]

ah

well snipers go around in twos, he can be the non-killing instruction giving one, not the gun pointing one.

he could also be jlo's bodyguard

and you can't measure quality of life financially, that's the first mistake we all make V

 

[Vanguard07]

ah

well snipers go around in twos, he can be the non-killing instruction giving one, not the gun pointing one.

he could also be jlo's bodyguard

and you can't measure quality of life financially, that's the first mistake we all make V

If he's not the guy pulling the trigger than his natural aptitude for marksmanship is wasted. If he IS the guy pulling the trigger than the quality of life argument is flawed cause being a murderer really f***s people up mentally. My uncle's best friend used to be a military sniper. from what I gathered from him, there's something soul destroying about having a job that specifically requires murder almost exclusively.

At least regular soldiers are given different kinds of objectives (secure an area, take a position etc) snipers are given targets to kill.

and I know you cant measure quality of life financially. But personally I measure quality of life by freedom and opportunity. A military carreer seriously hinders the freedom part cause you're basically a government's tool.

Also money buys a certain amount of freedom. Thats a big part of it's appeal.

 

[chamber-music]

Thunderbird- would be alive wrestling bulls on his reservation
Banshee- Alive working for Interpol
Kitty Pryde- a professional dancer
Havok- a geophysist

 

[November Rain]

if he's not pulling the trigger, his talents aren't wasted because his spatial awareness techniques helps him get the right range and trajectory for the person with the rifle.

that's why i mentioned bodyguard before because it's prtty much the sniper spatial awareness thing but using it from the target's perspective so he can arrange for certain sites to get checked and reduce risk. he'd also get to travel and live the lavish lifestyle.

 

[foxx5]

Wolverine would be a killing machine for what even government(s) made him during waepon X or he would be apart of alpha flight

 

[Vanguard07]

if he's not pulling the trigger, his talents aren't wasted because his spatial awareness techniques helps him get the right range and trajectory for the person with the rifle.

that's why i mentioned bodyguard before because it's prtty much the sniper spatial awareness thing but using it from the target's perspective so he can arrange for certain sites to get checked and reduce risk. he'd also get to travel and live the lavish lifestyle.

I dunno... being the guy who's job is to tag along with a murderer doesnt seem much better than being the murderer.

The bodyguard thing would be believable though. I could see that working.
I was never under the impression that they made much money though.

In any case my opinion hasnt changed. I think his best option would be pro pool player. Either that or a pilot. He's a damn good pilot too.

 

[November Rain]

he can't pilot, he wears glasses

 

[Vanguard07]

from an eyesight perspective they're more for decoration. Like he doesnt have myopia or anything.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I doubt they'd care. Plus, realistically, it's even worse in Scott's case. A myopic guy has like a minute or more to put his glasses back on before he crashes. If Scott loses his glasses, the cockpit's f***ing gone, he's dead from violent decompression, and the pilot-less, cockpit-less plane is soon to follow.