Who should deliver the “cosmic burp”?

[Silvermoth]

Hi everyone,

So, we know at some point the fox characters are going to enter the MCU. Obviously if you’re clever enough you could think of a reason why mutants are suddenly happening and that the ff just appeared too.

What I reckon should happen though is there’s a huge event like decimation but obviously larger that slightly changes the marvel u enough so that things are mostly the same except mutants are part of the world. It would also be a handy opportunity to reboot some characters if they need to.

So who should be the one to deliver this “cosmic burp”?

 

[Silvermoth]

I would love to see Michael Korvac done on screen but it would be a fun nod to house of m if instead of obliterating the mutants Wanda actually helped make them

 

[pr0xyt0xin]

If I understand what you mean, why not tie it into the Eternals movie?

 

[Protar]

If I understand what you mean, why not tie it into the Eternals movie?

I think this is the best route. The Eternals and Mutants stem from the same source of Celestial experimentation. When the Eternals reveal themselves to the world, they could trigger a widespread activation of the X-gene.

 

[pr0xyt0xin]

I think this is the best route. The Eternals and Mutants stem from the same source of Celestial experimentation. When the Eternals reveal themselves to the world, they could trigger a widespread activation of the X-gene.

And with the F4 being in sub-orbit at the time, they are not protected by the earth's atmosphere. Perhaps they get a more direct blast of the cosmic burp?

 

[BigThor]

I think this is the best route. The Eternals and Mutants stem from the same source of Celestial experimentation. When the Eternals reveal themselves to the world, they could trigger a widespread activation of the X-gene.

Agreed

 

[Lilbaz]

Or they could just have it that mutants have been hiding from the world.

 

[Marvel united]

Infinity Stones

 

[Silvermoth]

If I understand what you mean, why not tie it into the Eternals movie?

It would be so much fun if Kronos gave the cosmic burp. That way you can do more of Thanos’ origin plus add a cool new character at the same time

 

[Protar]

Or they could just have it that mutants have been hiding from the world.

That works if you just have a select few older mutants like Xavier, Magento and Wolverine, but for the entire mutant population to be in hiding - given that they are scattered across the globe, largely untrained in their powers and given organisations like SHIELD - it's just not realistic.

 

[MasterCat]

That works if you just have a select few older mutants like Xavier, Magento and Wolverine, but for the entire mutant population to be in hiding - given that they are scattered across the globe, largely untrained in their powers and given organisations like SHIELD - it's just not realistic.

Yep. I'd say state intelligence agencies knew darn well where Logan, Sabretooth and Erik were; they just disappeared circa Iron Man. Xavier, Emma, and Raven are just that good at hiding. Add more adult mutants and it starts to get stupid fast.

 

[psylockolussus]

I seriously have no clue. Maybe Secret Wars kind of scenario.

 

[The Guard]

I think you could have a few key mutants in existence but in hiding (Xavier, Magneto, Cain Marko, Mystique), with others biding their time (Sinister), and have the phenomenon of mutation, which maybe skips a generation or something, manifest again in Phase III, and have this be what causes Xavier and Magneto and others to make their moves. The emergence of the superheroes who form the Avengers could be the event that really causes them to start scouring the globe for others like themselves, with the events of the INFINITY films serving as partial motivation as well. The way INFINITY WAR unfolded, any mutants with major powers would have been unlikely to be able to mount a defense in time anyway.

It's not like SHIELD and Hydra were unaware of the potential for metas. It's not unbelievable that they're out there somewhere. Essentially, the X-Men and Brotherhood portion of the mythos would just be a new phenomenon, one that potentially even the Avengers have issue with due to the Brotherhood, which leads to the inevitable X-MEN VS AVENGERS stuff.

You could even tie it to cosmic radiation events somehow, and intersect the origins of The Fantastic Four and the X-Men. Wasn't it radiation that triggered a lot of the mutant evolution originally? The Eternals could be tied into it somehow...the High Evolutionary...there are all kinds of possibilities.

 

[Flash525]

The whole they're in hiding arc doesn't work, cause as much as the good mutants would be in hiding, the bad ones would be using their abilities to exploit others, and we've not seen, or even heard about them.

The FF can easily be explained as not having happened yet; there's no specific time at which they need to have acquired their abilities; it could simply be that the accident in orbit hasn't occurred yet, and their powers haven't manifested. That's an easy fix. If they enter the MCU, they'll no doubt get another origin story which provides them with their powers.

As far as the X-Men go, I honestly don't know. I don't like the concept that they're already here among us, due to reasons stated in my opening paragraph, but I likewise don't like the idea that something will happen that will suddenly create a whole bunch of them, as to do that, they're erasing the history of characters like Logan, Xavier and Eric.

They [could] go with the Multiverse; have another Earth where the X-Men exist and the [current] MCU characters don't, and somehow allow for a crossover, or as a result of the gauntlet being used (possibly twice) reality as we know it is changed and the X-Men have always been.

We've then got to distinguish between the X-Men and Inhumans; Inhumans lived on the moon and in that secret valley (AoS), so where do the X-Men fit in with the Inhumans; they're very similar; people with powers.

 

[Xeno]

There are several explanations for why the mutants haven't shown themselves before. It could be that only a handful of them are older than teenage, which is when mutations typically manifest. Xavier, Magneto, and some of the other older mutants were around but kept their powers secret for decades, fearing persecution. Suddenly, however, hundreds of preteens and teens around the world began manifesting mutations, just as happened in the 1960s comic books. This in turn causes Xavier and Lensherr to begin recruiting and indoctrinating youngsters.

I think that could work.