Berra said:Its somewhat logical to consider superpowers as wepons so your task is to make a popular culture where superheros is seen as a symbol for the 2nd amendment instead of the gay rights conection made in OTL.
Berra said:Its somewhat logical to consider superpowers as wepons so your task is to make a popular culture where superheros is seen as a symbol for the 2nd amendment instead of the gay rights conection made in OTL.
Torqumada said:See Marvel's recent Civil War storyline for answers to those kinds of questions.
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Merry, the thing is though that as the X-Men comics are now, Magneto's opinion is seen as wrong by many of the "good guys".MerryPrankster said:In "X-Men III," the President questions the "implications for democracy" of a man able to move an entire city with his mind (he was probably referring to Magneto or Xavier).
Some people on the Old Board (I think) said that the existance of superpowered humans would disprove any notions of human equality, while someone else said "it's either us or them" and called for genocide.
Have a comic or comics where the government tries to regulate or suppress people with superhuman abilities out of fear they could challenge the government--the first "X-Men" movie had Senator Kelly calling for mutant registration because he pointed out that a mutant with powers like Shadowcat (pass through walls) could sneak into a bank...or the White House!
Heck, the parallel could be made between mutant registration and gun registration--Magneto feared mutant registration would be the first step towards a new Holocaust, while Second Amendment supporters (incl. me) think it's the first step towards gun confiscation.
MerryPrankster said:Does that tie into "House Of M" where 95% or so of the mutants on Earth lose their powers?
Someone noted that the remaining mutants would be MUCH easier to control in such a situation.
luakel said:Merry, the thing is though that as the X-Men comics are now, Magneto's opinion is seen as wrong by many of the "good guys".
Oh I get your meaning now, with what the replies were mentioning it seemed to be getting turned into a real world superhero thing.Berra said:Its not ASB. The question is how we could have a change in popular culture. Its just a question that has somthing to do with fiction, not a question about what would happen in fiction. Its like my question "What if they dont have Gillian Anderson in X-files", thats definetly post 1900 but "what if Agent Scully was killed" is ASB.
My question is if the super hero comics could be assosiated with the right to keep and bear arms and not the civil rights issue as OTL.
Mr_ Bondoc said:It is actually very simple to pull off, provided that the proper superhero titles are invoked. Imagine a scenario wherein the superheroes are blamed for a major disaster wherein the reason is blamed on the technological weaponry of the major characters. This could be based on the theft of a superheroes' weapon, or a similar technology is utilized by the villians. As such the results:
DC Universe- For Superman, consider the idea that a villian is selling kryptonite bullets/weapons to major crime syndicates (e.g. Intergang)...
-For Batman, Lex Luthor through his dealings with Wayne Enterprises is developing weapons for villians on the street...
Marvel Universe- Simply combine elements of the storyline of "Armor Wars" storyline of Iron Man with the terrorist elements of Nick Fury's "Secret War" storyline, wherein Latveria is arming supervillians with deadly technology...
Since the powers would be part of you, as opposed to a weapon (leaving off IM or Spidey's webshooters), I'd say no. It's a "do I have the same rights as you, even tho I can turn you into a pumpkin?" question. That's equal rights, not the right to bear arms. What you're after is Tony asking, "Do I have the right to wear armor?" (Or, The Punisher asking, "Do I have the right to carry a grenade launcher?"My question is if the super hero comics could be assosiated with the right to keep and bear arms and not the civil rights issue as OTL.