#honestly this is Xavier to Magneto in a nutshell

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Just once I’d like to see the tables turned and for the hero to give the, “We’re not so different, you and I,” speech to the villain. Like, “Oh you want to solve society’s problems? You want to avenge some wrong? You’re driven by moral outrage at the state of the world? Maybe if you weren’t being such a dick about it, you and I could team up and be twice as effective, ever thought of that?”

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Legendary Focus: New Mutants

Hey kids, do you like Mutants? More specifically, do you like New Mutants? Well, buckle in, because today’s All-Star Guest Contributor and Faithful Fwoosh Fanatic H-bird is going to tell you and the folks at Hasbro exactly why the rest of the New Mutants need to be immortalized in plastic. Take it away, H-bird! The latest Marvel Legends X-Men wave is so full of goodness I can barely  wrap my head around it — and the collective hundreds of pages of  discussion surrounding all things X-related in the forum tells me I’m  not the only collector who feels that way. Though I’ve yet to actually  get my hands on the figures (only been spotted at Target so far, banned  for life — not important now) I’ve gawked at enough pictures to know  that the magic is real. After years of waiting, Shatterstar! Polaris!  Sunfire! Dazzler, and she’s disco-style?! I’ve been pulling for these  characters to get made since I started collecting in the pre-Hasbro days  and I’m thrilled at how they’ve turned out. But oh-so-typical of the  way Hasbro has been killing it of late, nestled among all these figures  I’ve wanted for so long is a surprise gem that has really piqued my  interest. A character I never once put on a wish list — not because I  didn’t want him, but because I figured the likelihood of seeing him made  was close to nil, and his teammates were right there with him in  obscurityland. Well apparently I was wrong, and the Warlock BAF is a  dream of a figure! Warlock’s amazing representation in plastic combined  with the news of a New Mutants movie next year has rekindled my desire  for the original generation of young mutants that helped define an era  of the X-Men and would eventually grow to occupy critical parts of the  Marvel U. So let’s talk about the team that was the first to call  themselves the “New Mutants”!   And that, in a nutshell, is how you do the New Mutants in Marvel  Legends! That was so easy, I don’t know why Hasbro acts like its so  hard. Listen, I know this particular corner of the Marvel U isn’t to  everyone’s tastes, and that’s totally fine. Every single one of these  characters would eventually go on to new teams and stories, through  various iterations of the X-Force(s) and -Factor(s), to leading the  hordes of the underworld, teaching even Newer Mutants, or fighting  against the Phalanx alongside Nova and the Guardians of the Galaxy.  Cannonball and Sunspot joined the Avengers, for chrissakes! Every  character here has made a rich contribution to the Marvel Universe — and  the New Mutants is where it all started. With a movie coming out next  year and Legends going full-tilt with no signs of slowing down, there  will never be a better opportunity to see the New Mutants immortalized  with the Marvel Legends treatment! The first iteration of the New Mutants is a vital part of the X-Men  canon that ran from 1983 until 1991 when it was relaunched and rebranded  as “X-Force.” First brought together by Professor Xavier when he  believed the X-Men killed after being abducted by the Brood, the New  Mutants would be active during the return of the X-Men, the defection of  Rogue from the Brotherhood, the Mutant Massacre, Magneto’s reformation  and leadership of the school, the formation of X-Factor and Excalibur,  and the Outback Era, lasting aaaaall the way until the relaunch and  expansion of the X-Universe heralded by X-Men #1. The OG New  Mutants are the real second class of actual students at Xavier’s School  for Gifted Youngsters (honestly, when did you ever see Wolverine and  Sunfire attending classes?) and deserve to be represented in plastic.  Like the very first class of recruits at Xavier’s School for Gifted  Youngsters, the original New Mutants were a class of five. The  composition of this team, however, followed the precedent established in  Giant-Size X-Men #1 — and all the better for it. Mutants are a  worldwide phenomenon, after all, and the new class of students came  from all over the globe. Karma, Wolfsbane, Cannonball, Moonstar (or  Psyche or Mirage, if you like) and Sunspot comprised the original class —  an atypical superhero team mix of three gals and two guys hailing from  Vietnam, Scotland, Kentucky, the Cheyenne nation by way of Colorado, and  Brazil. The new class once again broadened the scope of the mutant  issue in the comics by bringing in characters from a diversity of  backgrounds that would provide fertile ground to explore the themes of  prejudice, society and group identity that have always been at the heart  of the X-Universe.As the title developed, the original five would quickly be joined by  Magik, Cypher, Magma, and Warlock — a Russian, an American, a Roman by  way of a hidden colony in the Amazon rainforest dating back to the Roman  Empire (yep!), and a member of the alien Technarchy. How’s THAT for  diversity? And that, in a nutshell, is how you do the New Mutants in Marvel  Legends! That was so easy, I don’t know why Hasbro acts like its so  hard. Listen, I know this particular corner of the Marvel U isn’t to  everyone’s tastes, and that’s totally fine. Every single one of these  characters would eventually go on to new teams and stories, through  various iterations of the X-Force(s) and -Factor(s), to leading the  hordes of the underworld, teaching even Newer Mutants, or fighting  against the Phalanx alongside Nova and the Guardians of the Galaxy.  Cannonball and Sunspot joined the Avengers, for chrissakes! Every  character here has made a rich contribution to the Marvel Universe — and  the New Mutants is where it all started. With a movie coming out next  year and Legends going full-tilt with no signs of slowing down, there  will never be a better opportunity to see the New Mutants immortalized  with the Marvel Legends treatment! Credit source : http://thefwoosh.com/2017/03/legend... #NewMutants #Mutants #X-Men #Marvel #Legends