X3 Meme

[deathpixie]

So, in the wake of various thoughts on the movie and why I liked it (warning, post does have spoilers, so don't click on the link if you don't want to be spoiled), here's something of a meme-thing.

It's not a spoiler that one of the plots of the movie is that there's a 'cure' invented for mutation. At least it's not if you watch the trailers. *eeps* The idea of a cure developed for mutant powers is a really interesting one to me and I was wondering what sort of impact it would have in the XP-verse. So, here's the question:

If a 'cure' the same as the one in X3 existed in the XP-verse, how would it affect your character? How would they react to the news, would they consider getting it, how would it change their perspective of themselves and of being a mutant in general? What about relationships? If someone close to them did (or didn't) get the cure, how would they feel? And etc, etc.

I know this is a pretty big question, but I'm interested in seeing people's responses. And since I figured that maybe the readers would be too, I decided on posting here rather than the closed comm. If that's a problem, say the word and I'll shift it over. But basically I thought it'd be a way of getting a perspective on the situation, and maybe gauging by responses see what people might think of doing a plot.

Amanda's initial response is "hell, no!" Whilst she's had a lot of trouble with her powers, she's also seen the good they can do and how important they can be to her friends. It's a part of them, what makes them special. To take that away... Then on further examination she realises that there are those out there who would be better off without their powers, and who is she to take that away from them? She's had her shot at being 'normal', living a life without powers and it's done her more good than she thought possible. It wasn't her choice to leave that and she's accepted the fact she is a mutant, but still, there's a little part of her that misses the life she was building for herself.

As far as those close to her goes... Amanda's never judged her friends on their mutant abilities or lack thereof. It would worry her if some of those friends wanted it, since it would mean that they're unhappy, but she would try and see their persective and hear their reasons out. If someone like Angelo or Kurt went ahead with it, I think it would disturb her more than she'd let on - even them wearing image inducers messes with her head a bit, since she's so used to them being themselves and the inducer is like talking to a stranger. But she wouldn't disown anyone for it. People ought to make their own choices.

Comments

[alasdair.livejournal.com]

If it's as presented in the movie-verse, Pete would be actively trying to destroy it, all records of it, and anyone involved in it, simply because they made bullets out of a child. You Do Not Weaponise Children. It's not *just* the using the child (since they could concievably have had his consent) - it's specifically the point at which they make the cure into something that can be inflicted on someone without their express consent. As soon as that line's crossed, then the whole thing needs to be torn down and the ground sown with salt. The people it might help come in a distant second to that.

If there was just some means of "curing" mutation, then Pete would have to be reminded that it applied to him. He's got a cognitive disconnect between the fact that he can kill people by staring hard and the notion of being a mutant himself. He thinks of himself as a normal human. Once he'd been reminded, he'd think the idea of taking it himself was absurd.