i can't resist. a link to an x-men review:



this would be the most obvious point made by x-men, the marvel comic books and the movie franchise: everyone lives in fear (of persecution, invasion, exposure) and the x-men are victims of fearful prejudice (representing queers, racial minorities, etc.). this premise is underlined by nightcrawler's incursion at the white house, which frightens him more than anyone else, when he realizes that someone unknown has grabbed control of his body. this is the daily fear for mutants: their bodies define them. they're named for what their bodies can do (wolverine, storm, cyclops, et. al., with the exception of jean grey), and they're judged and feared for same. they can't escape their bodies and powers, and neither can they always control them.