Because people believe it's bad for your art to use political terms. It's not. If you tell a story about how capitalism is bad you should use the word capitalism.
X-Men has told some pretty fucking good stories. It's a much better oppression allegory than Detriot. I agree that we need more stories that are just about how racism is bad explicitly, but there has been some genuinely good shit in the X-Men comics.
The main problem with X-Men is that mutants are actually dangerous. There aren't any black people that emit instant death auras or shoot fire out of their hands so the racism allegory doesn really work. I mean, why the fuck wouldn't people be worried about mutants when they can just be born with the ability to kill everyone around them even if unintentionally?
Honestly, there's like, five total mutants that are inherently dangerous (as opposed to mutants who are bad because they are bad people and use their powers for bad things). And I agree that it was a bad idea to make mutants that are inherently dangerous, at least for the civil rights metaphor. It does sort of make it messy. But I think the general thrust of it is still good? Because none of those characters are particularly prominent? Except Rogue, I guess, but she has ways of managing her powers without causing harm.
Like I get your criticism, but I stand by my point that some X-Men stories have been good.
Because people believe it's bad for your art to use political terms. It's not. If you tell a story about how capitalism is bad you should use the word capitalism.
This is how I feel every time I see things like X-Men or Detroit: Become Human. Just say racism is bad. Quit worrying about being "subtle".
100%, fuck subtlety
X-Men has told some pretty fucking good stories. It's a much better oppression allegory than Detriot. I agree that we need more stories that are just about how racism is bad explicitly, but there has been some genuinely good shit in the X-Men comics.
The main problem with X-Men is that mutants are actually dangerous. There aren't any black people that emit instant death auras or shoot fire out of their hands so the racism allegory doesn really work. I mean, why the fuck wouldn't people be worried about mutants when they can just be born with the ability to kill everyone around them even if unintentionally?
Honestly, there's like, five total mutants that are inherently dangerous (as opposed to mutants who are bad because they are bad people and use their powers for bad things). And I agree that it was a bad idea to make mutants that are inherently dangerous, at least for the civil rights metaphor. It does sort of make it messy. But I think the general thrust of it is still good? Because none of those characters are particularly prominent? Except Rogue, I guess, but she has ways of managing her powers without causing harm.
Like I get your criticism, but I stand by my point that some X-Men stories have been good.