When I got the "we claim *all* Mutants, everywhere as citizens" bit I was so longing for a Le Guin style deep world building novel that explored a society of superhumans kidnapping teenagers and forbidding normies from their living island nation.
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There were so many interesting avenues to explore that were just left untouched. Or were initially explored but kind of left to the wayside as the story continued. The Crucible, for instance, initially had a bunch of stories to the effect of "this is messed up" & then just kind of nothing.
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Hickman leaving the book screwed the whole thing and it only just barely got righted for the conclusion, around the point they have Charles admit that he never actually believed in any of the bullshit being spouted.
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And like I like a lot of the writers who contributed to the Krakoa Era, I actually really liked HOUSE OF X/POWERS OF X for stuff that I didn't actually care about, but damn Marvel can not truly deliver on the awesome premise of "totally Mutant nation".
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So like the Chrysalids but not 50s
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Wyndham is an interesting writer - "the Other and the Normal can never live together in peace" is a recurring theme across multiple works. The Other isn't even necessarily evil all the time, just different.
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I’ll take your word for it- Chrysalids was assigned reading in my grade 10 English class and I haven’t read anything else from Wyndham
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I sometimes describe THE CHRYSALIDS as "Midwich but the kids are the protagonists."
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I gotta watch that movie
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