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[Jun. 9th, 2012|04:20 pm] |
It was supposed to be a Golden Age. An Age of Heroes, of people who were meant for great things, meant to save the world, destined to make the world better.
Maybe it happened too fast. To go from no heroes to thousands, seemingly overnight, people aren't equipped to handle things like that. Or maybe it was the shock of discovering the mutant species, where your next door neighbor might be reading your mind right now. Or maybe there were shadowy figures behind the scenes, ones who didn't appreciate the safety of the United States and the world at large being completely in the hands of freaks, people who were barely even human.
Paranoia, distrust, fear, it started running rampant, fueled by propaganda and hate, and only made worse when a mutant lost control and millions died. Suddenly, registering mutants was the only solutions, but why stop there? Anyone with superpowers could be dangerous, and it was a slippery slope then. Anyone with superpowers, anyone wanting to be a hero or a villain, was suddenly a criminal. All it took was one final push, a whisper in Congressional backrooms.
"What if we just killed them all?" Ridiculous. At first. But humanity hates what it fears, and fears what it doesn't understand. The call to arms was given on Christmas Day, 2011.
Nick Fury is gone. Tony Stark is disgraced. New York City is in flames. Mutant children are burned alive in their beds. Norman Osborne is creating Capekillers, robots who can detect the things that make anyone with powers different.
The Heroic Age has ended in blood and fire.
All that's left is to sift through the ashes.
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