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THE [newDIVIDE]
with great power comes great responsibility;
and even greater persecution
FOR GENERATIONS MUTANTS FOUGHT TO FIND ACCEPTANCE AMONG THEIR HUMAN BRETHREN. EVENTUALLY THEY WOULD FIND THIS ACCEPTANCE BUT THE ACTS OF ONE MAN, ERIK LENSHERR, WOULD DESTROY THIS EQUITY. ONE SOLITARY ACT OF TERRORISM USHERED IN A NEW ERA OF POLITICS. ONE THAT REQUIRED NOT ONLY MUTANTS TO REGISTER AND BE TRAINED, BUT METAHUMANS WHO ONCE STOOD AS THE HEROES OF ENTIRE GENERATIONS AS WELL.
THE MUTANT REGISTRATION ACT WAS NOT A NEW IDEA. THROUGH THE YEARS IT CAME AND WENT, ALWAYS OVERTURNED BEFORE LONG. IT WASN'T UNTIL THE YEAR 2000 THAT IT STUCK. OVER TIME, HOWEVER, THE POLITICAL PARTIES BECAME CORRUPTED. NORMAN OSBOURNE FOUND HIS WAY INTO A SEAT OF POWER AT THE HEAD OF S.H.I.E.L.D THROUGH BACK HANDED TACTICS AND A NEW BILL OF RIGHTS WAS PRESENTED TO CONGRESS. THIS NEW LAW WOULD REQUIRE ALL MUTANTS AND METAHUMANS TO NOT ONLY REGISTER, BUT BE TRAINED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND 'LICENSED' TO USE THEIR POWERS.
WHILE SOME AGREED TO FOLLOW THIS NEW RULE, THERE WERE THOSE WHO CHOSE TO OPPOSE IT. FREEDOM WAS NOT A RIGHT IN THIS COUNTRY, IT WAS PRIVILEGE. A PRIVILEGE EARNED BY FIGHTING WARS SIDE BY SIDE, REGARDLESS OF SUPER POWERS OR EXTRA GENES. THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO OPPOSED THIS LAW JOINED ARMS AS A FORCE TO SEE IT ABOLISHED. THE X-MEN AND THE AVENGERS, TWO FORMERLY UPSTANDING GROUPS WHO PROTECTED AMERICA WERE NOW ITS LARGEST FUGITIVES AND WERE FORCED INTO HIDING.
NORMAN OSBOURNE'S DEATH SPARKED HOPE IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE AFFECTED BY THIS ACT. HOPE THAT THINGS WOULD SETTLE DOWN. BUT IT BECAME CLEAR THAT THEIR HOPE WAS EMPTY. NORMAN'S SON, HARRY, TOOK HIS PLACE AND TOOK THINGS TO AN ALL NEW LEVEL. HE FORMED A KIND OF POLICE FORCE OF MUTANTS AND METAHUMANS WHO WOULD FOLLOW HIS COMMAND TO HUNT AND ARREST FUGITIVE AND ROGUE MUTANTS AND METAHUMANS. THEY CALLED THEMSELVES THE INITIATIVE AND BEGAN A VIGOROUS ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN THAT FOOLED THE GENERAL PUBLIC. WITH THE WOOL PULLED OVER THEIR EYES THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES SAW THE INITIATIVE AS A GROUP OF GOOD, ONLY THERE TO HELP THEM AS THE AVENGERS ONCE HAD.
BUT MUCH TIME HAD PASSED SINCE THE X-MEN AND AVENGERS HAD FORMED. THEY WERE AGED AND DEFEATED, AND COULD NO LONGER KEEP UP WITH THIS NEW GENERATION. THEY HESITANTLY PASSED ON THEIR ROLES AND DUTIES TO THEIR CHILDREN WHO GLADLY ACCEPTED. IT IS NOW UP TO THIS NEW GENERATION TO FILL THE LARGE SHOES LEFT BY THEIR PARENTS AND SEE THE ACT ABOLISHED.
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THE [newDIVIDE]
with great power comes great responsibility;
and even greater persecution
FOR GENERATIONS MUTANTS FOUGHT TO FIND ACCEPTANCE AMONG THEIR HUMAN BRETHREN. EVENTUALLY THEY WOULD FIND THIS ACCEPTANCE BUT THE ACTS OF ONE MAN, ERIK LENSHERR, WOULD DESTROY THIS EQUITY. ONE SOLITARY ACT OF TERRORISM USHERED IN A NEW ERA OF POLITICS. ONE THAT REQUIRED NOT ONLY MUTANTS TO REGISTER AND BE TRAINED, BUT METAHUMANS WHO ONCE STOOD AS THE HEROES OF ENTIRE GENERATIONS AS WELL.
THE MUTANT REGISTRATION ACT WAS NOT A NEW IDEA. THROUGH THE YEARS IT CAME AND WENT, ALWAYS OVERTURNED BEFORE LONG. IT WASN'T UNTIL THE YEAR 2000 THAT IT STUCK. OVER TIME, HOWEVER, THE POLITICAL PARTIES BECAME CORRUPTED. NORMAN OSBOURNE FOUND HIS WAY INTO A SEAT OF POWER AT THE HEAD OF S.H.I.E.L.D THROUGH BACK HANDED TACTICS AND A NEW BILL OF RIGHTS WAS PRESENTED TO CONGRESS. THIS NEW LAW WOULD REQUIRE ALL MUTANTS AND METAHUMANS TO NOT ONLY REGISTER, BUT BE TRAINED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND 'LICENSED' TO USE THEIR POWERS.
WHILE SOME AGREED TO FOLLOW THIS NEW RULE, THERE WERE THOSE WHO CHOSE TO OPPOSE IT. FREEDOM WAS NOT A RIGHT IN THIS COUNTRY, IT WAS PRIVILEGE. A PRIVILEGE EARNED BY FIGHTING WARS SIDE BY SIDE, REGARDLESS OF SUPER POWERS OR EXTRA GENES. THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO OPPOSED THIS LAW JOINED ARMS AS A FORCE TO SEE IT ABOLISHED. THE X-MEN AND THE AVENGERS, TWO FORMERLY UPSTANDING GROUPS WHO PROTECTED AMERICA WERE NOW ITS LARGEST FUGITIVES AND WERE FORCED INTO HIDING.
NORMAN OSBOURNE'S DEATH SPARKED HOPE IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE AFFECTED BY THIS ACT. HOPE THAT THINGS WOULD SETTLE DOWN. BUT IT BECAME CLEAR THAT THEIR HOPE WAS EMPTY. NORMAN'S SON, HARRY, TOOK HIS PLACE AND TOOK THINGS TO AN ALL NEW LEVEL. HE FORMED A KIND OF POLICE FORCE OF MUTANTS AND METAHUMANS WHO WOULD FOLLOW HIS COMMAND TO HUNT AND ARREST FUGITIVE AND ROGUE MUTANTS AND METAHUMANS. THEY CALLED THEMSELVES THE INITIATIVE AND BEGAN A VIGOROUS ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN THAT FOOLED THE GENERAL PUBLIC. WITH THE WOOL PULLED OVER THEIR EYES THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES SAW THE INITIATIVE AS A GROUP OF GOOD, ONLY THERE TO HELP THEM AS THE AVENGERS ONCE HAD.
BUT MUCH TIME HAD PASSED SINCE THE X-MEN AND AVENGERS HAD FORMED. THEY WERE AGED AND DEFEATED, AND COULD NO LONGER KEEP UP WITH THIS NEW GENERATION. THEY HESITANTLY PASSED ON THEIR ROLES AND DUTIES TO THEIR CHILDREN WHO GLADLY ACCEPTED. IT IS NOW UP TO THIS NEW GENERATION TO FILL THE LARGE SHOES LEFT BY THEIR PARENTS AND SEE THE ACT ABOLISHED.
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