If you have not watched the XMen movies, or are at all familiar with XMen, you will probably not understand this blog...

I watched X3 the other day, and once again I found myself dwelling deeply on the whole "fight of tolerance" thing. If you didn't know already, one of the main themes behind xmen is accepting those who are different for who they are. Anyway, I must say, Magneto is kind of a hero of mine...which shouldn't surprise you considering i'm "King" of the Geeks wink
Basically his entire kind (the weird strange scary mutants) are persecuted, mistreated, and made miserable. He takes up the cause, and fights for all mutant against the humans who push them down. Now, while in reality, i'm pretty much a pacifist (I would not condone or employ violence), his role kind of appeals to me. He fights for his weirdness, his difference. He's not normal, and people dislike him for it. According to the "normal people," mutants are mutants...they're weird, strange...not like everyone else.

Now, a flipside thought I had in X3-
Rogue is a girl who literally cannot get close to anyone because of her mutation. Her weirdness, her difference...has stopped stopped her again and again and again from fitting in and being normal, from being able to kiss someone, and hold their hand. Now, in the movie, Rogue is faced with a decision to take a "cure." Basically, this cure will make her "normal." No longer would she be a mutant, no longer would she be different, weird, strange....she would fit in, and be able to live a normal happy life.

And...while many mutants view the cure as a bad thing, a weapon, bad...it is, in essense, a way of happiness for her. And in the end, she takes it. She goes from being different, to being normal. To being able to finally kiss, and touch, and be with people...She gets her wish.

I just thought the cure in particular was interesting- probably because so many people in the real world feel the same way that Rogue did. ninja