THE BROTHERHOOD OF EVIL MUTANTS

Why “Evil?”
They could have called them selves The Brotherhood of Angry Mutants (B.A.M.), or The Brotherhood of Outraged and Politically Disenfranchised Mutant Activists (B.O.P.D.M.A), but no. Mystique, never one to mince words, went for the jugular. EVIL. There it is. Although, you’d be hard-pressed to find a less evil bunch of terrorists. Sure, Mystique is nuts, but she’s driven by her desire for mutant empowerment. Her longtime companion, Destiny, is a totally nice old lady. Who wouldn’t want to get a beer with Pyro? Avalanche likes to garden, for heaven’s sake. And Blob… well, Blob is kind of an asshole, but you gotta figure the guy’s probably just worried about his next meal. If you gave him a steak, you’d probably have a friend for life.

So, why call themselves “Evil?” Well, if you’re a marginalized, downtrodden minority, and you’re trying to carve out a place for your people, you want to be able to negotiate from a place of power. You could take the high road like the X-Men, who swear up and down that they’re very nice, but they still scare the pants off the average citizen and the newspapers cal them evil anyway. OR you could just call yourselves evil, blow up a couple buildings, and see where that gets you. The Brotherhood was renegotiating the middle, pushing the establishment with no regard for traditional values or niceties, and, yeah, having a psychotically great time in the process.

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