Raven_Darkholme
George Sloane
That's what the X-men have done for years upon years. And I didn't see it as making the point that mutants used to be slaves (and in Genosha, by the way, they were), but instead as the "we are us, you are you, and what you call me is not what I call me" mentality.
And I think that, for Mystique, who is very Us and Them oriented, it worked. *shrug*
Mystique is to a certain extent a supremacist within normal continuity yes, however she doesn't co-opt the language or attitudes of other repressed minorities. If you want the definitive 616 Mystique, read Vaughan's run on her solo.
However, movie continuity is movie continuity. Seperate version of the character. My issue is not simply that Raven said it, but rather that anyone said it at all. Just makes it worse when it's my favorite X-character. Definitive 616 Mystique is Vaughn's for you. For me, it's her villain appearances in 80's Uncanny.
And the reason I liked the line was because it didn't fit into the movie. It fit into the Mystique I have in my head, established in the aforementioned era. I liked it because I thought, "How over the top and overreacting and wonderfully perfect that is."
The sheer badness of the line is part of what made it. No, it's not appropriate or even true. But for how I see Mystique, it's something that fits her dialogue anyway.
