Alara Rogers' Writing Journal

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More of the XXY universe, where all mutants are of the opposite sex. This was written in the mid-90's and ignores all later X-Men canon.

( At Home With The Mutant Menace )

( First Genesis, Pt. 3 )

( First Genesis, Pt 2 )

The XXY Universe was originally created as a joint writing project/shared universe, based on the premise that all of the Marvel mutants would swap gender, but no humans, aliens or altered humans would unless a. it was needed to maintain a heterosexual couple that had a child or b. it would preserve a heterosexual couple that seemed to be more interesting than if they ended up the same sex.

The logic behind "why mutants" was that, in the real world that the Marvel universe is based on, men disproportionately get to be scientists and astronauts. Most of the "human" super-powered characters got their powers from roles that are stereotypically masculine. Any *one* individual of them could logically switch, but if *all* of them do the universe no longer bears even as much resemblance to ours as the Marvel universe does. I mean, what are the odds that one universe would contain Dr. Brianna Banner and Dr. Redina Richards and Paula Parker and test pilot Betty Grimm (hell, given the time period, is a female test pilot even possible?) and engineer/inventor Antonia Stark and... you get the idea. I mean, the convulsions you have to apply to the timeline to get Stephanie Rogers the Super-Soldier... it's an awesome idea, but it's not very logical unless you're wiping out the entire history of patriarchy *or* you change the story a lot.

Whereas mutants are born with their powers. There's no rhyme or reason to who gets what power, there's no sex-linking; any given mutant could have been either sex and they'd still get the same superpower. So by changing all the *mutants*, we stayed within the boundaries of a universe that could make sense without throwing out the entire history of woman's oppression, while at the same time highlighting what would have been different if the genders had been different.

I wrote three full-length complete stories in this universe. The first, "First Genesis", is a retelling of the first mission of the X-Men (who are called X-Factor in the XXY universe because if there are four women and one man, a name with "man" in it makes a lot less sense), from the point of view of John Grey. The second, "At Home With the Mutant Menace", is a story about the family life of the villains, and since Mystique, Destiny and Rogue have hooked up with Polaris' Mutant Menace (again, not the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants because most of them are not brothers), it's told from the point of view of 10-year-old Rogue. The third, "Bittersweet", is femmeslash between Carolyn Xavier and Erika Magnus. (And this predated the Max Eisenhardt retcon for Magneto's name, so yes, her name is Erika, and no, I'm not going to change it.)

( First Genesis )

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Written for psych_30. Magneto, comicverse. I have no idea exactly when this takes place. The prompt is no. 5, "multiple personality."

( If You Put It On )

One stop shopping for all my Psych 30 Magneto fics!

Written for psych_30. This takes place during Uncanny X-Men #274-275, and immediately before and during Adjectiveless X-Men #1-2. The prompt is "addiction."

( The Perfect Drug )

Written for psych_30, comicverse Magneto. And no, the title doesn't mean what he obviously thinks it does. :-)

Delusion

Evolution proceeds in accordance with the will of God, with lesser life forms giving way to higher life forms. As species evolve, they become more intelligent and moral. Homo sapiens sapiens, the species we originate from, is intelligent, but still behaves like animals, killing those they consider different the way ants destroy ants from a different anthill.

We – Homo sapiens superior, mutantkind – are obviously intended to supplant humanity. Being that we are more powerful than they are, we are the next stage in evolution, and this means our moral judgement is greater.

Mutants would never commit genocide against other mutants. If we destroy humans it is in the same way that humans kill animals which encroach on human habitats and devour or kill humans. Humans would destroy mutants merely for being different, and therefore mutants have the right to kill humans in self defense, but we do not take this action because we are bigots. In fact we are better than humans, this is simple fact. Believing this to be so is not bigotry but science.

We do not despise each other for foolish reasons like the colors of our skin or the faiths we follow. We do not kill each other over territory. We are better than they are. If we ruled over them, we could save them from their own animal natures. We could enforce that they stop beating their women, abusing their children, murdering one another for the stupidest of reasons. We could end genocide. We could distribute wealth fairly, so that no human had greater resources than any other, and no human would go hungry while others eat. We could end war.

I am the only mutant with the power, the skill and the understanding of what needs to be to bring about this Utopia. Charles, my equal in power and skill, is a foolish dreamer who believes that humans can work in harmony with mutants, and will do nothing but stand in my way. Others, Apocalypse and Sinister, are selfish monsters who seek only personal aggrandizement or seek violence for its own sake. Mystique lacks the leadership skills to bring about a new age. Only I can lead mutantkind to victory over humanity. Only I can create the Golden Age in which all the children of Earth, human and mutant, are free of want and need.

If I were to rule the world, I could end all suffering. I could ensure mutant survival and at the same time improve the lives of the downtrodden among humans all over the globe. I could keep nuclear war from ever breaking out and destroying all the life on Earth. I could save everyone.

I must do anything and everything to achieve this dream. No amount of blood spilled, human or mutant, will be too much if my Utopia is realized in the end. Even if I must kill mutants, in order to save all mutantkind I will do what I must.

I am perfectly sane. My goals are rational and necessary. No right-thinking mutant could possibly stand in my way. Any who oppose me are fools, traitors, or both.

For anyone to think otherwise is a delusion.

( Five Things That Never Happened To Erik Lehnsherr 5/5 )

( Five Things That Never Happened To Erik Lehnsherr 4/5 )

( Five Things That Never Happened To Erik Lehnsherr 3/5 )

( Five Things That Never Happened To Erik Lehnsherr 2/5 )

I began this sucker in the pre-pregnancy writing fit of summer 2003, but couldn't figure out the fifth thing until a month ago. Now it's done, yay!

This is comicverse, and invokes some truly obscure canon in places. Any historical details that are wrong are probably because I got them out of a comic book -- I've done a lot of research on the Holocaust but not nearly so much on the Soviet Union in the 50's or the Romany of Eastern Europe. (Although, I have probably done more research on the Roma than anyone at Marvel Comics ever did.)

( Five Things That Never Happened To Erik Lehnsherr 1/5 )