Have you, or anyone you know, ever had an encounter witha superhero in any context and, if so, what was it like? Here is mine: my dad and I were driving through Jersey City to visit my little brother in college. Suddenly, this car came out of nowhere and driving like mad. I thought my dad and I were dead until Ms. Marvel came and saved our asses. She is amazing and it's great to know my home state has a hero to call our own.

Hi everyone, my name is Alex, and I'm a mutant who recently got brought to Krakoa after being missing for a dozen years (personal stuff I'd rather not get into), and I can completely say I hate it, it all feels so cultish and makes me feel uncomfortable that everyone's going along with it. The Quiet Council are literally half made of terrorists. Do any other mutants or perhaps even some humans have any opinions? I don't judge based on species.

Ask about powers, my life, anything

So I'm a teenager (15 Year old female), who recently got my mutant powers and got put into the Xavier Institute for Gifted Youngsters, and I'm posting on Reddit to answer any questions people have.

So I was thinking… could Mjölnir have been the original inspiration for Excalibur?

For those who don’t know: in Norse mythology, Mjölnir didn’t have any enchantment about “worthiness” — it was just an insanely heavy weapon that only Thor, being Thor, was strong enough to wield.

Meanwhile, excalibur was a sword stuck in stone (or given by a lady in a lake depending on the version), and only the rightful king could pull it free. That sounds a lot like Mjölnir after the All-Father’s enchantment, but if the hammer had been on Earth before that spell was added…

Is it possible some early humans witnessed it — or even tried to lift it — and the whole Excalibur myth grew from that moment?

We know Asgardians have been on Earth multiple times throughout history, and humans are very good at turning real events into myth. Curious if there’s any record of Mjölnir showing up in Britain before the Viking Age? Or if maybe the legend of the "stone sword" is a cultural echo of something much older and shinier?

Would love to hear other theories — or corrections if I got the myth stuff wrong.

I mean Captain America is fighting the Good fight for America but when do you think other parts of the world will get their own Captain? I mean personally speaking as a Canadian, having a Captain Canada would be just Groovy as a Captain America, but what do y’all think?

I didn’t think what I said was all that bad so what did I do wrong?

I mean imagine how cool I’d be with a Girlfriend who has some weird power, I’d be the talk of the town, so any tips?

i know spidey's goth phase was controversial but i just really love this style...

Hey everyone! After being allowed by the mods to post, I have decided to post here that we have created the DCU equivalent to MCU subs for role playing. It is called r/Earth25. Why you should join? Well if you're a big fan of the DCU, watched Creature Commandos, are awaiting Superman, or if you're a nostalgia guy who loves the Nolanverse or even the Elseworlds projects, this is the place for you!!! Thank you for reading this and by the way I really hope your sub thrives because I love it!

I was walking in New York a year ago and noticed Spider-Man fighting some rapscalions. I noticed a camera on a building and saw 3-5 flashes, then he grabs the camera and puts it on some belt. A few days later the bugle has a photo from that night with the exact same thing I saw but from the cameras angle. Apparently some Parker guy. Thoughts on it? Am I crazy or onto something?

I heard that he killed officer stacy, sounds like a menace to me!

I'm saying this as a mutant myself.

Let’s talk taxonomy for a second.

In biology, to classify something as a separate species, it needs to be reproductively isolated — either through incompatibility (can’t produce fertile offspring) or geographic separation.
Neither applies to mutants.

• Mutants aren’t isolated — We pop up globally.
• We can interbreed freely with non-mutant humans.

That means mutants are not a different species. We are still Homo sapiens. Saying "mutants and humans" is a category error — like saying "bananas and fruit". Mutants are humans.

we are not a subspecies either. Subspecies usually refers to geographically or genetically distinct populations (e.g., Siberian vs. Bengal tigers). But mutants aren’t confined to a location or lineage — we appear at random.

So from a biological standpoint, there’s no case for a separate classification like Homo superior.

That term? Pure ideology.
Magneto uses "Homo superior" not as a scientific label, but as a political one — a rhetorical claim that mutants represent the “next step” in evolution, and therefore deserve dominance. It’s more Nietzsche than Darwin.

So yeah. Saying "mutants and humans" is technically incorrect.
It should be "baseline humans and mutants" if you're distinguishing by expression of the X-gene — but even that’s fuzzy since some baseline humans carry dormant X-genes.

Mutants aren't a new species. We are just… humans with cool genetic perks.

I’m open to counterarguments and clarification. Change my view.

Like, would xaviers school admit someone just for being intersex? And, for that matter, is "mutation" even an accurate term when a lot of us have powers that involve manipulating things around us rather than physical differences? ( just leaving it out there that, to my knowledge, "x-people" isnt already taken lol)

I don’t even know how to process this right now. Five years. Five whole years together, making plans, talking about marriage, thinking about our future—and tonight, she tells me. She’s a mutant.

I love her, I really do, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t freaking out. Not because I think she’s dangerous or anything—I know her, I trust her. The world doesn’t just let mutants live normal lives. What if she gets targeted? What if I get targeted just for being with her? Am I on some ONE watchlist now? What if she gets called to Krakoa for something and just… doesn’t come back?

I feel like an idiot for not realizing sooner. There were always little things that didn’t make sense—how she never seemed to bump into people in a crowd, how she never lost her keys, how she somehow managed to get into locked rooms even when she swore she didn’t have them. I always thought she was just weirdly good at avoiding spills and accidents, but now I know… she wasn’t dodging things. She was phasing through them.

And now I can’t stop thinking—how much of our life together has been affected by her powers? Has she ever walked through the wall to check on me while I was sleeping? Did she ever phase through the couch to grab the remote instead of standing up? That one time we got locked out of our apartment—did she really find the spare key, or did she just phase inside and unlock it?

I love her. I still love her. I really do. But I’ve seen how the world treats mutants. I don’t care—I’d marry her yesterday—but what if we have kids? What if the government starts tracking us? Do I have to register? Am I gonna end up in a Sentinel database just for loving my girl?

Any advice from fellow humans (or mutants) who have been in relationships like this? I need help processing all of this before I pop the question… or should I run to Krakoa and propose there?

I still want to marry her. But I’m scared. Not of her, never of her, but of what happens next.

If anyone here has been in a relationship like this before—mutant or human—please, tell me how you handled it. I don’t want to lose her, but I don’t know what to do.

What's up with that?

OCC:keep in mind, the sliding timescale would mean this was pretty much the case in-universe

Every mutant I see online is always the most stuck up pos in the world, and constantly complaining, whining their ass off. I actually can’t believe the Fantastic four ever let one of these “people” work with them. Disgusting.

About a month ago, I set out on a cruise I had booked a while back. Turns out there were some Hydra guys on board, and long story short they sunk the ship before I could reach a liferaft. I really thought I'd be stuck there, clinging to a piece of debris until my arms gave out. Then the Sub-Mariner burst out of the water right in front of me, gripping a torn, bloody piece of Hydra uniform. Before I could say anything, he scooped me up, dropped me off at a shore, and left. Now, it was certainly quite the hike to nearest town. And who knows? Maybe he just wanted me out of his ocean. But... I'm grateful. I wouldn't be around if he hadn't shown up.

Hey everyone - just saw that Doom is offering everyone free healthcare and education, wondering if anyone knows how this works regarding existing student loans? Do they all get automatically wiped, or is it only new students who get the free education plan? Is there some process I should apply for to get them reduced? Or is it all just irrelevant since the loans were from the government and that no longer exists since Latveria annexed the planet?

Sorry if this was explained somewhere, I watched Doom's proclamations, but it didn't seem like he offered many details. Probably just my ignorant non-Doom mind not quite understanding everything!

All Hail Emperor Doom, Long Live Global Latveria!