'X-Men': With human-mutant relationships at an all-time low, mutantkind's future may be among the stars
The world of X-Men has been upended recently by Jonathan Hickman's 'Dawn of X' relaunch that has transformed the landscape of Marvel Comics for years to come. But even as mutant-kind soars to greater heights than ever before, the forces that threaten their existence have become more desperate than ever.
With Orchis, plant-based Omega Sentinels, and a whole host of other enemies rearing their ugly heads in response to the founding of the mutant nation Krakoa, it almost seems as if mutants may be wiped out just when they finally managed to find their rightful place in the world. However, that doesn't mean there's no hope for mutant-kind at all.
Even though humanity, heroes, villains, and commoners included, seem to be turning against mutants, there's still hope for the species, out among the stars. After all, the X-Men have always had a mostly-friendly relationship with the Shi'ar, and now that Charles Xavier's daughter Xandra is the new Majestrix of the Shi'ar empire, mutant-kind might be able to count on the aliens for support.
Of course, there's no telling how the Shi'ar race at large might react to mutant-kind growing closer to them and a large number of mutants are bound to be unwilling to leave Earth behind. But with mounting aggression from humans across the planet, it's only a matter of time before it ceases to be a choice and becomes a necessity.
'Powers of X' revealed that in at least one alternate future, mutant-kind gets wiped off the Earth and end up finding a new home among the Shi'ar. Though this timeline does seem to have diverged from that dystopian future, 'X-Men' #7 does suggest that that future might be inevitable.
In either case, mutant-kind does have highly advanced space ships and seeing as there are Krakoan habitats on the Moon and on Mars, it wouldn't be much of a leap for mutants at large to abandon Earth for the stars. Besides, after everything humanity has done and continues to do to mutants, can we really hold them at fault if they choose to leave it all behind?
