assaultnbattery (assaultnbattery) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2011-06-11 16:29:00

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andrew summers, inactive - cassidy summers, inactive - izzy starsmore, inactive - julian gallo, inactive - nell st. croiz, rikki cargill

Calling Around
A lot going on very quickly. It had been so long that it was just him and Gio... then Angelo. Since then, things have grown quickly. Andrew fully intended to take advantage of that. Now that they've brought on some official staff, it was time to take advantage of all that momentum. As soon as he gets caught up, however temporarily, on paperwork, he starts making calls...

Calling Xavier's.... asking for both Cassidy, and one of the McCoys.
Calling Nell.
Calling Rikki up at her convenience.
Calling Julian.

Any of these could go quite badly... but nothing was ever acheived through a lack of effort.

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	hellfireprince 2011-06-12 04:24 am UTC (link)
	"As will I. I have a positive feeling about this so far." Julian says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	assaultnbattery 2011-06-12 04:32 am UTC (link)
	"So do I. Much as some of the mutants around here are very good at fighting the Apocalypses and others, I thought it was time we started to engage the people who pull of travesties like the police raid on District X on their own level. This plan is one facet of that." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

hellfireprince
2011-06-12 05:03 am UTC (link)

"People like you and myself can afford to take a 'big picture' view of a lot of things, Andrew. I sometimes forget that most people can only deal with the world they see immediately before them and things like what happened in District X are such a violation of people's rights and freedoms that aren't talked about because the people in question don't fall into the demographic that the media caters to." he says.

"I find it interesting that people like the Avengers and the Fantastic Four have the ability to get people talking about these things, but they never do. There are mutants and other superhumans among those groups, yet it takes mutants to force this kind of discussion, as always."

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assaultnbattery
2011-06-12 05:15 am UTC (link)

"Those people have their roles... someone does need to stop the Apocalypses, Masters of Evil and others, after all. As for stepping up to challenges like this - to this point, mutants haven't been any better at engaging these issues politically and socially. Some, like Magneto, have been too confrontational, unwilling to use the media as a positive tool for change, even if it has to be led by the nose. Others, like Xavier, talk a good game, but aren't willing to engage with the world outside their ivory tower... its not a matter of baselines or mutants... its that, eventually, good people of all sorts need to recognize all the battlefields our enemies fight on, and engage them there. Not just hand to hand."

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hellfireprince
2011-06-12 05:26 am UTC (link)

Julian sees the value in Andrew's strategy, having employed part of it himself, in different ways. X-Factor was one way to get the word out, but the Hellfire Club took a more practical approach to matters.

"If mutants could unite themselves first, it would be a huge stepping stone to making true strides in the cause. Things like what happened that the Statue of Liberty last year only highlight the disparities in belief." Julian says.

"But it would take a leader who could bring both sides together for that to happen, and beings with the ability to literally alter their surroundings require convincing to work with others of the same kind." he says.

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assaultnbattery
2011-06-12 05:49 am UTC (link)

"If there were only two sides, the problem would be much easier." he replies, with a hint of amusement. Their approaches are similar, at times, even if their views and motivations may differ.

"I don't ask, nor expect all mutants to share in my beliefs. I want to offer them protection and a means to improve the future whether they believe or not.... any people, any nation, is going to house people of a wide variety of beliefs... the extreme left, the far right and everything in between. The haves and the have nots. Mutants will always be no different, because, ultimately, we are human. I just want to gain the right for them to express those differences and be recognized as different groups of people, rather than one shadowy evil. I'm not Xavier - I don't need to sell people on my dream to consider them to be on 'my side'."

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hellfireprince
2011-06-12 06:25 am UTC (link)

"I believe that's why you're going to have more success that him, in the final analysis, Andrew. For all of Xavier's talk of equality, he's too set in his own dogma to embrace any other path than the one he's committed himself to. Entertaining any other course of action might signal that he's been wrong the entire time, and I don't think that's something he's comfortable acknowledging." Julian says.

"You have a plan, at the least, which is more than I can say for some." Julian says.

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assaultnbattery
2011-06-12 06:45 am UTC (link)

"As far as I'm concerned, Xavier's primary problem is just one of scope. His heart is in the right place, and he's a wonderful educator... young mutants need people like him to exist, or we'd have more Proteus disasters. But until someone is willing to protect mutants on the scale of a country, make people engage on that level, one school touches only the tiniest handful of the population.

Right now, my main goal is to establish a legal route for someone of another nation to become a Genoshan citizen, and legal protection to grant asylum - and that's starting in District X. Gaining the trust of a population... but handling it properly. Not trying to whitewash MGH... admit its a problem, and find constructive ways to deal with it... give the population options, and take another step in the process you've begun with X-Factor - and put a human face on mutants for the wider population."

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hellfireprince
2011-06-12 09:41 pm UTC (link)

"The United Nations is difficult to sway, but if the United States were to lead the way in giving Genosha a chance, the naysayers could shouted down or, better, out-voted." Julian says.

"Have you had any luck swaying more members of Congress? I'm talking with people close to the President and trying to get a read on which way he'll go in this matter." he says.

He planned to have set up a meeting with the man and discuss his upcoming campaign when he was New York in a few weeks. Hopefully, the President wouldn't back-burner their meeting.

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assaultnbattery
2011-06-12 09:49 pm UTC (link)

"Trying to persuade the U.S. to do anything but what it planned to do is hard... especially through the U.N. The show there is mostly for the Scandinavian countries, a little of western Europe, and trying to at least keep the security council split so Russia doesn't gain too great a hand in talks.

Right now, the president isn't going to engage on mutant rights, or Genosha, because he doesn't have to. The political reality is simply that its a touchy issue, and he's smart to stay away from it. As long as he's not actively hostile... which he isn't, more of his support is sympathetic than not... he's more or less where I'd like him. Congress... is too close to an election to want new controversies. The best chance we have in congress would be if the party in power now wins enough new seats next election to feel like they can make policy... and have something along the way make mutants a discussion point."

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hellfireprince
2011-06-13 01:27 am UTC (link)

"Well, District X is going to catch attention, especially if it can be made asylum for those needing it. Let's hope the idea of Registration doesn't come up again, though. There are still rumblings about it from time to time, but my sources haven't heard anything to indicate someone will try to make it an issue in the future." Julian says.

"You've got the political scope of things well in hand, Andrew. I'll be waiting to hear from your representative regarding the renovations to the District X."

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assaultnbattery
2011-06-13 01:31 am UTC (link)

"The best thing we can do right now is play it smart, politically. I don't get a vote... but politically speaking, the best thing we can do, America-wise, is not push the president or his allies too hard and try and force them to make controversial decisions. Let their rivals bring up registration and try and push it, then counter with images of District X and the rest, and earn political points for helping take the heat off of the president. Sometimes the best thing to do is know when not to say a thing, and just try and handle the spin on District X til the time comes."

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