Mutant Culture

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 So then. Mutants are people who can't be among other people. Powerful beings untrusted to wield our own power. And a homeless diaspora with no hope of a return to the only place we ever lived without fear. What does that leave us with? The quiet parts of our life we don't share with anyone, where we celebrate what we feel inside? Where that community still lives, somewhere hidden and secret and safe? Can even those belong to us? Can anything that stays around finally belong to us? 

—Prodigy

History

• Mutant History

Language

The mutants of Arakko had their own language known as Arakkii which was similar to singing, while English sounded to the Arakkii as grunts of pain.

Mutant Names

Some Mutants, to free themselves from the trappings of human society and their pre-empowered lives, choose to rename themselves to something which suits their identity, often revolving around their mutations or gifts. These Mutant Names often resemble (or are derived from) the codenames of various costumed superheroes -- the difference being that most Mutant Names lack a Dual Identity and become the only name by which the mutant is known.

Some mutants also refer to this as their "True Name", "Real Name" or a similar designation.

Arakkiis appear to not have last names. Instead they combine their single names with titles attributed to them. Such examples include White Sword of the Ivory Spire, Bei the Blood Moon, Khora of the Burning Heart and Syzya of the Smoke. The Summoners of Arakko and Amenth didn't have names.

Arts & Popular Culture

Clothing

Jumbo Carnation and the X-Factory.

T-shirts can be created by some like Quentin Quire to demonstrate their beliefs, among them the well-known Magneto was right.

After joining the Avengers Unity Division, Wasp launched a cloth line named "Unity" based on mutants to promote mutants with the young and help fund the team.

The ancient mutants of Threshold wore clothes made out of amoeba.

Music

Juggernaut, Sentinel Bait, Cerebrastorm, Dazzler, and Lila Cheney.

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Dazzler and her eponymous band.

Collectables

Some people enjoy collecting objects related to heroes and villains. Briar Raleigh was used to going to such markets, where her friend Henry (who had worked some time for the Mutants Among Us show) had a stand based on Magneto, where he sold "Magneto was Right" t-shirts, a helmet of his (or a replica), a book called Holy Magneto, action-figurines in the effigy of the Master of Magnetism, and videos of his attacks. Among Skrulls, Red Skull, and other non-mutant villains, Mystique and Apocalypse collectables could also be found.

Magazines

Magneto Was Right.

Television & Cinema

Some projects focused on mutants, like the Mutants Among Us of GNN Television, a show focused on sensational and anti-mutant aspects, X-Force, later renamed X-Statix, a team of violent and media-driven mutant heroes, and a show featuring the New Warriors.

Mutants are also, in many ways, a source of entertainment for the Mojoworld.

Based on the eponymous team, X-Statix: The Movie, directed by The Director and featuring Lennox Capriati as Phat/Billy-Bob Reilly, Rimi Withnail as U-Go Girl/Edie Sawyer, Jenny as Dead Girl, El Guapo (Robbie Rodriguez) (an added character), and other unnamed actors. Most of the crew was slaughtered by Sharon Ginsberg, but the film was eventually released, with an unknown cast, and Doop possessed a copy.

Dazzler, the Movie.

Tattooing

Mutatoo, Mutant Town.

Religion

Having evolved from humans, large numbers of mutants share their religions such as Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism, among other beliefs, though other mutants may be atheists or agnostics.

Over time, a number of cults have emerged celebrating mutantkind, deeming them akin to gods. These included the Cult of the Living Pharaoh, the Dawn of the White Light and the Order of X. One particular cult was Clan Akkaba which revered Apocalypse, who they wished to bring the Age of Apocalypse. When establishing the sovereign country of Krakoa, Magneto declared mutantkind as Earth's new gods.

Following M-Day which decimated the mutant race, Hope Summers was stated to be the Mutant Messiah as she was the first mutant to be born after the event and was believed to bring their salvation. After being repowered by the Life Seed, X-Man developed a savior complex and wished to make the world perfect. Exodus believed that Jesus Christ was a mutant.

During the Krakoan Era, the mutants found a way to resurrect dead mutants and negate death. This led to the formation of the Crucible, a ritualistic trial in which depowered mutants died in a combat in order to be resurrected with their powers back. From this, Nightcrawler developed a new philosophy and way of life he named the Spark, that instead of being a mutant religion it was designed to be compatible with numerous belief systems. The purpose of the Spark was to unify all mutants through their common culture and purpose, which some mutants resonated with. When Onslaught hijacked several teenage mutants' minds and was subsequently defeated thanks to Nightcrawler speaking to them, the freed mutants embraced the Spark. They began spreading the Spark's teachings and connected their minds in the Altar. Nightcrawler also formed the peacekeeping team the Legionaries to maintain the new Krakoan dogma.

In the timeline of Moira 9, a group of Chimeras that were later known as the Cardinals were extremely pacifistic, refused to be identified with individual identities and were obsessed with creation myths.

The Summoners who could summon daemons and Elementals were immortal nameless priests dedicated to a yet to be specified deity. As per Arakkii law established following the failure of deities summoned by Uqesh in the war in Amenth, worship of gods was mostly forbidden unless those deities proved themselves to be powerful enough to led their armies which made them worthy of being worshiped. Gods who failed to earn the right to be worshiped and were shown to be weak were to be executed by the Inward Watch. Ora Serrata, who had established the law, had created her own god of mischief named Tumult out of the pieces of other mischievous gods, which she worshiped and despised at the same time. He eventually escaped from Serrata and became Switch's god for a time. Once every year, the Arakkiis celebrated the Blood Dawn which was comprised of a ritual combat to bleed out negative emotions they had accumulated from last year.

Society

Food

Bishop and Gregor Smerdyakov had created the Boost Fruit that could amplify a mutant's power when consumed. The Arakkiis have food and spice described by Saucier as excellent. Krakoa also had gazpacho that was accompanied with caviar from Sobunar's ocean.

Mutant Gangs

Omega Gang.

Mutant Rights

Due their status, mutants were deprived of many human rights as they would be subjected to the Mutant Registration Act, and the Sentinel Program. This resulted in pro-mutant terroristic organizations like the Brotherhood which fought for equal rights. The mutants, for the most part, were treated much better in the Shi'ar Empire.

After Krakoa became a nation, it faced issues with immigration, residency and voting rights. Due to having spend so much time on Krakoa Cyclops wasn't allowed to renew his driver's license by the state of Connecticut. The Book Law had offered to help the nation with these issues.

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In the 1960s, mutants attempted to gain equal rights with humanity through protests that ended with unknown results. By the 21st century, though their numbers appeared to be greatly diminished worldwide, some mutants had gained significant rights through positions of power, such as the Harada-Yoshida Alliance in Hi no Kuni or the Rasputins in the Eurasian Republic.

Mutant Drugs

Toad Juice, Kick, MGH, Pollen.

Trivia

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At least some mutants don't celebrate their birthdays, as it is "the day everything went ass up".

Nightcrawler and Domino had organized a support group by the name of the Mindfulness of Mutant Appearances for mutants who couldn't pass as normal humans.

The nation of Krakoa had its own version of Captain America, that being Captain Krakoa.

The mutants have developed a hidden hand signature by lowering your arm and closing your middle and ring fingers. This signature is known as "Midnight M" and served as an identifier to other mutants and a distress signal for fellow mutants to come to help.