These are letters based on the response to the mutant registration act. I have read a few of the comic books, and watched the movies. It always disturbed me that they always showed the super amazingly powerful mutants, like the X-men or the Brotherhood, but they never put any emphasis in the movies on the normal mutants. The mutant regestration act is something that could very easily happen in a world where people become so uncomfortable and afraid that they decide the only way to not be afraid anymore is control over that which makes them afraid. Senator Kelly is a senator. While he may be a bigot, he is not evil. Senators represent the will of the people who elect them.
I really and truly did not intend to ever show this, but my teacher decided to assign us a project where we have to use social media for a week. I chose fanfiction, and am therefore publishing this.
I don't own a car. Or a cell phone. Or the X-men.
Dear senator Kelly,
My name is Lilly. I have lived in this state since I was three years old, and I'm almost twenty two. I voted for you in the primary election, although when you discover who I am that may come as a shock. I have been tormented most of my life for circumstances outside of my control.
You see when I was ten years old my family lived in this huge house in San Diego. There was an apple tree outside of it and my cousin and I climbed that tree almost every year before thanksgiving in order to get the last of the apples. We had always been careful because it was a fairly big tree, but this year we were playing instead of paying attention to what we were doing. This resulted in my cousin falling out of the tree and landing on his arm. I didn't really remember what had happened for a very long time after that. All I knew was that his arm was healed and that we weren't allowed to play in the tree anymore.
It turns out that was the first time my abilities surfaced. You see, I'm a mutant. I have the ability to heal almost every injury. The kids at school discovered that I was different, and lets just say they weren't very kind. I was actually lucky compared to some of the horror stories I have heard from others like me. My Grandpa was a mutant, as were my cousins and my aunt. My parents knew that this was going to be a possibility, and they loved me anyways. They didn't treat me any differently even when we had rocks being thrown through our windows, and hate messages spray painted on our house.
I was a teacher for almost two years. I was upfront about my mutation, and my boss said that it didn't matter to her as long as I was discreet about it. Recently she was forced to fire me when a student told their parents I was a mutant. Lately you have pushed for a law making it so that all mutants will be forced to register who and what they are. Most mutants are underemployed or homeless. Nobody wants to hire somebody that can make them lose business, even if they aren't bigoted. Forcing these people to register will take away any chance they have of hiding what they are from the people that would avoid hiring them simply because they are different.
I voted for you because I thought that you would make the world a safer place for mutants and humans to live together in peace. Yes, there are bad mutants out there, the same way that there are bad humans. But there are also good mutants, the same way that there are good humans. I understand the fear that leads people into hurting others who are perceived as stronger than them, but forcing those who don't want to be known to reveal themselves simply to put others minds at rest is ridiculous.
Everybody has special talents. All people, mutant and human alike are good at something nobody else is. The difference is that mutants are shunned for their gifts. This law, if it is passed will make it so that hiding their talents in order to be accepted will no longer be legal.
Please reconsider passing this law. I believe that it will affect many lives negatively, and not just the lives of mutants like me. It will affect the humans as well. It is easier to have a vague dislike or a general hatred. Putting a face to a name will not humanize mutants. It will lead to another Salem witch trial, in which anybody could be the spawn of the devil. Mutants can live with humans. We simply haven't been given the chance too.
Sincerely,
Lilly Anderson.
