There was something about the simple morality of Kitty learning to except the way she was as a person through accepting Nightcrawler that has deeply formed my social perspective to this day.
And the weird thing is, when the staff at Marvel pulled back the curtain and told the world that the reason the Team of Many Nations was nothing more than a marketing ploy to sell more books in countries that weren't buying, my dream was not shattered. Normally I am willing to hate anything at the drop of a hat if it furthers some capitalist greed.
Yet still, I saw them as a place of global equality. They can work together. Russians, Kenyans, Japanese, Irish, Germans, Native Americans, Alaskans and Canadians (later Chicagoins with Kitty Pryde) all setting aside their differences to stomp out prejudice around the world. And they are born with the powers to do it. As time went by, more and more ethnic and cultural backgrounds have been seen.
I have no idea where I was intending to go with this, and it's feeling a bit odd and a little unnecessary, but I guess what I'm really trying to say is I'm happy as hell to be an X-Men fan right now.
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