Why Would The X-Men Name Hank Beast?
Why would the X-Men name Hank Beast?
Why would the X-Men name Hank Beast? Sure, he’s big, blue, and hairy, but a ‘beast’ is usually something that is uncivilized and brutish. While he may be ‘scary’ to some, he is anything but uncivilized. He regularly quotes novels like Dante’s Inferno, and isn’t just spitballing something that sounds smart. He has the ability to discern decent interpretation of the texts and use them at his discretion in fitting scenarios. The speedo might be a bit weird, but shoving that much fur into clothes must be uncomfortable. The chafing would be horrible, with constricting materials not necessarily being made to fit him. And a lot of anti-mutant organizations like the ‘Friends of Humanity’ call many mutants beasts. So why would Xavier take one of his most ‘monstrous’ mutants and let him be called Beast? It’s almost like he’s attempting to ‘reclaim’ the term like the IRL LGBTQ+ community reclaimed the word ‘queer’ for themselves. But it’s more akin to some trying to reclaim the f-slur- I’d expect ‘mutie’ to become something to reclaim, not something that has such heavy connotations with ‘monsters’. Xavier found Hank after the deaths of his team and made him forget. He turned him into this icon of ‘beasts’ unwittingly, and surrounded him with ‘more palatable’ mutants like he was some sort of diversity hire.
Maybe that’s why Hank clings to humanity so much, he wants so desperately to not be seen as a ‘beast’.
Edit: this was me being a dumbass again and not checking my sources while sleep deprived and in the middle of a lecture, I was wrong lol
More Posts from Majorstumbles and Others
This is going to sound mean and a bit selfish, but PLEASE. STOP asking for donations in my inbox. I do not have the financial stability currently, being in college and having to buy other necessities, to donate. The spam in my inbox is making me really tempted to close it for the time being.
Fanart for @abigailmoment ‘s fangame, A Dream of Silence! My own Tav is featured as the pc, and the return of the painterly style! It’s not as detailed as I would’ve liked it to be, but the background was giving me grief- and I’ll admit I’m not great at them 😅
Anyways, I hope you enjoy, madam!
(Edit: and I just realized I put Charon’s braids on the wrong side- even though it really isn’t noticeable. F*ck.)
Masterlist
The Moon Upon the Itsy Bitsy Spider- A Moon Knight Peter Parker AU, MKxSM end goal, co-written in two different POVs w/ @marsmarten
Jonathan Awakening- A snippet I wrote for a Jonathan Joestar = Star Platinum AU by @starry-blue-echoes!
Love and Power Concerning Odysseus- an essay, MLA compliant
What is or isn’t a slur can be highly contextual, y'all.
“Jonny Sims bummed a fag off my ma” doesn’t contain a slur, but “What are you, some kind of fag?” does.
“Queer studies”, “the queer community” and “I’m queer”? Not a slur. Some bigot calling you a “dirty queer”? Slur.
“Be gay, do crimes” and “He’s gay” ≠ slur, but “Ew, that’s so gay” = slur.
In conclusion, stop buying into this fucking “q slur” bullshit. Queer people talking about the queer community aren’t using it as a slur any more than a gay man calling himself gay is using that term as a slur.
A little Sabretooth design of my own! He turned out a bit more rockstar-y than I originally wanted, but I think I like it! It’s also my first kinda reach into merging my old and new styles lol
As always, reference here!
And blood tw under the cut! Because Sabes
Lil man
Lil man Castiel
Cause I needed to get smth else done
Bunker’s hot again
It's Gay Rights Gengar Friday
-
ariel-seagull-wings liked this · 8 months ago -
i62gamma reblogged this · 8 months ago -
majorstumbles reblogged this · 8 months ago -
majorstumbles reblogged this · 8 months ago
-
i62gamma reblogged this · 8 months ago
-
majorstumbles reblogged this · 8 months ago
Mostly writing/art blogMods are all 18+Mostly art and photographyBack from long hiatus lets go
197 posts