X-Men Cinematic Universe - Timeline (Revised & Original)

[Regsta]

Honestly, it could just be that what happened in Cuba became declassified in the 2000s, which led to the general public being much more aware of them and thus it was the perfect thing the government could “fix” instead of actually helping their countries (Google red herring fallacy)

But Magneto involvement in JFK's death (he didn't kill him, he was there to save him) and Mystique kill Bolivar Trask are awareness to public, two mutants involved in assassination.

 

[stphylcccs]

Public perception would be very different to that of “mutants”. Think of it from their perspective. Someone can move objects with their mind, and a blue woman who killed, then seemingly vanished. My first thought wouldn’t be “Evolution has caused there to be a gene that can make people do things that have a massive range, despite only being one gene and not numerous”

 

[Regsta]

Mutants in X1 aren’t a new discovery. The public has known about them for decades through isolated events like JFK’s assassination, Trask’s death, and Xavier’s 1962 thesis. For most of the 20th century, mutants were seen as extremely rare, maybe around 0.1% of the population and their appearances were treated as unusual, one-off cases rather than a broader trend.

The Cuban Missile Crisis, was covered up by the CIA/government, while figures like Stryker and Trask studied mutants in secret.

From the 1970s through the 2000s, mutant incidents were mostly small-scale and localized, reinforcing the idea that mutants were anomalies, not a political issue. By the 2000s, however, mutant powers began appearing more frequently and more publicly. This shift led politicians like Robert Kelly to reframe mutants as a growing, unpredictable population rather than rare individuals.

In X1, what’s new isn’t the existence of mutants, but the fear that they’re no longer rare, controllable, or safely hidden. That's why just in 2000s comes The Mutant Registration Act.

 

[stphylcccs]

Again, google red herring fallacies, they’re used a lot by governments

 

[Regsta]

Again, google red herring fallacies, they’re used a lot by governments

I agree with this, but my headcanon/explanation could also work too?

 

[stphylcccs]

Yeah, it totally could. I was just giving what I feel is the most simple, albeit bland, explanation