Mutants

And again, let me be very clear, I'm writing a story about a variety of mutated superhumans in a fantasy world. The various metaphors that we draw from the mutants are myriad, but to extrapolate from what I am writing and apply it to any one real world group is a mistake. It is not the place I am writing this from. The mutants are metaphor for many things, to many people, each one of us seeing them as something different, through our own spectrum we each see something that represents our beliefs, our clan and our struggles in life.

I am writing about a guy who can drink in cosmic rays and dispel them. A guy who doesn't understand why the world hates and fears him but is okay with Reed Richards or Thor.  That is a very, very different notion then somebody being ashamed or "self-hating" of their ethnicity, orientation or religion. Those are not parallels I am intending in my writing.

-Rick Remender, X-POSITION: Remender Unites "Uncanny Avengers", CBR

White

Hawkeye thought a lot of things were funny. "Let me get this right, Moony. You work mostly at night? And you dress all in white? Har-dee-har har." Thought that was a riot. Told him I don't wear white to hide myself. I wear it so they'll see me coming. So they'll know who it is. 'Cause when they see the white, it doesn't matter how good a target I am. Their hands shake so bad, they couldn't hit the moon.

-Moon Knight, on his costume, Moon Knight #1

Never Compromise

No. Not even in the face of Armageddon. Never compromise.
-Rorschach, Watchmen

Pants

Pants. Then spaceship. In that order.
-Jaime Reyes, Blue Beetle #24