Board Thread:Movies/@comment-3048593-20171206004220/@comment-29908830-20180217033118

Them being in a pocket dimension wouldn't make sense, as the way pocket dimensions have been defined in Ant-Man and Doctor Strange would make it weird if anything were living there. What we're thinking of is have them be in an alternate universe within the Multiverse, like in X-Men: DOFP, where the Wolverine of Earth-10005 interacted with characters of Earth-TRN414. It also doesn't have to involve the worlds merging together a la an incursion; it could just be an interdimensional crossover where both universes remain separate but still be impacted by the crossover.

There are two big reasons why this is preferable. First off, it allows for a greater deal of freedom within the series. You can do much more with an all-new set of rules in a different universe, and I honestly wouldn't be surprised if the Multiverse concept is fully explained after Avengers 4 because of that, regardless of the Fox deal. In short, having a Marvel Cinematic Multiverse means greater creative freedom and, effectively, greater longevity for the franchise. Second, there's a special quality to knowing that mutants have existed for years. Mutants are often called an allegory to other minority groups, such as colored people and homosexual individuals. This goes without saying, but these kinds of people have existed for eons, yet it's only been relatively recent that we've truly decided to deal with them, and even more recent that we've finally decided to accept them. This kind of change is something that made mutants so groundbreaking, since they helped to symbolize that change. Mutates don't have that kind of history to them, as they get their powers well into their life and can be dealt with individually. But mutants are born with their powers; it truly makes them who they are not just as characters, but as people. I know it sounds complicated, but in short, just having mutants randomly pop up in Earth-199999 will, IMO, remove a great part of their character. I mean, what would make them any different from mutates if, say, the government wanted to create more Captain Americas or the Phoenix Force exploded and had its fragments scattered all over the world?