User blog comment:Johnnybravo44/X-Men joining Avengers-yes or no?/@comment-4854409-20120914142707

I don't like it. I'm not an Avengers fan and I think it messes with the story a bit. If mutants/X-Men like Rogue, Havok, Wanda, Pietro, Wolverine etc are Avengers, why would the general population of the Marvel U hate and fear them so much? Legitimizing the X-Men as sanctioned and official heroes essentially makes them just like the Avengers and damages a big part of what makes the X-Men such interesting characters and stories: they're underdogs and outsiders.

PS - Gambit's staff was seen in the future Avengers mansion together with a bunch of other mutant/anti-mutant technology so its reasonable to assume that the future Avengers a) took Gambits staff from him or b) created a replica of it. This makes sense since these future Avengers fought the X-Men.