Ok this idea has been bugging me enough since I suggested it that I had to put it down here for a proper discussion. Feel free to chime in on how to work things or rant about how much it sucks.
And on the idea of the US passing a law banning supers from using mass transportation or their powers to leave the sinking ship:
So there's the crux of it. The US tries to pull their registration act and pretty much triggers a mass exodus to other countries to handle crime and corruption there, where people will let them do what they need to do. Whether Iron Man goes as well and moves Stark Enterprises to be headquartered in another location is up for debate. I could very easily see Spiderman going either way with this. On one hand he's a guilt-whore that might want to sacrafice himself for the greater good and set an example. On the other hand, he has Aunt May and MJ to worry about.
Cap and most of the Avengers are gone, possibly helping to form a new version of Alpha Flight for Canada. I could easily see Wolverine using his own national connections to get the X-men proper and the kids at the Academy moved to Canada as well. At best you have maybe a tenth, more likely less, of the supers (hero, villain, and neutral) that are at large in the US remaining there, a PR nightmare as the more savvy and well liked like Shulkie admonish the government through the media from a continent away for chasing their own superheroes out after every threat pops up that they clearly can't handle.
And of course you have Doom snapping up supporters that are willing to follow his rule of law in exchange for evacuating them after the US presumably tries to close the borders and stem the exodus. World power balances shift as people that could laugh off tactical nukes are no longer defending the old US of A.
How does this change things?
There technically was another way for most heros to handle the "Civil War" scenario. In fact, the discussion of Ares pretty much suggested it. Leave the fucking U.S. All of this bullshit was Marvel's USA acting like an ass.
You want to deport Ares? Fine, he can ship himself to Greece with his son and be treated a whole hell of a lot better there while still providing for the both of them.
Doom would be smart enough of jump at the chance to offer citizenship to supers willing to play ball and concede to his superiority.
Heroes like Wolverine are Canadian to begin with and can go home. Canada and Mexico could practically become world powers just by offering citizenship and freedom to the superhero community and anyone they want to bring along with them.
All of a sudden their threats either follow their respective leaders and leave the US alone to bother the arch enemies they like to hassle, OR the US looks like an ass trying to handle things that are beyond them and have to pretty much beg the newly expatriated heroes to save their asses.
You want to deport Ares? Fine, he can ship himself to Greece with his son and be treated a whole hell of a lot better there while still providing for the both of them.
Doom would be smart enough of jump at the chance to offer citizenship to supers willing to play ball and concede to his superiority.
Heroes like Wolverine are Canadian to begin with and can go home. Canada and Mexico could practically become world powers just by offering citizenship and freedom to the superhero community and anyone they want to bring along with them.
All of a sudden their threats either follow their respective leaders and leave the US alone to bother the arch enemies they like to hassle, OR the US looks like an ass trying to handle things that are beyond them and have to pretty much beg the newly expatriated heroes to save their asses.
And on the idea of the US passing a law banning supers from using mass transportation or their powers to leave the sinking ship:
About a tenth as long as it would take for at least half of them to have left and the rest to WALK or over the Mexican and Canadian borders, never mind leaving quietly for those that have secret identities, or get transport from people like Doom who can pretty much say "Fuck you: Diplomatic Immunity."
Not that Doom needs immunity from prosecution, or would care if the US tried to come after him. Although I pity them if even a blade of Latverian grass was bruised when they did so.
Wait... nope I can't find a shred of pity for them at all.
Not that Doom needs immunity from prosecution, or would care if the US tried to come after him. Although I pity them if even a blade of Latverian grass was bruised when they did so.
Wait... nope I can't find a shred of pity for them at all.
So there's the crux of it. The US tries to pull their registration act and pretty much triggers a mass exodus to other countries to handle crime and corruption there, where people will let them do what they need to do. Whether Iron Man goes as well and moves Stark Enterprises to be headquartered in another location is up for debate. I could very easily see Spiderman going either way with this. On one hand he's a guilt-whore that might want to sacrafice himself for the greater good and set an example. On the other hand, he has Aunt May and MJ to worry about.
Cap and most of the Avengers are gone, possibly helping to form a new version of Alpha Flight for Canada. I could easily see Wolverine using his own national connections to get the X-men proper and the kids at the Academy moved to Canada as well. At best you have maybe a tenth, more likely less, of the supers (hero, villain, and neutral) that are at large in the US remaining there, a PR nightmare as the more savvy and well liked like Shulkie admonish the government through the media from a continent away for chasing their own superheroes out after every threat pops up that they clearly can't handle.
And of course you have Doom snapping up supporters that are willing to follow his rule of law in exchange for evacuating them after the US presumably tries to close the borders and stem the exodus. World power balances shift as people that could laugh off tactical nukes are no longer defending the old US of A.
How does this change things?