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* The Doylist explanation is that he ''wasn't'' anti-mutant originally, or not fanatically at any rate. That's an element of his characterization which was added much later. In a Watsonian sense, as noted, both Shaw and Pierce are quite capable of PragmaticVillainy.

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* The Doylist explanation is that he ''wasn't'' anti-mutant originally, or not fanatically at any rate. That's an element of his characterization which was [[RetCon added much later.later]]. In a Watsonian sense, as noted, both Shaw and Pierce are quite capable of PragmaticVillainy.
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* Shaw has vast resources of money, manpower and technology and very few scruples. Whilst working for a mutant may be very distasteful to Pierce, if doing so means he gets to express his loathing against a whole lot of ''other'' mutants then it will be worth it.

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* Shaw has vast resources of money, manpower and technology and very few scruples. Whilst working for a mutant may be very distasteful to Pierce, if doing so means he gets to express his loathing against a whole lot of ''other'' mutants then it will be worth it.it.
* The Doylist explanation is that he ''wasn't'' anti-mutant originally, or not fanatically at any rate. That's an element of his characterization which was added much later. In a Watsonian sense, as noted, both Shaw and Pierce are quite capable of PragmaticVillainy.
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Pierce is deeply bigoted against mutants, so what the hell is he doing in the Hellfire Club working for Sebastian Shaw?

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Pierce is deeply bigoted against mutants, so what the hell is he doing in the Hellfire Club working for Sebastian Shaw?Shaw?
* Shaw has vast resources of money, manpower and technology and very few scruples. Whilst working for a mutant may be very distasteful to Pierce, if doing so means he gets to express his loathing against a whole lot of ''other'' mutants then it will be worth it.

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* Pierce is deeply bigoted against mutants, so what the hell is he doing in the Hellfire Club working for Sebastian Shaw?

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