Oooft, poor William. Blamed for the death of his mother and treated like a monster by his father, nearly killed his first love, the victim of misguided mob violence, effectively abandoned by his church, and now the other kids at Xavier's thinks he's a weirdo because he wears a mask to cover up his horribly burn disfigured mug! Sheesht.

Can anyone else say 'prime candidate for the Brotherhood of Mutants'?