User blog:RoninTheMasterless/The Mutant Messiah

'"To attempt the destruction of our passions is the height of folly. What noble aim is it to force yourself to desire nothing, love nothing, feel nothing, and, if you succeed, end lose your humanity? Just because sometimes you're hurt by the things you love, doesn't mean love has turned it's back on you. We need you William; we need you to love again." - Charles Xavier'

Walking a Darker Path
Say hello to Lieutenant William Byron Lawton, Junior, aka Killswtich. He is a mirror character of the William Lawton of the Heroverse; in the altered world, despite the existence of many mutants, Will remains the Apex Predator, but the EXO-7 wingpack never existed, and his disenchantment with his military career continued through his career with the Howling Commandos until he became an apathetic misanthrope.

"I'm not a soldier, haven't been one for awhile; I'm the best at what I do, and all I do is kill...creatively, but kill nonetheless. You need someone dead? Then flip the Killswitch."

Like his Heroverse counterpart, he maintains his ideals, but they are buried beneath years of cynicism, and he rarely displays any hint of them. Will was noted for speaking up for mutants long before President William Stryker unleashed his Sentinel initiative. When President Stryker acquired the Time Gem due to the Infinity Paradox, the world was semi-manipulated simply because he owned it, but he was far too stupid to actually use it, so he possessed almost no added advantage for it, in fact the resistance had been given an advantage due to time itself existing in a state of seemingly perpetual flux, as well as the multiverses themselves

A Superhuman amoung Mutants
The William of Earth-851815's conscience was merged with that of Killswitch's. The merged conscience joined the X-Men, and founded a new Howling Commandos with mutants; Charles Xavier made Will an honorary X-Man, as he knew Will stood for everything he did deep down, and it was more than a gene that made mutant in Xavier's book.