I don't think it's the same. Of course mutants can just be born from random parents, but when it comes to mutants having children, the usual is for them to inherit at least one of their parents' powers(like how all the Grey-Summers kids have TP/TK like Jean), which can only be explained by them getting the X-Gene from their parents' DNA rather than by chance like mutants born out of humans.
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Well I don't agree on that; maybe in a meta-sense Marvel has tried to flip flop, but it doesn't change their core origin. Mutants were created as an off-shoot of humanity, not a separate or alien species. If they can be born from humans and give birth to humans, then they are human.
I know the classification and theory is all over the place but for simplicity... I'm sticking with the Mutants are humans with an extra special x-gene.
Like: a man with extra toes and fingers, or having red hair, heterochromia or a genius brain.
Their baseline genetic make-up is human...but with a genetic "anomaly".
Lord Ewing *Praise His name! Uplift Him in song!* Your divine works will be remembered and glorified in worship for all eternity. Amen!
That’s your interpretation and it contradicts the book so not many will share it. Hickman is clearly indicating this isn’t the case and that Moira spent a long while trying to convince him to change his dream. I mean did you just not read the text pages?
Absolutely.
“And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.” ― Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
The division among X-fans resulting from HoX/PoX is FASCINATING.
Some believe the Krakoan nation forfeits the X-Men from being "good guys".
Some believe the Krakoan nation is revolutionary.
Some believe this is too drastic a departure from "The Dream".
Some argue the dream died long ago and this is a pragmatic approach.
Some believe its high time they stopped taking it on the chin.
Some believe losing the underdog status lessens their appeal.
And so on and so on.
I wonder: With Hox/Pox being the phenomenon that it is -- bringing new readers & bringing BACK readers long lost -- how many of these beliefs/opinions on either side feel more drastic by the LACK of back-issue-content?
How many of the opinions arguing against Krakoa are folks who stopped reading long ago, and therefore lack additional context to potentially inform/guide/shape this shift? And vice versa.
Krakoa's evolution will be very intriguing to watch unfold, as will the readership's evolving acceptance/rejection and all that's in between. Feels like the Utopia days, which I absolutely loved.
Scott banded together with known "villains" to form a sovereign nation, offering their services TO humanity while embracing a zero tolerance policy OF humanity.
And now we have Krakoa.
Krakoa is populated by mutants who fought FOR humanity and by mutants who fought AGAINST humanity.
Heroes and villains, if we're to use very black and white terms. Then again INTENT/MOTIVATION for being radicalized is, in my humble opinion, essential in determining and understanding "villainy".
The division among X-fans mirrors that of Krakoa's populace. haha.
This is not hill I care to fight on other than to point out which presentation they are on at the time. Right now it looks like the species push under Hickman. Once again Mutants stuff is wonky, The fiction should be more clear but the longer Hickman is on the book the more likely that will happen. Humans with a different genes not even that holds up completely because you can "cure" a mutant which suggests that mutants are viral based if you think about it.
I still don't agree with it, therefore I don't agree with Hickman's interpretation and, therefore, don't agree with the reasoning. As for the 'genetic cure', I don't see that as much different than how some scientists talk of 'curing' a genetic disability in an unborn fetus--Downs Syndrome for example, or even most strains of muscular dystrophy definitely not viral and a whole separate discussion on its own.
Let's just agree to disagree and leave it there; we won't get any further on this subject.
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