Mighty Mutanimals#1 Discussion & Preview

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Originally Posted by ChosenOne

Man. Mankind. HuMANity. The default term used to refer to our species, Homo sapiens, seems to be the male gender. Historically and scientifically, it's always been like this. At most, we could've had "Mutagen Human", or "Mutagen Person". "Mutagen Guy" would raise the same problems, I expect... I just now realized that sounded like Alicia Silverstone's character in the infamous Batman & Robin movie, so having made my point, I'll move on now just so I don't throw up a little in my mouth.

As for Hob's vision of mutants as a people in their own right, they won't last that long if they don't start mutating animals of the same species as previously existing mutants and have them reproduce, you know? And to do that, they'll need males and females. Like it or not, mutantdom is inherently dependent on the same gender roles as our own species. For all intents and purposes, they are funny-looking humans. That's how the Mutagen works, it's intended to transform the recipient into the halfway point between two species: if you're an animal it makes you more human, if you're a human it makes you more of an animal. If you're several different animals, well, it'll make you a freak of "nature".

But no less of a (Mutagen) Man. The human bit always seems to dominate.

Word.