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By Ladon Mon Apr 23rd 2018 at 2:18 am
Uh. I think the new Crimson Claw may very well by a far more powerful version of her father. Maybe she has no reason to keep him on retainer after all.
By Gianluca Burdon Mon Apr 23rd 2018 at 2:42 am
Never mess with Anna unless you have an empty Bladder & Bowels along with some way of not been blown up by a Nuke
By Towering Barbarian Mon Apr 23rd 2018 at 4:15 am
I hope she remembered to include good containment vessels for that core or else her kids may end up with mutant powers. ^_^
By Gianluca Burdon Mon Apr 23rd 2018 at 1:59 pm
That’ll only happen if it’s radioactive, and even then it’ll more likely make someone infertile, doubly so for women
By 7eggert Mon Apr 23rd 2018 at 6:46 pm
Radioactive powers, as well as gamma ray powers are distinct from X-gene induced powers, which are in turn different from inhuman powers or divine (e.g. Asgardian or Olympic) powers.
By Miyto Tue Apr 24th 2018 at 2:02 pm
Uh… “inhuman” was a term made for while fox owned x-men and disney the rest of marvel, both “mutants” and “inhumans” have the same origin in Kree bio-engineering.
Though if you are considering the x-gene separate from being a mutant, I am sure that the soon to come out set of movies and related tv shows will have fun reintegrating the retconned universes and this will give us even more terminology. (I doubt that they will decide to keep the biology of inhumans and x-men distinct, but I assume that there will be large cultural differences between the two+ groups)
I just hope that the differences between the old terms of mutants and mutates will use some of the newer disney-made vernacular to describe the mutates (those with powers without an x-gene). Then again, Deadpool was a weird case of a mutate being enhanced with x-genes and not dying so there is some grey area anyhow.
By Danelsan Tue Apr 24th 2018 at 6:17 pm
That doesn’t seem quite right from what I remember.
The term “inhuman” has certainly nothing to do with Fox’ ownership of X-Men properties, unless they had those rights back in the 60s when the Inhumans first appeared.
Now, it is true that a story during the Fox/Marvel kerfufle had the Terrigen mist used on humanity to create new Inhumans, which might have been a ploy for a “cheap” alternative to mutants on Marvel’s part (if so, did not pan out as far as I can see. The classic Inhumans did recover some popularity, but the new ones were mostly forgettable – the new Miss Marvel being a big exception). But as far as I recall, mutants have nothing to do with the Kree.
My understanding is that it went like this:
Celestials experimented with the evolutionary path of humanity, resulting in humans having a huge potential for diverse powers in the form of mutations.
Then, the Kree noticed that potential on our Cro Magnon ancestors and, in an experiment to try to break their own evolution stagnation, spliced them with Eternal DNA, giving them enhanced physical capacities. Their other powers come from exposure to the “mutagenic Terrigen Mist”. These are the original Inhumans, who formed a separate community.
Now, since the mist can turn humans into Inhumans (though the new Inhumans lack the augmented physical attributes from the Eternal DNA), and it can be used to restore mutant powers (though in an unhealthy “turbo mode”, apparently), it is very possible that the mists just activate the X-Gene or the mutation it induces must be somehow close or related to it.
So, in a way mutants and the new non-Eternal-spliced Inhumans are the same or very similar, but the original Inhumans with Eternal DNA are the result of Kree experimentation on the already mutant-capable humanity that was affected by Celestials.
What I mean is that, assuming I’m remembering things right, Celestials are the common point between both mutants and Inhumans (I mean, Eternals are also the result of Celestial experiments, so they are doubly involved there), not the Kree.
By Danelsan Tue Apr 24th 2018 at 6:22 pm
Sorry, I swear it seemed like less of wall-of-text when I wrote it XD
By Jeff Peck Wed Apr 25th 2018 at 7:53 am
Danelsan, you are correct.
By 7eggert Wed Apr 25th 2018 at 11:04 am
I reread wikia, and it seems that some universes Inhumans were due to experiments of the Kree, and in total there seem to be different origins being believed in. Including ominous revelations like Spider-Man, Hulk and the X-Factor being connected (don’t remember the exact wording), which may be due to paranoia, too.
However, since terrigen mists do induce a disease in X-Men, I’d consider both kinds of power mutations to be different now, like birds and bats.
By DJenky Mon Apr 23rd 2018 at 12:03 pm
Miniature power source powering a super-suit. A red and gold Super-suit.
She’s Iron Man!
By Badtux Mon Apr 23rd 2018 at 11:12 pm
That’s “Iron Woman” to you, mister!
By Bracey Tue Apr 24th 2018 at 9:53 am
As long as she’s not Iron Heart.
By Anonymous Mon Apr 23rd 2018 at 12:50 pm
Welp the Hitmans dead or hurt and McIntyre gonna be in a world of shit even IF he goes to the cops after Claw hears that he tried to assassinate his little girl
By Gianluca Burdon Mon Apr 23rd 2018 at 1:57 pm
Nah… Chances it was a remotely controlled truck
By Towering Barbarian Wed Apr 25th 2018 at 3:58 am
Let’s hope so or else Anne has just killed a couple of cops. I doubt hitmen would bothered to have given any warning. ^_^;;
By AceOfSpade Mon Apr 23rd 2018 at 4:04 pm
I can already predict a future interaction:
“What kind of superhero use that kind of lethal power?!”
“Well, we never said we were super *heroes*…”
By saurotitan Mon Apr 23rd 2018 at 4:34 pm
Welp, there goes my plan to destroy the rainforests…..if I had such a plan…. DON’T BLAST ME!
By MiskisM Mon Apr 23rd 2018 at 6:24 pm
That would achieve nothing. Got for sea things that produce most oxygen. Unless you want land, than go for various farmers who have nothing, destroy them and their families to take control..
By Towering Barbarian Thu Apr 26th 2018 at 3:37 am
I’m a bit on the lazy side so I’d probably just go dropping a large asteroid or two into the Pacific and then see if humans are any smarter then dinosaurs about surviving such things. The second asteroid would be for if it turned out that they were. ^_^
By Vulcan Mon Apr 23rd 2018 at 10:58 pm
Oh, I LIKE her!
By Eoraptor Tue Apr 24th 2018 at 12:25 am
well, so much for the new characters
By Mithras Tue Apr 24th 2018 at 6:37 am
Until they return as minions of another villain (like Meat’s brother), bent on revenge.
By Devletbat Wed Apr 25th 2018 at 5:34 am
I am thinking Actioner is going to stick around. I feel like Anna will need the comedic foil.
By Targ Collective Wed Apr 25th 2018 at 6:12 am
She’s no super-genius. She’s a *technomage*!
By Targ Collective Wed Apr 25th 2018 at 6:52 am
On a science note, she’s using some kind of green energy weapon. That’s pretty impressive as *a redshifted weapon would be many times more powerful.*
Zappit, feel free to use that if you want to give her Fingerstrikes different energy intensities. And yes, you can have the name Fingerstrikes too. 🙂
By Rigor Thu Apr 26th 2018 at 3:48 am
Fingerstrike? How about “digital weapons?”
By The Leitch Mon May 14th 2018 at 9:51 pm
So…she has
A) a super small energy reactor,
B) the ability to clone equipment at will…
But obviously has not had enough basic economics to realize she can stop all coal mining around the globe in months by crossing A and B.
I guess she is her father’s daughter…