Also, can I just add that the tension and stigma you're creating about being a mutant is really interesting. Even when the end results are exactly the same (i.e. superpowers), in your 'verse it seems so much more acceptable to have gotten there by some lab accident than to be a m-u-t-a-n-t. I have to admit, though, that I'm confused about what the distinction really is besides arbitrary categorizations decided upon by society. Because if you're irradiated or in a lab accident, usually it is the fact that these things damage and mutate your DNA that results in funky things happening, is it not? So wouldn't that also be considered a mutation? And then there's the line "Sure, superpowers were normal, if uncommon", which, to me, means people are naturally born with superpowers and are therefore natural mutants, but given the stigma established, how is that then normal? Sorry, I think I'm just really confused.
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