Secondary Mutations

Nathan P. Mahney wrote:
 > Dan McEwen <dannyboymcny.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
  >>I guess, but isn't that needlessly tacking on something additional?
  >>Once we go that route, you know someone's going to have him shrinking
  >>and going giant.
 > Of course there's no reason that he can't already do this with his powers as
 > they're already portrayed.

He's bulked up to go icy-Hulk on enemies, but he's never gone smaller. Has he ever sent
out an 'eye' like Reed Richards does, or has all his manipulaitons along the line of handjobs?


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 > Other secondary mutations include warpath: He's had two actually,
supersenses
 > and flight.

Weren't the supersenses part of the original Thunderbird's powers? They
were not as strong as
Wolverines, but still above human. Flight? Wasn't that a writer's mistake
in the same way that one writer didn't know that M could fly? If not, then
I guess we can add him to the list of people with secondary mutations.


 > Sunspot, depending on how unrelated you require a secondary condition to
be:
 > He's learned how to fly and project energy blasts after all.

I'm still curious to know where those powers came from. I wasn't reading
X-Force at the time. Were those changes natural or artificial? Could they
be considered a natural evolution of his powers rather than a 'secondary'
one? Does he need the sun to power-up as before?


 > Changeling, developed telekinesis when Prof X loaned him telepathy.

Curious: Has the Prof. ever lent anyone else telepathy? Was Changling a
"latent psi" in order to do that?

 > Prof X himself seems to have latent telekinesis, since his genetically
 > identical "twin sister" has telekinesis as well.

He has used telekinesis in an early issue of X-Men, but that was later said
to have been an isolated case.

 > Bishop has learned how to channel energy into physical strength, again
might
 > not count depending on where one draws the line.
 > Scarlet Witch's powers have changed from mere probability manipulation
to
 > magic channeling, but may be seen as a maturation of her powers instead of
a
 > secondary mutation.

I think with the Scarlet Witch, the idea is that she has always been
channeling magic in order to affect probability. The chaotic magic bit is
more of an explanation of her power source, rather than a new power in
itself.

 > And Mirage's powers have changed three times, albeit initiated by
outside
 > forces each time, she certainly has a tendency in that direction.

As said before, the first few issues of the New Mutants showed that her
ultimate potential is to make her holograms solid. The only new power added
on was her Valkerie-given powers.

 > While activated first by a telepathic skrull, and then by Sage, Rogue
has
 > demonstrated shapeshifting to channel the superpowers of those she's
absorbed
 > in the past.

That could be the full expression of her power if she ever learned to
control it properly. It seems that the Skrull and Sage gave her some
control.

 > Gambit's ultimate potential is worth mentioning, but doesn't count
since his
 > powers were artificially reduced to the usual levels.

What was Gambit's ultimate potential?

It seems that we have to make a difference between what is a secondary
mutation and a growth of the original mutation/ultimate potential. It seems
that with the confirmed secondary mutations, the new power wasn't related to
the original power (Emma, Black Tom, Angel), but I guess that doesn't always
have to be the case (Beast going from ape-like to cat-like).

Characters who are making steps to their full potential and show new tricks
with the same powers (Iceman, Mirage, Cannonball, and Rogue, for example)
may not necessarily be affected by secondary mutations.



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