From: jng53092@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jon Gad)
Subject: Alex & Lorna, or a very Sinister child....
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 07:27:03 GMT



I've been thinking about this whole Mr. Sinister thing, and I came upon a very
interesting idea.  What if Sinister was Alex and Lorna's kid?  Farfetched?
Maybe, but hear me out.

Ok, in X-Factor 79 (?, I'm not SURE 'cause all my comics are at home, but I 
THINK it was 79) Mr. S says "...and you would have caused the deaths of Alex
Summers and Lorna Dane, and I couldn't allow that.  Personal Reasons."  Or
something very close to that.  (It was in Mr. S's last conversation with the
oh-so-ironicly named Ricochet, if ya don't remember)

We also know that Sinister's very good at clonig technology.  (Madelyne, the
many lives of many Marauders, etc.)  AND that Lorna while possesed by Malice
spent a lot of time in Sinister's employ.  Someone with that kind of skills
and technology and (at the time) a willing subject could have messed with
Lorna's genetics or biology enough to increase the possibility of Sinister's
birth.  (at least with Marveltech [trademark pending] you could, anyway... ;) )
We've also seen (in the second to last Inferno issue) that Mr. S is capable of
editing and/or removing memories.  (you remember, that whole Astral Plane 
schtik inside Jean/Maddie's head)  Therefore Lorna probably wouldn't remember
any such operation performed on her.

For that matter, it provides a rationale for the entire existance of the 
Marauders.  That is, to create enough chaos and mayhem (the Mutant Massacre,
the Get Maddie's Kid right before Fall of the Mutants, etc.) for Sinister to
get his hands on Lorna whiles nobody's looking.  And after a suitible amount
of genetic tampering and memory editing, he releases her in South America 
where, surprise surprise, the first thing she does is call the X-Men.  And Alex.Then all Sinister has to do is let the merry lovers go on thier way, and (after
a decent period of very chaotic X-Events) they get back together in X-Factor.
Once they're reunited, he assembles the Nasty Boys to foil Senator Saffran's 
plot to eliminat the nascent X-Factor (and Alex and Lorna with it).  Then he
sits back and waits for his own baby shower.

But, you may ask, why didn't he just grab the two of them whiles they were both
isolated in the New Mexico desert?  Because in his history it didn't happen
that way, and he's trying to make sure events occur in as close a fasion to
his own personal history as possible.  That way, even though it might have
worked, there would be as great a chance that something unforseen (like the
X-Men showing up and trashing the party, or whatever) screwing things up, when
(if he follows the script, so to speak) if he simply makes sure events occur as
he rmembers them occuring then its pretty much garunteed that he'll be born 
later on. 

So, in summery, the relevant premises that provide evidence for the truth of theconclusion (ok, I'm taking Phil 102, Logic and Reasoning.  Sue me!) are as 
follows:

1)  Mister Sinister has cloning technology which in the Marvel Universe MIGHT
    be able to have altered Lorna enough to ensure his own birth later on.
    EVIDENCE:  Madelyne Pryor, various ressurected Marauders.

2)  Mr. Sinister had access to and control of Lorna for an extended period of 
    time.
    EVIDENCE:  Malice-Possesed Polaris led the Marauders from about X-Men 219
	       to 260-something 

3)  Mr. Sinister has the ability to alter people's memories.
    EVIDENCE:  Implanted Jean Grey memories in Madelyne Pryor, and attempted 
	       removal of Madelyne's memories from Jean at the end of Inferno.

4)  Lorna's "escape" to South America seems very much like an arranged one.
    EVIDENCE:  No mention from Lorna of the location of Sinister's base that 
	       she escaped from.  (memory-editing, perhaps?)  Furthermore, no
	       REAL explanation why Malice's hold really loosened.

5)  Mr. Sinister has a reason to keep Alex and Lorna alive.
    EVIDENCE:  Previously mentioned quote from X-Factor 79(?)

6)  Mr. Sinister is a Time Traveller.
    EVIDENCE:  In X-Factor 77 or 78 Saffron says: "...its like the future is an
	       open book to you."  To which Mr. S replies "Let's just say its
	       on permanent loan."

CONCLUSION:  Mister Sinister is the as yet unborn child of Alex Summers and
	     Lorna Dane.

Any questions?   ;)


Jon Gad
jng53092@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu