Talk:Mutants in fiction

message: This information has been forked off from Mutant. See that page for history information.
ClockworkTroll 03:17, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Forked information 

message: It looks like the mutant gene in the Marvel universe allowes mutants to get access to the part of the human DNA that is altered by the celestials and its potential. The opening into this altered DNA may not always be wide, but enough to give the mutant powers beyond ordinary humans. But the wider the opening gets, the more the mutant is transformed (for instance like the first time Hank McCoy was transformed, and the second time when he became even more beast like. Or the secondary mutation that turned Emma Frost into a creature of diamond.). Like a virus (or more like sleeping DNA that is fully wakened), the "celestial DNA" may even take over the body completely, turning the person into a ultimate mutant of full potential (maybe something similar to what happened in the movie Species, where the alien DNA was isolated from the human DNA). What if there was made some virus or other micro-organism in the Marvel universe that was designed to infect mutants and open all the doors into the "celestial DNA" and waken all of it, making it the dominant part of the human DNA and take totally control, like a caterpillar that is transformed into a butterfly?
* ......... hunh? Dr Archeville 20:49, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: The Celestial DNA

message: FYI, the article A-Z of mutants appears to be redundant to this article, as well as needing clean-up.  I suggest merging appropriate verifiable information from the A-Z article into this one. Dugwiki 17:25, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No Merge, delete A-Z of mutants -- redundant to :Category:Marvel Comics mutants,  List of X-Men teams, and Decimation (comics).  Check for info that isn't on the character pages and then simply delete A-Z.  I don't think it belongs on Mutant (fictional) - HKMARKS 00:56, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Changing vote to No merge, but expand A-Z of Mutants, and possibly Rename to "List of Marvel Comics mutants" or something similar.  It's a well-structured list and could potentially replace the others, but right now it's very, very incomplete. -HKMARKS 16:50, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

text: No Merge, but Keep  A-Z of mutants is to much info for this article, but keep it if anything the other three are redundant to the A-Z list, which is more organized and more complete.  199.245.163.1 19:40, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge A-Z of mutants info into this article 

message: This article is dedicated to the various fictional conceptions of mutants as seen in various media.
It should include brief, general descriptions of mutants as seen in each media, notable fictional world, etc., not detailed descriptions of how the concept is applied to the Marvel Comics fictional universe.
I'm going to start work on removing needless detailed info. Anyone disagree with my views on the matter? -FrostyBytes 14:16, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You have a point, though I have one concern.  I'm going to move the Marvel-related info to a new page since, really, Marvel's "mutants" have their own unique identity. King Zeal 17:36, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That is exactly what I was thinking. :) -FrostyBytes 15:51, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I moved, as far as I could tell, all the Marvel characters to Mutant (Marvel comics) - all 1000 or so of them.  ;)  24.136.11.242 03:13, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The article still seems somewhat off balance with an emphasis on the comics at the beginning and everything else shunted off into "other media". It might be best to organize it by media type (move all the comics items into the comics section) and then link to related articles as necessary. Obviously we still want to give more weight to universes where it plays a more substantial role but I think this just isn't quite working here. Stardust8212 14:44, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Horrible, absolutely 

message: I deleted the statement about Sub-Mariner as it was not accurate; Namor being called Marvel's "first mutant" is a recent (mid-1990's) occurance. (And why was it placed under DC/Metahumans?)
Noclevername 02:58, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Uh, read the list. Also, the CftBL was described in the film as a surviving prehistoric creature, not a mutant.Noclevername 03:42, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Namor no more

message: These should at least be mentioned. Mutants, existing as a result of thermonuclear war or some other global catstrophe, in the ruins of the old (i.e. today's) cities who attack denizens of the new megacities foolish enough to leave their artificial life zones. This is such a common cliché in dystopian settings that it can't go unnoticed. -- 92.229.68.142 (talk) 06:36, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mutants in dystopian-future settings 

message: This is the start of a very, very, important Wiki article; complete with "I can use a thesaurus incorrectly" wording (a trope is a literary device, not a plot device... unless you mean to say the writers don't know what a mutant is), random "I want my say" scientific blurb that has no meaning in the context of the article, use of jargon that exceeds the standards of the article (i.e. dictating the effects of relativity to explain that [Not WHY] the earth rotates around the sun.) The rest of the article appears to simply be a list... Of course WP:list is lame... so adding in details makes it a non-list right? Details make the difference... like this detail "Mutants have played a major role in Marvel comics" or "(www.sikhiart.blogspot.com) WP:advertisment or something maybe (or how about WP:Notability?) or how about a plot synopsis "A DNA-altering bio-weapon which turns ordinary humans into pale, fanged, boil-covered psychotic creatures called "moots", who crave human flesh." The two biggest entries are just summaries of other articles. (Currently I'm against summarys, next week... I'll support it). And what article is complete without a refrence to some obscure article. 
The best that this page should hope for is to be a disabiguation page... But that will never happen will it?
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.238.178.124 (talk • contribs) 23:16, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  And THIS is why I'm a hater