EDITORIAL: Why Making THE INHUMANS The MCU Equivalent Of Mutants Is A Good Idea

Everybody knows the Inhumans as the freak experiments created by the Kree. Marvel's Inhumanity event may be presenting us with the method through which they will introduce the idea of "mutants" to the MCU. To some, this is a great idea and people admire the initiative Marvel are taking to jump over the mutant hurdle. Others see it as a lazy move and also a bit of a cop out as if you can't have mutants, you shouldn't come up with a replacement. There is also the group that sees Inhumanity as a means of appeasing the idea of not sticking to source material. Well, those people are wrong because every Marvel hero has descended from humans that interbred with the Eternals (the race created by the Celestials).

So, you see, Marvel would just be rehashing something that has already been the basis of their superheroes for a good few years now. That's why I'm pretty comfortable with the idea of making it a matter of modern humans having Inhuman genes lying dormant in their bodies, which are later activated in the same way as a mutants, or in the case of the Inhumanity event, Terrigen Mists being released across the world. On top of that, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has already presented the idea of someone having powers spontaneously. An explanation was never given for how Scorch gained his power and Raina constantly told him he had a "gift". As well as that, Terrigens were mentioned in an earlier episode when the team recovered that piece of technology in "084", during his analysis of the object, Fitz used the term "terrigens". Why is all of this releveant though? Well, obviously, it's due to the inclusion of Quicksilver an Scarlet Witch in Avengers: Age of Ultron.






They're the reason Marvel need to tackle this issue in the first place. The idea makes sense as Terrigen Mists have been used in the comics to allow Quicksilver to regain his mutant abilities.

In conclusion, Marvel are being smart in using something that they have had all their heroes rooted to since Neill Gaiman's run on the Eternals (which I highly recommend). They're merely replacing the interbreeding of a race created by aliens with humans, to a race of humans with dormant Inhuman DNA. So, no need to complain about source material neglection.

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