Thread:Undoniel/@comment-12714-20140131052230/@comment-1009000-20140209160444

Sorry for taking my time to get back to you. I still strongly disagree with your interpretation of the facts. Even having them called mutates doesn't change that fact. We are still talking about a distinction deeply relevant in the Marvel Universe - Genoshan mutants have also been called mutates before, that doesn't make it right.

The Kaga case speaks for my argument: It is possible to be both a mutant and a mutate. A person with an X-Gene can be further changed by all sorts of exogenetic factors. A Mutate however can never be changed into a mutant. You're either born with the X-gene or you're not.

Again, my main problem is not so much a technical distinction, it's a linguistic one. Since the term mutate only exists in the comics and the word mutant exists both in the comics with a very specific, limited meaning, but also exists in the general use of the english language and has a much broader, general meaning, what you are proposing is a linguistic paradox - and would mean defining the word completely by its comics context and disregarding the common use of the word completely. That can't be right.

Let's bring this to a consensus before we change the page again, ok? Edit-wars between admins is never a good idea.