:> “Mut^nt” is such ^ v^ried term ^nyw^y, ^nd I’m even disreg^rding universe differences; /I/ get mist^ken for ^ mut^nt sometimes, which doesn’t offend me, but it is ^ little funny. Blood mut^nts ^re the kind who usu^lly get the most shit, which is unfortun^te, but then you h^ve trolls up in ^rms ^bout someone who h^s physic^l “mut^tions” (sometimes n^tur^l bloodline qu^lities or otherwise), which is equ^lly silly. <:
[|87 :: That what ; have been try;n to say for a long t;me. 1t’s completely arb;trary
:> Quite, but people don’t like he^ring th^t. Technic^lly, genetic mut^nts c^n be described ^s such since it’s liter^lly in their biology, but DNA n^tur^lly mut^tes ^ll the time ^nyw^y. It’s just th^t not ^ll mut^tions ^re expressed. <:
[|87 :: Prec;sely! 1t’s ;nstead most people just use the term “mutant” to descr;be someth;n they deem as abnormal to them. Wh;ch k;nda goes aga;nst the log;c of a mutat;on as ;t ;s supposed to be a genet;c alterat;on and not always a phys;cal one.
:> If only there were ^ w^y to instill th^t into people’s he^ds, but I’ve long since given up hope. All I c^n do is spe^k ^bout how nebulous (^nd entirely neutr^l) mut^tions ^re. <:
[|87 :: 1t ;s qu;te l;terally w;th;n our nature as l;v;n organ;sms to mutate and create genet;c var;ety but 1 guess most of the h;ghbl00ds don’t really wanna hear that. Crazy concept of sc;ence d;sagree;n w;th soc;ety and pol;t;cs. Who would have guessed?
:> They (v^guely) h^ve ^ point in th^t some genetic mut^tions c^n be h^rmful to the troll who h^s them or p^ssively to others, it cert^inly h^ppens, but th^t h^ppens ^ll the d^mn time with “regul^r” ^bilities. <:
[|87 :: Such ;s the course of evolut;on after all. 1f we should not breed then we d;e naturally, not because some soc;etal system cla;ms ;t to be.
:> Very much! Not everything will be ^ winner. But th^t is wh^t m^kes evolution so interesting. Sometimes even unlikely builds c^n work ^nd “good” ones will f^il. <: