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[-] lakemalcom10@lemm.ee 64 points 2 months ago

X-Men don't get their powers until puberty

[-] AWistfulNihilist@lemmy.world 80 points 2 months ago

Both professor x and his sister had their powers in utero. Nightcrawler famously developed his powers pre-puberty, he was zipping around both physically mutated (from birth) and his teleportation as a young child. Generally mutants develop powers at puberty, but that's just a rule of thumb.

[-] lakemalcom10@lemm.ee 21 points 2 months ago

As much as I appreciate a good "well actually", neither of the two mutants featured in the comic got their powers in utero.

[-] AWistfulNihilist@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I was actually just responding to your "well actually". That's funny!

Nightcrawler didn't get his powers in utero (although his physical mutation exists since birth, but was just as much related to his parentage), but he's literally one of the only mutants to have been famous for his fully active mutant power as a child.

I would "akshualy" be remiss in not mentioning that physical and mental stress activates almost as many mutants as puberty!

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Oh nice, I went down a rabbit hole with this: Jamie Maddox too, some of the Morlocks, Legion definitely, and even Cable showed some in infancy.

X2 as well, but that might just be the result of army engineering her that way

[-] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

I was super disappointed I didn't get mutant powers when I hit puberty. Like, I knew it was fictional, but it seemed so plausible.

[-] SassyRamen@lemmy.world 37 points 2 months ago

The do in the second bubble doesn't fit. The saying is "You think you have a problem.. blah blah blah"

[-] Zwiebel@feddit.org 10 points 2 months ago

Author is ESL

[-] Tattorack@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I feel like I'm missing context...

EDIT: Wait. This is X-men. Took me a moment...

[-] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

What kind of word is "poof?" That baby is clearly making a "bamf."

[-] SereneSadie@lemmy.myserv.one 8 points 2 months ago

Eh, I'll give it a pass I guess.

Mystique is Nightcrawlers father though, Destiny is his mother. The only canon I'll accept from the comics themselves from now on.

[-] zabadoh@ani.social 3 points 2 months ago

I don't think Mystique has considered how a Bamf! would affect her uterus from the inside.

this post was submitted on 01 May 2025
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