Within the
Marvel Universe, there is a variety of special sub-races that have branched
off from humanity, not the least of which are the Eternals and the Deviants.
Now, we all
know where the Eternals and Deviants came from, correct? The Celestials
made experiments upon the neanderthal men, resulting not only in humans-
that's us- but in the cosmically-charged god-like Eternals, and bestial
sub-human Deviants, who were cursed with an unstable genetic code, causing
each new generation to be more horribly deformed than the last.
The Eternals
and Deviants themselves have led to further sub-races:
So, back to
the Humans. That's the people who are like you and me. They're a pretty
normal bunch, for the most part. They resemble the Eternals physically,
but their culture is not as advanced. Without some outside factor, like
radioactive spiders or gamma bombs, humans are normal.
Except...
Except for
a certain branch of humanity that we call "Mutants". Mutants are born of
humans, but from birth possess a..."Deviant" code, called the X-Factor.
Like the Deviants, Mutants differ from their parents, occasionally, in
a physical manner. There is no apparent rhyme or reason as to why Mutants
receive the powers that they do, it seems to be an entirely random process.
There are also
many Mutants who have extremely long lifespans, and are immune to most
of harm. These Mutants, called Externals, have even been worshipped as
gods in the past.
I think you
see where I'm heading with this.
It's not a
commonly known fact, but during the First Host of the Celestial expeditions,
along with creating the Eternals and Deviants outright, the seed for genetic
mutation was placed within mankind by the Host. Yes, you read that correctly-
the Celestials are responsible for Mutants. It was not until this century,
with the advance of the Atomic Age, that Mutants became more prolific in
numbers.
So, why did
the Celestials give us Mutants, other than to sell lots of X-Men comics?
Heck, we don't even know why we got the Eternals and Deviants. But I've
got a notion.
When the Fourth
Host arrived to judge humanity, there was only thing that ultimately saved
the Earth, and that was the Young Gods, twelve young people who together
represented man's highest potentional. Their potential was most clearly
represented in the superhuman powers each one had been born with. These
powers of theirs are undoubtedly the result of Celestial experiments, and
I don't think there is truly a great difference between them and Mutants.
I think that
the Celestials implanted this random factor of genetic mutation within
humanity so as to give them a chance of passing their judgement, and overcome
the Deviants, who once had lorded over all humans. After all, when the
First Host arrived, they knew that one day they'd return to judge all of
mankind, and could probably have forseen exactly how they would have developed.
The random factor they inserted provided a degree of uncertainty.
And that's
my theory.
For all of
you who aren't yet convinced of the similarities between the Eternals and
Deviants, here are some examples:
The one truly
anomalous sub-race on Earth is Homo Mermanus- the Atlanteans- who have
their own additional sub-race, the Lemurians. The Atlanteans' origin has
not yet been revealed.
Got anything to
add or comment on? Let me know.