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1. leave the way they got these 'mutations' a mystery until like between the middle and the end.2. have kinda strange or not-used-as-much names
3. mutation idea: looks that kill lol
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yes they are indeed. another fun one is when they are doing the same thing but dont realize it. for example, they could be trying to destroy the company or whatever that made them 'mutated' and then run into each other that way. oh, oh!! there could be a person whose ability is to be able to tell that other people have these abilities and s/he could gather them all together.sorry i know this is a lot but if you dont please tell me i wont be offended or anything. :)
Well, online wouldn't work, because generally people are overparanoid about internet safety. Literal collision would be fun, but not really effective, because you don't ever actually talk to the person who you run into on the streets. Maybe you check your pockets to make sure that they didn't snatch your wallet, but you don't actually talk to them.
People also don't really talk to strangers on planes/trains/busses, because people who are alone are reading or talking on a cell phone or staring out the window, and other people are together and talking to each other.
The only way literal collision would work is if it's a car collision, and both cars are damaged to some point. Except then there would be angriness between them, and that would delay the plot.
You could have one of them be 'that new person' at school or work. Or they could meet on some sort of sports team, or at a club of some sort (maybe they're into cooking or crafts or scouts)
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But the thing is, there has never been a GOOD genetic mutation. So this one might be dormant.
This group is dying! It's saddening!
This group needs some life. You want me to invite all my friends?
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Did you post this group on the debate group? We could get everyone here.
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Hmm, genetic mutations... Well, don't give them six fingers, because that isn't a mutation; that's a dominant trait that very few people actually carry. Ooo! Wouldn't it be cool if somebody was a third gender! They weren't male or female... They were something else, which was caused by a mutation of on of the X chromosomes or the Y chromosomes. (I'm pretty sure that you need at least one X to be semi normal... there's a bunch of genes on there... like the gene for blood clotting). So maybe they have a bizarre shaped chromosome, like a B. Or an M. Or an O, or something along those lines.
There is something like that, I think.
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Has potential. Thanks, Veronica.
No, it's like people 'believe' they are a third gender, because they don't feel like they fit into either man or woman.
idk. google has the answer to life. :)
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I think the six toes thing kind of freaky.
There's this tribe somewhere that all have 6 toes or something.
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Lauren, that is believable, because if those people all have the dominant trait, then it's plausible, seeing as they wouldn't be marrying people from outside.....
yes, very isolated. Like, how isolated villages, all the people have similar features, because it's all the same genes.
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I don't know.
Different skin colors could not have occurred from the genes of two people unless they were mixed race. Even then, many more people then 2 are needed to create a healthy gene pool.
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Eh, Jesus was black anyhow. I'm just wondering how we ended up with white people...
He WAS! And people get made when I point it out. X)
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For me, it's a fun fact to tell people when they have pictures of a white Jesus with blonde-ish hair and blue eyes. X)
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Those are just artist interpretations. I don't know why people make a big deal out of what color everyone is. It's not like we're not all people!
I'm thinking a few main characters who have mutations that give them strange abilities and yet serious drawbacks. Absolutely no plot ideas. Here's what I have:
Charrie 1: Maylin
Descrip: tall, black hair
Advantage: Amazingly fast runner
Disadvantage: Overcome with sudden, debilitating headaches, during which she loses control of herself
Also, other charries would be appreciated.