Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-8824634-20131125164434/@comment-21812275-20131201182511

Nangbaby wrote: I'd be deathly averse to being mutated into an animal-human hybrid. Aside from the potential for backfiring in terms of losing one's mind or ability to communicate, other reservations come to mind.

Realistically, even if one retained one's voice, there's no guarantee one would even be able to participate in society. Legally how would one, for instance, prove one is the same person. While a "clean break" might sound nice, there may be loose ends to tie up or otherwise the human you would essentially be missing and if not "cured" then eventally declared dead. Plus, being forced into isolation, how would one cope? Even if you used your newfound mutant abilities for evil and took over the world, you would still always be apart from people. Worse yet, unless you were lucky like the Turtles, you wouldn't even have another mutant of your type to even relate to.

Also, what about the biological difficulties that could arise as a result of the mutation? Fishface requires mechanical assistance to breathe and to walk. Snakeweed has to use "fertlizer" to regrow, and maybe the method he was using was the only way for him sustain himself. It can range from something simple like not being able to eat one's favorite food, to maybe not even able to eat at all...or worse yet having predators come after you.

All and all, I like being human. Exactly! In addition to this, what if something medical goes wrong and you don't know how to fix it? It's not as though there are doctors specialized in treating mutants; nobody would know how to fix you up because your anatomy would be so different.