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@Diamondmatter.

You mean undid him not being a mutant? It didn't really bother me too much how Kevin had powers. Mutations and alien heritage are the 2 top reasons for having superpowers in sci-fi. Either one is fine for me, so long as it's well explained. I just wish they did a better job then outright ignoring the past. Maybe they could have explained how Kevin got mutated, and the mutagen was of alien origin. That way it was an explanation that combined both of the origins, and neither one was fully wrong.

But retconning the existence of his father was utterly pointless. Maybe they could have retconned that Devin was a plumber, but not retconning his existence altogether.

Like I said, I would not have a problem with them fixing up the origins if they did a better job at it. The AF retcons at least weren't as lazy as OV, and was explained as lack of understanding rather than the almighty telepathy.

There's just less shading, less variation in background color, and overall a much easier design to do. Umm, what? Editing in a green flash? There's the whole transformation sequence with the X-Ray shots and cells. Sometimes they do a green flash to save time, but that's present in OV as well.

Hmm, maybe I just like Darkier and Edgier. It was something they had never done before which got me curious. With Ben, they were exploring a new side to him. Kevin must have hit a switch with him and made him go into vigilante mode. Probably all the death Ben had seen in AF, which was rare in OS, had gotten to him. But I respect your opinion if you didn't like it.