Short story: Lorna is definitely a mutant
I needed to cover that right out of the gate because the wording of the title makes it sound like it’s uncertain and open to debate when it’s really not. She’s definitely a mutant.
Once you get past the clickbait-y title that could cause misunderstandings, this is a very good explainer of what happened. Cronin doesn’t just give the answer and leave it at that, he shows pages of how the loss of her powers affected her, which is perhaps the most important part of the article and that period for her.
Lorna’s time without her powers wasn’t just “lol she doesn’t have ‘em now so what.” It devastated her and really ripped up her sense of identity, and it led to some very painful moments for her (Lorna getting tortured while in space didn’t come up, but it had no bearing on the core question of the article either, so it makes sense it wouldn’t come up).
So as I said, overall good article. Worth reading if you haven’t seen the history yet. Only downside was the potential impressions made by the article title.
Also thought it was cool that Cronin’s friend Michael is a big enough fan for Cronin to write this article for him. Happy birthday, Michael!
This was passed to me by @lordtimeblogposts by the way.
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