Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-2058272-20160829234959/@comment-2058272-20161002222920

This is kind of a looser take on the Inhumans, I think. In this universe so far, you don't need to be of Inhuman descent for the Terrigen to effect you, at least not the pure Terrigen energy that comes right from the Cosmic Cube or other interdimensional breaches. So I guess they aren't technically Inhumans, but they get their powers from the same place the original Inhumans (the ones experimented on by the Kree) did.

I guess my take on it is that if you're of Inhuman descent, you are born with that altered DNA, but you need exposure to the Terrigen Mists to unlock your full potential. But if you're a regular human and you're exposed to pure Terrigen energy (and survive the exposure) then you just get powers.

Does that work for everyone? I'm not so sure about it myself.