

I can only think of one circumstance where this divide comes from, the martians’ aversion to fire. Such a divide in how societies run is usually because of a lack of resources or difference in faith. Their biotechnology is so great they are capable of interplanetary space travel. Because of this, the green martians built cities above ground with bodies more suited to using tools. The green martians meanwhile rely more on reason and thought over force their minds develop for intelligence and self-improvement with a focus on the superego. With their telepathy, contact and influence others over long distances is not a problem. In terms of society, White Martians act more akin to ants, they have a tunneling system and a council serving as the closest thing to queens. With exceptions like M’gann M’orrz exist who share more in common with the green martians in the willingness to learn.

Because of this, their forms change into more physically threatening appearances. As such they rely more on tribalistic instinct over reason. The white martians look like their ancestors but their brains appear to have developed more into the id part of consciousness not unlike the Apex Predators. Since the martians forms and distinctions are based on their mindsets, the distinction might come from how they shapeshift. Following the Z’kran example, there are no major distinctions in martians in the ancient times of Mars. Now from an evolutionary standpoint (especially by comic standards) there needs to be catalysts that cause martians to evolve into what they are. Or maybe that was just dumb luck on Snyder’s part. I wonder if this how the meta-gene evolved in humans and why White Martians experimented with them. After Perpetua is sealed however, these Predators went dormant and their components separate. These Apex Predators are functionally immortal soldiers that are able to fight against Super Celestials. Five billion years after Z’kran’s time, the Super Celestial Perpetua merges humans with Martians. In Scott Snyder’s Justice League series, Martians role in the multiverse expands. My best guess is that he seems to be an early form of Martians before they fully develop their modern abilities. Since Z’kran is the only martian seen however, this makes observations severely limited. He also retains the superhuman physique and shapeshifting to allow elasticity. He does have a mental empathy that allows him to sense emotions. If Z’kran is any indication, he seems to lack the martian telepathy that allows mind reading. So with this new species origin what really goes on between everybody? Time For Some Insights Probably for the best, J’onn’s burning phase isn’t all that good to begin with. The easiest explanation is that this is simply a retcon to get rid of the burning martian history. Note that the Burning Martians were given their genetic flame phobia around 20,000 years before the current day now this brings up a mystery. In fact, he’s one of the predecessors of the Manhunter police force of Mars. Well a martian named Z’kran Z’rann is also shown during this time he’s as white as a ghost, has no violent tendencies, and isn’t on fire either. In one of my other theories, I spoke how Kryptonians haven’t really changed despite 10 billion years of evolution. At least until recent developments bring a problem to this side of martian heritage.
