tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post115082648795778081..comments2023-05-06T09:29:44.450+01:00Comments on Dance of the Puppets: Trading PlacesMarionettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06985975073151200366noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-1163633780864518762006-11-15T23:36:00.000+00:002006-11-15T23:36:00.000+00:00Very nice site! » » »Very nice site! <BR/><A HREF="http://www.stationery-gifts.info/Permanent_topamax_side_effects.html" REL="nofollow">»</A> <A HREF="http://www.pfizerbextra.info/Iowa-bextra-attorney.html" REL="nofollow">»</A> <A HREF="http://www.radardetectorcordless.info/iowa_bextra_litigation.html" REL="nofollow">»</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-1150879527354547502006-06-21T09:45:00.000+01:002006-06-21T09:45:00.000+01:00How the doctor knows this is not clear. Do they ha...<I>How the doctor knows this is not clear. Do they have some kind of routine test? </I><BR/><BR/>I always got that impression. As it's sometimes called a meta*gene*, perhaps they do a DNA test and look for that specific gene? Considering in the DC universe metahumans have been around for some years I suspect they'll have developed a test for it.<BR/><BR/>As to power transference, ignoring the Dr Light instance for a moment, perhaps what happens is two instances of the shape changing that you mentioned. Not only does the person stealing the power change his own molecular structure to mimic the target's (and thus gain their powers), he also changes the molecular structure of the target forcing them to turn into a normal human. Thus the target of the power transfer is 'shape-changed' into a normal human without the metagene.<BR/><BR/>However, with the Dr Light case, I got the impression the Evil Dr Light was sucking the light power out of the Good Dr Light. Perhaps it's a form of macro quantum tunnelling which relocates the stored energy from the original host to the new one. If the Evil Dr Light was a being of lower potential energy then the light might want to 'jump' to him to attain a lower state? <BR/><BR/>No, I have no idea what I'm on about. And this doesn't explain the "no longer metahuman" bit. But it's all comic book physics. I mean, in the DC universe there are magic-users so perhaps the Evil Dr Light is using evil magic?S Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14356657498264383431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-1150853245157536452006-06-21T02:27:00.000+01:002006-06-21T02:27:00.000+01:00You're looking for logic and continuity in a Judd ...You're looking for logic and continuity in a Judd Winick title...<BR/><BR/>Search for Atlantis. It'll be an easier hunt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-1150836216096531512006-06-20T21:43:00.000+01:002006-06-20T21:43:00.000+01:00Unsurprisingly the starting point for this was Kim...Unsurprisingly the starting point for this was Kimiyo (Dr Light) who is described by a doctor as not metahuman after the evil Dr. Light steals her powers.<BR/><BR/>How the doctor knows this is not clear. Do they have some kind of routine test?Marionettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06985975073151200366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-1150835594825903032006-06-20T21:33:00.000+01:002006-06-20T21:33:00.000+01:00While I very much appreciated the post, let me pla...While I very much appreciated the post, let me play devil's advocate for a moment here.<BR/><BR/>Specifically in Superman's case, what if a biological or chemical attack somehow managed to interfere with his cellular conversion of solar energy? Like, say, how an SSRI drug such as Prozac actually works. And what if the Kryptonite radiation reaction is linked to the same cellular conversion process and is explainable as a sort of anaphylactic shock? It's not impossible, then, that stopping the conversion process altogether might also render Kryptonite poisoning moot, as the effect of the conversion-damping process trumps the Kryptonite effect. Thus, no powers and no kryptonite weakness.<BR/><BR/>(In fact, I'm swearing that such a thing isn't my idea, and that I actually got it from a comic at some point - I just don't remember when or where.)<BR/><BR/>Now, had they gone so far as to take x-rays and MRIs and said that he now had the physiology of a normal human ... yeah, my stupid-o-meter would have been pegged, too.<BR/><BR/>As for power transfer ... blah. I agree. It's a lame stunt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com