For clarification, the hecatoncheires/hekatonkheires were three giants with 100 arms and 50 heads. They helped the Greek gods overthrow the Titans, and in return for their help the gods imprisoned them in Tartarus. After that, Gaia slept with the incarnation of Tartarus and gave birth to Typhoeus, but that’s another myth.
Yep. The gods had to crash with the Egyptian pantheon for a while, but ol’ Zeusy-boy got his tendinitis cured the hard way. ^_^ … Hermes just had to steal them back though, and then poor Typhon got Mt. Etna dropped on his head. TT_TT And when the age of mortals rolled around, then came the Gigantes…
Nope… she was hit by the Reactor in her prof.’s lab, and now hit a second time by the ray. my fear? she’s going to start becoming more spider~like and either become inhuman or die. =’{:::
Actually, I don’t think the original ray had a C-K reactor. It was just a genetic infusion chamber. Otherwise, if her powers were C-K based, they should have increased when they were in the zone that increased Greta’s powers a few chapters ago, but she observed that they did no such thing.
Fun Fact: When a nuclear reactor is critical, that means that power is neither increasing (that would be Super-Critical) nor decreasing (that would be Sub-Critical).
This has been your annual “China Syndrome” reorientation session. Thank you!
yes but if the reaction is going critical by itself and no longer needs the infusion ray then her power would continue to develop on its own… so the author did in fact use the term correctly, the question is can a c-k reaction go super critical?
We have yet to even know what the C-K reaction really IS though…
Most people know what fission is and how it works, not to mention what it requires as in heavy materials to create a cascading neutron collision reaction.
But just exactly what IS a C-K reaction?
What is the mechanics of it?
What does ‘it’ react WITH?
What starts said reaction?
Will it normally stop on its own like a wood-fire burning its self out if you separate the sticks of wood? Or is it like making a lump of Uranium radioactive wherein it never returns to the state of inertness?
Jackass D. Mask, that still doesn’t make fission power plants any safer or cleaner an alternative. It’s lose lose for the most part when it comes to energy production. Even solar isn’t 100% “clean” when you take into account manufacturing and power storage systems (batteries).
At least with regards to air pollution, nuke plants are much cleaner than coal or diesel generators. There is, of course, the matter of *potential* accidents, but that can be decreased drastically with better reactor designs (and has been, in plants that have been built in the last 20 years).
The downside being the radioactive waste products of said powerplants. For example Plutonium-241 when decayed into americium-241 has a radioactive half life of well over 400 years. Storing such a dangerous waste material for 400 years before it decays safely is a pain in the ass. Not to mention a potential health hazard waiting to happen.
I would advise anyone interested to research the article Nuclear Power vs. Clean coal’s Dirty mess. It has some significant figures about two comparable power plants in Tennessee. You’ll see there any radioactive material from a nuclear plant still pales in comparison to what is released by a clean coal plant. Its like saying slapping a child is worse than slaughtering a village. Its not. And nuclear Power isn’t worse no matter how you figure it compared to coal. Still nuclear Power does have a higher startup cost. But after a few years that becomes completely outweighed.
I confess, its a lot of fun to speculate and hint at ideas one may wish to see happen in the story line, but then still, if a writer is really good like Krow, it still remains that the best we can hope for is what that writer gives us most of the time.
That said, a venomous bite [especially if she can spit the venom like a spitting cobra, which I learned is not even a cobra in reality] would be a way cool addition… (~_^)-b
Sahira: This new apartment looks pretty rad. I know I should have told Heather I was moving out, but if she has the place to herself she can turn it into a Spider-Cave or something like that. *opens fridge*
Zuul: ZUUUUUUUUL!!!!!!
Sahira: … great, the place has rats. *slams fridge*
This may be a bit of nitpicking, but actually, being critical is the normal condition of a fission reactor, meaning that it had to be critical to produce energy. Being supercritical simply means it produces even more energy, and a runaway reaction is called… okay something that doesn’t even pop up anywhere I looked to check. Let’s call it “meltdown”, because that is what would happen in a fission reactor.
Though, that way it means there is now a stable and active Cherenkov-Kirby-reaction in Spinnerettes body, and it is tied to the superpower “getting more arms”.^^
WHAT IF this power-up thingy happening to Heather could SOME HOW be used to cure Marilyn???
Just a thought…
Has anybody read the forums about the musician Jason Becker who did NOT die from ALS?
Surely there is hope the two lovebirds can grow old together even without any super-heroic rescue….but with something super-heroic added in, just maybe they can keep her from becoming totally paralyzed at least…?
Is Spinny going into mitosis? Will she split into two identical Spinnys? No, wait, each Spinny would have 5 arms. We need to wait until she has 12 arms before the split. Hope it doesn’t hurt
If Her problem is anything like what happend with Spidey, whatever she’s mutating into now won’t be human. Fem-Spider(Female Man-Spider. You get the idea.lol).
I’m reminded of that kid-demon in Elfin Lied with the gajillion mental arms.
Spinerette ‘goes critical’ and everyone gets applauded.
What if she simply becomes a mass of arms like a sea urchin!?!?!?! >0.0< [nervous shudderz]
Ok…maybe a sea anemone anyhow…
STILL she’d be a mess and quite powerless I think?
I mean there might not be much she could DO being all jam-packed everywhere with all those arms you know….
My goodness, what if she morphs into a Hecatoncheire. Sure she only has one head now but what if…
This does not bode well.
For clarification, the hecatoncheires/hekatonkheires were three giants with 100 arms and 50 heads. They helped the Greek gods overthrow the Titans, and in return for their help the gods imprisoned them in Tartarus. After that, Gaia slept with the incarnation of Tartarus and gave birth to Typhoeus, but that’s another myth.
That guy beat the deal out of Zeus
Yep. The gods had to crash with the Egyptian pantheon for a while, but ol’ Zeusy-boy got his tendinitis cured the hard way. ^_^ … Hermes just had to steal them back though, and then poor Typhon got Mt. Etna dropped on his head. TT_TT And when the age of mortals rolled around, then came the Gigantes…
actually, it was the Titans the imprisoned the hundred handed ones and the gods whoe freed them to fight alongside
And Zeus beat the deal out of them.
Oh, not exactly… even with the help of the three Fates the Olympians were getting their butts kicked. Athena had to ask Heracles to help out.
QUICKLY HEATHER.
EAT LOTS OF BANANAS, THE INTERNET TOLD ME THEY CURE RADIATION.
Also you should probably eat them slowly. With Marilyn. And chocolate syrup. And I’ll just go sit in my shame corner now.
Actually that sounded like a VERY entertaining idea!
Not too sure Krow would let us watch…
But if he DID… [PURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!] >^,..,^<
Actually, bananas contain a very small amount of radiation. Turns out certain isotopes of Potassium are somewhat unstable.
I’m down with that. I like bananas…
Oh, wait… I see what you’re doing there…
I like it.
internet told me they CAUSE radiation….
NOOKALAR NOT GOOOD
sweet baby je– i mean spider.
the hell is going on?!
I thought Heather’s powers came from mutation, not from C-K reaction.
They originally did, but the ray she got blasted with the second time was C-K powered. Think of it as an upgrade that’s going allllll wrong.
i agree
Nope… she was hit by the Reactor in her prof.’s lab, and now hit a second time by the ray. my fear? she’s going to start becoming more spider~like and either become inhuman or die. =’{:::
Actually, I don’t think the original ray had a C-K reactor. It was just a genetic infusion chamber. Otherwise, if her powers were C-K based, they should have increased when they were in the zone that increased Greta’s powers a few chapters ago, but she observed that they did no such thing.
I’m jealous you got the name Pantera… =P
Ok…not really, but its cool to see somebody using the name… >^,..,^<
Somebody probably already guessed this but…
Heather will gain the ability to conceal her arms or control the number grown at will.
Fun Fact: When a nuclear reactor is critical, that means that power is neither increasing (that would be Super-Critical) nor decreasing (that would be Sub-Critical).
This has been your annual “China Syndrome” reorientation session. Thank you!
yes but if the reaction is going critical by itself and no longer needs the infusion ray then her power would continue to develop on its own… so the author did in fact use the term correctly, the question is can a c-k reaction go super critical?
Uh, I hate that movie. Scared to many people with the very idea of disaster and now we continue to use polluting energy sources like petrol and cole.
We have yet to even know what the C-K reaction really IS though…
Most people know what fission is and how it works, not to mention what it requires as in heavy materials to create a cascading neutron collision reaction.
But just exactly what IS a C-K reaction?
What is the mechanics of it?
What does ‘it’ react WITH?
What starts said reaction?
Will it normally stop on its own like a wood-fire burning its self out if you separate the sticks of wood? Or is it like making a lump of Uranium radioactive wherein it never returns to the state of inertness?
Jackass D. Mask, that still doesn’t make fission power plants any safer or cleaner an alternative. It’s lose lose for the most part when it comes to energy production. Even solar isn’t 100% “clean” when you take into account manufacturing and power storage systems (batteries).
At least with regards to air pollution, nuke plants are much cleaner than coal or diesel generators. There is, of course, the matter of *potential* accidents, but that can be decreased drastically with better reactor designs (and has been, in plants that have been built in the last 20 years).
The downside being the radioactive waste products of said powerplants. For example Plutonium-241 when decayed into americium-241 has a radioactive half life of well over 400 years. Storing such a dangerous waste material for 400 years before it decays safely is a pain in the ass. Not to mention a potential health hazard waiting to happen.
I would advise anyone interested to research the article Nuclear Power vs. Clean coal’s Dirty mess. It has some significant figures about two comparable power plants in Tennessee. You’ll see there any radioactive material from a nuclear plant still pales in comparison to what is released by a clean coal plant. Its like saying slapping a child is worse than slaughtering a village. Its not. And nuclear Power isn’t worse no matter how you figure it compared to coal. Still nuclear Power does have a higher startup cost. But after a few years that becomes completely outweighed.
Maybe she will become more spider and less human, like happened with Spider-Man in some special edition.
Seriously! We need a venom sac stat! I think you’d get a great “Do I use it or not” reaction out of Heather.
Might also get a chance to rip on Poison Ivy as a villain. Or stroke her beautiful ego.
Yeah. Stroke.
In all honesty, though, do what the story needs. Don’t listen to us crazy people.
I confess, its a lot of fun to speculate and hint at ideas one may wish to see happen in the story line, but then still, if a writer is really good like Krow, it still remains that the best we can hope for is what that writer gives us most of the time.
That said, a venomous bite [especially if she can spit the venom like a spitting cobra, which I learned is not even a cobra in reality] would be a way cool addition… (~_^)-b
yeah what do we know
*Across town*
Sahira: This new apartment looks pretty rad. I know I should have told Heather I was moving out, but if she has the place to herself she can turn it into a Spider-Cave or something like that. *opens fridge*
Zuul: ZUUUUUUUUL!!!!!!
Sahira: … great, the place has rats. *slams fridge*
Meant this as a reply. Don’t know why it quit on me. Has anyone found a time-limit on the reply function?
Wonder if Heather will begin developing a taste for small animals and insects… =P
Maybe she just likes her meals live and struggling?
Either way could be gross enough to be funny…
When the cover for this issue was shown, I thought she was going to get depowered in the issue.
What’s happening is far worse.
-psst-
Anyone else notice Spin’s costume grew up her new arms by the end ?
Is it mutating to ?
No it didn’t. Her new arms are out of view in the last panel.
This may be a bit of nitpicking, but actually, being critical is the normal condition of a fission reactor, meaning that it had to be critical to produce energy. Being supercritical simply means it produces even more energy, and a runaway reaction is called… okay something that doesn’t even pop up anywhere I looked to check. Let’s call it “meltdown”, because that is what would happen in a fission reactor.
Though, that way it means there is now a stable and active Cherenkov-Kirby-reaction in Spinnerettes body, and it is tied to the superpower “getting more arms”.^^
Can you tell me what exactly this C-K reaction is though?
HEY people!!!
WHAT IF this power-up thingy happening to Heather could SOME HOW be used to cure Marilyn???
Just a thought…
Has anybody read the forums about the musician Jason Becker who did NOT die from ALS?
Surely there is hope the two lovebirds can grow old together even without any super-heroic rescue….but with something super-heroic added in, just maybe they can keep her from becoming totally paralyzed at least…?
Maybe a neuro-venom which can be altered to a cure for ALS?
Just thinking out loud…
Sorry, been busy, what have I missed? 10 arms?
Is Spinny going into mitosis? Will she split into two identical Spinnys? No, wait, each Spinny would have 5 arms. We need to wait until she has 12 arms before the split. Hope it doesn’t hurt
To this point, she seems to have not experienced any pain…
her mutation is getting out of hand
If Her problem is anything like what happend with Spidey, whatever she’s mutating into now won’t be human. Fem-Spider(Female Man-Spider. You get the idea.lol).
Extra arms… ??? looks like a teleportation problem. Nothing a good old Advanced Magic Dispel can not cure.
Oops, wrong universe, sorry.
right now I’m listening to some of the most amazing, most beautiful, most euphoric music I have ever listened to
Please share? I’m curious.
Yeah, you gave half a thing there, Mongoose! Party foul! ; D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RVIgZRRlmk&feature=my_liked_videos&list=LLBN0iwe_vsRw2BnYi6iDQ8Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwMDL4tU-FE&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSH-_ScN6G0&feature=my_liked_videos&list=LLBN0iwe_vsRw2BnYi6iDQ8Q
Too….beautiful for words….except words to say how beautiful it is…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC1w1FjAfqE&feature=relmfu
sorry if the question offends anyone but, who is this Thomas Bergersen? lol The music while typing this question made my question sound really epic