Speculations On Superman
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deird_lj In lieu of having a life to write about, I thought I'd discuss kryptonite, and my theory of how it works.
NB: For more weird Supermaniness, go and read Man Of Steel, Woman Of Kleenex. It's a fairly hilarious essay.
Fact: Superman cannot be injured (in terms of cuts, bruises, etc). The reason for this is not because his skin is super-strong. It's because he's protected by a forcefield that extends a few millimetres out from his body. You can't penetrate the forcefield, so you can't hurt Superman.
Another Fact: when villians want to injure Superman, or perform surgery on him, or anything else like that, one way to do it is to have kryptonite in the room. Not only does kryptonite make Superman feel ill, it also means his skin can be damaged (ie - the forcefield is gone).
A Third Fact: Superman is from Krypton. Kryptonite is also from Krypton.
So, those facts being established, here's my theory.
It makes no sense for Superman to be allergic to bits of his own planet. Really! It's completely stupid! So, for my theory, I am hypothesising that he is not.
As a matter of fact, kryptonite has no negative effects on Superman at all. The apparent negative effects are actually the result of a rather unique defense kryptonians have evolved over the millennia.
Kryptonians have obviously been travelling into space for quite a while. And space can be nasty - you never know what kind of slimy squidgy things are going to attack you. That being the case, if you plan to travel into space fairly frequently, it's best to have some kind of natural protection against alien space stuff. Protection like... a force field.
Of course, when you're back home in your natural habitat, you don't stand nearly as high a chance of meeting slimy squidgy things from space, so the forcefield isn't required.
So, I've come to the conclusion that Earth, our Earth, the nice little blue one quite close to the Sun, is highly toxic to Superman. But this isn't really a problem, since he's always protected by that oh-so-handy forcefield.
Except...
If Superman gets in range of his home planet, or in range of pieces of that planet, his body decides that it's obviously safe again, so it removes the forcefield!
Doesn't that sound plausible?
Another Fact: when villians want to injure Superman, or perform surgery on him, or anything else like that, one way to do it is to have kryptonite in the room. Not only does kryptonite make Superman feel ill, it also means his skin can be damaged (ie - the forcefield is gone).
A Third Fact: Superman is from Krypton. Kryptonite is also from Krypton.
So, those facts being established, here's my theory.
It makes no sense for Superman to be allergic to bits of his own planet. Really! It's completely stupid! So, for my theory, I am hypothesising that he is not.
As a matter of fact, kryptonite has no negative effects on Superman at all. The apparent negative effects are actually the result of a rather unique defense kryptonians have evolved over the millennia.
Kryptonians have obviously been travelling into space for quite a while. And space can be nasty - you never know what kind of slimy squidgy things are going to attack you. That being the case, if you plan to travel into space fairly frequently, it's best to have some kind of natural protection against alien space stuff. Protection like... a force field.
Of course, when you're back home in your natural habitat, you don't stand nearly as high a chance of meeting slimy squidgy things from space, so the forcefield isn't required.
So, I've come to the conclusion that Earth, our Earth, the nice little blue one quite close to the Sun, is highly toxic to Superman. But this isn't really a problem, since he's always protected by that oh-so-handy forcefield.
Except...
If Superman gets in range of his home planet, or in range of pieces of that planet, his body decides that it's obviously safe again, so it removes the forcefield!
Doesn't that sound plausible?
NB: For more weird Supermaniness, go and read Man Of Steel, Woman Of Kleenex. It's a fairly hilarious essay.
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Date: 2008-02-29 01:55 am (UTC)That makes much more sense.
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Date: 2008-02-29 09:22 am (UTC)no subject
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