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M. H. Fuzzball said:
Snip goes the scissors.
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FaerieKnight79 said:
And snip goes the scissors again.
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I am fairly sure that the ABB being, you know, comprised entirely of Asian people means that they would decide to collectively nope the fuck out of Brockton Bay.
Like the unknown man, probably Lung, said upon seeing Taylor's 4 ft Murder Hornet of Not Fucking With That sized Changer form: "If there's one there's hundreds."
 
Laranor said:
Like the unknown man, probably Lung, said upon seeing Taylor's 4 ft Murder Hornet of Not Fucking With That sized Changer form: "If there's one there's hundreds."
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And even if it's only one - if he got the report of Hookwolf's fate, he'll know that this insect one-shotted the doggie. And killed him without intending to (otherwise, the insect would have made sure after incapacitating him). So, if Lung isn't powered up fully, he's got a very good chance to die to the same insect. I mean, it's hard to regenerate through death.
 
Ayuppers.
Lung's Asian. He grew up with normal sized Asian Murder Hornets, and knows what the AGHs are capable of, and how big a colony of them can be.
He is smart enough to nope the fuck out at a 4 ft long specimen.
Even without knowing that Tay-tay accidently'd Stabby Puppy to the morgue.
 
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mp3.1415player said:
Lisa for a moment thought that from the woodwork out they came
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So. Gnurrs might counts as insects. Should we be concerned about this???

I do note that Lucy does seem to have... certain Kato-like aspects... Should we inquire about her driving skills?

At least 'tail sweep' wasn't one of her trained combat techniques... Whether it did anything, or not, is, of course a secondary issue. If you believe, hard enough, that you've got a tail, might... something interesting happen?

wingnut2292 said:
How to give Greg supperpowers:
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I suppose, if nothing else, this means we don't need to be concerned about what he might do until late evening?
 
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FaerieKnight79 said:
Cockroaches are not actually immune to radiation. Resistant, to a degree, yes. But as it turns out, they wouldn't survive nuclear fallout any better then anything else.
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Because of the nature of how radiation kills over time, any animal with a short lifespan/generation period is far less affected by radiation then those that normally live longer.

This means, since they die off faster by old age then by radiation poisoning, fallout has little effect on the lifespan of the typical cockroach. Admittedly, it does negatively affect their fertility, but still it will be short lived animals that do best in a post-atomic setting.

Not that this would help Taylor in the slightest; her longer potential lifespan means no matter how many short lived insects she merges with, she wouldn't get any specific resistance to radiation. However, if doing so includes a healing factor, and said healing includes improved DNA repair, then THAT would give a strong resistance to the effects of radiation.
 
Jacen1 said:
However, if doing so includes a healing factor, and said healing includes improved DNA repair, then THAT would give a strong resistance to the effects of radiation.
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I think Taylor's Changer power pretty much guarantees the enhanced genetic repair/adaptation. [Host] may be aggravatingly cautious, but [Queen Administrator] is... pleased with how much [DATA] they are producing and will do a LOT to preserve them.
 
Jacen1 said:
Because of the nature of how radiation kills over time, any animal with a short lifespan/generation period is far less affected by radiation then those that normally live longer.
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From what I remember, the experiments showed that radiation killed cockroaches slower in comparison, but only by 10% or at most 20% slower then other things. A cockroach's natural lifespan was still far longer then the radiation kill length. And it did horrible things to the ability for cockroaches to generate a next generation too.
 
Jacen1 said:
I see your spider crabs, and up; your ante with two words: Coconut. Crabs.
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I'll call your bluff. Remember folks, if it's not available in the American North East or the exotic pet shop she found, Taylor does not have ready access to it. It doesn't matter how many nifty and/or potentially over powered critters you dig up. If they don't live in and around the Brockton Bay area, Taylor can't access them.
 
Cave Crickets just look wrong. Is it a spider? Is it a cricket? It's neither! And they are a plague where I live in the NorthEast. I praise my cats for their massacre of them.
 
Poor Missy. Glad Amy is doing her a solid and providing help and an ear to rant to. Also good on Amy realizing she needs help too and actually getting it. Far too many people either can't/won't accept that they need help or refuse to seek help even if they do realize they need it.

mp3.1415player said:
"Wonderful. Full RGB. I'm a gamer accessory."
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This is so much funnier than it has any right to be and I think I need to skedaddle lest some gentlemen in blue show up to talk to me about being a public disturbance.
 
Jacen1 said:
her longer potential lifespan means no matter how many short lived insects she merges with, she wouldn't get any specific resistance to radiation. However, if doing so includes a healing factor, and said healing includes improved DNA repair, then THAT would give a strong resistance to the effects of radiation.
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Even without a healing factor, it would seem the 'scale up' side of her Changer power is partly conceptual. So, because cockroaches are 'radiation resistant', Taylor is...

Seeing as insect sight goes into the UV, does that mean 'far violet' for Taylor goes into the UV, for comparison with human sight, where the lens absorbs that? I'm wondering if she's getting her 'full spectrum' by making various chemicals that fluoresce in visible colors, after they absorb her generated UV? The same principle older CFL and modern white LED bulbs work by...

So, Taylor flashes them 'violet', and some get a noticeable tan? :)

FaerieKnight79 said:
if it's not available in the American North East or the exotic pet shop
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The pet shop, with their 'Family snacks' - you don't think that if Taylor talks about Coconut Crabs, or whatever, they won't be something they are 'lucky to be getting in', at least once? A bit like a reverse of the Python's Cheese Shop?

Of course, this Taylor has Vespa, and ideas about focused Power use for better range, and less signals to be overwhelmed by. 'Relay bugs' may be within her reach...
 
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FaerieKnight79 said:
I'll call your bluff. Remember folks, if it's not available in the American North East or the exotic pet shop she found, Taylor does not have ready access to it. It doesn't matter how many nifty and/or potentially over powered critters you dig up. If they don't live in and around the Brockton Bay area, Taylor can't access them.
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The world's largest terrestrial crab is no less likely to turn up then a spider crab, and is easier for an exotic pet shop to get ahold of. Then again, there are smaller crabs that are pound for pound more impressive and easier to get...
 
Unless there are restrictions due to protected species or whatever, you can order every critter you want online. There's no issue for Taylor getting her hands on all kinds of exotic beasties as long as she can pay for them.

Since Hookwolf had a kill order there might be a chance that he also had a bounty. Or people would gladly donate to the hornet that ended him. And all that is before all the other ways Taylor could make money easily. The traditional spider production aside, imagine what she could do if she got her hands on a bee hive.
 
My point @Jacen1 was that people keep digging up ever increasingly more exotic insect, crab, and shrimp species for Taylor to play with. While often ignoring the fact that said species is not native to the area, nor is it likely to be in a pet store. Taylor finding an Asian giant hornet in her house was pure dumb luck.

Black widows being native to Brockton Bay is forgivable, because it's canon they are native to the area despite not being native to the area.
 
I'm certain Taylor-Hornet, or some variation thereof, will be showing up to collect her bounty on KnifeDog as soon as she opens a new bank account in her insect identity.

Ooooo, that might be when she runs into TT and blows her mind. Might also run into The Amy too.
 
PhoebusArtemis said:
For now, anyway. Maybe this Taylor will be the one MPpi sends to an Endbringer fight - those happen all over the world.
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I will point out that the next one of those, seeing as this Taylor doesn't have a long-ish 'Build' phase, is the Simurgh. In Australia. Where local bug-ing issues are...

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QA has probably got more bandwidth than the Simurgh... Might there be some way to leverage that to fox her precog??? Filter out the scream?
 
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Daemion said:
Since Hookwolf had a kill order there might be a chance that he also had a bounty.
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That was addressed with Piggot's perspective at the end of chapter 8:
mp3.1415player said:
And wondering who or what was due the reward from his kill order...
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Ace Dreamer said:
I will point out that the next one of those, seeing as this Taylor doesn't have a long-ish 'Build' phase, is the Simurgh. In Australia. Where local bug-ing issues are...
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I know. That's why I suggested it.😊
 
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