In the original canon, Ma Kent took the blankets Kal was wrapped in from the rocket, unwove them down to threads, and made Clark's supersuit from that. The cloth was Kryptonian, thus invulnerable to rips, tears, punctures, and stains.
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DXMachina - Nov 12, 2004 3:43:26 am PST #8381 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Polter-Cow - Nov 12, 2004 3:54:19 am PST #8382 of 10000
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The cloth was Kryptonian, thus invulnerable to rips, tears, punctures, and stains.
Damn. You know, you'd think Krypton would be invulnerable to, I don't know, getting blown the fuck up.
DXMachina - Nov 12, 2004 3:56:05 am PST #8383 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Damn. You know, you'd think Krypton would be invulnerable to, I don't know, getting blown the fuck up.
Krypton was still circling its red sun when it blew up.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 12, 2004 5:01:35 am PST #8384 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Though, in the same line, decency rules aside, I'm always amazed how Supes can get with a destructo-wave that could level a mountain and his spandex only gets a couple tears in it.
Like ita said, in 1986 Byrne re-imagined Superman's invulnerability into an "electro-chemical aura" that radiated maybe a half inch out from his skin surface. So tight clothing and hair that lay close to his scalp were indestructible, while anything outside that could be burned or ripped as usual.
That actually made the magic weakness a lot more sensical. He's not actually made out of denser matter, it's just the bonds between his molecules are reinforced by an energy field—which magic doesn't seem to take note of.
Pix - Nov 12, 2004 5:05:52 am PST #8385 of 10000
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Is the whole "vulnerable to magic" thing canon? Because it really bugs the heck out of me.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 12, 2004 5:21:56 am PST #8386 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Yes, one of the two canonical weaknesses that go back decades.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 12, 2004 6:26:04 am PST #8387 of 10000
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In the original canon, Ma Kent took the blankets Kal was wrapped in from the rocket, unwove them down to threads, and made Clark's supersuit from that. The cloth was Kryptonian, thus invulnerable to rips, tears, punctures, and stains.
If it's invunerable, how could she tailor the material? Also, shouldn't the fact that they are Kryptonian have an effect like, well, Kryptonite?
Or am I being too logical?
§ ita § - Nov 12, 2004 6:32:29 am PST #8388 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
shouldn't the fact that they are Kryptonian have an effect like, well, Kryptonite?
I think only kryptonite acts like kryptonite -- other kryptonian artifacts (like the spaceship) have been shown to not interfere with his mojo.
The whole weaving story makes no sense. Sewing without cutting? Unlikely.
Ginger - Nov 12, 2004 6:39:52 am PST #8389 of 10000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
IIRC, the suit was knitted and Superboy did the cutting with his heat vision. And of course it doesn't make sense.
§ ita § - Nov 12, 2004 6:41:19 am PST #8390 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
the suit was knitted
Okay, so imagining him in a chunky Arran sweater is really not helping.