Yes, one of the two canonical weaknesses that go back decades.
Lorne: Snakes? Uh-huh. And they came out of your what? Okay. Okay, well, did they get up there themselves or is this part of a, you know, a thing? No, I'm not judging...Do we fight snakes? Angel: Only if they're giant. Or demons. Or giant demons. Are they giant demon snakes? Lorne: Well, unless this guy's 30 feet tall, I'm thinking they're of the garden variety.
'Lineage'
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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
Frankenbuddha - Nov 12, 2004 6:26:04 am PST #8387 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
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.
DXMachina - Nov 12, 2004 6:42:30 am PST #8391 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
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?
Kryptonite is the result of the planet's explosion. Didn't exist before Krypton blew up, so anything that left Krypton before the explosion, i.e., the rocket, blankets, Kandor, etc., weren't converted.
She tailored the material by having young Clark break the threads with his heat vision.
eta: It wasn't so much knitted as woven, though.
Wolfram - Nov 12, 2004 7:02:34 am PST #8392 of 10000
Visilurking
Wasn't a lock of Superman's hair holding up weights in Superman IV?
DCJensen - Nov 12, 2004 8:17:04 am PST #8393 of 10000
All is well that ends in pizza.
Wasn't a lock of Superman's hair holding up weights in Superman IV?
Old canon.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 12, 2004 8:26:41 am PST #8394 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
Yeah, that's the version of Superman that could fly faster than light and travel through time and use super-ventriloquism. And whose hair would shatter metal scissors that someone used to try and cut it, rather than just not being cut. t shudder
DCJensen - Nov 12, 2004 8:38:39 am PST #8395 of 10000
All is well that ends in pizza.
The last one sort of happened last night, though. the sissors broke on his hair.
Even possessed, Lana's efforts should have been at most the blades stop and let the hair slip between the blades, maybe even sideways. Break the sissors? She has nae the strength for that.