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Based on this post by Mr Mysterio. Whilst the writing is mine, the crux is his; he sowed the seed, I merely pissed on it and saw what grew. As such, ideas expressed here beyond Mysterio's post are my own interpretations of his concept.
Großmann's Report Draft
(Translated from original German in 1995)
Großmann Condition: An Initial Diagnostics Overview
By E.W. Großmann, 1989
Abstract: The Großmann condition (GßC) is a congenital disorder characterised by affected individuals having conscious control over muscular and glandular kinesthesia, induced by physical trauma or mutilation. It is being investigated into if self mutilation is desired by the affected, or if this is merely the most convenient method of displaying GßC. Users do not seem to be physically negatively affected by the disorder, though this does not consider potential mental distress. This report outlines immediately determined knowledge on the disorder from several related individuals, primarily focusing on GßC-041287-001. Further funding is required to initiate research into the full effects and potential of GßC.
1. Classification Großmann condition's classification is one that includes dermatology, myology, hematology, and general physiology. As it appears to be spread along generations, though it also appears to not affect all related individuals, it is currently believed that the condition is a genetic congenital disorder. Großmann condition (GßC) does not appear to coincide with any other known diseases or disorders.
2. Discovery The initial subject, GßC-041287-001, was encountered by myself within a hospital in Mumbai, India. The individual had been involved in a vehicular accident, severing the subject's right arm from the elbow downwards. The subject was able to move their hand muscles with only a few tendons attaching the lower limb to the body. When the limb was moved closer to the body, reattachment began and continued for 42 minutes, stopping when the subject died from blood loss. Whilst the subject died during their time in hospital, I was able to track down their family, which led me to more subjects and the findings listed below.
3. Characteristics 3.1 Physiological Differences GßC individuals have more elasticity in their blood vessels and nerves, as well as in their muscles. This leads to increased body mass compared to unaffected individuals of the same sex and similar age, height, and metabolism, as well as the appearance of thickened skin near the tendons. Individuals with GßC also appear to have no other initial physiological differences beyond these, making initial identification and diagnosis difficult unless tissue samples are taken. 3.2 Tissue Manipulation Individuals are most prominently known for the primary affect of their condition- GßC results in individuals being able to have conscious control over their biological functions. This control appears to be initiated by physical trauma and exposure to atmospheric oxygen. Nerves and tissues can be extended and manipulated intentionally and with direction. Afflicted individuals have been unsuccessful so far at explaining how this is differentiated from normal muscle control. One subject (GßC-041596-047) related the control to being akin to "how it feels when you wiggle your ears... You just kind of make yourself do it." Control appears to be limited by their biological capabilities, with movement controlled by muscles as with normal humans. 3.3 Tissue Reattachment As tissue must be severed to initiate control, tissue can also be reattached. Attachment requires a period of time from 20-135 minutes for tissues to reconnect. This attachment is not aided through any immediate medical practices. Observation of the effect over time has shown that tissue appears to grow in between the gaps. Tissue must be within 5.0mm of the initial attachment point for reconnection to occur. Tissue can also not have been unattached for extended periods of time [citation needed]. 3.4 Pain Suppression Individuals with GßC can consciously reduce their perception of pain stimuli. This is differentiated from congenital analgesia in that the latter is a permanent occurrence, whilst GßC pain suppression is conscious. This appears to be due to a biological ability to release pain suppressing chemicals, and not a psychological practice.
4. Causes There are currently no known causes of GßC. The disorder appears to only be transmitted through genetics. Blood transfusions between individuals with GßC and those without GßC have not led to unaffected individuals acquiring GßC.
5. Mechanism The mechanisms that cause GßC are unknown. The disorder is usually revealed through physical trauma that severs limbs or internal organs. Because of this, the demographics of GßC individuals are steered towards members of the military and individuals involved in vehicular accidents/wars (as in the case of GßC-041287-001). Once the trauma has occurred, the tissues must be connected to the original body. Complete separation has currently yielded no control possibilities beyond minor muscular twitching. This has been referred to as akin to muscular spasms in reptile autonomy. After attachment, the appendage or organ's muscles can be controlled for a currently variable period of time (ranging from 20 seconds to 164 minutes under experimental conditions).
6. Diagnosis Diagnosis of GßC before it is identified in an accident or intentional mutilation is difficult and currently ill advised so as to avoid misdiagnosis.
7. Management 7.1 Medical management 7.2 Social management
(Both management sections were left blank in the original draft)
8. Prognosis GßC does not appear to immediately reduce the life span of afflicted individuals. Arguably, the life span of afflicted individuals is potentially lengthened, due to the regenerative capabilities of the condition. In this sense, GßC has a good prognosis, with a decreased chance of dying from physical trauma Further research would be required to determine if increased usage of the active state of GßC results in increased likelihood of death from diseases taken in through exposed tissue.
9. Epidemiology GßC appears to occur within patient GßC-041287-001's bloodline. GßC-041287-001 had no children; however, the afflicted's maternal grandmother had the condition, as did their siblings. With little information available on their direct ancestry, it is unknown as to if multiple strains of GßC exist, or if they all have one common source. Relatives of GßC-041278-001 appear to also be present in the UK; one hypothesis proposed is that relations occurred during the British Colonial India. If this is the case, then this could indicate two separate possible origins of GßC. There appears to be no discrimination amongst ethnicity or sex in terms of whom GßC appears in.
Großmann Support Forum
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About XXXX is a forum dedicated to those with what is medically called Großmann Condition (GßC). Here you may share your experiences, find support, and make friends with people who share your confusion and pain. We hope that XXXX becomes one of the leading forces in ensuring our equality, as well as an are for raising equality and extinguishing ableism in general.
We have been forced into secrecy for reasons outside of our control, and persecuted because we have a condition that is not yet fully understood.
Let's break the silence. Forum Rules
Hi everyone, these are some general guidelines for posts on this forum, as well as messages sent through this forum. I understand that a lot of these rules may seem like they are meant for children, but please understand that we need this community to be as safe as possible.
General Rules Terminology: We're honestly uncertain of how to tackle this one. We understand that many of the names given to people with our condition are offensive and demeaning, so please refer to our condition in whatever way makes you the most comfortable. Hopefully our community will eventually come up with a term that we can accept as our own. We are not detached, and we are not the property of scientists.
NSFW content: Please do not link to text, websites, or imagery that may be upsetting to other users. This includes gory imagery and pornography. You can post news articles in the News section, but please give a warning before the article is provided outlining the content inside it.
Abuse: Any members that are found to be abusive will be removed immediately. This doesn't matter if it's racist, sexist, ableist, targeted at one person or all of us. You get one warning and one warning only.
Spam and Hate: We are currently working with a moderator-approved post system. The forum will be made slower due to this, but our moderators will be able to filter out ableist posts and spam before the rest of you have to see it.
Akephaloi: Members of the Akephaloi are welcome to the forum; however, we do ask that they do not preach their beliefs to the forum. Just as we do not allow other religions to use the forum as a preaching ground, we ask that you respectfully do the same.
Account Content 1. Do NOT post personal information about yourself that could be used to link back to who you are in real life. I know we're all adults here, but we're adults who are at high risk of being neglected or abused if people find out who we are. For those who have been under a rock for the past 20 years, that means no addresses, no telephone numbers, no full names, no email addresses. 2. Please keep signatures no longer than 250 words, to ensure that the forum is kept neat and tidy. 3. Please do not use images of our condition or your face, or material that could be visually upsetting to our members. 4. Please do not post links on your page to in appropriate content or hateful websites. On that note, please do not post links to this forum on other website profiles or pages. We need to be careful where we make ourselves known, and do not want to invite unwanted attention.
If you find any information from this website being spread to hateful websites, or being used to aid in abuse or ableism, please inform one of the moderators immediately.
Newspaper Article, 2002
(Article written for a local newspaper in London, written by Arthur Shepherd.)
How Detached are the Detached?
Since the initial findings were released 13 years ago, the treatment of the detached (more commonly referred to as gross people) has been a touchy subject. With so little currently known about their disorder and what they are capable of, it is reasonable for many to not want to get too associated with them. However, others are calling for more acceptance of the afflicted.
The detached are sufferers of the Großmann condition, which increases the resistance of the human body to physical damage and blocks the body's ability to receive information about the world around them. Initially, the disorder was only believed to affect the body's response to extreme injuries, but developments since then have shown that those with the Großmann condition may be more biologically different to humans than initially thought. Whilst this may sound like the beginning of a superhero movie, the disorder is far from a miracle, as individuals with the condition undergo intense emotional stress when their condition emerges.
The detached community has come under fire recently for the religious debates initiated by the Akephaloi- detached who believe that their disorder is part of a change from a mind controlled by the body to a mind in control of itself. As said by one of the speakers at a rally last month, "We are the beginning of an apotheosis, and whilst we cannot tell what is coming, we can be certain that we are the heralds of change."
Whilst they have yet to be charged with any criminal offenses, the Akephaloi have been accused on multiple occasions for threatening acts of violence against churches, as well as putting people in danger and causing emotional stress by exposing their flesh when demonstrating their disorder.
This treatment contrasts greatly with the detached being revealed in parts of Asia, especially in India, where the disorder was first discovered. Whilst some small communities have accepted these individuals, others in poorer regions have been left homeless, beaten, or murdered, with them being accused of being evil or practicing sorcery.
Some have voiced that the mistreatment of the detached is inappropriate, and have suggested that the criticism of them should be redirected towards the larger scale treatment of people with lifelong medical conditions and disabilities. Others have agreed with Ernst Großmann, saying that the potential of using this disorder to learn more about our bodies is being taken away from the scientific community due to the mistreatment of the detached. However, with Großmann still currently serving a prison sentence for unethical practices, it's unlikely that research will be undertaken lightly.
Regardless of which side of the fence you stand on. One thing is definitely clear: the detached are becoming more noticeable in our societies, and even though many wish to be simply left alone, there are those who want to make it very clear that they aren't going anywhere anytime soon.
Any criticism of the writing style is appreciated. I chose mainly formal texts here because of a lack of experience writing informally. I will be happy to answer any questions people have.
Ooo, better idea! Hollywood's interpretation of the condition! I could see a horror flick coming out with the killer having it, and a massive backlash for making stuff up and making people afraid of Detached.
F.I.N.D.R Field Incident Logs A comprehensive list of all organisms, artifacts, and alternative worlds encountered by the foundation team.
At the present time, concepts within are inconsistent and ever shifting.
Protectorates of the Proan Empire
The Sundered Realms - A fantasy realm where the world is divided into different sections. (Following names subject to change)
The Gavell Kingdom
The Everdark Forest
The Lunar Tundra
The Sand Sea
The Asteroid Cloud
The Rotting Shard
The Orbital River
The Outer Shadow
Bottle Beasts - This Universes version of Pokemon.
Worlds Impacted by the Enlightened/Visceral War
The 'Verse Whale - The Homeworld of the two forces, a planet sized organism, and the unique life that has flourished on it.
замороженный конец - An Ice Age world populated by tripodal organisms.
[To Be Named] - A world of creatures with an arm for a head
[To Be Named] - The Homeworld of a species where only the males are sapient.
[To Be Named] - The home of a race of carnivorous, trap building beings.
[To Be Named] - A planet of organisms that can link their minds, where two forms of intelligence have arisen.
Unaffiliated Universes
[To Be Named] - A parallel earth where the Synapsids took over after the Permian Extinction, among other resulting changes.
نيو نيو امستردام - An abandoned Dyson Cylinder containing an Ecumenopolis now catering to our former pets and pests. (A concept developed entirely separate from DroidSyber's Arcology, I swear.)
The Bleed - A vast universe where physics are more a suggestion than a rule.
Parakosmos Minor - Known Earth Pocket Universes, Natural or Artificial.
Island of Marsupials and Armadillos off the coast of South America
A world inhabited by Woodpecker descendants (Again, not meant to be a clone of Serina, I in no way have that much detail ready for this.)
Katiwala - Your typical Lost World...if i decide to go that route...
"The scariest thing to the mind... is the unknown!"
Also known as:
Tort, Tortoise
Gender:
His own thang.
Sorta like how Hollywood likes to make mental patients be the horror villains a lot of the time.
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"and then I fired again. and then I missed. and then I fired. and then I fired, and I missed. I missed both times. and then I fired, and I missed. this went on for several hours. and then I fired. and then I missed. and then I was out of bullets. and then I got sad. I had a popsicle. and then I passed out in the snow. and then I woke up. and then I reloaded. and then I fired. and then I missed. I missed again. I fired. I hit something, but it wasn't what I was going for, so I guess I missed. I passed out again. had another popsicle. I had a dream that I was firing at something. I missed. oh, so she can pick a snowball fight with 'em. I threw up a snowball at 'em. I missed. I packed another snowball into my gun. that's my secret weapon. I missed. yeah, she's really something. I threw a snowball at her. I missed. I passed out. I woke up with a popsicle stick in my mouth. don't piss me off woman. I'll take a swing you, I'll miss though. I guarantee it. then I'll take another swing. and I'll miss. then I'll have myself a popsicle. would you care for a popsicle? just don't bring it into the sauna. I reached into the fridge for another popsicle. I missed. I got the cabbage. I put it back, but I missed. I dropped it on the floor. long story short, missed." -- Nancy Drew The White Wolf of Icicle Creek: Twist of Fate - PART 3 - Game Grumps
"When Ron the Mighty has stood in front of the gate of heaven he begins to denounce it. He cries, 'heaven is for those too scared of nothingness, I will go no further then my mortal flesh will carry. This mirror is the sick bed of heaven Harry, the eternity of pansy lies.' Ronnie will have nothing to do with the mirror, he is only concerned with the flesh and blood of the now. This destroys Harry. Ron leaves him to contemplate his stupid mirror, and the design of the cosmos versus the terminal beauty of being a wizard." -- Wizard People, Dear Reader: Chapter 23
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How To Hunt Gods - Everything you need to know about Gods and the art of God-killing.
Intrazoology - The world of semi-corporeal lifeforms. A world you walk through every day, without even knowing it.
The Dungeonverse - Magical creatures forced to adapt in huge, underground caverns, while surface-dwelling humans go dungeoneering for treasure.
Crossover - A mish-mash of worlds, with Earth smack in the middle of the chaos. What could go wrong?
Forum user Uncanny Gemstar drew what is supposed to be a me. Thanks!
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As they walk in, they're greeted by a small, poorly kept pathway leading to a poorly constructed Japanese-style gate. Behind this, a small field made up of corn, rice, wheat, potatoes, among other plants is contrasted by large piles of books, as well as a few rather out of place looking laptops. Off in the corner, a small woman, with long, striped, and strikingly colorful socks, no shoes, unremarkable denim shorts, a large, fancy black coat, arm warmers, glasses, a tuque, and somewhat unkempt, mid-length blue-and-pink-streaked red hair, is rummaging through a trash bin, located behind a sign saying "employees only". She continues this for a while (walking behind a wall to change her outfit now and then), until one of her visitors coughs. Startled, she looks up, apologizes, and grabs a handful of textbooks and novels before daintily running off to join them.
What, you want me to tell you what these mean?
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Clarifications on my sex and gender Sorry if I come off as rude, I don't put much thought into word choice sometimes. I'm also super prone to editing my posts, sometimes multiple times, in the minutes following posting. For the love of god, take my posts from my earlier days on the forum with a grain of salt. I was not particularly knowledgeable or mature back then. Some of them are so cringe-worthy I can't even bring myself to look at them.
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It would have to be something extremely alien, pushing the limits of our imagination. But those are always my favorite kinds of life. ~~The Words of The Xenologist
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Ignorance is never insulting if you're willing to learn, we're all ignorant about most things. ~~The Words of Lamna
Words I Live By
Yeah, and even if you don't agree with creationists on that concept, that doesn't mean they can't be decent people. I have friends who are creationist (possibly even young earth) that I get along with fine in general life. I don't think they're right of course, but that doesn't make them intellectual degenerates. ~~The Words of forbidden3
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Are you saying what I think you're saying?
Sheather bathes in cum?
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And last night I dreamed I was blowing up a Kindergarten with a grenade launcher for no particular reason...
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Oh, and of course more people get killed by selfies than by sharks. Of course.
The smell of rotting flesh really kills my appetite, surprising, but the visual appearance of corpses makes me hungry. Is that weird?
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I mean, let us say I'm a genderfluid blurflux demi-romantic woman who is sexually attracted to men, but only if they are Melanesian and have a voice like that of Nicholas Cage. Okay, so what?
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We all must finish chapters of our lives to go on to the next. Sometime this means leaving behind versions of ourselves that don't want to die.
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For April fool's, we had to make an orgasm that resembled a human foot.
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Some dude called plucas1 from Youtube comments
Funny, isn't it, that our world needs Clark Kent a lot more than Superman.
Xenoblade Chronicles
Even though he is our creator, that does not afford him the right to take our lives on a whim. But that is the thinking of a homs. He is a god. Such morals cannot apply to gods. So you think we should just shut up and die?! If that is the fate decided by a god. You are mistaken if you think we will simply accept such a fate and wait to die. We'll never stop fighting. Not till the end. To Zanza, the outcome is the same. Thus your logic is flawed.
Hades - Kid Icarus Uprising
When freaky aliens give you lemons, make freaky alien lemonade.
Kid Icarus Uprising
But Souls are delicious. They're like bacon - they taste good on anything. But if you eat them, you completely remove them from existence! They can't move on or... or be reincarnated! Huh. I never really gave it much thought. Besides, what do you mean by reincarnation anyway? You know, being reborn as someone or something else. Which means different body, different memories, different experiences, yes? So isn't being reborn as "something else" the same as being "removed from existence"? I... I... eating souls isn't right! That depends on your definition of "right". All living things survive by eating other living things. So what? You're a god. You should be above all that! Gods are above living things, which doesn't necessarily mean we care about them.
Sorta like how Hollywood likes to make mental patients be the horror villains a lot of the time.
I feel that there would be a lot of outrage about this as an issue. Much like how people with schizophrenia are treated because of their disability, it would severely affect people with the Großmann condition and their treatment in society. I'd like to think that by the modern era we'd have some degree of understanding and compassion for them, but initial treatment would result in stigmatisation that would be hard to remove.
I've been thinking more into the additional brain conundrum, and reached a bit of a wall. Basically, would the inclusion of another person's brain give you their thoughts and personality- which would end up with either two people fighting for control over a body or someone with literal voices in their head- or would it simply give you extra space for doing thinking stuff?
On another note with the eldritch form thing, I feel that it's important to note that it is not the presence of the condition that enables these things to form due to being able to replace parts- rather, the pain reduction and general trend towards people being more tolerable of physicla harm allows them to survive the process.
I'm currently playing with the idea of a story based on an individual who is called 'the janitor'- basically, their job is to clean up crime scenes and to redirect forensic teams onto false leads and the like. This is done through an understanding of forensics (nothing perfect, but a reasonable amount to not be incompetent). They would be dealing with a criminal who has the condition, and is putting their community in a bad light. Perhaps the protagonist is aided by a member of the Akephaloi?
Are their radical Akephaloi in war torn regions of Southeast Asia?
Not really, as the Akephaloi are generally a European group. There are still groups that would be considered radical within Asia, but these groups are small and spread out, whilst the Akephaloi is larger and more united. Even within Asia, these radical groups are found in the not war torn areas as well. The radical treatment of them results in radical ideology as they look to those willing to protect them and support them.
"You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty." Mahatma Gandhi
Maybe I'm just not understanding the OP properly, but if this is basically just a healing factor, why are they so stigmatised? Does the healing of gross men leave scars, or lead to limbs attached in ways that look "wrong"?
It's not just a healing factor. They can retain control of chunks of the body that may be hanging on with just a few shreds of sinew.
F.I.N.D.R Field Incident Logs A comprehensive list of all organisms, artifacts, and alternative worlds encountered by the foundation team.
At the present time, concepts within are inconsistent and ever shifting.
Protectorates of the Proan Empire
The Sundered Realms - A fantasy realm where the world is divided into different sections. (Following names subject to change)
The Gavell Kingdom
The Everdark Forest
The Lunar Tundra
The Sand Sea
The Asteroid Cloud
The Rotting Shard
The Orbital River
The Outer Shadow
Bottle Beasts - This Universes version of Pokemon.
Worlds Impacted by the Enlightened/Visceral War
The 'Verse Whale - The Homeworld of the two forces, a planet sized organism, and the unique life that has flourished on it.
замороженный конец - An Ice Age world populated by tripodal organisms.
[To Be Named] - A world of creatures with an arm for a head
[To Be Named] - The Homeworld of a species where only the males are sapient.
[To Be Named] - The home of a race of carnivorous, trap building beings.
[To Be Named] - A planet of organisms that can link their minds, where two forms of intelligence have arisen.
Unaffiliated Universes
[To Be Named] - A parallel earth where the Synapsids took over after the Permian Extinction, among other resulting changes.
نيو نيو امستردام - An abandoned Dyson Cylinder containing an Ecumenopolis now catering to our former pets and pests. (A concept developed entirely separate from DroidSyber's Arcology, I swear.)
The Bleed - A vast universe where physics are more a suggestion than a rule.
Parakosmos Minor - Known Earth Pocket Universes, Natural or Artificial.
Island of Marsupials and Armadillos off the coast of South America
A world inhabited by Woodpecker descendants (Again, not meant to be a clone of Serina, I in no way have that much detail ready for this.)
Katiwala - Your typical Lost World...if i decide to go that route...
Maybe I'm just not understanding the OP properly, but if this is basically just a healing factor, why are they so stigmatised? Does the healing of gross men leave scars, or lead to limbs attached in ways that look "wrong"?
The healing can look rather horrific, as the body is basically going into overdrive to heal the body. As trex said, it also enables users to control their flesh that is separated- without much control, this can look quite gory and even with control it looks unsettling. The way that the inital stories were portrayed in the media and in films also didn't help the condition- for example, people who hear voices are seen as insane and likely to be psychopathic, whilst in reality its just a mental condition that needs treatment and understanding.
There is the view that you sort of alluded to though- that the condition isn't bad, and could arguably be seen as beneficial. These individuals aren't exactly too vocal about it though, because it's basically saying that it's good to have a physiological disorder. Research would likely be done in regards to the healing aspect, but I imagine this wouldn't be distributed if it couldn't be isolated from the rest of the condition, or if the proteins/hormones that caused the healing factor also caused adverse effects unless someone had the entire condition. People would likely choose against this due to the general distrust of genetic modification of humans.
"The scariest thing to the mind... is the unknown!"
Also known as:
Tort, Tortoise
Gender:
His own thang.
Personally, in regards to the brain thing, I'd see it as a mixture of the two things. The only way for the eldritch brain guy to take people's brains is, naturally, to kill people, or have someone kill them for him. That, or I suppose he could also just as easily raid a morgue. The point is, the brains or bits of brains would be those of dead people (preferably, recently deceased), so when the new brains/lobes would be "installed", the thoughts and memories that were previously there would be more-or-less gone. Essentially, they'd be blank slates. The smaller brain pieces would most likely just act as additional headspace, so to speak. They'd do whatever they did before, though most likely with a lot of faults and issues. The full brains would act the same way, at first, and then maybe, over time, they'd start to behave like other personalities. Maybe some of their old memories would resurface, or maybe they'd just become self-aware. The result would look and act less like multiple personality disorder or a hive-mind, and more like a gibbering civil war for control. In multiple personality disorder, the "alters" tend to take control over the whole body for a period of time. In a typical hive-mind, all the individuals work together in the pursuit of one specific goal. This would be much different, with numerous brains all fighting for control at the exact same time. In short, someone doing something this messed up is gonna most likely get messed up and most likely die in a super-freakin-bad way.
Dumb Quotes
"and then I fired again. and then I missed. and then I fired. and then I fired, and I missed. I missed both times. and then I fired, and I missed. this went on for several hours. and then I fired. and then I missed. and then I was out of bullets. and then I got sad. I had a popsicle. and then I passed out in the snow. and then I woke up. and then I reloaded. and then I fired. and then I missed. I missed again. I fired. I hit something, but it wasn't what I was going for, so I guess I missed. I passed out again. had another popsicle. I had a dream that I was firing at something. I missed. oh, so she can pick a snowball fight with 'em. I threw up a snowball at 'em. I missed. I packed another snowball into my gun. that's my secret weapon. I missed. yeah, she's really something. I threw a snowball at her. I missed. I passed out. I woke up with a popsicle stick in my mouth. don't piss me off woman. I'll take a swing you, I'll miss though. I guarantee it. then I'll take another swing. and I'll miss. then I'll have myself a popsicle. would you care for a popsicle? just don't bring it into the sauna. I reached into the fridge for another popsicle. I missed. I got the cabbage. I put it back, but I missed. I dropped it on the floor. long story short, missed." -- Nancy Drew The White Wolf of Icicle Creek: Twist of Fate - PART 3 - Game Grumps
"When Ron the Mighty has stood in front of the gate of heaven he begins to denounce it. He cries, 'heaven is for those too scared of nothingness, I will go no further then my mortal flesh will carry. This mirror is the sick bed of heaven Harry, the eternity of pansy lies.' Ronnie will have nothing to do with the mirror, he is only concerned with the flesh and blood of the now. This destroys Harry. Ron leaves him to contemplate his stupid mirror, and the design of the cosmos versus the terminal beauty of being a wizard." -- Wizard People, Dear Reader: Chapter 23
Coming Soon/To be Rebooted:
How To Hunt Gods - Everything you need to know about Gods and the art of God-killing.
Intrazoology - The world of semi-corporeal lifeforms. A world you walk through every day, without even knowing it.
The Dungeonverse - Magical creatures forced to adapt in huge, underground caverns, while surface-dwelling humans go dungeoneering for treasure.
Crossover - A mish-mash of worlds, with Earth smack in the middle of the chaos. What could go wrong?
Something that would be more plausible and interesting IMO is just that different parts of the brain = different effects... Something like plugging in one of the sensory lobes = having enhanced sensoric abilities, or plugging in the memory space of the brain = that person's memories being carried to the receiver etc.
Currently a part of Specworld's revival and The Dark Phoenix's Dinosaur Spec... Still open for idea exchanges and commentaries
GENERATION 26: The first time you see this, copy it into your sig on any forum and add 1 to the generation. Social experiment.
My Pets
All of His creations under my responsibility: Planted Tank #1 0.0.5 Corydoras sterbai 0.0.2 Jordanella floridae 0.0.2 Ctenolucius hujeta 0.0.3 Gasteropelecus maculatus 0.0.2 Thorichthys meeki 0.0.2 Mikrogeophagus altispinosus 0.0.3 Rineloricaria spp. L010A 0.0.2 Ctenopoma acutirostre 0.0.2 Uaru ampliacanthoides 0.0.2 Tetraodon nigroviridis 0.0.2 Doryichthys cf. martensii 0.0.2 Agamyxis pectinifrons Countless Melanoides tuberculata currently tipping off the bioload Comment: Cichlid craze! Will have some fishes moved away in the near future, or add some more molluscivores (hoping the puffers work as control)
Turtle Cage #1 0.0.1 Trachemys scripta elegans 0.0.1 Unidentified turtle
Turtle Cage #2 0.0.1 Chelydra serpentina
Apartment Tank 0.0.5 Brachydanio rerio 0.0.5 Tannichthys albonubes 0.0.5 Nannostomus eques 0.0.3 Pseudomugil gertrudae 0.0.1 Carinotetraodon travancoricus 0.0.2 Acantopsis octoactinotos 0.0.3 Corydoras paleatus 0.0.3 Corydoras panda slayer fin 0.0.4 Fundulopanchax gardneri 0.0.1 Gyrinocheilus aymoneri 0.0.2 Hyalobagrus flavus 0.0.1 Dermogenys sp. (hoping to find more) 0.0.4 Neocardina sp. local Amano 0.0.3 Neritina natalensis Comment: This is full-booked, hopefully
"The scariest thing to the mind... is the unknown!"
Also known as:
Tort, Tortoise
Gender:
His own thang.
True. Still likely to cause horrible brain-death, though.
Dumb Quotes
"and then I fired again. and then I missed. and then I fired. and then I fired, and I missed. I missed both times. and then I fired, and I missed. this went on for several hours. and then I fired. and then I missed. and then I was out of bullets. and then I got sad. I had a popsicle. and then I passed out in the snow. and then I woke up. and then I reloaded. and then I fired. and then I missed. I missed again. I fired. I hit something, but it wasn't what I was going for, so I guess I missed. I passed out again. had another popsicle. I had a dream that I was firing at something. I missed. oh, so she can pick a snowball fight with 'em. I threw up a snowball at 'em. I missed. I packed another snowball into my gun. that's my secret weapon. I missed. yeah, she's really something. I threw a snowball at her. I missed. I passed out. I woke up with a popsicle stick in my mouth. don't piss me off woman. I'll take a swing you, I'll miss though. I guarantee it. then I'll take another swing. and I'll miss. then I'll have myself a popsicle. would you care for a popsicle? just don't bring it into the sauna. I reached into the fridge for another popsicle. I missed. I got the cabbage. I put it back, but I missed. I dropped it on the floor. long story short, missed." -- Nancy Drew The White Wolf of Icicle Creek: Twist of Fate - PART 3 - Game Grumps
"When Ron the Mighty has stood in front of the gate of heaven he begins to denounce it. He cries, 'heaven is for those too scared of nothingness, I will go no further then my mortal flesh will carry. This mirror is the sick bed of heaven Harry, the eternity of pansy lies.' Ronnie will have nothing to do with the mirror, he is only concerned with the flesh and blood of the now. This destroys Harry. Ron leaves him to contemplate his stupid mirror, and the design of the cosmos versus the terminal beauty of being a wizard." -- Wizard People, Dear Reader: Chapter 23
Coming Soon/To be Rebooted:
How To Hunt Gods - Everything you need to know about Gods and the art of God-killing.
Intrazoology - The world of semi-corporeal lifeforms. A world you walk through every day, without even knowing it.
The Dungeonverse - Magical creatures forced to adapt in huge, underground caverns, while surface-dwelling humans go dungeoneering for treasure.
Crossover - A mish-mash of worlds, with Earth smack in the middle of the chaos. What could go wrong?
I found out that this is a (fake) thing today. It would definitely be interesting to see if such technology could be constructed due to Großmann research or implemented into the Großmann condition.