Theory:Shape shifting - Revision history

imported>Tsl3161991 at 02:16, 14 February 2012

2012-02-14T02:16:29Z

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imported>Tsl3161991 at 02:16, 14 February 2012

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	\| Shape shifters maintain plasmids in their cells. \|\| None \|\| {{plus}} Many types of bacteria possess [[Wikipedia:Plasmids\|plasmids]]; small sections of DNA which are not contained within the nucleus, and which can attach themselves to the organism's chromosomal DNA under specific circumstances (altering its properties to increase the odds of survival against a specific threat). [[Wikipedia:Deinococcus radiodurans\|Deinococcus radiodurans]] is a bacterium which maintains multiple plasmid copies of its entire genetic code simultaneously. Shape shifters could form plasmid replicas of other peoples' DNA, switching genetic sequences like a jukebox changing records.<br />		\| Shape shifters maintain plasmids in their cells. \|\| None \|\| {{plus}} Many types of bacteria possess [[Wikipedia:Plasmids\|plasmids]]; small sections of DNA which are not contained within the nucleus, and which can attach themselves to the organism's chromosomal DNA under specific circumstances (altering its properties to increase the odds of survival against a specific threat). [[Wikipedia:Deinococcus radiodurans\|Deinococcus radiodurans]] is a bacterium which maintains multiple plasmid copies of its entire genetic code simultaneously. Shape shifters could form plasmid replicas of other peoples' DNA, switching genetic sequences like a jukebox changing records.<br />
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			\| If someone with shape shifting has their power stolen by Arthur while they were transformed, they would be trapped in their current form forever. \|\| None \|\| {{plus}} If people with shape shifting don't change back when they die, why should they have to turn back if they lose their power.<br />
			{{minus}} When Arthur steals someone's powers, they lose all aspects of it. If a shape shifter loses their power, they will lose the only thing keeping them in that form.<br />
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imported>D and d 123: Shape shifters maintain plasmids

2010-05-18T12:13:25Z

Shape shifters maintain plasmids

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	{{plus}} James Martin impersonated a member of Building 26 for a time. Considering Building 26's massive budget, they may have installed biometric scanners. If James hadn't acquired the agent's DNA, he would never have gotten past the door.<br />		{{plus}} James Martin impersonated a member of Building 26 for a time. Considering Building 26's massive budget, they may have installed biometric scanners. If James hadn't acquired the agent's DNA, he would never have gotten past the door.<br />
	:{{minus}} Biometrics involves things like fingerprints, retinal scans and voice analyzers, not instantaneous DNA tests in five seconds.<br />		:{{minus}} Biometrics involves things like fingerprints, retinal scans and voice analyzers, not instantaneous DNA tests in five seconds.<br />
			::{{plus}} Jenkins needed eyeglasses. If James' cells kept replicating, the mixture of "normal" cells and "impaired" cells could throw off a retinal scan.<br />
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	\| If a shapeshifter has their ability [[power absorption\|stolen]], they will slowly revert to their original shape. \|\| James Martin's DNA registered as his own, even when he had taken the form of Sylar. This suggests that shape shifters don't alter their genetic structures, but somehow change their bodily structure with some other method. \|\| {{plus}} Even without their ability, their cells will continue to reproduce as normal, but since their DNA was never altered they will slowly remold into the structure of the body the shape shifter had originally.<br />		\| If a shapeshifter has their ability [[power absorption\|stolen]], they will slowly revert to their original shape. \|\| James Martin's DNA registered as his own, even when he had taken the form of Sylar. This suggests that shape shifters don't alter their genetic structures, but somehow change their bodily structure with some other method. \|\| {{plus}} Even without their ability, their cells will continue to reproduce as normal, but since their DNA was never altered they will slowly remold into the structure of the body the shape shifter had originally.<br />
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			\| Shape shifters maintain plasmids in their cells. \|\| None \|\| {{plus}} Many types of bacteria possess [[Wikipedia:Plasmids\|plasmids]]; small sections of DNA which are not contained within the nucleus, and which can attach themselves to the organism's chromosomal DNA under specific circumstances (altering its properties to increase the odds of survival against a specific threat). [[Wikipedia:Deinococcus radiodurans\|Deinococcus radiodurans]] is a bacterium which maintains multiple plasmid copies of its entire genetic code simultaneously. Shape shifters could form plasmid replicas of other peoples' DNA, switching genetic sequences like a jukebox changing records.<br />
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imported>Intuitive Empath: disproved it

2010-05-10T21:57:39Z

disproved it

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	\| If a shapeshifter has their ability [[power absorption\|stolen]], they will slowly revert to their original shape. \|\| James Martin's DNA registered as his own, even when he had taken the form of Sylar. This suggests that shape shifters don't alter their genetic structures, but somehow change their bodily structure with some other method. \|\| {{plus}} Even without their ability, their cells will continue to reproduce as normal, but since their DNA was never altered they will slowly remold into the structure of the body the shape shifter had originally.<br />		\| If a shapeshifter has their ability [[power absorption\|stolen]], they will slowly revert to their original shape. \|\| James Martin's DNA registered as his own, even when he had taken the form of Sylar. This suggests that shape shifters don't alter their genetic structures, but somehow change their bodily structure with some other method. \|\| {{plus}} Even without their ability, their cells will continue to reproduce as normal, but since their DNA was never altered they will slowly remold into the structure of the body the shape shifter had originally.<br />
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	\| Shape shifting cannot be used to replicate tattoos or other body modifications. \|\| None \|\| {{plus}} Body modifications have no genetic impact on their subject. Even if the shapeshifter replicated the person's DNA, he would not be able to "read" the person's tattoo, piercing, etc.<br />
	:{{minus}} Sylar had Nathan's tattoo while in his form (''[[Shadowboxing]]'').<br />
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imported>Altes at 08:26, 10 May 2010

2010-05-10T08:26:22Z

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	\| Shape shifting cannot be used to replicate tattoos or other body modifications. \|\| None \|\| {{plus}} Body modifications have no genetic impact on their subject. Even if the shapeshifter replicated the person's DNA, he would not be able to "read" the person's tattoo, piercing, etc.<br />		\| Shape shifting cannot be used to replicate tattoos or other body modifications. \|\| None \|\| {{plus}} Body modifications have no genetic impact on their subject. Even if the shapeshifter replicated the person's DNA, he would not be able to "read" the person's tattoo, piercing, etc.<br />
			:{{minus}} Sylar had Nathan's tattoo while in his form (''[[Shadowboxing]]'').<br />
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imported>D and d 123: Shape Shifting cannot replicate body mods

2010-05-08T11:33:04Z

Shape Shifting cannot replicate body mods

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	\| If a shapeshifter has their ability [[power absorption\|stolen]], they will slowly revert to their original shape. \|\| James Martin's DNA registered as his own, even when he had taken the form of Sylar. This suggests that shape shifters don't alter their genetic structures, but somehow change their bodily structure with some other method. \|\| {{plus}} Even without their ability, their cells will continue to reproduce as normal, but since their DNA was never altered they will slowly remold into the structure of the body the shape shifter had originally.<br />		\| If a shapeshifter has their ability [[power absorption\|stolen]], they will slowly revert to their original shape. \|\| James Martin's DNA registered as his own, even when he had taken the form of Sylar. This suggests that shape shifters don't alter their genetic structures, but somehow change their bodily structure with some other method. \|\| {{plus}} Even without their ability, their cells will continue to reproduce as normal, but since their DNA was never altered they will slowly remold into the structure of the body the shape shifter had originally.<br />
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			\| Shape shifting cannot be used to replicate tattoos or other body modifications. \|\| None \|\| {{plus}} Body modifications have no genetic impact on their subject. Even if the shapeshifter replicated the person's DNA, he would not be able to "read" the person's tattoo, piercing, etc.<br />
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imported>PJDEP: Sylar did feel pain at first, but it's a TV show, it won't always work according to real life rules. Also, the user needs to obtain a DNA sample before taking a shape, which kills mental projection

2010-03-04T02:31:57Z

Sylar did feel pain at first, but it's a TV show, it won't always work according to real life rules. Also, the user needs to obtain a DNA sample before taking a shape, which kills mental projection

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	\| If a shapeshifter has their ability [[power absorption\|stolen]], they will slowly revert to their original shape. \|\| James Martin's DNA registered as his own, even when he had taken the form of Sylar. This suggests that shape shifters don't alter their genetic structures, but somehow change their bodily structure with some other method. \|\| {{plus}} Even without their ability, their cells will continue to reproduce as normal, but since their DNA was never altered they will slowly remold into the structure of the body the shape shifter had originally.<br />		\| If a shapeshifter has their ability [[power absorption\|stolen]], they will slowly revert to their original shape. \|\| James Martin's DNA registered as his own, even when he had taken the form of Sylar. This suggests that shape shifters don't alter their genetic structures, but somehow change their bodily structure with some other method. \|\| {{plus}} Even without their ability, their cells will continue to reproduce as normal, but since their DNA was never altered they will slowly remold into the structure of the body the shape shifter had originally.<br />
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	\| Shapeshifting is really just [[Illusion]] \|\| None \|\| {{plus}} it would cause more pain than any human could endure to alter his/her body unless either the transformations were illusions or the transformations are done by rearranging individual cells instead of shifting skin, muscle, and bone.<br />
	:{{minus}} [[Peter]] showed no pain when he used shapeshifting.<br />
	:{{minus}} The shapeshifter's voice changes along with their looks, which can only be done by changing the shape of the vocal cords, larynx, and dimensions of his/her mouth.<br />
	:{{plus}} This can easilly be accomplished by altering someone's perception to sound as well as sight.
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imported>Tsl3161991 at 02:26, 4 March 2010

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	\| If a shapeshifter has their ability [[power absorption\|stolen]], they will slowly revert to their original shape. \|\| James Martin's DNA registered as his own, even when he had taken the form of Sylar. This suggests that shape shifters don't alter their genetic structures, but somehow change their bodily structure with some other method. \|\| {{plus}} Even without their ability, their cells will continue to reproduce as normal, but since their DNA was never altered they will slowly remold into the structure of the body the shape shifter had originally.<br />		\| If a shapeshifter has their ability [[power absorption\|stolen]], they will slowly revert to their original shape. \|\| James Martin's DNA registered as his own, even when he had taken the form of Sylar. This suggests that shape shifters don't alter their genetic structures, but somehow change their bodily structure with some other method. \|\| {{plus}} Even without their ability, their cells will continue to reproduce as normal, but since their DNA was never altered they will slowly remold into the structure of the body the shape shifter had originally.<br />
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			\| Shapeshifting is really just [[Illusion]] \|\| None \|\| {{plus}} it would cause more pain than any human could endure to alter his/her body unless either the transformations were illusions or the transformations are done by rearranging individual cells instead of shifting skin, muscle, and bone.<br />
			:{{minus}} [[Peter]] showed no pain when he used shapeshifting.<br />
			:{{minus}} The shapeshifter's voice changes along with their looks, which can only be done by changing the shape of the vocal cords, larynx, and dimensions of his/her mouth.<br />
			:{{plus}} This can easilly be accomplished by altering someone's perception to sound as well as sight.
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imported>PJDEP: The theory has nothing to do with whether shape-shifting ever was stolen from James Martin, it's suggesting a hypothetical situation

2009-12-20T23:42:27Z

The theory has nothing to do with whether shape-shifting ever was stolen from James Martin, it's suggesting a hypothetical situation

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	\| If a shapeshifter has their ability [[power absorption\|stolen]], they will slowly revert to their original shape. \|\| James Martin's DNA registered as his own, even when he had taken the form of Sylar. This suggests that shape shifters don't alter their genetic structures, but somehow change their bodily structure with some other method. \|\| {{plus}} Even without their ability, their cells will continue to reproduce as normal, but since their DNA was never altered they will slowly remold into the structure of the body the shape shifter had originally.<br />		\| If a shapeshifter has their ability [[power absorption\|stolen]], they will slowly revert to their original shape. \|\| James Martin's DNA registered as his own, even when he had taken the form of Sylar. This suggests that shape shifters don't alter their genetic structures, but somehow change their bodily structure with some other method. \|\| {{plus}} Even without their ability, their cells will continue to reproduce as normal, but since their DNA was never altered they will slowly remold into the structure of the body the shape shifter had originally.<br />
	{{note}} James Martin didn't have his ability stolen. Sylar used his ability to acquire it, and then Danko finished off James with a knife.<br />
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imported>Intuitive Empath at 22:27, 20 December 2009

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	:{{minus}} Biometrics involves things like fingerprints, retinal scans and voice analyzers, not instantaneous DNA tests in five seconds.<br />		:{{minus}} Biometrics involves things like fingerprints, retinal scans and voice analyzers, not instantaneous DNA tests in five seconds.<br />
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	\| If a shapeshifter has their ability [[power absorption\|stolen]], they will slowly revert to their original shape. \|\| James Martin's DNA registered as his own, even when he had taken the form of Sylar. This suggests that shape shifters don't alter their genetic structures, but somehow change their bodily structure with some other method. \|\| {{plus}} Even without their ability. their cells will continue to reproduce as normal, but since their DNA was never altered they will slowly remold into the structure of the body the shape shifter had originally.<br />		\| If a shapeshifter has their ability [[power absorption\|stolen]], they will slowly revert to their original shape. \|\| James Martin's DNA registered as his own, even when he had taken the form of Sylar. This suggests that shape shifters don't alter their genetic structures, but somehow change their bodily structure with some other method. \|\| {{plus}} Even without their ability, their cells will continue to reproduce as normal, but since their DNA was never altered they will slowly remold into the structure of the body the shape shifter had originally.<br />
	{{note}} James Martin didn't have his ability stolen. Sylar used his ability to ~~mimic~~ it, and then Danko finished off James with a knife.<br />		{{note}} James Martin didn't have his ability stolen. Sylar used his ability to acquire it, and then Danko finished off James with a knife.<br />
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