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capri0mni(And I may be boring you all to tears with it, but...)
It's the only thing scratching around in my brain, right by now:
So, I've got this idea for a comic book character, who, thanks to in utero medical intervention, becomes an unintentional reptilian/human chimera, and the reptilian parts of him half-express traits of an ancient, now extinct, creature. Yes, I know that's scientifically impossible, with real science, but this is Comic Book science*
So I have two choices floating around in my head. I can't decide whether I should make the ancient breakthrough a pterodon-y creature or a microrapter-ish one.
The microraptor had wobblier flight, and would be especially so for a character who legs don't work according the default model, but if I can handwave the science to make the wings grow in the first place, I can probably handwave the aerodynamics, too. The pterodon is a stronger flyer, but its wings are very batlike (although bat wings are supported by all five fingers, and pterodon wings are only supported by one very, very, long finger), so might appear less original, especially considering the current climate of pop culture.
Since both options are, I think, equally (im)plausible, the only real question to ask is: "Which is cooler?" Hence this poll:
[Poll #1232850]
(In the end, I will choose for myself, based on which is more fun to play with, but I am curious as to what you think)
*It's no less scientific than the bite of a radioactive (or genetically modified) spider causing silk glands to sprout from human wrists. It would be more acurate, spiderly speaking, to have them sprout from anal glands (Now, isn't that an image of Peter Parker that's worthy of brain brillo?).
It's the only thing scratching around in my brain, right by now:
So, I've got this idea for a comic book character, who, thanks to in utero medical intervention, becomes an unintentional reptilian/human chimera, and the reptilian parts of him half-express traits of an ancient, now extinct, creature. Yes, I know that's scientifically impossible, with real science, but this is Comic Book science*
So I have two choices floating around in my head. I can't decide whether I should make the ancient breakthrough a pterodon-y creature or a microrapter-ish one.
The microraptor had wobblier flight, and would be especially so for a character who legs don't work according the default model, but if I can handwave the science to make the wings grow in the first place, I can probably handwave the aerodynamics, too. The pterodon is a stronger flyer, but its wings are very batlike (although bat wings are supported by all five fingers, and pterodon wings are only supported by one very, very, long finger), so might appear less original, especially considering the current climate of pop culture.
Since both options are, I think, equally (im)plausible, the only real question to ask is: "Which is cooler?" Hence this poll:
[Poll #1232850]
(In the end, I will choose for myself, based on which is more fun to play with, but I am curious as to what you think)
*It's no less scientific than the bite of a radioactive (or genetically modified) spider causing silk glands to sprout from human wrists. It would be more acurate, spiderly speaking, to have them sprout from anal glands (Now, isn't that an image of Peter Parker that's worthy of brain brillo?).
