tmazanec1
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Post by tmazanec1 on Sept 22, 2006 23:19:18 GMT -5
Medusa monsters posses a paralyzing ability. The can emit a tetanizing laser from their main eye ( www.hsvt.org/main.html ). This causes severe conjunctivitis and migraine for several hours, so they prefer to use other means (like announcing a new scare record) whenever possible, but in an emergency it can allow escape and save their lives. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2006 23:24:29 GMT -5
Heheh, of course this is just conjecture. We can't say for CERTAIN.
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Post by pitbulllady on Sept 23, 2006 11:50:45 GMT -5
While Celia Mae LOOKS like the traditional notion of a "medusa" in human myth, she provides no evidence that she can actually paralyze anyone with a mere look. In Greek myth, merely to glance upon a medusa would turn you to stone, even if the creature did not look at YOU! Much of that was based on a belief that SNAKES could turn people to stone, or kill with a look, or kill via "poisonous" breath, so the human perception of medusas is once more based on the many erronous and often stupid beliefs about reptiles. Salamanders were supposed to be able to survive a fire, unscathed, an old myth which gave rise to the Pokemon character, but they are in fact killed by fire just like any other creature.
If Celia Mae could turn someone to stone at a glance, Googly Bear should have been a boulder!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2006 14:31:53 GMT -5
Heheh, my point exactly. Can't judge just by looks. Look at Randall after all, he's NOT cold blooded despite being reptilian in appearance.
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Post by FlameTheCharmander on Sept 23, 2006 17:13:58 GMT -5
If Celia had that sort of powers there might not have been a Monsters Inc. LOL.
Mike would have made a pathetic bird bath.
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Post by RandallBoggs on Sept 23, 2006 17:38:07 GMT -5
Well Celia probably didn't inherit the ability. Like Ran it could be said she might've had two different parents (Which, in one of the books, her parents actually don't like Mike....well her mother not liking guys overall maybe heh) and the ability probably didn't stick with her.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2006 17:38:50 GMT -5
I don't believe it was stated she had any of those abilities.
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Post by RandallBoggs on Sept 23, 2006 18:28:00 GMT -5
Hehehehe ^_^ If she did she probably WOULD have "accidently" had a Mike Wazowski statue ^_^
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tmazanec1
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Post by tmazanec1 on Sept 23, 2006 18:46:50 GMT -5
In my theory, the paralysis only lasts a matter of moments (read the link). Some medusoid in ancient times used the power and it got exagerrated by generations of story tellers.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2006 18:47:43 GMT -5
Yes but it's still based on assumption. Assumption is.....bad to do when it comes to things like this. Heheh, there's an old saying actually.
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Post by RandallBoggs on Sept 23, 2006 18:49:22 GMT -5
Well actually medusas are more on the petrifying side ^_^
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2006 18:50:02 GMT -5
Uhhh...they're called Gorgans, guys.....NOT Medusas/Medusoids.
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Post by RandallBoggs on Sept 23, 2006 18:52:04 GMT -5
Hehehe ^_^ Title ^_^
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2006 18:52:37 GMT -5
What? Title? No, Gorgan is the name of the species, Medusa was ONE of the Gorgans.
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Post by RandallBoggs on Sept 23, 2006 18:54:03 GMT -5
Easy mistake ^_^
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