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You cannot argue that because being hit by a nuclear bomb and being sent to the Sun's core are not remotely comparable due to the difference in the duration of the extreme heat and the difference in pressure in both attacks.
Yeah, the sun's core is consistently 15~ million degrees Celsius, even the strongest nukes would surpass it for barely fractions of a second. The area in which this heat occurs is also much smaller.
 

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Don't confuse "appearing from thin air" with "not existing", and don't underestimate radiation poisoning or how it affects inorganic matter.
Given how it affects metal alone, and our MC can create metal blades/spikes from his body, it's not beyond the realms of possibility that he could at least be severely weakened at first (depending on the level of exposure), and likely lead to further damage that he may or may not be able to deal with.



I don't recall if it was stated what kind of radiation is related to Michael's power, or if it's even a form of damaging radiation.



Eh, I'd say he's probably at the point where typical/normal man-made weapons can't do shit to him, but the monster augmented and advanced weapons might still be a problem for him. Even the special weapons made for Superhumans are man-made, it's just the materials and processes that are different.
You seem so dead set just ignoring the power system, he pulls mass out of thin air using what is basically a magic system that is setting specific, this ethereal monster energy all the monsters and superhumans have, his power is shapechanging, why can you not get that he can simply shapechange the damage away, he's shapechanged back from being burned to ash and for whatever reason your wanking radiation damage.

Michaels power is absorbing and redirecting energy, radiation is the power he seems to use the most.

So yes, atomic bombs, man made weapons not enhanced by the settings power system, the thing you're arguing for.
 

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This is false, the "millions of degrees temperature" doesn't last for seconds in the fireball. In fact, the temperature quickly drop below 1 million°C under 1 microsecond.

For details you could refer to this paper:
Good to know, I suppose?

You cannot argue that because being hit by a nuclear bomb and being sent to the Sun's core are not remotely comparable due to the difference in the duration of the extreme heat and the difference in pressure in both attacks.
Sure, if you ignore the fact that I said appropriate amount of nuclear weapons. As in more than one. And not "a" nuclear bomb. You quoted the part and somehow still wanted to argue, I guess?

And Nico doesn't send monsters to the core of the sun. She sends them to the middle layers, generally. Which is significantly less hot and likely with even less pressure. The sustained heat and pressure would be a good counter if Nico didn't use her sun fire attack to vaporize Level 5 Ella's monster body. And unless it was less durable than A Class monsters. You can indeed argue that enough Nuclear weapons can kill A Class monsters. Assuming, you can get it up to the same level. The keyword that you're likely going to ignore again is "assuming".

Also, let me highlight what I said. Since, maybe I'm the crazy one here.
This also isn't limited to him as well. A nuke would kill almost every Level 3 Superhuman and B Class Monster, if they're at the center of the explosion. Hell, you can argue it could kill certain Level 4s and A Class Monsters. Depending on the potency and disregard for life on the planet. Since Nico uses the Sun and Earth's core to kill A Class monsters. Just like the Asura, if you don't fight it, and M43 - Silat. Of course, this assumes you don't care about life and got the appropriate number of nuclear weapons to spam.
Maybe I should highlight the certain Level 4s and A Class monsters part too? Nah, it's fine.
 

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I wonder, can the MC tank a nuke? At which point if any did he become so powerful that the government or HERO tech (without SuperHumans) wouldn't be able to kill him
dude he can't even tank a fucking bit of gasoline on him much less something that is hotter then the surface of the sun depending on the nuke
 

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Something that i think is relevant to this "MC vs Nuclear Explosion" debate, are the displays of power from Malik and Indra, two of the most powerful and dangerous beings on the setting with easy equalization to N-Weapons since they both work with heat/blasts. Malik was "the fuck anything in that direction" device of M-Division(even before his final evo)and his blasts were 'only' compared to Nuclear Bombs. Even currently, with power to split planets in half and spawn stars, he rarely go that far, nonetheless he is still regarded as a Freak by everyone in HERO, he was cooking Ella with heat and range lesser than that of a Nuke.

Indra is more straightforward, his basic attacks are stated to be like nukes going off, does literally anyone believe current MC able to survive a single attack of Indra?
 

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Something that i think is relevant to this "MC vs Nuclear Explosion" debate, are the displays of power from Malik and Indra, two of the most powerful and dangerous beings on the setting with easy equalization to N-Weapons since they both work with heat/blasts. Malik was "the fuck anything in that direction" device of M-Division(even before his final evo)and his blasts were 'only' compared to Nuclear Bombs. Even currently, with power to split planets in half and spawn stars, he rarely go that far, nonetheless he is still regarded as a Freak by everyone in HERO, he was cooking Ella with heat and range lesser than that of a Nuke.

Indra is more straightforward, his basic attacks are stated to be like nukes going off, does literally anyone believe current MC able to survive a single attack of Indra?
I mean, the danger of the nuke is the vaporization, not the sheer force. MC can be splattered no problem. So while I agree that Indra outclasses and outpowers the MC, I would actually say he could survive a few hits.

Malik, on the other hand, he stands basically no chance against. He is evaporated instantly.
 
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dude he can't even tank a fucking bit of gasoline on him much less something that is hotter then the surface of the sun depending on the nuke
I don't know where at the story you're at, but I'm pretty sure during the fight against Cole, he regenerates from temperatures way higher thas gasoline's combustion, the problem with the gas was more him being perma-stunned for a while.
Something that i think is relevant to this "MC vs Nuclear Explosion" debate, are the displays of power from Malik and Indra, two of the most powerful and dangerous beings on the setting with easy equalization to N-Weapons since they both work with heat/blasts. Malik was "the fuck anything in that direction" device of M-Division(even before his final evo)and his blasts were 'only' compared to Nuclear Bombs. Even currently, with power to split planets in half and spawn stars, he rarely go that far, nonetheless he is still regarded as a Freak by everyone in HERO, he was cooking Ella with heat and range lesser than that of a Nuke.

Indra is more straightforward, his basic attacks are stated to be like nukes going off, does literally anyone believe current MC able to survive a single attack of Indra?
It was also stated that Nukes would do little to a Himavat, an A-Class monster, do you believe Malik is less resistant than a Himavat? Also Malik's flames were able to injure Goliath, an S-Class monster that was one-shotting Himavats.

Thanks everyone for their replies, by tanking a nuke I meant on ground zero but with "prep time" as in having time to transform but not run away, I was misremembering that humanity wouldnt be able to kill a B-Class when it was an A-Class.
 

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burned to ash ... radiation damage.
He regenerated because there were still enough cells able to regenerate from, unlike his own mother's body which was so badly burnt it crumbled on contact.

Radiation damaged cells cannot regenerate because they are literally breaking down, and it spreads throughout the entire organism with the speed with which it happens being dependant on the level of exposure and the type of radiation.

Michaels power is absorbing and redirecting energy, radiation is the power he seems to use the most.
So not a specific or harmful type of radioactive/nuclear particle then, just radiating energy like with thermal radiation... They're different things entirely.

So yes, atomic bombs, man made weapons not enhanced by the settings power system, the thing you're arguing for.
Except nukes haven't been used. Comparitive attacks by other superpowered individuals have, yet you're not trying to shit on the reasoning of those who've raised those points at all, which by rights you absolutely should be given the way you've been attacking the very idea of what I've been asking in the first place.

You are far too aggressively disingenuous an individual to any further time with.
 

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Radiation damaged cells cannot regenerate because they are literally breaking down, and it spreads throughout the entire organism with the speed with which it happens being dependant on the level of exposure and the type of radiation.
Why are you assuming the dude that can regenerate from much more than even limb loss would obey the regular laws of self-recovery? His regeneration seems to be basically instinctive shapeshifting towards his last selected form, and that would most definitely not include his cells having radiation poisoning.

Even if it didn't heal the radiation poisoning, he could manually shapeshift the damaged cells into proper ones, and even if THAT didn't work, he could isolate/abandon the compromised cells, or even just separate the damaged parts from these cells, and recreate his body with proper cells.
 

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Why are you assuming the dude that can regenerate from much more than even limb loss would obey the regular laws of self-recovery? His regeneration seems to be basically instinctive shapeshifting towards his last selected form, and that would most definitely not include his cells having radiation poisoning.

Even if it didn't heal the radiation poisoning, he could manually shapeshift the damaged cells into proper ones, and even if THAT didn't work, he could isolate/abandon the compromised cells, or even just separate the damaged parts from these cells, and recreate his body with proper cells.
That's exactly the kind of shenanigan he pulled in the latest update when Aos wanted to teleport the Mc, Deryl and Liz/Amber, he resisted the teleportation by shapeshifting his cells somehow.
As Xanthe would put it, it's sort of mysticism overtakes science sometimes. The more he evolves the more the laws that govern reality begin to bend to his will.
 

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Why are you assuming the dude that can regenerate from much more than even limb loss would obey the regular laws of self-recovery?
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I'm not. I haven't been and he absolutely doesn't.
That's been the whole point of raising the question in the first place!

Meanwhile you and the other guy have been jumping on both me and the very idea of something that would either nullify at worst, or impede the MC's abilities on the basis of the genetic damage from high exposure to damaging radioactive particles.

Seriously, neither of you have been willing to even consider the possibility, because it's neither monster or superpower in nature, and all without any actual rational explanation of why.

His regeneration seems to be basically instinctive shapeshifting towards his last selected form, and that would most definitely not include his cells having radiation poisoning.
Oh ffs, cell damage is only one of the things that radiation poisoning does.
Why do you think I've mentioned, several times now, genetic damage?
Damage to the very structure of an organism's DNA!
The DNA structure breaks down, leading to the generation of improper cell replication and the generation of defective cells , causing the entire of the body, inside and out to continue to try and replicate cells that don't work properly, with death occuring from as little as hours, to years, depending on the level of exposure.

At that point, would his regeneration even work properly?
Would it wind up eating up his energy reserves as it constantly tries to replace damaged cells across his entire body/form that he's in at the time?
His healing/regeneration is clearly not unlimited and not instantaneous. At least not yet, if that's a possibility, and that's without knowing if it could repair the damage to his DNA at all.
 

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I don't know where at the story you're at, but I'm pretty sure during the fight against Cole, he regenerates from temperatures way higher thas gasoline's combustion, the problem with the gas was more him being perma-stunned for a while.

It was also stated that Nukes would do little to a Himavat, an A-Class monster, do you believe Malik is less resistant than a Himavat? Also Malik's flames were able to injure Goliath, an S-Class monster that was one-shotting Himavats.

Thanks everyone for their replies, by tanking a nuke I meant on ground zero but with "prep time" as in having time to transform but not run away, I was misremembering that humanity wouldnt be able to kill a B-Class when it was an A-Class.
I only used Malik's attacks against Ella as example, those were of a smaller scale than the one used against Goliath. Malik himself would probably be able to sleep comfortably within the core of a star, but that's other deal unrelated to this, he, Henri and Bernhardt restrain themselves a lot.
 

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I'm not. I haven't been and he absolutely doesn't.
That's been the whole point of raising the question in the first place!

Meanwhile you and the other guy have been jumping on both me and the very idea of something that would either nullify at worst, or impede the MC's abilities on the basis of the genetic damage from high exposure to damaging radioactive particles.

Seriously, neither of you have been willing to even consider the possibility, because it's neither monster or superpower in nature, and all without any actual rational explanation of why.



Oh ffs, cell damage is only one of the things that radiation poisoning does.
Why do you think I've mentioned, several times now, genetic damage?
Damage to the very structure of an organism's DNA!
The DNA structure breaks down, leading to the generation of improper cell replication and the generation of defective cells , causing the entire of the body, inside and out to continue to try and replicate cells that don't work properly, with death occuring from as little as hours, to years, depending on the level of exposure.

At that point, would his regeneration even work properly?
Would it wind up eating up his energy reserves as it constantly tries to replace damaged cells across his entire body/form that he's in at the time?
His healing/regeneration is clearly not unlimited and not instantaneous. At least not yet, if that's a possibility, and that's without knowing if it could repair the damage to his DNA at all.
I would actually argue that the MC can, as of his third evo, repair damage to his DNA. Because memory is about more than just DNA, its about structure and connections, whether it's genetic, or cognitive, or conceptual. His excursions into the other world I feel allow him to regenerate even from broken DNA strands. Not very well, and would likely take a while to fully heal, but I would say he could do it.
 

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I'm not. I haven't been and he absolutely doesn't.
That's been the whole point of raising the question in the first place!

Meanwhile you and the other guy have been jumping on both me and the very idea of something that would either nullify at worst, or impede the MC's abilities on the basis of the genetic damage from high exposure to damaging radioactive particles.

Seriously, neither of you have been willing to even consider the possibility, because it's neither monster or superpower in nature, and all without any actual rational explanation of why.



Oh ffs, cell damage is only one of the things that radiation poisoning does.
Why do you think I've mentioned, several times now, genetic damage?
Damage to the very structure of an organism's DNA!
The DNA structure breaks down, leading to the generation of improper cell replication and the generation of defective cells , causing the entire of the body, inside and out to continue to try and replicate cells that don't work properly, with death occuring from as little as hours, to years, depending on the level of exposure.

At that point, would his regeneration even work properly?
Would it wind up eating up his energy reserves as it constantly tries to replace damaged cells across his entire body/form that he's in at the time?
His healing/regeneration is clearly not unlimited and not instantaneous. At least not yet, if that's a possibility, and that's without knowing if it could repair the damage to his DNA at all.
First of all, I never said cell damage was the only thing radiation poisoning does... what I said is that he would shapeshift/regen to a state where he doesn't have radiation poisoning.

Second of all, MC has already displayed, at the very least, shapeshifting on a genetic level via memory (and if I remember correctly, Xanthe said Ella was shapeshifting at an atomic scale at level 1), though it's much more likely to be basically perfect. So, I'm pretty sure DNA damage isn't that big of a deal.

Third of all, I don't think challenging what you said qualifies as "jumping" you. Disagreeing with something you said doesn't make it an act of terrorism against humankind, and your sentence in general implied that I was wrong to do so. Obviously, certain things will and do inhibit MC's regen (see: fire), but I don't have to concede radiation poisoning is one of them. The difference between fire and radiation poisoning in this context is that fire exists outside of MC, while radiation poisoning, and any type of poisoning in general, is something that occurs within his body, and is thus subject to the full extent of his powers.
 

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First of all, I never said cell damage was the only thing radiation poisoning does...
You have given no indication to the contrary. In fact your last sentence conveys a misunderstanding of radiation poisoning.

Second of all, MC has already displayed, at the very least, shapeshifting on a genetic level via memory (and if I remember correctly, Xanthe said Ella was shapeshifting at an atomic scale at level 1), though it's much more likely to be basically perfect. So, I'm pretty sure DNA damage isn't that big of a deal.
Except that so far we've had no indication the MC can currently do the same atomic scale shapeshifting, outside of arguably transforming parts of himself into different materials, which would likely still be affected.

Third of all, I don't think challenging what you said qualifies as "jumping" you.
Given your insistence of power being more important that skill (outside of game stats/mechanics) whilst also acting as though I had been saying the opposite, I'm sticking with "jumping on" me and what I've said/proposed/postulated previously. Something you're still doing too - " Why are you assuming the dude that can regenerate from much more than even limb loss would obey the regular laws of self-recovery?". That's you jumping to a conclusion about what I've said based on zero supporting evidence.

Hell, the fact that it took you two posts to show support for your contrary stance on this after making falacious assumptions reinforces what I just said.

Disagreeing with something you said doesn't make it an act of terrorism against humankind
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Bravo, you've mastered the use of supercilious hyperbole...

and your sentence in general implied that I was wrong to do so.
No, it didn't.
My sentence was clearly do with how it was done, the manner in which disagreement was expressed.

The difference between fire and radiation poisoning in this context is that fire exists outside of MC, while radiation poisoning, and any type of poisoning in general, is something that occurs within his body, and is thus subject to the full extent of his powers.
This looks more like you're viewing radiation poisoning as being the same as some sort of toxin or even venom when it's not remotely the same.
 

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Except that so far we've had no indication the MC can currently do the same atomic scale shapeshifting, outside of arguably transforming parts of himself into different materials, which would likely still be affected.
Every transformation of his done via memory is at least impressive enough for Ella to conclude that, even if he had the same skillset as her, he wouldn't be able to replicate poison at level 1, so I think it's safe to say it's at least genetic in scale... which, obviously, is MUCH less impressive than atomic. And regardless, genetic memory is specifically noted to be a part of Memory.

Given your insistence of power being more important that skill (outside of game stats/mechanics) whilst also acting as though I had been saying the opposite, I'm sticking with "jumping on" me and what I've said/proposed/postulated previously. Something you're still doing too - " Why are you assuming the dude that can regenerate from much more than even limb loss would obey the regular laws of self-recovery?". That's you jumping to a conclusion about what I've said based on zero supporting evidence.
Firstly, that's an entirely separate and unrelated issue, I hadn't even noticed you were the same person, and secondly, I've never assumed your stance on anything. I wanted to contribute my own opinion, and you were the last to comment at that point in time, so I replied to you.

Thirdly, I've read your comment, so I said that with the information I had, which I deemed sufficient back then, and still do so now; I believe MC can heal from radiation poisoning without much more difficulty than, at most, shapeshifting. The part about you assuming he obeys the normal laws of self-recovery was mostly a joke meant to lead into what I wanted to say, sorry if I offended you.

This looks more like you're viewing radiation poisoning as being the same as some sort of toxin or even venom when it's not remotely the same.
It's not so much that they're the same, but rather that they're both inside MC's body. Inside is inside.

In fact, it might be easier to heal radiation poisoning than it is to heal certain toxins, because the poisoning is actually part of his cells, rather than liquids that spread throughout the bloodstream.


Does every conversation with you have to turn into an argument? You can disagree with what people are saying without taking personal offense.
 
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Snugglepuff

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The part about you assuming he obeys the normal laws of self-recovery was mostly a joke meant to lead into what I wanted to say, sorry if I offended you.
You didn't offend, but there was no indication of a joke of any sort. Remember, it's the Internet and people have said both smarter and dumber things that either of us, and been seen as joking or trolling despite that being the wrong conclusion.

It's not so much that they're the same, but rather that they're both inside MC's body. Inside is inside.
They're different kinds of inside though, with different effects and ways of affecting the body.

In fact, it might be easier to heal radiation poisoning than it is to heal certain toxins, because the poisoning is actually part of his cells, rather than liquids that spread throughout the bloodstream.
A small, (possibly lethal after many years to a normal human) dose, absolutley.
Higher doses, particularly of neutronic radiation (Alpha/Beta/Gamma wouldn't penetrate his armoured form) have harsher, faster acting effects.
Assuming his regeneration/healing requires concsious direction/guidance to deal with this kind of damage, even for only a portion of the total process, he'd need to stretch his awareness of the damage and scale of it according to how much exposure he's had. Aberrant cell mutations and defective replication are likely to interfere to varying degrees or possibly even be exacerbated by the regenerative process.
Given the MC doesn't have the same kinds of knowledge or experience as Xanthe or even Ella when it comes to dealing with new (to him) kinds of dangerous biological interactions and effects, it's likely he'll waste time having his body fight back in the wrong way at first.
That kind of mistake could lead to having to rewrite/repair genetic and cell damage in sections or possibly even just hack the worst effected parts off/out and make repairs like he was regrowing parts instead.

TLDR; Like KingAgamemnon said a few posts before yours.

Does every conversation with you have to turn into an argument? You can disagree with what people are saying without taking personal offense.
Again, not offended.
People too often confuse or forget that emotional/psychological offense is not the same thing as being on the end of borderline aggressive and combative (accidental or otherwise) writing.
Someone can see the word aberrant and be immediately offended and conflate it with equalling abhorrent, despite the word being used in a completely neutral and factual manner, but they won't give a shit because they were offended.
When someone's writing comes across as more of a metaphorical "assault" or (indirect/non-personal) attack, that doesn't automatically make it personally offensive.

I generally go into these things prepared that it will degenerate into a mini shitstorm. It's the Internet after all.
It doesn't usually happen, and when it does it's always down to the same factors and attitudes of both involved.

When the other party forgets that they're not talking but are communicating through text only, it usually turns into one because they assign tone and intent where there isn't, and act like their own writing magically conveys their tone and they're somehow an expert in reading shit that wasn't there in the first place...

It also doesn't help when you forget who you've interacted with, how your own side of ther interaction(s) were handled and could be seen as coming across (especially when you've been explicitly told such by the other party).
 

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So not a specific or harmful type of radioactive/nuclear particle then, just radiating energy like with thermal radiation... They're different things entirely.
I think Michael's radiation can cause poisoning, he is a Direct Spawn of the Second Apostle, whose beam used to ascend Michael, first killed him on the same way radiation poisoning does, unless that's something unique of the Apostle itself/Reserved for upper evolutions
 
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