(1st - February 2010) Going Out?

[Uniqueusername]

Link to the comic

Hmm. Maybe April is allergic to seafood?

[wacko]

I don't know what that trail across Mike's hand is, but if it's blood, it's blue. (Which I suppose makes a certain sort of sense, since he comes from a blue-blood family. But maybe more importantly, squid blood is blue.)

[Uniqueusername]

Actually, we know the rest of Mike's blood isn't blue, so there's something odd there...

[wacko]

Hm. Perhaps Mike is continuing to mutate?

April may be more surprised by the blue blood than by the guilt trip (though Mike has the patented sad-puppy-eyes look down pat in the second panel).

[AntiDragon]

Wow. Birthdays must be very serious busyness from April’s P.O.V..

Or perhaps Mike unwittingly triggered some subliminal conditioning…


EDIT: I just realized; Unlike bones or organs or other bodily stuff that stays put, Blood circulates everywhere. Therefore, if the blood in Mike's tentacle is blue, than so is EVERY DROP OF BLOOD IN HIS BODY!!!

[Uniqueusername]

[saper]

it probably blowfish poison temporarily paralyzes the entire body, makes you look dead.

[AntiDragon]

[wacko]

Yes, perhaps there was a sudden change in Mike's blood, either when he returned to the mortal world, or due to the time spent in the Dundun life support system.

Mike's blood was red not only at the time of the stabbing, but also when he was fighting demons in Limbo.

[Dexam]

Mike is toxic!

Many crustaceans and cephalopods use hemocyanin (copper-based) instead of hemoglobin (iron-based) as oxygen-carrying proteins, as it works better in cold low-oxygen environments (compared to hemoglobin).

Interesting... Mike must use both, otherwise his skin would appear blue/green-tinted all over. It's conceivably possible, as hemoglobin is small, and must be carried in cells (i.e. red blood cells), whereas hemocyanin molecules are large enough to float freely in the bloodstream without causing damage. Perhaps Mike's "cold-storage" treatment affected his blood somehow? Note the red and blue tubes.

Edit: an interesting thought just occurred... Marsha mutated after being bit by the batatos. I wonder if April might develop a mutation as a result of ingesting Mike's blood?
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[Sutsu]

If Mike's blood was copper based like said crustaceans, wouldn't he be a green blooded hobgoblin like Spock?

Yeah, Mike + puppy dog eyes = scary... I'd say scary enough to make someone faint.

[wacko]

[Dexam]

Possibly - at the time, I assumed blue for cryogenic coolant, red for blood/nutrients/waste/whatever. But only the Goddess knows how it actually works.
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[RIckImP]

So could this mean that the tentacle is still linked to it's original body somehow...

Didn't Roger have an Alien theory?

[Half-Noob]

we do know mikes tentacle can change colors.... mabey thats why its blue?

also HI IM NEW!

[Maritza Campos]

*pokes Half-Noob*

There.
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[lake_wrangler]

Darn! She beat me to it!

[Half-Noob]

i feel welcomed already!

[Stardrake]

[macdjord]

Congratz, Half-Noob! *Poked* by the Goddess Herself no less! Would you by any chance be the 'Half' of #CRFH on IRC?
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