History Headscratchers / Spinnerette

* Greta Gravity's style of fighting (throwing objects at people or adjusting their gravity as a whole) seems rather impractical when she could readily, say, crush their kneecaps. I suppose the main reason is that it doesn't make an interesting narrative, but it's still kind of jarring.

* Yes, okay, its a playful Spiderman parody. You don't have to remind us every other page.
** Has he been? Or are you just griping?
*** Well, it sure as hell feels like every page. Let me gripe on the griping page.

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Yeah, there are some examples in another story but the thing is... How? How do you sue to the point of losing a house a person whose very identity is secret? A vaporware who by very definition is A) False-B) A misdirection. To whom you sue? how you force the person to present and managed to remove money and propriety? They are 'vigilantes'' A.K.A: people who's very identity and whereabouts are hidden to all others for obvious reason. And sue the super heroe?... Okay, you sued the hero, then what? Force the person to reveal their secret identity and then you get the money? And if it so easy, why be a Hero had a secret Identity? If it's obvious it can’t stop a comic company, what hope it had against the mob? The Villains? The cabals and all your enemies? Why bother with the secret Identity/vigilantism when you can be brought down so easy as a copyright infringement?. How can be a comparison in Real life that could validate that?

* Why are all of Heather's muscles still in the same place? What do the muscles necessary to move her lower arms attach to? How does getting DNA from a spider multiply the amount of limbs without also causing the (genetically related) segmentation, which would, among other things [[MultiBoobage cause her to have six breasts]]. How does a giant gun "insert spider DNA" into every cell within a tank of water, but only the human cells (not the millions upon millions[[hottip:*: 2 kilograms worth]] of roundworms which inhabit the average person's skin and internal organs)? Why doesn't her auto-immune system attack itself and kill her? Why would the US government allow superheroes' identities to remain hidden, and allow them to act above the law (especially given they're quite willing to let supervillains go off easily, so there's definitely not some kind of GodzillaThreshold), or allow them to fight crime without proper training (or [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim guns]], for that matter). What kind of security guard deletes the tapes some attractive woman did not even yet ask to delete before at least looking at them? Why would "real magic" suddenly become well known because of DungeonsAndDragons? Why doesn't Mecha Maid [[ReedRichardsIsUseless publish her ALS-side-effect-curing "neural impulse magnifier" to the world and help out thousands of lives]]? How is "having a beard" just as characteristic of Jesus (only the Visigoth Church depicted him with one, and that doesn't exist anymore) as "having six arms" is of Shiva - isn't that more of the level of "has holes in his hands"? Why does having spider DNA make one stronger? [[SquareCubeLaw Just because spider silk is five times stronger than steel at the single thread level, doesn't mean it's stronger than steel plating or even a cotton scarf]]. Spiders don't shoot web, they have to pull it out with their third set of legs. Since when is the base of the spine at any other location than your butt? Where did the mass required to turn Evil Spinnerette into a spider-centaur come from? Since when is calling your bottom left hand "bottom lefty" naming your arms? Why would a researcher instantly become a superhero the moment she becomes half-spider? Wouldn't she either have wanted fight crime anyway, or have chosen to [[RefusedTheCall Refuse The Call]]? I mean, it's not like the midwest ''needs'' superheroes to solve crime the police can't, causing her to have a moral obligation to become superhero. Copyright laws aren't powerful enough to allow the copyrighting of a profession, or a dress code - what basis does Marvel have to sue?
** [[MST3KMantra Repeat to yourself: "It's just a webcomic, I should really just relax..."]]

* Yes, okay, its a playful Spiderman parody. You dont have to remind us every other page.

** Subaru, definitely, since even their marketing reflects this; just look them up on [[http://www.commercialcloset.org GLAAD's "Commercial Closet"]]. Not entirely sure how that started, though. Nalgene I've never heard.

*** Let's go with the mentality solution, which leave behind the fact that she had in the moment the mentality of a Superhero, in other words the confidence to win and to "fight the bad guys" and with her super reflexes and agility would make a huge difference (also if you give a baby the strenght of a planet it would be ''easier'' for him/her to kill people/things for lack of control and collateral damage) but the toughen part is just plain wrong. Yes, if you put a professional fighting ''another'' professional of course its gonna get hurt, in example like mecha maid against spinnerette, but in this case was a Mugger. A normal Mugger. Going with your analogy it would be like a baby (or a five year old) hitting a person with the complexion of Bruce Lee or more likely, a statue. If you are strong enough to break concrete, bend reinforced metal or use your body to pulverize walls a kinfe or a bullet would not hurt you alot or even considerable. Probably barely scratching you. This is a form of RealityIsUnrealistic in tends of resistance to damage and pounds/inch in effect. Hell, she could have just '''slapped''' the idiot and would have been strong and fast enough to take him down (and probably destroy his jaw or more likely brake his neck).

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If Superheroes identity is secret then how can a Company, a comic company for that matter, can sue for copyright infrigment? I mean, even with the true incorporation of Superheroes in society (which mean there must be some sort of regulation, a form of police or control, specialized insurance agencies, a profesional line of Superheroes in goverment, in military, international associations, an amend of laws (which opens another can of FridgeLogic) which so far had not shown or hinted) how can you demand a person who, by its very proffession, must mantain secrecy for copy a look? And if it not secret, how can they defend from criminal or supervillian counterattack? Like Supervenus, who was sued and lost, by DC for copy Supergirl and became Supermilf? How does that ''even work''. And if its not needed, why go with the hold superheroe secret identity/alter ego charade?

If Heather posses Superstrenght, enough agility and the mental dexterity to control perfectly six arms doing ''different actions simultaneously'' it should have beaten the mook straight down, fight knowledge or not fight knowledge. One fact that seems to be forgotten about Superstrenght is that it need equal amount of toughness to work or it would be like hitting with enough force to destroy a wall with a bat made of crystal. And this is not only in its hand, for if she can hold with her Superstrenght obscene amount weight it mean toughness in shoulder, neck, stomach, thighs, knees etc... making her literally a "walking tank" (which is why Superstrenght by robotic extremities is plain impossible in real life-read cracked for more) meaning that the Mook attacks should have been completely useless. A bear for example know nothing about fighting style, combat pose, economic of movement or energy but nobody would argue that 9 out of 10 times it would rip apart a Martial Master in real life or like trying to dislocate the Terminator shoulder [[spoiler: Which is why the fight of Nick Fury vs Stonewall is just pure '''bullshit''']]
* You can give a baby the strength to crush a planet, but it would still have the mind of a baby. Being it her first time actually fighting, especially a mugger who fights back would scare her. She only had her powers for what, a couple days max? While she's been "herself" all her life. At the time, she still has her meek, geeky girl mindset. Besides, you can toughen a person to physical peaks, it doesn't mean the person can't be bruised or cut or scraped. Where do you think injuries from professional fighting matches come from?
* Lets go with the mentality solution, which leave behind the fact that she had in the moment the mentality of a Superhereo, in other words the confidence to win and to "fight the bad guys" and with her super reflexes and agility would make a huge difference (also if you give a baby the strenght of a planet it would be ''easier'' for him/her to kill people/things for lack of control and colateral damage) but the toughen part is just plain wrong. Yes, if you put a professional fighting ''another'' professional of course its gonna get hurt, in example like mecha maid against spinnerette, but in this case was a Mugger. A normal Mugger. Going with your analogy it would be like a baby (or a five year old) hitting a person with the complexion of Bruce Lee or more likely, a statue. If you are strong enough to brake cement, bent reinforced metal or use your body to pulverize walls a kinfe or a bullet would not hurt you alot or even considerable. Probably barely scratching you. This is a form of RealityIsUnrealistic in tends of resistance to damage and pounds/inch in effect. Hell, she could have just '''slapped''' the idiot and would have been strong and fast enough to take him down (and probably destroy his jaw or more likely brake his neck).
** She'd been a "superhero" for all of about 20 minutes. That's not really enough time to gain confidence in your abilities. You're being ''way'' to presumptive about what someone is capable of the first time they're in a fight. The vast, ''vast'' majority of people will just freeze up when they first get into a fight, even if they're huge and can bench press a truck.\\\

** This is just a thought, but does she really have super-strength? I mean, I know she has increased strength, but it doesn't necessarily mean Super-strength. It's like the difference in strength between Batman and Superman. Of course the advantage she has is she has three sets of arms, so she could lift three times the weight, but by using all the arms at once, not two arms individually, so each arm is still humanly vulnerable. Besides, by your line of logic,then Heather should have literally KILLED her roommate when she hugged her.

At this point, she's not a superhero. She's a ditzy blonde in a costume that thinks she's a superhero, the same way a 9-year-old thinks he's a ninja turtle on Halloween.

* Lets go with the mentality solution, which leave behind the fact that she had in the moment the mentality of a Superhereo, in other words the confidence to win and to "fight the bad guys" and with her super reflexes and agility would make a huge difference (also if you give a baby the strenght of a planet it would be ''easier'' for him/her to kill people/things for lack of control and colateral damage) but the toughen part is just plain wrong. Yes, if you put a professional fighting ''another'' professional of course its gonna get hurt, in example like mecha maid against spinnerette, but in this case was a Mugger. A normal Mugger. Going with your analogy it would be like a baby (or a five year old) hitting a person with the complexion of Bruce Lee or more likely, a statue. If you are strong enough to brake cement, bent reinforced metal or use your body to pulverize walls a kinfe or a bullet would not hurt you alot or even considerable. Probably barely scratching you. This is a form of RealityIsUnrealistic in tends of resistance to damage and pounds/inch in effect. Hell, she could have just '''slapped''' the idiot and would have been strong and fast enough to take him down (and probably destroy his jaw or more likely brake his neck).

* You can give a baby the strength to crush a planet, but it would still have the mind of a baby. Being it her first time actually fighting, especially a mugger who fights back would scare her. She only had her powers for what, a couple days max? While she's been "herself" all her life. At the time, she still has her meek, geeky girl mindset. Besides, you can toughen a person to physical peaks, it doesn't mean the person can't be bruised or cut or scraped. Where do you think injuries from professional fighting matches come from?

*** You can give a baby the strength to crush a planet, but it would still have the mind of a baby. Being it her first time actually fighting, especially a mugger who fights back would scare her. She only had her powers for what, a couple days max? While she's been "herself" all her life. At the time, she still has her meek, geeky girl mindset. Besides, you can toughen a person to physical peaks, it doesn't mean the person can't be bruised or cut or scraped. Where do you think injuries from professional fighting matches come from?

** It's obvious: they sue the "Hero" but not the "Secret Identity".

If Superheroes identity is secret then how can a Company, a comic company for that matter, can sue for copyright infrigment? I mean, even with the true incorporation of Superheroes in society (which mean there must be some sort of regulation, a form of police or control, specialized insurance agencies, a profesional line of Superheroes in goverment, in military, international associations, an amend of laws (which opens another can of FridgeLogic) which so far had not shown or hinted) how can you demand a person who, by its very proffession, must mantain secrecy for copy a look? And if it not secret, how can they defend from criminal or supervillian counterattack? Like Supervenus, who was sued and lost, by DC for copy Supergirl and became Supermilf? How does that ''even work''. And if its not needed, why go with the hold superheroe secret identity/alter ego charade?