History WMG / PS238

Herschel's last name is Clay and he's an {{Expy}} of Iron Man. This is probably a reference to the [[TheBible biblical]] story of Nebuchadnezzar's dream about the statue with feet made partially of iron and partially of clay.

[[WMG: The CargoCult [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ps238/comics/index.php?date=2009-12-21 here]] is the Norse pantheon.]]

* Through out the comic Tyler seems more a less a {{Doom Magnet}} to himself and others, Ron's constantly saying he's such bad luck, and yet no one with in his sphere of influence manages to get permanently hurt, including himself.
* Toby, just Toby. Originally just Tyler's RC clone, but when granted sentience by the pixie-elves he ends up with the ability to warp reality as much as he wants for an equal amount of distortion. We never see them grant him powers or do anything other then influence him, so where does the power come from? The best answer is that Toby always had that power but his parents never noticed because they're not flashy enough for their legacy.

* Tody, just Toby. Originally just Tyler's RC clone, but when granted sentience by the pixie-elves he ends up with the ability to warp reality as much as he wants for an equal amount of distortion. We never see them grant him powers or do anything other then influence him, so where does the power come from? The best answer is that Toby always had that power but his parents never noticed because4 they're not flashy enough for their legacy.

Specifically they are the {{Winds of Destiny, Change}} type with a heavy dose of {{Equivalent Exchange}}. Crazy sounding right? well let's look at the evidence:

* This will also be the vindication that the PS238 scheme will need to counter the apparent effectiveness of Pretorian Academy.

[[WMG: Prospero is a [[MassEffect Quarian]] on Pilgramage.]]

[[WMG: [[FullmetalAlchemist Truth]] has something to do with Toby's powers.]]

* After the genie story a better guess is sometimes the price is simply the result of Tylors action without the need to magically impose a price.

[[WMG: Tyler's parents want him to get powers for his own wellbeing.]]

* While they could simply want Tylor to be able to protect himself, they would proberly be thinking of having Tylor protected when they are alive more than when they are dead. They can't reasonably expect to be able to watch over Tylor 24/7, they will grow old, and it becomes less and less socially acceptable for parents to hover over their children from the time their child is born (Constantly looking after 0-2 year old baby is expected constantly watching an 18 year old baby not so much. Villians tend to go after the family to get to the heroes. In theory their death would make Tylor in only slightly more danger than a regular person (No real reason to go after a dead heroes unpowered relative). This is before Tylor became Moon Shadow and before Toby. Even if all three of them died the fact that his clone happened to basically be able to do anything could easily leave Tylor a target.

And Tyler will stay Moon Shadow because he has excellant press.

** This guess specified big things. Knowingly saving onesself all of five to twenty minutes when time is not of the essence doing something easy is pretty small.

* While they could simply want Tylor to be able to protect himself, they would proberly be thinking of having Tylor protected when they are alive more than when they are dead. They can't reasonably expect to be able to watch over Tylor 24/7, they will grow old, and it becomes less and less socially acceptable for parents to do from the time their child is born (Constantly looking after 0-2 year old baby is expected constantly watching an 18 year old baby could arguably get a restraining order if it annoyed the child enough. Villians tend to go after the family to get to the heroes. In theory their death would make Tylor in only slightly more danger than a regular person (No real reason to go after a dead heroes unpowered relative). This is before Tylor became Moon Shadow and before Toby. Even if all three of them died the fact that his clone happened to basically be able to do anything could easily leave Tylor a target.

* While they could simply want Tylor to be able to protect himself, they would proberly be thinking of having Tylor protected when they are alive more than when they are dead. They can't reasonably expect to be able to watch over Tylor 24/7, they will grow old, and it becomes less and less socially acceptable for parents to do from the time their child is born (Constantly looking after a baby is expected constantly . Villians tend to go after the family to get to the heroes though so their death would in theory make Tylor in only slightly more danger than a regular person. This is before Tylor became Moob Shadow and before a clone of his happened to have powers along the lines of the ability to do anything which is mostly limited by

** This guess specified big things as in not knowingly saving onesself all of five to twenty minutes when time is not of the essence doing something easy and unskilled.

* While they could simply want Tylor to be able to protect himself, they would proberly be thinking of having Tylor protected when they are alive more than when they are dead.

Right, so what we've seen of his parents, their entire character is built around pushing Tyler to the school, and to getting powers. I'm sure part of it is because they want him to be like them, but also part of it is, they're probably not immortal. When they die, and he doesn't have powers, what's to stop any past villain from killing him on the spot. So him getting some sort of power is really their hopes that he will be able to survive if and when they die. Him being enrolled in the superhero school also helps him make friends with children with super powers so they would protect him if he never gets them. In fact, [[Spoiler: one reason why they spend so much time with Toby to train his powers is so HE can protect Tyler when they're gone.]]

[[WMG: When Toby uses his powers for big things it acts more like a path not taken, choice than a magically imposed price.]]

First, he is always in a suit that resembles Tali's. Second, He has three fingers. Third, he seems unworried about being on earth. As for food, he's eating the large stash of food tubes that he had in his ship. His translation unit is damaged and he can't fix it so that everyone can understand what he is saying. However, it does translate what they are saying to him.