Chapter 39-3 Chemical Reactions

[Unit]

And with that last post I moved out of Lurker status. YES! I am now Fresh Meat... not much of an improvement but I'll take it haha

[bigsteve1911]

Hi everyone, my first post on the forum which I know should go in the introductions section but I just couldn't keep quiet about the latest episode!

so here's my theory....

Dr Bill (Ink) Roberts is/was a bit of a mad scientist who lost the plot - henct the police tape at his office.

He was conducting experiments into {dont know what yet} and doing tests using chimps. These have 'changed' into the little ones due to the testing - hence the numbers on them, they are their id numbers from the lab!

This is also why Ink is still in charge, he's their "daddy"!

Everything went tits up, the chimps kicked off and their bite turns humans into Z's.

Sorry for brief sentences, I'm typing this on my phone while driving but i nust listened to this episode and had to share my thoughts!!!

Hi everyone, so now I'm back at my laptop so I can really go to town on my idea (s)....

I'm sure I read in one my Z-books that Formaldehyde (sp?) damages healthy cells but preserves dead cells, hence its used on corpses to keep the skin looking half decent. It also toughens the skin....

MAYBE... Ink is now trying to develop an army of zompanzees (I'm claiming that word!!) and in an attempt to make them bulletproof he's having Randy & others raid Raydon Labs to stock up on formaldehyde?

Bit random I know, but when I heard that the smashed bottles in the bag were For*****, it got me wondering why Z's would want formaldehyde, and then I remembered the thing about it being a skin-thickener...

Oh, and I think I heard someone mention "jumpers" and "climbers" in the latest episode? Reminded me about the latest Planet of the Apes film (can't remember what is called, but the prequel one), where the apes free themselves and it all kicks off on the bridge - climbers and jumpers.....

Probably a load of crap, but isn't it all speculation?!

Thanks for listening!!

Oh - and I've not said this yet, but I LOVE the podcast! I live in the UK and I've told tons of people about it.

[pmchawk]

Something popped into my head do to the contest. Someone will have to correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't one of the effects of K18 or the "FO" one was harder nails? Isn't there something in nail polish that strengthens nails? Chloroform that Micheal made the 1st time was with nail polish and Lizzy was overly exposed to it. Crap.. Suddenly I lost my thoughts on where I was going exactly do to typing on a phone is slower then a keyboard. Hopefully that might trigger some idea for someone else.

[Red Shirt]

Something popped into my head do to the contest. Someone will have to correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't one of the effects of K18 or the "FO" one was harder nails? Isn't there something in nail polish that strengthens nails? Chloroform that Micheal made the 1st time was with nail polish and Lizzy was overly exposed to it. Crap.. Suddenly I lost my thoughts on where I was going exactly do to typing on a phone is slower then a keyboard. Hopefully that might trigger some idea for someone else.

Nail Polish is lacquer and can be used to protect the nail beds, several coats can strengthen the nails. Some varieties do have formulations that are intended to strengthen the nails and are marketed as such. The ingredient in Micheal's chloroform was nail polish remover or acetone. They are essentially the same thing except nail polish remover tends to have additives like moisturizers, dyes, fragrances and odor reducers. (Do note that there are some removers that are acetone free.)

Finger nails are made of Keratin... Stands to reason that part of the body changes during zombification, is the drastic strengthening of the fingernails. This further explains the part of the Devil's Workshop scene when Kalani and Riley discover they are walking on the litter of fingernail trimming and they are loudly crunchy.

"Ugh, was someone grooming a Great Dane in here?"

[Unit]

Trying to resurrect the Reptrivia area. Just created a new quiz that should go live soon. It is an easy one to get things started again but I will try to get a new one up each day. Go check it out!

[Storm]

Thanks for bringing this up and earlier reminding me of Isaac's role as patriarch.

Not that I'm buying into the "Kc is going to bring everything back to the Bible" idea of where the show goes, but he does have a thing for meaningful names. And Isaac has pretty definite meaning in Jewish, Islam, and Christian religions.

Isaac had 2 sons, Jacob and Esau. Jacob was given a new name by God - Israel. Israel was the patriarch of God's chosen people, the Israelites. Israel had 12 sons - each becoming the head of one of the 12 tribes of Israel.

Isaac's other son, Esau, was the first born and should have been the more revered of the sons, as such. Two things happened. Esau basically gave away his birthright to his brother for a bowl of stew. Later, an aged and blind Isaac was tricked by Jacob into giving him the paternal blessing instead of Esau. Jacob did this by covering his arm with wool. This tricked Isaac into thinking it was Esau because Esau was known as a very hairy man.

So Isaac, father of 2 sons. One is a real hairy guy and the other had 12 sons who where to start the lineage of God's chosen people.

The rest is left as an exercise for the reader...

Randy Roberts? ... Sounds kinda silly.
But yay, thanks for this. I hadn't even got around to googling Isaac. Definitely interesting. Just makes me even more sure about Dr. Roberts being the father of Ink. Not sure Randy is his brother, though... If that's what you tried to say.
Even though it might not be what Kc's been thinking I still find it interesting to find such parallels.
So... The inklings are both sons of Israel and homies of Jesus...

[bigsteve1911]

Oh - and I reckon Lizzy is going to have a zom-baby....

#justsayin

[scbubba]

Randy Roberts? ... Sounds kinda silly.
But yay, thanks for this. I hadn't even got around to googling Isaac. Definitely interesting. Just makes me even more sure about Dr. Roberts being the father of Ink. Not sure Randy is his brother, though... If that's what you tried to say.
Even though it might not be what Kc's been thinking I still find it interesting to find such parallels.
So... The inklings are both sons of Israel and homies of Jesus...

Well, if we take the parallel far enough, the Little Ones perhaps become the Pharisees and Michael Cross plays the role of Messiah and comes to set them straight. In the process, Cross gets killed but his death starts a new movement that eventually supplants the existing "order" with a new grassroots movement. Cross lives on in the pages of the several books and letters which are eventually reprinted and shared with everyone....

Nyah... it's been done....


tl:dr - Michael Cross isn't Jesus

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Nail Polish is lacquer and can be used to protect the nail beds, several coats can strengthen the nails. Some varieties do have formulations that are intended to strengthen the nails and are marketed as such. The ingredient in Micheal's chloroform was nail polish remover or acetone. They are essentially the same thing except nail polish remover tends to have additives like moisturizers, dyes, fragrances and odor reducers. (Do note that there are some removers that are acetone free.)

i just pictured a heavy-set zombie-woman with extensions in her hair, chewing gum loudly, and shaking her head back and forth as she's filing down the nails of some zombie clients.
"Gurl, these nails be looooong! Whatchu gonna do when they break and i ain't around to trim them no more, huh? Dat's right. You gonna have to go back to Mr. Ink, and we boaf know how he been trippin' lately."

[Footbutt]

Well, if we take the parallel far enough, the Little Ones perhaps become the Pharisees and Michael Cross plays the role of Messiah and comes to set them straight. In the process, Cross gets killed but his death starts a new movement that eventually supplants the existing "order" with a new grassroots movement. Cross lives on in the pages of the several books and letters which are eventually reprinted and shared with everyone....

Nyah... it's been done....


tl:dr - Michael Cross isn't Jesus

in the analogy, the Numbered Ones would be the 'offspring', 12 tribes of Israel, and Esau's (Randy's) group would be fighting against them. right?

i don't know, i'm still not sure of how the connection/non-connection is with Randy and Ink. They could be in cohoots, in a shaky alliance, of at war with each other. But according to Saul's observation: "They don't attack each other, do they?"

oh, how i'm REALLY excited for the 18th. honestly, i look forward to Mondays now.