Post #3749922
2026-07-03 14:59 UTC
@Shards@kind.social Pym Particles work on the rule of cool. Marvel makes references to it just being the space between subatomic particles being reduced, so when small he’s still the same mass. But the inverse is not shown to be true. When big he should blow away in the wind, or be shredded by the other ambient molecules flying between his atoms.
Instead we get what makes the coolest picture, sans science. You just need to get enough people writing on staff who think it would be cool. So probably The Boys
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@Pseudonym_Ken@kind.social 2026-07-04 03:22
@Shards@kind.social I was curious, and after an Internet search and a dive on TVTropes, can confirm they did this in The Boys, apparently as a sex scene gone wrong, and Invincible where it went badly for the size changer. Which just confirms my internalized assumptions about both shows and original comics. DC’s The Atom did this to Darkseid’s brain apparently. Which reminds me that Wasp of the early 2000’s Ultimates delivered an attack to the Hulk’s brain via his ear canal. Rule of cool all the way down.