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Started watching Attack on Titan and I have a theory: They're Faeries :D
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<blockquote data-quote="Blockinlick" data-source="post: 21959" data-attributes="member: 234"><p>Two things stuck out to me right away during the first episode of AoT. First, the way their "ODM Gear" works breaks the laws of physics and makes little sense. Second, the size of the Titans while still being closely humanoid also defies (What I've learned at least) limitations and understanding of physiology.</p><p></p><p>I'm supposed to believe that</p><p>-These grappling hooks stick more than half the time (Let alone the 99% of the time they stick in the show)</p><p>-Their body weight distribution doesn't make them flop head forward and backwards or sideways when they're yanked</p><p>-The yank of the gas-propulsion doesn't damage their body, cause shock, whiplash, hit their feet, etc</p><p>-Finally that despite all of the above, they can whip around on them like a gymnast on a pole and always stick a grapple on something every time they need to.</p><p></p><p>Everything about these things is so impractical and anti-science. The reality is that this gear would yank the user unpredictably and they'd have almost ZERO control over the velocity or direction and end up crashing into the ground, a wall, or the Titan 99% of the time... and that's not adding the damage the rig itself will cause the user OR the excessive G-forces applied that will harm or kill the user.</p><p></p><p>---On to Titan physiology.</p><p></p><p>I've learned a bit about two subjects. One, the difficulty if not impossibility of giant walking humanoid mechs, and two, the subject of "Will humans get bigger?"</p><p></p><p>As far as humanoid mechs go, we've learned two things in attempts to do it:</p><p></p><p>1. That the larger a body, the more exponentially strength is needed to move it in gravity. So the distribution of muscle mass to organs, skeleton, & flesh would become larger and larger... exponentially.</p><p></p><p>In mech terms, this means the larger you try to make a mech, the more power you need to move it exponentially. Once a mech is over 15 feet tall, it requires an absurd amount of power to move and even with top-notch technology, the ones we've produced move very slow AND aren't humanoid shape, which would require even more power and advanced tech. At 45 feet tall (The tallest non-Colossal Titans), the amount of power needed would be produced by no less than something like Tony Starks ARC Reactor.</p><p></p><p>In order to produce an amount of power that immense through flesh & muscle mass... well, to cut right to it, it can't. There's a threshold where the muscle will reach a zero-efficiency state due to its size vs gravity. There's simply a limit to how powerful a muscle can be at some point and its WELL below the size of most Titans.</p><p></p><p>2. Michael from VSauce explains this one in this video </p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]DkzQxw16G9w[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>Basically, because of the muscle issue I outlined beforehand, the size of humans will not get much bigger than we are now. </p><p></p><p>So right out of the gate, the show is scientifically ignorant. </p><p>I mean, at least shows like DBZ, Bleach, & Naruto use supernatural powers and whatnot as a premise, but Attack on Titan so far hasn't hinted anything of the sort... </p><p></p><p>So I propose the theory that it's not so much that the Titans are big as much as the humans of their world aren't actually human, they're smaller... like Faerie small and the Titans are merely actual human size. This actually makes the ODM Gear at least halfway more feasible AND explains the physiology of the Titans. LOL</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blockinlick, post: 21959, member: 234"] Two things stuck out to me right away during the first episode of AoT. First, the way their "ODM Gear" works breaks the laws of physics and makes little sense. Second, the size of the Titans while still being closely humanoid also defies (What I've learned at least) limitations and understanding of physiology. I'm supposed to believe that -These grappling hooks stick more than half the time (Let alone the 99% of the time they stick in the show) -Their body weight distribution doesn't make them flop head forward and backwards or sideways when they're yanked -The yank of the gas-propulsion doesn't damage their body, cause shock, whiplash, hit their feet, etc -Finally that despite all of the above, they can whip around on them like a gymnast on a pole and always stick a grapple on something every time they need to. Everything about these things is so impractical and anti-science. The reality is that this gear would yank the user unpredictably and they'd have almost ZERO control over the velocity or direction and end up crashing into the ground, a wall, or the Titan 99% of the time... and that's not adding the damage the rig itself will cause the user OR the excessive G-forces applied that will harm or kill the user. ---On to Titan physiology. I've learned a bit about two subjects. One, the difficulty if not impossibility of giant walking humanoid mechs, and two, the subject of "Will humans get bigger?" As far as humanoid mechs go, we've learned two things in attempts to do it: 1. That the larger a body, the more exponentially strength is needed to move it in gravity. So the distribution of muscle mass to organs, skeleton, & flesh would become larger and larger... exponentially. In mech terms, this means the larger you try to make a mech, the more power you need to move it exponentially. Once a mech is over 15 feet tall, it requires an absurd amount of power to move and even with top-notch technology, the ones we've produced move very slow AND aren't humanoid shape, which would require even more power and advanced tech. At 45 feet tall (The tallest non-Colossal Titans), the amount of power needed would be produced by no less than something like Tony Starks ARC Reactor. In order to produce an amount of power that immense through flesh & muscle mass... well, to cut right to it, it can't. There's a threshold where the muscle will reach a zero-efficiency state due to its size vs gravity. There's simply a limit to how powerful a muscle can be at some point and its WELL below the size of most Titans. 2. Michael from VSauce explains this one in this video [MEDIA=youtube]DkzQxw16G9w[/MEDIA] Basically, because of the muscle issue I outlined beforehand, the size of humans will not get much bigger than we are now. So right out of the gate, the show is scientifically ignorant. I mean, at least shows like DBZ, Bleach, & Naruto use supernatural powers and whatnot as a premise, but Attack on Titan so far hasn't hinted anything of the sort... So I propose the theory that it's not so much that the Titans are big as much as the humans of their world aren't actually human, they're smaller... like Faerie small and the Titans are merely actual human size. This actually makes the ODM Gear at least halfway more feasible AND explains the physiology of the Titans. LOL [/QUOTE]
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