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Would Wolverine's Healing Factor Reverse His Circumcision?

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    Endless_SerpentsEndless_Serpents Registered User regular
    If you got a blood transfusion from Wolverine would his blood take over and turn you into Wolverine?

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    King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    If you got a blood transfusion from Wolverine would his blood take over and turn you into Wolverine?

    No but it would heal you slightly faster. He can make antibodies really fast too

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    DedwrekkaDedwrekka Metal Hell adjacentRegistered User regular
    -Tal wrote: »
    Straightzi wrote: »
    I would argue that the phrasing of this question at the top of the thread implies that Wolverine has been circumcised

    The use of possessive language, defining Wolverine's circumcision as being his, creates the idea that it is a procedure that has been internalized and is a part of him

    Do you think his regeneration is based on his own mental self-image of how his body "should" be? That is to say, if he believes he should be uncircumcised, that being uncircimcised is an integral aspect of who he is, he will regenerate uncircimcised?

    If Wolverine was a trans woman, would her body begin to self-modify as it regenerated? Would it wait until she came out to herself or would it begin even if she was denying her identity?

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    cursedkingcursedking Registered User regular
    Platy wrote: »
    Isn't there a story where he gets burned to ash but regenerates from that

    I'm not surprised if his healing factor is wildly variable

    if it is the one you're thinking of, that is fueled by a magic space crystal where a drop of his blood falls on it.

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    TayaTaya Registered User regular
    Yes
    I'm beginning to suspect Wolverine isn't entirely realistic.

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    XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    Taya wrote: »
    I'm beginning to suspect Wolverine isn't entirely realistic.

    snikt

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    King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    Dedwrekka wrote: »
    -Tal wrote: »
    Straightzi wrote: »
    I would argue that the phrasing of this question at the top of the thread implies that Wolverine has been circumcised

    The use of possessive language, defining Wolverine's circumcision as being his, creates the idea that it is a procedure that has been internalized and is a part of him

    Do you think his regeneration is based on his own mental self-image of how his body "should" be? That is to say, if he believes he should be uncircumcised, that being uncircimcised is an integral aspect of who he is, he will regenerate uncircimcised?

    If Wolverine was a trans woman, would her body begin to self-modify as it regenerated? Would it wait until she came out to herself or would it begin even if she was denying her identity?

    Wolverine can be drugged so hormones should act normally in that regard. Anything surgically modified might be an issue

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    Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Taya wrote: »
    I'm beginning to suspect Wolverine isn't entirely realistic.

    A realistic healing factor ends up being an autoimmune disease.

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    Brovid HasselsmofBrovid Hasselsmof [Growling historic on the fury road] Registered User regular
    edited March 2019
    Thread reminded me of this

    https://youtu.be/GFipAtefUWw

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    Dedwrekka wrote: »
    -Tal wrote: »
    Straightzi wrote: »
    I would argue that the phrasing of this question at the top of the thread implies that Wolverine has been circumcised

    The use of possessive language, defining Wolverine's circumcision as being his, creates the idea that it is a procedure that has been internalized and is a part of him

    Do you think his regeneration is based on his own mental self-image of how his body "should" be? That is to say, if he believes he should be uncircumcised, that being uncircimcised is an integral aspect of who he is, he will regenerate uncircimcised?

    If Wolverine was a trans woman, would her body begin to self-modify as it regenerated? Would it wait until she came out to herself or would it begin even if she was denying her identity?

    hey don't do this

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    Endless_SerpentsEndless_Serpents Registered User regular
    Over a long enough timeframe would Wolverine’s cells deteriorate due to age (as seen in hit film Logan) to such a degree that he is just a wrinkled lump of flesh unable to die?

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    KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    Taya wrote: »
    I'm beginning to suspect Wolverine isn't entirely realistic.

    A realistic healing factor ends up being an autoimmune disease.

    sweet, I'm Wolverine in *two* ways now

    (I have abnormally strong platelets. I tried to give blood and they were like "nope.")

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    Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited March 2019
    Yes
    Could you imagine how bad wolverine's psoriasis would be?

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    Endless_SerpentsEndless_Serpents Registered User regular
    KalTorak wrote: »
    Taya wrote: »
    I'm beginning to suspect Wolverine isn't entirely realistic.

    A realistic healing factor ends up being an autoimmune disease.

    sweet, I'm Wolverine in *two* ways now

    (I have abnormally strong platelets. I tried to give blood and they were like "nope.")

    Is the second way you’re very short, or is it knuckle claws?

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    DedwrekkaDedwrekka Metal Hell adjacentRegistered User regular
    edited March 2019
    Dedwrekka was warned for this.
    Dedwrekka wrote: »
    -Tal wrote: »
    Straightzi wrote: »
    I would argue that the phrasing of this question at the top of the thread implies that Wolverine has been circumcised

    The use of possessive language, defining Wolverine's circumcision as being his, creates the idea that it is a procedure that has been internalized and is a part of him

    Do you think his regeneration is based on his own mental self-image of how his body "should" be? That is to say, if he believes he should be uncircumcised, that being uncircimcised is an integral aspect of who he is, he will regenerate uncircimcised?

    If Wolverine was a trans woman, would her body begin to self-modify as it regenerated? Would it wait until she came out to herself or would it begin even if she was denying her identity?

    Wolverine can be drugged so hormones should act normally in that regard. Anything surgically modified might be an issue

    I was thinking more like, if it's based on Wolverine's mental self-image, would she not even need hormone therapy, and would her mental self image instead regenerate her into her ideal body as determined by her self-image bypassing the need for any surgery or HRT.

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    XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    What if he dyed his hair?

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    DepressperadoDepressperado I just wanted to see you laughing in the pizza rainRegistered User regular
    edited March 2019
    Yes
    okay, if you had Wolverine's accelerated healing but not his metal bones, would getting run over by a steamroller kill you, or would it be like the end of Who Framed Roger Rabbit and you'd like

    flop around while your body like, re-inflates and your bones and organs regrow

    would it just make new bones, or would it turn the bone shards back into regular bones?

    where does he get the energy to regenerate? do you think Wolverine has to eat a lot to keep his power going?

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    XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    Len Wein didn't think any of this through

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    Brovid HasselsmofBrovid Hasselsmof [Growling historic on the fury road] Registered User regular
    Xaquin wrote: »
    What if he dyed his hair?

    Hair's dead already

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    TubeTube Registered User admin
    Hey maybe don't use the lives and struggles of trans people as theoretical grist for your fun times comic book powers discussion.

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    XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    Xaquin wrote: »
    What if he dyed his hair?

    Hair's dead already

    I did not know that!

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    DepressperadoDepressperado I just wanted to see you laughing in the pizza rainRegistered User regular
    Yes
    can Wolverine get a tan?

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    BucketmanBucketman Call me SkraggRegistered User regular
    Yes
    ChicoBlue wrote: »
    If Wolverine ate his own butt, how long would it take to grow back and would he be hungry again by the time it grew back?

    Chico I don't know that you properly understand what eating ass means and now I'm scared

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    Brovid HasselsmofBrovid Hasselsmof [Growling historic on the fury road] Registered User regular
    Xaquin wrote: »
    Xaquin wrote: »
    What if he dyed his hair?

    Hair's dead already

    I did not know that!

    It's only alive and growing at the roots, same as your nails. You can never escape your own fragile mortality!

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    XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    I feel like there's a marvel swimsuit issue that would suggest the affirmative

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    King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    edited March 2019
    okay, if you had Wolverine's accelerated healing but not his metal bones, would getting run over by a steamroller kill you, or would it be like the end of Who Framed Roger Rabbit and you'd like

    flop around while your body like, re-inflates and your bones and organs regrow

    would it just make new bones, or would it turn the bone shards back into regular bones?

    where does he get the energy to regenerate? do you think Wolverine has to eat a lot to keep his power going?

    His healing factor can burn out if over taxed. In X-Force one of the Horseman gave him every disease and it borked him up for a good while.
    A Steam roller would likely be fatal with no adamantium

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    PhasenPhasen Hell WorldRegistered User regular
    Yes
    Xaquin wrote: »
    I feel like there's a marvel swimsuit issue that would suggest the affirmative

    Oh boy when you got those fleer xmen cards that were all about the summer pool party. Hoo boyyy

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    DepressperadoDepressperado I just wanted to see you laughing in the pizza rainRegistered User regular
    Yes
    I think I'd rather have Deadpool's crazy healing factor

    sure I look like a slice of pizza that all the cheese slid off of, but I'm pretty much unkillable

    and if set during a certain time in Deadpool's career, literally unkillable because Thanos was jealous of the budding relationship between Deadpool and Death and made him immortal

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    King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    Again in X-Force Deadpool was at points a bag of meat and a talking head for hours at a time

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    Endless_SerpentsEndless_Serpents Registered User regular
    Okay guys, cut the bullshit, what is canonically Wolverine’s fav hockey team? I need to know despite having never watched a full game of ice hockey.

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    DepressperadoDepressperado I just wanted to see you laughing in the pizza rainRegistered User regular
    Yes
    X-force really took a toll on those guys, huh

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    King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    X-force really took a toll on those guys, huh

    Oh yes.

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    XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    Okay guys, cut the bullshit, what is canonically Wolverine’s fav hockey team? I need to know despite having never watched a full game of ice hockey.

    Vancouver Canuckleheads

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    DedwrekkaDedwrekka Metal Hell adjacentRegistered User regular
    Tube wrote: »
    Hey maybe don't use the lives and struggles of trans people as theoretical grist for your fun times comic book powers discussion.

    Sorry it came off as a gross appropriation of real struggle for a joke, instead of a legit interest in LGBT themes in fiction. My fault.

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    KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    KalTorak wrote: »
    Taya wrote: »
    I'm beginning to suspect Wolverine isn't entirely realistic.

    A realistic healing factor ends up being an autoimmune disease.

    sweet, I'm Wolverine in *two* ways now

    (I have abnormally strong platelets. I tried to give blood and they were like "nope.")

    Is the second way you’re very short, or is it knuckle claws?

    I also have an autoimmune disease

    though sometimes when I forget to trim my toenails my wife accuses me of having X-23 feet

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    Duke 2.0Duke 2.0 Time Trash Cat Registered User regular
    DaMoonRulz wrote: »
    More importantly will he also start regrowing his umbilical cord?

    Regenerates a whole mother around himself, aka here’s a link to my fan fiction dot net story tagged unbirth and alt-unbirth

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    XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    Duke 2.0 wrote: »
    DaMoonRulz wrote: »
    More importantly will he also start regrowing his umbilical cord?

    Regenerates a whole mother around himself, aka here’s a link to my fan fiction dot net story tagged unbirth and alt-unbirth

    Weapon XY Chromosome

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    Endless_SerpentsEndless_Serpents Registered User regular
    Xaquin wrote: »
    Okay guys, cut the bullshit, what is canonically Wolverine’s fav hockey team? I need to know despite having never watched a full game of ice hockey.

    Vancouver Canuckleheads

    Good, now I can finally rest within my eternal tomb. Sayōnara thread.

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    KaplarKaplar On Google MapsRegistered User regular
    edited March 2019
    No
    Know what. Nevermind.

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    BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    Imagine how swole he could really be.

    Since building muscle is essentially tearing it down so it can heal stronger, he could basically work out nonstop and get massively ripped really fast.

    Kind of like Hugh Jackman...

    some sort of huge, jacked man

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