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minus-squareJacob_Mandarin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoIn my head its more of a Superhero name. It also gives her the classic backstory of getting her powers from radiation. Just alpha instead of the classic gamma.
minus-squareChais@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoExcept alpha particles are helium nuclei, which don’t even penetrate the skin. So she would’ve had to ingest an alpha emitter. You can’t frame this as an accident.
minus-squareflying_sheep@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoAlso that makes it a super shitty superpower. I can give you throat cancer by sticking my hand up your throat
minus-squareEvil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoA particle accelerator accident could kill someone with alpha particles. Perhaps even a cosmic ray accident with some specific circumstances.
In my head its more of a Superhero name.
It also gives her the classic backstory of getting her powers from radiation. Just alpha instead of the classic gamma.
Except alpha particles are helium nuclei, which don’t even penetrate the skin. So she would’ve had to ingest an alpha emitter. You can’t frame this as an accident.
Also that makes it a super shitty superpower.
A particle accelerator accident could kill someone with alpha particles.
Perhaps even a cosmic ray accident with some specific circumstances.