Comments on: Your Weekend Moment of Psychic Nosebleed Zen: Ultimate X-Men http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1980 a blog of medicine, comics, television, science and other fun stuff Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:50:22 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Chemistry Help http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1980/comment-page-1#comment-329711 Chemistry Help Thu, 15 May 2008 14:43:23 +0000 http://politedissent.com/?p=1980#comment-329711 <strong>Chemistry Help...</strong> Use the shorthand method to represent electrochemical cells.... Chemistry Help…

Use the shorthand method to represent electrochemical cells….

]]> By: Graeme http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1980/comment-page-1#comment-321662 Graeme Tue, 06 May 2008 05:24:21 +0000 http://politedissent.com/?p=1980#comment-321662 I have a feeling someone's going around off panel punching psychics in the nose. I have a feeling someone’s going around off panel punching psychics in the nose.

]]> By: David Oakes http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1980/comment-page-1#comment-320348 David Oakes Mon, 05 May 2008 20:46:34 +0000 http://politedissent.com/?p=1980#comment-320348 Seeing Xavier bleed reminded me (finally) of Claremont's retcon of his first meeting with Ororo and the introduction of the Shadow King. Their "fight" was quite daring for comics, because they just sat across the table from one another, motionless. (Of course, the conceit was that there was this fantasic battle "on the Astral Plane", with full illustration.) At one point Xavier is "stabbed" mentally (Astrally) by the Shadow King, and the same wound appeared on his physical body. I am not sure if "Psychosomatic Trauma" is any more medically sound than "Bleeding from the brain", but it is another possibility. Maybe all these psychics are psychologically predisposed (from reading to many comics...) to believe that use of their powers will cause nosebleeds. And lo and behoold, they use their powers, and their nose bleeds! Seeing Xavier bleed reminded me (finally) of Claremont’s retcon of his first meeting with Ororo and the introduction of the Shadow King. Their “fight” was quite daring for comics, because they just sat across the table from one another, motionless. (Of course, the conceit was that there was this fantasic battle “on the Astral Plane”, with full illustration.)

At one point Xavier is “stabbed” mentally (Astrally) by the Shadow King, and the same wound appeared on his physical body. I am not sure if “Psychosomatic Trauma” is any more medically sound than “Bleeding from the brain”, but it is another possibility.

Maybe all these psychics are psychologically predisposed (from reading to many comics…) to believe that use of their powers will cause nosebleeds. And lo and behoold, they use their powers, and their nose bleeds!

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