The NP member comic discussion thread! - Page 631

Shyria Dracnoir · 08-16-2008, 10:31 AM

*brings Bic Mac some orange juice and chicken noodle soup*

Melfice · 08-19-2008, 11:20 AM

Thadius, I hereby wish to inform you that a black lightsaber is an impossibility.
Black is the absence of light.

As such, assuming there is light involved with a lightsaber's beam, the beam would be harmless to your opponent as it would not be there.

Having said that, I now take my leave.

Funny comic though.

phil_ · 08-19-2008, 12:36 PM

Naw, it's just really dark purple. Yeah.

bluestarultor · 08-19-2008, 01:07 PM

Actually, light sabers aren't made of lasers (aka actual light). Well, except in the newer movies, maybe, but those suck. XP

No, the real explanation is that they're a loop of plasma run through a colored crystal and held in shape by magnetism, so it's definitely possible if, say, the crystal goes off into the non-visible spectrum, either towards IR or UV.

Melfice · 08-19-2008, 02:18 PM

I ain't ever gonna comment anything beyond "cool" or "this sucks" anymore.
Every time I get proven wrong; it ain't funny anymore. Goddamn Star Wars nerds. �__�

Still, source for your statement, blue? Send it over PM.
Creditable source, thank you. Wikipedia does not count.

Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope · 08-19-2008, 06:22 PM

Oh god...this can only end in tears.

Tears and blood.

And severed limbs.

Good job Thad.

Shyria Dracnoir · 08-20-2008, 04:58 PM

*on the intercom to the base storage room* Shall I send for the "Land War in Asia" size tank of morphine, love?

TDK · 08-20-2008, 05:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bluestarultor

Actually, light sabers aren't made of lasers (aka actual light). Well, except in the newer movies, maybe, but those suck. XP

No, the real explanation is that they're a loop of plasma run through a colored crystal and held in shape by magnetism, so it's definitely possible if, say, the crystal goes off into the non-visible spectrum, either towards IR or UV.

Seems to me that would just make it invisible. Maybe the heat and magnetism and presence of plasma would make some distortion or scattering, but above that, yeah, not black.

Shyria Dracnoir · 08-21-2008, 07:14 PM

Duh, he took a white one and added some food coloring

Loyal · 08-21-2008, 08:38 PM

...Thadius was right to bring you here. You fit wonderfully.

08-19-2008, 12:36 PM	#6303
phil_ Just sleeping Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: At home, probably in bed. Posts: 6,482	Naw, it's just really dark purple. Yeah. __________________ Be T-Rexcellent to each other, tako.

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Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope Definitely NOT a samurai Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Location: Wherever the wind leads me Posts: 5,347	Oh god...this can only end in tears. Tears and blood. And severed limbs. Good job Thad. __________________ Lost in the Music ~ On Hiatus Tales of a Torn World ~ World Building

08-16-2008, 10:31 AM	#6301
Shyria Dracnoir Kawaii-ju Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Monster Island Posts: 4,240	brings Bic Mac some orange juice and chicken noodle soup

08-20-2008, 04:58 PM	#6307
Shyria Dracnoir Kawaii-ju Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Monster Island Posts: 4,240	on the intercom to the base storage room Shall I send for the "Land War in Asia" size tank of morphine, love?

08-21-2008, 07:14 PM	#6309
Shyria Dracnoir Kawaii-ju Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Monster Island Posts: 4,240	Duh, he took a white one and added some food coloring