Shego's Glow

[oldsoldier]

Just a few ruminations on the nature of Shego's green glow.

It appears to me there is a fanon that Shego's power is some sort of highly flammable, high energy plasma capable of creating rubble, igniting or melting things (I think even welding); a power even her brothers fear. This raised arguments of why Kim's hands or face didn't suffer burns when she held on to Shego's wrists during a grappling session, for example.

From watching the show it appears Shego's glow is usually concussive in nature, that is it seems to be used either as a kinetic enhancer when pummelling or clawing things or, when thrown, to knock down things or people (the Lipsky brothers seem popular targets). The time in 'Bad Boy' when she conjures a dense ball of energy brought to mind an area effect concussion bomb. These effects didn't appear to ignite anything, merely generate a sledgehammer effect.

The other effect I noted was the plasma torch one like that in 'Emotion Sickness' when Shego carves the initials in the rock wall of the lair. I don't recall seeing this particular ability used in combat which, if that is the case, may mean she needs focus to apply her glow that way; perhaps being in a melee with Kim precludes that ability to focus.

Questions, comments or concerns?

[buckmana]

I'm assuming it is a burning energy, because things seem to melt and or burn when Shego uses her power.

But under normal circumstances, I assume the heat of the blast cannot radiate more then a short distance from her hands.
I.E: in order to burn or cut someone with her energy, Shego has to physically touch them with her hands or fingers.
If Kim grabs her by the wrists, she's perfectly safe.

I never really bought into the energy blast thing.
It's like they added that later on just for the gimmick of it.

That's not to say Shego never had this power before, but like you said, generating the green glow as a energy beam requires concentration and focus, considering she has to push the glow out of it's normal boundaries.

Which is why Shego never does it much, she needs to prepare mentally to unleash the blast.
I'm assuming this is not easy when a certain redheaded cheerleader is kicking and punching you.......

[shegal92]

I think her "glow" is heavily linked to her conscious feelings at that moment. If she wants something to burn, it does. If she wants it blown to smithereens, it gets blown up. Lazers, fire, energy, anything with the vague definition of "power" and fire (because it looks like fire, so most assume it is).
...buuut if she doesn't want to melt Kimmi's skin off, then she can tone down the power a bit.
It's interesting to think that Shego's (or any Gos') powers wear them out; I haven't seen evidence of this sans when Aviarius took them away and Shego/Kim collapsed from the draining of the power.

[oldsoldier]

Oct 26, 2011 18:37:04 GMT -5 shegal92 said:

It's interesting to think that Shego's (or any Gos') powers wear them out; I haven't seen evidence of this sans when Aviarius took them away and Shego/Kim collapsed from the draining of the power.

The comet powers enhance the physical performance of Team Go, one of the effects probably being an increase in body metabolism. Removing the powers is probably similar to the weakness one feels upon catching the flu and not having the 'energy' to do anything.

[scumdog47]

The cheap and cowardly way out would be to say that "It does whatever the script wants it to do".

But let's not go down that path.

First a summary:

It is some sort of bioplasma capable of retaining kinetic energy, hence her ability to cause great impacts and blast through things without setting them on fire. On this we all seem to agree.

However, the kinetic energy can, with a bit of focus be transformed into a "simpler" dignity of energy, that is to say good ol' heat.

Keeping such a focus in battle is most likely kind of tricky.

Mind you, if Shego actually landed a solid punch on KP...well, that could get gory.

Range:
The range of her blasts seem to be limited, presumably because the energy of blasts/pulses dissipate rather quickly.
From what I can remember of the blasts in the TV-show however, they usually are of the kinetic type.

When she generates heat it seems to be in the shape of a ray, as seen in Emotion Sickness. It also seems to have even shorter range than the kinetic blasts which further supports the theory that it needs a more intense focus.

Conclusion: I agree with oldsoldier's view on the matter, as a whole.

Now, Shego (and Team Go) got the powers from the meteor/comet.
Does this mean that there is a limit to the power's duration?
Will Shego run out of "fuel"?

Or does her body generate a steady flow of new energy by itself?
This is supported by the fact that her powers wane when Shego is ill.

Would it affect her dietary needs?

She does like tanning, yet she does to tan.
Does she absorb energy from the sun to rebuild energy?

Or, potentially more unsettling, did the comet just make Team Go living conduits for power from "Somewhere Else"?

Are we moving into Lovecraft country?


Oh, one more observation:
The only part of her body where the energy can be projected from seems to be her hands.
Otherwise she would be able to "leap tall buildings in a single bound" and suchlike.