Board Thread:Theories/@comment-27441457-20151225042055/@comment-27702860-20160611054529

Aggression25 wrote: One possibility is that the body produces too many cells, resulting in a larger being. Well, "matter is neither created nor destroyed." Of course, that does not mean the author does not think of it that way. Anyways, consider the original novella behind The Thing--John Carpenter's version--is Campbell's "Who Goes There." The problem with Campbell is he insisted "humans always win!" So his ending would be the equivalent of the last instalment ending, "but Armin was wearing Anti-Burn Grease! Levi captures Zeke the Beast who showed us that the Homelanders were all Aliens, and we stole their stuff and YAH HUMANITY!" [Get on with it!--Ed.]

Yes, right, he tried to account for the "mass" his "creature" could deal with. He tried to keep it equal. But as one colleague put it, "The Thing's" metabolism would be such that it would glow.

Now, I THINK the author imagines the "mass" is created from the air--water vapor, CO2--in some way. It is not going to work, but it is fiction. Just try to imagine how Reiner [Bertoldt--Ed.] sorry, Bertoldt generated such heat!

Again, not trying to be "That Guy"--I love the story. Heck we could get all nit-picky about how the actual Titans can exist and walk about. Feh!

--J.D.