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Guy Goodbody posted:It's not a severed head, because it was never attached to anything. I originally wrote disembodied but decided the title needed to have a major contextual error in it to represent "Oh, Japan" stories properly.
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Guy Goodbody posted:Wait, how the heck does the birth of a Dullahan work?
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Feb 13, 2017 18:03
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Maybe you're not born dullahan, it just suddenly activates one day and your head pops off
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Definitely c section. You could end up with the worlds worst breech presentation, no need to risk that.
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Helter Skelter posted:Probably C-section. I would imagine most of the surprise would come during an ultrasound well beforehand. Would the flame show up on ultrasound?
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Xelkelvos posted:Would the flame show up on ultrasound? Ultrasound is density-based, so I don't think a flame at body temperature would have any effect.
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Feb 13, 2017 19:41
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They'd get a heartbeat though, which would hopefully clue someone in that something was up given the conflicting information of living baby body + cranial separation.
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Feb 13, 2017 19:45
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Lots of difficulties probably partly explains why there are just 3 of them
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I hadn't thought of that... 
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El Burbo posted:Lots of difficulties probably partly explains why there are just 3 of them I just realized that early on doctors may have misdiagnosed the ultrasounds and told the parents that they baby wouldn't make it.... Oh man.....
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El Burbo posted:Lots of difficulties probably partly explains why there are just 3 of them Honestly she should be wearing a helmet. She's one tumble from brain damage/death.
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Feb 13, 2017 21:52
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and the helmet could have convenient handles
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Feb 13, 2017 21:54
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A human head weighs ten pounds on its own. It's a wonder her arms aren't totally jacked from hefting a bowling ball around all her life.
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Feb 13, 2017 22:30
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In the manga Machi actually is pretty jacked. The anime decided to leave that out for reasons I don't understand. Edit: At the very least, she has really defined arms and shoulders. mdct fucked around with this message at 22:50 on Feb 13, 2017 |
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Feb 13, 2017 22:42
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Mighty Dicktron posted:In the manga Machi actually is pretty jacked. The anime decided to leave that out for reasons I don't understand. 
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Feb 13, 2017 22:56
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I wonder why nobody ever tried crafting some sort of harness so that she could at least "wear" her head above her shoulders and have some semblance of normalcy? I think some biomedical engineer would at least be up to the challenge, given how they have prosthetic arms and legs capable of some degree of controllable movement nowadays.
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Feb 13, 2017 23:16
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With only 3 in the world, one of them being a highschooler, they probably didn't know the right people.
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DrSunshine posted:I wonder why nobody ever tried crafting some sort of harness so that she could at least "wear" her head above her shoulders and have some semblance of normalcy? I think some biomedical engineer would at least be up to the challenge, given how they have prosthetic arms and legs capable of some degree of controllable movement nowadays. Like one of these deals? 
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I think the flame would make that difficult. You can't suppress it, since it's uncomfortable for Machi, and putting it above the flame would put it too high, even if you ignore the flame can adjust its height based on her mood.
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Feb 13, 2017 23:22
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Plus not being connected by a complex series of muscles and your spine would make the swaying problem she has really, really bad.
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Mighty Dicktron posted:Plus not being connected by a complex series of muscles and your spine would make the swaying problem she has really, really bad. You could just throw some sort of gyroscopic mechanism in there.
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Mighty Dicktron posted:Plus not being connected by a complex series of muscles and your spine would make the swaying problem she has really, really bad. The point of those braces is to make the head completely immobile, she wouldn't sway It would absolutely suck, she wouldn't be able to turn her head or look up or down and it would interfere with eating and talking. But it could be done
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Feb 13, 2017 23:31
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That sounds like a really uncomfortable and difficult process for the sake of fitting in more in a society where her rights are already protected and her disability is generally accepted as a strange but harmless oddity.
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If not one directly over her neck, then one over her shoulder. Depending on how far up the neck and its associated muscles go, she could even wear a collar that detects the movement and a servo system that moves her head accordingly.
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Onean posted:I think the flame would make that difficult. You can't suppress it, since it's uncomfortable for Machi, and putting it above the flame would put it too high, even if you ignore the flame can adjust its height based on her mood. Oh gee, that's a good point. Huh! I wonder if she has the same discomfort if her own head is placed above her flame? Guy Goodbody posted:Like one of these deals? There you go!
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She gets nauseous when sensei was carrying her head, so I guess you need some training even for that. She does have a harness, but only for eating or something when she's stationary. The current harness, without stabilization of some sort, probably wouldn't work so well while she was walking. I wonder how large gyro-stabilization of a head would have to be? Can it be wearable? FortMan fucked around with this message at 06:12 on Feb 14, 2017 |
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Feb 14, 2017 01:55
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Oh yeah it'd work fine, the head is only about ten pounds. A modified sturdy gimbal mount could handle that. That being said it's a lot of expense and makes you stick out more than just being a dullahan would.
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Guy Goodbody posted:The point of those braces is to make the head completely immobile, she wouldn't sway So yeah, you'd likely need some kind of crazy multi-axis gimbal setup for it to be practical.
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Feb 14, 2017 06:23
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I don't think walking around strapped into something that gaudy looking would do her self-esteem any favors.
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poo poo, I just realized that this is a problem that has already been solved. A steadicam vest! The head can be securely attached so it'll be safer than just carrying her, no swaying, an articulated arm so it's easy for her to look around, it's perfect.
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Helter Skelter posted:Different kind of sway. You need a kind of natural sway in your head to keep your vision stable as your body moves. For most people, their neck does the job fine. For Machi, her arms fill in. If her head movement is locked to her body directly, she will be unable to easily see where she's going and get incredibly motion sick in the process. Plus, there's a lot more to it than just keeping your head balanced. Imagine if she leaned forward, should she be looking down or still facing forward? It's one thing to free up her hands but there's no real easy solution to her lack of a neck.
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Guy Goodbody posted:poo poo, I just realized that this is a problem that has already been solved. A steadicam vest! The head can be securely attached so it'll be safer than just carrying her, no swaying, an articulated arm so it's easy for her to look around, it's perfect. god damnit i literally said this a month ago Eej posted:Sounds like some writer hasn't heard of a Steadicam.
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It would have to be specially configured since removing sway completely might still make you sick for the same reasons cars do. Plus while the steadycam's arm can move, it's nowhere near as easy as just using her own arm and would probably get annoying quick. Sitting in a harness for long periods might get uncomfortable too.
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Honestly she's incredibly resistant to motion sickness as is. She lives her life like she's controlling a resident evil 1 character when she's not carrying her head.
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Feb 15, 2017 03:57
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No kidding. Her sense of proprioception must be all kinds of crazy.
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Feb 15, 2017 05:26
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Yeah, doing the rubber hand hammer test with her would probably be legitimately cruel.
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CrazySalamander posted:Yeah, doing the rubber hand hammer test with her would probably be legitimately cruel. I think it probably wouldn't work because of her perspective.
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I'm not a teenage girl but i'd rather carry my head around, and place it on a frilly pillow, than wear some dorky rear end complicated contraption for "convenience".
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Once again, Sakie proves that she is the best.
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