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[squids-comics]

Welcome to Science Sunday! This is a new series I'll be running until I run out of content or forget to do it! Every Sunday I'll make a post discussing weird or scary science in comics!!

This week's post is about why Magneto is stronger than any writer realizes. Magneto has a secret ability that no one realizes, and I only realized thanks to this little device here:

This is called a transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) device. It emits magnetic fields. The difference is, it doesn't move metal around. It alters brain function. It uses it's magnetic field to alter the electrical signals in the brain, either causing areas to fire faster or fire slower.

In psychology research, TMS is used to induce what are called virtual lesions. Researchers will use TMS to essentially turn off parts of the brain temporarily. The participant is then tested in several different areas to see how they function without that area, helping them identify what that area does. For instance, if their memory suffers, you turned off a memory area. If their eyesight isn't as good, you turned off a vision part of the brain. If they stopped breathing, you turned off a life support part of the brain (This is a joke, as far as I know nothing like this has happened during a TMS study).

Now, I know what you're thinking. "This is all super cool, but what does this have to do with Magneto?" The answer is in the second letter of TMS, magnetic. The device uses magnetic fields to operate, fields that the self proclaimed master of magnetism should be able to replicate fairly easily. Meaning Magneto would theoretically be able to just turn people's brains off if he wanted to. He could just do that. You know in anime how they have the trope of the strong characters aura knocking weaker people unconscious just by being near them (Like with spiritual pressure in Bleach and supreme king haki in One Piece)? Well Magneto could do that too.

Further more, Magneto doesn't have a specified range for his powers, but estimates vary from multiple miles, to planets away. If the small end is true, Magneto could instantly switch off the brains of a whole city's worth of people, instantly killing them, without all that much effort on his part. If the second option is true, Magneto could wipe out the whole human race. Everyone, gone, just like that. Pretty scary stuff.

But even that isn't the end! Remember what I said about using TMS to turn off specific parts of the brain? While if Magneto was accurate enough to target specific brain areas (which he'd have to be in order to lift anything smaller than a baseball with his powers), he could also turn off specific brain areas. By creating a small, simple magnetic field in certain areas of his enemies' heads he could blind them, deafen them, knock them out, wipe their memory, or make them lose the ability to walk. All instantly. All with minimal effort.

There's also the health conditions to consider! A seizure is a large burst of firing in the brain. It happens when rogue electric currents spike and trigger lots of activity in different parts of the brain. Seizures can have permanent lasting effects, like trouble with speech or fine motor movement that last indefinitely. They can also be fatal. Magneto could induce the activity required to create a seizure relatively easy. And given his range, he could do this from miles away, making a targeted attack look like a natural health defect.

Magneto is scary. And I hope you guys can see that now.

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[deadbeatescape]

the doom patrol + how many genders are there

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[lylethewaterguy]

just finished reading 52 and I am not immune to mad scientists

#to morrow #t.o. morrow #will magnus #lyle the art guy #there’s not a single fic about them on AO3… #gotta do everything my damn self

[blanddcheadcanons]

Will Magnus really wants to make a Metal Man out of Nth metal. Under no circumstances will he ever be allowed to.

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#will magnus #metal men #nth metal

[nitpickrider]

John and Kathy are family, the League will come together to support them no matter what.

#dc #dc comics #dcu #dc universe #superhero #comics #john smith #red tornado #will magnus #hal jordan #green lantern #bruce wayne #batman #metal men #traya sutton #kathy sutton #justice league #jl #jla #justice league of america

[bi4bihankking]

Will Magnus appearance!!!!!!!

#will magnus #metal men #tuesday spoilers #wednesday spoilers

[cgbcomics]

#metal men #will magnus #dc comics #60s comics

[batmanego]

THIS ONE THIS IS WILL MAGNUS

#will magnus

[hezekiahwakely]

#tmagp #tmagp 4 #the magnus protocol

[wolfythewitch]

And at last, the Archivist looks up.

#art #digital art #tma #the magnus archives #jonathan sims #i dont think the eye has a tag #the eye #scopophobia

[kittengutss]

Ceaseless booper smack your paw upon this wretched thing

#the magnus archives #boop #boop o meter

[squids-comics]

Told you they were coming soon! The most common member so far is a tie between Magneto, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Toad, and Mastermind, who have been part of the team during all of it's appearances for a total of 6 (They had one cameo where they didn't fight the X-Men, they were just scheming). Namor and Blob have one appearance each, being guests on the team.

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[endusviolence]

Rowling isn't denying holocaust. She just pointed out that burning of transgender health books is a lie as that form of cosmetic surgery didn't exist. But of course you knew that already, didn't you?

I was thinking I'd probably see one of you! You're wrong :) Let's review the history a bit, shall we?

In this case, what we're talking about is the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, or in English, The Institute of Sexology. This Institute was founded and headed by a gay Jewish sexologist named Magnus Hirschfeld. It was founded in July of 1919 as the first sexology research clinic in the world, and was run as a private, non-profit clinic. Hirschfeld and the researchers who worked there would give out consultations, medical advice, and even treatments for free to their poorer clientele, as well as give thousands of lectures and build a unique library full of books on gender, sexuality, and eroticism. Of course, being a gay man, Hirschfeld focused a lot on the gay community and proving that homosexuality was natural and could not be "cured".

Hirschfeld was unique in his time because he believed that nobody's gender was either one or the other. Rather, he contended that everyone is a mixture of both male and female, with every individual having their own unique mix of traits.

This leads into the Institute's work with transgender patients. Hirschfeld was actually the one to coin the term "transsexual" in 1923, though this word didn't become popular phrasing until 30 years later when Harry Benjamin began expanding his research (I'll just be shortening it to trans for this brief overview.) For the Institute, their revolutionary work with gay men eventually began to attract other members of the LGBTA+, including of course trans people.

Contrary to what Anon says, sex reassignment surgery was first tested in 1912. It'd already being used on humans throughout Europe during the 1920's by the time a doctor at the Institute named Ludwig Levy-Lenz began performing it on patients in 1931. Hirschfeld was at first opposed, but he came around quickly because it lowered the rate of suicide among their trans patients. Not only was reassignment performed at the Institute, but both facial feminization and facial masculization surgery were also done.

The Institute employed some of these patients, gave them therapy to help with other issues, even gave some of the mentioned surgeries for free to this who could not afford it! They spoke out on their behalf to the public, even getting Berlin police to help them create "transvestite passes" to allow people to dress however they wanted without the threat of being arrested. They worked together to fight the law, including trying to strike down Paragraph 175, which made it illegal to be homosexual. The picture below is from their holiday party, Magnus Hirschfeld being the gentleman on the right with the fabulous mustache. Many of the other people in this photo are transgender.

[Image ID: A black and white photo of a group of people. Some are smiling at the camera, others have serious expressions. Either way, they all seem to be happy. On the right side, an older gentleman in glasses- Magnus Hirschfeld- is sitting. He has short hair and a bushy mustache. He is resting one hand on the shoulder of the person in front of him. His other hand is being held by a person to his left. Another person to his right is holding his shoulder.]

There was always push back against the Institute, especially from conservatives who saw all of this as a bad thing. But conservatism can't stop progress without destroying it. They weren't willing to go that far for a good while. It all ended in March of 1933, when a new Chancellor was elected. The Nazis did not like homosexuals for several reasons. Chief among them, we break the boundaries of "normal" society. Shortly after the election, on May 6th, the book burnings began. The Jewish, gay, and obviously liberal Magnus Hirschfeld and his library of boundary-breaking literature was one of the very first targets. Thankfully, Hirschfeld was spared by virtue of being in Paris at the time (he would die in 1935, before the Nazis were able to invade France). His library wasn't so lucky.

This famous picture of the book burnings was taken after the Institute of Sexology had been raided. That's their books. Literature on so much about sexuality, eroticism, and gender, yes including their new work on trans people. This is the trans community's Alexandria. We're incredibly lucky that enough of it survived for Harry Benjamin and everyone who came after him was able to build on the Institute's work.

[Image ID: A black and white photo of the May Nazi book burning of the Institute of Sexology's library. A soldier, back facing the camera, is throwing a stack of books into the fire. In the background of the right side, a crowd is watching.]

As the Holocaust went on, the homosexuals of Germany became a targeted group. This did include transgender people, no matter what you say. To deny this reality is Holocaust denial. JK Rowling and everyone else who tries to pretend like this isn't reality is participating in that evil. You're agreeing with the Nazis.

But of course, you knew that already, didn't you?

Edit: Added image IDs. I apologize to those using screen readers for forgetting them. Please reblog this version instead.

#transgender #trans history #transsexual #transphobia #Magnus Hirschfeld #holocaust #holocaust denial #book burning #j.k. rowling #jk rowling #just in case you missed what i mean by all this: go fuck yourself anon :) #trans people have always existed #and we will always exist #if you really wanna pick a fight with me over well-documented history then you better bring in some sources to back your shit #queer history #queer #lgbt+ #lgbta+ #lgbt #lgbt history #edit: i finally got around to those damn image IDs. i am so very sorry for totally forgetting that's my bimbo moment of the month #also real quick i thought about adding an image of the actual building but the only one i can find has a Nazi parade in front of it #it was taken the day of the book burning raid and honestly if i were to include it then i'd add it to the first few paragraphs #and i think the story's better told when you uphold the hope Magnus Hirschfeld and all the researchers he worked with had #also keeps being brought up: yes Hirschfeld was a eugenicist. it was a popular belief set that was only discredited after WW2 #Hirschfeld died in 1935. he literally didn't live long enough to see science turn against those beliefs and practices #considering how he changed his mind on transitions i like to think he would've changed his mind on eugenics too if he'd lived

[bonerey]

is THIS your man? [shows an image of a malnourished injured exhausted man with big sad eyes looking up at the camera with blood smeared all over his face and mouth. and he is visibly trembling]

#mike walters #arthur lester #jonathan sims #the holy trinity #wbg #woe.begone #w.bg #woe.begone podcast #skrunkly tag #tma #malevolent #malevolent podcast #the magnus archives

[blanddcheadcanons]

Doc Magnus, with the support of his Metal Men, does public speaking tours to try and remove the stigma of mental illness in the super science community. He hopes that others can use him as an example and not feel like villainy is their only option.

#doc magnus #will magnus #metal men

[nitpickrider]

The idea of the Challengers of the Unknown being good friends with the Metal Men makes a whole lot of sense to me and I want to see them going on adventures.

#dc #dcu #dc comics #dc universe #superhero #comics #challengers of the unknown #will magnus #metal men #gold #lead #multi-man #duncan pramble