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Post by Whitedwarf on Sept 19, 2008 5:50:59 GMT -5
At this point, it's pretty obvious that Klone's body is connected to the primary magic of Sagar, and that he might absorb energies from that source in order to manipulate his molecular structure and thus change into another "organic pattern" (from his humanoid form into something else, wherever he wants).
I'm now wondering:
1- Could he gain additional body mass as well? Or he can ONLY turn into creatures having equivalent body mass?
2- How many different forms did he assume in the series?
3- Can he replicate the proprieties/abilities of the creature he's converting into?
I'm sure his shapeshifting power is ruled by an instinctive process, however.
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Post by metaldragon on Sept 19, 2008 9:32:59 GMT -5
1- Yes, it seems like he can gain additional body mass when transforming but not huge ammounts. He generally seems to stick with shapes only slightly bigger or smaller than his body mass.
2- I'd have to check. It seems he can transform as much as he likes because he was doing it for fun to amuse the Trobbits in the first episode.
3- Yes, as a flying shark and "monkey bird" he could fly. As a Cloud Cat, he had whisps of cloud around him and as a clay demon he could pull wet lumps of clay off his body and throw them to trap some flying gargoyles.
Well, I don't think he disected and studied the anatomy of every animal he transforms into so yes, it's a good bet the process is instinctive or MAGIC as one might say. lol!
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Post by Whitedwarf on Sept 19, 2008 9:59:08 GMT -5
1- Definitely, his reconstructing power has some limits, body mass should be one of them. Anyway, Klone can push the boundaries a little bit, as you described above.  3- Great. About the (MAGIC) process, have you ever read Rupert Sheldrake's theory of the morphogenetic fields? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morphogenetic_fieldBasically, Klone's magic can unconsciously tap into Sagar's animal morphogenetic fields. They are like spiritualistic databases where genetic/molecular infos are "stored". Excellent reply, Jay. |
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Post by coinilius on Nov 15, 2008 1:05:44 GMT -5
You know, I never really thought of Klone as being a magical being, I always just assumed he came from a race of shapeshifters who could just change their shape naturally.
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Post by Whitedwarf on Nov 15, 2008 5:38:22 GMT -5
You know, I never really thought of Klone as being a magical being, I always just assumed he came from a race of shapeshifters who could just change their shape naturally. Why not? Even your theory sounds good, but Sagar is driven by a primary magic source which "powers" most of the creatures. |
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Post by coinilius on Nov 15, 2008 5:54:17 GMT -5
Indeed that would be a very good reason for how his shapeshifting works - a feature of his race that is powered by magic :-)
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Post by Whitedwarf on Nov 15, 2008 10:43:33 GMT -5
Indeed that would be a very good reason for how his shapeshifting works - a feature of his race that is powered by magic :-) Yeah, I don't think he's a "mutant". His race must retain such characteristic(s). |
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Post by monteeg on Aug 5, 2010 19:11:12 GMT -5
Klone is an awesome character. I never understand why Filmation/Mattel did not explore his abilities in a new character. They did He-Man/Blackstar, Sorceress/Mara, Skeletor/Overlord/ Battlecat/Warlock, Orko/Trobbits, but not Klone...
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Post by zimraphel on Aug 5, 2010 19:37:48 GMT -5
At this point, it's pretty obvious that Klone's body is connected to the "primary magic" of Sagar, and that he might absorb energies from that source in order to manipulate his molecular structure and thus change into another "organic pattern" (from his humanoid form in something else, wherever he wants). I'm now wondering: 1- Can he gain additional body mass as well? Or can he ONLY turn into creatures by equivalent body mass? 2- How many different forms did he assume in the series? 3- Can he replicate the proprieties/abilities of the creature he's converting into? I'm sure his shapeshifting power is ruled by an instinctive process, however. It's not obvious where he gets his power. For all anyone knows, he comes from a race of shapeshifters and his body chemistry is very different, like a chameleon's. You can't simply assume he's tapping into some planetwide magic source, since the series never explored his abilities or made it clear where his capability comes from. Instinctive? Probably not. He probably has to study whatever creature it is he changes into. If he changed body mass, he'd be burning off a LOT of excess heat. I don't know that the laws of physics even allow that. |
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Post by coinilius on Aug 5, 2010 21:58:22 GMT -5
Also, in regards to Klone and magic - he wasn't being troubled by Overlord's Big Spell, so the biology of his race being tuned into the magical fields of Sagar can probably be pretty much ruled out. And as for his body mass changing and the laws of physics.... er, it's a Filmation cartoon, you can pretty much assume the laws of physics are out the window  |
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Post by Whitedwarf on Apr 22, 2011 7:04:38 GMT -5
Also, in regards to Klone and magic - he wasn't being troubled by Overlord's Big Spell, so the biology of his race being tuned into the magical fields of Sagar can probably be pretty much ruled out. Great insight, you're 100% right. |
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Post by Whitedwarf on Aug 1, 2019 11:48:11 GMT -5
Also, in regards to Klone and magic - he wasn't being troubled by Overlord's Big Spell, so the biology of his race being tuned into the magical fields of Sagar can probably be pretty much ruled out. And as for his body mass changing and the laws of physics.... er, it's a Filmation cartoon, you can pretty much assume the laws of physics are out the window Additional gain (or loss) of mass comes from another dimension, that's the "LAW" of physics for EACH DC Comics and Marvel's miniaturizing superhero as well as shapeshifter. |
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Post by Whitedwarf on Mar 28, 2023 15:09:46 GMT -5
I updated my posts on this thread.
I will do the same for the other important threads of the forum.
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