Talk:Ring of Hate!

Brainstorm detects "dihydrogen monoxide" (a.k.a. water) on Nebulos, despite the fact that according to the Crater Critters issue, the Transformers consider water to be a myth. Why would Brainstorm have a scanner that detects chemicals that supposedly don't exist?

I take serious issue with this assertion, which seems to be a long-standing idea in the fandom. In the issue in question, Ratbat says "The only cure is a chemical so RARE its very existence is SUSPECT!" Statements elsewhere refer to it as "legendary" and... possibly "unknown" or some equivalent, too (working from memory here.) And then Goldbug is totally surprised to find out that water is the cure. My reading of all this is that they don't know what the chemical is. They only know that the cure is SOME chemical, which, whatever it is, is rare or non-existent on Cybertron. It's perfectly believable, then, that Brainstorm would note the presence of this unfamiliar chemical in the air and report on its effects. I mean, it's a scanner. It detects stuff. That's what a scanner does. -- Repowers 08:49, 12 June 2009 (EDT)