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Comments on What would be the best power(s) for someone with size growing powers

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What would be the best power(s) for someone with size growing powers Question

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I had an idea for a character that has the power to alter his size drastically, being able to grow up to approximately 120 ft tall. In addition he can alter his density to become virtually immune to bullets and ballistic weapons or become lighter and move faster, as well generate chemicals to either generate heat and fire or cause cryogenic effects to freeze objects and form ice. As I was designing this character I randomly thought about gravity manipulation and how an entity with size altering powers benefit quite a bit from this since stuff like the square cube law would no longer apply. I've seen plenty of jokes about how godzilla could only get away with big because he's constantly underwater and the buoyancy of water makes gravity less of an issue (same reason why whales tend to be big) but a lifeform that big trying to walk on land would likely collapse under its own weight, but if a creature like that could actually manipulate or even just nullify gravity this would longer be an issue.

Then it got me wondering what other powers would be good for an entity that can alter its size to become bigger. Not trying to figure anything for my character I go a good idea on how I want him designed (and no he doesn't have gravity powers), just of this subject and thought it'd be a fun question to ask and see what people come up with. That said I am open to suggestions and I may consider certain ideas for my character as well or use the ideas presented for another character.

Ultimately my question is what would be the best power or powers to give an entity with size growing powers.

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How is conservation of mass going to work? (1 comment)
How is conservation of mass going to work?
Olin Lathrop‭ wrote 3 days ago · edited 3 days ago

How are you going to handwave away where the extra mass comes from or goes to? That's a very fundamental rule of physics, so breaking it comes with a lot of downside. Maybe he has to take mass from the immediate environment when growing, and give it back when shrinking. Does that leave obvious holes or stuff just disappears when growing? Does he leave a pile of goo when shrinking.

You've posted question about a various absurdities here recently. Stop and actually think about it, at least at the very basic high school physics level.