Ethan Mcleod Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Ok, Megan is in the burning building. We know that fire is her weakness and that if she dies by fire then she won't be coming back. Luckily she has a fail safe plan with the rifle mounted to shoot herself just in case. Now here is what I can't figure out... Prof used a forcefield to lock Megan into a room so she couldn't escape. And quoting directly from the book (Prof speaking) -"I caught her, took away her weapons, and left her in there with forcefields on the doorways and the window.” If forcefields were on the windows then how in the world did her rifle mounted outside of the forcefields pierce through them to shoot herself?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrolGenhald Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 I noticed that too, I would guess that she shot herself through the wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewkay Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 What I don't understand is why, before Firefight, bullets had passed through Prof's gifted shields but it stopped a bullet when Val shot David. Was it not a gifted shield and one of Prof's own? Surely Val would know the Jackets worn by the Reckoners don't stop bullets... As for Prof trapping Megan, I'm not sure. Either the bullet passed through the shield, or through a wall. However as said, there does appear to be some inconsistency with profs abilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrolGenhald Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 (edited) I think it's just that the strength of the force field is variable. Prof's abilities aren't all or nothing, there's a scale. Probably the clearest example of this is how David heals extremely rapidly at first and then much slower when the gifted power starts to run out. Edit: And I believe the force field protecting David from Val had to be Prof's own. Didn't he just get back to the city? He wouldn't have had time to gift David a force field. Edited January 10, 2015 by AndrolGenhald Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragsiez Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 It was automatic rifle. Bulletproof glass would eventually break with a number of shots, and depending how much concentrated damage it takes. I think Prof's sheilds aren't so much consistent, like AndrolGenhald says. I would think it's how much willpower he puts into these shields...ahem, like Green Lantern, ahem...anyway. We also know he controls the sheilds specific movement. Can make a shape, size, whatnot... Perhaps it's JUST the windows and not the walls. Also he was found mumbling in disbelief, maybe he let the sheild down as he realized he made a mistake, which is when Megan entered the building, despite the fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewStirlingMacDonald Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 The forcefield did stop bullets when Abraham was shot in the Undercity of Newcago. I think it's more likely that Megan had the rifle simply shoot through the wall, it is more than powerful enough. Officially off of probation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my0t1 Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 I think it's because Prof realized he made a mistake after Regalia came and taunted him. He brought down the forcefield so Megan could remotely fire the rifle to shoot herself before she burned to death. One thing that does not make sense to me is how the world would Megan know where she should plant the rifle and aim it to in the first place? Did she figure this out from the messages she received from what she thought was David? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrolGenhald Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Yeah, I think Prof told her the location while pretending to be David. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayman Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 I think it's because Prof realized he made a mistake after Regalia came and taunted him. He brought down the forcefield so Megan could remotely fire the rifle to shoot herself before she burned to death. One thing that does not make sense to me is how the world would Megan know where she should plant the rifle and aim it to in the first place? Did she figure this out from the messages she received from what she thought was David? Seems almost impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Joe in the Bush Posted January 11, 2015 Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 When David tests her gun, it specifically mentions hitting the Wall of the burning building. It won't let me copy/paste from the book, so here's a picture. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oudeis Posted January 11, 2015 Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 (edited) Officially off of probation. Can I point out how weird this moment was for me? "You just killed my girlfriend! You're the best gun ever!" EDIT: Am I the only one who totally found it implausible that Megan could have fallen for Prof pretending to be David? No one can possibly fake a bad simile a la David. Edited January 11, 2015 by Oudeis 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgedancer Posted January 11, 2015 Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 Can I point out how weird this moment was for me? "You just killed my girlfriend! You're the best gun ever!" EDIT: Am I the only one who totally found it implausible that Megan could have fallen for Prof pretending to be David? No one can possibly fake a bad simile a la David. I think even David isn´t going to type bad similies after being caught in a burning building. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DataLoreHD Posted January 11, 2015 Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 Am I the only one who totally found it implausible that Megan could have fallen for Prof pretending to be David? No one can possibly fake a bad simile a la David. Megan said she had suspicion. She knew David probably wasn't there, but she couldn't take any chances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natc Posted January 11, 2015 Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 If she didn't expect a trap she wouldn't had set up the gun in the first place. Still can't let him die in case he's really there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew C Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 I don't think Phaedrus expected Megan to do that. Why would he bother to block walls rather than just making a force barrier over the entrance and exit? Megan would be human around the fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 I think even David isn´t going to type bad similies after being caught in a burning building. "Megan! Flames are licking the walls like a pack of lethargic weasels on a Popsicle farm HALP" 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galavantes Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 I also thought that setting up the gun for remote firing was a large stretch. How would she know which room to aim it into? What would have happened if prof had put a larger field around the entire room? How much time did she spend plotting and setting that up before running in to save her love? It doesn't fit together very well. Someone mentioned that she should be carrying around a suicide pill. That seems like a pretty decent way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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