But you could walk in and out of lave in EQ and only take partial damage, that screams realism to me.

Hmmm... how about space travel? Or gravity... black holes....relationships...women*....

* see Last Action Hero

I was so tempted to finish that line with ..... A GHOST!

I'm here to ruin your fun!

See, there is this thing called "symbolism." Symbolism is a way of substituting mundane, concrete objects, people, or actions to represent something else, often a more vague or less intellectually clear concept. Symbolism can also be a magical doorway into a story that explores the referenced concept or the interplay between the concept and the symbol.

Most polytheistic pantheons include a deity, usually a more powerful if not most powerful god, who carries a spear that often also takes the form of a lightning bolt. Especially inasmuch as gods are often presumed to hang out above the Earth, the lightning bolt becomes a symbol of the interaction of the divine in the mundane world. When lightning strikes a human within such symbolic context, the lightning is often symbolic of direct divine interaction with the individual human. Lightning radiating outward from a human is similarly seen as a benediction or curse transferred from the originating person to the receiving person or people. The symbolism also suggests a certain godlike quality in the originating person.

The Hulk's gamma radiation, in coming from a science experiment gone awry, is a symbol of the unknown power that humans explore and experiment with in their quest for knowledge. The symbolism is explored in greater depth throughout the course of the Hulk comics (and to a lesser extent in other Hulk stories), though the confrontation with secrets beyond Dr. Banner's human control very clearly serves as a trigger for an encounter with the Nietzschean abyss.

1000 points for the Boondock Saints reference.

Are you calling me a cripple, Morro?

At first I thought you were going to ask if cripples attract lightning. Kind of disappointed that you aren't curious.

My foot is all manner of screwed up and I haven't gained the ability to go invisible. Again, kind of disappointed.

Symbology would be a system of symbols or the study of symbolism.

Dude, go for it.

Vic, you've bought into the Hollywood Lie Machine.

That would seem to be kind of a dick move on the abyss' part, wouldn't it?

EDIT: I'm sorry, I've forgotten who had that in his/her sig, otherwise I'd give them due credit.

Hmm... I wonder what symbolism does sound in space carry?

The Hulk would have been boring if he merely died from radiation poisioning. Then people would request their money back in droves, leading to the disallusionment and subsequent boycot of movies as a whole. This would then lead the entertainment industry to fold leaving a void of money for the IRS and one of amusement for the american populace. People would start playing Pogs again out of sheer boredom which would then increase the deforestation of the brazilian rainforest. Oxygen levels would drop and Carbon dioxide levels would increase removing more of our ozone causing the polar ice caps to melt faster and turn this world into the one depicted in water world, but worst of all Al Gore would be right. All because Hollywood was truthful for once. Is that what you want?!

So funny, I thought of the same thing when Word busted out symbolism.

sssssssssssymbolism

Admittedly, some are easier to explain than others.