Millie

[TyVulpine]

<!--QuoteBegin-DoppledangeR DooG+Feb 17 2005, 04:10 AM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (DoppledangeR DooG @ Feb 17 2005, 04:10 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> we already know that millie was younger in the past <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> well, that would come from Ms Mudd's genes...but the question still stands. Would Locke's genes come into play sometime during her life? (I know it's a moot point, but I just like to argue...)

[Dr. Doog]

... do <i>any</i> genes work like that?

[Arloest]

Huh. I always thought that if you were in the "real" world, you age forward, but if you step into the fantasy world, you age backwards, no matter where you were born or who your parents were. Two different demensions = two different types of aging.

[GamemasterAnthony]

Or maybe...at some point Millie will stop aging all together and become immortal!<br><br>STEPHAN: Uh oh...she'd better watch out for Duncan McCloud then!<br><br>*facepalm* NO, Stephan...

[allison]

But.. if you think about it.. when people get old they get shorter. And they lose their hair. So you'd be giving birth to a hunched, wrinkly, bald thing. Which is pretty much what newborns are anyways. These would just be... bigger?

[Dr. Doog]

Grr! I hate it when people assume all old people get shorter! no hostility to yourself, Allison!<br><br>people get smaller because they have Osteospirosis, where their bones don't get enough calcium. so, their bones just kind of smush and get smaller.

[GhostWay]

It's a bit more complicated than that. IIRC, as people reach a certain age, the cartilidge in their vertabre starts to degrade, essentially "shrinking" their backbone. This may have something to do with telomeres, but I'm not sure. IIRC, this happens earlier in life to people with less telomeres, as genetic information is actually being lost during cell division and the cells cannot divide properly.

[allison]

Haha, none taken. Sorry I generalized.<br><br>But... most people do get osteoperosis, no? At least, from what I've seen. Perhaps I'm just misinformed.<br><br>But they ARE bald and wrinkly.<br><br>[edit: Ha! check it out, 100th post. I have three squares now! <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... iggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->]

[hdofu]

probably just reach 30 and stop aging

[Muninn]

<!--QuoteBegin-allison+Feb 18 2005, 07:22 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (allison @ Feb 18 2005, 07:22 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> But they ARE bald and wrinkly. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br>This does not explain oddities of nature such as Michael Jackson. <!--emo&:blink:--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /blink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='blink.gif' /><!--endemo--> <br><br>Oh and Millie's mom's and Locke's genes counteract each other and reverse their effects, making Millie never age!

[Zaaphod]

<!--QuoteBegin-Jacob+Feb 18 2005, 11:46 AM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Jacob @ Feb 18 2005, 11:46 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> This does not explain oddities of nature such as Michael Jackson. <!--emo&:blink:--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /blink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='blink.gif' /><!--endemo--><br> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> Michael Jackson... *twitch* Proof positive of what too many chemicals can do to someone.<br><br><br>I like the idea of Millie Everlasting. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... iggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--><br>

[NHJ BV]

Especially since she's already a perpetuum mobile <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->

[Arloest]

<!--QuoteBegin-GamemasterAnthony+Feb 18 2005, 12:25 AM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (GamemasterAnthony @ Feb 18 2005, 12:25 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Or maybe...at some point Millie will stop aging all together and become immortal!<br> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> I thought that was already happening. ^^;