>> Actually, I was left thinking that they HAD only just developed it. Tony was burning through palladium cores at an exponential rate, which meant they didn't have TIME to do a lot of testing. <<
That's what I figured.
>> Yes, that means they were experimenting on him. Yes, that means forced EXPERIMENTAL treatment without consent. <<
You can imagine how well that's going to go over with Tony's friends if they ever find out. Especially Bruce-and-Hulk.
>> Worse, they can't really PREDICT any possible side effects. There just isn't any data to work from. <<
If they ran animal tests first, they might detect side effects that way. But it's still a huge risk, more likely to go wrong than right, even with superhero physics in play; frex, look at the scattershot effect of the super-soldier serum.
The first thing I thought of was the lithium, which is used in some psychoactive medications but also in batteries. Not really what I'd call a safe thing for someone who is already neurovariant and a cyborg.
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dancing_serpent
Re: thinking
Date: 2014-05-05 12:58 am (UTC)That's what I figured.
>> Yes, that means they were experimenting on him. Yes, that means forced EXPERIMENTAL treatment without consent. <<
You can imagine how well that's going to go over with Tony's friends if they ever find out. Especially Bruce-and-Hulk.
>> Worse, they can't really PREDICT any possible side effects. There just isn't any data to work from. <<
If they ran animal tests first, they might detect side effects that way. But it's still a huge risk, more likely to go wrong than right, even with superhero physics in play; frex, look at the scattershot effect of the super-soldier serum.
The first thing I thought of was the lithium, which is used in some psychoactive medications but also in batteries. Not really what I'd call a safe thing for someone who is already neurovariant and a cyborg.