Originally posted by Saphire
Who the hell said blood must be organic?
Water, filled with minerals and metals and various other chemical compounds. A chemical for sealing wounds, and a chemical for transportation of various things.
There\'s the krans\' blood.
You can think whatever you want, \"it\'s magic!\" but have you ever thought that it might actually be fun to think of how something works other then saying \"it\'s magic!\"?
Silicon-based molecules are not organic by definition. So, of course a Kran could not be considered organic in the least.
But, blood, by definition, is organic.
\"Blood: Major fluid transport medium of many animal groups [...] Comprises an aqueous mixture of substances in solution [...] in which are suspended cells [...] Blood is moved by muscle contraction in some of the vessels it pulses through. Hearts are such specialized vessels.\"
From: Dictionary of Biological Terms, 12th Ed.
So they can\'t have blood. The Kran would lack:
a) Soluble, complex molecules could not be formed. Silicon compounds are not soluble in water.
b) Silicon-based cellular structures are impossible. Therefore there could be no muscles, nor contracting vessels. So the blood wouldn\'t be able to flow, rendering it completely useless.
Perhaps you don\'t understand the purpose; the purpose was to figure out if Kran bleed. They can\'t, it would be impossible.
Therefore, you\'d have to chalk it up to magic. You can attempt to explain things, but this is unexplanable. The Kran would have to be magically animate, because as it stands, any system involving: a) complex molecules, b) cellular structures would be impossible.
About all Kran would be capable of having is form and perhaps some sort of neural system somewhat like silicon-chipsets, although there\'d be no storage devices or functionality, since those are not made of silicon-based products.
It may be fun to think of reasons why something works, but in this case, it\'s futile -- give up.
