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Sorry if you've already answered this but being a bit of a tech nerd I have to ask: how do the in-card-pacitators "scientifically" work?
okay, oh boy, my moment is here! /j
I'm sorry it took me so long to answer, I started working on a reply, saved it as a draft, and then it got buried 🥲 but I got a shovel and started digging, so here I am, several months later, with an answer!
It's long, so I put it under a read more ^^
Before I go into it, I am very much an electronics amateur and it's been a minute since I studied circuits in school, so a lot of the gaps in the "science" I filled with magic, so. Take it with a grain of salt.
The basic concepts behind the in-card-pacitators were inspired by two things: those pens that were really popular at one point that allowed you to "draw" circuits and PCBs on paper with electrically conducive ink; and static shock. I like the fan theory that ectoplasm conducts electricity really well, and since Danny has drawn sigils with ectoplasmic paint, I figured he could marry science and sigils again with the cards. If ectoplasm conducts electricity well, it seemed logical to conclude that ectoplasm is full of ions.
The show doesn't really go into how overshadowing "works", so I came up with my own explanation. When a ghost tries to overshadow someone, they have to extend their 'ectoplasmic field' and take over the electric synapses of the person's brain they're trying to control. Assuming ectoplasm operates on a different layer of reality, the electromagnetic field is an area of overlap between 'ghost stuff' and 'not ghost stuff'.
One more thing that has been touched on but not thoroughly explained in IYGABAB-verse is that: 1)ectoplasm is ectophilic; unbound ectoplasm is prone to sticking to larger sources (like: ghost cores, ectoplasm rifts, sigils, etc); and 2) ecto-ice is particularly attractive to ectoplasm; it has a "purifying" effect, but in practice this means it acts like an ecto-magnet. (important to note that although ice and ecto-ice share many qualities, like being cold and being less dense than the liquid state, ecto-ice is not actually ice, and therefore possesses qualities that ice does not have)
Okay. So all that is base level. Going back to the cards and how they work, the most important question is: how are they 'powered'? Where does the shock come from?
The idea here is inspired by static shock and what causes it. I know it's different from AC/DC electricity, so that's where ectoplasm does the heavy lifting. Because most humans don't have their own ecto-field, they wouldn't generate ecto-static (which in this case would be the transfer of ions from one ectoplasmic object to another when they rub against each other, like socks and carpet. But ghost!). Basically, the "capacitors" in the cards are made of ecto-ice, which collect these negatively charged ions, and when a ghost tries to exert their ecto-field on a person holding the card, the circuit connects and the ions jump to the ghost. Boom. They're shocked. Not unlike when you touch two charged capacitors together (to anyone reading this who doesn't know: don't do that. It's dangerous)
So that's basically how they work, and any gaps that make that not make sense scientifically....well no one really understands how magnets work, right? Blame the magnets.
#answered asks#iygabab#batburger au#in-card-pacitators#if you're thinking 'does this mean the cards are rechargeable through ambient ecto-static' the answer is you're gosh darn right they are
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I could only wish i could be healthy and wealthy as you when i reach your age. Hahaah! Kidding aside, happy cake & candles, Nanay Pacit. Also, enjoy your retirement at your beautiful abode in the bukid. Inggit me! 🤣 You’re so cute when you told me that i should not miss your double celebration. Sunod na ang gift kay gikaon pa akong card sa ATM. 🤣 Thank you for everything - for making me eat pork-free food every lunchtime, for your all-out support in my plant tita journey, for comforting me whenever you see me sad even if I don’t show it, for proving that age is just a number, for believing in me that i can do more and better in the future. I’ll surely miss you. I’ll eat more gulay, promise. I love you, Nanay! 💕 #Pacitat65 #kahilakbitawkogtamtaxwhilegatype #milestones https://www.instagram.com/p/CGki6c9HvrV/?igshid=8seaorctt4q5
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