Birds, blue skin and Shrykull

[oddguy 999]

I first posted this in "Whats up with Abe??!!!" but I thought it might be a bit off that topic. This is because it was meant to be about how Abe gets his life (birds) back, but I went a bit off track and came up with a bit of a theory. So here it is...

I don't know for sure or anything but this is how I think it works...
... When Abe losses a bird they just do what they do but stay within sight of Abe. If Abe gets to a place where he can chant freely (no orbs or bad guys) and his birds can move freely, he can chant and get his birds back one by one...
... this idear is bassed on logical thinking, the way things tend to be on Oddworld and the Shrykull portals. As you would probly know with the Shrykull portals Abe chants, the Mudukons jump through then the birds fly out and into Abe (while he is canting). with this new info this can now be interprayed (spelling) into meaning Abe now has a lot more life... thus he can burn it off in one go becoming the Shrykull and killing everything...
... This has got me thinking... You know how Abe has a blue polsaiting (spelling) ring when he gets the Shrykull power? and you know how Abe has blue skin? Well what if Mudukon skin blueness indicates there highest posible life amount (bird amount) for a Mudukon. Therefor the blue polsating ring could be a higher skin blueness that is so high that it glows. This would explain why blue skin is highly regarded in Mudukon culture. And that could be therefor why Abe is so important.

... If you have any coments on this please post because I would like to hear your imput.

[ May 26, 2001: Message edited by: oddguy 999 ]

[ May 26, 2001: Message edited by: oddguy 999 ]

[Pacen]

Or in other words,
Health (is proportional to) How blue the skin is.

But I disagree. I think the Shrykull ring is blue because OWI thought it looked good, not because Abe's skin glows blue. If his skin was glowing, the glow would surround his whole body, not just a ring coming from the centre and expanding out.

Just like the red ring for the 'blowing up mines' power and green ring (I think, don't have AE) for curing the sick mudokons. It's just a kind of relevant colour OWI thought would look cool.

About getting health back, I think it will (or should):
- Gradually regenerate when not being shot
- Be gained by collecting humshrubs
- Be gained by Chanting to certain objects
- Be gained by healing from spiritually powerful mudokons
- And possibly gained by drinking/eating certain products

[Oddipus]

I agree more with Pacens ideas.
Maybe the rings were only a simple solution. Maybe they wanted Abe to glow in different colors but that would ask too much memory or graphical power or whatever. So they just used a glowing ring. Maybe this will change in Munch. (I never liked the rings anyway)

[Black Dragon]

I agree with Pacen. I believe that the reason the portal is blue is because OWI thought it looked best that color. On health, I also believe it should be obtained by doing something, such as eating or drinking something or spiritual healings.