#em fields

“If lying was a crime, we'd all be in jail.”

(To be honest, I’ve never really gotten into the concept of using EM fields as emotional indicators. Some people like them, and there is a rational argument for them, if you want one. If I was to make up a basis for an EM field, I’d say they’re a side effect of the energy running between an individual’s emotional processors and his Spark, and it generally doesn’t extend more than a foot or so from an individual bot’s external plating. Consider--Cybertron is an energy-starved world. Energy fields are a sign of energy wasted.)

Normally a field runs the full gamut of emotions, and includes the subtle differences between subsets of a more general emotion. (e.g. “Bliss” and “joy” would both fall under “happiness,” and are distinctly different from each other.)

Perceptor’s field almost constantly reads as rather stark or unnaturally neutral. It’s not as devoid of emotional frequencies as, say, that of an inanimate machine, but it’s pretty threadbare. If it expresses any emotions, it’ll do something weird like only display one emotion without it’s intricacies, or display a few, but isolated and in quick succession when they should have been mixed. It’s also a bit dimmer than the average EM field.

He’s observed its effect on other bots, who sometimes act unsettled or unnerved as a result of coming into contact with it.

(cont) anactual substance on said claws either. And that also nixes the viruspossibility. And then there’s Matt who just upset the balance. So what IF whattriggers the turn is a very deep contact with a shapeshifter’s specific EMfield? EM fields can affect DNA and be involved in gene expression. Suddenly“drinking rain water out of a werewolf’s pawprint on a full moonnight” sounds less like superstitious nonsense and more like apseudo-sciencey way to turn. 

(cont) WackyEM fields could also kinda explain how psychological issues could possiblycause a gene to mutate e.g. Jackson’s kanima stint and the whole “theshape you take reflects the person that you are”. And I guess possessiontoo. Oh and we’re back at stripes and concentric circles because guess how anEM field is graphically represented?

Thank you!I’m glad you liked my meta. And I love you theory about EM fields: consideringthat 5a will most likely be focused specifically on the scientific aspects ofthe show, there’s hope that we’ll get some answers on how the ‘supernatural’actually works (maybe not an explicit explanation, because that’s just notDavis’ MO).

This is sofar from my field of expertise that I’m basically useless when it comes tothese topics (Wikipedia can only get you so far), but I think you may be on theright track here: saliva is definitely not what triggers the transformation(mutation?), and we know that it’s not something alphas can control (Liamturned even though that was not Scott’s intention, so intent is not the answerhere). So it must be something related to the biology of shapeshifters. Andmaybe one of the main differences between humans and shapeshifters lies in the strengthof the EM fields produced by their bodies.

The bodyproduces its own very complex electrical activity. Wherever there is electricalactivity, there is also a magnetic field. This is basic physics and applies toall life. The body’s own magnetic fields (MFs) are extremely tiny—so tiny thatthey are easily obscured by the surrounding planetary and environmental fields.These external fields have to be blocked to allow study of the body’s ownmagnetic fields. The natural internal electrical and magnetic fields of thebody regulate all the body’s processes and interact with one another. [x] 

If the EMfield of a werewolf is stronger that normal, maybe it could affect humans’genetics and trigger a very rapid mutation of the DNA.

I’ll stop here because Ifeel a little bit like i’m flying blind, and I’ll just leave with therepresentation of EM fields because, as you said, we have concentric circles onceagain: