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shadowscastSo hey! A short little bit of speculation under the cut; spoilers for The Umbrella Academy season one (specifically S1 E9).
At the start of S1 E9, Luther, Klaus and Diego have brought Allison back to the mansion after Vanya slit her throat. Grace and Pogo are administering treatment. Allison needs a blood transfusion.
I am not, at this time, going to speculate about the guys' decision to bring Allison to their house rather than to a hospital (!!!). [ETA: Actually I will speculate a little. At the end of this essay!]
But what I do want to address is the ensuing discussion of who can donate blood to save Allison.
Luther volunteers first (of course). But Pogo says that Luther's blood isn't suitable because of the injection that gave him the ape body.
Klaus volunteers next. Pogo rejects him as a donor on the basis that he's probably high.
Finally Diego volunteers, and is accepted. (And then immediately faints at the sight of the needle, poor guy. I can sympathize; I have tried to donate blood twice in my life, and fainted very dramatically both times! The second time, afterwards, the phlebotomist politely told me that some people just aren't meant to donate blood, and that I can contribute to society in other ways.)
Anyway, what does not come up is any discussion at all of compatible blood types. Like, A, B, AB, O, positive or negative? No mention at all.
So. Theory! Maybe all 7 Hargreeves kids have the same blood type. And this is something that they all know perfectly well, so it went without saying in the discussion about who could donate for Allison.
It would be wildly improbable for 7 randomly-chosen people from across the world to all have the same blood type. But maybe it's not random! Maybe all 43 mysteriously-born babies have the same blood type?
Oh, hey, hey! Not to pile speculation on top of speculation or anything (haha, just kidding, that's exactly what I'm doing) but maybe there's something weird about the common blood type of the Hargreeves kids? Like, maybe they're not actually compatible with other humans at all? And maybe that's why none of them ever goes to to a hospital during the events of the series, no matter how much they get shot, stabbed, or concussed!
(The one problem with that last theory is that we do have canonical evidence of Klaus interfacing with the regular medical system, in the form of his post-overdose resuscitation in the ambulance near the start of S1 E1. *shrug*)
At the start of S1 E9, Luther, Klaus and Diego have brought Allison back to the mansion after Vanya slit her throat. Grace and Pogo are administering treatment. Allison needs a blood transfusion.
I am not, at this time, going to speculate about the guys' decision to bring Allison to their house rather than to a hospital (!!!). [ETA: Actually I will speculate a little. At the end of this essay!]
But what I do want to address is the ensuing discussion of who can donate blood to save Allison.
Luther volunteers first (of course). But Pogo says that Luther's blood isn't suitable because of the injection that gave him the ape body.
Klaus volunteers next. Pogo rejects him as a donor on the basis that he's probably high.
Finally Diego volunteers, and is accepted. (And then immediately faints at the sight of the needle, poor guy. I can sympathize; I have tried to donate blood twice in my life, and fainted very dramatically both times! The second time, afterwards, the phlebotomist politely told me that some people just aren't meant to donate blood, and that I can contribute to society in other ways.)
Anyway, what does not come up is any discussion at all of compatible blood types. Like, A, B, AB, O, positive or negative? No mention at all.
So. Theory! Maybe all 7 Hargreeves kids have the same blood type. And this is something that they all know perfectly well, so it went without saying in the discussion about who could donate for Allison.
It would be wildly improbable for 7 randomly-chosen people from across the world to all have the same blood type. But maybe it's not random! Maybe all 43 mysteriously-born babies have the same blood type?
Oh, hey, hey! Not to pile speculation on top of speculation or anything (haha, just kidding, that's exactly what I'm doing) but maybe there's something weird about the common blood type of the Hargreeves kids? Like, maybe they're not actually compatible with other humans at all? And maybe that's why none of them ever goes to to a hospital during the events of the series, no matter how much they get shot, stabbed, or concussed!
(The one problem with that last theory is that we do have canonical evidence of Klaus interfacing with the regular medical system, in the form of his post-overdose resuscitation in the ambulance near the start of S1 E1. *shrug*)
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Date: 2020-09-20 03:07 am (UTC)No, as I said to
Plus, I think it's not unlikely to speculate that the medical treatment they would get at home was more advanced than any they'd get elsewhere.
Good point!
And in fact, canon strongly implies that Luther would have died from his injuries that one time if his father hadn't injected him with the, er, ape-serum.
So, okay. I think I'm about ready to make peace with the guys' decision to bring Allison home rather than to the hospital.