Howling:Abbadon and Miracle Day

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I was looking at the Abbadon page on the wiki and thought of something. What if Abbadon had broken free from the rift during the Miracle? We know he absorbs life. We also know that Miracle immortality was not forever, because eventually there would be nothing left to still be alive. So what if a miraclised human stepped in Abbadon's shadow? He could absorb their life energy and that should technically kill them - but it's Miracle Day - so nobody can die. Would they die, or would they die but somehow be alive? 94.72.209.160^{talk to me} 17:52, January 1, 2012 (UTC)

It would probably be pretty much the same as burning them. They would technically still be alive, but they would be so far into category 1 that they might as well be dead.Icecreamdif ^{talk to me} 20:02, January 1, 2012 (UTC)

But burning on Miracle Day DID cause death. Presumably because every single cell in the body is completely necrotised and the mysterious connection that all the particles in the body retain due to the Miracle is broken. My best guess about what would happen if Abbadon devoured someone on Miracle Day is that he would get the life energy but they would still be alive. They'd have no life left - but the body would still be going. 94.72.209.160^{talk to me} 21:37, January 1, 2012 (UTC)

I don't think that it was ever confirmed one way or the other, but since Angelo was stated to be the first death since miracle day it seems more likely that, since death was impossible, the burned category 1s were still alive even though they were just ash.Icecreamdif ^{talk to me} 23:15, January 1, 2012 (UTC)

RTD hinted that disintegrating the body entirely caused death, and Jane Espenson later confirmed that incineration caused death on her Twitter account. 94.72.209.160^{talk to me} 00:34, January 2, 2012 (UTC)

even if it doesn't cause death as Icecreamdif said, if you are completely disintegrated, your neurons do not connect together nor do they connect to a brain so there's no senses of any sort and your brain is merely small disconnected pieces, each incapable of self awareness, there is no conscious you; you are dead. --05:25, January 2, 2012 (UTC)

if trees can somehow have a soul which doesn't connect to their bodies, then i think humans would be able to have one (or some other sort of conciousness) outside their bodies after they had burned. i mean, if all in universe sources state that people can't die no matter what state their bodies are in, their consiousness might be separate from their bodies like the trees in doctor widow and the wardrobe which might be how they stay alive. Imamadmad ^{talk to me} 07:49, January 2, 2012 (UTC)

were they life energy or actual consciousnesses in the Christmas special? I do not object the idea completely since it was said that the Timelords would have became a being of pure consciousness if they suceeded. But was it really a simple matter of the morphic field keeping them biologically alive? Moreover, is the being alive if it's not biologically alive or biologically conscious? Since the same could be said if the humans were biologically dead and some sort of soul continue to exist regardless. --222.166.181.160^{talk to me} 07:59, January 2, 2012 (UTC)

Either way, if you believe in souls, it would still have to use a brain. With a brain thats been fried to dust whatever conciousness remained it would have no memories or feelings. In the case of Abbadon it's likely all the conscience, or soul if you like, would be removed because that's exactly what Abbadon took from the body. 178.78.81.210^{talk to me} 11:08, January 2, 2012 (UTC)