Travelling through space and time in a police box requires white skin, according to several Internet morons today. As Ncuti Gatwa began his stint as the new Doctor, lots of angry idiots have spent …
Melanin is a response to ionizing ultraviolet light, which a lower-color-temperature sun would not have.
The funnier version of taking that hand-wave too seriously would be asking whether dark-skinned Kryptonians are more or less efficient at absorbing superpowers from Earth’s yellow sun. It’s the sort of goofy implication that arises from trying to justify the coincidences behind a just-so outcome.
Melanin is a response to ionizing ultraviolet light, which a lower-color-temperature sun would not have.
The funnier version of taking that hand-wave too seriously would be asking whether dark-skinned Kryptonians are more or less efficient at absorbing superpowers from Earth’s yellow sun. It’s the sort of goofy implication that arises from trying to justify the coincidences behind a just-so outcome.