A wacky question...

[dans]

So... you are the Titian Titan, a powerful energy controller; the energy you control is a brownish orange color, and you can use your titian energy to form energy constructs, create force fields, and fly. Much like your childhood hero Green Lantern, though with a much more soothing color...

You were relaxing at home when your mortal enemy, the PolkaDot Arachnid, secretly placed 4 large crates in your front, side, and back yards, then crashed into your house and attacked you. You break free by zooming upwards, crashing through the ceilings and out the roof at high speed, and when you circle back around you see a truck racing down the street at high speed - and then you spot the boxes in your yard, and note that there is a rippling blanket of brown on the grass surrounding each of the boxes - and as you get closer you realize that there are literally millions of spiders climbing out of the boxes and moving to disperse first into your yard and then likely into your house and throughout the neighborhood! But the Arachnid is getting away! What do you do?!

[DocQuantum]

I asked ChatGPT this question, and I got the following. Take it for what you will.

As the Titian Titan, I quickly assess the situation and come up with a plan to handle both the PolkaDot Arachnid and the spider infestation.

First, I use my titian energy to create a large force field around my house, sealing it off from the invading spiders. The force field acts as a barrier, preventing the spiders from entering my home and spreading throughout the neighborhood.

Next, I fly towards the truck and confront the PolkaDot Arachnid. Using my energy constructs, I create a powerful net to immobilize him, bringing the truck to a halt. I make sure to keep a safe distance from him to avoid any potential attacks.

Once the PolkaDot Arachnid is securely trapped, I focus on the spider infestation. With my energy constructs, I create a massive vortex above the boxes, drawing in all the spiders and confining them within a swirling mass of energy. This prevents them from dispersing further into the neighborhood.

I then redirect the vortex towards a safe location, away from any populated areas. Releasing the spiders into a remote forest or an isolated island would be the most suitable solution, ensuring they are far from causing any harm.

With the spider infestation under control, I apprehend the PolkaDot Arachnid and contact the authorities to have him taken into custody. I make sure to provide them with any information necessary to ensure his capture and to prevent any further schemes.

After dealing with the immediate threats, I focus on repairing my house and securing the perimeter to prevent any future attacks. As the Titian Titan, it's always important to remain vigilant and prepared for any potential dangers that may come my way.

[johnreiter902]

If you can't do both, you should stop the spiders, you can always chase down the villain later.

However, he might be able to do both. If he can create a construct and leave it in place after leaving, than he should put a force field around his house to contain the problem until he can deal with it, and chase after the Arachnid

Or, he could quickly fire off a shot to puncture the truck tires, and then while he deals with the spiders transmit a wireless message to all nearby police cars that the Arachnid is fleeing on foot and they should monitor him.

Or, (here is my funny idea) if you know the arachnid immunizes himself to his own weapons, mage a energy road under the truck to loop him back around, and crash him in the yard. Then, contain him and the spiders at the same time.

[dans]

Tell you what I really like about the ChatGPT solution, it saves the spiders. I was feeling kind of bad about just killing millions of spiders, but I was also not sure how other people would feel about that.

I'm not sure the Titian Titan can create a stable energy construct that will not fade away as soon as she is out of sight. And I think a vortex strong enough to pick up all the spiders would probably end up wrecking the house. On the other hand, it IS a comic book.

I think the Titian is going to let the Arachnid escape, and put an energy dome over the house to keep spiders out of the house, and then put up a second, larger energy dome over the whole yard to prevent them from infesting the neighborhood.

Ah HA! I think I just figured out the rest of it. You know the hand-held bug vacuum devices, with a long wand, that suck bugs into a container? Titian makes a BIG one of those and floats around over the yard a couple of times and sucks all the bugs into a giant energy globe and then goes to look for the Arachnid...

Thanks, all!

[redsycorax]

I've done two stories with giant spiders in them. In one of them, Blood Spider, Paul Patton was bitten by a radioactive arachnid and mutated into an arachnohuman hybrid, "Blood Spider." In his Justice Alliance case, though, there were no other spiders involved. However, in my Earth-12 Freedom Brigade parody story, the Brigadiers face L'Uomo Ragno Italiano ("Italian Spider Man") who could telepathically command spiders. Fortunately, Bat Woman of the Freedom Brigade just happened to have an anti-arachnid toxin in her utility bandolier and subsequently used it against URI's servitor spiders. Mind you, L'Uomo Ragno Italiano had a ghastly theme tune introduction and his spiders used foccacia bread, one of Mr Might's several 'one weaknesses' against him, so they were evil spiders and deserved to die, which they did.

[dans]

well, these are innocent spiders who have been led by their leader into a trap, and all they want to do is escape... at least for now. Once they have escaped and found new places to weave their webs they just want to go back to their common ordinary spiderly lives...