#there is some implied body horror but if you survived the main series you'll be fine

[shootingstarpilot]

What does the pHzero stand for in Helix's chatname? I'm sure it's obvious but I'm just missing it 😅

(Sidenote: I know that it's Marshall Commander Cody but I always read it as McCody. Like Cody McCody)

Hello there!! So, just to start off, I cannot claim credit for the genius behind that chatname- that is all @themonopolyhat in their INSANE how to bring him home companion piece To draw up the flesh off of the frame, which everyone should go read IMMEDIATELY. I borrowed it with permission for the main series, and the following explanation is all theirs- the idea, at least, if not the exact wording.

The reasoning behind the chatname is two-fold. First, strong acids have a pH of zero, and Helix likes to think he is a caustic, acidic bastard. That one I picked up on, but I completely missed the second layer and had to be enlightened by the creator, specifically:

"because Helix… as in double helix… and DNA is deoxyribonucleic ACID???"

Thanks for this ask, because now I'm giggling all over again at the brilliance behind this!

(Also, thank you for Cody McCody, this is gonna live in my head rent-free forever and a crackfic is already spawning, like I didn't ALREADY HAVE ENOUGH-)