>I just had a brain-flash as to why not as well...
>
>Even supposing that Don had considered it, (which Gryph has noted that
>he probobly wouldn't) a quick scan of Scott's Cerebro records revealed
>that the part of the brain that controls humor had been the part that
>mutated into the 'generator' for his eye blasts! This hand wave
>actaully works on several levels, in that a bio implant wouldnt work
>to add a sense of humor, and it gives a tradeoff... Scott could have
>a sense of Humor OR his optic blasts... and has chosen his optic
>blasts instead. ;)

I always figured it was the part the *controlled* his blasts that
got damage when he and his brother took that unexpected skydiving
lesson courtesy of the Shi'ar.

Brad