User blog comment:Roygbiv666/What are Splicers splicing?/@comment-38.101.20.2-20101007120226

What you have to remember is that before the militaristic applications of plasmids were discovered, they mostly constituted a cosmetic and medical business enterprise. People in Rapture spliced for EVERYTHING. Want new eye color? Splice a plasmid. New hair color? Splice a plasmid. Want to be taller, more musular, etc? Splice a plasmid. Remember that they were also used in surgical situations. (not just cosmetic surgery) The Rapturians used them at a whim for the smallest of things for years before they realised that it caused damage. So most splicers were made "splicers" not just from visually discernable abilities, but because of their "plasmid lifestyle" as it were. Besides, most splicers probably have all of the military grade abilities (fire, ice, telekenesis, etc) but most of them are too insane to even realize or remember that they have these abilities...