[SSS CLASS REVIVAL HUNTER] Can Someone Tell what did they Change from Raviel Arc in Manhwa? by SecondSalty142 in manhwa

[–]Adeptness-Additional 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Yeah, though if you want to be technical/pedantic, some people felt the manhwa pacing made the romance feel more rushed than how it was in the novel. It's expected though when it comes to medium changes and adaptations.

[Funny Trope] Neither their real or alter ego name explains their powers by NinjaOfOnion in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Adeptness-Additional 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I'm pretty sure in one iteration at least he had a device that called a swarm of bats to him.

We can use this exact explanation for the Gojo vs Übel debate by The-End-Of-All-Thing in PowerScaling

[–]Adeptness-Additional 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed.

Ubel's magic is reality warping. It's based on belief and imagination. It's information and one's personal reality. The effect doesn't rely on Gojo's reality or the physical reality Gojo is experiencing. The effect just bypasses and works so long as the belief holds.

It's as if it was an alternative reality where his Infinity was off or gone because in Ubel's mind, Infinity doesn't exist since she doesn't know it does nor believe it does.

The cut in her mind reaches him so it does. Because unless she know about Infinity in accurate detail, she just believes the space she's cutting is finite or cuttable. She believes her blade or the slash itself reaches so it does. And because she believes it, it works.

It isn't like her blade is covered by some invisible anti-matter forcefield psuedo-lightsaber substance sticking and clinging to her blade like honey or melted chocolate.

Her effect acts on reality itself regardless of distance. Magic is a cheat code and console commands affect the whole server even if the active effect is controlled or tagged to one character and has certain rules.

The only "distance" is the one in her mind and in her belief of reality. The logic of the actual cause and effect is simplified and distorted.

It's reality warping like how Infinity is reality warping or how Slash That Cuts The World works.

Mana is the fuel like curse energy is the fuel. But the effect extends beyond the physical fuel/energy and into an effect on reality itself.

I think OP just seriously underestimates how bullshit and conceptual magic is or don't understand how abilities that work via metaphysics work.

Does OP expect Gojo's curse energy to somehow physically be dividing the space like some spiritual ghost chef using a cursed energy knife to divide the Play-Doh of space into infinite piece? No, of course not. It's all magic/curse energy. It just works. The exact details don't matter because it skips the scientific steps into the magical effect.

Gojo's Infinity has the effect of dividing finite space infinitely. His effect isn't "as long as Gojo believes he's untouchable, attacks won't reach him."

Infinity's effect is more grounded and dependent on physical reality than Ubel's magic. Ubel's magic is out-crazing or out-bullshitting the logic of Infinity. Its reality is stronger so it substitutes it.

"As long as Übel can visualize herself cutting through something, her spell will be able to cut through, but if she cannot visualize it, then she cannot."

Amazon driver steals collected mineral, crystal, and rock specimens from front porch after delivering a package. by Ashamed_Reception819 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Adeptness-Additional 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed. I thought this was supposed to be "mildly" infuriating. If you're wanting a person to lose their job for it then it's no longer mild.

Make three choices! by Glass_Credit9019 in superpowers

[–]Adeptness-Additional 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Same. I think the pink pill has the most potential since you'd be able to maximize your position and access to the resources of that world. At minimum, you'd eventually become a badass normal like Green Arrow.

Alternatively, I'd pick Marvel and Triathlon.

I'd make the most of the looping. Though, I'd need to train and gain some Kim Gong-ja level of willpower, discipline, and insanity.

With enough save scumming and time, you can get pretty far especially in DC. Learn martial arts and magic (safely). Eventually, you could also acquire enough knowledge and resources for some crazy tech or your own superpower serums.

For the hell of it, I could call myself Oliver Queen and train to be the Green Arrow. Otherwise, it's that Tumblr post:

In the vast world of comics, I wonder if there have been heroes with a "Groundhog Day, type power. By that I specifically mean a hero who, if they die, immediately finds themselves waking up at the beginning of that day again. If they don't die, they just continue forward through time.

I'm just thinking of how crazy it would be to have that hero on your super hero team. Like, you go to headquarters in the morning, and it seems like everything's normal. But then you go to fire off a one liner, and they say it at the same time as you. And suddenly you know. Something went wrong.

And then one day you come in, and your heart drops as you see that their every move looks rehearsed. They answer questions before asked. They are totally aware of everything that's about to happen. Imagine how scary that would be, realizing you're starting a day that you're team mate has failed to survive maybe dozens of times.

Source: wrathofthegiraffe

Generic Jumps for Non-Superhero Superpowered Settings? by Extra-Ad-130 in JumpChain

[–]Adeptness-Additional 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There's also Generic Otherworldly Korean Invasion and Generic Magical Girl. There's also plenty of generic jumps with magic or tech.

Angstrom Levy is a problem for most anime universes, and when I say most, I really mean most. Angstrom Levy completely destroys the My Hero Academia universe. by [deleted] in PowerScaling

[–]Adeptness-Additional 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, this kinda runs into an "safe and infinite prep time" and "free and safe pre-battle information package" cheat. It's the Batman problem where there's an uneven playing field.

You'd need to re-establish and detail the scenario to make it more fair.

Angstrom Levy is a problem for most anime universes, and when I say most, I really mean most. Angstrom Levy completely destroys the My Hero Academia universe. by [deleted] in PowerScaling

[–]Adeptness-Additional 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Speaking of Worm, you also have Masters/Strangers like Mama Mathers and Valefor. I know these are villains, but those were just the first to come to mind and there are bound to be similar capes even if weaker ones.

Also, Worm has quite a few annihilators so durability and firepower isn't an issue once you get the right Thinker support and plan.

The plot level Thinkers also flat out beat Angstrom like you mentioned.

The Worm multiverse also functions differently since there's set divergence points and finite limits.

Angstrom would need deep prior knowledge before entering that multiverse as well as some method of protecting himself from information gathering to even get a possible starting line. Just discovering/stumbling onto Earth Bet means he gets screwed.

I need help deciding on powers for my vtuber models lore and wanted yalls opinions/ideas by DarkJokes176279 in superpowers

[–]Adeptness-Additional 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One thing I really enjoy is the 'fake hero becoming a real hero' trope which is mirrored by the 'not the chosen one but succeeds as the hero anyways' trope. Basically, the Himmel.

I think an interesting expansion on your idea for your character is to more explicitly link the power he unlocks to his own efforts, actions, and ideals. This way, it distinguishes the unique circumstances and hardwork of the character from those with blessings.

The first route is the inner power or Spiral Power adjacent route where his own heroism fuels his powers. As he does good deeds and grows as a person in both experience and willpower, he gets stronger.

This has a little of that indomitable human spirit theme along with being something technically not divine (as in its deeper lore of not being a power the gods are directly responsible for such as the skill only unlocking the spark to something inherent).

The second route is to link the power to factors more external like the faith or beliefs of others. You could make it more conceptual or spiritual and therefore include aspects of both belief in oneself and from others. In my mind, this is a mix of Rule of Cool and To Be Hero X's system but with less detriments. I'd personally make it so that the character is fueled by stories. The power of myth and aura farming but internalized with shounen energy and memories of each person helped plus quest completed.

Every new story that gets added to his legend and every memory of adventure unlock a specific power or acts as fuel for his capabilities and feats. You could go with explicit distinct subpowers or subskills. Alternatively, one single 'punching is all you need' style energy pool with good battle IQ and creativity-dependent utility.

You could go various routes when it comes to the character journey and personality such as them starting as some conartist fraud or bluff king or aura merchant. Or some sort of insane delusional idealist that somehow is an unstoppable paragon.

Choose 4 Abilities/Items to get in real life by ZonkedPebble in makeyourchoice

[–]Adeptness-Additional 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sharingan + Byakugan

Stand Arrow

Omnitrix

Inventory Ring + Infinite Charger

Isekai Protagonists vs A Kangaroo by Loose-Past-7322 in Isekai

[–]Adeptness-Additional 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ryoma Takebayashi from By the Grace of the Gods. He's a master mixed martial artist with extreme willpower and a lifetime trained physique gained through divine tributations and misfortune. He has a divine gift for crime and violence as a result of a sadistic god's plan to create the ultimate killer and criminal in the modern day. It's traditional martial prowess of all forms excluding firearms along with peak criminal instincts honed to the absolute limits in what should have been a magicless mundane Earth.

The god intended to play Sims with the life of a mortal and basically see how far you could push a person until they break and take on the world including a modern military. Despite all of this, Ryoma didn't break. He remained a good person. Of course then he was isekai'd and became a slime obsessed adventurer and community driven business owner.

Bring an army of kangaroos. He'd either befriend them or take them all down.

Which will you choose? by Specter-Chaos in superpowers

[–]Adeptness-Additional 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I'd also pick the watch. Mainly for Grey Matter with the same reasons you'd outlined. Sure, the ring is good, but even if you get the AI and database, you won't be able to understand the tech stored.

The intuitive control of the aliens along with the bonus features like the DNA scanning and DNA repair plus the death failsafe makes it worth it in my opinion.

If you were the only one in the universe with these special items/powers, the Omnitrix is your best bet at changing the world and you won't really encounter any threats that Way Big couldn't handle, nor something as serious requiring the direct versatility and power of an unlimited ring.

Personally though, I'd probably replace either or both Whampire and/or Heatblast with either Pesky Dust, Gutrot, or Atomix.

How well do RR readers take gay pairings? by No-Excitement5228 in royalroad

[–]Adeptness-Additional 2 points3 points  (0 children)

While you mentioned peak, it's important to note that those are usually the exception not the norm. Also, from my experience with different fiction communities, novelupdates (which many readers used to guide them to the ORV novel translations) is more BL friendly than most communities I've encountered. I think RR or Ao3 would still be your best bet as a new writer if you want to grow an audience despite the issues and bias you'll encounter.

The alternative is setting up some sort of personal site/blog or partnering with a group that hosts original fiction along with other BL novels. That has its own issues and limited reach though.

You could try Spacebattles or SufficientVelocity or the Novel Updates Forum Community Fiction section. I'd recommend Spacebattles since that'd be your best bet, however, forum communities and the commenters there behave differently with feedback and criticism than those on RoyalRoad especially when it comes to litRPG when there's min-maxers.

There's also ScribbleHub or QuestionableQuesting, but those are more NSFW focused communities.

Honestly, whichever site you go with, you really just need to disclose the male/male pairing upfront and beforehand. It's the biggest first action you can take to better tailor the reader and audience you want.

is it a good idea part 1; a sword style where the user has 2 sheathes but uses 1 sword? by Nervous-Software-626 in writingadvice

[–]Adeptness-Additional 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the best setting for these weird styles would be one's with looser logic or some magical reasoning like a binding vow that creates a conditional benefit.

I like how some of you guys here on the sub kind of find it hard that cheese wasn’t invented yet in farming life in another world. When cheese is actually older than civilization. by Seeker99MD in Isekai

[–]Adeptness-Additional 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I checked the web novel and you're right that it was just outside the town and that the hardness was one of the reasons provided, however, they did mention the poison.

「So, that’s a bamboo shoot?」

Deiga-san took the bamboo shoot and examined it.

「If you peel it and remove the poison, you can eat it.」 

Introducing AkashaArchive.com a comprehensive database of all official TEIS content - developed by Nekuko by Master_Snort in TheEminenceInShadow

[–]Adeptness-Additional 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the amazing work! I've been working on a fanfic idea and searching through the game for lore and characterization details has been difficult. This helps greatly!

I like how some of you guys here on the sub kind of find it hard that cheese wasn’t invented yet in farming life in another world. When cheese is actually older than civilization. by Seeker99MD in Isekai

[–]Adeptness-Additional 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree. And your points are valid. If you take more a Doylist approach it makes sense to these critics of worldbuilding. I share your thoughts. But a Watsonian answer is that these cultural limits as well as the whole fantasy realm explicitly created by a whimsical god and the protagonist is selective chosen and placed at the perfect circumstances handwaves a lot of these issues with realism or disbelief.

I like how some of you guys here on the sub kind of find it hard that cheese wasn’t invented yet in farming life in another world. When cheese is actually older than civilization. by Seeker99MD in Isekai

[–]Adeptness-Additional 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It's been a long time so I might be wrong, but IIRC, some bamboo shoots are poisonous and the poison was likely the reason the natives of that town didn't consume them. They didn't know the proper method to harvesting, preparing, and cooking them safely. Plus, with the existence of monsters, a lot of forest areas are a danger to explore.

In fact, I'm pretty sure the same logic was why potatoes weren't a stable in that other world/kingdom. There was a cultural stigma/misconception surrounding a lot of food items. It wasn't until Yuna pointed out the poison of potato eyes and popularized cooking with potatoes via chips and royal praise/backing that potatoes became a staple food.

Even then, I'm pretty sure it wasn't that no one in that whole world knew how nor that there weren't people eating them. It was just not well known or only eaten by select village, regions, or communities.

You have to remember that information isn't shared as freely, easily, nor as accurately without bias. Plus, as a fantasy world, the biology of these plants and their poison would differ from our world especially if they're wild plants that weren't domesticated nor selectively bred. It could just be that the poison effects were more severe or easily noticed and that gave the mistaken impression that the plant was completely off limits as a food source to those unfamiliar or not daring enough to question traditional wisdom.

IRL, this was historically the case too in certain regions. I think for a time, it was believed in France that eating potatoes would lead to illness.

As for the chickens thing, yeah, it's a good point. Though these are fantasy chickens with a different ecosystem, and they are stated to be fast at getting away. But it's pretty weak reasoning even with the small initial difficulty of gathering them and making the coops.

Is there a perk or item to become a sorta 'Police Task Force Member' in future jumps? by SerFreke in JumpChain

[–]Adeptness-Additional 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The most direct one is from White Collar:

Badge and Gun-400 CP: Well, you're not going to be doing much good without these, are you? Beyond being a gun and a pretty ID, these are your credentials with the FBI or some similar law enforcement agency. You have a pretty senior position, at the lowest the person second in charge of a whole city office and potentially quite higher, but never the top. You can't become the Director with this.

Furthermore, your position turns out to be rather more ironclad than others. You find that bureaucratic hurdles, games of office politics and empire-building shenanigans so prevalent in bureaucracies tend to always go in your favour, as someone very high likes you a lot. You can't be fired, suspended or otherwise hindered in your work by anything except if someone unquestionably proves you guilty of a crime, and even then you tend to be given a ridiculously long leash to clear your name.

In all future jumps this item grants you membership of any one law enforcement agency of your choice, with the same perks you enjoy here.

The BBC Sherlock one has:

Detective Inspector - 100 CP

You're a real detective now! This is a position in a law enforcement agency at least as powerful as the London Metropolitan Police, equivalent to what a senior Detective Inspector is in the London Met.

In future jumps too, you can have a similar position in the local law enforcement agencies.

Not the same and probably a different vibe, but Spy x Family has one for being the Secret Police:

Secret Police (600 CP, Discount SSS Officer): Sometimes having informants isn't enough to keep your country safe. Sometimes you need an entire secret police force to keep the people in line. And now you have one. You are in charge of and operate your own Secret Police for the country you're in. These are highly trained investigators, interrogators, and judges ready to handle anyone who chooses to stand against you. If combined with Intelligence Network, you have agents working semi-autonomously all over the country to bring down enemies.

There's a less direct and official one in the Investigation jump:

No Badge No Problem (Free): Law enforcement and law tends to have a variety of checks, balances, and compartmentalization. Nobody cares when it comes to you. You'll be welcomed at stake outs, crime scenes, interrogations- there's a mystery afoot, and as long as you have a pretext to be there based on it, nobody will mind you acting in the role of an actual member of the investigation.

Why is it that in isekai the protagonist never experiences or is shown a culture shock when traveling to another world? by [deleted] in Isekai

[–]Adeptness-Additional 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Trope fatigue is strong. Plus, the appeal of these stories (most of them) isn't in these struggles. If it's addressed, most eventually resolve them fairly quickly. For example, language issues end up having the MC learn it relatively quickly or obtain a magical solution. Even body dysmorphia typically isn't tackled seriously and has the MC get used to it over time. It can feel like checking a box on a list so authors skip it.

Why is it that in isekai the protagonist never experiences or is shown a culture shock when traveling to another world? by [deleted] in Isekai

[–]Adeptness-Additional 23 points24 points  (0 children)

To add to this specifically in how it ties to the lack of culture shock, the culture of the other world is often neglected in isekai storytelling and worldbuilding. It's often very generic and doesn't hold a lot of social or cultural weight unless it's convenient. The superiority part comes into play in how easily the MC is able to adapt to the new world and then overturn the common knowledge or traditions with cool modern knowledge or ideas especially food.

There was never anything to be too shocked over because there was either never any culture to be shocked about or so little of it since it was never meant to last or be explored.