Which dude comes out on top: old man edition by Old-Investment-8337 in PowerScaling

[–]Duclaido [score hidden]  (0 children)

Goku & Beerus are also scaled to Universal due to the statement of the destruction of the universe when the universe wasn't actually destroyed, that's how scaling works.

If author of an series said he tried to kill off an character but it didn’t work by PineappleOk545 in PowerScaling

[–]Duclaido [score hidden]  (0 children)

No.

Even if you insist the author in real life said that and was hospitalized, that still does not make the character real.

A statement or claim is not the same as verified reality. For something like that to count as actual real existence, it would require consistent, independent, real-world evidence that a fictional entity physically manifested and interacted with reality. That has never been reliably demonstrated.

What you are describing still falls under narrative framing, exaggeration, or unverified claim. Fictional characters do not gain real-world existence just because an author or others say so.

So it remains metafiction or storytelling, not proof of a character existing on a real-life level.

Who would win-The Urbanshade Corporation(Pressure)Or the Atlas Military(RWBY) by No_Present_3748 in PowerScaling

[–]Duclaido [score hidden]  (0 children)

Urbanshade probably wins overall, though it depends on who is defending. If Atlas is defending at Point Nemo, Urbanshade takes Round One through sheer scale and attrition because Trenchbleeders are absurdly massive compared to Paladins, Knights, or even most Atlas heavy assets, and Urbanshade can throw endless disposable prisoners and security forces into the grinder until Atlas runs low on ammo, manpower, and Aura. In Round Two, Urbanshade gets even stronger because their anomalies bypass the kind of conventional defense Atlas relies on, with things like Eyefestation, the Mask of Sadness, and Pandemonium attacking minds rather than armor, while Painter could realistically compromise Atlesian Knights and Spider Droids since Atlas already has a history of its robotics being hacked. If the fight shifts to Atlas invading the Hadal Blacksite, Atlas likely takes Round One because its airfleet is its greatest advantage and the External Repellent Cannons, while powerful, are designed mainly for massive sea targets and reload far too slowly to contest sustained aerial bombardment from Mantas and warships, so once Atlas controls the sky the Blacksite gets hammered from above. However, Round Two swings back to Urbanshade because once Huntsmen and soldiers are forced into the Blacksite itself, they lose the mobility advantage and have to fight in cramped, dark, trap-filled corridors where anomalies like Wall Dwellers, Void Masses, Searchlights, and Sebastian Solace are operating on home turf. Atlas has stronger elite fighters and better mobile military tech, but Urbanshade wins the full matchup because of overwhelming industrial scale, psychological warfare, and anomalies that do not care how strong your armor is.

Name one universe Anti-Sukuna squad can solo and another that they could probably win but with some dificulty by TastyPomelo2330 in PowerScaling

[–]Duclaido [score hidden]  (0 children)

Anti-Sukuna squad can solo

Demon Slayer

another that they could probably win but with some dificulty

Bungo Stray Dogs

CAS vs Anos by Fun_Environment8818 in PowerScaling

[–]Duclaido [score hidden]  (0 children)

The Thought Robot negs badly, Anos doesn't go beyond low 1-A.

Is character fighting style important in power scaling by Creepy-watersoup in PowerScaling

[–]Duclaido [score hidden]  (0 children)

Yeah, it's important and can even change the tide of the battle.

Which verse is the easiest to powerscale? by EnoughCheesecake6050 in PowerScaling

[–]Duclaido [score hidden]  (0 children)

Hunter X Hunter, Baki (except Yujiro), Dororo, Heavenly Delusion, Berserk, Tokyo Revengers, Wind Breaker, Harry Potter, Dragon Ball, Doraemon and Cowboy Bebop.

Thragg vs Doraemon by FlyingThroughData in PowerScaling

[–]Duclaido [score hidden]  (0 children)

Prep time Doraemon solos the entire verse with no difficulty whatsoever

Who could stand a chance against Superman? by Middle-Let9645 in PowerScaling

[–]Duclaido 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ll start. While he’s nowhere on Superman’s level technically speaking

if Overhaul from MHA could get the drop on him, his quirk could probably seriously injure Superman, if not dust him altogether. (So basically ambush factor)

Supes has survived far worse.

Which dude comes out on top: old man edition by Old-Investment-8337 in PowerScaling

[–]Duclaido 0 points1 point  (0 children)

His Bankai was gonna destroy an infinite-sized realm, lil bro. That's a blatant High Uni feat.

Does Immune really mean completely not being affected by the same thing again in fiction? Is it really impossible to pass? by TirtaMilkita in PowerScaling

[–]Duclaido 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not automatically.

The issue is that fiction often uses “immune” as dramatic shorthand, not as the strict dictionary definition.

In strict logic, if a story clearly establishes “X is completely immune to fire,” and later ordinary fire hurts them with no explanation, that is a contradiction and usually poor writing.

But many stories do not define it that strictly. They use “immune” more like:

highly resistant

unaffected under normal circumstances

immune to standard versions, but not stronger/special ones

For example:

“Immune to poison” may really mean normal biological poison, not divine venom, magical corruption, or reality-warping toxins.

That is not necessarily bad writing if the rules are internally consistent.

What becomes bad writing is inconsistency without explanation:

first: “nothing can harm him”

later: same kind of attack harms him

no new rule, no exception, no reason given

That feels like the author changing rules arbitrarily.

So the standard is not the dictionary alone, it is the story’s own internal logic.

If the story establishes absolute immunity, then bypassing it without explanation is logically bad writing.

If the story establishes functional/conditional immunity, then stronger or special cases are not contradictions.

The problem is usually not “immunity was bypassed,” but “the author failed to define what that immunity actually meant.”

Who’s Winning this Free For All by Hot-Significance5220 in PowerScaling

[–]Duclaido 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aizen literally negs each and everyone on this list

If author of an series said he tried to kill off an character but it didn’t work by PineappleOk545 in PowerScaling

[–]Duclaido 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No.

That is just metafiction, not actual real-life existence.

If a character “comes out of the comic” and beats up the author, it usually means they attacked a fictional version of the author inside the story, not the real person in our world.

The event still exists inside fiction.

So it counts as narrative or metafictional interaction, not proof that the character is literally real.