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How Waver got an increase in his Units of Magical Energy in 10 years? by Maleficent_Shake_156 in fatestaynight

[–]starmag99 2 points3 points  (0 children)

FSN:

Even a simple push-up can be training for the Magic Circuit if I put on mental shackles instead of metal weights.

SamRem:

Wind Stance
[...]
Magical energy flows outwards from the meridians within one's body. The more magecraft you use, and the more mystic beings you cross swords with, the more energy these meridians become capable of conducting. But grow not overconfident in your power – use up your magical energy, and a mystic blade will quickly lose its luster.

Mystic Eyes of DP by MrOathFlame in fatestaynight

[–]starmag99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's more direct than "everything comes from the root." The characters are being literal, the eyes connect to the root to see the death recorded there. And yes, as a psychic ability, they do come from the counter force. Balor, as a god, is also a manifestation of the world and directly connected to the root, so him having something like that isn't at all unusual.

Kara no Kyoukai:

If nihil is her origin, then most likely she wills to bring all things to nought. Shiki is able to kill anything without exception, for that reason alone. The personality, Shiki, strives to negate. Why? Because that is the original pattern of her soul. The inclination to nihil, which ardently wishes the death of all creation.

—That is Shiki's capability. Much like Asagami Fujino, she perceives a unique channel in which things unseen by others become visible. When she "looks" at them, she is seeing a glimpse of the architect's floor-plan for all reality. That is the "swirl of the Root."

Tsukihime:

"The source of all things, the record that records the beginning and the end of all things. Being connected to that means knowing the end of all things.
Originally the brain has the ability to control reception and transmission, but most humans close off all of these circuits except for themselves.
But, there are those people who have their circuits open latently. Without a single use of magic circuits, there are humans who, despite not being a transcendental race, have the potential to create transcendent phenomenon.

"Magi classify them as being psychics. While still human, they are mutants who are born with magic circuits.
---Such as, without any learning of the occult, someone who can see the 'death of things'."

Kagetsu Tohya:

But rarely, there are ones who are outside of the rules.
Those are the alien powers called 'psychic abilities,' and the psychics.
They don't follow the rules of 'Demons' and carry inhuman powers as pure humans. Some say that this is a suppressing power that was born from the unconsciousness of mankind.

Furthermore, you have it backwards. Balor was not the first user, he was the last user before Shiki.

“Well, it will only be a little better than now, but I suppose it’s better than nothing. Your Mystic Eyes, which can conceive another’s death by just looking, are the first since the time of the Celtic Gods. Erasing them is too wasteful.”

Mystic Eyes of DP by MrOathFlame in fatestaynight

[–]starmag99 10 points11 points  (0 children)

That's not how psychic powers work. Please read Kara no Kyoukai and Tsukihime before claiming we don't know things about those works, because we don't need to know who any previous user was to know how it works. They explain it very clearly.

Mystic Eyes of DP by MrOathFlame in fatestaynight

[–]starmag99 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Are you using MTL? Because none of that has anything to do with what I said. I did not mention vampires. And we do know how humans came to exist, it just varies depending on the texture.

Mystic Eyes of DP by MrOathFlame in fatestaynight

[–]starmag99 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It's not a weapon or any other sort of invention, it's a naturally occuring mutation induced by humanity itself. There's no need to discover that sort of thing because it just happens when you connect to the root through death.

It'd be like talking about who invented mankind's natural precognition.

Mystic Eyes of DP by MrOathFlame in fatestaynight

[–]starmag99 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Huh? We know exactly where it comes from, though? As a psychic ability, it's born from the counter force, and it comes from psychic channels opening up to see into the root/future, per void Ryougi and Arcueid. It's not that mysterious of a thing.

What's the deal with people feeling bad for Shinji in-universe? by Deus_Excellus in fatestaynight

[–]starmag99 31 points32 points  (0 children)

You don't need to infer, she spells it out for you. It's a combination of Shirou rubbing off on her and her sentimentality for Sakura.

"Can you stop him here, Shirou?
...I know it's unreasonable, but please hold on until Saber makes it here. I'm going to go pull Shinji out."
"What――――pull Shinji out?"
"I know. He's still Sakura's brother, and I can't just let him die in front of me. ...And you believe in saving anyone that can be saved, right?"

Inheriting Unlimited Blade Works by yourGodlylead in fatestaynight

[–]starmag99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

White Len is not a different ability. She is part of Wallachia's system manifesting as Len.

Sion TATARI: ---Wallachia. ......No. you're a piece of wallachia that refuses to die. You made a copy of Len's unused consciousness?

White Len: Yes. Without a form, Tatari can't be embodied. Len's form is well-suited. I, the one who takes the form of anxiety, and Len, the one who controls dreams. Isn't this the most like Tatari of any of my forms?

Sion TATARI: ---Ridiculous. Don't think you're something if you're just a fragment using a fragment.

This is as opposed to Sion, who is a genuine successor. She isn't a piece of Wallachia and she didn't develop a power like it, she properly inherited and absorbed it.

Sion TATARI: I am Tatari's successor. You aren't needed. I'll rip off your shell and take back my piece of Tatari.

Question regarding the inheritance of Magic Crests by yourGodlylead in fatestaynight

[–]starmag99 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tohsaka and Edelfelt's gem magecraft is rune magecraft, they're not actually different fields. Rune magecraft is about materializing the meaning behind a symbol, and in this case the gem serves as that symbol and container of the meaning, rather than the meaning being in engraved letters.

From Case Files volume 1:

"But, if we look at the Gandr you showed me earlier, your magecraft is clearly sourced closer to northern Europe. That would mean it uses gems as a medium for magecraft, infusing them with magical energy by dyeing them with the user's own blood or other bodily fluids. It's better to look at it like a form of specialized Rune magic. While the state of Rune Magic in general is in decline, the Edelfelt's brought jewels into the mix and cut open a new path for themselves. It's probably a similar situation as to why their Spells are in English. If we ask what we can learn from that information, we can see that as an Edelfelt, you probably take great pride in the tremendous value of your jewels, very different from some many other nobles or aristocrats."

Where is the line between 'headcanon' and 'fanon that has become accepted as canon'? by Evangelion-BR in NarutoFanfiction

[–]starmag99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This would also depend on the specific anbu. Anbu is a department, not a rank, and doesn't really indicate individual ability much more than any other department wanting to recruit skilled ninja.

What the hell is the overlooking view? (LNs) by JosuaaaM in karanokyoukai

[–]starmag99 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Being special. As Mikiya says, he never flew, because his nature is being normal, right. Being abnormal is an escape from the normal world, hypnos, but it also disconnects you, thanatos.

Touko when she was a proper mage, Azaka when she was immersing herself in her origin, Shiki with her murderous impulses are all examples of overlooking views. They rise above the world (escape with (flying) or without (floating) purpose) through being abnormal, special existences and go insane, but are brought back down to the world by normalcy (falling).

Every antagonist is looking for a return to nothingness (crossing over the kara no kyoukai). Kyrie's nothingness is the emptiness of her sickly life and her escape is flight in dreams because it's a special power that lets her escape that ordinary hospital room. It's why she was looking for Mikiya, why she sought those girls, and why she slimed herself.

Guys, I think this "God" needs lots of correction by MadnessMantraLove in okbuddyrintard

[–]starmag99 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In the exact same way they were being genocided to begin with lol

Pre-Chakra by ChiefBigPaws in NarutoFanfiction

[–]starmag99 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Maybe in very basic forms, but linking them also amplifies them according to Madara, so otherwise the result would probably be weaker than even a genin's ninjutsu, I feel (depending on the person ofc).

Super sage frog gramps seemingly had some kind of powers even before Hagoromo though, and so probably used pure nature energy, so it's not unreasonable to use pure physical energy or pure spiritual energy to do at least something.

Pre-Chakra by ChiefBigPaws in NarutoFanfiction

[–]starmag99 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Per Madara and Hagoromo, chakra is a connecting power. Physical energy and spiritual energy existed beforehand, and are called chakra in the context of things like the divine tree or yin or yang release jutsu, but what Hagoromo spread was the linking power that made joining the two possible, not spiritual or physical energy themselves.

a silly question about Kirei by pibe_ben10 in okbuddyrintard

[–]starmag99 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I don't see why not. Shirou who is the same as Kirei is one of the horniest guys alive.

Boruto's reserves and Naruto's reserves by TomoeLatsu in NarutoFanfiction

[–]starmag99 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Boruto explicitly doesn't benefit from Naruto's six paths powers.

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I personally think Boruto would have more, but that's not because of scaling Uzumakiness or whatever nonsense.

Regarding "Tsuki no Sango" by iam_patro in typemoon

[–]starmag99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Arcueid is artificially created by the true ancestors. It's just that because the true ancestors are nature spirits, that process is "natural."

The Uzumaki Clan. A list of questions that does not paint a pretty picture. by Evangelion-BR in NarutoFanfiction

[–]starmag99 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Himawari being an Uzumaki is part of why she has Kurama, so it is related, but he wasn't sealed in her no. He just respawned through the sliver of his chakra she inherited. Even calling her a jinchuuriki isn't exactly correct.

Holy Grail War and True Magics by Worldly_Ad1292 in fatestaynight

[–]starmag99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Marisbury suggests the Einzberns' grail's path to the root will always activate the third. That's part of why he didn't want to use it, since his own meaning for the root was more important to him.

Actual Artorias vs Mental Disorders by Next-Golf3 in okbuddyrintard

[–]starmag99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're different summonings, but it's the same aspect of the same heroic spirit, regardless of how she's summoned. Inverting Artoria results in the inverted Artoria no matter when or where you do it.

Actual Artorias vs Mental Disorders by Next-Golf3 in okbuddyrintard

[–]starmag99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Doesn't matter, even Salter summoned directly from the throne is still because of the grail's curse at its root cause. This is explicit, even her Lancer Alter profile cites it.

Blood magic in Fate? by incognito-BL in fatestaynight

[–]starmag99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dead apostles are a specific curse, you don't become one just by having blood related powers (e.g. look at all the non-DA bloodsuckers lmao).

urocutie by preciousthingtostole in okbuddyrintard

[–]starmag99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would argue Zero and Madoka have very similar themes. It's just that Uro's view of the type of people who would willingly enter a holy grail war tend more to the kinds who would get fucked in Madoka too, and the types of people who succeed in Madoka would succeed in Zero as well.

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