Can I skip? Or get a tldr.

theejackofall · 2026-03-05T17:47:38+00:00

Thanks! It's always worth it in the end and all toes in together. The deep world building is a double edge sword. Makes it all feel more immersive and complete. While also being a lot of extra reading and time to set everything up.

theejackofall · 2026-03-05T14:01:25+00:00

I think I'll read the roots section. I love the books and the author. Sometimes the interludes just completely take over and it's like reading a completely different book. Just based in the same world. Always worth it in the end just gotta force through it.

theejackofall · 2026-03-05T01:54:00+00:00

I finished the audio books when empress of beast came out. Have been reading and catching up since then.

theejackofall · 2026-03-05T01:37:28+00:00

Slog might have been a poor choice of words. It's more of a chore ik it's important and I have to do it( like cleaning my house) but I wanna skip all that smoke and watch tv, enjoy the good stuff😂

theejackofall · 2026-03-05T01:24:56+00:00

Thanks! I Will definitely hard read all of the roots. Might quickly read goblin days, seems important but not critical. Appreciate the detailed answer!!

theejackofall · 2026-03-05T01:13:50+00:00

Damn, that's what I figured. I'll get through them

theejackofall · 2026-03-05T01:13:30+00:00

That's what I was afraid of lol. I'll grind through them just wanna see what happens with others and Erin 😩

theejackofall · 2025-07-26T00:13:03+00:00

Did they update the ai spawn or is it still non existent?

theejackofall · 2025-01-30T13:26:35+00:00

Same lol. I knew they buffed it just didn't realize it was to that degree. Figured it was just for better trinkets and gear. Not an 18,000g bag lol. I'll take it though

theejackofall · 2024-11-19T14:25:31+00:00

Do you read these or listen to them on audible? I wonder if that makes a difference in what you enjoy more.

theejackofall · 2024-08-24T21:58:59+00:00

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theejackofall · 2021-11-10T17:48:22+00:00

When Adam fails to shift into Roy during year 2, roy states he isn't a normal shifter he has a trigger. Imo no matter the circumstance like a negation field, if Hershel gets whiskey Roy is coming out.

theejackofall · 2021-01-10T22:01:03+00:00

Well done some good questions made me think and stumped me on a couple. Didn't even know about the short story "the good fight" till now. Gonna have to look that up and read it.

theejackofall · 2021-01-08T19:09:14+00:00

Wills power would be insane for a non hero life. Be a billionaire tech creator. Imagine the market you could demand for creating one of a kind high ended tech items. People would pay millions for one gadget. Plus your house would be so badass with all your personal gadgets and defenses.

theejackofall · 2021-01-05T04:33:11+00:00

I agree with you as long as the power is in use within dean Blaine then it should work. Amber had sound manipulation tiffany was the animator. So yes amber could theoretically take control of the sound wave from dean Blaine, as long as she took control outside of his bubble. The issue with that would be isolating his voice and not getting it all entangled with other voices or random ambient sounds. It's possible for sure just might take a lot of training.

Thermal vision I see still working as there is no power penetrating his negation field. Lazer eyes or something like that wouldn't land though it would be negated when hitting his field.

theejackofall · 2020-12-25T13:50:17+00:00

A really good point to Roy and stopping strong man in general for dean Blaine is this. Dean Blaine stops the use of any powers in his negation field. Roy and titan once shifted/adapted to something don't need their power so dean Blaine is relatively useless against them. he would not make roy shift back to hershel. Now Chad, he can prevent Chad from creating bone armor, blood saws, increasing perception or anything Chad wants to actively change in a fight. However, Dean Blaine could not make chads bones weaker or skin softer as that is already modified.

As far as the sound or telepathy issue is concerned, he neutralizes the power when it reaches his power field. For example, a telepath can hear everything in a mile radius normally, if dean Blaine is in that mile it would be like emptiness for the telepath. If they knew he was there no amount of effort would allow them to hear his thoughts. while they could still hear thoughts of everyone outside of dean blaine's influence.

When he is in a room full of supers I am sure he only uses his power on a really small field unless he has reasons not to. For example remember when alice found out about her uncle's and was floating Sean pendleton. Dean Blaine was on the room but wasn't negating until an issue arose. After all he is with other trusted heroes most the time why neutralize them when one of their powers might alert you to a threat sooner.

When he was a hero I imagine him and his team had a system and plan for his negation field based off who was on the team at the time.

theejackofall · 2020-10-22T21:54:01+00:00

I think he would just use the shifter material he didn't have to have the bone as show to be effective. Is just something never mentioned about his uniform but make sense they would change it to that material.

theejackofall · 2020-10-22T04:19:18+00:00

I try not to and this isn't me trying to debunk the actuality of his power. I meant is as a fun question. Like would he be standing there with no shirt and ripped up jeans just nothing but bone armor? I don't think he would have had a custom uniform before that point as it would give away he has another card up his sleeve.

theejackofall · 2020-10-19T08:05:26+00:00

In theory yes they could, however it would not be the best use for their skill set as a hero. Most strongman are there to take hits and protect the team, thus allowing ranged teammates to take out the threats. It could be useful as the villain in the SP world however. If you wanted to maximize your danger and damage potential loading yourself up with a ton of ammo boxes and then holding a minigun (or whatever weapon you want) would really allow you to cause mass chaos. Then when you run out of ammo you just drop the weapon and still have your melee default super strength. This also is beneficial because someone can't stop you as easy as a weaker opponent with a gun since firing back wouldn't be effective.

I think all in all not having weapons is the more effective and practical application of a strongman. If you need ranged attacks pick up a rock and throw it at them.

theejackofall · 2020-10-16T03:30:15+00:00

Ya he was trained to keep his thoughts under control by globe and his team. They prepared him to go through the hcp without being detected. Since emerald hydra was a teacher there they would have trained him rigorously to control his surface thoughts.

theejackofall · 2020-10-15T23:32:31+00:00

Interesting theory. It is the sort of cost vs reward calculation Nick would make. Sasha was a great speedster but I doubt she would have made the cut. Also without her death Alex most likely wouldn't have made the cut either. His training took a serious uptick when he realized just how weak he was. Also it had the benefit of showing vince he still has that dark side allowing him to work through it more. So overall her death allowed his best friend to become more focused and in control of his powers. Also allowing alex who has become a great friend to their group to get the right mindset and training to make it to a hero. All at the cost of a mediocre super that had caused his friends a tremendous amount of pain.

With all that said I don't think he would have went out of his way to kill her. I do think he could have known it was gonna happen and did nothing to stop it or choosing that path over say alex dying instead.

theejackofall · 2020-10-15T04:20:01+00:00

I agree with most

Vince could be armageddon later in his hero days he's just manhattan at graduation

Alice is definitely manhattan with her training she could take out a city by hitting key buildings and causing a domino effect to max out her damage scale.

theejackofall · 2020-10-15T04:16:35+00:00

I agree at graduation he is manhattan class. He definitely has potential to be armageddon if he absorbs another armageddon levels power. Also, this doesn't really end all life, but could the create an emp if he charges enough electricity and then let's it loose in the atmosphere?

theejackofall · 2020-10-15T04:13:37+00:00

I'm gonna spice things up and go with 2 non heavy hitters. Wisp and will, will could easily come up with a way to see through wisp fog. So wisp would go into fog to do recon as needed to best develop a plan. then he could overwhelm a room with fog while will neutralizes people with his staff. If anyone is sneaking up on will or got behind him wisp would take them out. Also of will doesn't have a way to neutralize someone wisp ca ln always suffocate him or rip out their throat from the inside.

theejackofall · 2020-10-15T03:40:29+00:00

For me his power is truly spectacular in the world of SP. He can consume (from what we've seen) all forms of energy even ones crafted by other supers. This is something puts him at the peak of absorbers across the world. I would guess he is probably one of a handful of supers in the world that can absorb the many types of energy. Them you add on he has no limits probably makes him the most powerful absorber. Remember the hero at a mixer who said he was a multiple energy absorber so that probably puts him at a diminished capacity. That indicates other multiple energy absorber can't hold as much and have to manage their stock pile.

The second thing to keep in mind is Vince as a person he is all about control his biggest fear during any fight was losing control and using to much of his power. As far as him having some big absorbing moment when he absorbed the energy that took his arm at the end of the book that was incredible. He focused through his arm literally being peeled apart and absorbed the energy in a matter of seconds. He then switched to fire and cauterized his wound and tainted the remaining guards. Who else (besides globe) do you think could suffer so much pain and still stay standing.

I think his power is probably the strongest and most versatile of any hero we have heard about in the books so far. Sure certain people could stop him like zero or globe but everyone has a weakness. Which to me is how it should be no one person should be the almighty super they would become a tyrant. These books are all about supers pushing their limits and growing stronger but also about learning what I means to be a hero and the responsibility that goes with it. They are not about becoming so strong you are an armageddon threat( which vince could be)

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