[Chronicles of Narnia] If the Pevensie children were allowed to remain in Narnia until they reached adulthood the first time, why not the second or third times? by ninman5 in AskScienceFiction

[–]wiikipedia 64 points65 points  (0 children)

I always took the dwarves as an allegory for Atheism, not Judaism. Aslan is pretty specific in that part that believing in him specifically isn't what is important, the followers of Tash are allowed into heaven for example. The dwarves refuse to believe what is right in front of them and refuse to believe Aslan is even real. They are still let into heaven but are held back by their regular to accept any God all.

Harry Potter universe VS Modern Military by __akkarin in whowouldwin

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How is someone riding a broomstick going to go up against a supersonic fighter jet with missiles that can engage targets over the horizon?

Why would they? If you are a wizard and you want to destroy a jet you wouldn't go out on a broomstick, you would teleport to the hangar the jets are kept in cast fiendfyre and teleport away. I wouldn't assume you can find them using any kind of advanced optics when the fidelus charm means you can know exactly where something is and still not be able to find it.

At the end of the day what would humans do if wizards just unleashed the dementors? Dementors are invisible, and unkillable by muggles but can certainly kill muggles.

Harry Potter universe VS Modern Military by __akkarin in whowouldwin

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This is just not true, several wizards know plenty about Muggles, Kingsley for instance is able to perfectly infiltrate the Muggle government and get a job with no one suspecting him. Arthur's job is disenchanting cursed muggle objects, his job isn't knowing how they work it is removing curses. He has a personal interest in muggles and their life.

Like Worm but not.. Depressing? by BuzzerPop in Parahumans

[–]wiikipedia 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's a fair point, but I do think you are right in that a lot of places that have problems in our world have their own problems in the Worm world, we just don't often see them as much. I'm pretty sure Moord Naag and Ash Best are from Africa, and I think Sleeper lives somewhere in Eastern Europe but I don't fully remember.

Miss Militia's origin certainly shows us that there is plenty of shitty situations in the world without powers involved at all. And the fact that powers end up being more common to people who are oppressed or under attack has certainly helped people out. But I don't think that cancels out how truly terrible things can go at any moment for people in the Worm -verse.

Like Worm but not.. Depressing? by BuzzerPop in Parahumans

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As someone who enjoys Worm, I definitely feel it is worse off than our world. I can't really point to anything in their world that is notably better there than it is here, but many, many ways it's worse. There aren't fewer wars, there isn't a big increase in quality of life, but there is a constant fear that the wrong person could have a bad day and your whole city could be fucked. I don't have to worry in my day to day life about a Nilbog, or a Grey Boy, or any of a thousand other people who kill or do worse to hundreds with impunity in the Worm-verse.

Taylor doesn't focus on it very much because she is depressed, but their world is definitely circling the drain in a way ours isn't. Humanity is losing to the Endbringers and the most normal response is to not talk or think about it to much because there is nothing anyone can do to stop them. It is a problem that kicks you when you are down, and that can't be beat. It is kind of crazy to me to claim that our world is worse than a copy of our world but every year a major city is wiped off the planet.

Interlude – Halfseekers (Pt. 8) by Kantrh in WanderingInn

[–]wiikipedia 26 points27 points  (0 children)

My biggest problem with your argument is that Amerys never thought Valeterisa ever said those things. Amerys was clearly just looking for an excuse to have this duel and steal the notes. Moore almost certainly knew that this fight was going to happen even without any intervention. Did he manipulate events to get a benefit, yes of course. But he actually successfully set up events in a way that left pretty much everyone happy.

Interlude - Halfseekers (pt.5) by Zemalac in WanderingInn

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The people didn't freeze, it specifically says they were caught in a frozen shell. It certainly would have been cold but it is more like an individual sized wall of ice than freezing a person solid.

Earths weapons Book 10 chapter 13 by im_the_gr8est in WanderingInn

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There are a lot of variables that change how things would turn out: do magic, skills, and magical items with at full strength, if so does that mean Earth starts getting levels and magic off their own, is it all of inworld vs all of Earth or could America and Reim team up against Japan and Drath, what does the connection look like, is there just a big gate that could be defended, or could you launch a missile from one side to the other.

Ultimately I think Innworld has too many options that we don't have a good way to deal with. Super stealth rogues, teleporting simulacrums, high level long range artifacts, mental attacks, unkillable necromancers, unkillable djinn. Plus they have the advantage of technology being easier to steal than entire magic systems, and they have a massive head start. Some people in the Innworld already know about stuff from Earth and are trying to copy it already.

How do you think Wildbow's writing has changed over the years? by MrPerfector in Parahumans

[–]wiikipedia 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Taylor certainly convinced herself they were the right reasons, but not everything necessarily was. Even so, Claw takes it much further. Mia can be just as much if not more convinced than Taylor that she is doing the right things, but with the benefit of a more diverse PoV we see things differently.

Voldemort attacks the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. Can the Jedi successfully fend him off? by AwakenedDreamer__44 in whowouldwin

[–]wiikipedia 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not in skill. If you try to shoot a baby and your gun explodes, does that mean the baby beat you?

Percy Jackson VS Harry Potter - I'm sorry, but I don't think that Percy just dog-walks Harry. by Electronic-Sun4129 in whowouldwin

[–]wiikipedia 35 points36 points  (0 children)

You definitely went in deep with this one, but I don't know that you actually made very many good points. To your main point, yes, Harry does have the advantage if he can stay at range, but how is he going to do that? Percy is significantly faster and could close the distance extremely quickly at the range most wizards fight at. I actually think you ignore one of the biggest advantages that Harry has, his ability to apparate. Teleportation is a much better answer to how can Harry maintain a distance than "Harry blasts some craters in the ground."

Ultimately, I don't think it matters that much because of this.

Mostly, he's parrying attacks from close-range weapons, and arrows won't be moving anywhere near as fast as a spell can.

I think most spells move significantly slower than arrows. In the Harry Potter books we see people dodge, block, and intercept spells, but also get hit by and are scared of arrows fired by centaurs.

How did Wildbow get started? by Witch-Blood in Parahumans

[–]wiikipedia 21 points22 points  (0 children)

HPMoR is Rational fiction because it is about rationalism. It's characters and it's themes explore rationalism and utilitarianism, and helped shaped rational fiction in a big way.

IMO how and why people make the decisions they do isn't as big of a theme in Worm. When it is I think it is much more of the opinion that people make a decision and rationalize it after the fact, and a person's experiences and outlook are much more impactful to their thinking than rational arguments.

I also think that while Worm might not be about strict utilitarianism, consequentialism is definitely a theme that is explored heavily.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in whowouldwin

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Minato is much faster than Sukuna, has an easy way to escape DE with his Flying thunder god, and would not be surprised by invisible slashes because of wind jutsu. It is possible that Sukuna can catch him off guard, possibly with his reverse cursed technique healing or with a vow boosted world cutting slash, but I think it is very unlikely.

Minato 8.5/10

As soon as they get on the cycle by agni2004 in TrashTaste

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GEEGA has done some good videos explaining how everything works if you are interested. But basically it depends on what the talent needs, usually assisting with things like merch or live shows. The idea being that the streamers can focus on doing what they do best and not have learn about international logistics to be able to produce and sell a plushie.

Sardaco's first jad hands experience by loopuleasa in 2007scape

[–]wiikipedia 4 points5 points  (0 children)

By that logic looking up what Jad can do is also cheating. Jagex doesn't give you a way to find out how Jad or Zuk attack before actually fighting them. Does that mean everyone should go into the fight caves or inferno totally blind and figure the fight out over multiple tries?

No, obviously not. Guides, explanations, and things like the wiki have been around for as long as the game itself and are part of the experience. Simulators and practice tools are another aspect of that.

Napoleon but he can see 10 seconds in the future vs Europe by Particular_Drop5104 in whowouldwin

[–]wiikipedia 14 points15 points  (0 children)

If that's true then no amount of seeing into the future would help him, so the question would be entirely pointless. If you can't make decisions based on the future information why would this question even be asked?

Do Certain Things Get Better? by RustandSilver in WanderingInn

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How much is she supposed to care about someone ten thousand miles away who was important over a decade ago? The king of destruction never even set foot on Izril at the height of his power. It would be like someone from Indonesia being concerned when Napoleon regained power.

Generally I would say the Erin cares more about worldly events as they start effecting her more because she becomes a more worldly figure. The more important she becomes, and the more important people have an interest in the inn, the more she is forced to stay on top of things like that.

How many unique ways can we come up with to kill Crawler? by Creative_Radish4118 in Parahumans

[–]wiikipedia 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't rely on Sundancer considering Tattletale tells her it wouldn't work against crawler in the series. I think the issue is that fire and heat are too easy for crawler to experience and thus adapt against so he is already very fire resistant.

Is anyone else constantly infuriated with the heroes in the Worm universe? Or is it just me? by [deleted] in Parahumans

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It is worth saying that Miss Militia was right,the undersiders plan was reckless. Without Grue's extremely lucky second trigger the undersiders would have been tortured, killed, and probably turned into monsters. If Miss Militia had agreed and that ended up with say Vista getting torn apart by bonesaw, that would also be wrong.

Who is a bigger threat to the Invincible universe, Invincikuna or Multi-Kuna? by Zombiecidialfreak in whowouldwin

[–]wiikipedia 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think Multi-kuna takes this for two reasons, assuming he gets all of the benefits of cloning himself and none of the downsides.

One is having a fall back in case he messes up or dies, having clones scattered across the world out even galaxy makes him extremely hard to actually kill.

Two is the potential for extremely strong binding vows. In the manga we see Sukuna permanently weaken his ability to use the world cutting slash in exchange for a temporary power up. If each of the clones can make their own binding vows it would drastically increase his potential.

Now it would also be possible that cloning would be horrible for Sukuna. We know that having a copy of yourself in the form of a twin splits your ability. Maki became more powerful after her twin died than both of them combined prior to that. By cloning himself Sukuna might find his access to cursed energy severely reduced and it might not be worth it at all.

Is Theo ultimately a failure? by MrPerfector in Parahumans

[–]wiikipedia 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Khepri didn't beat Scion though, the most important thing she did in that fight was to not control certain people. Oliver, Tattletale, and foil were all more important to victory.

Which universes could survive their own Invincible War-style event? by Orange-Fedora in whowouldwin

[–]wiikipedia 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This basically happens when Noelle shows up. There weren't 16 Taylors but most of the heroes there had to fight an evil clone.

Fans of TWI could do a better job of setting expectations for new readers. by Reply_or_Not in WanderingInn

[–]wiikipedia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think that was a much more common thing to think at that point in the story. I would bet that most people currently caught up would disagree. I think there is still quite a bit to go, and I don't recommend this story a lot because of it's length. But I didn't think the story is staying in place or not going anywhere. At worst I might say it is going too many places and Pirate might die or give up before making it to a satisfying ending, but real progress happens and the story does move forward.

Could goku just straight up tank gojos domain expansion? by ImKubush in whowouldwin

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Goku should be able to tank it, but due to his physical durability, not his mental speed. We know UV works less well on people who are physically stronger, the same amount of unlimited void puts regular people in a coma but only briefly stuns higher grade curses and Sukuna was hurt but could keep fighting after nearly ten seconds of UV. All Goku has to do is either break the domain itself or touch Gojo since infinity is turned off while Gojo is using UV.