Vortaan he/him Posted January 17, 2015 Posted January 17, 2015 Haven't been here in awhile, but: By the Kaladin Definition of Madness, Obliteration Is actually insane. If you take a large group of Epics, Obliteration is the one acting oddly, thus making him the insane one. Put him with a large group of normal people, same deal. He does not fit into either group, or any aggregate group I can think of. The ONLY group he is sane by would possibly be the Reckoners, and... well, an Epic who kills Epics is pretty outside their experience (Yes, Prof, but no one knows about Prof so doesn't count). 1
Observer Posted January 17, 2015 Posted January 17, 2015 Different actions =/= Insane Deviance =/= Insane Deviant thoughts that interfere with day-to-day thinking = insane (More or less). 1
soulcastJam he/him Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 In his conversations, he presents himself as a horseman of the apocalypse, which honestly, isn't that far of a stretch considering is powers don't seem to have much allowance for constructive use (I could be wrong about that, I'll admit a heat sink would be valuable in certain situations, as well as possible welding and bonding capabilities, but very limited as compared to his destructive capabilities.) Actually, he does have a constructive power. There are tons of people working on better ways to harvest the power of the sun to generate electricity. If he gifted his power to people (and I still believe that every epic has the ability to gift) then they could come home at the end of a day working in the sun and heat up some water to turn a turbine. I'm curious as to how efficiently he collects light. 1
Wrath Posted January 26, 2015 Posted January 26, 2015 Actually, he does have a constructive power. There are tons of people working on better ways to harvest the power of the sun to generate electricity. If he gifted his power to people (and I still believe that every epic has the ability to gift) then they could come home at the end of a day working in the sun and heat up some water to turn a turbine. I'm curious as to how efficiently he collects light. There's also the opposite - pulling heat out of things to cool them. Very useful, especially in a world where electricity is no longer guaranteed. I think Obliteration has moved from one type of insanity to another and I'm very interested in what caused him to do so, but I wouldn't ever call him sane. Still it's an interesting point.
Ari he/him Posted February 15, 2015 Posted February 15, 2015 Obliteration is definitely not normal, it's just that his issues are more relatable than those of other epics. The rest are caught up in what their powers mean for them, while obliteration has built himself a worldview from the powers of epics that make him a sort of ultraviolent nihilist: He doesn't believe there's anyway to fix the world, he believes that there is a divine plan for the world to end. That's pretty insane from my point of view, even if he does have some anecdotal evidence to back it up, it's as disturbed as anyone else who murders in the name of what they believe.
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