happyman he/him Posted August 5, 2015 Posted August 5, 2015 4) Brandon is sneaky sneaky I'm not sure what I make of the rest of your ideas (I'm completely undecided), but on point 4, no argument. Which personally makes me think that David's current power position is something nobody has thought of yet!
schlim1 Posted September 14, 2015 Posted September 14, 2015 Perhaps an epic can be gifted powers when they are being exposed to their weakness?
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted September 15, 2015 Posted September 15, 2015 Perhaps an epic can be gifted powers when they are being exposed to their weakness? But exposing an Epic to their weakness doesn't change what they are; it just makes them unable to use their powers. Besides, even if they could be gifted powers while exposed to their weaknesses, they wouldn't be in any shape to use said gifted powers, since they find their weaknesses terrifying.
schlim1 Posted September 15, 2015 Posted September 15, 2015 But exposing an Epic to their weakness doesn't change what they are; it just makes them unable to use their powers. Besides, even if they could be gifted powers while exposed to their weaknesses, they wouldn't be in any shape to use said gifted powers, since they find their weaknesses terrifying. Who says it doesn't change what they are? Do we really know that much about the nature of weaknessess? Maybe it does change them back to human for that period of time. In regards to David potentially having powers, if that were the case there would have to be some explanation for him being gifted powers from Prof. I am merely speculating that perhaps he was being exposed to his weakness during that time, which MAY explain why he was able to be gifted abilities while being an epic (assuming he is an epic). As has been discussed IF he has powers he didn't go through a Rending and is not aware of his powers, and likely not aware of his weakness.. so he wouldn't be terrified if he was exposed to his weakness.
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted September 15, 2015 Posted September 15, 2015 Who says it doesn't change what they are? Do we really know that much about the nature of weaknessess? Maybe it does change them back to human for that period of time. In regards to David potentially having powers, if that were the case there would have to be some explanation for him being gifted powers from Prof. I am merely speculating that perhaps he was being exposed to his weakness during that time, which MAY explain why he was able to be gifted abilities while being an epic (assuming he is an epic). As has been discussed IF he has powers he didn't go through a Rending and is not aware of his powers, and likely not aware of his weakness.. so he wouldn't be terrified if he was exposed to his weakness. Others have speculated on that before, and I'll reiterate what I said then: Possible, maybe, but it's the option that makes the least amount of sense.
Voidus Posted September 15, 2015 Posted September 15, 2015 Plus he would still be terrified of his weakness by definition, if he wasn't it wouldn't be his weakness anymore.
schlim1 Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 Plus he would still be terrified of his weakness by definition, if he wasn't it wouldn't be his weakness anymore. You're right, I had overlooked that. However considering it with that thought, David was pretty terrified of losing Megan when he was gifted abilities from Prof...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 You're right, I had overlooked that. However considering it with that thought, David was pretty terrified of losing Megan when he was gifted abilities from Prof... Seems a little too specific for a weakness, not to mention that if she ever died for real, he'd either be without a weakness or permanently unable to use his powers.
schlim1 Posted September 17, 2015 Posted September 17, 2015 Seems a little too specific for a weakness, not to mention that if she ever died for real, he'd either be without a weakness or permanently unable to use his powers. He also expressed fear of losing Prof. Think about it, he experienced a terrible tragedy when he was young and lost his dad. He seems to have a fear of losing those who are close to him.
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted September 17, 2015 Posted September 17, 2015 He also expressed fear of losing Prof. Think about it, he experienced a terrible tragedy when he was young and lost his dad. He seems to have a fear of losing those who are close to him. ...which he's already faced ten times over, making Regalia's threat of a Rending meaningless.
Jensel14 Posted September 19, 2015 Posted September 19, 2015 Thinking about it now, if David really did become an Epic, his only logical power would be Power Absorption. He was after all, able to use Prof's power even after he was turned. One more possible proof is that the last time Prof gifted him, he was also given healing powers, which was never done before if I remember correctly. Another one is that the forcefield was different from usual, it actually protected him for most of the fight with Obliteration when the normal forcefield would have been done after just a few hits (remember the chase in Steelheart?). Maybe the Absorption Power explains why he had a lot more of Profs power at that time. Because they weren't actually gifted, they were forcefully taken. As to why he didn't have the corruption even though he was using his powers. Remember after Calamity gave him his powers, he looked into the water, remembered his fear, and just set it aside. Meaning he faced his fear and overcame it at that instant. That's why he wasn't feeling any corruption. Anyone agree?
Voidus Posted September 19, 2015 Posted September 19, 2015 Thinking about it now, if David really did become an Epic, his only logical power would be Power Absorption. He was after all, able to use Prof's power even after he was turned. One more possible proof is that the last time Prof gifted him, he was also given healing powers, which was never done before if I remember correctly. Another one is that the forcefield was different from usual, it actually protected him for most of the fight with Obliteration when the normal forcefield would have been done after just a few hits (remember the chase in Steelheart?). Maybe the Absorption Power explains why he had a lot more of Profs power at that time. Because they weren't actually gifted, they were forcefully taken. As to why he didn't have the corruption even though he was using his powers. Remember after Calamity gave him his powers, he looked into the water, remembered his fear, and just set it aside. Meaning he faced his fear and overcame it at that instant. That's why he wasn't feeling any corruption. Anyone agree? Profs gifted healing a few times, they had a piece of technology to disguise it before everyone discovered he was an Epic. He can also gift with varying degrees of strength so variability in how strong the forcefield is makes sense too.
Stormgate he/him Posted October 6, 2015 Posted October 6, 2015 Meghan said that the Firefight 'illusion' was her in an alternate universe, but David noticed that the face looked familiar. That, along with the whole Sanderson saying that we don't know his favorite Epic is an Epic, as well as answering 'Firefight', leads me to this conclusion: David is the Firefight everybody thought existed Meghan is going to have to find a new name
natc Posted October 7, 2015 Posted October 7, 2015 No, I'm pretty sure anyone would recognize their crush's features on someone if the only difference is a Y chromosome.
Yata he/him Posted October 20, 2015 Posted October 20, 2015 I finished FireFight only an hour ago and reading this post an idea come to my mind. I'm not sure about the "David is an Epic now" theory but: If Calamity choose to give to David the same Prof's powers and turn him in a "Mini-Prof" ? We know what Regalia wanted from Prof. An Heir to her city and she ask to Calamity to give powers to David. Why ? Probably to help Prof in his rule. And what could be a "thematical powers" for a Prof's vice ? Maybe the same set of powers. If this is true, Prof didn't actually donate any power to david in the ending and David use it's own powers. Anyway there is a big contro about this. The Powers of David seems to fade away. Maybe just for a Mental reason or something weakness related.
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