kroen Posted August 26, 2015 Posted August 26, 2015 David theorized that if an Epic faces his or her fear then he won't be corrupted when he uses his power, which was why Megan wasn't corrupted when she reincarnated after facing her fear (fire) to save David. Well if that's the case, then why was Prof corrupted? After all, he faced his biggest fear, which is using a huge amount of his power, to save Babylon. Was David's theory wrong? if son, why wasn't Megan corrupted that time, whereas all other times she was? 1
Blaze1616 he/him Posted August 26, 2015 Posted August 26, 2015 David theorized that if an Epic faces his or her fear then he won't be corrupted when he uses his power, which was why Megan wasn't corrupted when she reincarnated after facing her fear (fire) to save David. Well if that's the case, then why was Prof corrupted? After all, he faced his biggest fear, which is using a huge amount of his power, to save Babylon. Was David's theory wrong? if son, why wasn't Megan corrupted that time, whereas all other times she was? Though Prof was certainly afraid of using his power to the point of feeling the corruption, it wasn't his weakness. Megan overcame her weakness when she ran into the fire. It's overcoming the weakness that seems to remove the corruption.
Edgedancer he/him Posted August 26, 2015 Posted August 26, 2015 (edited) David theorized that if an Epic faces his or her fear then he won't be corrupted when he uses his power, which was why Megan wasn't corrupted when she reincarnated after facing her fear (fire) to save David. Well if that's the case, then why was Prof corrupted? After all, he faced his biggest fear, which is using a huge amount of his power, to save Babylon. Was David's theory wrong? if son, why wasn't Megan corrupted that time, whereas all other times she was? For one, as Blaze said, Prof hasn't "faced his weakness," which by the way is something decided before he became an Epic and as such can't be connected to his epicness, he only managed to hang on by not using his powers and gifting them away. Second, Prof didn't go through a Rending after using his powers, because that's a one time event, (in which he may or may not have killed his students) he simply grew corrupted. Edited August 26, 2015 by Edgedancer
WayneSpren he/him Posted August 26, 2015 Posted August 26, 2015 David faced his fear of water when he Fired a pistol at the glass window, which admittedly didn't work and was incredibly stupid. If he did, does that mean he is destined to become an Epic? Or, at least, is it likely?
Evil_Reptile Posted August 27, 2015 Posted August 27, 2015 Though Prof was certainly afraid of using his power to the point of feeling the corruption, it wasn't his weakness. Megan overcame her weakness when she ran into the fire. It's overcoming the weakness that seems to remove the corruption. Also, most of the Epics we've seen so far and had the reasons for their weaknesses have had their weakness based on their greatest fear before they became Epics, so I'm not sure that it's possible for the corruption to be your fear, seeing that at the time Prof became an Epic, he presumably didn't know about the corrupting influence. Potentially, at the present of the books, seeing that they figured out about the corruption, if somebody feared becoming an Epic and being corrupted by it, that could be their weakness, but I don't think it'd work for Prof.
Blaze1616 he/him Posted August 27, 2015 Posted August 27, 2015 Potentially, at the present of the books, seeing that they figured out about the corruption, if somebody feared becoming an Epic and being corrupted by it, that could be their weakness, but I don't think it'd work for Prof. It wouldn't. Prof was one of the first to be converted. Plus, the world as a whole doesn't know about the corruption, including many Epics. Really, Prof seems to be an outlier in recognizing the corrupting influence.
Blackhoof Posted August 30, 2015 Posted August 30, 2015 Yeah, Prof didn't go through a Rending in Firefight. He was just hot with so much corruption that he went evil. And as an evil High Epic, it immediately occurred to him that these Reckoners could kill him. And they knew he was an Epic now. So he did the logical tging- he tried to kill them all.
Angsos Posted September 4, 2015 Posted September 4, 2015 My guess is his weakness has to do with either harm to Tia or young children.
Blackhoof Posted September 5, 2015 Posted September 5, 2015 I doubt it has to do with Tia specifically. A weakness like that is too specific. Of Tia dies, he either loses his powers completely or loses his one weakness, and neither of those outcomes seems likely.
Blackhoof Posted September 5, 2015 Posted September 5, 2015 I doubt it has to do with Tia specifically. A weakness like that is too specific. Of Tia dies, he either loses his powers completely or loses his one weakness, and neither of those outcomes seems likely.
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