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    I'm not saying that the battle would be all in their heads, though part of it would take place there. In the case of alt!Firefight, he would still be vulnerable to the consequences of mishandling fire. Being trapped in a house fire wouldn't just make a child afraid of being burned or suffocating from the smoke; they would also see all of their possessions burn and worry the entire time about parents, as well as siblings and pets if they had any. Controlling fire would only solve the first two problems. There would also, theoretically speaking, be the danger of harming others or your own possessions. If alt!Firefight can also retract the fire he generates, this point is moot, but if not, then there would be the very real possibility of starting another house fire--one that kills his parents this time. Sure, he'd be safe, but he couldn't very well light himself on fire and carry his parents out. I'm not saying the battle would be all in his head; I'm just saying there's more to that fear than personal safety alone. With Regalia, you should know by now that I consider her walking to the fridge to be Fridge Horror.
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    Because it totally would be? ....which might actually be hilarious, in the five seconds before he tried to kill her.
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    I never said it wasn't? But in that case, would she even know about the damage she caused, and would it matter? Depending on the extent of her reality warping abilities, she might automatically erase any knowledge that those people ever existed, meaning she would never have to accept responsibility for killing them. If confronted by people who did remember (provided her powers worked that way and not the way that provides automatic erasure) she could just say "No, I didn't kill them. They're still alive and happy in a trendy little coffee shop, drinking machiatos" and it would be true. If they said "What the hell, you're a moron for doing that," she could just say "What are you talking about? I did nothing of the sort," and she'd be right. She would never have to accept responsibility for her actions because the consequences of her actions would never be permanent.
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    Both. I would allow Quota to torment me for five minutes--which would suck, but if I gave him the reaction he wanted, he'd think nothing of it when Koschei walked through the door. Furious that someone else was eliciting more fear than he, Koschei would kill Quota, giving me just enough time to grab Quota's pistol, shoot Koschei, and make a quick getaway before he could resurrect. Once outside the room, I would give Remington Koschei's weakness.
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    In alt!Megan's case at least, I'd argue that the fear would be faced and the goal accomplished. For alt!Regalia, I still say that power doesn't require her to confront her fear in any way. It would be like giving someone who feared cats the power to make all cats within a 30 mile radius vanish: You're not forcing them to face it so much as magically making it disappear, meaning they never have to face it because for them, it doesn't exist.
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    But if this universe's Megan fears fire so much that it negates her powers, I'd argue that lighting yourself on fire--even if it didn't harm you--would force you to confront that fear. Furthermore, she gained that fear in a childhood house fire. Imagine gaining the ability to control something that burned your house down. You'd be wondering the entire time, What if I lose control? What if I burn down my house again? What if I do this wrong and wind up burning myself, even though it doesn't look like I am right now? Before you know it, you're thinking about that house fire, reliving it and wondering what sick cosmic joke this is. Repeated use of that power woukd force you to confront the fear you felt.
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    That would be horrifying. I'd argue, though, that always being right and outright controlling women would provide more direct empowerment over their respective fears than force the Epics in question to face them. A power that forces you to face a fear would harness that fear--very much like Nightweilder harnessing solar energy rather than darkness. I'm not entirely sure what Regalia's power would be in that universe. Maybe a form of clairvoyance that allows her to see multiple possible futures, with no indication as to which is the one that's going to happen? A power like that would force her to guess every time she used it, forcing her to confront her fear of being wrong. Perhaps a better way to put my original theory would be "Epics are given powers that force them to confront their greatest fears."
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    Can his glare melt Epics like Shiny Sparkle? The world must know!
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    *raises hand* Um, I know about the quagga, great auk, Stellar's sea cow, and a fair number of other extinct species like the Carolina parakeet and the Caribbean monk seal. I also find it saddening that so many unique creatures are disappearing. When I see lists and articles on animals like Stellar's sea cow, I wish I could've seen them, even if it was just on a YouTube video. I don't want my nieces and nephews to have that same feeling about the elephant.
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    Has he ever seen the music video for "Blank Space"? Not only is it some pretty biting satire about how the media perceives her, but it's also pretty clearly a retelling of The Great Gatsby from Daisy's perspective. Which takes not only an understanding of the characters and source material, but also creativity to reinterpret a classic in a way that is entertaining and accessible to the average viewer. In other words, you're not an idiot Taylor please don't kill me.
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    I've been trying to figure that out since the theory occurred to me. I'm not entirely sure whether all genders would be flipped in this mirrorverse, or to what extent the opposites rule would apply. Megan's fear is one that is simple to flip--give the man who fears fire power over fire--but powers like Fortuity's would be more difficult. Since he feared rejection and, more specifically, public humiliation by a woman he found attractive, I think mirrorverse!Fortuity would gain powers that made him appear sweet and silly rather than fearsome. Maybe he'd have the power to control dogs, but nothing bigger than a pug. Maybe he'd be able to shapeshift into a swarm of guinea pigs. Maybe he'd be able to teleport by use of a magical rainbow bridge. Whatever the case, I don't think you could describe his power as "manly." Since this Fortuity's powers enable him to avoid being ridiculed by the opposite sex, I think mirrorverse!Fortuity's powers would open him to ridicule.
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    I was more envisioning a universe where there is no Epic corruption, because fears there empower rather than destroy. So fire would still be his greatest fear, but rather than gaining powers that enable him to avoid it, he gains powers that force him to confront that fear every time he uses them.
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    I just had a thought. It was incredibly random, and I have no solid evidence to support it, but I figured I'd share it anyway. What if Firefight's dimensional double comes from a parallel universe where your greatest fear becomes your power? If he is a man while Firefight is a woman, and his power is fire while it is Firefight's weakness, what if that is the "rule" of his universe? Megan mentions that she thinks he brings some of the rules of his world with him when he crosses over, and she has no trouble summoning him even when she's just resurrected and his flame appears to be more than just a shadow (as in the climax of Steelheart). If he is truly Megan's opposite, and Megan comes from a Superman-type universe where your greatest fear is what destroys you, then it would make sense (and be really really cool) if he came from a Batman-type universe where your greatest fear is what empowers you. Like I said, I have no solid evidence to support this theory, but it just occurred to me and I thought I'd see what you guys think.
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    Though it could be argued that the WHOOC thread is a magical wonderland where the sleaziest of murderous sleazeballs can be redeemed by drinking a Coke. On a more serious note, so long as there are limitations of some sort on insta-kill characters, I don't see a problem with their existence.
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    There definitely needs to be balance, to ensure insta-kill characters aren't OP as well. Epics like Steelheart and Obliteration are unique for a reason, after all. That said, there is a rule against killing another player's character without obtaining their express permission first, so if a character has an insta-kill power, there should be space in which to work around an ending where they kill every player character in sight. Give them a mastermind sort of personality where they'd rather take on allies than create corpses, or make them squishy so they can't afford to make too many enemies, or make sure there's some sort of caveat so other characters can escape. On the flip side, if your character goes up against an insta-kill character, get creative. Think of a way your character might fight or talk their way out of that situation. Part of the fun of the Reckoners books, after all, was seeing how David, whose only power is terrible similes, holds his own against evil beings with godlike powers.
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    If I have time, I'll usually boil an egg and eat it with salt. If not, I'll usually go for crackers and some cheese. Joe's peanut butter and crackers idea is a good one too.
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    I just thought I'd missed a lot over in the Social Groups forum and that Newcago was now a hub for freight trains or something. Favorite scene in The Book Thief (book, movie, or both)?
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    And when did the Newcago Court become the Newcargo Court?
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    Favorite kind of muffin?
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    People….worship….me? How do you like your waffles?
  21. TwiLyghtSansSparkles
    So what do Calamity's nightmares look like?
  22. TwiLyghtSansSparkles
    Remington Springfield doesn't use a flashlight. Darkness simply scatters around the area he needs to see.
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    Whatever you say, Edgerunner.
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    Well, I just found this:
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    Their first run-in with any of those actors will teach them to never, ever ask stupid questions again.
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