## Ra: Why Not Just

* Author: u/Tenobrus *
* URL: http://qntm.org/just
* Score: 17

* Created: 2014-08-12T08:16:37

### Post:

[Link to content](http://qntm.org/just)

### Comments:

> **u/alexanderwales** [+2]  *Time flies like an arrow* (21 hours later)
> 
> That comment section is ... well, what happens when two sides of an argument both think that they are clearly right about something, complicated by the fact that a lot of people are talking at cross-purposes, or about different things.

>> **u/sam512** [+8]  (a day later)
>> 
>> Nobody mentioned whether they enjoyed the fight :(

>>> **u/alexanderwales** [+3]  *Time flies like an arrow* (a day later)
>>> 
>>> Well I liked the fight. I think that I like all of the fights you write, actually. There's a part of Fine Structure that I often find myself pointing to and saying, "There, that is exactly how a superhero fight scene should be written."

>>>> **u/pedanterrific** [+3]  (2 days later)
>>>> 
>>>> Which part, out of curiosity?

>>>>> **u/AmeteurOpinions** [+4]  *Finally, everyone was working together.* (2 days later)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Probably [this one](http://qntm.org/capekiller).

>>>>>> **u/alexanderwales** [+4]  *Time flies like an arrow* (2 days later)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Yup, that's the one!

>>> **u/AmeteurOpinions** [+2]  *Finally, everyone was working together.* (a day later)
>>> 
>>> The fight confused me at first because I had thought that The Glass Man was sort of like a "Incarnated Ra" built out of thin air like that mech created by Abstract Weapon all those chapters ago. You did a good job of establishing its dominance when it first nicked the Bridge from Laura. 
>>> 
>>> But then in this fight it turns out to be a *human*, which is a step *down* in power that kinda threw me off at first. Hope that makes sense.

> **u/VorpalAuroch** [+2]  *Life before Death* (20 hours later)
> 
> Looking at the comment thread and the author's responses, it's interesting how much The Glass Man comes off as a [Strawman with a Point](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StrawmanHasAPoint).

> **u/JosephLeee** [+2]  (2 days later)
> 
> One thing that confuses me is that even though the listening post is destroyed, the characters are still casting magic.

>> **u/AmeteurOpinions** [+2]  *Finally, everyone was working together.* (2 days later)
>> 
>> The listening post doesn't control magic, it just lets the Wheel Group have their admin privileges. Magic is run from that other complex where Laura found the Bridge.

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