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Ra: Why Not Just
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Author: u/Tenobrus *
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URL: http://qntm.org/just
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Score: 19
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Created: 2014-08-12T08:16:37
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u/alexanderwales [+5] Time flies like an arrow*
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] *
Nobody mentioned whether they enjoyed the fight :(
u/alexanderwales [+3] Time flies like an arrow*
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] *
Which part, out of curiosity?
u/AmeteurOpinions [+4] Finally, everyone was working together.*
Probably this one.
u/alexanderwales [+5] Time flies like an arrow*
Yup, that's the one!
u/AmeteurOpinions [+2] Finally, everyone was working together.*
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*
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.
u/JosephLeee [+2] *
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.*
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.