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Ra: Why Not Just

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• u/alexanderwales:

  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:

    Nobody mentioned whether they enjoyed the fight :(
    

    • u/alexanderwales:

      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:

        Which part, out of curiosity?
        

        • u/AmeteurOpinions:

          Probably [this one](http://qntm.org/capekiller).
          

          • u/alexanderwales:

            Yup, that's the one!
            

    • u/AmeteurOpinions:

      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:

  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:

  One thing that confuses me is that even though the listening post is destroyed, the characters are still casting magic.
  

  • u/AmeteurOpinions:

    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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