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(08-05-2015, 10:22 PM)Warren Castille Wrote:You can make as many allowances as you want, but what you're talking about is believability, and one excuse given ICly is not worth the same to different people. Mundane or no, the ridiculousness of the situation is what you're evaluating and that has as much to do with your own suspension of disbelief as it does theirs. I suppose you could blame the implausibility of the mental image for the entire topic of discussion, really, as it's mostly due to the writer creating a scenario where it shouldn't be possible due to the character standing up, and actual physical strength has nothing to do with it.(08-05-2015, 09:57 PM)Caspar Wrote: valid stuffs
Again, the discussionargument got diluted a bit, but my OP does state aetherless/generic circumstances first. As soon as we involve backstories and chakras and the sort it muddles the field, absolutely.
I guess it's my own biases that lend to that: Virara is (to me) very much the Martial Arts Disciple, capable of the Five Palm Exploding Heart Technique and that sort of mysteriousness and danger that comes with kung fu tropes and stuff. You rarely see that sort of kung fu master fling people around by their ankles, though, especially not someone grossly larger.
...unless you do see that and my own (un)familiarity outside of the stereotypes is what's giving me my blinders on this subject. Basically, if someone's going to throw someone larger, I'd prefer (and this is the personal opinion, obviously) to see it come down to something more than grab+lift+hurl. To use myself as an example, I had Warren judo-throw Judge, both of them in full armor, but I made it a point to cite momentum and intention as opposed to something outright looking silly.
Work smarter, not harder, basically. Not aimed at you, and you know that I hope, but yeah.
To reiterate a point that got brought up I think a year ago when this was first discussed: The impetus for this thread was watching a lalafell at a fighting expo emote lifting a prone miqo'te by his belt, over the lala's head, and then trying to dart throw that miqo'te into a wall, all as one action. Try not to picture Mario 2.
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OP quote for emphasis Wrote:What are some certifiable, actually-sourced lore bits that say that lalafells are as strong as a Roe? I'm not asking for aether theories or Hydaelyn bits, and I also don't care about game-mechanics ("A lala war has the same strength as a highlander one!") for obvious balance reasons. I just want to know how the average lala is able to bench press as much as a <literally any other race here> and throw a punch able to knock down anyone who isn't also a lalafell.
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