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Originally Posted by Claymore!
When i first heard about the AOs in The Witch's Maw i was shocked that there might be ABs as strong as Priscilla. I was really hoping that too, i wanted there to be stronger oppenents than Priscilla so that the power gap between Clare and her wouldn't be so big. But sadly I was later proven wrong, Priscilla is stronger than normal AOs.
But Clare has to find a way to defeat Priscilla. I believe she can do it... somehow  . |
Personally though I hope she never does for reasons of my own as I explained on a few posts on this page (
http://forums.animesuki.com/showthre...#post3099578); basically though, Claire has always had a more human-element to her and I hope it remains that way.....their's nothing wrong with not being the Queen of the universe.
Hopefully though Claymore!, you get what I was trying to say.....AO's....Priscilla....Abyssals and beyond were like Dragons or any mythological creature -- it was something awe-inspiring and almost magical in a sense back then; now it's like, "oh whatever, he/she is an Abyssal"....Yes, they are still terrifying and mega-powerful, but not so powerful as they used to be, and thus, not as interesting. As I said it best, they are now just another spot on the power-level chart.
That's not to say their power defines them (it's about as important as power to any character really), but their power had a great deal to do with their enigma and wonder -- again though, now that two Abyssals have been killed, a being stronger then a 'normal' Abyssal as born, and the gap to Priscilla is ever-shrinking....nobody really has the feeling of omnipotence anymore in the story, nobody has the feeling of awe and dread...
I don't want to be cynical, but others like Gooral undoubtedly, will say it's because Claymore has become more conventional -- more "anything is possible as long as I believe in myself!"; back in the day, if someone was stronger then you, more likely then not it's because they simply were......you could train and train and, no matter what you do, you will
never be as strong as they are - end of story.
It's something I feel is more realistic as I described in the posts in that link and, in all honesty, at least on some level, more preferable -- it's why I feel it's better that Claire never gets to the power she always wants. Her struggles and growth is what makes her who she is -- she has had to grit her teeth and put up with so much when their were 46 other warriors who were better then her (either because they were simply more experience and/or again, simply because they just were), and now, she is worthy of being a No.1 capable warrior. Other people have helped her along the way and given her power-ups and, while that can't be denied, putting too much emphasis on them cheapens her and the effort she has put in.
I've said before and I'll say it again -- I want all the characters I like to become the strongest they can be.....but undeniably, I also want their to be lines drawn - I want some people to never reach the power they so earnestly crave and I want the human struggle to continue; I don't want anybody, including and especially Claire, to become stronger "just because" or for some innane reason like the story being "shonen". Those sorts of things are simply distasteful to me, which is why I've always been against any notion that Claire has a Teresa black-box inside her or has the potential and/or destiny to acquire God-like power and stomp Priscilla's head off.
In some sense, you may argue that it makes me sound hypocritical - because I just said that, in the case of the Abyssals, that their seemingly omnipotent-ability was part of what made them so interesting and 'wowzers'....Thing is, my words aren't hypocritical, they are merely backwards in this case -- they've never had the same kind of human struggle because they were already on top of the food-chain....the interest in them in part had alot to do
because they were seemingly almighty. It was black and white back then -- you were either not on top (in which case, you were also never going to be -- hence, that struggle like Claire, is what made them interesting), or you were, in which case it's
because you were already on top that you were fearful and terrifying....but closing the gap, weaker characters were now capable of actually obtaining the power they wanted (hence losing that realistic human-element which was part of the interest), and the strong ones were now capable of being superceded; hence, now they weren't so terrifying and subsequently, not so rare and interesting.
Some people are stronger and/or more skilled then others simply because they just are -- this is
okay; Claire, and all the rest....they aren't interesting because of their powers, but because of who they are - it's what makes them humans. I don't want that to change and this whole thing to be about power-levels....well, more then it is now anyway.
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Originally Posted by Formalabyssalone
So really how can any of the ghosts match Hysteria now??? She blew Deneve and co like they where nothing.....
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And thank goodness for that....she is an Abyssal after all - maybe the power levels aren't totally broken just yet.
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