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Old 2010-06-20, 19:24   Link #2121
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Hm, I am still not entirely convinced, because their is no definite examples proving either point, but from the purely logical (albeit speculative) point of view, the argumentation for magic energy being potentially harmful to organics is sounder than the contrary.
They are speculative because the series has shown differing results thus far -- from being lethal to mere stun effects.

I would suppose if you want a "definitive" proof, Nanoha, if I remember correctly, could break off roots (purely organic matters, unless the Jewel Seed somehow managed to make it non-organic -_-) from a mutant tree with her magic shots in Season 1.
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Kinetic effect is still an effect: the target is thrown across the room and can break their neck but that is true for any fall. On the other hand, we don't see bruises resulting from magical impact itself.
There was no even single time of unprotected target. "It's magic" here better suited for barrier jackets, not attack spells. After all bullets nothing more than kinetic strike too - and with area of effect small enough and speed high enough magical attack with kinetic side effect would do damage as like bullet on the top of normal.
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Old 2010-06-21, 00:30   Link #2123
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I would suppose if you want a "definitive" proof, Nanoha, if I remember correctly, could break off roots (purely organic matters, unless the Jewel Seed somehow managed to make it non-organic -_-) from a mutant tree with her magic shots in Season 1.
Now that you mention this one, Fate killed the big worm-thingy bondaging Signum in A's with magic. Signum even complains to Fate about killing it.
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Old 2010-06-21, 00:36   Link #2124
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And if you desire more evidence of magic being capable of causing damage to a living creature, Chrono's Stinger Blade Execution Shift managed to stab into Zafira's arm, piercing flesh. Just like Fate's attack on the sand worm did.
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Old 2010-06-21, 00:58   Link #2125
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Speaking of Zafira, his howl-blades also worked hust fine at piercing those worm-thingies from the berserk program at the end of A's.
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Old 2010-06-21, 02:14   Link #2126
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Speaking of Zafira, his howl-blades also worked hust fine at piercing those worm-thingies from the berserk program at the end of A's.
You can't say that, Keroko! Those worm-thingies are inorganic since they're programs/data.
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Old 2010-06-21, 03:08   Link #2127
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And if you prefer dialogs, there are multiple instances of main characters saying that they don't think they will manage to control their spells enough to do only non-lethal damage.
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Old 2010-06-21, 03:53   Link #2128
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The whole Teana debacle in StrikerS was pretty much about that.
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Old 2010-06-21, 06:57   Link #2129
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MWUHAHAHAHAHA!!!! DIE NONLETHAL MAGIC BULLSHIT, DIE!!!!!!!!!!

To continue drawing stakes through it's chest - Ancient/Old Belka was time where you would prefer to kill opponent or if (s)he would withdraw, recover and be trouble again, yet there is whole arsenal of pure magic combat spells that Hayate have - Misteltein, Diabolic Emission, Ragnarok (Breaker), etc...

PS. Actually to think of it Hayate could shun personal combat because she simply can't make her best spells nonlethal and if she is not combat-rated nobody would send her to arrest if it's not dire need and she wouldn't need to kill. On other side she is bad in control - so even if they had safe mode she couldn't do it anyway...
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Old 2010-06-21, 10:19   Link #2130
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Think of it this way:

Magic = Hand phasers

Phasers fire beams, and have Stun or Kill settings. And even on Stun, hitting someone too many times or hitting a sensitive spot still Kills.

So does magic.

Ignore the rest of the concerns. It is irrelevant.
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Old 2010-06-21, 11:26   Link #2131
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They are speculative because the series has shown differing results thus far -- from being lethal to mere stun effects.
This is what I have been expecting to hear all this time. ^^

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I would suppose if you want a "definitive" proof, Nanoha, if I remember correctly, could break off roots (purely organic matters, unless the Jewel Seed somehow managed to make it non-organic -_-) from a mutant tree with her magic shots in Season 1.
Not purely: it was reinforced by Jewel Seed energy and magic can destroy magic...

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You can't say that, Keroko! Those worm-thingies are inorganic since they're programs/data.
So was Zafira back in A's...

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Think of it this way:

Magic = Hand phasers

Phasers fire beams, and have Stun or Kill settings. And even on Stun, hitting someone too many times or hitting a sensitive spot still Kills.

So does magic.

Ignore the rest of the concerns. It is irrelevant.
Oh well....
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Old 2010-06-21, 16:34   Link #2132
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*sigh* Allright then, if we're going to be this nitpickery, simple logical question: If magic can't kill, why was magic so widely used in the bloody wars predating the TSAB?

Answer, magic can kill, hence it was used.
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Old 2010-06-21, 16:42   Link #2133
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i notice he forgot to mention the many, many times people talked about killing with magic.
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Any conjectures on the TSAB's method of Faster-Than-Light (FTL) travel? It seems to possibly use portals of some sort... Do you think it's a type of hyperspace? Or maybe subspace or sliptream space (Slipspace)? Or something entirely different?

Second: To those of you who know of the Halo verse. Read up on Halopedia's entry on Slipstream Space, and tell me if you think the usage of slipspace, and the methods used by UNSC and Covenant ships to enter and exit the slipstream (noting that UNSC methods for entering slipspace are much more brutish/haphazard/violent than Covenant methods - butcher knife compared to scalpel, and all), would be classified as the "dimensional disturbances" that the TSAB are usually tasked with investigating and mending. And if so, what the TSAB would do in response.

For that matter, how would the TSAB look upon / think about / respond to the practically-one-sided massacre that is the Human-Covenant War? Or the Flood? Or the titanic Lost Logia network that is the Halo Array and the Ark?
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Old 2010-06-21, 23:41   Link #2135
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Not purely: it was reinforced by Jewel Seed energy and magic can destroy magic...
There, you said it. Jewel Seed affected an organic being with magic, which can be destroyed by magic.

Of course, if you want to go deeper and argue about magical lethality, it's very doubtful that a magical transformation would replace an organic being entirely with inorganic materials. The tree would still be partly organic, and magic very effectively killed both magical and natural parts of that mutant.

Besides, why would they need to destroy a "fully magical" being when, I don't know, they can deploy an anti-magic field or something?

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Old 2010-06-22, 09:36   Link #2136
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My, I sure opened a can of worms with this one. OK, OK, you got the point, magic can be used to kill organics. ^^

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*sigh* Allright then, if we're going to be this nitpickery, simple logical question: If magic can't kill, why was magic so widely used in the bloody wars predating the TSAB?

Answer, magic can kill, hence it was used.
Magic is a nifty energy source that doesn't require bulky accumulators or fuel tanks. That would justify its use anywhere. ^^ As for bloody wars, Ancient Belkans used mass-based weaponry which can very well hurt organics. AFAIK half the flashbacks in ViVid feature soldiers with very non-magical swords and armor. ^^
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My, I sure opened a can of worms with this one. OK, OK, you got the point, magic can be used to kill organics. ^^
Well, on my part it's more that I don't get what you're trying to do. You asked whether magic can kill, we said yes and gave examples, and then you start nitpicking the examples you gave. It's almost like you don't want your question to be answered.

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Magic is a nifty energy source that doesn't require bulky accumulators or fuel tanks. That would justify its use anywhere. ^^
That justifies the use of magical energy, not mages.

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As for bloody wars, Ancient Belkans used mass-based weaponry which can very well hurt organics. AFAIK half the flashbacks in ViVid feature soldiers with very non-magical swords and armor. ^^
With mages as their leaders.
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Well, on my part it's more that I don't get what you're trying to do. You asked whether magic can kill, we said yes and gave examples, and then you start nitpicking the examples you gave. It's almost like you don't want your question to be answered.
I did say I would play the devil's advocate for the sake of the discussion, didn't I? Now I don't anymore.
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I did say I would play the devil's advocate for the sake of the discussion, didn't I? Now I don't anymore.
Which is wrong because it's NOT thread for discussions and theories. There are other threads for that (Magic and Tech in this case). This thread is for facts. If you would talk with facts it would be fitting here, but all you had is "but they did NOT show that it's exactly so and then there is theories 1,2,3,...,10 that..."
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Which is wrong because it's NOT thread for discussions and theories. There are other threads for that (Magic and Tech in this case). This thread is for facts. If you would talk with facts it would be fitting here, but all you had is "but they did NOT show that it's exactly so and then there is theories 1,2,3,...,10 that..."
Well, then forgive me for not reading the rules carefully enough. The new guys on the board always make mistakes, don't we?
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