Characters wimping out by big power gaps

[TheUnshakableOne]

If Character A flexes his power and Character B gets scared, and is visibly shaking from fear due to the gap in power he is sensing between the 2. (Assume both are the same tier. Lets say their both 2-C)



Would that be a form of social influencing for Character A?

Or

should Character B have it noted on his profile that a large enough power difference shakes his resolve under "weaknesses?"

 

[BreezeHM]

Neither, it would just be Fear manipulation. Character B sensed his power through supernatural means which by wiki definition, is fear Inducement.

 

[TheGatememer]

Seems more like a weakness for character B.

 

[TheUnshakableOne]

Neither, it would just be Fear manipulation. Character B sensed his power through supernatural means which by wiki definition, is fear Inducement.

I believe there was a crt a couple years ago that got rid of that.

 

[Naito-desu]

I guess if the fear is very clearly by the character's own self and not from any external thing like their opponent's pressure ala Reiatsu/Nen Crush and if the fear clearly limits their ability to fight. Because being scared is natural but usually a lot of anime characters overcome it when faced with a proper battle. So I guess the three conditions I'd lay out for a weakness:

• The character is scared by their own thoughts of the stronger enemy character
• The fear is not being induced by an external ability or power
• The fear limits their ability to fight

 

[BreezeHM]

I believe there was a crt a couple years ago that got rid of that.

If you look at Natsu's profile, The Edolas guy froze in fear just by sensing his magic.

Fear Inducement (Can strike fear into his opponents and even inanimate objects, being able to cause them to stop moving and freeze[5] from the sheer might of his magic power alone[5])

 

[TheUnshakableOne]

I guess if the fear is very clearly by the character's own self and not from any external thing like their opponent's pressure ala Reiatsu/Nen Crush and if the fear clearly limits their ability to fight. Because being scared is natural but usually a lot of anime characters overcome it when faced with a proper battle. So I guess the three conditions I'd lay out for a weakness:

• The character is scared by their own thoughts of the stronger enemy character
• The fear is not being induced by an external ability or power
• The fear limits their ability to fight

In vs matches even a moment pause can mean life or death.

I'm mostly wondering if a weakness like that is important for indexing on the wiki

 

[Naito-desu]

I mean there's literally not been a time when characters were not scared of facing a seemingly superior opponent, the fear they would feel would need to be especially debilitating versus some guy hesitating because he wasn't confident enough

 

[Lou_change]

I mean there's literally not been a time when characters were not scared of facing a seemingly superior opponent,

I highly doubt that anyway weakness for B as if I understand they used a form of information analysis an were scared of the result.

 

[Abstractions]

If you look at Natsu's profile, The Edolas guy froze in fear just by sensing his magic.

Something I think you should have focused on that makes it supernatural is not the fact the person froze, but the fact Natsu can frighten inanimate objects.

 

[DontTalkDT]

Definitely depends on the scenario.
Same tier doesn't mean equal power. Not even remotely in fact. So the character could just be rightfully scared, which means it's nothing.
If the characters are actually equal and the other character is not depicted particularly scary, it is likely a weakness of the opposing character.
If the characters are equal power, but the opponent is depicted as very scary, then it might be social influencing. One should definitely note the scale then.
If the character induced the fear by supernatural means bypassing the characters reasoning ability (i.e. a subform of mind manip is used) then it's fear manipulation.

That's how I would handle it.

 

[TheUnshakableOne]

Definitely depends on the scenario.
Same tier doesn't mean equal power. Not even remotely in fact. So the character could just be rightfully scared, which means it's nothing.
If the characters are actually equal and the other character is not depicted particularly scary, it is likely a weakness of the opposing character.
If the characters are equal power, but the opponent is depicted as very scary, then it might be social influencing. One should definitely note the scale then.
If the character induced the fear by supernatural means bypassing the characters reasoning ability (i.e. a subform of mind manip is used) then it's fear manipulation.

That's how I would handle it.

The characters I have in mind have drastic differences in power. The character isn't depicted as being scary but how strong he is causes fear when they sense the power gap in a nonsupernatural way.

Like 26 universes into 2-C vs someone whose ~ 3 universes into 2-C

 

[DontTalkDT]

Well, then they are probably just scared due to being about to get killed. That's just the natural reaction.