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can a physical object qualify for CM type 1?

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And does it being a physical object disqualify it from being type 1? Also if a type 1 concept gave birth to a form of energy like magic for example, would a character get CM 1 for simply using magic?
 
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Depend on contexts. Since you can have objects that carries conceptual properties.
 
what about a book that contains type 1 concepts
would that book be a type 1 concept or just type 1 manipulation
 
If it’s intrinsically physical then no, not really. That’s because corporeality is generally thought of as a derivative of being a particular (i.e by concretely exemplifying the common characteristic of the universal; a horse is physical because it concretely exemplifies horse-ness as an instance of it), but universals aren’t instances of themselves (otherwise logical issues like the Third Man follow), thus they have no physical extension.

But if it isn’t intrinsically physical, like it having some more fundamental abstract part, then it becomes much less of an issue.
 
Oh i don't have context or anything. This is just something i've been thinking about. Like the number 5 or love for example are abstract and non physical things but i have seen physical objects that can be interacted with get accepted as CM 1
I don't think the object CM1 means that it is a concept but rather it carries conceptual power and via it, character have CM1

Since being able to manipulate concept doesn't mean the manipulator is concept itself
 
I don't think the object CM1 means that it is a concept but rather it carries conceptual power and via it, character have CM1

Since being able to manipulate concept doesn't mean the manipulator is concept itself
Lets say there is a physical book that contains type 1 concepts. Character X destroys that book. Does X have CM 1 now? Or is the book also CM1
 
Lets say there is a physical book that contains type 1 concepts. Character X destroys that book. Does X have CM 1 now? Or is the book also CM1
No, this is just a chain reaction from the destruction of the book, like what Grabbing dragon said. X will not get CM
 
Even if they are destroyed, X won’t get concept destruction unless the attack was targeting the concepts themselves rather than the book. This was already addressed in the CM2 explanation.
I have noticed some characters are getting cm 1 for simply ‘using’ an energy that originates from a type 1 concept. Like imagine a type 1 concept gave birth to some sort of energy and now characters are getting cm1 for affecting that energy instead of actually altering that type 1 concept. Some people like to say their character has conceptual magic but the characters just use abilities that come from magic, they don't actually change magic itself
 
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I have noticed some characters are getting cm 1 for simply ‘using’ an energy that originates from a type 1 concept. Like imagine a type 1 concept gave birth to some sort of energy and now characters are getting cm1 for affecting that energy instead of actually altering that type 1 concept. Some people like to say their character has conceptual magic but the characters just use abilities that come from magic, they don't actually change magic itself
Example?
 
I have noticed some characters are getting cm 1 for simply ‘using’ an energy that originates from a type 1 concept. Like imagine a type 1 concept gave birth to some sort of energy and now characters are getting cm1 for affecting that energy instead of actually altering that type 1 concept. Some people like to say their character has conceptual magic but the characters just use abilities that come from magic, they don't actually change magic itself
Like series where some aspect of x character was created by a CM1 and thus they have CM1?
 
Doesn't that imply anyone doing anything in a verse with type 1 concept has automatic CM 1 manip?
Not at all. Using energy isn’t the same as using the concept itself. For example, using the energy from the concept of death to kill something wouldn’t be CM. Using the concept of death itself to kill something would be CM.

For example, this guy has magic from the concept of nothingness, which allows him to turn all creation into nothing, and that’s not CM. However, he can also impose the concept (law) of nothingness onto everything and the entire world itself, which is CM.
 
Using concept shouldn't be considered CM to be honest, it was Conceptual Manipulation after all, not Concept usage.

In ideal world, Using concept /=/ manipulation of concept.
 
Not at all. Using energy isn’t the same as using the concept itself. For example, using the energy from the concept of death to kill something wouldn’t be CM. Using the concept of death itself to kill something would be CM.
I'm going by the postulate that Robo explained.

If "using an energy created by a type 1 concept is CM1" then, by consequence, "doing anything" in the verse is also CM1, which would make no sense.
 
In ideal world, Using concept /=/ manipulation of concept.
There is genuinely a thin line between using a concept and manipulating it.
A blizzard blows.

No, it is not a blizzard.

Its name is [Winter].

The concept called 'Winter' itself flies like a blizzard and throws us, who are becoming ancient force, into a domain filled with permafrost data inside the Akashic Records, sealing us away forever.

: : Freeze and be imprisoned. Let none remember... : :

The Owner of Winter, the Extreme Cold Supreme Deity (極寒上帝) Han Cheon (寒天), neutralizes us with their authority.
 
There is genuinely a thin line between using a concept and manipulating it.
A blizzard blows.

No, it is not a blizzard.

Its name is [Winter].

The concept called 'Winter' itself flies like a blizzard and throws us, who are becoming ancient force, into a domain filled with permafrost data inside the Akashic Records, sealing us away forever.

: : Freeze and be imprisoned. Let none remember... : :

The Owner of Winter, the Extreme Cold Supreme Deity (極寒上帝) Han Cheon (寒天), neutralizes us with their authority.
Is this YTSY lol
 
I'm going by the postulate that Robo explained.

If "using an energy created by a type 1 concept is CM1" then, by consequence, "doing anything" in the verse is also CM1, which would make no sense.
why do you think doing anything in the verse would be cm 1 just because a type of energy is being used
 
why do you think doing anything in the verse would be cm 1 just because a type of energy is being used
Robo... I'm saying that IF you go by the postulate that "energy created by a CM1 concept grant type 1 manipulation," then, if a verse only has type 1 concepts, it means everything originates/was created by those concepts, meaning that just like the postulate, anyone doing anything would in that precise, obviously wrong postulate, grant CM1 too.
 
I'm going by the postulate that Robo explained.

If "using an energy created by a type 1 concept is CM1" then, by consequence, "doing anything" in the verse is also CM1, which would make no sense.
Ok, understandable.
Using concept shouldn't be considered CM to be honest, it was Conceptual Manipulation after all, not Concept usage.

In ideal world, Using concept /=/ manipulation of concept.
I’m talking about using a concept in order to impose it. It’s already an accepted fact that this counts as CM; manipulating concepts is one of its possible uses, along with Concept Destruction, Creation, etc. If necessary, I could create a staff thread and add conceptual enforcement as an example of possible uses.
There is genuinely a thin line between using a concept and manipulating it.
A blizzard blows.

No, it is not a blizzard.

Its name is [Winter].

The concept called 'Winter' itself flies like a blizzard and throws us, who are becoming ancient force, into a domain filled with permafrost data inside the Akashic Records, sealing us away forever.

: : Freeze and be imprisoned. Let none remember... : :

The Owner of Winter, the Extreme Cold Supreme Deity (極寒上帝) Han Cheon (寒天), neutralizes us with their authority.
The example itself is talking about a concept in the Nominalism sense 😭😭
 
I’m talking about using a concept in order to impose it. It’s already an accepted fact that this counts as CM; manipulating concepts is one of its possible uses, along with Concept Destruction, Creation, etc. If necessary, I could create a staff thread and add conceptual enforcement as an example of possible uses.
Nah, we take that as conceptual manipulation? Weak ahh shit

At least make the requirement cooler like "I change the concept of gravity by changing its constant."
 
Robo... I'm saying that IF you go by the postulate that "energy created by a CM1 concept grant type 1 manipulation," then, if a verse only has type 1 concepts, it means everything originates/was created by those concepts, meaning that just like the postulate, anyone doing anything would in that precise, obviously wrong postulate, grant CM1 too.
By energy i mean stuff like Chakra from Naruto or Ki from Dragon Ball for example. If a type 1 concept gave birth to Chakra, people would argue someone in Naruto verse would have type 1 CM for manipulating or using Chakra. I'm seeing characters get type 1 cm for similar arguments like this. Also not all type 1 concepts in the wiki give birth to everything but imo it should
 
By energy i mean stuff like Chakra from Naruto or Ki from Dragon Ball for example. If a type 1 concept gave birth to Chakra, people would argue someone in Naruto verse would have type 1 CM for manipulating or using Chakra. I'm seeing characters get type 1 cm for similar arguments like this. Also not all type 1 concepts in the wiki give birth to everything but imo it should
Yeah, I understood your argument, and I agree with you that it's nonsensical. I just went further to explain how illogical it would be.
 
Bruh, enforcing stuff like laws or concepts is high-level stuff, higher than mere control/manipulation. They can be useful for removing things like immunity, etc.
A person who only manipulates the concept of death wouldn’t be able to do anything against someone who doesn’t participate in death, they would be useless. But someone who can enforce the concept of death can make them participate in it and die as a result due to enforcing it.
 
A person who only manipulates the concept of death wouldn’t be able to do anything against someone who doesn’t participate in death, they would be useless. But someone who can enforce the concept of death can make them participate in it and die as a result due to enforcing it.
But also useless against someone who already in that concept kek
 
I mean in an ideal world where CM is really pushed onto the strictest boundaries it would be that if you can manipulate Light as a concept and this is a type 1 concept then that's it, anyone who's able to manipulate Light onto the conceptual level the same as you did would also be rated as a type 1 concept and that's it

Functionally does nothing but makes your Light Manipulation be CM1, and if you destroy the concept then all lights get erased off the universe including the stars or you alter the concept to darkness so that all stars in the universe are just blackholes

Concept creation here would just be "Let there be light" thus light is created, i'm talking about the concept itself btw not as an aspect
 
I mean in an ideal world where CM is really pushed onto the strictest boundaries it would be that if you can manipulate Light as a concept and this is a type 1 concept then that's it, anyone who's able to manipulate Light onto the conceptual level the same as you did would also be rated as a type 1 concept and that's it

Functionally does nothing but makes your Light Manipulation be CM1, and if you destroy the concept then all lights get erased off the universe including the stars or you alter the concept to darkness so that all stars in the universe are just blackholes

Concept creation here would just be "Let there be light" thus light is created, i'm talking about the concept itself btw not as an aspect
YTSY verse actually has one of the conceptual combat even if CM type 1 as strict as that, Su Zhou vs the Five Torrents and Joshua Miracles, which are eating away predetermined concepts. So it is not really impossible.

But what I really mean is that a mere application of concept wouldn't really be enough as CM in itself really.
 
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