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So currently the profiles in Dirk Gently, are... well, not in good shape. It doesn't even have a verse page as far as I know. I'm currently in the process of watching the 2nd season and there appear to be a few things that are slightly weird with how powers are listed.
Dirk and Bart
Dirk and Bart's powers are very closely related since they give the exact same reason for their powers and literally know that they are the same. I think Fate Manipulation works here considering that their abilities are based on reaching a certain outcome, they don't die because they need to fulfil their destiny and this is made clear throughout the show. Secondly describing Dirk's "hunches" are actually clairvoyance inflicted by the universe in that he knows wherever interconnectedness is present, and Bart possesses a similar ability in that she always knows who to kill. They possess basically the same powers except Dirk is made as a detective whereas Bart is an assassin. What is currently described in the profiles should be Clairvoyance but he still should get fate manipulation considering that his destiny is always mapped out for this, it (as seemingly ignored by the downgrade CRT) is certainly combat applicable, as while Dirk isn't an assassin like Bart and therefore doesn't have a destiny constructed around killing people, still prevents him from dying because otherwise he wouldn't be able to solve his case. These involve many instances such as: Dorian shooting himself, the fact that from the very beginning time was a closed loop where he would always reach a certain outcome and the fact his ability to not die basically overrode Bart's ability to kill. Furthermore all characters should be granted resistance to empathic manipulation since anomalous subjects won't be killed by the Rowdy 3 upon their emotions being eaten.
Dirk specifically
I think giving Dirk a "gifted possibly genius ranking" is too assumptive and a bit too simple (also apparently savvy Redditors deserve genius rankings I guess). Most of the time Dirk acts like an idiot: failing to comprehend simple clues and in basically every activity requires help from Todd who constantly thinks ahead of him. Yes, he's also probably not always below average and was able to solve the case but that wasn't incredibly impressive for multiple reasons. One, he explained the fact that he knew a lot of it because of his holistic intuition ("I have magical powahs") secondly, the time travel connection and the importance of 3 questions one answer he knew by episode 1 because of what his future self told him. It isn't particularly important but I opt his intelligence to be rated at unknown. Furthermore , Dirk has a few pieces of optional equipment that should be listed in his profile. Number #1, the cat which is clearly 9-B, apparently it was removed as standard equipment since he only used it correctly in one episode- nonetheless it should still be optional equipment. He should have time travel, soul (maybe electricity?) manipulation and possibly electricity manipulation with the three devices. For the time travel a brief explanation could be out in the profile about how it involves bootstrap paradoxes. Thirdly, he should have air manipulation and maybe a 9-C rating with the airgun considering he used it a few times. Also maybe give Dirk high stamina and pain tolerance considering all the stuff he did while having electric harpoons launched in his torso with him bleeding out for a long period of time.
Dirk and Bart
Dirk and Bart's powers are very closely related since they give the exact same reason for their powers and literally know that they are the same. I think Fate Manipulation works here considering that their abilities are based on reaching a certain outcome, they don't die because they need to fulfil their destiny and this is made clear throughout the show. Secondly describing Dirk's "hunches" are actually clairvoyance inflicted by the universe in that he knows wherever interconnectedness is present, and Bart possesses a similar ability in that she always knows who to kill. They possess basically the same powers except Dirk is made as a detective whereas Bart is an assassin. What is currently described in the profiles should be Clairvoyance but he still should get fate manipulation considering that his destiny is always mapped out for this, it (as seemingly ignored by the downgrade CRT) is certainly combat applicable, as while Dirk isn't an assassin like Bart and therefore doesn't have a destiny constructed around killing people, still prevents him from dying because otherwise he wouldn't be able to solve his case. These involve many instances such as: Dorian shooting himself, the fact that from the very beginning time was a closed loop where he would always reach a certain outcome and the fact his ability to not die basically overrode Bart's ability to kill. Furthermore all characters should be granted resistance to empathic manipulation since anomalous subjects won't be killed by the Rowdy 3 upon their emotions being eaten.
Dirk specifically
I think giving Dirk a "gifted possibly genius ranking" is too assumptive and a bit too simple (also apparently savvy Redditors deserve genius rankings I guess). Most of the time Dirk acts like an idiot: failing to comprehend simple clues and in basically every activity requires help from Todd who constantly thinks ahead of him. Yes, he's also probably not always below average and was able to solve the case but that wasn't incredibly impressive for multiple reasons. One, he explained the fact that he knew a lot of it because of his holistic intuition ("I have magical powahs") secondly, the time travel connection and the importance of 3 questions one answer he knew by episode 1 because of what his future self told him. It isn't particularly important but I opt his intelligence to be rated at unknown. Furthermore , Dirk has a few pieces of optional equipment that should be listed in his profile. Number #1, the cat which is clearly 9-B, apparently it was removed as standard equipment since he only used it correctly in one episode- nonetheless it should still be optional equipment. He should have time travel, soul (maybe electricity?) manipulation and possibly electricity manipulation with the three devices. For the time travel a brief explanation could be out in the profile about how it involves bootstrap paradoxes. Thirdly, he should have air manipulation and maybe a 9-C rating with the airgun considering he used it a few times. Also maybe give Dirk high stamina and pain tolerance considering all the stuff he did while having electric harpoons launched in his torso with him bleeding out for a long period of time.
