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Nah you’re wrong, erasing concepts is Conceptual Manipulation, specifically Concept Destruction.What I'm not okay is saying this feat is proof of conceptual manipulation. Existence ereasure is not automaticly concept manipulation
Though you do bring up some legitimate concerns, I’ll update Sonic’s profile to explain his abilities in detail to make the specific applications of his Conceptual Manipulation clear.
My example with BC is that there we are given a proper way to deal with it. We are shown on page, with no other WoG statements, that things are being affected on a conceptual level, and we are even given direct confermation that they don't phisicly exists in our reality, which only gives more proof of the metaphysical state of these structures. In comparason, Sonic's feat is "he ereased some things from existence" which comes from an outside source and it does not make mention of conceptual manipulation or anything similar (As I think I pretty clearly explained, in my opinion when Ian is saying "dropped as a concept" he simply mean it on a storytelling level, he is not implying actual conceptual ereasing from our characters)
- It coming solely from WoG isn’t an issue unless there’s something contradicting it.
- The story or author does not have to say “this character has Conceptual Manipulation!” for them to quantify for the ability. If you affect, manipulate, or destroy a concept you have the ability.
- Your “it’s just from a storytelling perspective” argument has been countered 100 times now so I’m just gonna ignore that from now on.