Tbf, I am like the only FT debater actually … ya know, debating here rn or for a while.
If you wanna go with the classical definition, how tf is fire and ice not an element?
Oh I wholly disagree with Shoto being able to null Natsu’s flames entirely. Dampen them a bit? Sure, it’s still a cold element and basic physics means that it would lower Natsu’s temperature by default. My point with that (unless I’m misremembering the prelude to it) was that even if I were to work under the assumption that Shoto could null Natsu’s flames, Dragon Slayers have still been shown to eat things that power null them (or hit them with a whole bevy of side effects and status ailments) without issue just because they eat it.
Yeah, I been wondering about that in the back of my mind this whole time. Why is Shoto using something that Dabi is explicitly more resistant to? There’s holding back but this is a whole other beast.
You know my stance on this at this point.
I’m curious about why this is. Kingofwolves specifically mentions that Dabi managed to negate the cold of Shoto’s initial Phosphor via heat and then Shoto nulls that later on. If Natsu’s fire is hotter than what Shoto has nulled before like I’m claiming, then doesn’t that mean that Shoto can’t null it based on the mechanics presented by MHA?
This is done via cold and the transmission of heat. For any internal freezing to occur, Shoto has to be producing a cold that surpasses Natsu’s flames by a considerable margin.
X784 Natsu sniffing the air lets him counter a FTE blitz from Jellal in one of the first few arcs pre-timeskip. Said Natsu was comparable to CHC Erza in skill who outskilled Ikaruga who casually blitzed anything less than CHC Erza. The base Erza this Natsu is relative to goes from that to keeping up with NOS Cobra whose mind reading from 7 years ago lets him weave X784 Flight Armor Erza = X784 Racer who blitzed X784 Natsu.
X791 Natsu ~ SO Erza = Starry Heavens Erza =< NOS Cobra > X784 Cobra = Nirvana Erza = X784 Racer >>> Nirvana Natsu = 1st Meteor Jellal >>> Phantom-ToH Natsu = ToH CHC Erza >>> Ikaruga >>> Phantom Erza
The things you are arguing are completely dependent on the cold to work. That’s like if you said X nulls Lightning from Y, me arguing the lightning-based paralysis and dura neg are still valid arguments despite their source having been shut down.
Crazy that none of that is on Shoto’s profile. Unless he can directly fight against or in the presence of said being when their fear hax is in effect, he doesn’t resist anything, especially fear hax that works on inanimate objects.
All you do is claim Phosphor nulls. Not even saying “well it has nulled fire/temperatures hotter” or anything like that. Even your post responding to Seiji has you saying it would null the sun if Shoto had the range to cover the sun
The one time you actually explain your stance, it’s rife with NLF.
Boy gets lit on fire but go off I guess.
Natsu has a scaling chain of countering blitzes with skill or his senses. Arguing Shoto blitzes also negates the point of this thread since it can’t be added at all due to Natsu being faster.
Not on the profile.
He can’t give it to Natsu without the cold that is resisted.
Natsu ate Etherion which is a fusion of numerous elements. That > Phosphor. Dragon Slayers can eat Magic Barrier Particles which are neither an element or magic. That > Phosphor.
Shoto hard counters nothing and his “stat” advantage is irrelevant. Natsu getting the slightest bit annoyed removes that with ease.
Because you claim Phosphor (fire+ice) =/= an element.
This being said after I had already established that Natsu ate Etherion (fire+a bunch of other magics including elements).
We seem to be in agreement that fire, ice, lightning etc all qualify as elements (correct me if I’m wrong) so even if we steelman Phosphor not being an element, why can Natsu not eat it despite having shown a better feat than eating the fusion of two elements since his 4th or 5th arc?
I was giving you the benefit of the doubt there for the sake of the argument. I felt I was pretty clear that I didn’t believe Natsu would be nulled.
This would require Shoto’s cold being cold enough to counter Natsu’s heat, something it has not shown.
Basically the darkness of his BFDM can be used to absorb things that produce light. Example for this would be Eclipse Leo (the one Natsu gets the ability from) vs Natsu where Natsu shoots fire at him and Leo just holds up his hand and absorbs the flames into the darkness, turning it into energy for him.
This is however, dependent on Natsu being able to put his black fire in the way of said “light” attack so if Shoto could theoretically pull off a blitz or hit Natsu where he would be unable to block with his darkness, the attack would still go through. Note it has been a few years since I watched the arc this is from so I could be wrong on the outmanoeuvring part working but this has been my belief of how it functions for the duration of this thread.
Obviously I don’t think Shoto can manage such which is why I think it shuts down Phosphor even if Phosphor could neg Natsu’s flames.
Depends on the context tbh. Like if the series that is dependent on what “element” something is subscribed to the periodic table to define an element, that’s what we would go with. If they go with classical element systems like Avatar, YGO, Pokemon typing to an extent or what have you, we go with that.
I was asking because your argument against Phosphor getting eaten was contingent on it not being an “element” so I wanted to see what your definition of the word for this match up was so that we could resolve the issue.
Bro did not know I was already here typing up a response.