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Acausality needs to changed. We need to have better standards to make clear what is acausality and what is just resistance to time paradoxes and causality manipulation, because acausality is one of the most broken powers (more a state of existence) on this wiki.
First: The definition of acausality as it is on this wiki.
"Acausality is defined as the ability to exist outside of causality, or the natural flow of manipulation defined by cause and effect."
Sure, makes sense. The definition is fine and dandy. The problem comes from people not seeing to realise what this logically means. Causality defines just about everything that has happened, is happening, and can happen. So logically, transcending cause and effect (on your level/dimension or reality) means transcending just about everything on it. Because if the cause is recieving an attack, the effect is being harmed. A "true acausal" who exists outside of causality and the natural flow of cause and effect is essentially invincible seeing as no matter the cause, they will not be affected. Let's use BB as an example. She isn't listed as acausal, but her Potnia Theron and 10 Crowns pretty much show what I mean. They make any possible effect on her "not have happened". It cuts off the cause from the effect, making it so that no matter what the enemy does, it will not affect her. Someone who exists outside of causality and the natural flow of cause and effect would have this ability as a passive thing. People didn't seem to understand this on the other thread I made with this topic in mind, so hopefully this example shows what I mean.
This is true acausality. Complete transcendence from cause and effect (on the user's dimensional level). But on this wiki, I've seen things like resistance/immunity to time paradoxes and resistance to causality manipulation (because there is a difference) being treated as acausality.
Many profiles on this wiki are listed as having acauality when all they have shown is resistance/immunity to time paradoxes, or have just shown resistance to causality manipulation. Just because someone's present self sticks around after their child self dies, doesn't mean they can survive having their existence being turned into the cause of their non-existence, or ignore cause and effect being reversed so a spear always hits them in the heart.
So here is my proposal:
In order to be listed as acausal, there need to be clear and reliable statements about the person transcending or existing outside of causality/cause and effect. Depending on just how reliable the statement-maker is, showings and feats need to either back this up or at least not contradict it on multiple or significant occassions (a minor contradiction can be considered PIS, but it would need to be considered on a case-by-case basis). This is for true acausality, which has the effects I stated above.
Also, there needs to be two additions to the resistances page. These would be "Resistance to causality manipulation" - e.g. F/SN Saber (who'se luck let her dodge the Gae Bolg's causality reversal) and "resistance to time paradoxes" - e.g. Sol Badguy (survived in the present after his past self died).
Also, while I'm on the topic of acausality, it would be good to add an "Acausal Characters" category to people determined to be true acausals.
First: The definition of acausality as it is on this wiki.
"Acausality is defined as the ability to exist outside of causality, or the natural flow of manipulation defined by cause and effect."
Sure, makes sense. The definition is fine and dandy. The problem comes from people not seeing to realise what this logically means. Causality defines just about everything that has happened, is happening, and can happen. So logically, transcending cause and effect (on your level/dimension or reality) means transcending just about everything on it. Because if the cause is recieving an attack, the effect is being harmed. A "true acausal" who exists outside of causality and the natural flow of cause and effect is essentially invincible seeing as no matter the cause, they will not be affected. Let's use BB as an example. She isn't listed as acausal, but her Potnia Theron and 10 Crowns pretty much show what I mean. They make any possible effect on her "not have happened". It cuts off the cause from the effect, making it so that no matter what the enemy does, it will not affect her. Someone who exists outside of causality and the natural flow of cause and effect would have this ability as a passive thing. People didn't seem to understand this on the other thread I made with this topic in mind, so hopefully this example shows what I mean.
This is true acausality. Complete transcendence from cause and effect (on the user's dimensional level). But on this wiki, I've seen things like resistance/immunity to time paradoxes and resistance to causality manipulation (because there is a difference) being treated as acausality.
Many profiles on this wiki are listed as having acauality when all they have shown is resistance/immunity to time paradoxes, or have just shown resistance to causality manipulation. Just because someone's present self sticks around after their child self dies, doesn't mean they can survive having their existence being turned into the cause of their non-existence, or ignore cause and effect being reversed so a spear always hits them in the heart.
So here is my proposal:
In order to be listed as acausal, there need to be clear and reliable statements about the person transcending or existing outside of causality/cause and effect. Depending on just how reliable the statement-maker is, showings and feats need to either back this up or at least not contradict it on multiple or significant occassions (a minor contradiction can be considered PIS, but it would need to be considered on a case-by-case basis). This is for true acausality, which has the effects I stated above.
Also, there needs to be two additions to the resistances page. These would be "Resistance to causality manipulation" - e.g. F/SN Saber (who'se luck let her dodge the Gae Bolg's causality reversal) and "resistance to time paradoxes" - e.g. Sol Badguy (survived in the present after his past self died).
Also, while I'm on the topic of acausality, it would be good to add an "Acausal Characters" category to people determined to be true acausals.