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The YLC (Why Little Chicago) thread
Orbweaver:
--- Quote from: the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh on November 05, 2012, 07:30:10 PM ---This depends on whether the properties are inherent in the material of the entire sword, or are inherent in the nail which could be separately removed (or at least, from Harry's descriptions of Amoracchius in GP, the nail seems to exist as a physically distinct entity rather than being melted down into the substance of the sword.)
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Yes, and then we go even further into whether it was the hilt/nail that was damaged and resulted in a reforging or whether it was the entire sword that needed repair work. If the nail exists as a separate entity from the sword, but still has the capacity to interact with/exert influence on the sword, is there anything blocking those energies from flowing back the other direction (from Sword to Nail)? I don't think so, as the text implies that using the sword itself to murder an innocent would destroy the weapon's power source (i.e. the nail, even though it was the blade that was used to kill).
--- Quote --- Maybe; I'm not seeing it as impossible that they are both fairly familiar with the WG's rules of engagement and have faith in the swords being destroyed if those rules are broken from experience of seeing corresponding rules broken in non-sword situations, though.
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So they're trusting the WG to keep to his rules of engagement? That's odd, considering they've been at odds with the entity and his followers for as long as humankind has existed.
Aminar:
It's odd to trust God? I'm pretty sure that's like the whole religion... And the denarian's believe. They know he'll follow the rules.
Orbweaver:
--- Quote from: Aminar on November 05, 2012, 07:46:14 PM ---It's odd to trust God? I'm pretty sure that's like the whole religion... And the denarian's believe. They know he'll follow the rules.
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TWG. And yes, I don't think that they're going to give him carte-blanche on any set of "rules" he lays out. If they were going to do that, they'd have simply followed him instead of becoming what they are today. To quote Nicodemus: "The church has always had excellent propaganda."
Aminar:
It's always seemed to me that they're fight is about exploiting his rules. They're on the planet to balance his actions after all. Of course they'd trust the dude that invented physics to follow the laws he set down.
Orbweaver:
--- Quote from: Aminar on November 05, 2012, 08:02:13 PM ---It's always seemed to me that they're fight is about exploiting his rules. They're on the planet to balance his actions after all. Of course they'd trust the dude that invented physics to follow the laws he set down.
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After we've had Uriel, who supposedly conned the father of lies? Jim has openly stated that in the DV, Heaven is not above using evil to their own ends. Nicodemus and his crew know better than to trust what they're being told by the other side of the conflict. That's just common sense.
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