How To Kill A Reality Warper

The plotline of my work is about to cumulate in the appearance of the The Singularity (I have not come up with a better name yet), who are exactly what they sound like—an ancient, godlike species that bases their entire society on solipism—they believe only they (as a group) exist, and everything else (known as 'the Unreal') must be destroyed to ensure their 'awakening'. Given their abilities, no one can really blame them for thinking it's all a big dream.

The thing is, as I want to structure this as a deconstruction of the whole idea of solipism, the rest of the multiverse kind of has to win against the group. So the main question is, how do you defeat someone who can erase you from existence with the snap of their fingers?

Thank you in advance.

Crazy Idea 1: Have the best technological minds join forces with magic users to create the first machine fueled by the life force of the entire universe trying to survive. The machine is designed as a beacon that if potent enough can send a signal that can awaken the ancient race from their reality warping induced somnambulism. (Eternal Engine)

Crazy Idea 2: Like the one above but without magic in case your story lacks such.

Crazy Idea 3: Have a character with an equally ancient ancestry make a perilous journey of self discovery in the hopes of achieving apotheosis and attaining reality warping powers of their own to combat the threat. (Deity of Human Origin)

Crazy Idea 4: Find a way to communicate with such beings and convince them that their course if action is wrong and nudge them towards waking up. (The Power of Love)

edited 5th Feb '16 5:46:30 PM by Pwener

Kill them before they can use those powers. Mail them a birthday cake that has a miniaturized nuclear bomb hidden inside it or something.

Maybe some different stories can give you some insight? For example, Jean Grey Curb Stomp Battled Proteus. Well okay, she was the Phoenix back then, but it's a good start.

A common method is to use a Logic Bomb of some sort. Wordplay them so they use their powers in some beneficial way to the heroes. Like convicing them that if they're so unreal, wiping out their existence would prove nothing. The only way to prove they are unreal is (some scenario the heroes can actually stand a fighting chance)

Lets take a step back here: how do you defeat a genie? Typically you have to trick it, and use it's own power to put it into a comprising position that lets you take it down. Aladin's an example of this when Jafar is tricked into becoming a Genie but does not realize the strings attached.

I would imagine the same situation here, trick him into getting into a deal, or performing some act that lets you beat him.

Also you said species? unless we have a hive mind situation we could find just one member of the race to negate the realty warping of the others long enough for you to shiv them 37 times in the stomach.

Destroy reality. I think that would fit with your ethos of deconstruction since destroying the thing in which they exist both destroys them and proves that thing's existence is contingent on more than theirs.