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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#25076: Nov 2nd 2018 at 9:52:32 PM

I mean, if all of society descended into chaos because a bunch of people started developing superpowers, I think drastic measures would be taken.

But now that they've had like a 100+ years to get used to it, I wouldn't be surprised if some kind of Quirk NRA or whatever existed.

OmegaRadiance Since: Jun, 2011
#25077: Nov 2nd 2018 at 9:55:10 PM

Considering how school shootings have yet to change anything in America despite how they become more and more common... Hahahahahaha Afraid not.

South Park even did an episode based around the idea of people becoming desensitized to it over time this year too.

Edited by OmegaRadiance on Nov 2nd 2018 at 9:56:11 AM

Every accusation by the GOP is ALWAYS a confession.
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#25078: Nov 2nd 2018 at 9:58:18 PM

Jeeez imagine a quirk shooting.

...... Wait we already have Mustard for that.

Edited by slimcoder on Nov 2nd 2018 at 9:58:36 AM

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#25079: Nov 2nd 2018 at 9:58:49 PM

Guns are mundane though. Superpowers aren't (at that point in time).

OmegaRadiance Since: Jun, 2011
#25080: Nov 2nd 2018 at 10:00:37 PM

Anything can be mundane if common enough. In a society where most people have quirks they are just as mundane as guns. How useful they are can vary from the very first guns in existence where it was the noise they made that intimidated enemies to mordern day military guns shooting through hordes of bystanders with hundreds of bullets per sec.

Edited by OmegaRadiance on Nov 2nd 2018 at 10:01:27 AM

Every accusation by the GOP is ALWAYS a confession.
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#25081: Nov 2nd 2018 at 10:01:19 PM

Yeah, but we're talking about a time before Quirks became mundane, and people with them were considered monsters.

I wouldn't be surprised if whatever laws existed were loosened over time, but if we're talking about the beginning of Quirks appearing, I can absolutely see some (very likely repressive) laws being enacted.

Edited by LSBK on Nov 2nd 2018 at 12:02:15 PM

KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#25082: Nov 2nd 2018 at 10:03:11 PM

The sort of mindset that creates Sentinels, basically.

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OmegaRadiance Since: Jun, 2011
#25083: Nov 2nd 2018 at 10:04:20 PM

Only if it really affects only minorities. The rich white and or orange folk will write the rules in a way that its in their favor to keep quirk use themselves while it oppresses others.

Edited by OmegaRadiance on Nov 2nd 2018 at 10:05:01 AM

Every accusation by the GOP is ALWAYS a confession.
KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#25084: Nov 2nd 2018 at 10:05:22 PM

Oh yeah, almost definitely, though I can see non-powered rich folk throwing the powered ones to the wolves the moment it was convenient for them.

Edited by KarkatTheDalek on Nov 2nd 2018 at 1:05:35 PM

Oh God! Natural light!
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#25085: Nov 2nd 2018 at 10:07:44 PM

Not to downplay power disparity in modern America, but it really just sounds like you're underestimating exactly how much something like millions of people randomly developing superpowers would rock society and what that could potentially mean.

It took Japan how long to get to this point, and they're way more ordered and conformist(?) than the U.S. (for the worse in some aspects, and better in others).

Edited by LSBK on Nov 2nd 2018 at 12:08:14 PM

OmegaRadiance Since: Jun, 2011
#25086: Nov 2nd 2018 at 10:13:23 PM

America is a lot more diverse. If anything this would fracture the nation even more as people already separate into groups. People might even use quirks without combat applications as part of protesting. And the you'd have the ones who'd use them with force.

With Japan its easy cause its already a super conformist country so its much easier for those kinds of rules to stick, even as their current generations are starting to separate from that conformity slowly while the older folk go the other way. There's a reason the Yakuza are heavily attuned to the far right.

Edit: Actually if Japanese Society hasn't really changed despite hundred years and advancement in certain technologies, that's be even more reason why things haven't changed in America. So there'd be Quirk and Gun Shootings.

Edited by OmegaRadiance on Nov 2nd 2018 at 10:20:48 AM

Every accusation by the GOP is ALWAYS a confession.
SalFishFin Since: Jan, 2001
#25087: Nov 2nd 2018 at 10:31:57 PM

I will say that at the advent of quirks, it might be that they established reasonable limits on public quirk use- don't do anything destructive, don't disturbs the peace, just don't break any established law- but I can never see a point where it's super strict "use your quirk in public at all and you pay a fine and/or get jail time and/or get a talking-to" like Japan allegedly has

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#25088: Nov 2nd 2018 at 10:34:12 PM

I mean, even in Japan that doesn't seem to happen unless the person is being really blatant about it.

The comparison to jaywalking is apt, technically illegal, but not likely to come up unless you're walking into a high-traffic area or something.

Edited by LSBK on Nov 2nd 2018 at 12:35:30 PM

OmegaRadiance Since: Jun, 2011
#25089: Nov 2nd 2018 at 10:36:10 PM

With Japan they also have near perfect guilty verdicts for criminals, even if the means to get it or innocence of the person theyve taken in is ignored. It got so bad cameras were installed to watch the officers.

Edit: Jaywalking is a much bigger deal in Japan and frowned upon.

Edited by OmegaRadiance on Nov 2nd 2018 at 10:41:59 AM

Every accusation by the GOP is ALWAYS a confession.
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#25090: Nov 2nd 2018 at 11:58:39 PM

[up]Okay, but you got the point I was making right? Public Quirk usage is mostly equivalent to how jaywalking is usually treated in the U.S. Like, we've been told things like Inko using her Quirk to pick up her phone on the sidewalk isn't the kind of thing people pay attention to.

asterism from the place I'm at Since: Apr, 2011 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#25091: Nov 3rd 2018 at 12:56:49 AM

The students involvement with Stain was deliberately covered up.
Not really? The official line is they were attacked by Stain and rescued by Endeavor.

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OmegaRadiance Since: Jun, 2011
#25092: Nov 3rd 2018 at 2:19:57 AM

It's more like its shameful to tattle on people in Japanese society. So keep that quiet about minor quirk use except in front of cops.

Every accusation by the GOP is ALWAYS a confession.
asterism from the place I'm at Since: Apr, 2011 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#25093: Nov 3rd 2018 at 2:43:56 AM

Tensei's reaction to Kouichi using his Quirk is basically 'you shouldn't do that, but I don't really mind'

Which I figure is the general reaction to small, harmless stuff.

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SalFishFin Since: Jan, 2001
#25094: Nov 3rd 2018 at 2:44:44 AM

I understand that Japan may not heavily enforce the "no quirks in public" law, but in America, such a proposal would never make it to become a law in the first place. Whoever brought that one up would be laughed out of Congress before they have a chance to write the bill.

asterism from the place I'm at Since: Apr, 2011 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#25095: Nov 3rd 2018 at 2:57:49 AM

More than anything else, I'm pretty sure the 'US started Quirk registration laws' is just a tongue-in-cheek nod to X-Men.

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SalFishFin Since: Jan, 2001
#25096: Nov 3rd 2018 at 3:06:51 AM

And that might as well be a paper bag for how much water it holds.

OmegaRadiance Since: Jun, 2011
#25097: Nov 3rd 2018 at 3:06:54 AM

Tensei is also a really good guy who ignores his vigilantism too. So he prioritizes goodness over abiding the Law so long as Kouichi is just helping people and even tries to recruit him too.

Every accusation by the GOP is ALWAYS a confession.
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#25098: Nov 3rd 2018 at 3:18:52 AM

It’s nice to know Tensei is doing well.

As I said before I really would like to meet more of Iida’s family considering how apparently they are all in the hero game.

Though huh none of them seem to be in the current Top 10.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
#25099: Nov 3rd 2018 at 6:57:38 AM

@Asterism: What I mean is that as far as the media is concerned their roles in the Stain incident are very minor and not worthy of much focus; Endeavor got the lion's share of the press over that.

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#25100: Nov 3rd 2018 at 7:53:34 AM

[up] Given Stain's views on heroes and Endeavor being, at that point, Endeavor, that's actually kind of poetic.


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