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On a side note, Penny\'s explanation suggests that the creators were inspired by massless particles. I have a sneaking suspicion that they\'re trying to create a link between Ruby\'s Semblance and her silver eyes through a play on the phrase \'speed of light\'. Yes, I am cringing as I type this, but discussing why they might have been inspired by massless particles tends not to be high school science. It might involve a certain US military experiment that was once done to see if Star Trek transporter technology could be created in real life -- the description of how the real-life equivalent would work does sound suspiciously similar to Penny\'s description (with the context removed and the holes filled in with \'magic\').
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On a side note, Penny\\\'s explanation suggests that the creators were inspired by massless particles. I have a sneaking suspicion that they\\\'re trying to create a link between Ruby\\\'s Semblance and her silver eyes through a play on the phrase \\\'speed of light\\\'. Yes, I am cringing as I type this, but discussing why they might have been inspired by massless particles tends not to be high school science. It might involve a certain US military experiment that was once done to see if Star Trek transporter technology could be created in real life -- their description of how the real-life equivalent would work is suspiciously similar to Penny\\\'s description (with the context removed and the holes filled in with \\\'magic\\\').
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That\'s pretty much sums up fantasy and science fantasy works in general -- cherry-pick real life science and fill in the gaps with \'magic\'. We\'ve seen this happen with other Semblances as well (Yang\'s in the Companion, for example). Yes, they\'re mangling physics, but I also don\'t think they care because physics isn\'t so important in a setting than runs on magic and the boredom of lonely gods. Fantasy isn\'t a genre that has to care about how real life works if it doesn\'t want to, which is why it\'s normal for fantasy to use, abuse, and refuse real-life science as the creators desire.
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That pretty much sums up fantasy and science fantasy works in general -- cherry-pick real life science and fill in the gaps with \\\'magic\\\'. We\\\'ve seen this happen with other Semblances as well (Yang\\\'s in the Companion, for example). Yes, they\\\'re mangling physics, but I also don\\\'t think they care because physics isn\\\'t so important in a setting than runs on magic and the boredom of lonely gods. Fantasy isn\\\'t a genre that has to care about how real life works if it doesn\\\'t want to, which is why it\\\'s normal for fantasy to use, abuse, and refuse real-life science as the creators desire.
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My point is... given the setting we\\\'re dealing with, it\\\'s hard to know how much is them not understanding physics and how much is them dismissing it when they want \\\'magic\\\' or \\\'superpowers\\\' instead.
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On a side note, Penny\'s explanation suggests that the creators were inspired by massless particles. I have a sneaking suspicion that they\'re trying to create a link between Ruby\'s Semblance and her silver eyes through a play on the phrase \'speed of light\'. Yes, I am cringing as I type this, but discussing why they might have been inspired by massless particles tends not to be high school science. It might involve a certain US military experiment that was once done to see if Star Trek transporter technology could be created in real life -- the description of how the real-life equivalent would work does sound suspiciously similar to Penny\'s description, if you cherry-pick it, throw away the rest and stuff the holes with magic.
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On a side note, Penny\\\'s explanation suggests that the creators were inspired by massless particles. I have a sneaking suspicion that they\\\'re trying to create a link between Ruby\\\'s Semblance and her silver eyes through a play on the phrase \\\'speed of light\\\'. Yes, I am cringing as I type this, but discussing why they might have been inspired by massless particles tends not to be high school science. It might involve a certain US military experiment that was once done to see if Star Trek transporter technology could be created in real life -- the description of how the real-life equivalent would work does sound suspiciously similar to Penny\\\'s description (with the context removed and the holes filled in with \\\'magic\\\').
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On a side note, Penny\'s explanation suggests that the creators were inspired by massless particles. I have a sneaking suspicion that they\'re trying to create a link between Ruby\'s Semblance and her silver eyes through a play on the phrase \'speed of light\'. Yes, I am cringing as I type this, but discussing why they might have been inspired by massless particles tends not to be high school science. It might involve a certain US military experiment that was once done to see if Star Trek transporter technology could be created in real life -- the description of how the real-life equivalent would work does sound suspiciously similar to Penny\'s description, if you cherry-pick it, throw away the rest and stuff the holes with magic. (And if that sounds obscure to you, it\'s not really because it\'s well-known in science-fiction fan circles, especially Star Trek ones, that the US military went through a period of experimenting on ideas raised in Star Trek to explore their feasibility -- not as many as Star Trek fans like to believe, but definitely some.)
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On a side note, Penny\\\'s explanation suggests that the creators were inspired by massless particles. I have a sneaking suspicion that they\\\'re trying to create a link between Ruby\\\'s Semblance and her silver eyes through a play on the phrase \\\'speed of light\\\'. Yes, I am cringing as I type this, but discussing why they might have been inspired by massless particles tends not to be high school science. It might involve a certain US military experiment that was once done to see if Star Trek transporter technology could be created in real life -- the description of how the real-life equivalent would work does sound suspiciously similar to Penny\\\'s description, if you cherry-pick it, throw away the rest and stuff the holes with magic.
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On a side note, Penny\'s explanation suggests that the creators were inspired by massless particles. I have a sneaking suspicion that they\'re trying to create a link between Ruby\'s Semblance and her silver eyes through a play on the phrase \'speed of light\'. Yes, I am cringing as I type this, but discussing why they might have been inspired by massless particles tends not to be high school science. It does how involve a certain US military experiment that was once done to see if Star Trek transporter technology could be created in real life -- the description of how the real-life equivalent would work does sound suspiciously similar to Penny\'s description, if you cherry-pick it, throw away the rest and stuff the holes with magic.
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On a side note, Penny\\\'s explanation suggests that the creators were inspired by massless particles. I have a sneaking suspicion that they\\\'re trying to create a link between Ruby\\\'s Semblance and her silver eyes through a play on the phrase \\\'speed of light\\\'. Yes, I am cringing as I type this, but discussing why they might have been inspired by massless particles tends not to be high school science. It might involve a certain US military experiment that was once done to see if Star Trek transporter technology could be created in real life -- the description of how the real-life equivalent would work does sound suspiciously similar to Penny\\\'s description, if you cherry-pick it, throw away the rest and stuff the holes with magic. (And if that sounds obscure to you, it\\\'s not really because it\\\'s well-known in science-fiction fan circles, especially Star Trek ones, that the US military went through a period of experimenting on ideas raised in Star Trek to explore their feasibility -- not as many as Star Trek fans like to believe, but definitely some.)
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On a side note, Penny\'s explanation suggests that, despite the use of \'molecules\' they\'re really trying to use massless particles. I have a sneaking suspicion that they\'re trying to create a link between Ruby\'s Semblance and her silver eyes through a play on the phrase \'speed of light\'. Yes, I am cringing as I type this, but discussing why they might have been inspired by massless particles tends not to be high school science. It does how involve a certain US military experiment that was once done to see if Star Trek transporter technology could be created in real life -- the description of how the real-life equivalent would work does sound suspiciously similar to Penny\'s description, if you cherry-pick it, throw away the rest and stuff the holes with magic.
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On a side note, Penny\\\'s explanation suggests that the creators were inspired by massless particles. I have a sneaking suspicion that they\\\'re trying to create a link between Ruby\\\'s Semblance and her silver eyes through a play on the phrase \\\'speed of light\\\'. Yes, I am cringing as I type this, but discussing why they might have been inspired by massless particles tends not to be high school science. It does how involve a certain US military experiment that was once done to see if Star Trek transporter technology could be created in real life -- the description of how the real-life equivalent would work does sound suspiciously similar to Penny\\\'s description, if you cherry-pick it, throw away the rest and stuff the holes with magic.
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That\'s pretty much sums up fantasy and science fantasy works in general -- cherry-pick real life science and fill in the gaps with \'magic\'.
I don\'t think you need a YMMV item here. I think you can create an objective ArtisticLicencePhysics entry, since they\'ve done this pseudo-scientific explanation for other Semblances as well (such as Yang\'s Semblance in the Companion being described in terms of converting kinetic energy). Yes, they\'re mangling physics, but I also don\'t think they care about getting it right either -- it\'s fantasy, not science-fiction, and it\'s normal for fantasy to use, abuse, and refuse real-life science as the creators desire.
I don\'t think you need a YMMV item here. I think you can create an objective ArtisticLicencePhysics entry, since they\'ve done this pseudo-scientific explanation for other Semblances as well (such as Yang\'s Semblance in the Companion being described in terms of converting kinetic energy). Yes, they\'re mangling physics, but I also don\'t think they care about getting it right either -- it\'s fantasy, not science-fiction, and it\'s normal for fantasy to use, abuse, and refuse real-life science as the creators desire.
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That\\\'s pretty much sums up fantasy and science fantasy works in general -- cherry-pick real life science and fill in the gaps with \\\'magic\\\'. We\\\'ve seen this happen with other Semblances as well (Yang\\\'s in the Companion, for example). Yes, they\\\'re mangling physics, but I also don\\\'t think they care because physics isn\\\'t so important in a setting than runs on magic and the boredom of lonely gods. Fantasy isn\\\'t a genre that has to care about how real life works if it doesn\\\'t want to, which is why it\\\'s normal for fantasy to use, abuse, and refuse real-life science as the creators desire.
