05-19-2009, 02:31 AM
Alright, here're my thoughts/questions/whatever on the Elemental Ki abilities, main focus on Water/Ice and Light:
Fire, Lightning, Wind seem fine enough, Earth is a little weird and seems kind of weak, but I'm not all that creative so I'm probably missing things.
Water/Ice: Personally, I think these should be one and the same, since it's the same thing in a different state, which firstly brings to mind the third state, gaseous. If I wanted to create a field of mists for my character to hide in and attack form seemingly nowhere, which Element would be appropriate? In this case I'd say water would be the more obvious choice, simply heating it to the point that it becomes said mist, or dispersing the water some other way, but if you can heat water, why not the reverse? Does Water mean you can only employ/create lukewarm and warmer water?
From the Ice view, unless you can only manipulate ice that is already frozen, the very creation of Ice is changing/dealing with water, which could then be said that you have Warmer Water and Colder Water as abilities. Not sure I'm phrasing this too well, but hopefully the idea gets across.
Light Ki:
Is this Holy or literal light? The closest thing to an answer is that Light and Darkness are the same, meaning literal light, which is indirect so I won't say for sure, but for the rest of this I will assume it's the kind you blind people with. If so, firstly I think this is a somewhat weak ability due to limited applications. You get Solar Flare, or you could achieve pretty much the same effect and call it creating a circle darkness around somebody, which is fun, but not as flexible as, really, any of the other elements. Some parlor tricks, but not nearly as cool or interesting as, say, fire for the purpose of using more than once in a fight.
Also, pretty much everyone in DBZ could use Solar Flare. I didn't watch pre-Z when it was a significant ability much, but Tien, Krillin, and Goku had it at least, with no other real connection to the power of Light.
Just my own thoughts, awkwardly worded.
Fire, Lightning, Wind seem fine enough, Earth is a little weird and seems kind of weak, but I'm not all that creative so I'm probably missing things.
Water/Ice: Personally, I think these should be one and the same, since it's the same thing in a different state, which firstly brings to mind the third state, gaseous. If I wanted to create a field of mists for my character to hide in and attack form seemingly nowhere, which Element would be appropriate? In this case I'd say water would be the more obvious choice, simply heating it to the point that it becomes said mist, or dispersing the water some other way, but if you can heat water, why not the reverse? Does Water mean you can only employ/create lukewarm and warmer water?
From the Ice view, unless you can only manipulate ice that is already frozen, the very creation of Ice is changing/dealing with water, which could then be said that you have Warmer Water and Colder Water as abilities. Not sure I'm phrasing this too well, but hopefully the idea gets across.
Light Ki:
Is this Holy or literal light? The closest thing to an answer is that Light and Darkness are the same, meaning literal light, which is indirect so I won't say for sure, but for the rest of this I will assume it's the kind you blind people with. If so, firstly I think this is a somewhat weak ability due to limited applications. You get Solar Flare, or you could achieve pretty much the same effect and call it creating a circle darkness around somebody, which is fun, but not as flexible as, really, any of the other elements. Some parlor tricks, but not nearly as cool or interesting as, say, fire for the purpose of using more than once in a fight.
Also, pretty much everyone in DBZ could use Solar Flare. I didn't watch pre-Z when it was a significant ability much, but Tien, Krillin, and Goku had it at least, with no other real connection to the power of Light.
Just my own thoughts, awkwardly worded.