Tyki said
the opposite of wood is fire, electricity is earth, and stone would be lava. diamond is under the crystal element which has the same opposites as stone, and psychic energy is the opposite of the corpus element, the opposite of love is hate (both of which are a pain in the ass to make) and ice also represents cold. also, this doesn't make you tired like normal, it expends mental energies to remember the arcanum and bring them into being. other than that you can do what ever and not expend much energy :P

Wood is flammable, but that doesn't make fire it's opposite. by that logic, fire is the opposite of every flammable material, and believe me, there are a LOT of flammable materials, which would be just plain silly. Fire can also melt matter, which would make it the opposite of all matter. That's complete bullshit.
Earth is a confuctor for electricity. All mattter contains electricity within itself in the form of electrons. How can Earth be the opposite of electricity? It isn't even the greatest isolator. That one's straight from magicka, and while I can see where that belief comes from (the grounding of electricity) it's not valid.
Corpus? You mean a corpse? How is that the opposite of psychic energy?....... I don't even get this one.
Actually, hate is caused by love, and love is caused by hate. Both psychological research and practical research shows us that the two emotions are intrinsically linked, and cause one another. While this was the obvious choice, love is a unique psychological state of mind based on an overdrive of many other mental states. Hate is, more accurately, another form of Love, both of which are a form of obsession.
Creating matter or energy requires the use of energy. This is a basic law of magic. Unless you can explain how this works, you're still going to be using energy. And remembering things doesn't expend mental energy, that's bullshit.

Spiritstallion1 said
We also ended up talking about this kid in 1st year.....long story short we're pretty sure he's a nazi, and our teacher was like "Yeah, I've heard about him....." so obviously it's not just the people in my class who've noticed it

He hates Jewish people?

Tyki said
we made a bet concerning your sexuality :P

.....why......

Spiritstallion1 said
.....why......

A better question would be which side he was on (=

thewizardguy said
Wood is flammable, but that doesn't make fire it's opposite. by that logic, fire is the opposite of every flammable material, and believe me, there are a LOT of flammable materials, which would be just plain silly. Fire can also melt matter, which would make it the opposite of all matter. That's complete bullshit.Earth is a confuctor for electricity. All mattter contains electricity within itself in the form of electrons. How can Earth be the opposite of electricity? It isn't even the greatest isolator. That one's straight from magicka, and while I can see where that belief comes from (the grounding of electricity) it's not valid.Corpus? You mean a corpse? How is that the opposite of psychic energy?....... I don't even get this one.Actually, hate is caused by love, and love is caused by hate. Both psychological research and practical research shows us that the two emotions are intrinsically linked, and cause one another. While this was the obvious choice, love is a unique psychological state of mind based on an overdrive of many other mental states. Hate is, more accurately, another form of Love, both of which are a form of obsession.Creating matter or energy requires the use of energy. This is a basic law of magic. Unless you can explain how this works, you're still going to be using energy. And remembering things doesn't expend mental energy, that's bullshit.

corpus is a mix of different things basically resulting flesh but corpus sounds cooler and they're my fucking elements -_-

Spiritstallion1 said
.....why......

felt like it (and i was on the side for bi or les while he bet for straight if anyone's curious :P)

thewizardguy said
He hates Jewish people?

Well, me and my friend were walking to the library to print stuff for English, and him and another 1st year were walking in front of us, and the guy was ranting about how Hitler was only trying to cleanse the world, and he did nothing wrong, and it wasn't his fault etc. and his friend was disagreeing, and my friend said something (can't remember what it was....it was something against Hitler) and his friend turns around and goes "thank you!" and the other kid gets really annoying and starts ranting to MY friend about how Hitler was right and stuff and I was really confused
And according to some people in my classes, his wallpaper was Hitler, and that makes it sound like he's just doing it for a joke or whatever, but if you actually saw him, you wouldn't think he was joking....this kid's serious
And we were standing outside Spanish, and him and some other first years were with him, and the 2nd bell rang (it had been a break) and he starts walking away, and as he's passing me and my friends (it wasn't aimed at us or anything) he turns around and shouts "death to equality!" like really loudly, and we were so confused.....I really don't know what's up with him. I really want to know what primary (school) he went to....

Tyki said
felt like it (and i was on the side for bi or les while he bet for straight if anyone's curious :P)

Well, as far as I can tell I'm straight soooo.....

Spiritstallion1 said
Well, me and my friend were walking to the library to print stuff for English, and him and another 1st year were walking in front of us, and the guy was ranting about how Hitler was only trying to cleanse the world, and he did nothing wrong, and it wasn't his fault etc. and his friend was disagreeing, and my friend said something (can't remember what it was....it was something against Hitler) and his friend turns around and goes "thank you!" and the other kid gets really annoying and starts ranting to MY friend about how Hitler was right and stuff and I was really confusedAnd according to some people in my classes, his wallpaper was Hitler, and that makes it sound like he's just doing it for a joke or whatever, but if you actually saw him, you wouldn't think he was joking....this kid's seriousAnd we were standing outside Spanish, and him and some other first years were with him, and the 2nd bell rang (it had been a break) and he starts walking away, and as he's passing me and my friends (it wasn't aimed at us or anything) he turns around and shouts "death to equality!" like really loudly, and we were so confused.....I really don't know what's up with him. I really want to know what primary (school) he went to....

and people say texan's are .... i forget the word... prejudiced! that's it...

Spiritstallion1 said
Well, as far as I can tell I'm straight soooo.....

damnit!... now i have to make a gay char...

Tyki said
corpus is a mix of different things basically resulting flesh but corpus sounds cooler and they're my fucking elements -_-

However, your opposites are absolutely nonsensical. If you made a shield of earth, lightning attacks would have no problems piercing it. In fact, earth is a better conductor than air is. Air is a notoriously bad conductor. If you create a shield of matter, it's not going to stop time attacks. A shield of fire will not stop wooden arrows, simply turn them into flaming wooden arrows, which means it'll be even more painful when they hit you. A shield of ice will be molten and pierced by lava, and a shield of darkness is useless to defend against light. The problem is the difference between opposite, and what offers the best defense.
When facing light attacks, I'd use a mirror. Darkness is pretty much cancelled out by light, and not at all a useful defense. What one would think to be the opposite is quite often useless when defending against attacks of that element. if we're saying that you can manipulate elements, then you should be either using the same element to nullify it, or using the element that offers the best protection from said element. For example, electricity cannot travel in a vacuum, and thus a lightning attack, no matter how strong, will be blocked by a vacuum.

thewizardguy said
However, your opposites are absolutely nonsensical. If you made a shield of earth, lightning attacks would have no problems piercing it. In fact, earth is a better conductor than air is. Air is a notoriously bad conductor. If you create a shield of matter, it's not going to stop time attacks. A shield of fire will not stop wooden arrows, simply turn them into flaming wooden arrows, which means it'll be even more painful when they hit you. A shield of ice will be molten and pierced by lava, and a shield of darkness is useless to defend against light. The problem is the difference between opposite, and what offers the best defense.When facing light attacks, I'd use a mirror. Darkness is pretty much cancelled out by light, and not at all a useful defense. What one would think to be the opposite is quite often useless when defending against attacks of that element. if we're saying that you can manipulate elements, then you should be either using the same element to nullify it, or using the element that offers the best protection from said element. For example, electricity cannot travel in a vacuum, and thus a lightning attack, no matter how strong, will be blocked by a vacuum.

stop arguing about it! i'm getting annoyed and you know it's doodle gody in a way so some stuff won't make sense if you think about it too logically (and think of earth more like dirt)

Spiritstallion1 said
Well, me and my friend were walking to the library to print stuff for English, and him and another 1st year were walking in front of us, and the guy was ranting about how Hitler was only trying to cleanse the world, and he did nothing wrong, and it wasn't his fault etc. and his friend was disagreeing, and my friend said something (can't remember what it was....it was something against Hitler) and his friend turns around and goes "thank you!" and the other kid gets really annoying and starts ranting to MY friend about how Hitler was right and stuff and I was really confusedAnd according to some people in my classes, his wallpaper was Hitler, and that makes it sound like he's just doing it for a joke or whatever, but if you actually saw him, you wouldn't think he was joking....this kid's seriousAnd we were standing outside Spanish, and him and some other first years were with him, and the 2nd bell rang (it had been a break) and he starts walking away, and as he's passing me and my friends (it wasn't aimed at us or anything) he turns around and shouts "death to equality!" like really loudly, and we were so confused.....I really don't know what's up with him. I really want to know what primary (school) he went to....

Well, i you study Hitler a bit, you'll find out he actually started out as a good guy. He created jobs for thousands of Germans, and saved Germany from starvation. He was a vegetarian and an animal lover, as well as a genius. However, being forced to order the death of thousands and military pressure steadily drove him insane, as can be seen when he started to kill his own generals out of paranoia, and eventually took his own life.

Tyki said
and people say texan's are .... i forget the word... prejudiced! that's it...

Texan's aren't really that prejudice. I have a...friend...in Texas.

Tyki said
stop arguing about it! i'm getting annoyed and you know it's doodle gody in a way so some stuff won't make sense if you think about it too logically (and think of earth more like dirt)

I'm going to argue about it because I enforce a certain degree of logic when I'm doing things. Like I said. If my character shoots a beam of lightning, and you block with a shield of earth, then the lightning is going to go right through, and probably be all the stronger for it.

Flamingevilwolfgirl said
Texan's aren't really that prejudice. I have a...friend...in Texas.

You really like..... pauses in between...... pieces of your sentences...... don't you?

thewizardguy said
You really like..... pauses in between...... pieces of your sentences...... don't you?

Yes I...really really...do....like them.

Flamingevilwolfgirl said
Texan's aren't really that prejudice. I have a...friend...in Texas.

;) the vast majority are sadly

thewizardguy said
I'm going to argue about it because I enforce a certain degree of logic when I'm doing things. Like I said. If my character shoots a beam of lightning, and you block with a shield of earth, then the lightning is going to go right through, and probably be all the stronger for it.

it'll be grounded....

Flamingevilwolfgirl said
Yes I...really really...do....like them.

Oh well. It appears I've been here for more than three hours without roleplaying. As such, is anyone interested in a roleplay?