Talk:Farran Thanatos/@comment-17970636-20151207161353/@comment-26069379-20151208024723

Thanks for the feedback and yeah I kind of noticed there are quite a few things I need to fix.

1. The Vytal Festival part as well as the trials he went through during Exile was something I was trying to keep on hold as I had not had it completely written out (I plan to do it in the future) but I do intend for the Festival to become the origin of his new Team. Don't get me wrong I do agree that popping out of nowhere and kicking everyone's asses is pretty damn farfetched without any sort of backup is pretty out there. However it is possible to defeat an entire team as Pyrrha has done it to Team CRDL. I'll probably have to work on this the most to make it more believable.

2. First part of the Semblance, yeah kind of agree that firing around trucks without trying is pretty OP. I'll put more breaks on it as I realize I never put in how much energy it consumes or how much is required for such feats. I'll put in more limiters and better representation of effort vs. power.

3. The second part about the air bullets is more or less clarity about what the Semblance is capable of doing which I will add on to clarify on the page. The Semblance is in essence a combination of the Nikyu Nikyu no Mi and Shinra Tensei, both dealing with manipulating repulsive force. The powers you pointed out in the example can all be explained.

The Semblance is closer to Shinra Tensei as Farran can repel anything with a close enough vicinity of him rather than being limited to the paw pads of the Nikyu Nikyu no mi. In essence he can emit repulsive force from all points of his body like Neji Hyuga can emit chakra in every direction from his tenketsu. Furthermore the ability itself does require hand gestures except for certain techniques or when focusing more energy. An example of Shinra Tensei's usage without hand gestures can be seen here on this pic from the Naruto manga:













Now with than principle going back to the abilities you pointed out can all be explained. Starting with creating a shockwave which is easily generated on simply emitting a strong enough force to send people flying backwards. This can be used in a single direction or in all directions as shown from these pics from the manga:









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<p class="MsoNormal">To harness more offense as a true shockwave we look towards the Nikyu Nikyu no Mi which repels anything at high speeds. Here Bartholomew Kuma uses his ability not only for defense but also for attack in which he repels the very air around him at high speeds to create his Pad Ho ability as seen here:

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<p class="MsoNormal">Following that exmaple instead of using an open palm like Kuma,  Farran can reduce the size of the repelled air to the size of his finger, in essence he's just firing a very tiny Pad Ho from his finger tips via just repelling that single spot. It would honestly look closer to the Doflamingo's Bullet String Technique from his Ito Ito no Mi except with repelled air instead of a high speed string:

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<p class="MsoNormal">The air barrier is based off usage of both. Shinra Tensei has be shown to be a defensive technique and has been used several times as a shield by repelling the attacks:

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<p class="MsoNormal">The Nikyu Nikyu no Mi provides similar defense however limited to the paw pads but still repels attacks:

<p class="MsoNormal">In effect the Semblance combines both as Farran can emit repulsive force all around his body but also choose where he wishes to emit such repulsive force. Whereas Kuma has to put the palm of his hands to deflect an attack, Farran can choose where to emit a repulsive force to protect himself. (again like the tenketsu)

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<p class="MsoNormal">All of this is done simply through repulsion so these abilities are NOT part of a 2nd Semblance. The power of the abilities however while definitely need to be scaled down as he cannot repel object at the speed of light nor make people disappear like Nikyu Nikyu no Mi can (That would be pretty OP) or launch a giant Shinra Tensei-esque shockwave without some sort of major repercussion.

<p class="MsoNormal">One of the trump card abilities not yet posted is effectively the Nikyu Nikyu no Mi's Ursus Shock in which a gigantic amount of air in compressed into a ball, launched and then it decompresses into a devastating explosion. The problem is it takes time to gather enough air and if not careful the technique can literally explode in his face.

<p class="MsoNormal">I'll be working very carefully on this.

<p class="MsoNormal">4. I'm going to take out the grabbling hook part of the weapon as it's not needed but I'm going to leave the rest of it. I don't have a picture of it drawn but it is very similar to how the Scythe from Darksiders  look and the blades can turn to look like the Dark Templar's or simply turn one blade to look like a typical scythe and of course split into the two smaller scythes.