Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6299840-20200105204428/@comment-32440156-20200205152253

@ DYBAD,

I have 3 things to say-

1) Nonexistence isn't a defensive power by any means. Yes, you can protect yourself using it but but a defensive ability is the one that only protects you from any attack. You can defend yourself using a sword but at the end of the day, it's still recognized as a weapon, not as a shield/armor. The vice versa is also true you can use a shield to attack like captain america.

2) I think you're severely downplaying what an absolute death power will look like. Absolute death isn't merely a power to kill anyone and anything, it should also allow you to kill in any way and on any scale effortlessly, otherwise it's not "absolute". Death note was popular because it showed a very intelligent and logical person getting some power. It was a game of pure intelligence. People for the first time saw a person actually using their power in logical way because in every media, the "intelligent" characters manage to get thousands of powers and create thousands of weapons and practically never use it outside of defeating a villain. A small example will be that Reed richards can create devices  to communicate with aliens, so why not create a similar technology that'll help people to communicate with people that speak other languages? Heck such technology can even preserve/revive a dead language. It doesn't make any sense, however death note never had this problem.

The story could be fashioned in that way because the death note had limitations. Imagine Light being able to kill anyone including shinigami and he didn't need to know the person's name or face. He just willed it and it happened. Now also imagine that he can simply kill the concept of death from himself thus becoming immortal. He would be the god of the world in an instant.

3) What you're giving is again a hypothetical scenario. As I have said countless times, a good writer can craft a good story with any hypothetical power but doesn't mean that the power itself is good/unique. For example- Say a writer creates a power called "Almighty-Magic Negation"- the power to nullify almighty magic and gives this ability to a little boy in a crapsack world ruled over by a maniac user of Almighty Magic, making the child the only hope of humanity. Boom, a good story is created. Does this mean "Almighty-Magic Negation" is a good and unique power? No. Does this mean it should be part of the wiki even though it has never been demonstrated? No.

That's what I'm saying a good writer maybe able to craft a good story using this power in distant future but that's a big maybe and pretty unlikely to happen. I mean the reason people consume fiction is because they want to get out of the harsh reality that no matter what they do, one day death will consume them and all they did will be forgotten. These fictional media generally are crafted to inspire hope and the characters re generally flawed and relatable. That's why writers don't tend to use the capital grim reaper in the story as they're the one thing that no one wants to meet. The only character like that was death from supernatural and even he got rekt.