Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-9154802-20180509212825/@comment-9154802-20180513102105

The best way to think of an Asbolute is to basically equate it to Omnipotence limited to a specific thing. There can be only one of each Absolute ability, and polar opposite shall never come in contact for the paradox could end existence. Only one with true Omnipotence could ever remove them, and many can only be possessed by Omnipotence itself. That's the level of an ability here. While not limited/ristricted in affect, Absolutes are limited in what they do. Essentially they're loosely Nigh-Omnipotence, but only in a manner that isn't a direct limitation of the ability itself, while the affect of the ability is infinitely greater than that which a Nigh-Omnipotent can achieve.

Absolute Attacks for example, may only affect a certain area or location or unidirectional, can only be activated by certain means, may not be able to be controlled by the user, and can feature a time limit on its use. However during use and in that restricted space, its effect is an unbreakable law of the universe. It cannot be stopped by anything less than an absolute, and it cannot be entirely negated by anything less than Omnipotence. That's what an absolute is, and what its intended to be.

However most people who make such absolute things in fiction fail to consider in what ways is the absolute indirectly restricted, thus writing themselves into a corner towards the end. As a result, the ability gets softly retconned and nerfed. "Oh it was never absolute at all. Nope. Never. Nothing to see here! Hahahaha." Which I don't really blame because from experience planning too many details before actually putting anything on paper can end up making it harder to write the story as a whole. (Too many things to keep track of.)