Talk:Author Authority/@comment-26241075-20121014141804/@comment-4867780-20121014211221

A little copy-paste of the answer given far bellow ^ ^

Abilities are parts of stories, hence the sub-power relation. Despite it's seemingly infinite potential, MAC is still an in-universe ability, as are the abillities it can create, and the user is still just a character.

While MSM is a transcendent ability in which the user is not just a character, but also the storyteller of the Verse in which they exist, which puts him/her on a completely different level.

For example, despite having MAC Hanten cannot defeat Iihiko, because Iihiko is unaffected by powers, and Iihiko is unaffected by powers because the story says so. A fact that Hanten cannot go against, being just a character.

While Featherine can control the story itself, which would allow her to handwave Iihiko's immunity, as if it didn't exist. So despite appearences, there is a fundamental diffference that cannot be overcome.