Talk:Fall/@comment-72.130.208.61-20151215042653/@comment-4010415-20151215064344

I agree with Phantomlink on the muscle memory thing. Muscle memory can be incredibly powerful. Ever get used to something being in a certain spot and then it gets moved and you keep reaching (or moving your mouse) to where it used to be only to remember "Right, right, stop being dumb, it's over here now"? That's muscle memory. Your brain is used to it being one way, so it tells your muscles to go that way.

Yang is used to retaliating to threats by hitting them. If Mercury and whoever made that illusion had tried that on someone who frequently blocks or dodges attacks, it wouldn't have worked out. Say, if they had tried that on Pyrrha. Pyrrha would've put up her shield because that's what she always does. It's a reflex at this point.

For example, I hate it when I'm playing a video game and encounter an enemy where I have to block. I prefer to dodge everything, but in some rare battles, you need to block as part of the mechanic to defeat them, and dodging will do nothing. So, I see the attack coming, and without thinking, my muscles instantly hit the buttons to dodge, and I'm like "Shit, no, I was supposed to block." I had that muscle memory reflex going: See attack coming -> No time to think -> Just dodge -> "Wait, that's not what I was supposed to do."