Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20181229081856/@comment-25936766-20190104190524

Sinjoh wrote:

2) You didn't try addressing this point, which was why is Merc still alive if Marcus should and could have other's Semblances at his disposal. So, again I ask, how is it that Merc alive if Marcus can use his victim's Semblances? Like I told you, that's the thing. If he's able to use the Semblances he takes, which he should, then considering he got killed by his own son off-screen in spite of his experience makes he's absolutely pathetic.

Of course, Marcus being All For One doesn't make the idea of Merc beating him impossible like you think, just less believable, but at the same time it would reinforce his words to Emerald, since in-spite of the power gap he still managed to kill his dad.

As for how: Using Semblances too much would run him dry eventually on Aura, and IIRC he was often drunk which would/should hurt his dexterity somewhat, and in any case it was nowhere close to a smooth victory for Merc considering the whole barn was in flames, he was exhausted and his knees were injured to the point he had to switch to metal ones.