Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20190112144055/@comment-25936766-20190121135523

Alhazad2003 wrote:4) I wouldn't say it did nothing, the force of the attack nearly knocked Yang over the edge. And Yang definitely didn't looked bored, she was simply showing Adam no fear.... Leaving out the needless melodrama nobody asked for....You're missing the whole damn point.

What Adam did, was his 2nd greatest Moonslice ever, and that's only assuming it wasn't as strong as the one he did against the Spiderdroid. It completely eclipses the one he cut Yang's hand with in both power, size, and energy used. As you can see in the pics I posted, it even practically covered her entirely in it's Edgelord Blast.

Yet all it did was leave a tiny mark on the metal arm, and push her back. Damage? None. Pain? Absolutely none. It wasn't as if Adam blasted her with all his power, but instead as if he just turned on a giant fan in front of her.

From a combat standpoint, this is just pathetic plot armor for Yang, and turns Adam into an absolute joke, since even when he's going all out and hits her directly, she's not even hurt a little bit by it, even though she didn't get much stronger than back in V3 and Adam used far more energy than back then. All the sense of strength and danger he gave for the rest of the fight went down the drain.

And from the dramatic standpoint you love so much, it ruins the impact of the scene because of the above. Yang enduring the attack is one thing that would've been completely fine. But Yang not merely resisting the blast, but not even showing the slightest bit of pain afterwards, makes no sense at all, and it just makes Adam a joke just to make Yang look cool, without it feeling "rewarding".

Now, imagine if instead she took the hit, a fair amount of her outfit got cuts and tiny shreds, she showed some pain as she put down her guard after the attack....but she still went from showing pain to giving Adam the same unamused and unafraid face. Adam still seems strong and threatening, while Yang looks more badass for still standing up to him like she did.

But nooo, Yang is invincible, her skin is made of adamantium itself, her Semblance makes her indestructible, blah blah blah. Because Death Battle wasn't enough.

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Also, let me remind you she wasn't really too far away from the edge before she got hit, and many of Adam's attacks pushed her back a similar distance without being Semblance-boosted, so her being pushed to the edge doesn't mean jack shit.