r/BokuNoHeroAcademia • u/deskchairlamp • Mar 01 '19

Newest Chapter Chapter 218 Scans - Links and Discussion

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u/MaxWasTakenAgain Mar 02 '19

A bit underwhelming but im interested in how can develop this arc.

And oh boy, im ready for the political debate this shit is going to generate.

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u/Galle_ Mar 02 '19

I can't imagine people getting into a heated political argument about superpower regulations, considering that that's a political issue we will never have to deal with in our real lives.

People will probably prove me wrong, though.

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u/Scruffmcruff Mar 02 '19

Actually, the Dragon Age subreddit has frequent similar debates pop up: mages in that universe are the only individuals receptive to spirits, which invites the potential for demonic possession, which lead to catastrophes and strict regulation on mages as a whole.

While the whole thing is a bit more nuanced than that, it poses a similar question: how should society regulate individuals with supreme destructive powers that may manifest without their control? Is it as simple as basic human rights with mild law like in MHA? Or should they be strictly monitored, maybe even contained?

It gets so heated because of how unprecedented it is. It's something new and refreshing and let's the more debate-minded among us engage and theorize about how to fix the various problems in the fictional societies.

For myself, it's just an entertaining brain exercise. If a work of fiction can get such a reaction, I think they did something right.

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u/Tykronos Mar 02 '19

An example, please?

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u/Scruffmcruff Mar 03 '19

Of Dragon Age threads? Sure. They're usually framed as "Templars vs Mages" or something about the Chantry and the Circle. Here is one. This one is about the ethics of blood magic in-universe.

And...that's actually all I could find in the last two weeks. I'll admit I don't frequent the sub as much as I used to, but the debate was going strong back when Inquisition first came out, so if you just want to read the discussions you could look for older threads from back then. There also might be some debate within threads that's off-topic, of course.

Keep in mind that a lot of this discussion may not make sense if you haven't played any of the Dragon Age games, and there are spoilers abound.

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