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GeneralFungi

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I have another issue with Pacific Rim. Why did anyone actually think that the wall would be an adequate replacement for the Yeager mechs? I mean sure, they're useful. But the entire military were complete idiots if they let themselves believe that a wall would somehow lead to victory. Without the mechs the creatures would have absolutely nothing to stop them from just hammering on the outside of the wall, yet everyone in the movie is completely shocked that the wall was destroyed when they just let a kaiju knock on their door for an hour. The wall could be invaluable for keeping the fight away from the populations and to buy time for the Yeagers to show up, but I want to slap the idiot that thought concrete would defeat a mountainous, inter-dimensional alien race.
 

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Hold the phone, is this a Madoka spat I see?

Yes, Homura's abilities are limited. I mean, if her powers were limitless, then she could've easily beaten Walpurgisnacht. Also, using magic taints their soul gems, so there's that, too.

Also, people have to consider that Homura has a LOT on her plate she has to deal with. Not only does she have to prevent Madoka from forming a contract with Kyubey, there's also the Walpurgisnacht problem. She needs to make sure Mami and Kyouko doesn't die, and that Sayaka doesn't become a witch. Not only that, but she has to convince them to work together to fight Walpurgisnacht, and even with their help, fighting Walpurgisnacht would still prove difficult. Add the fact that her powers are limited, and that using magic taints their soul gem further, so they also need enough grief seeds for the battle, and they got themselves into hell of a pickle, not to mention that if Kyubey hasn't gotten to Madoka at this point, the Walpurgisnacht situation will convince her to make a contract. All this, while still keeping her mental state in tact, because as Kyubey mentioned, the minute she gives hope she turns into a witch.

As for the whole Kyubey thing, they never really clarify exactly whether he has infinite bodies or limited. If they did imply that he as a limited number of bodies, they never say how many spares he has. He can have a hundred, or he can have a million. Either way, Homura would just be wasting her time, as well as her magic and grief seeds, on something that could take forever and get her nowhere, when she could be solving the whole Walpurgis thing.

Also, just to clarify, Sayaka can heal others, actually.
*Nerd mode activate*
In the spin-off manga, The Different Story, Sayaka uses her healing abilities to help Mami in battle. And yes, it's canon. She doesn't display this in the show because she's working and has no reason to.
Interesting, I haven't gotten around to reading The Different Story yet. I'm curious as to what you thought of it, especially in comparison to Oriko Magica and Kazumi Magica, if you've read them. So far I've yet to be impressed by any of the Madoka manga I've read, so I've not been all that enthused about getting a copy of The Different Story. In regards to the rest of your post, at least in the movie, Kyubey simply says that he has enough spares to make Homura killing him a waste of time, but I don't think there was more detail than that. In terms of what Homura is trying to do, I've always gotten the sense that she was just doomed to fail, given that Walpurgisnacht took two Magical Girls to kill in the first timeline, and even then both of them died, and then at least with all of the shown timelines (With the possible exception of The Different Story)I think Homura and Madoka are the only ones to survive, so unless Homura found a way to keep other girls alive, which she has not been shown being able to, Walpurgisnacht isn't going down without Madoka contracting.
I absolutely loved The Different Story. The first volume is a prequel centered around Mami and Kyouko, and their relationship as a magical girl duo. The two volumes following is an alternate timeline, with Mami basically playing the main lead. Not only does it give us more insight into Mami's and Kyouko's character, but it's also a very emotional tale. It's by far the best of the Madoka mangas, as it actually adds more to the story and characters. I thought Oriko wasn't too bad. It was bleak and it kept me reading. I have my issues with Kazumi, though.
Okay alot of your arguements are convinving, I did not read your whole post when you started talking about the movies and the manga. I have not gotten to them, they are expensive and so far I have only bought the show. So for the time being I am only talking about the show so if there is something in there that disproves this argument I am sorry.

Also remember what the topic is, forgetting about your powers.
The longest I recall homura stopping time is when she was in the police station, I didn't time it but it had to be at least thirty seconds and implied to be longer. so even if she was startled there was no reason she could not save Saiyaka. The other half of your arguement is that Homaru didn't know, which I also call bullshit on becuase she has relived this month quite a few times. Now, that being said, I can not disprove it other than saying it stands to reason she would have figured it out from Kyube when saiyaka turned into a witch.
 

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GeneralFungi said:
I have another issue with Pacific Rim. Why did anyone actually think that the wall would be an adequate replacement for the Yeager mechs? I mean sure, they're useful. But the entire military were complete idiots if they let themselves believe that a wall would somehow lead to victory. Without the mechs the creatures would have absolutely nothing to stop them from just hammering on the outside of the wall, yet everyone in the movie is completely shocked that the wall was destroyed when they just let a kaiju knock on their door for an hour. The wall could be invaluable for keeping the fight away from the populations and to buy time for the Yeagers to show up, but I want to slap the idiot that thought concrete would defeat a mountainous, inter-dimensional alien race.
You'll note the fact that the Kaiju keep getting bigger, and the more Kaiju that come through the larger the Kaiju coming through get. They probably started building the wall when the only Kaiju coming through were category 1 and maybe 2, and at that point they probably figured they couldn't get any bigger, so they started building a wall that could stop them. Then a category 4 came through, which is significantly bigger than a 1 or 2 and busted through the wall like it was nothing.

That's the problem with fighting an enemy you know nothing about, you can't predict how much worse things can get. They had assumed that the Kaiju wouldn't get any bigger. They also thought that the Kaiju were just giant animals and didn't realize that they were actually being sent to earth with the purpose of destroying humanity, so they figured that the wall would be enough to deter them, because seriously, how often do you see animals banging their heads against walls for hours at a time trying to break them?
 

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Ix Rebound said:
Many cutscene in Mass Effect that has any kind of combat in it, where Shepard forgets about his biotic powers that he has had (presumbably) his entire life.

2 and 3 were the biggest offenders, The amount of times were he could have solved the immediate problem by telekinetically ***** slapping someone's face off goes into the double digits
Oh that pissed me off to no end when my shep suddenly went full soldier.
Yes i understand making cutscenes for each individual class is time consuming, but holy shit, shep's biotic/tech abilities would of solved half the cutscenes. For example, vanguard Shep was OP in ME3 to the point where i didn't need to fire a single shot and took out most of the enemies with nova and charge.