Ascension

Why does the Paragon Market limit us to being able to only set an item's quantity to no more than 10?

We've been saving Paragon City for eight and a half years. It's time to do it one more time.

Originally Posted by ShadowNate ;_; ?!?! What the heck is wrong with you, my god, I have never been so confused in my life!

"Ascended" is just a word for "does not run on Well-ium." As far as I know, Rularuu has never gained his power from the Well, so "rewritten" is in fact an inaccurate statement. In order for him to have been "rewritten," something about him would have to have been fundamentally changed and as far as I know, he's always been the same, mad, fractured, dimension-eating god he's always been.

My understanding of the current Well lore is that Ascension is a process whereby the ascended being splits off from his/her/its "well", taking some if its power with him/her/it and becoming fundamentally changed by the experience.

Rularuu's case is unusual in that his transendence resulted in a fractured state of being so he hasn't ever completely realized his full potential as a "well", though obviously he's done it well enough to create his own universe.

Essentially, Rularuu is technically just what he has always been. The difference is that now we have a name and a process for how he became what he is. That process involved taking power from the Well. Whether that equates to a retcon or a "rewrite" is pretty much up to personal taste.

The ramification is that the Well does not want anybody to ascend because Ascension is a net loss for the Well.

There is something beyond Incarnate Omega I would imagine. Even though Ascension sounds like a good title.

Originally Posted by mauk2 Evil_Legacy became one of my favorite posters with two words. "Kick Rocks." I laffed so hard. Never change, E_L!

...General Hammond ring any bells? (Warning, second link is unfortunately wikia in nature).

Originally Posted by Shubbie Im very good at taking a problem and making it worse.

No, it's not. It's a specific term used to refer to a person who has transcended the Well of the Furies, hitherto believed the be the source of ultimate power, and has become a Well himself. It's what Mot is attempting to do and what Diabolique brings up during the Large Breasts iTrial. This unlocks an extra lore conversation line with Prometheus who explains this and lists Rularuu the Ravager as an example of this in the flesh, using him as the reason for why it's a bad idea to let people have this much power.

Originally Posted by Arcanaville Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.

You just proved this statement wrong by attempting to explain why I was wrong.

Translation: "Does not run on Well-ium."

I think we have a disagreement on terminology.

If you had an electric car that somehow reproduced itself by binary fission, amoeba-style, then Sam would be saying, "Look, they both run on electricity stored in batteries!" and you'd be saying, "Look, they're both distinct individuals with their own power sources!".

You'd both be right.