--- Brendan O'Donnell <brenda02@sprynet.com> wrote:
Well I'm not an SM expert, but I am prety sure that Setsuna's
powers aren't terribly potent in manipulative terms. I mean
depending on the version, stopping time will either kill her or
banish her from reality for a time.
Stopping time isn't a good judge of power. It's one of the main
building blocks of reality. Of course stopping it would be extremely
difficult. Destroying a planet is child's play compared to it.
When you're talking about the ability to change the past (and thus,
the present and future) ANY ability is potent. While I don't totally
agree with the 'butterly's wings' theory, small changes at the right
point in time are capable of huge amounts of difference.
Think about it: one little change, say a faulty brake line on her
family's car, and Usagi could be massively different. Which could
(and probably would) result in massive changes to the rest of the
timeline.
Read "Sukeban Senshi" by Allyn Yonge for a good example of this idea.
Ja Ne!
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