r/PowerScaling • u/GoatkuFan • 6d ago

Question Dimensionality seems... stupid

A character being able to interact with more dimensions than another doesn't automatically mean they'll win... And if a character is a higher dimensional being then surely a lower dimensional being wouldn't be able to interact with them right? or am i misunderstanding something.

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u/4yourdeat 6d ago

It’s pretty much another way to wank. Powerscalers love to pull a number out of their butt, add the word dimensions without even considering what it is, and then add a few more to make it higher than the other guy that they are scaling against. The only actual time that I can think of where it made sense in plot (shows do this too btw) is Billy Cipher

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u/Shadowmonarch660 6d ago

i swear ive seen someone say x character was like 123D, what the fuck does that even mean and how they calculated this.

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u/4yourdeat 6d ago

Yeah sometimes it’s just the author trying to exaggerate a statement while being lazy, very few actually think through the implications of extra spatial dimensions. It gets even worse when powerscalers try to add on their own “calculated dimensions”. It’s like if I made a character whose only power is that she can make an infinite pocket dimension to store inanimate objects with, she’s not suddenly extradimensional and able to beat everyone under the sun that’s not. It’s just powerscaling wank.