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Introduction
With the ending of My Hero Academia finally being out, the series has reached its conclusion (besides any further movies that may be set to release in the coming years). The scaling has varied heavily over the years, where the scaling capped at building level and went to city, mountain and even reached multi-continental, with speed scaling having similar changes. However, with how we currently scale lasers in My Hero Academia, there is a tidbit of the verse that isn't addressed by our current scaling: the lasers.
Overview
In this CRT, I aim to address two specific instances of lasers in the plot: the X-66 Lasers (used by the American jets), and the "Can't Stop Twinkling" laser used by Armored All Might. There are other lasers in the series, but the vast majority of them automatically fail several of our requirements for light speed on this wiki. Thus, I intend to ONLY focus on these two for discussion. For background on each item, the X-66 lasers are technological-based lasers mounted on the American jets that fire beams, and All Might's laser is also a technological-based laser projector that was mounted on his motorcycle (in which, he even compares the laser to that of the X-66). I'll go ahead and explain why these lasers should be considered lightspeed.
Argument
For the sake of convenience, I'll list every relevant lightspeed requirement and how the requirements are fulfilled
Also worth noting that the beams do not deal physical damage and only damage via heat, and the beams are intangible (All Might noted that only someone like Star and Stripe could make the beam solid).
According to our standards,
Additions
Some may be wondering about how sturdy the actual logic is when it comes to assuming that the X-66 and the Armored AM lasers are similar to argue as lightspeed. While it is a bit of an assumption, All Might's suit was designed by Melissa Shield, an American scientist. While absurd amounts of wealth went into building the suit, it's unreasonable to assume that the tech built by a private scientist would surpass that of the United States' military. All Might, again, also compares his predicament with that of Star and Stripes, leading it to possibly link to the lasers being similar. However, in case this isn't agreed upon by everyone, I'll set three options here.
Option 1: Both Lasers Accepted as Lightspeed
Option 2: All Might's Laser is Accepted, Not X-66
Option 3: Neither are Accepted
I also really don't want this discussion to devolve into scaling, so if people could not mention that in this thread it'd be greatly appreciated.
With the ending of My Hero Academia finally being out, the series has reached its conclusion (besides any further movies that may be set to release in the coming years). The scaling has varied heavily over the years, where the scaling capped at building level and went to city, mountain and even reached multi-continental, with speed scaling having similar changes. However, with how we currently scale lasers in My Hero Academia, there is a tidbit of the verse that isn't addressed by our current scaling: the lasers.
Overview
In this CRT, I aim to address two specific instances of lasers in the plot: the X-66 Lasers (used by the American jets), and the "Can't Stop Twinkling" laser used by Armored All Might. There are other lasers in the series, but the vast majority of them automatically fail several of our requirements for light speed on this wiki. Thus, I intend to ONLY focus on these two for discussion. For background on each item, the X-66 lasers are technological-based lasers mounted on the American jets that fire beams, and All Might's laser is also a technological-based laser projector that was mounted on his motorcycle (in which, he even compares the laser to that of the X-66). I'll go ahead and explain why these lasers should be considered lightspeed.
Argument
For the sake of convenience, I'll list every relevant lightspeed requirement and how the requirements are fulfilled
All Might used optic resin to protect himself from the laser's heat, which is a real-life material that is used to refract, bend or sometimes absorb light depending on the use-case.
The kanji used in the chapter of All Might's laser title is "organic alternating current lamp" (有機交流電燈), and a lamp is an accepted real source of light on this wiki.
Also worth noting that the beams do not deal physical damage and only damage via heat, and the beams are intangible (All Might noted that only someone like Star and Stripe could make the beam solid).
According to our standards,
There are multiple characters in the verse that fight using electromagnetic radiation (Shigaraki, All For One), and the currently accepted speed of top tiers is 0.62c, or 62% of the speed of light. Thus, it's much more reasonable that the beams would be lightspeed.
Additions
Some may be wondering about how sturdy the actual logic is when it comes to assuming that the X-66 and the Armored AM lasers are similar to argue as lightspeed. While it is a bit of an assumption, All Might's suit was designed by Melissa Shield, an American scientist. While absurd amounts of wealth went into building the suit, it's unreasonable to assume that the tech built by a private scientist would surpass that of the United States' military. All Might, again, also compares his predicament with that of Star and Stripes, leading it to possibly link to the lasers being similar. However, in case this isn't agreed upon by everyone, I'll set three options here.
Option 1: Both Lasers Accepted as Lightspeed
Option 2: All Might's Laser is Accepted, Not X-66
Option 3: Neither are Accepted
I also really don't want this discussion to devolve into scaling, so if people could not mention that in this thread it'd be greatly appreciated.
still worth commenting on for the off chance ya could've been one of those types who was seriously saying that
