Who would win in a fight?
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Re: Who would win in a fight?
Didn't he kinda do that? Isn't there some scene where he sorta floats down from a slightly higher than comfortable height?
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Re: Who would win in a fight?
If we are being real (ummm yeah real) Vader would simply bribe Smaug and use him against the rebellion. They would never fight.
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bada wrote:If we are being real (ummm yeah real) Vader would simply bribe Smaug and use him against the rebellion. They would never fight.
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Re: Who would win in a fight?
Most of them have not been addressed, actually (please let me know if I missed a post)durdencommatyler wrote:Each of those points has already been addressed, Stip. And your counter arguments against them were incomplete at best and goal-post moving at worst. Please try again.
A: Not particularly fast (when was the last time we saw him scurry anywhere)
Not addressed
B: Highly susceptible to fire
Not addressed
C: The force is usually applied to small objects. Manipulating large objects takes time and concentration
Yeah, I don't think Darth vader hucking some odds and ends at Luke is the same thing as stopping a dragon larger than an x-wing in mid flight. The only person we see do some major lifting with the force was Yoda, and that required intense concentration not really suitable to combat.
D: Lightsabers can cut through thick metal, but slowly.
I am conceding that vader could guide his light saber from a distance to attack smaug (although have we ever seen him do that?), but it's not like if the saber touches smaug it's going to instantly kill him. Just hurt him. And it does take a light saber time to cut through metal, so we don't know how immediately impactful it might be.
E: Incapable of flight
I concede that he could use his force powers at a longer distance, which is certainly a big check mark in his favor.
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Re: Who would win in a fight?
He floats down a few stairs during his lightsaber duel with Luke in Jedi.durdencommatyler wrote:Didn't he kinda do that? Isn't there some scene where he sorta floats down from a slightly higher than comfortable height?
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There you go.stip wrote:He floats down a few stairs during his lightsaber duel with Luke in Jedi.durdencommatyler wrote:Didn't he kinda do that? Isn't there some scene where he sorta floats down from a slightly higher than comfortable height?
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I'm not gonna do your homework for you, Jorge, I mean, Stip.stip wrote:Most of them have not been addressed, actually (please let me know if I missed a post)durdencommatyler wrote:Each of those points has already been addressed, Stip. And your counter arguments against them were incomplete at best and goal-post moving at worst. Please try again.
A: Not particularly fast (when was the last time we saw him scurry anywhere)
Not addressed
B: Highly susceptible to fire
Not addressed
C: The force is usually applied to small objects. Manipulating large objects takes time and concentration
Yeah, I don't think Darth vader hucking some odds and ends at Luke is the same thing as stopping a dragon larger than an x-wing in mid flight. The only person we see do some major lifting with the force was Yoda, and that required intense concentration not really suitable to combat.
D: Lightsabers can cut through thick metal, but slowly.
I am conceding that vader could guide his light saber from a distance to attack smaug (although have we ever seen him do that?), but it's not like if the saber touches smaug it's going to instantly kill him. Just hurt him. And it does take a light saber time to cut through metal, so we don't know how immediately impactful it might be.
E: Incapable of flight
I concede that he could use his force powers at a longer distance, which is certainly a big check mark in his favor.
I know you know how to take indirect points and apply them to direct questions. Don't be pedantic and move on.
It's Vader.
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Re: Who would win in a fight?
because that's stupid.LoathedVermin72 wrote:Not so sure he's incapable of flight. Why couldn't one just force-lift their own body?
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Re: Who would win in a fight?
stip wrote:because that's stupid.LoathedVermin72 wrote:Not so sure he's incapable of flight. Why couldn't one just force-lift their own body?
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Re: Who would win in a fight?
Dude, if I had force powers, that's all I would ever fucking do.stip wrote:because that's stupid.LoathedVermin72 wrote:Not so sure he's incapable of flight. Why couldn't one just force-lift their own body?
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I'd grab stuff from the fridge without leaving the couch a lot, too, though.LoathedVermin72 wrote:Dude, if I had force powers, that's all I would ever fucking do.stip wrote:because that's stupid.LoathedVermin72 wrote:Not so sure he's incapable of flight. Why couldn't one just force-lift their own body?
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Re: Who would win in a fight?
I'd fuck with the dog.durdencommatyler wrote:I'd grab stuff from the fridge without leaving the couch a lot, too, though.LoathedVermin72 wrote:Dude, if I had force powers, that's all I would ever fucking do.stip wrote:because that's stupid.LoathedVermin72 wrote:Not so sure he's incapable of flight. Why couldn't one just force-lift their own body?
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I'd buy a boat.cutuphalfdead wrote:I'd fuck with the dog.durdencommatyler wrote:I'd grab stuff from the fridge without leaving the couch a lot, too, though.LoathedVermin72 wrote:Dude, if I had force powers, that's all I would ever fucking do.stip wrote:because that's stupid.LoathedVermin72 wrote:Not so sure he's incapable of flight. Why couldn't one just force-lift their own body?
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Re: Who would win in a fight?
stip wrote:because that's stupid.LoathedVermin72 wrote:Not so sure he's incapable of flight. Why couldn't one just force-lift their own body?
That's why you always fail Stip.
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Re: Who would win in a fight?
Pretty sure yoda was doing some flying in that battle with dooku
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Re: Who would win in a fight?
i recall vader doing a quick force jump in one of the movies too, which addresses the quickness as well as the flying.durdencommatyler wrote:stip wrote:because that's stupid.LoathedVermin72 wrote:Not so sure he's incapable of flight. Why couldn't one just force-lift their own body?
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Re: Who would win in a fight?
what we haven't touched on much is vader's ability to control minds. i mean, smaug was sorta outsmarted by a fucking hobbit, so i'm sure vader could have his way with him.
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Re: Who would win in a fight?
anyone who says smaug is a fucking retard
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Re: Who would win in a fight?
We have overlooked one important advantage Smaug would have:cutuphalfdead wrote:anyone who says smaug is a fucking retard

