Thread:Grxxn/@comment-2089817-20130324221858/@comment-2089817-20130329042837

Alright Kawa, I think it's time for you to go hit the Introduction to Physics textbooks some more. First off, the third law states that every enacted force yields a counterforce in the opposite direction. Well, before then, let me reveal to you how ludicrous your statement is. I am not sure if you've covered this yet in your introduction class, but force enacted by an object (or a body, as per your example) itself is calculated by the acceleration of an object times its mass. Therefore, think about it like this. If a human falling out of a plane without a parachute has reached the gravitational constant of 9.81 m/s^2, and has a mass of about... let's say, 68 kg... What the fuck kind of effect is it going to have against something that ultimately has a mass of about... oh, let's say... 6 x 10^24 kg. Answer me that one, Physics prodigy. No duh it's going to cause the human body to become completely and utterly crushed. But you think it's going to cause the Earth to magically fly out of orbit because of how hard the body hit it? Or that the Earth is going to now shatter into little pieces because it? I don't think so. I'd be happy to show you the math if you need to see it, but I'm pretty sure that even this simple an example is comprehendable without a mathematical model.

Second of all, no. It is not the Earth exerting a force to slow you down. If anything, gravity is accelerating you to the free-falling gravitational constant. And since you're not on a solid surface, there is no normal force pushing up on you. It's the friction of the atmosphere that causes the damping force that you are referring to. And even so, from the height you would have jumped off of a plane, without a parachute, this damping force is negligible because you will eventually reach 9.81 m/s/s.

In addition, now allow me to apply the above analysis to the RP. Sei has a huge construct composed of spiritual energy and your two characters charged to attack it with their physical force via Hakuda (which was silly in and of itself). By redirecting the construct's flow of energy, he caused the shoulder target to become even more fortified against the attack, meaning that it resulted in absolutely nothing. In other words, if the attack was moving inwards toward the shoulder, the flow of energy was pointed in the very opposite direction, allowing for a complete cancellation of forces... which, as I've said already, yields a net force of zero. Furthermore, why I had to explain this to you with Physics when it's a simple fact that an object is far more difficult to break when it's much more dense and "harder", is beyond me. You need to be careful before you attempt to apply fragmented knowledge to a situation without understanding the concept thoroughly. If we need to further discuss this, by all means, I can spare a couple more seconds.