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A while ago, I asked how it is that after each round the Bd returns to its former state.

I was hoping that it would be a Reset Button with a very interesting explanation, such as that the BD had the intrinsic ability to reset time back to before the battle begins, but the record of who won and who lost stays even so. Although I understand this probably would not work with the medics carting people away.

Instead, I was explained, courtesy of Emma, who did it very nicely and clearly (thank you, Emma, I bear no ill will against you and am very grateful for your kind explanation) that it was by Magic.

All of us were rebuilt from scratch by magic after being speared, killed, teared apart, set on fire, trapped in a plane outside of reality forever... Magic can do anything. Magic repaired the battledome. Healers healed people who Alice ripped to bits, and magic pierced a magic impenetrable dimension that sucks and eats magic and absorbs the energy of the people or creatures trapped inside until they become wandering wraiths and that strong magic managed to pull the person or creatures trapped in it forever.

It's not even cool magic.... it's a bunch of wizards and witches and sorceresses or magic weilding people whoever who banded together and were able to do all of this.


I'm really sorry, but this bothers me. A lot.

I kill my opponent Deader than Dead, or make them trapped forever, and powerful magic can do this. Even if it's an impenetrable thing.... this magic would still affect it.

*fumes*

Is this the universal explanation?

(No offense to Emma, meant, honestly. You're a brilliant writer and book lover and awesome) It's just the plot holes in this explanation irk me. Especially the trope envoked, because I worked really hard to kill you all off, and to kill my characters off horribly and deader than dead.

Death is cheap, I guess, but... *ergh*. I'm not generally an angry person, about anything, really, at all, except for glaring plot holes and inconsistencies. Makes me want to tear my hair out. And William Golding apart.

I blame it on a combination of magic and gods or in some cases the innate abilities of the domers in question. It really depends on the method of death. Alex for example has his nanites which can basically patch him up from most things that leave like over 60% of his body mass intact and with his wrist computer still attached and intact. The nanites heal the body and if the brain had been vaporized or severely damaged a mind backup from his wrist computer is uploaded.

Brian well he's got an auto-revive thing of his own along with a bunch of secret clones hidden in a pocket dimension to revive him when ever his other methods don't work. Being a divine being has its perks after all.

Drask being the familiar of a super powerful mage of doom gets similar perks.

I know there was mention of revivicationists but I think those only work when there's a decent amount of the body left. That's a combo of magic and technology.

But back to those deader than dead examples I'm gonna claim its basically the dice gods bringing us back for their own amusement. Gods can be dicks like that.

Though I've got no problem with the time travel thing. Though that would also have to involve Ripple Effect Proof Memory. Making every domer have that though would kinda bug the hell out of me. Lets be honest its one thing to have a record of the event being kept but its plainly obvious with the way feuds get started up that people remember these deaths vividly.

I see.... hm.

so if the theories are whatever each personal domer wants it to be/depends on domer, I think I'll stick with my time travel RESET theory for when Alice or my dream creatures kill or are killed beyond repair. ^.^ It's the random unexplained plot hole whose explanation is different for everybody! biggrin

Or the BD just uses different methods for each kill? XD

With that in mind, what other theories do you guys have?


Yeah, I also was thinking some vague thing along contract lines. Although maybe not magic, but something more powerful That the reason why the RESET/medic patching up/random other theories works is because of the contract.

Good points. I thought some sort of machine was used. I figured there was something hidden in the walls near the arena entrances to scan anyone who goes through which is automatically updated using the machine. Any domer who looses a limb or gets severely injured gets what they lost and repaired via the machine. Anyone who is beyond repair ex blown to pieces, chopped to bits gets reset there with a new body.

Though that does leave a bit of a hole ex someone remembering so and so blowing them up. Perhaps it's updated to include the memory.

Though depending on the domer it could be different.