TOPIC OF DISCUSSION: Fang's Powers
I have personal beef with Fang's powers. I swear no other character's powers make me more pissed off than his because it just doesnt make SENSE.
according to Oxford Languages (the google search I just did), a shadow is defined as "a dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface." Or basically, a shadow is kind of anti-light or absence of light. Shadows are also not a physical thing as they have no matter (doesn't take up space and doesn't have mass).
THEREFORE. EVERY SINGLE USAGE OF FANG'S POWERS IS
COMPLETE
AND UTTER
BS
AND IS JUST
PHYSICALLY
IMPOSSIBLE.
EVEN IN HIS WIKI PAGE EXPLAINING HIS POWERS, THEY USE TERMS LIKE "LEMBAGA" AND "JELMAAN" WHICH MEANS SILHOUETTE, BASICALLY. SO EVEN THEY KNOW THOSE AREN'T DAMN SHADOWS.
Are they cool as all hell? Yes. Are the capabilities of Fang's powers consistent? NO. WHAT THE HELL DOES SHADOW HAZE EVEN MEAN??? THAT'S NOT A REAL THING, MONSTA
honestly, at this point, I think Fang's powers can do whatever the writers want to happen just to move the plot forward. I'm still stuck on the shadow haze thing because how the HELL did multiple professional, working adults in an entertainment industry looked at that and thought "Yeah, that sounds good let's put that in."
like, boboiboy is RIGHT. THERE. GOPAL IS RIGHT THERE. YING IS RIGHT THERE. GOPAL HAS THE ABILITY TO TURN THINGS INTO ANY MATERIAL THAT HE WANTS BUT THEY DO NOT EXPLORE THIS CONCEPT AT ALL?? WHY DOES HE NOT TRAIN TO USE IT MORE. WHY DID THEY SHOW US THIS AND THEN THREW AWAY THE IDEA.
if you want to give fang shadow powers, that's fine, great, amazing! So then GIVE HIM SHADOW POWERS. At the top of my head, there are two characters who have actual shadow-esque powers a.k.a shikamaru from naruto and dr. facilier from princess and the frog.
Shikamaru primarily uses "Shadow Imitation Jutsu" which means when his shadow connects to another person's shadow, they're forced to mimic whatever he's doing. He can also do something similar to Fang's "Tangan Bayang" or "Shadow Hands (?)" (im sorry I watch the show in malay) with the key difference being his shadows STAY ON SURFACES AND ARE NOT 3D.
while Dr. Facilier doesn't have shadow powers exactly, he has a living (?) shadow that IS A 2D SHAPE THAT STICKS TO SURFACES AND IS NOT 3D.
like, yes of course the shadow being will wreck havoc via taking things through their shadows. their 2D shadows. that do not have a physical form because they have no matter.
there are probably other examples but you get the point. So, how would I change this, if I could? I would honestly pick one. If you want Fang to have shadow powers, give him SHADOW POWERS. SHADOW MANIPULATION. HE SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO RUN VIA THE POWER OF SHADOW THAT ISN'T POSSIBLE.
OR! If the writers just simply love Fang's zoo of weapons, then give him another, similar power that has a physical form.
me, personally, the power that would work best for Fang is the power of Illusion. Throughout the whole run of Boboiboy, Fang is always hiding something. No other main character except for him has changed sides in multiple arcs only for it to turn out that he was acting and was working as a double-double-agent. I'm not sure if the short time he was with Adu Du in the first few seasons of original Boboiboy counts but the one where it turns out he was an alien and the ending of Boboiboy Galaxy 2 are key examples of this.
You can still have the animals, you can still have the haze or whatever else you want Fang to do except this time, he can ACTUALLY do those things because with Illusion, the possibilities are honestly endless. Are they real? No but they don't need to be real for it to work and look cool as hell.
I'm imagining something like Genjutsu from naruto and yes, I know I've mentioned naruto twice in this post because I am a loser and a nerd but it's worth it, promise! It could work like the fox miraculous in mlb or even like wanda's powers in age of ultron. they're all pretty similar in the sense that they are all illusion powers but different levels of effectiveness or how it's played out.
Fang could start off with simple illusions like heavy rain or his signature move of animals as weapons and slowly build up to more intricate and complex illusions that take the person or a group of people into a completely different, made up space. If you have read my first post about boboiboy, you'd know that I headcanon Fang as a swordsman just like Kaizo. I see his style of swordsmanship as less flashy, much quicker than Kaizo (without powers) and more lethal. He's like a shadow without having shadow powers! So he could lull his enemies with illusions before striking them down with his sword(s)!
anyways, yea I think that's about it...? I might reblog with more additions if I have more ideas -- or not (probably not lol) but I'm glad this is off my chest now. Also super sorry for the long wait HAHAHA I hope you all can see my point of view and agree or disagree
