I think the real issue is that you don't have any explanation on how these things work, they fly in the face of reason, and you're changing things unnecessarily.
Let's take earthquake. There's a really simple way it could be an attack without causing massive damage elsewhere - it's localized or even controlled by the pokemon in question. Earthquakes in our world come only from deep within the crust, but in the pokemon world the attack version is strictly surface-based, so it really wouldn't be traveling far even assuming it functioned like a regular earthquake and wasn't under any additional control by the pokemon.
Even if you have it differently, unless you can explain why the tremors don't carry through water, don't be surprised if people find that an issue. (For example - if the earthquake attack only affects about a foot or so into the ground and the pokemon focus the tremors so they don't go deeper, a pokemon could dive underwater below that point and avoid the attack.)
Ditto for the spray thing. You need some explanation for how it works if you have something odd. You shouldn't just be making suggestions unless it's something you deliberately don't want a concrete reason for.
As to Mark staying dry, you know, in the real world, people really do go diving without drowning or freezing. There's existing technology to accomplish this, which, incidentally, was featured on the show several times, so it's pretty certain it exists there too.
(Besides, if he has to get soaked in hot water to get it off...he's not dry anymore, and it seems pretty odd someone would design a spray to keep you dry that required getting soaked to remove it.)
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Re: Whee.
Date: 2005-01-04 03:50 am (UTC)Let's take earthquake. There's a really simple way it could be an attack without causing massive damage elsewhere - it's localized or even controlled by the pokemon in question. Earthquakes in our world come only from deep within the crust, but in the pokemon world the attack version is strictly surface-based, so it really wouldn't be traveling far even assuming it functioned like a regular earthquake and wasn't under any additional control by the pokemon.
Even if you have it differently, unless you can explain why the tremors don't carry through water, don't be surprised if people find that an issue. (For example - if the earthquake attack only affects about a foot or so into the ground and the pokemon focus the tremors so they don't go deeper, a pokemon could dive underwater below that point and avoid the attack.)
Ditto for the spray thing. You need some explanation for how it works if you have something odd. You shouldn't just be making suggestions unless it's something you deliberately don't want a concrete reason for.
As to Mark staying dry, you know, in the real world, people really do go diving without drowning or freezing. There's existing technology to accomplish this, which, incidentally, was featured on the show several times, so it's pretty certain it exists there too.
(Besides, if he has to get soaked in hot water to get it off...he's not dry anymore, and it seems pretty odd someone would design a spray to keep you dry that required getting soaked to remove it.)