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Hyperborean wrote:

Zane T 69 wrote: My point is he's trying to say they weren't designed in that way, there's no way he can claim that without evidence. So I'l wait on citations from him.

Greek mythology contained imperfect super beings who fought against Titans, Giants, monsters, most of Greek mythology is about said beings fighting, punishing people. So, those powers were designed for battle and punishing anyone who dared challenge their "superiors"

Another point, if any power listed on wiki has been used to deal damage, or harm, or even in the attempt, they would classify as weapons as much as the fists of Chuck Norris.

Also Aphrodite forced a woman to fall in love with a bear, that's evidence supporting powers being used to punish. Poseidon sent storms on people, flooded cities as punishment.

Also given that greek gods are morally just as bad as humanity, its kinda implied they would murder---from a chat comment Powers can be used as weapons, yes, I don't think anyone disputes that. However, the whole point is that powers are not intrinsically weapons. They are abilities that a given being or a group of beings possesses. It is up to them to decide how to use said powers. The burden of proof is on you, since you are the one making the claim that powers are by default weapons.

One can make an inductive argument and say that weapons are used to inflict damage to people in the series. It is not possible to make the same case for powers, as there are too many counter examples of powers being used for entirely different purposes. Further, there are nowhere near as many sensible use cases for weapons as there are for powers. As I said earlier, powers are much more versatile in their application and can be used to do good or bad. My argument is powers, are powers AND weapons, and should share the same section. Especially in cases where they have been used as weapons at least once, such as when Percy tried hitting Hera in Son Of Neptune.