Talk:Rhotuka

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Infobox

To prevent an edit war, I think the infobox should be changed to Power, not Ability. As I mentioned in my previous edit summary, it doesn't make sense to call Rhotuka-making an ability anymore than the five senses are abilities. Yes, these are technically abilities, but every MU being is capable of it granted they have a launcher, so it's not worth noting ("when everyone's super, no one will be"). What's important are the different powers each being has for their Rhotuka. If this page is about the Rhotuka itself, then that's all the more reason to change it. It's not about the ability to make Rhotuka. The other problem with calling it an ability is you would then have to distinguish between natural launcher users, where it actually is an ability, vs artificial launcher users, where it's more of a tool. I would also be fine with the infobox being changed to Object, but the thing is Rhotuka are just wheels of energy, not really material objects. Dag (talk) 17:31, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

I would lean towards object in that case. Immaterial objects are still objects, right? In any case the Rhotuka itself is not a power, it is something that contains a power and personally I'm sort of tired of people thinking the ability to make Rhotuka is a power. Alternatively, we rename it to Rhotuka Powers... I do think the page currently does read most like one about an object. ~ Wolk (talk) 18:54, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
I was going to suggest renaming, though I do think the notes about Rhotuka themselves and the natural/artificial launchers are worth having. We could just put that stuff at the beginning, similar to the Kraata Powers page, I guess. Dag (talk) 18:58, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Explosive Visorak spinner

In the OGD quote, the explosive Rhotuka Visorak is specifically called to be the one managing the launcher from the BfMN playset, not the one from the end of WoS. All the playset's descriptions so far I've seen never calls the rhotuka explosive, it doesn't even mention the power at all, hence why I out the CN tag there. The Visorak spinner from the end of WoS was never said/asked to be the one firing the playset's rhotuka afaik.--SurelNuva (Talk) 17:34, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Perhaps, but then that would leave the WoS as a separate one which also seems unlikely? ~ Wolk (talk) 18:48, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
Didn't the book described it as a shadow blast? Or am I misremembering it?--SurelNuva (Talk) 23:01, 2 December 2024 (UTC)