Originally posted by The Scenario
But do you know what it does take away from a character?Mostly, the infallibility that everyone seems to place on them. It takes away a character's credibility when they say they can do something. It establishes that, when a character says something, they can be wrong.
Superman failed to do someting he said he would? Yes, he was wrong. Thanos lost the guantlet? He was wrong. Wolverine can't cut something? He was wrong, too. Now, when all of these characters have been wrong, why do you insist that Cell, this one time, is right? Especially when he fails just like all the others. Why do you insist that Freiza is right despite being wrong before repeatedly? Just because other comic characters are wrong doesn't make Freiza or Cell automatically right.
You are right when you say it doesn't take away from a character's ability. But when that character has been wrong before, we do not simply trust that they have an ability that they say they do.
When did frieza or cell lie about their power? That is what I am telling you that I don't get.