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Originally posted by quanchi112
It is the ease in which Russell achieved this and he doesn't need to bolster his weight in order to achieve it.
That doesn't change the fact that it is much weaker than things Link has done or tanked/
That's incorrect. They are comprised of flesh. We see Link ko'd by Bulbins men and Dorf impaled every time a sword comes into play. It's silly to ignore their showings and use real world physics here and there when it suits you but to dismiss it otherwise.
Yes, but fictional flesh doesn't have to be the same as real flesh, does it? I mean we can see their flesh tank things normal flesh and bone can't, which proves that their flesh is stronger than normal. Then, yes, we do see Link KO'd by King Bulblin's men; I have never denied this. What I am saying is that we have also seen Link tank a strike from King Bulblin himself without harm, as well as being fired out of no less than 3 different cannons in the course of the game.
That is one instance out of five that is a low showing, while the other four showings are high durability. Taking that into account, the bulblin KO represents less than 20% of Link's showings, and is not consistent with the other 80%. Are you going to take a single low showing over 4 high ones? Because if so, I believe I have an answer for your "What have I ignored?" question. The answer is the other 4 showings, in addition to the context of the scene.
For Ganondorf, it is similar. You state that he is impaled by "swords" while neglecting the fact that both of them are magical blades designed to harm evil, and that he shrugs off one of those swords entirely after gaining his powers. Then, you ignore that one of those impaling happened before he gained the Triforce of Power, and the other was the Master Sword, his explicit weakness. Even further, it ignores the Ganondorf vs. Midna scene, when Midna destroys Hyrule Castle with Ganondorf still inside, and he is completely unharmed. Only one of these three is actually a low showing, and it, too, has contextual mitigating factors.
No, just like vampires are alive they really aren't as they don't operate like humans and neither does Dorf since magic is keeping him alive.
"Doesn't operate like humans" does not automatically mean undead. A being made of magical fire does not operate like a human, but it is also not vulnerable to necromancy. Nor is someone powered by magic like Ganondorf. You would think all wizards were liches if that were the cas. Fact is, Ganondorf does not fit any formal definition of an undead creature, as he is still very much alive.
Dorf did not put it on nor is it the same as Marnie's powers over the dead.
You don't have to put a Fused Shadow on for it to affect you. Just look at what happened to Darbus, AKA Twilight Igniter: Fyrus.