Originally posted by riv6672
On the flip side, super powered characters are known to survive ridiculously powerful explosive events, yet get knocked around by physical forces like punches to the face and power beams.
Yes, this is why the forum features rules that try to minimize those inconsistensies when they can be explained/justified by plot (PIS) or character errors (CIS). This is also why we rate each battle from a value out of ten, allowing for certain diversity in internal showings.
There are rules such as "characters fight to the best of their abilities", that are made in the spirit of people agreeing more or less in a standard level on characters and not being up to an absolute freedom of interpretation on showings. Opinion is fine, but when you can pick who is weak beacuse you consider their lowshowings, it can easily become a game of playing favorites, which is horrific in the long run for the health of any discussion.
Unrelated to all that, there is also the fact that Sinestro has many other showings that put him on a planetary level of power which might not feature explosions.