• CarbonIceDragon
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    I remember a certain episode of batman beyond as a kid giving me a strange fear of “using powers to phase through walls and ending up accidentally falling through the ground”. On second thought though, thats the least of your concerns; you wont actually hit the ground or anything and more importantly you’ll phase through the air molecules as well instead of breathing them

    • Discover5164@lemm.ee
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      Mirio (Lemillion) from My Hero Academia has the power to phase through anything, and the story executed it well.

      When he activates his power, he falls through the ground and loses the ability to see or breathe. Over time, he learns how to activate his power selectively on specific parts of his body, which allows him to phase through walls effectively.

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      The Earth is spinning at around 1000 mph at the equator, orbiting the sun at 67,000 mph. The solar system moves at 450,000 mph around our galaxy, which in turn moves at 1,300,000 mph through the cosmos. If you can phase through things, falling through floors is exactly the least of your problems.

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        Inertia though. You’d also have no drag, so you’d stay in place, relative to the observed start point.

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      The goofy light-hearted sitcom Ghosts has a terrifying setup for how the ghosts can move about. They can move through matter laterally, but still use stairs and inclines to change elevation. Go down to the basement and through the wall? Then you’ll be trapped in darkness and unable to find your way back except by accident. One character falls down a well and is trapped for most of a season. Another is missing for decades.