Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-5693502-20140321164050/@comment-26484417-20161117030849

It does, actually, but I understand that--seeing your situation and reaction--it's easier to ignore the counter-arguments, and focus on something marginally related instead.

Dimension Creator wrote: Don't tell me something is false and than say I am not even going to bother explaining why. That sh*t don't work anywhere. First, that's not actually what I said. Second, my bad, identification alone really only works with people who are willing to give a thought to what they had written once it has been identified as false analogy, whereupon they tend to realise the "why" on their own.

In any case, it's fairly straightforward: Hatsu only uses swords--except when he uses pipe-sword instead--because he's a swordsman; a theme that requires him to wield sword(s) by definition. If he were to consistently wield another kind of weapon, he would no longer embody the swordsman theme. In contrast, we know for a fact that one doesn't stop being [insert special position name] simply because one doesn't use that particular talent / ability for the time being (i.e., Wonsulsa use non-Wonsul techniques, Dansulsa use non-Dansul techniques, but they are still Wonsulsa and Dansulsa respectively). In other words--and this is the bit I skipped over before because it was redundant--, if Hwayeomsa or Jeonsulsa could indeed choose whether or not to alter the Shinsoo properties, they could switch it off whenever it became inconvenient or disadvantageous without changing the fact that that is what they embody in the story.