Talk:Levitation

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Source/Explanation
The introduction to History of a Secret says, "Abu Aswan has the power to levitate and move extremely heavy objects".

Difference between telekinesis

I'm thinking that this power only lets objects hover upwards, and works by lessening the effect of gravity upon things. So when gravity doesn't work so much on a 1-ton boulder, it's really not 1 ton anymore. The mass stays the same, but the weight is reduced a whole lot. Sort of how when Zane melts toasters, the temperature stays the same, but the state of matter is changed. But again, these are just ideas. --Piemanmoo 19:32, 5 February 2008 (EST)

• I sort of agree with you there. I don't think it's really levitating the object, because Abu was lifting the boulder physically (at least, it sure looked like it). If it was levitation, he would have been able to lift it without touching it, but that's what TK does. So it would seem you're right, it's more like lessening the gravity of the object. --Yamawhata? 19:41, 5 February 2008 (EST)
  • And if Abu could counter the gravity enough, it would levitate without him touching it, and a strong enough counter could send the boulder into outer space... I went into more detail on how I think it works here if you're interested.--MiamiVolts (talk) 19:47, 5 February 2008 (EST)
    • Yeah, the idea that he disables gravity/reduces weight of objects makes a lot of sense. So he manipulates gravitons? --Referos 19:55, 5 February 2008 (EST)
      • Not necessarily gravitons as it could be magnetic for all we know. He essentially exerts a force that counters the net gravity on an object. The nature of that force is unknown, but it appears to always act in the direction opposite the net force of gravity.--MiamiVolts (talk) 20:33, 5 February 2008 (EST)

Is it really Levitation???

What I want to know is how do we know this IS actually levitation??? Gyrokinesis (control of Gravity) might work; he just reduces the gravity on an object. Terrakinesis (control of earth and rocks) would also work, and would explain why the only thing we seen 'Leviatated' is rocks -- Rikku4president 07:45, 1 March 2008 (EST)

• See to the right, where it explains the name used. See Help:Naming conventions#Power Names.--Bob (talk) 07:49, 1 March 2008 (EST)