Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25360536-20140920031731/@comment-25801533-20150612103846

You are trying to prove something as much as I am trying to disprove something, meaning we are both responsible for evidence to our own arguments. If you say that the cross is absolutely required then you have to prove that. Same as if I say something must be then I must prove that. To say only one party is responsible for proof is rather ridiculous thinking. I asked for proof on the cross being a requirement because I have not seen definitive proof that it is mandatory and was hoping someone else may have come across it.

A theory is just that, a theory. A possible explanation to a particular topic of a subject, typically not following propositions regarded as facts. The amount of evidence is irrelevant to form a theory. Theory, postulate, hypothesis are all the same thing.

Syllogistic reasoning is logical deductive thinking consisting of a major and minor premise and a conclusion. All A's are B's (major), all B's are C's (minor), then all A's are C's (conclusion). This is the reasoning you stated that I was using and I in turn said you were using. Also fallacious and quasi-rational are basically complete opposites. If this is not what you meant than please be more precise in your wording. The complexity of a word doesn't make an argument better or worse, unless used incorrectly. Can we try to tone down the complexity of the words used, both for our sake and for others wanting to involve themselves in the discussion without having to look up the definition to a word in every sentence?

The intricacies of a debate and linguistic meanings, are a headache to argue (it's also not relevant to the topic), so I won't be doing that anymore and I ask that it not be brought up if at all possible. Now back to the matter at hand.

You are right, I am not, entirely, contesting that the quincy we have seen (excluding Ichigo) need a cross. I am, however, saying that I have not seen 100% confirmation that it is required. This does hold some significance when discussing the formation of reishi weapons in regard to people with quincy blood.

Not once did I say that 'White'/Hichigo/Zangetsu wasn't his zanpakuto spirit as you seem to think I have. In fact I have very much agreed with that. I am not sure where the interpretation went wrong. All I am saying is that his "zanpakuto", up until the point it was "reforged"/forged, was a weapon made entirely of reishi and therefore has similar traits to a quincy weapon, in how it is formed. I never said that the abilities of that weapon were equivalent to that of quincy reishi weapons, just the construction of it. The energy he is using to form the weapon is still his own zanpakuto spirit and soul reaper powers but he can get enough energy from within himself unlike other quincy who must gather the energy they need from the environment around them.