Can Yogiri End an Endlessly Recurring Metaphysical Threat?
I’ve been thinking about a rather weird hypothetical scenario involving Yogiri’s ability, and I’m curious how it would actually interact with this particular kind of problem.
The important part is that this is not about killing an ordinary immortal being. The problem is the metaphysical process itself.
Imagine a cosmology in which Unchangeability and Change are fundamentally opposed principles. Neither can simply cease to exist without causing a contradiction in reality.
At some point, Change occurs within Unchangeability, and this contradiction causes consciousness to emerge.
That consciousness becomes aware of itself and perceives existence as something that should not be. Its fundamental purpose is therefore to end Change and restore Unchangeability.
Now suppose Yogiri encounters that consciousness and perceives it as a threat.
He uses his ability.
The consciousness dies.
But this doesn't actually solve the underlying problem.
The conditions that caused the consciousness to emerge still exist. Unchangeability still exists. Change still exists. Their interaction still produces the same contradiction.
So eventually, another consciousness emerges from exactly the same metaphysical conflict.
Yogiri encounters it.
He ends it.
And then the same thing happens again.
And again.
And again.
This is what I mean by an endlessly recurring metaphysical threat.
The individual consciousnesses are not immortal. Yogiri can presumably end each one without difficulty. The problem is that killing one does not remove the underlying conditions that inevitably produce the next one.
So my question is:
Can Yogiri actually end this permanently?
Would his ability somehow recognize that the newly emerging consciousness is effectively the same threat and prevent another one from ever emerging?
Or would he simply have to keep ending each new consciousness whenever it appears?
Because if his ability operates according to his perception of what constitutes the threat, I find the second possibility particularly interesting.
The new consciousness would technically be a completely new entity. It wouldn't be the consciousness Yogiri killed previously. It would merely be the result of the same metaphysical process.
And that raises an even stranger question:
Can Yogiri end something before it exists?
If the answer is no, then it seems like he could potentially be trapped in an endless cycle:
metaphysical contradiction → consciousness emerges → Yogiri ends it → contradiction remains → new consciousness emerges → Yogiri ends it → repeat
To permanently solve the problem, wouldn't Yogiri have to end Change itself, Unchangeability itself, or the interaction between them?
And if he can do that, what exactly does that mean for his ability?
I'm genuinely curious how Yogiri's powers would handle something like this, because it seems fundamentally different from simply being confronted by an infinitely powerful or immortal opponent.
Posted Aug 12, 2026, 8:27 PM UTC