Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-36366948-20200805112208/@comment-3523655-20200819191641

Squinty97 wrote: When did he get his ass beat by the Tsuchikage again? Must've missed that bit (...) And you ignore things written by the author lmao I mean, the Tsuchikage punched him through a God Tree root (which Kinshiki wasn't able to do with Sasuke, for some reason) so hard that if Kinshiki had said "Kinshiki blast off at the speed of light" it would've been relevant. She then trapped him, with the help of the Mizukage, taking him outta the picture. But I'm obviously exaggerating for comedic purposes.

As far as 'things written by the author' go, though... I mean, doesn't some common sense apply? If Kishi were to say tomorrow that "fun tidbit btw, Nagato is Karin's long lost half-brother", would that instantly be canon and considered to be part of lore? Even though Nagato's parents were killed years before she was born? At some point, the author finishes his big work, and goes on a break, sits back, takes it easy. Doesn't necessarily think things through.

If Kinshiki's a planet buster, then Hiruzen is stronger than Hashirama, because he's said to be the strongest Hokage in history, AFTER Hashirama came and went. If Hashirama were to summon his big thousand-hand buddha statue, Hiruzen would SPIT and that statue would crumble, and Hashi would run away. Hiruzen's the God of Shinobi right? That's lore. Context? Kishi wrote that before any of this Susanoo/Kaguya/Rikudo/Senju/Uchiha/world-ending stuff ever came along? Who cares. The author wrote Hiruzen is the strongest, so it must be the case.

See? A 'the author wrote it so it must be true' attitude can cut both ways. This is true with any franchise btw; in DBZ, Toriyama said Beerus sealed Elder Kai in the Z Sword, when Elder Kai says the guy who sealed him wasn't stronger than Buu (which Beerus is). In Star Wars, George Lucas insisted on creating this legendary character called Darth Icky, who supposedly was Vader's apprentice. The idea never came to fruition, but if it had, Vader would've had an apprentice called Icky IN CANON.

The authors are people. Sometime they say stuff they don't think through. I wouldn't take all they say at face value. 99.9% works.