Personal Nonexistence

Background

Null Existence refers to a state of being studied in the philosophy of Meontology (the philosophical study of non-being). "Nothingness" is a philosophical term for the general state of nonexistence, sometimes reified as a domain or dimension into which things pass when they cease to exist or out of which they may come to exist, e.g., in some cultures God is understood to have created the universe ex nihilo, "out of nothing". The being essentially does not exist on various scales. Beings of this state as explained above do not exist and have a paradoxical guise that allow them to even interact, have sentience, etcetera. These beings are normally unexplainable as they are completely illogical due to lacking any form or trait of an existence.

Context of "Nothingness"

A nature of one's nothingness means different things in context. Some examples include:

• Material Nonexistence: Characters like these are characters who lack existence in a more philosophical sense then literal. The character essentially lacks an aspect about themselves, meaning they aren't a null existent being but rather just a being that lacks a common aspects others share. An example of this would be "Spiritual Nonexistence", where the character lacks a soul or astral form, and thus are considered to "not exist" in the verse as the verse treats the soul as a very important part of a being having an existence. This could also extend to "Mental Nonexistence" where the character lacks a mind and cannot think, going against Descartes philosophical idea of "I think, therefore I am." Examples of these would be inorganic beings who lack a soul or mind, thus characters that fall under this shouldn't get Null Existence.
• Paradoxical Nonexistence: This is when a character operates under a state of Paradox Existence in which they will both exist but also not exist at the same time. Characters like these will normally display physical forms of existence to reality but also operate the same as a character with Null Existence.

Types

Type 1 - Physical Nonexistence: Physically null beings don’t physically exist on the material plane. While they can be thought of and remembered and they may even have a visible, physical form, they cannot be harmed by conventional means due to already being null. Do also note their physical form is a mere guise or illusion as they paradoxically can enter existence with these. They'd also always need to be incorporeal to qualify for this type.

• Examples: Glitchtrap (Five Nights at Freddy's)

Type 2 - Material Nonexistence: The lack of any conventional existence. Such a character will exist as something beyond the normal scope of the physical and metaphysical worlds, instead existing as an idea or other unconventional state. Such entities can be conceptualized by individuals, but do not exist in a physical or normal metaphysical form, such as a soul.

• Examples: Crono (Chrono Cross), Yoba (Stardew Valley), Born (Nihilumbra)

Type 3 - Conceptual Nonexistence: The ability to exist as a completely nonexistent being, being composed entirely of nothingness. These characters are completely immune to conventional harm on their level of nonexistence since they are already “nonexistent”, leaving literally nothing to destroy. In terms of binary, this would be a 0, where existence is 1 and nonexistence is 0.

• Examples: Chara & W. D. Gaster (Undertale), Alucard (Hellsing)

Type 4 - Ayin: Ain/Ayin (Kabbalah) literally meaning "Not", is beyond nonexistence, being a state of nothingness/oblivion so absolute that it cannot be even commented or described, you can only stay silent on it. The characters that exist within this state of an absolute nonexistent state, being the highest form of nonexistence and completely imperceptible. In terms of binary, this would be having no code, where existence is 1 and nonexistence is 0.

• Examples: Lavos (Chrono Cross)

Limitations

• As the user no longer exists, they may be unable to interact with reality.
• Affected by Nothingness Manipulation and similar powers.

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