Transduality

> “If God is just the binary digit 1, and nothingness is the binary digit 0, and they both contain one bit of information – then isn’t neither one the simplest thing? Wouldn’t the simplest thing be zero bits, neither God nor nothingness?”
> “That’s Atzmus and you’re not supposed to talk about it!”
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## Summary

**Transduality** is the state of being wherein an entity exists independently of, and qualitatively beyond, various dual systems, ranging from very specific, limited sets of dual distinctions to duality itself on a conceptual level. If the 0 and 1 of binary systems can be considered a duality, a transdual character’s fundamental existence might be definable as being in-between the numbers of 0 and 1, being 0 and 1 at once, being defined as being a “2”, or as not being describable through any numbers at all at the higher levels.

Transduality is not simply nonduality, but additionally requires something like qualitative superiority or immunity to attacks bound to the duality in question.

A duality refers to a logical duality for the purpose of this ability. That is to say, that the duality in question can be decribed as "A" and "not A" where A is some object or attribute. So, for example, fire and water are not a duality. The duality of fire would be fire and not fire. The duality of existence would be existence and not existence, which could equivalently be formulated as existence and nonexistence or existence and void.

As it stands, Type 1 corresponds to being beyond certain kinds of dual systems, but not all duality. Type 2 refers to characters whose existence is described as either being in both states of a duality at once or in neither state. Type 3 refers to characters whose existence belongs to alternate logical states which can't be described just by saying that they exist in both or neither state of a duality, but instead in a unique third state.

## Types

**Type 1 (Specific Transduality):** *Characters that exist in a nondual state regarding one specific dual system and qualitatively superior or immune to effects caused within it.*

* **Examples:** Kamen Rider Gaim (Kamen Rider), Rimuru Tempest (Web Novel) (Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken), Lucifer Morningstar (DC Comics)

**Type 2 (General Transduality):** *Characters that exist in a nondual state regarding all dual systems within the scope of an entire level of reality and qualitatively superior or immune to the effects caused within it. Furthermore, characters with this type can be accurately described as being in either both or neither state of the dualities.*

* **Examples:** Sun Wukong (Journey to the West) and others via Buddhism Physiology (Journey To The West), Dragon Talisman characters (Dragon Talisman), Khorne (Warhammer Fantasy/Warhammer 40,000)

**Type 3 (Plurality):** *Characters that exist in a nondual state regarding all dual systems within the scope of an entire level of reality and qualitatively superior or immune to the effects caused within it. Furthermore, these characters exist beyond the classical states of contradiction-allowing logic on some level of existence. That is to say, for any statement A about them they are in a state that can't be described as A is true, A is false, A is simultanously true and false or A is neither true nor false. And so they must obey a many-valued logic with at least 5 truth states, and not be in any of the 4 combinations of true and false mentioned earlier.*

* **Examples:** Oblivion (Marvel Comics), Swirl of the Root (Nasuverse)