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[GreatWyrmGold]

((Air's not that much less dense than random objects...and with the quantities that it would be rushing in from, from every square inch of surface area, that is a significant quantity of air. Much more in a single turn than all the solid objects he could be expected to absorb.))

((But air is also nearly weightless and therefore goes exactly where the attractive forces take it whereas a rock has much greater weight and will fly off course at the slightest provocation, the heavier the object is the greater the effects of its own inertia will be on its trajectory.
Thus heavy objects strike wall and air does not.))

((...Wait, what?))

Welp i found the pattern.

((What pattern?))

[Harry Baldman]

((But air is also nearly weightless and therefore goes exactly where the attractive forces take it whereas a rock has much greater weight and will fly off course at the slightest provocation, the heavier the object is the greater the effects of its own inertia will be on its trajectory.

Thus heavy objects strike wall and air does not.))

((A rock will not fly off course at the slightest provocation, as it is heavy and difficult to accelerate in any direction. And air does strike walls - it's called wind.))

[GreatWyrmGold]

((I would have said something like that, but I'm almost certain that he isn't saying what it sounds like he's saying.))

[Unholy_Pariah]

((I would have said something like that, but I'm almost certain that he isn't saying what it sounds like he's saying.))

((Im saying that the heavier an object is the harder it is to alter its trajectory.

Thus a large rock or steel sword entering on an angle will fly into the event horizon and slowly turn into the main stream of force (thus impacting the wall if it doesnt turn fast enough) whereas air will instantly match trajectories with the main stream of force due to its distinct lack of weight.))

[GreatWyrmGold]

((Assuming that the attractive force's acceleration is insufficient to overcome that, yes.

But your point actually proves mine in a way: Air is always being drawn into the hole--why doesn't that destabilize Myxidia men?))

[Harry Baldman]

((Assuming that the attractive force's acceleration is insufficient to overcome that, yes.

But your point actually proves mine in a way: Air is always being drawn into the hole--why doesn't that destabilize Myxidia men?))

((Because this is a magical setting and air doesn't actually exist. There's wind, sure (it's even an element), but no air. What makes things combust is actually phlogiston.))

[Unholy_Pariah]

((Assuming that the attractive force's acceleration is insufficient to overcome that, yes.

But your point actually proves mine in a way: Air is always being drawn into the hole--why doesn't that destabilize Myxidia men?))

((Because it doesnt impact the walls of the tunnel due to the fact its too light for its inertia to carry it off course.))

[GreatWyrmGold]

((Assuming that the attractive force's acceleration is insufficient to overcome that, yes.

But your point actually proves mine in a way: Air is always being drawn into the hole--why doesn't that destabilize Myxidia men?))

((Because it doesnt impact the walls of the tunnel due to the fact its too light for its inertia to carry it off course.))

((Air impacts the walls of tunnels no matter what speed it is travelling at.))

[Nivim]

((Maybe I shouldn't have spoilered my warnings to Thearpox; this is getting tedious in addition to being very silly.))

[GreatWyrmGold]

((Because I realized my last post was a bit vague, and because I expect someone else to post before I finish, here is a more in-depth explanation:))

Spoiler: More In-Depth Explanation (click to show/hide)

Firstly, the attractive force, or whatever it is, is clearly powerful enough to attract light; hence why Myxidia men are completely colorless. At that level of attraction, suction, or whatever, the difference in inertia between a bunch of air and a rock are pretty insignificant--both are basically 0.

Now for your idea: That Myxidia is a wormhole into vacuum.

Air is not attracted to vacuum in any way; get this into your mind right now. There is no special force that causes air in a space station to be sucked into space if there is a hole in the hull. In theory, all the air could happen to remain inside the space station without any aid from technology. Why doesn't it? Enter entropy.
Imagine that, instead of a space station or a Pit of Magic, you have two hermetically sealed rooms connected by a fairly large, airtight door. One room is full of air, one has vacuum in it. In the room full of air, air molecules are constantly moving at a rate dependent on the temperature of the room. Many--about half, in fact--of the air molecules near a wall are moving straight for it; when they hit the wall, they simply bounce off and remain in the room rather than going through the walls. The same goes for air molecules near the door. Meanwhile, deeper in, some air molecules are deflected away from the area by the wall or the door by molecules bouncing off of the wall or door.
Now imagine that the door is opened. Remember those air molecules near the door? The ones that didn't leave the room because they struck and rebounded off of the door? They head through the open doorway and into the second room. The air molecules do not rebound, and hence do not bounce other air molecules heading that way away from the now-empty doorway; the molecules are able to head for the doorway, and then into the second room. Soon enough--and it is very soon, because air molecules move pretty fast--about half of the air molecules have moved into the second room (assuming that the rooms are of approximately equal size, of course) and the air pressure is equal on both sides of the door.
Now for the point of this exercise: The force which draws air into a vacuum is exactly the same as that which causes it to strike the edges of a "tunnel". When air is drawn into a wormhole, it will not be compressed to avoid hitting the edges of the tunnel; it will collide with other air molecules and expand until it fills the space it can fill. The force drawing the air into the wormhole is exactly the same force. Air will not rush into the vacuum and carefully avoid hitting the walls of the tunnel, any more than it would have entered the second room and avoided hitting the walls in the example I gave above.

Any questions?

((Maybe I shouldn't have spoilered my warnings to Thearpox; this is getting tedious in addition to being very silly.))

((Hey, I was right: I'd get ninja'd!))
((Anyways. I'm sorry about being tedious. Maybe my fun thought experiment will liven things up?))

[Unholy_Pariah]

Stupid phone, lemme fix this

[GreatWyrmGold]

((I'm confused. Where does the stream of force come in?))

[Unholy_Pariah]

((it doesn't, that was a crummy reply that shouldn't have even been posted.
My phone didn't copy my updated reply after losing internet connectivity and posted the initial "how can i disprove this without thinking" thing that i always write but don't post in order to give myself inspiration via methods of "that's retarded, this is how it actually works."

anyways, my real argument was that air doesn't impact the sides as such, it kinda flows along the sides laterally and doesn't really do anything whereas a sword or stone would strike the wall on a more direct angle causing the wall to rupture outwards.

its like the difference skimming a rock along a sheet of ice and throwing it directly at its surface, skimming the ice may cause some slight cracks to form whereas throwing it straight down will create a hole.))

[GreatWyrmGold]

((it doesn't, that was a crummy reply that shouldn't have even been posted.
My phone didn't copy my updated reply after losing internet connectivity and posted the initial "how can i disprove this without thinking" thing that i always write but don't post in order to give myself inspiration via methods of "that's retarded, this is how it actually works."

((Ah. That makes sense. Might I suggest typing the "How can I disprove this without thinking?" thing somewhere you won't accidentally post it? Google Docs, perhaps?))

anyways, my real argument was that air doesn't impact the sides as such, it kinda flows along the sides laterally and doesn't really do anything whereas a sword or stone would strike the wall on a more direct angle causing the wall to rupture outwards.

its like the difference skimming a rock along a sheet of ice and throwing it directly at its surface, skimming the ice may cause some slight cracks to form whereas throwing it straight down will create a hole.))

((Why wouldn't the air impact the sides of the wormhole?))

[Toaster]

The only reason it works is because a little demon makes it work.

Welp i found the pattern.

O RLY?