Finally done with enough shit to come back. I see that the white page of death wasn't a unique occurrence.

Seriously, though, all I could think of in response to that speech was, "What the fuck is this gobbledygook?"

I'm guessing Isaac's NP is sort of like Hercules's God Hand, in that it adapts to attacks that have hit him before. However, since it has to be "remembered", it probably only works against subsequent attacks, so he can't block the first strike.