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are jamie braddock and proteus omega level mutants?

Originally posted by stickman618
are jamie braddock and proteus omega level mutants?

Jamie could be (thought to my knowledge its never been confirmed), he manipulates reality, so essentially he can do almost anything he likes...

Proteus?

He could be, though his lack of control over his powers could mean that he isn't...

Proteus is relatively localised in terms of the use of his powers he can only affect certain things and only within a certain range, and he has a very big weakness to metals.

Braddock it's harder to say, he can pretty much affect anything through pulling the quantum strings of causality. He can arguable affect things on a much larger scale but has only really shown localised power.

are you guys saying that they can't change the whole world,
but Franklin Richards can??

Originally posted by pr1983
Proteus?

He could be, though his lack of control over his powers could mean that he isn't...

i thought they only need the potential

like iceman
he hasn't realised the full potential of his powers
but he is still omega level

Originally posted by stickman618
i thought they only need the potential

like iceman
he hasn't realised the full potential of his powers
but he is still omega level

They do... they need to have the potential to control that power too though...

Originally posted by stickman618
are you guys saying that they can't change the whole world,
but Franklin Richards can??
For Proteus I don't recall him ever showing any level of power near worldwide reality alteration, I don't recall anything beyond his immediate vicinity, and he is highly dependent on hosts. If his powers didn't have their limits he could easily just create a body for himself that wouldn't deteriorate.

For Braddock, arguably he can simply pull a different string of reality, or pull harder, or pull more etc to make more worldwide alterations. He's insane and perceives the world as a dream he changes things to amuse himself. Braddock can do things on a whim calling forth the Fury, killing Psylocke by pointing at her, recreating her so that she's immune to the likes of Proteus. There is an argument for him being an Omega mutant, but much less so for Proteus imo.

Franklin's an Omega but he's still a child. I recall he's created a pocket universe, a worldwide reality alteration shouldn't be beyond him once he matures.

I know what an Omega mutant is, but how exactly is an Alpha mutant defined, and why is Angel one?

Originally posted by H. S. 6
I know what an Omega mutant is, but how exactly is an Alpha mutant defined, and why is Angel one?

Alpha is basically powerful, but with limits... their power only works one way...

angel? as in warren worthington? his healing factor is pretty advanced, i guess that could be why...

I don't think they ever really defined the Alphas - those who were included were very diverse, everything from Cyclops optic blasts, to Nightcrawler's teleporting, to Morph's shapeshifting, to Wolverine's healing factor, to Psylocke's telekinesis. Basically X-Men and those with mutant abilities on their level e.g. their enemies were considered Alphas iirc - so yeah, basically powerful but with definite limits.

what's the difference between uncanny x-men, x-men, and astonishing x-men?

which story is best to follow????

Originally posted by stickman618
what's the difference between uncanny x-men, x-men, and astonishing x-men?

which story is best to follow????

If you're going to go by writer, then to me, astonishing x-men is far superior to the other too...

at the moment...

astonishing x-men is dealing with an attack by te hellfire club and an apparent (i say that because its anything but definate) betrayal by emma frost...

uncanny x-men deals with the aftermath of deadly genesis, and professor xaviers team following vulcan into space so they can stop him from destroying the shiar empire...

x-men atm is dealing with the return of northstar and the interrogation of sabretooth...

all of them are 616 canon, so they are all official...

my advice is to pick your favourite character and read the boook they appear in...

wouldn't healing and super senses classify you as a beta level mutant
since their not consciously activated??

That classification didn't really have any particular requirement towards actie and passive abilities. Rogue's power is uncontrolled, Cyclops' was too (until recently), superstrength in general is a technically a passive ability.

yeah but the point is that they have the potential to control it.
cyclops is brain damaged and rogue has psychological issues,
this contributes to their lack of control

I don't see the point. One doesn't need a consciously activated power to be Alpha level.

i thought that that was the definition of alpha level
a conciosly activated power

There is no definitive definition of Alpha mutant, in the AoA when such classification was more prominent, Alpha simply described those that are powerful regardless of the nature of the mutation - basically X-Men and those associated.

can mystique imitate powers

Originally no, all she could do was mimic appearance. Her metamorphing abilities evolved further, and while she still can't take on most types of powers, she can now imitates some physical or anatomical powers, e.g. elasticity, body armour, prehensile tail etc.