illadelph12
aka Rakim Illa
Originally posted by leonidas
gs, to be clear: you're saying you think she might beat one celestial but not beat all of them, right?pf aside, you've raised some good points, gs. there IS a lot of speculation on demi's part (and some on yours as well). demi's description as reality warping as a category of power and his ideas about how each uses it differently is certainly speculatory, and i'm not convinced she's beyond physical death either based on those scans. damn, wish i'd read the hom . . . .
anyway, it's interesting to me that you and demi see the origin of the wave so completely differently. it puzzles me that relatively bright guys could interpret this event entirely differently. i would love to hear the interpretation of others who have read the hom story. whirly? ill? anyone else??!
DID wanda 'create/generate' the wave as demi says, or is gs's interpretation the correct one where he says: <<Its not as if Wanda generated the chaos wave. It stems from her manipulations causing a breach which in turn set off the wave.>>
please don't pile on one side or the other. objective interpretations please . . . the answer would certainly seem to speak to the scope of her power and might help decide what happens in this battle. hmm, in case not everybody is falling along with this thread, perhaps . . . 😖hifty:
I read the comic, and I'd have to say I agree with both of you (GS and Demi).
To me, the answer is quite simple.
Wanda overstepped her bounds and manipulated the entire 616 universe in an amateur fashion with her powers, but unknowingly to her, a contingency of that action was the breach of the 616 and the chaos wave. The breach, though not intentional, was a possibility, and therefore, was a direct result of her power, just not the intended result. It is, however, now that the end result has been seen to be a direct result of her powers, feasible to infer that if Wanda consciously wanted to generate the effect, she could, because as has been shown in the comics, it is a possibility.
Therefore, GS is correct in saying that the Chaos wave was a result of Wanda's sloppy use of her powers that caused the end result, the breach in the 616 and the Chaos Wave.
And Demi is correct in saying that even though the wave was not intentional, it was a direct result of Wanda's powers because the result was a quantum variant that she brought to bear.
Basically, the breach and Chaos Wave was a possibilty that Wanda caused, though it was unintentional. Now that it is a known result, it's simply another variable she can consciously effect.
Also, I don't think Wanda would over exert herself effecting the Cellestials. She effected the sum of the 616 universe. One race of cosmic giants is a small part thereof. She doesn't have to go blast for blast with them, all it takes is one realized probability and its game over.
Oh, and GS, I said before Wanda couldn't effect TOAA or LT (or Anomaly). Jean/Phoenix, on the other hand, is a grey area (pun intended). I don't think Wanda can directly effect the Phoenix Force itself, but Jean's imprinted human failings like emotions and free choice (well, free choice isn't exactly a failing, but you understand what I mean) make her a variable in causality. It's already been shown she can die. It's already been shown her psyche can splinter into shards. It's already been shown that the Force itself is given to turbulent activity like going from light to dark, etc. These documented accounts show that Jean is susceptible to probabilty. Also, as I said in an earlier post (which you probably missed in your fervent desire to defend all things Phoenix):
Originally posted by illadelph12The Phoenix Force is kind of a gray area.
By it's nature, it's an absolute, but due to the fact TOAA did not have to create but chose to create, it's existence is also a choice, and a variable, so it is subject to causality. Not to mention how other beings besides avatars and hosts have either wielded or procured the power, it does seem inherrently susceptible to chance. Jean being one with the force is also susceptible to probability. It is possible that Jean isn't the true avatar of the Phoenix Force, or that the Force could simply leave her in a "Jggg" state (sorry, couldn't resist), or that somehow if the two (Wanda and Jean) were to engage in combat the fight would be deemed as not official Phoenix work by the Crown and Jean was left vulnerable due to acting out of duty.
The Phoenix Force is absolute.
Jean, the avatar, has human failings and is vulnerable.
It was the will of the TOAA for Jean to wield the power.
Jean's own will determines how she exercises that power, and it has been shown that her will, and her psyche, are anything but absolute.
"Jggg".
Jean is a variable.
Phoenix would still be Phoenix without Jean.
Therefore, Jean is a variable.