Originally posted by basilisk
That's what I don't get about Secret Wars either - Doom is virtually a non-character as far as the plot goes. He doesn't seem to demonstrate any real power at all even factoring in holding BW together, and with omnipotent power he really should be able to create a stable battleworld, unbreakable walls etc and make any enemies disappear. And even without true omnipotence there must be dozens of ways he collect information about what's going on instead of sitting in his chair asking people. The whole series is kind of a letdown after a moderately interesting beginning. I will blame that hack Hickman if he doesn't manage to come up with some sort of good ending.
The thing is as much as it might be made out that he's omnipotent in the full sense he really isn't. He spends a lot of his power holding Battleworld. His grip on reality (his power included) dwindles the more chaos there is on Battleworld. He while still being vastly powerful (this is supposing all the chaos hasn't completely drained him) hasn't attacked the attackers. He may be very powerful but he's not Omnipotent. This leads me to make a random guess. Or 3 proposals.
- He has something up his sleeve, a trump card he's waiting to pull. Perhaps he's got something inside the castle itself we haven't seen.
- He thinks he knows that Owen will give him the extra power as is required to deal with the situation. But as we already know the Spider's have found him plus Star-Lord is possibly flying the Maker and 616 Reed to the Molecule Man as well. So who knows what they're gonna do. Convince him to give it up? After all without Owen giving Doom power Doom is nothing.
- Or Hickman ****ed up and now Doom is doing nothing even though he could. But I don't think this will be the case. There is more to this whole thing than meets the eye.
Originally posted by basiliskRemember, Owen is the genesis of God Emperor Doom's power. ie. Doom is only as powerful as Owen allows him to be.
That's what I don't get about Secret Wars either - Doom is virtually a non-character as far as the plot goes. He doesn't seem to demonstrate any real power at all even factoring in holding BW together, and with omnipotent power he really should be able to create a stable battleworld, unbreakable walls etc and make any enemies disappear. And even without true omnipotence there must be dozens of ways he collect information about what's going on instead of sitting in his chair asking people. The whole series is kind of a letdown after a moderately interesting beginning. I will blame that hack Hickman if he doesn't manage to come up with some sort of good ending.
That said, the fact that Strange still felt an Infinity Gauntlet was required to combat Doom tells you how powerful he potentially is.
Originally posted by -K-M-She went the way of Hickman's S.H.I.E.L.D. series(which I was really hoping would tie-in *somewhere*.)
Anyone remember Valdiator? She was another Hickman creation....loose end there
...But alas. 🙁
Originally posted by DarkSaint85you dont need omniscience to know all that shit. A massive part of your line of defense, an actual ****ing wall got up and walked away. And he had no idea a 300 foot creature was walking towards them. Shoulda used that power to give himself average vision. Its just that Doom is a prep king and genius and yet he is the least intelligent person in the entire series.
He has power, but no omniscience....
Yeah, that hamburgers gonna play a very significant role i bet, as well as all those mjolnirs Thanos has.
Originally posted by Galan007
She went the way of Hickman's S.H.I.E.L.D. series(which I was really hoping would tie-in *somewhere*.)...But alas. 🙁
At least SHIELD was interesting. She was a generic new character he created who apparently was ultra powerful but that was it. She joined sunspots avengers but literally just stood in the darkness and did nothing. Really was no reason or point to her after all that hype
