spetznaz
Senior Fanboy Killer
Originally posted by roughrider
When will people realize...moving a moon, dragging a planet like War World, doesn't count as a feat of strength.
I'm crazy? Listen.
The source of Superman's powers have often been discussed. There is enough to reason his power of flight, like most who don't use magic or technology, is psionics. It could never be super-leaps - that's what the Hulk does - because to stop and hold yourself in mid air is power from the mind. Flying with something heavy is letting the power from the mind take the will of the object. Even if one could physically push a moon or planet by strength, it would be impossible unless you were standing on an object of greater mass, to push off of ie. A Bigger Planet. The power that drives someone to fly through the air, is the same power used to move any object of huge mass. How much mass, depends on the willpower capability of the hero. If the Silver Surfer used the Power Cosmic to push a planet, no one would think it was a feat of strength. But it is the same principle: power from the mind, not muscle. This is something that applies to Supes, Wonder Woman, Martain Manhunter and others.
Ok, I'll bite.
Although WonderWoman's abilities are NOT psionic based but magic based (blessed by the gods and all that jazz). Anyways, let's assume your psionic viewpoint for the moment.
Couple of questions though:
Q1:
Then explain why Rogue couldn't move the earth?
She doesn't fly under magic, and definitely not through technology, thus it has to be 'psionic' in nature.
Same as Superman/Martian Manhunter.
Thus why can she not move the earth (or for that matter an Oil super-tanker ship ....actually let us stick to the supertanker since the earth is kind of a big chewtoy. Why can't Rogue simply 'surround' the ship with a psionic field and just fly off with it?)
Q2:
In fact, talking about psionics, let's concentrate on a character that not only utilizes psionic power but is also a master of the genre.
Jean Grey.
When she flies/glides she is using her mental powers, and she can also reach out and touch things with it (and move them through telekinesis, a form of psionics).
Plus she is on of the more powerful users of the mind.
Why then can she not simply place a finger on a 600,000 ton ship and fly off with it?
And if she would get 'tired' doing that then why are people like Superman, Martian Manhunter, and WonderWoman be able to do such a task with ease?
If it was all about psionics then a character like Jean Grey should be able to be one of the heavy lifters in the MU.
Q3:
Oh, and take Aquaman.
He has done feats like lifting a city block.
Was that also due to 'psionic' mental powers?
He wasn't even flying when he did so.
He is stricly a terrestrial/aquatic character (the closest he comes to flying is when he is swimming underwater), and all of his physical powers come from enhanced Atlantean physiology (he does have telepathy, but I doubt you'll claim that he uses that to cast 'psionic envelops' so he can lift matter).
Q4:
Anyways, I don't think you can say it is all psionics since if that was all that was required then characters like Jean Grey would be written differently.
However, just to play devil's advocate let me assume that what you said is true.
100% true.
And that the prime DC characters do their uber strength feats through the use of psionics.
Hence WW must be one of the most potent psionic exponents in both the DCU and Marvel Universe. Near the tippy-tip of the tippy-top (with Superman and MM also having psionic powers that make Jean Grey seem like a goo-oozing devolving uni-cellular organism).
Ok! Then why in goodness name is such a 'psionic powerhouse' being set against a character like She-Hulk?
If WonderWoman (and Superman and MM) moved the mass of the moon (including the addiitonal effort needed to decay orbit and reinstate orbit) due to her willpower, then why is someone like She-Hulk being put against a character who can move 24 Quintillion tons through power of the mind alone?
Conclusion:
Either way ....be it 'normal' strength or applied psionics, simply shows that the She-Hulk is just not a match for WonderWoman.
Not even close.