Originally posted by spetznaz
Thanos would fall.Why?
Simply, on a macro level the MU=DCU. The two universes are not just analogous when looked at on a holistic manner, but they are actually more than that .....they are totally the same. Not just similar ....the same.
Now, there are some differences here and there, but on a macro level it all nulls out.
Which is why sending one character, no matter how powerful, to another universe (in this case a multiverse .....since the DCU is not just one universe) is an excercise in futility.
True ....Thanos is powerful.
Moreover, the HOTU is omnipotence itself.But the DCU has a multitude of beings and artifacts as well that are either at omnipotent level (or, as can only happen in comic books, go 'beyond' omnipotence .....and yes, i know that shoul
d be illogical but it is not).One more thing ....that may sound illogical to some but if you use some brain juice on it will make sense: Thanos would survive far longer in the DCU (when attacking it) if he did NOT have the HOTU than if he did!
Yup ....as in, Thanos would last far longer using his own powers that he would if he was tapping into the HOTU.
How?
Well, because the moment he started using the HOTU it would INSTANTLY raise the ante, and due to the stakes involved bring in opponents that are beyond power.
By the time it was over even people like Michael D would seem totally powerless compared to the people that would come to DCU's aid. Thanos (with the HOTU) wouldn't last a minute. And yes, I know very well what the HOTU is.
Think of it this way .....imagine if you take a pistol and go rob a bank. Who will show up?
Simple ....cops with guns.Now, imagine if you send a message saying that you have a tactical nuke and are camped in the Mohave desert, and that you intend to drive the nuke next week to a major metropolitan area and detonate it (killing millions of people).
Who will respond to your threat?
Well ....let's put it this way ....it will not be cops.
And if your threat is confirmed it will not even be the military.
And if they know the nuke is indeed powerful, and you are in fact in the Mohave desert .....there is a very good chance an executive decision will be made to obliterate your particular locus (in essence, you will be nuked ....better to save a city and nuke a patch of desert).Sometimes being too powerful can be a weakness in and of itself.
Thanos goes down.
BTW: The result would be the same if Darkseid attacked the MU with the ALE. DS with the ALE would be (again, here comes that word) 'omnipotent.'
BUT, the very fact he is doing what he is doing would bring some players to the game that are just not the type to mess with.(Oh ....and these people would NOT BE the Living Tribunal and the Spectre .....I am talking types that are beyond those two. And I can easily think of a number off the top of my head).
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