Originally posted by OneDumbG0 You're talking past me. Which is fine. As long as you understand, that your term "manipulate" denotes a certain context, which is untrue concerning the details.
I disagree.
Imo, giving 616 Doom the feat is untrue concerning the details.
Originally posted by OneDumbG0 Beyonder "manipulated" events so that 616 Doom performed them.
I agree, this is what I've been saying.
Which is why 616 Doom doesn't get the feat.
Originally posted by OneDumbG0 He did not manipulate either Doom into acting a certain way.
That is indisputable.
Therefore, Doom still performed that feat.
He did manipulate 616 Doom into acting a certain way,
he made 616 Doom act like his non-existent future self.
That is indisputable.
Therefore, Doom still performed that feat because of Beyonder's manipulation.
Originally posted by OneDumbG0 As such, first it was future Doom who performed them.
Then it was 616 Doom that performed them.
Precisely, that's what I've been saying.
Originally posted by OneDumbG0 There was no influence over 616 Doom's mind or over how the events played out.
It's your opinion, keep it.
Even though it was Beyonder himself
that re-placed the non-existent future Doom, with 616 Doom's mind?
Again, we can't escape the fact, Fact! ...
That the only reason 616 Doom had anything to do with a feat that was already performed,
was because Beyonder manipulated his participation.
I'm 100% confident about this, and I'm not letting go of that truth.
Originally posted by OneDumbG0 It borders on semantics for me and is not a clear enough distinction to discount the feat when in actuality and canon history, 616 Doom was there adn did everything in Secret Wars free from an outside influence that affected the way he would act or others acted.
I disagree.
616 Doom wasn't acting on his own,
he was forcibly repeating the actions of another person.
So yea, 616 Doom was not just influenced,
but his entire involvement was literally choreographed.
Originally posted by OneDumbG0 In the end, Beyonder himself admitted that Doom bested him.
Already told ya friend, that scan was
before Reed enlightened us with the fact that,
that was
not the Doom Beyonder dealt with in the original Secret Wars.
Again, 616 Doom had never met, or even ever seen the Beyonder before this issue:
This is nearly two years after Secret Wars 1. 🙂
Originally posted by OneDumbG0 beyonder was pretty much forced to clsoe the time loop.
Beyonder did not give 616 Doom certain history or feats out of the goodness of his heart or for entertainment. And the way you justify use of the term "manipulate" may well be arguable, but the way you interpret the term "manipulate" is incorrect. he never manipulated 616 Doom. He only manipulated the timestream so that 616 Doom performed the feats.
You think I'm incorrect, and I think you're incorrect.
I'll leave you with this,
Beyonder himself clearly states that he will manipulate History: (as in 616 Doom's)
Literally, only 616 Doom's history needed to be altered to close the loop.
"If I am a prisoner (of history) then let it be by my own hand the key if turned"