...............................................................................
Galactus responded with:
"I am Supreme unto myself, I will NOT be bound Reaper, by Entity or Concept"
Watcher says:
"Yet Phoenix LIVES" (Uatu thought Galactus was going to surely kill Phoenix)
Galactus responds:
"FOR the PRESENT" --- as in, for Now ... (What does this sound like to you?)
... "the day is yours Starchilde,
and with it, an awareness of your Role (the Eternal Pattern)
in the Scheme of Things"
..........................................................................................
The Eternal Pattern, is Phoenix's ROLE in the Universe,
Galactus was going to END that Pattern
by unwittingly ERASING the Phoenix Force from existence,
Galactus initially only wanted to return the Force to the cosmos,
but as we learned, that was impossible,
because Rachel was Phoenix the embodiment of the Force,
so in trying to separate them,
Galactus was indeed killing them both which were one (Rachel/Phoenix)
just like the Official Marvel Handbook clearly states,
Roma, "WARNED Galactus NOT to SLAY Phoenix"
Had Galactus not freed the Phoenix Force with the click of that button,
the Phoenix would have vanished into non-existence.
=============================================
=============================================
So ... we know ...
Roma was referring to Phoenix being ERASED from existence,
and it's CANON!
(an excerpt from Roma's OFFICIAL Marvel Universe Handbook Bio)
- Bibliography - Excalibur #25 -
"Warned Galactus NOT to SLAY Phoenix II"
...............................................................................
I remember a debate where someone thought this scenerio was about the separation,
where only Rachel would die,
and not about the fact that the Phoenix Force is about to get ERASED!
BUT,
WHY would Roma CARE if Galactus slays Rachel Summers? bermm
...............................................................................
In fact
Before Galactus was about to KILL the Phoenix Force,
ROMA appears and says,
"Certain Events are of such Significance,
they must be Witnessed first hand,
THIS is a MOMENT in the Scheme of Things
which must stand or fall on it's own"
Yes, this moment of "such significance"
was simply about Galactus separating the Force from Rachel?
Instead of a True Cosmic event of Significance,
like the Phoenix Force being no more?
naw
...............................................................................