Originally posted by Mr Master
In Marvel, the writer/artist is TOAA (the One Above All)
which is basically the true Supreme Being/God
creator of everything that takes place in the Marvel Universe (Omniverse)
This character is represented On Panel by an obvious fictional illustration,
although obviously not real,
in Marvel, it still represents the real human beings making the comic.
That's a fact, and can't be debated.
So, this means, at the time,
Jim Shooter (Editor in-Chief of Marvel, Writer/Creator of Secret Wars I-II & Beyonder)
and Al Milgrom (the artist that penciled Secret Wars I-II)
were TOAA!
Now, although they (Shooter/Milgrom) never appeared on panel,
we know they were TOAA, because well ... that's what TOAA is in Marvel.
So, when Shooter says "he discovered [b]us
"
he really means himself/Milgrom withIN the fictional Marvel Universe that only exists in comics,
and that self is TOAA. (represented by an illustrated Avatar)Now, you're probably asking,
'if TOAA is the Supreme creator of everything withIN the Marvel Universe,
how can Beyonder be above that?'
Simple ...
Beyonder was NOT from the Marvel Universe,
and in fact, he was completely disconnected from it.
Now, obviously, this is based on a fictional concept,
because duh, we know in the real world it was Shooter who created Beyonder,
but withIN the reality of Marvel comics,
Beyonder was NOT created by Shooter's avatar (TOAA),
and instead, Beyonder always was, & had no beginning (like the abrahamic God)
and in fact, as Shooter stated, was an ocean,
while TOAA (Shooter/Milgrom) and the entire Marvelverse was a drop of water in comparison. [/B]
So:
TOAA = Writer's avatar (which I knew)
But apparently, the Beyonder isn't within Marvel and thus wasn't created by TOAA, but was created by Jim Shooter, even though TOAA is supposed to be Jim Shooter.
I understand the concept, but it's a stupid one: if TOAA = Writer, then that means that TOAA/Writer DID create the Beyonder; otherwise who else created the Beyonder? DC??? Marvel Comics created the Secret Wars comic, they wrote it, they DECIDED what the Beyonder SAID and DID, and then they published it and let the money come in. To say that the Beyonder was beyond the power of TOAA is to say that a drawing is beyond the guy that drew it. If I were to draw a picture of Superman, could the drawing overpower me???
Jim shooter WROTE the Secret Wars, so he DECIDED what the Beyonder does. If TOAA and Beyonder were to battle, then Jim Shooter would just make it so that the Beyonder gets killed by Squirrel girl throwing an acorn at him.
So yes, TOAA is but an avatar and is different/less powerful than Jim Shooter, and the Marvel Multiverse =/= everything that Marvel Comics makes (otherwise the beyond realm was made by who...McDonalds?). It makes sense...sort of.
Same thing with Mxy; him coming out of the pages and messing with the narrator's words? WTF? It's the narrator that DECIDED that Mxy would do that...