Rage.Of.Olympus
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Originally posted by 753
Sentry and Void personas are both integral parts of Reynolds and they have overlapped and blurred toghether other times in the past. If the stimulus is sufficient Reynolds acts as one, such as when he finds out his wife is dead and it is the void form that lashes out in anger demanding to know what happened and threatening to kill bullseye (contrary to what one might expect of the void's stated purposes). So even though part of him wanted her dead, the reality of it sent his whole being into grief.
The closest I've ever seen to the Sentry and Void persona blurring and overlapping is the scene where Bullseye tells Bob, his wife is dead. And even that just furthers Void's foot hold as the dominant personality. The second mini suggest that the exact opposite though. They further separated, and were even called two different entities.
My god, the Sentry is such a mess. I'm honestly confused about how he and the Void relate to each other at this point. I treat the two (Void, Sentry.) as different personalities, striving for control. The Lindsay scene shows that extreme distress can blur the lines, but at the same time the Lindsay scene is one of the main reasons I don't think Reynolds had enough control to weaken the shell of the Void. It's what allowed the Void to become the dominant personality (Something that's been happening for a while.), even in the Sentry form. Ah screw it. I'm tired of rationalizing this shit. The character is not worth it.
Thor killed the Void in one hit. The Void stayed dead because?
A) Thor's blow was simply that powerful.
B) Reynolds willed himself to stay dead.
I'm perfectly fine with either choices. Frankly, I think the second option is the most likely, looking at Bendis' method of thinking.
What I do disagree with though is that Bob weakened his physical form, forcing the Void to be damaged easier or what have you. I just don't think he had the control necessary for that. The Void had already regained control.
Originally posted by 753
Likewise, Reynolds got pushed over the edge between DA 14 and Siege 4, his wife's death was clearly a turning point for this as she was his last tie to the world. His depression reached final stage in the end of the siege arc and the fact that not a shred of him wanted to live on (unlike the sun situtation) is demonstrated by both forms begging to die.Even assuming he got permakilled against his own wishes, it is nonsense to believe thor could've soloed him anytime, but didn't out of mercy. Asgard was already destroyed and Thor was still holding back? He only holds back when he sees bob resurface and that's why Reynolds attacks him, to force his hand.
In a forum battle Thor loses. So do Superman, Silver Surfer and the high herald Green Lanterns. Sentry/Void is a solid trans level character and these lesser beings aren't putting him down under forum rules.
No one thinks Thor is soloing the Void and ending him in one blow. That asinine. The Void clearly is more powerful than Thor. At the very least, normal Thor.
Just so you know though, after Asgard was destroyed, Thor only attacked the Void once, which was the hammer throw (While amped.). After that, his next attack was consecutive lightning bolts which came after Loki died. Those clearly weren't a picnic for him. It not completely without precedence though. As I recall, the Void didn't exactly look happy with the initial lightning bolt that destroyed most of the Sentry's shell. Of course the Void had not fully manifested (In regards to those who think more tentacles = more Void.)