GalacticStorm
Smart Alec Know-It-All
Originally posted by ExodusCloak
Hope:
Wanda's "No more mutants" spell effected mutants in other timelines until Hope came along. Her spell the second time round was also more then universal, there's really no arguing anything else if you've been following the X-Men. The entire premise of MC was that there was no more mutants until Hope came along. And only two timelines were depicted having them afterwards (This is of course barring Claremonts Exiles). Regardless her spell effected more then 616.
Hope has so far manifested about 5 powers of mutants not particularly significant in the scheme of things. Theres no justification to consider her in threads such as this quite yet. But youre right potentially if her power works as it seems, then she can be one of the most powerful. Isnt it great that shes a Phoenix 😱
Now on to Wanda 🙂
Wandas spell was NOT cast directly across the entire multiverse. Wandas spell was applied to 616, however due to the multiversal structure of Marvel, this change to 616 had an effect on alternate future timelines as you've illustrated. Thank you.
The nature of Marvel reality is that you have the core reality that is 616 and from this main timeline alternates spring off:
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These alternates arise usually from artificial intervention. Attempts to change history from its set path. These alternate realities are branches off of a main trunk, what makes them diverge is an altered event. With that in mind, these alternate realities are the same as 616 or should i say are 616 up until this point of divergence. Wanda didnt simply change an event, she changed the properties of 616. She made the x gene inert. With that in mind, any reality that is truly an alternate reality of 616 would have been affected. That goes without question. If a reality isnt affected by such a wide reaching change to the characteristics of 616 then it is not an alternate reality it is a parallel reality. There is a difference, one Marvel has defined:
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An alternate reality can refer to a divergent reality and a parallel reality. A parallel universe is unaffected by alterations to 616 and can have different properties and origins. A divergent universe is the mainstream reality up to its point of divergence. As stated, (with the possible exception of misnamed realities), there are no parallel realities within Marvel.
With that in mind, just to reiterate, a change to the characteristics of 616 is going to affect its divergent realities. If it doesnt, they arent divergent. Parallel universes dont exist in Marvel.
The No More Mutants change meant from that point onwards the x gene for the most part was inert. Therefore understandably, alternate or more specifically divergent realities stemming from 616 from this point would be affected by Wandas spell.
NOT a direct multiversal application, but a universal one, that was carried across to alternate realities because of the nature of Marvels multiverse 🙂