The Chalice isn't depicted as amping Thanos' own personal power. Odin said It's used to unleash a sequence of wave after wave of death onto the universe. I think Thor also mentions it initiating sequence of events that unleash death to the universe.
Thanos himself makes it clear and explains it as "activating a singular event known in whispers as the finality, the ending of all" and you activate it by just drinking from the chalice. Keywords are "activating" and "singular event"...
Basically drinking from the Chalice activates an event. The event being called the "finality," which is explained by Odin and Thor as just an event where a sequence of waves of death spread across the universe. They don't mention it amping Thanos' personal power at all as far as I know.
Regardless, even without the chalice's power, Thanos was depicted in a vision to kill Thor with his eye beams http://s160.photobucket.com/albums/t173/EndlessMike9/Thanos/?action=view¤t=thanoscloneblaststhor.jpg
There are other instances where Thor tries to attack Thanos and fails miserably. There's one instance where Thor attacks Mangog with a thunder blast and hurts him. He tried the exact attack on Thanos and literally doesn't phase Thanos at all, doesn't even make him flinch.
There's also the other feat where Thor take's Thanos' eyebeams (the ones that kill Thor in the vision), multiplies the power by 100, and shoots it directly back at Thanos. Thanos after being blasted simply teleports back and is literally un-phased with out a scratch on him.
Originally posted by vince_slice
The Chalice isn't depicted as amping Thanos' own personal power. Odin said It's used to unleash a sequence of wave after wave of death onto the universe. I think Thor also mentions it initiating sequence of events that unleash death to the universe.Thanos himself makes it clear and explains it as "activating a [b]singular event
known in whispers as the finality, the ending of all" and you activate it by just drinking from the chalice. Keywords are "activating" and "singular event"...Basically drinking from the Chalice activates an event. The event being called the "finality," which is explained by Odin and Thor as just an event where a sequence of waves of death spread across the universe. They don't mention it amping Thanos' personal power at all as far as I know. [/B]
Based on what I remember and your own scan, the chalice clearly did amp Thanos' personal power (Can't believe this is actually being argued). This allowed him to unleash waves of death across the Universe through this power.
He basically unleashed a continuous blast of energy into space that killed everything in it's path (Which is why he stayed in that one position I'm assuming) but it also explains his energy attacks against Thor.
The event thing is obviously just dramatic license. It's obviously not a singular event. Thanos even stopped unleashing the blast to engage in battle with Thor.
Originally posted by vince_slice
Regardless, even without the chalice's power, Thanos was depicted in a vision to kill Thor with his eye beams http://s160.photobucket.com/albums/t173/EndlessMike9/Thanos/?action=view¤t=thanoscloneblaststhor.jpg
Key word vision, and IIRC, that was after Mangog gave Thor one of the craziest beatings I've ever seen.
Originally posted by vince_slice
There are other instances where Thor tries to attack Thanos and fails miserably. There's one instance where Thor attacks Mangog with a thunder blast and hurts him. He tried the exact attack on Thanos and literally doesn't phase Thanos at all, doesn't even make him flinch.There's also the other feat where Thor take's Thanos' eyebeams (the ones that kill Thor in the vision), multiplies the power by 100, and shoots it directly back at Thanos. Thanos after being blasted simply teleports back and is literally un-phased with out a scratch on him.
Have to double check on that.
Pretty sure Thanos was temporarily knocked out (I think the Recorder even pointed that out).
Originally posted by vince_slice
I can't help you if you choose to ignore on panel text and ignore the other evidence of Thanos being depicted above Thor in the story.
The scan shows him drinking from the Chalice, glowing for a few seconds while commenting that he can feel it and then pointing his arm skyward and firing a blast.
His words aren't the law, he isn't the narrator.
Originally posted by Rage.Of.Olympus
Based on what I remember and your own scan, the chalice clearly did amp Thanos' personal power (Can't believe this is actually being argued). This allowed him to unleash waves of death across the Universe through this power.He basically unleashed a continuous blast of energy into space that killed everything in it's path (Which is why he stayed in that one position I'm assuming) but it also explains his energy attacks against Thor.
The event thing is obviously just dramatic license. It's obviously not a singular event. Thanos even stopped unleashing the blast to engage in battle with Thor.
It says on panel it initiates an event, the event even has a name "the finality". They wouldn't give the event a name if all the chalice did was amp Thanos' own power, that makes no sense. Thanos can choose to initiate the event whenever he wants and can stop it by not drinking the chalice, which was depicted.
The way the chalice is depicted isn't like the cosmic cube or infinity gems, more like it's the key that initiates the waves of death via drinking.
If the chalice did personally amp Thanos' own power like the cosmic cube, then it makes no sense that Thor would survive a blast from Thanos with or without his armour and belt.
Originally posted by Silent Master
The scan shows him drinking from the Chalice, glowing for a few seconds while commenting that he can feel it and then pointing his arm skyward and firing a blast.His words aren't the law, he isn't the narrator.
You can't just look at the pretty pictures in comics. You have to read too. Words add context. Without them, images can be extremely subjective.
Originally posted by vince_slice
It says on panel it initiates an event, the event even has a name "the finality". They wouldn't give the event a name if all the chalice did was amp Thanos' own power, that makes no sense. Thanos can choose to initiate the event whenever he wants and can stop it by not drinking the chalice, which was depicted.The way the chalice is depicted isn't like the cosmic cube or infinity gems, more like it's the key that initiates the waves of death via drinking.
If the chalice did personally amp Thanos' own power like the cosmic cube, then it makes no sense that Thor would survive a blast from Thanos with or without his armour and belt.
How can it be an event? That makes no sense. Thanos drank from the Chalice, went Super Saiyan, and started blasting into space. That's not an event, that's Thanos fulfilling his fantasy of death across the Universe. To go even further, Thanos outright stopped and went on to fight Thor.
Uh huh.
Well he did. It's a high showing is all.
