Originally posted by Rage.Of.Olympus
bakaThat's a whole lot of bullshit.
Yes I do unless one of them has illustrated extraordinary resistance against this type of attack that I'm not aware of or cannot recall.
Originally posted by TheLordofMurder
Absolutely...why wouldnt it work?He killed an immortal being with this ability...why wouldnt it work on mortals?
And again, its [b]forbidden
to use this ability; thus since CIS is always a factor in comics, he doesnt use this ability...but its there...and without CIS (as per the terms in the OP), there is no reason why he cant (and wont) use it again. [/B]
Some comic authors seem to get bored of the same old powers. They add new ones to the same characters whenever they feel that a new power would open up a new story, or a new danger needs a new response, or whatever the hell, whenever they feel like it. It's bad enough writing in a new hero from nowhere just because you want to include a new power, but a lot of writers are worse than that. They tack new powers onto existing heroes.
Sometimes a retcon, a power upgrade or some bit of Phlebotinum is employed to explain the new power, but often the character just does something they've never done before and when their friends say, "I didn't know you could do that!", they come back with either "I've never needed to, till now," or worse, "Neither did I, till now!"
This is sometimes employed as a form of Deus Ex Machina - having written themselves into a corner with a villain or situation that's too overwhelming for our heroes to handle with the tools they've been given, the writer decides to have the hero instantaneously learn the one ability he needs to save the day. Frequently, without any form of Foreshadowing to suggest that he can do that. It gets worse if he conveniently forgets this ability when it would come in handy in a later situation.
Not all New Super Powers fall into this category, just the ones resulting from an Ass Pull.
AND THEREFORE SHOULD NOT BE USED IN FORUM DEBATES
Originally posted by Sin I AM
Some comic authors seem to get bored of the same old powers. They add new ones to the same characters whenever they feel that a new power would open up a new story, or a new danger needs a new response, or whatever the hell, whenever they feel like it. It's bad enough writing in a new hero from nowhere just because you want to include a new power, but a lot of writers are worse than that. They tack new powers onto existing heroes.Sometimes a retcon, a power upgrade or some bit of Phlebotinum is employed to explain the new power, but often the character just does something they've never done before and when their friends say, "I didn't know you could do that!", they come back with either "I've never needed to, till now," or worse, "Neither did I, till now!"
This is sometimes employed as a form of Deus Ex Machina - having written themselves into a corner with a villain or situation that's too overwhelming for our heroes to handle with the tools they've been given, the writer decides to have the hero instantaneously learn the one ability he needs to save the day. Frequently, without any form of Foreshadowing to suggest that he can do that. It gets worse if he conveniently forgets this ability when it would come in handy in a later situation.
Not all New Super Powers fall into this category, just the ones resulting from an Ass Pull.
AND THEREFORE SHOULD NOT BE USED IN FORUM DEBATES
You've said so much but it means so little.
You think it was a one time power? Okay. It still happened, it still counts. Get. Over. It.
For the record, Mjolnir has manipulated souls on another occasion and it's almost as much of a plot device as the Power Cosmic. I.e. Thor pulls shit out of his ass when the writer needs him to and they explain it as "magic". Get. Over. It.