Re: Re: Re: Re: galactus and stars
Originally posted by leonidas
well......i guess you'll just have to continue not liking it then because like i said, you've seen it. and no, i won't say it was writer error. it was common knowledge that galactus ate planets since his inception. logically speaking, there is no way around it. apparently some writer thinks it's dumb that he can't feed on stars so has him feed on stars. but we've seen plenty of evidence that he can absorb all manner of energy so.....yeah. it's not a big deal to me and i guess you'll just have to go on not liking it or denying the evidence but we've seen on panel proof that yes, he can gain energy from stars. [shrug]
Yes, I have seen him apparently being able to feed on stars in some newer comics under some writers who may have not done their research properly. AND I have seen him consistently NOT being able to feed on stars ever since his introduction into comics; the matter of fact which has lasted systematically for decades and his entire story and character being built upon this fact.
Thus, I'm not denying anything. We have two CONTRADICTING scenarios. The recent Marvel writing has been extremely inconsistent, displaying contradictions upon contradictions, so I see no point in favouring the first of the above scenarios. Thus for now, I choose the one that is logical and consistent with his established history. Of course, time will tell if the first scenario is indeed just a writer error, or if Marvel will actually accept it as a retcon to the character.
There are so many continuity errors these days in Marvel comics that there's no point in immediately accepting all of them as retcons. Sometimes, mistakes are just mistakes. One writer making a mistake doesn't mean that all the writers will continue to make the same mistake, or accept it as a retcon.
This reminds me of another writer error, back when Rogue's absorption powers suddenly, inexplicably didn't work on Colossus in his armored form. (This is kinda reversed scenario of Galactus's consuming powers WORKING on stars...). This allowed Rogue and Colossus have a brief fling. However, it was well established by that time that Rogue's powers actually worked on Peter's armored form... we just had a case of improper research and writer error. In later stories, this error was simply ignored, and Rogue powers continued to work in the established way: being able to absorb armored Colossus.