Originally posted by spetznaz
Not only have I read the comic, it is one of my favourite ones as it presents a very enjoyable narrative.
As if I haven't get that from Carver everytime.
But to answer your questions - fire being the 'fuel' that enables him to reproduce does not equal an amp. As for the water (as well as the earlier scene of his imp girlfriend holding back the flames), that was simply to ensure that he did not reproduce. As clearly stated, even though the JLA had managed to stop the nuclear Armageddon that would have spawned many burning Martians, there was still enough flame for 'at least one.' And considering the crap Fernus had given the team, even one extra burning Martian would have been too much.
Yes, fire is the fuel which provides him energy AND psychic trauma gives him means to reproduce.
Without Scorch suffering trauma, he had all that power supplied by the fire.
Did you think Fernus can just produce J'onn from his own body and keep his power at the same level?
To sum it up:
- Fire and suffering is what leads to burning Martians reproducing.
Suffering causes then to reproduce. Fire provides the necessary energy. Which is an amp until he reproduces.
Simple logic actually.
- All Martians - green and white - have the ability to become burning Martians, which are their real form. The reason they are afraid of fire is because of genetic tampering done to them by the Guardians of Oa due to the threat they saw the burning Martians could be. As said several times, that's why there is the irony of someone as powerful as Jjon being afraid of a matchstick.
- when Jjon's imp girlfriend helped him overcome his innate fear of flame, that triggered a loosening of the genetic (not just mental - genetic) blocks that kept the burning locked up, and Fernus was birthed.
That's not even remotely true. J'onn and Fernus were two different beings with different DNA, different souls and everything which differences two species.
When a Martian removes those genetic blocks, he gives birth to a burning Martian which is the genetic memory of all the previous burning Martians.
It seems like you don't even comprehend your favorite story.
Anyway - you might be correct on one thing. I have not read the version YOU read where fire amps up burning Martians, and from other comments on the site it appears that others have also not read YOUR version. Thus it appears two variants of the same book - your version where fire is an amp, and the version everyone else has read where it is not.
Maybe you should read the story again for the story and not feats.
Because it seems you've never actually comprehended the story.
Sad actually if what you said is true.