Originally posted by t0sh
Galactus eats everything on the planet, it doesn't matter if it's life or the planet itself, he gets nourishment out of everything. Trying to differentiate between the two doesn't make sense.Here he eats the whole planet and is fed.
Here he only eats the life on the planet and is fed.
So his eating habits are inconsistent, but the point remains, he stated that he feasted, which is why he believed he could defeat Thor. But he couldn't. He felt that he had powered up enough to defeat him, you honestly believe that Galactus, a character between the level of Skyfathers and the cosmic beings wouldn't understand when and how much he powered up?
Nope, that logic is asinine.
The scans you posted don't pose a rebuttal to me at all. In fact it helps me slightly.
Want to know why when he eats certain planets and he is fed? Because the Planets have a sufficient life force + the ability to support life.
Galactus at the point of the fight between him and Thor hadn't fed for a long (to a human mind improbable) time. So even when he briefly absorbed the nourishment from the Earth.
Which obviously didn't support life. And was described as being "dead, gutted remains". So even if he gains .001% of energy from this "fetid morsel". He's going to feel a lot better. I bet if you had been starved for 10 days straight. No food or water (imagine you could survive that long). I bet even a burger bun without anything inside it would look like the finest cooked steak to you.
I didn't say he didn't know how much he powered up. That's a non sequitir.
When the fight had finished at the very end Thor's blood started dripping onto the ground and "Godblood" fell to the ground and this caused vibrant green grass and red flowers to grow. The Earth was near complete death at that point.