Rage.Of.Olympus
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Originally posted by xJLxKing
No, I’m not saying it’s based on his recent featWhat I’m saying is, if the last 5 years, writers have slowly brought his power level down in order to humanize him contradict his power levels from 20-30 years ago, then there is really no arguing that
We have seen this with various characters and it’s only expected.
Odin for the past few years have become a victim of this, a lot like many popular sky father beings(guardians..etc).
5 years is an arbitrary cut-off but in the last few years off the top of my head Odin has stopped/reversed time, created a planet from nothing, battled Galactus, easily dispelled Surtur's energy (He had accumulated enough to destroy the entire Multiverse using Otherworld as a gateway), banished an entire realm/Universe easily, stalemated his Dark God counterpart while freshly revived (Who through sheer force of will staved off Universal entropy of his Universe) all while in his base form and not accessing his full power.
The Serpent while feeding on fear was portrayed as far more powerful than every Hell Lord and demon in Marvel except Surtur.
Aaron is portraying Odin a lot less beyond everyone in their totality but that doesn't erase his feats. And the Mother Storm was intended to be the big reveal that explained Jane's fight with Odin.
And you realize I hope, that Aaron is also the same writer who had Odin wrestle and defeat the Mother Storm at it's peak, blast down a Celestial supposedly, and had King Thor while running on steam take on Galactus (Who granted was also old) but the fight was galactic in scope. Aaron is aware what Odin is capable off. I'm guessing he's choosing to ignore it for the sake of plot or maybe he's amped the scale. After all, Mangog is suppose to be this unstoppable force in this story more powerful than ever. He crushed Mjolnir which is analogous to 616 Mjolnir and is powered by the rage of a dead Universe or whatever crap. After all, Thanos and the Grandmaster were both after it as a means to great power and those guys usually go after Infinity Gems or Cosmic Cube type weapons.
Anyways, Doomsday doesn't have the significance of Mangog, both conceptually or spiritually when it comes to feeding off Gods. He'll give some serious trouble until he's eventually stopped by one of the bigger guns. Or Odin blinks him out of existence. Depends on the story, so in that sense, nothing's really changed.