The Miseducation of Ororo Munroe

[butterflykyss]

I had the recent pleasure of meeting a current xmen writer (Marc Guggenheim) and actually discussing at length about my favorite character Storm. He was very nice and very knowledgeable of the xmen lore. I shared to him my love of Ororo and he mentioned to me he believes he has the voice of the character down but has a hard time writing her power-wise beyond using just lightning and wind. I then shared with him a few scans explaining that Claremont wrote her as an energy manipulator, not solely a weather manipulator. He replied that this was a retcon. I was taken aback but surprised as their has always been confusion as to her powerset, especially with new crop of writers.


So my question is do you believe her to be just a weather manipulator and why? Also, when canon has established by Claremont her powers do work by her ability to perceive energy and manipulate it why then do writers believe that without weather or atmosphere she is powerless?

[Ambaryerno]

Also, when canon has established by Claremont her powers do work by her ability to perceive energy and manipulate it why then do writers believe that without weather or atmosphere she is powerless?

Single best reason: Keeps her from being a game breaker by putting some actual limitations on her power.

[Gambit, King of Thieves]

Also, isn't Storm NOTORIOUS for inconsistent power levels?

[butterflykyss]

Also, isn't Storm NOTORIOUS for inconsistent power levels?

I think she is notorious for this due to the lack of understanding as it pertains to her powerset.

[Havok83]

Claremont wrote some ridiculous stuff with her. I think she works better as a weather manipulator

[butterflykyss]

Single best reason: Keeps her from being a game breaker by putting some actual limitations on her power.

what do you mean? please expound.

[Ambaryerno]

what do you mean? please expound.

Being a direct weather manipulator means she has to have something tangible to actually work with. "Energy" is such a nebulous power source a writer can make it out to be just about anything.

[Gambit, King of Thieves]

Being a direct weather manipulator means she has to have something tangible to actually work with. "Energy" is such a nebulous power source a writer can make it out to be just about anything.

she's utilizing the quantum vacuum virtual plasma

[Ambaryerno]

she's utilizing the quantum vacuum virtual plasma

My point exactly.

[Tenebrae]

she's utilizing the quantum vacuum virtual plasma

This made me lol. Well done.

[Sundowhn]

Single best reason: Keeps her from being a game breaker by putting some actual limitations on her power.

This, essentially. The more powerful a character is, the less they make sense in a team book. By pushing for Storm to be OTT, it limits the willingness of writers to use her.

I also base my concept of Storm largely on a story Dave Cockrum once told on the Nightscrawlers forum -- he talked about when both Storm and Nightcrawler were "born" and what it came from.

[wano]

I had the recent pleasure of meeting a current xmen writer (Marc Guggenheim) and actually discussing at length about my favorite character Storm. He was very nice and very knowledgeable of the xmen lore. I shared to him my love of Ororo and he mentioned to me he believes he has the voice of the character down but has a hard time writing her power-wise beyond using just lightning and wind. I then shared with him a few scans explaining that Claremont wrote her as an energy manipulator, not solely a weather manipulator. He replied that this was a retcon. I was taken aback but surprised as their has always been confusion as to her powerset, especially with new crop of writers.


So my question is do you believe her to be just a weather manipulator and why? Also, when canon has established by Claremont her powers do work by her ability to perceive energy and manipulate it why then do writers believe that without weather or atmosphere she is powerless?

Because her name is storm and her power is weather, when they change her name to energon and her power to dynamokinesis we can talk. . .

then again
http://vsbattles.wikia.com/wiki/Storm_(Marvel_Comics)
Her power is stated as weather manipulations, some weather phenomena are related to energy so she can manipulate it via weather manipulation. . . Also I see solar storms as a stretch of the concept of weather. . .

It's kind of like saying that cyclops can absorb all the electromagnetic spectrum because he can harness the sun that uses similar energy

P.D: In vs battles wiki standard storm is ranked as 5-C and standard Cyclops is rated at 5-B :P