Originally Posted by
rutog98
1) You are splitting hairs with the transmutation stuff. Storm has subatomic control over matter and energy and she has demonstrated transmutation on panel. While she does not usually wield this power, this means she can challenge somebody for control over matter at this level. If Silver Surfer wanted to transmute her, she could contest him for that by exercising control over her own body structure at the subatomic level. Likewise, if she wanted to transmute him, he could contest her in the same fashion. The victor in such a contest would likely come down to who has the strongest will and the most raw power. Storm wins on both fronts (willpower and raw power) if you take her at her very best showings.
Again, Storm does not usually exhibit this power in canon, but on the boards, we give her the full credit of her powerset.
2) In those instances you are referring to where Stardust was taken out by those attacks, how many of those attacks were strong enough to dissipate her/blow her to atoms? Storm attacked Stardust at the subatomic level and blew her apart completely dissipating her. Do you get what I am saying? None of those instances you are referring to taxed Stardust's constitution to the point her body was completely destroyed, so yes, Storm most certainly did hurt Stardust as her attack did FAR more damage than Beta Ray Bill's, etc.
3) You are correct that multiple writers have written Storm, but the stories they write are far from consistent in writing her power levels. In some stories, she can barely hit a guy riding a motorcycle. In others, she can channel the power of millions of stars, sew together realities that are coming apart at their seams, draw upon enough power to beat entities that wield the sum total power of all matter/energy/life for an entire reality's past/present/future, etc. You get my drift? My point is if you take Storm at her best, she's far more than you give her credit for and she has the feats to prove this. I don't doubt your love for the character. I believe you care for this character, but you don't give her feats all they are due. I believe you feel Storm should not be able to wield certain power levels (in her human form), so you try and figure out ways to lessen the feats she does that place her above the limits you try and impose on her. You even go the extreme of trying to find other stories where her powers are less to try and discredit the power levels she displays in stories where her feats eclipse where you say her power levels are.
4) Again, at the levels Storm is mostly portrayed at, I would agree with your assessments. She can't beat a Herald of Galactus or abstract let alone do any real damage to a character in this power class. However, whether you like it or not, she was designed to have "near-infinite" power from the start. Every now and then we get to see glimpses of the true power she wields, but holds back. When we see those glimpses, it becomes obvious that she has the power to do what I claim. It is based off of those rare feats of power that we see her display that I base my arguments in this regard.
5) We can go on and on about this, but we will never agree, to be honest. I think both sides have substantially argued their position. There really isn't anymore reason to keep debating this.