Oh look, another page of Storm-blather, in a thread about a book in which she doesn't even get mentioned, let alone appear.
I used to really like the character, back in the 80s, but her fans have pretty much ruined it for me.
Oh look, another page of Storm-blather, in a thread about a book in which she doesn't even get mentioned, let alone appear.
I used to really like the character, back in the 80s, but her fans have pretty much ruined it for me.
Hmm no, it's just me Calling an apple "apple" and not "orange" just because others around me decided to change the name.
True. Storm isn't an Orisha though, she's a mutant.
Grandiose speech doesn't alter what occured with Selene: she performed a mystical ritual that gave her godlike-power.
She didn't become a god herself, that's just abusing the word.
They did. Doesn't make Storm a goddess though.
The day her existence - or disappearance - will be dependent on said prayers and faith, you'll be able to make that argument again, with my blessing even.
Morrigan is a divinity jumping from host to host, more or less with their assent, more or less with Freedom of action attached to it.
It's a form of possession if we are being honest, not just a title transition, but I digress.
Bottom line being the essence of the Morrigan is what's being divine, not the host who's harboring it.
True.
That's not what's happening with Storm though, she wasn't wished into existence/prayed into existence by some populace somewhere.
She had two human parents with a mother that gave Birth to her.
I'm asking again where were those divine powers when the russians depowered her or when Batroc was kicking her around?
She was vulnerable to them, the same way any human would be to mortal weapons.
Please explain that dichotomy then.
I was just pointing out the flaws in that assertion about her being a god, that's all.
Or are you gonna accuse me of hating on Storm somehow? Seems like the default option when questionning things around this forum nowadays.
Again, grandiose speech doesn't alter what's occuring, being worshipped by the wakandans doesn't make her a god.
It does, since when she's stripped of her mutant gifts she becomes powerless, instead of still having her Hadari Yao abilities to rely on.
And you do not want to use Selene as an example, she's as much a godess in name as Storm is. If anything, Storm is just like her, she received a power boost from a ritual performed to overcome the Adversary but that's it.
Look, you are the one arguing against gods being bound to extraordinary physiology and abilities allowing them to somehow overcome death or survive it.
Eventhough those are a recurring staples in godhood for most if not all gods throughout Marvel.
You are the one saying Storm isn't bound to this to be a godess, I'm saying: ok.
If that's the case, why is she powerless when she's stripped of her mutant abilities? Where are her divine powers then?
I'm not questionning Thor's nature or those other gods you cited, but the simple fact they are immortals or able to transcend death should make it clear why they are actual gods when Storm is one only in name.
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I really didn't expect the god-talk to blow up so much. I've created a new thread to discuss it so this one can get back to Hellions #1.
Storm's godhood has been confirmed on panel, bu multiple sources and is currently an ongoing plot point in Black Panther. I'm unsure why that's a point that needs addressing or defending it's on panel.