CM: Monica, Frank and Maria "Photon" Rambeau Appreciation 2021

[CosmiComic]

WandaVision seemed to imply Photon.

That's her mother's callsign in CM, right? They'll probably be consistent with that.

Wish they'd go straight to Spectrum. I mean if they use Photon it's only going to be temporary... so why confuse audiences?

You think so? I assume the audience would figure out

[evolutionaryFan]

That's her mother's callsign in CM, right? They'll probably be consistent with that.



You think so? I assume the audience would figure out

Well... I was just thinking, let's get Monica away from this whole changing her superhero-name thing... It's a mess in the comics but why keep it in the MCU.

[CosmiComic]

Well... I was just thinking, let's get Monica away from this whole changing her superhero-name thing... It's a mess in the comics but why keep it in the MCU.

Oh, so you're saying keep the name consistent? I think they probably will, considering all the other MCU heroes do this

[CrimsonEchidna]

Wish they'd go straight to Spectrum. I mean if they use Photon it's only going to be temporary... so why confuse audiences?

Honestly, it's probably more likely if she goes by Photon in the films, that they'll likely have her go by that name again in the comics for the consistency.

I'm hardly the comic expert but looking back, it was never a good look that Monica gave up two of her superhero monikers for Genis.

[evolutionaryFan]

Honestly, it's probably more likely if she goes by Photon in the films, that they'll likely have her go by that name again in the comics for the consistency.

I'm hardly the comic expert but looking back, it was never a good look that Monica gave up two of her superhero monikers for Genis.

Oh, so you're saying keep the name consistent? I think they probably will, considering all the other MCU heroes do this

Yeah, I was thinking consistency across the comics and MCU. Either way is fine with me, Photon or Spectrum. I thought Spectrum fit her powers better.

[CosmiComic]

Yeah, I was thinking consistency across the comics and MCU. Either way is fine with me, Photon or Spectrum. I thought Spectrum fit her powers better.

Yeah. Speaking of her powers, did she have invisibility in WandaVision. I wasn't %100 sure what I saw

[evolutionaryFan]

Yeah. Speaking of her powers, did she have invisibility in WandaVision. I wasn't %100 sure what I saw

Don't know. I haven't watched the show yet.

[CosmiComic]

Don't know. I haven't watched the show yet.

Oh jeez, sorry about spoilers!

[evolutionaryFan]

Oh jeez, sorry about spoilers!

Nah, don't worry about it. I don't care about spoilers.

[JudicatorPrime]

Yeah. Speaking of her powers, did she have invisibility in WandaVision. I wasn't %100 sure what I saw

It was a confusing scene. It could be explained a number of ways, but it looks like in the MCU Monica's powers will function more like they did in her one-shot. In it Reed Richards explained that Monica's powers had changed. No longer was she able to turn into an electromagnetic energy form. Instead, her body functioned as an energy interface between our world and the extradimensional energy realm where Monica originally got her powers. This change gives Monica the ability to shunt kinetic energy. She may still have the ability to turn invisible (by essentially shunting the effects of light photons), but in the case of the WandaVision scene, by interacting with Monica as the dimensional interface, most of the bullets passed through her, losing their kinetic energy and dropping to the ground.

[CosmiComic]

It was a confusing scene. It could be explained a number of ways, but it looks like in the MCU Monica's powers will function more like they did in her one-shot. In it Reed Richards explained that Monica's powers had changed. No longer was she able to turn into an electromagnetic energy form. Instead, her body functioned as an energy interface between our world and the extradimensional energy realm where Monica originally got her powers. This change gives Monica the ability to shunt kinetic energy. She may still have the ability to turn invisible (by essentially shunting the effects of light photons), but in the case of the WandaVision scene, by interacting with Monica as the dimensional interface, most of the bullets passed through her, losing their kinetic energy and dropping to the ground.

So she's intangible? But she also seemed to become semi-invisible from what I saw

[Baby_Hater666]

It was a confusing scene. It could be explained a number of ways, but it looks like in the MCU Monica's powers will function more like they did in her one-shot. In it Reed Richards explained that Monica's powers had changed. No longer was she able to turn into an electromagnetic energy form. Instead, her body functioned as an energy interface between our world and the extradimensional energy realm where Monica originally got her powers. This change gives Monica the ability to shunt kinetic energy. She may still have the ability to turn invisible (by essentially shunting the effects of light photons), but in the case of the WandaVision scene, by interacting with Monica as the dimensional interface, most of the bullets passed through her, losing their kinetic energy and dropping to the ground.

I don't think this points to her having her one shot powers, I think they were pretty clear in referencing Ewing's rendition of the character. I'm pretty sure the bullets fell because of her ability to absorb kinetic energy. In her one shot she didn't have intangibility at all.

Take it with a grain of salt but I've read the theory that Monica started off with some sort of enhancement prior to the hex, which is why her X-rays are blank, she refuses blood tests and, if you pay attention, she takes the hatch door of the rover off its hinges when she escapes it. It'd be interesting if she had started off with those one shot abilities that were then altered.

[CosmiComic]

Take it with a grain of salt but I've read the theory that Monica started off with some sort of enhancement prior to the hex, which is why her X-rays are blank, she refuses blood tests and, if you pay attention, she takes the hatch door of the rover off its hinges when she escapes it. It'd be interesting if she had started off with those one shot abilities that were then altered.

That's what I assumed.

[Baby_Hater666]

That's what I assumed.

Its what I'm hoping, those scenes felt too significant for them to have meant nothing. Why else would her X-rays show up blank? and I think Disney had the budget to keep their prop tank door attached

[CosmiComic]

Its what I'm hoping, those scenes felt too significant for them to have meant nothing. Why else would her X-rays show up blank? and I think Disney had the budget to keep their prop tank door attached

If it means pseudo-retconning her getting her powers from the Hex, I'm all for it.