Why won't Storm do anything about the cloud? *Death of X* spoilers

[ExodusCloak]

As it stands, Storm is the leader of the Extraordinary X-Men, she appeared in Death of X where she warns Crystal that Cyclops X-Men intend on attacking the cloud. Crystal then warns Medusa and Blackbolt and we get a showdown.

Additionally. After it has been proven that the cloud is tangible, and the cloud can be stopped nothing has been done within the 8 month/16 month gap.


Why is Storm so reluctant to stop the cloud. Had she not warned Crystal perhaps the X-Men could have diffused the second cloud and Alchemy would have been able to be more careful when altering it's composition

Is this worse then the Morlock massacre?

And should Storm see the light in IvX does it justify her neutrality during the 8 month gap?

Storms best idea was to move everyone to Limbo? Could she have handled the situation better?

[dragonmp93]

I dont think that Storm's passiveness is worse than the morlocks massacre; the cloud is the Inhumans' fault. But to me, the problem is that she believes in pacifism even if it kills her.

[Sutekh]

Storm's not the only one who could be doing something.

Adult Iceman, by himself, could probably crystallize the cloud so that the Inhumans could sweep up it's frozen bits and take them away to their own enclaves / floating ship-city / whatever. Even if he couldn't, he's got Teen Iceman and Idie/Oya as backup cold-producers.

I imagine the 'reason' why they don't actually use their powers to address these sorts of situations is the same reason why Wanda doesn't say 'No More Cancer' or something. The writers don't have the ability or desire to write stories in which these characters use their abilities effectively. They just write in 'threats' that don't really threaten them, thanks to the uber-powers they've given them, and then have them fart around and do nothing to address these threats, because they wouldn't be threats, otherwise. "Ooh, it's a disease! We're all gonna die!" "Don't we have three mutant healers, a half-dozen time-travelers/manipulators and multiple mutant geniuses who can literally create anything they think of?" "Shut up! It's terrifying! 'Cause.... Reasons!"

[Xelossik]

Sutekh :
Wanda powers were reduced. She needed additional energy to teleport mutants to different planet.

[somacula]

It's the plot force that's stopping her, naturally

[DDM]

Because Storm can't really without another elemental or two to help her out. She should give Meggan a call.

[jwatson]

Have no idea. She could have proably got her good friend sage on the phone.to give her a boost or forge create a machine. Basically i dont know. Lazy writers. Marvel mandate. Either way she looks horrid in this.

[Iron Fist]

She's been nerfed.

She can cause global storms when Logan dies, suck the air out of a room and people's lungs when she's mildly pissed off but she needs 2 Inhumans (Crystal has also been nerfed) to move the mutated terrigen cloud.

Plot convenience at it's finest.

[ExodusCloak]

She's been nerfed.

She can cause global storms when Logan dies, suck the air out of a room and people's lungs when she's mildly pissed off but she needs 2 Inhumans (Crystal has also been nerfed) to move the mutated terrigen cloud.

Plot convenience at it's finest.

That's not what I was referencing in the thread. It's not the lack of power it's the lack of will to do anything. As they can clearly do a lot of things to the cloud. Yet the will is not there to do anything about it

[jwatson]

That's not what I was referencing in the thread. It's not the lack of power it's the lack of will to do anything. As they can clearly do a lot of things to the cloud. Yet the will is not there to do anything about it

You can't really ask a question and then decide what the answer should be. There are other factors that we all know exist. Marvel could not tell the stories they wanted to tell if Storm was on a mission to get rid of the cloud.

[ExodusCloak]

You can't really ask a question and then decide what the answer should be. There are other factors that we all know exist. Marvel could not tell the stories they wanted to tell if Storm was on a mission to get rid of the cloud.

It's obviously not a lack of power or nature of the cloud . That's already been debunked in Civil War and Death of X. The cloud is tangible and can be put in a container. It can also be altered chemically. There is a lack of will. Given both those story facts Storms unwillingness to do anything about it must stem from something else (in story)

[useridgoeshere]

It's clearly plot-driven, but the in-story explanation is seeking peace with inhumans, which is ridiculously weak. Why worry about a war when you're doomed to die? Oh people might get hurt. Yeah, all will die without a war, while a few might die in a war over the death cloud.

If the plot allowed Storm to be a strong, intelligent leader, she never would've warned the inhumans that Scott was saving mutants. And once it was all done, she would've offered up Beast's help to synthesize terrigen to placate inhumans while she ended the cloud.

However, that's not what's allowed. Instead she is the Neville Chamberlain of the Mutant world.

[LordAllMIghty]

Plot Induced Stupidity

You're trying to find a reason to blame Storm when its obvious to anyone reading the comic that the writers didn't think this though.

Their are a number of Mutants that could easily contain the T-Cloud but PIS/Writers are ignoring them. Hell, Death of X should tell you the writers are just praying fans have bad memories.

[ZNOP]

If I'm not mistaken there were three Terrigen clouds floating about the globe -- Alchemy died(?) rendering one inert -- what's to be done about the remaining two?

[Gray Lensman]

I'm still trying to figure out how these events make Cyclops into Hitler. Unless there was a media blitz of epic propaganda backed up by a mindwhammy against everyone present.