Empyre #4

[laughing_tree]

"Al, don't kill that character." That's kind of been my involvement, the "Oh my god, Al, no!" If someone dies, it means I failed you. -- Dan Slott

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[scorntx]

... hold on. Dan Slott is the one not wanting to kill off a character?
There's something that doesn't sound right with that story...


Gosh, you know your plan is utter crap when it doesn't fool Carol Danvers for even a second.
"Fool me seven times, shame on you. Fool me eight or more times, shame on me!"


-"This is my process."-
Huh. Would've thought Tony's process was to do something hideously stupid, then blame everyone else for not agreeing with him that it was right and necessary to do so.


And... uh, would've thought T'Challa is normally the sort of person smart enough to know killing his entire country just to show everyone Who's Boss would be a colossal own goal.
(Gonna assume that's some lingering cotati mind-magic at work, because otherwise maybe Wakanda should try experimenting with non-monarchial government...)


... Jen's probably gonna be fine.
Her head's just a plant at the moment. She'll be fine.
... on the plus side, she's not being written by Jason Aaron.
Okay, she's kind of dead, but, y'know, minor problem. Easily fixed.
She'll be fine.


-"It verified his identity at the genetic level"-
"Right, because it's not like the Skrulls found a way around that before the last time they tried invading Earth. Remember that, Captain?"

[onsokumaru]

-"It verified his identity at the genetic level"-
"Right, because it's not like the Skrulls found a way around that before the last time they tried invading Earth. Remember that, Captain?"

True, but you'd think a Kree-made weapon would be especially suited to not be fooled by Skrulls.

[scorntx]

A Kree made weapon which has been in the hands of a Skrull for some time. She's probably had the opportunity to futz with it.

Hmm. Maybe Carol shouldn't be hanging on to that hammer...

[zerocaloriecola]

It was tanalth who fuzzed with it, but otherwise the hammer itself has apparently the ability to see through the skrull disguise by the narrative.

But other than that, the hammer was noted to have an influence on her which might come as trusting its judgements more so that she would normally, and that part seems to be being addressed in her tie in.

[deepspaceartist]

Okay, she's kind of dead, but, y'know, minor problem. Easily fixed.
She'll be fine.

I mean, Bruce got arrowed to the face a couple years back, and he's alive and kicking. Never underestimate a Hulk's ability to survive.

[scorntx]

The Immortal She-Hulk tie-in helps.

...
(if it hasn't been cancelled.)

[shadowpsykie]

come on.... she's a Hulk... we've already established you can't kill them.... they all come back..... they just.... change....

[cainofdreaming]

Yeah, it's like killing a mutant.

[deh_tommy]

Galactus stubs his toe and suddenly MUTANTS ARE ALL DEAD OMG SO SAD

[matrix_dragon]

The fact this is being written by the guy doing Immortal Hulk makes it clear her death isn't the end of her story.

[mazway_75]

"I sent Thor on a quest....We'll hear from him I mean not like some massive international event that prevents readers from ever seeing his side adventure unfold...."

[erikred]

And... uh, would've thought T'Challa is normally the sort of person smart enough to know killing his entire country just to show everyone Who's Boss would be a colossal own goal.

Right, that's the whole point: in contrast with maybe-Cotati-Teddy at the top, T'Challa recognizes that the "drink poison and expect your enemy to die" approach is not kingly but a show of pretending to be a king.

"In the end, victory will not come from hollow shows."

[deh_tommy]

I’m guessing he’s learned his lesson from the Illuminati shenanigans?

[mazway_75]

Noted already but really,why is Cassie giant-sized at the wedding aside from we know who she is?

[cainofdreaming]

She-Hulk and Thing look so revolted at the sight of the miniature green people...

[bruinsfan]

Being able to nova a sun is a pretty damn big development in weapons technology for the Kree and Skrull empires. I'd have thought that sort of thing the province of cultures multiple billions of years old, like the Celestials and the Watchers, not relatively young and volatile space empires with mortal citizens.

Also, the parties who are so eager to do it haven't thought the repercussions through. Sure, it'll cow the Shi'ar and lesser spacefaring civilizations that would be afraid of such a show of force. But it would probably also bring them to the sudden attention of the Celestials, in a "damn, this pest species is killing off whole plants in our garden!" fashion. Pretty much all of the mortals Galactus is fond of live on Earth. And a nova might not kill Franklin Richards, just everyone he's ever loved...

[silicondream]

Eh, sunkilling was pretty moderate on the cosmic power scale for classic Marvel. The Kree Nega-Bomb killed most of their galaxy, and Gladiator literally eviscerated a star by hand once. Thanos stole Warlock's Soul Gem and put a star-busting cannon on his warship in almost his first appearance, and that was like thirty-eight powerups ago. Meanwhile, the real cosmics like Odin and Galactus and the Celestials destroyed galaxies plural when they threw down.

Most Marvel cosmics and alien civilizations got nerfed around the time of Annihilation, but I'd still say that a sunkilling weapon to the Kree or Shi'ar is like a nuke to us. Serious business, and you don't set one off without very good reason, but hardly inaccessible tech.