What does the power hierarchy of the marvel universe look like now?
Is TOAA no longer omnipotent?
Ayden Baker
Jeremiah Davis
I guess this settles the age old TOAA vs The Presence fight then.
Kevin Bailey
This comic does not understand the concept of TOAA and seems to envision them as some kind of fucking bureaucrat
Isaiah Gutierrez
Haven’t read the issue this is from, but it doesn’t really conflict with recent depictions of TOAA.
Matthew Ross
TOAA is at his best when he's a guy in the background of a panel you might not even notice, cheering on the heroes when they do something truly heroic. Having him be yet another floating ineffectual head when Marvel literally has a fucking council of those is stupid. Basically they turned him into the Living Tribunal and the LT into his nerfed lackey
Michael King
TOAA has as much control over the Marvel universe as the writers do.
Chase Diaz
It's from the last Thanos book from Starlin. The last book in the trilogy comes out this summer IIRC.
Agreed it makes no sense and it seems like Starlin might just be putting in a new tier above TOAA to wank Thanos some more. It makes no sense. The only way for this to pan out in the next book is if it's all in the plan of TOAA to appear this way to Tribunal/Adam. I am not holding my breath though as this story has been going against everything Starlin set forth beforehand that was good about his creation. It butchers the relationship between Thanos and Lady Death, it butchers his relationship he has built with Adam, and it butchers the lesson he learned in The End about humility, his place in the universe, and the concept of gods plan.
I stick with the head cannon that Thanos story ended with Marvel The End. It was perfect. Thanos learned his place in the cosmic scheme, he got a religious experience, he got the girl, he made a friend, he did the right thing, he was happy, Starlin showed artistic principles, and the story set forth a message to the comic industry on the importance of death in story telling.
Then Starlin learned he can't live without money and spit on all of these concepts.
I think the worst thing about all of it though is them calling him "The above all others" that sounds so god damn stupid to say.
Levi Sanchez
are Starlin's OGNs even canon?
Cooper Sanders
Who the hell knows. Like I said I just keep my head canon. Another thing that bugs me is the story has the biggest god damn plot hole ever based on the fact that "Oh I am you from the future but an alt timeline." Thanos gains the time gem, fuses with Infinity, had the heart of the Universe and became Omnicient to the point where he saw all events ever... yet he doesn't know where this alt time version of himself came from or how this plays out? Also "I want to BE everything this time!" also makes no god damn sense as he WAS everything when he had the Heart of the Universe. He even says it word for god damn word. The only argument you could make is this time he "is taking it for himself" but again this ALSO doesn't make sense because he knows he is just an actor in TOAAs divine plan.
It's all just drek and it pisses me off because Marvel the End is my favorite comic of all time.
Justin Murphy
and Namorfag whines about Doom becoming omnipotent every other month