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There's numerous characters that can create stuff from thin air. You can't compare power levels across franchises that are very different from one another (Superman vs Goku type stuff barely works).
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You can't compare power levels across franchises that are very different from one another (Superman vs Goku type stuff barely works).
You can if you're having fun.
Supes would absolutely smoke Goku, btw.
Sure, for fun. Most people starting this kind of discussion seem to be looking for definitive answers though.
Are they though? I’ve always seen these speculative discussions as more of a fun thought exercise/excuse to quibble lightheartedly with friends. It’s a competition seeing who can basically assert their opinion in fun, funny, and/or clever ways. I don’t think anyone expects to actually come to a concrete conclusion or consensus
Your experiences with these discussions seem to be better than mine, that's all I know.
I guess my friends are just more chill lol
They're both insanely overpowered, but while Goku can literally smash the universe, Superman can destroy the multiverse.
Saitama
Popeye
God from the bible has more or less the same abilities, but is also omnipresent.
Omniscient and omnipotent.
If God existed, I kinda imagine he'd be like end-game Dr. Manhattan. Which was probably the message, but explained really well through the journey.
But, OTOH, if God did exist, it'd have infinite capacity to have infinite care and consideration for every quark. Unlike Dr. Manhatten, it could just choose to care, choose to limit the effects of being omniscient. Dr. Manhattan was as much a victim of his powers and, obviously, unable or unwilling to control their effects on him. He could fork off instances of himself, but he couldn't resist the ennui of inevitability. He was a puppet of fate, and was aware of that. By definition, God is omnipotent, and therefore would be unbound by those limitations.
After reading this I can’t tell if I’m smoking too much weed or not smoking enough weed.
Not nearly enough.
The funny thing is, I'm not smoking any at all. Pot is legal in my state, but it makes me nauseous; always has. LSD was always my favorite, but I don't have that sort of peer group, and it's just too much work and risk to go out of my way to source it.
So: totally sober here. Sadly.
It’s a great comment. I should’ve specified that.
Q from star trek?
But how?
Maxwell's powers are limited by what he can describe with written language and the speed at which Maxwell can do so. Q's powers are effectively similar but seemingly without either limitation.
Can do the same and more.
Can you elaborate? 🤔
Quote Wikipedia because I'm lazy:
He is an extra-dimensional being of unknown origin who possesses immeasurable power over time, space, the laws of physics, and reality itself, being capable of altering it to his whim.
By snapping his fingers.
Dr. Manhattan.
Alan Wake seems to command reality far more profoundly than Maxwell, though “Alan’s” powers come with a caveat; His writing needs to make for a gripping story.
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