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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 3589575" data-attributes="member: 19675">It creates problems if the switch is intentional or accidental:If intentional:1) Its a tactic that the SS would use whenever applicable.  Most opponents would be so confused that they'd be easy pickings.  As I mentioned above, in the clip I saw, the two initial victims are stymied for minutes- that's an eternity in a battle.If unintentional:1) A character who is, according to Marvel's official site, capable of controling matter on a molecular level at a planetary scale to recreate whole ecosystems for multicellular beings - such as when he restored life to a damaged planet- can't control his power when he touches one single cosmically irradiated mutant.And not a singularly rare mutant, either- Marvel's used that trope at least one other time when they created the villainous U-Foes.As a rational being with his particular line of work (which he's been doing for some time)- delivering up life-bearing planets to be nibbled by Big G- he knows that defeated planetary defenders are dead if he wins, and his own planet is in jeopardy if he doesn't.Killing them with a quick zap while they're disoriented is 1) Easy, 2) Humane compared to being eaten, 3) Makes it easier for him to concentrate on other potential hostile, making his job easier.Besides, clips have aired that are clearly subsequent to the power-switching- Sue & Johnny still live.No, my complaint is as it always has been from my initial post- that the power-switching plot device is shoddy writing without foundation or respect for the core character.The morality aspect of the character remains true, but the events immediately subsequent to the power-switch plot device would seem to indicate that his morals haven't yet been reawakened, meaning that he should have taken full advantage of the situation...resulting in the probable deaths of Johnny and Sue.</blockquote>

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