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Moon Girl Is The Smartest Person In The Marvel Universe
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excelsiorlef
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Marvel is killing it with diversity these days.
Killing it as in being awesome
Killing it as in being awesome
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
So, is this something we can expect them to actually do something with on a universe level, or something that will be relegated to "interesting fact"? Genuinely asking, I don't really know what to expect of Marvel comics.
Aztechnology
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Wouldn't one or the characters who's basically omnipotent be the smartest?
Reed and Valeria aren't around though.
WhiteRabbitEXE
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Raw IQ versus knowledge. You can probably argue even an all-knowing being doesn't necessarily have the highest intelligence.
MisterHero
Super Member
did they cure cancer and the common cold yet
Brianimaniac
Banned
Marvel characters are at their best when they're relatable. When you can say "cool, that person is just like me, but wrapped up in this incredible circumstance".
Who relates to the smartest person in the world? No one relates to abstractions. It's why stories about saving the whole universe are boring.
Who relates to the smartest person in the world? No one relates to abstractions. It's why stories about saving the whole universe are boring.
wesleyshark
Banned
That'll be in the next universe reboot.
MrToughPants
Brian Burke punched my mom
I'm assuming Earth based characters only.
Pym wasn't even mentioned in the article.
Pym wasn't even mentioned in the article.
Wakanda did. But it's a trade secret.
ShadowSwordmaster
Banned
Wakanda did.
Aztechnology
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It doesn't really work like that though as if you understand every thread of every potential outcome you probably by definition have a much higher IQ. Spacial awareness, pattern recognition etc. Would all fall under omnipotence no?
I could understand her being the most creative or unique thinker and smarter than the rest of the traditional Marvel cast. But someone who's omnipotent, I just can't see it.
wesleyshark
Banned
I mean... how cool would that be, for real.
But... they know everything. Maybe I'm thinking of a different kind of omnipotence/omniscience, but when you know everything that's just sort of it. Someone who does not know everything, and is very very smart is just not going to be able to use their smarts in anyway that dethrone you. Because you'll also just know what they are thinking, and how they thought it, and why.
Mrs. Manky
Banned
#blackgirlmagic #blackgirlscience
MisterHero
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orthodoxy1095
Banned
Still the greatest panel of all time.
WhiteRabbitEXE
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😄 😄 😄 😄
I'm more just pointing out a stupid technicality that could be argued.
Fair enough, I mean the whole measuring of smartness is a sort of silly trope anyway in Marvel, I still enjoy it - I think it can probably be used in a really fun and clever way with a 9 year old black girl. It's not the same 30 something white dude who is a billionaire tech genius playboy. I think that's already been done once or twice - I don't mind it, I just also don't mind variety.
Bruh it's an all ages book. Where can this go?
Yes! Very fun book! Very well written character!
As much as I love Valeria Richards, Hickman kind of wrote her like a tiny adult who sometimes is self-conscious about being a kid.
Lunella not only is a certified Marvel super-genius, but that doesn't stop her from being a kid. I think tier lists in comics are silly (the most powerful or smart is always who the writer of the moment wants it to be), but hey, whatever calls attention to this excellent comic.
As much as I love Valeria Richards, Hickman kind of wrote her like a tiny adult who sometimes is self-conscious about being a kid.
Lunella not only is a certified Marvel super-genius, but that doesn't stop her from being a kid. I think tier lists in comics are silly (the most powerful or smart is always who the writer of the moment wants it to be), but hey, whatever calls attention to this excellent comic.
Aztechnology
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I'm more just pointing out a stupid technicality that could be argued.
I guess something that can be argued is someone with omnipotence usually looks at the universe in a significantly different way and thus doesn't apply their knowledge/intellect in the same way. The omnipotent being is traditionally very apathetic as they look at everything as a macrocosm instead of a microcosm. The usual Omnipotence can be a crutch too argument.
something fantastic on a marvel adventures scale?
Krappadizzle
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I've never heard of her. Though admittedly I don't follow comics other than the occasional graphic novel a few times a year. Love the idea of a little 9 year old girl being the smartest person in the Marvel Universe though. Very cool.
Doom is the world's oldest nine year old
She is an Inhuman
Her power is she has a pet T-Rex. You might be all that's not a power but really you're going to argue with a girl with the T-Rex?
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
If they're not a super genius, they're a top tier martial artist.
Dreamgazer
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Smart people in comics are only there to:
- Turn evil (at which point they will grow a really long beard) or absorbed by some evil.
- Turn socially unlikable
- Turn into a sidekick
- Prove that being smart means nothing if you don't have guts/brawns/hearts/courage.
- Create their own misfortune for being too smart.
- Somehow stay a kid forever.
Falchion
Member
This. No one gets crowned until this happens.
Krappadizzle
Member
You had me right there. I'm sold.
cash money, most super genuises have a variant of the cure for cancer
hes outside of space time. he doesnt care
You have been reading long enough to know how things like this go.
Suddenly I want this more than any comic book story in the world.
for her sake, valeria better be.
with words and ideas that are dropped at the sight of a new writing team?
super-famicom
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No feathers.
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