zeebee1 said:
Becoming the next Juggernaut makes you overpowered. The thing about Cain is that he has no idea what he can do and doesn't want to experiment. Flight and energy blasts should be simple enough.
I think a kid once got the gem and ended up hacking through computers that weren't even plugged in. This is the power of a god as wielded by a human. Becoming a tank shouldn't be the only way to use it.
Then gem is about two and a half steps under the freaking Infinity Gauntlet. The Gauntlet makes you a literal writer in a series that you are writing. The gem
just allows you to tap a technically infinite well of power and mold it however you see fit.
Give it to someone who has more than manure between their ears, and watch the galaxy kneel before it's new Supreme Everking.
Marvel isn't tapped for ideas. They're just shit at coming up with them. Have somebody open Pandora's Box, unleashing High Magic on the Marvel Universe. Dragons, elves, fairies, dwarves, sword and sorcery. But then you add in shit like guns and modern military and the X-Men and Tony Stark, and shit just gets ridiculous.
I just invented that. Just now. Pulled it clear out my ass. Wham, bam, thank you mam.
Here's another. Some random plot device throws Earth forwards in time by X amount, depositing it in a highly advanced science-fiction future dominated by alien confederations and empires. On the one hand, we're potentially thousands of years behind everyone else in the universe. On the other hand, we have all the super heroes and plot devices.
Can we go home?
Should we go back even if we can find a way? Is humanity better off existing in this far-distant future, filled with technological wonders, moral ambiguity brought about by incredible science, and interstellar wars that shake the stars? Who will ally themselves with humanity, and why? What makes this galaxy of the future tick? How many technicolor space bitches must kick Scott in the balls before we're all satisfied (answer: all of them + 1)?
You line 'em up, I'll knock 'em down. I can do this all day. God, has Marvel replaced their writers with a bunch of chimps or something?