I was just wondering. Since Elixir is an Omega level mutant why cant he heal people like Cable, Gentle, Firestar, Magneto even Shadowcat? He has the power to do so right....
Elixir
Character » Elixir appears in 941 issues.
Elixir was one of the students at Xavier Institute and is known for his ability of biological manipulation which allows him to both restore life or take it on a whim, and is capable of incredible feats being one of the few active and confirmed Omega-level mutants. He is now a part of the New Mutant nation of Krakoa as a member of the Five.
Why cant Elixir heal people like....?
Gentle....there isn't really anything to heal unless I missed something.
Firestar has cancer doesn't she? I doubt he could just 'heal' her. He could probably help shrink any tumors that develop but can't prevent them from forming again (though I thought they were dealing with this with Daimon Hellstrom. I never read Marvel Divas but I know it was suggested)
Magneto is just too powerful for his body to take it, no amount of healing will solve that I don't think.
As for Shadowcat, he's gotta touch her for his powers to work which is kinda the problem, nobody can touch her.
" @karrob: He can heal Cable's flesh but I doubt he can affect the T-O virus or even fight it off. Gentle....there isn't really anything to heal unless I missed something. Firestar has cancer doesn't she? I doubt he could just 'heal' her. He could probably help shrink any tumors that develop but can't prevent them from forming again (though I thought they were dealing with this with Daimon Hellstrom. I never read Marvel Divas but I know it was suggested) Magneto is just too powerful for his body to take it, no amount of healing will solve that I don't think. As for Shadowcat, he's gotta touch her for his powers to work which is kinda the problem, nobody can touch her. "He created a tumour to the Vanisher and then healed him, at will.
Firestar had cancer (but is still undergoing chemo 'just in case' ugh). Although when that was revealed during Marvel Divas, I couldn't understand why Elixir couldn't cure her. It's a quick & easy fix for a comic book; a golden boy who can literally kill the cancer cells with a black touch, and cure the healthy cells with a golden touch.
But... I guess you could say that she isn't that closely connected to the X-Men. So she's never met him.
As for Magneto. He'll be fine. He's come back from the dead & regained his powers in terrible comicbook logic. I'm sure the writers have more stories in store for him.
And Kitty? I have a feeling her condition will somehow be cured by Hope, just as Rogue was miraculously cured of Strain 88.
But... isn't Josh currently locked in his black-kill state again?
Not quite. The Vanisher was perfectly fine. Elixir literally created a tumour (in an X shape, no less) out of nothing, and then he undid the effect. It's exactly what you said he couldn't do." @Morpheus_: Yeah but that's different than curing cancer or the T-O virus. That's why I figure he can help shrink or direct tumors but not remove the cancer that causes them. He'd probably have to have weekly sessions with anyone who has cancer to keep it under control. "
Other mutant abilities may be a factor for Elixir's powers to work in the same way as it does on other people or lifeforms.
" @PrinceIMC said:No I'm saying he can destroy tumors he himself created and can probably shrink tumors that are developed by cancer but can't cure cancer itself.Not quite. The Vanisher was perfectly fine. Elixir literally created a tumour (in an X shape, no less) out of nothing, and then he undid the effect. It's exactly what you said he couldn't do. "" @Morpheus_: Yeah but that's different than curing cancer or the T-O virus. That's why I figure he can help shrink or direct tumors but not remove the cancer that causes them. He'd probably have to have weekly sessions with anyone who has cancer to keep it under control. "
"No I'm saying he can destroy tumors he himself created and can probably shrink tumors that are developed by cancer but can't cure cancer itself."
Where has that been shown? When has he attempted to cure anyone with cancer? Where has it been established that he can only cure tumours that he created?
With his 'black' powers he can kill. In other words, he would be able to kill of cancerous cells. With his 'gold' powers he could then heal & restore the healthy non-cancerous cells.
" @PrinceIMC said:This."No I'm saying he can destroy tumors he himself created and can probably shrink tumors that are developed by cancer but can't cure cancer itself."Where has that been shown? When has he attempted to cure anyone with cancer? Where has it been established that he can only cure tumours that he created? With his 'black' powers he can kill. In other words, he would be able to kill of cancerous cells. With his 'gold' powers he could then heal & restore the healthy non-cancerous cells. "
He has great potential but he is still relatively new to his powers. After he has been using his healing powers for a while he needs rest. With the medical knowledge implanted into his brain he can apply his powers effectively heal people. To take on something like the Techno-Organic virus
is something on a whole different level of magnitude. i am not saying he couldn't do it but not right now.
I'd just like to clarify Elixir's powers are not Death touch and healing touch, those are merely two specific uses of his powers like magneto using his Electro-mag to generate Light and then using his powers in a completly different way to harness gravitons.
Elixir's powers were originally Biological matter manipulation granting creation, control and destruction of all matter that is bio-organic in nature he is the direct opposite of that Mutant member of the the sceince squad jeffries who has limited in-organic matter manipulation albeit due to his omega status he has no limits as opposed to jeffries. His bio-manipulation grants him genetic manipulation which in turn allows him to Kill in a variety of ways and heal.
Thats his potential though without skill it's all meaningless, however the writers tend to neglect that his skill is indeed incredible, Due in part thanks to the cuckoo's "downloading" all of beasts formidable knowledge in the relevant subjects.
All of the above was demonstrated In Elixir's greatest power feat to date, during the battle with belasco after he ripped david's Heart right out of Dave's chest, Elixir was capable of recreating a genetic exact replica to replace the lost heart out of thin air which means he constructed a new Heart from the Sub-atomic level and up!
As for who amongst those you listed he can heal?
Cable - the techno aspect of his virus means elixir can not directly destroy or inhibit the thing, but it should be well within elixir's abilities to manipulate Cable's body to create an immunity or other resistance boost to fight the techno-organic virus. So he can't heal cable
Gentle- this method of "healing" should be well within his capabilities because he just did it Wolfsbane. If he can perform genetic therapy of some sort to allow her body to bear the strain of the child growing withing her then he should be easilly capable of boosting gentle's body to cope with his own X-gene.
Firestar- i'm not familiar with her illness but from the previous posts i see she is suffering from mere cancer then it should really be a cake walk for elixir.
magneto- isn't actually sick his body just can't handle the strain of manipulating and harnessing all thoses energies to the maximum degree that magneto's X-gene allows him to acheive, but based on josh's feat with Wolfsbane once again he should be capable of performing some sort of genetic therapy to adapt/evolve magneto's body to the point it can.
kitty pryde- i really don't know what her problem is if she can't leave her active Phasing due to some sort of energy interference then elixir can't help her at all, But if it's due to her X-gene in overload then Elixir could potentially inhibit it but this is all theoretical because Elixir hasn't mastered his powers to the required level he's still at a tactile level with his powers which isn't any good in treating a ghost.
"I'd just like to clarify Elixir's powers are not Death touch and healing touch, those are merely two specific uses of his powers like magneto using his Electro-mag to generate Light and then using his powers in a completly different way to harness gravitons. Elixir's powers were originally Biological matter manipulation granting creation, control and destruction of all matter that is bio-organic in nature he is the direct opposite of that Mutant member of the the sceince squad jeffries who has limited in-organic matter manipulation albeit due to his omega status he has no limits as opposed to jeffries. His bio-manipulation grants him genetic manipulation which in turn allows him to Kill in a variety of ways and heal. Thats his potential though without skill it's all meaningless, however the writers tend to neglect that his skill is indeed incredible, Due in part thanks to the cuckoo's "downloading" all of beasts formidable knowledge in the relevant subjects. All of the above was demonstrated In Elixir's greatest power feat to date, during the battle with belasco after he ripped david's Heart right out of Dave's chest, Elixir was capable of recreating a genetic exact replica to replace the lost heart out of thin air which means he constructed a new Heart from the Sub-atomic level and up! As for who amongst those you listed he can heal? Cable - the techno aspect of his virus means elixir can not directly destroy or inhibit the thing, but it should be well within elixir's abilities to manipulate Cable's body to create an immunity or other resistance boost to fight the techno-organic virus. So he can't heal cable Gentle- this method of "healing" should be well within his capabilities because he just did it Wolfsbane. If he can perform genetic therapy of some sort to allow her body to bear the strain of the child growing withing her then he should be easilly capable of boosting gentle's body to cope with his own X-gene. Firestar- i'm not familiar with her illness but from the previous posts i see she is suffering from mere cancer then it should really be a cake walk for elixir. magneto- isn't actually sick his body just can't handle the strain of manipulating and harnessing all thoses energies to the maximum degree that magneto's X-gene allows him to acheive, but based on josh's feat with Wolfsbane once again he should be capable of performing some sort of genetic therapy to adapt/evolve magneto's body to the point it can. kitty pryde- i really don't know what her problem is if she can't leave her active Phasing due to some sort of energy interference then elixir can't help her at all, But if it's due to her X-gene in overload then Elixir could potentially inhibit it but this is all theoretical because Elixir hasn't mastered his powers to the required level he's still at a tactile level with his powers which isn't any good in treating a ghost. "
you seem to have logical answers that i was looking for, so an easy one. for Elixir should be to fix Professor X's legs so he can walk again right?
Also with the help of Cypher, should Elixir and him be able to heal Cable fully? (if Cable was still alive)
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