@John Valentine said:
" @ Xerox-Kitty: :)
@nikbackm They've met, what, once prior to Utopia? That can hardly be classified as an "extensive history".
Emma's a powerful mutant/telepath, but she is no way near Omega level -BAD BAD MOVE.. in End Song her body was being burnt up by the Phoenix because she was not Omega level and only years ago Jean telepathically raped her.. (before the Phoenix has fully remerged in Jean)..... If she is Omega level, surely she'd be able to destroy this corrupted fragment of the Void (no being able to do so is kind of a contradiction to her said power level) and not be compelled to trap it? If the Void is powerful enough to compromise two powerful telepaths, how can a mere diamond vessel hold it down? That reasoning is ridiculously irrelevant and non-sensical.... physical and mental powers do not work in the same way whatsoever. Another thing - how can Emma receive telepathic messages whilst she is in Diamond form but not reply? Surely the other telepath would have to enter her mind in order for her to receive them.... Was Fraction the first writer to show her receiving messages in her Diamond form? Does Fraction even know what an Omega Level Mutant is? Emma is not comparable to Jean, Rachel, or even Quentin Quire in terms of psychic ability. In fairness, I like some of his ideas, but they are so poorly executed and so poorly-reckoned that they just fail. (His lack of X-History knowledge/ respect for X-History and his generally carelessness is what reallyyyy lets him down! ...and his inability to write established characters as themselves). "
She helped him get a hold of himself in New Avengers 7-10, and then she had a dream of him reaching out to her for help in the "Secret Invasion: Dark Reign" one-shot. And now they met again in Exodus. Not so extensive in an objective sense perhaps, but if you compare it to Jean (or any other X-man) then it is.
I don't think the Phoenix story can be used as proof either for or against her omeganess, as one of the Cuckoos did successfully wield the Phoenix in Warsong later (also by Pak).
As Pak stated it later:
HM: 2.) Why was Celeste able to act as a host for the Phoenix Force in Phoenix Warsong and Emma unable to in Phoenix Endsong? From what I understood Emma insinuated that it had something to do with herself being cold emotionally. Does that mean the host of the Phoenix Force has to be full of passion and positive emotion?
GP: In the last issue of “Warsong,” Emma tells Celeste, “I trained you so stupidly -- tried to make you cold and cynical. Because that’s how I survived. But you’re stronger than that. Stronger than me.” That might mean that Celeste’s psionic potential is actually stronger than Emma’s. Or it might imply that to host the Phoenix requires a willingness to open oneself up or give oneself away in a way that Emma couldn’t. I’ll leave it up for readers to draw their own conclusions.
Who can say how the Void works? Neither it nor Sentry's capabilities have really been nailed down yet. It's just a sliver, so it can be assumed to not have that much power, but if she went flesh it would perhaps be able to start spreading and corrupt her.
I don't think a telepath has to enter a mind to send thoughts to it. Compare with the telepathic broadcast Emma did in UXM 500, did she enter the minds of all the recipients?
I believe he was the first to show the diamond form receiving messages. But then again, hardly any writers have shown her interact with telepaths while in diamond form before. Fraction did have Xavier notice that her thoughts were "protected". So he seems to have her diamond form able to receive mental energy, but it will probably be filtered so it cannot cause any harm. Likewise her mind cannot be entered which prevents other psis from reading her thoughts.
Fraction might (hopefully!) be using the term omega to mean a really high-level telepath and not a mutant of unlimited potential and power, but it is too soon to tell yet. She was unable to hold the Void back though except for a very short time and needed Xavier's help to get into Sentry's mind in the first place; that would seem her power is not really of the unlimited type.
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