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In Endgame how come Ant-Man in his giant form just walk up to Thanos and kick him half-way across the planet?
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Don_Dickle lemmy.world Patnou@lemmy.world
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CombatWombat feddit.online CombatWombat@feddit.online
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The answer to all power scaling questions in comic books is: because the writer thought it'd make a better story.
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Zahille7 lemmy.world Zahille7@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-19
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CombatWombat wrote:
The answer to all power scaling questions in comic books is: because the writer thought it'd make a better story.

Like anime fans trying to justify power scales and narrative decisions, when usually the answer is literally just "I made it up as I went along."
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jordanlund Moderator jordanlund@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-30
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That is not the Ant-Man scenario fans considered. 😉
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Don_Dickle lemmy.world Patnou@lemmy.world
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jordanlund wrote:
That is not the Ant-Man scenario fans considered. 😉

y not?
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jordanlund Moderator jordanlund@lemmy.world
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Don_Dickle wrote:
y not?

Probably because of the Thanos power set. Trying to kick Thanos with the glove on would be like kicking a boulder.
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Don_Dickle lemmy.world Patnou@lemmy.world
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jordanlund wrote:
Probably because of the Thanos power set. Trying to kick Thanos with the glove on would be like kicking a boulder.

Yea but he didn't have the glove until Captain Marvel more or less gave it to him.
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