[Greenskar]

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Originally Posted by KingLouie731

I thought the worthy were tied to the fear itself hammers and such

we might need to start a new thread about the photo because talking about all the different topics could get out of hand quick

I think Bmorr was just pointing out that transforming heroes is a very recycled idea. Newsarama even dedicated a full article to the trend:

Newsarama.com : Transforming Heroes: The New Event Series Trend?

I actually don't have a problem with transforming heroes so long as its not permanent and way out of reason for that character. Case in point, I didn't mind Nova's (Richard Rider) status quo change after Annihilation because it was a justifiable one. X-23 with Captain Universe powers, like anyone else who ever had them, should never be a permanent thing. I actually like the look of the Phoenix 5 to be completely honest and up until now this entire story line has been very predictable and unsatisfying as a main storyline by itself.

While this twist wasn't enough for me to say it saved the 1st act of this event from being garbage, I can say it prevented it from being predictable and opens up potential for the 2nd act to actually be decent. Guess we'll see what happens. And speaking of Nova...what the hell happened to that new Nova from the infinite comic and beginning of this whole event?

Also @bmorr- the Phoenix basically chose its "hosts" in those five because Iron Man disrupted its opportunity to take hope by shattering its...essence, apparently. Uncanny had some additional insight from that robot who calls itself "unit" and it said it basically set up Hope for failure to see what happens when the Phoenix doesn't get what it wants (ie-throw nature off track).