Hey, we are back taking your Marvel questions,
and this is a good one.
Who has more control over lightning, Storm or Thor?
Ooo and I really like this one,
because it's not just your standard "who's the strongest"
kind of question.
Yeah, of course, Thor, he's always like this,
mwa, mwa, mwa, but we're talking about control
over lightning, not muscles.
Thank you for the impromptu gun show, Ryan.
All right, let's break it down.
Ryan, you will break down the God of Thunder,
and Lorraine, you are with the Weather Goddess.
All right, great.
Let me go first.
Let me talk about Thor, the God of Freaking Thunder,
because that's right, Langston, you
called him the God of Thunder because he
is the God of Thunder.
He's like control of lightning, and thunder,
and all kinds of storms, so he's got plenty of force behind him.
And of course, Thor can manifest lightning.
So if he starts crying-- hello, lightning tears.
If he's like having a bad gassy day, lightning wind!
And if he's doing anything, lightning, lightning,
lightning.
Thankfully he's got Mjolnir, which helps him channel it.
He's also centuries old, so he's been crying lightning
tears for centuries-- so long.
So lots and lots of experience.
Uh, if I may, one, lightning wind, gross.
Two, when you think of it, Cap is like the old man
of the Marvel universe, but yet Thor
has got some cosmic miles on him,
he's got some cosmic years on him.
So you're right, yes.
OK, OK.
All right, Ryan, this might surprise you,
but I agree with you--
Thor does cry tears, because Storm is clearly
better at wielding lightning.
I mean, because she-- listen, she's an Omega Level Mutant,
and to quote a very fine film, that means the limit
does not exist.
We do not know how truly powerful
she is, because we have not even seen it yet.
Plus, on top of that, she's already
been a goddess of thunder.
She had her own version of Mjolnir called Stormcaster
given to her by Loki.
So you know, she's done the goddess thing.
And on top of that, you know, he really
needs that Mjolnir to get his job done,
whereas Storm can just be like, oh hey,
I want to get back over there. Boom!
Crack!
Just use my fingers.
Or she could be like, hey, I want to get back over there.
Boom! Crack!
I just use my mind.
So like, I'm just saying, she doesn't need
a Mjolnir to get stuff done.
All right, I'm going to use my Cyclops-like logic.
I know you don't like it, but learn to love it.
Listen, the simple fact is, we do not have an in canon
answer as to who can wield lightning better--
we just simply don't.
Storm, her normal state, no hammer, uses lightning.
Thor, we're going to have to take away
his hammer, and for that version we're
going to use the unworthy Thor, the unworthy version
of Thor when Jane Foster took the mantle
to him in the name of Thor.
So if we're taking those two, Ryan
does bring up a good point.
He does wield thunder and lightning.
But in that series he does say, need a hammer.
He does say that.
And it's not until the end of that
run that he really has the control and confidence
to, like, actually wield that power without Mjolnir,
so he still needs that weapon.
Now Storm, like Lorraine said, an Omega Level Mutant,
that means there's no upper limit to her power, which
means, like, when she got a hammer, that just
made her power more powerful, as anyone who wields a hammer
would.
So you take away the hammer, though, she
already still has a crazy Omega Level Control over lightning.
And Thor, he doesn't have the confidence.
You can't have control without confidence, and I'm sorry,
Storm has that in spades.
So therefore, my answer is, Storm has it, Storm.
That's just, that's just logic.
That's just the way the pieces fell.
Ryan, don't feel bad.
It's just a little lack of confidence.
Everybody sometimes feels a little insecure,
just like Thor.
So, it's fine.
Sure.
I mean, look, you put Storm in her normal state versus Thor
who is at his lowest, I think we can agree that things
are going fine for Storm.
Whatever, it's fine.
Storm is one of the greatest Marvel characters
ever, so I'm going to agree that you had a good choice here,
even if it's wrong.
But I want to know what you think, Earth's
Mightiest Show viewers--
Storm or Thor?
Let us know in the comments.
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Yeah. We'll see you next time.
I'm Lorraine.
I'm Langston.
I'm Ryan.
And this is Marvel.
Your universe.