And become an omega level mutant. No I'm not talking about some next powerful omega level mutant like Jean, Legion, X-Man or even Franklin Richards but just on the level of Ice-Man.

Anyways whats the point of being a "goddess" and having all this power when potentially a hilly billy with a saw-off shot can take her out quickly if she doesn't react fast enough? I think her physical body is whats been holding her back a lot and from her true potential. I know this has been discussed on here before, but I wanted to make a thread to go more in depth.

That would be a hell of a mutation, turning into the embodiment of weather, instead of a human.

I actually prefer she keeps her physical body and further develop the defensive applications of her powers. However, it would be kind of awesome to see her transform into different elements (air, lightning water, EM energy, solar wind, combo of all forces as a sentient storm, etc) at will.

Being an Omega is like a death sentence: "Congratulations you have now reached untold potential, now you either have to die, forget you are an omega or dissapear into obscurity; choose your poison."

Me, I'd actually rather see her, even if only temporarily, depowered. Not entirely, but just so she gets to struggle a bit with it and perhaps rely on a different set of skills.

Being an Omega is like a death sentence: "Congratulations you have now reached untold potential, now you either have to die, forget you are an omega or dissapear into obscurity; choose your poison."

Me, I'd actually rather see her, even if only temporarily, depowered. Not entirely, but just so she gets to struggle a bit with it and perhaps rely on a different set of skills.

Maybe we could sacrifice Storms ethnicity, background and gender for even more power? Her name too? Personal connections. Okay.. this might sound weird, but I have this great new idea… so Storm stops being Storm right? Instead… "it" becomes OS… and OS is future Storm, but OS has no name, ethnicity, gender, color, body, friends, parents, family, identity, OS is just really really powerful. Like OS is a Mega Omega Supreme Ultimate Tier Mutant. Like fifty trillion times more powerful than Galactus, Sentry, Batman, and Living Tribunal combined!

Oh man that would be so awesome, then we could take OS into Battles and dominate!

Sorry, heh heh its just my way of expressing that I personally prefer Storm have a body, I prefer her not being Omega either, mental resilience and skill, and will power is far more important to me than raw power. Storm does have raw power in spades, but she was actually competent too and needed great willpower and emotional control to use her powers well, contrast this to characters with lots of raw power but not that much mental strength or will power to actually make the most out of raw power. Similar with Magneto, lots of raw power, but it was his mental edge and strength that allowed him to take on teams of X-Men, and yeah in some stories he lost his "physical body" to ascend to some uber state and it was boring and he still got "jobbed out" because in actual stories too much power usually means you job or die or end up incompetent.

Being a "goddess" is more than just about power, it meant in Storms case helping and assisting people that needed it and prayed for it, and being attuned with nature, then it became more of a nickname, nod to her past. I think her "body" and everything to do with it is what made the character popular to so many people in the first place. I mean, if people want her to be uber powerful… sure, but taking one of the earliest and most popular black characters and making it so they are "energy" for the sake of power… its a bit odd. Its like giving Xavier omega powered energy legs heh heh.

There is some story and awesome art potential with her being an "elemental" but at the least should just be a state she can switch between. Also though then thats basically Monica Rambeau's thing. If you are curious though there was an "energy Storm" in World War Hulks along with other Hulked out versions of characters, that was kind of cool temporarily.

2. Well technically that's already happen I mean she beat Scott for the role to lead the X-men and she had no powers LOL

That is true, and happened more than once if I am not mistaken. That said, my idea of curbing her powers a bit is simply to counter just how powerful she is sometimes depicted, as seen in battle threads, where her level of power is simply rediculous. Like at times she controls the weather in the entire solar system, effectively smother an atomic bomb with wind, stuff like that. That stuff is great when it's consistent, but lets be honest; it's not often she fights Galactus or take on some space empire on her own.

@stormphoenix: Thank you, you are very kind. Oh and yeah, well it means Storm may not always have a lot of feats, but there is something special about the idea that her powers are more complicated and nuance and that there is some struggle and burden with them, even sacrifice. So for myself I like that she has stoic attitude when she needs and compassion when she needs.

Let me compare her to another character I also like who other people are talking about, Iceman. In many ways Iceman… well originally Iceman's power increase even as "potential" was used to help make him stand out, distinguish him, but for many that become too big a defining factor (his struggle to live up to his potential) and being jokey and or his interpersonal connections, as opposed to his own personality and agency. So I like Iceman, be for many he came off as shallow/boring.

Storm never had that problem, for a long time she has had agency, inner conflict, depth and thats even before you start adding characters she interacts with. I mean you could put Storm in a small room by herself and have plenty of story potential, just re-exploring her claustrophobia and overcoming that. Now think of Iceman and how so much emphasis was put on his power? So much so a lot of writers in recent years have had to start developing his character, even making quite dramatic changes… its a bit backwards in a sense, almost like that decision so many years ago, to do with his powers backfired and hurt the character.

Yeah powers stuff is good/fun, but character stuff is what makes a character strong where it matters.

@nerevarine_11: Eh she doesn't need that "label" but she already proved herself to be one. Marvel may never acknowledge it, but it's cool she already powerful and she still growing

Storm fans NEED to make smarter threads.

I thought marvel did acknowledged it already last year around the time of the Storm solo.

Storm fans NEED to make smarter threads.

Maybe we could sacrifice Storms ethnicity, background and gender for even more power? Her name too? Personal connections. Okay.. this might sound weird, but I have this great new idea… so Storm stops being Storm right? Instead… "it" becomes OS… and OS is future Storm, but OS has no name, ethnicity, gender, color, body, friends, parents, family, identity, OS is just really really powerful. Like OS is a Mega Omega Supreme Ultimate Tier Mutant. Like fifty trillion times more powerful than Galactus, Sentry, Batman, and Living Tribunal combined!

Oh man that would be so awesome, then we could take OS into Battles and dominate!

Sorry, heh heh its just my way of expressing that I personally prefer Storm have a body, I prefer her not being Omega either, mental resilience and skill, and will power is far more important to me than raw power. Storm does have raw power in spades, but she was actually competent too and needed great willpower and emotional control to use her powers well, contrast this to characters with lots of raw power but not that much mental strength or will power to actually make the most out of raw power. Similar with Magneto, lots of raw power, but it was his mental edge and strength that allowed him to take on teams of X-Men, and yeah in some stories he lost his "physical body" to ascend to some uber state and it was boring and he still got "jobbed out" because in actual stories too much power usually means you job or die or end up incompetent.

Being a "goddess" is more than just about power, it meant in Storms case helping and assisting people that needed it and prayed for it, and being attuned with nature, then it became more of a nickname, nod to her past. I think her "body" and everything to do with it is what made the character popular to so many people in the first place. I mean, if people want her to be uber powerful… sure, but taking one of the earliest and most popular black characters and making it so they are "energy" for the sake of power… its a bit odd. Its like giving Xavier omega powered energy legs heh heh.

There is some story and awesome art potential with her being an "elemental" but at the least should just be a state she can switch between. Also though then thats basically Monica Rambeau's thing. If you are curious though there was an "energy Storm" in World War Hulks along with other Hulked out versions of characters, that was kind of cool temporarily.

@jhazzroucher said:

So you're saying as a Storm fan who clearly thinks Storm is the best hero EVAAAAAAH! You think the idea how this character NEEDS to be massively changed to the part were she doesn't even have a physical body anymore, similiarly to a character like Iceman that is vaining in popularity since his first appeareance, is correct?

Lets be honest this so that a bunch of fanboys can scream how Storm is invincible now and can go on a battleforum craze how she now totally stomps EVERYONE. And how you should make the character more powerful instead of more engaging, deep or interesting.

So yes, Storm fans should make smarter thread than how you totally have to change a character that has been like this forever and was once so popular she won a fanvoted fight against Wonder Woman and how she should be more like Iceman an original X-men that people had all but forgotten about despite his presence in every x-men comic until someone decided none comic book readers knew just enough about him to believe Marvel did something brave or groundbreaking by retconning his sexuality.

Maybe we could sacrifice Storms ethnicity, background and gender for even more power? Her name too? Personal connections. Okay.. this might sound weird, but I have this great new idea… so Storm stops being Storm right? Instead… "it" becomes OS… and OS is future Storm, but OS has no name, ethnicity, gender, color, body, friends, parents, family, identity, OS is just really really powerful. Like OS is a Mega Omega Supreme Ultimate Tier Mutant. Like fifty trillion times more powerful than Galactus, Sentry, Batman, and Living Tribunal combined!

Oh man that would be so awesome, then we could take OS into Battles and dominate!

Sorry, heh heh its just my way of expressing that I personally prefer Storm have a body, I prefer her not being Omega either, mental resilience and skill, and will power is far more important to me than raw power. Storm does have raw power in spades, but she was actually competent too and needed great willpower and emotional control to use her powers well, contrast this to characters with lots of raw power but not that much mental strength or will power to actually make the most out of raw power. Similar with Magneto, lots of raw power, but it was his mental edge and strength that allowed him to take on teams of X-Men, and yeah in some stories he lost his "physical body" to ascend to some uber state and it was boring and he still got "jobbed out" because in actual stories too much power usually means you job or die or end up incompetent.

Being a "goddess" is more than just about power, it meant in Storms case helping and assisting people that needed it and prayed for it, and being attuned with nature, then it became more of a nickname, nod to her past. I think her "body" and everything to do with it is what made the character popular to so many people in the first place. I mean, if people want her to be uber powerful… sure, but taking one of the earliest and most popular black characters and making it so they are "energy" for the sake of power… its a bit odd. Its like giving Xavier omega powered energy legs heh heh.

There is some story and awesome art potential with her being an "elemental" but at the least should just be a state she can switch between. Also though then thats basically Monica Rambeau's thing. If you are curious though there was an "energy Storm" in World War Hulks along with other Hulked out versions of characters, that was kind of cool temporarily.