Monolith's Power Descriptions

[itsmeray]

Thanks, Monolith. I guess it would be weird for Magik to be without her Soulsword because it’s become so much of her identity. Albeit, it would give her the opportunity to reinvent herself should she learn to be without.

[Dr House]

Considering character like She-Hulk, Deadpool, and Gwenpool, what is the MU definition of “breaking the fourth wall”? Communicating across dimensional “barriers”?

[Monolith]

There isn't one. It's a meta-commentary. The smartest men in the world like Reed Richards and Doctor Doom have evaluated characters like She-Hulk and Gwenpool and don't find their "We're in a comic book!!" perspective scientifically credible.

[Dr House]

This may have already been answered, but how was Bishop's power able to absorb Iceman's ice attack in UXM #283? He got hit with Storm's lightning right before, and with Bobby's attack, he yelled "conflicting frequencies" before literally laughing it off.

[Monolith]

Iceman can either project ice or cold. The former, he causes ice to form near him while propelling it towards a target. The latter, he shoots a freeze beam which causes ice to form at the point of impact when the beam hits something. In that scenario, it would be the equivalent of a bio-blast hitting Bishop, allowing him to absorb the energy that would be inducing the cold.

On the other hand, UXM #311(?) explained how Bishop can absorb heat energy created when snowflakes melt on the surface of his skin, powering up from this lightest of thermal transitions. So it may have been the heat interaction and thermal transition he absorbed in UXM #283.

Bishop has trouble absorbing too much energy at once, or different kinds of energy simultaneously, i.e. "conflicting frequencies". He CAN do it, it's just harder when he's surprised, which is why he could ultimately laugh it off.

[Dr House]

Thanks, is there a PD on the Earth Force (Skyhawk, Earth Lord, Wind Warrior)?

[Monolith]

No real depth, frankly. And very few appearances.

Wind Warrior controls wind.
Skyhawk is strong and flies.
Earth Lord is stronger and can't fly.

[Dr House]

I understand that Eden's power doesn't require a waystation between 'ports, but please explain the difference between Manifold's ability and Nightcrawler's teleportation in terms of the wormhole aspect.

The archived PD for Nightcrawler describes his power as a wormhole effect, implying that his power works in a similar manner to Eden's: Folding space.

[Monolith]

Nightcrawler folds the space between dimensions; Manifold folds the space of one dimension.

[Dr House]

1.) Which mutants have a force field/exoskeleton as their primary power?

2.) Who are the other mutant Darkforce users out there besides Darkstar?

[Monolith]

1) Unus, Unuscione, Radius, Armor, Projector, arguably Indra, Hemingway for your definition of exoskeleton

2) Spectre, Darkveil, Darkling, Doorman, Hecat'e, Cloak on alternating Tuesdays, arguably Silhouette, La Nuit, Norio and Umbra wield darkness that may be Darkforce