The New Improved Official Stupid Question Thread Marvel Edition

[Franklin Richards]

I don't know this guy at all. But you're telling me that if he was in a room with Doom and Reed he'd be the smartest man on the planet?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Yea there was a teleport matrix in his old ship, on Providence at the time of C&DP. I think he could just connect to that.

Right, but Providence was destroyed in Messiah Complex and Deadpool's still teleporting, isn't he? I guess he might've gotten a new teleport rig, but was that ever covered?

I don't know this guy at all. But you're telling me that if he was in a room with Doom and Reed he'd be the smartest man on the planet?

He'd probably be the deadest man on the planet from the fallout of putting Reed and Doom in a room together, actually.

 

[Manic]

I don't know this guy at all. But you're telling me that if he was in a room with Doom and Reed he'd be the smartest man on the planet?

Prodigy? If he had met them before he lost his powers on M-Day, he would've learned everything they'd learned. It doesn't account for imagination or innovative thinking, though.

 

[Franklin Richards]

He'd probably be the deadest man on the planet from the fallout of putting Reed and Doom in a room together, actually.

True. Does he keep the abilities he acquires or do they fade over time?

Prodigy? If he had met them before he lost his powers on M-Day, he would've learned everything they'd learned. It doesn't account for imagination or innovative thinking, though.

I doubt Doom would allow him to live.

 

[moraldeficiency]

There was a prodigy story, too much knowledge or something where they removed the block that kept him from retaining all knowledge so all he did was just get near smart people (some comic types, also some real like stephen hawking). He then cured cancer, aids and united all world govs. except china. He had to kill the X-Men and china to do it though. Ends up dying at the end.

But yeah, he would be the smartest person in the world easily.

 

[Manic]

True. Does he keep the abilities he acquires or do they fade over time?

Both, sorta. Back when he had his skill-absorbing power, it was only temporary. Everything he absorbed from someone faded as soon as they walked far enough away from him. His powers locked everything he learned into his subconscious-- similarly to how Rogue takes your memories when she touches you, but forgets when the powers fade.

When he lost his powers, some of his telepathic classmates reached into his subconscious and unlocked everything he'd forgotten. So now he gets to keep it all.

 

[Ace of Knaves]

Right, but Providence was destroyed in Messiah Complex and Deadpool's still teleporting, isn't he? I guess he might've gotten a new teleport rig, but was that ever covered?

Na he isn't porting at the moment.

He stole a teleporter from Avengers Tower when he fought the Thunderbolts, and had it up until the end of the Bullseye arc in his on going.

 

[Varient]

Well, it's anyone he ever met before M-Day. That just accounts for his old high school teachers from Chicago and anyone in the X-Men who was his teacher. So that's...

-The knowledge of people who went to college for a few years.
-Beast's medical and scientific knowledge
-Wolverine and Shadowcat's martial arts (he wouldn't have accessed Psylocke's because his powers were telepathy based, and he couldn't glean skills from any psychic who kept their mind guarded)
-Nightcrawler's fencing and theatrical skills
-Gambit's pickpocketing and card-throwing (which should come in handy if Prodigy ever finds a top hat to throw cards in)
-Shadowcat's hacking skills (assuming her slight telepathic resistance didn't stop him)
-Iceman's... uh... accounting skills and knowledge of tax codes.
-Wolverine and Archangel's notorious skills in the sack

Basically, he could defend himself in a hand-to-hand fight, fix stuff, and operate on the injured. I'd say Cyclops' tactical skills were more of his method of thinking and less of a learnable skill, so Prodigy was always relying on what his teachers assumed to be his own tactical mind. He's probably the last person you'd want in a fight against anyone with superpowers, so I could see plenty of situations where his absorbed skills couldn't be used as a plot device.

Missed Storms Lockpicking, Nightcrawlers Mech repair skills,.. Senior X-mens Piloting skills,
Gee,.. I wish he'd run into Taskmaster, Dr. Reyes, and Reed Richards before his power was "locked".

 

[Manic]

There was a prodigy story, too much knowledge or something where they removed the block that kept him from retaining all knowledge so all he did was just get near smart people (some comic types, also some real like stephen hawking). He then cured cancer, aids and united all world govs. except china. He had to kill the X-Men and china to do it though. Ends up dying at the end.

But yeah, he would be the smartest person in the world easily.

That was a nightmare created by Dani Moonstar and Emma Frost, though. So really, he was just afraid he'd kill the X-Men and China if he kept learning stuff and never forgot it.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Na he isn't porting at the moment.

He stole a teleporter from Avengers Tower when he fought the Thunderbolts, and had it up until the end of the Bullseye arc in his on going.

Oh. He should hit up Weasel again. I want to see what's going on with Weasel and Blind Al anyway.

 

[moraldeficiency]

Right, but it was still a story. Personally I'd give up the X-Men and china in return for perfect health, no presecution of minorities, fantastic economy the world over and no more having to hear about foreign govs. Yeah he sacrificed elixir but in doing so he cured all diseases, if it's a case that extreme the ends do justify the means. That was one of my favorite new X-Men stories. Also wasn't prodigy the guy that Warlock sacrificed himself to save in that Exiles story?

 

[Manic]

I thought that was Cypher. It's been a long time since I read that Exiles story (which I think contained an alternate version of Rachel Summers who Claremont says shouldn't exist).

 

[moraldeficiency]

It was cypher, that's right. That was a damn good story. Forge became the big bad in that. He actually got respect, then he died.

 

[Manic]

As opposed to 616 Forge, who just gets crapped and before he dies.

 

[moraldeficiency]

Pretty much, par for the course for any native american in marvel comics.

 

[Manic]

Well, at least Dani Moonstar is currently an uber-Valkyrie. That is, until Hela asks her to do something seedy and underhanded.

Warpath is doing alright, though. Right? I mean, if you ignore the fact that all of his characterization from the late 90s is gone.

 

[moraldeficiency]

I don't know about Warpath, the current X-Force just seems horrible to me in so many ways.

Fireheart got his moments in MODOK's 11 at least, but I've always really liked forge till the marvel editors realized they were actually showing him as a good complex character, then they dumbed him down. The guy would be tougher and more resourceful than Iron Man if he wants but instead all he seems to do now is build antimutant guns and make safety systems.

 

[Manic]

Forge found a way to create a new x-gene and put it on a different position on a person's DNA strand, but Beast & Abby Brand had his lab destroyed because... um...

Huh.

 

[Havok83]

I don't know about Warpath, the current X-Force just seems horrible to me in so many ways.

Fireheart got his moments in MODOK's 11 at least, but I've always really liked forge till the marvel editors realized they were actually showing him as a good complex character, then they dumbed him down. The guy would be tougher and more resourceful than Iron Man if he wants but instead all he seems to do now is build antimutant guns and make safety systems.

X-force is the best X book out there. Its definetly my favorite Marvel title. Warpath is doing fine over there

 

[moraldeficiency]

X-force is the best X book out there. Its definitely my favorite Marvel title. Warpath is doing fine over there

Right cause claws and cutting people>good story with characterization.

Thor, iHerc, Thunderbolts, Might Avengers, AtI, GOG, Nova, Hell Dark and New Avengers are better than Scott Summers personal hit squad with all the versitility of either slashing their opponents or.........slashing their opponents. This is the worst part of the X-Men from the more violence is better personified into a book. X-Factor is probably the best X-Book cause they seem to have stories and don't sit around *****ing about "oh us poor mutants, no body likes us and all we have is a fantastic mansion and superpowers, and an island nation, and a astroid, no wait an astroid island nation, yeah that's the ticket!"

 

[Manic]

Seriously, the core X-Men need to stop complaining. They're a deputized superhero team with the full support of the mayor of San Francisco, and their homes have always been huge fantasy palaces.

If anyone has the right to complain, it's X-Factor. They live in Detroit.

 

[moraldeficiency]

With a freaking holochamber! WTF, mutants, WTF?

 

[Manic]

Hell, half of the X-Men's villains work with them now. Most of the Acolytes moved to San Francisco after Charles singlehandedly tore down their base, Avalanche has been living in SF since before the X-Men even moved there, and Danger is their new prison warden. Even Juggernaut might be a good guy, depending on the day of the week.

Meanwhile, X-Factor has to deal with a former leader with multiple personalities, a current leader who's a recovering alcoholic with a dead baby, a former mutant who won't stop moping, a big dude who feels pain all the time, and an African suffering from vitiligo.

 

[Havok83]

Right cause claws and cutting people>good story with characterization.

Thor, iHerc, Thunderbolts, Might Avengers, AtI, GOG, Nova, Hell Dark and New Avengers are better than Scott Summers personal hit squad with all the versitility of either slashing their opponents or.........slashing their opponents. This is the worst part of the X-Men from the more violence is better personified into a book. X-Factor is probably the best X-Book cause they seem to have stories and don't sit around *****ing about "oh us poor mutants, no body likes us and all we have is a fantastic mansion and superpowers, and an island nation, and a astroid, no wait an astroid island nation, yeah that's the ticket!"

it defiently makes for the more entertaining read. X-factor is a bore, AXM rarely comes out and UXM is a mess

 

[LouFerignoDemon]

X-Prodigy (that's what I'm calling him) sounds kind of like a writer's nightmare, to be honest. If the kid can do pretty much anything anyone he's ever met can do, what's left for everyone else? He'd become a plot device.

In a future, he had all sorts of knowledge, like Reed Richards and Tony Starks combined. =/ Meaning he could also build transdimensional Iron Man armor, or some nonsense (Actually, I don't think he could combine knowledges in the stream of literally combining the works of Reed/Stark into a harmonious and understanding way as much as literally take Iron Man armor, and strap a dimensional transporter on it somewhere) from the times he would've been around them. The problem with having a character like him, is that if ANYBODY ever fought someone similar to his enemy, he'd just have to queue up some knowledge from someone who knew, or straight FROM the enemy themself. His only real restraint is that even though he knew what they could do, or could perform, if he wasn't physically capable of it, the point is moot. =/ (I wonder if he could like, learn to be Sorcerer Supreme if he still had his powers)

I know one thing he can't do.

That made me lol

Web Slingers.

No Deadpool can't teleport. The only power he has is the artificial healing factor. He isn't even a mutant really.

He had a device back in the day that his pal/tech guy Weasel built him. But this was pretty dodgy, sometimes malfunctioned...or Weasel would steal the batteries from it for his gameboy.

Then in Cable and Deadpool their DNA got mixed up. So Deadpool shared Cables body slide power.

In the current Deadpool series, where he's standing behind Osborn with a "RESPAWN LOL" sign, you can see the device in his hand.