CBG said:
Not on for long. Lecture in about 15 minutes.
Regarding the Heart of the Infinite -- later, termed the Heart of the Universe by Thanos -- it's either viewed as absolute multiversal power or absolute universal power.
For the multiversal arguement, the two obvious ones are that Thanos possessed the power that He coveted (He is assumed to be TOAA, although it's interesting to refer the TOAA as a male) and that Thanos was bonded with omni-reality, which would translate to all realities.
However, for the universal arguement, HOTU Thanos destroyed all reality, the universe. One would think that if one was being bonded with all realities and absorb everything, the multiverse would be gone. Yet, the universe is only destroyed, as stated by Thanos in Marvel The End #1 and by Warlock in Marvel The End #6. Warlock further states that the universe was restored.
In addition, Thanos with the HOTU was the master of All That Is. Usually, All That Is translates to the multiverse. In the opening page of Marvel The End #1, Thanos said he gained mastery over All That Was. Since All That Is is now referred to in past tense, All That Is is gone. But the universe was only destroyed, as confirmed by Thanos and Warlock. Thus, All That Is must translates to a universe.
You're kidding me, right?
Why didn't the Living Tribunal turn off Thanos gauntlet, even tough Eternity was begging?
- Because he only took control over one universe with the Gauntlet.
One universe is nothing to the Living Tribunal.
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The Living Tribunal made so the gem's never would work as one again when Adam/Magus possessed it. -- Why?
- Because Adam/Magus was using the Gauntlet Multi-versaly, he affected all of the Multi-verse, which created a unballance.
So why did the Living Tribunal go agianst Thanos with the Heart if he just have the power of one universe? -- He twice (Cosmic Cube and Infinity Gauntlet) controlled the universe as a God, but the Living Tribunal didn't do a squat then.
Question is: Why would the Living Tribunal attack him if he only wanted one universe?
Even though the Thanos only used the gauntlet for universal purpose he actually stated that it had power over
all the universes
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And, the Ultimate Nullifier was also Multi-versal, in fact it destroy and recreated the entire Multi-verse.
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Abraxas, the Multi-versal abstract who killed a countless amount of Galactus'.
http://img281.imageshack.us/my.php?image=0unabraxaskillsallg3ps.jpg
And he also kills every Reed Richards in every universe.
http://img441.imageshack.us/my.php?image=0unabraxaskillsallotherselves8.jpg
Reed uses the Nullifier to destroy the Multi-verse, and recreate it, and unmake the existance of Abraxas.
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And Quasar used the Ultimate Nullifier on Magus, when possessing the incomplete Infinity Gauntlet.
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But the Gauntlet is so much more powerful that it removes the power of the Nullifier.
IG > I-IG >> UN >> Multi-verse
The Heart was more powerful than the Gauntlet.
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But don't let that create an delusion.
Thanos with the Heart was above the Living tribunal itself.
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With a single thought the Living Tribunal could unmake the powers of the Infinity gauntlet.
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Thanos w/ Heart >> LT >> IG > I-IG >> UN >> Multi-versal >> universal
Thanos with the Heart was one with Omni-reality.
http://img287.imageshack.us/my.php?image=thoumakesyouomniall7do.jpg
Omni - All
verse - reality
You don't put words in plural when putting Omni- in fron of them.
That's why it's Omni-verse and not Omni-verses.
But it's true, he did only destroy one universe.
However, it was later stated that he could have destroyed every universe.
http://img336.imageshack.us/my.php?image=unilook17qj.jpg
http://img280.imageshack.us/my.php?image=unilook21qc.jpg
Even the Omni-versal overseer was in Marvel the End.
And why would she be concerned if it was only a universe?
It's like when he had the IG, he could have affected the Multi-verse, like Adam/Magus did with it. But he choose to manipulate one universe.
He did the same with the Heart.