I don't think it should be limited to characters who have been reduced. In some cases, I think the power edit may have been performed because the science wouldn't support it anymore in the minds of the average reader. Like flying against the Earth's rotation until it stops, begins backspin, and starts to retrace its steps does not equal time travel. Phenomenal cosmic powers and planet-wide destruction, but not time travel.
I'm not terribly familiar with all the comic characters you've mentioned, but I did think of another character that gave me the impression he could walk into a story and say "I win." I eventually quit reading the Wheel of Time series because by book 9, I'd come to the decision that it didn't matter what he did or to whom, everyone loved Rand al'Thor, and just in case they didn't, he had so much power he just crushed his enemies like ants at a tap-dance competition.
In the examples you gave, how "powerful" would you say that character was with respect to his or her world, and what prompted the change if he or she chose to self-limit?
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Date: 2007-05-23 03:08 pm (UTC)I'm not terribly familiar with all the comic characters you've mentioned, but I did think of another character that gave me the impression he could walk into a story and say "I win." I eventually quit reading the Wheel of Time series because by book 9, I'd come to the decision that it didn't matter what he did or to whom, everyone loved Rand al'Thor, and just in case they didn't, he had so much power he just crushed his enemies like ants at a tap-dance competition.
In the examples you gave, how "powerful" would you say that character was with respect to his or her world, and what prompted the change if he or she chose to self-limit?