More X-Men musings

( Spoiler-y stuff! And fanfic plot bunnies )

So feiran, ivy03, and I had this hilarious conversation after we saw X-Men 3 which was really an alternative, even more geeky take on an argument ivy03 had had some time previous. Basically, after seeing Pyro and Iceman duke it out, she mentioned a time when some friends of hers were trying to figure out who would win in a fight between the Human Torch and Iceman. I asked who she thought, and she answered easily "the Human Torch." I think feiran and I surprised her mightily by immediately disagreeing. I think she thought for sure that we'd have thought the same. But it's not the same, we explained--Iceman is waaaaaaay more powerful than Johnny Storm. Practically, Bobby Drake's been known to liquify air, he's made it so cold. Without oxygen to burn, the Human Torch goes out, easy-peasy.

Then I went and said, "Yeah, plus Johnny Storm got his powers from being mutated versus Bobby Drake who was born that way and who is an Omega-level mutant."

feiran piped up, "Uh, Iceman's not Omega-level." She defined Omega-level as world-affecting power, something like Magneto, Xavier, or Phoenix are capable of. I, being a total jerk ass who has to be right all the time, kept arguing the case until I went and wiki'd Iceman to find that the general consensus was that he is Omega-level. But, until I could get home to look it up, feiran and I just went back and forth trying to prove our case by saying, "I think he is" or, "I think he isn't." Which is a totally logical, perfectly normal way to win an argument, really.

We are such geeks, I think we scared ivy03 with how much we got into it.