Gwen's powers aren't really the problem, it's the lack of a cohesive, recurrent nemesis and an overly accommodating power structure. She can teleport, has mild precognitive capabilities, she has low power energy blasts, and eventually she'll learn how to rift, but until she can move that into a machine, it's a one off. Nothing she has is unique and she has weaknesses: she's not physically powerful, she's susceptible to mental attacks, and she can be beaten easily in a fight (as proven by Peter and I probably Darren/Billy too). She's also in the first stages of drug addiction from the pleasure device and has a volatile personality living in her head that sporadically asserts her will, so certainly not a perfect hero like Superman.
Honestly, I would like to see those in power resist and restrain her a bit more. She needs some chastisement, oversight, and a leash. I understand King Ferdinand is likely in love with her, but she has caused just as many problems as she's solved and needs to learn to think before acting; a real leader would restrain her in some manner so she can learn patience and critical thinking. After all, doing something to isn't always better than doing nothing.
As to Christophe and Lisa's incomplete whispered message, I think she was trying to save the world from him. I find it highly unlikely that nobles that use high magic levels as relationship criteria would have a child with low magical abilities. It would be like 2 7-foot people having a 5-foot child; possible, but extremely unlikely. I find it much more likely that Christophe has extreme abilities that are somehow dampened with a localized null magic field: maybe some jewelry, a curse, something implanted. Lisa loved him, but I think she also feared what he might become if the truth became known -- power corrupts and all that.Statistics: Posted by RyanM — Thu Jan 15, 2015 11:14 am
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