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Astral Form Physiology (Marvel Comics)
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Above is my sandbox for Astral Forms and the Astral Plane in comics, such as the innate nature of Astral Forms, the Astral Plane's nature and status as a higher dimension within Marvel Cosmology, what powers Astral Forms possess (both innate and otherwise), and what powers one would have by affecting/damaging/destroying an Astral Form (including all the types of NPI one would get). The latter would also affect the potency of soul manipulation/destruction in Marvel comics, should Higher-Dimensional Existence be accepted.
For example, even basic magic can affect and destroy Astral Forms, so all magic users in Marvel will get the powers from affecting Astral Forms.
Also, as the sandbox explains, all telepathic battles take place on the Astral Plane, so all telepaths in Marvel (both normal telepathy and magic telepathy) would have their mind-hax potency/range scale to the higher-dimensional potency of the Astral Plane (aka Low 1-A). The best telepaths in marvel (Xavier, Doctor Strange, etc.) are already on this level, this just supports them and amps any other telepaths in Marvel.
Now, all the abilities and powers of Astral Forms will NOT affect the actual mortality of Marvel characters, as when people die in Marvel...they just die, with their Astral Forms just losing their body. This is supported by how Astral Forms are considered separate entities from their physical bodies, such as with this explanation.
However, this does greatly improve the resilience of minds and souls within Marvel due to the higher-dimensional nature and other innate characteristics of Astral forms as explained in the sandbox.
Staff near-full or full agreements (voting staff in bold): @M3X_2.0 (Fully Agreed in the Marvel discussion thread), @KLOL506 (Agrees with almost everything but is unsure on NEP, Limited Causality/Plot Manipulation, Resistance to Vector Manipulation, and BDE), @LephyrTheRevanchist
Staff Neutral and/or Partially Agree with OP (voting staff in bold): @LordGriffin1000 (Unsure on Higher-Dimensional Existence, Beyond-Dimensional Existence, Nonduality, and Nonexistent Physiology, but agrees on everything else), @UchihaSlayer96 (Same as LordGriffin1000), @Planck69 (Same as LordGriffin1000, but agrees with OP on Higher-Dimensional Existence), @Duedate8898 (Disagrees with BDE, ND, NEP, Concept Manipulation and Unsure on Abstract Existence, but Agrees with Acausality and Higher-Dimensional Existence), @LordTracer (Same as LordGriffin1000, but agrees with OP on Higher-Dimensional Existence and disagrees with the OP on Beyond-Dimensional Existence), @Theglassman12 (Disagrees with Nonduality and BDE Type 2 [is open to type 1], disagrees with NEP Type 3 and the aspects for NEP Type 2, but agrees with NEP Type 2 itself and everything else)
Staff disagreements (voting staff in bold): @Eficiente (Disagrees with everything outside of intangibility, mind manipulation, and soul manipulation. Agrees that Astral Plane = Mind/Telepathy potency/range, and with the Astral Plane being a higher dimension, but disagrees with Astral Plane potency scaling to the soul).
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Further statements of note which I found:
From Silver Surfer Vol. 3 #140:
- Consciousness is the blueprint by which all worlds and times were born, to control one's own consciousness is to control everything, is to become everything.
- Reality exists through consciousness, it is always changing, being shaped by our thoughts, the Weaver is a technology that creates realities coming from our consciousness, these realities created by consciousness are no less real than the primary realities from which they originate.
- Mind and Soul are equals, within your soul/consciousness you find the realm of pure thought, which is boundless and formless, and which takes shape according to ourselves.
- There is no difference in the truthfulness of the worlds of the unconscious or the concrete reality, there are those who claim that all the universe is no more than a holographic projection.
- Each soul harbors an entire universe of devils and angels.
- Those universes have layers, and there are a infinite number of demons.
- Consciousness is shaping the universe, minds are expanding the universe itself and building physics and mathematics.
- When souls die, they unite with the universe, like diamonds sparkling in the landscape of the space-time, and souls exist in a higher dimensional frequency. Furthermore, to reach/see/affect the souls of the dead, one must interfere with a higher dimensional frequency.
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