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J.M. DeMatteis(Marvel Cosmology Split)

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As some of you may understand I have been advocating with Ultima after this tiering system revision was being applied that DeMatteis's story isn't very congruent with the main Cosmology. While authors like Hickman, Ewing, and many others seem to at least follow a certain contunity with their storytelling by incorporating the works of others, that can't really be said for DeMatteis. J.M. DeMatteis usually always writes his story specific to his belief and on story that focuses on “Creation” does it really show.

Thus, this thread is intended to split J.M. DeMatteis's work from the main Marvel continuity and @Ultima_Reality will be in charge of overseeing the change in the main system rating for Marvel after this change.

J.M. DeMatteis heavily focuses on elements that he knows from his journey in life. This is a big example of his “God” character as a being that is not meant to be tied to just the comics, but a holistic fountainhead that is not tethered to just one religion though it's heavily Hindu-based. Now, J.M. DeMatteis writing is very flowery and hard to understand especially when he was experimenting more with the Cosmology. This means some interpretation can be put for these scans.

Worlds(Parallel Universes/Dimensions):​

In the Cosmology, Creation is split into levels or layers on different planes of existence. The most obvious one is the material plane/world in which Zenn-La is a prime example of a primary level of reality, a materialistic world that is an illusion to the higher realms. (Silver Surfer Vol.3 #140)
Tiering: Given that there are infinite amounts of universes with their own space-time and there’s layers of transcendence between realities/dimensions, this would make the whole of the material plane anywhere from High 1-B(without R>F) to 1-A+(with R>F).

Higher Realms(Subtle and Mental):​

These realms are higher aspect of Reality and just like the previous mirror layers within the dream. As everything is a dream within a larger dream counting up as there are spiritual path. (Silver Surfer Vol.3 #135)

Tiering: The higher realms or more so the realms of thoughts which are the next level of consciousness(there’s four) transcends anything below it and trivializing it in size. High 1-A for these spiritual realms.

Nexus of Reality:

The interconnect point of Creation also known as the OM point. Which links all worlds, universes, and dimensions existing on every level of Creation. Its destruction would also be catastrophic since that destruction will lead into all of the layers of Creation to collapse. (Spider-Man Annual 1999)
Tiering: The Nexus of all Realities is High 1-A due to being the connection point to all the universe, worlds, and dimensions. It needs to exist for every plane of existence and level of reality to exist and is the very Soul of Creation itself.

The Illusion/Dream/Creation(Eternity, Maya, Cleito):

All of Creation or the whole of Reality is nothing more than an illusion dreamed by the Creator, hirself. That all levels of Reality is a progression to realize that the Dream and the Dreamer are one and the same with God, in our own essence is that we are God. Creation takes form depending on the specific story, but they’re all “Illusions.” (Silver Surfer Vol.3 #139)

Tiering: Maya, Eternity, Cleito, the Staff, the Book, and the Fallen Stars are all High 1-A+. All of them are direct aspects of God hirself and know that all Creation is just an illusion(some willing to accept it). They scale to the entirety of the Dream or even above being the Apexes of the Creational hierarchy. Lords of Shamballa either fall on this tier or are merged together with God, but most likely High 1-A+.

Oblivion(The Void/Sea of Nothing/God’s Unconscious):

Oblivion is the Void personified as the breath between life and death, death and rebirth, and all of the Creation cycle. He isn't lord of Darkness or Chaos, but non-being itself as the Void that preceded Creation and where all Creation will return and drown to when it is time for the Creator to sleep. He's true form is non-existence itself and gazing upon would erase anyone. The formless sea of nothing created an aspect of God that made infinity have a limit and formless to have form. (Iceman Vol.1 #3)

Tiering: Oblivion being the representation of the nothingness and the Void before Creation. He outscales all the previous entities and is possibly the Apex of Cosmology giving him the higher-end of High 1-A+.

As powerful as Oblivion is and as paradoxical as he may be. He does have one superior and that superior has his weakness: Love. His superior is the being that not only radiates Love but is it. (Iceman Vol.1 #4)

God(Divine Creator/The Dreamer):​

God or the Creator is the Oneness behind all things in Creation and the cosmic emptiness from which Self is the consciousness of its true power. That all of Creation is nothing but a dream to the Creator and Oblivion is simply an aspect of god as is anything in Creation. He is the Dream and the Deamer, Plan and Planner, Trick, and Trickster, and is beyond all illusions as the sole being that truly exists and only him alone. That everyone is God just living in the Dream. (Marvel Graphic Novel: Doctor Strange: Into Shamballa #26)

Tiering: God is 0, as he is the Oneness that underlines all duality, beyond Creation and Void, contains existence and non-existence. Everything is nothing but a dream to God in all levels and he transcends the entire hierarchy into insignificance.
 
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As some of you may understand I have been advocating with Ultima after this tiering system revision was being applied that DeMatteis's story isn't very congruent with the main Cosmology. While authors like Hickman, Ewing, and many others seem to at least follow a certain contunity with their storytelling by incorporating the works of others, that can't really be said for DeMatteis. J.M. DeMatteis usually always writes his story specific to his belief and on story that focuses on “Creation” does it really show.

Thus, this thread is intended to split J.M. DeMatteis's work from the main Marvel continuity and @Ultima_will be in charge of overseeing the change in the main system rating for Marvel after this change.

J.M. DeMatteis heavily focuses on elements that he knows from his journey in life. This is a big example of his “God” character as a being that is not meant to be tied to just the comics, but a holistic fountainhead that is not tethered to just one religion though it's heavily Hindu-based. Now, J.M. DeMatteis writing is very flowery and hard to understand especially when he was experimenting more with the Cosmology. This means some interpretation can be put for these scans.

Worlds(Parallel Universes/Dimensions):​

In the Cosmology, Creation is split into levels or layers on different planes of existence. The most obvious one is the material plane/world in which Zenn-La is a prime example of as a primary level of reality, a materialistic world that is an illusion to the higher realms. (Silver Surfer Vol.3 #140)
Tiering: Given that there are infinite amounts of universes with their own space-time and there’s layers of transcendence between realities/dimensions, this would make the whole of the material plane anywhere from High 1-B(without R>F) to 1-A+(with R>F).

Higher Realms(Subtle and Mental):​

These realms are higher aspect of Reality and just like the previous mirror layers within the dream. As everything is a dream within a larger dream counting up as there are spiritual path. (Silver Surfer Vol.3 #135)

Tiering: The higher realms or more so the realms of thoughts which are the next level of consciousness(there’s four) transcends anything below it and trivializing it in size. High 1-A for these spiritual realms.

Nexus of Reality:

The interconnect point of Creation also known as the OM point. Which links all worlds, universes, and dimensions existing on every level of Creation. Its destruction would also be catastrophic since that destruction will lead into all of the layers of Creation to collapse. (Spider-Man Annual 1999)
Tiering: The Nexus of all Realities is High 1-A due to being the connection point to all the universe, worlds, and dimensions. It needs to exist for every plane of existence and level of reality to exist and is the very Soul of Creation itself.

The Illusion/Dream/Creation(Eternity, Maya, Cleito):

All of Creation or the whole of Reality is nothing more than an illusion dreamed by the Creator, hirself. That all levels of Reality is a progression to realize that the Dream and the Dreamer are one and the same with God, in our own essence is that we are God. Creation takes form depending on the specific story, but they’re all “Illusions.” (Silver Surfer Vol.3 #139)

Tiering: Maya, Eternity, Cleito, the Staff, the Book, and the Fallen Stars are all High 1-A+. All of them are direct aspects of God hirself and know that all Creation is just an illusion(some willing to accept it). They scale to the entirety of the Dream or even above being the Apexes of the Creational hierarchy. Lords of Shamballa either fall on this tier or are merged together with God, but most likely High 1-A+.

Oblivion(The Void/Sea of Nothing/God’s Unconcious):

Oblivion is the Void personified as the breath between life and death, death and rebirth, and all of the Creation cycle. He isn't lord of Darkness or Chaos, but non-being itself as the Void that preceded Creation and where all Creation will return and drown to when it is time for the Creator to sleep. He's true form is non-existence itself and gazing upon would erase anyone. The formless sea of nothing created an aspect of God that made infinity have a limit and formless to have form. (Iceman Vol.1 #3)

Tiering: Oblivion being the representation of the nothingness and the Voud before Creation. He outscales all the previous entities and is possibly the Apex of Cosmology giving him the higher-end of High 1-A+.

As powerful as Oblivion is and as paradoxical as he may be. He does have one superior and that superior has his weakness: Love. His superior is the being that not only radiates Love but is it. (Iceman Vol.1 #4)

God(Divine Creator/The Dreamer):​

God or the Creator is the Oneness behind all things in Creation and the cosmic emptiness from which Self is the consciousness of its true power. That all of Creation is nothing but a dream to the Creator and Oblivion is simply an aspect of god as is anything in Creation. He is the Dream and the Deamer, Plan and Planner, Trick and Trickster, and is beyond all illusions as the sole being that truly exists and on by him alone. That everyone is God just living in the Dream. (Marvel Graphic Novel: Doctor Strange: Into Shamballa #26)

Tiering: God is 0, as he is the Onness that underlines all duality, beyond Creation and Void, contains existence and non-existence. Everything is nothing but a dream to God in all levels and he transcends the entire hierarchy into insignificance.
Blud wasted no time. I'll give it a read then(not like my opinion matters). Good luck Todd.
 
Why exacly does Marvel need a cosmology split? I mean I understand that maybe he is abit inconsistent but does it really affect the Marvel cosmology? You are even bringing up a tier 0 character that is above TOAA who is usually considered as "THE GOD" why would this new character affect TOAA who is lower than him?
 
Why exacly does Marvel need a cosmology split? I mean I understand that maybe he is abit inconsistent but does it really affect the Marvel cosmology? You are even bringing up a tier 0 character that is above TOAA who is usually considered as "THE GOD" why would this new character affect TOAA who is lower than him?
The reasoning is there in the OP. This shouldn't have a massive impact on the main Marvel Cosmology since it remains High 1-A, but some things may be lowered. You have to ask Ultima in that regard.

Defenders, Hulk, and many more stories depict the One Above All as not an ineffable, unsurpassable, or immutable being, but God from Matteis, however, does. Thus the Divine Creator will get its own profile with a rating of 0.
 
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Bump. Based on the knowledge I have of these events (considering I've read his material for over 2 years. No that isn't an exaggeration) , everything seems to make sense to me. I do have some scaling options for the top tiers (statements about Job Burke, what we found out about what would've happened in Strange Tales IV, Peter Parker Annual 1999, etc) but that can maybe be saved for another thread after this is eventually applied, unless you want to get this all situated in a singular thread.
 

Worlds(Parallel Universes/Dimensions):​

In the Cosmology, Creation is split into levels or layers on different planes of existence. The most obvious one is the material plane/world in which Zenn-La is a prime example of as a primary level of reality, a materialistic world that is an illusion to the higher realms. (Silver Surfer Vol.3 #140)
Tiering: Given that there are infinite amounts of universes with their own space-time and there’s layers of transcendence between realities/dimensions, this would make the whole of the material plane anywhere from High 1-B(without R>F) to 1-A+(with R>F).
High 1-B: High Hyperverse level
Characters or objects who can significantly affect, create and/or destroy infinite-dimensional space. Characters who exceed infinite-dimensional realms without qualifying for any of the further tiers, or who can meddle with spaces whose dimension is uncountably infinite, should have a "+" (High 1-B+) modifier next to their tier.

Note that, for High 1-B+, an explicit affirmation of "uncountably infinite dimensions" is not always needed. For example, if a verse has an infinite-dimensional realm and also a higher-order space existing above and beyond it, which is not clarified to transcend dimensions entirely and/or to be ontologically above the lesser realm, such a space would be at that level.
1-A: Outerverse level
Characters or objects residing in higher states of existence surpassing material composition as a whole, and who are therefore completely unreachable and inaccessible to any and all extensions of the aforementioned structures. Their superiority over such realms, as such, is purely "qualitative"; based entirely on the ontological quality and nature of their existence, rather than any quantitative or numerical principle.

A way to explain their superiority over "physical composition" would be to bring attention to the fact that all of the previous tiers can be expressed as the union of constructs of lower tiers. For example, a 4-dimensional spacetime continuum is at most Low 2-C. However, an inaccessible cardinal's worth of such spacetimes is well into High 1-B+. In spite of the extremely large gap in size between the individuals comprising this totality and the totality itself, the latter is simply the sum of all the former, and as such both ultimately reside in the same state of existence, and have continuity of composition within that state.

Likewise, even the Von Neumann Universe (As well as larger structures still) is still simply the union of many elements that, individually, are smaller than itself. And the same applies to any mathematical space whatsoever.

A 1-A character or realm, on the other hand, fundamentally surpasses lower states of existence, with their sheer superiority not being expressible as the sum, union or permutation of anything in these lesser states. They, in other words, transcend lower existences to the point that those vanish into nothingness.[note 2]

This tier can be extended into higher levels in the same vein as 1-C and 1-B. And should a character or object scale to infinitely many of such levels, they should have a "+" modifier (1-A+) placed next to their tier.
By the above, makes sense, agreed.

Higher Realms(Subtle and Mental):​

These realms are higher aspect of Reality and just like the previous mirror layers within the dream. As everything is a dream within a larger dream counting up as there are spiritual path. (Silver Surfer Vol.3 #135)

Tiering: The higher realms or more so the realms of thoughts which are the next level of consciousness(there’s four) transcends anything below it and trivializing it in size. High 1-A for these spiritual realms.
High 1-A: High Outerverse level
Characters or objects who transcend 1-A characters in the same vein that 1-A characters transcend the rest of the system. That is to say: If there is a hierarchy of 1-A layers, each of which operates within the same framework, with the same "algorithm" dictating the difference between them, a High 1-A character would transcend the framework entirely, and instead operate on a different, higher hierarchy, governed by another, likewise higher algorithm. In other words, whereas 1-A is a qualitative superiority, High 1-A represents a "meta"-qualitative superiority.

Similarly to 1-A, this tier can be generalized to higher levels of existence. Just as 1-A encompasses qualitative hierarchies, so too can there be meta-qualitative hierarchies. However, there can also be "meta"-meta-qualitative superiorities surpassing such hierarchies, operating on hierarchies of their own, as well as "meta"-meta-meta-qualitative superiorities, where the same process repeats, and so on and so forth.

The apex of this tier, represented also by a "+" modifier (High 1-A+), corresponds to characters whose power encompasses meta-qualities, meta-meta-qualities, meta-meta-meta-qualities, meta-meta-meta-meta-qualities, and any and all conceivable extensions of this process. They, as it were, are on the scale of the highest forms of Modal realism and Type IV Multiverses, more specifically corresponding to the space of all logically possible worlds ("Logical space"), being characters who either have the ability to actualize arbitrarily large worlds, or embody the framework of such worlds itself.

That said, characters who embody the collection of all possible worlds properly speaking may be rightly considered more powerful than those that can simply create arbitrarily big possible worlds.

Agreed.
these spiritual realms.

Nexus of Reality:

The interconnect point of Creation also known as the OM point. Which links all worlds, universes, and dimensions existing on every level of Creation. Its destruction would also be catastrophic since that destruction will lead into all of the layers of Creation to collapse. (Spider-Man Annual 1999)
Tiering: The Nexus of all Realities is High 1-A due to being the connection point to all the universe, worlds, and dimensions. It needs to exist for every plane of existence and level of reality to exist and is the very Soul of Creation itself.
High 1-A: High Outerverse level
Characters or objects who transcend 1-A characters in the same vein that 1-A characters transcend the rest of the system. That is to say: If there is a hierarchy of 1-A layers, each of which operates within the same framework, with the same "algorithm" dictating the difference between them, a High 1-A character would transcend the framework entirely, and instead operate on a different, higher hierarchy, governed by another, likewise higher algorithm. In other words, whereas 1-A is a qualitative superiority, High 1-A represents a "meta"-qualitative superiority.

Similarly to 1-A, this tier can be generalized to higher levels of existence. Just as 1-A encompasses qualitative hierarchies, so too can there be meta-qualitative hierarchies. However, there can also be "meta"-meta-qualitative superiorities surpassing such hierarchies, operating on hierarchies of their own, as well as "meta"-meta-meta-qualitative superiorities, where the same process repeats, and so on and so forth.

The apex of this tier, represented also by a "+" modifier (High 1-A+), corresponds to characters whose power encompasses meta-qualities, meta-meta-qualities, meta-meta-meta-qualities, meta-meta-meta-meta-qualities, and any and all conceivable extensions of this process. They, as it were, are on the scale of the highest forms of Modal realism and Type IV Multiverses, more specifically corresponding to the space of all logically possible worlds ("Logical space"), being characters who either have the ability to actualize arbitrarily large worlds, or embody the framework of such worlds itself.

That said, characters who embody the collection of all possible worlds properly speaking may be rightly considered more powerful than those that can simply create arbitrarily big possible worlds.
Same with this, agreed.

The Illusion/Dream/Creation(Eternity, Maya, Cleito):

All of Creation or the whole of Reality is nothing more than an illusion dreamed by the Creator, hirself. That all levels of Reality is a progression to realize that the Dream and the Dreamer are one and the same with God, in our own essence is that we are God. Creation takes form depending on the specific story, but they’re all “Illusions.” (Silver Surfer Vol.3 #139)

Tiering: Maya, Eternity, Cleito, the Staff, the Book, and the Fallen Stars are all High 1-A+. All of them are direct aspects of God hirself and know that all Creation is just an illusion(some willing to accept it). They scale to the entirety of the Dream or even above being the Apexes of the Creational hierarchy. Lords of Shamballa either fall on this tier or are merged together with God, but most likely High 1-A+.
High 1-A: High Outerverse level
Characters or objects who transcend 1-A characters in the same vein that 1-A characters transcend the rest of the system. That is to say: If there is a hierarchy of 1-A layers, each of which operates within the same framework, with the same "algorithm" dictating the difference between them, a High 1-A character would transcend the framework entirely, and instead operate on a different, higher hierarchy, governed by another, likewise higher algorithm. In other words, whereas 1-A is a qualitative superiority, High 1-A represents a "meta"-qualitative superiority.

Similarly to 1-A, this tier can be generalized to higher levels of existence. Just as 1-A encompasses qualitative hierarchies, so too can there be meta-qualitative hierarchies. However, there can also be "meta"-meta-qualitative superiorities surpassing such hierarchies, operating on hierarchies of their own, as well as "meta"-meta-meta-qualitative superiorities, where the same process repeats, and so on and so forth.

The apex of this tier, represented also by a "+" modifier (High 1-A+), corresponds to characters whose power encompasses meta-qualities, meta-meta-qualities, meta-meta-meta-qualities, meta-meta-meta-meta-qualities, and any and all conceivable extensions of this process. They, as it were, are on the scale of the highest forms of Modal realism and Type IV Multiverses, more specifically corresponding to the space of all logically possible worlds ("Logical space"), being characters who either have the ability to actualize arbitrarily large worlds, or embody the framework of such worlds itself.

That said, characters who embody the collection of all possible worlds properly speaking may be rightly considered more powerful than those that can simply create arbitrarily big possible worlds.

Agreed. Just like Ultima stated. "Think of a tier 0 as the writer, and high 1-a+ as the book itself"

Oblivion(The Void/Sea of Nothing/God’s Unconcious):

Oblivion is the Void personified as the breath between life and death, death and rebirth, and all of the Creation cycle. He isn't lord of Darkness or Chaos, but non-being itself as the Void that preceded Creation and where all Creation will return and drown to when it is time for the Creator to sleep. He's true form is non-existence itself and gazing upon would erase anyone. The formless sea of nothing created an aspect of God that made infinity have a limit and formless to have form. (Iceman Vol.1 #3)

Tiering: Oblivion being the representation of the nothingness and the Void before Creation. He outscales all the previous entities and is possibly the Apex of Cosmology giving him the higher-end of High 1-A+.

As powerful as Oblivion is and as paradoxical as he may be. He does have one superior and that superior has his weakness: Love. His superior is the being that not only radiates Love but is it. (Iceman Vol.1 #4)
Agreed for obvious reasons.

God(Divine Creator/The Dreamer):​

God or the Creator is the Oneness behind all things in Creation and the cosmic emptiness from which Self is the consciousness of its true power. That all of Creation is nothing but a dream to the Creator and Oblivion is simply an aspect of god as is anything in Creation. He is the Dream and the Deamer, Plan and Planner, Trick and Trickster, and is beyond all illusions as the sole being that truly exists and on by him alone. That everyone is God just living in the Dream. (Marvel Graphic Novel: Doctor Strange: Into Shamballa #26)

Tiering: God is 0, as he is the Oneness that underlines all duality, beyond Creation and Void, contains existence and non-existence. Everything is nothing but a dream to God in all levels and he transcends the entire hierarchy into insignificance.
Tier 0: Boundless
Entities who are completely transcendent over any and all forms of hierarchical extension. More specifically: They not only encompass the collection of all possible "qualities" represented by High 1-A+, but also exceed it utterly, existing beyond any and all distinctions between ontologies and any division between objects. They are nondual, changeless, indivisible, ineffable, self-sufficient and completely unsurpassable. See this page for more information on both this tier and the preceding one.
Agreed, it seems(at face value) to cover the properties of the monad.
 
All of it was written by him. Most as the writer himself with some as the plot/script writer.
Awesome, Thank you.

Now for the fun part:

Material Plane
Aside from the fact these panels read like the ramblings of a madman, if higher plans of reality are coherent with this description of the "primary level of reality"/"material world" being an illusion to the aforementioned higher planes, there's nothing inherently wrong with it.
There are infinity of universes across the Macrocosmos(another word for the whole of the Multiverse). (Silver Surfer Vol.3 #142)
I agree.
This is cool, how do we scale this "microverse"? I imagine this is the kind of thing that causes Tiktok scalers to claim "every Marvel human is outerversal" :ROFLMAO:
The scans aren't supporting the claim here, unless there's context I am missing, the idea the quantum plane is a nexus and/or focal point of many worlds is not present in these scans.
The obvious problem with this scan (at least in isolation) is the guy is literally a madman and the page itself makes him out to be a madman. I'm not sure how reliable this scan on its own is, is there more context where SS goes and visits one of these universes or are we shown at any point these mentioned universes are perceived as thoughts/dreams?
I'm beginning to see a pattern in these texts. Due to the sheer amount of these kinds of statements, I lean towards the interpretation that they are literal and the cosmology is predicated on this dream-dreamer logic. However, I find it hard to believe much of this is literal when reading these scans in isolation from the stories they're written in. They almost seem like they're written from the perspective of someone on psychedelic drugs, making it very hard to ascertain their literalness. Thus far, of the scans I've read at this point in my response, unless I've missed something I haven't encountered anything that convinces me that these dreamt universes actually exist and this illusionary cosmological system actually exists - which appears to be the point.
I see, so this green bug chick kind of carries the rest of the scans. Assuming there are no blatant anti-feats I rescind my previous comments about this illusion stuff being non-literal, but because it took me a long time to write, I'm not deleting it 🗿.

Does this guy not know what 10 times 10,000,000 is???

Tiering: Given that there are infinite amounts of universes with their own space-time and there’s layers of transcendence between realities/dimensions, this would make the whole of the material plane anywhere from High 1-B(without R>F) to 1-A+(with R>F).

After the long journey of reading these scans and writing my thoughts, I have concluded that the author needs to get off the gear. That being said, I think by the end of it, I am somewhat tentatively convinced this "illusionary reality" cosmology does indeed exist and can be tiered as layers of 1-A reality-fiction differences (RFD). My one hold off is you haven't really displayed the possible anti-feats, I agree in principle that this could be in the 1-A levels, however, I also recognise the Silver Surfer has probably demonstrated hundreds of anti-feats that would disqualify this being a true RFD. I haven't read these comics beyond what you have shown, so I cannot prove that there are anti-feats personally, so I will just have to take your word on it for now.

My other minor nitpick is whether we take "infinite" to be literal here. The green bug chick mentions tens of tens of millions as does another scan, which may indicate the "infinite" isn't literal. The literalness of 100 million realities also doesn't make sense as there are alone 7 billion people on Earth, but there is mention of ad infinitum and the process of dreams within dreams would allow for that.
All in all my personal rating would be:

2-B: ad infinitum realities within realities (if there are anti-feats to true RFD)
1-A: ad infinitum layers (if there are no anti-feats)

I'm skipping 1-B because none of these scans proves dimensional levels and this new system seems to be "all or nothing", you're either 1-A via RFD or you're not tier 1.

Higher Realms
This might put a target on my back...
I'm not going to beat around the bush, I don't want to sound rude, and mind you I am not an expert on Marvel comics at all. But none of these scans line up with the claims you're making. I do not see how these mental and spiritual realms are inherently above the illusionary realms to such a degree that would entail a whole meta-RFD equivalent jump over 1-A realms to justify high 1-A, or even low 1-C if taking my earlier evaluations into account.

I'm sure your arguments make sense to people who are experts on Marvel and obviously, these scans omit decades of context and you can only show so much, but to an outsider, the scans in this section mean next to nothing.

Nexus of Reality
This one is simple, I agree the Nexus of Realities has a RFD/RFD equivalent over the preceding cosmology, it appears all of reality is but a shadow of the Nexus etc etc.

I think it should be at least 1-A based on my prior evaluations, High 1-A based on yours.

The rest of this stuff goes well beyond what I am able to evaluate, but what you've written makes sense, as for how it tiers, I have no idea. The Creator would be tier 0 regardless of how you evaluate the rest of the cosmology based on how I've read tier 0 works now (could be wrong), and high 1-A+ would be contingent on whether or now what's below it is at least high 1-A right? (i.e., you can't have a high 1-A+ with a low 2-C cosmology but you could in theory have a monad for any cosmology reach tier 0? at least that's how I understand it atm).

Great job anyway, I enjoyed reading the arguments, but I have learned DeMatteis is not an author I enjoy reading at all 😅
 
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Nexus of Reality
This one is simple, I agree the Nexus of Realities has a RFD/RFD equivalent over the preceding cosmology, it appears all of reality is but a shadow of the Nexus etc etc.

I think it should be at least 1-A based on my prior evaluations, High 1-A based on yours.

The rest of this stuff goes well beyond what I am able to evaluate, but what you've written makes sense, as for how it tiers, I have no idea. The Creator would be tier 0 regardless of how you evaluate the rest of the cosmology based on how I've read tier 0 works now (could be wrong), and high 1-A+ would be contingent on whether or now what's below it is at least high 1-A right? (i.e., you can't have a high 1-A+ with a low 2-C cosmology but you could in theory have a monad for any cosmology reach tier 0? at least that's how I understand it atm).

Great job anyway, I enjoyed reading the arguments, but I have learned DeMatteis is not an author I enjoy reading at all 😅
High 1-A+ is mostly cosmology independent if you represent what the tier 0 can create or can actualize any logical possibility but can also be present as a cosmology thing. There is no need for High 1-A structures.
 
High 1-A+ is mostly cosmology independent if you represent what the tier 0 can create or can actualize any logical possibility but can also be present as a cosmology thing. There is no need for High 1-A structures.
Ahh, I knew tier 0 was cosmology-independent but I have no qualms with high 1-A+ if experts don't, I don't really understand it yet.
 
Bump. Based on the knowledge I have of these events (considering I've read his material for over 2 years. No that isn't an exaggeration) , everything seems to make sense to me. I do have some scaling options for the top tiers (statements about Job Burke, what we found out about what would've happened in Strange Tales IV, Peter Parker Annual 1999, etc) but that can maybe be saved for another thread after this is eventually applied, unless you want to get this all situated in a singular thread.
This is really just for the Cosmology aspect. The individual profile scaling can wait. However, at that point, I prefer to leave it to others to clean that aspect up.
 
This is cool, how do we scale this "microverse"? I imagine this is the kind of thing that causes Tiktok scalers to claim "every Marvel human is outerversal"
To be frank, I don't think it needs to be scaled. If we're to then it'd be less than what people originally anticipated. So it wouldn't be something like “Every human is Outerversal!”
The scans aren't supporting the claim here, unless there's context I am missing, the idea the quantum plane is a nexus and/or focal point of many worlds is not present in these scans.
It's more so that every plane is connected through a Quantum energy field as the literal Creation comes from the Quantum Sea and we briefly saw how Surfer sees worlds rising from them. I think the wording on my behalf is throwing people off.

I'm beginning to see a pattern in these texts. Due to the sheer amount of these kinds of statements, I lean towards the interpretation that they are literal and the cosmology is predicated on this dream-dreamer logic. However, I find it hard to believe much of this is literal when reading these scans in isolation from the stories they're written in. They almost seem like they're written from the perspective of someone on psychedelic drugs, making it very hard to ascertain their literalness. Thus far, of the scans I've read at this point in my response, unless I've missed something I haven't encountered anything that convinces me that these dreamt universes actually exist and this illusionary cosmological system actually exists - which appears to be the point.
To the people in the dream and still ignorant of its illusion, it's quite real to them. The “only” thing that is truly real is God and hir alone. Anything else is being dreamed by him. This idea is heavy in Hinduism.

After the long journey of reading these scans and writing my thoughts, I have concluded that the author needs to get off the gear. That being said, I think by the end of it, I am somewhat tentatively convinced this "illusionary reality" cosmology does indeed exist and can be tiered as layers of 1-A reality-fiction differences (RFD). My one hold off is you haven't really displayed the possible anti-feats, I agree in principle that this could be in the 1-A levels, however, I also recognise the Silver Surfer has probably demonstrated hundreds of anti-feats that would disqualify this being a true RFD. I haven't read these comics beyond what you have shown, so I cannot prove that there are anti-feats personally, so I will just have to take your word on it for now.

My other minor nitpick is whether we take "infinite" to be literal here. The green bug chick mentions tens of tens of millions as does another scan, which may indicate the "infinite" isn't literal. The literalness of 100 million realities also doesn't make sense as there are alone 7 billion people on Earth, but there is mention of ad infinitum and the process of dreams within dreams would allow for that.
I tend to see this a lot with authors. What I believe is that the former “infinite” is really true in the context of what they're referring to. When they switch it up, I feel they're just trying to emphasize the size of it in a numerical quantity type of trope, or could be that they see no difference between big that “millions” and “infinite” are just big terms. Infinite should remain as the basis of what said thing we’re referring to.
 
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To be frank, I don't think it needs to be scaled. If we're to then it'd be less than what people originally anticipated. So it wouldn't be something like “Every human is Outerversal!”
I didn't expect anyone on the forum to make that argument, I was more so commenting on this being the kind of stuff that some scalers use to make those claims.

It's more so that every plane is connected through a Quantum energy field as the literal Creation comes from the Quantum Sea and we briefly saw how Surfer sees worlds rising from them. I think the wording on my behalf is throwing people off.
I see, in that case I can see where you were going with that, idk if that changes how I'd scale it but I get where you're coming from.

To the people in the dream and still ignorant of its illusion, it's quite real to them. The “only” thing that is truly real is God and hir alone. Anything else is being dreamed by him. This idea is heavy in Hinduism.
Is THIS whole CRT a dream as well? 😥
 
I'm not going to beat around the bush, I don't want to sound rude, and mind you I am not an expert on Marvel comics at all. But none of these scans line up with the claims you're making. I do not see how these mental and spiritual realms are inherently above the illusionary realms to such a degree that would entail a whole meta-RFD equivalent jump over 1-A realms to justify high 1-A, or even low 1-C if taking my earlier evaluations into account.

I'm sure your arguments make sense to people who are experts on Marvel and obviously, these scans omit decades of context and you can only show so much, but to an outsider, the scans in this section mean next to nothing.
I don't mind the skepticism especially since the scans aren't the best for newgoers. The idea is that the whole of Creation is a dream within a dream within a dream….etc. The idea is that the metaphysical part of the Cosmology omits that idea, so it starts from 1-A. The central point is that the Gross plane is the lowest level of consciousness, but the metaphysical planes are tied to the next level of consciousness where anything can happen with the mind. To enter these planes would one have to transcend the material world and deplore all physicality, desire, mundane concepts, etc….
 
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I don't mind the skepticism especially since the scans aren't the best for newgoers. The idea is that the whole of Creation is a dream within a dream within a dream….etc. The idea is that the metaphysical part of the Cosmology omits that idea, so it starts from 1-A. The central point is that the Gross plane is the lowest level of consciousness, but the metaphysical planes are tied to the next level of consciousness where anything can happen with the mind. To enter these planes would one have to transcend the material world and deplore all physicality, desire, mundane conceits, etc….
I'll leave it to more experienced Marvel scalers to make a proper evaluation, but thanks for not immediately shutting me down with a rude demeanour. I appreciate you can see where I'm coming from.
 
Another proposal for the Metaphysical. We could push it down to 1-A+ for not having total meta-transcendence needed for High 1-A. Everything else remains the same.

Unless someone has a good scan that I missed.
 
F**k the tier, is all of his work cant now be with the main Cosmology or only some of them can still apply to it?

Example: This was currently used to explained the nature of the White Hot Room and this regarding R>F infinite hierarchies of universes that trancends and encompasses each other infinitely.
 
F**k the tier, is all of his work cant now be with the main Cosmology or only some of them can still apply to it?
This is a standalone Cosmology shift for the author. So, all his works will be here and it won't be used in the main continuity.


Example: This was currently used to explained the nature of the White Hot Room and this regarding R>F infinite hierarchies of universes that trancends and encompasses each other infinitely.
The scans do not work.
 
Finally, Tier 0 Marvel.
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I'm not knowledgeable enough on his writings to offer any valuable help on this I think. I do have a couple questions though: what will this split look like page-wise? For characters like Eternity, will this be separate keys or separate profiles? I think it should also be made clear on profiles and the verse page very specifically what stories apply to this cosmology as opposed to the standard one.
 
I'm not knowledgeable enough on his writings to offer any valuable help on this I think. I do have a couple questions though: what will this split look like page-wise? For characters like Eternity, will this be separate keys or separate profiles? I think it should also be made clear on profiles and the verse page very specifically what stories apply to this cosmology as opposed to the standard one.
Good question. Nothing to worry about, though.

For the split profile cosmology, there will be an explanation with a similar sandbox to that of DC. Probably a section only for J.M. DeMatteis and his collaborator when writing certain stories.

As for the profiles. There will be keys for intertwining characters such as Eternity while the One Above All scans that pertain to Divine Creator will go to a completely different profile as I already made a thread about it here.
 
I was thinking about upgrading the Nexus and lowering Eternity, Maya, Cleito, and Fallen Stars by swapping places. The Nexus even its pigmented shadow can control all of Creation hence why Man-Thing and Ellen were scared that Outrider or the Scrier would control the Nexus. It is expressed as the Soul of Creation and nothing can survive if its destruction ensues which includes the Fallen Stars. It's quite clear even Dormmamu was able to replace Eternity as the soul-encompassing Creation, but the Nexus remains a constant.

They all can be High 1-A+ on the lower side while Oblivion is the Apex High 1-A+. If that's too much then we can lower Fallen Stars to High 1-A while we keep the Creation beings as High 1-A+(Cleito, Maya, Eternity). I recommend Job Burke and Franklin Richards as High 1-A+ because they hold so much power they can change the entirety of the Dream and affect the Nexus.

The Scrier, the Other, and Galactus will be High 1-A.
 
I was thinking about upgrading the Nexus and lowering Eternity, Maya, Cleito, and Fallen Stars by swapping places. The Nexus even its pigmented shadow can control all of Creation hence why Man-Thing and Ellen were scared that Outrider or the Scrier would control the Nexus. It is expressed as the Soul of Creation and nothing can survive if its destruction ensues which includes the Fallen Stars. It's quite clear even Dormmamu was able to replace Eternity as the soul-encompassing Creation, but the Nexus remains a constant.

They all can be High 1-A+ on the lower side while Oblivion is the Apex High 1-A+. If that's too much then we can lower Fallen Stars to High 1-A while we keep the Creation beings as High 1-A+(Cleito, Maya, Eternity). I recommend Job Burke and Franklin Richards as High 1-A+ because they hold so much power they can change the entirety of the Dream and affect the Nexus.

The Scrier, the Other, and Galactus will be High 1-A.
I agree. Even a fragment of the Nexus can allow someone to be one with God / All of Creation, so the entire thing being High 1-A+ as a minimum makes sense

Job Burke was described as being connected to a truth and consciousness beyond Ka’dmon's or the Fallen Stars’ Imagination (whether this is referring to the Divine Creator is anyone’s guess) .
 
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Job Burke was described as being connected to a truth and consciousness beyond Ka’dmon's or the Fallen Stars’ Imagination (whether this is referring to the Divine Creator is anyone’s guess) .
He should have a profile as he’s shown to deserve it. Maybe other than Oblivion and God, he’s next in line as the most powerful being. If we dwell into semantics then everyone at their core is God, but at the point, they lose their individuality thus God(Oneness/Allness) would remain the sole being as 0.
 
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