watsonglenn
03-03-2007, 05:37 PM
I just finished the last issue of 'The Oath.'
It turned out very well. Strange faced a moral quandary and decided to use his magic to save his friend instead of the world.
But its more complicated than that. Niccademus was right. Strange had to let the human race find its own cures and solutions instead of being given them by magical means.
Magically curing disease might make Strange feel better and help a lot of people but what sort of unseen effects might this cure ultimately have on humanity? I am not talking about magical side effects like demons or mutations but rather the loss of humanity's independence. Humanity might become too dependent on Strange's magical cures and stop taking care of and improving itself.
In destroying the magical cure for all disease I think Niccademus did the right thing. In giving Strange the choice of losing his friend and saving the world or saving his friend and letting the world continue to suffer disease I also think he did the right thing. Niccademous was not making the descision by himself. He let Strange do it but at some cost.
Its interesting that Superman is currently facing this same moral dilemma in his comic.
the Question is an old one. How much help is too much. Capping a volcano is one thing but curing all disease or ending nuclear war is something Super-humans should hesitate to do even if they can.
Helping humanity is one thing, paternalistically babysitting them is another. To much help from superbeings might cripple humanity by making it unable to survive without superhuman help. Of course that has always been Luthor's problem with Superman. Superman makes normal humans look weak.
Maybe that was Captain America's mistake in Civil War. He wants everyone to be like him honest and brave like him. If that was the case we would not need the Registration Act. But Tony and the drunk reporter realize humans are not that way and never will be. People, just like like kids have to make their own mistakes and find their own solutions. They have to overcome obstacles or they become weak.
As for the rest of 'The Oath,' well the art by Marcos Martin was not to my taste. I like a more heroic style of art but I can see how this fit the story.
I also like the concept of the Night Nurse. Her romance with Strange might just work as a story. I hope its not forgotten now that Strange is in the Avengers.
It turned out very well. Strange faced a moral quandary and decided to use his magic to save his friend instead of the world.
But its more complicated than that. Niccademus was right. Strange had to let the human race find its own cures and solutions instead of being given them by magical means.
Magically curing disease might make Strange feel better and help a lot of people but what sort of unseen effects might this cure ultimately have on humanity? I am not talking about magical side effects like demons or mutations but rather the loss of humanity's independence. Humanity might become too dependent on Strange's magical cures and stop taking care of and improving itself.
In destroying the magical cure for all disease I think Niccademus did the right thing. In giving Strange the choice of losing his friend and saving the world or saving his friend and letting the world continue to suffer disease I also think he did the right thing. Niccademous was not making the descision by himself. He let Strange do it but at some cost.
Its interesting that Superman is currently facing this same moral dilemma in his comic.
the Question is an old one. How much help is too much. Capping a volcano is one thing but curing all disease or ending nuclear war is something Super-humans should hesitate to do even if they can.
Helping humanity is one thing, paternalistically babysitting them is another. To much help from superbeings might cripple humanity by making it unable to survive without superhuman help. Of course that has always been Luthor's problem with Superman. Superman makes normal humans look weak.
Maybe that was Captain America's mistake in Civil War. He wants everyone to be like him honest and brave like him. If that was the case we would not need the Registration Act. But Tony and the drunk reporter realize humans are not that way and never will be. People, just like like kids have to make their own mistakes and find their own solutions. They have to overcome obstacles or they become weak.
As for the rest of 'The Oath,' well the art by Marcos Martin was not to my taste. I like a more heroic style of art but I can see how this fit the story.
I also like the concept of the Night Nurse. Her romance with Strange might just work as a story. I hope its not forgotten now that Strange is in the Avengers.