"I won't go in detail as to what this torture entails, but let's just say that it involves a blowtorch, a railroad spike, piano wire, and a couple rolls of duct tape. "
"The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth." ~ Niels Bohr
The one really unbeatable is "Doctor Manhattan" from Alan Moore's "Watchmen". The ability to manipulate reality down to the atomic level, being able to deconstruct and reconstruct himself and all of his surroundings. Even the machine of Ozymandias that pulls all his atoms apart didn't stop him.
Although Doctor Manhattan should more correctly be labelled a god I guess, and thus be disqualified.
(edit) For you savages who dont know what I'm talking about (shame on you) here is an excerpt from wikipedia describing doctor manhattan:
After an accident as a scientist, Jon Osterman was transformed into something non-human, and the only character in Watchmen with superhuman powers (except for possibly those characters whose psychic ability is alluded to). Throughout the series, he becomes increasingly detached from humanity as a whole. As the story progresses, he disavows any interest in human affairs and rejects the validity of any notion of morality. For example he gradually abandons clothes. His ability to see the world outside of time leads him to embrace determinism. Doctor Manhattan is identified as something of a God-figure as Watchmen progresses; after dying and resurrecting himself, he gains near omniscient knowledge and almost omnipotent powers, and in his final scene walks on water and leaves to create human life somewhere else. For all his god-like power, he is as flawed and human as the rest, having difficulties with relationships. He personifies intellect over emotion. Because of his aloofness and somewhat nihilist philosophy, he is vilified by several characters throughout Watchmen. He represents Nietzsche's übermensch in the sense that his actions are completely beyond good and evil, in contrast with Rorschach whose actions are completely driven by the concepts of good and evil.
"YOU [humans] NEED TO BELIEVE IN THINGS THAT AREN'T TRUE. HOW ELSE CAN THEY BECOME?" - Death
"Every judgment teeters on the brink of error. To claim absolute knowledge is to become monstrous. Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty." - Frank Herbert, Dune, 1965
The one really unbeatable is "Doctor Manhattan" from Alan Moore's "Watchmen". The ability to manipulate reality down to the atomic level, being able to deconstruct and reconstruct himself and all of his surroundings. Even the machine of Ozymandias that pulls all his atoms apart didn't stop him.
Although Doctor Manhattan should more correctly be labelled a god I guess, and thus be disqualified.
(edit) For you savages who dont know what I'm talking about (shame on you) here is an excerpt from wikipedia describing doctor manhattan:
All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
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The one really unbeatable is "Doctor Manhattan" from Alan Moore's "Watchmen". The ability to manipulate reality down to the atomic level, being able to deconstruct and reconstruct himself and all of his surroundings. Even the machine of Ozymandias that pulls all his atoms apart didn't stop him.
Although Doctor Manhattan should more correctly be labelled a god I guess, and thus be disqualified.
(edit) For you savages who dont know what I'm talking about (shame on you) here is an excerpt from wikipedia describing doctor manhattan: link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchmen
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"Every judgment teeters on the brink of error. To claim absolute knowledge is to become monstrous. Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty." - Frank Herbert, Dune, 1965