Do you consider Galactus evil?

**seekquaze** · 09-15-2010, 03:31 PM

Galactus tends to be one of the most contriversial characters in the MU. One story can have him be the antagonist with the next him being an ally. Most people just know him as a cosmic power house that feeds on planets regardless of the planet's status and whether it is inhabited or not.

Facts/Questions to consider:

1. Galactus has been stated to serve as the balance between life and death. It has been several times implied that it would be a very bad thing for the universe in the long-term if he were to die. This has been confirmed by Eternity itself.

2. It has been stated numerous times that Galactus is beyond human concepts of morality due to being a natural force.

3. What Galactus can feed upon varies from story to story, but generally he can only feed on planets that meet certain unspecified conditions.

4. Galactus only feeds or does what is needed for him to survive. He has no interest in ruling the universe or laying waste to galaxies for fun like Tyrant, Thanos, Annihlus, or other villains.

5. Galactus once upon a time tried to avoid feeding on inhabited planets, but two things changed. Galactus had to start feeding more often and as sentient life spread across the universe it often colonized every thing it came across including all the planets he can feed upon.

6. Galactus's hunger has been stated to cause him great pain and drive him in a near-frenzy at times.

7. In the past, several heralds have tried to steer him away from inhabited worlds, but eventually develop a crisis of conscience. The meaner ones have less scruples, but are insane or like killing. So having the right herald is difficult if not impossible.

8. If Galactus did try to give planets time to evacuate, would they just try to kill him instead?

9. If Galactus was more specific on what planets he fed upon, such as limiting himself just to hostile races, would this not betray his original neutral purpose?

10. Don't most interstellar wars cause more destruction (War of Kings with Vulcan blowing up planets, Annhilation Wave, Operaton: Galactic storm and the destruction of the Kree Galaxy) in a year than Galactus does in a hundreds?

11. Looking at it from Galactus's point of view, with having lived for billions of years and power, knowlege and technology far beyond what most being can conceive doesn't that in a way make him superior to beings that only live for a hundred years or so?

12. Last fact, it has been stated he is destined to one day give back far more than he has taken.

So, in your opinion if Galactus evil, beyond such labels, or just a victim of circumstance despite all of his power?

**Grapeweasel** · 09-15-2010, 03:33 PM

Yes.

He ate my dog.

**Pixie_Solanas** · 09-15-2010, 03:33 PM

He's just doing his thing. Don't hate.

**Evil-Spidey** · 09-15-2010, 03:37 PM

If the Beyonder can be considered evil then Galactus can too.

**Dark Ben** · 09-15-2010, 03:51 PM

I didn't consider the Beyonder evil but I consider Galactus to be, I'm not very fan of "for the greater causes" characters either you kill etiher you don't there's no middle. He might not take pleasure in that, but he's still a genocidal maniac.

**idiopathic** · 09-15-2010, 04:24 PM

Hmmm, btw are there any other Galactus-like beings out there that eat planets? What about Tenebrous or Aegis, do they feed on anything?

**StoneGold** · 09-15-2010, 04:30 PM

Galactus... is.

But it's like trying to say a hurricane is evil. Or me, if you're a chicken and a part of the chicken burrito I just ate.

**Nite-Wing** · 09-15-2010, 04:34 PM

I believe Nova recently touched on the morality of what Galactus does. Theres even a Galactus survival plan of sorts out there in the galaxy.
The planets that he consumes are warned by a Herald thats the process then they know to evacuate the planet.

Galactus is an abstract being hes not bound by things like morality so no hes not good and hes not evil. Hes just there

**Legion_Quest** · 09-15-2010, 04:37 PM

Galactus isn't evil, he is a force of nature.

Eating planets is just what he does' if he is evil, so are we every time we eat an animal or pick a fruit (the trees are alive after all).

However, while his planet eating isnt evil, over and over, Galactus has been shown to be proud and even spiteful. So he certainly isn't above 'human' emotions.

**RolandJP** · 09-15-2010, 04:43 PM

Galactus isnt a force of nature. he is evil. Because he can choose not to eat a world.
A force of nature has no choice.

He could simply kill himself off or siphon energy from an exploding SUN, if he wanted to take the moral high road.

**XPac** · 09-15-2010, 04:43 PM

The Big G is just eating to survivie. Like pretty much every other animal in the universe, that involves killing something else.

I wouldn't blame cows for considering humans to be evil if they were capable of that level of sentience... and I'm sure grass would say the same thing about cows.

It sucks to be eaten, but ya do what ya gotta do. That's how the cycle of life works, and Galactus just happens to be higher up on the food chain.

In the grand scheme of things, Galactus NOT eating would probably be more harmful. So an arguement could be made that he'd be a bigger villain by not going around eating other worlds.

**Pixie_Solanas** · 09-15-2010, 04:46 PM

Originally Posted by RolandJP

Galactus isnt a force of nature. he is evil. Because he can choose not to eat a world.
A force of nature has no choice.

He could simply kill himself off or siphon energy from an exploding SUN, if he wanted to take the moral high road.

Disagree completely. Who are we to judge him for snacking on worlds for sustenance?

**Legion_Quest** · 09-15-2010, 04:55 PM

Originally Posted by RolandJP

Galactus isnt a force of nature. he is evil. Because he can choose not to eat a world.
A force of nature has no choice.

He could simply kill himself off or siphon energy from an exploding SUN, if he wanted to take the moral high road.

He cant syphon energy from a sun, he has to have a certain type of energy.

If he dies, he can't do his balancing act, and if the 'Last Galactus Story' is to be believed, he has to wait until the end of the universe to die, else the universe simply goes over to entropy as their will be no restart.