00:00Did you know that Cyclops optic blast doesn't burn anything? And no, that's not a plot mistake.
00:04In Marvel, it's not a laser and it's not heat. What's actually happening is something much worse.
00:09Every time Cyclops opens his eyes, he's literally opening a portal. A portal to another dimension
00:14made of pure kinetic energy. No fire, no heat, just force and motion. His eyes don't generate
00:19energy, they let the energy pass through. It's as if the other universe is pushing everything
00:23into ours, which is why his blast doesn't melt things, it crushes them. And that red glow isn't
00:27heat, it's dimensional friction, energy from another reality trying to stabilize itself here.
00:31And those iconic glasses he wears aren't just for style. They're made of ruby quartz,
00:35limiting how much that portal opens. As a child, Scott Summers suffered a plane crash that damaged
00:40the part of his brain responsible for controlling this power. Without the visor, he wouldn't just
00:44be firing blasts, he would be holding the entire universe open all the time. To this day, he kept
00:48wanting to know which universe that energy comes from. An incredible and brilliant power. Now tell
00:53me, do you think that's an awesome power or a curse? Comment below.
