

Veteran Green Lantern enemy Star Sapphire and the Star Sapphire Corps that succeed her are fueled by love.Wally thought he is permanently trapped in the Speed Force when his "lightning rod", Linda Park, doesn't even remember him it was Barry Allen, Wally's father figure/mentor, that allowed him to escape. Another case of paternal bond getting used is in DC Rebirth. It doesn't necessarily need to be romantic - the paternal bond between Max Mercury and Bart Allen is a beautiful example of such - but yes, the three main Flashes rely on their wives for it. Flash-type speedsters rely on this trope to keep them from being absorbed by the Speed Force (the aforementioned speedster heaven).It lets Barry Allen break the Anti-Life Equation's hold over Iris Allen in Final Crisis.The Power Of Love allows The Flash to come back from an other-dimensional speedster heaven that no one had ever returned from.When Sue Richards asks the Watcher how Reed can take on the "all-powerful Silver Surfer", the Watcher answers, "All-powerful? There is only one who deserves that name.


In one Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic, a spell that keeps Buffy asleep can only be broken by the kiss of someone who is in love with her.Although, Love is more powerful than magic as it usually helps break spells. Even when the power of love is not literally and directly responsible, the scene is often set such that the audience is left with the impression that it was "really responsible". It's also an occasionally useful Deus ex Machina.Ĭommon applications of the Power of Love include activating an Empathic Weapon, freeing a loved one from mind control, strengthening a loved one, and converting a Real Death into a Disney Death. In fact, in many Disney movies it's the solution to everything.

Don't you dare mock it, it's more than a feeling, that's the Power of Love.Įven more than The Power of Friendship and The Power of Family, the Power of Love can be applied in dire situations to make things better. It makes people want to give up personal freedom to belong to each other. It can change a hawk to a little white dove. It makes one man weep, and another man sing.
