Pop Culture 1

What I'm thinking is this: in the DC Universe, shapeshifting is a trait associated with good guys. Often tricksters, but good guys. Plastic Man, Elongated Man, Metamorpho, Beast Boy, so forth and so on. Meanwhile, over in the Marvel Universe, shapeshifting is sinister and dangerous. Mystique, Loki, Warlock (good guy but horrendously dangerous), and of course the Skrull.

Reed Richards kind of undermines this but I think there may be a general trend here.

Pop Culture 2

"I draw energy from the area around me in order to fuel my powers, creating a zone of cold." Where's the first instance of this trope? I know I've seen it in Warhammer 40K but I don't think that's the origin. Blame head58 for this; he asked me and I can't get it out of my head.