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ost_uid0]Iceman isn't powerful enough yet to take the force and weight of that much water. It takes time to chill the water. He'd be killed, and the Blackbird with him, whether with water or slush. I doubt he would be capable of freezing tons and tons of water that fast. Plus, you can't freeze something to a stop. The energy has to go somewhere. The water'd get cold but it'd still be moving with TREMENDOUS force.
Plus, freezing the water in the dam would have made the breaks worse: water expands when frozen. The cracks would have been wedged open further, allowing more water in, etc. Or he'd have had to freeze the lake, which wasn't doable.
Effectively, Jean was the only one who'd have been able to do anything FAST enough.
Plus, they were setting up the Phoenix angle for most of the movie. Her "death" was predetermined.
Actually, there's a major science gaffe with Iceman. You can't just MAKE ice. He'd have to condense water (or some other gas) out of the air or use an existence source of something, then draw the heat energy out psionically, thus condensing the water (or whatever) into a solid. Unless he's got some freaky sublimation powers or something.
Sa'ar, you're a chemist. Surely your degree will be of some help here.
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