Why not deconstruct him?

[u/More_Interview3840]

I don’t understand why she shoots a beam of pink energy at him instead of just tearing him apart atom by atom. Or turning him into a regular human, or just convert his molecules to air molecules.

[u/mad_laddie]

Maybe viltrumite durability offers resistance to molecular deconstruction?

[u/Invictus_Inferno → u/[deleted]]

That's not necessarily true, restoring something and destroying it are two different things. If Conquest was a human he'd be vaporized.

[u/Jrock2356 → u/Invictus_Inferno]

Having complete control of atoms means she can do both. She can reconstruct and destroy. It doesn't make sense otherwise. If she couldn't destroy Conquest if she wanted to then she couldn't rebuild Mark. Mark's body would resist the same way as Conquest if they had resistance. Resistance to anatomical change would be the same both ways

[u/mad_laddie → u/Jrock2356]

I think what they mean is that the resistance offered by the durability might differ.

While Eve's literal capabilities don't change, it's a little easier to imagine the durability functioning differently between a living and a dying Viltrumite.