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Something else has me curious as well. I'm wondering why the Orb is already confirmed as the Power Gem before the the Aether is confirmed. A lot of speculation before the Orb confirmation was that the Aether was the Power Gem. What if the Aether works in conjunction with the Orb similar to the blue gem scepter ( which is still not confirmed yet ) working in conjunction with the Tesseract or Space Gem ( which still doesn't explain the mind controlling capabilities ). Also, I wonder what will happen to the Aether when Gamora brings the Orb to the Collector ? At this point he may or should have both stones. Here below it states that he only ( as far as we know ) display the powers of the Orb.--

--- "Tivan remarked to his assistant, Carina, that they now had one of the stones in their possession, and only needed five more, hinting that Tivan was already seeking the Infinity Stones, in particular, the Orb.[1]

In order to obtain it, Tivan hired Gamora, the Zehoberi assassin and adopted daughter of Thanos.[2]

Gamora did as she was told, and later returned to Tivan's museum in the company of criminals Star-Lord, Drax the Destroyer, Rocket Raccoon, and Groot. Giving him the Orb, Tivan started to give a cryptic analysis of the object, explaining its possible origins and even giving a display of its power. Before Tivan's demonstration could go any further, however, the museum was attacked by the Kree warrior Ronan, who had been hired by Thanos to steal the Orb.[3]

Powers and AbilitiesEdit
Being an Elder of the Universe, Tivan has extensive knowledge and experience with cosmic forces, and has utilized the various energies in the universe for a variety of purposes. Obviously Thanos and the Collector aren't working together and may be at odds with each other. Are the Orb and Tesseract in their natural containments because they are confirmed stones ? Where did S.H.I.E.L.D. or Thor get the containment for the Aether ?
 * Cosmic Manipulation: The Collector is capable of channeling and manipulating various forms of cosmic energy, especially energy from the Infinity Stones. While demonstrating the power of the Orb to the Guardians of the Galaxy, the Collector mystically extracted the power within the Orb and made the various energy particles float around the room. Also during the demonstration, the Collector conjured two spheres of pulsating orange energy."