The useful question is not who is stronger. It is how the same story-world makes two different identities legible.
YPS gap5
Layer gap2
AuthorityvsPhysical
Analysis
YPS-7Authority
Authority layer supersedes Physical - Father leads by world influence
YPS-2Physical
World Influence
49vs3
Different power types make direct strength comparison misleading. What matters here is the character identity gap: what each existence does to the world, not who hits harder. DNA tells a different story: Father: raw destructive ceiling, Edward Elric: who they fight for. These are different character shapes, not different power levels.
Father
Domain edges
Edward Elric
Combat
destructive output
Systemic
influence / control
Narrative
luck / story weight
Derived from DNA / bars show relative edge, not absolute power