r/AskScienceFiction • • Nov 13 '18

[MCU] Does Doctor Strange remember all the times Dormammu killed him in the Dark Dimension?

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r/AskScienceFiction • • Sep 30 '18

[Marvel] I'm a very low-level supervillain that just accidentially killed Spider-Man. What happens to me now?

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I'm Bee-Man. I have like, a stinger-gun. I made it because my parents were stung to death by bees when i was at the park and I wanted to extract terrible vengeance on the world by using the thing that hurt me the most.

I don't know what happened, but I tried to rob a bank with my stinger-gun and managed to catch Spider-Man in the throat. I was thinking, oh, hey, i heard he's a flippy guy, he'll dodge, I'll get beeaten up and thrown into Rykers and get some street cred and work on my Bee technology with all the actual supervillains in there, but no.

Blop, right in the windpipe. I even nudged him a bit trying to wake him up and tried to give him CPR but there was a big stinger in his neck and he's dead so I ran away. The city threw this big mourning ceremony on the news and J. Jonah Jameson gave a tearful eulogy about him and apparently his name was Pete something. I don't know. I've been kind of hammering down bee-rs.

I never meant to like, kill anybody. I know he had lots of enemies and even more powerful friends and a lot of people are wanting ol' Bee-Man dead right now. I'm not sure what's going to happen next but I'm very open to discussing possibeelities.

I can't beelieve i've done this.


r/AskScienceFiction • • Nov 25 '18

[LOTR] Gandalf says "the world is gnawed by nameless things. I will bring no report to darken the light of day." Were all the nameless things so evil and scary that people couldn't handle knowing about them?

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Wouldn't it be a good idea to inform the world about potential threats?


r/AskScienceFiction • • Oct 22 '18

[Ant-Man 2]Batteries work based on chemical charges. The lab is being powered by a double A battery. Their technology increases the space between atoms, not their number, so the power output of the battery should not change. How are they using a double A battery to power the entire lab?

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r/AskScienceFiction • • Nov 01 '21

[Dune/Meta] Please stop reporting Dune threads for spoilers. The book is almost 60 years old. You've had plenty of time to read it. Spoiler

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r/AskScienceFiction • • Sep 21 '18

[Harry Potter] Are students at Hogwarts also enrolled in “normal” classes like English and History, or are we just assuming there’s hundreds of armed wizards wandering the streets with a fifth-grade level education?

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In Harry’s case he presumably received some normal schooling, then was pulled out at age 11 to study at Hogwarts. Are these kids educated in basic skills like reading, writing, math, history, etc? Seems like a recipe for disaster to train people to use magic without a basic education to support their mental and social growth.


r/AskScienceFiction • • Oct 11 '18

[Willy Wonka] So, um, everyone is okay with a dude moving an entire South American pygmy tribe into his factory to be paid in cocoa beans?

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Forget labor laws, this sounds like matters that the UN would be involved in.


r/AskScienceFiction • • Nov 22 '18

[MCU] Why wasn't Star-Lord excited when meeting other humans?

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When Peter Quill confronted Iron Man, Dr. Strange and Spider-Man, that was possibly the first time since he left Earth at 10 where he actually encountered fellow human beings. Yet, he doesn't act elated or excited about this, despite having missed two whole decades of human history and progress and having spent most of his life with brutish non-human species. I know, he was fixated on Gamora's abduction, but this guy is no stranger to cracking jokes left and right in the heat of danger and typically has a VERY strong nostalgia for the world he left behind. So what was his deal?


r/AskScienceFiction • • May 26 '19

[MCU] Feige says Thanos wasn't excluded from the snap. The fact he survived at the end of Infinity War was a 50/50 chance. Shouldn't there be 7,000,602 timelines where he dusts and the Avengers just use the stones he left behind to revive everyone?

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r/AskScienceFiction • • Oct 22 '20

[Batman] Bruce Wayne has multiple Master degrees, including one in psychology. Does he understand how batshit insane his coping mechanisms are?

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Like does he process on an intellectual level how unhealthy this is? How does he justify such unhealthy behavior?


r/AskScienceFiction • • Oct 10 '20

[Star Wars] Count Dooku seems like an ideal Sith: polite, calculating, sophisticated. Why can't more Sith be like him instead of all evil dark-hooded throne-room owning bastards with creepy red guards?

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Seriously, if more Siths were like Dooku, hell, there'd be tons of Siths. Imagine Dooku inviting you to dinner and then reading to you the history of force, it's unnatural uses and other fascinating dark side stories! He's a true gentleman. And if you don't join? No pushover, the door is open anytime (or not?)

I don't know, I wish more Siths were like him. He doesn't even seem purely evil. He shows that Sith is more than some evil, power hungry maniac. He's got charm, he seems charismatic. He's got that controlled anger.

Sadly, seems like he was the last of his kind.


r/AskScienceFiction • • Jun 15 '20

[The Purge] If I steal my neighbor's lawnmower during the purge, do I have to give it back after? Or does my neighbor have to watch me use his mower for a whole year, powerless to do anything about it?

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r/AskScienceFiction • • Sep 08 '15

[Star Wars] How would you play devil's advocate in favor of the Sith?

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I've been training as a padawan for a little while now, and I'm curious about the Sith. My master tells me that they are evil. But, I can't help but wonder if I'm only hearing one side of the story.

I have a hard time believing that anyone is really just a mustache twirling villain who's up to no good. Surely, the Sith don't believe they are villains.

So, how would they justify their teachings? Do they argue that they are actually the good guys? Or, are they really just unrepentantly evil, like my master says?


r/AskScienceFiction • • Jan 06 '16

[DC] What if Kal-El's escape pod landed in the same spot in Kansas but much earlier, and is found in 1775 by members of the Comanche tribe? How does it change/affect history in North America and the world?

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r/AskScienceFiction • • Jun 04 '19

[Halo] I, an enlisted UNSC Marine, had my stamped and serialized rifle taken by a seven foot tall super soldier and replaced with a Covenant Plasma rifle. My CO is about to come by and inspect my gear, what do I tell him and what do my repercussions look like?

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r/AskScienceFiction • • Jun 16 '16

[General] My kid has started using the word "behold". Is it pretty much guaranteed that she's going to end up being a villain?

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She also says "you fool". Is there any hope for her?


r/AskScienceFiction • • Jan 11 '21

[Star Wars] Did Boba Fett get a different helmet or did he just shake out his Dad’s head from the old one and give it a rinse?

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I suppose he could have soaked it first, but this always seemed quite disgusting to me.


r/AskScienceFiction • • Feb 10 '20

[meta] I can't believe we need a sticky about this, but it's happened twice in the last week. Threads about who would win in a fight do not belong on this subreddit. Ever. Do not post them. Don't encourage the people who do post them by commenting on them. Take it to /r/whowouldwin where it belongs.

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r/AskScienceFiction • • Feb 17 '21

[The Mandalorian] Do the random bullies who harass a dude wearing a full suit of armor think he's a cosplayer or something?

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Like wouldn't you think he's the guy most likely to be expecting a fight?


r/AskScienceFiction • • May 13 '18

[Star Wars] It is said that Anakin had the potential to be twice as strong in the Force as Palpatine, and that Vader had 80% of Palpatine’s force potential. How strong are other characters in the force, measured in units of Palpatines?

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My headcanon is that Dooku was around 0.4 Palpatines strong, while Obi-Wan was closer to 0.3 Palpatines and Yoda between 0.9 and 1.1 Palpatines.


r/AskScienceFiction • • Jul 18 '20

[Star Trek] If a slap a Vulcan, will the handprint be green?

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If you slap a person, the handprint is red. Because of our blood, right? So would a Vulcan turn green if you slap them?

Do they turn green if sunburned?


r/AskScienceFiction • • Jul 13 '16

[Meta] Attention whoever keeps reporting all pokemon-related questions: Fuck off, they're not against the rules. That is all.

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r/AskScienceFiction • • Dec 06 '20

[Men in Black] So since the agents are named after letters (Agent J, etc.), does that mean that there are only 26 active agents at one time? And what about other countries - does the Mexico MIB have an Agent Ñ?

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r/AskScienceFiction • • Jan 16 '21

[Star Wars] If the Jedi found out Skywalker was smashing Senator Amidala in the middle of the Clone Wars, would they have kicked him out of the order?

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He is a very competent General and the chosen one after all.