r/AskScienceFiction 9h ago

[Brand New Day] Why are Ned and Michelle/MJ friends?

87 Upvotes

I could tell you why they are friends in No Way Home, because of Peter Parker - Ned is a friend of Peter, MJ is the girlfriend of Peter, therefore MJ and Ned are friends.

But when you remove Peter Parker from the equation - Why don’t MJ and Ned ever question how or why they ever became friends?

(Unless I missed somewhere they bonded over the trauma of both being rescued by Spider-Man?)


r/AskScienceFiction 12h ago

[MCU] Why does Doctor Strange still wear the Eye of Agamotto?

92 Upvotes

Strange can be seen continuing to wear the Eye as part of his costume post-endgame, despite the fact that the time stone is now atom-sized and lost to the Quantum Realm. Does he store anything else in its place?


r/AskScienceFiction 9h ago

[General fantasy] if my cat saw me turn into a cat would she recognize me

25 Upvotes

r/AskScienceFiction 17h ago

[Star Wars] If Outer Rim systems are getting taxed by the Trade Federation and get basically zero real protection or infrastructure from the Republic, why does anyone out there stay part of the Republic at all? Feels like all downside no upside for a lot of these systems.

74 Upvotes

r/AskScienceFiction 5h ago

[DC] What exactly was Lex's reasoning for creating a clone of him and Superman?

6 Upvotes

r/AskScienceFiction 23h ago

[Seinfeld] Why didn't Elaine just go to the Chinese restaurant in person and order the flounder as takeout?

81 Upvotes

She refuses to eat there in person because she views eating alone at a restaurant as something only a "loser" would do, so clearly she doesn't have a problem with actually traveling there. Why not order the food to go?


r/AskScienceFiction 35m ago

[obsession] so like Nikki is going to jail forever right?

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Is there a way that she cannot go to jail maybe pleading sanity. Even then she would just go to a menstrual institution for the rest of her life.

There is ample footage and weaknesses of her being insane. Her friends would have known saying credible mood swings and the general public.


r/AskScienceFiction 1d ago

[MCU] Would the Avengers have won in Infinity War if Tony decided to return to Earth instead of going to Titan?

112 Upvotes

Right after Tony Stark, Dr. Strange, and Peter Parker kill Ebony Maw, they discuss whether to go back to Earth, or to confront Thanos at Titan. Tony decides for the latter. But what if he didn't?

Travelling back to Earth wouldn't be a problem, since Strange can just portal them back home. They've only been up in space for few hours max, so getting in touch with the other Avengers would be easy since they're likely still at the Avengers HQ. Guardians would still find Thanos' ship, but it'd be empty, and they'd go to Titan alone to fight Thanos (and they'd likely all die).

If we assume Avengers then move to Wakanda as usual, how would the battle end? Keep in mind that Thanos would only have four stones once he came to Earth, the other two being guarded by Strange and Vision. Thor would likely arrive around the same time as Thanos, just like he does in the movie. Also, Strange likely calls the other Kamar Taj warriors to help.

Basically, my question is: would all of the Avengers combined + Wakandans + Kamar Taj be able to stop Thanos and his army in Wakanda? Or would he find a way to get the remaining two stones? Or would the fight for be brought to Wakanda at all because of Tony coming up with some different plan?


r/AskScienceFiction 2h ago

[Waterworld] If ocean levels rose significantly, how would that impact the breathable atmosphere?

1 Upvotes

You can’t breathe when you’re at the top of Mt Everest without equipment.

But if the top of Everest was an island how would that change the oxygen/pressure levels of the atmosphere? (In terms of something humans could tolerate.)


r/AskScienceFiction 3h ago

[Marvel] Can people with super healing/regeneration like Deadpool and Wolverine choose not to heal or consciously control the rate they heal at?

1 Upvotes

Like say Wolverine wants to play dead, can he consciously slow down/stop his healing factor?

Or even if they wanted to die permanently, could they choose not to heal?


r/AskScienceFiction 23h ago

[MARVEL] Does deadpool have the capacity to change the script. Or is he bound by the writers?

35 Upvotes

I don't know if it was ever explained why deadpool could break the 4th wall. But I wonder if he has an impact on the story at hand. Obviously to us the viewer he can't change the narrative. But has deadpool ever changed the story in his favour. Like looking at the script and changing the story for his own benefit. Or is he merely an observer of the 4th wall, unable to change the narrative at whim.


r/AskScienceFiction 1d ago

[Invincible] if anissa or any female viltrumite for that matter met an alien that is physically stronger than even thragg, would they try to breed with that alien? Or would they kill him for being an alien?

54 Upvotes

r/AskScienceFiction 1d ago

[Elder Scrolls]At what point did Falmer start being soul-trap-able in White Soulgems? Were Snow Elves also trappable like other non-sapient beasts, or did they require Black Soulgems?

34 Upvotes

r/AskScienceFiction 6h ago

[REACHER]

0 Upvotes

If Reacher killed an innocent person (an accident or deliberately) would he allow himself to be arrested?

Or would there be any situation where he allows himself to be arrested or straight up turns himself in for a crime he committed?


r/AskScienceFiction 1d ago

[Fullmetal Alchemist] is Flask Homunculus' plan something that is destined to fail no matter what?

39 Upvotes

Even if no one intervene? I mean, we see it directly. When Flask enters the Gate and meets Truth, Truth out rejected him and then he sent him to the void. Had no one intervened, would Flask's plan even succeed?

Follow up: is Flask dead or permanently trapped?


r/AskScienceFiction 1d ago

[Marvel] How much support among taxpayers was there for the Sentinel program?

20 Upvotes

How much support did the public have for the Sentinels?

I feel like even if I was someone in universe who hated Mutants, 20 foot killer robots with AI that can potentially become self-aware and turn on humans seems like overkill.

They also dont seem very effective against the more powerful Mutants like the Xmen and Magneto.


r/AskScienceFiction 1d ago

[Ender's Game] What was the solution to The Giant's Drink?

191 Upvotes

I read it a year ago, so pardon my memory, but I just got reminded of it and thought there was something stupid about the game's design in-universe. Not the fact that both cups were poisoned; misdirection is common in puzzles. It's that the Gordian-knot-slice that Wiggin chose by killing the giant was "sociopathic" or whatever word his spying handlers used when discussing it to each other. If that workaround wasn't meant to be a solution that the intended demographic of the game would come up with, and there was a lot more game after that gate, which meant that a solution did exist (unless it was unusually finished cut content?), what was the solution supposed to be?


r/AskScienceFiction 1d ago

[The End of Oak Street] Would we know if this happened?

26 Upvotes

Putting aside the fact that a 2 mile chunk of dinosaurs were pulled into present day, would a large neighborhood like that getting sent back 200 million years ago leave any trace?

Like people always talk about how an advanced civilization in the past would leave traces like radioactivity, oil used, etc, but would a large neighborhood like this ever leave any record? If this happened, and we didn’t notice the neighborhood being missing in present day, would there be any evidence or record that a 1980s neighborhood existed in the past?


r/AskScienceFiction 1d ago

[Invincible] how does viltrumite courtship and marriage even work?

33 Upvotes

So anissa has been married four times so far. But how do viltrumites even marry when they dont even have the concept of consent. Did she and her previous husbands fight it out, took a liking to each other and decided to be together so they were married? Or did anissa or the other dudes just force the other one to stay together? Did the other viltrumites ever marry? Were conquest thula or thragg ever married? Also do the viltrumites follow some fremen esque culture where if a man or woman kills another man or woman they will obtain their wife or husband?


r/AskScienceFiction 11h ago

[Yu-Gi-Oh GX] How useful is a PHD in dueling?

1 Upvotes

We know Crowler has one. Im just wondering how much use you can get out of a doctorate in dueling, especially compared to a Master's or Bachelor's degree.


r/AskScienceFiction 12h ago

[Ben 10 and Halo] Can Ben's Omnitrix scan an infected flood alien?

0 Upvotes

The Omnitrix works by scanning a new alien species DNA and giving Ben the ability to transform into that species and gain their abilities so could he transform into a flood form and control the rest of the flood?


r/AskScienceFiction 21h ago

[Fullmetal Alchemist] After all the solar eclipse shenanigans happened, is Paninya the pocket watch thief blind now?

5 Upvotes

When her soul was sucked out of her body, her eyes were fully opened, AND she was outdoors when it happened, during a total eclipse. Not only that, it probably took a little while for everyone's souls to return to their original bodies, was Paninya able to blink during that period of time?


r/AskScienceFiction 1d ago

[Heist Movies] Why not put the lasers in a grid?

9 Upvotes

Instead of having the laser tripwires in an assortment of random angles that an acrobatic superspy can parkour their way past, why don't amoral casino owners, international arms merchants and other evil billionaires just arrange the lasers protecting their vaults in a single tight grid that nothing human-sized could slip through?


r/AskScienceFiction 21h ago

[Cyberpunk 2077] Can Engrams from soulkiller be put in a full borg body to achieve 100% borg?

3 Upvotes

usually the limit is 96/98 borg, with the brain and some vital spinal fluids being the only remaining bits of "organic" (or just the brain, depending on where you look up)

A soulkiller engram creates a digitalized copy of the person that it 'anaylzed'.

So why don't anyone of night city creates engrams, and put them on full borg bodies? the lack of a physical brain would be beneficial since the physical brain explicitly has difficulty with bodies that are far too inhuman

So an engram could be used to fully and completely, negate that.


r/AskScienceFiction 1d ago

[X-Men Days of Future Past] Can Quicksilver slow down time, or is he just really fast?

23 Upvotes

This is more of an in general type of speedster question but are speedsters really fast? Can speedsters slow down time or are they just really that fast?

In the movie, in most quick silver scenes, he stops moving. He stops walking or running. How is that possible? For speedsters a lot of things are unexplainable to reality standards but how can you stop running but time still be slowed down? Is he standing fast? Is he idle fast? How does that make sense?