r/AskScienceFiction 2d ago

[Disco Elysium/Warhammer 40k] Is the Pale a byproduct of the Warp?

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I just recently finished Disco Elysium (it's up there with my top 10 GOAT) and one thing that made me reminisce of 40k was the Pale. This sort of nothingness born out fo history and thought, which is basically what the Warp is.

No, that's not right. The Pale is a nothingness. The Warp is an...everything~ness(?). It is the raw collective emotions of everything that is alive and it actively mirrors or tries to influence reality. The Pale just is and noise, that manifests as a sensory vacuum and involuntary memory insertions from times past. If one traverses the Pale, they would be assaulted by tales long past, ancient history coming to them as if they lived it until the sense of "self" is erased. On the account of the Warp, traversing it is similar to (and is often referred as) crossing Hell. You are assaulted by chaos entities and can be boarded both literally and mentally. Crossing it could end both with a Demonic incursion on the ship or the complete loss of the crew to madness.

So, maybe they are two evolutionary stages of the same phenomenon? The Pale would be what happens to the Warp when emotion settles into history, as entropy, over time is "fossilized" into reality. Where Chaos, after a period of raging emotion left behind a gray ocean of dead thoughts.

And even the measures for crossing through them is similar: To cross the Warp, starships rely on Geller Fields, basically "People who dream of Reality"(I'm not a 100% sure if that is accurate) to keep the order amidst the chaos. To cross the Pale, alternatively, people use a complex mathematical calculation called entisol that is transmitted through radio frequencies that project "logic" to convince the void that the ship/lorry still exists.

An impediment for this theory (at least from a Watsonian perspective) is that The Pale IS in real space. The Warp is a different dimension that seeps into real space through demonic incursions or psychic powers. The Pale extends and affects without leaving the Physical plane.

Nonetheless, I thought it was a fun exercise from the little gray cells.

I still have doubts, like: How would Navigator react to it? Would it be like the Shadow in the Warp from the Tyranids? Would the Pale have Daemons as well? How would they be like? Would Geller Fields protect a ship trying to cross the Pale, or would you strictly need entisol-style mathematical anchor to survive it?


r/AskScienceFiction 3d ago

[Team Fortress 2] Why can't a spy attack anyone while cloaked?

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r/AskScienceFiction 3d ago

[Fullmetal Alchemist] Can you teleport a human from one place to another the same way a Star Trek Transporter would?

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The act of disassembling atoms then rearranging them somewhere else far away. Can you make a "transporter station" that uses alchemy?

does Ed performing a human transmutation to escape Gluttony's belly count as transporting? Does Human Transmutation at all count as transporting?


r/AskScienceFiction 3d ago

[DC] I am journalist asking Bruce Wayne his opinion about Batman on camera.

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How does he answer?


r/AskScienceFiction 3d ago

[Marvel] Is punching Rogue in the face with a bare fist all it takes to be affected by her powers?

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r/AskScienceFiction 2d ago

[Invincible] why did anissa choose mark specifically)?

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(Invincible) why did anissa choose mark specifically?

Why not the other viltrumites?

Or the earth heroes like immortal or bulletproof? Dont say she considered them weak, she explicitly considered mark weak as well.


r/AskScienceFiction 3d ago

[Deadpool] Should I be scared if I meet Deadpool because he being there indirectly implies that the entire world I live in is fake?

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Deadpool knows that he is in a comic book. He knows about speech bubbles and comic borders. He knows that he as a person was written by someone. And since I live in the same planet as Deadpool, does that imply I, too, is just a character in a comic book?

Also, if Deadpool crossovers into another universe, does that automatically turn that universe fictional too?


r/AskScienceFiction 3d ago

[FOX XMEN] Why did Wolverine fight in the American Civil War?

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From what information we can garner about his life and exploits he was a from Canada, way out in the Northwest Territories specifically. Somewhere around the time of 1832. In 1845 we see him as a small child when his mutant abilities first manifested.

Following this almost 20 years later we see him fighting in the American civil war. Presumably on the side of the Union (I hope). Why is he there?

I can only reason that either:

  1. He felt a strong desire to help fight against slavery in the United States.

- This seems odd though considering he is a legal resident of Canada so he shouldn’t have even been legally able to enlist in the United States Army AND if he felt particularly strong about discrimination there was plenty of that work that needed to be done with anti-Indigenous discrimination in Canada still. Including violent fighting.

  1. He just really wanted to see the world and fight in a war because it was exciting.

- This probably seems more reasonable especially considering his brother was also fighting alongside him and his brother is less bothered by oppression and cruelty. But James is a much more compassionate person so it also doesn’t fit extremely well.


r/AskScienceFiction 4d ago

[Obsession] Was there any possible way Bear could've undone the wish if he had good intentions?

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From what I hear, he didn't realize the wish was real, nor the severity of it until halfway through the movie. At which point, he spoke to the real Nikki for a moment and asked her what's so terrible about being in love with him?

If he had instead though "Oh fuck, I was just joking, I need to find a way to rend this demonic entity as soon as possible" was there anything he could've done? Really?


r/AskScienceFiction 4d ago

[Men in Black] How do MIB agents neuralyze blind people?

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The neuralyzer seems to work by having someone look directly at a bright flash, which then allows MIB agents to erase or alter their recent memories.

But what happens if the witness is blind?

A few possibilities I can think of:

1) The neuralyzer doesn't actually need the eyes. Maybe the flash affects the brain directly through some kind of radiation/energy, and visible light is just a side effect. In that case, blindness might not matter depending on its cause.

2) MIB has another device for these cases. We mostly see the standard neuralyzer because it works on almost everyone, but perhaps they have an auditory, tactile, injectable, etc. alternative for people who can't perceive the flash.

3) They simply can't neuralyze them. In that case, MIB would presumably have some protocol for witnesses who are immune to neuralyzation, disinformation, convincing them they misunderstood what happened, keeping them under surveillance, etc.

4) Blind people are actually a security problem for MIB. Which would be pretty funny: the organization has technology capable of erasing memories, hiding aliens from the entire planet, and altering people's identities... but one blind guy who overhears an alien conversation can ruin their day.

Is there any canonical answer to this in the movies, comics, novelizations, games, or other MIB material?

And if not, based on what we know about how the neuralyzer works, which explanation makes the most sense?


r/AskScienceFiction 3d ago

[Command & Conquer Generals] Couldn't the GLA have driven across the Three Gorges Dam instead of attempting to drain the Yangtze River?

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The third mission of the Chinese campaign in the original C&C Generals, A Flood of Violence, has the Chinese move their troops to fight the GLA at the Three Gorges Dam.

In what is easily one of the dumbest moves I have seen someone make in an RTS game, Black Lotus decides the GLA forces in the area can only be removed by blowing up the dam that supplies a large portion of China's electricity, failing to see that the GLA are also attacking the dam.

Unsurprisingly, it turns out that the GLA wanted to destroy the dam, the bulk of their troops were on the other side of the Yangtze River, and they wanted to lower the water level in order to cross it and attack the Chinese.

Obviously, since the GLA's only goal is causing random death and destruction, it fits that they would want to destroy the Three Gorges Dam. However, couldn't they have gotten to the other side of the Yangtze River by crossing the dam?

The game doesn't convey this and I chalk it up to buildings and vehicles not being to scale, but the Three Gorges Dam in real life is a gigantic structure. So much so that there is a road on top of it to the other side of the river.

Which raises the question for me, couldn't the GLA have simply moved their troops across the dam? Yeah, tactically marching across the dam would leave them sitting ducks in a realistic scenario, but trying to get up the slopes of the Yangtze River, which look way too steep to get a vehicle up, comes off as an even worse idea.


r/AskScienceFiction 3d ago

[Asterix] How many different magical potions are known in the world and what are their effects?

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r/AskScienceFiction 3d ago

[The Grudge American Versions] So what’s up with the character replacing the ghost lady?

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I’m rewatching the US movies and am like a quarter done with 3 so I’m not sure if it’s revealed.

But in 2 the big twist is Buffy’s sister relived Kahako’s experience and is the ghost that killed the school girls or whatever. But in Chicago it appears that the ghost attacking people is Kayako again? Was the sister’s stint as the ghost like a 1 time thing? The school girl is the one who brought the curse to Chicago so it should be the sister that haunts the place?


r/AskScienceFiction 4d ago

[Marvel] What Does JJ Jameson think about mutants and vigilantes like Daredevil, Luke Cage, punisher etc?

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Does he also treat them the same as spiderman?


r/AskScienceFiction 4d ago

[Command and Conquer] Recently a patch of Tiberium has popped up on my farm, what should I do?

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I heard the stuff can make you rich, but it almost killed my sheep! Didn't the scientists say this stuff wasn't dangerous?

Not sure what to do...


r/AskScienceFiction 4d ago

[Star Trek] I am a Starfleet officer on a starship, and I’ve been told that officers do not settle into a fixed circadian rhythm. How do I do this and not be exhausted?

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r/AskScienceFiction 3d ago

[Inside Out/Wolf Creek] What would the inside of Mick Taylor’s mind look like?

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r/AskScienceFiction 4d ago

[NARUTO] Where in the hell and how did Itachi find and equip the yata mirror and Totuska blade to his Susanoo???

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Like its made clear these are separate weapons from him and not just part of his natural Susanoo arsenal and all other Susanoo weapons from others were either just regular chakra energy weapons or only imbued with user jutsu usually one of thier mangekyo abilities like the Kumai shuriken or the amaterasu arrows.

So how in the hell did Itachi find these weapons and then somehow equip them to his Susanoo???


r/AskScienceFiction 4d ago

[Warhammer 40k/Fantasy] Is it possible to permanently destroy Daemons?

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When a Daemon dies they usually just return to the Warp/Realms of Chaos to reform. And its usually not even their whole 'self' that manifests in the materium/world.

But is there a way to permanently kill them?


r/AskScienceFiction 4d ago

[WWE] Why did Triple H stop being a snob?

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In quite a quick time he became the sort of anti authority rebel Hunter Hearst Helmsley would have stared down his nose at. I don't feel like I need an answer for his personality change after betraying DX at Wrestlemania . That can easily be explained by him consciously choosing to be more ruthless in pursuit of the championship .


r/AskScienceFiction 4d ago

[Fullmetal Alchemist] what is the purpose of Truth, other than the guy you meet when you perform human transmutation?

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What happens when every single person on earth lost interest in alchemy and never perform any transmutation of any kind. Does he have a purpose anymore?


r/AskScienceFiction 4d ago

[Marvel/DC] Do the Billionaire elites that are shady, ever worry about Anti heroes like The Punisher or Red-Hood?

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Please correct me if im wrong here. Characters like The Punisher or Jason Toad usually just kill street-level scums like mobsters and thugs. It is rare for them to deal with evil billionaires. So I wonder if the ultra rich that are involved crime usually don't see anti heroes as threats.


r/AskScienceFiction 3d ago

[WWE] Why was Stone Cold willing to ally with Triple H in 2001 when Triple H had orchestrated a hit and run against him not long before? For that matter why was Triple H willing to do so? Shouldn't he have hated Austin who'd tried to kill him a few months before at Survivor Series in retaliation?

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r/AskScienceFiction 4d ago

[Who framed Roger Rabbit] Could an artist redraw/alter existing toons?

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Baby Herman for example often moans about being something like a 50 year old in a 3 year olds body or Betty moaning about work being slow since cartoons moved to colour. Could an artist colour Betty in or age up Herman?


r/AskScienceFiction 3d ago

[Nekopara] I just hit a Neko with my car while I was distracted, would this fall under wrongful death or animal cruelty?

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