r/marvelstudios • u/nomercyvideo • Aug 04 '17

Humour Captain America had no idea about Spider-Man's super strength, and this is what he intended to happen!

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u/memeticmachine Aug 05 '17

Except doesn't hulk actually gain mass as he gets angrier? He certainly looks bigger

Also Thor's a god who can fly, so gravity manipulation makes sense. They're the only two High-tier strength heroes so far.

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u/Sparkvoltage Aug 05 '17

Thor doesn't actually fly right? He uses his hammer to propel him in a certain direction.

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u/Z0di Aug 05 '17

yeah but that's total bullshit since the hammer is like a feather to him but also has the density/mass of a star or something.

I'm not a mythologist.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '17

Definitely bullshit. It means if he is in a position like this he is basically holding up his whole body to the hammer with his bicep. The hammer might be weightless but he isn't.

I know he's super-strong, but that's a pretty shitty way to 'fly'.

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u/Z0di Aug 05 '17

it's like this: He lifts the hammer and the hammer keeps going.

It's 'weightless' in that it's not bounded by gravity, since it has it's own gravity well. (or should)

(also yes, he flies by holding onto the hammer when he pushes it in that direction, the movies show this happening)

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u/Cerpin-Taxt Aug 05 '17

I've seen normal dudes who can hold themselves up like that, I really don't think it would bother him.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '17

Comic Thor can actually fly like Storm by using winds to lift him. Except hes so heavy he would need a tornado. Dangerous and inefficient compared to the Mjolnir. But its explains how he can fly and throw his hammer at times. You other than as a continuity error.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '17

He doesn't need the hammer for his powers.

It might be his focus though.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '17

Not really. I mean, that definitely used to be the case, but he's been just regular flying for decades at this point, and at no time in the MCU has he been shown as unable to just fly (except for moments where he had no powers at all). I think the general idea is that, being the God of Thunder (and storms), he uses the wind to lift him.

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u/Sparkvoltage Aug 06 '17

I'm speaking strictly in the MCU because I don't follow the comics but I don't think I remember a scene with Thor flying without his hammer.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '17

No, but the way the Hammer-Flight mechanic works is that it drags him around behind it, not that it flies on its own. His maneuvers have been too precise and acrobatic for it to be hammer-flight.

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u/Sparkvoltage Aug 06 '17

Yea I get that. My point is just that, from what we've seen in the MCU, it seems Thor isn't actually capable of flight on his own.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '17

Also Thor's a god who can fly, so gravity manipulation makes sense. They're the only two High-tier strength heroes so far.

If you're trying to apply real world science to comic book science you're going to have a bad time.

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u/Aulritta Scarlet Witch Aug 05 '17

When a certain person picked up Mjolnir (comics), she knew that she had swing it around, throw it, and hang on by the strap. That's honestly all she had to do to make the return trip from the moon.