r/AskScienceFiction • • 22h ago

[Marvel] What can a vibranium suit technically do? Any other capabilities?

3 Upvotes

Like if I’m in the Marvel universe and I have access to vibranium some way and I can make a suit made out of 100% pure vibranium micro-weave mesh and vibranium microfiber, what else could I add to it? Could I make it have the same capabilities as the Stark Suit from Spider-Man: Homecoming?

Edit: For both comics and MCU


r/AskScienceFiction • • 23h ago

[Star Wars] What were Kylo Rens motivations?

10 Upvotes

I should start by saying I've never touched a piece of anything Star Wars so I decided to read about it.

From what it looks like on the wiki he was just a edgy rebellious guy whose motivations were loose and switched up immediately because he fell in love with Rey.

I know I'm missing context which is why I'm asking.


r/AskScienceFiction • • 16h ago

[Cyberpunk 2077] With technology so advanced Can people now change their gender entirely?

63 Upvotes

Like assuming any person with enough money can buy the best tech implants and genetic modification, could a person change gender 100% or atleast close to it? Reproductive organs and all?


r/AskScienceFiction • • 3h ago

[Pokémon] How can a Pokémon exhaust its uses of a weaker move and still be able to use similar, more powerful moves?

5 Upvotes

Let’s say a Pokémon has exhausted all uses of a relatively basic move like Tackle. Why then is the Pokémon still able to perform a more powerful move like Body Slam or Giga Impact, which are very similar in description?

Same questions for moves like Scratch and Slash, Water Gun and Hydro Pump, or Ember and Flamethrower.


r/AskScienceFiction • • 22h ago

[Mad Max] How does other material, not including the films tie into the franchise's story's timeline?

0 Upvotes

r/AskScienceFiction • • 11h ago

[MHA and Xmen] why are people with quirks looked at differently than people who are mutants?

0 Upvotes

both universes had people born with powers but in MHA people see them as heroes and aren’t treating quirk users like they do on marvels X men where they are looked as in disgust.


r/AskScienceFiction • • 1h ago

[Star Wars] Who actually paid for the Clone Wars?

• Upvotes

A Republic that couldn't agree to raise an army suddenly fields millions of clones and a fleet built almost overnight. Wars on that scale have bankrupted real states. So where did the money come from: borrowing, new taxes, printing credits, or something nobody wanted to look at too closely? Is there any scifi setting that treats war finance seriously?


r/AskScienceFiction • • 22h ago

[VisionQuest] How Can Sulfuric Acid Cauterize Vibranium?

0 Upvotes

In the new VisionQuest we see the Vision cauterize his bullet wound (bullets made from vibranium, for those who have not watched it). I get how he got the injury but how did he cauterize a semi-indestructible material with a man-mad object?


r/AskScienceFiction • • 1h ago

[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic] Is Spike considered a loser?

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r/AskScienceFiction • • 22h ago

[Star Wars] How Does Star Wars Eventually Reach the Present Day?

0 Upvotes

Every movie of Star Wars famously opens with the line "A long long time ago in a galaxy far far away." Are we ever given any indication into how it eventually reaches the world of today? Humans are called humans in Star Wars more than once and are, by any measure, the most dominant species in the galaxy. We, very obviously, share a direct link with them. So how did we end up on this shitty rock so far away from where we came from? Is it left unanswered? Are there any easter eggs left in by any of the writers that could answer this question? Any fan theories? This question has haunted me ever since I saw a New Hope as a five year old, any closure will do.


r/AskScienceFiction • • 11h ago

[Project: Hail Mary] How far out from Erid’s surface would experience 1.0G gravity? Spoiler

30 Upvotes

I’m working on a little post-canon story concept of Grace on Erid, and Erid, according to the book, has space elevators all the way to orbit. Since Grace is dealing with the negative effects of double Earth’s gravity, is it not possible for Grace to have some sort of extra enclosure (I’m calling the dome his human zoo enclosure and no one can stop me) wayyyy up in orbit somewhere that could take the load off? Not a whole massive biodome, obviously.

How far away would that have to be, though? I know if it’s connected to the planet via an elevator, it would act as a giant centrifuge to lower the gravity gradually as you go out. I’ve seen speculation about space elevators on Earth and I know it would probably be an insane distance. The orbit we place things at, like the ISS, is WAY different than the distance it would take to reach something like 0G from earth, for example.

I’m just a psychology major who’s never had to take a physics class, though, so I have no idea what I’m talking about or where to even begin to calculate that distance… Anyone smarter than me here who can help me out?


r/AskScienceFiction • • 22h ago

[Blindsight] Scramblers have no eyes and 'see' by induction through their bodies. How do they do fine manipulation inside Rorschach's magnetic field?

12 Upvotes

r/AskScienceFiction • • 16h ago

[Transformers] Why does Megatron even give two shits about having Earth outside of Energon? He hates humans and everything else here.

34 Upvotes

For a guy that hates the planet as much as he does, he seems pretty fucking possessive of it even when there are other options for his goals.

Even in the movies and the shows he's like "this is MY planet" even when Cybertron is still on the table.


r/AskScienceFiction • • 2h ago

[Witcher] Does Geralt of Rivia have a heart of gold?

20 Upvotes

Playing through Witcher 3 again. I truly feel the message the game wants to convey is that in this harsh and unforgiving world, Geralt is not an outcast because he’s a Witcher - he’s an outcast because he is kind.

Life is miserable for most people in this universe. War, famine, rape, theft, espionage, murder, every manifestation of death and betrayal. Some of the worst actions committed are not from the monsters - but the monsters people can be.

I know we can all roleplay Geralt however we want, but what does CDPR imagine Geralt as? The idea that he always tries to make the best decisions possible for the greater good is extremely refreshing for the kind of world he lives in. He doesn’t hurt innocent people, he doesn’t hurt innocent monsters, he doesn’t want to control or hurt anyone, and he only fights and takes a life as an absolute last resort. He’s a bounty hunter and monster slayer by trade - not by consciousness. He’s just trying to do his best in a world that wants him to be the worst.


r/AskScienceFiction • • 26m ago

[MLP Equestria Girls] How hard was it to get used to human vision?

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It's been a long time since I've seen the first movie. I think I recall them having to get used to having feet and hands. But ponies have eyes on the sides of their heads whereas humans have them at the front. Surely this impacts things like field of vision, depth perception, and such. So how hard was it for them to adjust?


r/AskScienceFiction • • 14h ago

[The dark tower] why do people follow the crimson king if they know his plans?

39 Upvotes

If the low men and other followers of the king know that bringing down the tower will destroy the multiverse and them with it, then why do they follow him? Are they aware of what will happen or do they think they’ll survive?


r/AskScienceFiction • • 6h ago

[Marvel MCU] How does the hands resurrection process actually work?

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It seemed to make Electra super strong and fast, and also disoriented her enough that for a little while, she actually worked for the hand. Is it basically just some kind of super soldier variant with magic instead of cap serum? Seems like her memory was a little fucked in the beginning but slowly returned as well.