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Sash! posted:I'm agonizing over whether Agatha killed a real or imaginary dog. Murdering house pets is within her comic book characterization, and she’s not even a villain in the books.
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BrianWilly posted:It would definitely be really strange if a random person knew the precise details of the Infinity Stones, along with the exact specific sequence of events that went down in Wakanda and could recite them as if it were just common knowledge...but I can handwave it that Jimmy was briefed on a lot of classified info like a lot of federal agents might be, and Darcy is in Thor's groupchat or something. Didn't Far From Home and Endgame establish that the news was covering "the blip" and that Captain America/Black Widow had spent most of the last 5 years telling people about what happened/trying to find a way to fix it? Also, I don't know if it is hilarious or dumb that the official outside of the universe Marvel name for the end of Infinity War is "the snap," but the in-universe world decided to call it the much dumber "the blip."
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Feb 23, 2021 05:22
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BrianWilly posted:Darcy is in Thor's groupchat or something. She would be exactly the person to text Thor, and Fat Thor would definitely text back and tell her the whole story.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Didn't Far From Home and Endgame establish that the news was covering "the blip" and that Captain America/Black Widow had spent most of the last 5 years telling people about what happened/trying to find a way to fix it? Have other people called it that or just the Zoomers and Teachers in Spiderman's High School? Because as a teacher that does seem like a thing modern high schoolers would come up with.
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I thought they called it the blip in news chyron as Monica entered the sword headquarters?
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Robot Hobo posted:Agatha was a witch during the Salem Witch Trials, and she approved of them, because she thought killing off the weaker members of her own coven was the best way to make it stronger. Even when she's a "good guy" she's not a nice person. Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Also, I don't know if it is hilarious or dumb that the official outside of the universe Marvel name for the end of Infinity War is "the snap," but the in-universe world decided to call it the much dumber "the blip." That said, I get why they did this from a filmmaking perspective, but it never had to be a snap. The possessor of the Gauntlet can use the powers at will, so physically preventing Thanos from snapping his fingers shouldn't do anything. He should just be able to think "erase everyone" as soon as he puts it on, and the other snaps shouldn't have been required of Hulk or Stark.
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thinking abt the movie where they just logic Thanos into doubling the resources in the universe instead
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BrianWilly posted:It would definitely be really strange if a random person knew the precise details of the Infinity Stones, along with the exact specific sequence of events that went down in Wakanda and could recite them as if it were just common knowledge...but I can handwave it that Jimmy was briefed on a lot of classified info like a lot of federal agents might be, and Darcy is in Thor's groupchat or something. Or, you know, gps/satellite systems showed poo poo was going down by Avengers compound and all the local/national news orgs sent drones (at the very least) to get footage. Even if the drones didn't survive the whole battle, they probably got at least something worth broadcasting.
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Melomane Mallet posted:Or, you know, gps/satellite systems showed poo poo was going down by Avengers compound and all the local/national news orgs sent drones (at the very least) to get footage. Even if the drones didn't survive the whole battle, they probably got at least something worth broadcasting. Tony probably has video footage sent to a cloud from his suit, Pepper's, and Rhodey's. Let's assume the same with Vision and that's how people know details of the double Vision death. It works because Tony is terrible.
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Protagorean posted:thinking abt the movie where they just logic Thanos into doubling the resources in the universe instead Technically, Thanos' actions were logical. Something can be logical, but still be a bad idea or be illogical to someone with a different set of assumptions. Thanos thought that increasing the resources wouldn't actually teach anyone the lesson that needed to be learned and would just kick the can down the road. He basically had PTSD from what happened on Titan and was "logically" following through with a plan based on preventing the same thing from happening again. He says that on Titan people couldn't dispassionately make decisions about resources and emotions and greed guided them, so increasing resources would just cause more greed and emotions to drive people to further consume. The actual logic train that might have convinced him would be to mind control all sentient beings to conserve and consume the most minimal amount of resources possible while expanding supply.
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Spacebump posted:Tony probably has video footage sent to a cloud from his suit, Pepper's, and Rhodey's. Let's assume the same with Vision and that's how people know details of the double Vision death. It works because Tony is terrible. If that's the case any hero with a secret identity is in trouble, because that big final battle was a nonstop parade of people dramatically unmasking themselves over and over again. Of course the most prominent superhero I can think of that's still active and has a secret identity is Spider-Man and, well...
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The whole dimensional nexus is totally setting up Monica getting shunted into a slightly sillier universe in time for NEXTWAVE.
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ShakeZula posted:If that's the case any hero with a secret identity is in trouble, because that big final battle was a nonstop parade of people dramatically unmasking themselves over and over again. Whoever has access to it could have edited the footage to be a propaganda film with only the best clips of heroes I wonder if in the MCU, crazy alt right people believe the battle and Thanos were fake. They might claim the all female bit is clear proof. Tony Stark is at the heart of the conspiracy theory instead of Bill Gates. They could blame him for half the people disappearing.
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Spacebump posted:Whoever has access to it could have edited the footage to be a propaganda film with only the best clips of heroes I bet the whole Mysterio incident added a ton of gasoline to the "alien invasion wasn't real, George W Bush did the Snap" conspiracy goons
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swickles posted:I was thinking what if when people were unsnapped a bunch of various high level prisoners escaped because their previous cells no longer existed/were manned. Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Thanos thought that increasing the resources wouldn't actually teach anyone the lesson that needed to be learned and would just kick the can down the road. If you could do one snap to fight SARS-CoV-2 and your choices were to either snap half the virus away or double the amount of people, what would you do? I'm not saying r/thanosdidnothingwrong, because that fool had a number of choices available, including things that weren't so severe they burn off his hand. But "more resources" on something growing out of control doesn't seem tenable.
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only one thing I don't get. why was Wanda so freaked out by seeing the rabbit and the cicada in Ag's house
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Its Chocolate posted:only one thing I don't get. why was Wanda so freaked out by seeing the rabbit and the cicada in Ag's house Weirdly real imperfections in her perfect fantasy world
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Sivart13 posted:Having more stuff explicitly deal with the consequences of the snap/blip makes me excited. Kind of like when it seemed like the Netflix marvel series were going to deal a bit with the aftermath of the Battle of New York (but instead only made the slightest passing references to other events outside of the show)
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Can't wait for this shows Like Skywalker moment to be Mark Hamill as Nightmare
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I think the army person Monica met to get the vehicle from is the skrull she played uno with in Captain Marvel
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Those loving wipes, the getty images watermark and the boom mic dropping into frame...  God, I gotta rewatch Far From Home again, it was such silly fun even if it does have a lengthy scene where the villain literally just stands and bellows exposition for like 10 minutes straight to a crowd of people who in-universe all have exactly as much information as he does.
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WSAENOTSOCK posted:Was there an on-screen explanation for this? Michelle was in New York running a fashion empire (aka a real life reference to the twins) and the characters would stare at the camera when they mentioned this or the Elizabeth & James clothing line. They talk directly to the camera about her in a Thanksgiving episode too. She never appeared in 5 seasons but they did call her voice mail while drunk and her voice wasn't heard. Can't remember any other references but I didn't watch the whole series just read summaries of a lot of it, so I don't know if they mention her in the triple wedding finale (some of the actors who played her friends on the original show are in that one) but by then Aunt Becky was also kicked off the show so lol. The producers/actors have some quotes that seem sort of rude in the press which was weird and probably burnt bridges beyond whatever else was going on, and even tried to get Elizabeth Olsen to play the part. Girl Meets World pulled off the superior sequel series.
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It's dumb, but I remember the press around the time of the films. They said it was something Thanos thought he needed to do, basically a psychological tick so he wouldn't accidentally access the power. If it was just every thought like "Hey, I'd like some ice cream" and then all of sudden 5 tons of mint chocolate chip landed on him that would be bad for him. Having to snap his fingers allowed him to concentrate on the thing he wanted done. All the heroes were probably doing the same thing.
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Sivart13 posted:I just thought up a dumb analogy for "but why not twice the resources?" never sat well with me. Thanks should have snapped his fingers and given everyone in the universe a huge pile of condoms. That is the actual legitimate cost-effective solution to the problem he wants to solve.
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swickles posted:I would guess a decent amount. The opening of Spiderman Far From Home has the student made memorial (set to I will Always Love You) featuring the fallen heroes of Iron Man, Nat, and Captain America (who was just probably announced as dead for his cover). They may not know the specifics of Thanos and Infinity Stones, but they know a huge force invaded Earth and half the population mysteriously vanished. Then the Avengers fought another big battle on Earth and half the population came back and the attacking army was the one who mysteriously disappeared. There is definitely a declassified version of events and then classified version which includes time travel and most of the specifics. lol at the getty images watermark
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Alchenar posted:Thanks should have snapped his fingers and given everyone in the universe a huge pile of condoms. Give everyone immortality and sterility, just freeze the universe in glass at the moment of the snap. I mean, realistically the problem is just going to come back if you don't, right? Like, he only ever talks in Malthusian terms of half as many people now have plentiful resources so their lives get better, never about like, everyone learning to live renewably on top of that.
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They seriously shoulda just gone with him wanting to impress Death Honestly thought Hela was gonna be his love interest.
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Random thought, Wanda is only the second person to have broken Uru metal (Thanos' spinny sword) after Hela (Mjolnir) That's somewhat cosmic level
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BurritoJustice posted:Random thought, Wanda is only the second person to have broken Uru metal (Thanos' spinny sword) after Hela (Mjolnir)
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BurritoJustice posted:(Thanos' spinny sword) The Thanoscopter
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VectorSigma posted:The Thanoscopter 
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It really isn't worth thinking about Thanos' plan realistically, because realistically wiping out half of all life on Earth and then bringing it back five years later wouldn't be the mild-to-moderate inconvenience the MCU portrays, it would be an extinction-level event that humanity would be lucky to survive with some fraction of post-industrial civilization intact.
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If an airplane crashes because the pilots disappeared Do the people who blipped back reappear where the plane crashed or do they reappear 30,000 feet in the air
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Steve Yun posted:If an airplane crashes because the pilots disappeared I would assume that the meme thread on the MCU SA would be full of gifs set to the Weather Girls on the day of the return
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Sanguinia posted:Give everyone immortality and sterility, just freeze the universe in glass at the moment of the snap. Pretty much, because even if everything went perfectly, population growth has no reason to slow if you just disappear half the population. The world's population went from passing 1 billion just after 1800, to 1.6 billion in 1900 to 6 billion in 2000 to 7.8 billion in 2020. Which is despite many nations (mostly richer, more stable nations) having negative population growth with the last few decades when measured through pregnancy alone, because the population growth in poorer nations is so large. If you suddenly disappear half the population of even the places that have stable populations, you're going to destabilize them and cause the population to skyrocket in the next few decades more than likely, so you'll probably end up with roughly similar numbers inside a century (if not less); making the whole thing a pointless exercise. A phenomenon that is likely to follow throughout much of the universe, given how similar other sapient species (which are the ones worth worrying about; since natural selection takes care of the rest) are shown to be to humanity. BurritoJustice posted:Random thought, Wanda is only the second person to have broken Uru metal (Thanos' spinny sword) after Hela (Mjolnir) Was his sword made of Uru metal? Is that just from some background material or what? I don't see anything about it being made of Uru metal on a quick Google at least. tsob fucked around with this message at 11:41 on Feb 23, 2021 |
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Steve Yun posted:If an airplane crashes because the pilots disappeared something something “Banner accounted for it and no one died horribly in the process of coming back” Although can we talk about how dumb “the blip” sounds as a descriptor for that event? That’s some Netflix show “we’re just going to refer to it in the vaguest way possible even though everyone knows what we actually mean” poo poo. Just call it The Snap and say people were dusted or something.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:something something “Banner accounted for it and no one died horribly in the process of coming back” The Snap is already used to refer to everyone disappearing, so they need a different name for everyone coming back and something like "the Unsnap" or "the Unsnappening" sounds even dumber. The Blip sounds like the kind of dull but simple name people would settle on for something like that, honestly.
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Protagorean posted:the Dusting sounds like Thanos used the gauntlet to fart in everyone's face simultaneously I mean it kinda fits. thanos cropdusted the galaxy and hosed off to make soup
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:You can never have too many spikes 
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