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An Interesting detail that I didn't noticed before until my rewatch of the series (fantastic series I highly recommend on Netflix.) The Shogun and his family that ruled Japan during the events of the show are from the Ito Clan which is interesting because in real life The Ito Clan while they themselves were real were never the shoguns of Japan. The shogunate was controlled by the Tokugawa Clan, and the Ito were only a moderately powerful clan thanks to their support of Toyotomi Hideyoshi during the Sengoku period. Their status as not only powerful daimyo, but directly controlling what can be called the Itō Shogunate indicates that the series is not just historical fiction but alternate history.
It does make me considering the Sengoku Period ended 57 years before the series begin how did the Ito Shogunate came to be, why in this timeline Tokugawa Ieyasu (The Third Great Unifier.) didn't become Shogun, Why did The Ito Clan move to Edo despite the capital belong to Ieyasu, Do we know of a member of the Ito Clan that live during this time period in real life that was around during when Ieyasu unify Japan and why did they become the First Ito Shogun, Did Ieyasu failed or Hell were the Ito clan allies or enemies against Ieyasu?
Assuming if the Sengoku Period ended a bit later like say a decade or two does that mean the Shogun during the events of the show was either the son or grandson of the First Ito Shogun of the Ito Shogunate? We know in real life that Japan become Isolated from the outside around from 1633 to 1639. so assuming that that the current shogun by the start of the show was already reigning by this time like I said he could be the son or grandson of the First Ito Shogun who in this universe is The Third Great Unifier of Japan?
Seriously. The enchantment's classic wording is "Whosoever holds this hammer, if they be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor." So why did Odin seem to make the key point about who could lift and use the hammer at all, which clearly has made things more complicated, as opposed to just making it so that anyone can lift and use the hammer, leaving the 'granting the power of Thor' bit the only part that's up to worthiness? For instance, why couldn't a carpenter eating lunch next to Thor who realized he'd forgotten his hammer pick up and use Mjolnir to pound in some nails and put it back?
Quantum Physics says that there are an infinite amount of parallel worlds and each one contains one “you”. This is the many world interpretation.
In fictional stories such as Marvel or R&M, their respective multiverse contains infinite possibilities ( with Rick and Morty having a few constants. I am unsure about Marvel ).
The main difference between these two multiverse models is that: the MWI has an infinite amount of universes but each one is identical, correct? Meaning, there has to be a copy of you+everything, throughout the infinite universes.
Marvel or R&M’s multiverse isn’t confined by this limitation.
Is my understanding correct?
I’m having trouble understanding because in DBZ, Future Trunks traveled to the past but it was a parallel world. But, that doesn’t make sense because the past he went to wasn’t a parallel world at all, it was an exact copy of his own past.
I don’t mean if they know all the world’s leaders are actually all allies sitting under the Maker’s Council, because that’s hammered in early in the comics.
I mean if the people of the Upper and Lowers Kingdoms know they are led by Ra and Khonshu, or if Europe knows they are ruled by Captain Britain, etc.
So the X-Men are understood to be an an evolutionary offshoot of human beings. They (typically but not always) manifest abilities around what would constitute early teen-years or puberty. However due to traumatic circumstances or bodily injury for any number of reasons the X-Men often have limitations either forced or imposed upon them, often by virtue of the nature of their own powers in some capacity. Would this constitute disability within Mutants?
The best example is probably Cyclops, Scott in his youth incurred a head trauma that appears to have left him completely unable to shut off his abilities. It is perhaps reasonable to assume that under other circumstances he would have had full control over this ability but is unable to do so. His abilities to shoot concussive blasts and even see normally are dramatically impaired and his abilities are a natural function of his physical body. In this sense is Cyclops disabled?
Rogue also immediately comes to mind. Her abilities leave her unable to physically touch other people under 99% of circumstances. While she can function normally and the Xavier school even has (one must assume) special accommodations for her to maneuver around the mansion without accidently touching other people... her natural bodily function is on some level debilitating. Is this disability?
Lastly we could talk about when mutants who otherwise have abilities that would give them no undue harm are removed. Like Storm or Magneto who have on occasion had their abilities either completely suppressed or forcibly removed with no clear way to return them. For Ororo and Magneto their abilities are a natural part of their body functions, they were born with them. So would removing a mutants powers in a sense be disabling them? Akin to someone losing utility of an arm or a leg?
Any other examples come to mind? Thoughts?
I figured he doesn't, but then I thought "he's the joker". If he did love her, despite his insanity, that would be kind of funny.
Weird question but it's been bugging me for days.
I don't wanna screw him up any more than he already is, kid is way too young to lose everything like this and an 8 figure bank account won't solve his problems. I got problems of my own too, especially in this corrupt cesspit of the GCPD, but this kid needs help.
Just the title, really. I know Zodd has at least been alive for a few hundred years. But is it normal, or common, for Apostles to live for centuries? What's their lifespan (if they are not terminated by Guts)? Do they stop aging altogether and never die to old age?
I get that he got into double dutch and jis dad was pressuring him with boxing, but him all of the sudden claiming to dislike boxing now felt out of character
Luthor just seems like an all-talk-no-show billionaire. For as much as he has a hate for a being like Superman, what did Lex ever do that benefit Metropolis and earth in general? Why doesn't he actually do something that makes Superman go "damn Lex, even I couldn't do this, you know what, you're right, you ARE superior".
Like if you could have a board with two columns A) Superman and B) Lex and you list all the things they did which helped people, would Luthor even stand a chance?
There’s a lot of animals that are way less prone to mutate/change (like lizards and most bugs) but we see the mutated versions of them. Why is the coyote the only normal wild animal?
I understand Neo and Trinity we're trying to get to the roof for the helicopter in order to get to the floor Morpheus was on and extract him. Tank tells them it's a military controlled building and they can read on-screen in the real world the firepower they're up against so this makes sense.
Why do they stop on the 41st floor and set off a bomb on the lower levels? They don't want to collapse the building Morpheus is in, and they already disabled the elevator to the roof by shooting out the cables. What was the reason for the bomb? How does that help them?
Or if he being possessed by the spirit of Joy Boy? Or is it still him but he's flooded with feelings of elation?
In Mass Effect, according to their ingame codex, their personal weapon fire bullet “the size of a grain of sand” at “a friciton of speed of light”
Wouldnt it make them over penetrate anything they hit and dont do much damage to the actual target?
Was the International Statute of Secrecy complied with in Wakanda?
I mean, they were already hidden from the world long before the statute, so it could be the only country that has a healthy and constant coexistence between wizards and muggles.
Obviously history diverged from our universe, just their tastes and styles seemed to never move on from the early to mid 1900’s. Yet, if real musicians like The Ink Spots existed in the world of Fallout to release their songs that lasted for centuries, who is to say someone like the Weeknd didn’t release a vintage version of “Blinding Lights” that would fit more in the world of Fallout.
Why isn’t there more variety of music beyond the 1950’s if the bombs didn’t drop until 2077?
Imagine if there were songs similar to PostModern Jukebox on YouTube where they are remade in that vintage style. Would that be immersion ruining!?
If he fought someone, equally as strong as him, for an extended period of Time, would he gradually lose power as he doubts his ability to win?
Could he kill Galactus if he truly believed in himself?
They already controlled basically the entire world. Every person on the planet was a customer. Why would they kill 90 percent of their customers? What more was there to gain?
Does data need hair cuts? Can he get a different haircut? Or is he stuck with the hair cut he was created with and it can only be cut shorter? What is android hair like? If he gets all his hair cut off does he have to wear a wig for the rest of his existence?
Goku can literally not only blow up planets, but even use ki to heal himself and others, and achieve supernatural attributes such as telekinesis and telepathy, along with so much more. Also, with the addition of god ki, Goku even has better healing and his ki is stronger so why would something like nuclear radiation poison and kill Goku?How is it that Goku has such high attack power but nukes could potentially have the chance to kill him cus of the heat and radiation?
So let's say, hypothetically, you have been named the new lead strategist of hell's armies after the.... abrupt end of the previous one.
Your goal? Easy, destroy humanity to feed on their souls. The grand problem? The slayer. The man too angry to die, killing all the demons. You know your armies likely cannot kill him. You sure as hell can't, you're barely stronger than an imp.
How would you use your assets to make sure he does as little damage as possible to your plans?
With the father and daughters' powers and their capabilities, there's no need to question why a governmental organization would want to control such power.
However, whenever they try to hunt them down, it's always a couple of guys in suits with pistols. The first time, I can understand, because they thought it would just be like normal civilians, but with all the years of running, and demonstration of power, they still keep sending in guys in suits thst just have pistols and little-to-no protection.
Even in the final act, when Charlie goes full-on berserk, we can see that the security is just mostly guards with pistols and no protection like riot gear or soldier armor.
Why does The Shop at some point just keep trying to detain them with little equipment, rather than deploying police in riot gear and assault rifles, or even bringing in the military?
so in the movie, i remember they tried multiple methods in order to "force" his body to adapt. but he didn't mutate until he was locked in a vacuum chamber and deprived of oxygen.
but...how did his body adapt to evolve an enhanced healing factor from that? how is regeneration a response to suffocation? logically, shouldnt he have mutated to live without air or something?