/r/WhatIfFiction
Hypothetical questions with less hypothetical answers
WHAT IF?
Answering all your speculative questions from all of your favorite universes!
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/r/WhatIfFiction
Let’s say that Bruce’s parents were good like the Kents and they raised him and he still became a scientist. What would the gamma bomb turn him into since he probably wouldn’t have DID? Would Ross still hate him? Would most of his villains still get created?
How strong would a generalised Optimus prime be wielding both the power of Thor and the power of grayskull? Is it even possible for a machine to do so?
Setup: In the aftermath of this happening, the seven Kangs immediately turn on eachother in an effort to claim the entirety of the Omega Effect. Iron Lad believes he can use it to change his fate, Immortus plans on using it to control his younger selves, etc.
Questions: Do Desaad, Steppenwolf, etc. choose sides? What do Highfather, Orion, and the other heroes think of the situation? Which Kang comes out on top (if any), and what becomes of him?
Say you hatch from an egg and you find yourself turned into into a strange creature that looks like a hybrid between a cat and a rabbit, has alien powers, but also a love for carrots, and given enough time you would be able to transform into a spaceship.
How do you think you would adjust? Also, how do you think you would adjust in another franchise completely? And finally, do you think you could conquer that franchise if you had more cabbits helping you out, or do you think you can solo it?
The reason why the Demon Slayer Corpse was created in the first place was because no one was capable enough to beat Muzan and his Demons and the Breathing Techniques were made by Yoriichi to make it easier for Slayers to handle Demons.
So if Jujutsu Sorcerers were a thing in this scenario and are also dealing with Muzan, would there even be a need to create the Demon Slayer Corpse and Breathing Techniques?
Since it's become public knowledge that T-Rex could indeed swim, let's say that Sharptooth was able to somehow swim his way back up to the top of the lake and began stalking the outside walls of the Great Valley.
How would his presence affect the herd's travels and the gang's future adventures? Like when the herds had to leave due to the locusts devouring all the green food, or when Ali's herd visited the Valley, or when Doc comes to visit (if the theory about Sharptooth being the very same one that the lone dinosaur fought is true, then it would make for a very interesting encounter) the far walkers that Pterano was traveling with come to visit, or when Littlefoot and his grandparents leave the Vally to go with other Longnecks. Does Sharptooth's presence suddenly mitigate all of that?
Personally, I think that his presence would change a lot since the herds would be far more cautious, and the kids would be less willing to travel outside the valley since their old enemy is stalking them outside. Ironically, his presence would be enough to deter other sharpteeth from coming close to the valley (his interactions with Chomper and his parents would be fun). And in the TV show, he'd be the main villain, not Red Claw.
What are your thoughts on this? Would Sharptooth's presence greatly affect the series as a whole?
What Will change the Whole Stories (If Bowser Take Plankton Place Along With The Koopa)
(Or someone else without a heart)
Because the death note defaults to a heart-attack when no cause of death is specified, but you can't have a heart-attack with no heart (or a fake heart made of trash). So what would it do instead?
Let's say, after training and betraying Ra's al Ghul and the League of Shadows, Bruce Wayne goes to Japan to train some more and finds Hamato Yoshi and Oroku Saki and they train him. Bruce was there when Oroku betrays Hamato, and Oroku tries to convince Bruce to join him and his Foot Clan, but Bruce sides with Hamato and both fight him off. Bruce helps his sensai go to America.
Years pass, and Bruce gets a call from his old sensai Hamato Yoshi. Bruce goes to New York City, dressed as the Batman and meets Hamato Yoshi again, but this time as a rat-human hybrid. Splinter explains everything to Bruce and introduces his adopted turtle mutant sons. The turtles at this point where still preteens, 10 year olds, still being trained by Splinter. Splinter explains that Oroku Saki is in NYC, looking to kill him and he needs Bruce's help to stop him.
Batman and Splinter eventually confronts the Foot Clan and eventually fights Shredder. During the fight, Shredder defeats both of them in combat, and kills Splinter, but Batman manages to strike a sneak attack on Shredder, killing him.
Heavily injured, Batman makes it back to Splinter's lair, the turtle children help Bruce rest and heal. Bruce explains what happened to their father and they mourn Splinter together.
In honor of his sensai, Batman adopts the turtle children and takes them with him to Gotham to continue their training.
At the same time as when Nazarick appeared in the New World, twin swords of legend had appeared in opposite sides of the world, with Soul Calibur residing in the Northern Holy Kingdom while Soul Edge being in the Beastman Country. With no one knowing of their infamy and danger, but certainly sensing their power, the soul blades began their ambitions in this New World.
While in the Beastman Country, it would be a human that picked up Soul Edge, a man who desperately wishes to not be food of the Beastmen, finds the demonic sword who would whisper in his mind, manipulating the man so he would picked up the sword so he can live only to be taken over by Soul Edge, being the new Nightmare, who senses both his enemy sword and the remaining pieces of Soul Edge which he desires to acquire so he can reach his full power, so that Inferno can bring the world in ruin and destruction as he desires.
As for Soul Calibur, Elysium would pretend to be a savior of the worried masses of the Northern Holy Kingdom, asking for a wielder so that peace and order can be restored, not knowing how Elysium would accomplish her goal. Perhaps when the Southern Holy Kingdom finally notices Soul Calibur's presence, they would see it as a mighty holy sword with an angel residing within it, something that Elysium would use to her advantage, and the chosen wielder as a holy warrior. Now, with everything going to plan thus far, she will focus on the destruction of her arch-enemy, Inferno/Soul Edge.
So how would their appearance affect the story of Overlord? Who else would seek the blades? Who would want to destroy the blades? And how would Ainz himself think about the two blades, when he finally notices their existence? Because he will notice, especially when Nightmare's destructive nature becomes grander as his power increases.
if radioactive spider bites Hulk, symbiote enters in him, wears infinity gauntlet and holds stormbreaker, gets in silver surfer board. who would beat him? (omniversal beings like living tribunal, celectials don't count)
In the 2010 tv show Regular Show what if the main characters in in ed edd n Eddy were also main characters in regular show working at the park. With the proper age of course.
As the Tekken series takes place in the future of the Soulcalibur series, some did question where the titular swords of the latter series went as it was stated in the SC series that neither sword can truly be destroyed, they can be broken but not forever. So what if they were there during the Tekken series, the twin soul swords had suddenly appeared and continued their own war with the other, negatively affecting the world.
So how would their appearance affect the stories of Tekken? Who would seek it? Who would want to destroy it? Who would become the new Nightmare? Heihachi Mishima may have an interest in it, like he kinda did in SCII.
How would about the Devil Gene? Would the Soul Edge became embedded within the Mishima bloodline? Would there be battle between the Devil Gene and Soul Edge?
During the cell games, cell made an arena, and during his fight it seemed like he was worried about being knocked out of the ring. If he actually fallen out of the ring, landed on the ground, what would he have done? I doubt he would have honored the ring out… right?
For example, if the studio's heads felt like making a gorey slasher film about the killings was likely too much, there being an outcry from moral guardians about the violence, maybe even the families of the victims were able to get the production stopped via lawsuit. Or maybe distributors refused to pick up the film, cancelling the movie.
How would this affect the sequels?
I mean, is Galactus even able to end his own life? Can he even die?
Let's say a remorseful Galactus is able to and decided to end his own life after the destruction of uncounted numbers of people. What would be the consequences?
Is he part of the universal "food chain?" Would some cosmic balance be thrown off in a catastrophic manner? Or would the universe just sigh a sigh of relief?
"So, this guy has claws that pop out of his skin and he's immortal? Cool."
What if Outriders, Chitauri Gorillas, Q-Ships, Outrider Dropships, Chitauri Tanks, and Threshers appeared along with the Chitauri and Leviathans in the Battle of New York?
I'm sort of fascinated by a version of BotW with an even more extreme, severe and destructive Calamity. Where the Calamity is a true and total Calamity and does produce a true post apocalyptic environment. Where the devastation truly is absolute and is widespread instead of being isolated in just Central Hyrule.
Like link waking up to see a calamity ravaged hyrule where:
- Hateno fell and nearly the entirety of the Hylian/Human population being rendered completely extinct, save for two who are currently in a state of suspended animation. Calamity Ganon killing of the majority of the Hylian race in the villages and towns such as Hyrule Castle and the Yiga helping along this Genocide by hunting down and picking off any remaining stragglers, not just members of Hyrule's army.
- Zelda had weakened to the point of near possession and while still imprisoned, Ganon had been recovering his power and is still able to influence what happens in the outside world.
- The Age of the Burning Fields but the fields actually were burning and life after the calamity is hell on Earth because of the enormous and extensive destruction of Hyrule's ecosystems by malice and the guardians committing ecocide (destroying crops in the process) and slaughtering anything that moves and breathes (including livestock and game/hunting animals), resulting in a famine that sees more casualties in the wake of the Calamity. For Gorons, the rocks became too poisoned to eat and for the Gerudo, their water supply became tainted and eventually dried up.
- Although not as extreme as the untimely annihilation of the entire Hylian race, the societies of the other races have collapsed entirely, especially after the Divine Beasts destroyed their settlements and killed their leaders. Having long since warred over what scarce resources there were not destroyed by Ganon.
- The black and white definition of good and evil the defined pre-calamity morality have blurred into an amoral and ambiguous grey as everyone is forced to kill each other and commit what would be considered immoral or unethical actions such as cannibalism just to survive.
- Central Hyrule is a a lifeless wasteland similar to the area in and around castle town ruins. Completely devoid of life and the sheer toxicity of the malice cutting off the other provinces the other races reside in and rendering any communication and trade impossible and leaving each race no access to certain basic necessities to survive.
- Any attempt to rebuild society and establish any semblance of normalcy have been met with Calamity Ganon launching sieges by the Divine Beasts and Guardians, or the Yiga launching raids. Slowly picking off the living members of the other races and forcing whoever is not dead to become feral just to survive.
Basically the same premise of a world after the villain won, but instead of whole "moving on" theme pushed in the game, the land is literally teetering on the verge of complete ruin and total sterilization while whoever is still alive is on the verge of and constantly live in fear of total extinction as the guardians keep attacking newly established communities and settlements and keep killing more and more members of said races. Dooming them to the same fate that befell the Hylians: Total extinction.
pretty much the same level of bleakness as the first fallout game and more accurately, the British cold war movie "Threads". I really wonder how link would still play the role of "Hero" in such a brutal and bleak Dog-eat-Dog Hyrule where everyone sees him more as their next meal than a Hero of any sort. A world where everyone wants to kill and eat him rather than him saving them.
Let's say during Asta first visit to Heart Kingdom, Asta picks up the One Ring off the ground. Asta is enchanted and allured by it just like Gollum was and decides to keep it to himself. He eventually starts calling the One Ring his precious. Sauron exists but far from four kingdom , but is unable to do anything as his ring is coveted by this exile Magic knight.
What happens to Asta and how does he having the One Ring affect the plot?
Let's say this was an accident after Merida or her mother left the cake on a table.
How would they react to non powered heroes ?
I noticed that there isn't much info on the abilities of the World Rings from Sonic and the Secret Rings, even in the wiki's. So the rest is left up to speculation and I'm just curious.
What Will change Her Life? (If She Ran Away from Eden And Be Accidentally Teleported To Cybertron During Beginning of Transformers One)
Instead of being adopted by Kyrie’s family in the regular Devil May Cry series, what if Nero was adopted by Lucifer and Lilith to be Charlie’s younger brother, after sensing the demonic power of Sparda within Nero? How would Nero’s life go being raised in Hell? Let’s assume that Lucifer and Lilith have no problems with Sparda, just the larger part of hell. How would Nero’s life differ from the canon life we have in DMC?