r/AskScienceFiction - Page 3

144 words [The TIme Machine] How did a Victorian Era inventor manage to create a functional Time Machine in his time period when the best present day scientists around the world using cutting edge technology on a gigantic scale can barely scratch the surface of temporal physics at only a subatomic level? 109 words [Marvel] Why it is okay for Wolverine to kill bad guys but not the Punisher? 113 words [MCU] Why is gravity affected by the planet being "off its axis"? 425 words [Arthurian legend] How would King Arthur feel if he returned to defend modern Britain as foretold, only to find that it is now overrun by the Anglo-Saxons he supposedly fought? 247 words [Arthurian legend] How would King Arthur feel if he returned to defend modern Britain as foretold, only to find that it is now overrun by the Anglo-Saxons he supposedly fought? 568 words [Africa - the song]When Toto blesses the rains down on Aaaaafriiicaaaaaa is he causing it to rain or is he giving the rain beneficial effects and if so, what effects? Manipulating weather is a pretty high level spell, is he a cleric or druid? 145 words [DBZ/Star Wars] Who was worse as a father, Goku or Anakin? 266 words [META] How would you go about changing a favorite universe or character to be more scientifically accurate? 241 words [Star Wars] How would Order 66 have gone if Palpatine failed to turn Anakin to the Dark Side? 162 words [General Fantasy] I'm on the fiftieth level of an abandoned dungeon and have come across a merchant. What's this man's business model? How does he keep himself fed? 260 words [Skyrim] Is soul-trapping considered immoral? 169 words [Rick & Morty] When Morty finished playing Roy at Blitz and Chitz, why didn't the lifetime's worth of experience from the game mess him up in any way? 164 words [warhammer40k] are there any super advanced human worlds that survived the age of strife and the emperor campaign? 210 words [Star Wars] Why does Darth Vader hate Anakin so much? 175 words [TES IV: Oblivion] The life seems harder this morning. 257 words [Lovecraft] What if I showed a 'book man was not meant to know' to an illiterate person? 199 words [World of Warcraft] Are there any health risks with being around the Undead? 482 words [General] I'm a God setting up my own first universe! How can I make villains interesting without having them win all the time. 219 words [mcu] is what the avengers do at the beginning of age of ultron murder? 223 words [IRL] Mark, I know you're browsing the new posts right now; Will you marry me?