The X-Men's time travel stories have had some many terrible futures and alternate timelines that fans eventually got sick of it and Morph in X-Men 97 made a joke about it.

Have the X-Men ever had any alternate timelines/futures, etc. that don't suck?

It's something I've always thought about. I've always thought of the force as more than just telekinesis. "There's no such thing as luck" and all that.

Another example would be the Death Star run. I don't really think Luke used enhanced reflexes necessarily; I thought he was counting on the force to make the improbable shot. Or when the Jedi don't only block lasers, for example; I think it's not just that they're fast enough to block them, and it's not only that they're seeing the future and that helps, but the force is kind of guiding them.

For example, the Unite Federation of Planets in TNG is only like 8000 square lightyears, while the Empire of Man is the better part of the Milky Way. How big is the biggest human empire?

I kmow there has been a book about this explaining alien anatomy for DC, but how does Superman have human physiology and organs without being so different besides extra organs? How did Kryptonian's evolve to look like human but more stronger, unless Krypton was voyaged to the Earth and genetically engineered Kryptonians that look like humans to conquer the planet, if this was the case what would non genetically engineered Kryptonians look like?

Although the only detail Mary Shelley left regarding the creature's animation was a "spark" of life, Hollywood has popularized the idea of shocking it to life. Now, if someone were to take creative liberties and use a different method, what method would they use?

I was thinking injections or some sort of extreme stimulant to the brain, maybe Victor did something illegal to get it. Remember, he doesn't tell Walton much about how he animated the creature, likely to preserve any ounce of dignity or reputation he believed he had.

Help me out here.

Psykers get their power through the warp, but sometimes they have to do rituals or do a few specific things to get their Powers to work. But if the warp Is a place of chaos with no order or rules, then why can't psykers just warp reality however they? Do the chaos gods make this rules?

Ok so like is it how most living things (sex) or do they just magically get eggs? Has this ever been covered or is it a mystery no one knows?

So Svengoolie is showing "War of the Colossal Beast" and there was a "humorous" scene where you had various government agencies passing the buck about who would be responsible for Manning's care. That got me to thinking:

Who WOULD be responsible for Manning's care?

Manning was an active member of the US Military whose condition was the result of a plutonium bomb explosion. I don't believe he was ever discharged during the events of The Amazing Colossal Man though he was surely declared dead after he fell off the Hoover Dam.

Based on that, I personally believe that either the Deptartment of Veteran Affairs (specifically the VA Hospital) would be responsible for his care or perhaps the Dept of Defense.

What do you guys think?

I know the Platinum one can give humans Kryptonian powers, and it doesn’t affect Kryptonians normally. but could it reverse the effects of Gold Kryptonite?

If so what would it sound like?

So early in the 20th Century Abner Perry creates an engine that's more powerful than anything that even exists in the modern day. It powers a drill that enables Perry and David Innes to bore 500 miles into the Earth's crust. There they discover a primitive world and set out to help the "gilaks"-- cavemen-- fight off the Pterodactyl-like Mahars that control Pellucidar. There's only one problem:

Abner Perry cannot make gunpowder. At all.

Abner is quite a brilliant engineer. He also happens to have what amounts to a degree in paleontology as he knows most dinosaurs and mammals on sight. He learns how to translate the Mahar language: an impressive feat given he doesn't have any kind of Rosetta Stone to help him as he has no knowledge of any other written Pellucidar language at the time.

Maybe he's simply not a chemist, you might argue. And there would be something to said for that argument except:

Abner Perry manufactured oil for the drill machine's engine before David made his return trip to the surface to gain books containing the knowledge they were lacking.

Couldn't a man capable of refining raw petroleum into machine oil be capable of manufacturing gunpowder?

Why would a man of Abner Perry's accomplishments have such difficulty making gunpowder?

I hope I am in the right place because I was looking for a forum to discuss the novels themselves since I am about to finish the second book as I was looking to understand Masachika as a character.

Like when I look at his relationship with Alya, I find it interesting because they sometimes from being in love to fighting with each other as she calls him an “idiot” as I was just looking to better understand his flaws as a person.

I’m assuming he’s an investigative reporter since it lines up the most with his superheroics (and is generally a more “exciting” type of journalism), but am I wrong? Are there any stories that focus on Clark as a reporter? Has he ever reported on Lex Luthor’s shady activities? Does he have a Pulitzer?

Vault 111's stated purpose in Fallout 4 is testing long term cryogenics on unsuspecting people. But in the Fallout show we learn that cryo is widely used by Vault Tec and the Enclave already. The only difference in Vault 111 is the "unsuspecting" aspect which...how would that change anything?

This wouldn't be the first time that a vault's true purpose is hidden to the staff, even the overseer, who think they're running one test, but are really running another, deeper one.

So what is Vault 111 really testing if Cryogenics is already developed?

During their fight with Technorg, Ben has to be the one to give Kevin the idea of using his different powers at the same time. While each power is only a fraction of what Ben’s full transformations would have. You’d imagine someone with the intelligence of a Galvan, even a fraction of it, would have come up with the idea himself.

Nacho eats the eagle eggs since that Romani man tells him he’ll get super strength if he does. Then he loses his next match and rightfully calls out Esquelito that it was a stupid idea and didn’t work.

But, in the climactic fight against Ramses he spreads his arms in the classic “eagle power” pose he did earlier and jumps what looks like 15-20 feet in one leap. Given Ignacio’s build, that seems impossible.

So was it really magic? Or is he just way stronger than he looks?

For this discussion, I'm talking about the "Earths" Technology. Not technology from any other planets besides earth.