r/AskScienceFiction

His origin on the Galapagos just raises further questions.

Question in title. The out-universe reasons seems to be that Spiderman is one of Marvel's most popular characters so that'swhy they'd choose to feature hom, but wanted to know the in-universe reasob.

So the Marvel Universe has a very complex problem in the mutants, and yes, I know DC has metahumans, but they are not the same. Metas are basically humans who got powers via some lab experiment gone wrong or some alien goo they drank. But mutants are born with their powers, and it's said they are to Homo sapiens what Homo sapiens were to Neanderthals, their evolutionary replacement.
You don't know when one will be born or with what power. Registration, while helpful, has led to more problems for mutants than not, and heroes, non-mutant ones, seem to take a hands-off approach to them for the most part. Is it because they don't want to oppose the government, or perhaps they too, being human, have a fear of the mutants and their supposed destiny?
Now, outright destroying them cannot be accepted, nor does it seem humans are willing to just accept they will be replaced by mutants.
Does DC have a similar crisis? One not easily solved

What could happen if Superman (Clark Kent/Kal-El) from Earth-Prime encountered DC’s Lucifer? In this scenario, Lucifer has come to Earth and specifically visited Metropolis.

We see Superman/Clark do loads of things really fast - whipping a derelict apartment into shape, cleaning up mess and/or destruction, laundry, etc. Even though he can do them really fast, though, do they still suck?

Say the house is a big fat mess and needs a tidy, I will put that off for ages because it's so tedious. But is it a tedious task because it's boring or because it takes so long? I feel like even if I could do it in 3 seconds, the task is still sucky.

So do chores suck for Superman as much as they do for us or because he can get them done so quickly they're not as bad?

I only know the lore that a new god basically is a mortal who ascended into godhood by an old gods powers. But what exactly does it make them, like you have darkseid and highfather who are basically the peak of new gods, and then you also have those who are under them. Like what makes a new god out, is it always being ascended into godhood by a old god when you are mortal, (I know mister miracle and Orion are new gods as they are born like that, asking more on the side if you go from mortal to divine).

I know when they die they go back to the source

If a human somehow managed to open a portal to the source wall and got some source energy, would that make them a new god. Or must it be directly from an old god. Also what makes them exactly different, old god Vs new gods. Aren't they basically the same, beings made of divine power

Like trying to understand why exactly they are supposed different from old gods and what makes them out as a new god. As they sound they are basically old gods with a face lift

In LOTR, Legolas is able to walk on top of thick snow while the other members of the Fellowship would sink into it and have to dig their way through. I assume this is something all elves like Elrond, Galadriel, and Arwen can do — though I don’t think we see any of them do it.

Since Arwen becomes mortal when she marries Aragorn (it seems), can she still walk on top of snow or would she sink into it like other mortals do? She seems to still be physically an elf (her ears don’t stop being pointy). But I think the snow-walking might be more of a magical thing than a biological thing, since I don’t think Legolas is actually physically lighter than the others.

Both commit mass atrocities for what they think is the best for humanity, both are too egotistical to change their minds, and both have failed in their attempt for supremacy.

Difference being Doom is less xenophobic and he can always try again.

Someone so strong yet so relentlessly kind and compassionate. Supermans mere existence proves the superiority of kryptonians as a race above the viltrumites. As they can excuse a few humans as exceptions but kryptonians are all capable of what superman is.

Something so world view shattering would probably rattle them to their core.

Remember Barry the Chopper? There's two versions of him, the one bound to the armor, and the one that is a walking flesh. I assumed that Flesh Barry was just a poor monkey's soul that was forcefully bound to Barry's body. However, when Flesh Barry removes the seal off of Armor Barry, both the Flesh Barry and the Armor Barry... dies, but why? is Flesh Barry the real Barry? If he is the real Barry, why are their personalities so different? If he is not the real Barry, why did both of them die when he licks the seam off of Armor Barry?

Now let's talk about Al. While we may assume that Flesh Al and Armor Al are one and the same, Armor Al and Flesh Al are technically two different entities, each of them having a mind of their own. They can act independently without the other acknowledging what they do, heck they have even talked to each other. But how? Assuming Flesh Al and Armor Al are the same character, how can one soul occupy two spaces? And since it's pretty much confirmed that Flesh Al isn't a monkey in human clothing, does that imply that Flesh Al is the real Al? Or is it Armor Al? Or is it Flesh Al? What?

Which one's the real Al?

I was always under the impression that Magneto's power was restricted to magnetic metals. But, since his actual power is the generation and manipulation of magnetic fields, shouldn't he be able to manipulate literally any and all object? It's not like magnetic fields only affect metal.

Was just thinking of the scene in X-Men apocalypse where he saves everyone by teleporting them all out the falling jet. Say he decided to revisit that place for whatever reason, would he teleport to the jet already crashed or be in the air?

I was thinking of how Goblins in Warhammer fantasy can boss Orcs around, albeit rarely and wondered if Gretchins could accomplish a similar feat?

Say a Gretchin insisted it was the boss now and killed any Ork who disagreed. Would the other Orks eventually accept it as the new Boss?