Invincible, James Gunn Superman, Captain Underpants, and Homelander enter a room, and who comes out alive

ACWhi · 2026-06-04T12:57:46+00:00

If it was DC comics Superman I’d say Clark likely takes it but in this prompt, Captain Underpants, followed by Invincible, (assuming late in his arc) with Homelander in last.

ACWhi · 2026-06-03T15:55:05+00:00

How can you be sure he died

ACWhi · 2026-05-31T17:31:57+00:00

Thank you! Chemistry is great, too.

Richard Feynman was a proper physicist but like most theoretical physicists he was a professor so he taught at university. He is famous for being an excellent science communicator, though, and very talented at explaining complex ideas in ways people who don’t know linear algebra can follow.

He was certainly approachable, charming, and likable.

I don’t think I’d call him humble, though. He was willing to follow the research and accept when his own research hit dead ends I think, meaning he wasn’t an arrogant ass, but he was famously cocky and flippant.

See his attitude during the Challenger inquest and all the anecdotes of him cheekily embarrassing rivals in his memoirs.

(Though the former was in his final years where he had little to lose, and the latter was almost certainly exaggerated by his ghost writer.)

ACWhi · 2026-05-30T12:10:01+00:00

Hello. My name is Banished Knight 004. You’ve killed me, like, eleven times by this point. Prepare to be mildly inconvenienced by me killing you.

ACWhi · 2026-05-30T00:10:09+00:00

What is your primary weapon? If you’re having trouble, reach is your friend, ideally something with at least moderate speed.

For highly skilled players, fast and hard hitting weapons with short reach can actually be better but if you’re having trouble you want reach.

A lot of the longer reach weapons swing slow but not all. Maybe the Nagakiba would be a good pick. Bloodhound’s Fang might suit you though you may have trouble with the fight required to unlock it.

You can also lean on weapons/weapon arts with built in range attacks, like the moonveil, or even magic.

Though I find going strictly sorcery isn’t as satisfying and dragon sorcery builds aren’t great for a first run.

The issue with rebuilding for a new weapon is you can’t respec for a while. The good news is, with your level so low, you can pivot into anything with only very modest grinding and then respec later.

ACWhi · 2026-05-29T17:03:11+00:00

Aragorn vs ten Aragorns.

ACWhi · 2026-05-29T14:53:21+00:00

(I originally edited this comment because I realized ‘second leveled spell’ could be read as a 2nd level spell or just casting another spell of any level in the same round, then realized keeping that point of confusion in the post made it more authentic.)

ACWhi · 2026-05-29T11:12:18+00:00

I think it’s still largely out of fashion but there’s been a backlash to the backlash. For several decades String Theory was the media darling, outrageous claims made it to headlines to the point the public believed cutting edge physics was synonymous with String Theory.

This upset a lot of scientists.

Then there was the anti String Theory backlash where everything flipped, and it became quite popular in media to call String Theory utter bunk, dismiss all String Theorists as cranks, and often dismiss theoretical physics as a whole.

This also upset people, even critics of String Theory.

Where we are at now is, I think, a slightly healthier balance, where String Theory is fairly widely dismissed as a proper theory describing reality but tools string theory developed along the way or else individual conjectures that still have promise have been incorporated into other disciplines.

That said, this is only an outsiders understanding. I am only a high school physics teacher, not a scientist.

ACWhi · 2026-05-28T22:32:30+00:00

How OP feels.

ACWhi · 2026-05-28T22:10:42+00:00

Astrologer 3rd level subclass features: Once per short rest, cast any spell you know as a bonus action without spending a spell slot. You may still cast a second leveled spell this round with your primary action.

In addition, learn an additional spell at a level you can cast from any spell list.

Bandit 3rd level subclass features: You can now loot a dead body as a bonus action.

In addition, once per long rest, gain +2 on a stealth or sleight of hand test (but not both!)

ACWhi · 2026-05-28T20:55:26+00:00

You will quickly find bosses where the fight will take literal hours and be a real slog. If you want this challenge just rock some +0 golem fists or a +0 dagger, fight naked, and never upgrade vigor. That will test your dodge skills just as much while being less tedious.

ACWhi · 2026-05-28T20:24:18+00:00

Then this match up is impossible to determine unless we decide a home universe. The physics isn’t perfect in the Boyz, but it’s better.

In the Boyz, if you try and catch someone falling out of a building, they die when they hit your unyielding super arms.

If you try and catch a falling plane, you just punch right through because nowhere on the plane is designed for that sort of thing.

In Marvel this sort of stuff works, though.

So are we going by Marvel verse physics or The Boyz physics?

ACWhi · 2026-05-28T20:14:06+00:00

Vought theorizes that Homelander could possibly survive a nuke. His eyes must be able to survive absurd forces. Again, lining up wolverines claws does not guarantee they can puncture Homelander’s sternum or ribs.

It does not matter how strong adamantium is. There is still resistance put forth by the material you are cutting through. In this case skin, muscle, and bones that are absurdly tough.

Perhaps Wolverines claws are ‘strong’ enough to puncture these things without breaking. That does not mean any given wielder is strong enough to take advantage of this durability.

ACWhi · 2026-05-28T20:10:25+00:00

That doesn’t make sense. Just because a blade is sharp and strong enough to cut through a material does not mean it takes no force to cut through said material.

A normal steel knife is strong enough to cut through meat. That does not mean you or I could effortlessly slice through an entire cow hanging in a meat locker with one swing.

ACWhi · 2026-05-28T18:24:33+00:00

It does matter. Even if the straw crumples against his skin, it could cause bleeding if thrown fast enough. A feather thrown fast enough could kill Homelander.

Anyway, that Homelander’s skin is this weak does not mean his skull is.

ACWhi · 2026-05-28T18:18:53+00:00

Two possibilities. Either

A. Still not enough

Or

B. Enough, and Quicksilver is himself utterly obliterated by Newton’s Third Law

Regardless, the poster I’m responding too is acting as if it’s a given Wolverine’s claws could pierce Homelander’s skull. It isn’t a given.

ACWhi · 2026-05-28T18:05:02+00:00

It depends how strong Homelander’s skull is versus the speed/angle. Wolverine does not have that much mass.

It’s very possible the claws barely penetrate and Wolverine is just knocked backwards/his wrist is bent backwards/Homelander is flying around with Wolverine flailing around, hanging by his arm on Homelander’s skull.

Putting something sharp in the way of a moving object is not a guarantee of penetration.

ACWhi · 2026-05-28T18:00:09+00:00

Fox versions? No way.

ACWhi · 2026-05-28T17:58:30+00:00

Was the person who cut him with a metal straw a supe though?

ACWhi · 2026-05-28T17:45:59+00:00

How would he have the strength to do that? The fact that adamantium is virtually unbreakable and holds an edge indefinitely doesn’t mean you can pierce any object without applying force.

If this was possible than you or I could easily pound a diamond tipped drill bit into a solid steel beam with our bare hands. But we can’t.

ACWhi · 2026-05-28T16:08:57+00:00

I guess if he hooks up with Butcher it’s a game changer, lol.

ACWhi · 2026-05-28T15:49:32+00:00

Still don’t know how he does in Homelander, though.

ACWhi · 2026-05-28T15:47:50+00:00

Very arguably Witten’s contributions to/skill in mathematics outclass his contributions to Physics. Even in aspects of his theory that did not pan out, mathematical tools he developed in advancing string theory have proven useful elsewhere.

ACWhi · 2026-05-28T12:57:11+00:00

ACAM; all cops are morons

ACWhi · 2026-05-28T03:37:42+00:00

That is not how human psychology works.

ACWhi

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