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[hedgie]

Faye Mad!

[Tova]

But would that make Faye The Incredible Hulk?

I have no comment one way or the other. But... don't make her angry. That's all I'm saying.

[Mr_Rose]

But would that make Faye The Incredible Hulk?


*Ducks behind Bubbles*

Faye? The alcoholic that fixes fighting robots and even has a red warbot bodyguard? Yeah, totally the hulk.

[Storel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BydGYKnG6M

First thought after watching this: What the heck is Captain America's shield made of that it can stand up to a direct blow from Thor's hammer??

Second thought: What the heck is Captain America made of?? Even if his shield was forged from the same material as Mjolnir, Thor's blow should have broken every bone in Cap's arm, at the very least. 

[ElsaStegosaurus]

Vibranium, yo.

[BenRG]

But would that make Faye The Incredible Hulk?

I have no comment one way or the other. But... don't make her angry. That's all I'm saying.

But you're missing the point. The point is that she's always angry!

[Y]

All I can think of is head trauma. I know people who've died from less intense falls than that.

Yes first thing that came to mind was this image (from a comic I never read):

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[Method of Madness]

She seems way too happy while asking that question.

[jwhouk]

But would that make Faye The Incredible Hulk?

I have no comment one way or the other. But... don't make her angry. That's all I'm saying.

No. That's MY line.

(The last four of my screen name is my last name. Yes, I used the line frequently when I was in junior high.)

[comicalArchitect]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BydGYKnG6M

First thought after watching this: What the heck is Captain America's shield made of that it can stand up to a direct blow from Thor's hammer??

Second thought: What the heck is Captain America made of?? Even if his shield was forged from the same material as Mjolnir, Thor's blow should have broken every bone in Cap's arm, at the very least. 

Vibranium (or in the comics, a vibranium-adamantium alloy) absorbs all kinetic energy. So nothing happens to Cap when his shield gets hit.

[Morituri]

Cap's shield, like Thor's hammer, is a Plot Device.

It negates ALL kinetic energy and  momentum of anything that hits it.  Which has led to some decidedly peculiar applications in-canon, such as getting thrown out of an airplane and hitting the ground at terminal velocity, shield first - and being unharmed.

[Tova]

Cap's shield, like Thor's hammer, is a Plot Device.

You mean Plot Shield. 

[Zebediah]

Okay, so it's Comic Book Physics in action. Because a real shield would have to do something with all the kinetic energy it absorbed - most likely get very, very hot.

Or we could do some extreme handwaving and say something like the energy gets quantum-tunneled through another dimension, which would cause all the physicists to scream "That's not how physics works!"

[Tova]

I felt vaguely motivated to google the topic, and I read the first promising link I came across. I have to say, watching geeks try to rationalise the physics is hilarious.

I found a long post trying to discuss it in reference to Newton's Third Law, tried to work out how much impact was absorbed versus reflected, and showed only a couple of glimmers of self awareness.

"Obviously, a bit of hand-waving is needed here, ..."

Ha ha ha, no really?

"... it's also important to keep in mind that applying real-world physics to a comic book will almost always result in frustration."

That's not going to stop anyone. Well, obviously.

[Morituri]

Yeah, if you're going to have a Plot Device that works in ways completely alien to physics, handwaving just isn't enough. 

Rather than trying to give it ANY justification or rationale, it's better to declare that it works because of IJD technology.

IJD? 

"It Just Does."

[Neko_Ali]

I posted a long post about Cap's shield and Vibranium earlier today... That apparently didn't get posted. Anyway, the idea behind Vibranium is that it converts kinetic force to sound. Hence the massive shockwave when Thor brings the hammer down. It's also the schtick behind the super villain Klaw, who we saw in Age of Ultron as just plain Ulysses Klaw. Basically he replaces his cut off arm with a vibranium sonic dish, allowing him to weaponize sonic blasts. Cap's shield is the largest piece of pure vibranium and as such is nearly indestructable. You would think he'd be the only one who could use it without rupturing his eardrums when fighting people like Thor and Hulk... but you know. Comic Logic.

[Radium_Coyote]

As a follow-on to that, it's a fairly short list of people who can throw Cap's shield and do that rebound thing.  I always found it interesting to find who you would not expect to be on that list.  Taskmaster, for example.

[Neko_Ali]

Why wouldn't Taskmaster be on that list? He's power is mimicing other people's fighting styles... All he has to do is watch videos of Cap fighting. The one that surprises me slightly is Falcon, they have such different combat styles. But I guess he's hung out with Cap long enough over the years.

[K1dmor]

'cause i was bored:
 
 
 Took some liberties with the costume design.

[TinPenguin]

That is a glorious use of boredom.

[Kugai]

Bubbles armor is now Vibranium

[chaospersonified]

Bubbles armor is now Vibranium

Well let's be real, if there was enough vibranium in the Marvel universe for it, they'd absolutely use it in military-grade AI

[Neko_Ali]

Nah, Tony would buy for a suit of armor.

[chaospersonified]

Nah, Tony would buy for a suit of armor.

Well, he'd HAVE to, given that terrorists would be walking around in vibranium armor.

Side note, Apple's autocorrect recognizes vibranium. Don't kniw if it suggests it, because I turned that mess off the first day, but it knows it's not misspelled.

[Mr_Rose]

Nah, Tony would buy for a suit of armor.

But there's plenty of vibranium in Wakanda; all Tony has to do is head on over and not be a colossal bas…
… y'know what, you're right, not enough vibranium in the world. Or money.

[Storel]

I posted a long post about Cap's shield and Vibranium earlier today... That apparently didn't get posted. Anyway, the idea behind Vibranium is that it converts kinetic force to sound. Hence the massive shockwave when Thor brings the hammer down. It's also the schtick behind the super villain Klaw, who we saw in Age of Ultron as just plain Ulysses Klaw. Basically he replaces his cut off arm with a vibranium sonic dish, allowing him to weaponize sonic blasts. Cap's shield is the largest piece of pure vibranium and as such is nearly indestructable. You would think he'd be the only one who could use it without rupturing his eardrums when fighting people like Thor and Hulk... but you know. Comic Logic.

Obviously, Cap's natural eardrums have been replaced with vibranium ones... or would that make a loud sound blow his head off? Hmm... must experiment.