
That's why the Comedian got involved, tracking these people down. There are reports of scientists and artists going missing around the world because Ozymandias is hiring and/or kidnapping them to build this thing in secret. The Lovecraft creature he built used genetic material native to Earth, it used or was based on human psychic brains. It was kind of a side project of his research. That is why he had that cat thing in the movie. Ozymandias created the thing through genetic engineering. Using the spark of "Oh god, we wish you condolences in this tragedy" as the spark of a mutual partnership the unknown threat is the fire pit of a mutual project that can turn into united effort. Was this the first time? Could it happen again? It was NYC this time, but what if it was Washington next? Moscow? In the heart of the UN HQ, where ever it is rebuilt, while many world leaders were there? Could they come throw alive? The second is a Lovecraftian unknown just popped out. Whatever anger or hatred they felt to their friend or enemy they didn't wish this upon them. The first being similar to what happened on 9/11. The cataclysm was a giant space octopus who psychically mindraped everyone in NYC to death in its death throws. One man who can be hunted down and killed. If he didn't stop that he might very well not stop a country launching nukes. He didn't cause the destruction, but he now cares so little he didn't stop it. The flaw is if they find out the truth, believe it, they'll have realized Manhattan will do squat. He is a known being the world can fear, can love, can hate. He will judge and may strike you down if he decides he doesn't like what he sees. He destroyed thousands, if not more, in cities all over the world. Ozymandias effectively made Manhattan "Science God". The story is identical except for what Ozmandias used so it isn't much of a spoiler. I wish this place had spoiler tags listed for what they used (or Reddit to create a standardized set.). The two have very dramatic tones to them. The Comics didn't have an elaborate setup to blame Manhattan because, well, it would have seemed stupid to a good chunk of the viewers. What If Fiction ( This is the best place for "general" questions)įor non-serious answers for real world science problems try:Īnd just for fun, don't forget to check out our friends at Who would win ( Go here for questions about who would win in a fight or competition between two or more characters) This subreddit is for discussion of fiction using information about the universe and not meta information about the work. Spoilers from works older than six months may optionally be concealed using our flair system, however this is CSS-based and will work only in browsers.Our Spoiler policy must be observed for six months following the date of release.Comment spoilers should be formatted on a separate line as >!.Replace "Canon" with the work or body of fiction in question. If only the body of your post contains spoilers, you may instead make the title " Spoilers: Canon" and not use the link flair. The title of your post should not contain spoilers for six months from the date of release."Speed Force" with no further explanation when asked a question about the Flash) do not constitute satisfactory answers. Report anything that discusses metadata or involves personal attacks. Upvote good content downvote incorrect information.(This doesn't, of course, mean there isn't room for further discussion.) Search for your question, it may have been asked and answered before.Any sort of competition questions belong in whowouldwin.AskScience and AskHistorians exist for that. r/whatiffiction, a sister subreddit, has rules more accommodating to these sort of questions. General questions are discouraged without a firm set of in-universe rules, most of them boil down to "whatever the writer chooses" in terms of answers.Avoid questions about real-world pseudoscience (i.e. Any fiction is allowed not just science fiction.You already know Bruce Wayne is Batman, you already know Darth Vader is Anakin Skywalker, you already know Sauron is evil.

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