Inception: The wedding ring cannot be Cobb's totem at the end
I recently watched Inception, and it quickly became one of my favorite movies. I just rewatched it after reading some theories, and I have some thoughts.
There is a theory that because of Cobb's connection with Mal, and because in his dreams he is still with her/wants to be with her, his ring is his totem because it appears on his hand when he is dreaming.
However, I was thinking, the whole significance of that last scene with Mal in Limbo was that he was finally letting her go, realizing that Mal in his dreams cannot replace the real Mal. Therefore, he would probably stop imagining/summoning a ring onto his hand while dreaming.
At the very end, when he spins the top for the last time, we see he is not wearing a ring, but that cannot be an accurate indicator of him truly being in reality as I explained above. Additionally, even though the top was Mal's totem, she is dead so the top can still functioning as Cobb's totem, as he has continued to use it throughout the movie.
My final point is essentially this: just because he is not wearing his ring at the end, we cannot assume he is no longer dreaming.
Let me know what you guys think. I am curious to hear other theories and opinions.
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Doctor Doom Is Franklin Storm’s Father — And the MCU Is Hiding It in Plain Sight
After watching Fantastic Four: First Steps, I came up with a theory that’s been stuck in my head ever since — and I genuinely believe the MCU might be building up to one of its most shocking twists since The Empire Strikes Back.
Doctor Doom is Franklin Storm’s real father.
I know it sounds wild, but hear me out. There are several details — subtle and not-so-subtle — that point toward this.
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🧩 The Post-Credit Scene
In the post-credit scene, Sue Storm leaves the room to grab Franklin’s favorite book. When she returns, she finds Doctor Doom holding her 4-year-old son.
Sue freezes in horror — not screaming, but visibly shaken — and then Franklin reaches up and touches Doom’s face. Then the screen cuts to black.
There’s no known relationship between Doom and Sue in the MCU. So why is Doom there? And why is the child completely calm?
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⏳ “We’ve Been Trying for Two Years…”
Earlier in the film, when Sue tells Reed Richards she’s pregnant, Reed replies:
“We’ve been trying for two years.”
That could easily be a throwaway line, but what if it’s not? What if it implies Reed is sterile, and Sue got pregnant another way?
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☢️ The Powers Don’t Add Up
Remember — the Fantastic Four got their powers from a cosmic event. They weren’t born with them.
So how is Franklin born with unbelievable powers — the kind of powers that make Galactus demand the child in exchange for sparing Earth?
Unless… his father already had those powers.
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👑 Doctor Doom as the Next Big Bad
The post-credit scene ends with the words:
“The Fantastic Four will return in Avengers: Doomsday.”
We already know from MCU news and leaks that Doctor Doom is being set up as the next major villain, potentially bigger than Kang, even on Thanos’ level.
So if Galactus sees Doom as a threat, it would make sense that he would try to leverage Doom’s child — not Reed’s — as a bargaining chip.
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🧠 Final Thought
If Reed and Sue couldn’t conceive for two years…
If Franklin’s powers are cosmic in origin despite his parents not being born with them…
If Sue is horrified to see Doom holding Franklin…
And if the next big movie is Avengers: Doomsday…
Then maybe — just maybe — Victor Von Doom is Franklin’s real father.
What do you think?
Does this theory hold water, or am I overanalyzing?
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Marvel is pulling a Grindelwald with Doctor Doom (F4 spoilers)
People are debating how the RDJ casting will work, and based on the post credits scene of F4, I think this may be a ruse and he’s only playing Doctor Doom for one movie.
In the first Fantastic Beasts, Grindelwald disguised himself as a character played by Colin Farrell, and the illusion is broken by the end revealing Johnny Depp, who took over the role fully for the second movie (Mads Mikkelsen replaced him in the third one only because of controversies)
Based on the post credits scene of F4, I believe Doom uses Franklin’s powers to change him. Whatever he is planning involves turning himself into Tony Stark, and it might not just be changing his face to look like him, but also his DNA and cosmic energy, which Franklin could likely alter.
In reality he has nothing to do with Tony, but learned about him while travelling the multiverse (The Russos said Tony’s death plays a role in his arc).
I’m not sure what the exact purpose of turning himself into Tony would be, whether it is simply fooling the 616 heroes, or something more complex, but by the end of Doomsday, the illusion is broken and his real face with a different actor is revealed.
In Secret Wars, that actor will then take over the role of Doom and RDJ will appear as a genuine Iron Man variant, thus having him in both movies to draw audiences in while not completely ruining Doom’s character.
What do you think? Have we cracked the code, or do you still think Doom will actually be RDJ?
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hero”. Goku and Vegeta, the only ones who could rival him in global recognition, get reduced to clowns and knockoffs.
Stop making excuses. Dragon Ball was sabotaged.
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What if Michael C. Hall while wrapping up Dexter resurrection and went onto the Born Again season 2 set to play Matt’s brother “Michael Murdock”
It’s meta on top on top on top on top on top woah pause I mean on top of meta jokes within meta jokes within meta. And Michael is a natural ginger and so was Foggy. But Foggy got possessed by the actual devil but luckily freaking Penn Bagley shows up as a stalker trying to expose Matt Murdock identity after Kingpin leaked it to the press but thats when bullseye and the 4 men all fight each other. While fighting the song “IM ALIVE” by the warblys play referencing Spider-Man PS4 opening title sequence lol. The fight gets broken up by Jessica Jones who tosses Michael Murdock into a bag of trash and makes Penn run away after breaking his camera. Matt and Jessica then go back to her private office to discuss next steps moving forward with life now that Kingpin has outlawed all vigilantes in New York but thats when at the door Matt opens to find Echo and Kate hiding from Kingpin’s armed guards. Lucky for them Luke Cage is now in charge of city council within the burrows of Manhattan and contacts Danny on the regular to check in with him and Colleen as they tutor a new Iron Fist named Lie Lin who came Dr Strange Strange Academy ran by Wong and Madisyyn.
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Superman (2025) - Clark's Secret Identity
If the Engineer and Lex hacked the Fortress of Solitude and it contained videos and even images of Ma and Pa Kent, shouldn't that have been a huge clue for Lex Luthor to connect Superman to Clark Kent? Lex is supposed to be a genius, and he's obsessed with Superman's identity. This seems like a massive oversight, or am I missing something crucial about that particular hack or Lex's knowledge at the time?
TLDR: Lex hack Fortress. Lex see Kents. Lex knows?!. Lex 1A. Lex 1A. Lex 1A.
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What if Tyrion wasn’t fumbling in the later seasons of Game of Thrones… but was actually executing a backup plan?
I’ve always thought Tyrion kind of fell apart in the final seasons of Game of Thrones, but recently I started wondering — what if his so-called “fumbles” were part of a deeper pivot once he saw Daenerys for what she was becoming?
Not some master plan from the beginning — more like a strategic shift after realizing she couldn’t be steered. A reactive play from someone who’s always known how to survive political chaos.
Here’s the idea:
• Trusting Cersei may have been a performance. He needed to sell that lie to keep Dany focused on the North and delay her snapping early. If he actually trusted her, then yeah — that’s just bad. But maybe he knew it was BS and just needed everyone else to believe the alliance was real.
• The bells = surrender. Tyrion made that clear to Dany, Jon, and the audience. When Dany burned the city after the bells rang, she crossed a moral line that could no longer be defended. Jon saw it. Arya saw it. Tyrion essentially set the trap — if Dany failed this test, the realm would finally see what she truly was.
• Varys’ execution may have had another layer. By that point, Varys had no more actionable power. But he was the only remaining threat to Tyrion’s future influence. He would’ve opposed Bran, possibly supported Jon, and still had the mind and name to shape the next regime. Tyrion letting him die cleared the board.
• Bran as king? That was Tyrion’s move. No one else suggested it. And Bran immediately names Tyrion as Hand. The new Small Council? Brienne, Bronn, Davos, Sam — all people Tyrion respects and can work with. It’s the post-war Westeros he wanted, even if he didn’t plan it that way from the start.
This isn’t a “he was playing 4D chess all along” theory. It’s more like: once Tyrion saw that Dany was going down a dangerous path — and his advice was no longer landing — he quietly started putting contingency pieces in place.
Maybe he truly believed in her at first. Maybe he hoped Jaime could talk sense into Cersei. Maybe he just wanted to save his siblings and failed. But after the bells, after the fire, Tyrion didn’t fold. He made sure the realm didn’t collapse completely — and he positioned himself to help shape what came next.
Was it luck?
Some.
Reactive rather than proactive?
Definitely.
But does it reframe his “failures” as quiet setups for a final act of redemption and control?
Kind of… yeah.
Just a theory I started piecing together and wanted to throw out there. I’m not claiming this is canon or airtight — just thought it was an interesting angle.
I won’t be super active in the comments unless someone points out a legitimate flaw that totally breaks the theory. In that case, I’d actually love to hear it.
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The Little Mermaid Eric didn't kill Ursula; Zeus did
I noticed this on a rewatch and haven't seen it discussed anywhere.
Here is Ursula's death scene for reference. Watch it at .25 speed to really see what happens.
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In Greek mythology, Triton is the nephew of Zeus. He would have been aware of the events leading up to the battle. During Ursula's death scene, you can see she was struck by lightning after being impaled. The strike itself was unusual- the bow of the ship gets electrified as she is rammed through, forming a lightning rod. She is then hit several more times with a kind of lightning that appears extraordinarily powerful. It seems clear upon rewatch that it was actually the lightning that kills Ursula. So here is my theory:
When Ursula threw Triton down and took his power, she went to the surface of the ocean and made a huge spectacle. If she had stayed under the water, Zeus couldn't have done anything. But she was power tripping and being sloppy. Zeus saw it all and had no choice but to intervene. No god has ever had their power stolen before. This could have major ramifications if his enemies discovered her technique. He also knew that if she were to become the new goddess of the ocean, the entire world would be thrown into chaos. So he took care of it.
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The secret of Blackbeard’s bodies is Rocks D. Xebec’s Devil Fruit.
Hi, I hope you enjoy today’s post.
So let’s go back to years ago when we saw Blackbeard’s two Devil Fruits. Based on what Luffy and Zoro said in the Jaya Arc, they mentioned that Blackbeard has two or even three souls.
But recently, based on Rocks D. Xebec’s appearance, I’ve discovered a new theory that I want to share with you.
In the manga, we saw similar moves between Rocks and Law, and many fans have theorized that Rocks had the Ope Ope no Mi fruit.
Now let me explain my own theory.
If Rocks had eaten the Ope Ope no Mi, then it’s possible he performed a surgery on his son, Teach (Blackbeard).
Let’s analyze this together. I’ll post full images of Rocks and Teach so you can compare.
Rocks’ face is very similar to Teach’s, but their upper bodies and lower halves are quite different. Rocks has a muscular upper body up to his neck, while Teach looks fat.
Rocks has a tall lower half, while Teach’s lower half is relatively small compared to his upper half – the opposite of Rocks.
So here’s what I’m suggesting:
Let’s assume there are four people involved – Rocks, Teach, and two unknown individuals.
Rocks, using the Ope Ope no Mi, cuts off Teach’s head, combines the upper body of one person, and the lower body of another, then attaches them all together.
You get the idea now, right?
This surgery could answer many of the questions we’ve had.
Teach himself eats the Yami Yami no Mi.
Now about the Gura Gura no Mi – and some say he may even have a third fruit – here’s the question:
After Whitebeard’s death, we saw a black cloth placed over him and Teach went inside. He did something, but we don’t know what.
It’s possible that Blackbeard’s crew has some special technology that allows a Devil Fruit to be transferred to another body under specific conditions.
Teach possibly implanted the Gura Gura no Mi into his upper or lower half.
Because if he had eaten it directly, his head might have exploded.
And remember, Marco said Teach’s body structure is different – this actually supports my theory.
So that’s my theory.
If you agree or disagree with it, please leave a comment – I’ll reply to you!
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Thunderbolts meet with Strange and Clea and learn of Doom’s plan. Reed and Strange try to think what power Doom is possibly trying to obtain. Sue Storm is still frantic on trying to rescue Franklin of course, as are the rest of the four. Still, they acknowledge the very serious threat of incursions and try to figure out an alternate plan to save the multiverse. “If we don’t do this, there IS no universe for your son!” Strange yells. Reed decides that if they can get back to their Earth-828, he might able to use his tech to create a sort of “life raft” that the heroes can use to escape the collapsing universes. They race to Earth-828.
Meanwhile Doom needs some extra firepower. He recruits Namor, promising him a part of his new idea for the universe, which Namor is enticed by. With Franklin, Doom sets forth towards the final step of his plan that he needs to save the universe: The Citadel at the end of time with Loki.
Act 3
The Avengers encounter Monica, Binary, and the rest of the X-Men (from the confirmed cast lol). Both sides realize the extent of the situation, and they both want their Earths to survive. Seeing this, we come to the inevitable: an epic Avengers vs X-Men fight. It is filled with so many “dream fights” : Hulk vs Wolverine, Carol vs Maria, etc. Also a little side note, there is a T’Challa variant on this Earth too.
On Earth-828, the F4 and Thunderbolts face a crumbling world. As Reed builds the life rafts, the Thunderbolts and others fight off threats from other Earths - an incursion is happening. At the last second, the heroes board the rafts, which allow them to travel universes, they go to the only two Earths left standing, and end up at the X-Men universe.
Now all of our heroes unite here. Finally a chance for both universes to survive, Reed tries to lead them to escape the incursions together. Still, there is still one threat left: they must stop Doom. Reed does NOT trust Doom to actually save their multiverse. But to get to Doom, they are going to need their strongest. The Fantastic Four entrusts Thor, Captain Marvel, and Magneto to rescue Franklin and stop Doom. And in a surprise heroic moment, Charles Xavier helps Bob to channel Sentry without the Void.
Doom arrives in the TVA. With the help of Namor and Doombots, he slaughters the members of the TVA. Finally, he finds Loki. Loki understands the situation about must hold the timelines together. Our four heroes arrive to fight Doom and protect Loki, who wields the power that Doom needs.
Magneto jumps to attack first, thinking he can just crush Doom. He tries to take the mask off of Doom, but Doom is able to resist with his technology and sorcery. Doom kills Magneto. Doom is also able to resist much of Carol”s attacks, hurting her severely, but not killing her. Sentry puts up an incredible fight, as we all know his power, but Doom uses his intellect to kill him, tossing him aside like Thanos with Vision. Now the last line of defense, Thor is protecting his brother. They engage in an incredible fight, where Doom turns Strombreaker on Thor. Just as it looks like Thor is about to die, Loki abandons his throne, choosing to save his brother. Cue the badass Loki theme. Loki saves Thor and faces Doom, but things begin to collapse. “It appears yet again that I am burdened with glorious purpose,” he says. “A purpose that is beneath me,” Doom responds. Realizing now the at the only way to save reality is to give Doom what he wants, Doom harnesses Loki’s God of Stories power with the help of Franklin to become God Emperor Doom. Bright cut to white.
We cut to a shot of Sue Storm reunited with Franklin. Oddly, is everything ok? Slowly, we zoom out to a medieval-style world, eventually panning to Doom next to her on a throne in his iconic white drapes, with Namor and Strange by his side. Mask in hand, we see the face of Victor von Doom, resembling Tony Stark, as he puts his mask back on. Roll credits.
No Post Credit Scenes
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South Park's new Trump is actually Saddam reincarnated
They both have the exact same voice, very similar design, and the same animation style. They also act exactly the same way in both their relationship with Satan and both their interactions with other people.
* Noticeably, Satan never referred to him by his name, it's unusual considering how he was always referring to Saddam by his name.
* Yes, Satan said that Trump reminds him of his ex, but that could be a misdirection.
* He's trying to start a war with Canada, this is exactly what they were planning during the movie to bring about Armageddon.
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The Last Kids On Earth: Military Response Nonexistent
Ever noticed how in The Last Kids On Earth book series and Netflix Original series, there wasn't the military responding to the monster-zombie chaos? Sure, there may have been soldiers in tanks dragging buses (June said so, the bus had her parents but June couldn't make it because she was trapped in Parker Middle School), but other than that, we don't have any hints of it like bullet casings or anything. Sure, this might've been to avoid being too inappropriate for the intended audience, but this still raises a few red flags as the military should've responded by then. My theory is that the military was overwhelmed by the monsters since they came everywhere, and the military didn't want to risk too much collateral damage, so they avoided bombing and launching nuclear war heads. Due to this, the monsters and zombies overwhelmed the world's militaries and took over the world, and surviving soldiers were captured and killed or put into those orb thingies that Rykk and the other Rifters had put in the New York Mets stadium (there were people in those orb thingies).
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The future of the mcu after Fantastic 4.
Fantastic 4 isnt going to join the MCU. The MCU is going to go to Fantastic 4's universe. This would give them the opportunity to do weirder, less realistic story lines in a good way. As great as the world Stan Lee helped develope. It's the age of Jack Kirby weirdness. Excelsior.
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Theory Avengers: Doomsday will kick off with Doom vs. Fantastic Four — They’ve been running from him all along
⚠️ SPOILER WARNING for Fantastic Four & Thunderbolts post-credit scenes
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Hey everyone,
I just watched Fantastic Four: First Steps in theaters, and the mid-credit scene really got me thinking.
Doctor Doom appears without his mask in front of Franklin Richards, and Franklin touches his face. That felt like more than their first meeting — it seems like part of a bigger story.
Here’s my theory:
Avengers: Doomsday will begin with a fight between Doom and the Fantastic Four.
Remember the post-credit scene in Thunderbolts? The spacecraft entering Earth-616? I think that was the Fantastic Four’s ship, running away from Doom.
The Fantastic Four movie didn’t show how they got to Earth, but Thunderbolts gave us a clue.
The post-credit scene in Fantastic Four takes place after their arrival, and now Doom is after Franklin.
Franklin touching Doom’s face could mean Doom marked him or is trying to control him. Since Franklin has reality-warping powers, Doom might want to use him as a weapon.
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the book. The flames begin to consume it — but just before the fire finishes, one sentence scrawls across the last page:
"There’s a fifth."
THEORY RECAP
There was a 4th journal not created by Ford but a living book feeding on thoughts
It’s tied to a forgotten entity named Scrivener — an ancient memory demon
Gravity Falls is a prison for not just Bill, but many entities locked in strange objects
The fifth journal may be a celestial key, hidden beyond Earth
Would you watch this episode? 😱 Let me know what you think!
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RDJ will return as iron man
I'm the only one that believe there is an other actor for the real Doctor doom, because RDJ will return ass iron man in avengers secret wars. In secret wars many of the orginal group Will return as their character, captain and iron man too
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Head cinema for K-Pop Demon Hunters
I've had Copt cinema for a week. Namely: Rumi dreams as Jinu says: "... I am in the sword ...". She wakes up, summons her sword, it glows and Jinu manifests on her knees in front of her and says, "Nice to see you again, Mistress". Turns out that since Jinu sent his soul into Rumi's sword, and the sword is a part of Rumi's soul, Jinu's soul is now part of Rumi's soul and Rumi's "sword spirit". I thought, what if Jinu materializes as a spirit but doesn't take physical form? Like a spirit with a fixed appearance but no human needs? Everyone can see it, everyone can interact with it and the sword essentially becomes their “charging station”. Oh yeah, and he'll exist as long as there are demon hunters and will always attach himself to the one with the melee weapon. How likely is this in future K-Pop Demon Hunters sequels?
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Y'all don't know the East and West and between?
Europe's West body leaves just Ireland, Great Britain, Germany, Switzerland, Germany, etc. while it's East body leaves Turkey, Russia, Iran, Egypt, the Transcaucasia, and the Middle East. It's like a island-between-island but continent.
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Consider, The Axis lays in the East of the EU. Take a look at this screenshot from MapChart:
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DC Comics Bribed Toei and Toriyama to Ruin Goku, Vegeta, and Dragon Ball
I’m laying this out straight. Goku and Vegeta didn’t just “change” in Dragon Ball Super. They were ruined. Their characters were gutted, their dignity destroyed, and the entire tone of the series was dumbed down. This isn’t random bad writing. This looks like DC Comics and Warner Bros. paid or pressured Toei and Toriyama to weaken Goku and Vegeta, so Superman stays untouchable as the top alien hero.
Look at the timeline and the facts.
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### Before Super: Z and GT
- Goku: Very wise. Mature. Calm under pressure. Smart enough to read friends and enemies, make strategies and decisions, and act like a leader. Even when he joked, he wasn’t stupid. He had depth, he had respect, and he felt like a leader.
- Vegeta: Super-serious. The proud Saiyan Prince. Even in GT, as a good guy, he stayed very serious and commanding. He is always full of seriousness, pride and honour.
The jokes existed, but the stakes were always there. Death, risk, and growth mattered. The two main Saiyans were respected as legends, not clowns.
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### What Dragon Ball Super Did
Suddenly, everything flipped.
Goku now:
- From very mature and wise to very childish and retarded.
- From a calm, smart, wise warrior to a clueless, brainless, reckless man-child.
- Constantly needs things explained like a 5-year-old.
- No longer a leader. No longer serious. Treated like an unserious joke by everyone around him.
Vegeta now:
- From the proud, commanding Saiyan Prince to a complete clown.
- Forced to dance like an idiot.
- Wearing aprons, cooking and breaking eggs.
- Sucking on a baby pacifier.
- His pride and seriousness erased, replaced with non-stop humiliation.
This isn’t “development” or “a lighter tone”. This is targeted character destruction.
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### How Superman and DC Benefit
- In Resurrection ‘F’, Goku gets one-shotted by a red laser that looks exactly like Superman’s heat vision. Now, whenever someone brings up Goku vs Superman, Superman fans just point at that scene: “Look, Goku already got one-shotted by Superman’s heat vision in the anime. End of discussion.”
- Goku’s entire origin was rewritten in Dragon Ball Minus and Super: Broly. He’s no longer the Saiyan baby sent to conquer Earth. Now he’s just a last survivor sent away for safety — the exact same story as Superman. This gives DC and Superman fans an easy line: “See? Goku is just a cheap ripoff. He’s nothing but a copy of Superman.”
- Even Bardock, Goku’s father, was made softer and less badass. His original, iconic armour from the canon manga was replaced with a plain, generic, uglier Saiyan outfit in Dragon Ball Minus and Super: Broly (2018). Another move to weaken the Saiyan image and make the whole line feel less threatening and unique.
Why would Toei and Toriyama make changes that make Goku look like a low-quality knockoff? Simple. It protects Superman. It keeps DC’s flagship hero as the “original alien saviour” and makes Goku look like a second-rate counterfeit.
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### The Tone of Dragon Ball Was Gutted
- Z/GT: Action, tension, humour balanced with real stakes. The fights mattered, the risks felt real, and Goku and Vegeta were treated like the legendary warriors they were.
- Super: Endless gags, filler, goofy humour, and constant humiliations. The story has no weight because the leads are written like fools.
Who gains from Goku and Vegeta being seen as idiots instead of legends? Only Superman. Only DC.
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### This Isn’t Coincidence
Fans have brought up the DC theory for years. ComicVine had threads about DC paying or pressuring Toei/Toriyama, but most of those threads mysteriously vanished. The pattern is still there:
- Goku and Vegeta’s personalities erased.
- Goku turned into a Superman clone.
- The maturity and respect of the series destroyed.
This isn’t a tone shift. It’s sabotage.
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DC and Warner Bros. had every reason. Superman stays the “original, untouchable alien
Alternative Multiverse of Madness film theory
Imagine this plot, continuing from the post credit scene of WandaVision, we see Wanda still debating whether to use Darkhold or not, that is when Mordo enters, still dedicated to kill sorcerers and witches, continuation from DS post credit scene. But he is defeated by Wanda who lets him live. Mordo uses this small window of luck to manipulate Wanda's grief, offering a partnership. Mordo will help her find the Darkhold and help her get her kids back, in exchange she helps him fight and absorb magic from other "rule-breaking" sorcerers. Soon they collaborate and begin hunt of America. But instead of a damsel in distress, here America is shown as a reckless, selfish fighter, even sacrificing other people so that she can simply escape grasp of the Mordo-Wanda duo. Enters our timeline and as she is fighting the monster, Strange helps her by becoming the backup. Soon, the film continues with Strange seeing his old self in her, and mentors her in tempering her attitude to a hero's. They as usual search for Vishanti but this time its more like a hit and run on Mordo-Wanda's efforts. Plus, Wanda herself is still manipulated by Mordo into thinking she is on right side, even when internally she questions "is this much bloodshed really needed in exchange for her sons?". Final showdown happens with Strange acquiring book of Vishanti and Mordo having been overpowered due to his absorption of powers, meanwhile mentored and strong America holds herself against Wanda. As Wanda and Chavez's fight continues, they accidentally end up in one of the universes where Wanda and her kids were having a happy life and she was not influenced by Mordo or Darkhold. This makes Wanda halt, realize and switch sides, now sacrifices herself to seal away Mordo and redeems herself from what she did in Westview. Story ends with Doctor Strange back as Sorcerer Supreme with both Darkhold and Vishanti under his guard, America as his student and Wanda underground ally.
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Phineas and Ferb and family guy and MCU is in the same universe
Phineas and Ferb have a crossover episode with MCU and it called Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel. Peter griffin meets spiderman in one episode and
cleveland and joe get thanos snapped in another episode.Disney owns all of them
that can make it crossover episode family guy in phineas and ferb. Yeah that's my Theories
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Train to Busan as Korean War Allegory
TL;DR: I'm nine years late, but I just watched Train to Busan (2016), and I don't see the analogy I supposedly came up with anywhere. Train to Busan may be more than a zombie survival film or social critique—it closely parallels the Korean War, with the zombies representing the North Korean invasion and Busan standing in for the Pusan Perimeter, the last stronghold during the war. This overlooked historical layer reframes the film as a metaphor for national trauma and survival.
Train to Busan (2016) is often praised for its commentary on class inequality, government failure, and the dangers of selfishness in a crisis. It’s a film that smartly uses the zombie genre to reflect modern social anxieties. However, beneath the contemporary themes lies a compelling—and largely unexplored—historical parallel: the film mirrors the events of the Korean War, particularly the desperate retreat to the Pusan Perimeter in 1950.
The outbreak in the film begins in the north and spreads rapidly southward, overtaking cities and infrastructure in a matter of hours. This closely echoes the initial North Korean invasion during the war, when the South was pushed to the brink of collapse within weeks. The relentless spread of the infected, who move as a single, mindless force, can be seen as a metaphor for the ideological and military momentum of the communist North during the early days of the conflict.
Busan, the film’s destination and last known safe zone, plays a crucial symbolic role. During the Korean War, Busan and its surrounding region were the final area not captured by the North—a narrow defensive line held by South Korean and UN forces. In the film, the characters’ survival depends on reaching this very city, which again serves as the last refuge against total collapse.
This historical allegory adds another dimension to the film’s emotional and political weight. South Korean cinema has a long tradition of weaving historical trauma into genre films—sometimes explicitly, sometimes metaphorically. Train to Busan may be doing exactly that, not just reflecting present-day anxieties, but also reviving memories of a national crisis that nearly erased South Korea as a state.
While most critical interpretations focus on themes of capitalism, class, and individualism, this wartime lens repositions the film within a broader context of South Korea’s postwar identity and memory. Whether or not it was intended by director Yeon Sang-ho, the parallels are striking—and worth deeper exploration.
Has this angle been explored elsewhere? I haven’t seen much discussion of it, but it seems like a reading that fits surprisingly well. Curious to hear others’ thoughts.
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⚠️ SPOILER WARNING for the Thunderbolts and Fantastic Four post-credit scenes. This theory is based on confirmed scenes and officially announced MCU projects, but the connections and ideas are all speculation.
So here's a theory I’ve been thinking about after watching both post-credit scenes and seeing the confirmed announcement of the *Doomsday* movie — and I think everything is secretly connected.
# 🔥 The Setup:
* In the **Thunderbolts** post-credit scene, we see a **Fantastic Four shuttle** appear, and it's confirmed to be from **another dimension**.
* In the **Fantastic Four** movie, the team **teleports Galactus** — meaning they’re clearly capable of dealing with major cosmic threats on their own. So they’re probably not calling for help.
* In the **FF post-credit scene**, **Doctor Doom** is shown **talking to baby Franklin Richards**.
* And Marvel has officially confirmed that the **Fantastic Four will appear in the upcoming** ***Doomsday*** **movie**.
# 🧠 My Theory:
The FF didn’t come for help in *Thunderbolts*. Instead, they’re:
1. **Searching for someone** — probably **Franklin Richards**, who may have been **taken or influenced by Doctor Doom**.
2. Or they’re traveling between dimensions trying to **stop a major multiversal threat**, one that *Doomsday* will fully reveal.
# 👶 Why Franklin Richards Is the Key:
In the comics, Franklin is **basically a god**. He can:
* **Create universes from nothing**
* **Reshape reality**
* **Warp timelines**
* And is so powerful that **Galactus literally said Franklin will replace him one day**
If Doom is talking to him as a child, then:
* He might be **raising or manipulating him**,
* Or planning to **use Franklin’s power** to reshape the multiverse (like in *Secret Wars*),
* Or even **protecting him** from something worse (as Doom sometimes believes *only he* can prevent disaster).
# 🌍 So What’s Doomsday About?
* It’s not just a Doom vs. Earth story — it could be:✅ The **Fantastic Four trying to get their son back** ✅ A full-scale **multiversal war** where Franklin is the key ✅ **Doom using Franklin’s power** to create a new reality — or trying to save reality by ruling it
And what if Franklin isn’t just a victim…
What if **he sides with Doom**?
# 🤯 Bonus Possibility:
Franklin’s powers are so massive that even as a kid, he could become the **main threat**.
* Doom might be trying to control or **contain** him, not just use him.
* And the Fantastic Four might have to **choose between saving their son or saving the multiverse**.
# 💬 What do you think?
This could be Marvel's long game — setting up Franklin as a central figure for *Secret Wars* or beyond, and making *Doomsday* the emotional/cosmic showdown between:
* **Doom**
* **The Fantastic Four**
* **Their god-tier son, Franklin Richards**
Let me know your thoughts — am I onto something or way off?
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Question about Reed Richards’ pain tolerance vs his stretching limits in the Fantastic Four movie
Okay, so I watched Fantastic Four: First Steps, and something bugged me.
There’s a scene where Galactus grabs Reed Richards, stretching him painfully while holding him in midair. Reed screams in pain like he’s being torn apart.
Now here’s the thing; in the comics, Reed can stretch up to 1500 feet without fatal consequences. But in the movie, Galactus is the size of the Statue of Liberty or a little taller. Which is nowhere near 1500 feet, and he only stretches Reed maybe a couple dozen feet at most.
So why is Reed in such pain? Shouldn’t this be well within his limits?
It could be that Galactus’ grip could be exerting incomprehensible force on a molecular level stretching Reed beyond the structural limits of his elasticity, not just lengthwise but in a multidimensional tension field that his body isn’t adapted to.
But here is where this theory falls apart-
Galactus doesn’t have the Power Cosmic at full strength (at-least he thinks so) in the movie timeline he is seeking Franklin to obtain or amplify that power… so he shouldn’t be able to exert any reality-warping, cosmic, molecular, multidimensional-stretching force on Reed in the first place.
Do you buy the idea that Galactus could somehow inflict that kind of pain on Reed? Or was this just a case of the writers ignoring comic logic for dramatic effect?
Would love to hear if anyone has a better in universe explanation for this.
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My Avengers Doomsday plot write up
My Doomsday Plot Write up
SPOILERS AHEAD FOR FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS
Figured I’d have some fun trying to write up a plot for Doomsday to the best of my predictions. Overall still lots of unknowns but lots that I am excited for. As much as we sometimes bash this build up by Marvel, I actually think they are generating hype. Last call for spoilers for Fantastic Four!
Mic Check Doomsday by MF DOOM over a green Marvel Studios Intro
Cold Open
The film opens on Earth-828, right where we left off with the F4 PCS. Sue is horrified over seeing Doom and soon sounds the alarm, with the rest of the Four coming to the scene. Doom puts his mask on before turning around so we don’t see his face yet, but it’s hinted that Franklin might have healed his face. Reed and the F4 try to talk to Doom before immediately fighting, not wanting to harm Franklin. Soon though, things come to blows, as Johnny sends a blaze towards Doom. However, it is revealed that this is actually an astral projection. Doom and Franklin are gone, a mystery, and the F4 board their ship, racing to another universe. Roll…
Avengers Doomsday Title Card
First Act
So now we finally get to the Thunderbolts post credit scene. As the F4 land on Earth-616, the New Avengers are the first to meet them. They explain how Doom has taken their child and the great power that Franklin has. Reed maybe drops some exposition on how the F4 know Doom. Sympathetic to the family, the New Avengers agree that something must be done to help them.
We cut to Sam Wilson on a hologram video call (like the Shang Chi PCS) with our other Avengers team. Sam, Falcon, Shang Chi, Rhodey, Professor Hulk, She-Hulk, Carol Danvers, Wong, Ant-Man, M’Baku, and Shuri. Carol is telling the team about the disappearance of Monica Rambeau, and Shuri mentions something about a mysterious signal (incursion?). The Avengers agree to meet up in Wakanda. Sam gets a call from Bucky.
Now onto Dr Strange, who is with Clea as they plan to investigate the incursions they discussed at the end of MoM. At the Sanctum Sanctorum, Strange and Clea are met by DOOM, who still has Franklin. Doom, Strange, and Clea share a deep conversation about incursions, and the three of them agree to discuss ways to stop them. Strange sees Doom’s face. We get to view a full on incursion of a certain universe collapsing. Doom explains to Strange that whatever Strange and Clea are trying to do to prevent them will not work, and that soon the entire multiverse will collapse, with the final incursion being between their Earth-616 and the X-Men Universe. That is, unless Doom uses Franklin’s cosmic powers to harness some God-like power and save the multiverse. Doom truly believes that he is in the right in doing this and that he is the only one capable of this. Strange is wary of Doom’s plan, as it sounds like he wants to create a world that he rules. He sees that Doom, although his resemblance to Stark, is in fact Victor von Doom, and not on their side.
Act 2
Now in Wakanda, Sam’s Avengers have met up. Somewhere in between, Banner recruits Thor. Shuri detects an enigma of energy (something like that lol) which Carol deduces to be Monica. Wong explains to them the multiverse and the group figures out that Monica must be in the Fox-Universe. With the universes growing unstable and on a collision course, the Avengers decide the best way to rescue Monica and save Earth-616 is to go to the Foxverse. Wong summons America Chavez and the team steps into the X-Men Universe.
Doom has a sick 1v2 magic-fight with Strange and Clea after their disagreement. While they fight, Franklin Richards, still in the Sanctum, sends a telekinetic message to his mother. The F4 and Thunderbolts rush to go and get him. Doom, realizing they are after him, sends an army of Doombots which the Fantastic 4 and Thunderbolts need to fight off. Bob tries to summon the Sentry but just can’t. Still, our heroes are able to fight off the army for now, but not before Doom escapes with Franklin again.
The F4 and
Happy Gilmore 2 × Heavyweights
I'm not going to call out how...but there is one scene in Happy Gilmore 2 that feels very inspired by Heavyweights. I know I marked this for spoilers, but I'm legitimately curious if anyone here notices it and comes here for the same reason.
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The T-800, T-1000 had secondary targets they never reached. In Terminator 1&2.
In Terminator 3, we see the TX successfully Kill several of John's future lieutenants. This is the first time in the Terminator series a Terminator did not have just one target. What if Sarah&John where the primary targets? Once they'd been Killed, the Terminators had other targets to ensure no humans would rise up. I want to pretend Dark fate doesn't exist.
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Raja Gosnell's Scooby-Doo movies are in the same universe as Joel Schumacher's Batman
I don't have any big reveals to prove my point on this really, it's just things I've noticed. I rewatched Batman Forever a few days ago and then on an unrelated note, I showed a friend of mine the live action Scooby-Doo movies from the early 2000s. And I noticed how goddamn similar these two franchises actually are from a writing and stylistic perspective.
Historically speaking, DC and Scooby-Doo often share a universe with each other. Even as far back as the early 70s, the Mystery Gang was shown working with Batman and Robin. Plus, in the movie Batman & Robin, there's a motorcycle racing scene and we see a graffiti drawing of Shaggy on the wall. We know from their movies that Mystery Inc. have reached full-blown celebrity status in this world, with each member shown to have their own dedicated fan clubs in Monsters Unleashed. So if they're that famous, wouldn't it make sense for someone to graffiti them?
There are a couple hiccups. Alicia Silverstone is in both franchises, playing different characters. However, I feel like the fact that she's revealed as a man impersonating a woman at film's end, pretty much clears up that confusion. Maybe Barbara became well-known in her civilian identity and Tim Blake Nelson used her face. Plus, Tim Blake Nelson genuinely looks like he came straight out of the Schumacher movies, with his design matching Dr. Burton at Arkham Asylum, and Jason Woodrue in Batman & Robin.
Another hiccup is that Batman confirmed at the beginning of Batman & Robin that Superman seemingly exists in his universe as well. So it's a little odd that the Mystery Gang is so surprised to find real monsters when a literal alien exists in Metropolis. However, that could be explained by saying the Mystery Gang have encountered so few real monsters, that they still get surprised by them.
So yeah, in short, it's my head Canon that these two franchises share a universe. They fit writing and visual-wise, they're two properties that are known to crossover, both were ended prematurely despite a third movie being in the pipeline, and the Shaggy graffiti matches the idea of the Scooby Gang being celebrities in their universe.
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Ye’s recent villain arc is inspired by Anakin Skywalker
Ye is known to be a prequel fan, he even quotes the high ground line in a song.
Let’s look at it: Anakin loses first his mother, and then his wife/kids, and then embraces evil, after Palpatine tells him Padme didn’t survive.
Ye lost his mother Donda in 2007, and then in 2022, his wife divorced him and wouldn’t let him see his kids for ableist reasons.
After the divorce was finalized, he embraced an evil persona, channeling Hitler, identifying as a Nazi, and even telling DJ Akademiks “I’m evil, I am an evil person”.
In his Hitler song, he even says “I became a Nazi, yeah, b—-h, I’m the villain.”
He’s not an actual believer in Nazism, he’s just using it as a prop for his villain arc. Compare Ye’s lyrics to lyrics by actual Nazis, they’re completely different. Ye doesn’t care about Nazi ideology, he just likes the aesthetics of it and wants to be shocking and embrace what most people see as history’s greatest evil. This is not a defense of what he said, it’s just contextual analysis of it.
Just like Anakin, he’s leaning into being evil as a way to deal with grief over losing his family.
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CRAZY GRAVITY FALLS THEORY: The 4th Journal Is Alive.
Okay, so here’s a fan episode idea that hit me like a Bill Cipher wink.
What if there was a 4th journal — one that wasn’t written, but wrote itself? What if it recorded your thoughts, your memories, even secrets you’ve never told anyone?
What if it was... alive?
INT. MYSTERY SHACK - NIGHT Rain pours outside. Thunder rumbles. Dipper is reading Journal 3 by flashlight in the attic.
DIPPER (muttering): I've read this a hundred times... but wait—what's this?
A strange new sentence flickers into view under UV light:
"The forgotten sibling of ink lies where silence sings."
DIPPER (eyes widen): That's not been here before...
He grabs a blacklight and traces the sentence. Suddenly, the floor beneath him vibrates. The rug shifts to reveal a trapdoor.
DIPPER: Okay... this feels very Gravity Falls.
INT. UNDERGROUND LIBRARY - LATER
Dipper descends into a vast, forgotten underground chamber lined with dusty shelves. In the center is a pedestal with a single book: Journal 4. It’s wrapped in vines and faintly pulsating.
DIPPER (whispers): This... this can't be real.
As he approaches, the book flips open on its own. A sentence writes itself:
"Welcome back, Dipper Pines."
Dipper steps back, startled.
DIPPER: What the—
He flips through the pages. Each one reveals:
Thoughts he's just had
Memories from his childhood
Conversations he's never told anyone
Suddenly, a page writes:
"Mabel is hiding something from you."
DIPPER: Wait, what?
Cut to:
INT. MYSTERY SHACK - NEXT DAY
Dipper shows the book to Mabel, Wendy, and Soos.
MABEL (giggling): So you found another journal? Was it hiding under a talking cactus or something?
DIPPER: Mabel, this one... it writes us. It knows our thoughts.
WENDY (reading): "Wendy still blames herself for that camping trip gone wrong..." What the heck?!
SOOS: Uh... I didn’t even tell me that.
The group goes quiet.
DIPPER: And it gets worse. It’s not just writing what we think. It’s starting to twist things.
He flips the book again — a memory of Dipper and Mabel laughing together now shows them fighting.
MABEL (frowning): That never happened.
Later that night, the gang returns to the hidden library. The book is now fully awake. Pages turn rapidly. A glowing symbol appears — not from Ford’s journals.
Suddenly, the room fills with ink-like smoke. A figure emerges — ancient, tall, robed in shadow and parchment. Ink drips from its fingers. Its face is a blank page.
SCRIVENER (voice like quills on paper): You read me. Now I write you.
DIPPER: Who... what are you?
SCRIVENER: I am the Librarian. The Scribe. The Forgotten. Your minds are libraries. I merely... reorganize.
MABEL: You're messing with our memories!
SCRIVENER: Your secrets taste of ink. Delicious.
He lunges. Pages swirl, forming ghostly versions of the kids’ darkest memories — fears, fights, failures.
WENDY: Okay, this got freaky real fast.
They run.
Back in the attic, Dipper plays an old tape from Ford he found stashed in Journal 3’s spine:
FORD (V.O.): If you ever find a fourth journal, burn it. It was never mine. It predates me... predates this dimension. It writes back. And if it’s awake — so is Scrivener.
DIPPER: Too late for that.
INT. UNDERGROUND LIBRARY - FINAL SHOWDOWN
Using enchanted ink from the original journals and a combined spell from Journals 1, 2, and 3, Dipper and the gang create a “Rebind Circle.”
DIPPER (chanting): "What was read shall now be sealed, what was written be repealed."
Scrivener roars, caught in a whirl of pages. He tries to tempt each of them with altered truths:
To Mabel: "You could forget your guilt... be perfect again." To Wendy: "Erase your worst memory. Start fresh." To Dipper: "Know all secrets. Be greater than Ford."
They all refuse.
MABEL: We’re weird. We’re flawed. That’s what makes us us.
The circle completes. Scrivener screams and is sucked into the journal. The cover seals shut. The vines recede.
SOOS (holding a lighter): So... we torch it now?
DIPPER: Yeah. No more journals.
He lights
