In which the insect themes begin.
- Someone is very untrusting of the Starks.
- You’re an ass working for SHIELD. Does the audience smell HYDRA? I think they do.
- (Someone’s going to need to explain prisons, seeing as the locals only use ’em for remand. Good cultural overlay time.)
- Shit, humans, we have a… reputation… for strict justice, and we know you don’t have meme rehab, but once a soph’s paid his debts, don’t be a bag of dicks.
- Good grief, you invited him to your backstab-fest?
- Also, this particle does what? The scientists are scribbling in their notepads explaining all the reasons why that won’t work, and while you can do some ontotechnology with the Planck constant, you’d, like, totally break electromagnetism.
- “obstacles on the road to peace,” huh? You’ve been listening to Eye-in-the-Flame advertising again.
- Again with the bag of dicks. Ooh, asshat. That’s a good description.
- Squishy.
- Oh, your rationalizations are so transparent. So, maybe you’re not HYDRA. Just an independent asshat.
- It’s always nice to watch a professional at work.
- Even one who was totally set up.
- You imploded a goat? Also, why does it make any difference if it’s organic or not? Carbon ain’t that special – bet there was some carbon fiber in that suit – or is this vitalism?
- Ah, the working version.
- Wait. Is your density reduced or isn’t it? Wait, is your mass reduced, or —
- These particles somehow make mass and momentum asymmetric? Low when something interacts with him, high when it’s the other way around? They can’t even!
- Interesting recruiting technique.
- Ants. Great delivery mechanism. Also, clock. Huh.
- …and about now, with the flying ant escape, is when the science guys stop complaining and start trying to figure out how they can do it. Well, a slightly more physics-friendly version.
- Table ants. Adorable.
- And, okay, one that doesn’t drive you crazy. A good characteristic of any tech, that.
- Nice loyalty, kid.
- “Dropping cities out of the sky?” Ooh, burn.
- Not exactly starting training at the easy end, huh? And, yeah, asymmetric mass relation. That’s got to be fun.
- The Quantum Realm sounds worth sciencing.
- Man, antroductions are hard on the lawn. But also, so many capabilities.
- Oh, that storage facility. Of course it would be.
- Nice sensors. Also, so much for secret identities.
- Yeah, he is good.
- Bantering: the only universal superpower.
- Wombats? Well, they do obfuscate their brilliance very well.
- Such science. So snore.
- Ant rafting. Best extreme sport ever.
- Ah, those are the guys from HYDRA.
- Wouldn’t those explosives have had the same force if they’d been left miniaturized?
- Rescuing the guard you knocked out? Yeah, you’re the good guys. Sorry.
- THAT IS BEST KEYCHAIN EVER. (Although it makes little sense even under asymmetrical-mass rules.)
- Dammit. Antony was best ant. You bastards.
- Yeah, let’s randomly laser shit. That won’t go wrong.
- Battle of the Train Set. Aww, yeah.
- Well done, giant ant.
- At least implosion saves a lot of trouble on clean-up.
- Everyone wishes you were taking notes right now, Scott. The quantum realm looks pretty cool and scienceable.
- Yeah, and Hank is wishing that right now.
- So, do Pym particles ever decay, or is there going to be a bunch of stuff lying around in weird-ass exotic matter states for the rest of ever? ‘Cause there are some interesting questions with regards to chemical interactions and such.
- Well, someone took a level in decency.
- Aww, they made it a pet. Shiny. Although its ability to eat tiny little molecules with its great honking molecules raises SO MANY QUESTIONS.
- …sequel hook looks awesome, too.
Overall conclusion: is cool, but man, that’s some maaaad science.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://eldraeverse.com/2019/01/01/cultural-crossovers-12-ant-man