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Plus, one apparently does not simple ingest the raw herb. There is a preparation, and an ice bath. The necessary steps may be hard to perform without particular knowledge. TomB

For the destruction of the garden to be dramatically meaningful, replacement of the garden must not be easy. Potential difficulties could be slow growth of the herb, or scarcity of growing sites. The herb might require just the right amount of vibranium, or chemical variation of vibranium, and...

I get the feeling that both this and WandaVision are providing transitional pivots to the next major content phase. Important themes and background points are being presented in these TV shows. I expect there will be many plot lines which will remain open well into the movies. TomB

It would seem that an exhaustion mechanic could help. Actually, I‘d go with three: Exhaustion: Str + Con + Training Focus: Int + Wis + Training Charm: Cha + Dex + Training All classes would have pools which could be consumed to bolster actions. The pools would recover more quickly than hit...

It seems that the effect on Rogers was amplified by the Vita rays. The current batch of super soldiers don't seem to have been enhanced physically to the same extent. I can't tell if the Russian supersolders were changed. They seem to have started bulked out, so it's hard to tell. TomB

Points at self. "some issues" is a huge understatement. Enuf said. Carry on! TomB

It is curios that the MCU is continuing to build ambiguity into the blip. Less nationalism and more cooperation during the blip vs the apparent return to nationalism and displacement camps after. And the appearance of the apparently badly functioning Global Repatriation Council. TomB

I think Zeno he has incomplete information, and is correct working from that incomplete information. I expect that almost no-one knows Wanda’s involvement. But, his focus on super soldiers seems overstated. Zemo was anti-Avengers, with super soldiers being just one example of what he is...

Wasn’t Tony manipulated by Wanda? His fears were amplified and he was given a strong push. A claim can be made that he wasn’t entirely of a right mind when he made Ultron. TomB

I prefer the idea that the serum amplifies what is already there. Walker was already fractured. The break was there just not expressed. The serum brought the break to the surface and amplified it. I imagine Walker was broken by His actions in his prior service. That he had counseling by the...

In regards to the current trial, that seems to be about casual brutalilty; an indifference to suffering and harm. Walker’s rage seems to be an entirely different creature. If I were deploying assets I would give Walker a hard pass unless the situation was truly desperate. Uncontrollable...

Was the breakdown due to the serum? The serum may have helped to push him over the edge, but he seemed to be about to break even without the serum. What the serum did was to keep him in the fight. The serum made the fall deeper. TomB

Well, it looked like killing was entirely unnecessary. The guy was down and out when new cap killed him. It seemed that the killing served New cap’s rage. Would the killing be justified if the guy had surrendered and had ceased to offer resistance? TomB

The other matter is that Isaiah should be between 90 and 110 years old in 2020. That is, if he were between 20 to 40 in 1950. Plus, he may have had rough treatment for decades. That would add years to his effective age. TomB

But, wasn't Bucky also in suspended animation ("on ice") for a long time, too? TomB

I had that response too. But I am thrown off by the "wanting to do the job" comment. There is a mercenary aspect to his behavior that bothers me. Also, "wanting to do the job" ... for whom? I'm feeling that "for whom" could be filled by a lot of different groups. Thanks! TomB

The next episode is up! Some interesting world-building in this episode. The threads of the story are multiplying ... A little uneven ... I find the transitions from serious to comedic banter to be a little jarring. Plenty of fodder for continuing the discussions re: discrimination in...

Note that a thing can (theoretically) accelerate forever tending to a finite velocity. As long as the amount of acceleration decreases over time. A point falling towards the event horizon of a black hole, once it gets close enough, to a distant observer, actually appears to decelerate forever...

Well, what is the state of the universe at a particular time? Is it based on our awareness of an event based on when a signal from that event reaches us? Or do we consider that time has elapsed since the event created the signal that we perceived? The sense that there is a universal “now”...

well, math isn’t evidence. Math is how we organize evidence and create a tractable model for how things work. For black holes, my understanding is that it’s our past experience that guides us. Past experience says that physics doesn’t stop applying in places we can’t see. Then we don’t...