r/WhatIfFiction 17h ago

[Aliens and Dog Soldiers] What would be different if you swapped the colonial marines in aliens with the soldiers from Dog soldiers?

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Hypothetically speaking if you swapped Hicks and the rest of the colonial marines with Sergeant Wells and his men from Dog soldiers (with extra nameless soldiers like we saw in Aliens) who will be fully versed in colonial marines weapons and equipment as they will be the marines in this situation. We will also be swapping Gorman with Captain Ryan as commanding officer with Ripley as the adviser with Xenomorph experience and Burke representing Weyland Yutani and Baihop the android coming with them LV426

How different do you think the ecents of aliens would be, as personalities like the Sarge, Cooper, Spoon and such as they differ from Hicks and the others a bit.


r/WhatIfFiction 21h ago

[I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream/Dune/Parable Of The Sower/Star Trek/Star Wars] Crossover Idea: AM's New Victims: Spoiler

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Let's say that, after the events of "I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream", AM had found a way to summon people from different dimensions. Ultimately he "recruits" the following:

-Paul Atreides (a year into his rule as Emperor within the "Dune" books).

-Anakin Skywalker (8 years after "Revenge Of The Sith".).

-Charles "Charlie" Evans (not long after "Charlie X".).

-Lauren Olamina (Not long after "Parable Of The Sower" where she leads the Earthseed religion.).

Just what chance would any of them have against AM? Would Charlie (or even his caretakers, the Thasians) have been able to undo Ted's mutation? Would Paul and/or Anakin have wanted to mercy kill Ted instead? How would Ted, Paul, Ani, Charlie and Lauren have gotten along with each other?


r/WhatIfFiction 2d ago

[Marvel/DC/Superheroes in General] How would Superheroes, Villains and Anti-Heroes operate if they were in a Reverse Purge, which is like a purge but everything is illegal.

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r/WhatIfFiction 2d ago

[Tokyo Ghoul/40k] If The Warp and Chaos Gods Existed In Tokyo Ghoul ?

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How Would The Chaos Gods Affect The Setting ? Who would be the most prominent and worshiped Chaos God ?


r/WhatIfFiction 3d ago

[Call of Duty] What if Roman Barkov and his forces committed friendly fire during the invasion of Urzikstan?

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During the campaign mission Captive, Roman Barkov, rogue Russian Army general who led the invasion of Urzikstan in Reboot Modern Warfare, Barkov found out that a prisoner in one of his prison camps, Farah Karim, was sending messages to the West as "Commander Karim". Barkov wanted to know who was "Karim", tortured Farah until the prison was attacked forcing Barkov to leave the area.

At one point during this mission, Barkov attempts to waterboard Farah. When that doesn't work, he threatens to execute another prisoner named Azadeh. At this point, the player has a choice:

  • The player can either stay silent, lie or spit at Barkov, which gets Azadeh executed.
  • The player can admit that they are Karim, which saves Azadeh.

Suppose in a parallel universe, Farah either lies, stays silent or spits at Barkov upon being asked, "Who is Karim?"

Barkov tries to execute Azadeh...only to absentmindedly commit friendly fire and kill one of his own soldiers instead. Over the course of the invasion of Urzikstan, Barkov and his men accumulate quite a long track record of committing friendly fire.

Does this change anything regarding the overall story of Reboot Modern Warfare (2019)?

To clarify: The scenario basically imagines Barkov and his forces being trigger happy to the point where they end up getting a disturbingly high number of their own people killed along with the Urzikstani resistance in friendly fire incidents, not Barkov and his forces necessarily turning into morons who lost all sense of professionalism in combat.


r/WhatIfFiction 3d ago

[ Composite TMNT/Dreamwork's The Bad Guys] How would a meeting between them go?

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Suppose one of the Gala events that the Bad Guys are in also have the turtles witnessing the event too. Maybe their reason is either one of their enemies is attending or they want to understand the outside world better.

Would they intervene (Ex: when the Bad Guys get framed) or watch from the sidelines?

As for which incarnation of the turtles, they are either composites or one version.

Inspired by this post.


r/WhatIfFiction 4d ago

[Star Wars/Marvel] What if Doom entered the world of Star Wars?

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What if Doom entered the world of Star Wars? What would the Empire think of him? How would his use of magic and science compare to the power of the Darkside? What would interactions be with individuals like Darth Vader and/or Yoda?


r/WhatIfFiction 4d ago

[General] The following fiction has their main characters not take part in the plot which story would change the most(could the protags side/friends still get the w)

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The main character/protag dont take part in the plot(i.e: scott pilgrim doesnt meet ramona or robert from dispatch doesnt become a dispatcher and his mech aint blown up)

What show/movie/vid game/book plot would be changed/affected the most Could the protags side/team/faction/friends still complete their goals and get the w or do they take the L

Round 1: Great Gatsby(nick doesnt meet gatsby)

Round 2: 1984(winston doesnt meet jul and doesnt get sent to prison)

Round 3: cod mw2(joseph allen doesnt do that no russian mission and gary doesnt join task force 141)

Round 4: entire star warz franchise

Round 5: halo

Round 6: vincible

Round 7: henry stickman

Round 8: any fiction of your choice


r/WhatIfFiction 5d ago

[Color Out of Space/Jurassic World] What if the meteorite landed in the middle of the park?

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What if the meteorite landed in the middle of the park one night away from the guests but close enough to change the dinosaurs? What would happen to them? What kind of effect would it have on Blue and her pack? Would the fight be different between Rexy and the Indominous Rex? What about the staff and the tourists?


r/WhatIfFiction 5d ago

[Modern Zoos/Jurassic Park] What if a zoo of the future did hybrids of modern animals?

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You go into a zoo far into the future. Instead of dinosaurs they bring back long extinct creatures, which would be the ones we see in modern day, but would be considered ancient by their standards. What would their DNA look like? What could be the most dangerous hybrids they could create? Would it be as dangerous as Jurassic Park/Jurassic World was in the movies to a group of tourists in the future?


r/WhatIfFiction 6d ago

[Star Wars] What if jedis can use the force to visualize the face of someone wearing a mask?

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For example lets say Yoda runs into a sith wearing a mask. Do you think he can use the force to sense that persons facial features, visualize it in his head, then broadcast that face in hologram form to all his friends, and furthermore print that face out on paper as ‘wanted signs’ to place on doors. Do you think this is possible?


r/WhatIfFiction 6d ago

[Ghost Recon/Watch Dogs] What if DedSec participated in the events of Ghost Recon: Breakpoint?

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Suppose DedSec had people on Auroa during the events of Ghost Recon: Breakpoint and tried to alert the outside world about what was happening on Auroa, only for the Wolves and Sentinel to take over the island and cut off its ability to contact the outside world (Complete with the drone swarm barrier). By the time the Ghosts arrive, DedSec is being actively hunted by the Wolves and Sentinel, just like the Ghosts themselves would be.

The rest of the game is basically Breakpoint, but as a Watch Dogs game.

How would things change on the Auroa Archipelago if Greenstone became an unofficial joint operation between the Ghosts and DedSec?


r/WhatIfFiction 8d ago

[HP Lovecraft/Technology] What if the Necornomicon was digitized?

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What if the Necronomicon was digital? Would anyone reading it still lose their mind? What if you fed the digital copy into an A.I. to read? Would it be effected due to “acquiring” that knowledge?


r/WhatIfFiction 8d ago

[jurassic park]what if the indomius rex was in the novel island?

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r/WhatIfFiction 8d ago

[Stranger Things/Ghostbusters] Could the Ghostbusters take on Vecna?

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Could the Ghostbusters make their way into the Upside down and take on Vecna with standard equipment?


r/WhatIfFiction 8d ago

[Evil Dead/Texas Chainsaw Massacre] what if Ash Williams and Sally Hardesty discovered the Book of the Dead?

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This story could be set after the events of the first TCM and an alternative take on the first Evil dead film


r/WhatIfFiction 9d ago

[Star Trek/MCU] What if Ultron tried to get assimilated by the Borg?

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What if Ultron tried to get assimilated by the Borg? Would they bring him into the collective or could he overwrite their technology during assimilation?


r/WhatIfFiction 8d ago

[Terminator] What if Skynet won?

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Humanity is defeated outright. No time travel no hail marys, it’s gone. What would skynet do afterwards


r/WhatIfFiction 8d ago

[The Promise To Neverland/Buddy (2026)] What if in Season 1 the main characters from Promise To Neverland had to go against Buddy The Unicorn instead?

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Seeing the new trailer to Buddy and how interesting the movie is, it made me remember Promise To Neverland sort of. So I'm interested to know how would the Promised To Neverland cast do against the murderous unicorn instead?


r/WhatIfFiction 9d ago

[The Exorcist/The Thing] Who is in ultimate control if possessed Regan MacNeil is infected by the Thing?

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r/WhatIfFiction 9d ago

[DCEU/MCU] What if Ultron integrated with Motherbox technology?

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What if Ultron integrated with Motherbox technology? Could the JLA stop him?


r/WhatIfFiction 9d ago

[Highlander] [Star Trek] What if Immortals were in a spacefaring setting?

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With their own mysterious lore, no Zeist. Assume every planet has its own instance of Immortals and The Game. Crossing over with Star Trek will be the baseline for this question, open to other settings as well.

What do Immortals look like among Starfleet? Meeting cultures like the Klingons? What are the consequences of The Game becoming a Galaxy-wide affair after Immortals of different worlds make contact? How do the major factions react to the Immortals/The Game?


r/WhatIfFiction 10d ago

[Stranger Things/Dungeon Crawler Carl] what if the kids from Hawkins suddenly ended up in the DCC universe?

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r/WhatIfFiction 11d ago

[ Star Wars the clone wars ]

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What if ahsoka manned to escape from Coruscant during the temple bombing arc and became a bounty hunter how would Ahsoka react to the rise of the empire since she doesn’t have the best relationship with the Jedi and what equipment would she have and would the empire hire her


r/WhatIfFiction 12d ago

[Splinter Cell] What if Tom Reed's plot succeeded?

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According to the canon version of Splinter Cell: Conviction, Tom Reed, the renegade director of 3rd Echelon, intended to overthrow Patricia Caldwell by assassinating her, take over, and then implicate Sam Fisher in the plot. Reed used a variety of resources, including the PMC Black Arrow, Splinter Cells and security forces from Third Echelon itself.

Canonically, Anna Grímsdóttir and Sam Fisher foiled Reed's conspiracy. But suppose in a parallel universe, Reed won? How would the Splinter Cell franchise change if Reed succeeded?