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'VisionQuest' Star Opens Up About The Shocking Truth Behind The AI Identities

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'VisionQuest' Just Quietly Changed MCU Canon — With A Deep-Cut Easter Egg

TV

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'Street Fighter's' Shock Ending Makes A Sequel Pretty Much Inevitable

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How The Heck Is Ultron Alive In 'VisionQuest'?

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'Carrie' Has "So Much Potential" To Continue, Mike Flanagan Teases

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Mike Flanagan Breaks Down Why He Changed The Ending to 'Carrie'

Opinion

'Lanterns’ Manhunter Mystery Is Now A Problem For Another Project To Solve

Theory

Is The Sinestro Corps Coming In 'Lanterns' Season 2?

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The 'Lanterns' Finale Just Changed A Huge Piece Of Sci-Fi Lore

October 2026

Fan Fiction Week

Entertainment

Welcome to Fanfic Week

Without fan fiction, much of our literary canon simply would not exist. From classics like The Odyssey to modern phenomena like The Love Hypothesis, many of our favorite stories are inspired by, based upon, or an outright homage to others that came before them. That’s why Bustle and Inverse teamed up to explore the most interesting corners of entertainment. We, like you, are fans — fans who let the TV, films, and books become part of our imaginings.

By Ryan Britt
Opinion

Star Wars Fans Are Cranky. But Star Wars Fanfic Writers Are Having A Blast

Boys Love

Toxic Yaoi! The Weirdest Fanfic Trope Is Suddenly Everywhere

Dungeons and More Dungeons

What Are LitRPGs Anyway? How I Learned To Love 'Dungeon Crawler Carl'

The Inverse Interview

Rebecca Romijn Is Number One

In a chaotic world, Blockbusters are wonderfully uncomplicated: All you need is great writing, lovable characters, and stories that speak to many. Ok, you also need money, innovative movie-making techniques, and great actors. But when it works, well, that's what we live for. Let’s hear it for the Blockbuster!

By Lyvie Scott
Exclusive

How Destin Daniel Cretton Brought Spider-Man Back To Earth

Lost Classics

How Roger Corman’s Zany B-Movies Invented The Modern Blockbuster

Look Up

Why Superhero Capes Define DC — But Not Marvel

Most Popular

Retro Sci-Fi Comeback

1. Daisy Ridley's 'Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea' Reboot Has A Star Trek Secret Weapon

Rewind

2. How Tom Skerritt Turned 'SpaceCamp' Into A Hidden Sci-Fi Gem

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3. 60 Years Ago, A Typical 'Star Trek' Episode Accidentally Became Crucial To Canon

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4. 20 Years Ago, The Best Modern Space Opera Delivered The Most Badass Scene Ever

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5. Taika Waititi's Star Wars Movie Is "On Ice" — But There's A Silver Lining

MCU

6. Who is Butcherbird? Jocasta's Serial Killer Alter Ego Explained

News

7. 20 Years Later, 'The Prestige' Is Returning To Theaters

Spoilers

8. 'VisionQuest' Just Quietly Changed MCU Canon — With A Deep-Cut Easter Egg

Rewind

9. 'Westworld’s Prescient Warning Couldn’t Survive The Streaming Wars

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10. 'VisionQuest' Star Opens Up About The Shocking Truth Behind The AI Identities

Review

'Yaga' Is The Perfect Halloween Binge For 'Widow's Bay' Fans

By Dais Johnston

Carrie-Ann Moss shines in this witchy tale.

Review

'Wicker' Goes Deep In All The Right Ways

By Lyvie Scott

Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård’s off-beat rom-com is more than its horned-up premise.

Review

'Clayface' Struggles To Take Shape

By Hoai-Tran Bui

The scariest thing about this Batman rogue’s origin story is how half-baked it is.

The Inverse Interview

The Feats Of Walker Scobell

As a darker Season 2 of Percy Jackson and the Olympians pushes its hero out of his comfort zone, Walker Scobell gets used to being the face of Disney’s biggest fantasy franchise.

Stephanie Beatriz Can’t Keep Quiet

It’s the Twisted Metal star’s turn — to rule the post-apocalypse.

Iman Vellani Geeks Out

The Marvels breakout star goes deep on fan theories, the rules of time travel, and why she’s the Lorax of the MCU.

Reel Science

Can You Actually Get Swallowed By A Whale? Here's The Real Science Behind 'Whalefall'

There is a creature alive today which has survived millions of years of evolution... but it’s chill.

Reel Science

Multiverse Stories Are All The Rage. The Theoretical Science Behind Them Is Even Stranger

It’s a little more complicated than Ant-Man implied.

Reel Science

'Project Hail Mary’s' Relativity Problem Is More Complicated Than You Think

How Ryland Grace nails the science of time dilation and why it’s reasonable that Rocky doesn’t understand the concept at all.

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Spoilers

'Wildwood' Asks Us How Far We’d Go For Love

By Lyvie Scott

Director Travis Knight and the Wildwood cast break down the film’s jaw-dropping finale.

Remembrance

I Spoke To ‘Star Trek’ Legend Walter Koenig Before He Died. It Changed My Life

By Ryan Britt

One conversation in 2021 reframed my outlook on Star Trek and the world at large.

News

'Fallout' Is Getting A Surprising New Spinoff — But Not The One You Think

By Dais Johnston

The dystopian game and TV franchise is becoming a reality competition.

News

The Alien Franchise is Picking Up From Its Most Controversial Prequel

By Dais Johnston

Great Scott!

Rewind

25 Years Later, 'Donnie Darko' Is Still Frustratingly Brilliant

By Mark Hill

Every career dies alone.

TV

How Annabeth Chase Changed In 'Percy Jackson And The Olympians'

By Dais Johnston

Listen up, Seaweed Brain.

Rewind

75 Years Ago, 'The Wolf Man' Writer and Star Made Another Transformation Curse Movie

By James Grebey

But Bride of the Gorilla is no Wolf Man.

Entertainment

Is Darkseid The Most Powerful Villain In The DC Universe?

By Chrishaun Baker

Darkseid is, which is a statement that never bodes well for the DC Universe.

Rewind

20 Years Ago, The Best Modern Space Opera Delivered The Most Badass Scene Ever

By Ryan Britt

Looking back on the Adama Maneuver.

Rewind

When DC'S Weirdest Reboot Created Its Best Batman Villains

By Chrishaun Baker

The New 52 was a mixed bag of good and bad ideas, but Scott Snyder's Batman was a beacon amidst it all.