"Jack Sparrow is the blueprint"- Fans laugh as first look of The Thing pulling a massive cargo ship goes viral

The new trailer for The Fantastic Four: First Steps just dropped recently, and The Thing is here to remind us all that brute strength is still very much in style. The trailer shows Ben Grimm casually yanking a cargo ship like it's a stubborn toddler refusing to leave the playground.

In a trailer full of noteworthy moments, The Thing (pun intended) that captured the fans' attention was The Thing nonchalantly dragging a cargo ship the size of a small city through the oceans. The moment reminded fans of the sheer awesomeness of the rocky superhero, even as fans tried to wrap their heads around the science behind it.

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Hilarious fan reactions to The Thing's awesome display of strength

The Fantastic Four: First Steps marks the beginning of Marvel's much-anticipated Phase 6, and the movie looks to be off to a flyer. The trailer was received with much fanfare from the fans, but somehow Ben Grimm doing Ben Grimm things hit a nerve with the fans, who transformed the moment into a meme juggernaut.

Fans were awestruck by the sheer brute force on display. Funnily enough, at no point in the comics has The Thing pulled off such a colossal feat. Perhaps the existential dread can be too much even for a massive pile of rock. As the clip racked up views, fans dove into lore and dug up more such instances of superhuman displays of strength:

"Jack Sparrow is the Blueprint", joked one fan.

Another fan, after hilariously pointing out the obvious, retired from the internet:

"Well you see, here's the thing."

We appreciate the pun, though.

When images emerged of the incident, the internet collectively lost its mind. The real comedy gold came from the theories, however, as fans began spinning wild theories about the feasibility of the absurd feat. As The Thing stood waist deep in water, armchair physicists rose from their seats as well, debating how he could pull the ship without sinking into the harbor like the massive pile of rocks he is:

"Are his legs like 50feet long?", wondered one fan (via X / @NrmalWrld)

"Leg length: he’s probably on some force field platform generated by Sue or something like that. Chain strength: no idea. I’m not a boatologist", postulated another (via X / @brettbwrites)

Another fan came up with the absurdest theory of them all:

Amid the hullabaloo on the timelines, another fan came forward to give his two cents on the Godzilla theory as well, arguing that it made much more sense scientifically since:

"Godzilla paddles his feet like a duck."

Fans leaned into the absurdity and came up with absurd theories, and each was more ridiculous than the last. Netizens proved it in the process that when it comes to decoding the fictional powers of a fictional pile of rock, nobody can beat them. But let's be honest: no one actually cares about the science. The Thing isn’t about 'feasibility'. He’s about vibes, and the vibes are immaculate!

Although we doubt there can be many bigger things than The Thing, one fan, clearly done with the frenzy, rounded off the evening by asking netizens to focus on bigger things instead:

"Everyone complaining about the physics of fictional super hero movie is dumb. Ya, I said it."

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Ben Grimm doing his thing while being submerged underwater brought a wave of hilarity on social media. As he was tugging the ship with his bare hands in the ocean, he also tugged at the heartstrings of the fans on social media. There's something endearing about a walking, talking, cargo-pulling pile of rocks that appeals to all of us.

For once, we are happy to see a massive pile of rock not sink into the depths of the ocean. Just don't get into the science behind it all, otherwise the MCU will start to fall apart!