Why did the Tesseract "burn" a hole through Red Skull's plane but not Nick Fury's desk?
In the end-credits scene of Captain Marvel, the Tesseract was thrown up by Goose on Nick Fury's desk. I remembered the final fight scene in Captain America: The First Avenger where the Tesseract was dropped after the Skull was teleported to Vormir. It 'burned' through the metal walkway after dropping (or is it the floor? nor sure of the right term) on the ship, as seen here:
However, why did it do not 'burn' through Fury's desk? It seems to be made of just wood, compared to the metal on Red Skull's ship. Is there some kind of special requirement so that it does not 'burn' through someone or something?
Best Answer
This Tesseract in Captain Marvel was stable and wasn't overreacting.
However, it was overloaded in The First Avenger, that's why it burned a hole through the metal aircraft. When Red Skull and Captain America fight in the plane, they broke the hydra-built machine holding tesseract. It was already reacting in that machine and breaking it caused it to overreact and melt. After that Red Skull holds it with his bare hands while it was overreacting so it sent him to the other world.
Whereas in Captain Marvel, it was not the case. Tesseract was in its normal state. Even Nick Fury holds it with his hands.
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Why did the Tesseract burn through the plane?
This Tesseract in Captain Marvel was stable and wasn't overreacting. However, it was overloaded in The First Avenger, that's why it burned a hole through the metal aircraft.Why can Nick Fury touch the Tesseract?
With Fury, the stone witnessed how he is a good person that wants the best for everyone, and realized his intentions with the stone's power were purely out of protection and defense. The stone realized he was a good person and allowed him to hold it for the short amount of time he did.What happened to the Tesseract in the Flerken?
In 1995, the Tesseract was then secured by Carol Danvers, who left it in the care of SHIELD. Well actually, she left it in the care of an alien Flerken, who spit it up after consuming it, and then it was in the care of SHIELD.How did Nick Fury get the Tesseract from Goose?
During the climax of Captain Marvel, Danvers and Nick Fury find the object, and the alien cat Goose swallows it for safekeeping. By the film's post-credits scene, Goose vomits the Tesseract up onto Fury's desk like the all-powerful cosmic cube hairball that it is.More answers regarding why did the Tesseract "burn" a hole through Red Skull's plane but not Nick Fury's desk?
Answer 2
In the Captain America scene the Tesseract is handled while it is active and powering the plane. Even more energy is presumably required to then transport Red Skull to Vormir (we don't know whether he consciously triggers this, or if it's just something that happens if you don't know what you're doing and pick it up while it's active). It must have deactivated shortly afterwards otherwise it would've continued burning through the seafloor and been unrecoverable (or been a lot easier to find due to the massive plumes of steam).
In the Captain Marvel scene the Tesseract is inactive, so nothing in particular happens.
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