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musicfans.stackexchange.com/questions/7031/… I think this might be a joke (new user and consistent problems with spelling ["instagrame" in both the title and question]) but I edited it anyway.
Shazaming it didn't find anything.
 
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Q: Why were Reds considered more dangerous than oranges?

padfootIt seems like an orange can be far more dangerous than a red since they can tear apart peoples minds: Clancy would have been so proud of me. The way I'd used those kids, twisting them, manipulating them, ripping into Rob's mind until it shattered. Also, we know that if the orange is strong ...

 
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Q: If a house elves master dies are they freed?

padfootIf a house elves master dies and the master has no decendants of any kind would the house elf be freed?

 
3:08 AM
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Q: a fantasy book featuring shifting doppelgangers as spies and assassins

emraginsI'm trying to find a book that I read in (probably) the late 90s where the enemy would employ doppelgangers as one of their ultimate weapons to infiltrate, spy, and assassinate. I think that the doppelgangers had to kill their target in order to take on their shape/face. The doppelgangers were ...

 
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SQB
5:49 AM
@CorvoAttano didn't listen to the video, but having seen lots of new users ask even sillier questions in complete seriousness and sincerity, it might be real.
@Marvin my guess would be no, since Kreacher had served the Black family — not just a Black — for a long time.
Oh, that question was deleted. I've voted to undelete; there's a good answer for it.
 
6:16 AM
What was the question?
 
@SQB but the question arises when there are no relatives - so e.g. Bellatrix inheriting is being thrown out as she doesn't exist in this hypothetical example
 
6:54 AM
@CorvoAttano no idea either :/
On an unrelated note, if that's the kind of questions Music Fans deal with, they're gonna have a sweat breaking out of beta :/
 
SQB
@Mithrandir Newt Scamander worked at the House Elves Relocation Office or somesuch.
@Jenayah I don't think they'll even make it.
 
@SQB yeha... that's what I was implying :/
 
SQB
I mean, some stacks linger on in beta.
But I have a hard time seeing them doing even that.
 
Is there a humor site on Area 51?
 
SQB
Our esteemed earthling-greeter, @Donald.McLean, is a mod on Music Fans.
 
7:00 AM
@Jenayah All sites are humor sites.
 
@Alex Mh.
@SQB I've been there like, three times, but from what I see, is Mucis Fans to Music what ELL is to ELU?
 
SQB
@Jenayah Pretty much, yeah.
 
@SQB :/
 
SQB
At least, from where I'm standing.
I have four questions there. I've re-asked one on Literature and I'm thinking about re-asking another one there as well.
@Mithrandir when asking about songs lyrics on Literature, should I add a tag for the song and/or the performing artist and/or the songwriter? And when asking about three related songs by different artists, which tags should I add (if any) besides [song-lyrics]?
 
@SQB tag by author - whether that's composer or artist is rather inconsistent
 
SQB
7:15 AM
Okay, will do. Thanks.
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Q: What's the meaning of a pink carnation, as mentioned in these songs?

SQBSeveral songs mention pink carnations. "A White Sport Coat (and a Pink Carnation)" by Marty Robbins A white sport coat and a pink carnation I'm all dressed up for the dance A white sport coat and a pink carnation I'm all alone in romance (...) A white sport coat and a pin...

Also, for any Bad Religion fans in here:
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Q: Who are the people referenced in “You Don't Belong” by Bad Religion?

SQBThe song "You Don't Belong" by Bad Religion obviously references the SoCal punk scene they were a part of. In it, a number of people are mentioned by name. Missy was a teen blue video star, Tom took his life in his mother's car, Milo went to college but you knew about that, Todney pla...

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A: How does one get a House Elf for a new house?

ValorumThe companion book "Fantastic Beasts and where to Find Them" notes that Newt Scamander spent several years working for the Office for House-Elf Relocation. Presumably this is a department that allocates and reassigns House Elves who need a new owner, perhaps when their current owner dies without ...

 
7:53 AM
ahoy
 
*waves* hi ferret
long time no see
 
@Mithrandir teal'c voice indeeeeeeed
 
What's been keeping you busy?
 
8:11 AM
work and life in general!
Just moved so still sorting that out
 
Ah, nice
 
SQB
Hey, Ancient Ferret! Hi!
 
Hey!
 
waves at all
@Gallifreyan WOAH. What else have I missed?
 
@AncientSwordRage thinks hard that seems about all. The link has the story
 
8:25 AM
@Gallifreyan I read it!
 
8:38 AM
Seen in the question list: "In search of a short story from my childhood [migrated] ". He can't find the book he had because he migrated to another country and had to leave some belongings behind? Oh wait...
 
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@b_jonas good one.
 
@b_jonas ahah, go fetch a cup of coffee :)
 
@SQB Yeah, but we'll have to ruin it by changing the title to something better.
 
@b_jonas I reckon that can be done while keeping the pun
 
@Jenayah Not really, because "read in my childhood" is one of those informations we don't want in a title because it's not informative. And the OP does tell when he was a child in the body.
 
8:48 AM
@b_jonas "in my 80s childhood"? :)
 
Perhaps if the "real parents" of the boy had migrated?
 
@b_jonas we're on to something
 
“dreams of being picked up by his ‘real parents’ [migrated]”
 
scifi.stackexchange.com/… Which one do you think should be the dupe-target? I mean, the latest question was answered upon browsing the existing ones, but the question is way more detailed than the other ones, I think...
 
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@Mithrandir no genre tags on story IDs on Lit?
 
8:57 AM
@SQB correct
in The Reading Room, 14 hours ago, by Rand al'Thor
@gerrit No: there used to be, but we got rid of it. I think we tend not to use genre tags here in general.
 
9:14 AM
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Q: Why doesn't the Disney Wiki have the remake pictures at the head of their articles?

Alex DownsOK, so this is hard for me to explain, so, here I go. There have been many animated Disney films in the past and they have been the source for the main pictures for the character pages on the Disney Wiki. But now, the Disney classics are being remade. So how come the pictures haven't been changed...

 
scifi.stackexchange.com/q/104830/98028 not the most recent one, but on topic or not?
 
hello :)
 
Oi!
 
merci beaucoup is all I can say in french :)
 
SQB
@Jenayah sure. The question seems too broad, but the answer proves that notion wrong.
 
9:26 AM
@SQB ok!
@JalapenoNachos well if you scroll up a bit, you could learn some insults in French :)
17 hours ago, by Jenayah
@JalapenoNachos wow, from a French language point of view you just described yourself as a 'real jerk' ahah :)
and below :p
 
haha
I saw that earlier :)
 
^^
 
^ do you know this song?
the video reminds me of my college freshmen year, when I choreographed a song with this girl I really liked in our dance class :)
 
@JalapenoNachos heard the song once or twice but never saw this particular vid
 
I see :)
 
9:34 AM
@JalapenoNachos actually, the vid kind of reminded me of another (official, this one) videoclip of a French slammer, so I know what I'm listening to next :)
Poetry slam, I mean
 
Oo awesome :)
 
Unrelated, but you guys blanked me :p
46 mins ago, by Jenayah
https://scifi.stackexchange.com/search?q=%5Bstory-identification%5D+chris+clarem‌​ont Which one do you think should be the dupe-target? I mean, the latest question was answered upon browsing the existing ones, but the question is way more detailed than the other ones, I think...
 
@Jenayah I ran into Beyonce
when I was in Paris :)
fun time ...
 
I think I can name like... one song by Beyonce?
 
9:47 AM
...Google says it's a Lady Gaga one apparently, so we're down to zero song
 
Probably heard one or two and decided I didn't like it
 
^ that one up there is pretty recent and kinda decent
Oo :(
^ powerful song, right? :)
 
@JalapenoNachos eh... didn't listen
 
SQB
10:02 AM
@Jenayah yeah, question from yesterday is the better question. If we edit in the covers and get that user to accept their self-answer...
Perhaps a mod can super-ping them into chat so we can convince them to do so.
 
Your answer is likely to very shortly become the most-upvoted answer on the site. — Adamant Jun 12 '17 at 16:22
 
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@Jenayah French lit question:
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Q: Why does the narrator quote a letter by a young footman near the end of Le Côté de Guermantes?

Christophe StrobbeNear the end of Le Côté de Guermantes, the third volume of Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu, comes back from a visit to baron de Charlus and finds a letter by a young footman to a friend lying on the table. He assumes that the footman has forgotten it there before retiring to bed. The nar...

 
^ It's hard to tell for sure because I can't easily check historical reputations, but I don't think that prediction ever came close to coming true. That answer is now the fifth highest voted on Sci Fi SE, and most of the higher voted ones are older.
 
@b_jonas good ratio indeed
 
No wait, I quoted the wrong comment.
^ edited. That's the prediction I mean.
 
10:06 AM
@SQB I left a comment, for what it's worth. In any case, It counts as self-acceptance even without the checkmark, and we close those as dupe when it's the case, I reckon
 
Adamant predicted it will become the answer with the most upvotes.
 
SQB
@Jenayah true.
 
@SQB also, not sure this user will stick around, but I might be wrong (let's hope :) )
 
data.stackexchange.com/scifi/query/541234/… lets you find the other answers with high score, and you can check the number of upvotes on them.
 
SQB
@Jenayah that's why I want to engage them early on.
 
10:07 AM
@SQB Yeah, I stopped reading at "Proust" :)
@SQB they still have to come back to the site eh
Also was anything done with these Dementor Area of Effect questions?
 
SQB
@Jenayah I voted on them.
 
@SQB oh yeah they've been merged
And Rand kept his checkmark :p
Wait, how does merging work?
I'm 90% sure Bella wrote an answer to the one that was merged (not the target), but I can't find said answer in the target
I thought merging transferred the answers?
@b_jonas well, that sucks for his "Oracle" applications :/
 
10:53 AM
Woah, I somehow missed the news that Gasly had been signed by the Red Bull F1 team. We might actually have a shot at a new Grand Prix French winner after all these years :)
 
SQB
You mean a Grand Prix French 2nd place, behind Verstappen? :)
 
@SQB no I mean, a French winner
I don't care about the circuit
Last French victory was a joke to be honest :p
Also, Verstappen is a spoiled brat :p
 
SQB
@Jenayah his father sometimes acted like one. I think Max has got his sh!t together reasonably well, actually.
 
@SQB oh, Jos was definitely not the greatest guy around
I didn't mean he was only a "his father's son" - the guy can drive, sure.
He's just a danger to everyone around him, but apart from that, well.
 
SQB
If you want to see a spoiled brat, well, Lance Stroll's father bought a racing team for him to drive in.
Admittedly not Lance's fault, but damn!
 
11:01 AM
@SQB how about we do ourselves a favor and don't talk about the demise of Williams :(
(to be clear: not what you meant, but it certainly lead to it)
Stroll's driving "skills", I mean.
Damn, I'm not making any sense, am I.
 
SQB
Stroll's lack of driving skills led to the demise of Williams, is what you mean?
 
But seriously, whenever I hear about Stroll, I can't help but think about how that's kind of the pinnacle of William's failure these last years.
I think I even miss Maldonado.
Who was also paying for his seat, was not that good of a driver, was an overall jerk but - I don't know, still better than Stroll.
Maldonado obligatory interlude! :p
 
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Q: Help identify sci-fi animated TV-series about a post asteroid impact earth

ScroxI watched this cartoon in the '90s or early 2000s and believe that it is American. I remember that the story was about the world after an asteroid impact. Important detail is that uranium/plutonium somehow stop working, thus no nuclear power. Therefore, there was always a struggle for energy. The...

 
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11:21 AM
@Jenayah that music does it.
 
@SQB oh yeah.
Oh, wait, I have an even better one.
 
SQB
Not as bad as Nelson Piquet jr. though.
 
@SQB if we're talking about the crashgate, he actually did public service :p
 
SQB
He crashed because a man was talking in his ear.
 
Well, this kind of cheaters don't belong here anyways.
Wait - are we talking about the same crash?
 
SQB
11:32 AM
Yeah, crashgate.
 
@SQB then yeah.
Cheaters got out.
Piquet Jr got out eventually.
...And if I'm being childish, Alonso got shamed.
Bad day for the sport, but good riddance.
Unrelated, but the trailer above was made by a guy who does great trailers. Check out this one, on Multi 21, easily his best :p
(also unrelated, but the site is very quiet today. Friday effect? ._. )
 
Yep
It'll pick up again Monday
 
11:48 AM
bummer
 
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Q: Does the Delorean have a spare tyre?

SeamusthedogI can't remember seeing a spare wheel for the Delorean in BTTF (any of them). Doc pulls his suitcase out of the front trunk but there isn't much room in the trunk space and bearing in mind the change of wheels/tyres in 1955 would you take the risk of not having at least 1 spare?

 
12:31 PM
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Q: Short Story from Anthology (1960s-1970s) about Astronaut in Zoo on Future Earth

AlisonThis anthology (possibly with "2000" in the title) I borrowed from the youth adult section of my local library in the UK in probably the mid 1970s. There was a specific adult science fiction section in the library, so I am presuming it was written for young adults. The main story I remember was ...

 
Greetings, Earthlings.
 
@Donald.McLean Greetings, music fan :)
 
@Jenayah I'm also a mod on Astronomy, which is more in line with what I do. I'm a software developer working on the Hubble Space Telescope data archive.
 
@Donald.McLean woah, cool! :o
 
But I do enjoy music very much.
 
1:32 PM
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Q: Harry potter fanfiction where he works at a diner

user104171So i remember reading a fanfic where harry worked as a waiter in a muggle diner and is seen by voldemort, lucius, and severus. They keep coming back to bother him and ask him why he works there.

 
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Q: Why didn't the Ministry just check their left arms to see if they were Death Eaters?

8-TrackIf the Dark Mark was branded on the left forearm of all the Death Eaters, then why didn't the Ministry just check their arms? That would prove if they were under the Imperious curse or not.

 
What a waste of bloody time, I spend 5 minutes looking for transcripts and @Jenayah's already linked it...
 
@Edlothiad 15 minutes?
Close vote was cast on August 16
Just go to Aug 16 transcript and CTRL+F "dupe"
45 seconds :)
 
Well some of us don't use ctrl+f and read through the transcript.
Enjoying ourselves a little...
 
Some of us would've survived longer in a saloon is what I'm saying. :p
 
I don't understand that reference
How does one die in a saloon
Unless you get into a car crash I guess
 
1:51 PM
@Edlothiad Fastest gun in the west
 
Why are you shooting people in the saloon?
 
Why not?
 
That's not how saloons worked, you punched people in saloons, you shot them outside.
 
Fastest gun =/= noble :p
 
2:16 PM
@Marvin This sounds more like a strange dream TBH.
@Jenayah She did, but then she deleted it pre-merge because it was too similar to DVK's answer on the other question.
 
@Randal'Thor isn't that all HP fanfiction?
@Randal'Thor oh, ok, was confused ahah :)
 
@Jenayah It still got merged over, so it's there in the answer list if you have 10k rep.
@Jenayah Depends on what your dreams are like, I suppose.
 
@Randal'Thor yeah, there are some... weird... people out there...
 
Personally I don't dream about fictional characters having sex with each other, but I can't speak for anyone else ;-)
 
@Randal'Thor Fiction based on my dreams: "everything was going well. No, seriously, everything was fine. Then there was a loud, and I mean LOUD, noise. Blimey, what was making that noise? Well, the noise stopped. Good. Oh no, the noise was there again! Help meh! :( eventually, it turned out that I forgot once again that my alarm clock existed, and I got to my feet and went to live another day. The end."
Yes, the only 'dreams' I apparently only remember are the exact 20 seconds before my alarm clock rings.
Also, my writing skills combined with laziness make for a bad fiction.
 
2:31 PM
@Randal'Thor Wait, what is this about? I just read a post on another forum about shipping, and was considering to post a link here, but now I wonder what's the context.
 
@Jenayah Still better than some HP fanfiction I've seen.
 
Ah, a HP fan fiction.
 
@b_jonas Comparisons between HP fanfiction and dream descriptions, inspired by this question.
 
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Q: Short story about Satan treating a lost man well

Omer WahajI remember reading a short story in which a person gets lost in the woods or something and he comes up to a place where the host (we later find out is Satan) treats the man really well and takes care of him. By the end of the story we find out that it's where he does exactly the opposite of his p...

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Q: Does the age of the hair/bit of person matter for Polyjuice Potion to take effect?

8-TrackSay you pulled out your Hogwarts robe for your 20 year reunion and found a hair on it. If you used a hair from 10-20 years ago in the Polyjuice Potion would you be a younger version of yourself? Would the potion work at all?

 
@Randal'Thor That question looks funny to me because I did write a few paragraphs of fan-fiction at one point where a fantasy character was working in a diner and got bothered by the Malfoys of her world because that was considered a low-status job.
Anyway, let's see that shipping thing.
> Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to find a spouse for each of the following fictional characters. The spouses must also be fictional, and in each pair the two partners must be from different fictional universes. Sarah Connor; Conan; Princess Leia; Stringer Bell; Irene Adler; Commander Adama; Lisbeth Salander; Jack Aubrey; GLaDOS; Lassie. – johan_larson at slatestarcodex.com/2018/08/24/open-thread-107-75-2
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2:37 PM
@b_jonas I'll bite... GLaDOS and XANA :p
 
@b_jonas Lassie? As in, the dog?
 
@Jenayah You can post on that forum, it's open with a registration.
@Randal'Thor I think so. This isn't restricted to Sci Fi & Fantasy.
 
@Randal'Thor is Beethoven available? ahah
@b_jonas nah, not worth it
 
@b_jonas I don't know most of the characters in that list.
 
@Randal'Thor Princess Leia, for starters? :p
 
2:40 PM
@Randal'Thor Me neither. I also don't really understand what makes Leia tick, because I'm not immersed enough in Star Wars. And in general I don't think I understand what makes relationships work.
 
@Jenayah Heard of her, don't really know much about her.
 
I know Irene Adler only from her original appearance in Doyle, which I think doesn't describe her in enough detail, and I don't know that TV series adaptation at all.
 
Irene Adler I know, but her character has been so bastardised in various adaptations that she's hardly recognisable in most of them.
 
@b_jonas I didn't look at the forum, but to be honest, I'm not sure all the responses are intended to be in accordance with what the characters are like.
@Randal'Thor yeah don't get to know her too much, her father is a douche to her boyfriends ;D (well, her friends in general, but he gives the cold shoulder even more to the boyfriends)
 
@Randal'Thor Nick: "Is the Irene Adler the original version, or an adaptation interpretation like BBC’s Sherlock’s?" johan_larson (OP) "Either one." (from same thread)
Also fion posted an answer for Irene Adler saying "I confess I haven’t read the stories. I have seen Adler depicted in the Robert Downey Junior version and the Benedict Cumberbatch version."
 
2:47 PM
@Jenayah "cold shoulder" ... is that what I think it is? If so, well played :-D
 
@Randal'Thor it is, and thanks ;)
 
@b_jonas Uuuurgh, FFS. Even the RDJ version of Irene Adler is so remote from the canonical one. I'm sure the BC version must be even worse.
She's not his love interest! Stop trying to make her one just so you can get some sexual tension on the screen!
</rant>
 
@Randal'Thor Right. That's why it made sense for Nick to ask for that clarification. That and because the original characterization by Doyle is too little to work with.
 
I don't recognize: Stringer Bell, Irene Adler, Lisbeth Salander, Jack Aubrey, GlaDOS. Or, at least I don't recognize them right off. I'm getting the impression that Irene Adler is someone from the Sherlock Holmes novels, which I have not read.
 
@Donald.McLean Irene Adler appears in one of the original Sherlock Holmes short stories by Doyle.
 
2:51 PM
@Donald.McLean GLaDOS:
 
It's a good short story, but I don't think it's enough to really characterize her.
 
@Randal'Thor If you'd like more background on Rand's rant, check out literature.stackexchange.com/a/112/58 ;)
 
Ahh, Portal. No experience with that.
 
@Jenayah It's more complicated, because GLaDOS gets much more additional depth in Portal 2.
Or wait, which game is that video for?
 
@Mithrandir Not about Irene Adler specifically, but sure :-)
 
2:53 PM
It's from the first one. Anyway, that's just one song. Much of the whole two games together are about GLaDOS.
 
@b_jonas I'm sorry, but she literally had the charisma of a potato in that one. :p
 
There are some excellent anthropomorphic stories that would have a good match for Lassie. Oz, Black Jewels, or perhaps something by L Neil Smith.
 
I guess we could ask which Lassie too. She appears in adaptations too.
 
@b_jonas yeah, I wouldn't only descrbe GLaDOS with one song :) but my inner, weird principles dictate that I have to throw a reference. It was that or the cake ;D
 
I'd like to pair Lassie with Pongo (from the 101 Dalmatians), but unfortunately he's already taken.
Mind you, Princess Leia is taken too.
 
2:57 PM
@Randal'Thor I did suggest Beethoven.
 
@b_jonas Is it OK to choose 'spouses' who are already married in their own fictional universe?
 
Sarah Connor seems to go for guys with a military bent. There's lots of good MilSF to choose from. I suspect anyone that is a good friend of Honor Harrington might work.
 
@Randal'Thor well, technically, parenting issues got the best of them ahah
 
@Randal'Thor I don't know. I guess that might depend on how much they would be ready to start a serious relationship despite having a spouse.
Which may or may not include leaving their spouse.
 
Hmm, I don't want to encourage marital unfaithfulness.
Not even among dogs :-P
 
3:00 PM
Stringer Bell - from The Wire, which I have never seen.
 
Oh, a bumped WoT question with no Rand answer.
 
@Randal'Thor Yeah. Lassie already has a partner in the original story. Or so I assume, because she is pregnant.
And she is a particularly faithful dog.
 
Lisbeth Salander - Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (etc). I saw one of the movies. Someone like that would need an outside the box significant other.
 
On the other hand, I think we don't see her partner from the story, so we can pair him and say that it was the original pairing and that's where she got pregnant from.
@Donald.McLean This is posted a difficult challenge by the way, not something you'd ask for a primary school homework essay.
 
@b_jonas Really? Which original story are we talking about?
 
3:06 PM
Jack Aubrey - Napoleonic war naval officer from a book series I've never heard of.
 
@Randal'Thor The original story is Eric Knight's novellette Lassie Come-Home
Lassie Come-Home is a novel written by Eric Knight about a rough collie’s trek over many miles to be reunited with the boy she loves. Author Eric Knight introduced the reading public to the canine character of Lassie in a magazine story published on December 17, 1938, in The Saturday Evening Post, a story which he later expanded to a novel and published in 1940 to critical and commercial success. In 1943, the novel was adapted to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer feature film Lassie Come Home starring Roddy McDowall as the boy Joe Carraclough, Pal as Lassie, and featuring Elizabeth Taylor. The motion picture...
 
Of course, if it isn't science fiction or fantasy, I probably wouldn't pay it much attention anyway.
 
@Donald.McLean I don't think it's sci-fi or fantasy, although Eric Knight has written fantasy stories as well.
But Lassie is his most famous work for some reason, probably because it's more accessible to young children.
 
And there was also the iconic TV series.
 
@Jenayah Gimme a sec, I'll fix that.
 
3:07 PM
@Randal'Thor ;)
 
@Randal'Thor Well, in the original she didn't have much of a character to begin with. She made about a 3-line appearance in a 3-page short story and that's it.
 
@Donald.McLean Yeah, I presume Eric Knight sold the movie rights or something, because the story is still under copyright because he published it in the U.S. first.
@NapoleonWilson It was a bit more than 3 lines and 3 pages, but yes. The story is en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Scandal_in_Bohemia
 
@Jenayah Wut! I found her awesome in the 2nd one. The interplay with Chell, especially in her potato form was great.
 
@NapoleonWilson no but I mean... That was the joke... :(
 
Most of the characterization she gets is from the two other character's points of view: both Holmes and the client appreciates her a lot.
 
3:11 PM
She's a potato, so she has the charisma of a potato.
Yes, I'm great at logic :p
 
"I wish she had been of my own station! What a queen she would have made!”
 
@NapoleonWilson Well sure, but even that characterisation has been utterly destroyed in various adaptations.
 
@Jenayah Well, sure, but I thought there was also a truth to the joke. ;-)
 
@Jenayah Isn't a body swap only supposed to replace your physical attributes (Str, Dex, Con) and usually keeping the original mental attributes (Int, Wis, Cha)?
 
@NapoleonWilson there is no truth, only interpretation :p
@b_jonas you're underestimating the inner powers of a potato's body.
 
3:14 PM
@Jenayah There we go, answered. Good question btw.
 
@Randal'Thor I wouldn't know ;)
 
> Oh, good. My slow clap processor made it into this thing. So we have that.
 
@NapoleonWilson ?
 
Also, this Conan pairing reminded me of a recent crossover, which is worth reading: dccomics.com/comics/wonder-womanconan-2017/wonder-womanconan-1
 
Oh, Jack Aubrey is the Master and Commander dude.
 
3:49 PM
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Q: Science fiction novel involving a genetically engineered servant race uplifted from non-human primates

FuzzyBootsI belive I read this while I was living in Ohio between 2002 and 2006. It was a hardback novel with a dark cover. The basic story is set somewhere a few years into the future, with society not very different from our own except for the twist that a corporation offers a genetically engineered huma...

 
@Jenayah I think it depends more on what process is used for the body swap.
 
@b_jonas that's what the potatoes want you to think.
 
4:19 PM
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Q: in klingon culture, is there a specific meaning behind crossing your arms and/or turning away (besides discommendation)?

Mohammad Atharis this gesture only reserved for the discommendation ceremony (TNG: Sins of the Father), and subsequent reminders of the status (TNG: Reunion)? Has that gesture been used anywhere else? What about similar gestures in other sci-fi worlds?

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Q: Does Saruman invade Rohan to please Sauron, or is it a desperate last-ditch attempt to recover the ring?

Thibaut DemaerelI don't really understand most of the politics of Sauron and Saruman during the time-period between the departure of the fellowship from Lórien and the moment where Aragorn shows himself in Orthanc's palantír to Sauron. For instance, why does Saruman decide to have a large host of orcs and wild-...

 
 
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Q: Would Sugar Rush be a Principality?

Alex DownsIn Wreck it Ralph, Vanellope is the Princess of Sugar Rush. However, some people take that to mean she’s either the daughter of the King and Queen or she should be Queen. Did it ever occur to those people that she might be ruling over a Principality?

 
6:34 PM
I don't see any mention of how powerful love is in the other question or its answers. How is this a duplicate? — Alex 17 mins ago
 
7:19 PM
@Alex agreed with what RD said
 
@Jenayah Explaining how it works doesn't answer the question of how powerful it is.
 
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Q: Novel describing long-distance transport where only soul is transferred

DubuMy wife is looking for a story, most probably a novel, where a mode for long-distance transport for people is transferring only the "soul" into a new body. The original body is eliminated after the transfer. She read the novel in the 1980s or shortly after, but it could be considerably older. Th...

 
@Alex given that both answers (I'm not counting the one-liner) remind instances of a certain character (which was basically being kept protected from the most evil wizard there had been, during ~17 years) "defeating" said dark wizard from what's being called love, I'd say it's kind of a good scale instance of how powerful it'd be...
 
7:37 PM
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Q: Pomona Sprout’s appearance in Philosopher’s/Sorcerer’s Stone PS2

Alex DownsIn the Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s/Sorcerer’s Stone video games, Professor Sprout looks different to how she looks in the films. This is understandable as no actress had been cast as her yet. But the Chamber of Secrets came out a year later (2002) which had Miriam Margoyles as Sprout and ...

 
@Jenayah Those answers aren't discussing how powerful it is. They are discussing what the conditions for "love protection" are, and they discuss the conditions in the context of the best known example of "love protection". That a reader could infer that the protection must be at least as powerful as it was in the specific example discussed doesn't really make those posts an answer to this question.
 
@Alex ahem best known example, and kind of only known example (including Harry's "sacrifice" in DH)
 
7:56 PM
@Jenayah I'm not saying that the example is not a good example. I'm saying that if those answers had said: We know the extent of the power of love protection because it was able to protect against the most powerful curse from the most powerful dark wizard one could argue that it's an answer to the other question. But if it just discusses the example, without telling us that this is the answer to how powerful love is, then it's not an answer to the question.
If it was, then any answer that ever mentioned that Harry was saved from Voldemort via Lilly's love would be an answer to the other question. The question would then be a duplicate of: scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/74217/… scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/22414/…
Additionally, the existing answers don't say that it's the best known or only example.
@Jenayah By the way, I don't mean to criticize you. You just happen to be the one talking to me right now.
 
@Alex eh I'm not saying that it's not a good example either, just that mathematically speaking, when you only have one example, it's both the best and worst example you can get :p
@Alex yeah no problem, don't worry, I tend to reply to everything in chat anyways ahah
@Alex so what you'd like is for the question at stake to be reopened so someone (someone :p ) can state that it's kind of the only example, for those matters to be settled?
 
8:16 PM
@Jenayah Is the italicized someone supposed to be referring to me or you? (If me, I wasn't planning on answering the question; I just read the question and then the question it was a duplicate of and I didn't see where anyone had answered the closed question.)
I would like the question to be reopened and then anyone can have the opportunity to post any answer they want (just like any other question). It is likely that an answer would mention the example of Harry surviving Avada Kedavra, but a good answer would probably go into more detail, perhaps saying that we don't have any other information about this, or perhaps finding other information that I'm not aware of.
(I pretty much only know the books, so if there's anything in interviews, or Pottermore, or any other source, I probably wouldn't be aware of it. My point is that the question shouldn't be deprived of the possibility of having a good, complete (to whatever extent possible) answer just because an example is mentioned in other answers.
@Jenayah Good to know. I didn't want it to appear like I was attacking you personally. (You can't tell my tone from what's written, and I have been deliberately abstruse to you in the past.)
 
8:34 PM
@Alex yeah, kinda ;D
@Alex take a look at what Pottermore has to offer, it's quite good and the articles are just long enough to contain good info while not sucking too much time, unlike finding some obscure interview JKR gave 10+ years ago
@Alex true but those were on less "serious" matters (whatever "serious" means on a site where people dissect every comma and every accent from fictional universes, with people they'll likely never meet :) )
 
@Jenayah I've read a handful of articles (usually linked in answers here). I more object to it in principle.
 
And while true dat some people may escalate stuff over wrongly interpreted tones, I'm the kind to switch to another tab/check Steam/contemplate how crazy the weather is outside and let go of it ;p
@Alex oh, why?
 
@Jenayah Anything there that doesn't come from JK Rowling is just someone else's opinions/thoughts. Anything which is taken from the books doesn't add to anything that we don't already know. Anything which is from JK Rowling but is not in the books... well, to me it just kind of seems like "cheating" a little bit.
I'm not sure if I expressed that well...
It's a bit of an oversimplification.
 
@Alex ah yeah, I was referring to "written by JKR", the rest is, well, it's on the same level as a wikia eh
As for cheating, well, she is indeed adding stuff afterwards, glueing bits together, true
But on the other hand, it's kind of neat to have more info on the world. I mean, she could have just dropped it and let go
And said info is now widely available so that's great
 
@Jenayah Though I will admit that I only heard of Pottermore from here.
 
8:49 PM
@Alex well one ususally learn that Pottermore exists by searching for HP stuff online, so if this site is where you happen to talk/read about HP the most (online, I mean), well, cause and effect
 
@Jenayah Yeah, but I prefer an answer that analyzes 10 passages from the books and weaves together a theory to explain something, to a one line post facto statement from JK Rowling that explains it differently and is not supported by evidence from the books.
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@Alex aye that's why they call it Word of God
guess one could always say that the books are following a character so well, perception might be influenced or whatever
 
@Jenayah So I guess that makes me a Harry Potter heretic.
 
@Alex mh? It's just a general term used for whatever universe whose author said "nope, this is how it's done, final" at some point
 
@Jenayah A good answer, question, or theory based on the books would take that into account.
 
8:58 PM
@Alex sure but even if it's a pain sometimes, it's still legit for the author to step in and say "nupe, here's how things are supposed to be"
 
@Jenayah I know (though I also only heard of this term from here). I mean that I don't accept the God of Harry Potter (to an extent) , as it were.
@Jenayah Well it's not as bad in situations where the topic just wasn't explored in the books.
 
@Alex ah, well apart from some fans who extended their passion to some kind of a new religion, you wouldn't be the only one
 
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Q: Wilhelm scream in Star Wars

SeamusthedogHow many times in SW movies (including SW stories) has the Wilhelm scream been used? Only the 2 trilogies, 7 & 8, Rogue One and Solo.

 
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Q: Looking for a Sci-Fi Book Artificial Intelligence starts out as a simulated child on a desktop computer

XoviusI'm looking for a book I read in the last 3-4 years and I can remember some basic plot points but nothing specific. It is about an Artificial intelligence that becomes kinda evil (as they tend to do). The AI starts off with the mind of a small child and he has two researchers that are basically...

 
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Q: How does Obito Uchiha not die when his body is split between two dimensions?

Kyle VAccording to Naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Kamui, this is the ability of Obito's right eye: However, this eye can utilise a unique variation of teleportation akin to intangibility. When activated, any part of the user's body that overlaps with another object is seamlessly warped to Kamui's dimension, ma...

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Q: Why was Liore changed to a desert?

zabeusI'm currently re-watching the original Fullmetal Alchemist and Brotherhood together, and one of the minor, yet obvious changes I noticed is that Liore is in the middle of a desert in the 2003 anime, but surrounded by forests and hills in Brotherhood. I'm assuming it was not originally a deser...

 

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