Every Eldar is at risk of losing his/her soul to She-Who-Thirsts. Fortunately, there are ways to protect themselves from that: Craftworld Eldars wear spirit stones and follow strict mental Paths, that lock them for years into one state of mind, therefore reducing the chance of falling prey to th...

On the TV show Anjaan: Special Crimes Unit, at one point Aditi and Vikrant investigate a case of murders by a supposed "Blood-Sucker," more or less a vampire. At the end of the episode, we see that Parvati, the mother of the bullied girl at the center of the episode's plot, seems to be behind the...

I was wondering whether Wilfred ever realises that he is the one to fulfill the prophecy that ultimately kills Tennant. In the episode, Wilf says that he thinks the master is the one to fulfill, but we found out it is in fact him, but does he realise it?

I've noticed a recurring phenomenon: New user apparently created an account to ask a specific question (often, story-identification). New user disappears after a day or two, not having received an answer. Someone answers the question with a good answer say, two or three days after the question ...

There are several mentions of the warrior lodges in the Horus Heresy books. According to the books, this helped Lorgar to spread the heresy. From Lexicanums Warrior Lodge Article: The Warrior Lodges were a group of secret fraternities formed by members of the Space Marine Legions during the G...

In Season 1 Episode 6 :Jason Todd of the live-action Titans (2018) series, the new Robin (Jason Todd) rescues Dick at Dr. Adamson's apartment. In the conversation between them that followed, Dick says: Dick: He lets you drive the Batmobile? Wouldn't you rather have your own name? Like "Sparr...

Many of the spaceships in Star Wars, e.g. X-wings, have wings as part of the design. If there's no air resistance in space, why would wings be at all beneficial? Wouldn't it be better to have a small, compact shape to a make a star fighter easier to cram through small spaces?

In the 7th book, when Ron is eventually able to tune in to the Potterwatch radio station with the password "Albus", they mention that there was an attempt to arrest Hagrid for hosting an event at Hogwarts in support of Harry. This means that he remained at Hogwarts for a number of months into Har...

Uatu's father Ikor is the sole reason the Watcher's vowed not to interfere with the affairs of other races, but instead only observe and collect knowledge. The Prosilicans destroyed their planet because Ikor gave them the "gift" of nuclear science which they used to start and finish an auto-genoc...

The X-wing fighter is one of the most iconic spacecraft from Star Wars, mainly thanks to its unique appearance, including it's 4 moving wings (S-foils.) What is the maximum number of moving wings (s-foils) that has been seen in Star Wars?

Watchers are immortal and allegedly the oldest race in the universe. One of the Watchers, Uatu, lives on earth's moon and watches the human race. Thier powers are nearly infinite as they can alter molecular composition, teleport anywhere in the universe instantly and also to other dimensions, use...

One of the things that perplexes me is that the autobots didn't really adopt car culture very much, or maybe I am missing some things. For example, did an Autobot ever have personalized mudflaps? Dice on the mirror or raccoon tail on the antenna? Truck nuts?

The skrulls can shape-shift to use parts of their bodies to form solid hand-weapons (as extensions), but how did the Skrull impersonating Coulson get a human gun - which he allegedly could use and can actually drop? From the Wikia article on Skrulls: When they imitate an inorganic object, th...

The Millennium Falcon, with its class 0.5 hyperdrive, can travel at 6.13 quadrillion miles per hour, and I read somewhere that the Alcubierre drive could theoretically move at 10x the speed of light at the minimum. Hyperdrive s work by letting a ship enter hyperspace, a dimension separate from th...

The ones Geralt carries reguarly and uses before battle - the effects can sort of be found in various sources, like in this trailer for the game. I know from the books he takes elixirs that is described as having simialr effect - e.g. defending a merchant's cart in The Sword of Destiny: The ...

I want to start reading comics but only for the joker, which is probably selective comics of Batman, but when I google it to see where should I start I got lost and don't know where should I get started. So I need help in that, please. Also, I hope to be provided by some links for the comics, i...

I was reminded of this story I read long ago by this question: Short story about a future where everyone is equal Unfortunately, it is just possible that this particular story was a french original. Probably not, but just possibly. Anyone familiar with french SF, just in case ? Anyway, in th...

I know they have their own characters and stories but apart from that what are or have been the key differences between DC and Marvel? How did and do the 2 try and differentiate themselves from each other, if they do at all? I am thinking stylistically, thematically (general not specific stories)...

Occasionally I try to tag someone in a comment with @ and the name does not autocomplete, and also when the comment posts it is not tagged to that person - even if I fully spell out their name. No amount of editing allows me to insert the tag. This seems to be completely arbitrary. I'm not sure ...

Towards the end of the second season of "Happy!", Nick and Merry meet Orcus, the god of death. To protect himself, Orcus uses his power and forces any bystander to attempt to commit suicide. Then enters Happy, who discovers that he has the power to This surprises everyone, including Orcus, ...

Based on what we know about Star Wars technological capabilities; could engineers in the Star Wars universe construct a Larry Niven style ring world? I read that we currently don’t have a material that is stronger than the strong nuclear force that could help maintain the structure. I’ve searched...