In the saavy series of books the word "scumble" is used in what I think is an original way. I have the sense it relates to using the saavy abilities the characters have, but in not sure what an exact definition would be. A definition from Google is: verb 1. modify (a painting or color) by ...

When preparing for their first mission, the Suicide Squad are given access to their personal belongings. Among the various weapons and custom outfits, there's also a pink unicorn plush toy that apparently belongs to Captain Boomerang and which he hides inside his jacket. He also drops it, likely ...

I read this story in one of those "Year's best SF" anthologies circa 2001~2002. The story happens somewhere in Asia in the near future - some of the characters were Vietnamese and others were Chinese. The story involved a young boy orphaned and being taken care of by some sort of traveling sh...

I've come across several situations where questions/answers are constructed nice and readable and don't seemingly require any edits, though there are small typos like excepted instead of accepted of Gendalf instead of Gandalf. While it is obliviously not intended, it can't be edited as the diffe...

I am attempting to use rate of fire to explain to a pure blood how bad it would be for muggles to declare war on wizards. By my calculations an M16-A2 can fire a 30 round magazine at a rate of 90 rounds/second on cyclic rate at 500 yds without factoring vectors or attenuation for loss of accuracy.

Another one of my long-shot questions, I fear. I only saw part of the film, but hopefully the scene I remember will be memorable enough someone will recall it and the film's title. Plot Details/Summary The film opens with an astronaut exploring the surface of a moon. I believe it is one of t...

On closer inspection, the initial attack path that Anakin and Obi-Wan use in the Battle over Coruscant make little sense: They fly dangerously close to the surface of several capital ships They fly into the debris path of large detonations They perform seemingly needless rolls Is there an in-...

I noticed a lot of answers to the debate of whether or not Harry Potter would or would not have used firearms include the canon explanation of tech and magic incompatibility. A firearm is a mechanical device and uses the principles of Newtonian Thermodynamics and other physics to operate. The onl...

She also winces and jumps when Harry uses his name.

From other answers on this website I've found out, Loyalty. She's loyal to a fault. She's a great friend, can be relied on, wants the best for everyone including creatures - even Kreacher who treats her disrespectfully - who are enthralled. She wants what should be done done and that includes st...

Why did Gandalf put the dwarves and the hobbit in danger in The Desolation of Smaug instead of going through the "cursed forest" when Gandalf clearly said I will go another way around, which means there's another way around other then going through the cursed forest? So why didn't they just follo...

The cartoon is about a group of talking animals that wash up on an island after a storm. It's a tropical island with a volcano and the animals aren't native to it, IIRC they were circus animals who's ship sank in the storm. By the end of the first episode the critters discover that the island flo...

Whether through the power of expectations or yet-unmentioned "super-hypnosis", people don't recognize Kara as Supergirl. However, clearly people can guess her secret identity, because Cat Grant eventually did (despite Supergirl's deception with J'onn J'onzz). Now, Lena Luthor is both extremely ...

I've been watching clips of the "Venom" movie on youtube, so I know essentially nothing about the character. That is a disclaimer. It seems that Venom is susceptible to sound and to fire. I'm particularly curious about the sound part, because mitigation of sound should be pretty simple. The s...

On Supergirl, Shelley Island shows up in the fourth season. Per the Wiki article: It was converted into an interplanetary port of entry by President Marsdin for alien immigrants, but was shut down and abandoned after Marsdin's resignation. The symbolism is obvious: a monument resembl...

In A Song of Ice and Fire universe, how do people know that a man is a knight? Is there any symbol or proof by which people know someone for a knight? Is there any written proof to prove a person's knighthood?

I read this novel ages ago. The story was about a kingdom where the future king is chosen by the king having a certain number of children, then as the kids grow up, they have to compete against each other in ever more deadly trials. At one point the kids have to swim to the bottom of a lake and...

It was written by someone living in a community in San Francisco, named something like Starflower, or Rainbird. I think I read the novel in the 1990s. In the story the community living in San Francisco is threatened by some kind of overlords from "The City of Angels". The main character travels...

I was wondering if someone knows the name of one love-story film. At the beginning, one guy drowns in a river after a car accident trying to save someone. He meets his grandmother in the paradise who started painting there. She explains that he died. He moves around and meets a girl who was born...

In the movie Deathly Hallows 2, after Voldemort kills Harry, we see Harry speaking with Dumbledore about Snape's Patronus matching Lily's. We're lead to think from the conversation the reason for that to happen is because Snape was in love with her (that was discussed in other QAs). When readin...

Anakin got Padame pregnant. I understand that Anakin had to keep the pregnancy a secret, or he would be kicked out of the Jedi but why could he not just peacefully leave the Jedi and do something else? He loved his girlfriend/wife so much what is the point in continuing such a dangerous job as a ...

In the last book, Voldemort kills Harry with the Killing Curse. Minutes before though, he had Nagini kill Snape to gain the allegiance of the Elder Wand (which means, the kill has to be done by himself, I guess it technically counts because Nagini is a Horcrux (?), but that's not the question). ...

I suppose Voldemort couldn't use the Patronus Charm. So, what would happen if he faces Dementors? How can he counter them?

On the face of it, IKG is a fairly straightforward 'allegorical tale' about a young girl retreating into a world of fantasy in order to cope with a distressing family emergency. She's obsessional about her RPG boardgaming and spends her off hours researching Dungeons and Dragons game books to lea...

Here’s what I can remember about a fantasy book that I really liked but can‘t remember the name of. I thought the story was written by Trudi Canavan, but apparently I was wrong. Hopefully someone else can identify it. The story was about a girl (or boy?) whose parents came from different sides ...

Please help I have been in an argument with a teacher!