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Christopher Tolkien passed away recently. From our in-memoriam meta post:
When [JRR] Tolkien died, he gave Christopher complete control over his unpublished writings, to destroy or publish any of them in whole or part.
Did Christopher have anything similar set up for his own death? Do we ye...
In the Netflix series "The Witcher", S1 E2, Jaskier the bard composes and sings a song "Toss a Coin to Your Witcher" which references the "Valley of Plenty".
What is this "Valley of Plenty" that Jaskier is referring to?
Lyrics from this reddit page:
Toss a coin to your Witcher
O’ Valley of Pl...
Spoiler question on Avengers: Endgame timeline and causality.
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Thanos had wiped out half of universe population, but given population of living beings can grow exponentially, why did he think that his job was done?
In optimum conditions on petri dish, E. Coli bacteria colonies can double every 20 minutes. Most bacteria colonies double within a week on Petri...
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In The Rise of Skywalker, we see this lightsaber at the end of the film:
Based on this image (and my memory from seeing the film), I would've said this lightsaber's blade was orange or maybe gold. However, I've seen people refer to it as being yellow.
Is there anything from Lucasfilm or the ...
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Sheev Palpatine had the pseudonym Darth Sidious, Anakin Skywalker had Darth Vader and Hego Damask was Darth Plagueis. But where does the tradition of having a pseudonym come from and why?
My first intuition: during the Galactic Republic, they had to hide their true identities. But then, Dessel u...
In The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers just before the Battle of Helm's Deep when Haldir and the Elven army arrives, Haldir greets Aragorn and Legolas. When Aragorn greets Haldir the army doesn't move but when Legolas greets Haldir the army turns in unison to face them.
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Sith followers, upon becoming a recognized apprentice, are given a new name by their master, prefaced with "Darth" -- Darth Sidious, for instance, or Darth Tyranus, Darth Plagueis, Darth Maul. And then there's Darth Vader.
I'm not a Star Wars expert, but every Sith Lord I recall has a rather me...
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I recall reading a short story in which sexual desire was causing men to act out and murder those to whom they were attracted.
IIRC it was a twist on the alien invaders theme, but instead of an armed invasion, invaders decided to just let humans die off by introducing this, erm, radical change i...
I'm looking for the name of a fantasy series that I read around a decade ago. I know it left a strong impression on me because I remember thinking it was a great read at the time, but I've lost most of the plot details and can't remember the title. What I do remember is that:
The book was writt...
In Spider-Man: Far From Home Mysterio thanks a scientist for giving him a believable back story, what is this guy's name?
I’ve been looking for a certain book now for at least 5 years. It was a hardcover edition, with a mostly grey cover and a girl with an orange cat sitting. The book’s setting was in an apocalypse, or post-apocalyptic setting.
The story was about a girl, or a child, who could telepathically comm...
At the end of the movie The Rise of Skywalker, after his rejuvenation by draining power from two other characters, we can see a revived
Knowing that the attire of a Sith Lord reflects his current position and that there is a Final Order under his full command, I ask what is the new title or p...
As a way to celebrate the New Year and lasting contributions to the site by new users I am continuing this honorary post based on a simple premise...
The user with the highest rank in the yearly reputation league that was not previously ranked. For the Year 2019 league the winner is:
Invisible...
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Someone described a story with an interesting premise:
I remember reading a SF story many years ago, in which mankind had developed a way to capture a person's consciousness/personality/soul/whatever (for brevity I'll call it soul, but assume no religious connotation in this context) at the m...0
At the end of Frozen II, Elsa
What exactly is her title at this point? Does she
I have recently fallen into the habit of reading Buffy fanfiction and a surprising amount of it makes reference to Xander being slightly more than human (by more than simple experience). This surprised me since his role on the show was primarily 'the normal guy' and 'the heart of the team'.
I b...
