This is the diner scenes where Superman first, after being reduced to being a human, was humiliated by a bully and then returns with his powers restored and beats up the bully. Now it looks like he was careful not to cause severe injury but may have caused a concussion -- not sure his code would...

The Sith and other users of the Dark Side of the Force are unambiguously portrayed as evil (at least in the movies). It's taken as axiomatic that even if someone resorts to the Dark Side for good motivations, they will become corrupted and evil before long. The Dark Side doesn't seem to have any ...

In the first episode of „Star Trek: Picard“ the character Dahj is attacked for a second time. During the fight it is revealed that the attackers are Romulan. Dahj fights off all the attackers, but one of them, obviously wounded, spits a green substance on Dahj and a gun she is holding. The green ...

It consisted of three or four stories, I remember one story: on a planet where the biggest casino is located a monster appears every night, and kills(steals?) one person. In this story main character is not the leader of the group, but a guy who was locksmith and hacker and spent a lot of time in...

Okay, this has nagged me for years. I read a children's book circa 1970, set in the western US in early-mid-20th century. Horses and trucks both. A mystery. Protagonists two boys and one girl. There is a lost treasure (a mine?) in a hidden valley somewhere in a small mountain range. One chara...

In the end of Thor: Ragnarok movie, Hela failed to stop Ragnarok and presumably died in the battle with Surtur. But, why did this happen given she was so powerful (she destroyed Mjolnir by hand and defeated entire Asgardian military all by herself and even Thor couldn't do anything to her by bigg...

Looking for scientific ways to kill characters off while in space, particularly freezing to death. Other options would include: suffocation or poisoning. The scenario includes a group of people trapped in a section of a space ship while / just prior to landing on a planet.

Watching RWBY, I've noticed that most characters, even the ones who aren't necessarily combat-oriented, have an Aura of some sort. For instance, Arthur Watts, whom Salem recruited as a hacker who was never supposed to get in a fight, has an Aura, albeit a fairly weak one to judge by how many tr...

Justice League #10 introduced Jarro, "Starro in a jar", born of a fragment of Starro, who died in Justice League: No Justice #3 (2018). Jarro is mainly monitored by Batman, and no other Justice League member seems to be baffled by his presence. Even more, Batman (and no other Leaguer, but most...

In the first few episodes of Star Trek Discovery, the crew appear somewhat suicidal. Why do they send four lightly armed people to a ship where they know everyone has died from some mysterious cause? Specifically, why not send a robot instead?

I'm trying to remember something from approximately 18 years ago that I saw on cable TV. It was an animated sci-fi story that took place on some kind of spacecraft. The only detail I really recall is that one of the characters drank a can from a vending machine and then morphed into an alien. I w...

I read a book in elementary school but I can't remember the name. Here's a few things I can remember: a man gets married to a goth lady with 3 kids. One is a little girl who can seemingly turn into a cat, the middle child is a scientist who does crazy experiments, and the oldest child is thought ...

In an early episode of Star Trek Discovery, one of the crew members deliberately lets out the (seemingly) murderous and invincible tardigrade. Unsurprisingly, this doesn't end well. Why would she do that when she must have know that a phaser would not stop it and that it would kill her and most l...

The original character of Falcon debuted in Captain America no. 117 (1969) and soon became Cap's partner/sidekick. In his second appearance, it was revealed that the character's actual name was Sam Wilson. However, there is at least one other famous Samuel Wilson in American history—the meat-pa...

I've been trying to figure out the rules for Enagulishuc, the English dialect spoken by Gukuy (and demons) in Eric Flint's 1997 first novel "Mother of Demons". The Gukuy are alien mollusks with siphons for mouths who develop their own accent/dialect of English. I also posted this question on the...

I read a short story back in the 2001/2002 time frame while I was in middle school. It may have been assigned reading, or part of a text book, or a library book I can't remember. I was reading it during class at the time (7th or 8th grade USA). I believe it was a literature class. I only remember...

I read a short story back in the 2001/2002 time frame while I was in middle school. It may have been assigned reading, or part of a text book, or a library book I can't remember. I was reading it during class at the time (7th or 8th grade USA). I believe it was a literature class. I only remember...

I have always wondered who was the most powerful out of all the biotics in Mass Effect. I don't need this, but if you could help that would be great. By powerful I mean their biotics need to be strong and recharge decently. Also, the character can't be Shepard, because Shepard is the main charact...

In Dark Fate, we see that one of the t-800 sent back in time killed John Connon in 1998. With this retcon, in the original unaltered timeline Skynet managed to send over 3 terminators back in time before being defeated. But since the past cannot be changed, none of those terminators succeeded in ...

In the movie Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Hela says: "I am Hela, Odin's firstborn... the rightful heir to the thrones." Is she, in fact, correct? Is she the rightful heir? I recall lots of people fighting her for various reasons but I don't seem to recall anyone actually refuting her claim.

I probably read this about 20 years ago, maybe a bit more. I think it was a novel, but it may have been shorter. No idea about the associated cover, if it was a novelette or shorter it may even have been in a magazine. I only really recall the one character, but he was just a member of a team ...