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2:38 AM
Would a question about His Dark Materials series go in SFF or Literature SE?
also, is there a definitive list of what fantasy qualifies as literature?
 
3:13 AM
@creative-username If it's about books, either one. If it's about a movie or TV show then here (or Movies & TV).
 
3:57 AM
@creative-username We have a tag with 26 questions, so it's obviously accepted as on-topic here.
(Not that I really thought it shouldn't have been.)
@creative-username Ha! That's a funny one! :) That's really going to depend on who you ask, and what they consider "literature" and what their personal prejudice is towards fantasy.
 
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Q: Story about post apocalyptic survival

Williamsilva76I read the series in the 90s I believe there were three books might have been more. It was post apocalyptic and the teens were trying to cross a mountain to get to California to find one of their parents. They used bows and arrows. I thought but could be wrong fire was in title.

 
 
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6:03 AM
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Manually reported answer (94): What is the logical reason for bullying Spock? by Kirk Fan on scifi.SE
 
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Q: What makes Woody to say, "Chutes and Ladders"?

James InkIn Toy Story (2019), after Forky jumps into a trash bin, Woody says: Woody: Oh, Chutes and Ladders! What makes Woody to say, "Chutes and Ladders"?

 
7:01 AM
@creative-username If you mean for what's on topic at Literature.SE... if it's written down, it's probably on topic.
Lit does not take a narrow view when defining "literature".
So... any fantasy novel ever written would be classified literature, even if your course professor would gag at the idea.
 
 
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Q: Editing old posts with no improvement whatsoever

ShreedharWithin the context of editing posts (questions and/or answers), SF&F regulations here state that: Some common reasons to edit are: to fix grammatical or spelling mistakes to clarify the meaning of a post without changing it to correct minor mistakes or add addendums / updates as the post age...

 
@Slartibartfast Just wait until they see my edits where the side-by-side view shows absolutely no change! (Like... adding alt text.)
 
8:53 AM
 
Mhhm. Lit's about a 2 there.
 
9:28 AM
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Q: How does the EMH see?

WallnutVoyager's EMH is apparently simply a collection of photons and force fields, controlled by a computer, either on board Voyager or in his mobile emitter. Yet he seems to see and hear things from the perspective of where his holographic eyes and ears are, even to the point of reading printed text (...

 
 
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2:27 PM
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Q: Has the filial relation between Nightcrawler and Mystique, from the comics, been explicitly excluded from the X-Men Cinematic Universe?

PawnInGameOfLifeIn the comics, Nightcrawler is Mystique's son. I could accept in X2 that it just never comes up, as I don't recall the two being on screen much together (if at all). But with X-Men: Apocalypse and now Dark Phoenix, it seems like something the filmmakers decided to ignore or just did not realize....

Feels weird to me to not have on there. Should it? If so, which tag(s) would have to go?
 
Does it need both the Apocalypse and Dark Phoenix tags? Isn't just the XMCU tag enough?
Since presumably the same thing would apply to any hypothetical new movie...
 
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Q: 1970s or 80s sci-fi book with a spaceship on the cover

Kyle1970s/1980s sci-fi book with a spaceship on the cover I went to Goodwill last month and I had a book in my hands. I did not read it. Not sure why I didn’t buy it because now I’m hellbent on finding out what it’s called lol. This may not be much information so I apologize. It had a picture of a...

 
2:40 PM
When it's about the entire film series, it doesn't really make sense for it to have 17 individual film tags, yes.
(Not that would make much sense either, judging by the tag wiki excerpt.)
(Unless you read the entire excerpt rather than just the first half-sentence.) ;-)
 
2:52 PM
@Mithical Funny, the thought of my professor's being appalled is exactly what inspired me to ask. Oh well, poo poo to them.
 
3:25 PM
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Repeating characters in body (72): [Topic Deleted]‎ ✏️ by Joaquin Old on scifi.SE
 
3:51 PM
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Q: Is there proof that Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's Superman was directly inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche's Übermensch?

manofsteelanswers.comJerry Siegel and Joe Shuster were born in 1914, met in 1931, and in 1933 produced their first published work using the name Superman in The Reign of the Superman. It was a lightly-illustrated short-story featuring the titular character as a telepathic villain. The influence of Nietzsche on curr...

 
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Q: Please rate or give feedback on my character

Edgy_Author123He is a half-elf druid, he has blonde hair and purple eyes, has a very slim build and amazing understanding of biology. He is a masterful shapeshifter and healer. He is a chaotic mess of good. His main traits are very friendly, energetic, and forgiving. He is not normally one to hold a grudge. In...

 
 
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5:33 PM
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Q: In American Gods, is there another version of the gods in their native lands?

Vigneswara PrabhuIn chapter 6, Wednesday says to the council of old gods, When the people came to America they brought us with them. So what happened to the lands that they left? Do they no longer have gods? Or like Jesus, are there other versions of Odin/Anansi/Kali in the native lands. new ones who form...

 
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Q: In American Gods is the Myths of the gods, something that happened, or something that emerged as a belief?

Vigneswara PrabhuOne of the central themes of American god lore is that Gods, like Wednesday, Mr.Nancy, Chernobog were made out of people's beliefs. and their existence is tied to the devotion of their followers. But where then does, their mythos come from ? For e.g. Odin, the All father, sacrificed his eye and...

 
6:16 PM
scifi.stackexchange.com/posts/227833/revisions see, that's something I don't get. That people vandalise their posts on SO because it's homework, The Workplace/IPS because it could identify them, or even here because the matter is touchy, okay(ish). But what's so wrong with this post that the asker would ever want it removed? I'm baffled.
 
6:50 PM
They didn't get the answer they wanted, so they took their toys and went home?
 
7:12 PM
"Don't touch my stuff!"? That'd be a rather classic reason for people to tick out.
 
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Q: What are all of Geralt's known powers?

UltimateMolluskI recently watched The Witcher on Netflix, and just started reading The Last Wish. I'm curious what the full extent of Geralt's powers (specifically his magical powers) are? Or, more generally, what are witchers capable of and incapable of in terms of their magical ability? From the Netflix ser...

 
@DavidW They accepted a very high-voted answer, though.
There's also just a single downvote (possibly after the rollback war started).
The reasons can be manifold, though.
> Well, users are a lot like people, Mrs. Simpson. Some of them act badly because they've had a hard life or have been mistreated...But, like people, some of them are just...
 
7:30 PM
Is there a name for that genre of fiction where you just have a document (like a research paper or a product review) and it has a greatly realism-oriented tone, but its contents are simply false and the author doesn't expect you to believe them? Epistolary fiction only covers messages, even if those are emails.
Also, could I please have more of pieces that fit the mold that I just described? I really like those stories.
 
@NapoleonWilson it could (hadn't thought of that), but the edits made were really minor. Some spelling and a clarification. Still possible, but it's so something I don't get.
 
Of course you don't. You're an avid SE enthusiast. ;-)
 
7:45 PM
@JohnnyApplesauce I don't know myself (I'm not sure I understand the whole thing, either), but I'd recommend cross asking on Literature's chat...
... as the folks there might also be able to answer your question.
It may be fit to be a question on the main Literature site, but I can't guarantee it. You can try asking if it'd be okay on their Meta, or in chat (among the people present here, I think @Mithical would be the best suited to answer).
@NapoleonWilson I am, but I'd say that falls more into being a reasonable person
 
Kachow!
 
@Jenayah "Reasonable" is like "common sense;" it's a far more rare quality than common sense would lead reasonable people to expect. :)
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@Jenayah It should be an acceptable question as long as several examples are provided.
 
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Q: Is magical ability inherited in Harry Potter?

UltimateMolluskI am specifically referring to power. For example, if a known powerful wizard and a known powerful witch have a child together, does that child have a greater likelihood to excel at magic? Are there any examples for or against this concept? The alternative to this would be that "power" is a res...

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Q: Who/What is Killy?

riccs_0xIn NOiSE! There is a police named Killy who is tasked to find a culprit, but later in BlAME! appears another Killy. I'm not sure if is the same person, There are thousands of years between the two works. Sanakan says he is a former Safeguard from the city. The later Killy seems to be something...

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Q: How powerful were James and Lily Potter?

UltimateMolluskDo we have evidence that they were "above average" in terms of their magical ability? If so, does that contribute at all to Harry being magically advanced (in some areas)? Related: Is magical ability inherited in Harry Potter? I.e., he is able to produce a fully formed Patronus at a younger-th...

 
@Marvin Lily is shown to be quite proficient at Potions. James was able to become an Animagus at a very young age.
 
7:56 PM
@DavidW ahahaha!
 
 
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9:01 PM
@Jenayah Apparently it had already been answered in a different question and people were just keeping it for "rep-whoring".
I kept nuking his comments about people "rep-whoring" so that's part of the reason why it's hard to understand OP's thinking.
I can't explain why OP thought it was just "rep-whoring", though.
 
@Null uh, seriously, such a question had been asked already?
 
It seems like an odd comment to make from an apparently new user who got quite a lot of rep from the first question they ever posted.
 
@Null I get the "pissed after comments nuked" bit, but why would a OP think people were rep-whoring...? Usually this kind of (well, what I think is this kind of) people will complain about rep-whoring on other questions... Not theirs
 
@Jenayah OP thought it was answered by this. While that may provide an answer tangentially I didn't think it was worth closing as a duplicate.
 
Ah well, rhetorical question, I guess. There's no explaining some people's thinking
@Null okay... That just leaves me more confused about OP's state of mind ahah
@DavidW eh, burner accounts exist
 
9:14 PM
True 'nuff.
 
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Q: Who is the invisible princess on "Star Trek: Discovery"?

amalgamateIn the "previously" clips for Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 Episode 13, there is apparently a princess who can turn herself invisible. She says "I ran away because I wasn't ready." in the clip. Tilly was featured prominently in the clip. What episode was that taken from?

 

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