In Jack Vance's excellent 1969 novel Emphyrio, the protagonist, Ghyl Tarvoke, adopt the name of a legendary hero, Emphyrio, as a sort of nom de guerre. Within the novel, we are told the story of Emphyrio in summary form twice: First, when Ghyl attends a a traditional play based on the story, and ...

Okay, I know how creepy this question looks, but I swear there's an actual reason behind it. We know that Ben Solo was born in 5 ABY to Leia and Han. In the canon novel Aftermath: Life Debt from 2016, Han reflects on Leia's pregnancy. He then comments that he's not surprised about her actually ...

There's another question on here about why Palpatine allowed Padme to die, rather than saving her for Anakin/Vader's sake. It makes sense that he'd let it happen to push Vader to the dark side, but I was wondering - did Palpatine always plan for Padme to die? I'm quite a fan of the theory that P...

I don't have any actual images of this comic, sorry. This was a one-volume comic that was in the end of a Star Wars comic I read. At the time, I thought it was a preview for a longer full-length book. The comic is set on Hoth and is focused on Kes Dameron and Shara Bey. They're traveling throug...

This is what I do remember from the manga. In the begging of the manga it turns out that our main character was summoned from an other world but was either kicked out of the castle or was able to leave because they say he had no op skill. His skill actually turns out being able to manipulate skil...

the part I do remember is as follows. In the begging of the manga it is apparent that our main character is overpowered. I do not remember if he was reincarnated but i would say that is a strong possibility. After getting a quest to go a subjugate a dungeon he goes in there and some of the other ...

I seem to remember the lighting on the bridge of some ship1 in Star Trek TOS changing by design from normal to something attention-getting when "battle stations!" was announced. Changes in color, intensity or perhaps even direction. But I can't place what I'm remembering exactly, or on what ship ...

I'm trying to recall the name of a book I vaguely remember. The plot is about a dystopian world where a group (of kids) use a video/computer game to communicate with each other and plan their revolution.

In the new Loki TV show, we see the TVA having to deal with nexus events from "time to time" (no pun intended). However, we are also made aware that the TVA exists outside of what we would consider the normal flow of time. If this is the case, then why has the TVA not already seen and dealt with ...

In the book: "The wonderful tale of Henry Sugar and six more" Dahl claims the story to be true, further the name of the man isn't revealed, and the name "Henry Sugar" is used. I have read about Kuda Bux, the man who inspired him to write the story. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuda_Bux) I want ...

The alternate 1985 in Back to the Future Part 2 shows Hill Valley pretty much in a state of anarchy; drive by shootings and home invasions seem common place, burned out cars and marauding gangs everywhere etc. This is caused by Biff’s meddling with the timeline and him becoming a rich autocrat. B...

On the train back from Hogwarts, Hagrid gifts Harry Potter with a book. Harry then gets on the train: Hermione Granger: Feels strange to be going home, doesn't it? Harry Potter: I'm not going home. Not really. If Harry isn't going home, then where is he going?

There is a show I watched when I was young, It aired on British TV somewhere around late 90s to 2000s If I remember correctly, it starred a teen boy who fought creatures who came through to this world from another. I can't remember if the other world was a video game or not. I think he had a litt...