I have been trying to find this book (I think it became a trilogy) I read years and years ago. From what I remember the world is ending and two kids were picked by the government, along with others, to compete for a spot in a space mission. I think the cover had a sunset on it?? The girl goes to ...

I am looking for a specific fanfiction. It's rather old, I think 10 years+. The third task doesn't end with Harry and Voldemort duelling but Voldemort takes him to his manor. The Death Eaters torture him. There, Barty Crouch Jr. is also present and has a weird fixation on Harry and ends up molest...

I read it back in 2001 it was the first book in a series. The protagonist could enter "virtual worlds". I remember in one "experience she lived how it would feel to die, the mental thoughts that went through the person's mind. I also remember a scene where I believe she was doing an African ritua...

I'm trying to find a movie that is pretty old - from when computers used punch cards. The plot is that a rich man (wealthy industrialist?) is trying to start a coup in a country (I think the USA), and he's using a big computer to deal with all the administration (hiring agents, etc). One of his e...

Just finished reading X-Men '97 #1, the comic book tie-in and prelude to the X-Men '97 animated TV series. In the comic book, Mr. Sinister is looking at computer screens showing various characters (presumably mutants who appeared in the X-Men '97 prequel, X-Men: The Animated Series), and it seems...

Basically there was this girl who was hit by a car recently and wakes up without being able to talk to anyone and she tries to talking to her friend but they cant hear her. Then her friend starts running on a track sad about her death and they both run at the same time causing them to hear each o...

In ATLA s3, it's a huge surprise for the viewers that wow Roku was Zuko's mom's grandfather. But then in the comics iirc Ursa was sought out specifically because of Roku. Seems quite nonsensical to hide this from Zuko & Azula. It'd probably be a well-known fact not just in the fire nation but eve...

Why in Ba Sing Se do Iroh & Zuko hide being a fire bender or fire nation citizen? Not all Russians support Putin. Or well maybe there so much propaganda that most citizens actually do support the war. Idk. Of course out-of-universe explanation is that it works great because of Jin & Jet, but well...

Previously, I asked why: Why do Zuko & Iroh hide being fire benders / fire nation citizens? Now I'm asking how: How can Zuko & Iroh hide being fire benders / fire nation citizens? The average French cannot go to Japan and say 'I'm Japanese'. Lol. The average French cannot go to Japan and say 'I'm...

There's a whole issue towards the end of ATLA s3 of how Aang wants to defeat Ozai without killing Ozai. In the entire history of their universe surely all 4 kinds of benders in some war must have been taken as POWs and so should know how to deal with this kinds of issues. Zuko offered to be a POW...

I checked fandom it seems just crimes of waging wars (which I think is kinda weird because which war isn't just from the perspective of its wager/aggressor? but ok) but not necessarily war crimes. Just double checking.

It's totally a retcon in ATLA that Gyatso had never told Aang, 'I trained w/ Roku' right? Imagine Bruce Pandolfini or Eugene Torre never told, respectively, Josh Waitzkin or Wesley So that they knew world chess champion Bobby Fischer.

It's been about 20 years so I barely remember, but the story was about an ominous maybe alien maybe floating ball of something? I think it wanted to destroy or consume the Earth. And it could communicate with people. And it maybe had a young girl protagonist (or maybe I just think that because I ...

According to Star Wars canon, the blade of a lightsaber is a highly concentrated beam of light or energy. However, in real-world physics - when two light beams or even laser beams pass through each other, they interfere locally and continue their way. This means that two colliding lightsaber blad...

I read this story in around 88-90. I remember that it had a blue cover, and a boy with the head of a professor on it. The story was about the boy who was having trouble at home and he meets a professor that gives him numbered metal cubes for homework, that when he squeezes them in the correct wa...

One of the great character actors of the past half century has passes away. While he had many memorable roles, my favorite was as one of the three main characters in Enemy Mine. As I was composing this, trying to find the right clip, my boss heard the video playing...

In the TV adaptation of 3 Body Problem, there is a scene in Jack Rooney's bedroom. On a shelf, there are a number of toys/memorabilia representing a number of fantasy/sci-fi franchises. The most obvious item is Captain America's shield. Other readily identifiable items are a gremlin and a miniatu...