Considering the circumstances happening in the first book, can Quirrell be considered a Death Eater?

Unlike the shuttles of "Star Trek", which are warp-capable, the Puddle Jumpers of "Stargate: Atlantis" require a gate for interstellar travel. There are numerous episodes where someone - typically 4-6 people at a time - have to spend hours or days aboard a Puddle Jumper to reach their destination...

It's not much of a spoiler to reveal that there's a character named Grainne in Stephenson and Galland's The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O, nor that this character is mostly represented in the text by letters written by her to another (off-stage) character. This character writes with a Yoda-like synt...

I am trying to find a story, that I think I may have read in a young adult compilation in the late 1980s. The main character is a teenager, who, prior to the story, had had some kind of severe injury. At the time of the story, he is in the hospital, hooked up to some kind of machine that is mon...

I have forgotten the title of a book I read around 10 years ago. The book was fairly old then. The setting was in times of horses, carriages and telegrams. It consisted of a gentleman who went to stay as a live-in teacher for 2 children and fell for their mother. The father had travelled a lot an...

When Wonder Woman first met Steve on the island, she was intrigued by the sight of a man. That was how deprived the Amazons women were when it comes to men. The island where the Amazons live have no men. How do they avoid extinction if they do not get married and produce babies? How did Wonder W...

The portrait of Walburga Black was a massive inconvenience for the Order members when 12 Grimmauld Place was their base of operations, yet the most they ever did was cover it with curtains. Were there no superior options available to them? There are so many options that would have provided a mo...

In Harry Potter, Albus Dumbledore wears the Gaunt ring that is cursed so he will die in a few days as is mentioned. The trio wear the locket until they find a way to destroy it. Why didn't it prove fatal for them?

He is a misfit living with his mother. There is no supernatural or praeternatural elements in the story except the protagonist's psychosis, but his psychosis is extremely important in defining his actions.

In Goblet of Fire, during the opening feast, only Hagrid and Dumbledore clap for Moody when he is announced as the new Defense Against Dark Arts teacher. It was usual for new staff members to be greeted with applause, but none of the staff or students clapped except for Dumbledore and Hagrid....

I came across this T-shirt mentioned on Facebook, with a link to where you can order it from Now I know most of them A. Top left : Star Fury - B5 B. Central back: A Stargate - Stargate C. Top right: X-Wing - Star Wars D. Middle Left: ? E. Central front: The Enterprise - Star Trek F. Left: Sh...

So JKR briefed about the interacting pictures in the wizarding world in an interview as such Q: All the paintings we have seen at Hogwarts are of dead people. They seem to be living through their portraits. How is this so? If there was a painting of Harry’s parents, would he be able to ob...

This saying/blessing seems to me just as applicable for someone allied with the Dark Force as a Light Force ally as the statement appears to be Force-neutral. By Dark Force user, I mean it (or similar words) being said in the business of Dark Force-leaning activity, not someone who may have said ...

I remember reading a science fiction short story about an asteroid being discovered that is filled with ant-like insects. Initial attempts to investigate are frustrated by aggressive response from soldier ants. A biologist figures out that the investigators can spray themselves with synthesized...

A long time ago, I read a novelette/short story about a rat or mouse who is turned intelligent by aliens visiting Earth. After a time they return to their planet, leaving him behind. He finds the gift of intelligence a burden, and - I may not remember this right, I was about 7 when I read it - co...

Question was asked but nobody answered this; Why does Stan Lee play random extras in Marvel films? My answer and probably the best answer to be given is; Many producers/writers/directors have cameoed in their productions. From Alfred Hitchcock who did many cameos in his films and once in Alfred H...

I vaguely remember a story about a sinister organization that controlled people in some sort of hive. The authorities investigate it but underestimate the problem initially, thinking it's just some sort of cult. They might have had vats to recycle people? I specifically remember a part about a ...

At Hogwarts, one of the subjects that students can chose in 3rd year is Ancient Runes. This means that they potentially spend a total of 5 years on this subject. From what little I can see in the wiki, it almost looks like they simply study the symbols, rather than their uses. It talks about how...

Well in Spiderman: Homecoming while Happy (Jon Favreau) is loading the plane which is at the Avengers tower he says "prototype of Caps new shield". Does that mean Captain America is back with Avengers and whatever is between Tony and Steve is over?

A guy sits in a pub on a foggy night, goes out, maybe crosses the street, or re-enters the pub and is in a different time. Not a Callahan story.

I remember reading a pretty interesting book a couple months ago, and it started with a girl being found under the roots of a tree where she had been for years with her eyes sewed shut. Basically what happened was that there were 4 or 5 people born with elemental magic or something, and there was...

Sometime around 1992-1995, I read a Young Adult science fiction book in a New Zealand library (so it could have been a little known NZ or Australian writer - and it was Stokes Valley library if that helps). The main character was a teenage girl on a colony ship in orbit around a red planet - not...

Seems like Aunt May's ability to be rather astoundingly ignorant of the fact that her nephew is Spider-Man was one of her more endearing traits and she'd be somehow less of an interesting character if she were the Spider-Man's Alfred rather than his constant inspiration. In the comics, not the M...

In the Supernatural episode "The French Mistake" (S6E15), Sam and Dean are zapped into our universe, wherein they are really Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles, actors playing Same and Dean Winchester on the show Supernatural. We know that Jared and Genevieve (Ruby) are really married, but is any...

According to Roku in ATLA the past lives and experiences come through during the avatar state? Why then did Aang have to master the four elements if his past lives theoretically could use them for him in the avatar state? Or is this an incorrect assumption?

In the Goblet of Fire film, we sometimes see through Moody's magic eye and it's always zooming in on a particular person or group of people. Could it always do that, or was it something added after it was stolen? We believe it's Moody's original eyepiece because when we see him at the bottom of...

Snape has already delivered the entire prophecy to V while still being a DE, so why did Voldy need to get a prophecy from the Ministry?

The main trait of Slytherin house is ambition and cunning. Malfoy fits the bill. Snape fits the bill. Harry Potter has both, to an extent. But how can someone argue that Crabbe, Goyle or Millicent (or Pansy if Hermione is to be believed, though she's a bit biased) are intelligent enough to be a...