I would be grateful to any one who may have an answer. For years I have tried to find out the name of the story. The story involves a husband and wife in the 1800’s (ish) who over time have come to hate each other. As it goes the husband goes to bar. (He leaves because he hired someone to kill h...

The chapter On the Ruin of Doriath in The Silmarillion is known to have been a rather extensive synthesis by CJRT of JRRT's existing texts (plus a bit of his own creativity), which were less cohesive/inter-consistent than and with the other parts of the Quenta Silmarillion that was being assemble...

This is a story I read during the 90's but the actual story might be older. I don't remember the title nor the author but remember a good deal of the plot. It started with the Earth and the Moon going around in their respective orbits in the Solar System, and they start bickering with each...

I came across a story ID request here recently, that reminded me of another similar story I've read. So that earthquake, did you check your math? The story I've read, most likely in '90s or the late '80s, portrays the history of how the USA got an inland sea. A previously ignored — presumabl...

So I think it was 2006 and the cartoon was about these people that had these bracelets. It covered most of their forearms and the bracelets had these stones in them. They have the people wearing them special powers but for the life of me I can't remember what powers. It was kind of like kung fu i...

Why is Voldemort and Grindelwald the most powerful Dark Wizards? Why was Dumbledore such a powerful wizard? Why are other wizards weaker? Is it about the wizard's age or how deeply they want to learn magic?

Now, Squibs are non-magical people born to at least one magical parent. At least one YouTuber compared Squibs not being able to go to Hogwarts to saying "You're in a wheelchair, so you can't go to any school." So do Squibs have a gene disability (i.e. not having the magical gene, but still seein...

Did anyone notice that Dr. Polaski pushed Deanna Troi's hand away from Riker when she was trying to give him a final treatment to rid his body of the infection from a vine that had infected him? It appeared so quickly so I looked at it again and that is was I saw. It appeared to be an out of plac...

Looking for a story about a pilot who's friend crashed in the jungle. He returns to where he thinks the friend crashed and hires local natives to help. The natives play drums at night to protect themselves from being taken by shadow people. The pilot then meets the shadow people who found his dyi...

Al Matthews, best known for his depiction of Gunnery Sergeant Apone in the film Aliens, has passed away at the age of 75. In addition to his iconic role he also appeared in a range of other science fiction properties including small parts in Superman III and The Fifth Element and recently repris...

In warhammer lore it is mentioned in several novels, Talon of Horus as an example, that demons can't really be killed, only temporarily unmade and forced to remake themselves in the warp. Once a mortal becomes a demon prince, can they be permanently killed, or would they also be unmade similar t...

I read a story when I was a teenager about a society that lives in an enclosed city which controls the population. I can't remember the name of the story or the city. People are reproduced by machines in the city that have the DNA of everybody who can be born. No natural babies are born. One i...

Apart from being a very few years apart, I remember the show had certain aesthetical choices like Danny Elfman's music, the latex-neckless muscled suit design and a dark-cartoonish tone that related to the first two Batman movies. I know that in the 90's a universe was not a concept frequently a...

How did Obi Wan know what Vader looked like before he confronted him? "He is more machine now than man"

In the short Thriller Night, The Pied Piper was wearing the same clothing as in Shrek 4, but they’re the same colour as his clothing in Shrek 1 - red. Was this intended by the filmmakers?

In Iron Man (2008) Tony Stark demonstrates the destructive power of the Jericho Missile. We clearly see three missiles on the rack, of which only one is fired. Why did they bring three, and what happened to the other two?

In Alfred Bester's The Demolished Man, there is a minority of Espers (i.e. telepaths). So murder is unknown, because the telepaths will know any murderous intentions ahead of time. (Until Ben Reich figures out how to commit the first murder in a very long time.) But there is a permanent underwor...

Thanos seemed to have mastery over Time Stone and that's why he was able to reverse the first death of Vision. He can also see possible future outcomes like Doctor Strange did? Thanos actually has all the time in the world to watch even more future possibilities. Doctor Strange certainly didn't ...

Wesley Crusher is one of the most reviled Star Trek characters of all time (or at least when he was first introduced). Disregarding this, an important part of the character's arc is when he leaves Starfleet behind to become a Traveler. Despite this, he appears in Star Trek: Nemesis. In-universe h...