Has there ever a certain avatar who was able to bend irregular things like metal, plants, lightning, and if so, could you possibly have an "Ultimate" Avatar that was able to bend ever element including the weird ones. I've tried to do reseach on this but I haven't been able to find much. Please h...

The marauders found every secret passage out and into Hogwarts and every shortcut, hidden passage, and hidden room in Hogwarts, how did they miss the room of requirement?

In season one Joyce sees the lights flashing and accredits it to Will sending her messages, later she puts up a Alphabet and Will sends her a message, so how was Will controlling the lights from the upside-down?

Classically, Peter Parker designed his webbing so that it would dissolve after an hour or so, but before then would be stronger than steel. This was done so that cops arriving on the scene could arrest the evil-doer and put them away. It additionally made it impossible for someone to collect a sa...

The comics always seemed handwavey about this in my memory, saying that the symbiote was absorbing the life energy of its host or some such twaddle. Fine. But when Spider-Man (and then eventually Eddie Brock) bond with the symbiote, the symbiote does one interesting thing: it replicates the web...

I think it must have been before 1991 the film came out. I think it was set in space or maybe deep underwater. The vessel had narrow rounded sci-fi corridors. They seemed trapped so definitely a station of sorts. The alien/creature came from a can (like a baked bean tin without the wrapper). Th...

In Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, what did the Ministry do to increase the protection around Hogwarts, apart from stationing aurors at Hogwarts?

I know from this question that at one stage Luke attempted to visit the temple on Coruscant, But did Luke ever visit the Jedi temple on Coruscant?

I was beginning to re read Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone when 2 questions struck me: As a non profit oganization, where does Hogwarts get its money from? Which leads me to another one: In Harry Potter's magical society, how do people generate income other than from the "service" ...

I'm looking for a book I read when I was younger. Can't remember much else than that there are 4 guardians and a master living in the capital. Their job is to keep the world in balance, this is ruined by a woman who kills the guardians and seduces the master (I think). The only other thing I re...

As far as I am concerned, one is sorted into Ravenclaw when being highly intelligent or wise or scholar type. In real world intelligence can be understood in different ways. Like there are people who are genius engineers, but struggle with simple grammar or those who extremely good in understand...

Luke is the English version of Lucius, a roman name. With the advent of Christianity, it has been mostly associated with Luke the Evangelist, and hence has a strong Christian connotation, particularly in the Occidental culture (where it's mostly found). Meanwhile, as far as my experience of SW ...

Not sure exactly when this was published. I think it was in Asimov's or Analog, but not sure on that. It might have been on one of the big-round-number anniversaries of Heinlein's, because it has a Heinlein tie-in. The basic idea was, a variety of crimes had their punishments set to transportat...

Another short story I probably read in the 70’s - civilization is wiped out, but a robotic Mickey, Donald, and Goofy which were intended for theme park use wander the desolation and have philosophical discussions. I recall that Goofy spouts Marxist ideologies because he was intended for Disneyla...

In Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, what was Voldemort doing? At the end of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Voldemort showed up in the Ministry of Magic, and duelled with Dumbledore. After the aurors arrived, Voldemort and Bellatrix fled. Where did Voldemort go in Harry Potte...

As some of you probably know SFF is losing it's lovely star field and practically all elements that make SFF so recognisable when the new theme launches out of beta. After a bit of discussion with @Catija I found out that we can have a custom image back again. So, after asking if this is what we ...

In the original radio series of Hitchhiker's, the mice have no interest in taking Arthur's brain, and are only interest in offering him money for what he might know about the question. In the later novel and the TV series, the mice want to take Arthur's brain, possibly killing him in the process...

The series was cancelled after only one season, and I remember reading somewhere online, a few years after it was cancelled, that the producers had written the whole plot for the series but couldn't release it to fans due to copyright issue or something similar. Did they ever release it since th...

In The Phantom Menace Anakin Skywalker had friends who were Kitster and Wald, and had associates like Watto, Amee, Melee and Seek. Then Anakin left Tattootine to become a Jedi after he was rescued by Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and we don’t see Anakin’s friends or associates in Attack of the Clones,...

While movies tend to retain their original titles worldwide, with a bit of leeway in the translation, tv series and books translated in other languages often have titles that are far removed from the original titlee. Should we allow the use of translated titles, alongside the original title if/w...

I believe this is a pretty old sci-fi short story. As I recall, it takes place on a planet of iron and iron oxide (rust). The only inhabitants are robots. IIRC, a ship lands, or crash lands there, and the astronauts/ space travelers come to an untimely demise. That’s all I can remember.

I looked through all questions regarding seeing thestrals but couldn't find an answer, as they all debate Harry's ability to see thestrals at the age of 1. Please mark as duplicate if question is already asked. In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone, Quirell nearly killed Harry. However, Ha...