The great Jewish thinker Maimonides argued that (basically) all the laws of forbidden foods exist for health/scientific/safety reasons, and he laid out the connections. In Guide for the Perplexed 3:48 he writes the following:
I maintain that the food which is forbidden by the Law is unwholeso...
In the Warhammer Fantasty, just like in the WH40k Greenskins (orcs, goblins, snotlings and squiggs) are, well... fungi. Sort of:
The Runt pulled himself up out of the hole. A huge mushroom stood above his birthing-hole, wilting and black now it had served its purpose. The goblin lay on his ba...
There's a story on Qoutov abut Sirius Black having a daughter and her uncle is lucius malfoy because her mother was lucius sister. Can anybody tell me the name of it I have be looking for about two weeks and I can't find it
This is left vague in the books, but I can’t imagine parents sending their children off to a school they know nothing about. Do you think they’re well-informed, or told just a bare minimum, or are they outright lied to?
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I've been fascinated by Venom since I was a kid, and for years have been drafting short stories inspired by this type of character -- a sentient "infection" that can impart both power and weakness to the host. I'd like to know what other creators have done with this concept, but I haven't come ac...
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Film produced no later than 2005, with the following ridiculous premise:
A few people watching TV die due to apparent paralysis and suffocation. One old man falls out of his chair and shatters on the floor.
Two absurdly attractive law enforcement agents (FBI?) investigate, track down cause to ...
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The effect of some spells can be either immediate or you can add it to an object to enchant it. But how do you do ?
For example the gemino curse, you can use it to duplicate an object directly OR you can enchant an object and add a condition to it (like, if you touch it, it will duplicate) like ...
I was reading Lord of Chaos earlier and came across the following interaction between Sorilea and Egwene:
“You will, girl. You are not one to become Far Dareis Mai and think men are a sport like hunting, if that. Those hips were made for babies, and you will have them.”
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I think this is the beginning of the movie but I could be wrong. From what I remember it goes like this: Dad and young adult daughter are driving in a vehicle, (I think it was a farm truck) they're talking, and she tells him she has a boyfriend (or that shes getting married or something along tho...
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I've been trying to find a book from my past. It's a science fiction and maybe horror book for kids written in either the 80s or 90s. I'm fairly certain it's part of a series with different authours for each book. I also fairly certain that the cover art had an insectoid alien on it.
The plot i...
Hopefully I'm not violating any rules here. A few years ago while going through the posts on a writing forum I came across something that made me curious about the book. The person there had written this
I bought a science fiction novel a few years ago (before 2007) which was one of Asia's be...
I just caught up with season 3 of Daredevil, which follows Matt during a rather dark time in his life. As is traditional for characters of a religious bent, the arc included plenty of angst and arguments around his beliefs.
Viewing from a non-religious perspective, this led to a lot of weird co...
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In "The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore" Rita Skeeter mentions that Albus Dubmbledore promoted Muggle rights:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, chapter 18:
Astonished and appalled though his many admirers will be, this letter
constitutes the Statute of Secrecy and establishing Wizard...
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In Dishonored 2, Delilah Copperspoon tells the story of her upbringing in Dunwall Tower as the illegitimate child of Emperor Kaldwin and a servant. As the firstborn, she says that her father repeatedly told her that she would be princess someday, while at the same time hiding her from the public....
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Some years ago, no more than 5 or 6. I read a story in Asimov about a female anthropology PhD. Student doing research in Mars to try to understand sexuality in a caravan of Martians. They were named something along the lines of m’benebene.
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I'm looking for a children's book I had as a kid in the late '80s or early '90s (and am fairly certain it was new at that time). I live in Canada, but I can't say if it's a Canadian book or not; though it was in English, and am fairly sure it wasn't a translation. I'd say it was about 25-30 pages...
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality is a popular Harry Potter fan-fiction that has attracted strong critical and fan reactions, both positive and negative. It's possible more widely read than any other HP fan-fiction, besides perhaps the Draco Trilogy by Cassandra Clare or My Immortal.
...Jenayah (Tulisan Jawi: جنايه) merupakan satu perbuatan yang menyalahi undang-undang kerajaan sesuatu tempat. Orang yang melakukan perbuatan jenayah ini dinamakan penjenayah.
Idea asas apa yang dikatakan jenayah ialah apa-apa yang boleh memberikan masalah atau kesusahan kepada orang lain. Sebagai contoh, semua orang bersetuju bahawa mencuri dan mencederakan/membunuh orang lain adalah perbuatan jenayah.
Namun demikian, ada juga perkara-perkara yang dianggap jenayah di sesuatu negara mungkin tidak dianggap jenayah di negara yang lain. Sebagai contoh, bercium di khalayak ramai merupakan satu jenayah...
Sep 16 at 22:40, by Alex
Jenayah merupakan satu perbuatan yang menyalahi undang-undang kerajaan sesuatu tempat. Orang yang melakukan perbuatan jenayah ini dinamakan penjenayah.
Idea asas apa yang dikatakan jenayah ialah apa-apa yang boleh memberikan masalah atau kesusahan kepada orang lain. Sebagai contoh, semua orang bersetuju bahawa mencuri dan mencederakan/membunuh orang lain adalah perbuatan jenayah.
Namun demikian, ada juga perkara-perkara yang dianggap jenayah di sesuatu negara mungkin tidak dianggap jenayah di negara yang lain. Sebagai contoh, bercium di khalayak ramai merupakan satu jenayah dari sisi undang-undang...
OK, so we know Charming is half-fairy because his mother, Dama Fortuna, is a fairy.
However, we don’t know who his father is. It might put King Harold in a suspicious state coz he owed Fortuna for his happy ending.
And if Harold IS Charming Fortuna’s father, could THAT be the reason why Charmin...
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I joined this Stack Exchange to ask Wheel of Time questions. Rand al'Thor is the main character in the Wheel of Time series, and also someone I can identify with personally in many ways. Nobody else had taken that username (at the time, I didn't know usernames could be duplicated), so I used it. ...
I responded to a chat flag by marking it "invalid" and got the following banner message:
You can only counterflag messages that have been flagged
What does that mean? What is a "counterflag"? Since I only saw the message because it was flagged, how could it have not been flagged? What d...
