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Q: Why were the Skrulls already in orbit around C-53?

Azor AhaiAs the Skrulls rifled through Ver's memories, it looks like that's how they learned Lawson was on C-53. But then when Ver busts free; she falls to C-53 ... so why were they already in orbit around it? Did I miss something about what the Skrulls knew about her origins?

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Q: Why is “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” labelled as “Parts One and Two”?

bdeshamWhen I bought Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in book form I noticed that the cover clarifies that you’re holding “Parts One and Two”: Today I saw this news story that includes a photo of the London production of the play and I was surprised to see that the signage there says the same thing....

@Randal'Thor how can I get better at those impossible puzzles on Puzzling? I have no idea how to do any of them
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Q: A mysterious email from Andrew Void

Rand al'ThorYou are a secret agent in the service of the KGB, about to embark on a highly dangerous mission to infiltrate MI6. You have your disguise, your papers, and your backstory all prepared. The night before your departure, you receive the following email: From: Andrew Void < [email protected]...

Including yours
 
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@Jenayah is the UI here in French for you?
 
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Q: What does CC mean at the very beginning of Captain Marvel movie?

Saurabh HoodaCC word was displayed as the first word on screen at the very beginning of Captain Marvel movie. Just CC on the screen and nothing else. What does CC mean in this context? Thanks.

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Q: Fantasy 1975 prior, professor uses an equation to travel to Midgard and helps Thor defeat the giants who try and trick him

AlexRead this in middle school, the hero uses a mathmatical equation to travel to other realms by speaking the equation, I remember the author used the Thor vs Midgard Serpent story, Loki actually helps the hero see the items as in disguise and helps Thor defeat the giants, hero then goes to other re...

04:16
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Q: Why did Thanos need to snap instead of closing his fist to complete his mission?

Randy ZeitmanWhy did Thanos need to snap his fingers instead of closing his fist to complete his mission?

04:35
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Q: Book search - sci-fi -man watches alien land on top of mountain then goes on his ship

EricMy sister and I must have read this book 10 times each in the 80s.. I believe it belonged to our mother or father so it must have been written in the 50s-60s-70s. Starts off with a discovery in the desert of a manuscript saying on a specific date an alien will land o a specific mountain. The pro...

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Q: Science fiction/ fantasy 2000s tv show help needed

Antonache Alexandrui need help identifying a tv show I saw when i was a kid. There were a couple of people stuck in an primitive other world. There was a husband and wife mid 30s, an old smart dude and a young 20s guy who hooks up with one of the blonde natives who proceeds to stay with the group (at some point he ...

06:02
@Stormblessed nope
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Q: Looking for horror/ fantasy short story about a strange man in a (magical?) cabin in the woods

Emma PriceI'm looking for an anthology of short horror or fantasy-like stories, I believe it was by a female author, with this one particular story (titled The Master, I think) about someone who gets called out into the woods in the middle of the night to investigate a woman who's had her throat torn out. ...

06:26
I think that's the first time I've had a suggested edit rejected.
That was imprecise.
The edit was approved.
But it got one reject vote.
06:49
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Q: need id of 80's movie/tv movie/show

user112836I remember seeing on tv in the 80’s this movie/tv movie/tv show, don’t know which it was. The scene in question has a boy and a father figure in a boat. The boy sees a tattoo on the man’s arm, asks, “i thought you said we weren’t supposed to get tattoos.” The man replies that he got it in Auschwi...

07:03
Link?
07:28
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Q: What is the relation between Mar-Vell and Yon-Rogg?

Nivin JohnWatched the Captain Marvel movie recently. Got this doubt after seeing it. What is the relation between Mar-Vell and Yon-Rogg?

Some "Harassment/bigotry" flags are much needed here! scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/207119/…
Why?
Trying to get a story ID for a story about the Holocaust is off-topic, but not bigoted.
There was an abusive comment there. I flagged it and it deleted itself.
@Adamant the link was to a comment, now thankfully deleted, basically being very racist towards Indians.
@Jenayah ohhhhhhhhh, OK
07:36
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Q: Mutatnt children in Logan(2017) ? What is up with these guys?

INVICTUS XOXORictor, Rebecca, Delilah, Bobby, Lizard boy, Charlotte.......... Is there any possibility that these guys are gonna show up in any movie in the future? Or they are going to come up as a new generation of marvel characters?

@Jenayah ohhh
@Babelfish O.o
God knows what is Disney plans with X-Men now
New Mutants might not get big release
Rumor said most of the future plan are canceled except Deadpol 3
Dark Pheonix looks like crap, maybe last nail in Fox's XCU coffin
@AnkitSharma eh
Probably
Two stories I never want to see remade are Judas contract and Dark Pheonix
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Q: How did Princess Bubblegum know her Pink Lazer thing would hold the Empress in Stakes?

I like peridot tickle hentaiIn the episode "Adventure Time Stakes", how did Princess Bubblegum know her Pink Lazer thing would hold The Empress in Stakes? I get she's a scientist with cool technology or whatever but how did she know her lazer thing would actually be able to hold such a vampire?

07:54
@AnkitSharma what is Judas contract
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Q: What does C-53 signify?

Dr. Sheldon CooperIn Captain Marvel, the Kree refer to Earth as planet C-53. Does this number signify anything or is it a randomized number assigned to Earth? Also, does this number come up in the comics as well?

A Teen Titans story arc, which got declined into a movie and probably in next season of YJ
@Jenayah Hmmm, I see it.
It looks middle-of-the-road.
I meant to write to Ankit.
08:17
Endless adaptations
I've heard there's a skill called screenwriting.
A lost art.
 
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@Adamant lol
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Q: Let's take a moment to congratulate some exceptional users

TheLethalCarrotFirst off let me say that I am aware that this post is quite late coming but we can all blame our resident moderator Rand al'Thor for that; he has taken longer to get to 100k than I thought. Anyway back to the post... A few of our users "recently" hit some very impressive milestones and I think ...

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Q: Are Night Furies/Light Furies mutants?

Keeper_Fox14We all know Toothless, who is a Night Fury, but in HTTYD 3 we meet a The difference between the 2 species appearance includes: The difference is so little could it be possible that these 2 species are somehow related DNA wise? Did 1 species adapt? Was there a random mutation that made them...

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Q: Why is Carol unable to understand English?

Dr. Sheldon CooperAfter Carol Danvers (still going as Vers) crashes into the Blockbuster, she meets a security guard who has trouble understanding her so she asks to herself if her "universal translator" is working. Presumably she needed the translator because she was unable to understand English without it. We d...

Do we want a feed that posts SFF HNQs in here?
If I'm reading through stuff on the main meta post this should do it lackadaisical-appeal.glitch.me/hnq/scifi.stackexchange.com
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Q: What other Marvel films have ended with existing pop songs over the credits?

VBartilucciIron Man ended with the Black Sabbath song of the same name, and now Captain Marvel ended with "Celebrity Skin" over the credits. I can't recall off-hand if any other of the films have used already known songs the start off the credit roll, as opposed to new music as part of the score. Anyone?

Yes give me another feed to ignore
You really don't like feeds
12:12
Meh I always have an eye on SE, I know what's going on, who's on HNQ etc
And feeds take too much chat space
Question feeds I mean, I do enjoy the XKCD feed
Meh they're useful enough imo and when people are talking take up basically no room. And FWIW if you leave the homepage open every now and then it won't update when something new is posted
True but I refresh it enough when I'm on computer and have to on mobile so eh
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Q: Low budget alien movie about the Earth being cooked

Tom CayzerI’m looking for an alien movie I watched years ago, mid to late 2000’s about the Earth being cooked or heated up by aliens. The poster is a reflection of the Earth heating up with an orange glow on an aliens eye. It was a low budget movie and I think the one I watched was pirated from China. Agai...

You miss more on PC when you refresh than if you left the tab open in my experience
I meant induced refresh, by browsing stuff and eventually coming back to homepage
 
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Greetings, sentient beings
@TheLethalCarrot no, thanks
I got Nice Answer!
Now only 2665 to go to overtake Valorum!
Oh, I already have Nice Answer
Greetings, Earthlings.
13:35
@Donald.McLean Greetings, Hubble guy!
@Jenayah I replaced your job 😈
14:02
Found my first story id through isfdb search (I think)
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A: Horror/fantasy short story about a strange man in a (magical?) cabin in the woods

TheLethalCarrotThe story would appear to be "The Master" (1989) by Diana Wynne Jones. It was originally published in Hidden Turnings but considering you think you read it in an anthology of stories by the same author I imagine you actually read it in Unexpected Magic: Collected Stories. The reviews on Goodreads...

14:31
deadline.com/2019/03/… \o/ March 20th is pretty close. I'll be so happy when the X-Men and all the associated content will finally be home
Just in time for Deadpool to save the day in Endgame
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Now that would be something
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This spoiler markdown I added because the image is NSFW doesn't work
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A: Teen girl refuses to wear skimpy superhero costume. Probably a 90's X-Men comic

user95049Not likely to be what you are thinking off, but the pornographic webcomic Curvy has "Costume Designer Man" design an outfit for "Slurve" that she does not appreciate. NSFW: ]2

>! [![enter image description here][2]][2]
Try that
Oh, I needed a space
@TheLethalCarrot Tried that right as you sent that
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Q: Why don't MCU characters ever seem to have language issues?

SnowWe've seen more than a few MCU characters visit Earth (or people from Earth talking with MCU characters off-Earth), but no one has (to my memory) had language issues. When Thor first visits Earth, he has no problems in communication (culture shock, yes, but not communication). Carol Danvers in ...

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@Stormblessed hey! :(
@Jenayah But you still haveyour other job.
Which one?
French cursing Smoke Detector (and sometimes me):
15:24
Cursor Chief reporting for duty
Army of mice?
@Jenayah google translate says that means “the farm”?
@Stormblessed Look at the other definition.
15:41
@Alex eheh
@Stormblessed yeah it does, but as Alex said it's the second meaning I meant ;P (the "shaddup" meaning)
 
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@Alex is that one of the questions Snape asked Harry in book 1?
@Jenayah No.
Slughorn then?
No one asked it as far as I know.
It's a serious question.
Some quotes would be nice though
Don't remember those
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Q: What is the difference between a Secrecy Sensor and a Probity Probe?

AlexWhat is the difference between a Probity Probe and a Secrecy Sensor?

17:19
Or is that another experiment?
Is it making anyone else twitch that he switched the order from title to body?
@TheLethalCarrot I did that purposely.
@Jenayah Not quite.
@TheLethalCarrot yeah I caught that too
@Alex why?
@Alex Do you actually have an answer for it yourself?
@Jenayah So that no one could say that the body is just a repeat of the title.
@TheLethalCarrot Depends.
17:30
So you have an answer but aren't posting it yet... gotcha
@Alex okay...
@TheLethalCarrot Not exactly.
18:02
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Q: Star Trek Founders' alien name?

KasperThe leaders of the dominion are known for having 3 names: The Founders, what they called themselves, which became their official Star Trek name. Shapeshifters*, what others called them. Changelings*, also what others called them. *Not every shapeshifter or changeling was a founder, like Odo and...

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@Jenayah that page Smokey linked to before you told it to “la ferme” makes it seem easy to get those privileges, if you wanted them
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Q: Star word in "Star Wars" mention and refers to what?

Masoud MoghaddamI wonder what the word "Star" in Star Wars refers to. Why did George Lucas choose this title for his epic? The word "Wars" is clear, but I don't know what "Star" refers to. Does anyone know?

in Charcoal HQ, Nov 18 '18 at 17:31, by Jenayah
@WELZ aye, but as said above I didn't really took the time to read the "user's manual" Mith gave me some time ago and since it's kind of a requisite, from what I understood... :)
(even if I remember Mith telling me it'd probably be fairly easy to indeed)
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Q: Can BB-8 and other similarly round astro-mech droids swim/propel under water?

LokiRecently, while looking at a BB-8 toy online, I read this on their website: BB-8 is made to be water resistant, but we would not recommend taking your droid for a swim if it can be helped. This actually made me wonder: in Star Wars canon, can BB-8 and other similarly round astro-mech droids...

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Q: short story - immortal hero with metal staff

LAKI read this short story in the early 80s. The hero is a very large but aging man, who wields a solid metal quarterstaff that he crushes his foes with. At the start of the story I think he was beginning to show his age, but the mysterious beings he served renewed his immortality by commanding hi...

@Jenayah and like... if you use a word besides for "gone" it'll stop telling you that. "gone" is a command to delete the message, which needs privs
@Mithrandir but where would be the fun in Smokey not responding anymore? At whom do I curse then? :(
They say that self-cursing is quite therapeutic.
20:53
Quick, try telling yourself to shut up, and tell me if you felt better afterwards? ;P
@Alex Shutup!
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Q: Time travel short story where dinosaur doesn't taste like chicken

JREI ran across this other question about time travel and dinosaurs, and it reminded me of an old short story I read a long time ago. I read it in a collection of short stories. It would have been a book because I borrowed it from a school library. Probably in the 1970s or 1980s. The book and t...

I feel better, but I can't isolate whether it's because I said "shutup" or because I received "shutup".
Oof, that's a super long timeline post, which is possibly longer than your own super long post scifi.stackexchange.com/a/207121/98028
@Alex let's do some science then. Shut up!
21:00
@Jenayah If we're going by characters, mine is longer. 21,022 vs 22,702.
@Jenayah Feels great, but I can't isolate whether it's because I received "shutup" or because I'm participating in science.
21:17
@Alex does that include links?
@Alex ah, crap.
@Jenayah It includes everything in the answer box.
Guess I'll have to randomly tell you to shut up then
A random study? That's even more scientific!
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Q: What happened to the Vault under the Jedi Temple after Order 66?

BaneI watched this Video by The Stupendous Wave about the Vault under the Jedi Temple where the Jedi kept all their credits. This led me to the following question: What happened to the Vault and the massive amount of credits inside after Order 66?

22:39
Anyone around ever used Steam Cloud?
Anyone around ever heard of Steam Cloud?
I've turned the shower on hot and sat in the steam.
That's what happens when you don't have a bathtub:
Jan 9 at 19:50, by Mithrandir
I wouldn't know, I don't have one...
Steam, gaming platform
Oh, a shower with a platform for games?
That sounds useful.
22:43
Steam Cloud is supposed to save your saves from one PC to another but never used it and not a Steam regular to begin with so if anyone's got "the" protip I'm all ears
tsss
I've heard of it but never used it. You could try The Bridge.
Tis probably newbie stuff so I'd rather not bother people I don't know ;p
I know you guys, so I'm fine asking here ahah
The "protip" for what exactly?
It...does what it does, no?
Wait, you know us? I thought you said Alex was a mystery...
Well, Alex thinks Steam is a plugin for his bathtub, so...
@NapoleonWilson Dunno, never used it. I'm trying to DL the game on my former computer to check, but it took somme very, very, long time
Basically the computer I'm currently using is a loan and I'll give it back at the end of the week so I'd like to make sure my save is correctly ported
22:49
Well, it ought to. If it's not, then that is your question, I guess.
I'll go back to my former computer for a while but will probably buy a new one very soon, as former one is really, really at the end of the rope
duck, didn't work. Save slots are empty. :(
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Q: Were Thestrals involved in the creation of Harry's cloak?

MongoTheGeekCan someone check my logic. Given: Harry's cloak is a Deathly Hallow supposedly taken from Death. Thestrals can only be seen by people who have seen death. Would the alchemical preparation of said cloak likely have involved Thestrals?

Can you download a backup and email it, or something like that?
possibly, unsure.
Worth trying...
@Marvin the repeated POB votes for questions that are not POB is starting to get a bit annoying.
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22:54
I leave for a minute, and I see a whole conversation about me...
Happens when you close-vote so much. ;-)
Me?
Apparently.
@NapoleonWilson No, the site as a whole, I think.
According to my profile I only have 43 close votes on this site.
And a couple of those are doubles.
22:57
Then why do you think Mithrandir was talking about you?
@NapoleonWilson I didn't. I thought you were talking about me.
Obviously someone is missing something here...
I was, after you got all defensive about Mithrandir calling you out for your HP close-vote. ;-)
When I said "Me?" I was referring to this:
3 mins ago, by Napoleon Wilson
Happens when you close-vote so much. ;-)
I know. ;-)
22:59
Alex voting to close a HP question as Primarily Opinion-Based? AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH chokes of laughing
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@Jenayah Therewas one actually...
yeah but it was super special no?
Which one was it?
I think this is Primarily Opinion Based unless the question provides criteria to be used for determining who is "wise" (e.g. that the person is described as "wise" in the books). — Alex Dec 24 '18 at 6:59
It wasn't because of the topic of the question. It was because of the inherently subjective nature of the question.
oh right
@Alex It's in queue if you want to VTLO... scifi.stackexchange.com/review/close/143492
@Jenayah About time. I've been waiting for ages.
23:27
YES!
Mar 3 at 14:05, by Jenayah
mh?
Trying to launch it again prompted a "download saves from cloud" window
My saves seemed to be working on the former computer
(it crashed because game is too "heavy" for that old thing to handle, but still)
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Q: Book - Female Wizard in a more modern day setting

drakonusrenovotioI'm looking to find the name of a book I read quite a while ago. It seemed to be part of a series because I seem to remember it ending on a cliffhanger. I really can't remember much about it other than some odd specifics but here goes nothing. It was set in a more modern time period and a femal...

23:45
could someone help me.
how do you put a tweet in your answer\
@anyone
I don't think you can...?
Embedding tweets isn't a thing as far as I know. Post a screenshot, make sure to copy the text for people who rely on screen readers (or console geeks ;) ), and link to the original
@Niffler the display is an image, not an embedded tweet
mkay
codewise:
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thenks
`[![Not an Animagus. A Maledictus. Big difference.][1]][5]
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[1]: https://i.sstatic.net/j2Syo.jpg
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[5]: https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1044575171624017920
`
link 1 is the displayed, link 5 is the redirect on clicking
this look alright?
Ah, good old JK Rowling.
Harry isn't a Horcrux
Nagini isn't a snake
Bellatrix isn't happily married.
(Wait, that one wasn't a retcon).
Next on her list: Lupin isn't a werewolf, he's a shapeshifter.
Oh, you can undelete an answer even if the question is closed.

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