Next to the studio where my daughter took ballet lessons (around 2011–2015), there was a shop where a guy sold second-hand clothing, bootleg DVDs, and other sundry goods. I sometimes went in to browse while my daughter was dancing, and he usually had one of his DVDs playing. There was one, in p...

According to sarna.net's BattleTechWiki*, the Autocannon/20 (or AC/20 for short) inflicts 20 damage on a direct hit; the Long Tom Artillery Piece inflicts a maximum of 30, diminishing with distance from blast focus; yet both weapons have 5 ammo per ton at an ammo cost of C10000 per ton. In other ...

I believe I read this somewhere between 1998 and 2002, possibly on the FanFic Mailing List (FFML), although I was also subscribed to a mailing list that was devoted to admirers of blue-furred characters (I think I remember them specifically calling out Beast, Grover, and maybe Cookie Monster). An...

The Incredibles 2, the Screenslaver's name is a clear pun on "screensaver". Screensavers were invented in 1984. The film takes place in a broad 1950s pastiche, and we don't see any personal computers or other similar monitor based devices, rendering this pun completely useless. Yet a villain ...

I'm rereading the Amber Chronicles, and this line in the fifth book, The Courts of Chaos, has me entirely stumped. It comes just at the end of Corwin's encounter with "Lady." I'll include a little bit of extra lines to put it in context; the part I'm baffled about is in bold. "Come to my pa...

During The Events of The Infinity War, Thanos was fighting all over the universe to get all the infinity stones. He said he wanted to remove half of all population in the universe. If the number of people were odd on earth or in the universe for eg. 77 people(just a small example), then the peopl...

A wererat is a therianthropic creature in the shape of a rat, according to its Wikipedia page and since it also lists Pettigrew as an example, he has to be one, right?

Harry leaves Hogsmeade to catch up and talk to Draco. It starts storming/snowing. They seek shelter under a tree and have to stay the night...

Seems strange that there are only land ones And if there are sea witches, how does the Grand High Witch visit them?

Prompted by this question: Who is "He that flies" in Lord of the Rings? The simple answer from comments "He who flies" is a way of describing someone who is fleeing a battle. It doesn't refer to a particular character. There's been a growing debate that this should be closed and/or migrate...

This should be easy to remember, but I'm having a senior moment. In the 1980s, potentially early 1990s, I read a very funny book about a man who's wife goes off with the new neighbours on a houseboat and the husband is soon on the hook for killing her. She learns they are swingers, at which poin...

I was reading the fourth book of the Iron Druid series, which has a heavy slant on Dîné (Navajo) folklore, and I suddenly remembered a book of stories I started (but hadn't quite finished before I had to return it to the library) around 2017-2018 involving a set of intertwining stories based on N...

When we look at past examples, Kingsguards' history for most part has been illustrious and a shining example of chivalry and honour. There have been rare exceptions every two or three decades or so but that doesn't match up to what happened in Robert's reign. Robert's Seven could perhaps be cal...

I'm not sure of the series in question, or if it was a "special" of sorts; it was played, on tap, in class during the 1980s as part of story time. The screen focused on actors. (For some reason I'm seeing a man that looks like Bram from the Sharon, Lois & Brams Elephant show as one of the speak...

In I Am Mother, Hillary Swank's character's back story is heavily left to reader interpretation. According to the character herself: It is however implied that: -- -- - The show's creators were very careful not to give obvious primary source (filmed evidence, not character statemen...

It's likely this has been asked before, but I can't find it: Does the Sorcerer's (Philosopher's) Stone protect against non-natural death? I.e., getting hit by a bus, Avada Kedavra, falling off a building?

As a child I remember having a book with a collection of novellas that revolved around a common theme that went like this: Survivors of an ill-fated expedition arrive on a distant planet and create, via genetic engineering, miniaturized versions of humans to live in the shallow waters of a local...

Based on seen and stated abilities in the MCU, and their known abilities, which of these external physical enchancers would be better, over all? We know the Super Soldier Serum allows Steve Rodgers to: Run a mile in under 80 seconds Bench Press over 1100 lbs Have his muscles produce less fatig...

I remember a show I watched in the 2000s about a group of boys and magic going on around them. One episode has them in a little cabin of some sorts and one character had bees or wasps flying around him. This is the best I can remember but as a kid I was very into the show. I think there was a boo...

The Sword of Shadows series is a fantastic Fantasy book series, and highly under rated. It started in 1999 or 2000 with A Cavern of Black Ice , with the last installment Watcher of the Dead having come out in 2010. However, the next book, Endlords has had no information out on it in years. I was...