This is driving me nuts. Back in (I believe) the 80s, in SF&F magazine, there were several short fantasy stories about a pair of women, one a warrior, the other a wizard, and they traveled their world, but were under a geas to help women in need. I think it was the sword the warrior carried that ...

Why do vampires have to be invited into your home? Is there a specific reason or is it just some random thing someone made up?

The first edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons adventure "White Plume Mountain," by Lawrence Schick, was a quest to recover three extremely powerful magical weapons. Since its original 1979 release, it has been reprinted and updated a number of times. The three treasures are: Blackrazor, the sw...

I have no idea what year it came out or what the title was. It had appeared on tv one day when I was about 10 around the year 2004. What I mentioned is all I can remember, other than that they had a 3rd friend who at the end of the movie was dying on her bed because she had aged while the others ...

When Billy Batson makes all his foster friends Shazam ( gives them the power of Shazam ) they have different color suits. What is the significance of these different color suits? Does each color represents a different quality or superpower?

According to Bulbapedia, the trial captains, whom the player must defeat on their island challenge, are all between 11 and 19. By contrast, their equivalents in most other regions, the gym leaders, are of varying ages, with most being adults and some being quite old. Of course, the player chara...

When I was a kid I read a sci-fi novel for children, the full name of which is unfortunately not coming back to me. Here's what (I think) I remember: the story features a handheld device that allows one to jump into some kind of parallel universe not 100% sure, but I think it was just one paral...

Early 70s Sci-Fi book, I believe it was 2 humans (man and woman) on an alien planet... (I don't think they were stranded, I think they were there to explore.) There may have been a few more people with them. But I mostly recall just the two. I believe the man was doing something and to keep the ...

The Primarchs were scattered through the galaxy by the Chaos Gods and then found one by one by the Emperor during the Great Crusade. It is well-known that Horus was discovered first. This gave time to the Emperor and the future Warmaster to develop a deep bond. We (at least me) learn at the beg...

I am making a game that is inspired heavily by Star Trek. The nature of the game requires that you are going about the Galaxy but are limited in some way, hopefully by resources. But aside from the need for Dilithium Crystals, I can't think of any other resource in Star Trek that is required for...

I am working on a small movie script . In one of the scenes, when a young lad ends up in prison for few months, jailer has a small introductory talk with him, in which the jailer also lets the young man know that the prison nightwear dress code consists of a sarong(lungi) and white undershirt. ...

As per the Mom and baby magazine, it is suggested that woman should take care of herself during her pregnancy days in respect of flu. Women are more likely to get infected because of flu in their pregnancy days. So, it is suggested that protecting the body against flu by getting the flu vaccine d...

Once Luke lost his hand and his lightsaber, the battle with Vader was effectively over. Vader had already shown his Force move ability. Could Vader have captured Luke as he fell, disabled and defeated, using the Force?

I saw a video about new science achievement in which photons managed to link to eachother after bouncing into a rubidium cloud, creating little aggrupations which may act like crystals Obviously are pure photon structures and as a photon I’d like to imagine is much smaller than an atom, a three ...

There is this short story about a (scientist?/explorer?) who goes to either mars or venus or a certain exoplanet (accompanied by his wife) which is in a tidal lock such that the dark side is very cold for a human being, and harbors vicious creatures. I think one of the two was a botanist. The sun...

When Billy's siblings get powers, each focuses on a different power. do they each only get one, do they get some, or do they get all of the powers?

It's not Eliminators, I own it, I'm looking for a different one. In this one a cyborg, unfortunately I can't remember much, it's him and a chick tho at least, possibly a team, end up at one point in the woods, and one of his legs is screwed up, so he sits on a log and takes off his feet like boo...

I stumbled upon this comment attached to this question: It's Benjamin Effing Parker, dammit! I at first flagged it as "no longer needed" as it does not contribute to the question or discussion in any way. As a reminder, here's what the description of that flag is: (emphasis mine) This c...

At the end of the USJ arc, S1 E13 of the Boku No Hero Academia anime, there is a splash screen of the backup that was arrived to fight the League of Villains. From right to left they are: 1 - Vlad King 2 - Nezu 3 - Iida Tenya 4 - Cementoss 5 - ? 6 - Ectoplasm 7 - Snipe 8 - Hound Dog 9 - Midni...