In the early 20th century magazines of speculative fiction began to acquire both Sci-Fi and Fantasy works. Prior to this Fantasy seems to have been mostly Romantic sagas or fairy tales, and Sci-Fi was already its own genre with somewhat different influences. Despite the contrast, many fans today...

Sirius attempts to kill a rat in a dark room with five sleeping children. Rats are small and quick, and knives can get snagged in objects such as bed curtains. Overall it seems a terrible idea to bring a knife to a rat fight. Since he already had his wand back at this point, why didn’t Sirius tr...

I mean, think about Vader’s reaction to unsympathetic Palpatine going like “You killed her.” “NOOOOO” Says Vader and things explode everywhere. Also think about the “No you can’t train.” he got from the council when he was 9. Also as we saw on desert planet (I forgot the name) he was a nice kid. ...

I'm trying to find the title of an anime I saw when I was really young. Most likely pre-90's but definitely before 1995. I only vaguely remember some details. It follows a girl who journeys to find her brother. Her brother works for the villain, or has been corrupted by him or something (like a v...

Peter Parker had a multi billion dollar defence system available to him but did not use it in the fight against the fire monster Spider-Man: Far From Home. Why is this?

I recall reading this story in the early 2000's in an old (90's) Silverberg anthology. The spiritual stowaway, a young girl desperate to escape her boring life in this story has somehow stolen the identity of a cryo (assumed) preserved passenger. The stowaway uses the false identity to gain acces...

In the beginning of 12 Monkeys, Cole's trip to the surface reveals a destroyed city in deep winter. There are no people there, only animals. Among those animals are birds (doves?), an owl, and a bear. Also among those animals are a lion, what seems to be a Madagascar hissing cockroach (whose ha...

We know that Captain America’s shield is supposedly unbreakable. We also know that light sabers can supposedly cut through anything. So what would win: A unbreakable shield or a laser sword. I think the laser sword would win after several cuts but I am not positive. Any answers are greatly ap...

At the end of the first wall my favorite Custode Amon Tauromachian is assigned to watch over Euphrate Keeler and those following the Lectitio Divinitatus and worshipping the Emperor As part of this duty Malcador suggests a change of name and he becomes Longinus. The way it is done seems to in...

The protagonist gets pushed down a cliff by someone who is romantically interested in her second account which is the strongest person in the whole game which causes her to get reincarnated She ends up getting a bird who eats a bunch of magic herbs and ends up actually being the last of a tribe...

Trilogy of books, about a mage who is transported 500 years into the past. He created the house he is a part of in the future. There is a battle with a golden dragon at the end. Cannot find the author or the series. Have looked online and tried to ask some people I know about it, but nothing.

I remember an episode of a show in the late 80s or 90s scifi show. It was an American show where the characters were at a peace conference where people are being murdered. They discover that victims belong to one family who were involved in the massacre of another tribe. They soon learn that the ...

Looking for a definitive answer here. Originally, Wanda Maximoff's powers were said to "Alter probability to cause various effects." Then, with some study, she was able to use them to tap into naturally occurring "Chaos power", a force of elemental magic from another dimension which fuels superna...

In the movie or show i can't remember, there's a bunch of kids that are killing zombies and trying to find a safe place, so I think they go to Hollywood and theres no one there. They're scouting the place, walking through a building when they get startled by something and its this famous guy and ...

During the course of Frozen II, Elsa, after nearly drowning in the waters of the Dark Sea, How does she manage to do that? As far as I can see, We also see that later on, it's willing to come at the drop of a hat. So... why did the actions she took work? How does she manage to win over the...