We see on various occasions that magic can expand space. For instance, in Chapter Five of Chamber of Secrets:
"Not a word to Molly," he whispered to Harry as he opened the trunk and showed him how it had been magically expanded so that the luggage fitted easily.
And Chapter of Deathly Hallo...
I wonder if we should become just a little bit more proactive in closing ID questions as too broad. I know there's a good point to be made (and often is made by user14111) that even a very short description may provide unique identification for a single story, and for that reason we don't often close ID questions as too broad. But maybe in some cases we should.
I've noticed a couple of questions recently where several answers have been provided that seem to fit the description perfectly well, and none of them are confirmed correct.
I've been trying to remember a short story which I read in the 1980s in a sci-fi anthology.
I recall a ship arriving an alien planet and watching as evolution from bacteria to fish, reptile, mammal, human, ...took only a couple of days. If I remember correctly, it ended with the creature that ev...
I am trying to find the name of a old cartoon on Saturday mornings where I think a professor pulled the handle on a time machine and showcased historical times like dinosaurs, the western migration across America and like?
@Randal'Thor I can't speak about short stories. I don't read much of them and am not by no way knowledgeable about them
@Randal'Thor those are a year old, do you mean new ones?
@Randal'Thor not really an excuse; either you're committing fully to the janitorial work you're doing, or... I mean, just make sure you're not leaving work for others to do. It's just reading one line
@Jenayah The first one I linked to was asked yesterday. The second one is a year old, true; I just noticed it because of some new activity/flags today.
@Randal'Thor for this particular cartoon, had it not had the 70s date, I may have VTCed. But the date here quite limited the possibilities, hence on the fly, I wouldn't think it's too broad.
After seeing the three answers, maybe. But we're drifting into the territory of closing the questions because of the answers. I mean I you don't know either of the 3 cartoons, would you have thought at first it'd be too broad?
@Jenayah They're definitely both the type of question I routinely downvote because I think they're not uniquely enough described.
You make a good point about closing questions because of answers. The point user14111 usually makes when people VTC as too broad is "if you think there are many stories matching this, can you show me at least two?" I guess I was sort of thinking of applying that idea in converse.
I very rarely close ID questions (except as dupes), but that's because I have binding votes. Can't remember what my pre-mod policy on close-voting them was.
When the HQ came to know about the biju bombs that were headed for them, why didn't they try to flee? It's possible to outrun a biju bomb's blast, as shinobi do cover distances real fast.
They could have been a valuable asset in the war.
I wondered if someone may help me to identify the advert of the open magazine on Nedry's desktop in Jurassic Park. It looks like a computer advert with purple 3D mesh and some graphs. It's possible to see a pyramidal logo brand but I'm not able to recognize it.
Thank you
My mother and I both vividly remember a particular scene of an old Science-Fiction movie but neither of us remembers anything else about that movie.
In the scene a woman was wearing a kind of fur coat collar that was actually a living bio engineered organism. The collar did not have eyes or any...
Melkor is many times driven back and trapped and whatnot after being defeated. At some point, the "Valar"/gods banish him to some kind of existence from which he cannot come back. Or can he? Why not? I don't understand why Sauron gets to continue the evil deeds as if he is Melkor. Wasn't he just ...
I am wondering if during the times of the Galactic Republic that it was a requirement that all Jedi Padawans had to learn how to pilot a fighter ship and learn fundamental dog-fighting skills in order to achieve the rank of Jedi Knight.
If so, it makes me wonder if all the Jedi Masters were capa...
I was thinking about the contemporary need for general secrecy from Muggles in the Wizarding world. Has Rowling indicated that this originated in part or in whole from actual harms done or credible threats of harms done by Muggles to Witches or Wizards?
More generally, has Rowling indicated any ...
There was the also the fact that Tolkien, in later years, apparently gave up the conceit that Middle-earth was really the ancient history of the real planet Earth.
This was said in a comment/answer on SE. I had never heard of this before. Is it true? Did he mean that Silmarillion is literall...
I am looking for a short story about a spaceship that lands on a planet and no local person seems to notice or care about the spacecraft being there. It is an old short story I read many years ago. The people are independent and have no government.
Compare the new Opinion Based close reason with the old one:
This question is likely to be answered with opinions rather than facts and citations. It should be updated so it will lead to fact-based answers.
Many good questions generate some degree of opinion based on expert experience,...
Kids sometimes asked the simplest questions and it can blow up your mind. And being new to the fandom I clearly had no idea how to respond to that
And now it bothers my mind... For example, can Galadriel pass down Nenya to someone?
In the 1978 Battlestar Galactica series the main Cylon ship was always called a baseship. In what episode was it ever called a basestar in 1978? The basestar name was used in the 2004 series only that I can recall.
I saw this movie as a young child, and the only scene I can remember is these 2 girls (I think sisters) being in this large room with some tables in it (like a cafeteria?), and the ceiling being made of glass. I think they were trying to heist this building to rescue their dad, and the ceiling sm...
I probably read this young adult series (possibly a trilogy?) in 2015-ish. I don't remember much of the plot, but there was a girl who could shapeshift. I remember one scene when she transformed into a hyena but when she transformed back she was naked (because clothes go away when you shapeshift)...
I am trying to find the name of a old cartoon on Saturday mornings where I think a professor pulled the handle on a time machine and showcased historical times like dinosaurs, the western migration across America and like?
When the HQ came to know about the biju bombs that were headed for them, why didn't they try to flee? It's possible to outrun a biju bomb's blast, as shinobi do cover distances real fast.
They could have been a valuable asset in the war.
My mother and I both vividly remember a particular scene of an old Science-Fiction movie but neither of us remembers anything else about that movie.
In the scene a woman was wearing a kind of fur coat collar that was actually a living bio engineered organism. The collar did not have eyes or any...
I am looking for a short story about a spaceship that lands on a planet and no local person seems to notice or care about the spacecraft being there. It is an old short story I read many years ago. The people are independent and have no government.
Kids sometimes asked the simplest questions and it can blow up your mind. And being new to the fandom I clearly had no idea how to respond to that
And now it bothers my mind... For example, can Galadriel pass down Nenya to someone?
In the 1978 Battlestar Galactica series the main Cylon ship was always called a baseship. In what episode was it ever called a basestar in 1978? The basestar name was used in the 2004 series only that I can recall.
