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Q: Could Smaug have destroyed Barad Dur?

user255577Consider a scenario in which Smaug was not killed in T.A. 2942 and he continued to live to T.A. 3019, the year of the Battle for Middle-earth. Now let's say that he and Sauron had a major disagreement concerning the sharing of the treasure within the Lonely Mountain, at which Smaug grew so angry ...

 
 
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3:40 AM
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Q: How did the elves know where Sauron crafted the One Ring?

William ShieldsAfter Sauron finished crafting the One Ring and placed it upon his finger the elves knew of his treachery, and his intentions. But how did the elves know where Sauron crafted the One Ring? And how did they know that throwing the One Ring into the fires of Mount Doom would destroy the One Ring? ...

 
4:28 AM
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Q: manga magic user gets reincarnated as his descendant

ghostdragontrying to find a name of a manga about a magic user after taking a water magic test discovers he has weak magic and after a few years he dies and get reincarnated as his descendant livening in the country with his mother due to his father and the other women married to him dslike him for being w...

 
 
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7:35 AM
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Q: Isekai in reverse

Sebastian GarciaI'm looking for a fantasy manga where a guy is sent back to Earth but retains his abilities. Only to find out that a few of his classmates have abilities of their own. Even becomes phone friends with one of the girls in his class.

 
8:22 AM
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Q: Why choose presidents at all?

AdamantAs what is nominally a university secret society, Ares has student presidents who are chosen from among the younger members, as opposed to the adult alumni. However, it appears to be the former presidents who give the majority of the orders, and the real leader appears to be an elderly person in ...

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Q: What was going on with the person in the glass box?

AdamantIn the show Ares, we see an elderly person in a glass box who appears to be the one who really gives the orders in the titular organization. Said individual is present in a flashback in which someone gives their "soul" to "Beal," and appears to live in a completely sealed glass box. Also, they ch...

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Q: Cartoon about kids capturing monsters

GioI don't really remember a lot of the cartoon I remember that had 3d animation and in one episode I think the brother of one in the main group tried to be a alien/monster catcher but they don't wanted him to be in the group an then this other group showed up and take the kid but the group turned o...

 
9:09 AM
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Q: Did Gimli get a new axe?

TheMadHatterIn the movie Gimli breaks his axe when he tries to destroy the Ring. Did he use another axe after that or did he reforge the axe (which sounds implausible considering the amount of damage it took)?

 
 
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10:42 AM
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Q: Korean or Chinese manhua about a girl who reincarnated into a noble family

Passing weeb helloThe previous owner of her current body was a mean and ill tempered girl. The story revolves around how she wants to fulfil the previous body owner's wish to become the queen, to do that she has to become rivals with the prince's lover.

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Q: What's on a Kazon's Head?

LiathI've been watching a lot of Star Trek Voyager recently and it's reminded me of a question I had when I watched it the first time around. Now I have the benefit of Stack Exchange to ask it! All Kazon have a kind of feathery thing instead of hair. What exactly is this? Are they feathers? Is it s...

 
 
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2:13 PM
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Q: SF dystopia book, 1980's, controlling machine eats people

DannyMcGRead it in the UK sometime in the 1980's or possibly the very early 1990's, I can't remember if paperback. A dystopian society where people are machine raised in creches until early adulthood (maybe accelerated growth but I'm not sure) The protagonist is some kind of agent for the ruling comput...

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Q: The best Scifi or Fantasy you'd never have heard of if

Rune Stephenson... If you could only read English? I'm sure this will be, and happy for it to become a community question! For example, Andrzej Sapkowski wrote the fantastic series about the Witcher, which I'm sure no one's ever heard of, but they're good - maybe even would make a good video game or TV Series...

 
2:28 PM
@Jenayah A chicken with a knife sounds absolutely terrifying.
Chickens love to terrorize people already, they don't need extra weapons to make it easier.
 
It can't even grab it
 
Some birds really give the impression that they think they're still dinosaurs, and are 3m tall with 20cm teeth.
 
Chickens aren't scary, also:
An alien disguised itself as a chicken? That makes perfect sense. Chickens are the most populous bird species on the planet. They must be an evolutionary success to be so many. They got that way by being small, flightless, and tasty. Why else would the dominant species breed so many? — RichS Jan 1 '19 at 19:22
 
have you ever met a chicken
or a peacock, for that matter
There was an incident here a couple years ago where a peacock attacked and bit a five-year-old.
 
@Mithical I have vague (terrified) memories of encountering one running around when I was 2 or 3.
(Obviously my granddad was keeping an eye on me and shooed it off, but it was big and mean and coming right at me.)
 
2:41 PM
Chickens aren't mean, we used to have them for eggs and they were perfectly fine, ran away from you if anything
 
Give "chicken shaming" a Google at some point
 
Sorry I'm not into that sort of stuff... to each their own I guess
 
*raises eyebrow*
All I'm saying is there's precedent for chickens being merciless and that's backed up by my own experience :P
 
I don't know. We had peacocks running around freely in the zoo and they never seemed to bother anyone.
Though, they might have been psychologically broken.
 
 
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4:18 PM
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Q: Why was production of Transformers: Prime stopped?

user1170874Why after the Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters movie, the production not made further episodes??

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Q: Anime movie where a girl meets a butterfly/moth boy

Dennis FrI don't remember much of it, it was an old anime or perhaps western animation. All I remember is there was a girl and a fairy boy reminiscent of a moth or butterfly. They would travel trough a forest or some fantasy place.

 
Geese on the other hand
Dec 30 '18 at 21:25, by Jenayah
@Niffler oh they sure are, I got chased by one when I was 4 and my mom just stood there laughing
 
Basically, all birds are jerks, probably because they're actually dinosaurs
 
@Mithical Only in the same way all humans are fish
 
4:33 PM
Uh...maybe not the exact same way.
I doubt humen are classified as fish even in theoretical taxonomy.
(Not that it would surprise, though.)
@Marvin Should one even bother downvoting when it has two sentences and a positive score?
 
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Q: SF-Fantasy short story collection themed around the Yoruba smith god Ogun

MalypenseAs per the title, I am looking for a short-story collection of SF, Fantasy, and whatever else might fall in between. I cannot recall what the book looked like, nor its length, nor if it was a recent book. I think I read this at the very least 11, if not 15, years ago. This is a pretty long shot,...

 
5:38 PM
@NapoleonWilson new users generally just need a push in the right direction
 
Possibly. Seems it was ultimately the right decision not to bother with downvoting.
 
9 times out of 10 it’s usually worth giving the new user a chance. People are quite clueless so best not scaring them away with down and close votes straight away with no comments
 
Greetings, Earthlings.
 
6:36 PM
Privyet! Kak dyela?
 
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Q: On which planet other than Earth uses water in MCU?

codeczarIn MCU there are many planets like Ego, Xandar, Vormir, Titan, etc. Each one of them have their characteristics and residents. I want to know that which planets have water present on them and are they used by their inhabitants? Bonus question:- Do any of the aliens (inhabitants of other planets)...

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Q: How would Aang and Korra each deal with what’s going on between the spirits/gods and humans in Princess Mononoke?

user69268(You can substitute Aang for Korra or Korra for Aang for this scenario. Also, Aang and Korra are both at their strongest point in the show physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Also, assume that they understand Japanese and are able to understand what people are saying). Aang/Korr...

 
@TheLethalCarrot "snow (Contraxia) or of (Jotunheim)" is "ice" missing there?
 
Yup, autocorrect
took long enough on a phone as it is to write it haha
 
6:51 PM
> I remember something about (big) cable being connected to them or one of the character, and if it were pulled, that person would die.
Does that count as sci-fi?
Could easily see that in a spy-fi setting
 
7:03 PM
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Q: Early 2000s sci-fi (thriller?) movie?

KaitaI watched this movie when I was a little kid so my memory of it is kinda messy. And I'm not sure if I remember it correctly. But I remember the movie was set inside a building or office building, something like that. And the characters in it were being hunted by one person, who then would shoot...

 
@TheLethalCarrot Is it okay to ask a question whether which MCU species require water for survival because that was the main motive behind my previous question
as we can see that some of them have different type of blood and and different body metabolism
 
It's on-topic, but may not be seen as very interesting.
 
Ok got the point
 
What Jenayah said really, note though we see Asgardians drink and not just alcohol
 
7:26 PM
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Q: Teen Sci Fi book from the mid to late 80s. Young boy is staying with an alien family

BK MoI am trying to find a book. The cover was possibly red, title possibly in yellow. Font was definitely LCD Mono The theme of the story was a human boy who was, for some reason, on an alien planet, staying with an alien family The alien species (native to the planet) had vertical breathing tubes...

 
7:55 PM
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Q: I can’t remember this anime about masks

yoanguilaI remember the first chapter where the main character is visiting a city with his/her pet (I don’t remember the gender or if the pet was a human) and the thing is you don’t have to lose your mask because you will lose your face (I’m not sure if it’s face, personality or you die). In the first cha...

 
 
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8:58 PM
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Q: Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems and Vulcan Logic: how do they cope with it?

ShadeAccording to Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems, it is not possible to find an answer to any question using a formal system based on axioms. The theorems state that: First Incompleteness Theorem: Any consistent formal system F within which a certain amount of elementary arithmetic can be carrie...

 
 
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10:41 PM
In the context of the recent protests over racial disparities in policing and societal racism, in the US and throughout the world, which have led to consideration and action by many companies, including Stack Exchange, I have been thinking again about our site.

We have only two questions about the works of Nnedi Okorafor, who is possibly one of the most famous modern black writers of SF. Only three questions about the works of N.K. Jemisin, who is one of the major secondary-work fantasy writers. Kai Ashante Wilson is pretty well-known in "literary" fantasy circles, but we have only one que
By contrast, we have, what, 6000 questions about Harry Potter? There is a lot more to the world than Harry Potter. And I would hazard a guess that if we tallied all the questions about works by black authors or about black characters, it would still fall significantly short of just Harry Potter. Another possible illustration is [tag:black-lightning-2018] versus [tag:supergirl-2015], both [arrowverse] CW shows. The latter has only 11 questions, whereas the other has around 45.

So, even relative to the underrepresentation of black authors and characters in published SF, my impression is that
We have had events to ask certain types of questions before, such as the ill-fated Futurama extravaganza. In fact, we used to have a Topic of the Week contest. Clearly, I am not advocating for a return to prizes or Futurama chaos, but it illustrates the feasibility of the concept of a Meta post that promotes asking questions themed around a particular topic. It also illustrates that such an can certainly produce more posts around a given topic.
Any thoughts?
 
 

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