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Q: Drarry Fanfiction, w Draco at a flower shop

Yohan's GlassesSo I remember the fic was on a03 and Draco ran away after the war. He owns a flower shop but he has this evil entity on his head?? And then Harry walks in the shop and is surprised by Draco. He meets up at his house for dinner but Draco keeps punishing himself because "he's not allowed." TO do th...

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Q: Evil Things Older than Sauron?

David SiegelI was reminded by its quotation in Why did Caradhras not want the Fellowship to pass? of the folloeinmg quote fron LOTR ("The Ring Goes South" from Book 2"): We cannot go further tonight,' said Boromir. 'Let those call it the wind who will; there are fell voices on the air; and these stones are...

 
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Q: i need help finding this manga

Edward De DiosPlease help me, I've been looking for this manga where the mc is a game tester testing the ablitites in game, and he gets stuck in the game. I have already been looking for it for quite a time.

 
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Q: Archaeologists digging in a modern dump find a layer of skeletons of the original human race

DavidWI was describing this story to a co-worker today, but I couldn't recall the title. Probably something I read in the 1990s; I was thinking Zahn, but I flipped through his collections and I couldn't find it. The story starts out with a group, maybe from a university, doing an archeological dig in ...

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Q: Short story - teenage boy (virgin) develops PK powers fuelled by frustrated lust, demonstrates for a girl, persuades her to have sex, loses powers

OmnivoreNZNot sure when I read this - probably 80s or 90s. The boy is all wound up with sexual frustration and starts finding he can move objects by focusing on them, e.g. causing a tin-can to shoot into the air. The only other thing I remember is that he wonders what his sister's nipples look like when sh...

 
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Q: Sci-Fi story where someone rubs their hand over a space stone and falls into a trance

MichaelI read this story decades ago, and suddenly recalled, looking at my kid scrolling on his phone. Somebody visits a guy who returned from a space exploration. "What did you bring?" - "Here's an artifact," and the astronaut hand the guest a small smooth stone. The guest rubs his thumb over the artif...

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Q: Isekai where the main character is reincarnated as the sidekick and wears a magic scarf

ramzabI read a story where the ml reincarnated as the goofball side character in an otome game that has a modern style but with magic. He somehow ends up being adopted (?) by the principal of his magic school and is living with her and her adult daughter. He wears a magic accessory scarf that changes...

 
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Q: Why/how did mjølnir do what it did in Thor 4?

user110391In Thor: Love and Thunder, mjølnir reassembles itself for Jane. Exactly why is hard to tell. The movie implies that it did so because Thor accidently programs it with the purpose to protect her, however, this scene may instead be explaining how Jane was able to wield it at all (thus meaning she w...

 
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Q: A movie from the 2000s in which aliens invade the earth on giant 3 legged machines with Tom Cruise as the main character

Syed Mohammad SannanI remember watching a movie that If I am correct, came out in the 2000s (before 2010) in which giant aliens with 3-legged machines invade the earth and Tom Cruise is the main character who has kids he tries to save during the invasion and I remember a blurry ending of an alien dying after being s...

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Seriously - look up Tom Cruise in IMDB and you could have found that in like 2 minutes.
Greetings, Earthlings!
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Q: Story ID: humans in invulnerable powered armor vs telepathic enemy aliens with transporter-based handheld cutting weapon

MarioMilitary science fiction story, most probably from the 1970's or 1980's, possibly a short story in an anthology, but more likely a novella, or maybe even a full novel. Small squad of human soldiers in extremely capable environmentally sealed fighting suits; improved version of powered armor suits...

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Q: Hunger Games-style book about a world with different alien species fighting

FulvousAround 10 years ago, I read a new book about an entire world, with different alien species all fighting. I remember the enemies being spider-like. The protagonist learns that they are being watched and I think finds hints of it all being televised. It was a part one of an unfinished story kind of...

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@Donald.McLean bleep boop - how goes it?
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Q: Looking for book: scifi, space with immortals

JaddinI only remember scenes, maybe a rough plot from the book I am looking for. It's a long post. So thanks for reading it in advance! :) Definitely science fiction, a spaceship. Some of the scenes I remember best are: I read that book in the early 2000s. So my best guess it was published sometime be...

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Q: Female warrior who blacks out & slaughters friends | Mage working spells like beads on a thread | Shadow thorn creature tormenting town]

user229414Apologies for the long title and likely to be sparse details. I remember reading this book about 15-20 years ago but for the life of my I cannot remember it's name and only patches of what the book was about. I weirdly had a dream about it the other day and have been racking my brain trying to fi...

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Q: 1980’s Sci-Fi novel about aliens who also had a prophecy about Jesus

DLR Traynor-Coberly1980’s sci-if novel about an archeologist who meets the aliens who had a prophecy about Jesus on their planet. Turns out many alien planets had the same prophecy. Only Earth’s Jesus fulfilled it.

posted on July 12, 2022 by Jack B Nimble

Top Question and Answer The top voted question with the highest voted answer was What does Gandalf the White mean by his strange speech about Boromir? asked by Daviere Lamore and answered by Buzz Most Viewed The most viewed question was Why did the Empire need the Death Star? asked by Raul Valdez Jr. and ... Read more

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Q: A question about the nature of time travel in the movie Primer

Taylor GoldenThankfully my double hasn't shown up to stop me from embarrassing myself so here goes. On quite a few sites describing the nature of time travel in Primer, including at least one that describes itself as the only definitive source, they say that the Aaron who left the US is fabricating an industr...

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Q: An 80's or 90's animation seen on VHS; bug disguised as a teacher fighting a girl in class

mucksavageI'm trying to find an animation I seen years ago, I was young so bear with me. It was 80's or 90's seen it on VHS. It was based in a School and has a teacher fighting students in class. A girl steps up and she is a match for the teacher. You later find out when an exterminator comes to the school...

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Q: Sci-fi/Horror Movie involving Soldiers being Pulled inside a Tanker

SyfyGhostMovieI am trying to identify a horror movie that really shocked me when I was a kid 10-15 years ago, based on one scene that’s stuck in my head over the years. Some more info: I believe it was a horror movie involving ghosts or other supernatural creatures. Possibly one of those low budget SyFy chan...

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Q: Saucer with 3 beings of light who exit over the ocean

Ted KeeseyA man sees a saucer just offshore over the ocean. It tips sideways vertically and 3 beings of light float out of the saucer. I think saw this movie in either the 70s or80s.

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posted on July 12, 2022 by tech

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@AncientSwordRage Not bad. First JWST science release was this morning.
And one thing that I remembered - as much as I dislike the term "urban fantasy" - preferring the term "modern fantasy" - I absolutely loathe the term "high fantasy" - very judgmental - and I'm not even entirely sure about "epic fantasy" since it is usually only applied to traditional fantasy. Modern fantasy could be epic in scope too, after all.
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Q: Woman exploring a cave has a creature jumps into her face and controls her

Ted KeeseyA woman is in a cave exploring and comes across an object (it may be a large stone). She picks up the object to look at it and a creature or something jumps out of the object into her face. She is under control of this creature. The movie goes on and I missed how this happened but these membran...

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Q: Episode of Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996-1999) with the worst witness ever

M. A. GoldingHere is a link to "How to ask a Good Story ID Question". How to ask a good story-ID question? And the thought has occurred to me that it might be a good idea for the suggestions on how to ask a good ID question to give the story of the worst fictional witness ever, as a really, really, really ba...

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@Donald.McLean I don't like "modern fantasy" because it's not clear if it's referring to fantasy in a contemporary setting (e.g. Gaiman) or fantasy written to contemporary sensibilities (e.g. Glen Cook).
Plus I don't think it's really worthwhile to compartmentalize fantasy in a contemporary urban setting (Neverwhere) from fantasy in a historical urban setting (Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell).
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Q: Japanese book about an infinite loop?

PatrickMy sister sent me a book 15 years ago that she now doesn't remember sending, and I can't recall the title. It is about a few things. If I remember correctly, there is a female character who lives with some sort of relative or mentor figure, and the two choose not to read or write anything, since ...

 
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Q: How does Miyamoto Usagi tie his ears up?

AncientSwordRageThe chatacter Miyamoto Usagi is often depicted with his ears tied up. How is that possible for him, given how other similar rabbits ears are so far apart?

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Q: 1980s/1990s movie where teens gain powers after death

JayRouIt was a 1980s or 1990s movie where powers awaken after death. The plot is fuzzy but I remember a pole going through a young man’s body and when he is pulled out it heals. I think a dad kills his son to awaken powers but I can be mixing movies.

 
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Q: Story ID: enslaved geriatric protagonist hides in abandoned, but still functional, alien rejuvenation cabinet

MarioAn old, white haired, tired-of-life man is taken prisoner and force-marched across the landscape as part of a chain-gang of slaves. The group pauses near some ruins, and the protagonist tries to hide from the slavers inside a cabinet/closet he finds in the ruins. He is recaptured, but over the ...


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