I was looking on Quora a few days ago and saw that apparently during the first few issues of X-Force, the writers decided to give Toad the ability to secrete slime from his hands and he used this on Siryn to try and prevent her from using her powers. I tried looking up the encounter, but was unab...

In the 2007 movie transformers, Agent Seymour Simmons shows a device that extracts the energy/radiation form the spark, effectively turning a phone into a "nasty" (decepticon?). If the spark energy can be understanded, thus this can lead to the knowledge of alien...

In S06E13, upon returning from a mission with an alien device, Jonas Quinn sees an alien creature that no one else can see. When the entire team is ordered to take some down-time, they discuss the situation and Jonas says the following: JONAS: You think I'm having symptoms related to my prior...

The book is about two beings fighting back and forth called Preservation and Ruin but preservation ends up being called the mist and I also remember there being an old guy who studied numerous religions and stored all his magical power into plates he could tap into and release it.

Quote from Pottermore "Tobias had a very poor relationship with both his wife and his son; when Severus was younger, Tobias frequently shouted at and hit Eileen whilst Severus crouched in a corner, crying. The memory of watching his parents fighting would haunt Severus even into adulthood, as wi...

I've been getting into Wing Commander again lately and reading Niven's Known Universe, and Andre Norton is a life long favourite. All of these have something in common, they all have an intelligent, spacefaring race, or races, that are described as "catlike" or even specifically feline in nature....

Bit of a random one. I am trying to remember for years now the title of a book that I read some 15-20 years ago. So it's a british book would have been published mid 80's-90's and was beautifully illustrated. The synopsis that I can remember is as follows. Apologies if this is a bit rambling...

In Lord of the Rings the Return of the King at the way to returning to Shire Gandalf tells the hobbits that But if you would know, I am turning aside soon. I am going to have a long talk with Bombadil: such a talk as I have not in all my time. He is a moss gatherer, and I have been a stone do...

At the end of the last book of the foundation trilogy, we discover This is said to be "stars end" Was there any previous mention of the place in a way that associated it with "stars end"? Or was the mention only in the end of the third book?

In Part 2 of Elseworlds, when Felicity finds out that Barry and Oliver have switched bodies, she says "it's not every day you find out your husband is your ex and vice-versa." This implies that Barry Allen is her "ex." But... when did that happen? The only thing I can recall that even comes cl...

In the movie Logan, in the end Logan dies and the mutant children cross the border into Canada. My question is why do they need to reach the said place. What makes sure they won't be hunted by that organisation there?

A novel set in a future where the society lived in a closed maybe underground community where they were all telepathic. Punishment was to be cut off from other people’s thoughts. The main character was a teenage girl who rebelled against her controlled society and was punished as above but event...

This is a short story I read in the 1st grade, some 20+ years ago, that was included in our reading textbook. What I remember is that the girl in the story was new to the area, possibly a Mars or Moon colony, and she was different than many of the students. For one, I believe she was green. She ...

This artwork is described as featuring "over 120 locations, vessels, and characters." The locations are labeled and there are only a few characters, so that leaves the vessels. Many I recognize (see below), however, there are many that I don't recognize. So I ask for you guys' help. Vessels ...

Did the Writers of the original version of Tarzan ever say if they where inspired by Kipling's Jungle Book? While there are a number of differences between the 2 the main story, boy raised by animals in a jungle, learns to communicate with these animals and serves as there protector, is remarka...

In the Day Watch novel by Sergei Lukyanenko and Vladimir Vasilyev, at the end of Vitaly Rogoza part, we discover that Was his previously stated love real? Was he just using Alisa for the whole time?

I’m doing a personal project where I’m writing a script for a Back to the Future IV. Basically, William McFly is killed by future Biff (2015) and Doc goes to 1986 to retrieve Marty and take him back in time. I made Marty be fading out when Doc got to 1986, but now that I think about it I’m not su...

I have this faint memory from my childhood about watching a movie that had skydivers in it, or at least one specific "skydiving" scene. In the scene, there is a female who needs to parachute from one aircraft to another. The aircraft are either planes or airships. I remember the issue being low v...

Not, the moon is a spacecraft. Found by two astronauts the craft and sentient AI spawn space adventures and somewhere along the line an academy is founded on the moon. Please help me remember this series

I'm looking for a title of an old 80's/early 90's anime featuring large robots. What I can remember is that there were 3 (I think) buried. Something woke them up, they weren't good... and I think maybe a good robot had to take them down. I remember one had kind of large blades... could possibl...

I have searched high and low for this story which I remember reading as a kid. The story involves a robot army which was built thousands of years before the time of the story's events, - during a war - as the ultimate deterrent. It's existence has been forgotten but is hinted at in ancient docume...

In the TOS episode A Taste of Armageddon, Spock orders a Yeoman to stop Mea 3 from killing herself. Yeoman Tamula, you stay here and prevent this young lady from immolating herself. Knock her down if necessary. This is a killing situation. Do what you must to protect yourself. Clear? By S...

spoiler questions like Why was Frodo unable to destroy the Ring? should not appear on other sites in the "hot network questions" sidebar (and maybe not even on Scifi.SE without some sort of <spoiler>tags).

I’m looking for a fanfic I must have read >5 years ago. It was a long novel and was part of a trilogy set without horcruxes starting from where OotP finished. Harry & Ginny pairing. Some facts that I remember, I’m hoping they’re a from the same story Harry was ‘professor potter’ teaching DADA ...

In the new Captain Marvel trailer, when asked by Nick Fury about Krees, Carol Danvers answers that they are a race of 'noble warriror heros'. But in Guardians of the Galaxy, Ronan, who was a Kree, was without a doubt, a bad guy. Nova Corps seem good, and the Krees do not like them at all. So are ...

Post nuclear apocalypse the first person is allowed out above ground but wearing a suit and only for few minutes. The oldest person is chosen... he wants to see if there is any sign of life on the other side of the hill but as he approaches the top his safe time is running out...

In World of Warcraft we see the Forsaken (the undead race) have their own unique ships, but where are they built? Their major settlements aren't near the water (Lordamere lake doesn't go anywhere), is it mentioned in the books or in game dialog where the undead build their boats?