Apart from stealing information or planting ideas, or even as "a training program where soldiers could strangle, stab and shoot each other, then wake up", what are some other applications of a dream-sharing device? There are 3 important factors that makes the device useful. A dream can be any sc...

What are some of the uses of a near-perfect virtual reality environment? As in, if in reality, we suddenly find ourselves with a virtual reality tech, how will we use it? Some ideas that come to mind are: Military simulations by governments and terrorists. VR Porn. Long range communication as if...

In Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, why does Princess Shroob (young) not force Princess Peach Toadstool to deliver the sixth (center) piece of the Cobalt Star, towards the end of the game, to summon her elder sister? Why did she think she were going to defeat the four Italian heroes alone? Maybe...

After having read The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion, I started delving, unsystematically, into the later volumes published by Christopher Tolkien. One of the more surprising things I discovered was that the other wizards (the two Istari that do not appear in The Lord of the...

If my understanding is correct, Darth Sideous' plan regarding Naboo is to use the Trade Federation to create a political crisis in which he as Palpatine can gain political power and become Supreme Chancellor. This plan succeeds by the time of the climatic battle in The Phantom Menace. Why then is...

In the first episode of Season 4, Wynonna, Waverly, and Doc encounter a demon in the Garden that can change shape and appears to have been kept prisoner by regular offerings of blood. She identifies herself as "Eve," although whether this means that she is actually the Biblical Eve is unclear. In...

I'm looking for the name of novel/manga where entire class is summoned by goddess but the main character gets abandoned in a dungeon but founds ways to survive and gets a black system and he becomes a god.All the other gods are trapped by the goddess and he helps them.He also doesn't have magic u...

Near the end of the fourth season, Cleo seeks to get her revenge by transferring the status of Clanton heir which causes him to seek to kill Wynonna, or at least challenge her to a duel to the death. Cleo's reasoning was that the voices of the Reapers would overwhelm anyone and motivate them to ...

Recently watched Black Widow new MCU's movie, and meanwhile it made me reminiscent to Civil War plot, when describing both programs, there's the explanation that only a few of their respective group can overthrow a whole government by night-to-dawn. According to Barnes, in the CW he explains that...

Sandy Banatoni brings the toy robot that walked past her desk at her work to Fisher Stevens and Michael McKean. After making a deal with them she steals the robot without paying for it. What is the deal there?

How did Nick Fury become the head of the SHIELD? In Captain Marvel movie, Nick Fury in 1995 seems to be just a Field Agent. How did he become the director of the SHIELD before 2008 (Iron Man 1 Easter egg). He only took less than 13 years to become director from agent. For a normal agent, is his p...

I found this "video game legends" poster, which features a whole bunch of characters which appeared in video games: I recognize some of the characters, but many are obscure to me. Observe that some of them originated from a video game (e.g. the Portal protagonist), and some of them didn't, but a...

Battleships, corvettes, huks (?), Heavy cruisers etc.. What are the applications, and the battle order of these ships? so for example: Battleship - is used for....

In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows the main characters infiltrated the Ministry and attacked Umbridge and Yaxley in the end. Both were near to Dementors and after being stunned the Dementors tried to attack the accused muggle borns which were saved by Harry Potter. But why didn't the Demento...

After death of iron man in movie Who will be a next Iron Man in further movies ?

Steppenwolf commands Parademons when Batman destroyed defensive dome near The Unity: Steppenwolf: Kill him! Get to the carriage. Defend The Unity. What "carriage" is Steppenwolf referring to?

The MC one day finds himself in the body of the villain of the game he once played. However in the game the villain (which he is now), dies by the hero. He now has to use his knowledge of the game's story and lore, so he can keep the hero and story on the right path, as he changes the ending for ...

The Fandom page on the Library of St John the Beheaded contains many citations from Doctor Who works, but I don't know if it's exhaustive. What are all the Doctor Who works that reference this in-universe library?

I am the curator of an exhibition on Easter Island in popular culture and I am currently compiling a 350 page coffee-table book that covers nearly 300 instances of Easter Island/ moai in comics. We have just a few examples from British comics/annuals: New Hotspur 1960, Puck 1925, Topper 1956, Lio...

The manga is about a mage guy who is the last man survive with his parallel casting ability but can't move. He died in the end but before he dies he met the heroin that give him acceleration ability. He is reincarnated back to his childhood during the time he is just start attending academy at th...

I know this is a long shot, but probably 16+ years ago, I read a novel that I remember liking a lot, and all I can remember is that a female lead would frequently say "earth to [insert male protagonist's name here]." It's vague enough that I haven't been able to find it by searching, so if anyone...

It is said in The Silmarillion that Melkor was a prisoner for "three ages" before he had another trial and was released. It is estimated that this was about 2,900 years; see, e.g., this related question. What I didn't manage to understand from the answers to this questions, as well as the sources...

The title is a self explanatory question. However I'd also like to clarify that this is different from Hard Fantasy, since hard fantasy is not science fiction since there's no "sci-fi" in the title anywhere. I am referring specifically to something that must be both fantasy and hard sci-fi. While...