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Was Lily the sole reason for Snape being cold hearted and callous in general?
It's well known even in the first book that Snape is a cold hearted person who has very little sympathy for anyone, even his fellow Slytherins. We find out in the last book that he is still in love with Lily.
My question is this; was Snape's…
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Do Goblins consider all money ever made theirs?
We know Goblins consider any object made by them as belonging to them:
“You don’t understand, Harry, nobody could understand unless
they have lived with goblins. To a goblin, the rightful and true master
of any object is the maker, not the…
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Why didn't Gryffindor already have a Quidditch Seeker before Harry's appointment?
I've gathered from an earlier question that Gryffindor probably played the final game of the season during Philosopher's Stone with six players. Amflare found this helpful quote:
"Now, listen here, you lot," [Wood] said, glowering at them all, "we…
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What happens if a Night's Watch recruit refuses to take the oath?
The Night's Watch receives recruits from a number of sources including volunteers, criminals, and outcasts. What happens if a recruit either fails the training or refuses to take the oath after completing training? Can outcasts, like Janos Slynt,…
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Can Wolverine swim?
I am talking about Wolverine with adamantium.
I don't know the weight of Wolverine, but is Wolverine with adamantium bones rather heavier than with calcium bones?
If some one has a canonical reference that would be nice.
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Why didn't Voldemort perform Priori Incantatem on Dumbledore's wand to see if he had discovered or destroyed any of his Horcruxes, after Gringotts?
What if, what if, the boy knew about the others? Could he know, had he already acted, had he traced more of them? Was Dumbledore at the root of this? Dumbledore, who had always suspected him; Dumbledore, dead on his orders; Dumbledore, whose wand…
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Why does Loki look "sick" when he first arrives on Earth?
In the Avengers movie, why is Loki sweating and weak when he first arrives on Earth, in the SHIELD base?
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Why does Hogwarts have dungeons?
Hogwarts has dungeons, as we see many times - Snape has his classes in them, the Slytherins live down there - but why does Hogwarts have dungeons in the first place?
The Founders of the school built it, apparently:
"You all know, of course, that…
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Why was the trade federation's blockade on Naboo legal?
This question came about from this quote very early in the film.
NUTE: Yes, yes, of course...ahhh...as you know, our blockade is perfectly
legal, and we'd be happy to receive the Ambassador
Link to script used (spelling errors corrected)
How is…
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What is the meaning of the ending of "The Man in the High Castle"?
The end of The Man in the High Castle consists of:
Julianna Frink visiting Hawthorne Abendsen and asking the Oracle why it wrote The Grasshopper Lies Heavy, the novel-within-a-novel that suggests, contrary to Dick's story, that Germany and Japan…
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Was it reckless to allow Wormtongue to go free?
When Grima Wormtongue is evicted from Theoden's court in The Two Towers he is given free leave to go wherever he wants. Gandalf, Theoden and the whole company are in no doubt that he is a plant of Saruman's who, once exposed, will presumably be…
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Can ships be tracked and chased through hyperspace?
In Rogue One,
Vader arrives at the battle and witnesses the escape of the Tantive IV into hyperspace.
At the beginning of A New Hope, we see Vader's ship chasing the Tantive IV, eventually overpowering it. How was Vader able to find the Tantive…
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Cyberpunk story: Black samurai, skateboarding courier, Mafia selling pizza and Sumerian goddess as a computer virus
Please help me to identify this book that I've read in early 00s (but might be bit older):
While there are no cyborgizations, big portion of the book takes place in the Virtual Reality, hence you can call it a cyberpunk. Other characteristic…
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Is the One Ring sentient?
This question about the Ring's betrayal of Isildur brought up many different interpretations of the nature of the Ruling Ring and the extent of its ability to influence or even directly control events. Can the Ring make decisions on its own or is it…
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Why did Obi-Wan have to sneak around the Death Star?
These aren't the droids you're looking for, you don't need to see his identification.
Not just in the books, but in the movie, Obi-Wan has the power to persuade minds, so why not just use it and run through like a boss? In the books, Luke actually…
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