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When Frodo offers her the ring, is Galadriel really tempted, or just making a point?
(Question sparked by discussion on Why does Frodo follow Galadriel and offer her the ring?)
When Frodo suggests that Galadriel should take the ring, she appears tempted: she gives a vision of the power she could wield if she took it — which…
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Why did O'Brien start out as a transporter chief in TNG?
In the season 4 episode "The Wounded", it is revealed that Chief O'Brien was once the tactical officer under Captain Maxwell, one of the finest captains in Starfleet. Maxwell spoke of O'Briens skill as a brilliant tactical officer. By analogy to…
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How do the Incredible Hulk's pants stay on but not his shirt?
I guess I can live with the fact that the Incredible Hulk changes size drastically when he transforms, but why does his shirt rip off and not his pants?
I think that we need a little better answer than "it keeps us tied to the fact that inside he's…
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Why hasn't Captain America been promoted?
Considering that he's performed exceptionally for many years, has proven leadership capabilities and is highly intelligent, why haven't they given him a higher rank?
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Why did the Trade Federation blockade Naboo?
In Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace, the Trade Federation blockades Naboo at the start of the film. The opening crawl says the reason for this is due to taxes the Republic is charging. However, it's not really clear to me how this would…
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Why did Luke Skywalker call Obi-Wan "Ben"?
In Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Luke Skywalker knew Obi-Wan Kenobi under the name of "Ben" :
Well, I stumbled across a recording while I was cleaning him. He says that he belongs to someone named Obi-Wan Kenobi. I thought he might have meant…
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Does each season of Game of Thrones roughly equal a book?
Does each current Game of Thrones season roughly equal one A Song of Ice and Fire book? And do we know which future seasons will cover which books?
I am planning to read the first book after the TV show has finished depicting the events in the first…
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How does the Doctor know how old he is?
I've often wondered, how does the Doctor know how old he is? He not only travels through time, but also through space, and visits planets where days can be shorter or longer than 24 hours. How does he 'keep score'?
Also, does he count his age in…
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Why wasn't James Potter his own Secret Keeper?
Why wasn't James Potter his own Secret Keeper?
The whole thing came about because Potters chose the wrong Secret Keeper (who betrayed them) for the Fidelius Charm on their house.
Why didn't James just make himself a Secret Keeper?
We know that it’s…
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Where did the concept of a (fantasy-style) "dungeon" originate?
Everyone knows what a dungeon is: it's a dank, bleak underground jail where medieval prisoners get locked up.
Unless you're in a fantasy story, of course! In that case it's an area, generally underground, that's full of monsters guarding treasure, a…
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Why did Harry Potter get a bedroom?
In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Uncle Vernon says:
We even let you have Dudley's second bedroom purely out of the goodness of our hearts.
There is plenty of evidence that there's no "goodness in their hearts" when it comes to Harry.…
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Is the Star Trek (2009) movie considered canon?
While I think the Star Trek (2009) movie was pretty cool looking, its story-line wreaks total havoc with all the existing post original series content.
I know that Gene Roddenberry was very strict about what was considered canon in the past,…
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Why didn’t Voyager fly to the end of the Bajoran wormhole in the Gamma Quadrant?
When Voyager was stranded in the Delta Quadrant, it would seem they had two options: either fly straight towards Federation space in the Alpha Quadrant, or go to the far end of the Bajoran wormhole in the Gamma Quadrant.
A common response to this…
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Is Palpatine's identity a spoiler?
The Episode IV-VI movies never mention the Emperor's name. In Episodes I-III, we can guess that Darth Sidious will be the emperor, but what about Chancellor Palpatine? If the audience didn't know that he was Sidious, the impact of the reveal would…
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Why was only one person used as the template for the Clone Army?
So in the Star Wars prequels the Kaminoans make a clone army using the DNA of only Jango Fett for the Republic rather than using a few different people as templates for different roles. I can see a lot of problems with this;
Lack of role…
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