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Was Elrond, in Tolkien's opinion, more inherently powerful than Galadriel?
I always thought it was the other way around, but then I read this (Letter 246):
"Of the others only Gandalf might be expected to master him – being an emissary of the Powers and a creature of the same order, an immortal spirit taking a visible…
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Is the Han/Leia vs Luke/Yoda timeline in The Empire Strikes Back broken?
So in The Empire Strikes Back, Luke parts ways with the rest after The Battle of Hoth and trains with Yoda.
In the meantime Han and company evade the Imperial fleet, land in a space worm and then end up in Cloud City.
Some people think there is a…
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Did Sauron have the military power to control all Middle-earth?
Inspired by here: Why was the ring necessary for Sauron to control Middle-earth?, but not a question about the Ring itself, but about Sauron's military power.
TL/DR: Could Sauron conquer Middle-earth by force without the Ring, and if so why does he…
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Did Terry Pratchett ever explain the inspiration behind the Luggage?
The Luggage is one of the iconic Discworld characters, but did Terry Pratchett ever explain where the inspiration came from for the sociopathic walking trunk with internals that seem to act like the TARDIS (a box that is much much bigger on the…
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Spaceship from a film or show that is semi circular in shape with a section jutting out of the middle
I was out with friends last night and we went into a sci-fi bar where they have props and models all over the place. We had fun identifying all the ships, costumes and stuff, but one model had us stumped, and the person behind the bar wouldn't tell…
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How does Asimov's second law deal with contradictory orders from different people?
The second law states that:
A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
But it says nothing about property. What if a robot owned by someone is given an order by someone…
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Why aren't there more Gauls like Obelix?
Given that the effects of Getafix's potion are permanent on Obelix since he fell in it as a child, why didn't the Gauls throw all of their children in the potion? By doing so, in about 15 years they would have an army of super-Gauls with which they…
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Has anyone else in the Star Wars universe ever run out of fuel?
In The Last Jedi the Resistance ships are in a situation where their fuel reserves get gradually depleted.
Has this ever happened in Star Wars before? Has anyone else ever run out of fuel? I'm thinking primarily of ships which are in normal…
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Why don't wizards rob muggle banks to become rich?
The movie Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them showed that any wizard with a little skill could rob a muggle bank. Newt Scamander used kid-level spells to infiltrate a muggle bank vault successfully. He used Stupefy and Alohomora to stun a…
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When was the first time that a science fiction story mentioned the concept of a "prison planet"?
For our purposes, "prison planet" may be defined as follows:
"An entire planet, or at least the vast majority of its surface area, has been classified as a good place to dump convicted criminals so that they will no longer be making any trouble for…
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If the Na'vi instantly recognize the Avatars as "Sky People", what is the point of having them?
In James Cameron's Avatar, it is explained that the whole point of the Avatar program is to make it so the humans look like the Na'vi so they will trust them. Selfridge says as much:
Look, you're supposed to be winning the hearts and minds of the…
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Did the writers of Wonder Woman have some kind of fetish for bondage, in the early comics?
I've been reading the golden age comics of Wonder Woman, and she was completely different than she is today.
She used to become powerless when chained by a man (by Aphrodite's law) and there were always some incidents where the bad guys capture her…
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What are the revisions in the (Revised Edition) of The Hobbit?
So this past Saturday a group of my friends and I all watched the three The Lord of the Rings extended edition movies in one sitting.
That night, I borrowed a copy of The Hobbit, which I've never read, from my brother. When I got home, my wife…
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Why does Hermione dislike Professor Trelawney from the start?
In Prisoner of Azkaban
"The falcon... my dear, you have a deadly enemy."
"But everyone knows that, " said Hermione in a loud whisper. Professor Trelawney stared at her.
"Well, they do," said Hermione. "Everybody knows about Harry and…
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A Book where an Animal is advertising itself to be eaten
I remember having read (at least I think I've been reading, it might have been a series but I'm almost positive it was in prose) a book or story where an animal, maybe genetically engineered? basically advertised itself to be eaten.
Something along…
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