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Is there a term for the science fiction trope where a character lists two historical things and a future thing?

What does Gandalf the White mean by his strange speech about Boromir?

Why couldn't the dwarves beat/kill the Balrog?

A story where a small child takes on the pain of the world

What did Darth Vader mean by “There’ll be no one to stop us this time.” Who had “stopped” Vader—or the Empire—previously?

Gruesome animated barbarian show from 2006 (like an animated Conan the Barbarian)

Why couldn't Scotty beam Spock out of the radiation chamber in Wrath of Khan?

Why did Sauron die when the Ring was destroyed in Mount Doom?

Do all 'Far Side' cartoons take place in the same universe?

What's the origin of the trope that dragons used to be common but aren't any more?

Young adult fantasy novel where young girl was priestess-in-training in a dark sacred cave

Why didn't Vader execute Piett?

80's/90's Show/movie about a telekinetic Alien Cat crash-landed on Earth

How did Jadis, The White Witch, obtain the right to kill a traitor in Narnia?

How was Luke's prosthetic hand in Episode V filmed?

Nuclear missiles about to land but time stops except for a lone housewife. What show is it?

What's with the bias towards Japanese among the (few) East Asian officers in Starfleet?

What is the earliest instance of "Dark Elves" in modern Fantasy?

Why did George Lucas set Star Wars in the past instead of the future?

Why didn't the Stewards of Gondor ever claim the throne?

To what extent can Emperor Palpatine actually see into the future?

Why did Biff not pursue a relationship with Lorraine in the original timeline?

Are there any Starfleet vessels named after non-humans?

Are there characters from Tolkien's Legendarium that came back from the dead?

Did Tolkien come up with the Ents as he was writing Lord of the Rings, or before?

Is the cover art on this faux paperback graphic "The Omicron Variant" on Seth Meyers' "A Closer Look" borrowed from a real SciFi novel's cover?

What does "they could use you for seed" mean in The Marvelous Land of Oz?

Is there an actual army in 1984?

Can you identify this game from 1991 or before?

What does this line mean in Zelazny's The Courts of Chaos?