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In The Avengers (2012), why does Thanos need Loki?

asked Apr 30, 2019 at 17:29

26 votes

1 answer

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Why did House Atreides have to give up Caladan, while the Harkonnens were allowed to stay on Geidi Prime while also controlling Arrakis?

asked Nov 2, 2021 at 18:08

22 votes

1 answer

4k views

Why is Black Widow's last name "Romanoff" not "Romanova"?

asked May 23, 2019 at 20:35

16 votes

7 answers

5k views

If Dumbledore could take on Grindelwald, why didn't he take on Hitler?

asked Jan 28, 2017 at 8:41

16 votes

1 answer

3k views

On Pepper Potts and Tony Stark's relationship

asked Jul 11, 2017 at 1:43

15 votes

3 answers

3k views

In Star Trek, why doesn't time travel always lead to alternate realities?

asked Jul 8, 2016 at 17:25

15 votes

1 answer

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Where do the spacefaring humans of the MCU come from?

asked Aug 11, 2019 at 0:54

14 votes

2 answers

943 views

Is there an in-universe explanation for why so many alien planets have names from human mythology?

asked Oct 30, 2017 at 2:33

12 votes

1 answer

421 views

Short story about a 15 year old boy whose girlfriend turns out to be a body guard sent to protect him?

asked Feb 6, 2019 at 5:11

10 votes

2 answers

969 views

Why are the crew surprised at Romulan cloaking technology in the "Enterprise Incident"?

asked Jun 1, 2017 at 4:30

10 votes

4 answers

5k views

Do Captain America's actions at the end of Endgame contradict what we've heard before in the film? [duplicate]

asked Apr 29, 2019 at 6:06

10 votes

2 answers

435 views

Recent Sci-Fi anthology. One story is about a detective tracking down people who use a drug to hop dimensions. Another is about social scores

asked Aug 1, 2019 at 19:04

8 votes

1 answer

314 views

Is there an in-universe reason in Marvel comics and the MCU that so many ancient gods came to Earth and intervened in human affairs?

asked Aug 29, 2022 at 6:34

8 votes

1 answer

1k views

Is the Black Sky unique or are there many Black Skys?

asked Nov 26, 2018 at 7:06

7 votes

1 answer

503 views

What did The Other mean when it told Thanos "[the Tesseract] is located on a human world" - "a" human world, not "the" human world?

asked Apr 22, 2020 at 1:04

6 votes

1 answer

1k views

What's the in-universe explanation for why most aliens are humanoid in the MCU?

asked Apr 1, 2019 at 5:45

5 votes

1 answer

5k views

Are Riker's Q powers brought up in any episodes after the one where he acquired them?

asked Jan 6, 2017 at 21:09

4 votes

2 answers

158 views

Is there a sequence of episodes that I can watch to get a comprehensive canonical history of Vulcan?

asked Jan 9, 2017 at 1:27

4 votes

1 answer

742 views

What is the in universe relationship between the Asgardians and Nordic cultures?

asked Dec 3, 2018 at 3:05

4 votes

1 answer

2k views

Are there any good Slytherins besides Snape and Slughorn? [duplicate]

asked Feb 20, 2018 at 17:44

3 votes

1 answer

2k views

If it's so easy for the Doctor to exist outside the holodeck, why was it impossible for Moriarty?

asked Aug 23, 2017 at 23:02

2 votes

0 answers

395 views

If spice is necessary for space travel, how did humans get to Arrakis in the first place? [duplicate]

asked Jul 28, 2018 at 6:15

2 votes

1 answer

268 views

Which of the Dune on screen adaptations is truer to the book, the movie or the miniseries? [closed]

asked May 20, 2017 at 2:13

2 votes

2 answers

442 views

Is there any precedent for time travel in the MCU?

asked May 7, 2019 at 2:01

1 vote

0 answers

113 views

Is Earth even mentioned in any Star Wars stories (including the extended universe)? [duplicate]

asked Jul 29, 2019 at 6:04

1 vote

0 answers

133 views

Is there an in-universe reason why so many people in Altered Carbon are following late 20th/early 21st century fashion?

asked Oct 27, 2020 at 5:42

1 vote

0 answers

2k views

Did any vulcans ever appear in TNG other than Spock and Sarek? [duplicate]

asked Jul 14, 2017 at 21:53

1 vote

1 answer

421 views

Was Gene Roddenberry directly influenced by Logical Positivism when he came up with Spock?

asked Jan 9, 2017 at 1:44

0 votes

0 answers

124 views

In-universe reason for why most aliens speak English in the MCU? [duplicate]

asked Aug 11, 2019 at 9:30

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In The Avengers (2012), why does Thanos need Loki?

Why did House Atreides have to give up Caladan, while the Harkonnens were allowed to stay on Geidi Prime while also controlling Arrakis?

Why is Black Widow's last name "Romanoff" not "Romanova"?

If Dumbledore could take on Grindelwald, why didn't he take on Hitler?

On Pepper Potts and Tony Stark's relationship

In Star Trek, why doesn't time travel always lead to alternate realities?

Where do the spacefaring humans of the MCU come from?

Is there an in-universe explanation for why so many alien planets have names from human mythology?

Short story about a 15 year old boy whose girlfriend turns out to be a body guard sent to protect him?

Why are the crew surprised at Romulan cloaking technology in the "Enterprise Incident"?

Do Captain America's actions at the end of Endgame contradict what we've heard before in the film? [duplicate]

Recent Sci-Fi anthology. One story is about a detective tracking down people who use a drug to hop dimensions. Another is about social scores

Is there an in-universe reason in Marvel comics and the MCU that so many ancient gods came to Earth and intervened in human affairs?

Is the Black Sky unique or are there many Black Skys?

What did The Other mean when it told Thanos "[the Tesseract] is located on a human world" - "a" human world, not "the" human world?

What's the in-universe explanation for why most aliens are humanoid in the MCU?

Are Riker's Q powers brought up in any episodes after the one where he acquired them?

Is there a sequence of episodes that I can watch to get a comprehensive canonical history of Vulcan?

What is the in universe relationship between the Asgardians and Nordic cultures?

Are there any good Slytherins besides Snape and Slughorn? [duplicate]

If it's so easy for the Doctor to exist outside the holodeck, why was it impossible for Moriarty?

If spice is necessary for space travel, how did humans get to Arrakis in the first place? [duplicate]

Which of the Dune on screen adaptations is truer to the book, the movie or the miniseries? [closed]

Is there any precedent for time travel in the MCU?

Is Earth even mentioned in any Star Wars stories (including the extended universe)? [duplicate]

Is there an in-universe reason why so many people in Altered Carbon are following late 20th/early 21st century fashion?

Did any vulcans ever appear in TNG other than Spock and Sarek? [duplicate]

Was Gene Roddenberry directly influenced by Logical Positivism when he came up with Spock?

In-universe reason for why most aliens speak English in the MCU? [duplicate]