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**It's like Ask Science, but all questions and answers are written with answers gleaned from the universe itself.** Use in-universe knowledge, rules, and common sense to answer the questions. Or as **fanlore.org** calls it [Watsonian, not a Doylist point of view](http://fanlore.org/wiki/Watsonian_vs._Doylist)
Popular Themes in r/AskScienceFiction
#1
Advice Requests
: "[The Hobbit] How could Gollum understand and speak fluent, unaccented Shire-speech with Bilbo after living isolated under a mountain for 500 years?"
21 posts
#2
Ideas
: "[the culture] what would the culture minds do if they encounter a civilization more powerful than them?"
1 post
#3
Money Talk
: "[Harry Potter] I'm a young wizard looking to plan for my future retirement. I've heard muggles are good at "investing", but all Gringotts does is put my money in a vault. How can I make my money grow?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/AskScienceFiction
#1
Star Wars
: "[Star Wars] Why was Vader so sure the Rebels were on Hoth?"
35 posts
#2
Marvel
: "[Marvel] HYDRA claims "cut off one head, two more take it's place." Aside from being bluster, what does this mean tactically/operationally? How do they enforce this methodology?"
31 posts
#3
Invincible
: "[Invincible] What the fuck do the Flaxans want with earth? From their perspective its a hellword that kills them if there in it to long without specific tech and full of heroes who can take hundreds of their soldiers at a time"
28 posts
#4
Dc
: "[Dc Comics] Is there an in-universe reason why Batman doesn't always fight in a power armor like Iron Man?"
26 posts
#5
Star Trek
: "[Star Trek] what if a human Starfleet officer was irreparably (and against their will) subjected to genetic modification that essentially turned them into something akin to an Augment? Would they be forced out of Starfleet, or would the unique circumstances protect them?"
21 posts
#6
Harry Potter
: "[Harry Potter] If Barty Crouch Jr on his first day as teacher in Hogwarts invited Harry to his chamber and asked to hand him a piece of paper that was really a portkey, would Lord Voldemort come back one year earlier?"
16 posts
#7
General
: "[General] Has any god ever directly intervened in a courtroom due to how their will has been misinterpreted?"
14 posts
#8
Mcu
: "[Mcu] When Rocket Raccoon said Tony Stark is only a genius on earth, was that an accurate statement or was Rocket just being a dick? Surely Tony is still one of the smartest people in the universe"
13 posts
#9
Pokemon
: "[Pokemon] How many people die from Pokémon attacks on average?"
10 posts
#10
X Men
: "[X-Men] As trained as Sabertooth and Wolverine are in various styles of combat why do they regularly only ever like to fight like wild animals?"
9 posts
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