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In Tui T. Sutherland's series Wings Of Fire, civilized dragons inhabit a continent known as Pyrrhia, which is shaped like a dragon itself.

In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Dumbledore and Voldemort face off in an epic wizard duel. The two exchange lightning and...

In the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien, and in most adaptations thereof, Orc blood is described or shown as black in color. Human blood is...

Original post (Quora) "...reasoning within the world's cultures… The Elves made art, not industry. Their products seemed magical. They...

A common trope in movies, especially fantasy, is that even in nighttime scenes there will be a "twilight" level of light. The Lord of The...

Spoilers (surprise!).

I just watched the Holland trilogy, and man, it's good. Especially FFH.

Note: I'm using kilocalories for energy in this essay, because it's more intuitive that way. The super soldier serum drastically...

I did a *lot* of math for this one.

In Star Wars: Revenge Of the Sith, Obi-Wan Kenobi duels the cyborg General Grievous, cutting off two of his arms before taking him by...

Let's quantify MCU Thor's striking abilities with Mjolnir in The Avengers (2012). Feat (video version) Hulk weighs 450+ kg. Thor sends...

Fireballs. Beautiful fireballs. In this gif, you can see Toothless blowing up the top of a wooden tower. It makes a pretty impressive...

Note: The numbers here are very rough, and really only good to about an order of magnitude. They just give us some idea of what the Red...

Link to feat (gif version) In Game Of Thrones, John Snow swats a guy off his horse with a sword strike (a similar thing can be seen in...

Also known as the Amban sniper rifle, this is Din Djarin's primary weapon in The Mandalorian. This weapon fires glowing orange bolts not...

Link to feat Star Trek is pretty consistently below Star Wars in terms of firepower. However, in Star Trek: Discovery (also known as DIS,...

Universe: Arda (Amazon) Creature type: Dwarf Size: Probably about 4'10" tall Abilities: Great strength, likely mining and combat...

Positive ones.

"He was the perfect weapon until he became the target." Respect thread Universe: Earth (Bourne movie franchise) Creature type: Human...