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Where could I find this too? (startrek.website)
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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (3 children)

From our perspective, people with this ability would more likely:

  • age much faster
  • never sleep
  • have extreme levels of social intelligence
  • talk very precisely
  • learn very fast

Why are time-pocket species unheard of in space and magic world fiction?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Hermione had her plot-breaking time turner thing,

  • she's a fast learner
  • she does talk precisely
  • not sure about social intelligence, but she sure is book smart
  • she probably slept, but she's one who would stay up late studying something.
  • Based on the movie, she certainly aged faster than Harry and Ron.

By your definition I will confidently claim that Hermione was (artificially) a time-pocket species for a year.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think Stargate had a couple time-pocket episodes, but I can't remember exactly. There is also a graphic novel built around a character that stops time with orgasms.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Would that be Sex Criminals?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That was it! I couldn't think of the name, thank you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

stopping time with orgasms

How ridiculous and impractical that would be, for it would make such a mess every time, both physically and emotionally.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That sounds an awful lot like the Salarians, from Mass Effect. At least 3/5. Probably not "never sleep"