Favorite questions and answers from the first quarter of 2014

Question

Please link to your favorite questions and answers which were either asked or answered from January 1st 2014 through March 31st 2014.

Your answers will be compiled into a blog post like previous quarterly posts.

I will be using DavRob60's queries for a baseline, but I really appreciate people voicing the ones they really enjoyed. Maybe you feel like you answered one really well, even if it didn't receive a lot of votes. Let me know about it.

• Questions with most Votes created within 3 month range
• Questions with most View created within 3 month range
• Questions with best answer created within 3 month range

Answer 1

I enjoyed several questions on Middle Earth, especially non-trivial ones that address how a society would develop, and answers that quote Tolkien's surprisingly extensive correspondence on the subject.

• How well-known is the theology of Middle-earth, in Middle-earth?
• Why did Sauron keep Mount Doom alive after forging of the One Ring?

I also enjoyed this question (And @Slytherincess's answer), both for its content and for the dynamics of VtC->Clarification->Acceptance

• Is there any evidence supporting or contradicting the theory that Harry is an abused child, imagining it all?

Answer 2

I felt like this was a good question and that my answer was nicely comprehensive;

What is the meaning of the way that Kirk's clothes are?

Answer 3

I really liked this question:

Elder wand: age or wood?

Admittedly I might be a little biased because I got a lot of votes for my answer to it as well, but it's something I think a lot of people who read the books wouldn't have necessarily been clear on, and not just limited to those whose first language isn't English.