"Thráin, Thorin's father, was driven mad by grief. He went missing, taken prisoner or killed; we did not know."
— Balin, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Those who fought alongside Sigurd, whose fates are still unknown...."
David Burton: The Vixen craft cannot use the shield in warp mode. Cancel warp though who knows where we'll emerge. Warp off.
(cut to black)
On-screen timeline: Year: G6809 - Event: David Burton sets out in Vixen fighter to repel Bacterion. Not yet returned.
(cut to black)
On-screen timeline: Year: G6809 - Event: David Burton sets out in Vixen fighter to repel Bacterion. Not yet returned.
— Nemesis 3: Eve of Destruction, bad ending
"thog not sure if thog dead or not right now. thog buried under rock but reading-people not see thog's body so thog not sure. thog shrödinger's antagonist." [sic]
— Thog, Preface to The Order of the Stick: Good Deeds Gone Unpunished
"Chalmers may or may not be dead, but your career certainly is."
— This
fan-made game based on The Simpsons
fan-made game based on The SimpsonsJanice Rand: "Three of those colonists were children. I hope they're okay."
Christine Chapel: "They're probably hiding somewhere safe and sound. It'd be horrible if they were killed!"
Janice Rand: "Maybe the reason they haven't been found is because they're buried under the rubble!"
Christine Chapel: "They can't be! Imagine those poor kids dead! They must be alive and just waiting for a search party to find them."
[...]
Spock: "Nurse Chapel, you employed this fallacy when you stated that the missing colonists, particularly the children, must be alive because the thought of them dead was horrible. In doing so, you appealed to Yeoman Rand's desire for a positive outcome. The fact that we desire something to be true is not the smartest reason to believe it, just as the fact that we fear something being true is no reason to think it false."
Janice Rand: "Thank you, Mr. Spock."
Christine Chapel: "I should reassess my thinking."
Spock: "That would be best, but I too think they're all safe."
Christine Chapel: "They're probably hiding somewhere safe and sound. It'd be horrible if they were killed!"
Janice Rand: "Maybe the reason they haven't been found is because they're buried under the rubble!"
Christine Chapel: "They can't be! Imagine those poor kids dead! They must be alive and just waiting for a search party to find them."
[...]
Spock: "Nurse Chapel, you employed this fallacy when you stated that the missing colonists, particularly the children, must be alive because the thought of them dead was horrible. In doing so, you appealed to Yeoman Rand's desire for a positive outcome. The fact that we desire something to be true is not the smartest reason to believe it, just as the fact that we fear something being true is no reason to think it false."
Janice Rand: "Thank you, Mr. Spock."
Christine Chapel: "I should reassess my thinking."
Spock: "That would be best, but I too think they're all safe."
— Star Trek Logical Thinking, "Appeal to Emotion"
But none could say where Salgant was, nor can they now. Mayhap he was whelmed by fire upon his bed; yet some have it that he was taken captive to the halls of Melko and made his buffoon – and this is an ill fate for a noble of the good race of the Gnomes. Then was Eärendel sad at that, and walked beside his mother in silence.''
