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@silverfox said in Brandon Sanderson:

I wonder, a little, if some of the shallowness comes from the fact that his books are squeaky clean when it comes to sex.

I think a lot of it has more to do with him being a Mormon. I've complained forever that he couldn't handle morally grey characters as well, everything in his storytelling felt very black and white, good v. evil, like there was hardly anything in between. And when he finished Wheel of Time, the one character of the core three who was one of the more complicated characters? He struggled a lot with and Mat is NOT the same character as he was in Books 4-11 after Jordan found his way with that character.

@saosmash said in The Worst Thing You Have Done in this Hobby Thread:

@rucket I got there ten minutes after breakfast ended and I got their frostaccino thing and no food. Absolutely sugar bombed myself, had NO potato wedges, and made myself queasy.

Ooof, yeah I don't think I could ever do just a shake or frosty by itself, I definitely need something to go with it. So I definitely feel your pain

@auspice said in Visit Fallcoast, sponsored by the Fallcoast Chamber of Commerce:

@surreality said in Visit Fallcoast, sponsored by the Fallcoast Chamber of Commerce:

I know this won't be an 80s game. But all of this is why I still want one some day.

I think at the rate we're all going, it'll be an 80s game regardless.

It should definitely be an 80s game. And a part of me wants to play Vice City again, lol.

It's life-changing.

Well maybe not life-changing. But wow.

@seraphim73 said in The Wheel of Time:

@arkandel said in The Wheel of Time:

It's quite possible authors like George Martin - or Robert Jordan - told a pretty good story. I wish those who adopt them actually showed more respect for it rather than try to 'fix it'.

I agree with almost everything that you said, but I think that it's absolutely possible to fix what's actually wrong with a book series (misogyny, for one) without "fixing" what isn't wrong (giving Perrin a wife and then fridging her for one).

100%. I really really REALLY wish they had gone with Sanderson's suggestion of killing off Master Luhan in Episode 1. Would I have loved to see Master Luhan eat it? No, but I'd understand it and be okay with it. Having Perrin be married and then axe-murdering his wife just felt at odds with a lot of the other stuff they were trying to do.

@kay said in Visit Fallcoast, sponsored by the Fallcoast Chamber of Commerce:

@rucket I have found the Vice City cover of Miami Vice's Crocket's Theme. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1zW5FFwxOo

@surreality said in Random links:

@Rucket I beg of you, keep the name. That name (and dude) needs to hang out with one of the surgical residents from when I was in the hospital for 'STOP BEING A WOD CHARACTER IN REAL LIFE MAN!'-ness.

(Seriously, a buff, hot, tribal-tatted, geek-literate mid-late 20s surgical resident/budding doctor genius who was charming as hell with an equally WoD name I won't repeat here since it's a real person and the poor soul would get so googled. Kinfolk doctor stereotype, GO!)

Well, I'd keep the idea of a politician who sacrificed goats and drank the blood, because well... Florida. But this guy was at Charlottesville, so fuck everything else about this guy.

@arkandel said in The Wheel of Time:

@three-eyed-crow Btw did you read that Mat's actor is changing in season 2?

No explanation was provided that I know of.

Yeah I'm a wait and see on that. Overall I've loved the casting so far, so if the new Mat comes in and does a great job then great.

I dunno who GiovanniAcuto is on here, if they are on here. But they were super helpful answering my questions and stuff.

@Three-Eyed-Crow said in Meg and Pikachu:

Ugh everything about Sonic looks so horrifying.

@derp said in The Wheel of Time:

@arkandel said in The Wheel of Time:

@derp I'm too big a purist to be okay with them changing any of the book relationships, dammit.

By the way I thought they handled the gay (bi?) Warders scene pretty well. No big deal about it, it flowed organically.

The one at the inn, too, where Rand was all, "If I wanted a man I could do better than Mat."

Oh man, I laughed at this line. In his current state, it's not an untrue statement but goddamn it Rand, you douche, lol.

Hi!

I play Cosimo. House Gaspari is focusing on importing exotic trade goods and stuffs. I need to put that on the house wiki page. That being said, if anyone wants to be be a part of the house, there's still room for 2 siblings and a ton of cousins. I'm totally open to concepts and am fine with people playing against-type.

Could also use non-nobles too!

Anyway @Lithium you could be someone who married in. Or you could be someone who took into a mercenary company.

Pikachu had his moment.

Sonic's time is now.

@seraphim73 said in The Wheel of Time:

I have to admit that I was disappointed that they cut Caemlyn/Elayne/Galad/Gawyn/Min entirely and transposed Loial and Logain's procession and a few other things to Tar Valon. But I understand why they did it, especially with only 2 episodes left. Blu and I finished the episode and looked at one another and said, "Other than people getting to Tar Valon and Perrin going wolf-y for the first time, was there anything that actually -happened- in that episode?"

Weellll, I get why you cut Caemlyn and go to Tar Valon. Also, Elayne is coming in Season 2 according to casting and Min IS in this season, so I'm curious to see if she pops up in Ep 6 or if she pops up in 7 or 8 (as there are 3 episodes left, not 2!)

And yeah, I see where you're coming from, but if I look at it from the perspective of someone not knowledgable about the lore or the setting, this one gives me more characterization and a chance to know more about stuff without having some more stuff thrown at us.

So I updated the Gaspari house page with some openings in the house in case someone's looking for hooks or anything:

http://valorous.wikidot.com/house:gaspari

I'm also more than happy to have cousins who married out as well, or another sibling who did. So hit me up if you are looking for a hook there.

@Gingerlily said in The Hockey Thread:

@Rucket said in The Hockey Thread:

@Ganymede said in The Hockey Thread:

@Rucket said in The Hockey Thread:

I don't hate the Flyers. I just hate Philly. And Dallas. New York to a lesser extent. Sorry, but this is how it has to be in the NFC East. It just ends up bleeding into other sports.

Look, stop projecting your loathing for your own team and just recognize that Dan Snyder will never put together a Super Bowl team ever, all right?

Look, this is Washington okay? We'll never win any championships because none of our teams can go deep into the playoffs. Caps? Oh let's have an amazing season and then get kicked out in the second round. Nats? Great season, first round exit. Skins? Haha. Wizards? Yeah we'll get that 8 seed and then get knocked out in the first round.

But we might. <3. We might win two in back to back years! Who can say? (This is the funnest thread to notice after all the posts are ancient)

Yea took us getting rid of our best player on the Nationals to make a run, lmao.

@derp said in The Wheel of Time:

...why?

I'm not Arkandel, but I have some thoughts on this.

***Book Spoiler Talk***

If some changes are going to be made, can someone please make it a bit wider? I have an ultrawide monitor and while I only use my browser on half the screen, it's still incredibly narrow and I think it could help with adding more dropdown menus up top as well.

Final Fantasy III (6), Christmas of 1994. Still the best FF game ever made and my dad really made that year for me since he gave it to me as a secret gift.

@three-eyed-crow said in The Wheel of Time:

My issue with the Perrin thing is what a non-character his wife was. Fridging issues aside...this was a person with no lines and the show did not successfully make me feel emotionally invested in that relationship. I don't actually think Master Luhhan would've been better if the first episode still wasn't going to give that relationship any screentime. I also don't think it would've taken much. Mat's family situation felt a lot more fleshed-out than Perrin's marriage because of like 1 or 2 minutes of effort to show his parents sucking.

I think a 90-minute pilot with some more time in Emond's Field would've made me feel better about all the Two Rivers stuff, but apparently that's not what Amazon wanted and the show has subsequently been a lot better in terms of characterization.

Yeah the show runner wanted a 2 hour long premier and Amazon was like 'lol no'. So I'm not as critical as I might have been because I think they are trying to do their best to bring all of this to life in a way that can appeal to book fans and bring new people in.