- Juracan Mon Aug 13 18:24:52 2018 (Hounded Sporking, Chapter 2: The Morrigan Knows Your Time and Place)
His relationship with Morrigan here bothers me. She is helping him against Aengus, another of her people and likely some form of family given how these things go, despite neither myths nor book giving us explanation for why she would side with Atticus on this. The Tuatha are kind of not …
- sidhecat Mon Aug 13 17:08:33 2018 (Hounded Sporking, Chapter 2: The Morrigan Knows Your Time and Place)
His relationship with Morrigan here bothers me. She is helping him against Aengus, another of her people and likely some form of family given how these things go, despite neither myths nor book giving us explanation for why she would side with Atticus on this. She checked thrice after getting …
- baby names Thu Aug 9 23:45:00 2018 (The Dragon Archetype - A Rotten Rant)
I would like to thank you for adding this example. I really, really thought that this was an interesting examination of the whole dragon/human bond, and while there were a lot of flaws in the movie, I really enjoyed that.
- The Smith of Lie Wed Aug 8 09:10:47 2018 (Hounded Sporking, Chapter 2: The Morrigan Knows Your Time and Place)
But this reminds me that the series doesn’t rely very much on Southwest folklore/mythology? I’m not saying it’s bad that the main character is Irish or that there shouldn’t be Irish mythology as the main schtick, but reading the first two books, the extent of Southwest mythology that comes up …
- Juracan Wed Aug 8 08:50:50 2018 (Hounded Sporking, Chapter 2: The Morrigan Knows Your Time and Place)
QUICK NOTE: I probably didn’t make this clear in the sporking, seeing as how many people are asking but: Atticus is NOT wearing the amulet during the conversation, which is why he’s not defended from the Morrigan here (if she is in fact using magic to entrance him). He’s washing …
- Aikaterini Tue Aug 7 16:14:13 2018 (Hounded Sporking, Chapter 2: The Morrigan Knows Your Time and Place)
look, out of Austen’s work I’ve only read Pride and Prejudice, and there’s really not that much swooning. Atticus’s statement seems to imply he thinks Jane Austen wrote something like Harlequin romance novels, and that’s not really the kind of books Austen wrote? Maybe her other work has a lot …
- The Smith of Lie Tue Aug 7 15:14:55 2018 (Hounded Sporking, Chapter 2: The Morrigan Knows Your Time and Place)
Yeah, so a sword to the arm? It’s almost healed by the next chapter. I’m not saying I’d like the main character to be permanently maimed, but I thought it’d be cool if his injuries stuck around for a little longer. The protagonist’s wounds actually have a weird balance to them. …
- Epke Tue Aug 7 13:55:03 2018 (Hounded Sporking, Chapter 2: The Morrigan Knows Your Time and Place)
No one was around? At all? Fairly common beginner’s mistake when writing, in all honesty. Awesome thing happens to protagonist that proves how amazing he is? No one’s around, there’s no evidence left behind and no witnesses to corroborate. It’s almost like a bad forum RP… It’s almost healed by the …
- Juracan Mon Aug 6 17:04:48 2018 (Thor: Ragnarok Isn't Very Good)
1. Nope, I still don’t see it. I guess I don’t understand your culture. I think making jokes while someone’s house is burning down makes one an asshole. I’m not sure that’s a culture thing. Even if it was, does that excuse it? There are cultures where it’s not considered offensive to …
- bananawaffles Mon Aug 6 09:22:25 2018 (Thor: Ragnarok Isn't Very Good)
I can’t be bothered figuring how this website works so I’ll just address your points with numbers. 1. Nope, I still don’t see it. I guess I don’t understand your culture. 2. It isn’t handwoven because they explained it. Time behaves differently on Sakaar. Jeff Goldbloom’s two lines and the visual cue …
- The Smith of Lie Mon Aug 6 05:21:09 2018 (Hounded Sporking, Chapter 2: The Morrigan Knows Your Time and Place)
Ok here’s the deal – I’ll do my usual comment, where I quote the choice bits of spork and try to pretend at having wit in regards to them later. But there’s one bit that inspired me to do something little bit old school. “How about Mojave? Aenghus won’t find you …
- robux rewards Mon Aug 6 03:25:32 2018 (You Should Read This - Leviathan Wakes)
most of them search this website.
- Juracan Sat Aug 4 20:41:08 2018 (Thor: Ragnarok Isn't Very Good)
I think the biggest issue here is differences in culture. I do not see humour as something that takes away from the seriousness of a situation. Apparently you do. The fact that you think Thor: Ragnarok doesn’t care about its plot or characters just because there are jokes in it …
- Bananawaffles Sat Aug 4 13:40:36 2018 (Thor: Ragnarok Isn't Very Good)
I didn’t think Thor: Ragnarok had a problem with tone at all. As an Australian, I greatly appreciated the Kiwi style of humour. I also had zero problems with dramatic moments cut with humorous moments because it reminded me of other Australian comedy films as well as Stephen Chow films. I …
- The Smith of Lie Fri Aug 3 06:51:40 2018 (City of Glass: Chapter 4 - Daylighter)
About symbols and vampires—I wonder if it would be a bit like The Dresden Files. There, a symbol is empowered by the faith of the wielder. Since the protagonist believes that his pentangle represents magic as good, it’s made more powerful against evil. So, in the reverse, a vampire would be …
- Princesselwen Thu Aug 2 20:38:44 2018 (City of Glass: Chapter 4 - Daylighter)
About symbols and vampires—I wonder if it would be a bit like The Dresden Files. There, a symbol is empowered by the faith of the wielder. Since the protagonist believes that his pentangle represents magic as good, it’s made more powerful against evil. So, in the reverse, a vampire would be …
- Aikaterini Thu Aug 2 15:29:57 2018 (City of Glass: Chapter 4 - Daylighter)
And this somehow makes him more interesting! Especially to people like Sebastian and Aline. But not to Jace. He’ll still treat Simon like dirt and nobody but Simon will care. By which I assume he means Clary deciding to go back to using him as her emotional crutch, because what they …
- The Smith of Lie Wed Aug 1 15:08:30 2018 (City of Glass: Chapter 4 - Daylighter)
He fled to Shadowhunter Land and did it there. So there was no reason for him to be in New York in the last book. So, on one hand this is terribly stupid because it renders the whole of book 2 completely pointless. On the other it is nice to see …
- Apep Wed Aug 1 14:04:20 2018 (City of Glass: Chapter 4 - Daylighter)
I didn’t expect that. slap No. No. This book does not deserve Monty Python references. It took Apep a whole one paragraph to destroy the possible, kind interpretation I came up with. Well, that’s about how long it took CC. Is it ever clarified whether that is because he finished it despite the whole climactic …
- The Smith of Lie Wed Aug 1 05:31:11 2018 (City of Glass: Chapter 4 - Daylighter)
New chapter from Apep, huzzah! But before we begin, let’s take a look at that chapter title, shall we? “Daylighter,” eh? Gee, can’t imagine what that’s referring to. But I guess Daywalker was already taken, so why not go with a cheap knock-off, am I right? Given the use of word moonlighting …
