I take that as a compliment of the highest order.
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That sounds very interesting, and I hope itâs workable and sustainable. For me, the best discussions are not the ones where everyone stays always on track and agrees 100% on all (otherwise I would never have learned here of certain music artists and â god help me â Cyriak.
As to âtyrannyâ, I hope that mods/admins out there donât take that literally; words can be inexact, and the tendency to add âflavorâ (tasteful and otherwise) to communication is very human. Mods/admins are a necessity; thatâs a fact; NPR (having had to do away with its comments section) learned that the hard way. I hope that mods/admins also realize that they too are not immune from acting in ways that reveal them as being imperfect humans like the rest of us.
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The dog looks light and slim enough to hoist up and throw like a dart! Might even glide a couple of feet.
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I have not seen a single episode of Game of Thrones. Is that something that happens?
And before anyone asks, "What is wrong with you?"
I donât know. I just never felt interested enough.
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When the dragons are small, they are kind of like lap dogs⌠kind of?
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I also held back, but the psycho-onslaught from acquaintances got me watching. Think soap opera with swords, dragons, eunuchs, and dismemberment, and you get the idea. Also, you never know whoâs going to get killed, even from among the important characters. Nice formula.
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But less so, the bigger they getâŚ
The rumor for the next season is that the dragons will be even bigger, like the size of 747s!
Long story short, come for swords and court intrigue, stay for the dragons!
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You know, Iâd really love to see a detective/police procedural in a medieval setting. It wouldnât have to be set in Earth.
I loved The Name of the Rose in both novel and film format, and the closest thing I can think of is Cadfael, which Iâve already seen.
Edit: Which puts me in mind of Ursula K. Guin. I consider The Lathe of Heaven to ne one of my favorite novels, but really couldnât get into Earthsea. Perhaps it was all the politics.
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I have the Cadfael Collection! Fun to watch (although it really bothered me that Sean Pertwee left the series early on as Sheriff Berenger, and subsequent Berengers were merely window dressing and not portrayed as being very bright; Pertwee and Jacobi created characters that together had great symbiosis and moved the stories along nicely.)
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Maybe Russians hacked BBS.
#theplotthins
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Shouldnât he be wearing a hounskull?
My rumor: An episode will feature court intrigue and sword battles, all staged on top of a flying dragon. Look for it!
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wouldnât his methods be seen as a threat? God will know his own, and all that.
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There is a murder mystery that is relevant to the plot of Game of Thrones, but it is resolved* through trial-by-combat, with proxies. Hardly anybody even cares who really did the deed.
â not really resolved
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And vice versaâŚnever posted a snarky gif in response to some guy trying to make a point?
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Iâve seen this more than a few times at work. And misogyny sometimes tends to have other manifestations of hate and intolerance attached to it.
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Which was whatâs so intriguing about The Name of the Rose, I think.
âVery little was discovered, and the detective defeated.â
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Just for the sake of clarification/correction: It was not user @othermike, but rather it was user @OtherMichael who was involved and received a ten-year ban.
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Pshaw.
/s
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