Life&Death Posted August 30, 2018 Report Share Posted August 30, 2018 I’m going to change the subject from the war, as entertaining as it is. Chocolate or Vanilla? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Holmes Posted August 31, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2018 I'm going to have to go with vanilla, all the cheap chocolate ice cream I buy tastes awful. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furamirionind Posted August 31, 2018 Report Share Posted August 31, 2018 31 minutes ago, AxeliustheGreat said: I'm going to have to go with vanilla, all the cheap chocolate ice cream I buy tastes awful. Though I disagree about Tolkien vs. Brandon, 100% agree on this. Vanilla tastes great! What's your favorite tabletop game? What is a creative question that you don't want to be asked? : P 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Holmes Posted August 31, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2018 My favorite tabletop game is Minecraft. Here I am, playing on my computer, which is on a table/desk. A creative question that I don't want to be asked is: "What do you have a college degree for?" I haven't gone to college, and don't plan to. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Holmes Posted September 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2018 Anybody have any more Tolkien questions? I’m an expert. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitBitio Posted September 5, 2018 Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 On 8/20/2018 at 10:32 AM, AxeliustheGreat said: TLR was beaten by a Mistborn with the help of Fuzz. A wizard could destroy him. A Balrog could simply wave his whip through the chasmfiend's neck. It's the fire of death itself. Meeting adjourned. Gandalf does make fireworks. Fuzz is, by your terminology, worth a Valar in terms of power. Fire of death or not, it is like poking a needle into a rock. It doesn't work. On 8/20/2018 at 9:06 AM, AxeliustheGreat said: *laughs maniacally* Odium, eh? You know what what Odium does? He creates spren that can control people's emotions. You know what Melkor can do? Literally anything he feels like. He can overpower the LotR Adonalsium. Something special about this world is that the Valar aren't little bits of Ea; they're copies of parts of his power. The Shards are bits of Adonalsium, not copies. This leaves LotR with a great advantage. Also, Melkor has planning and betrayal experience as well as armies that greatly surpass the numbers of Odium's. Kaladin was a normal dude with a Shardblade when he beat the chasmfiend. Balrogs could walk up and chop a chasmfiend's head off, then mount it on their cave wall as a hunting trophy. The whips of fire are more powerful than a wild animal's scales. Allow me to remind you that we are talking about only named characters. That would leave you with a few Elantrians, some Allomancers/Feruchemists/Hemalurgists, a couple of Awakeners, and about twenty Voidbinders/Surgebinders. Let me note that Sauron is a Maiar, and he created many Rings of Power. But, Celebrimbor created three non-corrupt Rings by himself, with magical essence in them. If a mere elf has that much power, think about how much a wizard would have. I can see that arguing further is pointless, as your beliefs are obviously set in stone and you won't even consider some of the very true things I write, so I adjourn this debate. Any questions? Kaladin was a lucky guy with a Shardblade who was fortunate enough to beat a Chasmfiend. Balrogs MIGHT be able to beat a Chasmfiend with a lucky strike. Named characters. For starters, that is all of Bridge Four, Nale's Skybreakers, all of the Heralds, 100ish Shardbearers, 2 or 3 Lightweavers, and the same number for the rest of the orders. There is also a bunch of Fused, 9 Unmade, a massive parshman army, all of the High Aedin armies, all of the Forgotten (Aether of Night), all of the other Forgotten (Rithmatist) All of the Rithmatists, Epics, Knights of Crystallia, Smedries, Oculators, thousands of koloss, dozens of Inquisitors, some Mistborn, some Twinborn (such as Miles, who is literally immortal) all of the Synod, all of the Returned, Nightblood, the other Awakeners, the Lifeless, the Aimians, Kalad's Phantoms, the Chasmfiends, the Dakhor Monastery, all of Elantris, some ChayShan warriors, the armies of Wyrn, all of the Shades, the Kerztian armies, the whole Diem, and some hundred nightmaws. And that's just for starters. There is also Ironeyes, Kelsier, and Rashek. And the God King. And Hoid. And the Stormfather and the Nightwatcher. And all of the Yolish Dragons. And the Shards. *does a headcount* Twenty? Um, no. *realizes this could be taken as rude* You said 20ish Surgebinders or Voidbinders. It's actually 100 at least. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Holmes Posted September 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 I’m talking about characters with explicitly stated names. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitBitio Posted September 5, 2018 Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 *scratches 90% of names off of Tolkien's list* Brandon wins because God Beyond. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Cole Posted September 6, 2018 Report Share Posted September 6, 2018 23 hours ago, BitBitio said: *scratches 90% of names off of Tolkien's list* Brandon wins because God Beyond. The possibly fictional god? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitBitio Posted September 6, 2018 Report Share Posted September 6, 2018 2 hours ago, King Cole said: The possibly fictional god? That half the cosmere worships, and the one rep title? Yes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Cole Posted September 6, 2018 Report Share Posted September 6, 2018 7 minutes ago, BitBitio said: That half the cosmere worships, and the one rep title? Yes. The one whose existence cant be proven 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Holmes Posted October 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2018 I thank you, @King Cole, for agreeing with me for once in your life. Now, seriously, ask me anything. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Cole Posted October 6, 2018 Report Share Posted October 6, 2018 1 hour ago, AxeliustheGreat said: I thank you, @King Cole, for agreeing with me for once in your life. Now, seriously, ask me anything. How'd you become so into Lord of the Rings? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Holmes Posted October 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2018 Primarily, reading the Hobbit when I was six. After that, I watched all the Middle-earth movies, and then read all of the Lord of the Rings. I also read MOST of the Silmarillion. I admit my current obsession with it is mostly because of a friend of mine at my school who is absolutely obsessed with it. Actually, we've completely outlawed saying 'hello' to each other. Now, we both raise our right arms like we're carrying swords and yell, "For Gondor!" We also wrote a menu for a LotR restaurant. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Cole Posted October 6, 2018 Report Share Posted October 6, 2018 1 hour ago, AxeliustheGreat said: Primarily, reading the Hobbit when I was six. After that, I watched all the Middle-earth movies, and then read all of the Lord of the Rings. I also read MOST of the Silmarillion. I admit my current obsession with it is mostly because of a friend of mine at my school who is absolutely obsessed with it. Actually, we've completely outlawed saying 'hello' to each other. Now, we both raise our right arms like we're carrying swords and yell, "For Gondor!" We also wrote a menu for a LotR restaurant. Reading the Silmarillion isn't worth the pain. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Holmes Posted October 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2018 That's very true. It's just not worth it. I look on the Wiki whenever I need something. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Cole Posted October 6, 2018 Report Share Posted October 6, 2018 55 minutes ago, AxeliustheGreat said: That's very true. It's just not worth it. I look on the Wiki whenever I need something. I'm not exaggerating when I say it's soul crushing. About halfway through the book I wasn't even fully reading anymore. I started getting happy when characters died because I didn't have to remember them 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Holmes Posted October 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2018 I couldn't any of them anyway. The only one who stuck in my mind was Melkor. And Fingolfin. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrinceDusty Posted October 9, 2018 Report Share Posted October 9, 2018 What's this new green profile photo of yours? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Holmes Posted October 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2018 It's a picture of Swiss chard. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Secret Corner Posted October 9, 2018 Report Share Posted October 9, 2018 (edited) Is Turin not the most weep-over-able character from the Silmarillion, or am I out of the loop. But then again, he was involved in some strange things. Also, a suggestion. For the Brandon vs. Tolkien war, you specifically look at different sections. Valar + Eru + other Ainur and whatnot vs. Shards +Adonalsium + (God Beyond?) and whatnot. Then more magical beings such as Dragons, Balrogs, OP elves, Wizards, Maiar, etc. vs Chasmfiends, sandworms, Mistborn, Knights Radiant, Elantrians, etc. Further on, you could look at more mundane armies, orcs, dwarves, not quite as OP elves, humans, etc. vs humans, koloss, and various armies (Selish armies, armies of the Final Empire, armies of the highprinces, etc). Edited October 9, 2018 by Secrets 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silva Posted October 9, 2018 Report Share Posted October 9, 2018 2 hours ago, AxeliustheGreat said: It's a picture of Swiss chard. Why? Just why? And is Pippin not the best character to have ever been written in the history of all books? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Holmes Posted October 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2018 Tell me, Silva... what is the name of the website you are perusing? I disagree. I think Kelsier is. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silva Posted October 10, 2018 Report Share Posted October 10, 2018 Ah. It's a stretch, but it has some charm. And just out of curiousity, do you actually speak German or did you just use Google Translate here? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Holmes Posted October 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2018 I'm mostly German. I can't speak any. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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