Merlin

Is anyone else getting serious Shallan vibes from Wanda? The way she seems to know what's actually happening but is shutting it out and creating new memories and life? Just me?

Deep questions, my friend.

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Has anyone read the comics? They have several adventures that aren't in the show, and they're really good.

2 minutes ago, I Am A Fish said:

Best Calvin persona?

Stupendous Man forever!

My mom got my brother a deluxe collection as a graduation present, and it was one of the four times in my life I've seen him cry.

I'm desperately hoping Nazh's actual name is something like "Fight The Good Fight Of Faith" or "If Jesus Christ Had Not Died For Thee Thou Wouldst Be Damned". (There are actual records of people with those names. I kid you not.)

Whoever did the movie would have to be careful not to make it too slapstick. It's a fine line to walk, with Alcatraz being all stoopid and cracking jokes throughout, but with the undertone that he really did go through some stuff. And you'd have to be careful to not make the narration too constant or annoying, 'cause that would just be frustrating.

I just watched Little Women (1994) with my mom to celebrate her birthday last night. That movie makes me inexpressibly happy. Also Emperors New Groove. That movie puts a smile on my face just to think about it. 

Fall colors on the mountains, when my doggo nibbles my ear, jumping in a freezing cold lap pool, this one brand of face wash, my pumpkin plants, waterfalls, Thai food, fish tacos, sunsets, rooftops, seals, spaghetti.

I do really love all the POV from Bridge Four. Rock's chapter is a favorite of mine. I also like it when we get interludes of people elsewhere on Roshar, and we get to see how other cultures and people are perceiving Alethkar, Dalinar, and the whole Desolation.

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6 hours ago, Spren of Kindness said:

 I feel the books are something to be read over a longer period of time -

Yeah, I've been reading Fellowship for about a month, but I actually found a really awesome audiobook of it on YouTube, so I've been listening to that while doing puzzles.

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I like makeup when I have reason to wear it. Plays, church, girls'-night's-where-it's-me-alone-in-my-room-with-makeup-and-chocolate. To be honest, I haven't worn any makeup for about 4 months, since I only go out in public to get milk from Walmart. Speaking of pockets, does anyone else hate it when their jeans have frickin fake pockets sewn on? Maybe it's just me, but that's one of my biggest pet peeves.

I literally only had time to watch it today, because the rest of my family were inexplicably out of the house for three hours.

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Just wondering, do y'all think it's wrong that every time I read the books I skip The Scouring of the Shire? I promise I don't skip anything else, it's just that chapter that I can't stand. Throughout the books, the Shire represents everything they're fighting for, the goodness and innocence. It just doesn't feel like a victory to me when they have to continue to get rid of the evil that's infected the land that has always been safe even after they've defeated Sauron. 

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I... this is true beauty.

 

 

 

 

 

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2 hours ago, Elegy said:

One thing I feel is worth bringing up is that in general, Tolkien never aimed at a cinematic/overly visual writing style like most modern authors do. That's because he was mostly inspired by actual works of mythology and conceptualized Middle-Earth as a whole as a fictional mythology rather than a fantasy universe - it's why most of his work is closer to Homer, the Bible, Beowulf, and the Kalevala (my personal favorite myth) than to, say, Brandon or Robert Jordan. Since such a piece of mythology could not really faithfully be reconstructed in film (especially since the people who would tell and write down these stories in-world do not have that technology, so the films would not be the "original documents" of their culture), they can't possibly win in the same game the books play. So they play their own game - grand scope blockbuster cinema - and master it in their own right. I think it's always important to make that distinction between the goals of both works, and recognize how confident they are in both. Tolkien has certainly achieved the more extraordinary goal, while the film trilogy is not as revolutionary, but has had more of an emotional impact on me personally - which is why I probably prefer it at the end of the day.

I totally agree. Tolkien really just wanted to display his world, not tell a story. I think nowadays we're more used to fast-paced stories that don't go so deep into mythology, and that's why so many people get freaked out by the books.

I feel like we're at the point where everyone's super done with all of this, but we still attempt to be careful. I just found the pool at my rec center is opening in a couple of weeks, but they take our temperature at the door. I'm going no matter what!