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dude i came here to make an entirely different SU but i got stuck because like wtf is the singular of Knights Radiant

like you aren’t specifying a certain order, but it’s still singular

is it just Knight Radiant???? “he’s a knight radiant” that sounds weird. “he’s a member of the knights radiant” that also feels weird.

i think i’m doing the thing where you say a word over and over and it stops sounding like a word

saddest death in fiction

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saddest death in fiction

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SPOOKY SEASON

SPOOKY SEASON

BETA READERS FROM DISTANT LANDS; ICONAR COLLECTIVE PEEPS OF OLD

YOU HAVE BEEN SUMMONED HERE TO HELP ME COME UP WITH MORE NAMES

I'm renaming Lacy

Yup. I'm gonna. There are several reasons why, but the only one you guys need to know is that it's just way too real-world-y. An argument could be made that Corrin and Dain are also real-world names, but they're main characters so screw that.

I've already reworked several so far. Those of you unfortunate enough to have read my earlier drafts of the story might remember Tara, Veronica, and Minshyl; the girls have become Terume and Vaiccia respectively, and while I've removed Minshyl's original character I intend to replace Tristan (another OG) with him. 

All suggestions are welcome, though I'd like to keep the option of calling her "Lace" as a nickname. Some examples could be:

• Leceru (Leh - cheh - hru), Lezeru, Lesheru
• Lek'yaa (Leh - k'yay)
• Zahleff (Jah - leh - fu), Zahlesh, Zahlezh
• L'ahyai (L'ah - yai)

You don't have to refer to my super epic phonetic system to come up with an idea. Just plop down whatever pops into your head, and I'll port the ones I like to... whatever this language is supposed to be called. I've been having way too much fun rewriting names in this system.

BETA READERS FROM DISTANT LANDS; ICONAR COLLECTIVE PEEPS OF OLD

YOU HAVE BEEN SUMMONED HERE TO HELP ME COME UP WITH MORE NAMES

I'm renaming Lacy

Yup. I'm gonna. There are several reasons why, but the only one you guys need to know is that it's just way too real-world-y. An argument could be made that Corrin and Dain are also real-world names, but they're main characters so screw that.

I've already reworked several so far. Those of you unfortunate enough to have read my earlier drafts of the story might remember Tara, Veronica, and Minshyl; the girls have become Terume and Vaiccia respectively, and while I've removed Minshyl's original character I intend to replace Tristan (another OG) with him. 

All suggestions are welcome, though I'd like to keep the option of calling her "Lace" as a nickname. Some examples could be:

• Leceru (Leh - cheh - hru), Lezeru, Lesheru
• Lek'yaa (Leh - k'yay)
• Zahleff (Jah - leh - fu), Zahlesh, Zahlezh
• L'ahyai (L'ah - yai)

You don't have to refer to my super epic phonetic system to come up with an idea. Just plop down whatever pops into your head, and I'll port the ones I like to... whatever this language is supposed to be called. I've been having way too much fun rewriting names in this system.

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they're still going strong

I have received a notification for every single one of these

they're still going strong

Piraites of the Caribbean: At world's end.

It's an interesting movie... It's definitely the worst of the original trilogy directed by Gore Verbinski, but it's still fun, if a bit lackluster at parts.

Now... what if we could change that?

What if there were a change we could make that could make it a better film?

What if it made Davy Jones the main villain of this third movie instead of Cutler Becket, yet with Becket still being a major threat?

What if Davy Jones and Calypso had a son and that son was Cutler Becket and, to find Jones, Jack had found Becket and asked him where Jones was. It would've been a flashback sequence sometime during the movie, probably a prologue. Jack and Becket would've had a fight, Jack winning and almost killing Becket before Becket tells him where his father would be, most likely. Jack disappears, leaving Becket screaming Jack's name, "I'll find you one day! One day I'll kill you and you'll regret the night you attacked Cutler Becket!" Something like that, anyways...

Just imagine all the tension in the scenes where Jones and Becket are in the same room... just think about how much better Davy Jones's role would've been in the film, rather than being a flustered bad guy outmatched by the east india company, he would be a villain attempting to fight his own son, though failing because of his love for Becket's mother, Calypso.

Ahhhhhhh... so many things could've happened... 

*goes back to finishing up Biology so I can write*

The Goku vs Saitama debate in a nutshell:

• "NoOooOoooo but Super Saiyan Blue Goku has  g o d    k i  and Ultra Instinct! Even if Saitama was stronger - whICh hE iSn't - he wouldn't be able to keep up with the superpowered kaioken. All it would take is one well-timed kamehameha, or after awhile Goku's efficiency would..."
• "But he's One Punch Man."

There are actually two ways of looking at this that aren't just "I like this character better," which I have discovered because turns out both characters are pretty great.

Functionally: Simply look at the numbers. Who's exploded the biggest things? Who's killed the toughest guy? And in this scenario we have no clue who would win, because the two universe define Power in completely different ways. What consitutes a god in Dragonball might be completely different than whatever it was that gave Garou his super-mcduper cosmic powers. You could easily say "but Goku's killed gods before, and Saitama hasn't," but the types of gods Goku fight are just... different.

Narratively: The people who want to avoid the debate in question will simply say "well Saitama's a joke character, so it doesn't really matter" and hope that defuses the situation. And, indeed, this is the case; but there are additional steps you can take to assure this outcome remains true.

First of all, it isn't hard to create a character that can defeat Goku. Here, I'll demonstrate:

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"Fadran proceeded to beat the ever-loving crap out of Goku, barely even turning an eye. Pathetic, he thought."

But nobody's going to take that seriously because it is dumb. I'm sure there are plenty of characters even in published works that could take Goku and Saitama without breaking a sweat, but what's really important is that said characters have a basic philosophy or ideal to back them up.

For Saitama, it's pretty simple. He trained really damn hard for three years, and then his hair fell out and he became invincible. Now we feels nothing, because there is nothing left to feel - his life is just mishap after mishap, very few of which require him to put his all into fighting. In most cases he does, indeed, defeat a foe with One Punch; there are exceptions, but even they have never even come close to damaging him. Saitama wants to fight a worthy opponent, but none exist.

Goku, meanwhile, was developed as a paragon of hard work and perseverance. All the way up through the end, his whole gig was "The guy is stronger than me; I need to train hard so I can beat him." In fact, pretty much of all of DBZ consisted of haughty aliens born with extremely high power levels - who were then given their commupance by Goku simply working harder.

If Saitama had been born as One Punch Man, I can see a reasonable story giving Goku the win; but Saitama wasn't born with his powers, and even literally trained his hair out to get it (albeit accidentally). And in another vein, it would seem like Saitama would want Goku to be a real fight, but one of the two following situations would prevent this from happening:

• Turns out Saitama just has Infinity Power, and beats Goku without breaking a sweat. In this case he's just left brooding over tea again.
• No matter how hard these two warriors try to set aside the time for a friendly bout, something always gets in the way. Goku needs to go to Goten's piano recital; Saitama completely forgot about the Labor Day sale at the supermarket; Krillin invited them both over for barbecue and a movie night. Time and time again, something would get in the way. Ultimately, the only battle they ever have is in Super Smash Bros, during which they are both absolutely destroyed by Yamacha.

You know what? I like Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy

If you're into anime, then chances are you've heard of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

...actually, scratch that. You've probably heard of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

It's in the name that this isn't any ordinary show, and you would be completely right in assuming that it's absolutely nothing like other animes. It's something of a monolith in the anime community: there are the regular Weebs, and then there are the JoJo's fans who must never be disturbed. Those who love this show are of a different breed of nerd.

The problem is that curiosity will get the better of you, sooner or later. You'll say to yourself, "I'll watch a few episodes and see if it's any good," and chances are that'll be the end of it. If the style and storytelling doesn't catch your eye, you'll give up - but give it a few episodes, and you'll be doomed to return.

All JoJo's fans begin by loving the show ironically. Its battle scenes are simultaneously incredibly realistic and fantastical; each episode's plotline is both extremely predictable and arbitrary. It's a character-driven show, and yet the characters are incredibly one-dimensional.

But the show knows this.

Which means that if you love JoJo's Bizarre Adventure ironically,

then you begin to love it unironically

and once that happens, there is no going back

The Hobbit Trilogy:

Pros:

• Epic action sequences
• Radagast the Brown
• Martin Freeman
• Benedict Cumberbatch
• Legolas
• Bard the Bowman
• The lore additions (I like them)

Cons:

• Less-than-great CGI
• Love triangle
• Not-Wormtongue

The Hobbit Trilogy:

Pros:

• Epic action sequences
• Radagast the Brown
• Martin Freeman
• Benedict Cumberbatch
• Legolas
• Bard the Bowman
• The lore additions (I like them)

Cons:

• Less-than-great CGI
• Love triangle
• Not-Wormtongue

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT TO ALL NON-JEWISH SHARDERS

Yom Kippur is coming up! Yom Kippur is the most holy day on the Jewish calendar. Yom Kippur is a day of fasting from food and drink to repent for sins of the past year.

If you have a Jewish friend, please don't say "Happy Yom Kippur." Yom Kippur is not a happy holiday. "May you have a meaningful fast" is a better thing to say.

yall

AI is getting scary good at writing code

like in the last few months alone its improved so much

i feel like i'm not even actually writing anything, i just give bing a vague idea of what i want and it just does it. often times even going as far as to give me a BETTER way to do the thing i was trying to do. 

now is maybe not the best time to be a software engineer 

How many people can say that they spent the second part of their first official date hanging out at their date's house with no one but their date...and both of their date's parents?

Vegetable....?

HAPPY HOBBIT DAY

*shocked noises*

Did no-one remember?

Today is the twenty first of September, which means two things.

"DO YOU REMEMBER? ON THE TWENTY FIRST NIIIIIGHT OF SEPTEMBA?"

And, second of all, 86 years ago, on this day, the Hobbit was published. 

*shocked noises*

Did no-one remember?

Today is the twenty first of September, which means two things.

"DO YOU REMEMBER? ON THE TWENTY FIRST NIIIIIGHT OF SEPTEMBA?"

And, second of all, 86 years ago, on this day, the Hobbit was published. 

My brain:

Me:

My brain:

Me:

My brain:

Me:

My brain:

My brain: YOU SHOULD MAKE A MUSIC-BASED MAGIC SYSTEM TO MAKE THE FIRST SHOUNEN STAGEPLAY MUSICAL

Me: TECHNICALLY THERE ARE PLENTY OF SHOUNENS THAT HAVE BEEN ADAPTED TO THE STAGE AS MUSICALS BUT YEAH OKAY

oh also btw I've updated the Iconar Beta Doc to have the full Chapter 1. Idk go read it or something

https://docs.google.com/document/d/10iZWsPGBYAAkwyFcdkUOquqM-kNDf8FxR6_9xSDssmg/edit?usp=sharing