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That was the theory I'm working off of. Logan has already been shot with adamantium (or remembers being shot with adamantium, or... dang, the timelines are complicated now). He knows what happened the last time he got shot like that, so if he's determined that he's going to kill himself... yeah, I imagine he probably rigged the bullet some to make sure there is no chance of an amnesiac Logan waking up on a boat with no idea of how he got there or why there's a bald corpse on-board. X-24... I think that's the problem with moving up to the R-rating. The damage he took is significantly less than what Wolverine has tanked earlier in the series, but those films were working off of cartoon/comic book logic. If you then move to a universe where bullets actually have weight and impact, it shifts the game some. Honestly, given how loose the X-films are with continuity? Just rolling with it is probably the best. It's already contradictory in about six or seven different ways before now, so...

That's true. I'm fairly certain there's been a scene where Wolverine has healed brain damage... but I couldn't think of when, so I went for the example I could cite

Wolverine is disgustingly over-powered, and the sheer indestructibility he exhibits kills a lot of tension in stories. #CyclopsWasRight ..oh, fine. More elaborate explanation. See, the thing is, most superheroes powers are inconsistent. Sometimes Spider-Man can lift a train over his head; sometimes he struggles to lift a car. There are broad conceptions of where they lie on the power scale, but generally, a superheroes superpowers are exactly as strong as they need to be for the plot to work. In the case of Wolverine... Well, his healing factor is grossly over-powered. Back in the 80's, I believe if he got shot, it took a while for him to get back to full strength; not months of hospitalisation that a real human would require, but a little bit of time. That gradually evolved over the characters history to the point where, yeah, he can tank Hiroshima-level explosions, and he might not even notice that he's gotten shot because it's so minor. (I mean, I think there is a bit of fridge horror at work there, that Wolverine has suffered so many wound sover the course of his lifetime that he might not even register that stuff as pain. But whatevs.) The mta explanation for this? The film producers needed a way to kill off the clone of a character who they had established as being functionally immortal. Adamantium kind of works as a fancy plot device here since it was set up in Origins:Wolverine that an adamantium bullet might be able to kill him. It also sort of works off comic book logic of X being better than Y, and helps give the Wolverine trilogy closure by connecting it back to where he started. Could an adamantium bullet kill him in the comics? Eh...maybe. As I say, his healing factor is inconcistent as all heck. It got to the point where comic writers decided that anytime Wolverine got what looked like a life-threatening injury (like being shot into the sun YES THIS HAPPENED), he did in fact die and had to wrestle with the LITERAL ANGEL OF DEATH to earn the right to come back to life. For what it's worth? Xavier once theorised that decapitation would kill Wolverine; actually, he thought it might be the only way to kill Wolverine. The theory went that if you cut off his head and got it far enough away from the body before the wounds could heal, he'd be done. There have also been other timelines that show Wolverine CAN be killed by relatively low-key elements; the Days of Future Past storyline has a very famous panel where Wolverine is blasted by a sentinel, killing him and leaving only his skeleton intact. I'd say that we could hand wave this as "destroying the brain destroys whatever is responsible for the regeneration... but even ignoring stuff that SHOULD have killed him, there's a sequence in the comics where Laura takes a bullet to the head; she has momentary brain damage, but it knits itelf back together quickly enough, so THAT doesn't help. So... we basically have to just accept this as the rules of this universe. If I was going to no-prize it, though, I'd point to the size of the wound. We've never seen movie!Wolverine take an injury on the scale that X-24 did; sute, he's been shot at, but... But Laura's attack was more than a bullet wound. It blew out half of his head. My guess is that that bullet had an explosive round as well as being coated in adamantium, and that movie!Wolverine simply can't regenerate from something that completely destroys a part of him.

.. oh, bleh. Sorry! Should I edit my stuff or something? Sorry...

Haven't read the article, but I hope so much that they are being historically inaccurate in some way. It would be kind of delightful to get to be the person to say "Um, well, actually" to them for something

Okay, so this is a solid starting point. I have to admit, I have an issue with it, but that may simply come down to preference in voices. The story seems to be written slightly detached from any single main character. And that's fine! That's totally a valid voice to take with things! However, I can only give my personal reaction... and personally, it's not a voice I particularly like. I would prefer to see the story written from the point of view of one of the soldiers (presumably Baldric, considering he's present at the beginning and at the end of the story). You hint at a broader word going on beyond this story, with all the references to the border, Iron and Carthagrav. It's another reason that I think having a more direct viewpoint would help; if we were viewing things from Baldrick's shoulder, it could help to put some of that stuff into context for ourselves. As it is right now, we get the idea that there is a tension between people because of their ethnic identities; if we were to see that explained to us from an in-universe viewpoint, I think we'd have a better sense of that tension and how it affects the people involved. The only other thing I really have to suggest is this section:

It might indeed Thanks. I actually bought two module for a PF game a while back, so getting tips ahead of tyring to play it would be good! (Also would be good if I found players for it, so ) And... Okay. So. Um. I've been talking for a while about maybe doing a blog. Problem is, I don't really have any content, and I'm sort of worried about whether or not I have any ideas that are worth expressing. This... Well. I decided to bite the bullet on this one, and go ahead and try to write something analytical. So I tried making an essay on my favorite Cosmere book. I'm... not sure if it's any good, to be honest. I think I have some decent ideas, but they might not be... entirely coherent? Or I may not entirely make an adaquete point. Or maybe all the references are stuff only Sanderfans will understand. So, with all of those caveats -and after asking my beta readers- I figured I'd post it here and see what you guys make of it? If that's okay. (And posting here rather than the Warbreaker forum for publicity because this IS kind of a random thing, and because I don't know if I really say anything that's worth posting as a separate topic) So... for those of you who don't mind... here's a thing? And I hope it's decent? And if it isn't, please tell me if it's not. Tldr; Warbreaker is best Cosmere, COME AT ME BRO (And... credit again to the @Edgedancer and Twilyght* who had to put up with me talking about this forever, for subjecting them to it, and for giving much needed advice on changes!) *For some reason it won't let me tag her name with the @ icon. Which is weird, but really, finding new and creative ways to fail is kind of my thing, so.

Cool thanks; that's stuff that's all available on Youtube, I'm guessing?

Sure, I'd be interested in hearing that stuff! I love hearing people's RP stories, so...

I'd be interested in hearing more about Andromeda I really enjoyed the original trilogy... or at least, the first two games. By the time I got to Mass Effect 3, I'd heard so many negative reviews about it that the games flaws were really accentuated and I just could not get into it. ...anyway. I've been playing some Fire Emblem lately. Shocking no one, I'm terrible at strategy games, but still, I really enjoyed Awakening... enough so that I went ahead and purchased the three Fate routes. After about 30 hours of frequent grinding and save scumming, I finally managed to finish the Birthright route. And... It was okay. I have problems with the story, to be honest, but I don't know if I want to go into details regarding that yet; I figure I ought to finish my way through the Conquest and Revelations routes, to give the game a fair shake.

Yeah, that's fair Like I say, I worry too much, about everything, always (as anyone invovled in the Oregon RPG can verify). Other than Critical Roll, any good "campaign journal" type shows you would recommend? I know about Counter Monkey, but other than some journals on GitP, I don't have any other stuff to read/watch/whatever.

Hah, fair enough! I've only really got one game at the moment, and as the newbie, I keep worrying I'm doing things wrong, which is part of why I'm asking. (I really need to get around to watching/listening to critical roll, though)

Hmm. Claincy, vaguely philosophical RPG question for you: should players do something dumb or reckless if it fits their characters and makes for a more entertaining story? Or should they Dark Souls it the whole time, being super suspicious of everyone all the time everywhere? Or is that just a question of group dynamics?

I think you might have been aiming that comment at me rather than Argent Anyhow, yeah, they had a Venom film planned before AS2 (ASM2? What's the capitals for that series?), along with the Sinister Six one. Thing is, though, those were spin-offs of the Spider-Man continuity they were trying to build; the fact that that got scrapped, realistically, means those plans should have been scrapped as well. Now, supposing this isn't rumor, and they ARE actually forwarding with production? There're three options: - Venom is a part of the Amazing Spider-Man film continuity, which is... unlikely. That film continuity kind of bombed, so I doubt there are fans eagerly seeking to see more of that. - Venom is a part of the MCU Spider-Man film continuity which would make sense, seeing as how Venom (and Silver Sable, and Black Cat, and the Sinister Six) are spin-off characters and informed by Peter. Except apparently this isn't going to connect to the MCU at all, so that leaves - Venom is unconnected to anything else... so they are going to build a cinematic universe around Venom? This sort of raises a lot of questions about whether or not Spider-Man will be sticking (heh) in the MCU past 2019. Will Venom/Black Cta/etc reference Spider-Man, but not THAT Spider-Man? Will this be an all new universe? What is going on?

Grr. Addendum to my clickbait complaint. A few weeks ago, the website in question ran an article: 15 reasons why Apocalypse was the best X-Men film. Which, fine, whatever; I disagree with that assessment, but whatevs. I disagree with that format, but again, you've clearly go an audience if you keep making those articles. You guys go do you. ... checked in today, and they have an article up: 15 reasons why Apocalypse was the worst X-Men film. SCREW YOU. Look, I get it. You run advertisements; you might be fans of the medium, but this is also a business, so you need to get revenue. People like controversial opinions, and they also like having their opinions reinforced. So I totally, 100% get why you make posts titled that. You have however, completely lost any credibility I might have had for you, because that? That is so obviously pandering and trying to appeal to both sides of the argument, and trying to have it both ways. If you actually have strongly held opinions, at least write them up as an article. But this? Yeah, no. This is... this is genuinely infuriating to me, and I'm not even entirely sure WHY. I over-react a lot.

My interest has been piqued

So... random Shard related question. It's been taken for granted that when Adonalisum shattered, all sixteen shards were picked up by someone. Do we have any WoB that this is the case? Is there any proof/speculation/whatever that might suggest that there may be a shard floating around without a vessel? (I am terrible at realmantics, as this question should show)

...And in the space of a day, I go from hyped for this film, to dreading it's existence. >sigh< Legal drama in-coming:

Look above the right indicator; there is a small brand marking say "Sel". Not sure how good their cars are though:

Am. Am I the only person who doesn't have any kind of desktop background? I FEEL SELF-CONCIOUS

Twipug confirmed? Pet Peeves: clickbait list articles. Good lord. There's a comic book site I use, and I have slowly watched the main page be filled up with constant "15 things about X" lists.

Honestly, the reason I ask is because Spider-Man is in a pretty unique position amongst the Marvel characters in that he actually has a secret identity. Okay, Daredevil does too... but Daredevil didn't side with Iron Man, and no one has come knocking on his door yet. So, right now, Peter is the only unknown person who is in the public spotlight; the government knows who Steve Rogers is, they know who Tony Stark is, they know Natasha Romanoff, Bruce Banner, Thor Odinson... Do they know who Spider-Man is? Has Tony used his (presumably considerable) amount of influence with the Accords to convince them not to pursue Spider-Man? Does the government even know that Tony Stark is liasing with Spider-Man? Presumably he was still at the airport when officals arrived to arrest Hawkeye and the others in Civil War, and Tony would have had to have said something along the lines of "No, it's cool, he's with me," but... Yeah. Did Spider-Man sign his name as Spider-Man? If he considered exempt from the Accords as a result of his age? This stuff is genuinely bothering me, because Peter unmasking himself was a huge part of the original Civil War comic, but that's obviously something that couldn't be translated over to this version yet, so... what's the deal? (Also, I wonder whether or not Marvel's plan IS to use Spider-Man as the new face of the MCU and have him replace Tony. The Tony-as-Mentor plot would certainly lean in that direction, and Peter has, traditionally, always been I]the[/I] face of Marvel, even when his film rights were owned by other studios. As much as I'd love to see Marvel ge ttheir hands on and fix the train wreck that is the Fantastic Four movie franchise... Spider-Man was the crown jewel they needed back. The only guys whose rights they could need almost-as-much as Peters would be the X-Men.)

Well, that's encouraging! I hope they still use the same art style for the series that they did in the films; those looked gorgeous, but I also imagine that trying to replicate that level of attention and detail across a 13/26 episode long series might be... expensive.

In all seriousness, I have. Sort of. It, uh... didn't work out well. For full details:

As a Scarlet Spider fan, I'm surprised I didn't notice the hoodie similarity, but now that you point it out... Anyway, I interpreted that line differently from you. I think what Tony is trying to say is that Peter doesn't need a suit to be a hero. My guess/assumption is that he thinks that having that tech is giving Peter ideas and he's aiming "too much, too fast"; webbing up the boat is certainly a step above anything we've seen this Peter attempt before. So, taking the suit away, he's stirpping Peter back to basics, and hoping that will make him focus on being a "friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man", rather than a wannabe Avenger. It'll backfire horribly, since the trailer shows that, high tech suit or no Peter is still gonna challenge the Vulture (and not having the suits tech is a handicap)... but Tony, even well-intentioned, well-meaning mentor Tony, still screws up sometimes. Side not: has Peter signed to Sokovia Accords? That seems like it would be a big deal.