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It's like getting important plot elements through SBS
Audiobook is cheating
He gets more credit
No it isn’t
In HoA it is
Sbs is extra curricular stuff that doesn’t even appear in chapters and are mostly jokes
In Stormlight and other MB books it wasn't
We get stuff like || What Contract of Kandra entail|| in freaking epigraph HoA
It's close to getting what happened in God Valley in SBS
goro has the worst takes in this server
Obv
I take pride in it
😎
But nah like why didn't it bother y'all
|| Like it was something that could be organically placed in Tensoon's trial || HoA ch 9
I love epigraphs in TFE. Best one among his books
WoA was also very godo
In Stormlight, there's one bad in RoW and 2-3 bad ones in WaT
Hero of ages and Mistborn all ||most epigraphs are boring so I like when they reveal stuff. Especially since they’re written from someone’s pov and it isn’t just the author telling us stuff for the sake of it. Feels organic to me and prevents the story from being too heavy on explaining everything itself||
Im not gonna lie idk if this will get hate
I skim epigraphs like
50% of time
I mean I’ll read it
But not really focus on it
HoA || in before, they are mysterious and finally connect the dots when we learn it as the story.
It's not that I don't disagree with what you are saying in general. It's that HoA tells information quickly than it should.
Learning what Rashek did as "good" sort of actions and recontextualizing them before the story reaches the point where it does that through him leaving the Food stores and everything ||
that's where my issue lies
|| If we are getting that recontextualization from the epigraphs as just statement, then why have the characters discover it and then regive the recontextualization with lesser impact cuz we already learned it with a statement ||
Hero of ages ||part of the fun to me was more finding out how the protagonists find the info if they do rather than what the info is in the first place so I’m not really bothered by what’s revealed||
That’s fair
The way of kings ||the epigraphs here for example are boring. A lot of surgeon stuff that isn’t worth anything besides connecting to the very end of the story with the king of kharbranth||
HoA || It's like getting told specifics about WB's character and then getting MF where we truly learned about him, but with the specifics already telling the main parts of it ||
meh
these takes...
Especially if its like, one long message throughout the epigraph, at some point i feel like its just easier go back and read thru it all at once as if it was its own chapter
The Way of kings || Part of the fun's figuring out what's being told in epigraphs, and what they are referring to. I used to reread the epigraphs of older book if I thought I got new context telling me what they meant ||
enriched the experience
this one's fair
Wor ch 73 ||Christ dude||
damn WoR hate incoming 
No man
good
cuz that's one of my fav portion in the entire series

|| Kaladin and Shallan in the chasms is such a peak arc || WoR ch 73
Wor ch 73 ||Shallans backstory is just so like, Sanderson just does such a good job of the atmosphere and presence that her dad casts among all his children||
Wor ch 73|| so far adolin and kaladin in the arena clear but I have a couple chapters left in pt 4||
|| Sanderson started cooking since "Red carpet, once white" and never stopped with shallaln's chapters || WoR ch 73
that's a single chapter and I agree
I mean like a general arc sort of thing
I mean you get what I mean

anyway what specifically did you finish tho
|| in non backstory timeline ||wor ch 73
Was about to send something and didn't want to open my book to check
okay the one I was talking about is in ch 71
man took too long
Wor ch 73|| the storm hit them and they killed the chasmfiend. It ended on the cliffhanger of the storm hitting them but i assume they’ll get into the cliffside fine. At points Sanderson almost writes Kaladin’s reactions to Shallan as if it’s a love triangle which I hope, lowkey, does not happen||
WoR ch 71 || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgaEw06JVgg ||
I finally got to animating Shallan (my favourite character) in this wonderful scene from Words of Radiance.
This is my first try adding some audio to my animations, I hope you like it!
0/10 hair not curly enough
smh
woro ch 73 || too late this is just the start of kaladins harem ||
Wor ch 73 ||his harem already started with Moash and enemies to lovers Adolin||
Does he know
He doesn't know
spice
how bad is the WB on sando's website compared to actual thing
is it like first draft or like pre published draft
Like wor ch 74 ||mfs think they slick i know they just survived a huge storm but why u writing it like this man||
I’m onto you Sanderson
💀
oh btw wombat
WoR Interludes || thoughts on lift ||
knowing you you probably skipped it
Wor|| was that the kid who got caught by Darkness||
the POV character of that chapter yes
I dont know but it should say there no?
Wor ||why was sanderson so insistent on using the word awesomeness ||
Wor ||“she activated her totally dope awesomeness powers” ||
WoR || Because she's a kid who is calling it that ||
Wor i ||know she’s like 13 in the chapter but it just made me snicker a tiny bit ||
kids are dumb
did you know tiffany is a name from the 12th century
the tiffany problem
ah
Man it has plagued sando fans so much I hate it
WaT || We are in a alien world which isn't medieval and is much ahead of our world but with desolations and continuous wars in Ashyn and what not always stuck in the same time frame of development and people want it to fucking just be plain old medieval fantasy ||
WoR || gotta preserve body heat ||
oh btw you missed the peak
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don't check anything else from this
Beautiful
Wor ch 74 ||this is literally just Kaladin saying he’s into shallan with extra steps lowkey||
HoA part 2 beginning || hmm. I doubt no one before Spook tried to flare their metal so much that it caused a physiological change in them. Someone is sure to have done it in the millenia there were allomancers
So I wonder how that information was controlled ||
wat || its because the society is pretty much medieval in wok. ||
|| sanderson just speedruns shit which is why it feels kinda weird rn because social development doesnt happen this quickly||
WaT || the reason I loved TWOK was because it gave me something new from all medieval shit I was reading.
Kharbranth with its instant messaging pens, colorful buildings that didn't exist to this amount, the societal structure, despite being feudal and classist, is far from medieval in other aspects. We have freaking Azir with government that wouldn't be possible in Medieval period. We have Kaladin use super medical terminology that are outside medieval in TWOK and WoR ||
|| The societal structure of Thaleynah is more closer to Victorian ||
|| In OB flashback we seen the societal impact a simple Instant messaging pen had, with how quickly it was transforming battle strategies, communication and quick commoditization ||
wat || i think the disconnect is because of alethkar mostly. You have this hyper masculine society with a very rigid hierarchy and an absolute monarch. And slavery still exists. Technologically yea the society is advanced but its medieval in social aspects ||
WaT || It's not even medieval completely in Alethkar. It's feudal yes ||
|| Plus it's a world where there's constant influx of worldhoppers. I am more angry there's no more anachronisms in those settings! ||
WaT/MB era 2 || around TWOK, Mistborn era 2 is about to start. They have sky scrappers and guns and what not. With how absent shards were in Roshar other than Cultivation, i am amazed no one from Scadrial sneaked in guns ||
Like how Dune/WaT || Prophecies have so ingrained from Bene Gesserit. I don't need this yet, tho it could be interesting. But just off worlders could impact the societal aspects, linguistic aspects and tech aspects of Roshar a lot, which isn't explored at all, and for good reason cuz WaT showed me people for some god forsaken reason want a classic medieval setting in a unique setting in a universe where inter planetary travel is possible ||
Even with real life history || Russia didn't abandon feudal society until late 1800. It's like half a millenia after medieval period || WaT
|| One major aspect that might indicate the series being medieval is the warfare. Mainly lack of Gunpowder. But that just might be cuz Roshar lacks the ingredients to invent Gunpowder. Also cuz presence of Shards makes that need void for current era ||
WaT || the concept of technology and science that is present in just TWOK with the likes of Navani and other ardents wasn't that present in real world until Newton. In just TWOK, we already have plenty magitech and engineers working to make new tech ||
|| Chemistry as a area or scientific study wasn't established until 18th century ||
We already had that in TWOK itself
WaT || the medicine aspects that's shown in WoR/TWOK are closer to early 20th century medicine.
Other engineering discipline are closer to Industrial revolution ||
It's such an interesting world to me cuz of these reasons and some people boiling it down to "medieval" robs everything cool about it
Wat || again what really matters here is the social aspect. If the people act like barbarians, we cant just sit there and accept that this socirty is advanced even if they have some magitech ||
WaT|| And its just Alethi in that. ||
|| And even that, its more so attributed to Thrill being present continuously for longer time in Alethela and hencr affecting their culture ||
Wat || majority of thr story happens in alethkar tho||
WaT|| And even that is largely feudal. Not medieval ||
Like I already described way above
|| Neither feudal system nor caste system is a characteristics of Medieval period. That's the only two things which sort of incline Alethkar to Medieval ||
WaT || And even their feudal system is as a response to Shards. It's not due to lack of societal development but that this specific structure allowed them to have majority of shards (as evident by shards count in the story) and hence to maintain power., they stuck to this ||
Wat || i mean brando himself said the alethi are based off the mongols ||
WaT || One inspiration for the Alethi is the Yuan Dynasty, which has Mongolian roots. Because of that, I've included little hints here and there connecting the peoples. I'd imagine Dalinar more as a Subutai than a Genghis, but the episode where he recruits a guy who shot him with an arrow is based off of a piece of folklore that surrounds Genghis, so it's not off base to note the connections there
||
This is what he had told
|| it just is speaking of the scene where Dalinar recruits that archer in first flashback chapter of OB ||
Wat || Man this is just semantics u cant deny the obvious medieval influences. ||
Like its the fantasy standard for a reason
WaT || races in Roshar don't have earth analogue. Alethi culture have Mongolian inspiration, Japanese, Arabic and some Indian inspiration ||
I dunno man. I have told everything I could to why this setting isn't what you said it was and these were my conclusions drawn in first read of Stormlight
Back when I didn't even discuss shit online
WaT || it has some medieval elements, but that's it. It's not entirely medieval. It doesn't have any earh analogue ||
Even from the first book
And that's made more sense by events of RoW and WaT
|| as they are refugee from ashyn ||
Would you say OP is medieval?
Cuz it has similar medieval elements that you attributed to earlier discussion
wat || ur right in the sense that the world itself is super alien and its difficult to attach a particular time period. I think for me its the socio cultural aspects moreso than any specifics which remind me of traditional fantasy medieval worlds ||
|| of the alethi in particular ||
WaT || which again is the correct with the worldbuilding aspects. Feudal system was the best one to gain control of majority of the shards ||
Depends on the island 
The world
Idk honestly
Medieval isn't "period" of a place
It's of the world
I never denied that Roshar had some medieval aspects to it
TWOK || It isn't medieval ||
|| If tech, culture and medicine isn't completely medieval, why should the language be ||
twok || yea thats mb i shouldve specified the alethi ||
WaT || I doubt Gunpowder could be made from ingredients available naturally in Roshar. But we might get magitech that might take us to current urban setting. ||
WaT || Plus back to Alethi, its feudal system already presents an answer to agriculture, so they never had any need for systematic agriculture, hence they have pressure differentials figured out before they invented systematic agriculture ||
wat || roshar is a world that doesnt have the same elements as earth, has magic, its constantly being reset, and some knowledge staying in the hands of magical people or worldhoppers so we can't expect their technological and cultural advancements to be in the same order as in ours||
wat || plus gunpowder is more of a mistborn thing, its a stylistic choice to not have it in roshar ||
WaT || We will get Stormlight powered WMD before anything close to gu powder lol||
||Given the magic system ||
|| Lash multiple huuuggeeeee boulders to carry them, and drop them by increasing the lashing 100x.
Boom done ||
wat || skybreakers are basically that already ||
Ye
wat || anyway im hype to see how its going to be when the worlds finally collide, it I like the part with the time dilation keeping roshar in check for a bit while everyone else catches up ||
just gonna have to wait 40 years
no biggie
One thing I dislike about Cosmere so far is
|| How its " Space age" Cosmere or certain age rather than some planets being super early and some super late.
Like Tanavast's home planet was present with people who killed gods 10000 years ago ||
|| It should have been space age when Roshar was in its 3rd desolation ||
||It would just create different interesting world dynamics ||
wat || isn't that exactly how it is right now||
WaT|| Not much, otherwise we would see some alien modern tech in Roshar, no? ||
Unless it is that way and I am just complaining without reading WB
wat || no like ashyn was space age until they couldn't do it anymore ||
WaT || Ashyn no. Nothing in WaT gave that indication ||
wat || ??? we literally saw then hopping from one planet to another ||
wat || thats space age lol ||
|| with Ishar's elsecaller portal. Tech wise it seemed primitive ||
|| Which might just be that they destroyed themselves until nothing was left and they were sent back to Bronze age ||
|| again you're expecting similar tech was we have on earth, thats not how it works ||
I mean even magitech wise
|| They gotta have commoditizaruon of magic ||
Is my parameter.
|| Like we have Spanreed, regrowth fabrial ||
WaT
According to WoR ars Arcanum, MB era 2 || Scadrial has similar ||
|| They have to study the magic and quantify how it can work and experiment with it and what not || WaT
MB era 2 /WoR Ars Arcanum
wat || you can't have commoditization of magic for something like that lol, even if we reached space age irl do you think any bum would be able to just take a trip to the moon? we have airplanes for a century but almost all of consume grade travel is handled by highly regulated institutions. Now add it to the mix that only the strongest magical people would be able transport people, its not something that you can have it that easily ||
wat || it works for spanreeds and fabrials because they're menial things ||
WaT || Yeah but these are magitech of earlier generation. They have just uncovered Radiant powers and the like so.still much left to explore magitech wise ||
wat || even then its mostly seen among rich people ||
|| Similar to how Telephone was in early days and how everyone has a PC with them in their pockets ||
WaT
|| we might not have same specific devices, but there's a progression of advances tech being made from older ones ||
WaT || we might get Lightweaving powered AR video game console before laptops ||
For example
I have been wanting that ever since || Shallan made Roshar map with lightweaving in || OB
wat || yea you just need to enslave a lightweaver and put him in a box for that 😂 its different for things that need just a spren like fabrials and things that requires a high level specialist||
thats what I'm trying to say
WaT || It would be magitech if that's done without presence of Lightweaver but using the fundamentals that allow Lightweaver powers to work ||
Read Tress Spice
no
I know about magictech in cosmere, I just dont think its gonna be used everywhere
it would homogenise everything and become boring
Eh
|| The Type of tech developed would depend on magic system || WaT
So won't be homogenous
I dun want it
It will definitely be there 😎
WaT || Washer gonna redeem himself with a logic spren powered mechanical Stormlight mass production unit for Radiants ||

https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/s/3nKdSpg3sm
Super deserved
Dude rocked in season 1 and went above that in season 2
So excited for season 3
I hope I don't need to wait too long
The Sopranos S6 E8 ||I'm getting tired of Tony trying to fuck anything that breathes||
The Sopranos S6 E8 ||at least he stopped this time||
Is the ultimates good? The deniz camp ‘24 one
@foggy mirage ^
The new run ? Its great yeah
Ultimates latest ||I saw human torch melting hitler and I was like oh shit I gotta hop on this||

WoR interludes pt 4|| damn Pai has aura||
Wor ch 77 ||its legit so over Sanderson is writing a love triangle GG||
Damn what types of books do you read
Bad ones written by Brandon Sanderson
Ohh
And other fantasy adjacent slop
I see
Man's calling everything a slop...
i want to try this show, but i just don't get it
its a good run but also that happened in 616 lol
is comick deadass gone
Yes

Watched 3 episodes of Blood of Zeus
This shit SUCKS.
Also you aren't in os
ive got to never open discord on tablet again laggy as shit
ik
I mainly used it for comics not manga that's why (and also I just prefer talking here over os)
All the President’s Men || https://x.com/impatrickt/status/1967957087885074848?s=46 ||
its obvious ngl
Is this from all the presidents men
Gonna rewatch it tomorrow
Yeah but I’m talking specifically about one page and people say it’s from ultimates
Yes I know that and I’m saying I saw a page of it in ultimates and was wondering if the run was good cause it got me interested
Caught up to absolute Batman
Absolute DC comics ||Why is Batman mewing?||
Absolute dc comics ||He just built like that at this point.||
Absolute dc comics ||His head is so tiny
||
Absolute dc comics ||its an angle thing but he is massive||
WOR CH 87 ||My goat lopen bout to start soloing the whole verse (with his cousins) with stormlight||
Wor end ||DAMN ADOLIN RIP BOZO #SADEASPACK||
Words of radiance done @sage remnant @copper phoenix @shrewd sigil
I had no idea gen v s2 was coming out tomorrow
WOR end ||the ending of this book felt a bit loaded ngl||
Either bad marketing or people expect the boys season (I want to say 5) instead

Yeah thinking bout this wor end ||its definitely too much going on lmfao, we could have spread it out a bit ||
Wor end ||Shallan finding the teleporters, finding Urithuru, Kaladin fighting Szeth, Szeth coming back to life, Dhalinar becoming a radiant, Adolin killing Sadeas, other people like Lopen becoming radiants/stormbearers, the assassination on Elohkar, the everstorm, the actual fight with the parshendi themselves like, it is just too much man||
It's just paced super faced
|| That, Lack of proper convo between Dalinar and Kaladin when they have been playing Your Name for 2 books straight, Adolin Killing Sadeas makes the ending have a really sour taste || WoR END
WoR end ||I’m fine with Adolin killing Sadeas as long as he has repercussions/inner feelings about it going forward. It should be one of those things thats a pivotal part of defining his character. but I totally agree with the Dalinar Kaladin part||
WoR end || I like it as a Sadeas being killed due to his actions as a perfect Alethi/that coming to bite him in the back, but still with everything that was going on, it felt too early and not well done.
I would want Adolin to kill Sadeas this way, but just the timing and everything wasn't good||
Wor end|| oh alos I forgot to say but i didnt care for Eshonhai. Learning about Parshendi culture was interesting but i found her a pretty boring character||
Idk what the consensus is on that
Goated
Batman in general ||Batman knows where Joker lives and can take him down or kill him at any point, but refuses to because if he did he wouldn't have his arch-nemesis to fight|| @warm moat
That’s an interesting comparison
I cannot even begin to explain how excited I am now
this trailer looked insuuuuuufferable to me
was extremely surprised to see Kogonada
I haven’t seen it
So idk
Just found it funny that these are the reviews they’re looking at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t9cPtA9St0 if you're curious
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just very contrived
Huh
i feel like the song and sfx do this trailer a major disservice lol
call me a hater and farrell is a fine enough choice but robbie is just a bit too hot to play a character in a sentimental nostalgic movie
it points it more towards hallmark films
maybe they should have just had brendan gleeson play her role and make this a banshees sequel where they go through their lives up until now
Speaking of Margot Robbie, horrible casting for Wuthering Heights
@south hatch @foggy mirage
Supergirl - || https://vxtwitter.com/SuperSagaNews/status/1968415255584743837 || 
Michael Rosenbaum has seen something from 'Supergirl'
"I think the new Supergirl is going to be good.. I saw something and thought it was awesome. I was like, 'whoa, this is freaking cool'"
(@insideofyoupod | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVPpKfdyShg&t=1052s) https://t.co/L8601w8iF4
Mf trying to build hype
i can't get anymore hype
the series was peak, i can't wait to see it live. i already know theatres about to be fucked up
@foggy mirage @south hatch
since iv been watching a lot of JLU i was just thinking that it would be awesome to get a show starring the Question directed/written by Matt Reeves
milly alccock will slay

isn't Batman 2 slated for 2027 or 28
clayface will be good while we get to that ig
Id rather get a heist movie
With the rogues from flash
With wally or Barry as the antagonist
With Edgar Wright directing
But clayface will be just before man of tomorrow next year after it
The Batman 2 - ||https://vxtwitter.com/CultureCrave/status/1968471781733552299||
New details on 'The Batman 2' from Matt Reeves 🦇
• Villain has 'never really been done in a movie before'
• Film pushes further into Bruce Wayne 'because the first one is so focused on Batman'
• Has no idea if 'The Batman 3' will happen
• Thinks it would be 'a lot of fun' to make a DCU project after he's done with 'The Batman Saga'
(via Happy Sad Confused)
||think its gonna be Court of Owls or Hush? I don't think they'd do Pyg and I can't think of other major villains who fit this universe and haven't been done in a previous Batman movie||
The Batman 2 - || I personally prefer court of owls, but i think Hush makes a lot more sense especially you can build off that||
The Batman 2 ||If it’s hush hopefully Reeves actually makes him a good villain this time||
The Batman 2 - || you didn't like the riddler? ||
The Batman 2 || I'm gonna guess Firefly, I don't think he's ever actually be displayed in a live action film before||
The Batman 2 - || PLEASE MATT, give the 2004 batman design ||
The Batman 2 ||Im guessing the "• Has no idea if 'The Batman 3' will happen" is one of those "well this has to be successful first" answers and not actually him being unsure lol||
you will never see a matt reeves batman with this design 😭
Lmfao
Oathbringer ||kaladin seeing his baby brother
||
The Batman/The Batman 2 ||I would love to see someone like professor pyg and all, but I am not sure if Id want him to be the main focus? Idk I dont think he'd be strong enough character wise to do it. Just don't do Joker and I think we will be good. Court of Owls could be fun, but the way Reeves Batman stories seem to be, someone like Pyg or my beloved Scarecrow seem more feasible||
So peak
Oathbringer || Him punching Roshone and then bringing out shardblade in front of them ||
The Batman Part 2 || Don’t think we’ll see Pyg but Scarecrow is a good bet too ||
Damn excited
The Batman ||professor pym is a hero bro 😭 🙏 ||
The batman 2 || scarecrow has already been done tho. ||
||So doesn't fall in is never done in movie criteria ||
You’re not escaping the “can’t read” allegations even if it’s a bit
The Batman 2/Nolan Batman Trilogy ||Scarecrow DESERVES a great adaptation imo. I hated how he was basically turned into a joke after 5 mins in the Nolan movies. Crane has so much potential, fear is one of the biggest aspects of Batman yet it feels like Scarecrow has been left in the cold adaptation wise. The Batman made Battinson actually use fear so it would be fun to see Crane get to do it back||
But it’s funny💔
Batman 2 ||he has been done but not well at all||
I know Batman 2 ||it says not done but a man can wish||
Sorry lil bluddithon you got got
You enjoy Batman comics friendo?
Tragic
Idk where to start
I just got done with Long Halloween and now am reading Dark Victory
The idea of a character being passed down by an author is neat though
Tim Sale my beloved
It being moreso a template than a character
Tbh there's so many places you could start if you really wanted
I made a fuckin list dawg
But I admit comics do take a bit of research
Lmaooo bro they are so good, well. At least imo they are
The Batman 2 || Even Court of Owls has been done in one of the animated movies, no? ||
Yes
Under the Red Hood or smth
Yeah, but idk if they are gonna count that or not
Idk I am not to concerned because I trust Reeves
The Batman & subsequent Penguin series were brilliant, even if I am a little tired of grounded Batman
It would be funny if he takes a lesser significant comic book antag and converts it into one of the most beloved due to his adaptation
Easily could. That's what happened with Freeze
The Batman universe is so stylistically distinct and atmospheric I don’t mind it being grounded here
BTAS made him what he is
I like grounded Batman, dont get me wrong, but Bats has some supernatural villains that I love
And want to get the spot light too
Also I don't want this to stop after 2 as Pattinson needs more movies as Batman
~~Just get him as DCU batman if Reeves is gonna stop ~~
🏃
Idk if I should go back to back from WoR to OB or take a tiny break
If Batman Part 2 lands (I know it will), Pattinson is the greatest live action Batman on par with Conroy
I’ve already started OB
You wouldn't see a Manbat, Rās Al Ghul, Solomon Grundy, hell even Poison Ivy in Reevesverse
BTAS || What I would give to see “Perchance to Dream” with Reeves Batman ||
That HELLA wouldnt happen imo
BTAS ||Mad Hatter def doesn't seem plausible in that universe sadly. Dont get me wrong it would be sick, but Jervis just seems too out there for Reeves||
did you read edgedancer?
BTAS || Jervis has been adapted to the modern day with some tech shit so I don’t know, that can be a possibility ||
No
BTAS ||Imo I think the tech is a bit high for that universe. It feels like Reeves wouldnt want to but I could be reading it wrong. I go off of the grit of like even the Batmobile. Just seems a bit farfetched but Id be happy to be wrong. Mad Hatter is a unique villain that I think would be cool to explore. Though he has some of that incel vibe that Riddler already had||
Yeah I agree

why has this trend of skipping the novellas started in this channel
BTAS/The Batman || trying to think of what episodes could be a good fit to adapt with Pattinson Batman ||
There are a lot of cool ways Reeves could go, I just think some villains are sadly off the table. Freeze, Ivy, Bane, tons of others
Stop after OB
OB is a much better stopping point
BTAS ||Roxy Rocket lmao||
Difficult times
BTAS/Superman the Animated Series ||I just got done watching Myxzptlk'd and thinking of Myxzptlk vs Battinson is hilarious||
God I love James Gunn’s Superman so much
It’s literally just another extended episode of the Animated Series
I havent watched it yet sadly I am so excited for the chance to
Do so when you have the chance to, it’s so good
It's very good sab
I was gonna watch in theaters but my gf was busy
Like for a month
So, we just never went
But that's okay it hits max on the 19th
If it's good, I am buying a blu ray copy
I didnt know it wdisted
Is it important
Alrighty
It's good
And its part of Stormlight
It's not like other cosmere book added for reading order or sm shit
Hope you enjoy
I watched it twice in theaters cuz of how good it was
I am counting down the days
I’m not gonna take a huge break once I finish ob just like
A week or two lol
Read something else
Gonna try to finish stormlight before end of year
Shouldnt be too bad
You're on Oathbringer?
I guess it depends how fast you read. You could do it but man a stormlight book can kick my ass
I read words of radiance in like a little over two weeks
Same for twok

it is important but it's not so important that you won't understand oathbringer if you don't read it
its like the interludes
Quick mfer aint ya
technically you can skip them and be fine but you'd just lose out on context
I purposely read slower nowadays tho
According to goro I’m not fast because i didnt read words of radiance in 4 days
Yeah, both took two weeks lol
Basically
It depends for me. Audiobook read along, I can zip through a book, but just reading on my own, not really. I need audio stimulation. I have a Playlist just for reading Batman comics alone, making one for the Supes ones soon
I mostly audiobook I just don't got time otherwise. Most of the prime time to get through books is like doing chores and going on walks
My dad is a huge audiobook dude
Idk i thought i needed audio stimulation but as I read more i realized i just dont
WoR is just a faster read than every other Stormlight books
Everyone I know has finished it incredibly quick lol
Ive loved reading all my life, but reading in silence got harder for me as I got older. The music helps my attention flow better
https://youtu.be/UpiNlsJsRbM?si=umYFBvykAKT5KoRs
I used this for my TWOK reread last year. Really elevated the experience in some parts
DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own any of the music used in the video, credits to all the artists involved.
The Way of Kings cover animation:
https://cosmere.es/descargas/
https://youtu.be/Is4TqCoAi5w
Thunderstorm sound used in the video:
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It sucks because I wanted to like it a lot but grimdark really throws me off if it is too gratuitous, which I felt Martin was
Have you read Discworld Sab
I feel like asoiaf has a certain humanism that most grimdark stuff doesnt have
How is Malazan in that regard for you
Wdym gratuitous
Like violent?
The violence is excessive, of all kinds
malazaan has the worldbuilding of a grimdark series but the characters dont really fit the genre
Malazan is a lot darker than asoiaf imo
Asoiaf ||weird, there are some dark stuff but basically 90% of the battles take place off page||
I understand the intent of Martin but I just dont dig it
So its closer to Berk in that regard?
Asoiaf ||there were some violent scenes but most of it is politicing imo||
How far did you get?
That's the other part asoiaf ||I dont really care much for the political aspect either. I am not trying to hate on it too much||
It loses a lot of points for me by being unfinished
Asoiaf ||if u arent into the poltics then yeah lmao i get it||
I read the first book, dropped it after that and read some like synopsis stuff of other books
Imo you don't get credit for promising setup if you can never pay it off
Why doesn't the political aspects not work for you
Does it not work in general or just in ASOIAF
I don't really read fantasy for thar stuff
Ahh
Asoiaf 5|| i would only say it really gets overly violent or shocking with the reek stuff||
Sab
Have you heard of The Tainted Cup
You aint believing hard enough big dawg
If it's there, sure but if it's the main thing or a large portion, then no thanks
I have not
It's been 14 years wombat. Winds of Winter ain't coming out
I was a big believer until like 2017 and here we are 8 years later
I feel this but with Rothfuss. I hate that dude because I love the Name of the Wind
Rothfuss has scammed people too
He got people to pay for charity saying he would do a reading of a excerpt of Doors of Stone
That's a big part of why I hate him
Damn 😭
But also giving me a book I love to pieces but will never get the end of
I need to read those but I am also
Like still angry at him
So I dont want to at the same time
It's p plotless, if you care about plot. But I read for his prose and the character it covers really speaks to me
Rothfuss is a fraud
He is
Yep
But I'll stand by Name of the Wind. He got lucky or had a ghost writer with that book
Thank god Red Rising didnt get that treatment
He’s not respectable though
Name of the Wind is amazing. Wise Man's Fear is also good but he just seems like he wanted to write a smut book and didn't get to
That's my feelings too
There is a lot of good in Wise Man's Fear, then the last 1/4 you're just like
??????
Is red rising good
Wise Mans Fear ||did we really need sexy warriors who just fuck all the time?? And the spirit???||
If i read it, it wouldn’t be for a while but idk
Book 1 is hard to get through in some spots
But I liked it enough to get to book 2
Golden Son is one of my favorite books ever
Did you catch up to Sun Eater Sab
Nah I am waiting for book 7 to drop
Last I talked about it, you were in book 3
Ah okay
Same I think every after 1 is good
1 is solid but like
Just like Red Rising, rough in spots
Suneater book 1 ||maybe I am alone in this but the gladiator shit was so gd boring. I did not care at all||
Fair
After stormlight I’m gonna read some of the other stuff i have
I wanna read whats it called tjo
The one stephen king book
Cujo?
He only has a couple
Stephen King
He has like 50 books
a couple
Glad its not lost on you
We all know that you are stupid wombat
It still is crazy to me he was so high on coke he doesn't remember writing IT
fucking cujo lol
it's hilarious
I think my favorite horror of his is still The Shining
But overall? Id probably have to reread Wizard & Glass again, I remember that in high school being sick but Drawing of the Three is my current
cant believe they're making a longest walk movie
i dont think ive ever liked a book of his
but that one is the worst
Does horror in written form not work for you?
i can appreciate it
stephen king does not write horror
he writes silly pulpy stories
his prose just doesnt fit it
Yeh I can agree to it
Even if I enjoy them
Well some
Dark Tower is cool half the time
I watched misery last week and enjoyed it but it wasn't really horror
The second half irritated me
I dont care what anyone says
The Shining||I read it in high school and it made me fearful of my own bathtub for a bit so. I give him props there||
Did you read dr sleep
You don’t read or watch enough
Boohoo bro
I read more than most guys d
O
Meh
F1 || was thinking the music felt good. they got freaking hans zimmer for this. Wow ||
its that saudi money
OB pt 1|| holy hell Jasnah writing the longest preface of all time for no reason in this book||
Always showing how less you read...
I’m saying it do not need to be stretched across the whole thing 😭
OB part one ||each one is like one sentence and after the first couple she already starts repeating herself||
OB part one ||so called scholar… ||
@sand cypress Stormlight all || Does Valor lead the Seventeenth Shard||
Randomly remembered a epigraph from WoK. Stormlight all || It was aimed at Valor from the looks of it and had "your friends of seventeenth Shard" ||
Stormlight all/Tress || Is Xisis also part of it? His non-intervention pact seemed not part of the Shard's and feels like 17th Shard's ||
Has spoilers of WaT so not safe for you Vady
Stormlight all/HoA || If its indeed led by Valor, I wonder how Demoux found his way into that ||
OB||Emphasis fr||
back to f1. halfway through
Dark tower is my favorite book series
The movie was fantastic
Crazy take to have ngl
Easy recommend if you like the shining
I really wanna ping juba cause he hated it lmao
I have zero knowledge of actual F1 so well the bar's low for me ig
idk
it fun. it emotional. me likey
Im ngl I dont think ive ever seen juba like anything
😭
It’s a fun film
Okay then second fav Brad Pitt movie
Okay 3rd fav
lol
not inglorious basterds?
f1 is not a true brad pitt film because he's not eating in it
Idr it much at all...
Mr and Mrs Smith was fun as well, especially considering everything else that happens after due to it
🧼 👊
Don't like fight club
Lame
Thats crazy
Yeah I’m not a huge fan of it either
It’s good but it’s nowhere near “remarkable masterpiece”
A franchise?
Movie franchise
From what you’ve not seen?
Yes
That’s tough
I have only seen Xmen, Marvel/DC, HP, LoTR, Fast and Furious, Mission Impossible
Mad max
Huh
Star Trek tho its been long
Stallone one?
Planet of the Apes (new one)
Yeah Stallone one
The new Planet of the Apes trilogy
That's the Matt Reeves one right
Yes
Okay thanks. Those two would do for a while
||https://x.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1968488534014144818?t=r5au0LkOHm9J0DWZnZv-Aw&s=34|| the batman part 2 @main lion @south hatch @frank rivet only added red since he's interested in batman 2 stuff.
Matt Reeves says his The Batman Universe will be DC Elseworlds, but he's open to directing a DCU film in the future.
(via https://t.co/e73zlnEKXN)
Merger fans can stfu
He shows up sometimes
I’m the biggest Batman fan in this entire server and Red gets pinged, crazy times we live in fr
I just usually see you talk other stuff 😭
Not pinging me as well, who's at least bigger fan than SWW-RedDickTurtle
Lmfao
I forgot what his nickname was
Nah that’s perfect
batman 2 / dc elseworlds || so from this ?? that means it ain dc canon universe right ||
SWW ?
Stormlight all || So we actually do know who letter is written to- Brandon disclosed that in an interview. Not sure if you want to know though could be considered spoilers. Brandon says a lot of things in WoB ||
Dcu and elseworld ||yeah its just some alternative what if type of universe. It might be out there in the multiverse but it has no bearing on the main dcu.||
It's || Frost || Stormlight all
Makes sense with it
Dragonsteel trilogy couldn't release any sooner
Yeah
Cosmere || it could be Valor tbh I don't know much about them ||
I know very little cosmere compared to you lol
@modern lichen tbf im probably the person most vehemently against a merger lol
Im not some major dc fan I just really love specifically matt reeves verse lol
Yeah the idea kinda reeks
I’m glad we got the full confirmation
I’ve been seeing some cope online
Merger fans are still coping. I get reddit post suggestions from some “DCUPattinsonbatman” or some shit reddit
Theyre still saying its not confirmed until theres a casting lol
Ridiculous
Also maybe a hot take but
I hope after reeves’ batman story is done, he DOESNT direct a dcu film. I want to see more from him that isnt some major licensed ip lol
Yeah I don’t want him to do a DCU film because I just can’t see him do anything in that universe or superhero related
I’d love a thriller from him
Thrillers are kinda snoozers to me
Likes batman which is a crime thriller...
Lol me and harsh saying same thing
Maybe Im defining thriller differently?
It feels more like a noire
Arent thrillers usually like
Mission impossible type shit
I find mission impossible very boring lol
Yeah
Ok that tracks
He likes Ajin
Not probing further
Nah I disagree with you aggressively
He can definitely do a dcu project
We just gonna act like he dint make 3 movies about monkeys taking over the world
There's a bunch of dc characters he can do
The question ????
Multiple other heroes in dc he can use
Also he's tied as producer on dynamic duo
He very clearly wants to work on the dcu
But wants his crime stuff to be separate
And he's producing clayface
That man ain't going anywhere
The question would be peak cinema
award winning
"topically applied fluoride doesn't prevent tooth decay!!" 
Dog put him in a movie with huntress
Its matt fractions
And a start to what looks like a great run
After how iffy failsafe was
And how ass the tom king run got
So this is a great sign
@sand cypress HoA ch 22 || "Lestibournes. Letting I am born"
Fuck
||
Im not obsessed with dc like you tho..
I want to read it, but I am a trade hardcover/omni collector, not a floppy 
Too bad grounded boy
Reeves is here to cook
Id say its worth buying the single issues on this one
Grounded Batman is fine but it ignores so many cool villains and stories
The volumes tend to drop faster these days
I have the hardcover bookmarked it says June next year
So I may buy some floppy storage
I love physical comics, just something about em
18 bucks for vol 1 of absolute
Even if reading omnis can be a bit obtuse
Is a good price
HoA ch 24/Wind And Truth
Good last 4 chapters.|| Love Investigative Vin. Is the 16 related to Shard Number and that's gonna play a important role? Would they figure out that there's another power that's equal to Ruin and keeping it at bay, and hence come up with a way to utilize that balance. I dunno.
Terris people being invested by Preservation is why they aren't affected by Mist? Seems likely. Maybe that's how they would identify presence of Preservation.
I really want more of Vin and "Human", the Koloss she was talking to. I really want Koloss civilization to make way in this book.
One thing I don't like is how we are bombarded with Magic System terms like Blessing of Potency and Awareness. I know there was no way to explore these in previous book, but I dislike addition of entirely different lore that's not built up from earlier lore this late in the story. I am kinda able to excuse it since its supposed to be hidden and there wasn't a time for Kandra chapter before this.
The highlight was definitely Spook. The origin of the name got me to cry. It is the typical great Sando chapter that I used to love in Stormlight too. Like Dabbid's chapter in RoW || HoA ch 25 /Stormlight all
I have vol 1 of absolute batman, superman, and wonder woman
Got lucky at my comic shop
Im gonna get me vol 1
Absolute martian
That has been peak
I want Martian, Lantern, and Flash too
Oliver Queen is great and needs more stories man
I think wete covered when it comes to absolute
Him getting a run this early is good
Also heavily doubt the absolute universe is ending anytime soon
Because of one simple thing
Money
@sand cypress
It's the most fun Ive seen in DC in a while
Ig he's the only one who has read latest for both
Its this and the ko stuff going on rn
Almost like letting creatives do what they want is a good idea
For the most part they do
Its main marvel
That has does issues
Hence why ultimates is doing better
New 52 DC had stories of restrictions
I need to read more Ultimates. Ive dipped my toe in the new Ultimate Spiderman
But not much else
Hickman is on it yeah?
A little manga inspired but good stuff
Id say wolverine might be for you or leave you wanting more
Since his run is a bit more divisive for people
I love a good divisive run anymore
Don't get me wrong, I love traditional story lines but DC and Marvel have so many runs that are traditional people can pick up
Makes me appreciate people trying new shit
I'll probably wait a little on that only because I am doing a DC dive rn
Ultimate marvel comics 2024-
Yeah at this point im waiting for the next absolute superman and batman issue
Alongside martian 7
The first issue for martian was so good they got approved for a 12 issue run
When it was originally 6
Next Batman issue is in what a couple weeks?
Absolute batman 14
Released a preview
It's so gd cool
Absolute Batman 14 || Batman is about to kill?!?!? ||
I loved Snyder's run on Batman in New 52, even if some stories I cared less for
So this has been great
Absolute batman 15 ||this issue is supposed to show absolute joker's origin.||
Absolute Batman ||This actually has me excited for Joker content for the first time in ages||
Next one is oct 8
They seem to have good progress rn
Since last I checked they were doing the art on 15 2 weeks ago
Hella
I need that new superman issue tho
Absolute Batman and Matt Fraction Batman making me debate floppies is insane
Never really thought Id seriously consider it
Absolute superman 12 ||Kal el will cook that fraud Ra's soon||
DC is at good spot again comic wise
This is no suprise
I legit want to see absolute lex badly
Also a good place to finally start absolute green lantern
Absolute flash 7 ||mirror master is finally about to make a move.||
||The random ass jabs at the competition are so fucking funny|| Brave and the Bold #74
Already goddamn
This mf
Give me Question, do it James
👀 why did he say question
Thats the question
Peacemaker S2E5 - || Man episodes getting shorter and shorter fr 😭 looks like they used a good bit of CGI this episode. Now that ada and judo master are going to the alternate dimension. Shits going to get crazy real quick||
The long walk was amazing, highly recommend watching
I'd go tbh
But running man is calling my name
Edgar wright doing a king movie is cracked
Lowkey I didn’t feel the sanderson prose at first but maybe its just because I went back to back, but I’m starting to feel it
Killer of Killers was real cool
Wonder if it would have worked a bit better as a 5 or 6 episode series instead of cramming the anthology into single movie?
But I had a good time
Predator: Killer of Killers / Predator 2 ||ending stingers were wild
Why DID they give the cop the gun in 2? To fuck with him? Lol||
It kinda felt like I watched half a season of Love, Death & Robots where they had a collaboration with the Predator franchise lmao
What does it mean by feel here
Like, the simplicity in long stretches of reading can start to get boring
Theres no sauce all that came on my steak was salt
But i don’t think irs abhorrent
Steak is still steak
Personally I don't agree with that comparison
Steak would be something that would make me conscious that I am eating something extravagant/good
Do you think his prose is actively bad?
It doesnt really bother me most of the time i just think im feeling it since like I said I went back to back on books
In Stormlight and Mistborn, no
It's just the kind of prose where I don't really have any thoughts on it
It's like a meal which doesn't taste memorably good or bad, but I can enjoy eating it and get nutrients
I get what you mean
That’s what I meant
I think he has tiny moments where the simplicity works in his favor
But in scenes where it’s just people talking in a room, it’s sauceless
It's just like a reliable but boring car
It will get you to cool places
But you're not gonna remember the car much
where can one watch
the exit 8 movie
different tribe
Yautja aren't all one people
Likely to see more on this in badlands
Better this way than stretching it out
If they made it be like 3 separate movies it would be too much
Plus likely to get more killer of killers eventually
The Longest Walk apparently really good but I have other priorities this month when it comes to new releases
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Can anyone recommend anything for me 
All we imagine as light
Finally got to watch Gunn's Superman
Superman ||was really really good, I really enjoyed it. Gunn seems to get what the base elements of Superman are, something that hasn't been in a good Superman movie in a long time. Mr. Terrific stole the show a bit. I really enjoyed that Superman saving people was like how he was shown to be a hero and less fighting the big baddie||
HOLY SHIT
So you are now Jim. Couldn't find you while mentioning lol
I can't wait!
Been rewatching a lot of the 2d animated Disney movies while I'm in this situation
Hunchback of Notre Dame is as good as ever
What’s the situation
depression 
Military conscription
om ildonya
The dichotomy of Disney movies and Military conscription
Look man
Free time is free time
If I could bring my switch in here I would
do you have a VHS player or dvd
I see DCU got sum cookin
@frank rivet no leaks like that allowed
what
😭 this the DC HBO homepage
😭
accidental leaked info counts
I have my phone
They should let you bring a vhs player in
usually army has a small like game room where the provide donated systems
similar to a hospital
Big announcements for absolute dc
Absolute batman 17-19 ||confirmed the villain for these will be scarecrow.||
Absolute batman in general ||ark M will get a special = "Then we're going to be announcing soon, so I guess I'm spoiling it, but we have an Ark M Special, Absolute Arkham. It's me and Frank Tieri writing it. And it's Josh Hixson of The Deviant and just an unbelievable artist. And it's straight up horror, but it gives like a real surprise about Ark M. A couple of big surprises. So I can't wait for you to see that. Anyway, hope you're doing great. Hope all's" written by Scott Snyder the writer of Absolute with the artist of the peak horror comic the deviant as the artist dc fans wont stop winning.||
And we will see Absolute Evil 1 || the legion of doom form for the first time.||
All this is out of an official interview with Scott Snyder
@frank rivet @south hatch
If you guys are interested
James gunn talking about lex and stuff that might relate to man of tomorrow also superman 2025
man of tommorow || This deeply makes sense cause so far we have only seen how Lex wants to destroy superman, how he considers him not human and something standing against humanity. But that also means somewhere Lex also cares about humanity or on a superficial level will do something if there are things out there that will harm him atleast, which would count as humanity. Looking forward to how James Gunn can bring this side out while he also supposedly works together with superman .. ||
im looking forward to "Part 7: The Loss from Power" in the Power Broker as much as i look forward to the climax of a fiction series.
moses just keeps getting away with it for decades. But the section titles give me hope he wont get away with it forever
Why do they spoil shit months in advance

Comics gotta be the worst at these
You get previews which are just like 5 pages of the most spoilery shit months in advanced with a huge synopsis that just spoils it all too
This has been the case
Since the 50s
Its because they work months ahead
So they have to let comic shows know ahead of time for promotion
They just aren't as pearl clutching about stuff like mangakas
Specially since they still dont tell you whats gonna actually happen
Its just how solicits work in the west
They publish what will drop every month, with a cover and short synopsis
Drums up interest in the future
Its like how we know doom is the villain in doomsday
But that doesn't really spoil the main plot or whats gonna happen
Man of tomorrow ||he's a piece of shit started civil war, and killed malik in cold blood. But we will likely find out what makes him tick and drives him.||
But unless you look for solicits they dont flash bang you with them
man of tommorow || yeah that is why it's superficial, it's not that he actually cares about humanity deeply or something (the examples u cited), but when it comes to himself I think he is willing to even tag along superman, the enemy this time is just that powerful ig ||
Man of tomorrow ||it has to be brainiac at this point. I can't think of anything else to challenge both lex and Clark morally and physically.||
Peacemaker s2 ep 5 ||we have Gunn messing around with rooker.||
Also warning you here absolute batman 15 alt cover. If you don't want to see absolute joker don't click. ||absolute insane he's this fucked up in this world.||
Absolute Batman ||genuinely what in the fuck did Batman do to Darkseid to warrant this||
Absolute batman 15/a final crisis meme ||I legit think he just fucking hates batman still for shooting him during final crisis.||
Absolute dc comics ||everyone in this world just has it so much worse.||
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