western-series

[modest canyon]

It was super early in our relationship I think she just read it to try and "impress" me lmao

And now she is pretty much caught up

[spiral quest]

Reading OP is impressive

As a whole new reader

Like seriously, someone taking it on, I salute them

[modest canyon]

It was her first time reading a manga!

[spiral quest]

Holy damn

She just jumped in feet first

I thought I was getting over my head when I stared in 2012

[modest canyon]

I truly cannot understate how much the colored manga helped

She tried B&W and couldnt get used to it

[spiral quest]

I agree, I wish they would release the color over here officially

It's annoying that they don't

[modest canyon]

Ikr 😒

Trying to get the colored english TL is like trying to steal the Declaration of Independence

[spiral quest]

I don't understand why they think there isn't a market here for it

Did DBZ color not sell well?

[modest canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/gassymexican-math-confused-calculating-gif-24423835

Trying to figure out why WSJ does what they do

[near echo]

I think OP benefits a lot from the color version while DBZ mostly just looks worse and unappealing

[modest canyon]

OP does have a lot going on in panels vs DBZ

Even some chapters nowadays in OP I be like

[sage remnant]

Western with Navajo myth

pog

[modest canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/funny-cant-see-cant-read-meme-ken-jeong-gif-16673476

[near echo]

OP is also vibrant as hell in general and the colors help sell the world a bit more for those who don't check out all the supplementary materials

Its not perfect but Ive read like 800 chapters of the color version and absolutely rec it to most people who don't mind pirating

[sage remnant]

OP color is p good

It's not like

SBR level

[modest canyon]

Anywho this is ws

Uhhhhhhhh

[near echo]

My main issue is how it just creates this white halo effect around every character instead of redrawing the backgrounds behind em

[modest canyon]

[near echo]

But you get used to it

[modest canyon]

HERO OF AGES ON TOP

Or something

[sage remnant]

Imajica on top but no one other than me and Harsh has read it here

sad life

[spiral quest]

I have a thimble of native blood in me, I am white as hell but I want to have a western that actually has native americans in it

[sage remnant]

That's great man

So still in plotting?

[spiral quest]

It will be for a while but that's okay

[modest canyon]

I was trying so hard to figure out what acronym this stood for...

[sage remnant]

Or like are you going at it by doing both simultaneously and figuring out stuff

[sage remnant]

It's a book

[modest canyon]

No I know this now Im just an idiot

[sage remnant]

Ah okay that's nice

All three of my WIP are in planning

[spiral quest]

I kinda just juggle both. I am not worried about finishing anytime soon, it just feels nice to kinda get going

[sage remnant]

[spiral quest]

Yeh I feel it man

Forever planning lmao

[sage remnant]

Just know that sometimes when you don't feel like you are making progress, just get words on paper and it would help

[modest canyon]

John Steinbeck said when he was unmotivated he would write 1 page per day

[spiral quest]

[sage remnant]

Steinback the goat

[spiral quest]

Steinbeck def the goat

[modest canyon]

Getting stuff done while also not burning himself out

I wrote my junior year AP Languages paper on Steinbeck lol

He was my "great American author"

[spiral quest]

What's your favorite work of his

[sage remnant]

My WIP need extensive research so I am not able to manage it well with studies

[sage remnant]

oh damn

nice

[modest canyon]

Grapes

Has only gotten better to me with more rereads

[sage remnant]

Damn Euge might have good taste

[spiral quest]

Massive research, respect. Makes for the best stuff

[spiral quest]

Hella

[sage remnant]

It's also my fav work of his Euge

🙏

[modest canyon]

Its so fuckin good

The prose is insane

[spiral quest]

I have a collection of his short works and east of eden around here somewhere

[modest canyon]

OM&M is 2nd

Have actually never read Eden

[sage remnant]

Of Mice and Men is p alright for me

[modest canyon]

I havent read it in a long time

[modern lichen]

i like east of eden more

[sage remnant]

I also like it more than OMAM

[modest canyon]

Of Mice and Men ||The ending was traumatic tho thats why its been a minute||

East of Eden is def one of the "classics" on my to-read list

[sage remnant]

I think part of why it didn't work for me is cuz I read it between two stuff I really really liked

Like reading it after The Stranger wasn't probably a good idra

idea

[sonic tree]

when we had to read Of Mice and Men in high school and some kids skipped to the end and spoiled everyone and people actually got upset and they had to sit our whole year level down and yell at us and tell us spoiling people is not cool

[spiral quest]

Got this on sale for like 10 bucks years ago. Still need to read some of em

[sage remnant]

Good worldbuilding is hard man. I am still stuck in just researching for it

Makes me respect RJ so much more

[modern lichen]

high school english reading was one of the most torturous things, we had to read three men in a boat one year and a hilarious story was rendered boring as fuck due to analysis

[sage remnant]

3 Men in a boat is sooo fun

That and Gullivers' travel are among my first books

[modern lichen]

shit is absurdly hilarious but you read it in high school and the way we had to analyse why things in the book happened made us lose all the feeling for it

[modest canyon]

My fav "classic literature books" are prolly like

1. Grapes of Wrath
2. Catcher in the Rye
3. 1984
4. Great Gatsby
5. Fahrenheit 451

[spiral quest]

Fahrenheit is a great pick

[modest canyon]

And then anything by Hemmingway is below the bottom

[sage remnant]

[modest canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/jim-carrey-throw-up-puke-vomit-gagging-gif-16080834

I am simply not a fan of his writing style

In any way

[sage remnant]

I can't make a list of books this way. Like too many almost same amount

[spiral quest]

I respect his straightforward style but I cant say I love anything Ive read by Hemingway

[modest canyon]

For Whom the Bell Tolls was the single book in high school I didnt read and read the summary for

I tried to read all the "classic" literature books in high school

Hemmingway is the one mountain I could never climb

[modern lichen]

my favorite of his is "farewell to arms"

[spiral quest]

Is it because he's just like

A simplistic, flat writer?

[sage remnant]

I was trying to search the name of this lol

[spiral quest]

Prefer stuff a bit more purple?

[modest canyon]

Pretty much! I find his prose to be very basic and yet overly descriptive

[sage remnant]

I like different styles 😎

[spiral quest]

When I used to read more of the classics, I used Faulkner and Hemmingway as like

My parameters of what a book was like

I tend to prefer closer to Hemmingway, but respect the artistry of a Faulkner

[sage remnant]

My fav style is Jane Austen's and most silver age scifi

[spiral quest]

But I also come from a heavy fantasy background and many of those authors aren't too lyrical

Silver age, what authors are those

Not like Asimov no?

[sage remnant]

Asimov is earlier

1950s-70s

[spiral quest]

Yeah I thought so

I didn't enjoy my time with Asimov

[sage remnant]

Heinlein, Dick

Clarke, Simak

[modest canyon]

One of my best friends did his junior year paper on Heinlein

[spiral quest]

Oh I have a couple of Phillip

[modest canyon]

First time I ever heard of him

[spiral quest]

Androids Dream of Electric Sheep and Man in the High Castle

[sage remnant]

Philip K Dick is like height of what scifi can do for me

[spiral quest]

Androids was kinda the inspiration for Blade Runner

[sage remnant]

crazy

[modest canyon]

I read anything BUT classic literature growing up lol

[sage remnant]

I guess you haven't read much social scifi?

[modest canyon]

Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, Hunger Games

And ofc the goat

[sage remnant]

Or like more speculative than space operas

[modest canyon]

A to Z Mysteries

[modest canyon]

Not a whole lot no

[sage remnant]

Makes sense

[spiral quest]

I was gonna say A Series of Unfortunate Events

[modest canyon]

I think the only adjacent one I’ve read is Enders Game

[sage remnant]

If you are like present in scifi circle, you would have heard of Dick

[sage remnant]

One of my favorite authors

[modest canyon]

I actually really need to read Tolkien

[spiral quest]

What draws ya to him

[modest canyon]

Never read LOTR

[sage remnant]

for like scifi depicting future, Foundation and Dune's styles are the only type of worldbuilding that works for me

[spiral quest]

I have blasphemous opinions on Tolkien's writing

[sage remnant]

Dw Sab I have grown out of Tolkien too 🏃‍♂️

[spiral quest]

Dont get me wrong, I loooove lotr

The book itself I dont wanna reread

[sage remnant]

Great knowledge of Science which like makes him take good decisions in how he speculates the future and "scifi"

But like I would rather recommend Way Station now

It is such a master class in scifi

[modest canyon]

Some classics on my to read list

• Ulysses
• Crime and Punishment
• The Trial
• Pride and Prejudice
• In Cold Blood (I have this one)
• Catch-22

BRUH

[spiral quest]

I respect that

[modest canyon]

How did I forget my actual favorite classic novel

[spiral quest]

Which is?

[modern lichen]

https://fixvx.com/uskglasses/status/1993709726060913141?s=20

umar 🌾🍂🦬 (@uskglasses)

sally rooney is an incisive talented writer that people dismiss as romance slop; rf kuang is tropeslop that people treat like esoterica

QRT: uskglasses
rf kuang and sally rooney should have swapped reputations

vxTwitter / fixvx · Nov 26, 2025, 3:53 PM

[modest canyon]

Move everything down but Grapes and No. 2 is ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST

I will never stop loving that book

I’d love it even more if the copy I loaned to someone 6 years ago was returned to me 😒

[spiral quest]

I have a really nice copy of One Flew Over, but sadly I have no clue which storage box it is in

[spiral quest]

Man people do not like RF Kuang

[modern lichen]

her reputation after katabasis has kinda slid down

[spiral quest]

She wrote Poppy War right?

[modern lichen]

yes

[spiral quest]

I remember reading like a synopsis and was like cool I'll pick it up, then a bunch of reviews said that the synopsis was kinda a lie

So I ended up skipping

[sage remnant]

Has it

It seems about as mixed as Babel

[spiral quest]

Babel was mixed??

[sage remnant]

Extremely

[spiral quest]

I thought that was being touted as king of the mountain

[sage remnant]

she has 0 subtlety

[spiral quest]

I saw it everywhere

[sage remnant]

But a lot of readers don't care

also a lot do

[modest canyon]

Guys what about the best author of our times Sarah J. Maas??

[sage remnant]

She has her audience

[modest canyon]

My mother

[spiral quest]

I think that those who enjoy her have fun but uh

I would not call at least the first book I was given a breakdown of good

[sage remnant]

There can be no objectivity in art so I can't judge that way

but like

idk Any bit of ACOTAR that I didn't like was loved by my ex

[spiral quest]

I have no qualms with the subgenre she writes in. I am saying the first book just. Was bad

Well the breakdown of it

[modest canyon]

She certainly has a fanbase

[spiral quest]

I did not personally read it

[sage remnant]

I read them

and like its okay

I have read much worse

I also have tendency to like anything and look at positives only

it was a decently crafted world, I liked the main character, I liked the prose more than I like the generally touted good prose of recent fantasy, the story was okay, the ending was predictable but still okay

[spiral quest]

What I will say for Maas and well for that subgenre, it is unfairly hated on from what I can tell. There are problematic things in Some books but the subgenre as a whole gets lumped in unfairly

[sage remnant]

I think its escapism and her audience's escapism is posessive MMC

🏃‍♂️

Which well I ain't judging people's kinks and fetishes

[spiral quest]

Everyone had their taste. I ask for the same treatment when I watch my shitty early 2000s gothic hero movies

[broken fossil]

Idk if unpopular opinion but I enjoyed wicked 2 much more than wicked 1 lol

[modern lichen]

finished the first episode of stranger things season 5

really boring

[turbid solar]

Bro what

Ah hell nah. He's tweakin

[modern lichen]

[dark star]

Really? I might have to look it up 🤔 never pass on a good movie

[leaden depot]

Marvel starting 1968 with a bang

[sudden juniper]

morning

[modern lichen]

https://fixvx.com/MauLer93/status/1993653242077565190

MauLer (@MauLer93)

Chris Stuckmann uploaded a "review" of Wicked: For Good with an explicit gambling app advertisement baked in that accounts for 20% of the video.

"Begin your Wicked slot journey today!"

YouTube had the video temporarily taken down because of a breach of community guidelines.

Presumably because he is shilling a predatory gambling app to untold thousands, including children and now it's back up with the age restriction.

What the fuck happened to this man.

vxTwitter / fixvx · Nov 26, 2025, 12:09 PM

[frank rivet]

.....wow i lose respect 😭 he was my favorite reviewer

[modern lichen]

https://fixvx.com/kwp1039/status/1993668686159446488?s=20

Agent 711🦃 (@kwp1039)

This looks absolutely dreadful

QRT: SphereVegas
The sky says it all, #WOZatSphere awaits.

🎟️: https://bit.ly/WOZSurrenderDorothyTixX

▶ Play video

vxTwitter / fixvx · Nov 26, 2025, 1:10 PM

[leaden depot]

A panel from Strange Tales #167 was plagiarized for the cover of the original Dungeons & Dragons 1974 boxed set. After it was discovered, later printings changed the cover art.

Insane

Not the first time a Dr Strange art shows up somewhere else

[waxen gazelle]

Stranger things s5 ep4 end || The season so far has been great, especially the last episode it was actually movie level. Tho just a bit of a nitpick, I realize it's a trope in most fiction, but I'm tired of the brutal fast monster suddenly walking in slow mo when he's approaching main characters, it doesn't have the suspense they think they're doing. Not to mention how the military got swiftly destroyed because they're not important.

Will getting vecna's powers was cool. Also thankful that it's not that big of a cliffhanger. Seasons releasing in parts is still terrible tho||

[tacit basin]

Stranger thing s5 ep4 end ||I think the suspense and reveal of vecna at the end was great, how he approached Will and whatnot, given how fast and brutal everything else was up to that point. Good contrast, and tension given he didn’t kill him, a breather from the intense slaughter at the moment. If he had just run out and started killing it wouldn’t have made too much sense, it was a slow reveal in comparison to 008 being revealed as well. Also the military getting slimed was kinda peak, the real fight doesn’t involve them. Overall it was a great ending for this chunk of episodes methinks||

Stranger things s5 ep4 end ||it also made sense with the slow defeat from the Demegorgons , everyone down and the kids getting taken slowly. Ending on a high adrenaline victory wouldn’t have made sense for the lead up for the rest of the episodes. I love everything so far though||

[scenic terrace]

Damn The Pitt is crazy

[sage remnant]

SOOO GOOOOD right

I watched it then watched Dr Mike YouTube channel react to it

He really praised.it for accuracy

[scenic terrace]

I think I just finished episode 8

Yeah it’s very accurate, kind wish I had my neuro block though

[sage remnant]

And its by my GOAT Noah wyle

[sage remnant]

I binged it so don't remember specific ep boundaries

I like like it doesn't have extra soundtracks or anything

And like manages to create a wholly immersive story focusing on actual reality and getting the emotions out of those

[scenic terrace]

The Pitt episode 9 (just incase I just finished 9 instead of 8, too lazy to look rn) ||They just did the honor walk for the organ donor and the little girl (maybe twin?) just died from drowning. I’m so sick of Dr Santos, the intern, by this point. I was hoping for some big turn around for her character but I have to remember this series is all taking place in one shift, someone isn’t going to get better that quickly. ||

[drowsy knot]

Absolute Batman / Absolute Wonderwoman (fanart) || https://fixupx.com/mascaraline/status/1994022374296220119?s=46 ||

Gilded 🎨🇻🇳 (@mascaraline)

Holy fuck I love you

Quoting pizza 🍕 (@pizza990)
︀
@mascaraline my coloring is not the best but i tried 😭

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FixupX · Nov 27, 2025, 12:35 PM

[scenic terrace]

Bruh

[leaden depot]

[modern lichen]

So cute

[fair rock]

Peanuts is high quality

[leaden depot]

Very very good

Thor #150

[leaden depot]

||STERANKO || Strange Tales #167

A quadruple spread in the laste 1960s, never saw it coming

[foggy mirage]

Shelby oaks tax hitting

[foggy mirage]

After he turbo glazed movies I dint like back to bsck form months I dropped him

So I'm not suprised

[leaden depot]

Strange Tales #167

[leaden depot]

Iron Man & Sub-Mariner one-shot

[leaden depot]

JACK KIRBY (Captain America #100)

[leaden depot]

||Black Panther to the Avengers || Captain America #100

[spice folio]

anyone watching Pluribus?

[tawny parcel]

havent watched the latest one but yeah

[pearl quest]

Yeahh

[frank rivet]

Maybe

[spice folio]

is it good?

[sage remnant]

Yes

[foggy mirage]

Its great

[frank rivet]

I'm on episode 2 of pluribus

It's pretty good

[foggy mirage]

Keep watching boy

[frank rivet]

https://tenor.com/view/sad-face-simpsons-the-blue-gif-18497551

[terse glen]

stranger things s5 ep 1 ||they just gonna retcon vecna into season 1 now huh, this some shit oda would do lol||

[tender rain]

LOLL TRUE

[near echo]

Watching a documentary from the late 90s called Synthetic Pleasures talking about the technological revolution and the way a whole new digital frontier was emerging from our efforts to control nature

The fuckin
Earnest excitement and optimism of this, now with so many years of hindsight

Is almost infuriating lmao

[sage remnant]

If not for enshittification...

[outer tulip]

Hahahaha

[modern lichen]

flirting (oda) vs harrassment (duffer brothers)

[near echo]

Shout-out to the 28 year old woman in this who wants to cryogenically freeze herself cuz she's dating an underage kid and wants to timeskip to the point they're the same age

What was happening in the 90s

[near echo]

Funniest takeaway from this documentary is that the futuristic transhumanistic cyberspace forums they were dreaming up the whole time ended up becoming VRChat

All of human history was just a slow burn journey to reach that Ugandan Knuckles meme

[tawny parcel]

Oh how the internet works

[crimson bane]

Once the Cold war was over the Internet Age began to take swing and exposed a bunch of people to a bunch of new ideas. Needless to say people were extremely optimistic given the quick advancements in technology

[worthy crypt]

I'm pretty happy with the present. It's not prefect but I wouldn't go back to the 90s if I could. I think there's also some nostalgia making people think the past was better than it actually was

[tawny parcel]

Guys

I got books

I have nver read a joe abercrombie book so i wanna go to him after brandon

[valid thunder]

Damn why did u get that one

Its the 4 th book in the series

[tawny parcel]

Is it

I thought jt was a first

That’s what Google said

[valid thunder]

The first is ' the blade itself'

This is a stand alone but u need context from the trilogy

[tawny parcel]

Fr?

Do you actually need context or is it like

One guy whos in those books is in these

I saw the blade itself but it looked really beat up

So i didny want it

[valid thunder]

Its a bit of both. There are multiple characters from the trilogy in this. You could read it as a stand alone but i wouldnt recommend it tbh. Its best read after the trilogy.

[tawny parcel]

I just looked up next best series and this popped up

[valid thunder]

Oh also u would spoil urself

For the trilogy

[tawny parcel]

Sigh

Fuck my fucking chungus fucking life

[valid thunder]

Dont trust google ai

[tawny parcel]

It will just sit in my shelf then

[limber urchin]

wombat you didn't use AI to determine this was the first book right?

[tawny parcel]

No, I didn’t. It just said it was standalone.

[limber urchin]

oh. i guess that is technically true. but I guess in the wrong kind of way?

[tawny parcel]

I knew the blade itself was the one everyone liked

But like i said

The copy was super beat up

So i didn’t go for it

[limber urchin]

then again, people hocking a product will tell you that you don't need to experience the ones that came before that book/movie/game, because they just want to sell product at the end of the day

[tawny parcel]

Maybe i can stop by half priced books

See id rhey havr it

[valid thunder]

U shouldve gotten maybe the devils instead.

[tawny parcel]

Actually, I’ll just get it and wind and truth on Amazon

[limber urchin]

Bezos thanks you for your contribution

[tawny parcel]

I try not to buy books on Amazon

But if I’m lazy i will

[limber urchin]

yeah i tend to save them for a last resort myself

[tawny parcel]

Even if they’re cheaper i like bring able to go to a bookstore

[limber urchin]

i'm lucky this city has lots of bookstores, but if you're in a country area it's probably a lot harder. but I think half priced at least can be found in some areas

[tawny parcel]

I have a balf priced and a barnes and no les

I lean towards barnes and nobles but maybe i go back to hpb because i swear half the time barnes and nobles “new books” look beat up anyways

Dents or bends or shit

[tawny parcel]

got all of the first law trilogoy because it was only 8 bucks more then just getting the first one by itself and because fuck ti does anything matter anymore

[sage remnant]

Why cuz you got some stuff spoiled?

[tawny parcel]

no because apparently im a stupid dumb chud who cant do anything right

[tawny parcel]

i got these books right here

and I thought best served cold was a standalone series

fuck me i guess

[sage remnant]

You can start with BSC

They are adapting BSC into a movie to begin the series' adaptations

[tawny parcel]

well the books have already been bought

[sage remnant]

I don't understand

[tawny parcel]

and I wanted to get the blade itself anyways just the copy they had at barnes and nobles was beat up so I didnt want to get that one

[sage remnant]

you have first law, age of madness and BSC?

Or just BSC

I Don't understand the issue

[tawny parcel]

I got just best served cold

and I sadi oh boy i cant wait to read this

[sage remnant]

you can just start with it

[tawny parcel]

and then i was told it had spoilers and stuff and things from the first law trilogy

[sage remnant]

Ehhhh

[tawny parcel]

so i was told to read that first

[sage remnant]

You won't pick them up

[tawny parcel]

the books have already been purchased along with wind and truth

[sage remnant]

or forget them when you get to First Law

Cuz see
If the writer thinks it getting movie adaptation won't ruin the adaptation of first Law

Then idk why you are so worked up

[main lion]

middle one looks like the zelda cdi shopkeeper

[tawny parcel]

i didnt know there was a movie of first law

[sage remnant]

BSC is getting one

starring Rebecca Ferguson

[tawny parcel]

all i knew was mr abercrombie was a prolific fantasy writer and i watned to read a book by him

[tawny parcel]

it sounds like a book where you follow a redditor and that sounds awesome

[sage remnant]

It's what it's starting with cuz its standalone enough and has Abercrombie's strength

the thing is, it would have spoilers about general world stuff and some character's cuz they are impactful to the world

but its not to the point that you can't read BSC to start it

[tawny parcel]

well

again it dont matter i got both anyways

[sage remnant]

Oh it's @valid thunder who told you bullshit

[tawny parcel]

ive started rhythm of war so thats the top priority rn

[sage remnant]

Nice

[tawny parcel]

chunky big boy book

[sage remnant]

Can be read in a day book

[tawny parcel]

not a singel soul read rhythm of awar in a day

[sage remnant]

I have multiple friends who did that with Rhythm and WaT

I could have too but that way I wouldn't have fun thinking through the implications of stuff. I read TFE in like 9 hours in my first time and rhythm is like twice of it anyway

[tawny parcel]

thats crazy

i think i read decently fast when im reading but like

reading 1200 pages in one day

how do you sit there that long

[sage remnant]

Some people have faster speeds

Even my speed is more with ebook than with paperback

the whole thickness of the book and having to turn the pages takes me out of it sometimes in the way ebook doesn't

[tawny parcel]

thats part of the reason why i dont like hardbacks instead of big boy paperbacks

[sage remnant]

Plus like I can't read as well while sleeping or stuff cuz like I am afraid I might ruin the book

Or cuz lights better in one direction and not in another

[near echo]

Memorial Engine was a really cute short

Usually a bit wary of college works trying to ape Studio Ghibli cuz that's always been trendy, and most of the time they're really hollow, but this was actually pretty effective and had its own voice

[spice folio]

just watched the new episodes of stranger things

[modern lichen]

i'm sorry

[valid thunder]

Have u even read bsc ?

Bsc \ first law ending spoiler|| he would get spoiled about jezal becoming the king ||

He can read it first if he wants to but its just a better experience to read them in order

[sage remnant]

That's what i was referring to in my message around that

[valid thunder]

Yea so thats a major spoiler

[sage remnant]

Eh. That would just work in different way

[tawny parcel]

@wooden swift i know you can crack the world of zootopia

[valid thunder]

bro

U j wanna be a contrarian now

[tawny parcel]

😭

[valid thunder]

First law || its literally set up from the first book. Its a major plot line.||

[tawny parcel]

Goro would never be a contrarian

[sage remnant]

I never really am???

[tawny parcel]

i see what you did there

[warm cape]

@modern lichen did you finish the first law series?

Im on the final book atm

[modern lichen]

i read the first trilogy

gonna read the second trilogy in 2026 sometime

[sage remnant]

Let's goo

Fav characters?

[warm cape]

My mate spoke really highly about it, I started listening to it and now he started the dandelion dynasty

[warm cape]

Logen and glokta easily

[sage remnant]

When did you read Dandy 👀

[sage remnant]

[warm cape]

Like 2 years ago?

It took me over a year to finish

[sage remnant]

Nice. It's p long

Oh you had pinged me about it too

[warm cape]

The first book was the best in the series

[sage remnant]

Might have been around when I left the server

[warm cape]

Had enough of it when I was up to the 3rd book

[sage remnant]

Many people have opposite opinion

they dislike first book a lot

[warm cape]

They're wrong

[sage remnant]

People want more focused books for PoV. Can't blame them

What's on your list after First Law?

Age of madness or some other book?

[warm cape]

Not sure

Im waiting for red god to come out

I didnt finish lightbringer because I didnt want to be blue balled waiting for the next book

[sage remnant]

Nice

never went far in first Red Rising

Didn't work at all for me

[warm cape]

Maybe Red seas under red skies or drummindor next

[sage remnant]

Didn't know you read GB

if you want a stand alone book, I would recommend Sword of Kaigen

[modern lichen]

my plan to read next year

[warm cape]

Ill have a look into it, if it sounds good ill finish that one next, rather do a stand alone instead of anothe series next

[sage remnant]

It'd a 5/5

[sage remnant]

Yooo hardcover

They are going open source next month. Gonna contribute an advanced tags/moods/genre filter like there's in anilist

[valid thunder]

I thought u disliked rf kuang

[modern lichen]

i still wanna read everything she's done

[sage remnant]

He has hated every thing he has read of her

[valid thunder]

Also u should read the heroes and red country before the age of madness i think

[sage remnant]

Ehh

[valid thunder]

Arguably the stand alone trilogy is as good as first law. The heroes especially is crazy good

[modern lichen]

new reads of 2025

[valid thunder]

Its the publication and chronological order

I dont see any reason to skip good books lol

Alot of first law fans have the heroes or red country as their favorite

[modern lichen]

I’ll read them

Maybe after the main series but I’ll definitely read them

[raw gate]

Twin Peaks S2 ep. 6 ||Working my way back through the series and I never realized how unintentionally hilarious it is that Ben had a picture of Laura on his desk the whole time. Yeah man, not suspicious whatsoever||

True love for this series is forged through experiencing the soapier lows of S2

[past panther]

@paper shadow was banned!

Reason: scam link

[lone bay]

Is detective good?

The shoe with Mathew McConaughey

[rose bramble]

Yeah heard alot of good things About it

Been on my ptw for years

[modern lichen]

True Detective? The first season with McConaughey is great

[rose bramble]

only the season 1 is great tho then they just change cast and some other stuff and it doesn't feel the same

[modern lichen]

It’s an anthology series

Each season is a different story

[lone bay]

True detective || is it the one where his partner tells him to stop saying weird shit like “I think human consciousness was a tragic misstep in evolution” ?||

[rose bramble]

Oh alright didn't know that

[rose bramble]

yes

[lone bay]

Might give it a watch then

[modern lichen]

Yes, True Detective season 1 ||his character is a weirdo nihilist||

[lone bay]

Sounds like me frfr

[modern lichen]

Definitely not

But yeah great season of TV

[lone bay]

Honestly, I think I should do a PTR too for 26

I wanna read and watch more stuff

Gotta make my dream of writing a story real

[sage remnant]

good

:prayge

[lone bay]

I was actually thinking of you as I wrote that

STOP BULLYING ME INTO ACHIEVING MY DREAMS

[modern lichen]

Read more fucking books motherfucker

[sage remnant]

Gotta do that 😎

[sage remnant]

make a Hardcover account and lets bully each others into reaching reading goals fr

[modern lichen]

I made a reading goal to read 50 books next year

[lone bay]

Is that like substack?

[sage remnant]

No. It's like Goodreads but like not by Amazon and better

and continuously improving

[lone bay]

Oh so for tracking and renewing books?

[sage remnant]

Yes

and has good focus on social activity too

[lone bay]

I’ll think about it

I’m mainly more into manga currently

And the western books I’d read aren’t really stories lol

Last western story I read was before the coffee gets cold p3

Until it got too sad and I stopped

[sage remnant]

Just keep track of non ficiton too easy

[modern lichen]

Dawg isn’t even reading manga

[sage remnant]

yeah

man reads one chapter a week

[modern lichen]

“Mainly more into manga” where

[sage remnant]

mainly more into manga is like me
reading 200 chapters in a day

[lone bay]

Not my fault monster isn’t captivating enough

[modern lichen]

It’s your fault you’re a lazy bum

[sage remnant]

REAL

[lone bay]

True

But nah fr I really think ill get to it this time

I’ll make a proper ptr

I’ll probably read 2-3 series then reread or rewatch smth I love

And cycle that way

3 for yall, one for me

[modern lichen]

[lone bay]

I still don’t get what that emote means

[frank rivet]

Pluribus Ep3 - || ok wow 😭 thank god she didn't ask for a Nuke||

[near echo]

Conversation got me in a mood

Watching GMK: Giant Monsters All Out Attack

Gotta get used to the dub overs in these 90s and 00s Godzilla films lol

[sage remnant]

enjoy peak

[near echo]

GMK ||woah baragon is in this??||

[sage remnant]

It was initially going to be || Varan, baragon, and Anguirus || gmk

[near echo]

GMK ||Varans a loser idiot so good riddance
Anguirus cut is TRAGIC||

[outer tulip]

Stranger Things S5 ep 5 || Okay soooo Will has powers like El and Vecna now, cool. Vecna must've gave it to him and I don't understand why. If Vecna learned from Will that kindnapping kids is the best way to build an army. Than he's basically just forgeing a super power army against him. Cause there's nothing he's done since the first kidnap from WIll up to Holly that's proven he is able to keep these kids on his side. None of them are with him. So he's basically setting up his own demise. The writers have to know that, so I don't understand why ||

[sage remnant]

You forgot the s5 label btw

[outer tulip]

oh word.. you know I dont be follwoing rules in this piece

[sage remnant]

Don't want someone in s1 to be spoiled lol

I might get to this series finally

[outer tulip]

you should, its really good

[modern lichen]

lol

[tawny parcel]

Yoo john green

I respect john green so hard

I grew up being forced to watch him in class and then realized as I grew up hr just wants to educate the masses

Idk what any of his actual books are like but

[modern lichen]

read anthropocene reviewed

[tawny parcel]

I’ll add it

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBDA2E52FB1EF80C9&si=MYU8h5fprH2UxPgl

John green my goat

[near echo]

1. Godzilla Minus One
2. Godzilla (1954)
3. Shin Godzilla
4. Godzilla vs. Biollante
5. Godzilla vs. Hedorah
6. GMK
7. Rodan
8. War of the Gargantuas
9. Ghidorah: The Three Headed Monster
10. Terror of Mecha Godzilla

GMK immediately cracks the top ten as probably the best example of the giant monster battle 101 formula but being so built around a familiarity with all these Kaiju robs it of just enough identity to not crack the top 5

Not a favorite but it's a great film and I could see this being the most rewatchable one

[young compass]

Bon top 10 movies of all time

[near echo]

No!

[frank rivet]

Pluribus ep 5 - || so they are definitely drinking human remains right... ||

[white smelt]

Wow it’s already at episode 5? Did it drop all at once?

[modern lichen]

All at once yeah, at least a batch of 5 this time, then another batch later and then the finale last after sometime

[valid thunder]

Wait whole season is out ?

[modern lichen]

No

[valid thunder]

Ok mb i read that wrong

[tawny parcel]

Pluribus isnt dropping in batches

[modern lichen]

oh i read wrong

sorry my bad

yeah pluribus is weekly @white smelt

[light arrow]

Stranger Things s5 ||we have anime flashbacks now 🔥😭||

[shadow sequoia]

Die Hard ||This was a fun rewatch, I never realized it was based off of a book. Gonna get it and see how it is compared to the movie, real sad what happened to Bruce.||

[foggy mirage]

Spoiled yourself

[foggy mirage]

Next ep in 7 days from now I believe

They had dropped it early due to turkey day

[frank rivet]

Lol what you mean I'm caught up

[foggy mirage]

I know what you saw

[frank rivet]

😭 ya the end of the episode

[mild seal]

I'm rewatching the harry potter movies and I just thought of a plot hole lol

HP deathly hallows pt 1 ||they could have still used sirius's house as a hiding place even after that death eater guy saw it, all they had to do was wipe his memories||

[sage remnant]

Same top three but different order

Shin, -1, 1954

[near echo]

Yeah ultimately I like Godzilla as a horror icon more than Godzilla as a monster mash WrestleMania icon so those three stand out

I do like THAT part of the franchise too

They're just inherently more shallow

Even if I do clap every time Mothra is on screen

[near echo]

2014 is this for people who think monster movies are stupid and can't take the brand seriously

[sage remnant]

HP DH || characters remembering magic based solutions after 1 movie? Daring are we ||

[mild seal]

Deathly hallows pt 1 ||they literally wipe the minds of 2 death eaters at the coffee shop in the same movie||

[sage remnant]

Damn so even more stupid than I remember

[mild seal]

Yup

Lmao

Jk rowling really is a terrible writer

[sage remnant]

Watched Uncharted earlier

p okay

I remember Tom Holland to be a better actor than he was in this...

[mild seal]

Hp deathly hallows pt 1 ||jk rowling didn't have to do my boy Dobby like that||

[jolly ruin]

time for my yearly harry potter binge

[sage remnant]

Watch good stuff!

[jolly ruin]

harry potter is good stuff

[sage remnant]

:lies;

[mild seal]

I usually do a marathon around the holidays

[jolly ruin]

yeah same here

usually drop it after movie 5 lol

[mild seal]

lol

[sage remnant]

The last time I did a HP marathon was like 10 years ago

That's about the point I fell off the series

[main lion]

I watched a couple of the movies with some friends like 5 years ago

still not a fan

[mild seal]

ya they suck

I enjoy the books, but all the plot holes kinda ruined them for me

[spiral quest]

I am rereading the books currently. The giant flaws are still giant, but as a millennial who grew up with the franchise, I am nostalgic for it

[mild seal]

as well as jk rowling and her crusade

exactly sabble

[spiral quest]

I just finished Goblet of Fire like 5 mins ago

Still had fun with the fun parts but yeah. The flaws are bad bad

[main lion]

I barely care for any of the things I grew up with anymore

well, movie wise

and anime wise

[spiral quest]

How it goes

[sage remnant]

Goblet of Fire still has a place in my heart as it was the first fantasy book I read

[mild seal]

I will forever love the anime I grew up with

[sage remnant]

and it opened me to the genre and medium as a whole

[mild seal]

trigun, cowboy bebop, gundam wing

[main lion]

I still like prisoner of azkhaban

[spiral quest]

Prisoner of Azkaban is my favorite of the series

And the movie is great

Sucks about the rest of it

[main lion]

yup lol

[white smelt]

If HP was anime he would like it

[mild seal]

lmfao

[main lion]

buddy acts like I dont dislike 90% of the anime I watch

[mild seal]

alfonso too good

[main lion]

cant stop himself from throwing a jab at me every time Im in chat...

[sage remnant]

Trigun is actually great. Rewatched it a couple of years ago

[white smelt]

❤️

[mild seal]

LOVE AND PEACE

[white smelt]

You should watch the latest one glex

[sage remnant]

I would send the gif here but Red's here

[white smelt]

Tell me what you think

[spiral quest]

It makes it hard to enjoy when you so vehemently disagree with JK Rowling on so many things and how she coulda so easily just shut up and collected money

[sage remnant]

he should not

[mild seal]

lmao

[sage remnant]

But if you want to see how badly they butchered it, you could try

[white smelt]

This is true too

She’s just also not a good writer

[spiral quest]

Not really no

[white smelt]

Double whammy

[spiral quest]

There are good moments but

No she's pretty bad

[white smelt]

It’s like Taylor swift in book form

[main lion]

god I wanted to make a joke that was so obviously a joke but taken out of context would look horrible lol

[mild seal]

do it you won't

[white smelt]

Go ahead and make it you are among friends

[spiral quest]

You read her stuff and you go "well shit that was bad why didnt you just do this"

[main lion]

it makes it so hard to agree with JK Rowlings statements when she made something as bad as Harry Potter /s

[sage remnant]

Atp I just stopped trying to learn more about the authors
After JK Rowling and more specifically Orson Scott Card

[white smelt]

Alright bro

[mild seal]

fuck you how dare you

piece of shit

[spiral quest]

Orson Scott Card made me feel vindicated

[main lion]

GUYS YOU SAID YOUD UNDERSTAND IT WAS A JOKE

[spiral quest]

I didn't like Enders Game when I had to read it in high school

[white smelt]

Mappuru storeee

[sage remnant]

I like that series and like the stuff he explores don't match how conservative and shitty his views are

Doesn't make sense he wrote that lol

[spiral quest]

It's insane to me he wrote that book

[main lion]

as a fan of manga Id lose a lot of series I like if I cared about the mangaka's opinions...

[mild seal]

I know I've said this before, but its wild to me that my dog luffy loves to watch movies

[sage remnant]

I now don't care unless they are benefitting from me purchasing the books

like say Lovecraft

[spiral quest]

Enders Game ||Orson Scott Card: writes a book about how you need to see past the outside of people, how a innocent species was made into a villain

Also Orson Scott Card: I hate gay people they are evil||

[main lion]

Im too much of a collector not to buy manga I love but yeah thats the best way to go about it

[white smelt]

Is that true though? Most are pretty quiet. Idk if a lot is accurate unless you’re including their crimes etc

[main lion]

its moreso stuff like kenshin, made in abyss, etc

lol

[sage remnant]

Act Age too maybe

[main lion]

act age is written wonderfully

too bad hes a weirdo

[sage remnant]

Cuz the author didn't act his age

badum tss

[spiral quest]

I never got into those and learning of the Mangakas crimes, I don't think I will

[mild seal]

https://tenor.com/view/band-of-misfits-monkey-monkeydru-monkey-drum-joke-gif-5797011

[white smelt]

Right but like for kenshin and Mia it’s more their actions rather their opinions lol

That’s why I was like idk very many that are super outspoken lol

[main lion]

in a sense. Technically MiA mangaka hasnt been arrested or caught for anything yet but the signs are there...

its coming...

[sage remnant]

You have like Usogui mangaka

[spiral quest]

Kenshin I know was a lot of people's like nostalgia series, that has to be difficult to wrap your mind around

[sage remnant]

who's a white supremacist

[main lion]

usogui mangaka is the best example

[sage remnant]

and homophobic

[white smelt]

Like the composer for dragon quest is outspoken. And his opinion was rancid

*was

Rest in piss

[spiral quest]

Bad people can make good things. Unfortunately it's something that is true. I think it's up to the individual how they want to go about it

[main lion]

I think goro's approach is the healthiest

dont support even if you consume

but I dont think people should think too hardly about the opinions of creators when deciding to consume

[spiral quest]

This

[main lion]

you'd be surprised how many of them hold those thoughts in their minds

[spiral quest]

The only reason I consume HP now is I already owned the books and movies

I read Sorcerer's Stone like 8 months before the movie dropped

[mild seal]

yup same sab

[main lion]

sorcerer's stone is the only book I read

[spiral quest]

Besides, A series of unfortunate events is better

[main lion]

I think at that point the 2nd movie was already out

[mild seal]

I'm missing the first 3 books, but don't plan on buying them brand new

[main lion]

I read one of the books for series of unfortunate events

I enjoyed iirc

[spiral quest]

I am assuming the bad beginning

[main lion]

the only thing I remember is

a series of unfortunate events ||the snake I think||

[spiral quest]

That's the Reptile Room

[main lion]

thats the one then

[spiral quest]

I am glad you enjoyed it

[white smelt]

In my school they read sorcerers stone to us during our reading period

[main lion]

in my school reading period was picking our own books

[spiral quest]

ASOUE is my favorite series I grew up with as a kid. I own an art print from the illustrator

And yeah I had the same as Red

[white smelt]

A song of unreal engine?

[spiral quest]

We had assigned books but also could choose our own in between

[main lion]

I remember reading some weird ass book that I dont even remember the name of

it had a fighter jet on the cover

[spiral quest]

A Series of Unfortunate Events

[white smelt]

Oh

[main lion]

but it wasnt about fighter jets

[spiral quest]

I have zero clue

We were assigned uhhh

Well depending on the year

Hatchet by Gary Paulson, The Giver, uhm

I think Holes

[main lion]

I read hatchet and the giver

my school didnt get holes

[spiral quest]

We had other ones, but my memory is foggy

I remember reading a bunch of Roald Dahl books, Loser, and I think Inkheart

[main lion]

my school read I think it was called "the outsiders"

[spiral quest]

Yeah that was in freshman year for me

[main lion]

I think it was 7th grade for me

[spiral quest]

We also did the standards, lord of the flies, animal farm, Fahrenheit 451

[main lion]

ye I did fahrenheit 451

to kill a mockingbird

[spiral quest]

The irony of Fahrenheit 451 growing up in Idaho, where they restrict book access with ID's now

Is fucking hilarious

[main lion]

[jolly ruin]

This

Story is meh

But it is a nice vibe

[spiral quest]

It's nothing overly special but it's nostalgic

[main lion]

Im in florida where Im p sure parents are tearing any books out that have even suggestive material

from school libraries

[spiral quest]

Yeah I heard that Red

Red states going bananas with book restrictions

But I bet they will still teach Fahrenheit 451

And not get the absolute irony

[tawny parcel]

peak;...,,,

[sage remnant]

I donated my books to the library

Years ago

[spiral quest]

I respect that choice

[sage remnant]

Roald Dahl my beloved

[spiral quest]

Roal Dahl also wasn't a good dude lmao

[sage remnant]

😭

[sage remnant]

😭

Well... he dead so won't benefit from me buying his books

[spiral quest]

It's good to be vigilant of this info, but at the same time, I think a lot of popular artists are just kinda meh to bad people

Stay informed, buy/or consume as close to your moral standard as possible, and don't get too wrapped up in something

[sage remnant]

Roald Dahl was what I read growing up

Like the books that introduced me to what books were...

[spiral quest]

He did for a lot of people

[sage remnant]

my dream of being a writer came from him

[spiral quest]

That's why I say what I say, can't really hate on someone for enjoying things like that

[sage remnant]

Like would follow his routine of having 7 pencils sharped and writing for a day until they all were blunt lol

[copper phoenix]

smh people have zero respect the grind nowadays

[frank rivet]

Never let someone Shame you

[sage remnant]

Zootopia 2 became the highest opening hollywood movie in chinese box office history, overtaking Endgame

[unkempt agate]

the furry propaganda is in full effect

[sage sleet]

i enjoyed the movie but it's nun crazy

ion get why people losing their minds

that damn fox

[copper phoenix]

zootopia is the furry endgame

entire religions built around that thang

[frank rivet]

You think they will still have it in theaters by dec 13th

Might go with the fam

[tawny grotto]

I love the mystery in it

[tawny grotto]

same

[tawny grotto]

its weird I also am watching hp videos currently, some about plot holes ...

[hearty magnet]

Anyone here a sitcom fan ?

[limber urchin]

https://tenor.com/view/dickvandyke-twizzle-dance-happy-dance-twist-gif-4204594890360768342

[tawny parcel]

Wind and truth came in

Holy hell

This book is big

[raw gate]

🫀

[peak pilot]

You’re already there?

[tawny parcel]

I’m on rhythm of war

Just started

Just bought it cause it was Black Friday

And it was 16 bucks

[peak pilot]

I’m starting oathbringer tomorrow

[tawny parcel]

Very good book

[limber urchin]

Wrhythm Wof Wwar

[peak pilot]

What is your stormlight ranking Buffy

[tawny parcel]

so far for me its 2 1 3

[sage remnant]

5 3 2.5 1 3.5 4 2

[tawny parcel]

2 in last is insane

[peak pilot]

3 last? Sus

[peak pilot]

https://tenor.com/view/that's-not-ridiculous-to-say-that's-not-ridiculous-chilltownhoops-playerschoice-unc-gif-17749542178366202764

[tawny parcel]

mfs havent even read the book and they already calling the placement sus

😭

read a chapter bro

also last is still like, least great

[peak pilot]

🤫

[rich meadow]

Liking words of radiance more than oathbringer is definitely a take

[tawny parcel]

man everyone out for me

[spiral quest]

I have the same take

[tawny parcel]

https://tenor.com/view/it's-all-about-me-this-whole-thing-all-of-this-breaking-bad-bb-gif-10122480543851607152

[spiral quest]

TWOK and WOR are about equal for me

Oathbringer has great moments but others I dont super enjoy

[tawny parcel]

OB|| I don't like Dalinars non flashback stuff before the end of the book. Sanderson writes boring politcing, especially coming off game of thrones||

[tawny parcel]

ya theyre both super close to me as well

[sage remnant]

TWoK is p good. WoR is still a darn good book (4/5) but it's so so below than other Stormlight for me

Every Stormlight book provides something unique in the genre, except WoR which feels more like a battle shounen than a fantasy book

Stormlight twok to RoW ||
TWOK juxtaposes demystifying myths and legends with a character becoming the figure of the myth, in one of the most unique world ever crafted.

OB does the humans being the voidbringer reveal.

RoW explores technological advancement of a magic based world, with so very thought out way of how magic is studied in this world and technology around magic is crafted and developed ||

[worthy crypt]

The burning god || So I guess I was correct to increasingly dislike rin over the course of the book? Based on the end that seems like it was the intention. That does solve some of my complaints but not the main one that many of the major twists of fate throughout kinda feel like dumb luck from rin's perspective ||

[sage remnant]

Fair

Kuang does add some contrivances to reach to the point she wants to explore the themes she does

[worthy crypt]

Is the dark tower good?

[sage remnant]

Yes

v good

[worthy crypt]

I been watching that it TV show recently

[sage remnant]

Dark tower adaptation is abysmal tho

It's getting a new one by Mike Flanagan so it would be good

[worthy crypt]

It's tempting to insert another series before stormlight in the queue again but I think it's finally time. Maybe dark tower after

[sage remnant]

Nice

A book server I am in is doing Dark Tower buddy read so might reread it too

Tempting it may be but I also need to continue Malazan

[foggy mirage]

Will be peak

Trust in the goat Flanagan

[foggy mirage]

Easily recommend the entire series

One of the favorites

[white smelt]

Metroid in 4 days

[tawny parcel]

So true

[main lion]

3 days

[leaden depot]

Is funny, this cover is super misleading for this issue, but fitting for the proper cunt Guy will become in the mid 1980s

[atomic mist]

Halfway through SE7EN (1995) ||Mills' wife has to 100% be the killer and one of the next kills is gonna be the shitty real estate dealer who sold them the bad house. I would assume the killer is an established character and its probably not mills nor somerset and she's the only other one in the movie thus far. the 4 sins we havent seen are Wrath, Pride, Lust and Envy so mabye the real estate could fit under pride/envy? either way thats just my intuition and baseless assumptions||

[raw gate]

FWWM time

[atomic mist]

twin PEAKs

[raw gate]

Twin Peaks S2 ep. 22 ||Any Black Lodge or adjacent scene is automatically iconic, but I think there’s a strong argument for the sequences in this episode being among the best the series has to offer. For every lull or outrageous creative decision present throughout the second season is an episode, like the finale, that completely blows me away||

[atomic mist]

2/3rds through SE7EN ||it being the photographer is pretty funny and really unexpected , I thought it was just a little comedic relief moment. then again it could be a distraction from the REAL killer (mills' wife).||

[atomic mist]

SE7EN very near the end (1995) ||john doe says theres 2 more bodies and he's only taking the 2 detectives?? both who just happened to fit into wrath (mills) and envy (somerset), the 2 sins we havent seen?? please tell me im right about this😭also he said that if they dont accept the 2 bodies will never be found. somerset and mills wont be killed, thats why they will never be found. this has to be what he means ||

[modern lichen]

[valid thunder]

Dang j finish the movie dawg 😭

[tawny parcel]

[foggy mirage]

Literally holding himself in suspense

😭

[modern lichen]

Let him say his shit bruh

[atomic mist]

let me talk my shit

also peak movie

[limber urchin]

Completed Frankenstein last night. Overall great book. ||Although, it has repetitive elements with all the woe is me and travelogue stuff, and I do find the story is better in the first half. it seems to dip a little after the monster tells his story in the cave||

Started Dune back up again afterwards. I was 1/4 through it and so it's gonna take a minute to get my bearings.

[sage remnant]

have fun

[frank rivet]

@foggy mirage @limber urchin
Time for WTD

[limber urchin]

yeah lunchtime for me

[raw gate]

FWWM / The Missing Pieces ||A lot of the extended and deleted scenes feel incredibly necessary to set the tone. On top of that, a handful of them are flat out brilliantly shot. Unfortunate that there isn’t a way to watch the original film with that stuff integrated in.

Anyways, peak fucking cinema||

[raw gate]

FWWM || “I always thought you knew it was me”

“I never knew you knew it was me”

Hardest scene to stomach in the entire series, imo. Perfectly illuminates Leland’s complicity in Laura’s abuse in a way that the original series couldn’t capture||

[modern lichen]

Fire Walk With Me ||that dining table scene just haunts me, man||

[raw gate]

FWWM ||Sheryl Lee’s performance, and acting prowess in general, feels largely underrated, in my experience. That’s a scene where I found her acting particularly good and the way that she’s able to convey Laura’s fear is the primary selling point||

[valid thunder]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/1pbh3zr/im_joe_abercrombie_ask_me_anything/

[modern lichen]

@sage sleet you seen the details about Lanterns

Very exciting stuff bro

[sage sleet]

Yeah I’m stoked

[modern lichen]

we are winning so hard man i cant wait for that first trailer

[sage sleet]

Lanterns in general ig idk ||im not expecting to see other lanterns like killawog (slaughtered spelling prolly) or have us see OA etc. I did hear the suit might be a different one than most people want but im open to it. Very excited and I wonder if it’ll tie into peacemaker s2 finale ||

[modern lichen]

lanterns speculation ||i want oa crumbs but i'm guaranteed john stewart and hal jordan greatness||

lanterns ||i think the purpose of this show is to have john become the sole lantern for earth||

[sage sleet]

Lanterns ||oh yeah I just mean in the future. The lantern corps too crazy to not expand on||

[modern lichen]

true

[frank rivet]

Why you guys talking about lanterns

Is a Trailer out

[leaden depot]

||I wonder how long this will last|| X-Men #42

[raw gate]

Twin Peaks S3 eps. 1&2 ||I fucking love The Return so much but I’ll never get over not being able to see Michael J. Anderson as the Arm again||

[limber urchin]

WTD ep 6 ||God I love this intro song so much - just sooo catchy. Don't spoil the episode for me, though, I just started.||

[sage sleet]

Nah just a rumor/leak? I think a teaser was shown in I wanna say Brazil or Mexico

I could very well be wrong

[spice coral]

the One Piece is real

[main lion]

@sage sleet we dont allow rumors

or leaks

of like plot stuff etc

[limber urchin]

WTD and IT Ep 6 ||Damn, crazy good episode! The twist reveal of the nurse's father being the inspiration for the form of Pennywise, and her obession with seeing her father again, was just chef's kiss. Coupled with the black and white was so perfect of a choice too. Can't believe they decided to end it right at the horrors of the Black Spot. I'm guessing they won't show what happens, but only the news and/or aftermath?||

IT ||Although, I do have one criticism. There were never kids at the original black spot right? They were just serving alcohol to kids. Crazy.||

[sage sleet]

is stranger things split up into 2 or 3

for this season ion remember seeing the sched

[sage sleet]

my fault og

[foggy mirage]

Watched that shit before both Ya'll but it was a great ep@limber urchin

[foggy mirage]

Wtd ep 6 ||I feel its too good to pass up the black spot to not do it next episode. This is the big kick off event to end the feeding cycle. So I definitely feel like its built up to this. That kirsh lady is insane feeding kids to pennywise just to talk to someone pretending to be her dad. And she doesnt even care about lily's friends just trying to free her dad. But she has no clue pennywise ate him ages ago. On the kids point i guess they dont care about serving booze to minors.||

[frank rivet]

lol i got stuck with some school stuff

will watch in a bit

[foggy mirage]

2 more eps boy

[frank rivet]

rate the episode relative to last

[foggy mirage]

If I'm being honest last ep was a strong 9 for me

This one is like an 8

I feel the last 2 will be 10s though

[frank rivet]

nice nice

alright ill check it out now

[sage sleet]

Kids bop movie

Just damn

Live concert but still

Just damn

[limber urchin]

WTD and IT ||One key theme in the book was this idea that adults looked past bad things consistently. Could something as small as serving alcohol to minors be part of that? Or is that reading too much into it? Do the people of Derry only look away when it comes to the more violent stuff?||

[foggy mirage]

Wtd ep 6 and IT ||I feel you could read it like that. I always assumed pennywise fed more into the violence but I can totally see it letting underage drinking slip. In the end its leading directly to this, since as you saw retired chief + alcohol = horrible incident with the black spot. Or you can see it as the writers giving this gang some small breathing room before everything gets 100× worse. But I can buy both versions, most people don't think twice when doing shit like that in derry.||

[limber urchin]

IT novel ||Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the Black Spot a bigger location in the book? Like size of barn kind of thing?||

[foggy mirage]

IT novel ||I do think you are correct, in the book pennywise turned into a bird like form and was snatching away people who ran outside too if my memory is correct. A bunch of people burned to death, besides the ones he dragged away. So I think it was around 35-40 people died in the novel there. From the Mike Pov chapter I remember. And dick was there to save him and some others using the shining.||

[limber urchin]

IT novel ||Ah I knew there was a bird form but I couldn't remember where it showed up! Was it also at the Iron Works at all?||

[foggy mirage]

IT novel ||great memory Buffy, Mike was wandering around there in his free time. And pennywise chases him around the iron works remains looking like a half rodan/half clown bird monster. I do believe its a similar form to the one used in the black spot incident.||

IT novel || also in the books the iron works was holding an easter egg hunt for kids and adults, the place was completely shut down yet still blew up. And like 108 people died from the explosion and fire...then 8 bodies went missing during the event. A big pennywise buffet moment before a huge nap as usual.||

[limber urchin]

OK yes this is exactly what I had in my memory banks. Alzeimer's hasn't won yet!!

[foggy mirage]

Yeah don't worry its not slipped up yet

Memory just weird like that sometimes

[frank rivet]

WTD ep 6 - || loool get the fuck outta here pennywise at the start of the episode is crazy ||

The opening is always a bop

https://tenor.com/view/jay-z-headbob-stare-glasses-nod-gif-7243397

@foggy mirage
WTD ep 6 - || I know what's running through wills dads head , Boyyyyyy lol I seen that look before ||

[foggy mirage]

Wtd ep 6 ||so much for being immune to fear btw lmao. Pennywise got his brain in a vice at this point. Instant smack shit.||

[foggy mirage]

Wtd ep 6 ||those mfs definitely gonna use tf out of bill now that the clown is out the bag||

[frank rivet]

@foggy mirage
WTD ep 6 - || wow you were right, they brought em to the black spot ||

WTD ep 6 - || young halaren is so good "you fucking bootlicker!!"||

[foggy mirage]

Wtd ep 6 ||yeah will's dad being a dickhead he has no idea how horrible it is or what the shining really does to you. He's making a lot of big assumptions about dick.||

[foggy mirage]

Had that guess locked in

[frank rivet]

These two better be safe

WTD ep 6 - || another day of lilly being the dumbest kid I ever seen literally 0 survival skills ||

[foggy mirage]

Wtd ep 6 ||she ran off to be by herself and took 10x the mental damage for it.||

[outer tulip]

House of Dynamites has to be one of the most disappointing movies I've ever seen. I actually don't know if I'll ever recover from this

[near echo]

Dark Star feels way ahead of its time

[foggy mirage]

For a second I thought you were talking dark star from a song of ice and fire

Christ

[near echo]

Never read a sentence of that series or watched a second of its show

I played elden ring that's my only exposure to grrm

[tawny parcel]

The books are incredible

[white smelt]

You ain’t missing much

[near echo]

I just don't watch TV shows like ever lol

And I don't read much fiction

[tawny parcel]

9 chapters into rhythm of war

Solid start so far

[foggy mirage]

Books are very much worth it

Show not so much

[near echo]

Im boring and read mostly textbooky shit

Like I'm slowly working through a book I picked up covering the geological history of the Colorado Plateau area with maps

[sage remnant]

Sounds based

[near echo]

I'm so slow with books id rather do a few pages at a time of informational ones

Fiction takes me so long it loses me

[white smelt]

I don’t think that’s boring at all, it’s very much cooler than fantasy no shade

[sage remnant]

I am happy I am able to appreciate smth without needing to devalue smth else

😌

[tawny parcel]

Too rational

[sage remnant]

What can I do, I am just a chill guy

https://tenor.com/view/chill-guy-chill-guy-just-a-chill-guy-relax-gif-1579445140409713118

Oh yeah Nov ended
@spiral quest how did Nanowrimo go

[spiral quest]

It went well!

Definitely not anywhere near done

But I am happy with the progress

Also brainstormed some short stories as well. Gonna go for the Ray Bradbury method

[tawny parcel]

I have an idea of something i want to write

I am going to try

[modern lichen]

Nice

[sage remnant]

Love to see it man

[sage remnant]

Me getting confused between either wishing you the best cuz its a good thing or making fun of you and mock you cuz you're Wombat...

Jk. All the best man. Enjoy

[tawny parcel]

I did a little writing not related to the idea but i have the idea and so i want to actually try

[sage remnant]

You can share snippets here if you want. We would be happy to make fun of you

[tawny parcel]

I will when I’ve actually written something

But

Need to write first

[white smelt]

#other-series message

[main lion]

holds up until you see goro's messages whenever hxh gets mentioned

[modern lichen]

lmao

[main lion]

just embrace slander culture

no need to pretend you're better

[white smelt]

It’s all just banter anyway

[modern lichen]

playing both sides >>>

[sage remnant]

More like mid x mid

[sage remnant]

So true

[sage remnant]

https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2024/12/27/netflix-tells-writers-to-have-characters-announce-what-theyre-doing-just-in-case-viewer-is-busy-doing-something-else

[main lion]

this is old isnt it

[sage remnant]

it is

just saw it tho

[main lion]

I wonder if anyone actually complied

[sage remnant]

No idea. I don't watch Netflix slop...

[frank rivet]

@foggy mirage @limber urchin
WTD ep 6 / Sinners - || I legit think that entire sequence from Ingrid's house to the cliffhanger when they all pulled up was the creepiest 20 minutes of the entire series, the black and white with the red contrast is such a good look for Pennywise. Lol the run was a bit goofy but that shit gave me the heebie jeebies. Also was the end of the episode homage to Sinner or just a coincidence ||

[leaden depot]

I wonder if Monkey Punch watched this movie https://letterboxd.com/film/danger-diabolik/

[foggy mirage]

Wtd ep 6 ||it was a good teaser for next season considering that cycle is the one they'll be showing for the 30s. And he really likes that new strut to run these kids down and scare the shit out of them.||

[tawny parcel]

https://tenor.com/view/both-sides-gif-18643069

[sage remnant]

https://www.rxddit.com/r/movies/s/gjyhNlv9cm

[sage remnant]

didn't he do that before too?

feel like I have seen him mentioning a list with most of this

[modern lichen]

This is his top 10

[sage remnant]

really based for Mad Max fury road tho

[modern lichen]

He did 11-20 earlier

[tawny parcel]

Um is he stupid because i watched lost in translation and decided it was okay

[mild seal]

I'm surprised he has midnight in Paris up there

[modern lichen]

Woody Allen is one of his idols I think

[mild seal]

Ahh

[valid thunder]

Black hawk down as no 1 hmm

This is an interesting list

[spiral quest]

I am always suspicious of military movies

Most of them are propaganda dressed up

[tawny parcel]

Imagine if he just put his own movies

Thats what a baller would do

[modern lichen]

yeah you quite literally need an approval from the military to make a movie that's about the military lol

[tawny parcel]

wtf really?

That’s embarrassing

[modern lichen]

yep lol

you need a lot of equipmet, support from military, expert help - whatever, because making military movies is hard, you need the approval to get these resources at hand

and they wont let you make the movie if they feel the movie made is not adequately portraying the military or is doing that in a really bad light

[spiral quest]

Didn't know that. Makes even more sense

[valid thunder]

This is why come and see is the best one

[spiral quest]

I didn't have interest in those movies to start with

[modern lichen]

this is for the US

[spiral quest]

But now I really don't

I won't be watching em