western-series

[limber urchin]

and brandon is very outline heavy with his plots

but who gives a shit Stormlight is fucking awesome

[spiral quest]

I agree with that

Like I said, I really do like his work a lot. I can just see the flaws and while I think Sanderson is the most prolific fantasy writer at the moment, I wouldn't call him my favorite

[limber urchin]

my personal complaint will always be his prose and worldbuilding, but I can stomach it for a good story

[spiral quest]

His prose is fine if you are making something like Stormlight

But I wouldn't want it in other series

[limber urchin]

Jay Kristoff is the prose I like most for now. But I'm also new to reading constantly like i am

so i may find better prose

[spiral quest]

You mean the Empire of the Vampire dude?

[limber urchin]

yes

[spiral quest]

I've heard varying things about him

[limber urchin]

yep, fair critcisms too

[spiral quest]

From really awesome prose to people hating it

It's on my tbr so I'll definitely get there

[limber urchin]

Empire is grim dark and thus has edgy prose at times, coupled with gorgeous, almost purple prose

even i cringe at the edge, despite its intentionality

[spiral quest]

That was the complaint I heard

Edgy and unnecessary swearing ?

[limber urchin]

bingo

[sand cypress]

More first law today

[spiral quest]

Which I don't care about that

[limber urchin]

some of the swearing is good. others not so good

[spiral quest]

Weird

But

Not a deal breaker

[limber urchin]

granted, Empire is now one of my favorite stories, but your mileage may vary. it's not for everyone

and i mean the full trilogy

[spiral quest]

I am fine with edgy and grimdark

[limber urchin]

I tried reading Prince of Thorns recently, but had to put it down for Mistborn. That was the first time, a book kind of bothered me.

[spiral quest]

Prince of Thorns that messed up?

[limber urchin]

i have completed mistborn book 1

[limber urchin]

more of just annoyingly dark

[spiral quest]

Oh try hard dark

[limber urchin]

yeah, especially the dialogue of the MC

[spiral quest]

Who wrote prince of thorns

[limber urchin]

Mark Lawrence

[spiral quest]

The uhhh

I know that name

Book of the Ancestor

That's what it is

[worthy crypt]

The way of kings || why do people seem to care about 'done' vs infused spheres? Kaladin and others being able to use stormlight seems so rare that the average person probably doesnt know about it. Is it just the practical matter that they can be used as lights? Dont tell me if theres an answer beyond chapter 59 ||

[frank rivet]

i ended up watching Fantastic Mr Fox

https://tenor.com/view/samraimi-jjonahjameson-jjj-gif-5069082603255709718

[limber urchin]

I can't remember any exact answer, but whenever you post here about Stormlight, maybe tag @sage remnant because he loves the series and probably knows more than the rest of us.

[copper phoenix]

twok || they're used in fabrials like the soulcaster jasnah showed and stuff, its basically bateries. The average person doesn't need to know as long as the currency is moving to the hands of the the people who do||

[sand cypress]

Way of kings || also stormlight is the easiest way to prove that a sphere is authentic. people are sometimes suspicious of dun spheres because they could be counterfeit ||

[limber urchin]

oh yeah these nerds also love Stormlight

[sand cypress]

And mistborn, and the entire cosmere

[limber urchin]

Slopsmere.

i love it

[copper phoenix]

twok || they're valuable because highstorms that recharge spheres happen only once a week and that stormlight in spheres leaks out or is quickly used by people, etc. Only rich people use it as light because they have so many they dont know what to do with it ||

[sand cypress]

If the cosmere is slop then call me slopzua 😋

[dim hedge]

Hola

[mild seal]

hola

[brave orbit]

https://tenor.com/view/family-guy-brian-griffin-well-well-well-well-well-what-do-you-know-gif-13587259350996101028

[frank rivet]

@mild seal i did finish all of Wonderman
Wonderman Latest - || the ending was really just whatever basically just Marvel transition shit, but i felt like episode 4-7 were so well put together ||

[mild seal]

Wonder Man ending ||the ending wasn't just Marvel shit, it showed his growth as a person and realizing that his superpowers aren't something to be ashamed, but a part of him. its how he was able to finally control them and accept who he is||

or I'm overthinking it idk lol

[frank rivet]

Wonderman Ending - || no i mean the ending ending, not the lead up, like them escaping prison. it was basically just transition to "Wonderman will return in Doomsday" type shit lol||

[mild seal]

oh lol

ya

[frank rivet]

Wonderman Ep 6 ||Honestly that entire interaction between Simon and Trevor in the trailer was so good even though it was short, because of the mismatch Trevor basically trying to quip his way out but Simon seething the entire time. ||

[limber urchin]

Wonder Woman when?

[frank rivet]

lol probably 2028 earliest imho

[half steeple]

I love that movie

[copper phoenix]

is wonderman married to wonderwoman

[frank rivet]

it was really good
FMF - || The movie felt short , but had great music throughout and the plot definitely moved rapidly with it. The Possum def my favorite character||

[leaden depot]

Me at the end of Rosemary's Baby ||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_saAdEdv3FM||

[sand cypress]

last argument of kings || just finished "the circle" chapter. holy peak ||

last argument of kings || why is the climax in the middle of the book there are still over 250 pages to go || @sage remnant

[jolly ruin]

KO7Ks ep 3 || another beautiful episode, things are getting... interesting ||

[jolly ruin]

Ep 4 will air Friday to avoid the Super Bowl conflict

[sage remnant]

Way of Kings || Infused spheres hold Stormlight which technically hasn't yet completely but is in the process of being their primary source of energy. Their fabrials are powered by Stormlight; the whole army is fed using soulcast food which is done using Stormlight in the gems/spheres, their instant messaging pens and its network is powered by Stormlight.
Plus counterfeit ones can't hold Stormlight. That can be used as metric to check if someone's being duped or not.

Essentially what Soulcasting fabrials done is commodization of what Kaladin and others did. (not exactly sure when it's explicitly mentioned, but it was obvious atp. I think one of the visions explicitly show that to be the case). So soulcasting can't function without that source of energy ||

[sage remnant]

[sage remnant]

Slopzua

[modern lichen]

https://x.com/discussingfilm/status/2018085018812219766?s=46

DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm)

Steven Spielberg has won his first ever Grammy and achieved EGOT status

X · Feb 1, 2026, 10:12 PM

[ripe cosmos]

Just finished watching Iron Lung

[tawny parcel]

Just finished frankenstein

Some of the writing in this book is so beautiful dude

I need to start keeping track of quotes that stick out to me or smth

But yeah this book was really good

gonna go to the blade itself while im waiting for my papa to finish Rhythm of war

[modern lichen]

Excellent

[tawny parcel]

Took way longer to finish then it shouldve

But we did it

Took a little bit to get to it

[rancid ferry]

what is it about?

[tawny parcel]

Frankenstein

And his monster

[rancid ferry]

Ic.

How long it is?

[frank rivet]

shit i forgot about KOTSK again 😭

[frank rivet]

i want to check this movie out

@foggy mirage feel like Brave and the Bold is being delayed a bit, or is this just fake news

[tawny parcel]

Like 200 pages

[rancid ferry]

Ic

you scared me there for a sec

[tawny parcel]

Its like 8 pages

Hours l

Not pages

Its a little wordy tho

Not too bad

But a little wordy if u havent gotten used to her writing style

Very beautiful writing though

[modern lichen]

https://x.com/worldofreel/status/2018050806654685547?s=46

Reel Updates (@worldofreel)

Terrence Malick’s THE WAY OF THE WIND, starring Géza Röhrig as Jesus, might be Malick’s “last film,” his “Swan Song,” according to Röhrig.

He adds that the film “might come out in May,” which would coincide with a premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.

https://t.co/rExzbN9AxJ

X · Feb 1, 2026, 7:56 PM

[thorny veldt]

https://tenor.com/view/ram-charan-grace-charan-cherry-peddi-gif-13138422475310483072

[foggy mirage]

I haven't seen anything

[tawny parcel]

😞

[frank rivet]

Brave and Bold News - || seems like we won't know who the director is still, looks like maybe Andy might be focusing on maybe WTD ||

[foggy mirage]

Im fine if they switch that tbh

[frank rivet]

i guess it all depends who for me

looks like KOTSK will be early next week

guess ill just binge both on friday

[frosty sonnet]

Iron Lung movie ||I saw the movie a couple days ago and came away very impressed, but confused by the story somewhat, especially in the latter half. A lot of creative shots and visuals and it's not afraid to take it's time to get going, and it nails the claustrophobic feeling of the submarine. It's a pretty cool and bold premise to have essentially the entire movie confined to this submarine. The tension, the tone and atmosphere are really felt through the sound design, every shot, and every jostle of the submarine, and the blood slowly trickling in like it could fall apart at any moment.||

Iron Lung movie ||I'm a bit biased because I'm a big fan of Markiplier, and I don't go to theaters often or watch a lot of movies, but I can't think of anything overtly negative to say about it. I've seen some people say it's kinda slow, but that isn't necessarly a bad thing imo. Sometimes a slow-burn is good.||

[copper phoenix]

is that the multiplier movie

[sage remnant]

Yes

which is making banks

[limber urchin]

how do I type out well of ascension on here so y'all know? MistbornWOA?

or just mistborn book 2?

[sage remnant]

WoA

or MBe1b2

[limber urchin]

oh hell no i'm not typing that second one lol

[sage remnant]

Finally onto the only good Mistborn book

[limber urchin]

MistbornWOA ||Nice start to book 2, curious if Elend's father is actually going to succeed in taking the city, 'causing Vin to be sent on some dangerous mission. I'm also very glad Brandon tackled the fall of the Lord Ruler in a more subtle way, as he shows Sazed with countrymen whose lives have been upended by thieves and other criminals now that the Lord Ruler's armies are no longer around for protection. I'm guessing the mist person Vin saw for a moment is going to be related to the Deepness (enemies?) or Well of Ascension and be some prototype for the magic of Allomancy. Maybe it's even a god of sorts.||

[limber urchin]

I kept seeing split views on this one

then again i think I saw split views on all three books lmao

[sage remnant]

HoA is among my least fav reading experiences ever

[limber urchin]

Well, I'm going to read it anyways

Any BrandoSando defenders in here want to say otherwise to Goro?

[worthy crypt]

they all seemed roughly the same to me im surprised you think one is a mega outlier

[sage remnant]

Everyone lol

I am in the suuuuper minority

[limber urchin]

lmao

[sage remnant]

Even the HoA haters are disgusted at how much I hated it

[worthy crypt]

for me all 3 mistborn are like the b to A- range

era 1 i mean

[sage remnant]

I think TFE is like a 3.5

[limber urchin]

is Era 2 better? I probably won't read that for a long time to come.

[sage remnant]

WoA had the potential to be my fav book of all time list level but it ended up being like a 4.25

HoA is 0.5/5

[limber urchin]

I enjoyed the first mistborn book. Like an 8/10 for me. It has issues, but I didn't feel like stopping.

[sage remnant]

That's a big spoiler man

[limber urchin]

nice

it's fine.

[sage remnant]

For someone in era 1 😭

[worthy crypt]

is it? I can delete it

[limber urchin]

I think I might have already known that too for some reason?

[worthy crypt]

i thought it was common knowledge re the eras

[sage remnant]

Book pop culture osmosis Buffy

[worthy crypt]

for me, anything you can get off like the back of the book or the book jacket isnt really a spoiler

[limber urchin]

what do you mean by that?

just like because i'm more into books now, I'll just hear it through the grapevine?

[limber urchin]

Red will literally kill us

That should be a command for Red actually lol

[worthy crypt]

is saying like the high concept of a book a spoiler now? Literally any information whatsoever?

is it a spoiler to say brave new world || is about a dystopia ||

[limber urchin]

When it comes to games, I know, there is like no tolerance for spoilers of any kind. not even leaks

i don't know how western and other series handles it though

[limber urchin]

shit. now I don't know lol

i assume not, but now i'm second guessing myself

it was probably just because saying mistborn second era ||takes place in the distant future, as it can maybe disrupt people's expectations as they read the current books? but really I have no idea and maybe i'm just getting lost in the weeds. As long as we don't discuss plot points and character things, I assume all is well||

[worthy crypt]

anyway that aspect is refreshing but it doesnt reach the same highs as era 1 idt

[limber urchin]

It's fine, I won't find out for years to come anyways. I think I'm going back to Jay Kristoff after Mistborn: Hero of Ages.

Maybe I'll try Mark Lawrence again and see if I can try and make it through Prince of Thorns.

[limber urchin]

Like, I might try this.

[sage remnant]

Good

But bad cover

[spiral quest]

Very Jay Kristoff cover if his reputation is to be believed

[sage remnant]

I like this one

[spiral quest]

It's fine, neither this nor the other one strike me as a terribly interesting cover

[limber urchin]

Bah, I like both covers. I also just love seeing paintings.

[sage remnant]

The latter isn't that good but is good on shelf

[spiral quest]

But tbh as long as it doesn't just have a plain sword on the cover, it's a win in my book for fantasy

[limber urchin]

Goro are there illustrations on the inside of the book?

[limber urchin]

https://tenor.com/view/george-rr-martin-interview-gif-3550588

[spiral quest]

I actually

Have a point relating to GRRM

And that very thing

Because the blue with a sword cover of game of thrones, always to me was not great

[worthy crypt]

there were some updated asoiaf covers recently that looked really good

i never pay attention to covers on audiobook or kindle tho

[limber urchin]

I swear I heard a rumor once that the GoT covers that were basic bitch style covers with the helment, sword, crown, etc. were meant to invoke some historical feeling?

as if the book would feel like more than just fantasy

[spiral quest]

This, bland bad

[limber urchin]

But, when AGOT and ACOK first release, they had full illustrations on the jackets

[spiral quest]

This? Peak as all hell

[limber urchin]

Yeah, these are the versions I have in hardcover

[worthy crypt]

all new covers

[limber urchin]

Yeah I loved this series

[spiral quest]

I picked up the new ones and actually will be diving in hard to got

[limber urchin]

If hope they still keep the basic bitch ones so my collection can stay consistent lol

[spiral quest]

I am sure they will

[limber urchin]

juuuust in case TWOW releases (it won't)

[worthy crypt]

dont worry. im sure your collection is as complete as it ever will be

[limber urchin]

yep.........

sighs

I'll just write TWOW myself, with blackjack and hookers

man, actually, that joke doesn't even work since ASOIAF is dark as is

[spiral quest]

That was another reason I bought this collection

I don't think Martin finishes winds

So I figure get em all now with the cool covers and just take your time reading em

[sage remnant]

@limber urchin @spiral quest check Japanese GoT covers

[limber urchin]

hahahahaha I've seen them years back

[spiral quest]

Japanese GOT covers?

[frank rivet]

i never feel like getting into the GoT books, because i know it's never going to end

[spiral quest]

What in the fuck

Why are these so bad

[frank rivet]

the ones on the right are japanese?

[spiral quest]

No

[limber urchin]

ASOIAF is still my favorite story despite not being finished. And if One Piece suddenly - god forbid - stops, it will still be one of my favorite stories.

[limber urchin]

they're so amazing in a really weird way

[frank rivet]

https://tenor.com/view/ricky-bobby-gif-3478694

[frank rivet]

lol @spiral quest I fuck with it heavy

[spiral quest]

Fucking why

[limber urchin]

At least that Tyrion is mildly book accruate

[frank rivet]

that looks pretty good

[spiral quest]

It looks like a seinen manga

[limber urchin]

Tyrion don't look nothing like the handsome Peter Dinklage

[frank rivet]

well it is a seinen manga isn't it

[spiral quest]

I think what doesn't work for me is I am BEYOND burnt out on anime/manga art styles rn

And comparing these to the fire new GOT book covers

It's night and day

[frank rivet]

wait till you see Manhwa, that shit all looks the same

[spiral quest]

I've seen manhwa

I know

It makes me sad because I used to love a lot of manga

But now even ones with interesting plots I am kinda just like "do I really want to sit through another manga that doesn't have a style I vibe with"

[frank rivet]

fair enough

i haven't touched a comic/manga in a few weeks now

i'm probably in the same boat

i mean aside from one piece

[spiral quest]

In a weird way, I left comics for a while when it was getting bland, now I've swung back around

[frank rivet]

but .... I don't even read, i'm just snipping for Agenda

[spiral quest]

Agenda posting is based after all

[limber urchin]

i'm trying to focus on mostly seinen going forward. uh, after Haikyuu. Sooooo. I got a while to go.

[spiral quest]

Besides OP, I don't think Ive read a shonen in a long time

[jolly ruin]

no more shonen for queen buffy?

[modern lichen]

hello #fantasyandcomicbooks

[spiral quest]

Don't forget sci fi

Red God is supposed to drop this year and I am pumped

[modern lichen]

rereading jane eyre

so fresh and modern in its sensibility, it hasnt aged at all

[spiral quest]

I can't comment, idk much from the Brontes

[limber urchin]

Oh. Crap. I forgot I did intend to read Salem's Lot. Maybe I'll do that instead of Kristoff.

[crude abyss]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RgIa2-_JTN0

[main lion]

the arts good but that thing is terrifying lol

[spiral quest]

Well knowing who the character is

That would be why

It's not a spoiler, it's a main character btw

[regal root]

My boi Tyrion

[spiral quest]

Biblically accurate Tyrion

[limber urchin]

"That thing."
Tywin, is that you?

[main lion]

I dropped game of thrones during season 1 cause I got bored so I dont get the reference

[regal root]

I dig the artist's style

[valid thunder]

Which book is thus

[main lion]

[spiral quest]

It says 3 so I ASSUME storm of swords

[limber urchin]

I am going to.....I don't know what. But I'm going to scream.

[valid thunder]

But what character is that

[main lion]

medieval fantasy is my least favorite setting for anything

[spiral quest]

Tyrion

[main lion]

so its hard to get into that stuff

[valid thunder]

What ...

[spiral quest]

That's Tyrion Lannister

[limber urchin]

it's fine. gangster genre is my least favorite genre. so the godfather is just kind of meh for me even though it's technically a good film

makes me wonder if i'll hate the sopranos

[valid thunder]

Yea i know but

Damn

They massacred my boy

[spiral quest]

I mean he is ugly as sin in the books

[regal root]

Book Tyrion looks significantly different than Peter Dinklege, GRRM even joked that Peter was way too handsome for the role

[valid thunder]

Peter dinklage mogs this monstrosity

[limber urchin]

book tyrion is really close to that Japanese cover. They just needed some dark hair strands among the blonde

[regal root]

Fun fact, Peter is actually taller than Tyrion is canonically

[main lion]

kinda based

[spiral quest]

While we are on the subject of ugly, Geralt of Rivia from the Witcher is supposed to be ugly too

Cavill and CDPR really made him a hunk but in the books he is a skinnier ugly thing

[limber urchin]

ASOIAF and GoT ||Brienne of Tarth and Tyrion are both fucking butt ass ugly in the books. Like, it is a common talking point about the characters.||

[limber urchin]

we agree on something

[main lion]

oh I dont dislike the gangster genre

but its by definition based

to dislike it

[limber urchin]

oh lmfao

[spiral quest]

I will give credit to Martin, though Ive not read all of ASOIF, dude gets character writing

[main lion]

[limber urchin]

ALTHOUGh

[spiral quest]

And arcs

[limber urchin]

crap. I'm a hypocrite

[main lion]

I do like the sopranos

[limber urchin]

'cause I loved the first two seasons of Narcos

[main lion]

and banana fish

[spiral quest]

I got caught up in ugly characters, I was gonna say my least favorite thing rn is anime/manga in like modern tokyo

[jolly ruin]

Got || Wait how ugly was Brienne in the books ||

[young compass]

What don’t you like about the genre Buffy

[regal root]

Very

[main lion]

urban fantasy with a japan setting?

[spiral quest]

So it plays a small role in me not liking the Japanese GOT book covers

[valid thunder]

Cok || i havent watched the show but i do feel like peter dinklage better represents the swagger of tyrion than that thing in the cover. I always thought cersei and sansa are particularly ruthless towards his appearance moreso due to royal standards of beauty being just really high than him being particularly ugly. ||

[spiral quest]

Or just any Japanese setting because it's reallllly saturated rn

[limber urchin]

VERY

[jolly ruin]

😭

[main lion]

yeah fair enough. Easier to write what you know though so

but I get it

[spiral quest]

Not saying medieval fantasy isn't, but anime is a lot more popular rn than medieval fantasy

[main lion]

well

a lot of popular anime are medieval fantasy

[spiral quest]

Lemme rephrase

[main lion]

pretty much any isekai is that

[spiral quest]

Modern setting anime

I don't like isekai as a rule so it's hard for me to judge the popularity of it

I just avoid that stuff all together

[main lion]

and yeah urban fantasy I tend to dislike more often than not

[limber urchin]

ASOIAF (you can read this) ||Jamie loves reminding Brienne how much of an ugly wench she is. her teeth are jacked up too. no breasts, just confused for a man everywhere she goes. i think even Catelyn says "“Beauty, they called her … mocking. Is there any creature on earth as unfortunate as an ugly woman?”||

[main lion]

I dont have an issue with modern japan settings in

non fantasy

[spiral quest]

Everybody be different is all

[limber urchin]

I think it stems from my childhood. I was not raised in a good place, and there was both gang and gang violence.

[pale trellis]

Did u finish book 1 yet buffy

[spiral quest]

I think I just got burnt out on so many series having Japanese school as a main setting

[limber urchin]

But, again, I'm a hypocrite 'cause I jived with Narcos

[limber urchin]

Mistborn? Yes. Started Well of Ascension last night.

[pale trellis]

Based

Where is ir thoughts

[main lion]

exception to every rule. I like some medieval fantasy media.

Its just that the setting is never the reason I like it

[young compass]

Sopranos ||is very wanton and casual about its violence but at the same time it generally narratively punishes the characters who inflict it. I think you’d probably not like certain parts and like others ||

[limber urchin]

ACOK ||I can't remember if he had swagger so much as he was just incredibly witty, sarcastic, and quick on the draw when it came to playing the game.||

[limber urchin]

Can I read this?

[main lion]

advanced

[young compass]

Yes

[limber urchin]

Which anime is it?

[young compass]

It’s just general

[spiral quest]

I think medieval fantasy is one of favorite settings but I also don't like EVERYTHING medieval fantasy. I am not gonna pick up a random series that is just that and be entertained if it is doing the same thing someone else did

[limber urchin]

I still plan to give it a try nonetheless

[main lion]

dungeon meshi, berserk

to name a couple

[sage remnant]

Prolly just Berserk manga

[young compass]

I think you should, it’s a good series

and people are gonna recommend it you until the end of time so

[main lion]

spice and wolf

[limber urchin]

Dammit, I love Berserk, one of my favorite stories of all time. Dungeon Meshi sadly didn't vibe with me.

[young compass]

not as bad as the mid 2000s lol

“What tv shows do you like?” “Sopranos and the wire”

[main lion]

Idk if you got to like ep 9 or 10 but thats when I really started getting into it

[limber urchin]

I'm surprised I've gone this long without seeing it, 'cause I had HBO growing up when it was airing live.

[spiral quest]

And Breaking Bad! Don't forget Breaking Bad later on

[limber urchin]

A coworker let me borrow the manga.

[spiral quest]

The holy trinity of serialized tv

[sage remnant]

Never watched those three 😎

[limber urchin]

first few volumes

[young compass]

lol yeah. Deadwood for a while too

Though people kinda forgot about it

[spiral quest]

I guess some people would include Dexter

[limber urchin]

I loved Breaking Bad I'll admit

[spiral quest]

I love Breaking Bad

[sage remnant]

You should try anime of it Buffy
I also didn't enjoy it very much in manga

dunmeshi

[limber urchin]

huh. maybe i just don't like The Godfather?

hell, I even watched Blood in Blood out as a kid

[young compass]

did you ever watch like goodfellas

[limber urchin]

yeah. I thought it was fine

[spiral quest]

It just is super popular like The Wire and Sopranos

[sage remnant]

Was it ever that popular?

[pale trellis]

Same, to the first part

[jolly ruin]

ASOIAF || she was high born too iirc and yet it didn’t matter. Being an ugly woman must have been top 3 worst things in that universe ||

[young compass]

I think the sopranos is a lot more like goodfellas than the godfather

[spiral quest]

It was pretty popular with people I knew

[sage remnant]

I don't remember it being ever talked in that capacity back then

[limber urchin]

considering how much praise it gets, I assume i will at least like it a b it

[spiral quest]

I dated a girl for a while who thought Dexter was high art

[limber urchin]

can apply to the real world as well sadly

[sage remnant]

it was super popular but not like Breaking Bad or heck even Supernaturals

[spiral quest]

Supernatural, ah what coulda been

[limber urchin]

maybe she was just attracted to people like Dexter /s

[sage remnant]

Tho the latter might just be Jenson Ackles stans

[spiral quest]

That's probably why we broke up!

Nah Supernatural had a decent run for a while

[young compass]

Your dark passenger wast present enough Sab

[pale trellis]

@limber urchin || Jensen Ackles Kelsier. Think about it. || mistborn

[sage remnant]

Hmmm

[spiral quest]

I'll work on it, need to bring it out more

[modern lichen]

Yeah

[sage remnant]

He actually is close to how I pictured that character while reading

[limber urchin]

Is Supernatural that show that wished it was as good as Buffy?

[pale trellis]

Part of me forgot you’ve read the cosmere

[sage remnant]

Idk why you would think that

[young compass]

Just go into #sports when the pats are playing next weekend and you’ll come out with murderous intent

[young compass]

Very true

[sage remnant]

I think both vibe with me in different ways

[limber urchin]

For whatever reason, multiple people in this server has compared the two to me. I just never saw Supernatural and so talk shit about it as a consequence.

[young compass]

long running urban fantasy

Buffy has more longevity

[limber urchin]

I don't get the reference.

[sage remnant]

Fancasting

[pale trellis]

Apple TV bought the rights to the cosmere

[jolly ruin]

Is grey’s anatomy still going

[limber urchin]

Oh, that's actually not too far off from how I pictured him in the book.

[young compass]

I hope it isn’t lol

[sage remnant]

which I think is better than the most popular fancasting. || Henry || Mistborn

who would make a very good || The Lord Ruler ||

[jolly ruin]

Tempted to click on these spoilers

[limber urchin]

Mistborn ||How do you cast Vin without the actress aging up noticeably?||

[pale trellis]

|| you age down instead || mistborn

[sage remnant]

Mistborn || A role where he just to aurafarm and speak very little and then die ||
|| so essentially just DCEU Superman || Man of Steel

[worthy crypt]

fast production schedules?

[limber urchin]

I guess

[spiral quest]

Lmaooo

[jolly ruin]

Loool

[young compass]

Jesus

[sage remnant]

They running off @scenic terrace 's money

[spiral quest]

Nah I am chillin man, we gonna lose and that's totally fine, was a great year

Anyway, I need to finish Pines by Blake Crouch. I've read about 40 pages but something about the book is offputting to me

[sage remnant]

I don't remember that book at all

been such a long time

[sage remnant]

Have you watched The Pitt yet?

[young compass]

no probably won’t

maybe if partner dies

[pale trellis]

|| I think the highest you could get away with Vin is an actor around 25 || mistborn

[young compass]

DOES

NOT DIES

[rich meadow]

Him and soccer moms are keeping this show afloat.

[sage remnant]

Won't really work

[limber urchin]

What's crazy about Buffy is that Sarah Michelle Gellar went awol for years after the show and then Scooby. But David Boreanaz, who played Angel, went on to be in multiple well-received shows that lined the fuck out of his pockets....and he was a mediocre actor at best in Buffy. I brought this up because hearing Grey's Anatomy reminded me of the show Bones that David was in.

[sage remnant]

I always forget about Angel

[pale trellis]

I misread disregard that statement

[pale trellis]

@sage remnant

[limber urchin]

Angel is a good show, but nowhere near as good as Buffy. But Angels' fifth season is legit great with one singular episode that trumps almost all of Buffy.

[pale trellis]

What is buffy

[limber urchin]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

[pale trellis]

Oh

[limber urchin]

Not Buffy, Luffy's joke daughter

[pale trellis]

I thought you were talking in third person

[limber urchin]

lmfao

[sage remnant]

😭

[limber urchin]

I love how my name confuses people

[sage remnant]

How do you not know Buffy

[jolly ruin]

Have yall watched Fringe?

[sage remnant]

Not yet

Want to tho

[limber urchin]

I bet they've at least seen images of Buffy. One sec.

[jolly ruin]

I think it was cool sci-fi show, bit slop-like sometimes

[spiral quest]

Bro you haven't seen peak 90s monster slaying drama?

[limber urchin]

Cool sci-fi show? You talking about BATTLESTAR GALACTICA?!

[sage remnant]

Most people I know who have watched it have it as their fav show

[sage remnant]

It's peak...

[spiral quest]

Buffy is one of three things that Joss Whedon did that is quality

The rest of it can be flushed like him

[sage remnant]

Another being Firefly?

[spiral quest]

Firefly, Buffy, and his X-Men comic run

[sage remnant]

Didn't know he did the Xmen one

[spiral quest]

Yeh it was called Astonishing X Men I believe

[limber urchin]

https://tenor.com/view/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-btvs-buffyverse-sarah-michelle-gellar-buffy-summers-gif-8395883283625979778

[spiral quest]

It was the one right after Grant Morrison's New X-Men

[spiral quest]

https://tenor.com/view/sadhotgirl-gif-22225832

[leaden depot]

White mom's One Piece

[white smelt]

Adam watches…

[scenic terrace]

It's not my fault i felt like i was the odd one out for being the only person that hasnt seen it...

Plenty of people in our class get clowned on for not having watched things like harry potter, that wasnt about to be me with grey's anatomy...

[rich meadow]

Your classmates are weird

[crimson bane]

You can definitely pass on Grey's Anatomy. Unless you're into soap like medical shows

[mild seal]

peer pressure strikes again

[scenic terrace]

We may be weird but i'd rather people get clowned on for reasons like this than actually toxic reasons

[scenic terrace]

Yes i am known to be easy to peer pressure

[mild seal]

hey Adam you should stop watching grey's anatomy

its shit

[rich meadow]

Just put my appendix in the bag lil bro

[scenic terrace]

Dw i started season 9 in july and we are still on it

[mild seal]

I heard only bitches watch season 9 and above

[scenic terrace]

We actually had to compare 2 articles about antibiotic treatment vs appendectomy and how if there is not a fecalith (basically a mass), they have about the same rates of success 🤓 ☝️ but that surgery will probably remain the primary treatment option due it being harder to confirm that or not (idk why tbh, this is probably some money-scheme) 25% of patients in the study that used antibiotics had to return for an appendectomy due to the fecaliths (but again, when the study was controlled for the fecaliths, antibiotics/surgery had the same outcomes)

So no appendix for you mister

[rich meadow]

Have you settled on what you want to specialize in yet?

My cousin just got accepted into his ophthalmology residency (I think, I don't actually know how it works but he got accepted into something)

[scenic terrace]

wow that means your cousin put in a lot of work. Opthalmology is one of the hardest ones to get. No, i dont know yet

[rich meadow]

I think he’s slept like 3 hours a night for the past few years so

[scenic terrace]

Greys anatomy s2 finale iirc ||And people tell me this show aint accurate (Headline from today)||

[foggy mirage]

I love supernatural tbh

[worthy crypt]

way of kings 66 || i was just saying dalinar is probably doomed like 10 chapters and a couple days ago but despite that i was surprised by sadeas' betrayal. I just couldnt imagine betraying the guy who saved your life like a week ago. I got tricked alongside dalinar ||

[frank rivet]

i actually watched a couple episodes i forgot to say

i liked it, but i'm going to need more time lol

[jolly ruin]

Way of kings 21 || Dalinar, Kal, and Shalaan. Really cool cast of MCs so far. Although I want more Shalaan chapters, especially since she successfully became Jasnah’s student. Also, I think kal is becoming like Szeth, able to absorb the stormlight from the spheres, this is how he was able to find the strength to endure that last bridge run, resulting in the spheres becoming dun when he gave them to Gaz. Now, I still don’t know what explains his “luck”. How come none of the prashendi arrows hit him?? Who knows ||

[foggy mirage]

Ive watched all seasons

[frank rivet]

we aren't built the same lisa 😭

i can't even read

[foggy mirage]

You just tend to take more time reading

Which is normal

[frank rivet]

Lisa pick my next movie

1. Arrival
2. The Lobster
3. Rashomon
4. Drive

[modern lichen]

rashomon

[jolly ruin]

Arrival

[worthy crypt]

I like amy adams but i thought arrival was kind of boring

[jolly ruin]

Same, I also like Amy Adam’s

The movie was all right

[modern lichen]

lmfao

[frank rivet]

i guess Rashomon it is

[sage remnant]

Damn you started peak

Enjoy

[sand cypress]

enjoy peak

Last argument of kings || Malacus Quai is dead and was killed and replaced by TOLOMEI OF ALL PEOPLE??? What the fuck. || @sage remnant

[foggy mirage]

Drive or arrival

Knowing you thought drive

[shrewd sigil]

https://x.com/i/status/2018394336426082735

corgmunk (@privOTUS)

YouTuber Markiplier broke down in tears after his self-financed horror movie "Iron Lung" opened to $23 at the worldwide box office: “Fuuuck dude this movie cost so much money I'm so fucked”

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[frank rivet]

LOL you're joking 😭

[frank rivet]

alright bet ill watch drive then arrival

[valid thunder]

What did u end up watching

[frank rivet]

finished Rashomon, was an interesting film
Rashomon - || from face value i liked some aspects of just the derivation of stories, icl the one from the medium had me rolling 😭.
I didn't know anything or even watch a trailer so i guess my mind was just thinking it was like a murder trial with some twist at the end, but it def needs a re watch because nearing the end i could start to get a sense something more correlated to real life. I don't feel like watching a video essay so eventually i will figure it out lol. Just from the movie, i discerned the different aspects of the testimonies revolve around the foundation of trust and self serving truths, but there is some other stuff i am def missing. ||

[modern lichen]

Rashomon ||this is not a movie to “figure out”, it’s about a series of stories from different perspectives making the central tragedy of the woman’s fate into a game of who did what, which dehumanizes the act of her sexual assault and the murder of her husband ||

Rashomon ||this is the first film that did multiple perspectives to tell a deeply human story in film, so much so that it has inspired an entire study of the phenomenon of unreliability in truth and perception, everyone is ideal in the story by omission of truth and by lying, thereby removing themselves or absolving themselves from the tragedy that took place at the heart of the narrative||

[frank rivet]

ah i feel that
Rashomon - || that i felt somewhat when watching, though i meant figure out in the sense that people were saying it had some significance based on the time period, which i had no idea what they were talking about. Not in terms of story telling but in terms of historical events ||

[worthy crypt]

way of kings 69 || sadeas getting everything he wants and facing no immediate consequences is almost as bad as daliniar dying ||

[timber basin]

LOTR The Silmarillion/The Exile of the Noldor: ||Wow, Fëanor was really a terrible person. I knew he created a large chunk of the magical artifacts that trickled down into the Second and Third Age (the Palantiri, the Silmarils, his grandson creating the Rings of Power), but man this guy was directly responsible for so much terrible shit happening in Middle-Earth.||

[young compass]

the calvin and hobbes strips where they just put some humanist bend into a 6 year old's brain are my least favorite

[young compass]

the good ones are these

[near echo]

I like these when they're done through the eyes of a 6 year old and it feels like Calvin's own voice

[young compass]

the one above is like an xkcd comic lol

[near echo]

The ones where it's just Watterson soapboxing and it's clearly his own words don't work half as well

Yeah lol

That's an example of the latter

It's why I didn't really like his new book either

Feels like being preached to

[broken fossil]

Knight of seven kingdoms latest ep ||this show is dope as fuck ||

[jolly ruin]

Fr bro

[spiral quest]

This is the most hilarious thing I've seen someone feel the need to tag

[limber urchin]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBQmStfWDVE

He is writing the script for Mistborn, due to turn it in this Summer.

[spiral quest]

Curious how Sando approaches script writing

[limber urchin]

He mentions he's written a number of them in the past, so that's a postive, I hope.

I assume Apple will have input to clean his script up.

[spiral quest]

It's also his story so while it may need cleaning, he will have the essence of Mistborn down

The writing shouldn't be worried about as much as direction imo

[limber urchin]

I like that the creator, who is both passionate about his work and passionated about turning it into a film, is having so much input.

[spiral quest]

It bodes well, but it needs the right crew

[limber urchin]

Crew, you say? 😏

[spiral quest]

Casting should be fine if Sando is involved

[spiral quest]

https://tenor.com/view/milhouse-van-houten-the-simpsons-eyebrows-gif-4880957

[copper phoenix]

isnt that the essence of newspaper comics from the old days? sometimes a silly lasgana cat and sometimes a socio-political commentary by the author

for adults and the kids

[young compass]

not at all

do you think garfield ever had actual commentary, just in your example lol

i feel like the ones that have commentary are rather focused around it

like bloom county or something

[limber urchin]

i read garfield every time i had a newspaper in my hand. I can't remember if it had any commentary. but it's been so long and i was a dumb teen

[copper phoenix]

I dont remember if garfield had but I know lots of them do

[limber urchin]

there was one I read that did have commentary

forgot the name though

[copper phoenix]

most of the time its distasteful but thats not the case with calvin and hobbes

[young compass]

a lot of comics do but few are as kid focused as calvin and hobbes

[worthy crypt]

[young compass]

and so i find them more distasteful actually

[limber urchin]

I think it was called Curtis. It had commentary, right?

[limber harbor]

Anyone watching the knight of the seven kingdoms

[young compass]

lol curtis

[limber harbor]

Im very cautious on picking it up

[young compass]

but idk. doonesbury had commentary

farside didnt

peanuts didnt

[limber harbor]

Oh

[young compass]

bloom county was commentary

[worthy crypt]

ive only seen 2 eps, there are 3 out

its good tho

[limber urchin]

this was curtis

[limber harbor]

How is it Qbz

[worthy crypt]

my only complaint is that theyre too short so ima watch 2 every other week i think

[limber harbor]

Ooh

Have you watched house of the dragon

[worthy crypt]

yeah id say kotsk is similar quality maybe slightly better

[limber harbor]

That’s actually what’s making me cautious on it

Because I hate house of the dragon lol

[worthy crypt]

oh really? What do you hate about it

[limber urchin]

i enjoyed HOTD. Season 1 much more than season 2 though. I have yet to read the book though, despite owning it.

[worthy crypt]

hotd s2 || i did dislike that they sort of meandered and didnt really reach a satisfying seasonal conclusion with the knowledge that they have another season to put the exciting bits in ||

the book is so boring to me, ive tried to read it a couple times

[young compass]

like look at this shit lol

[limber harbor]

Season 2 I did not like at all

Season 1 was passable

[limber harbor]

I listened to it on my drive to work instead of reading it

[limber urchin]

lmfao jesus christ.

that's not even a comic strip at that point

[worthy crypt]

the problem with hotd s2 || is they were too stingy/slow with the progress through the events to give themselves mroe seasons I think. Which means no really exciting events made it into s2, it was all just buildup for s3 ||

[limber urchin]

I respect this opinion

[main lion]

this almost seems intentionally meta like they know this isnt something hed actually say

[limber harbor]

HOTD season 2 || I don’t know if it’s just me but Rhaenyra is realllly fucking Boring ||

[main lion]

the "what a boring day this turned out to be" seems to be the punchline in a way

[limber harbor]

I think season 2 being an 8 episode season instead of the usual 10 hurts it a bit

[limber urchin]

8 episode seasons are a crime

[worthy crypt]

hotd season 2 || i remember in the 8th episode thinking... wait how are they possibly gonna get to exciting event X. Wait why are they wasting time with this stupid mud wrestling. Wait how can there only be 15 minutes left... oh no....... ||

[young compass]

but there's comics like that every week

which, to be sure, i actually like this one lol

but it's still very clear

and there's not an inherent issue with a comic strip doing this, i just find most of the calvin and hobbes ones to be less like

making a joke

and more about zinging culture. and when you're doing that by preaching base level liberal humanism through a child it gets boring quick

[limber harbor]

Every 2 fucking years

[young compass]

vs bloom county which is an absurd view of culture

[limber harbor]

Show isn’t good enough to warrant all that

And it seems like George RR Martin agrees

[worthy crypt]

im not 100% sure but i think i read somewhere kotsk is gonna be every year

i definitely heard that about some show im watching recently

[limber harbor]

HOTD KOTSK || budgeting should work a lot better since no dragons ||

Abbreviating KOTSK makes my brain pause for some reason

Every time

My game of thrones obsession died 3 years ago. I heard Sanderson never read any of his stuff is going to get a show on a series

So I may actually end up reading, but I don’t really read novels any more

[worthy crypt]

i listened to the way of kings over the past 2-3 weeks, i only got like 2 hours left. It was pretty great i am very excited for the show

[limber harbor]

That’s good to hear. I’ve heard mixed reviews on Sanderson’s stuff so I’ve been hesitant to pick it up

[spiral quest]

I've heard mostly overwhelming praise of Sanderson

But I also don't use sites like twitter or reddit much

[regal root]

Fire & Blood/HOTD show ending ||Massive negative for me is they're seemingly turning Rhaenyra into generic goody 2 shoes who is just getting screwed over by everyone, removes all the nuance from her character. I much rather prefer her anger being a flaw of hers instead of a consequence of being screwed over.||

[limber harbor]

Ive heard his worldbuilding is much better than his character writing.

[limber urchin]

https://tenor.com/view/scream-loud-scream-girl-kid-hispanic-girl-gif-3761151244536557927

[spiral quest]

The stuff I've read of Sanderson's I would say his characters can be good

But it's not top tier work

[limber urchin]

I like Sanderson's characters in the Stormlight Archive a lot. His worldbuilding is where I criticize more often.

[spiral quest]

Which is odd because most people heap praise on the world building

And magic

[limber urchin]

Magic systems absolutely, they're great

[worthy crypt]

thats where he loses me a bit

[limber urchin]

his worldbuilding is like a city painted from cardboard at times

[spiral quest]

I can understand that

[worthy crypt]

hes so obsessed with demonstrating that theres a hard strict rule system that backs all this, like organic chemistry or something, that you can balance these magical equations, that that over the top explainnig ruins the scenes that actually show off the magic

[limber harbor]

I was told it had Malazan level world building and I really doubt that praise but maybe it does

[spiral quest]

No

[worthy crypt]

nah its not malazan level.

[spiral quest]

It doesn't have that

[limber urchin]

yep, and if you ever take his YouTube lecture series, he admits that he loves doing this. so expect it haha

[spiral quest]

Idk who told you that but that is incorrect

Malazan may be one of fantasy's most realized worlds

[limber urchin]

i'm sure i'll read it one day

WOT is the one i won't get to anytime soon

[spiral quest]

Wheel of Time is both so good yet can have some real lows

[limber harbor]

I also haven’t even finished Malazan yet but it’s been so long I think I may have to restart

[worthy crypt]

if you wanna jump into a massive series like that id rec malazan over wot as long as you dont mind some darkenss

it is not a happy world

[limber harbor]

This is why I don’t like reading too many things at the same time

[limber urchin]

i'm ok with crapsack worlds.

[spiral quest]

I actually say the opposite depending on how much fantasy you've read

[young compass]

sanderson world building has a lot less character than malazan

[spiral quest]

I wouldn't call Malazan beginner friendly

[limber urchin]

is epic fantasy ever?

[worthy crypt]

oh yeah the rec isnt that its more approachable. it might be the least appraochable series ive read. But its real good if you can stick with it

[spiral quest]

More so than Malazan

[limber harbor]

Is Sanderson more on that edge? Would you consider it better than asoaif?

[limber urchin]

definitely not

[spiral quest]

It depends what you're looking for

[limber harbor]

Im trying to build up enough hype in myself to actually pick it up lol

[limber urchin]

it's more magical and there are aspects that can maybe compare. but at the same time they are very different books

[copper phoenix]

sando only truly excels at his magic system and story telling everything else is aight

[limber urchin]

but i would choose ASOIAF over stormlight and mistborn any day

[spiral quest]

Ehhhhh

[limber harbor]

This is pretty consistent with what everyone says except people say he has great worldbuilding

[spiral quest]

Again I think it's important to know what you're looking for

[copper phoenix]

Id choose a finished series first

[worthy crypt]

yeah asoiaf loses a lot of points in my book for not being finished and having almost no hope of ever being finished

[tawny parcel]

i think the magic system in tsa sis like good but i never viewed as like

high level art

[limber urchin]

it's great. that way I can never be disappointed with the ending.

[copper phoenix]

what is an example of a good magic system to you

[young compass]

high level art lol

[limber harbor]

For me at least, I’m not exactly looking for anything. I just like to read stuff before the show popularizes it

[spiral quest]

Well then that's your answer

[tawny parcel]

u know what u caught me because now that im thinking about it im just thinking about anime battle systems

[spiral quest]

Read mistborn book 1

[worthy crypt]

you have plenty of time on stormlight, the mistborn movies are coming first

[spiral quest]

If you like it, cool, if not then you know Sando isnt for you

[tawny parcel]

and those are more visual so i guess i think more about them

[limber urchin]

then definitely not ASOIAF lol. go with Mistborn or Stormlight. Mist if you want something more digestible; storm if you want massive epics with a lot to keep track of.

[limber harbor]

I liked Malazan and like 80% of the ASOIAf books so maybe I’ll give it a try sometime this year

[limber urchin]

Man....Stormlight is going to be so expensive. Good thing Apple has money.

[limber harbor]

Maybe I’ll even try to use it for Chinese practice

[copper phoenix]

stormlight is literally anime

[tawny parcel]

yea

it kinda is

[spiral quest]

More or less, yeah

[limber urchin]

uwulight

Stormweeb?

[tawny parcel]

im not gonna lie i basically view it as like a marvel movie

in book form

but like good marvel

[limber urchin]

https://tenor.com/view/hayao-miyazaki-anime-mistake-otaku-weeaboo-gif-9307885

[tawny parcel]

marvel when they were movin in they prime

[spiral quest]

I don't read Sanderson for depth, I read him for entertainment

[broken fossil]

It’s a different vibe than got , but it’s cozy and nice and and high production value and the plot is good

[limber urchin]

the action can be Marvel, but the story is much better

[tawny parcel]

exactly what I mean I know some people look deeper into sanderson but like when they mean hype moments and aura

thats why I read stormlight

[spiral quest]

If people want depth in the story, then yeah Sanderson isn't it

But he doesn't have to be

[tawny parcel]

like come on man TSA full ||"honor is dead Ill see what I can do" have we peaked as a human species ||

[limber urchin]

Mistborn maybe. Stormlight I think there's some depth to be gleaned from it

but i'm still on mistborn 2, maybe it gets crazier

[spiral quest]

Yes but in comparison, which again not the best series to compare Stormlight to, but ASOIAF

[limber urchin]

oh well yeah

[spiral quest]

But they are going for different things

[limber harbor]

Are his books heavy on romance?

[spiral quest]

No

[tawny parcel]

not really

[limber urchin]

grrm is my seinen king lol

[tawny parcel]

i really dont think grrm is as bleak as people make him out to be

or at least asoiaf

[spiral quest]

Eh it's less about being bleak as it is being filled flawed characters and interesting story turns that differ from fantasy norms

[limber urchin]

it can get pretty fucking dark, there is some light. but this is definitely a harsh world

[spiral quest]

I heard in an interview that Martin shows that stuff to show the reality of humans being terrible and it's not orcs and monsters who do it

[worthy crypt]

malazan is the darkest, then asoiaf. Then wot/stormlight

[spiral quest]

And that actually made me understand him a bit more

[limber urchin]

yeah he's definitely said this in interviews

[spiral quest]

Because before I used to think what was the point other than reveling in misery

[young compass]

have any of you read the black company

[limber urchin]

no but I think Goro told me to?

[spiral quest]

I own a volume but not read yet

[young compass]

tone is like malazan

[limber urchin]

I just don't understand how people like King and GRRM write, what with their gardener style. Just mostly making shit up as they go; i'm sure there are some things planned out, but they both seem to let the story tell them what to write. I guess it's not too different from week-to-week Shonen?

[spiral quest]

I think the kind of gardner thing is played up a bit

[tawny parcel]

i mean i think hes said he just writes like characters out of timeline

and then finds a way to put it together almost

[spiral quest]

These are people who read voraciously and have written tons of things

The likelihood is they have subconscious knowledge of how a good story is going to go and are practiced as hell at writing stories

Couple that with vivid imaginations and there you go

[limber urchin]

I try to write stories and I have to plan like Brandon. am I a simpleton smh?

[spiral quest]

I think it's just everyone be differently set for different things

I mostly write short fiction for myself because it's entertaining

[worthy crypt]

grmm aint the best representative of the gardener style. He shows how it can grow out of control and be impossible to finish

[limber urchin]

so does king at times haha

i think that's one of the negatives

[worthy crypt]

I guess i dont know if theres a good exmaple but comparing george to sanderson is comparing.... finishing tons of books to being on the same book for 13 years

[limber urchin]

but with GRRM it's really bad

[spiral quest]

King sucks at endings.

[limber urchin]

I will read George's older stuff one day. i hear he was big into sci-fi, I want to see what he can do

[tawny parcel]

listen man

from the two books

ive read

its not THAT bad

theyre just like okay

[spiral quest]

I've read his dark tower series

I regret it.

[worthy crypt]

i read the short story sand kings from george and enjoyed it

[limber urchin]

ok then. once Mistborn 3 is done, I will read Salem's Lot I swear

I need to break up the fantasy

[worthy crypt]

https://forwearemany.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/sandkings.pdf its only 15 pages

[limber urchin]

damn that's short

[winter moss]

I’m so excited for the fallout finale

[frank rivet]

nice then i guess i am ready to start Fallout season 2

[jolly ruin]

Way of kings 23 || rock is hilarious bro this chull dung joke is killing me ||

[worthy crypt]

oh yeah the finale is out tonight

[sage remnant]

I shilled it here for years

Have you checked out his new work yet?

[sage remnant]

In what sense?

Brandon is the author whose worldbuilding focus and elements have been finally been what I wanted from fantasy for forever

[oak herald]

Any of yall play the TCG for OP?

[sage remnant]

even in his works I haven't enjoyed much, that has been the constant

so if you can do that Buffy, I am your first buyer

[sage remnant]

My GOAT

[oak herald]

Wrong chat my b, resume your convo

[sage remnant]

Why

[sage remnant]

I think there's plenty to be found in his books, even in Mistborn

But I am of the opinion that any depth in the story depends on readers

If a kid reads Animal farm and thinks it's just about animals and doesn't get the social commentary, does it not have any? And etc etc

[sage remnant]

Good but in subsequent books there are way better stuff anyway

OB || You cannot have my pain ||

And that part from RoW. If you haven't caught up

[limber urchin]

oh i'm just being sarcastic with that

[tawny parcel]

I finished row lol

[sage remnant]

Nice

[tawny parcel]

I’m reading the blade itself rn while i wait for my dad

Jus twas reading it before gym

Gonna go read more when i finish

[sage remnant]

I meant || 4th ideal scene|| RoW

my fav moment of anything I have read or watch that I can remember

[tawny parcel]

That moment is pretty cool…

[sage remnant]

Nice

[tawny parcel]

I think the other scene just sticks out because it also includes my probably favorite character…

[sage remnant]

Just thinking about that gets me teary eyed

Reading always gets me sobbing

[sage remnant]

You will like it

Azua is almost done with Laok

book3 of that

[spiral quest]

Dark Tower series spoilers ||inserting himself into the story annoyed me, the ending is cyclical and just starts you right back at the beginning, the crimson king was beyond anti climactic ||

[sage remnant]

Demn I liked that aspect

[spiral quest]

Dark Tower series || I have to add, I realllllly despise "meta" fiction. And Dark Tower is essentially fantasies biggest to do that||

Ironically the book I liked the most is the one with the least of that kinda stuff

Wizard and Glass

[sage remnant]

Fair

[sand cypress]

first law time

[sage remnant]

Still not done?

😔

[sand cypress]

I have a job

[frank rivet]

the new naked gun was pretty good

[white smelt]

Are you sure

[frank rivet]

i just finished it

it reminds me of Steve Martins Pink Panther

[worthy crypt]

Fallout s2 end || pretty good . A lot to work with for s3. A good mix of resolution and cliffhanger. I tend to dislike cliffhanger but I do feel complete arcs had resolution within s2. Lucy tracked down her dad, Cooper got answers on his daughter, max left the brotherhood and found Lucy ||

[mild seal]

Fallout s2 end ||we also got the enclave as the big bad for s3 and beyond. btw idk if you noticed, but the actor who played the president also voiced the super mutant that grabbed cooper and healed him||

||I was wrong, it was Ron Perlman.||

[tawny parcel]

About 80 pages into the blade itself ||kind of getting a feel for it but it’s still got the new fantasy syndrome for me where I don’t really know what’s going on and there’s a lot of names but that’s part of the fun is trying to get used to it all||

Blade itself ||would say I’m probably enjoying jezal the most rn||

[faint valve]

||wish I could enjoy it for the first time, takes a bit to get goung but ur in for a great time||

[limber urchin]

craaaap i still need to watch that New Naked Gun trailer ||The OJ joke alone is worth the price of admission, too bad I waited until it was out of theaters....||

[frank rivet]

lol that was a banger for sure

[sand cypress]

The blade itself do not open wombat || interesting, Jezal was my least favorite pov for quite a while ||

[faint valve]

As it should be 😂

[limber urchin]

Mistborn book 2 ||Act 2 beginning|| ||Well, now I'm starting to wonder if the siege will be the entirety of the plot outside of Sazed and Marsh's journey. I still wonder if Vin will need to travel to the physical location of the Well of Ascension. Again, props to Brandon for making the Lord Ruler's fall have serious ramifications within the political machinations and culture of Luthadel. The Watcher being Hoid is my thought process for now.||

[sage remnant]

WoA || isn't that first aspect so cool and really interesting ||

[limber urchin]

WoA ||Aspect?||

[sage remnant]

WoA|| I don't think I know any other media which focuses on the postmortem of a revolution in this way ||

[limber urchin]

WoA ||I can't remember what media I've experienced before that has this kind of focus. But it's definitely interesting in this book and adds a great deal of nuance.||

[sage remnant]

WoA || The line that Ham says to Elend in that context was really hitting ||

I forget what it was specifically but I just remember it being that way

[limber urchin]

WoA ||Ham is my favorite side character in the group.||

[sage remnant]

WoA ||I think mine was Breeze ||

||I think this whole fucking series is so plot focused that I can't enjoy the characters and get connected with them as much as I could have ||

[limber urchin]

WoA ||I like Breeze's wit, he's good with that. So far, I've enjoyed what the plot is. I see complaints online that his characters are a bit one dimensional in this series, but I quite enjoy them, tropes and all.||

[sage remnant]

WoA is the best in that regard for me

WoA || I almost never care for plot that much so ye ||

[limber urchin]

Well, according to Brandon's lectures, plot is character.

[sage remnant]

I don't watch his lectures

[limber urchin]

so with that in mind Mistborn ||if you're not liking the plot, it may be because for you brandon failed to deliver on the characters||

[sage remnant]

|| I like the plot enough. I just don't care for the plot and it's more plot focused ||

I think like

|| Story and plot have that distinction ||

I agree with the point he's making but it's not his approach in Mistborn I feel

[limber urchin]

I would highly recommend that lecture series. Brandon, while not the end all be all of writing tips, is really good at analyzing the genre of fantasy and sci-fi.

[sage remnant]

I know what I want from the genre

with those, I think with constant exposure, it would be subconsciously warped to his

I am a highly impressionable person

[limber urchin]

Oh, you are, eh? You should watch Buffy.....

Because I said so, and I am impressing upon you

[sage remnant]

I have been mentioning buffy here long before you joined buddy

or even before your old account joined...

[limber urchin]

you are now my best friend

everyone else sucks

[limber urchin]

I forgot 'cause of the alzeimer's smh

Wait, WTF did I say "I save that knowledge for OP" lmfao I know so little compared to half the nerds on this damn server

[sand cypress]

is Buffy worth watching for the first time in 2026

[sage remnant]

yes

[limber urchin]

Yes, but it will feel dated in some of its references, humor, and use of language no longer accepted by today's standards (the r-slur for example)

[sage remnant]

ye those

[limber urchin]

season 1 it is getting its footing and only 12 episodes. season 2 and 3 is where it blows people away

[sand cypress]

Also the internet spoiled me on something I presume is pretty major
Buffy || Buffy walks in to her mom dead on the couch ||

[limber urchin]

Just watch the series and enjoy is what I say.

Buffy shines the most in its dialogue, the writers and Joss Whedon were fantastic with it

Like, you ever hear how people talk about Marvel dialogue and quips in a negative light nowadays? Buffy is where that started. Except it's good when Buffy does it

[sand cypress]

I have pretty similar tastes to the two of you so it must be good

[sage remnant]

azua respects my tastes

now time to say HoA is 0.5/5

so I can get -10000000 social creds from him

[sand cypress]

How dare you

I redact my previous statement

[sage remnant]

perfectly balanced, as all things should be

@sand cypress

btw

you should try Firefly

also @limber urchin

watch Firefly

[limber urchin]

oh i'm well aware. one day i sweeeear

[sand cypress]

How good can it be it's only one season long

[limber urchin]

True, this is why Bebop sucks.

!os

[past panther]

#other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series

[sage remnant]

~~You could literally say Firefly to be Whedon stealing from either Bebop or Outlaw Star ~~

[drifting schooner]

Why does Twin Peaks have such high praise?

[main lion]

Im guessing its good

[raw gate]

I love Twin Peaks. But, yeah, pretty much what Red said lol

[limber urchin]

It's really hard to explain without experiencing it. And also, it helps to have some context going into the show in regards to how Lynch directs and/or writes.

not spoilers, but just cultural context to what the show's original aim was combined with the weirdness of how Lynch creates art.

[raw gate]

Twin Peaks is a lot of things

[limber urchin]

Twin Peaks season 3 is a fucking masterpiece though

[raw gate]

Lynch’s magnum opus. But I kind of broadly apply that blanket to the entire series

[limber urchin]

agree

[raw gate]

Even though season two is what it is lol

[limber urchin]

Twin Peaks season 3 ||That atomic sequence is a religious experience, along with the woodsman's "this is the water" speech.||

[drifting schooner]

I watched the whole series already

[limber urchin]

Oh well then I guess it wasn't for you then. That's OK.

[drifting schooner]

I liked everything till mid s2

[limber urchin]

That's exepcted

it then picks back up with S3. though you could easily hate S3 for all I know

sorry it picks back up right at the end of S2

[drifting schooner]

Twin peaks series end || the teasing of supernatural was fun, but it got way too much into it for me ||

[limber urchin]

That's what I love about it

[drifting schooner]

Twin peaks s3 || I think this season created more questions than answers and the fact it had a forced ending was even worse ||

[raw gate]

Fire Walk With Me too. It’s really evident where Lynch takes predominant control of the reigns, whereas I think seasons one and two are a noticeably more collaborative effort between Lynch and Frost

[limber urchin]

S3 ||Was it forced? I never knew if Lynch had his hands tied or not, cause I really liked it.||

[limber urchin]

oh shit I forgot about Fire. Love that one too

[drifting schooner]

I’ll give the show credit with its settings and atmosphere for sure. Was pretty scary.

[raw gate]

Twin Peaks S3 end ||More questions are pretty much always the point with Lynch. So much of his creative process is defined by the concepts of dreams and allowing the audience room for personal interpretations. On the surface, Twin Peaks is a surreal mystery, but it’s also self aware and sort of meta-fictional.||

[raw gate]

Twin Peaks S3 ||The second season was a cancellation. The third season wasn’t||

[limber urchin]

i just mean the ending of 3 only

i know about s2's issue

[raw gate]

Twin Peaks S3 ||No. It’s very intentional. I’m not sure about how much time they were crunched for producing the episodes, but they got to depict the story they wanted to without being forced to end it prematurely||

[limber urchin]

ok good to know 'cause I love it dearly

[drifting schooner]

Twin peaks s3 end || I have a problem with loose interpretation when there is so much left unanswered that’d it would be impossible to find without more context ||

[limber urchin]

Twin Peaks S3 end ||Emmys should be given for screams after that one.||

[raw gate]

Twin Peaks S3 end ||I guess it depends on what you mean by more context. I believe the series intentionally strays away from the very idea of context because so much of it’s structure is defined by self-acknowledgment, by which I mean the show/characters becoming aware of their existence as fiction (using dreams as a metaphor). Which sounds complicated and maybe a bit pretentious, but what really makes Twin Peaks beloved, above all else, is the sincerity in which the show is made with. The tone is strangely fun, as it shifts between tragedy, outright absurdity, and surreality.

Lynch, despite his massive popularity, is still viewed as a cult director and I’d generally agree that his style is make-or-break, depending on the viewer||

[drifting schooner]

Twin peaks s3 ending || By context I'm talking about the situation like the first FBI agent to investigate twin peaks who goes missing. His name is brought up once or twice again, but that is it. His car had the words "Let's Rock" which the fake Diane would say later in the show to Albert and Gordon and I don't know what the connection is. The "Billy" situation is another, everything about Judy, what actually happened to Briggs, what was the deal with the little boy who was watching Dougie's car and the girl with him, what came of One Eyed Jacks after Renault died, what purpose did Red serve, the zombie drunk man in the cell, the sick boy Bobby saw in the car, and so much more which is too open to interpretation. ||

[raw gate]

Twin Peaks S3 end ||Lmao I love the “Billy” thing happening in the background, cause it’s seemingly so random. I think it’s just the guy whose truck Richard was driving when he ran over the little kid, though. He has a scene where he’s talking to Andy and they schedule a time to meet up, but then the guy never shows. “Let’s Rock” is something that the Arm (or the Man from Another Place) first says during his introduction in the third episode of the show, and it’s just a phrase that’s used to link Chester Desmond’s disappearance and Diane’s tulpa to the Black Lodge/other worldly stuff. I was never under the impression that the phrase had any deeper meaning beyond that.

I don’t really understand why it would be a necessity to figure out the exact details of what happened to Major Briggs, because I think the show makes a good enough effort to establish his connection to the supernatural and use him to solidify the concept, or theme, of dreaming as it relates to the show. I think they’re at least able to get away with leaving that completely up to the imagination, as long as we can assign meaning to it (which I think we can).

Judy would be an entire conversation, but it’s whatever’s in Sarah. Obviously there’s meaning to it, but no doubt that it’s purposefully ambiguous. The point is that we can theorize believable and satisfying conclusions about that with the context the show gives us.||

[frank rivet]

https://x.com/DiscussingFilm/status/2019178115864363135?s=20

DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm)

The ‘ERAGON’ series is moving forward at Disney+

Todd Harthan (‘High Potential’) and Todd Helbing (‘Superman & Lois’) will serve as showrunners

X · Feb 4, 2026, 10:35 PM

Dune News Latest - || https://vxtwitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/2019156702600257725?s=20 ||

DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm)

Timothée Chalamet has revealed that the ‘DUNE: PART 3’ trailer is complete and will release “soon”

(via: @heyzineb)

vxTwitter / fixvx · Feb 4, 2026, 9:10 PM

[limber urchin]

Twin Peaks S3 ||Speaking of which, what was your thoughts on Audrey's final scene?I heard it was theorized it was her realizing she was in a tv show. EDIT: But, like, also meta in that she realized she was playing a character and she's now much older than she used to be; like reality was finally catching up to her.||

[spiral quest]

Just got done rereading Eragon for the first time in a long time. Weird timing

I have no strong feelings about there being a show

[tawny parcel]

All i pray is that the title isn’t DUN3 or some bullshit

It wonr be

But imagine

[spiral quest]

Dune series ||Did the decide to ditch Dune Messiah??||

[frank rivet]

i mean they have been consistent in naming

[frank rivet]

assume so

[spiral quest]

I guess better to avoid any issues

Dune Series ||even though it's pretty damn important as to why it is called that||

[jolly ruin]

does ASOIF have any major apparent retcons/plotholes?

[frank rivet]

@foggy mirage Drive was so good 🧑‍🍳

on to Arrival

[foggy mirage]

Yeah told you

[limber urchin]

There is one weird funny one I remember

[frank rivet]

ya its not done

[limber urchin]

ASOIAF first two books ||I believe George has stated that Renly had green eyes in one book and then blue eyes in another and then he retconned it as him having blue/green eyes later.||

There are weird problems too, that George probably coud've done better on

AGOT ||When Drogo melts gold in a cooking pot to pour over Viserys's head, people have pointed out that it's impossible to melt gold like that.||

But that's a nitpick that ultimately doesn't matter

[regal root]

They'd all be considered soft retcons, nothing major

ASOIAF ||Tyrion is extremely agile in the 1st book, GRRM changed that in later novels cause he didn't want Tyrion to be a "trickster dwarf" kinda character. In Book 3 Robb's wife is described as having child birthing hips, but in the next book when Jaime meets her he describes her as having narrow hips||

[limber urchin]

There are retcons that George has spoken about but that never actually occur in the books. Rather, they are retcons he either decided before writing the story, or as he went along. But you'd never know if he never told us. Example ||I could swear he said that originally Jon and Ayra were supposed to get together. Also, there was supposed to be a five year time skip, but he decided to not go through with it.||

[limber urchin]

Oh, I didn't know that second one. Neat.

[drifting schooner]

Twin peaks s3 end || yeah his trailer door was left open, implying he was killed. I didn't really like any of the bar segments with the random girls and the Audrey scenes were way too long.

I don't like how Briggs was handle because of how much was off-screen. I just really wanted more out of his character. Also, the head of the body missing might have to do the fact his head was seen floating throughout the season? Well. I'm not even sure that was his real body.

Not really into the concept of Judy because it takes away from Bob. The whole show was focused on this entity, just for a Phillip (who is another character which needed more imo), to bring up Judy. The show would have worked perfectly without needing an even higher power. ||

[worthy crypt]

i finished way of kings. very good. onto the next one

[tawny parcel]

Favorite character/storyline?

[worthy crypt]

twok || kaladin not even close. And colliding with dalinar's story at the end is excellent. It kinda leaves shallan as the odd one out, kinda like a third wheel. Theres some interesting stuff there but it feels so disconnected comparatively. As soon as kaladin made it to the shattered plains, i was anticipating the moment he would interact with dalinar in some way||

|| kaladin's story might be my favorite one-book arc, its up there for sure. i loved it ||

[tawny parcel]

Twok ||him going back to save dalinar activated this childlike excitement when i first read it. Not even sure why. One of my favorite parts in the whole series||

Twok ||although shallan was my favorite pov in twok i just love the setting and the worldbuilding in it||

[worthy crypt]

twok || its perfect, its the redemption of his troubles with amaram ||

[frank rivet]

Netflix promised a "self enforced" 45 day theatrical window during todays hearing 😭

we are so cooked

[spiral quest]

It was either this or Paramount

And this is the better option imo

[frank rivet]

https://tenor.com/view/thor-is-it-though-is-it-though-thor-really-thor-ragnarok-chris-hansen-gif-23044136

[worthy crypt]

well i was never gonna buy paramount so its good for me

this is one area where i kind of just want monopolies to win so i dont have to have like 7 subscriptions

[spiral quest]

Paramount is owned by the Ellisons

If that's who you want in control of your IP, that's your prerogative

[frank rivet]

it feels like there is a clear third choice but we are perceived to only have two 😭

[sage remnant]

Being

[frank rivet]

https://tenor.com/view/cyrpto-hodl-dont-sell-gif-16169498274002611907

[sage remnant]

40 billion $ debt says otherwise

[spiral quest]

Yeah they weren't gonna be able to hold on

WB made a lot of really really dumb decisions for years

[sage remnant]

However much you blame Netflix ways for loss of good shows and what not

they have a good success rate

And good business

[spiral quest]

Thing is I don't even like Netflix

I don't enjoy lesser of two evils, but this is where we be

I would rather WB exist as they did in the past. I would rather less mega entertainment corps

[sage remnant]

One direction was loss of quality and another direction was Ellisons

we were cooked from the beginning

[hazy radish]

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms episode 3 ||OMG this egg horse scene is the most precious thing. BTW did they shave egg's actor bald for this or is he wearing a bald cap? ||

I love how this is the third HBO adaption of an unfinished Westeros series

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms episode 3 ||omg the banter of Dunk and Egg is so good. them imitating each other is so funny||

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms episode 3 ||did they just make fisting sound profound? WTF ||

Game of Thrones might genuinely be the worst of the three shows even before it got bad lol
eh maybe I'm a prisoner of the moment

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms episode 3 h||uh, that fortune teller kinda spoilt the entire series huh? She didn't even tag it smh||

||lmao editing on the Egg reveal is a bit melodramatic ||

overall it's a fine adaption so far, a bit cruder than the book, but refreshing.

[frank rivet]

lol def crazy take

[hazy radish]

I defintely like House of the Dragon season 1 and most of 2 more than GOT 1 and 2

I think GOT climbs to higher peaks but lower lows after that so I'm torn

This show is a cute little tale

it probably will be my least favorite, but it's got the least wrong with it too

[sage remnant]

HoTD didn't even have one completely good season...

[hazy radish]

💀

[hazy radish]

You didn't like season 1?

[sage remnant]

Half of season one was really good

[hazy radish]

which half was bad lol

[sage remnant]

I took multiple months to be able to finish the second half

[hazy radish]

wow I thought the second half was the stronger

House of the Dragon ||did the actor switch take you out of it?||

[sage remnant]

House of the Dragon || More so bunch of tropes I don't like being used to further the story ||

[timber basin]

HOTD S1/S2 ||What tropes in particular, Goro? I know there’s a lot of variances from the books but they have still captivated me.||

[sage remnant]

And just I cba to care for any character other than || Damian ||

[hazy radish]

House of the Dragon ||which tropes?||

lmao Damian XD

I don't think you need to tag a name btw

[sage remnant]

Or w/e matt Smith was

[hazy radish]

Daemon

[sage remnant]

Hotd|| The Same name confusion of Aegon ||

Very historically on point ig

[hazy radish]

hotd|| he's interesting, but he is a bit a of a groomer and a murderer ||

[sage remnant]

But like that started where I stopped enjoying it

[timber basin]

HOTD S1/S2: ||How is that progressing the story? There’s high key a pretty clear difference. One Aegon is Rhaenyra’s half-brother and the other Aegon is her son.||