Derfel Cadarn
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44 minutes ago, HexMachina said:
I truly love this. From afar, I'd find her insufferable if I had to look after her myself.
That said, I was also this brand of obnoxious child when I was younger. Have you raised her in the vicinity of 70s/80s/90s TV and film with an emphasis of Britcoms with lots of innuendo by any chance?
Her programs of choice at the moment are Bluey, Peppa Pig, Coco melon, and Blipppi.
God help us when she’s a teenager
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Wife made mistake of letting 5 year old know:
a: there are games on her phone
b: her phone’s pin
So now my wife (or rether her phone) is daughter’s preferred choice to sit with her aftrr bath before bed.
She also told my wife to ‘calm yourself’.
Previously, on my wife asking for phone back, it was, ‘be patient. You need to share.’
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Rewatching RoP. One criticism not made is that while Galadriel is going out her way to avenge Finrod, he’s waslking about Valinor with their dad, who *was* wise enough to give Middle-Earth a miss
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The owners of Britain’s ‘wonkiest’ pub, which went on fire two weeks after being sold, and was demolished two days later without council permission, have been ordered to rebuild it (materials specified by thr council) within three years.
Get it right up ye!Beem quite a few suspicious fires in Glasgow, burning down historical buildkngs/pubs
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2 hours ago, BigFatCoward said:
if anyone has a right to set themselves on fire in protest its this poor fucker
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68400463
in case its blocked for those outside the uk, its about a man who was away from home when 103 members of his family were killed in a strike on Gaza. How do you even begin to grieve something like that?
Including his three daughtere. He was working in Tel Aviv I believe, at the time
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I soent about 11 months on and off using Ok Cupid and Plenty of Fish.
On one occasion at the end (not sure what happened), I started a first message greeting the woman by her first name.
A minute later I got a reply asking “Who the hell is Lorraine?”
Anyway, we’ve been together for 10 years this summer and married for almost 8, and have a 5 year old daughter.
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Draft cover blurb for Lucifer & Son
SpoilerThe Devil you know.
October 1893
The living and undead alike fall like autumn leaves as a supernatural war ignites in Glasgow. The reclusive vampyre lord, Niall Fisher, rules the city from his crypt through his undead regent, Margot Guillam, and the secret society known as the Sooty Feathers. That rule is now challenged by the city’s former master, Arakiel, a demon overthrown by Fisher two centuries prior.
As deaths and disappearances rise, Lady Delaney and her apprentice Kerry Knox gather allies to free Glasgow from the demons and undead alike. Body snatcher Wilton Hunt is one such ally, drawn back into this war by the machinations of corrupt Bishop Redfort. Another is the uncompromising Wolfgang Steiner, a Templar Inquisitor as ruthless as the foe he fights.
But one among this band is Lucifer’s son, vengeance drawing him and his father back into the war, risking the revelation of his diabolical paternity. For Lady Delaney and the others, is the hour desperate enough to make common cause with the Devil?
From the glittering balls of high society to dung-caked slums,from a decrepit castle to tunnels beneath the city itself, blood is spilled and betrayal reigns. An exhausted stalemate looks nigh as Death’s scythe reaps without discrimination, but Arakiel plots to draw out Fisher for one last, decisive battle. And crucial to this scheme is an unwitting Lucifer, who must face the consequences of an ancient sin.
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3 hours ago, AncalagonTheBlack said:
Gary Oldman is the best thing about this show!
His ‘inspirational’ speeches. “You’re all fucking useless and working with you has been the lowest point of a disappointing career…”
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Truss has some cheek insulting Bidenomics when her 48 day tenure almost crippled the UK and drove up mortgages.
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8 hours ago, ASOIAFrelatedusername said:
He put the elves in Middle-earth in the first place after all.
But the issue is the ones who went to Valinor and then came back to Middle-Earth in defiance of the Valar.
In thr end, the Noldor going back to ME was a suicide mission, and thr Vakar had to intervene anyway, fucking up Beleriand.
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On 2/17/2024 at 5:23 PM, Ser Not Appearing said:
By the way, the next series we're reading is the Legend of Drizzt series. We are tentatively shooting for recording in May, is anyone is interested in trying to read / share in the experience beforehand.
Might do Dark Sun after that.
Legend of Drizzt - isnt there like 34 books in that series? With the latest out last year
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8 hours ago, KingAerys_II said:
I forgot Fingolfin, who crippled Morgoth in single combat.
Morgoth turned some Avari into Orcs , and some ents in trolls , his purpose was the destruction of Middle earth including Sindar, dwarves , ents and other creatures.
Had the Noldor not gone to Middle-Earth, the Valar would likely have intervened sooner. Instead they stayed their hand to punish the Noldor, per Mandos’ curse
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1 hour ago, Heartofice said:
Dan Wootton ‘completely cleared’ by police as two forces decide to take no further action
I’m sure this is causing quite a stir somewhere close
He’s still under investigation re a separate historical matter by Police Scotland according to BBC
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The Russian pilot who defected to Ukraine last yesr was shot and killed in Spain
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Another imminent by-election?
Scott Benton lost his appeal
edit: name correction
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1 hour ago, dbunting said:
Still had 2 more free tickets that expire in February so I went and watched Land of Bad. The title just still irritates me...
War movie set in the Philippines, both Russian and Muslim bad guys. It telegraphed itself in the first 15 min, told you basically what the hero was going to go through. It has Liam Hemsworth and Russell Crowe in it for star power. Russell playing a role that he is way way too old for, and they explain it away, he still does a decent job in the role. If you have an expiring free ticket, go see it, if not you aren't missing anything.
Also finished True Detective Night Country. IDK it just never grabbed me, there were events that should've but I was just never into it. I should go back and watch S1 since it was the only one of these that I was actually truly into. S2 sucked ass, S3 was ok, S4 meh.
Has anyone watched Slow Horses? Spy show set in England. I started watching an episode last night but was just too tired and shut it off. Wondering if it's worth the investment.
Slow Horses is great. Season 4 drops sometime this year
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13 hours ago, Deadlines? What Deadlines? said:
"Devastating" even. I'm convinced.
Although I have no idea what "arsed" means in this context.
Arsed = bothered
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I don’t have a link (Twitter no longer embeds for me) but apparently Denmark is sending all of its artillery to Ukraine.
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Previous postmaster claiming he was tood by a senior official tonslow payouts to save money until after the election
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1 hour ago, KingAerys_II said:
She was already perfect, she was selfless , wise, intelligent, in Lotr book she proved to be frightening during the meeting with Frodo, she was able to create white mist to help the allies and she created the famous phial that Sam used to defeat Shelob, she destroyed the fortress of Dol Guldur at the time of the siege of Gondor
She was not perfect!
And thee’s a whole age between RoP Galadriel and LotR Galadriel.
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13 minutes ago, KingAerys_II said:
Feanor sons and Eol, but Galadriel belongs to the House of Finarfin, so she belongs to the wisest House, the tv series character seems a badly written Eol
We’ve already pointed out Galadriel’s queationabke 1st age wisdom.
And you said the behaviur wasn’t elf-like, which it is based on the Silmarillion
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48 minutes ago, KingAerys_II said:
Full on vengeance : the famous Fingolfin rage when he challenged Morgoth in single combat and Eol the dark elf , that despised the Noldor for the first kinslaying but married a Noldor princess
By full-on I meant over much of the book. Feanor pulling a sword on his half-brother Fingolfin even before Morgoth stole the Silmaril.
Numerous acts of elf-on-elf slaughter.
Eol trying to kill his son but instead killing his (reluctant) wife.
Not to mention the bulk of the story os about elven wrath and vengeance, pursuing Morgoth to Middle-Earth.
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2 hours ago, KingAerys_II said:
Finrod searching for Sauron is pointless, he died to keep an oath of friendship with the race of Men, elves in the tv series are wrathful and vengeful, they don't behave like elves .
Sauron was not the most powerful of Morgoth lieutenants, Glaurung and Gothmog were, at the time of Beren and Luthien ,Morgoth created Carcharoth who was the largest of the werewolves,so Sauron was not the second threatYou’re seriously claiming that the Tolkein elves are not wrathful and vengeful?? Have you even read The Silmarillion? It’s pretty much full-on vengeance and wrath by elves.
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Toth, considered getting a dog?
They’re excellent for socialising - since getting Penny I’ve found myself talking to neighbours I’d barely said hello to, not to mention fellow dog walkers in the park.
And it’s mostly just talking about the dogs, so little need to think of topics
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Rings of Power 5: I Will Take the Thread to Reddit
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Eh????
We know next to nothing about the Great Other, and I’ve seen no similarities to Ungoliant.
Swords forged from meteorites are ten-a-penny in fantasy. It’s more likely Dawn was inspired by Thorn, from Memory Thorn Sorrow which Martin says inspired ASoI&F.
Kinslaying is also a common trope.
And the burning of the fleet (Tolkein and Martin) is possibky drawn from Cortez burning his fleet upon arriving on the shores of America.