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The Grey Wolf Strikes Back

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  1. Posted the first in a series of videos where I discuss how my co-authors and I came up with each short story in my first self-published anthology, Tales from Mistland & Other Oddities: Volume I! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfwUgbmxH7M
  2. God forbid a woman have ambition and agency of her own even if it might make her unsympathetic, amiright?
  3. From my personal perspective, Stilgar seeing Paul's denial as further proof of him being the real deal actually rings quite true. In Islamic eschatology, the Mahdi will refuse to answer the call until the believers force him to become their leader.
  4. I imagine he would still need to have been knighted.
  5. I'd say that's the default when it comes to these things because live-action adaptations of animated material are usually little more than unimaginative cash-grabs banking on nostalgia over quality. Having said that, I've heard after the first episode things do improve, especially in terms of tone and atmosphere.
  6. Tells you how toxic some strands of Christianity are that they find recreational sex (which I'm assuming is sex for the sake of having sex because its pleasurable as opposed to procreation) reprehensible. Also, I find the Alabama ruling hilarious in its inanity because in my faith the soul very much does NOT enter at the time of conception but so much for freedom of religion or separation of church and state, yeah? [Also doesn't occur to any of these folks that some religions, gasp, allow abortion, albeit with some restrictions. Then again, these are the same people who would be up in arms over "sharia law" so maybe I should set my expectations lower. Much, much lower.]
  7. @Kyoshi No worries. Thanks for clarifying.
  8. @Kyoshi Ramadan this year starts in a few weeks (March 10 IIRC), not a few days.
  9. Speak for yourself. I, for one, did not ask for this. Argilac was a badass with a badass name and a badass death.
  10. This reminds me of something I came across on Reddit actually: The cake is a lie; there are only cookies. Through cookies I gain weight. Through weight I gain obesity Through obesity my chair is broken. Calories will set me free.
  11. Hmm...I don't know too many anime like that but I'll try to list some I think you would like. Fate/Zero Attack on Titan Goblin Slayer Golden Kamuy Samurai Champloo Afro Samurai Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood The Heroic Legend of Arslan (Don't think it ever got renewed for a second season) Drifters (Don't think it ever got renewed for a second season) Tower of God Katanagatari Re: Zero Gurren Lagann Berserk Devilman Crybaby
  12. What have you seen and what do you like in general when it comes to anime?
  13. The Revenge of the Sith novelization is a true work of art. Just wish it was longer so that the second half of the movie wasn't crammed into the last third of the book.
  14. @Mentat From my understanding of Islam, suffering exists fundamentally to test our character and different people are tested in different ways (wealth for example is considered one of the most dangerous and one a majority of humanity fails). To badly paraphrase a verse in the Quran "We will test you with a little bit of fear, hunger, and death, and then you shall be returned unto Us." Furthermore, God says in another verse that you may think something is a punishment or bad for you when its the opposite and similarly you may want something thinking its good for you but its actually not. What's more there is a hadith where the Prophet (PBUH) says after a battle that now they go from the lesser jihad (battle) to the greater jihad (daily life) and in another God himself says that if humanity were sinless He would replace us with a race that does sin (but then repents). Beyond that, suffering exists as a natural byproduct of having free will and conscience (I mention both because in Islamic theology, unlike humans and jinn, angels have conscience but not free will, also just because God allows something to happen doesn't necessarily mean he approves of it), and is in turn why Judgment Day exists. Because on that day every injustice, every good deed, every debate, every dispute, every aspect of our lives, will be brought forth for presentation, interrogation, explanation, reward, punishment, redress, etc. Speaking of the Jinn, in the Quran when God announces to the angels He intends to create mankind and establish through them stewardship of the earth, the angels point-blank ask Him (having seen what happens when you give creation free will with the Jinn, who were created before humanity but after the angels) "are you going to create (again) a race that will shed blood and spread corruption while we worship and praise you constantly?" to which God responds "I know what you do not know." (What God means by this is up to interpretation obviously.) So yeah, this world ain't perfect because it isn't meant to be. In essence, its a crucible. (As for the whole love thing, that gets into among other things the difference between God being both ar-Rahman and ar-Raheem, which is beyond the scope of my knowledge to properly address.) Apologies for the rambling! As for those saying religion can't coexist with science or rationality, say that to pretty much any Muslim scientist in the last 1000+ years.
  15. I have to say I fundamentally disagree with the (predominately western) notion that faith and science cannot coexist. I mean, I get how that idea developed out of conflicts and events such as for example the Catholic Church's persecution of Galileo, but that still doesn't make it a hard and fast rule.
  16. I mean, Aemon was frail and blind and that didn't stop him from being an asset despite no longer being able to do things like read or write as a result. Also, what I was trying to say is that if he was actively mediocre I think Gyldayn would have mentioned it the way he did with Aenys. Furthermore, I think its important thematically that Daeron II was the first Targaryen king who wasn't able to even pretend to be a warrior, let alone a knight.
  17. @Lord Varys Aegon II could serve with the stewards given his literacy and education, cripple or not. Also, Aegon II might not have been the exemplary swordsman Aemond was stated to be and that Daeron might have grown into but I'm pretty sure if he was actively poor Gyldayn would have made mention of that fact.
  18. Currently reading an Arthurian indie novella, Ap Ector. After that I'm going to read Dark Reflections, the debut anthology by Annwn Press, followed by The King-Killing Queen by Shawn Speakman, having enjoyed the original novella of the same name in The King Must Die anthology, which I backed on Kickstarter.
  19. Add me to the Blue Eye Samurai hype train. Also, a little late to the party but the AOT finale was a lot better than what I'd been led to expect.
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