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Today, 06:12 PMMechalich replied to a thread Girl Genius XXXIII: Plotting, ranting, and menacing the countryside in WebcomicsThe timeskip happened all the way back in 2013, eleven years ago. Girl Genius began in 2000. We are fast approaching the 'more content post-timeskip'...26 replies | 1068 view(s)
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Today, 04:18 PMMechalich replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsThey never stopped appearing, they stopped being called dragons. The reason is heraldry, which was obligated to define what the various animal...90 replies | 2662 view(s)
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2024-05-18, 08:12 PMThis is quantifiable. Global box office remains well below pre-pandemic levels. The 2023 US box office was 8.9 billion. Adjusting for inflation, the...12 replies | 939 view(s)
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2024-05-17, 05:52 PMMechalich replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media Discussions'Really big snake' is a very common artistic motif in pretty much all human cultures where snakes are found in the environment, since snakes are by...90 replies | 2662 view(s)
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2024-05-16, 06:51 AMYou also have to apply the Patreon principle: only the patreons matter, everyone else is irrelevant. QC could well have millions of readers, but only...88 replies | 5245 view(s)
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2024-05-15, 06:10 AMBroadly agreed. This strip is basically a series of lampshades that acknowledge the ridiculous monkey wrench Moray's existence throws into a huge...88 replies | 5245 view(s)
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2024-05-15, 05:52 AMMechalich replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsThis is an incorrect assumption, because Beowulf was not in circulation for most of its history. Beowulf is recorded from a single manuscript, the...90 replies | 2662 view(s)
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2024-05-14, 06:01 PMThe necessity of having a relationship with all the (major) deities in a polytheistic scenario does not preclude some of those gods being good or...32 replies | 2773 view(s)
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2024-05-14, 03:24 PMMechalich replied to a thread Vampire: The Masquerade - Best Edition for a Noob? in Older D&D/AD&D and Other SystemsI'd add that Changeling is a C-tier game that was barely played during its heyday - a time in which many WW splatbooks were produced almost entirely...56 replies | 1608 view(s)
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2024-05-13, 04:57 PMStar Trek includes certain elements of generic utopian futurism, but it is also very specifically Gene Roddenberry's take on what such a future would...636 replies | 28246 view(s)
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2024-05-13, 03:33 PMMechalich replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsThe visual depiction of dragons underwent significant change during the Middle Ages, with the modern look: winged, quadrupedal, long neck and tail;...90 replies | 2662 view(s)
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2024-05-12, 06:15 PMHiroyuki Sanada agreed to return as Toranga/Ieyasu, so it's going to be a continuation of the existing story. Season One ended basically where...57 replies | 5063 view(s)
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2024-05-12, 05:16 PMThe presentation of religious concepts in a fictional setting is tricky, especially depending on what you intend to do with those concepts. D&D,...32 replies | 2773 view(s)
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2024-05-12, 03:18 PMSomewhat conveniently, Tokugawa Ieyasu died less than a year after the conclusion of the Siege of Osaka, making it extremely logical to end the show...57 replies | 5063 view(s)
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2024-05-11, 05:06 AMMechalich replied to a thread Works where you were surprised to learn you were in the minority of viewers in Media DiscussionsNah, appreciation for John Carter has increased over time, to the point that it qualifies as 'officially underrated.' John Carter, like Solo, is...131 replies | 7707 view(s)
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2024-05-10, 11:10 PMThe simplest option is to keep telling the historical tale. The series doesn't show the Battle of Sekigahara, the other events of that campaign such...57 replies | 5063 view(s)
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2024-05-10, 06:03 PMHanging meat really isn't that risky if done properly, and plenty of commercially available meat is in fact aged via hanging (ever seen Rocky?). The...57 replies | 5063 view(s)
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2024-05-09, 03:30 PMMechalich replied to a thread Works where you were surprised to learn you were in the minority of viewers in Media DiscussionsThis is somewhat more nuanced. Doctor Who is a series with a fair amount of mixed opinions. There are people who are really, really into it, but...131 replies | 7707 view(s)
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2024-05-09, 12:35 PMHanging carcasses is intended to cause proteinases present in the tissue to break down collagen. Collagen is the primary component of connective...57 replies | 5063 view(s)
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2024-05-09, 03:38 AMIt takes me less than 30 seconds to read a QC strip, which I usually do at work anyway. The time commitment of keeping up with it is minimal. More...88 replies | 5245 view(s)
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2024-05-08, 04:20 PMExcept it's not in a noose. This is a noose (stock photo). Iris is holding rope that's half in a standard traveling coil and half an untangled mess,...88 replies | 5245 view(s)
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2024-05-08, 04:09 AMThe weird part is how it trails off on the lower end. Everything from Iris' hand on up is normal, that's how climbing ropes look when they are coiled...88 replies | 5245 view(s)
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2024-05-07, 04:02 PMMechalich replied to a thread Works where you were surprised to learn you were in the minority of viewers in Media DiscussionsSolo had really bad press and an immense burden associated with being the Star Wars film that came out after The Last Jedi. The single group of...131 replies | 7707 view(s)
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2024-05-07, 03:18 PMMechalich replied to a thread Vampire: The Masquerade - Best Edition for a Noob? in Older D&D/AD&D and Other SystemsAnd here is a story of a group of five middle-aged women fighting off a mountain lion. They survived the initial attack, and then pinned the animal...56 replies | 1608 view(s)
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2024-05-06, 06:09 PMMechalich replied to a thread Vampire: The Masquerade - Best Edition for a Noob? in Older D&D/AD&D and Other SystemsThe 'if they fought at full strength with the understanding that the situation is life or death' caveat is important. Four people chosen at random...56 replies | 1608 view(s)
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2024-05-06, 04:46 PMMechalich replied to a thread Vampire: The Masquerade - Best Edition for a Noob? in Older D&D/AD&D and Other SystemsFour humans with baseball bats and pocket knives in a cage match with a grizzly bear or tiger would, in fact, beat it to death fairly easily if they...56 replies | 1608 view(s)
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2024-05-05, 11:53 PMMechalich replied to a thread Vampire: The Masquerade - Best Edition for a Noob? in Older D&D/AD&D and Other SystemsI'd venture this is deliberate, given the publishing history. The rights to the oWoD as a property are owned by Paradox Interactive - the Swedish...56 replies | 1608 view(s)
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2024-05-04, 09:46 PMWell, in some sense, the Jedi are all that there is. Star Wars is an aggressively, deliberately, generic franchise. The OT strips everything away...636 replies | 28246 view(s)
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2024-05-04, 05:50 PMFallout also has a much higher barrier to entry as a franchise than Elder Scrolls. Fallout is a post-apocalyptic setting, but the pre-apocalypse...110 replies | 3621 view(s)
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2024-05-03, 11:57 PMMechalich replied to a thread TV Star Wars: Tales of the Empire official trailer in Media DiscussionsAgreed. Seven years ago, SWTOR dropped the 'Betrayed' trailer for its Knights of the Eternal Throne expansion. And while it looks fantastic, it was...13 replies | 1812 view(s)
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