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Yesterday, 10:47 PMErrorname replied to a thread Baldur's Gate 3 III: No Plans for DLC Or A Fourth Thread in Gaming (Other)I do think there's value to giving a sense of what Shadowheart's life in the cult was like from a peer and friend's perspective rather than an...106 replies | 5147 view(s)
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Yesterday, 10:37 PMErrorname replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsA problem with 'mythical beast from medieval times' is that not only is that not a comprehensive description of what a dragon is (Dragons appear...98 replies | 3012 view(s)
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Yesterday, 08:06 PMErrorname replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsHe's a big destructive reptile with bad breath, but from a phylogenetic (phylomemetic?) standpoint I think we'd call that convergent evolution....98 replies | 3012 view(s)
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Yesterday, 05:01 PMErrorname replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsThis also got reinforced by the need for games to have bestiaries of distinct enemy monsters, so a lot of splitting and taxonomization happened with...98 replies | 3012 view(s)
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2024-05-19, 06:08 PMErrorname replied to a thread What Are You Playing: 9 Years since the Last Dragon Age in Gaming (Other)I love how it's basically a musical.1472 replies | 115748 view(s)
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2024-05-19, 08:52 AMNope! I do wonder if this started as an adaptation but they either couldn't or didn't want to get the rights. No, but the premise is...14 replies | 684 view(s)
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2024-05-19, 08:08 AMSo I thought this was a Foster's Home ripoff from the second I saw the trailer, but did they seriously name their main imaginary friend "Blue"?14 replies | 684 view(s)
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2024-05-19, 02:19 AMErrorname replied to a thread What Are You Playing: 9 Years since the Last Dragon Age in Gaming (Other)It's a shame we're at 3 years over 10 between Elder Scrolls titles or I'd suggest keeping the theme up. Designing party balance is very...1472 replies | 115748 view(s)
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2024-05-17, 11:16 PMI really love a lot of what they've done with this game, but I will say it feels a lot more "stock greek myth inspired fantasy" plot than the first...18 replies | 1268 view(s)
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2024-05-17, 03:39 PMErrorname replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsThe feathered serpent is a recurring cultural motif in multiple mesoamerican cultures, so there is more than one, but it's a lot more akin to...98 replies | 3012 view(s)
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2024-05-16, 10:22 PMErrorname replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsI don't know enough about that show to really build on this joke beyond pointing out that I referenced HOTD as a show with multiple pretty cool...98 replies | 3012 view(s)
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2024-05-16, 08:18 PMErrorname replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsWhile on the subject of paleontology influencing dragon designs I want to shout out Caraxes from HOTD for his four-winged paravian inspired design....98 replies | 3012 view(s)
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2024-05-16, 05:26 PMErrorname replied to a thread The Lord of the Rings - Rings of Power Season 2 [airs August 29th] in Media DiscussionsNaturally they lost the actor between seasons. Oops. Honestly, part of my issue is that it's a Lord of the Rings series to begin with, because...63 replies | 3097 view(s)
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2024-05-16, 05:17 PMErrorname replied to a thread Works where you were surprised to learn you were in the minority of viewers in Media DiscussionsI will say do prefer the concept album version of Doubt Comes In where it's just Orpheus and Eurydice without the Fates, but I haven't seen the show...131 replies | 7725 view(s)
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2024-05-16, 04:47 PMErrorname replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsHonestly, given Tolkien's statements that Fafnir and Beowulf's Dragons are the only 'real' dragons I don't know if the St. George story was his...98 replies | 3012 view(s)
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2024-05-16, 04:23 PMYeah, much as Dan's overexplaining can annoy me it's a perfectly understandable reaction to having to deal with a lot of webcomic fans.348 replies | 20314 view(s)
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2024-05-15, 08:08 PMFor one, there are much easier ways to arrange a duel between two characters than that, and also no it wouldn't, because there's basically no way for...174 replies | 9691 view(s)
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2024-05-15, 08:04 PMErrorname replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsHonestly it doesn't read like how this comic draws hair, it feels more like a Wobbegong's fleshy beard than anything else. That might be another...98 replies | 3012 view(s)
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2024-05-15, 03:28 PMErrorname replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsI think it's easy for this sort of discussion to turn into apophenia, reckoning a pattern that sounds right but doesn't actually hold up. Like I...98 replies | 3012 view(s)
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2024-05-15, 01:11 PMErrorname replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsWe're definitely at that point by the time of Smaug, and while I'm no scholar of Beowulf I do think the dragon in that story is quite large. I...98 replies | 3012 view(s)
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2024-05-15, 12:53 PMI think Davies was quite happy to get the Timeless Child because it fits into how he likes to write the Doctor, the sole survivor of the time lords...8 replies | 778 view(s)
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2024-05-14, 06:57 PMJohnson stepped in a few avoidable landmines, but I also say he wound up getting the bill for a lot of Abrams' bad choices. Frankly if Trevorrow...636 replies | 28325 view(s)
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2024-05-14, 04:39 PMErrorname replied to a thread The Lord of the Rings - Rings of Power Season 2 [airs August 29th] in Media DiscussionsKind of a shame this isn't going back to back with HOTD's second season like the first one did. Really helped me get over my grievances with HOTD to...63 replies | 3097 view(s)
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2024-05-14, 02:54 PMErrorname replied to a thread The Lord of the Rings - Rings of Power Season 2 [airs August 29th] in Media DiscussionsRings of Power has always felt kind of sad, a project adapting a book they don't have the rights to based on the scant mentions from a book they do...63 replies | 3097 view(s)
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2024-05-14, 02:53 PMSo I think Camdin is an idiot, but he's also the sort of idiot who thinks this is a superhero story and is likely to try to conform to those genre...348 replies | 20314 view(s)
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2024-05-14, 01:28 PMErrorname replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsThis is a massive factor. Aside from their scale, I think a lot of modern dragons are quite similar to medieval ones, they're just being drawn by...98 replies | 3012 view(s)
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2024-05-14, 04:12 AMMakes sense. Luke has enough information that seeing these four together lets him connect some important dots, which the Balance arc went to some...348 replies | 20314 view(s)
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2024-05-13, 09:47 PMThat's a boring standard four-panel layout but at least he's playing with the camera angle. Not going to say QC is never hypocritical, but...88 replies | 5319 view(s)
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2024-05-13, 04:44 PMErrorname replied to a thread Works where you were surprised to learn you were in the minority of viewers in Media DiscussionsIt was a known piece of art from a famed artist, but it wasn't definitive and universally recognizable in the way it is now prior to it being stolen131 replies | 7725 view(s)
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