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Today, 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...73 replies | 2202 view(s)
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Yesterday, 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...73 replies | 2202 view(s)
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Yesterday, 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....73 replies | 2202 view(s)
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Yesterday, 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...45 replies | 1722 view(s)
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Yesterday, 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 | 7451 view(s)
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Yesterday, 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...73 replies | 2202 view(s)
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Yesterday, 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.347 replies | 19936 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 | 9381 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...73 replies | 2202 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...73 replies | 2202 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...73 replies | 2202 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...7 replies | 416 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 | 27868 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...45 replies | 1722 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...45 replies | 1722 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...347 replies | 19936 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...73 replies | 2202 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...347 replies | 19936 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...87 replies | 4918 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 | 7451 view(s)
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2024-05-13, 03:00 PMErrorname replied to a thread Works where you were surprised to learn you were in the minority of viewers in Media DiscussionsIt's a perfectly fine painting, but it was made famous when it was stolen and recovered.131 replies | 7451 view(s)
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2024-05-13, 02:16 PMErrorname replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsIt's Beowulf. That's the dragon that Tolkien was inspired by for Smaug and thus codified as the definitive fantasy dragon. Of course it also...73 replies | 2202 view(s)
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2024-05-11, 11:18 PMI think both of these are out of print. I don't think there's any official digital copies of Snips Snails and Dragon Tails but the Gumroad store...4 replies | 802 view(s)
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2024-05-11, 09:15 PMYeah. It feels like the only thing that might induce an epiphany in Redcloak, having whatever future civilization the goblins end up building not be...174 replies | 9381 view(s)
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2024-05-11, 05:44 PMI quite like Mel's relationship with Hecate, they clearly care a lot about each other, but there's still a sadness to it. Mel and Chronos can...14 replies | 991 view(s)
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2024-05-10, 10:07 PMThe romance and mystery examples are to support the idea that stories in a certain genre tend towards specific sorts of endings. The detective breaks...174 replies | 9381 view(s)
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2024-05-10, 08:07 PMI can see that, but this isn't that sort of fantasy story. Xykon isn't Sauron and he isn't Palpatine, he's not an evil overlord sitting on his throne...174 replies | 9381 view(s)
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2024-05-10, 07:45 PMAlso this arc's clearly being written to parallel the last card game arc, which also featured one of our leads who hadn't had a love interest get...347 replies | 19936 view(s)
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2024-05-10, 02:58 PMSee, I saw the "it probably won't come up" as a joke about how the Astral Fortress will not matter. It was an excuse to buy the Order time in the...174 replies | 9381 view(s)
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