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bigmcgaffney posted:Syrio Forwl would have to be dead for that to work out. Not necessarily; do keep in mind that this is Qyburn we're talking about.
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But how is Qyburn going to travel all the way to Mereen, defeat the Yunkai, rescue Daario, and unmask him as Syrio?, i mean i know that his zombie army is strong, but it now also teleports? 
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zocio posted:But how is Qyburn going to travel all the way to Mereen, defeat the Yunkai, rescue Daario, and unmask him as Syrio?, i mean i know that his zombie army is strong, but it now also teleports? He just built a time machine, silly. It runs on wildfire and lemon cakes.
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Mar 22, 2012 21:24
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Qyburn is going to resurrect everyone but the Red Viper and Syrio because GRRM hates his fans.
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Mar 22, 2012 21:42
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Tony Danza Claus posted:Qyburn is going to resurrect everyone but the Red Viper and Syrio because GRRM hates his fans. And Ned, unless he makes Ned's head sit the Iron Throne.
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Mar 22, 2012 21:48
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Urdnot Fire posted:And Ned, unless he makes Ned's head sit the Iron Throne. The tearful reunion of Sansa and Hover-Head-Ned will be punctuated by Darkstar Kramering into the throne room throwing Myrcella's other ear at Zombie Jaime's-hand.
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Tony Danza Claus posted:Qyburn is going to resurrect everyone but the Red Viper and Syrio because GRRM hates his fans. It's gonna be a huge ball of corpses, called Legion, it will crush king's landing beneath it and ride it across westeros. Qyburn is a bad mofo.
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bigmcgaffney posted:Syrio Forwl would have to be dead for that to work out. Not today. Urdnot Fire posted:And Ned, unless he makes Ned's head sit the Iron Throne. Undead Ned kicking the poo poo out of his stupid undead oval office of a wife for all of the shitstorm her idiocy resulted in. Hmmmm. I'd read the poo poo out of that. Fog Tripper fucked around with this message at 22:25 on Mar 22, 2012 |
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So, with all the hype surrounding Hunger Games, I thought I'd jump over to the Amazon site and see what all the hubbub is about. Looking at the reviews the very first one compares the "brutal" nature to the writings of our very own GURM.quote:it's probably one of the most terrifying books I've read in a very long time! Right up there with George R.R. Martin, if not more so. What say you, Wildcards? Should I pull the trigger on the purchase? Would be refreshing to read a series like that of the GURM, but actually with an ending.
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Fog Tripper posted:So, with all the hype surrounding Hunger Games, I thought I'd jump over to the Amazon site and see what all the hubbub is about. Looking at the reviews the very first one compares the "brutal" nature to the writings of our very own GURM. There is not even one described rape, comparison invalid. It's a good book series though, particularly if you enjoyed stories like The Giver or Ender's Game when you were a kid. I devoured all three books in about 4 days. I didn't find it particularly scary though... that's a weird description.
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Fog Tripper posted:Undead Ned kicking the poo poo out of his stupid undead oval office of a wife for all of the shitstorm her idiocy resulted in. Hmmmm. I'd read the poo poo out of that. That would be way too cathartic for Gurm. Though I suppose this could happen in book 7, which mostly likely wouldn't come out in Gurm's lifetime anyways. Fog Tripper posted:What say you, Wildcards? Should I pull the trigger on the purchase? Would be refreshing to read a series like that of the GURM, but actually with an ending. It is indeed an enjoyable series and an easy read. It helps that there's only one viewpoint and no focus on turtles or rape or food.
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Fog Tripper posted:What say you, Wildcards? Should I pull the trigger on the purchase? Would be refreshing to read a series like that of the GURM, but actually with an ending. The prose is very YA but there's a legit good story if you can get past that. The only rape is implied but there's enough violence to make anyone happy.
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Fog Tripper posted:So, with all the hype surrounding Hunger Games, I thought I'd jump over to the Amazon site and see what all the hubbub is about. Looking at the reviews the very first one compares the "brutal" nature to the writings of our very own GURM. They're not bad. A fun light read, but pretty predictable. I read each in about a day over the last few weeks. If you have a kindle and Amazon Prime, you can rent them for free. Violence-wise: I guess it could be "Intro to GURM for 5 year olds". I really thought I was going to be annoyed with the stupid teen love triangle bullshit, but it was pretty well-done in those regards by keeping it to a c-level plot. And it's nice that the narrator is a complete sociopath when it comes to it. The author took the South Park movie's mantra a bit too literally - you can have as much grotesque violence as long as you don't say any naughty words. I don't thing there is one. Even the baby ones like "hell" or "drat". Not one. And they weren't necessarily needed, it just seemed a bit unnatural given how people actually talk.
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On the other hand there weren't any made up swear words, or a single instance of "must needs" (this is the cue to reply with posts that contain all grrms favorite buzzwords for at least a page)
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bigmcgaffney posted:On the other hand there weren't any made up swear words, or a single instance of "must needs" (this is the cue to reply with posts that contain all grrms favorite buzzwords for at least a page) I dunno why that series would contain any of those buzzwords since they're altered to fit an antiquated society in ASOIAF.
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Fog Tripper posted:So, with all the hype surrounding Hunger Games, I thought I'd jump over to the Amazon site and see what all the hubbub is about. Looking at the reviews the very first one compares the "brutal" nature to the writings of our very own GURM. If you're ok with YA style writing they're pretty good and extremely quick reads. Nothing like Gurm at all really. I ran through all 3 in about a day each. It might be a bitch right now, but if you can get them from the library (or just camp out in a bookstore for a few hours) I would do that rather than pay full price. They are very quick reads.
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So I have my copy of Dreamsongs here and I see IRQ missed the best part of 'The Pear-shaped Man'. This is following on from 'his pants settled to the floor'.quote:She couldn't take it. No more, no more. She pulled the knife free of her bag, raised it over head. 'Stop!' And while I have it, a few choice fragments from 'Meathouse Man' which is just as creepy, though slightly better written. quote:He came to the bed slowly and sat to a chorus of creaking springs. He touched her and the flesh was warm. Of course. She was not a corpse, not really, no; the body was alive enough, a heartbeat under the heavy white breasts, she breathed. Only the brain was gone, ripped from her, replaced with a deadman's synthabrain. She was meat now, an extra body for a corpsehandler to control, just like the crew he worked each day under sulfur skies. She was not a woman. So it did not matter that Trager was just a boy, a jowly frog-faced boy who smelled of Skrakky. She (no it, remember?) would not care, could not care. quote:Trager was drained and satisfied, but he had more time left, and he was determined to get his money's worth. He explored her thoroughly, sticking his fingers everywhere they would go, touching her everywhere, rolling it over, looking at everything. The corpse moved like dead meat. This is the future, guys. Make the most of your real women while you can because you're going to be loving corpses sooner than you know it. Octy fucked around with this message at 09:10 on Mar 23, 2012 |
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Mar 23, 2012 09:07
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 This has to be a joke this can not be real. You sick fat fucker what is wrong with you.
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I wish it was but my prose skills aren't as good as the Gurm.
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Octy posted:So I have my copy of Dreamsongs here and I see IRQ missed the best part of 'The Pear-shaped Man'. This is following on from 'his pants settled to the floor'. George RR. Martin is the greatest writer of all time.
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Rape Jake. posted:George RR. Martin is the greatest writer of all time. It actually is a good collection of stories for the most part, but then out of nowhere you get these gems that are just awful and creepy and oh god I can't unsee the images GRRM has implanted. I'm working my way through Volume II at the moment so shall update if there's anything good, unless someone else has read it?
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Rape Jake. posted:George RR. Martin is the greatest writer of all time. I have to admit though I find the excerpts from neither the Pear-shaped nor Meathouse Man particularly disturbing. But that's probably because I've enjoyed the products of such masters of the pen as Stephen King, Dan Simmons and Junji Ito for a long time. Does Dreamsongs contain the Dunk and Egg stories?
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Rurik posted:Truly an American Tolkien. Volume II has the first story, which is mainly why I got it.
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Octy posted:Volume II has the first story, which is mainly why I got it. :grrm:
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Nope. You can get both individually, either as plain written text or a graphic novel. I just didn't want to pay $20 or so for a single story I mightn't like. Look it up on Amazon.
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I like the one about the big fat man who's trying to lose weight so makes a Faustian bargain and gets a magic demon-monkey that steals all his food. As he gets thinner the monkey gets fatter until it takes over his life.
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So that's what happened to the GRRM. It explains why he'd be a Giants fan.
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Fatkraken posted:I like the one about the big fat man who's trying to lose weight so makes a Faustian bargain and gets a magic demon-monkey that steals all his food. As he gets thinner the monkey gets fatter until it takes over his life. This is frightening in a Dorian Grey kind of way. Fatkraken posted:I like the one about the big fat man who's trying to lose weight so makes a Faustian bargain and gets a magic squirrel that steals all his food. As he gets thinner the squirrel gets fatter until it takes over his life. This is adorable. 
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gently caress ME Wrong thread for the second time.
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Intel&Sebastian posted:gently caress ME
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bouncyman posted:Be careful what you wish for. GURM is watching. The Pear-Shaped Man walks among us, after all.
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This is an especially dangerous situation as I will not be able to tell if the cheese doodle dust in my underwear was already there...or if the pear shaped man is on to me.....
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Goddamn, I want to find out what happens in that pear-shaped man story
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Intel&Sebastian posted:This is an especially dangerous situation as I will not be able to tell if the cheese doodle dust in my underwear was already there...or if the pear shaped man is on to me..... If it's any comfort, by the time you realize it it will already be too late.
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Ashrik posted:Goddamn, I want to find out what happens in that pear-shaped man story
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smarion2 posted:I have to be 21 to look at alcohol? Seriously... It's the only way to protect children from the FUN and EXCITEMENT of DRINKING ALCOHOL  e: and by "children" I mean a 20 year old who can buy a gun and drive a half ton of steel a mile per minute, which are fine for children but who is clearly not actually an adult who can handle drinking coors light.
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Minor correction: most kids get lovely first cars, so it's probably at least two tons of steel. I miss you, 1977 Mercury Land Titanic. 
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