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The point is that if events are predetermined, then there is no concept of free will in that universe.
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# ? Aug 15, 2017 19:01 |
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The fact that Simurgh's power works at all means that all free will is predetermined, which means it isn't really free will. This is one of the stupidest things to take from the narrative, but that's kind of my problem with Worm.
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# ? Aug 15, 2017 19:07 |
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Is "free will doesn't really exist" that controversial of a stance?
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# ? Aug 15, 2017 22:48 |
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To try to move this away from the most interminable philospohical argument in recorded history Im just wrapping up arc 6 of twig and holy poo poo is the Duke terrifying. Just a superhuman royal with no fucks to give about anyone else, nobody to tell him no I guess I never thought about what the broader society was like, with the focus on the lambs and their missions, but goddamn Also poor Jamie. Poor Gordon. E. I WROTE THAT BEFORE THE END OF 6.13 WHAT THE gently caress WILDBOW WHT YOU GITTA DO THIS BENGHAZI 2 fucked around with this message at 23:56 on Aug 15, 2017 |
# ? Aug 15, 2017 23:45 |
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How old are the Lambs supposed to be? I just got to the start of arc 8 and I'm having a hell of a time pinning it down
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# ? Aug 18, 2017 12:43 |
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BENGHAZI 2 posted:How old are the Lambs supposed to be? I just got to the start of arc 8 and I'm having a hell of a time pinning it down There's usually something like half a year to a year between arcs so that's no surprise. Besides 'age' becomes a bit fussy when you are talking about biological experiments.
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# ? Aug 18, 2017 13:41 |
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Namarrgon posted:There's usually something like half a year to a year between arcs so that's no surprise. At the start of 8 Lillian mentions being fifteen, so that at least gives me a physical age to pin to the Lambs for now Also gently caress this Lillian and Sy poo poo Sy/Mary OTP
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# ? Aug 18, 2017 13:51 |
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BENGHAZI 2 posted:To try to move this away from the most interminable philospohical argument in recorded history Im just wrapping up arc 6 of twig and holy poo poo is the Duke terrifying. Just a superhuman royal with no fucks to give about anyone else, nobody to tell him no
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# ? Aug 20, 2017 20:24 |
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Arc 7 is a motherfucker too
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# ? Aug 20, 2017 20:48 |
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BENGHAZI 2 posted:Arc 7 is a motherfucker too Twig is goddamn amazing and Wildbow's best work to date by far, and I'm in the party that loved Worm both for Taylor's steady descent and for the This Is How People Get Involved With Gangs Allegory.
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# ? Aug 21, 2017 04:20 |
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GreyjoyBastard posted:Twig is goddamn amazing and Wildbow's best work to date by far, and I'm in the party that loved Worm both for Taylor's steady descent and for the This Is How People Get Involved With Gangs Allegory. For real The back quarter or so of 7 with the arrival of Jamie 2.0 and Ashton was actually loving crushing, watching Sy deal with the first thing in there And the Interlude from all the different POVs was fantastic
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# ? Aug 21, 2017 04:27 |
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BENGHAZI 2 posted:Also gently caress this Lillian and Sy poo poo Sy/Mary OTP I actually really liked the way the whole Sy/Mary thing went. It's a good example of how Sy is capable of genuinely caring for and doing what's best for those he cares about. He made a conscious decision to effectively loosen her emotional "leash" to him and get her involved with other people (mainly Gordon). Up until that point. Sy was pretty much Mary's only serious social connection, and Sy rightfully realized that wasn't healthy for her. His actions definitely end up being better for her in the end. I like Lillian and Sy because they both do and don't work together. It's easy to understand why they'd be attracted to each other, but there are also some fundamental conflicts in their perspectives*. I think it's a good thing for Sy to have a deep connection to a normal/non-experiment human, and it's also pretty easy for me to understand why Lillian is interested in Sy (he can be really loving charming if he wants to be). Also Lillian enjoys being teased and Sy is pretty big on teasing, haha. * This vvv. I can't remember which arcs the stuff above happened in, so I tried to compromise by just saying "pretty sure this one is past where you are" for the last one (the earlier ones shouldn't be a spoiler for where you are). Ytlaya fucked around with this message at 22:53 on Aug 23, 2017 |
# ? Aug 22, 2017 04:00 |
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Polite request please tag your spoilers for Twig with at least an arc number
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# ? Aug 22, 2017 04:43 |
BENGHAZI 2 posted:For real Twig is absolutely heartbreaking at times.
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# ? Aug 22, 2017 13:15 |
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The Shortest Path posted:The fact that Simurgh's power works at all means that all free will is predetermined, which means it isn't really free will. This always seemed like a specious argument. I can observe you making a choice. Like, I can watch you make your choice to order a cheese pizza instead of a broccoli alfredo one. This doesn't mean that you couldn't make that choice, because to argue that would be stupid. Likewise, I can review my surveillance tapes of your house and watch you make a choice you made last week. If I can watch you make a choice NEXT week, there's still no problem. You stared at, for example, the cookies in the supermarket, and picked out the ones with melted Heath bars in them, and the fact that I watched you do it doesn't change, whether it's from the past, present, or future
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# ? Aug 24, 2017 05:16 |
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no no no no no we are not doing this argument shut the gently caress up
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# ? Aug 24, 2017 05:18 |
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Then on a different note: Is there any chance the OP can be updated with some good non-Wildbow web serials? I like talking about Worm as much as the next guy, but it'd be nice to not have to trawl the whole thread for recommendations.
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# ? Aug 24, 2017 05:23 |
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OP last posted in 2013, holy crap thread old.
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# ? Aug 24, 2017 06:33 |
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So is Twig done? I usually wait till after a whole arc to start reading and it hasn't updated in a while.
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# ? Aug 24, 2017 09:32 |
Nope, still going. Still on the same schedule. Maybe you need to refresh?
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# ? Aug 24, 2017 10:51 |
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Oh I see now, the index is being weird; it always puts 20.x on the bottom, despite it coming after around 20.5 so it seemed as if there was no update after 20.x.
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# ? Aug 24, 2017 14:31 |
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John Lee posted:Then on a different note: Is there any chance the OP can be updated with some good non-Wildbow web serials? I like talking about Worm as much as the next guy, but it'd be nice to not have to trawl the whole thread for recommendations. It can't, sadly, because of: sunken fleet posted:OP last posted in 2013, holy crap thread old. The OP hasn't even made a post on this forum in over a year. We could get a mod to do edits, but... I decided to spend the past half hour or so writing up a new thread with summaries for a whole bunch of stories that are popular here. It just needs ones for the stories I haven't read yet and it's pretty much good to post, if that's cool with you guys. I figured a fresh start would be beneficial.
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# ? Aug 24, 2017 14:43 |
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I say post it, you can edit in summaries for popular ones you haven't read after the rest of us write them
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# ? Aug 24, 2017 14:48 |
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Just make a new thread you dopes. There's no contract saying you have to keep posting in the same one forever.
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# ? Aug 24, 2017 15:03 |
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# ? Jun 1, 2024 05:00 |
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Okay cool here you go: NEW THREAD https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3831668 NEW THREAD
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