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https://twitter.com/ElixirLibris/status/1563386073086304257 Was this entire hobby building up to making this one incredibly stupid joke?
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cptn_dr posted:Was this entire hobby building up to making this one incredibly Hell yeah it was 
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Aug 27, 2022 06:04
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It’s just Dr. Thunder, Admiral Nelson, and that Barstool Sports flavored vodka that sat by the register at my 7-11 with a slowly decreasing price for 6 months. A lovely drink for lovely teens.
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Aug 27, 2022 08:30
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cptn_dr posted:https://twitter.com/ElixirLibris/status/1563386073086304257  FOURTH HOUSE RULES
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Aug 27, 2022 10:37
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I feel like I have a pretty good grasp of what the other Houses are all about, but the Fourth is still kind of an enigma to me. I think they're like shock troops or assassins basically?
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I'm not really sure either. My theory is that like many dictatorships, there is one regular military (Second) and one revolutionary guard esque loyalist force that keeps everyone else in line as well as fighting.
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Aug 27, 2022 14:07
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My impression is the Fourth House is the frontline, the first sent out in to battle. Basically cannon fodder.
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Aug 27, 2022 22:11
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The perception I have is 2nd House: officers and 4th House: grunts. Also apparently some Kobo owners just got Nona early and I hate them.
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The Awful Teens definitely give the impression that being Fourth is a death sentence, in that they are cultivated to throw themselves into the meat grinder.
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Aug 28, 2022 17:23
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The way I see it is this: for a military that requires dead soldiers (on either side) to power their abilities, having an entire house whose purpose is “be soldiers with a high likelihood of making at least one person dead”, they’ve managed to handily combine an advance guard, a supply of fresh corpses, narratives of heroic sacrifice for the propaganda machine, and an excellent example of what not to do for actually competent officers. Alternatively: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqaCEPwWGtc
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big dyke energy posted:Also apparently some Kobo owners just got Nona early and I hate them.  Definitely going to be careful of more spoilers going around but I think all the advanced readers have been pretty good about keeping things under wraps.
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My understanding of the 4th House is that they are the shock troops make first contact and establish the initial foothold who probably also commit horrific war crimes to provide the necromantic "juice" so to speak. They are aren't meant to die, but statistically certainly will after a few planetary landings. I kinda see them as Paratroopers with even more of a 19th century Light Cav "live fast die young reanimate my beautiful corpse" attitude.
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big dyke energy posted:The perception I have is 2nd House: officers and 4th House: grunts. I think it’s more like 2nd House = Army and 4th House = Marines, in that they eat crayons and are more likely to get exploded.
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2nd House are the people who joined the Army for paid college, 4th House are the True Patriots. Also, I still don’t understand how AL would have been able to take over Harrow’s spirit. That theory doesn’t make sense to me. ETA: the other thing I’m desperately curious about is who Harrow and Ianthe talked to from BoE before the Emperor’s forces rescued them from the First House planet. Considering Camilla, Coronabeth and Judith got taken from there and Harrow was informed how to treat the sword it had to be someone Who did Ianthe have to talk to about a Queen? Who is the Queen she was talking about? This whole drat series is a mystery box and I love it and I’m so glad it’s coming out in 2 weeks DreamingofRoses fucked around with this message at 13:33 on Aug 29, 2022 |
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DreamingofRoses posted:Also, I still don’t understand how AL would have been able to take over Harrow’s spirit. That theory doesn’t make sense to me. They've done a chinese firedrill with the bodies. I don't remember a theory of Al taking over Harrow?
We find out that Gideon the First also figured out the proper way to do Lyctorhood, and that Pyrrha Dve is still rocking away inside and they're both doing deep cover work for Edenites. Somehow perfect Lyctorhood threatens Jod's position and he doesn't want that. So you've got Harrow's soul in the tomb Gideons soul in Harrows body ~Something~ in Gideon's body as Nona (its Al) SexPal's soul in a little skull doll Bab's soul eaten by Ianthe and Pyrrha and GtF bff's while rent sharing
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M_Gargantua posted:They've done a chinese firedrill with the bodies. I don't remember a theory of Al taking over Harrow? I see what you mean now! I was getting the theories confused because I thought people were claiming Nona was Al because I can’t read apparently. I thought Gideon’s body doesn’t rot for the same reason she didn’t die from the neurotoxin because of some thalergetic bullshit from being the child of God
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DreamingofRoses posted:I see what you mean now! I was getting the theories confused because I thought people were claiming Nona was Al because I can’t read apparently. Yes on both counts. I say Nona is Al, people disagree, we will find out this month (and I will be vindicated)
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M_Gargantua posted:Yes on both counts. I say Nona is Al, people disagree, we will find out this month (and I will be vindicated) I can kind of see where you get that, given the personality and utter bafflement of everyone involved. You’re still wrong (  ) but I can at least understand why you came to that conclusion.
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Oh huh um what if it's not AL and is in fact AI and is actually artificial intelligence I don't think I've seen that theory before
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M_Gargantua posted:So you've got Regarding one point on this spoiler: Gideon the First is dead, his soul got blatted fighting the resurrection beast so it's now Pyrrha full time on GtF's body.
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I can't tell anymore if these ominous bars are Nona spoilers or Gideon/Harrow spoilers. 
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Keret posted:I can't tell anymore if these ominous bars are Nona spoilers or Gideon/Harrow spoilers. Sort of both!
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I have read none of Nona yet, which I can assure you will be go from 0% to 100% come the 13th
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M_Gargantua posted:I have read none of Nona yet, which I can assure you will be go from 0% to 100% come the 13th 
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Fuuuck it's already so close, I kept putting off rereading the books because I wanted them fresh in my mind when I started on the next but now Nona's right on the horizon. Welp.
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silvergoose posted:Oh huh um what if it's not AL and is in fact AI and is actually artificial intelligence Nona is actually an AI NFT persona that was developed to sell virtual land in the metaverse I'm sorry to tell you this but facebook still exists a myriad later
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Happy Landfill posted:Nona is actually an AI NFT persona that was developed to sell virtual land in the metaverse see I would not be at all put out if it was something like that
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🦴🦴🦴 With the NTN release imminent, I just want to preemptively remind everyone to please be careful of spoilers in your exceitement to postpostpost about the new book, bearing in mind not everyone is going to have had a chance to read it day one or even week one. Please use spoiler tags for any NTN plot details, and make it clear if your spoiler tags are hiding actual spoilers or just wild speculation. 🦴🦴🦴
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Even weirder, whoever it was knew Judith was an unwilling captive because the letter just says “silence her immediately, kill if necessary” because she’d blow Harrow’s entire thing.
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Keret posted:I can't tell anymore if these ominous bars are Nona spoilers or Gideon/Harrow spoilers. It's all the latter. One thing the summary above didn't mention is the role of the sword in conveying souls, like when harrow stabs cyths body and then she starts walking around.
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gief buk NYAO plz kthx bai
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I just got Nona and I cannot believe I failed to predict Nona's dark secret, which is that she is made of BONES. It's bones all the way down!
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Rand Brittain posted:I just got Nona and I cannot believe I failed to predict Nona's dark secret, which is that she is made of BONES. It's bones all the way down! Nona more like bona amirite ...I'll see myself out
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I'm going to compliment these drinks everytime because they look awesome and they look like they taste awesome How do you start with these? Do you go in with a mix in mind or is there a lot of trial and error?
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Happy Landfill posted:I'm going to compliment these drinks everytime because they look awesome and they look like they taste awesome Thanks! To be honest, I mostly hunt through cocktail books and various websites looking for drinks that A. Sound nice, B. Use ingredients I have on hand or can get easily and (most important) C. Have a name that can easily be turned into a So for that last one, it's a twist on a White Lady, which is a good start for Dulcinea /Cytherea, one of the handful of pākehā (white) characters . Dulcie's outfits are described as being white and floaty, so the egg white foam really calls that to mind. A White Lady traditionally has cointreau in it, but I decided to swap that out for a white wine syrup — perfect for Cytherea the murderous cougar who does actually seem to still be a bit sweet on Gideon. And then I sloshed some bitters over the top to suggest coughed-up blood. That didn't work quite as well as I liked because I have real poor fine motor skills and the spray didn't look great but I'd committed by that point. Then I photograph them and drink immediately. So far they've all been delicious, but I'm prepared for a disaster any day now.
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cptn_dr posted:. So far they've all been delicious, but I'm prepared for a disaster any day now. I really love what you're doing with all of these. Obviously the taste of the cocktail is important to the overall experience but I appreciate the subtle ways that you can have the taste and the aesthetic play off each other--the part about throwing in the bitters at the end was  All in all, just really cool stuff  it's like fanart or cosplay taken to a different level. Plus booze!
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Those cocktails look amazing and I wish I had enough of a liquor cabinet to try them.
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