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Effectronica
May 31, 2011
Fallen Rib
the sand people are apache, navajo, all the native americans of the southwest

V. Illych L. posted:

i think Tolkien is actually remarkably anti-sexist within the confines of his genre

i cannot think of a single weak female character in his works - even Rosie Cotton has a certain bumpkin independence to her. the only issue on this is that he could probably have increased the degree to which they were represented, but that's also complicated by what he was trying to do, which was writing the mythology of this fictional world, mythologies and epic poetry related to it being inherently male-focussed as a historical genre

i find myself downright gleeful that theoden's objection to eowyn riding to the aid of gondor is that he needs one heir left alive

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My Imaginary GF
Jul 17, 2005

by R. Guyovich

LorrdErnie posted:

eh that's fair i just tend to read primitive desert tribes attacking the civilized white people as european stereotypes about arabs

also they use those melee weapon things that aren't even cool laser swords and the classic depiction of arab warrior always includes the scimitar

and their only role in the story other than attacking settlements is to attack a couple of knights in the desert

ah

they are not arabs

they are... space turks!

R. Mute
Jul 27, 2011

zoux posted:

Then why am i so attracted to you
you love my personality

The ideology eater
Oct 20, 2010

IT'S GARBAGE DAY AT WENDY'S FUCK YEAH WE EATIN GOOD TONIGHT
yeah i guess on reflection the only thing i have for the gypsies thing is that they deal in scrap metal and are impossible to understand

i think its been something like 5 years since i last saw the movies though so i might be missing something else

sandcrawlers are basically caravans?

My Imaginary GF
Jul 17, 2005

by R. Guyovich

R. Mute posted:

you love my personality

hey r mute, im gonna take a long hot shower before bed just because i can.

also sandcrawlers are the horse archers of tatooine

R. Mute
Jul 27, 2011

My Imaginary GF posted:

hey r mute, im gonna take a long hot shower before bed just because i can.
tell me more

Berke Negri
Feb 15, 2012

Les Ricains tuent et moi je mue
Mao Mao
Les fous sont rois et moi je bois
Mao Mao
Les bombes tonnent et moi je sonne
Mao Mao
Les bebes fuient et moi je fuis
Mao Mao


Gravel Gravy posted:

What's so good about it?

its a new day for productive posting, friend

The ideology eater
Oct 20, 2010

IT'S GARBAGE DAY AT WENDY'S FUCK YEAH WE EATIN GOOD TONIGHT

My Imaginary GF posted:

ah

they are not arabs

they are... space turks!

that actually might be a better fit but really racist depictions of everyone in the middle east are pretty darn samey

Effectronica
May 31, 2011
Fallen Rib

Disinterested posted:

she was probably the least retarded of the powerful people in middle earth but it's kind of a tough call because they're all legit egocentric morons

galadriel's motivation for entering middle-earth is imperialism, which is why she understands sauron perfectly

R. Mute
Jul 27, 2011

soap up that midget body, tell me all about it

paranoid randroid
Mar 4, 2007
oh what a day

what a lovely day

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

Berke Negri posted:

its a new day for productive posting, friend

uve missed like 3 hours of top tier fantasy chat

paranoid randroid
Mar 4, 2007
fantasy is not good

The ideology eater
Oct 20, 2010

IT'S GARBAGE DAY AT WENDY'S FUCK YEAH WE EATIN GOOD TONIGHT
well yeah thats what the conversation is about

do yall think ewoks are indonesians, africans, or south americans?

My Imaginary GF
Jul 17, 2005

by R. Guyovich

R. Mute posted:

tell me more

it is usually around 11 and lasts about 15 minutes. i use soap, shampoo, and conditioner, in addition to washing behind my ears with a washcloth. the temperature is consistantly warm throughout this time. you will never take warm showers. your water heater will never get fixed. your life is the sad tale of a man's struggle through constant cold showers

paranoid randroid
Mar 4, 2007
ewoks are garbage

WoodrowSkillson
Feb 24, 2005

*Gestures at 60 years of Lions history*

my point is pretty much there is no need to comb the OT for racism when the PT just dives headfirst into crazytown

hell i would not be surprised if lucas actually wanted the sandpeople to ride things that looked a lot like camels and use scimitars and yell out the adhan

ZenVulgarity
Oct 9, 2012

I made the hat by transforming my zen

Clone Troopers own

Gin and Juche
Apr 3, 2008

The Highest Judge of Paradise
Shiki Eiki
YAMAXANADU

paranoid randroid posted:

oh what a day

what a lovely day

I can't watch the trailer without laughing.

Effectronica
May 31, 2011
Fallen Rib

LorrdErnie posted:

well yeah thats what the conversation is about

do yall think ewoks are indonesians, africans, or south americans?

ewoks are vietnamese

Gin and Juche
Apr 3, 2008

The Highest Judge of Paradise
Shiki Eiki
YAMAXANADU

ZenVulgarity posted:

Clone Troopers own

Republic Commando = only good thing to come from the prequels.

My Imaginary GF
Jul 17, 2005

by R. Guyovich

Effectronica posted:

ewoks are vietnamese

south or north?

WoodrowSkillson
Feb 24, 2005

*Gestures at 60 years of Lions history*

the ewoks were the herald of what was to come, the vanguard of lucas' insanity

Berke Negri
Feb 15, 2012

Les Ricains tuent et moi je mue
Mao Mao
Les fous sont rois et moi je bois
Mao Mao
Les bombes tonnent et moi je sonne
Mao Mao
Les bebes fuient et moi je fuis
Mao Mao


LorrdErnie posted:

well yeah thats what the conversation is about

do yall think ewoks are indonesians, africans, or south americans?

i think ewoks are small humanoids covered in fur from endor

Effectronica
May 31, 2011
Fallen Rib

My Imaginary GF posted:

south or north?

both

also, i still can't figure out if you were sincere or not about not knowing who mizrahim are

paranoid randroid
Mar 4, 2007
is migf ever sincere? what is the sound of one hand fakeposting

ZenVulgarity
Oct 9, 2012

I made the hat by transforming my zen

Gravel Gravy posted:

Republic Commando = only good thing to come from the prequels.

Apparently Star Wars: The CLone Wars was good never watch it though

Gin and Juche
Apr 3, 2008

The Highest Judge of Paradise
Shiki Eiki
YAMAXANADU

Berke Negri posted:

i think ewoks are small humanoids covered in fur from endor

No Endor's forest moon.

Gin and Juche
Apr 3, 2008

The Highest Judge of Paradise
Shiki Eiki
YAMAXANADU

paranoid randroid posted:

is migf ever sincere? what is the sound of one hand fakeposting

Don't know, where is the other hand?

The ideology eater
Oct 20, 2010

IT'S GARBAGE DAY AT WENDY'S FUCK YEAH WE EATIN GOOD TONIGHT

Effectronica posted:

ewoks are vietnamese

oh duh

V. Illych L.
Apr 11, 2008

ASK ME ABOUT LUMBER

Gravel Gravy posted:

Don't know, where is the other hand?

do you really want to know

My Imaginary GF
Jul 17, 2005

by R. Guyovich

Effectronica posted:

both

also, i still can't figure out if you were sincere or not about not knowing who mizrahim are

I'll tell you something I'm sincere about, my support of money in American politics.

The ideology eater
Oct 20, 2010

IT'S GARBAGE DAY AT WENDY'S FUCK YEAH WE EATIN GOOD TONIGHT

paranoid randroid posted:

is migf ever sincere? what is the sound of one hand fakeposting

:fap:

edit: gravelgravy you jerk

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

Do what I do, which is to completely ignore migf and never respond to his terrible posting

My Imaginary GF
Jul 17, 2005

by R. Guyovich

Gravel Gravy posted:

Don't know, where is the other hand?

is this a chicago hotdog joke?

Raskolnikov38
Mar 3, 2007

We were somewhere around Manila when the drugs began to take hold

Mecca-Benghazi posted:

explain it to me like i'm stupid, because i get all the others but not this one

i always thought they were supposed to be bedouins/tuaregs

Jerry Manderbilt
May 31, 2012

No matter how much paperwork I process, it never goes away. It only increases.

Raskolnikov38 posted:

i always thought they were supposed to be bedouins/tuaregs

george lucas said that the rebel alliance were supposed to be based off of the viet cong or something like that

My Imaginary GF
Jul 17, 2005

by R. Guyovich
do what I do, make 'em laugh, make 'em laugh, make 'em laugh while annoying shitposters from texas

Gin and Juche
Apr 3, 2008

The Highest Judge of Paradise
Shiki Eiki
YAMAXANADU

My Imaginary GF posted:

is this a chicago hotdog joke?

Depends on how literal the hotdog is.

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V. Illych L.
Apr 11, 2008

ASK ME ABOUT LUMBER

Raskolnikov38 posted:

i always thought they were supposed to be bedouins/tuaregs

those are warrior cultures, though, which the jawas clearly are not

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