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Bombadilillo posted:What's Sword of Truth and what makes it hilariously bad. Wikipedia just tells me its the 62 most popular fantasy series. It's great when you're young, but holy poo poo, when you're older you notice all the might makes right, purity of lineage, and general objectivism with a dollop of fetishes.
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Avenging_Mikon posted:It's great when you're young, but holy poo poo, when you're older you notice all the might makes right, purity of lineage, and general objectivism with a dollop of fetishes. I don't see a problem here?
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Dec 9, 2016 07:32
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I feel sad that I recognised it was SoT straight away. Also holy poo poo, those faces. It's like they're wearing skin masks.
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Dec 9, 2016 11:56
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PCOS Bill posted:I don't see a problem here? Pull your cards a bit closer to your chest, I caught a glimpse and your spades ain't just spades
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Dec 9, 2016 12:43
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Avenging_Mikon posted:It's great when you're young, but holy poo poo, when you're older you notice all the might makes right, purity of lineage, and general objectivism with a dollop of fetishes. Yeah, exactly this. I loved the poo poo out of it as a teen, but that was also before I was able to read into the subtext of all that garbage. Also I'd say it's more a dollop of fetishes and more, well... I forget how many rapes each book has, but I'm sure someone's catalogued that somewhere.
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Dec 9, 2016 14:16
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Bombadilillo posted:What's Sword of Truth and what makes it hilariously bad. Wikipedia just tells me its the 62 most popular fantasy series. There's a bit where the main "good" guy feels betrayed by his wife because she had sex with him (while he was in disguise as his own brother), even though she was forced to do so, and so he storms off in a huff accompanied by a perky dominatrix. His other, less attractive, wife is killed by his brother (in disguise as him) during this sequence. Her death is never acknowledged by any character.
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Dec 9, 2016 14:41
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Somfin posted:Her death is never acknowledged by any character. Well yeah, she was kind of whiny and didn't understand what was going on ergo she was a worthless moron so who gives a poo poo
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Dec 9, 2016 15:37
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There's a Let's Read, which is probably better than actually reading the series. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3668845
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Dec 9, 2016 23:17
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Subjunctive posted:There's a Let's Read, which is probably better than actually reading the series. Certainly better, and that's the thread I was saying it was xposted from.
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Dec 10, 2016 00:45
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One of my friends got a tattoo today. He's been talking about it excitedly for weeks, now, but he hasn't explained what it was. I didn't expect it to be this bad. And of course he posts the picture three hours after he gets home.  His words: "For those of you who don't understand the tattoo, the "kanji" and the symbol its about the elements, fire, water, air, earth. The 5 points on the star represent the 4 main elements and the 5th point going down represents "self". The paw print is for my spirit animal. Religiously, worship yourself and nature."
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Dec 12, 2016 01:53
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lmao
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Dec 12, 2016 01:57
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Morglock posted:One of my friends got a tattoo today. He's been talking about it excitedly for weeks, now, but he hasn't explained what it was. You meant "ex-friend", surely.
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Dec 12, 2016 01:58
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That is middle school as gently caress.
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Dec 12, 2016 02:12
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That is honestly one of the worst tattoos I've ever seen, and made moreso by the explanation. 
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Dec 12, 2016 02:38
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Thank god tattoos aren't permanent.
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Dec 12, 2016 02:44
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If he hadn't explained it I would just assume anime. This one would get a bingo I think. http://iob.imgur.com/uYGg/epXsW3sa2y Field Mousepad has a new favorite as of 03:24 on Dec 12, 2016 |
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Dec 12, 2016 03:18
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Chichevache posted:You meant "ex-friend", surely. well, i'm keeping them on my friends list just in case they get another tattoo, but yes.
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Dec 12, 2016 04:31
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Morglock posted:One of my friends got a tattoo today. He's been talking about it excitedly for weeks, now, but he hasn't explained what it was. Goddamn 
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Dec 12, 2016 04:42
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Morglock posted:His words: I like how he said "for those of you who don't understand", as if there was someone out there who could interpret the meaning behind his carefully curated collection of unrelated items.
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Dec 12, 2016 05:05
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Morglock posted:One of my friends got a tattoo today. He's been talking about it excitedly for weeks, now, but he hasn't explained what it was. Anime and furries are satanic. Jack Chick would approve.
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Dec 12, 2016 05:55
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Morglock posted:One of my friends got a tattoo today. He's been talking about it excitedly for weeks, now, but he hasn't explained what it was. This is a special level of terrible. Also it looks like it's tiny, is it?
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Dec 12, 2016 08:52
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Corrode posted:This is a special level of terrible. Also it looks like it's tiny, is it? Couldn't tell you. I haven't seen it in person as he lives several hours away and I have no idea where he's put it. I hope it is so that a year down the line when he realizes just how bad it is, it can easily be covered.
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Dec 12, 2016 09:32
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Do you want to point out to him that it says wind not air? I mean it's a minor thing, but since he seems to have some lovely homebrew religion based on his tat it might piss him off enought to get rid of it. Edit: Nope, not at all. That's like saying, oh it's okay because it's a windplane or a windconditioner. You sound like a dumbass. Also specifically since this is probably some onmyodo bullshit because of the five pointed star he specifically wants 'air' not 'wind'. \/\/\/\ Rolled Cabbage has a new favorite as of 10:58 on Dec 12, 2016 |
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Dec 12, 2016 10:48
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Cursory google search seems to indicate wind and air are basically the same symbol though?
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Dec 12, 2016 10:51
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Those aren't even the elements in Chinese mythology! Those are wood, metal, fire, water and earth. What the hell is this moron doing!
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Dec 12, 2016 10:57
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Assuming he gets his spiritual views from video games, "wind" and "air" are both names for the same element. Let's not presume his beliefs go any deeper than that.
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Dec 12, 2016 11:04
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uXs posted:Cursory google search seems to indicate wind and air are basically the same symbol though? Air is more like 氣 whereas wind is more 風. There's considerable nuance.
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Dec 12, 2016 11:06
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Pretty sure the planeteers would say wind not air.
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Dec 12, 2016 11:44
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 Memories from hanging out with guys who were a little to into swords and anime resurfacing... Godai is the classical system of five elements in Japan. It's from Buddism, and there's some book about swordsmanship that uses it so it shows up in white dude bushido sometimes. Not sure if it uses the kanji for wind or the one for air, and I don't know why the fifth element, ether/spirit, is omitted all together. Let's see what a GIS brings up...  Mystery solved.
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Dec 12, 2016 12:39
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there wolf posted::. , and I don't know why the fifth element, ether/spirit, is omitted all together... Going out on a limb and guessing it's because wolves have four toes. Or maybe there's a dewclaw tat a few inches away.
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Dec 12, 2016 12:51
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there wolf posted:
Just keeps getting better.
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Dec 12, 2016 16:08
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We should all work together to design him a coverup that can't be described as "not quite as embarrassing as a shelf full of pvc cat girl figurines."
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Dec 12, 2016 16:15
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CommonShore posted:We should all work together to design him a coverup that can't be described as "not quite as embarrassing as a shelf full of pvc cat girl figurines." Sounds like we need a new Photoshop thread to me.
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Dec 12, 2016 17:24
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Morglock posted:One of my friends got a tattoo today. He's been talking about it excitedly for weeks, now, but he hasn't explained what it was. You know that sound when semi trucks downshift to slow down? A sigh/groan just came out of my mouth that sounded just like that. Holy poo poo that's terrible.
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Dec 13, 2016 03:20
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 Can't beat the classic.
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PCOS Bill posted:It's an awesome fantasy series and nothing about it is bad except that there's only so many books in the series. You finally hosed up and went too far.
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sleppy posted:
This makes me confused. They are clearly dog tits, (it says so), but then why does he have a tatt of a tiger? Does he feel more like the dog or the tiger? Or are they tiger tits, and he just has the words "Dog tits" tattooed for some other inexplicablereason.
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His tiger's name is "Dog".
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