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I, too, yearn for realism in this world in which winters last for decades at a time, a disreputable priest of Rh'llor raises someone from the dead multiple times, ice elves create legions of zombies, Faceless Men literally trade faces, and a seven-hundred-foot wall made of magical ice are all possible.
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Dragons should have been based on Trogdor
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Bobby Digital posted:Dragons should have been based on Trogdor Then there would be no wondering why the gently caress Dany doesn't have a saddle yet-- Drogon just holds her with his beefy back arm. It would work!
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kcroy posted:GOT sperg everywhere you look. Get her a copy of Peter Dickinson's _The Flight of Dragons_, she'll love it. Also "A Natural History of Dragons: a memoir by Lady Trent", it got good reviews, as far as I can tell it's a mom novel with dragons Hieronymous Alloy fucked around with this message at 20:47 on Aug 13, 2017 |
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Aug 13, 2017 20:43
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Get her a copy of Peter Dickinson's _The Flight of Dragons_, she'll love it. Thanks will do! Nice to have some present options, because I never know wtf to get her on holidays. I'm going to go send her down a dragon rabbit hole with all the wyvern talk. Mad Hamish posted:I, too, yearn for realism in this world in which winters last for decades at a time, a disreputable priest of Rh'llor raises someone from the dead multiple times, ice elves create legions of zombies, Faceless Men literally trade faces, and a seven-hundred-foot wall made of magical ice are all possible. I feel ya. I can accept all those, but the second some rear end in a top hat is shooting an arrow 700 feet straight up with enough strength to kill, I gots to sperg. Bobby Digital posted:Dragons should have been based on Trogdor
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Wasn't Smaug made a wyvern because they couldn't get the cgi model to look right with 4 legs + wings? I mean dragons have to be pure magic otherwise they'd need a few km wingspan to support that mass, not even speaking about all the other issues. Realism with dragons has to be the dumbest argument ever
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Aug 13, 2017 23:40
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That's why Draco still looks cool despite being dated 1997 CGI. They modeled his on land movements off a horse and mixed in sean connery's mannerisms and gestures.
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Aug 13, 2017 23:55
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Dragon bones are hollow and full of air sacs, just like a bird. Essentially, their skeletons are either balsa or polystyrene pebble board.
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Blade_of_tyshalle posted:Dragon bones are hollow and full of air sacs, just like a bird. Have you been watching Reign of Fire?
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Aug 14, 2017 00:01
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THEY USE HYDROGEN GAS TO GENERATE LIFT AND ALSO AS AN INGREDIENT TO THEIR FIRE SPIT
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violent sex idiot posted:THEY USE HYDROGEN GAS TO GENERATE LIFT AND ALSO AS AN INGREDIENT TO THEIR FIRE SPIT this is why if a dragon gets struck by lightning it explodes, and why they were seldom used in open warfare. Even a simple armor piercing tracer round could prove disastrous. This is why they were used mostly for stealth attacks in Iraq in 1991. It is rumored that dragons were used in the raid that killed bin laden - Their unique bone structure plays havoc with radar, and the JDRR ( Joint Dragon Rapid Response ) team was concerned that Bin Laden might have non-traditional entities, eg: Djinn, Desert Wyvern, etc. Having a flight of dragons - even ones bred for stealth and not strength - could be the difference between success and failure in a semi-magical standoff. Ultimately the concerns turned out to be unfounded - the supposed "informant" was receiving money from defense contractors DragDynamics. This scandal was quickly brushed "under the prayer rug" to use President Hussein Obama's metaphor.
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I'm mad that the dragons in the show do not conform to the design and rules set forth in my D&D Monster Manual.
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Pete's Dragon best dragon
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Arcsquad12 posted:That's why Draco still looks cool despite being dated 1997 CGI. They modeled his on land movements off a horse and mixed in sean connery's mannerisms and gestures. I love that terrible movie to this day. Has anyone watched the horrible looking sequel that's on Netflix? Is it worth it for dope dragon poo poo?
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So sayeth the Gurm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfSRotn5M9Y Lycus fucked around with this message at 01:21 on Aug 14, 2017 |
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Invicta{HOG}, M.D. posted:Pete's Dragon best dragon falcor and it's not even close.
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Vermithrax, plus he has the coolest name. Get the gently caress outta here with that drogon poo poo.
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esperterra posted:I love that terrible movie to this day. It is so "medieval 90s by way of Costner Robin Hood" it hurts. Dennis Quaid has never been a particularly good actor but his gruff attempts to sound vaguely medieval make Kevin Costner look practically Shakespeare in comparison.
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kcroy posted:this is why if a dragon gets struck by lightning it explodes, and why they were seldom used in open warfare. Even a simple armor piercing tracer round could prove disastrous. This is why they were used mostly for stealth attacks in Iraq in 1991. It is rumored that dragons were used in the raid that killed bin laden - Their unique bone structure plays havoc with radar, and the JDRR ( Joint Dragon Rapid Response ) team was concerned that Bin Laden might have non-traditional entities, eg: Djinn, Desert Wyvern, etc. Having a flight of dragons - even ones bred for stealth and not strength - could be the difference between success and failure in a semi-magical standoff. Now that John Ringo has arrived, this thread can get back to talking about rape.
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Wyverns are low-class imitators that take jobs from honest, hardworking dragons and promote dragon erasure.
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Nice to see confirmation that Jon's a trueborn Targ and not a bastard. Figured he was since it'd make sense and also firmly fit in to the "all the nobles in Westeros will always do the stupidest poo poo imaginable" rule they seem to follow. Like, IDK what would've happened if Robert's rebellion had failed. Rhaegar might've been able to spare Ned but finding out that his sister wasn't kidnapped but instead eloped with the crown prince? Only Dorne's reaction would've been more severe. Also it means that all of the political problems of the last 15-20 years stem from a prince and his lover being too stupid and ignorant to just openly declare their relationship.
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If dragon's aren't real...how can you gently caress up how they look?
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Evil Fluffy posted:Nice to see confirmation that Jon's a trueborn Targ and not a bastard. Figured he was since it'd make sense and also firmly fit in to the "all the nobles in Westeros will always do the stupidest poo poo imaginable" rule they seem to follow. having multiple wives was a targ tradition as old as marrying your siblings innit? also im pretty sure ned was never going to be ok with bending the knee to the guy who killed his father and brother, or even the son of that guy
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Lycus posted:So sayeth the Gurm: Everytime I see them together, I picture GRRM watching her unofficial "audition" tape, and it grosses me the f out. Also loving the cringe when he talks about it being more accurate.
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Kylaer posted:Now that John Ringo has arrived, this thread can get back to talking about rape. The Kildar guy?! I'm deeply flattered to be compared to a literary genius such as he. Does he have dragon books?
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violent sex idiot posted:having multiple wives was a targ tradition as old as marrying your siblings innit? also im pretty sure ned was never going to be ok with bending the knee to the guy who killed his father and brother, or even the son of that guy Some had multiple wives in the past, but Rhaegar had his other marriage annulled entirely.
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Gilly: Sam, how do you pronounce this? *reads from book* P-L-O-T-D-E-V-I-C-E
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esperterra posted:I love that terrible movie to this day. They're prequels and they're all so loving awful I loved every second of it. Apparently dragons jump through shadows and also their eggs are basically grenades. Anyway yeah wyverns suck, give me four legged dragons. I'm so sick of these knockoffs getting the dragon treatment and they're lame shits.
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Shoutout to an internet meme making it into the show. [davos says to gendry "i thought you'd still be rowing"]
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A GLISTENING HODOR posted:Shoutout to an internet meme making it into the show. Show better than fat man books
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Why did I even tune back in. Besides being tv show subtle about the Rhaegar confirmation and the inevtiable Gendry reunion, what was there? E: welp, at least we got Snow Team Six, and they are all cool as gently caress. SaviourX fucked around with this message at 04:38 on Aug 14, 2017 |
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Malpais Legate posted:They're prequels and they're all so loving awful I loved every second of it. Exactly what I wanted to hear. Thanks!
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Lycus posted:So sayeth the Gurm: Famed fat idiot makes scientifically accurate argument in straight face about fictional creature
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kcroy posted:The Kildar guy?! I'm deeply flattered to be compared to a literary genius such as he. Does he have dragon books? he does, yeah they also involve nymphomaniac anime elves who look 13, but who are okay to gently caress because they're ~*~actually~*~ 700 standard ringo setup, more or less. maybe a tad less racist than usual, since they're set in the transhuman far future where nonwhites have mysteriously died out, so ringo does not feel the need to invent a mechanism for killing off all nonwhite populations during the course of the story, like he usually does. PupsOfWar fucked around with this message at 11:44 on Aug 14, 2017 |
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Aug 14, 2017 11:41
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Ringo from the Beatles writes sci-fantasy? Okay, I don't want to Google this and ruin it for me.
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Lmao they hired a guy to play Dickon Tarly for like 3 episodes and say like three lines.
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Malpais Legate posted:Lmao they hired a guy to play Dickon Tarly for like 3 episodes and say like three lines. He was actually pretty good
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Randyll Tarly getting purged was extremely dope. I'm loving the breakneck pace of the show now. It's like the anti-Mereen. Show: Here's Tarly dad. He sucks. Fans: Boo. Show: Wow such a dick. Fans: Boo. Show: He's a pile of ash and he will be a reminder to not gently caress with progress. Fans: YAY!
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Smiling Jack posted:He was actually pretty good Yeah, his "Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhggggghhhhhh" was pretty immersive.
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