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site posted:hes said hes already writing towards an ending, and unlike ultimates it looks like theyre not gonna cancel it, so im assuming hes gonna tie it all together (or at least what he wants to anyways) He already wrote the ending. *FIVE BILLION YEARS LATER*
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Immortal does mean immortal Roll w it
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goatface posted:Did he buy the wine or was he gifted the wine? Or did he "acquire" the wine during legion time travel hijinks? Gifted by various grateful people whenever he saves them from some catastrophe or other.
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Feb 3, 2020 14:11
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I sometimes wonder why so many people write/say "gifted" instead of "given" nowadays.
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Feb 3, 2020 23:41
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Because they wanted to emphasise that the thing being given was a gift? That's not a new word, friend.
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I got curious so I went to the OED, my first and only friend.  Pretty good vintage!
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Feb 4, 2020 06:37
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'Gift' is German for 'poison' so if you gently caress that up you can have a lot of intercultural fun! Though there is the German word 'Mitgift' ('dowry') where the original meaning is preserved. Maybe some Germans really wanted to give their sons-in-law some poison and that's why the meaning changed.
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Grendels Dad posted:'Gift' is German for 'poison' so if you gently caress that up you can have a lot of intercultural fun! It could be like how "mortgage" means "death pledge".
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Glagha posted:Because they wanted to emphasise that the thing being given was a gift? That's not a new word, friend. It’s not, but words become more or less popular over time. It’s not crazy to think that “to gift” has to a certain extent displaced “to give” over recent years. You could even measure it, if you really cared.
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Zombie Dachshund posted:It’s not, but words become more or less popular over time. It’s not crazy to think that “to gift” has to a certain extent displaced “to give” over recent years. You could even measure it, if you really cared.
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Shifts like that can have the weirdest, most opaque reasons. My bet is on the increasing popularity of TV shows over the last few years that have old timey dialog.
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I blame Seinfeld and the mass consciousness of the term "re-gifting"
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I blame Xavier's School for the Gifted. Lousy muties.
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Grendels Dad posted:Shifts like that can have the weirdest, most opaque reasons. My bet is on the increasing popularity of TV shows over the last few years that have old timey dialog. My half-assed theory that I just invented is that if you "gift" something to somebody, it's explicitly calling out that you're doing a nice thing for them. To "give" somebody something is more neutral.
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The Ravages of Time- Chapter 527 Basically Yet-Another-Romance-of-the-Three-Kingdoms manhua retelling. There is basically a very long setup for this scene, but the tl;dr is one army is being pursued and a massive thorny abatis of sticks, spikes, and antlers the size of a mountain blocks their only escape route.  They start desperately attempting to clear the blockade before they're set upon, until they are suddenly rescued from the other side.    The path cleared the army manage to pass through, pondering who the hero was that rescued their Lord, and stayed behind to lay a trap for their pursuers As the pursuing army approaches, he taunts them to draw them in...     The entire mountain of abatis crushes the opposing army, wiping them out.    [spoiler]Do not pursue Li Tong[spoiler] Just an extremely  moment with a Vassal sacrificing themselves for their Lord.Whole series is pretty dope, but it is super super loving long. (Apologies for excess panels, I tried to keep it as succinct as possible so you got an context of the scene + key pages so it wasn't just "what the gently caress are all these spikes")
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To gift hasn't supplanted to give though? It's just when specifically someone is giving a present, such as when giving wine to someone, people will say gift instead because it's a gift. I'm super fuckin confused right now. Like I seriously feel like I'm taking crazy pills do you folks really not understand the connotation difference between "to gift" and "to give"? You use one when something is a gift and you use the other for everything else.
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Infinitum posted:The Ravages of Time- Chapter 527 This is really beautifully drawn, it reminds of me of Hiroaki Samura when he's putting the effort in, or the guy who does Vagabond. I will check this out, thank you for sharing it.
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Elfface posted:muties. Mods?
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It's not a slur if Elfface is a mutant. Are you a mutant, Elfface...? 
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That’s some gorgeous manga and a good badass scene.
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How Wonderful! posted:It's not a slur if Elfface is a mutant. Are you a mutant, Elfface...? Gee, I dunno How Wonderful... Are you a [Insert slur of choice, boy Kitty liked to use 'em!]?
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Yes, I am a mutant, yes my power is not being able to do a cartwheel, yes I was on the Joe Kelly team for 18 issues, yes for the love of god I died off-panel in an ill-considered Chuck Austen allegory, but I'm back now and thrilled to be here.
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Glagha posted:To gift hasn't supplanted to give though? It's just when specifically someone is giving a present, such as when giving wine to someone, people will say gift instead because it's a gift. I'm super fuckin confused right now. Yeah, I’m not getting the whole thing either. Gifting someone something is not a new saying in any sense.
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How Wonderful! posted:Yes, I am a mutant, yes my power is not being able to do a cartwheel, yes I was on the Joe Kelly team for 18 issues, yes for the love of god I died off-panel in an ill-considered Chuck Austen allegory, but I'm back now and thrilled to be here. You aren't really an X-Man/New Mutant/etc. until you've died at least once.
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Glagha posted:To gift hasn't supplanted to give though? It's just when specifically someone is giving a present, such as when giving wine to someone, people will say gift instead because it's a gift. I'm super fuckin confused right now.
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ManiacClown posted:You aren't really an X-Man/New Mutant/etc. until you've died at least once. I don't think Bobby Drake has ever died (Outside of non x books where half/all life is eliminated only to be restored at the end).
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Sounds like a cute idea for a B or C-plot in Marauders after Bobby gets resurrected at Krakoa for the first time. "Hey we've been waiting for this for ages" "Last of the originals to finally take a dive." "When you saw the light, did you melt?" "Very funny guys" Or some similar hack-y stuff.
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gift: "Here is a present! No, go on, it's for you!" give: "hold this."
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Knew.
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Skwirl posted:I don't think Bobby Drake has ever died (Outside of non x books where half/all life is eliminated only to be restored at the end). By the time anyone thought to kill him, his powers made him functionally immortal. Just rebuilds himself from nearby water.
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SPY x FAMILY This manga is an action-comedy set in a fictionalised Cold War period. The main character is a spy from The West who is currently undercover in The East (respectively West German and East Germany, basically), and his group is currently trying to prevent a terrorist cell of university students from bombing some important political talks and sparking an actual hot war in the process. His partners manage to capture the whole cell, minus the leader, and tie them up, waiting for the protagonist and his handler (the woman who makes the speech in these pages) to come and do the interrogation. But first they ask: Where is your leader? Where are you planning to plant the bomb? (Read from right to left.)   
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Dope panels Loving the unnecessary censoring of 'Eat turd' 
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I've been a bit annoyed with Birthright spinning its wheels for...awhile, but issue #41 moved things forward in a big way starting with this ridiculous six-page battle spread. (open in a new tab)Cribbing liberally from BPD: Hell On Earth, but still very impressive.
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I liked Birthright but I’m out on it. I think I’ve still got 42 on order, but this is one I’ll grab out of dollar bins when it’s done. That said - it’s got some pretty wicked moments throughout.
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 Absolute Carnage #1 - Spidey and Venom have their lunch interrupted.
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DigitalRaven posted:
 Why do even people bother trying to be burglars in the MU?
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It's probably like Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, only with super powers. Like, there's a constant chance that you might fall into a vat of something during a crime and come out lucky.
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Alhazred posted:Why do even people bother trying to be burglars in Gotham City
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Because the "Bat Man" is just a rumor made up by the police to try to scare people. He doesn't exist. It's just that whenever the police engage in a bit too much brutality they blame it on a so-called vigilante. When they want to scare people they just shine a light in the sky. Those supposed sightings are just various cops in a costume. Hell, I hear Jim Gordon was in the suit for a bit. Those guys who claim they've gotten beaten up by him? Got tricked by a cop or are plants designed to make things easier. Same thing for the Joker. You really think some guy in clown makeup could threaten people over and over instead of just getting shot in the face? Now come on, help me break into Ace Chemicals. =
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