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Edgar Allen Ho posted:I had to google it and lmao "Khaleesi" was still the name of almost 700 newborn girls in the US last year. Who is doing this For those girls' sake, I hope they'll only be put into schools with peers that have even dumber names
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Libluini posted:For those girls' sake, I hope they'll only be put into schools with peers that have even dumber names As someone who works at a school with several Khaleesi, it depends on your tolerance for unique spellings.
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Its funny because my cousin did legitimately name her kid after Daenerys but was actually smart and instead named her after her actress. It's already a real name and has several great nicknames she can go by (Emma, Mia, etc) Not saying you can't name your kid after your favorite character but godamn please remember you're naming future adults and not pets. It's like those loving McKinsleigh names or whatever. You're dooming your kid to constantly having their name mispronounced because not every one watched your dumb fantasy show
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I personally do t think you should name your kids after pop culture stuff even if you really like said pop culture. Or if you do just be very slight about it. Almost as bad as naming your kid the same name as you.
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I named my daughter after an Astrid Lindgren novel, and don't regret it at all  (though that name has been in use since the 80s)Edit: : Colbert: ≠
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Invalid Validation posted:I personally do t think you should name your kids after pop culture stuff even if you really like said pop culture. Or if you do just be very slight about it. Almost as bad as naming your kid the same name as you. You can be a nerd just be stealth nerd
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Lot of hate for Scottish surnames in this thread. Chardonnay is the worst, given, girls name imo. Naming your kid after a grape? Lovely.
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Collateral posted:Lot of hate for Scottish surnames in this thread. I think most people probably think they're naming their kid after the wine, which is even worse.
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in the hypothetical event that Brandon Sanderson convinces GRRMs widow to let him write Winds, I'm gonna stop reading the second Stannis dies or has no more chapters if he doesn't die raiding Winterfell like in the poo poo show
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Josuke Higashikata posted:in the hypothetical event that Brandon Sanderson convinces GRRMs widow to let him write Winds, I'm gonna stop reading the second Stannis dies or has no more chapters if he doesn't die raiding Winterfell like in the poo poo show Unlikely.
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Josuke Higashikata posted:in the hypothetical event that Brandon Sanderson convinces GRRMs widow to let him write Winds, I'm gonna stop reading the second Stannis dies or has no more chapters if he doesn't die raiding Winterfell like in the poo poo show The only promise GURM will ever hold is to burn all his manuscripts if he dies before it's finished
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Jul 31, 2023 13:02
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He'll die on the shitter and the author will think it's used bog roll
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gurm's supposed desire not to let anyone continue his work or publish unauthorized derivatives of it will not last much after his death, like media conglamorates can't find a way past a fat dead man's dying wishes, heck I'd be shocked if his notes will actually be burned.
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Serious question. Would his publishers not in fact have some contractual claim on that stuff?
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I'm still not convinced he actually said he wants the notes burned. All I've definitely read he actually said was something like he doesn't want another writer to continue his series. And even there it was more of an offhand comment than a super serious proclamation. I'm not certain they'd have someone finish the series when he dies, the last actual book would be 12+ years old, maybe they'd just publish his unfinished notes (as far as his estate allows) and call it a day.
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Anything ASOIAF that is unpublished, if not already claimed by HBO, the numerous publishers of the books, is going to be worth incredibly more than it is now because it could find actually finally see the light of day, even with the show having poisoned the franchise somewhat. Most of the remaining interest is in how much of it actually has answers and outcomes or if he's fully bogged down in something and no plan out because he has nothing planned. The actual writing is kinda uninteresting outside of sunk cost fallacy. of course there isn't anything so its a moot point.
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Anders posted:The only promise GURM will ever hold is to burn all his manuscripts if he dies before it's finished This is bullshit and GURM knows it There is no way he actually has any notes at all
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Happy Landfill posted:You can be a nerd just be stealth nerd On the other hand people have had so many stupider reasons for names and so many shittier people they've named their kids after so an actor on the dragon show might be best case scenario for whites 🤔 at least she didn't like commit war crimes in real life
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Give your kids strong names like bedrock and asphalt
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ONE YEAR LATER posted:Give your kids strong names like tarquin and thundertruck
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ONE YEAR LATER posted:Give your kids strong names like bedrock and asphalt  Good proper Discworld troll names
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pidan posted:I'm not certain they'd have someone finish the series when he dies, the last actual book would be 12+ years old, maybe they'd just publish his unfinished notes (as far as his estate allows) and call it a day. do you seriously doubt that at someone point they'll reboot the series? heck they're airing a prequel right now, this is a Disney owned IP and it has a track record within the cultural zeitgeist, they're going to milk it for all its worth. maybe if they time things right they can use the legal disputes over gurms estate to ramp up hype for the season that finally adapts the "real" book
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They can definitely at the very least say "this is the GRRM cut", disavow the HBO version as D&D fanfic and redo everything from where the book starts to run out. Different actors sure but nerds like the alternate cut BS
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Josuke Higashikata posted:in the hypothetical event that Brandon Sanderson convinces GRRMs widow to let him write Winds, I'm gonna stop reading the second Stannis dies or has no more chapters if he doesn't die raiding Winterfell like in the poo poo show Brandon Sanderson is very Mormon and ASOIAF has an awful lot of tits and swears and loving. I don't think that's going to happen.
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Josuke Higashikata posted:They can definitely at the very least say "this is the GRRM cut", disavow the HBO version as D&D fanfic and redo everything from where the book starts to run out. Different actors sure but nerds like the alternate cut BS Seasons 5, 6 and 7 were still popular, where would you make the cut? What about Aegon, Lady Stoneheart, Stannis killing his daughter and dying for no reason, all the other stupid changes they made? It's not happening.
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emanresu tnuocca posted:do you seriously doubt that at someone point they'll reboot the series? heck they're airing a prequel right now, this is a Disney owned IP and it has a track record within the cultural zeitgeist, they're going to milk it for all its worth. Disney owns the ASoIaF IP?
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Klungar posted:Disney owns the ASoIaF IP? Ah sorry, I confused Disney with the other company that owns 50% of all media and owns HBO and the rights to the TV series.
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Punkin Spunkin posted:Trying to be clever over your stupid bullshit is even worse somehow. Like oh wow no one knows I named her Emilia because I liked the dragon show hehe he Look, I'm just saying thousands of other people couldn't not name their kid Khaleesi, a made up fantasy word for Queen Of Fantasy Savage Brown People Who Ride Horses. I'm giving the barest amount of credit to my cousin for at least going, "hey what if we gave her a name that actually exists in the real world?" What I'm saying is the bar is so low you can't even trip on it accidentally
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JumpinJackFlash posted:ASoIaF DC multiverse crossover when? Adapting the Jekuul storyline, General Zod and his family land on asoiaf-land and quickly become god-kings of New Krypton This is probably an improvement
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JumpinJackFlash posted:ASoIaF DC multiverse crossover when? gently caress that, when's the Game of Thrones/90 Day Fiancee Expanded Universe crossover?
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JumpinJackFlash posted:ASoIaF DC multiverse crossover when? Ned Stark, dying : Cat... Woman... Batman : 
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Happy Landfill posted:Arya did show up in that multiversus game that was really popular and then suddenly no one was talking about it anymore The bad press and ill will generated from the WB-Discovery merger and the rise of David Zaslav kind of instantly iced any positive vibes surrounding that game and it just fell out of favor like a stone.
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nine-gear crow posted:The bad press and ill will generated from the WB-Discovery merger and the rise of David Zaslav kind of instantly iced any positive vibes surrounding that game and it just fell out of favor like a stone. Did a quick search and it looks like it was an open beta, set to come back in '24 https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/27/23658536/multiversus-open-beta-shutting-2024-launch But you're also right. WB Games is the king of bad press and lovely practices.
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nine-gear crow posted:The bad press and ill will generated from the WB-Discovery merger and the rise of David Zaslav kind of instantly iced any positive vibes surrounding that game and it just fell out of favor like a stone. also they took the more or less reasonable rate that you gained battle pass progress and character experience (two things that shouldn't be in fighting games but w/e it wasn't a big deal) and halved it to promote consistent engagement or whatever the gently caress. at that point everybody decided to consistently engage the uninstall button
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