Milo and POTUS posted:

who. who says that

polio king posted:

The forums are far more amusing than the main page and its articles.

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habeasdorkus posted:

Hello, I'm Graydon Saunders, and based upon what you've written you've got a decent chance to like my Commonweal series, which begins with The March North. Book 1 is similar to the Black Company books, Books 2 & 3 are not so much, Books 4 & 5 get back to the mil fantasy aspect of the world. SA discussion thread here.

ulmont posted:

Hello, I'm Graydon Saunders, and I'd like to second my earlier recommendation that you check out my Commonweal series.

VostokProgram posted:

are either of you actually Saunders or is this some joke I don't understand

Groke posted:

We are all Graydon.

Kestral posted:

It’s a long-running bit, created after so many goons were posting their enjoyment of the Commonweal series that someone unironically accused them of being sockpupptets.

neongrey posted:

someone (i forget who) who didn't like the series insisted that the only way it had any popularity here was because Saunders was posting through a sock here

Remulak posted:

I've never sock-puppetted for my work, it stands on its own merits.

And the second book is the worst of my series, IMO, and is skippable.

Jedit posted:

Man, I haven't even skipped the first book yet.

freeedr posted:

What is that series about that it’s so good

Henchman of Santa posted:

I mean you should kick most people’s asses even in the early games but for one example, your rival used to be a genuine threat. Now they pick the starter that’s weak to yours instead of stronger and their team sucks. Scarlet and Violet had a bit more of a challenge than Sword and Shield though (that was the lowlight of the series in a number of ways), and with the open world you can deliberately take on tougher fights earlier.

mycot posted:

The universal rejection toward the Rivals becoming nice weaklings who want to be your friend is so funny. People genuinely preferred it when your rival was a huge jerk.

Edgar Allen Ho posted:

Eating Silver’s rear end so many times he realize that being nice to his mons makes them more powerful than being harsh ftw

Fake e: woops but I ain’t editing that typo on my life

nomad2020 posted:

https://i.imgur.com/dmzinsu.mp4

volts5000 posted:

Makin' sure that sum'bitch goes right through the eye of the needle.

D-Pad posted:

The Commonweal fantasy series is very good but not everyone, not even most people, would probably enjoy it. The guy has the most odd writing style I've encountered in my life and it is simultaneously captivating and absolutely infuriating. It's definitely the most unique series I've ever read but I probably wouldn't recommend it to just anyone.

Dip Viscous posted:

The "chicken tendies" people love to refer to online now are just regular chicken strips.

Carthag Tuek posted:

you already just realized that 6 months ago lol

Dip Viscous posted:

"Tendies" are just regular chicken strips. I'd never heard the term at all before last year but now it seems like it's everywhere.

Dip Viscous posted:

I have zero memory of posting that. Or of learning that.

Dip Viscous posted:

I guess the thing I just realized is that sleeping for 90 minutes a night back then was worse for me than I thought.

zedprime posted:

Memento guy but he has a photograph of a basket of chicken tenders.

Grassy Knowles posted:

Don’t believe its thighs

dobbymoodge posted:

The thing I just realized is that forums poster Dip Vicious has a carbon monoxide leak in his house, or perhaps a touch of amphetamine psychosis.

All You Can Eat posted:

Look at this Prigz huge falls

Baron von Eevl posted:

D-Pad posted:

The Commonweal fantasy series is very good but not everyone, not even most people, would probably enjoy it. The guy has the most odd writing style I've encountered in my life and it is simultaneously captivating and absolutely infuriating. It's definitely the most unique series I've ever read but I probably wouldn't recommend it to just anyone.

John Lee posted:

What's the line? "A heroic but ultimately unsuccessful attempt to pretend to be written in English?"

Son of Rodney posted:

People learning english often have problems with the "th", which should have been the first clue

John Lee posted:

What's the line? "A heroic but ultimately unsuccessful attempt to pretend to be written in English?"

D-Pad posted:

Yes this is a great way to describe it. It's weird because it's the only time I've encountered bad writing that is not actually bad writing if that makes any sense? It's so unique and different and frustrating but it's not bad, sometimes it's even great and it's really rewarding when you successfully parse what the gently caress is going on. I'd recommend it to anybody who is a very serious reader but not people who read books now and then.

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

An old buddy of mine spent several decades writing a horribly juvenile fantasy novel which I tried reading once and it was a real struggle to get through even a few chapters until I realised it was written in his distinct "voice", and when I tried reading it using his speech patterns and inflections for the narrator's voice it sorta kinda worked.

NihilCredo posted:

one advantage is that it's much easier for a first-time writer to realise "hold on, this is not how Dumbledore should talk" and correct themselves.

idonotlikepeas posted:

"But Doctor," said the patient, "I am my lawyer!"

StrixNebulosa posted:

Okay I should be over in the romance thread but this summary is too good not to share (mock):

quote:

A DARK MISTRESS BECAME HIS DESTINY

Plucked from the depths of hell, former military sniper Reno Manchahi was hired by the government to kill a thief, but he had a mission of his own. Descended from a family of shape-shifters, Reno vowed to get the revenge he'd thirsted for all these years. But his assignment went awry when his target turned out to be a powerful seductress, a woman who risked everything to fight a potent evil.

They had a combustible connection, yet he struggled to reveal the truth about himself--his Apache upbringing, his Jaguar pride, his death plot. Soon, Reno had to transform himself into a true hero, accept this new love and conquer the enemy that threatened them all. He had to become a Warrior for the Light….

Jedit posted:

I think I'm going to mock you for wanting to read it.

Mock.

Mock mock mock.

Mock mock.

Mock.

Because dear god, "paranormal romance" is a genre that would raise no complaints if it showed up at a book burning. It's all terrible and it's incredibly likely to turn into a candid display of the author's personal fetishes.

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90s Cringe Rock posted:

Some people just enjoy powerful wish-fulfilment protagonists who can take fourteen werewolves.

Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:

General Battuta posted:

“I want to kill fourteen people” - fantasy of the deranged, no careers available, even the army won’t take you

“I want to have sex with fourteen werewolves” - you can get paid to do this, possible lucrative onlyfans income, self actualizing, good conversation starter

fritz posted:

"I want to say fourteen words" - lots of room for you in this genre.

General Battuta posted:

At first this was funny but then it suddenly wasn’t! I hope you don’t mean it like that…

StrixNebulosa posted:

I would read 14 werewolves vs 14 nazis done in the style of Wolfenstein

Hieronymous Alloy posted:

They made that movie already I think?

Jedit posted:

The post itself is 14 words long. :hmmm:

General Battuta posted:

gently caress

e: wait no it's not

habeasdorkus posted:

StrixNebulosa posted:

I would read 14 werewolves vs 14 nazis done in the style of Wolfenstein

Wait, this is 14 words long.

big dyke energy posted:

Another candidate for a good fantasy novel with a romantic subplot The fisting scene was unexpected, but appreciated. I'm very excited to read the eventual sequel to this one, iirc it kind of ends on a cliffhanger? I really need to reread.

General Battuta posted:

The fisting was a surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one.

navyjack posted:

Thread title

sebmojo posted:

I'm, uh, not sure it will fit

navyjack posted:

Everyone posted:

sebmojo posted:

I'm, uh, not sure it will fit

The fisting was a welcome surprise?

D-Pad posted:

Commonweal is actually a real word, but yeah my brain kept trying to substitute commonwealth and it was annoying.

GolfHole posted:

Being a TV weather person seems fun

Velocity Raptor posted:

It's not all sunshine and rainbows.

SimonChris posted:

StrixNebulosa posted:

I would read 14 werewolves vs 14 nazis done in the style of Wolfenstein

dobbymoodge posted:

I just woke up and my brain parsed this as "I would read 14 werewolves vs 14 nazis done in the style of Berenstain", and I was like

Zesty posted:

It's a 15 year old joke mocking a bad videogame comic artist who was trying to express his grief about a miscarriage he actually experienced.

Being weirdly obsessed with it like this is pathetic.

Moon Slayer posted:

Moon Slayer posted:

CzarChasm posted:

Return to Castle Berenstain

Paladinus posted:

Zesty, indeed.