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I'm sorry, but Welsh heroes sound like the kind of ridiculous one-upmanship you get in schoolyard pretend games. "Oh yeah? Well my guy can only be killed if you stab him with a spear you made when everyone was at church!"
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This is the actual text: http://sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/mab/mab26.htm At that time, Math the son of Mathonwy could not exist unless his feet were in the lap of a maiden, except only when he was prevented by the tumult of war. I'm only mildly sure it just means he really prefers to stand on laps, and not that he'll disappear if he doesn't.
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Dec 23, 2016 18:44
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Time out. Is that feet as in actual feet, or "feet" as an euphemism for genitals ala Judaism, meaning that he can't exist without regularly deflowering someone? I'm not sure which is better/worse.
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Dec 23, 2016 18:48
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Math keeps Goewin around for years so the first one.
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Dec 23, 2016 18:58
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Didn't Math punish his two sons for deflowering one of his stools by turning them into animals and making them breed three times or so?
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Dec 23, 2016 19:02
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Yes and raised the kids himself. I read through Math's branch, this might be my new favorite myth.
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Dec 23, 2016 19:08
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My personal favorite is a bit of propaganda about the rites of succession for a certain few Irish kings involving a mare. And a cauldron, but that's after "the good part".
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Dec 23, 2016 19:20
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Well this thread took an unexpected turn. 
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Me at 10 last night: "Well the internet is being slow because my roommate got Steam-saled, so I guess for the next couple of hours before bed I'll read a SSLP while videos buffer. Oh, Paper Sorceror! I have that game..." Me at 6 this morning: "Fuuuuuuuuuck I was supposed to sleep. Sonovabitch." Curse you chokes McGee and your amazing narrative. Curse. You. 
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Lazy Bear posted:Me at 10 last night: "Well the internet is being slow because my roommate got Steam-saled, so I guess for the next couple of hours before bed I'll read a SSLP while videos buffer. Oh, Paper Sorceror! I have that game..." Too late already cursed
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Dec 23, 2016 22:04
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Thuryl posted:Oh, so that's why the game's called Paper Sorcerer. Clever. I'm dense today. Why is it called Paper Sorcerer?
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Dec 23, 2016 22:06
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Chokes' random comments have been on point lately, holy poo poo. EDIT: a paper tiger is something that looks fearsome but is actually harmless (like a tiger made of papier mache or origami or something). Llewyn is a paper sorceror because he claimed his master's reputation without having the power to back it up.
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Paper Sorcerer is on sale through Steam for $2.49. Just in case anyone else would like to pick it up.
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So, wait...you're telling me the heroes locked up the wrong guy? WHOOPS. On one hand, it's probably doing wonders for his reputation, especially considering how he's tearing through the cells; on the other, he also probably doesn't appreciate being sealed up for stuff he didn't do...he'd probably prefer it if was on his own merits that--pffft, who am I kidding, that'd take too much effort for him.
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Dec 23, 2016 22:39
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Gilgamesh255 posted:So, wait...you're telling me the heroes locked up the wrong guy? WHOOPS. Nah. I mean, dude was very clearly rampaging around enough to need containment. He just had the extra added bonus of being a complete fraud!
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Chokes McGee posted:Nah. I mean, dude was very clearly rampaging around enough to need containment. He just had the extra added bonus of being a complete fraud! Got up to the usual apprentice shenanigans. They caught up to him after the Great Broom Flood of 1058.
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Chokes McGee posted:Too late already cursed May inspiration strike you in the wee hours with a feverish and desperate need to create.
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HardDiskD posted:
http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/971019
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I'm right here, behind you.
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Chokes McGee posted:Nah. I mean, dude was very clearly rampaging around enough to need containment. He just had the extra added bonus of being a complete fraud! Well at the beginning of the LP, it shows that the king and the adventurers chose to strike at the tower when the rampaging monsters vanished. The rampaging monsters probably vanished due to the change in management, unbeknownst to anybody.
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So what, this means that our lovely horned protagonist can do what he's been doing because he's literally the wrong guy? And the bindings on the book are being broken because he's not supposed to be there? No one tell the Sorcorer. His ego is big enough as it is.
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To paraphrase the G-Man, he's the wrong man in the right place.
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berryjon posted:Sorcorer. Things I didn't realize this game needed: a mod that spells "Sorcerer" differently every single time it appears.
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ManxomeBromide posted:Things I didn't realize this game needed: a mod that spells "Sorcerer" differently every single time it appears. The Schwartzerer needs to be in the spelling random pool. I dunno about competence, L & party are tearing through the book quite quickly, and he was the apprentice to a quite powerful rear end in a top hat, but I kinda like the implication that the memory seal didn't take because it was set to a true name of rear end in a top hat, Esquire instead of Jackass jr.
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So, a random baby just keeled over dead because the life gem was attuned to the actual sourceror?
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HardDiskD posted:So, a random baby just keeled over dead because the life gem was attuned to the actual sourceror? The possibilities are endless. And by 'endless' I mean "there are 4 or so possibilities" 1) There's a dead baby in an orphanage somewhere. 2) There's a dead adult/old man somewhere because time flows differently in the book. 3) There's a deader corpse somewhere. 4) Nothing happened because magic can't escape the book. (Just reiterating a previous conversation here).
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5) Nothing happens because his "life signature" changed too much when he was turned into a baby.
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Happy Holidays, Everyone! ... Kiss my holly jolly rear end.
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Merry Christmas, Chokes. Let us celebrate the joyous return of Action Duck. Odd joke about the Duck, but I actually started calling the Seagull in 100% Orange Juice that one day just as a joke while me and my friends were playing, and it's sort of stuck as a name. Especially when the little fucker survives at 1 HP and then rolls a 7 and OHKOs someone out of spite.
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Happy Holidays, Chokes.  Thanks again for this wonderful LP. I'm so glad the reveal meshed with your writing this well.Derek Barona posted:Especially when the little fucker survives at 1 HP and then rolls a 7 and OHKOs someone out of spite. 
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Derek Barona posted:Merry Christmas, Chokes. Let us celebrate the joyous return of Action Duck. I've loved Action Duck ever since he starred in Gunman Duck. If you beat the game as him you got to play as some cowboy named Cliff or something idk
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Unrelated whatsoever to the current LP but I just got done watching Heavy Metal for the first time in probably a decade. Juvenile or not, it's incredible the little details I missed when I was younger, like how Beezer's "this way get the gently caress out now" mannerisms are to get Sternn out of there before Hanover's distraction wears itself out, or how Taarna leaves three headless barbarian corpses after they decapitate the Elder. There's a reason it's the finest thing Métal Hurlant has produced that wasn't Mobeus related. 
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If there's one movie that fills my heart with the magic of Christmas, it's got to be Heavy Metal.
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As an avid reader of Heavy Metal magazine I have to agree. The movie is fantastic and just hearing any of the soundtrack makes me want to watch it no matter what time of year it is. Honestly, give the magazine a shot again if you've never read it or gave up on it. The mid 90's era was really rape and sexual assault oriented in a lot of the material. Late 90's and early 2000s you got the Julie Strain fixation years (see Heavy Metal 2000) and generally middling stories overall. I'd say in the last 3 years though they have really cleaned up and made it good solid sci-fi and fantasy again. Grant Morrison took over as editor in chief earlier this year and so far things have been really amazing.
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Woah woah woah back up. Grant Morrison is in charge of Heavy Metal now?
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He most certainly is, and made a commitment to it for at least the next 5 years. Editor in Chief and at least one comic is usually his work as well.
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Chokes McGee posted:I've loved Action Duck ever since he starred in Gunman Duck. If you beat the game as him you got to play as some cowboy named Cliff or something idk Man, that Cliff dude was so generic I had actually forgotten about Action Duck entirely. Had to go reinstall Gunman Duck to check, and indeed I'd only made it a few levels into the game. This thread has given me Action Duck's minecart riding technique for Christmas.  or as appropriate.
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Chokes McGee posted:Unrelated whatsoever to the current LP but I just got done watching Heavy Metal for the first time in probably a decade. Juvenile or not, it's incredible the little details I missed when I was younger, like how Beezer's "this way get the gently caress out now" mannerisms are to get Sternn out of there before Hanover's distraction wears itself out, or how Taarna leaves three headless barbarian corpses after they decapitate the Elder. That actually happened to be on TV over here just a few weeks ago. It's the second time I've watched it. I have some issues with it too, but the aesthetic really clicks for me.
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Zushio posted:He most certainly is, and made a commitment to it for at least the next 5 years. Editor in Chief and at least one comic is usually his work as well. mother of gently caress we might actually get something beyond "here is some tits now some blood lol" ground floor (?) on this poo poo. If anyone can produce anything close to another Arzach, it's G-Mo.
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Thuryl posted:That actually happened to be on TV over here just a few weeks ago. It's the second time I've watched it. I have some issues with it too, but the aesthetic really clicks for me. It's very much a product of its era, and a thoroughly teenage product. That's the thing that drives me insane about Métal Hurlant, it's trashy as gently caress but nearly every story has the one briliantly executed concept that keeps you onboard for the next one. It's really a guilty pleasure. Except that poo poo goes out the window when Arzach fires up, because Moebius was loving incredible at his job. Not surprisingly, Taarna is descended from an ersatz Arzach. Also Sternn. Okay I'm done, we'll be back to your regularly scheduled horn based idiocy soon enough. There's some fights coming down the pipeline that I think you're gonna enjoy. e: Plus let's not forget that Fifth Element is very much a Heavy Metal movie based on the French Sci-Fi aesthetic alone. Chokes McGee fucked around with this message at 04:04 on Dec 26, 2016 |
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Making a post so I can actually find this thread on my phone and read it while I'm at the doctor today. I only made it up to the Illusionist update and I am enjoying it immensely.
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