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Today, 04:17 PMIonathus replied to a thread Completely Inconsequential Hot-Takes 2: People Take Too Long to Post New Threads in Friendly BanterYep, entirely optional. The very first step of it (getting the mask with the finnicky Goron-rolling challenge) is necessary to get the game's...382 replies | 21968 view(s)
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Today, 02:59 PMIonathus replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsYou know, I genuinely forgot there was a dragon in Beowulf. My memory was purely Grendel and Grendel's Mother, and while I knew there was reference...7 replies | 213 view(s)
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Today, 01:38 PMIonathus replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsWell, Smaug is best dragon, so clearly all the rest have been imitators. Therefore, Tolkien must have come first. When was Tolkien? Middle-1600s,...7 replies | 213 view(s)
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Today, 01:25 PMIonathus started a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsWas it Smaug? I'm guessing it's Smaug. The poem A Visit From St. Nicholas is often said to be the codifier for many of the popular culture...7 replies | 213 view(s)
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Today, 12:26 PMIonathus replied to a thread Completely Inconsequential Hot-Takes 2: People Take Too Long to Post New Threads in Friendly BanterThe most annoying part of it in my experience (having experienced a similar-scale loss to Peelee's at a similar time in my life) is that very few...382 replies | 21968 view(s)
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Today, 12:01 PMI'd known nothing about the management and ownership conflicts of the TSR era until my wife got me the Art & Arcana D&D coffee table book a few years...849 replies | 100310 view(s)
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Today, 11:16 AMYep, these kinds of things are crucial - and exactly what knowledge-based skills are for. Some are common knowledge, some are obscure, and some are...12 replies | 1152 view(s)
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Today, 11:10 AMI really, really like this approach. As a DM, when a player gives me a backstory hook like this, my first instinct is often to just have assassins...5 replies | 1061 view(s)
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Today, 08:33 AMIonathus replied to a thread Works where you were surprised to learn you were in the minority of viewers in Media DiscussionsThe commentary I usually see is that the first half of the movie was really good, and the second half ruined it. But I like your take on this better....101 replies | 5290 view(s)
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2024-05-11, 03:35 PMIonathus replied to a thread Ionathus's Random Banter #249 -- Directionless Rambling Is Now Mandatory in Friendly BanterGuilty as charged :smallcool:243 replies | 4168 view(s)
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2024-05-11, 02:15 PMIonathus replied to a thread Ionathus's Random Banter #249 -- Directionless Rambling Is Now Mandatory in Friendly BanterThe place I grew up in, when someone new moves to town, the community teaches them what to do WHEN you hit a deer — not if. There’s a reason our...243 replies | 4168 view(s)
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2024-05-11, 01:07 AMIonathus replied to a thread Ionathus's Random Banter #249 -- Directionless Rambling Is Now Mandatory in Friendly BanterI only found out about the northern lights storm an hour ago. If I’d had a day or two to psych myself up, I’d probably be out in the dark countryside...243 replies | 4168 view(s)
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2024-05-11, 12:43 AMIonathus replied to a thread Works where you were surprised to learn you were in the minority of viewers in Media DiscussionsOoh! I remember one! I watched Hancock, the bizarre superhero film, in theaters on a random day while trying to kill time until my mom finished...101 replies | 5290 view(s)
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2024-05-11, 12:35 AMIonathus replied to a thread Completely Inconsequential Hot-Takes 2: People Take Too Long to Post New Threads in Friendly BanterA løøm once bit my sister…382 replies | 21968 view(s)
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2024-05-10, 10:20 AMIonathus replied to a thread How long would the Earth last if the sun became a black hole? in Mad Science and Grumpy TechnologyYeah, this is my thought too. I think any proposal that "a small population could survive off geothermal", while technically true, isn't realistic...23 replies | 1230 view(s)
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2024-05-10, 10:10 AMIonathus replied to a thread Ionathus's Random Banter #249 -- Directionless Rambling Is Now Mandatory in Friendly BanterAnother really compellingly done "toxic" marriage in my mind was one in Better Call Saul: Jimmy and Kim. I like how Kim's suggestion of marriage...243 replies | 4168 view(s)
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2024-05-09, 04:47 PMIonathus replied to a thread Works where you were surprised to learn you were in the minority of viewers in Media DiscussionsYep. Doctor Who is the campiest of the camp, and you really do have to go in knowing that. It does occasionally produce some real gems, but you have...101 replies | 5290 view(s)
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2024-05-09, 04:38 PMLotR movies I would rather watch: Gandalf: The Lost Years Aragorn: The Later Years Merry & Pippin Go To The Pub Four Times in One Day Tom...20 replies | 1440 view(s)
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2024-05-09, 03:23 PMIonathus replied to a thread Works where you were surprised to learn you were in the minority of viewers in Media DiscussionsInteresting. Every mention of the film I've seen focused on the social commentary being hamfisted and very blatantly a 1-for-1 real-world parallel to...101 replies | 5290 view(s)
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2024-05-09, 03:06 PMIonathus replied to a thread Ionathus's Random Banter #249 -- Directionless Rambling Is Now Mandatory in Friendly BanterWales should be the seat of power for the United Kingdom. They have a dragon on their flag. The math just makes sense. Of course not,...243 replies | 4168 view(s)
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2024-05-09, 11:16 AMIonathus replied to a thread Ionathus's Random Banter #249 -- Directionless Rambling Is Now Mandatory in Friendly BanterOh, that one's easy. Every time a Dave Matthews song plays, a straight baby pops into existence at a Panera Bread somewhere. :smalltongue: They...243 replies | 4168 view(s)
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2024-05-09, 10:55 AMIonathus replied to a thread Works where you were surprised to learn you were in the minority of viewers in Media DiscussionsMen in Tights was a childhood film for me (yes, I realize how weird that is). It was the only Mel Brooks film I watched until I was fifteen at least....101 replies | 5290 view(s)
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2024-05-09, 10:26 AMIonathus replied to a thread Ionathus's Random Banter #249 -- Directionless Rambling Is Now Mandatory in Friendly BanterNot guilty as charged, on this account at least, thank heavens. However, I will award emergency executive powers to whoever can think of the...243 replies | 4168 view(s)
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2024-05-09, 10:02 AMIonathus replied to a thread Ionathus's Random Banter #249 -- Directionless Rambling Is Now Mandatory in Friendly BanterSeconded! Well, enderlord99, I promise to respect your wishes and almost never add you to acid. Incidentally: if that's "one" reason...what...243 replies | 4168 view(s)
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2024-05-09, 09:28 AMThis was my thought. Successfully dropping a heavy bookcase on a mindflayer should hurt it: mindflayers are squishy. They have an octopus for a head....50 replies | 5656 view(s)
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2024-05-08, 02:06 PMIonathus replied to a thread Works where you were surprised to learn you were in the minority of viewers in Media DiscussionsGuilty as charged :smallcool: I subsist exclusively on forum chaos and, occasionally, certain lichens. Fun fact, this is the only X-Men media...101 replies | 5290 view(s)
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2024-05-08, 01:56 PMIonathus replied to a thread Completely Inconsequential Hot-Takes 2: People Take Too Long to Post New Threads in Friendly BanterI just remembered this out of nowhere while washing dishes, and it irked me so badly I had to come share it. A full eighteen years ago (woof),...382 replies | 21968 view(s)
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2024-05-08, 01:44 PMIonathus replied to a thread Ionathus's Random Banter #249 -- Directionless Rambling Is Now Mandatory in Friendly BanterListen, buddy, you're mostly water too if we're getting pedantic, but you don't see me going on and on about it. Sincerely, Definitely Not An...243 replies | 4168 view(s)
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2024-05-08, 10:55 AMIonathus replied to a thread Ionathus's Random Banter #249 -- Directionless Rambling Is Now Mandatory in Friendly BanterI know some people hate the idea but it's never bothered me -- what is butter, if not cream that's gotten itself all worked up? I've had it a few...243 replies | 4168 view(s)
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2024-05-08, 10:44 AMIonathus replied to a thread Works where you were surprised to learn you were in the minority of viewers in Media DiscussionsThat was my fear. I appreciate everyone who has engaged this topic objectively! Thank you all for being willing to analyze the things you liked and...101 replies | 5290 view(s)
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