[OOC] Precipice of War - We Write Under The Sign Of The Goat

[Dinh AaronMk]

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And here is an artistic contribution to this thread.

[Byrd Man]

"Get off my plane!"

[Dinh AaronMk]

That moment when I go to make a page for Michael Norman and I realize there's already a page for him so now I feel awkward.

I did upload the portrait to the Wiki though, so whatever you want to do, Byrd.

[Dinh AaronMk]

Also...

roleplayerguild.com/topics/79075-the-s..

Niggas I want blood, or should I just refocus for PoW characters? Apparently the sim has gotten new events.

[Byrd Man]

That moment when I go to make a page for Michael Norman and I realize there's already a page for him so now I feel awkward.

I did upload the portrait to the Wiki though, so whatever you want to do, Byrd.

@Dinh AaronMk

I like what you wrote. I'll probably fold that into the other wiki page.

[Vilageidiotx]

Also...

roleplayerguild.com/topics/79075-the-s..

Niggas I want blood, or should I just refocus for PoW characters? Apparently the sim has gotten new events.

@Dinh AaronMk

If nobody asks interested, just do one here again I guess.

[Dinh AaronMk]

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I like what you wrote. I'll probably fold that into the other wiki page.

@Byrd Man

ok.

At some point I too should go through my character pages and see if I can't update them. I know if I look at Hou's I'll probably end up reformatting it.

Which might be beneficial since I've also learned things about Chinese names that would explain Hou's strange three-word name.

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If nobody asks interested, just do one here again I guess.

@Vilageidiotx

Probably what I might end up doing. It might get me off my ass to and do more character portraits so we have faces.

[Vilageidiotx]

Ok, so how many names per us you wanna get?

[Dinh AaronMk]

How many districts were there again? Twelve?

I'll need two per-district. I'll have to look at who I've drawn already which will make it easier.

[Byrd Man]

Somebody post, please. Pls, somebody post.

[gorgenmast]

I've been a useless, nonposting shit and I no excuse. Suppose I should remedy that.

[Dinh AaronMk]

I have a post finished and I'm actually sending this to Vilage for editing since I consider this important and I want someone to read over it to make sure it's not shit.

[Byrd Man]

I've got about half a post done, but I figured people posting would get me up and at 'em to finish it

[Vilageidiotx]

I have 2k~ words in an Akanni post. Doesn't feel done yet though.

[Dinh AaronMk]

And while for Vilage to finish editing and other things:



Have some China pilot.

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[Dinh AaronMk]

Hey @Morden Man, Vilage and I were talking about shit and the topic of Lord of the Rings came up and for fun I was wondering if the series would exist in this alternate Britain, given the book was Tolkein's way of reconciling his experiences in the Great War with fantasy and stuff.

I imagine it'd probably be a lot different or there's a chance it doesn't exist if Tolkein died in the war. But figured I'd pose the question since it was on the mind.

[Morden Man]

Hey @Morden Man, Vilage and I were talking about shit and the topic of Lord of the Rings came up and for fun I was wondering if the series would exist in this alternate Britain, given the book was Tolkein's way of reconciling his experiences in the Great War with fantasy and stuff.

I imagine it'd probably be a lot different or there's a chance it doesn't exist if Tolkein died in the war. But figured I'd pose the question since it was on the mind.

@Dinh AaronMk

That's an interesting thought.

I think had Tolkien survived throughout a prolonged Great War he would likely have been aghast at what happened next. Tolkien was an ardent anti-communist so I imagine he'd have fled to the countryside during the Troubles given much of the violence was in urban areas. It would have given him more than enough time to work on Lord of the Rings. Given the climate though there's some question whether it would have been as successful and/or whether Tolkien would have lived long enough to receive the acclaim for it.

[Vilageidiotx]

The question would be, despite all Tolkien ever said about how he doesn't like allegory, would the content of the books have been different in this timeline? I think a literary butterfly effect would be inevitable, where lifestyle changes caused by the political climate would have put his mind in a different place while he was writing the books, but how far would that go? And how much would his view on the political situation at the time change what he ends up writing?

[Dinh AaronMk]

I think one thing to be sure though is that without hippies the books may not really find prominence in the way it did before. I can foresee something like it maybe becoming popular among the anti-reparations crowd in the UK where Sauron becomes a metaphor of a racist British government to these folk.

[Dinh AaronMk]

More 'merica.



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