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Zeus23To be fair Rand does have 3 women madly in love with him for literally no reason I can determine. It must be going around because Lan and Nynaeve are also magically in love by divine fiat and no other reason. At least Perrin and Faile are halfway believable.
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She wanted to read, she wanted to write, but the main thing she wanted was something to fight
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Make it clear that you don't need him to be reading Dante tomorrow. Also suggest it would be fun if you had a private language that you could use to mock English speakers in secret.
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Luckily history suggests an infinite ability for people to be shit heads ;)
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if someone walked into a pub and told you that you were the chosen one and needed to go with him on an adventure, you'd buy him a drink and slip out the back door when he isn't looking.".
Why have I never used this to frame an Rp?!
I actually find the child to destined hero plot device to be a little tired. David Eddings Elenium is an excellent example of how you can be totally competent and still up against it.
He is a musical prodigy who travels with basically tinkers as a child where he picks up his musical and linguistic skill. THey pick up a wizardy type who travels with them and tutors him in the other skills. Its not like there is no explanation for his skills, but he is certainly described as a prodigy even in the fiction.
@0 Azzy 0 I agree that Kvothe would be a questionable character in an RPG, but that is true of a majority of characters in novels.
Rand: I'm playing the foreordained saviour and destroyer of the world with a dead guy in my head that will comment on my progress!
Nynaeve: I'm the strongest channeler in the history of the world and super bitchy for no reason. Also I can only channel when I'm angry, that will be an easy flaw to ignore
Elaine: I'm a princess who is also super strong at magic and for some reason can make Ter'Angreal even though that is knowledge that has literally been lost by every aes sedai even though they spend their lives studying them.
Also with in three years we will literally be able to easily defeat thousand year old veterans who know every trick in the book. Books that don't exist anymore.
and on and on. I'd have had questions for all of those players.
His powers and talents never advance his true goals, they nearly always hurt, it is usually human acts of kindness that cut the Gordian knot for him.
Although it is super convenient that he can play the lute down a string it is one of my favorite parts in the book because of the discussion he has with his friends afterwards.
Rand: I'm playing the foreordained saviour and destroyer of the world with a dead guy in my head that will comment on my progress!
Nynaeve: I'm the strongest channeler in the history of the world and super bitchy for no reason. Also I can only channel when I'm angry, that will be an easy flaw to ignore
Elaine: I'm a princess who is also super strong at magic and for some reason can make Ter'Angreal even though that is knowledge that has literally been lost by every aes sedai even though they spend their lives studying them.
Also with in three years we will literally be able to easily defeat thousand year old veterans who know every trick in the book. Books that don't exist anymore.
and on and on. I'd have had questions for all of those players.
His powers and talents never advance his true goals, they nearly always hurt, it is usually human acts of kindness that cut the Gordian knot for him.
Although it is super convenient that he can play the lute down a string it is one of my favorite parts in the book because of the discussion he has with his friends afterwards.
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With American politics growing hard to satirize, I applaud the heroic work of the Onion's writers.
With American politics growing hard to satirize, I applaud the heroic work of the Onion's writers.
@POOHEAD189 This is more of a Triumph and a Despair situation.
Fiction: Occult Espionage???
The Atrocity Archive - Charles Stross
It is a little hard to classify Stross' Laundry Files series. The protagonist is basically a tech support guy turned field agent in a British Intel agency (The Laundry) that combats a version of the Cthulhu Mythos. This is the first book in the series so the plot wanders a little in the interest of world building. Bob Howard is unwittingly drawn into an investigation of a cult that plans to wipe out all life on Earth... sort of.
It is incredibly funny and meta, packed with jokes abut everything from computer science to pinky and the brain. There is a ton of historical anecdote presented in a funny and smart way. Lovecraft himself existed in universe but is viewed as a deluded hack. American Occult int is literally run by demons. A major british spymaster goes by the name Angleton more or less to spit the CIA and so on. The Laundry itself is a hilarious commentary on the bureaucratic nature of government and intelligence. The end of the world is literally around the corner but more importantly you filed your expense form incorrectly.
It is a weird book that is very hard to classify but it is an insane romp that is both hilarious and creepy and I just ADORE the universe.
The Atrocity Archive - Charles Stross
It is a little hard to classify Stross' Laundry Files series. The protagonist is basically a tech support guy turned field agent in a British Intel agency (The Laundry) that combats a version of the Cthulhu Mythos. This is the first book in the series so the plot wanders a little in the interest of world building. Bob Howard is unwittingly drawn into an investigation of a cult that plans to wipe out all life on Earth... sort of.
It is incredibly funny and meta, packed with jokes abut everything from computer science to pinky and the brain. There is a ton of historical anecdote presented in a funny and smart way. Lovecraft himself existed in universe but is viewed as a deluded hack. American Occult int is literally run by demons. A major british spymaster goes by the name Angleton more or less to spit the CIA and so on. The Laundry itself is a hilarious commentary on the bureaucratic nature of government and intelligence. The end of the world is literally around the corner but more importantly you filed your expense form incorrectly.
It is a weird book that is very hard to classify but it is an insane romp that is both hilarious and creepy and I just ADORE the universe.
Without shooting Leon yes... *dramatic music*
It has been a decade since I read it so apologies if I mess up names.
It is certainly true that Kvothe is unusually talented but I view that as feature rather than a bug. It is a theme of the book and (such as it is the series). For all his powers and tricks Kvothe is ultimately:
There are plenty of touchstones for the theme of self defeating arrogance throughout the book.
Furthermore the tone and demeanor of the mature Kvothe, in the present, indicates that he is coming to terms with his youthful misuse of power. Bast in fact despairs the change in his friend and actively tries to steer the Chronicler to help affect a change. Kvothe himself admits that the current apocalypse is essentially his fault due to the misuse of his own power.
The world would be WAY better off if Kvothe had been a bit less self important and gone to find Abenthy rather than torturing himself and setting the whole storm in motion.
Also above and beyond the plot, the prose is absolutely beautiful.
It is certainly true that Kvothe is unusually talented but I view that as feature rather than a bug. It is a theme of the book and (such as it is the series). For all his powers and tricks Kvothe is ultimately:
There are plenty of touchstones for the theme of self defeating arrogance throughout the book.
Furthermore the tone and demeanor of the mature Kvothe, in the present, indicates that he is coming to terms with his youthful misuse of power. Bast in fact despairs the change in his friend and actively tries to steer the Chronicler to help affect a change. Kvothe himself admits that the current apocalypse is essentially his fault due to the misuse of his own power.
The world would be WAY better off if Kvothe had been a bit less self important and gone to find Abenthy rather than torturing himself and setting the whole storm in motion.
Also above and beyond the plot, the prose is absolutely beautiful.
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