TheCunningLinguist

As someone who almost lost an eye to a line drive while on the mound, the masks are kinda cool. They are for player protection.

Pratchett has Sybil Vimes? And Agnes Nitt? And Nanny Ogg? And literally every wizard except Stibbons?

Muse.

Discworld has so many but my favorites are when the wizards accidentally invent AI and Granny Weatherwax’s broom that literally needs to be jumpstarted by jumping off a cliff.

It does not! Somehow, it gets worse!

And still, none of them knows anything about girls.

I once had a soldier whose wife was a Dreamer. I told him to get her citizenship asap. This was 2017? 18? They were so young. I think about them a lot lately.

There might be honor for Aiel in receiving their punishment *but we are never shown that.* This isn’t deep. It’s not some commentary on femdom. Just a criticism of some novels I’m enjoying otherwise.

Listen. My post was meant purely as commentary on how women are treated in the narrative compared to men. Da’covale are slaves. There is no honor is beating them, men or women, but we get shown the women getting beat.

I wouldn’t have as much of a problem if a man got spanked for any of the above reasons. I’m only on book 12, so maybe Rand or that dude who is like “what happens in gaishain time, stays in gaishain time” or if we hauled up a man and displayed him naked for a few days. That’s my problem.

So there are 41 books and many ways to read. Color of Magic is the very first, but a lot of people recommend starting with Guards! Guards! in the City Watch storyline. I think there’s no right or wrong way. I did publication my first time but pick what interests you!
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Have you tried the Discworld? It’s not wordy like WoT but the word play is delicious and oh so fun.

We got a hot tub at the top of this tower. Stunning 360 views. The best. We can talk cost afterwards.

I liked both Dirk Gently shows for different reasons. The Elijah Wood version is unhinged in the best way.
Psych is an oldie but a good crime of the week show. I was crying at the completion of certain story lines by the end.
Warehouse 13. A comfort show. Scifi but also cool history.

Fans are exhausting.

I saw the first two seasons and then started reading the books. I’m on 12 now! Who’s gatekeeping books? Is that what this is? “You’re only reading cause of the show?” How childish.

Super great point. And I didn’t know Nicole Maines was on Yellowjackets, I might have to give it another try.

It was a very deliberate decision to have a trans actress play not just an Aes Sedai but a KEEPER Aes Sedai, arguably the second most powerful woman in the Tower. So my take is that yes, that character is trans. I’ll only believe different if a writer for the show says so.

Joanne: “Women are women, and you should use the womens bathroom.”
Also Joanne: “Not like that!!”

“May we offer you a trans Keeper in this trying time?”

For clarification. This is commentary on the books.

Have you read any Discworld by Sir Terry Pratchett??? (I get unnecessarily excited if I get to introduce a new person.)

Trollocs “Chopped.” “In your baskets you have mutton from the Two Rivers, a Tairen, venomous lizards from the Aiel waste and….a carrot. You have thirty minutes, your time starts now.”

“Immediately, a stew comes to mind.”

I’ve got to hand it to Rand.

I had a joke about Perrin but Faile threatened to stab me and have the Cha Faile leave me in a clearing to die. I am scared of Faile.

I was going to make a joke avout Moghedien but I forgot what I was doing.

Suian Sanche, be still my heart. Wait.

My jokes are so bad, I’ve got Lews Therin crying for Ilyena.

Joke about the Seanchan High Blood. Nailed it.