Jay

This was why I liked the Darcozzi Paladini in Pillars — they felt like both types of swashbuckler and that was *fun*

I am so glad that you’ve met the Winter to your Ackbar. Congratulations!

It is one of my FAVORITE things in all of the EU. I’m glad you dig it too.

No, that’s famously the first portrayal of Padmé. Iirc the comic was drawn after NP was cast but before TPM came out.

“Your mom is 8 kilometers!”
“Oh yeah? Your mom is 12.8 kilometers!”
“Well, your mom is 17.6 kilometers!”

I know but most isn’t vegetarian friendly so I get excited about the tea aspect instead of the dim sum aspect haha

Tea???

I rewatched it a few years ago and oh boy does that all stick out in a way that maybe it wasn’t as apparent to me 20+ years ago

I like the little connection you get with people from thousands of years ago by looking at what they named things. Ship names are fun and I hadn’t thought about them before — and I especially love ancient names for cats and dogs.

So wait does that mean you can sing that one song

The USS Alabama, designated BB-8

BB-8 is a ship!

If installing fresh, will I need the mission hotfix or will it be part of the 1.4 installation already?

I read this as steak painting, and I was like “wow I know she’s getting back into drawing but that’s oddly specific”

Amazing! With the new installer manager, will it be easy to swap settings quickly? For instance, swapping between the TFTC soundtrack and the new Savelyev soundtrack option?

Ankor Wat at daybreak

Good morning Cambodia.

I was at the imperial palace in Kyoto when the election was called, so I have some bizarre cosmic timing associated with visiting imperial precincts.

Main throne hall of the old imperial citadel, Hue, Vietnam. The interior of the hall could not be photographed.

The residence hall of the last two Nguyen emperors.

One of the imperial palanquins on display.

One of the older imperial thrones. The latest imperial throne was not permitted to be photographed.

While some speech was going on, I was visiting the former Imperial City of Vietnam.

Bust of a Roman woman sporting a Flavian hairstyle

Crazy decade for hair trends too

Oooo I’ll have to do this when I have a moment!!

My characters tend to be inspired by classical archetypes (epic, comedy, or Hellenistic romance) so I like to think I’m doing my part keeping the connection alive

I use replicas of these to play dungeons and dragons. :)

Finally, Californians dressing properly

WHAT

yes yes yes good

👀 dammit now I really want to jump into it but I’m literally at the airport rn so I can’t game for two weeks

I’ve started it a couple of times! I remember being discouraged by the outfits, I miss the Greek armor of the originals, but I need to keep playing. I enjoyed the whole father and son vibe of the thing.

That’s a bummer. I was intrigued by it.

I should just play the new ones, I still haven’t played the first new one or Ragnarok.

Andrew should have been arrested a long time ago. That the late Queen stood in the way of accountability is a mark against her that will not wash out, as it is a mark against anyone who does the same.

Same. I also figured given the sheer scale of Minrathous there might’ve been more innocent lives at risk in Dock town alone than all of Treviso.

A franchise just ready and waiting.

I’d accept a theme park expansion to Batuu, also. Dangorland.