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the what?...oh. actually I don't own a tv.
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BASF posted:the what?...oh. actually I don't own a tv. People in India don't own TVs. They do gangrapes instead. You are a gangrapist.
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Jun 7, 2014 06:27
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got is low fantasy ok
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Jun 7, 2014 06:29
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Wayside Bazaar posted:i've never watched it and probably never will, people i know are shocked by this but i've never watched it but i might at some point. people i know are generally unfazed by this information
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Jun 7, 2014 06:30
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Stoic Commie posted:got is low fantasy ok Benedick Cuckold posted:i've never watched it but i might at some point. people i know are generally unfazed by this information I tried to watch it and after a couple episodes decided that it wasn't my thing
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Jun 7, 2014 06:33
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Nope. Doesn't suck, OP is dumb.
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Jun 7, 2014 06:34
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mookface posted:What is high fantasy You need a weed wizard for it to be high fantasy.
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Jun 7, 2014 06:35
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That twink break dancer sure got loving owned.
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Jun 7, 2014 06:38
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I didn't know poo poo about game of thrones but everyone refuses to shut up about it. It's seriously like the most talked about thing on the entire internet, and everyone I know or meet constantly raves about it. I don't give a poo poo about this loving dragons and shirtless male models vs midget show. Why is this show suddenly the zenith of all culture? Also anyone who thinks that Lost was clever is a loving simpleton.
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Jun 7, 2014 06:43
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It's pretty much the next Lost in that a few years after it's over it's fans will become aware of the obvious faults of the show.
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Pariah Rex posted:I didn't know poo poo about game of thrones but everyone refuses to shut up about it. It's seriously like the most talked about thing on the entire internet, and everyone I know or meet constantly raves about it. I don't give a poo poo about this loving dragons and shirtless male models vs midget show. Why is this show suddenly the zenith of all culture? agreed. now i know how people who didn't watch breaking bad must have felt.
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Jun 7, 2014 06:50
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best part about the show is strong belwas oh wait
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Jun 7, 2014 06:52
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Hello OP, fishing for replies. Here is one.
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Jun 7, 2014 08:20
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more like game of BONES because everyone in the show dies and when a human dies they get resurrected as a skeleton so it's the Game of Bones
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Jun 7, 2014 08:27
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Wait wait, I meant Game of Trombones - like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj7YNeutcxM Totally what I meant, sorry
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Jun 7, 2014 08:29
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Gaunab posted:GoT is like lord of the rings for autistic people Cursed Lumberjack posted:no this is wrong
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Jun 7, 2014 08:31
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also there's fantasy that functions significantly better as literature than lord of the rings (not that that's necessarily saying much) lotr's narrative is mostly just a vehicle for tolkien's language and mythology poo poo
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Jun 7, 2014 08:32
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Pariah Rex posted:I didn't know poo poo about game of thrones but everyone refuses to shut up about it. It's seriously like the most talked about thing on the entire internet, and everyone I know or meet constantly raves about it. I don't give a poo poo about this loving dragons and shirtless male models vs midget show. Why is this show suddenly the zenith of all culture? "why is this show with ludicrously attractive people of both genders and also gratuitous violence incredibly popular?" edit: the best thing about the LotR movies and the subsequent fantasy boom is watching grumpy-rear end goons recoil in horror as nerd poo poo continues to take over popular culture
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Jun 7, 2014 08:34
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oh i just assumed this was a show about medieval musical chairs but if there's tits and midgets and dragons I might have to give it a go
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two of my female coworkers had a discussion about eunuchs and what being a eunuch meant and what parts of their junk would actually be missing and i guess it was about this show? kinda dumb honestly
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:also there's fantasy that functions significantly better as literature than lord of the rings (not that that's necessarily saying much) you talking gene wolfe? or you counting that more as sci fi? Sci fi has lovely tropes too though but it's got far more potential to seriously be considered literature than loving fantasy. Fantasy loving sucks.
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Jun 7, 2014 08:45
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gene wolfe is actually interesting as a writer too though. my problem wit tolkein is the same guuuuuurrrrrm. Great world-building, great lore. a whole shitload of honest effort into making something compelling that is so loving boring to read that i give not a single gently caress about.... anything.
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Wayside Bazaar posted:i've never watched it and probably never will, people i know are shocked by this but you hang out with lovely people
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Jun 7, 2014 08:47
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:"why is this show with ludicrously attractive people of both genders and also gratuitous violence incredibly popular?" They would never cancel Game of Thrones, it's a crossover hit. It's not just for fantasy enthusiasts; they tell human stories in a fantasy world,Christ.
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Jun 7, 2014 08:49
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Frostwerks posted:gene wolfe is actually interesting as a writer too though. my problem wit tolkein is the same guuuuuurrrrrm. Great world-building, great lore. a whole shitload of honest effort into making something compelling that is so loving boring to read that i give not a single gently caress about.... anything. It's psychological. It's not long and boring, it's magnified and epic.
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mookface posted:What is high fantasy Tuxedo Catfish posted:edit: the best thing about the LotR movies and the subsequent fantasy boom is watching grumpy-rear end goons recoil in horror as nerd poo poo continues to take over popular culture
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Tweet Me Balls posted:oh i just assumed this was a show about medieval musical chairs but if there's tits and midgets and dragons I might have to give it a go When you say it like that it sounds cool but it's mainly just faux medieval politics
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Jun 7, 2014 09:08
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whenever my friends think I'm into soap operas and trick me into watching i usually zone out and wait to see tits and guess the relation of the people loving
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Jun 7, 2014 09:16
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i have decided to join the ranks of the great fantasy writers. LotR was based on tolkein's experiences in WW1, GoT is based on the war of the roses. my sword-n-sorcery my little poly slashfic will be based on the rwandan genocide
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Frostwerks posted:you talking gene wolfe? or you counting that more as sci fi? Sci fi has lovely tropes too though but it's got far more potential to seriously be considered literature than loving fantasy. Fantasy loving sucks. gene wolfe if you want command of language, ursula leguin or china mieville if you want political consciousness (mieville is inconsistent because at his worst he's like a marginally less lovely neil gaiman but at his best you get stuff like embassytown or iron council), roger zelazny or michael moorcock if you want to see someone take the basic forms and assumptions of pulp paperback fantasy and do clever things with it basically if you approach literature as the pursuit of form and technique then yes, fantasy isn't worth your time. there's no intrinsic reason it couldn't do those things but the people who are attracted to writing fantasy have neither the inclination nor the ability and it creates an endless feedback loop. but if you're a great big nerd like me and would like to see the genre de-ghettoize itself some day the first baby step is making it not retarded on a thematic and sociopolitical level, which is why i recommend stuff like the above whenever i get the chance
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ripped0ff posted:i have decided to join the ranks of the great fantasy writers. LotR was based on tolkein's experiences in WW1, GoT is based on the war of the roses. Lancaster:Lanisster , York:Stark.  Wow, did he gently caress up that adaptation hard. Man. Tuxedo Catfish posted:gene wolfe if you want command of language, ursula leguin or china mieville if you want political consciousness (mieville is inconsistent because at his worst he's like a marginally less lovely neil gaiman but at his best you get stuff like embassytown or iron council), roger zelazny or michael moorcock if you want to see someone take the basic forms and assumptions of pulp paperback fantasy and do clever things with it You know if you wanted real books that actually matter you could have read from a list of literally hundreds of people whose works are so prized in the English language they have remained in the zeitgeist for hundreds of years. I guess you need dragons and poo poo to keep you interested in a topic long enough for that though. I get where the ADD thing comes from now. Hobohemian fucked around with this message at 09:34 on Jun 7, 2014 |
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a: that winter guys sure comes a lot b: winter never comes 3: daners tareagen (fire) & jon snoe (ice) go to karaoke (a song) bonus stage! : the final boss is poo poo herself???
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The Mountain kills the Viper.
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Hobohemian posted:You know if you wanted real books that actually matter you could have read from a list of literally hundreds of people whose works are so prized in the English language they have remained in the zeitgeist for hundreds of years. I guess you need dragons and poo poo to keep you interested in a topic long enough for that though. I get where the ADD thing comes from now. you're a sad, hateful little man and i majored in english so this is especially lol in that light
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redshirt posted:The Mountain kills the Viper. I believe they killed each other. So how does that make the midget man guilty?
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Jun 8, 2014 03:58
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If you want cheesy entertaining pulp it's tough to beat the Conan the barbarian stories
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Butthead posted:I believe they killed each other. So how does that make the midget man guilty? The Mountain sort of lives.
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also all prose is sloppy and degenerate compared to the precise language of poetry so you might as well read pulp 
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American Tolkien.
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:gene wolfe if you want command of language, ursula leguin or china mieville if you want political consciousness (mieville is inconsistent because at his worst he's like a marginally less lovely neil gaiman but at his best you get stuff like embassytown or iron council), roger zelazny or michael moorcock if you want to see someone take the basic forms and assumptions of pulp paperback fantasy and do clever things with it i would rank tolkien as somewhat higher up than most fantasy types give him credit for, but that's a good list. i also like tim powers and caitlin kiernan.
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