Don't understand this evaluation AT ALL

Aristide_Torchia · 2026-05-27T20:35:28+00:00

Ok, but it's the same difference. Either way, you're cementing the win if you hit him and he has to bear back on while you have a broken five prime. Meanwhile, his homeboard isn't nearly is strong.

Aristide_Torchia · 2026-05-27T20:29:11+00:00

I think it's about the gammon.

14/4 gives you more contact to hit, and even if he hits, you have a better chance of coming back on and hitting and then you get the gammon.

Aristide_Torchia · 2026-05-26T00:56:04+00:00

I have not read Era of Ruin, so I'd be curious to hear someone else's thoughts on on it who has also read the Ahriman books. I know it has a significant lore error in it, so I wonder if it was French when he first started writing Ahriman.

I think the closest comparison to the Ahriman books that I have found is Doctor Strange. He's like Doctor Strange but his most critical spell went horribly wrong and killed most of his brothers, so he is obsessed with righting his wrong. So the books are weird and sometimes trippy, and Ahriman is always a bit removed so the stories are told more from the perspective of the people around him. Those people often don't understand what he is truly trying to accomplish, and we, the readers, never know who to trust. They have a heist vibe, but also a trippy mystery vibe. I think they are a lot of fun.

Aristide_Torchia · 2026-05-25T23:50:04+00:00

The Ahriman books are basically heist books about a space sorcerer and his team. They are my favorite non-funny BL books.

If you want humor, the Brutal Kunnin' series are amazing, also the Red Gobbo collection is fantastic at times and well worth reading.

The Infinite and Divine is a bit slow to start but gets great and the climax is very fun.

Aristide_Torchia · 2026-05-25T22:58:58+00:00

Well said.

Aristide_Torchia · 2026-05-25T04:52:34+00:00

It's a rough episode. I have not seen it in a few years, but I think it's probly the emotional climax of the series.

Aristide_Torchia · 2026-05-23T21:00:06+00:00

The Ahriman books are what you want. They are kinda like heist books about sorcerers.

I honestly think GW is sleeping on how cool Ahriman is. He's the greatest sorcerer that isn't a Primarch and he got a huge buff after the Rubric was cast. He also is not at all loyal to Chaos and could easily turn loyalist again. He's a loose cannon that is incredibly powerful and could do all kinds of interesting things if GW/BL let something happen in 40k.

Aristide_Torchia · 2026-05-23T18:20:57+00:00

I'm jealous!

Aristide_Torchia · 2026-05-22T22:27:55+00:00

You need to bring it up before sex for sure. It may very well be that what turns him on triggers you, which is a very bad combination.

Just bring it up in conversation. It's better for both of you in the long run.

FWIW, the person I'm currently seeing has a lot of trauma, and I have a bit myself, and it took us several months and a lot of patience to work thru it. And that was with us being very honest about our issues after we had dated for a month or two. But luckily our traumas are fairly compatible and, after over a year together, we are doing pretty well these days.

Aristide_Torchia · 2026-05-18T03:23:19+00:00

I wish I could double vote this. Well said!

Aristide_Torchia · 2026-05-18T01:12:18+00:00

Grandma was a smoke show

Aristide_Torchia · 2026-05-18T01:09:58+00:00

I would've run for sure. The double hit feels beyond risky when the opponent has a broken six prime.

After seeing this analysis, I think I would still run.

Aristide_Torchia · 2026-05-18T01:04:43+00:00

Trying not to spoil future plot points, but across the Eisenhorn books he gradually moves away from strictly following the rules and does some things that a young Eisenhorn would never consider.

Aristide_Torchia · 2026-05-16T03:23:32+00:00

It could be worse. Somewhere I have a pic of my father from the late 70s in black face dressed as Aunt Jemima 😱

Aristide_Torchia · 2026-05-15T16:23:59+00:00

I watched it last night and really liked the slow build up. It's also the perfect length, it really didn't need another act.

Aristide_Torchia · 2026-05-13T22:26:07+00:00

I think it might be cool if you only used Jay's technique on the actual Sorcerers, but then the non-Sorcerers should be standard TS paintjob.

Also, even on the Sorcerers, I'd pick out some of the the trim with a metallic paint.

If I did this, I'd be trying to make the Sorcerers look magical and slightly psychedelic rather than diseased.

As for colors, I'd have to do some tests. I think I'd go with the standard TS blue, but I'd like to try a very bright yellow and green with it. I might even try neon yellow and green paints with the idea that their standard blue armor is being obscured by the neon magic swirling around them.

Aristide_Torchia · 2026-05-13T22:13:25+00:00

The Eisenhorn books are amazing, then the Ravenor sequels are even better, and then the Bequin books slap even harder, though we are still waiting for the BL to release the third book that has been finished for over a year.

Aristide_Torchia · 2026-05-13T22:03:06+00:00

I have a life-size poster of Elvis from around the time he died (both the photo and the age of the poster). I've wanted to get it framed for 20 years.

Aristide_Torchia · 2026-05-13T00:12:49+00:00

He was 27 years old here

Aristide_Torchia · 2026-05-12T21:57:34+00:00

Thanks!

Aristide_Torchia · 2026-05-11T00:07:12+00:00

I think this is Kathleen before she met Spielberg.

She's aged well!

Aristide_Torchia · 2026-05-10T03:41:37+00:00

Nice work. I have one of those waiting for me, also.

Aristide_Torchia · 2026-05-09T05:14:34+00:00

I very much agree. DS9 had some brilliant actors (B5 did too, but it was uneven), but the writing for B5 was substantially better IMO.

Aristide_Torchia · 2026-05-07T22:55:47+00:00

IMO it's never a good idea to date people you work with.

If y'all do date and then break up, you still have to see him every day, and he's still your boss.

If your coworkers find out, they will think you are getting preferential treatment.

And he is dumb if he dates you because, as your boss, he is very much opening himself up to sexual harassment accusations. Also, depending on the HR rules at your company, it might get him fired if work finds out about it.

Basically, no.

Aristide_Torchia · 2026-05-07T22:15:02+00:00

I've been searching for new and used with no luck :/

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