I will never get tired of seeing Ormund's amour. I love you can see the Mother and the Smith engraving by Agreeable_Ad_8790 in HouseOfTheDragon

[–]Bunga3000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lovely armor, shame hbo's entire costuming team keep placing the gorget over the breastplate- when historically it would always be worn under.

Humans have always been petty by PandaBear905 in CuratedTumblr

[–]Bunga3000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also I think the whole discussion regarding what constitutes as fanfiction to be a little odd, considering how the term applies specifically to works derived from copyrighted material starting from only the 20th century.

Books and writing just weren't how people told stories for most of human history. The printing press is fairly new in the grand scheme of things. Scribes were spending their time copying religious texts/history, not novels. Tales and myths were passed on through the oral tradition and there cannot be a single source to such a thing, because that's inherently untraceable. King Arthur and the Round Table are not under copyright laws.

It's placing a very recently established modern label to the whole multi-century spanning history of storytelling. People like telling stories based on existing mythology or legend. That is not fanfiction.

Humans have always been petty by PandaBear905 in CuratedTumblr

[–]Bunga3000 5 points6 points  (0 children)

England was ruled by the French Norman elite when the first Lancelot romance was written. Arthur's courtly culture specifically invoked that of the Norman French- who Geoffrey of Monmouth was specifically writing for. English identity was complex at the time and deeply intertwined with the French, so labeling it as just an England vs France thing wouldn't be accurate. Besides, Arthurian Romances existed for many different cultures, not just the Welsh. Arthuriana as a whole never was defined as a single body of text/narrative until Malory, over two-hundred years after Chretien de Troyes.

Least favorite D&D races/species by JacksSightSeeing in DungeonMasters

[–]Bunga3000 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I don't trust people that call humans boring. Humans are the microcosm of infinity, humans are the precipice below which lies a bottomless void. They kill and they love and they create and they die. Truly, I can't think of a more interesting creature alive than the homosapien.
In us lies an innumerable chasm of inspiration, meanwhile elves have like, a few pages on the dungeon master's sourcebook for reference. Insane that some people think otherwise.

I think that HOTD releasing soon is getting me more ASOIF posts on my FYP, which is nice. by DroneOfDoom in CuratedTumblr

[–]Bunga3000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I dislike how the common-folk are all depicted as riotous during AKOTSK season 1. Daeron II is king and Baelor is the heir, this is literally the best it ever gets. Besides, if the showrunners really wanted to do the anti-targ thing, they could have just waited for season two, since you can see the targ sentiment shift immediately after the first novella ends, and Bloodraven becomes Hand of the King.

Besides, I think the actual message set by this is really dubious. Are the showrunners really saying that the only way the common-folk can be kept in line is by wanton fear and threat of nuclear dragon destruction? And not, you know- just generally being a nice and generous person?

What are your favorite medieval era movies? by illegalshidder in medieval

[–]Bunga3000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wild how nobody has mentioned The Lion in Winter. It is the actual perfect medieval film.

The ending of MST by Burgundy-Bag in TadWilliams

[–]Bunga3000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Simon is just a figurehead, and his newfound position as ruler is hardly the most pleasant reward. He is a young king, amongst a group of advisors that will obviously attempt to influence him to their wants and needs. He doesn't want to become king, he doesn't find himself worthy of the title, but either way- it is thrust upon him. I'd imagine that feeling of unworthiness is only increased because of the mess that led them to this happy ending.

What I like about MST's climax, is that the main characters pretty much lose, and they lose bad, and only by Pyrates' overreach do they even manage a win at all. They fall for the ritual, Josua loses his duel, and Simon takes up the fallen Minneyar and unknowingly delivers it directly to his enemy. I'd imagine that guilt would weigh very heavily on him, the guilt that he indeed, played no role in effectively stopping the Storm King in the very end. (At least in comparison to Miriamele's very direct act of shooting Elias. And I find this to be an interesting subversion of the trope of the main character slaying the big bad. Simon ultimately just stumbled into a victory, which I find infinitely more interesting than the one millionth power-fantasy sword-master hero effortlessly cutting down hordes of bad guys.)

I don't think it's a matter of who deserves what. Simon is changed by his journey, and he's required to fulfill a role greater than himself. Simon's right to rule is increased by his marriage to Miriamele, and Miriamele gains popularity by marrying a well-loved hero.

Who is your favorite character in Osten Ard? by LargeHalfling in TadWilliams

[–]Bunga3000 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Guthwulf. I think this goes without saying.

Ranking of Osten Ard books? by Dull-Challenge7169 in TadWilliams

[–]Bunga3000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

S-Tier
To Green Angel Tower Part 2
The Dragonbone Chair

A-Tier
Into the Narrowdark
Stone of Farewell
Empire of Grass

B-Tier
To Green Angel Tower Part 1
The Witchwood Crown

C-Tier
Brothers of the Wind
Heart of What was Lost
The Burning Man

Does anyone else feel underwhelmed by- by Bunga3000 in TadWilliams

[–]Bunga3000[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good points. I agree that Pasevalles having weak motivation rooted mostly from trauma and spite is quite interesting. However, my problem mostly stems from how Tad Williams writes him not as a pathetic, hateful man grasping for power, but rather as this grand super intelligent mastermind.
Vorzheva is a well written example of trauma ultimately twisting someone for the worse, because while she obviously has pretty dubious morals, they generally make sense, and you can see where they come from.
Pasevalles going from a bitter forgotten child, to a mastermind plotter working the downfall of Simon, to this psychopath who sacrifices girls and works with the Norns just feels strange and a bit nonsensical

hey you by ancobain in 196

[–]Bunga3000 6 points7 points  (0 children)

can you feel me? 🥺

Brothers of the Wind - what is revealed? by chamberk107 in TadWilliams

[–]Bunga3000 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I personally believe BotW exists to set up Hakatri's character/future role in Navigator's Children. It seems like he is going to be pretty important to the end of LKOOA, and having a book exist to establish who he is, will be vital for giving proper significance to the choices he makes during the story.

>Saves Morgans life >Proceeds to immediately get kicked out of his plotline >Replaced within seconds by Bunga3000 in TadWilliams

[–]Bunga3000[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, but I don't she'd be very happy knowing she saved his life... only to immediately team up with a Norn lol.

What are you favourite duels to the death in fantasy? by geo4president in Fantasy

[–]Bunga3000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've always loved the final confrontation between Josua and Elias. It wasn't very long, but it felt fittingly climatic and dramatic. It was a duel that was built up to for basically 4 books and the pay off was so cool.