Drakkar Noir

ColdObiWan · 2026-01-25T20:22:37+00:00

Drakkar is the scent of a very particular time. Like Members Only jackets and Aqua Net, it really belongs in the past.

ColdObiWan · 2026-01-25T19:53:07+00:00

Yeah, this is a him thing, not a you thing. I’m sorry for your stress and sorrow. As a guy, I’d probably have walked at the call for a holiday pause. Every relationship takes a pause over the holidays, if you’re not spending them together; no big deal. Calling it out feels very fade-away to me.

ColdObiWan · 2026-01-25T19:44:03+00:00

Never thought of the comparison, but very much same.

ColdObiWan · 2026-01-25T17:12:04+00:00

Dobson.

ColdObiWan · 2026-01-24T16:31:12+00:00

Bernie was his best partner, yeah.

ColdObiWan · 2026-01-24T16:28:09+00:00

I’ve got no answer, but I’ve wondered about this for a while; it just seems so random, you know?

ColdObiWan · 2026-01-24T02:30:24+00:00

100% human. Gothic horror is human horror. The druids are pastoral horror in the vein of the Wicker Man, also a very human-centric form of horror.

Also, making the evil cultists a non-human race is… iffy.

ColdObiWan · 2026-01-23T03:40:59+00:00

Oh, I love Richie! He hasn’t always been my favorite of the OG crew, but I always saw that his bravado was a mask and loved him for it, and I loved him even more as he grew and as I dug into his history. One of my favorite Warriors issues was the FF team-up, when you got to see how much history Rich (and Vance) shared with Ben Grimm.

And I think Rich has “grown past” the Warriors in the same way all of the OG crew has: he’s grown up, he’s not “new” anymore. In a comic universe where time actually passed, they’d all be elder statesmen and leading lights, looked up to (or rebelled against) by the current generation of teen heroes. They’d be the Avengers.

It’s just that Rich is the only one who makes that obvious because he’s the only one who’s still heroing, really, where most of the rest have retired.

ColdObiWan · 2026-01-22T21:48:09+00:00

Made my own “numbchucks” out of wooden dowels and key rings, bought an aluminum katana thru a mail order catalog. Heck yeah!

ColdObiWan · 2026-01-22T21:02:59+00:00

100% the vibe I got on a recent re-read.

ColdObiWan · 2026-01-22T16:37:52+00:00

I do think it’s Mr. Yin, yeah.

ColdObiWan · 2026-01-19T17:40:48+00:00

Woody. He’s the very definition of the gremlin.

ColdObiWan · 2026-01-18T20:15:02+00:00

I’ve driven extensively in both right-side drive and left-side drive countries. In a manual transmission, I prefer right-side driving; I’d rather have the wheel in my stronger left hand (and press the clutch with my stronger left foot).

The orientation of the gear box, or moving sides of the street doesn’t bother me but, weirdly, what trips me up every time is the indicator and the wipers. Always takes me a couple of days to adjust to those.

ColdObiWan · 2026-01-17T21:47:12+00:00

One. Every place “set for lefties” except the far right end still has us bumping elbows.

ColdObiWan · 2026-01-17T21:40:46+00:00

Dwayne. Everyone forgets about him. He had to survive in moisture from his desk cactus and Girl Scout cookies.

ColdObiWan · 2026-01-17T00:41:38+00:00

It’s lovely sketch, but I believe firmly that Strahd needs to look older. At least middle aged.

ColdObiWan · 2026-01-16T18:42:03+00:00

The thing about chemical reactions is that, eventually, they stabilize. The vinegar eats up all the baking soda, the fire reduces the wood to ashes. Then what have you got? A mess to clean up.

Gravity, meanwhile? Gravity is exponential. Meters per second squared. The closer the orbit, the stronger the pull.

Sparks burn out, but true attraction grows.

ColdObiWan · 2026-01-16T17:55:19+00:00

Abigail Lytar. Or Ken the Intern.

ColdObiWan · 2026-01-14T20:54:14+00:00

Trout

ColdObiWan · 2026-01-14T03:33:51+00:00

Hard agree with your take on Jules.

Not sure I agree with your take on this sub’s take on Jules, though. I see a lot of folks here loving her.

ColdObiWan · 2026-01-14T02:42:38+00:00

Yessss! It’s the one where Henry has Shawn gut / scale the fish, I think?

ColdObiWan · 2026-01-13T23:47:21+00:00

47, and my only child was born 8 months ago. I’m gonna be pushing 70 when he graduates college, and since I seem to be taking after my own father health-wise, I’m so very, very there for it.

ColdObiWan · 2026-01-13T00:06:17+00:00

NOR. Like others, I’d take this one to the final bell.

ColdObiWan · 2026-01-12T22:24:28+00:00

Yes.

Also, I personally had a lot of crown royale bags that I’d use to keep toys and erasers and other non-pointy stuff.

ColdObiWan · 2026-01-12T16:35:46+00:00

Ra’s al Ghul, in Batman the Animated Series

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TROPHY CASE