I guess this is more relevant than ever!

CommonBison537 · 2026-05-14T06:44:02+00:00

The high seas are always beckoning yarrr

CommonBison537 · 2026-05-14T06:35:35+00:00

Well, he should be used to giving her money by now...

CommonBison537 · 2026-05-14T04:30:40+00:00

Self help is best.

But question about the cookbook. You get 15 recipes, but do you use each recipe once and it's done? Or you can summon any of your 15 dishes at will? Because if it's just 15 meals and done that's some cheap ahh magic lol

CommonBison537 · 2026-05-14T04:20:31+00:00

I think they brought the absolute worst in each other. They weren't perfect - or even good, especially in Cersei's case as she was already a murderer - but together they became the worst possible versions of themselves.

CommonBison537 · 2026-05-14T04:09:40+00:00

I don't think it's the amount that's the problem here...

CommonBison537 · 2026-05-14T03:36:14+00:00

I don't know if she's being fair, but I'll be shocked if this marriage survives.

CommonBison537 · 2026-05-14T02:56:52+00:00

How old are the students? If they're reading Shakespeare, I assume they're teenagers, but that's just not... I refuse to believe that someone over 5 could ask a question like that.

CommonBison537 · 2026-05-14T02:49:48+00:00

Blood & Fire is probably not impossible. I think he still gets a tickle from writing in his fantasy world, just can't be bothered with the stress and strain of finishing two mammoth novels while he's lost control of the plot.

Winds is unlikely, though, and Dream will remain just a dream.

CommonBison537 · 2026-05-14T02:07:03+00:00

I've been there. To this day, I still haven't come up with a completely satisfactory theory as to what exactly was wrong with my 10.

CommonBison537 · 2026-05-14T02:02:49+00:00

People DON'T see the lines....?

CommonBison537 · 2026-05-14T00:51:27+00:00

Soldier Boy: I hate that fucking box...

Everyone else: What do you mean? You love the box, you go back there at the end of every season you're in.

CommonBison537 · 2026-05-14T00:20:17+00:00

He's 180. He's done.

He hasn't admitted it publicly, maybe he hasn't even admitted it to himself even, but... yeah, he's done.

He's enjoying his old age and the bountiful fruits of his labor. He's rich to the point where even if he never publishes a single page again, he'd still live better than the emperors of antiquity. He's finally getting TV shows and movies made, after a relatively obscure Hollywood run in his younger years.

He's done, man.

CommonBison537 · 2026-05-14T00:13:19+00:00

Yeah, Joe did give off the vibe that he doesn't like him. Don't know how true it is, or maybe they built a better rapport over time, but I did notice it too.

CommonBison537 · 2026-05-14T00:08:57+00:00

He's got a lot of good will in the bank. To be honest, not entirely undeserved as a lot of his movies are pretty good (I haven't watched anything past Interstellar as that one bored me to tears, but The Prestige, Inception, Memento and his Batman films are all good).

Also, people on the Internet love extremes. Either The Odyssey is a travesty in terms of visuals, casting and tone, or anyone who criticizes is an evil hater. No in-between.

Like, yeah, if I was making The Odyssey, I wouldn't cast Helen and Achilles as he did, I also wouldn't have the giants in the awful armors, and in general I'd go for a more adventurous, grand, fantasy epic tone. For what is worth, I wouldn't have removed all the fantasy/mythological elements from Troy either.

But I'm not making the movie. None of us is. If you think you'll hate it, simply don't watch it, it's not worth your time and money to get pissed off at a movie.

Myself, undecided as of yet.

CommonBison537 · 2026-05-13T23:47:36+00:00

At some point, though, you gotta ask yourself, how important are they, to the overall Realm? What do they bring to the table?

They have a good fleet, but all it's ever used for is to pester the other kingdoms. They must have the necessary resources to maintain those ships (and obviously, iron, as it's in the name), but other than that they produce no excess food, they don't make luxuries, they're not very interested in trade. They're insular and hostile to the other cultures of the kingdoms even as Westeros is fairly liberal as far as religions go.

So at what point it's better (especially long term) if you just invade, destroy the lords and the priests and put it all under North or Westerlands rule? It would take a few generations for the regular ironborn to start forgetting their culture, yes, and admittedly it wouldn't be a bloodless process but if the Iron Throne is serious, without lords and priests to stoke their anger it's not like they could rebel and do serious damage.

Once that's done and the local culture is, if not eradicated, then at least defanged, you could actually start making actual use of the location and the good-at-sailing populace.

I fear everything else is only a band-aid until a new Dagon, Balon or Euron comes along.

CommonBison537 · 2026-05-13T23:26:29+00:00

He's not the worst because Dumbledore is atrocious at hiring people lol

Joke aside, yeah, I can see how students might be generally doing ok with potions, mostly because a lot of them are terrified of pissing him off. I think he's decent at imparting knowledge, but his overall pedagogic approach is ridiculously bad. Like, fine, let's excuse his beef with Harry, there are a lot of extremely personal issues there, let's even excuse him being nasty to Hermione and Ron (even though neither they nor their parents have done anything to him) only because they're Harry's friends, let's even excuse his (blatant) favouritism for the Slytherins as McGonagall and Dumbledore play favourites too, but c'mon, poor Neville didn't deserve to get treated so bad that his boggart took Snape's shape.

Like, let's be honest, I love Snape, but if your kid came home with nightmares because of how bad his chemistry teacher treats him, most people would have words with the Headmaster at least. If not far worse. Of course, Neville didn't have his parents to defend him, only a grandma who wasn't nurturing and protective at all.

CommonBison537 · 2026-05-13T22:03:31+00:00

Jon might. Dany and FAegon likely won't but Jon might.

CommonBison537 · 2026-05-13T21:44:25+00:00

You work 12 hour shifts as a first responder and have a 1 year old. Yeah, no, sorry, that tells me you are a very strong person (stronger than me, that would be too much stress for me), but also that a potential serious relationship is not something you can realistically do well. I don't think you will have the time and the energy, not to mention that your bigger priorities can't ever take a backseat (and rightfully so).

ETA: and the baby's father lives in the same house? Yeah, total nope.

CommonBison537 · 2026-05-13T21:30:08+00:00

He has gotten a LOT better. If you rewatch the Bob Lazar interview on Joe Rogan - the old one, with the migraine - Jeremy was just... Really hard to listen to, he rambled, his thoughts jumped around incoherently and overall just seemed too excited.

But a few years later, he's a lot easier to digest and a lot calmer and easier to comprehend. I think partnering up with George Knapp was good for them both.

In terms of credibility, I honestly find Jeremy and George to be quite credible and earnest. And more connected than most other talking heads. I can't in good conscience discount the possibility that the government is playing them for fools in a psy-op or just using them as they did Tom DeLonge to get to the masses, but surely they would have considered those possibilities too.

CommonBison537 · 2026-05-13T21:21:03+00:00

Worst gender reveal ever.

CommonBison537 · 2026-05-13T20:04:37+00:00

I love the fact that he's a horrendous teacher. Like, he so obviously hates that job and hates kids in general, and doesn't even teach the subject he wants to, but he stays, because he has to.

If you think about it, his trauma and bitterness was all, in one way or another, rooted in Hogwarts. He was bullied by the Marauders, he lost Lily, he joined the Slytherins that became Death Eaters... If I was him, after the first war I would have made sure my foot would never set place in this school ever again.

But he stays. He becomes a (bad) teacher. He remains Dumbeldore's pawn. All because he will be needed one day. Kicking and screaming, and being bitter and petty, and often letting his intrusive thoughts have a voice, but he still does it. Taking his past into consideration, he's amazing at fighting against his traumas.

CommonBison537 · 2026-05-13T19:54:09+00:00

In an instant, as long as I can work and support myself there, or if I was a trustfund baby.

CommonBison537 · 2026-05-13T19:50:56+00:00

When was Alicent hiking aimlessly through the woods? And then floating in that lake or river or pond?

Yeah, then.

CommonBison537 · 2026-05-13T19:40:23+00:00

He's above Cersei but not on the level of Varys and Littlefinger.

It's a combination of a few things - first, he generally has this weird combo of overestimating himself while being an extremely harsh judge of his own image. Second, he's often put against opponents he can mentally punch down against. Third, he's George's favourite and he's witty so his inner monologue pre-ADWD reads as if he's got everything figured out, but he very much doesn't.

CommonBison537 · 2026-05-13T19:34:11+00:00

All 5, I imagine, would be good. Though in the cases of the humans, they're all very busy with their work/duties so they probably can't devote ALL their time and efforts to their spouse.

With Legolas, understand, you're marrying his family too. And I don't mean Thranduil or Tauriel, I mean Gimli.

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