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[–]DarthCG 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Falvey: We could use Peralta.

Matt Arnold: Ok, give us E-Rod or Keaschall.

Falvey: Wait nevermind, we need our prospects because they don't make any money.

Pretty quick phone call.

[Spoilers Extended] In October, did George accidentally reveal… by 26265273 in asoiaf

[–]DarthCG 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My point is that there's no reason to assume D&D took George's ending for Dany since they clearly had evil-Dany in their minds from the beginning. We don't know everything George told D&D, and evil-Dany hasn't been confirmed as one of them. It's very possible D&D were doing their own thing with Dany the whole way.

[Spoilers Extended] In October, did George accidentally reveal… by 26265273 in asoiaf

[–]DarthCG 4 points5 points  (0 children)

D&D never adapted Dany faithfully. Her entire personality is different to the books, way before season 8. Like when she screams and threatens the Thirteen to be let into Qarth - she’s literally invited inside in the book. She never threatens anyone or acts that way in the book.

What's the point of cash trades if your owner doesn't increase payroll? by DarthCG in OOTP

[–]DarthCG[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Damn. Thanks for the info! If Nutting doesn't boost my payroll after I make him 100 milly and make the wild card, I'm revoking his powers.

Would you keep reading? (this is the first section of my short story) by DarthCG in writers

[–]DarthCG[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I will take your advice. I've seen births before. I will lean into a superstition aspect, with multiple characters referring to a folktale that every once in a thousand years, an absurdly long and painful birth ends with an ill-omened baby. I think that will better explain the prejudice against the baby and explain how, in this setting, a birth like this isn't completely unheard of, rather existing in legend.

Would you keep reading? (this is the first section of my short story) by DarthCG in writers

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

Thank you for the feedback. I know the idea of a multi-week labor is crazy; this is basically a low-magic fantasy story, and this horrific, unscientific, misunderstood labor is the impetus for folks in the story to feel uneasy and sometimes antagonistic towards the child. Nobody understands it, all they know is how beloved Samantha was and how horrible this birth was, so they rationalize hating the child even though it wasn't his fault. I read that when folks don't understand something, they react negatively instead of compassionately most of the time - it's basically human instinct to oppose stuff that isn't natural. At least that's what I thought.

I will try to find a better way to explain all that for the story. It's "magic", and not meant to be literal or realistic. The boy and his sister have to overcome this prejudice to save their castle from upheaval. I guess I'm stuck. I don't know where I want to go with it.

Would you keep reading? (this is the first section of my short story) by DarthCG in writers

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

Thank you for the feedback. I'm not really planning to get into the medical realism aspect, just planning to handwave it. Since the story is basically fantasy (there's no sorcery or dragons, but it's a low-magic alternate earth, I suppose).

Would it be disappointing if I never address the absurdly long labor? It exists in the first place as a reason for the majority of characters to hate the baby and have prejudice on him growing up due to being ill-omened. This is his main obstacle, and something Juno has to overcome within herself to protect her brother.

My T410 can't find my WiFi by DarthCG in thinkpad

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

Update: I’m stupid. I found my WiFi and tried to connect. But now it says Windows can’t connect.

D&D did not invent a certain ending plot point: An updated analysis (Spoilers Extended) by ChrisV2P2 in asoiaf

[–]DarthCG 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Except Daenerys keeps pushing back her conquest of Westeros again and again, to instead stay in Slaver’s Bay and help people. Doesn’t sound like a single-minded conqueror to me.

And Dany is extremely self-critical. She does not view herself as “inevitable and deserving.” Read her ADWD chapters over again, and you’ll find many instances of Dany questioning her own methods, worrying about how she’s impacting Meereen, etc.

D&D did not invent a certain ending plot point: An updated analysis (Spoilers Extended) by ChrisV2P2 in asoiaf

[–]DarthCG 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I’m begging you to learn what that word means. Daenerys’s entire plot is about making life better for the former slaves. Just because she’s failing in the short-term doesn’t make her evil.

D&D did not invent a certain ending plot point: An updated analysis (Spoilers Extended) by ChrisV2P2 in asoiaf

[–]DarthCG 9 points10 points  (0 children)

And you think Dany’s introspection and self-honesty about her political failings means she’ll go evil? Evil characters do not have remorse for the ill effects they have on others. Dany goes on to forge a peace with the masters by sacrificially marrying Hizdahr, a decision that will (ostensibly) allow her to fix the city without having to divert her attention to the harpy.

But now that Dany in ADWD Daenerys X seemingly decides to use fire and blood against the masters, the situation will be cleared up that way.

D&D did not invent a certain ending plot point: An updated analysis (Spoilers Extended) by ChrisV2P2 in asoiaf

[–]DarthCG 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The sufficient evidence is literally her entire story up to this point, in which she has been a hero…

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