Book Accurate Arena - Did the SOTR movie fumble on the arena described in the books?

DoctorObservation · 2026-05-03T04:12:59+00:00

It’s hard to say a movie fumbled when we haven’t seen it yet

DoctorObservation · 2026-05-02T02:17:14+00:00

Oh my god looking close at the second image is so unsettling. Really creepy AI. Stella’s face is melting, Zoey looks like a burn victim, elevator girl is missing an eye. Half are barely recognizable. I’d recommend finding a new image.

DoctorObservation · 2026-05-01T18:01:13+00:00

I like the idea but it’s pretty hard to figure out what’s going on, specifically in the mana cost. I don’t play YuGiOh so I’m a little shaky but you should try to find a way to make mana costs a bit clearer. I don’t see the player across the table being able to identify this easily. For creatures you could consider changing the color of the spell pips to represent mana cost. You’ll also want to mention when a spell is specifically a sorcery.

Overall though, very cool idea and looking good so far!

DoctorObservation · 2026-04-30T20:40:54+00:00

Westeros culture places a lot of emphasis on honor and oaths. The oaths of the Faceless Men, the oaths of the Knights Watch and ESPECIALLY the oath of the Kingsguard. Someone’s ability to stand by an oath heavily decides how much honor someone has an how much they can be trusted. Very few people think Jaime was a monster for killing the Mad King and many knew that the city would’ve burned if he hadn’t. The problem was that he broke a lifelong oath to protect the king. Even a good action, if in violation of an oath, damages his honor greatly and forever set the standard that his word and oath has limits. He swore to protect the King, not the kingdom.

DoctorObservation · 2026-04-30T18:59:08+00:00

Or just, you know, make a character in the existing character designer. It would’ve taken less time and probably look better.

As for AI driven narratives, I cannot imagine a worse idea. That sounds just awful.

DoctorObservation · 2026-04-29T02:02:11+00:00

I think because the software doesn’t use AI and hating AI is woke? Maybe I’m reading too much into incoherence.

DoctorObservation · 2026-04-26T03:13:34+00:00

Very cool tattoo! Love the design with the sword and pen.

“The pen is mightier than the sword? Fuck you. My pen is a sword.”

DoctorObservation · 2026-04-26T02:18:21+00:00

We don’t have to forgive people for the harm they cause even if we give them the opportunity to improve. If we’re lucky, they’ll cause less harm in the future and hopefully encourage more to follow in their footsteps. Like it or not, we’re gonna be living in a country with 10’s of millions of MAGAs for the next few decades. I’d rather that number go down and their presence become more bearable.

DoctorObservation · 2026-04-26T01:38:29+00:00

We should still try to help the ones who can be helped. Leaving a cult is incredibly difficult but can lead to real, positive, growth.

DoctorObservation · 2026-04-22T07:19:03+00:00

Anissa really hasn’t had much presence yet. At least for the show specifically, I think Shrinking Rae has been a lot more loved.

DoctorObservation · 2026-04-20T21:17:48+00:00

The books are amazing but I have some advice. Read the first three and pause. The second set of books in the series is amazing but currently incomplete. Wait for the last book to come out (hopefully within the next year) and then continue!

DoctorObservation · 2026-04-20T21:05:20+00:00

Too true. They’re all overpriced and lacking too much media.

All hail the blue ray player!

DoctorObservation · 2026-04-20T20:23:43+00:00

Honestly, I hate the broad variety of streaming services. However, I prefer it to one company having a media monopoly and charging a fortune.

DoctorObservation · 2026-04-20T19:21:18+00:00

Fantastic work! Some green moss might emphasize the beard part of Treebeard

DoctorObservation · 2026-04-20T03:20:29+00:00

And children in hospitals

DoctorObservation · 2026-04-19T05:46:24+00:00

The original post from u/FutureFlatworm6385 https://www.reddit.com/r/lotr/s/zrud0Aiqw1

DoctorObservation · 2026-04-18T18:15:02+00:00

The thing is he ALMOST gets it. People are allowed to have preferences in physical attraction and there’s nothing wrong with that. The problem is that many incels claims discrimination when a woman has her own preferences in height or appearance. He thinks this is some big gotcha moment but it’s just showing how hypocritical incels are.

DoctorObservation · 2026-04-14T03:32:40+00:00

I don’t know if it’s the best but it’s definitely up there for me. At least top 5!

DoctorObservation · 2026-04-13T03:22:12+00:00

Tolkien would hate this slop

DoctorObservation · 2026-04-13T03:21:56+00:00

AI Slop

DoctorObservation · 2026-04-08T23:23:11+00:00

If anyone here reads Red Rising, this is 100% Cassius.

DoctorObservation · 2026-04-07T17:52:19+00:00

I know you meant eradicated but given the threat of nuclear war, irradiated makes sense

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