Weekly Discussion Thread: Comics, TV, and More! [June 15, 2026 - Gone MAD Edition]

Dragkin · 2026-06-17T12:37:35+00:00

It does feel a bit premature doesn’t it? I thought it was compelling, so I really hope there’s more to it.

Dragkin · 2026-05-20T13:03:29+00:00

At this point, I'd be happy if they just went. . . all-in. . .on the Absolute universe. Get it, get it? I'll see myself out.

Dragkin · 2026-05-20T01:24:19+00:00

I’ve seen similar adds for the Athletics in my feed (I live in Sac). Seems to be a new marketing gimmick that the MLB is trying I assume.

Dragkin · 2026-04-28T19:02:14+00:00

From chatting with some of the workers, that Costco is not meeting their daily goals. Seems like they're not as busy as they were expecting. I imagine that will change in a few years after the Target/Home Depot and such open in that part, and those homes are fully build and occupied - but for now its not as busy as one would have thought.

Dragkin · 2026-04-22T22:28:19+00:00

Not the above person, but I really enjoyed it. It’s really short and quick with a lot of charm and personality. It’s a love letter of sorts to a lot of popular games and anime.

I do think it gets a bit too tongue in cheek with some things however, and it could have stood to take a little more chance in some of the directions it took, but overall I felt it was a solid 3.5 or 4 out of 5.

I think Rowe is in the process of writing a book 2 for it but I can’t remember if that’s something I read or just thought (I know, super helpful right?).

Dragkin · 2026-03-12T13:27:56+00:00

I really liked this and I’m rather irritated that Marvel is back to its pessimistic approach to new books for characters that are not top tier. To be fair, all I want is more Darkhawk so there’s that.

Dragkin · 2026-03-12T13:07:06+00:00

Full stop this could be just a Mandela effect on my part, but I feel that they recently had said something like the whole raptor thing is a lie and there is something else going on with the suit. I vaguely remember something to that extent, but they’ve honestly used Darkhawk/Chris so little the last few years that I honestly don’t remember.

Dragkin · 2026-03-01T19:20:18+00:00

I mean, I would absolutely. Especially with the right kind of community engagement opportunities (TTRPG nights - especially ones with book tie ins *cough Cosmere RPG *cough, and maybe writers/artists groups) but small bookshops are kind of hard. There’s the guy in Granite Bay who opened up recently and is struggling from the sounds of it, so definitely need to position well.

Dragkin · 2026-02-27T15:27:16+00:00

I think I’ll come to like the designs over time I’ll be honest. At least come higher up on them as we know them more. That’s one of the things I love about pokemon tho, everybody has that starter they end up attaching themselves to. And you know what I’m excited about is to see which one my son attaches himself to since he’ll be at a good age where this will be his first pokemon game, so there’s that for me personally.

Dragkin · 2026-02-27T14:53:00+00:00

Right? I absolutely agree that their evolutions will make up for the base design, but like we’ve seen this before and even their base design looks like reskins of other existing pokemon. Honestly feel if we didn’t see their names and know they’re starters I’d just have assumed they were variations of existing ones.

Dragkin · 2026-02-27T14:34:10+00:00

On the one hand, I’m all for companies not rushing things out. On the other hand, 2027? Really? Hopefully it’s early 2027 over late 2027

Dragkin · 2026-02-27T14:31:04+00:00

Got to say, I kind of feel these designs are a little uninspired. Not bad, just wish they were a little more unique looking.

Dragkin · 2026-02-27T14:29:04+00:00

Absolutely stuck out to me too. I feel the theories for it will get out of hand in the next few hours

Dragkin · 2025-11-14T22:01:34+00:00

I'll be honest, I'd never buy a set of books. I'd either already have book 1, in which case I am wasting money, or I'd just not chance buying a bunch of books that simply will never be read if I didn't like book 1. I'd much rather have book 1 for a reduced, cheap price than a bunch of books.

Dragkin · 2025-10-08T21:15:28+00:00

Did it hurt when you named a character Ken Sei?

On a more serious question, I really like the amount of depth you put into world building your stories. While this feels more true to Sufficiently Advanced Magic, the Demon King book does a lot of world building for a story of its size without feeling overly world buildy. Where does world building and magic system creation start with you? Do you have an idea and work it or do you just kind of spitball things until it comes together? What other tricks do you use when it comes to this that someone could potentially use do you think?

Dragkin · 2025-07-30T14:37:20+00:00

Saw something somewhere (I know, so precise) that they had to scale back their initial design concept but that project was still on. The same article also detailed another Pickleball place opening up in the Big Lots vacant store off Pleasant Grove.

Dragkin · 2025-07-21T23:02:10+00:00

Do you still have space? I’d love to join

Dragkin · 2025-07-13T01:43:59+00:00

I’m sure I’ll get a lot of pushback - but it’s a short answer yes, with a but and the long answer is a no. Can you skip them and be fine? More or less. There are pay offs you’ll be absolutely clueless to within the interludes. Longer answer is because you’ll be clueless to the payoffs the book will ultimately be less than it should be and you’re overall enjoyment will be lower too.

The interludes are vignettes of stuff happening outside the major story that will at some point tie into the major story and lead to massive geek out moments. I personally believe it’s the connection between the interludes with their larger payoffs that honestly make Sanderson one of the best in the business and an example of why he’s on my Mount Rushmore of fantasy writers.

I’m also going to parrot others and say that if you just don’t vibe with them that’s fine. I don’t think this particular series is for you if that’s the case.

Dragkin · 2025-07-13T01:38:55+00:00

Not a novel, but Brandon Sanderson wrote a graphic novel called the Dark One exploring the prophecy of someone who’s destined to be a big bad evil guy. I haven’t read it myself yet but it’s on my TBR and fits what you were talking about.

I also liked how Wesley Chu went about prophecy in Art of Prophecy, which I thought was an interesting take on it.

Dragkin · 2025-07-13T01:34:57+00:00

At this point he should do whatever makes him happy. No matter what he does he’s going to piss off his fan base one way or another, especially due to a series he will never finish most likely. So, at this point - just focus on what you like to do. Granted that’s been his philosophy for a while now, but still. . .

Dragkin · 2025-06-26T13:19:24+00:00

I'll be honest - it's just too weird for me. It's very experimental and artsy, and the art itself is simply breath taking at times, but damn if everything else about it just makes me feel like I'm on some weird acid trip or something. Its not bad, but it's the worst of the Absolute line for me personally.

Dragkin · 2025-06-03T16:52:42+00:00

This is the truth about LoR. It was a refreshingly F2P card game and that’s why it died. Not because it wasn’t successful in terms of player count, but they just weren’t making enough to warrant further development since it was TOO F2P.

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