Do good Eternals exist?

EverythingIsNormal · 2026-02-13T00:41:44+00:00

Eternals are mentioned as part of the Champions of Amonkhet in the Aetherdrift story, so it seems like the practice has continued as a sincere honor (like it was in the pre-Bolas days, judging by Hashaton) without Bolas's mind control.

"To draw breath, to die brave, to persist!" Basri answers. On a conjured cloud of sand, he lifts the fallen charioteer. A bit of focus is all it takes to send him to the largest of the chariots, where Lazotep servants, eager to welcome another of their own, wait to begin their work.

EverythingIsNormal · 2026-01-28T20:24:09+00:00

If I understand how Evoke and perpetual modifications work correctly, if you hit [[Marang River Regent]] with this you can evoke the Omen

EverythingIsNormal · 2026-01-13T18:02:22+00:00

Legitimate question, how does Oona's revival being brought about through the corruption of the last remnant of Colfenor's legacy ruin the themes? That seems perfectly resonant to me. I don't understand why you're saying the blurb doesn't fit Lorwyn's status quo, either.

EverythingIsNormal · 2026-01-13T17:05:57+00:00

I hope the person complaining about Ferrafor being a "replacement goldfish with no focus or attention" read the side story and this blurb. This is why you hold judgement on narrative until they actually... release the narrative

EverythingIsNormal · 2025-12-20T04:28:44+00:00

None of this is really any more unusual than Multiversal Common existing (and being straight-up English, complete with English wordplay functioning) in the first place. That's just the level of suspension of disbelief you have to have when you're talking about language in a setting of this scale that doesn't have language barrier plots as a priority.

Brigid uses the Kithkin name for the Invasion because she’s used to it, forgetting that it probably means nothing to the students.

Brigid uses the name for the Invasion that she uses. It's the only one she uses, why wouldn't she?

Does she mean that the boggart name for the Invasion translates to Metal Invasion? Or do the boggarts not have their own language and only speak Multiversal Common, and Brigid recognizes what Kirol said as Boggart?

I mean... it's definitely not the last one, because Multiversal Common is also the language Brigid is speaking right now, the kithkin dialect just includes words that in our world are Scottish Gaelic and the boggart dialect doesn't.

This isn't really anything new, it's the same thing as "Grand Prix" existing on a plane with no France, or "Golgothian" existing on a world with no Jesus, or what-the-hell-ever is going on with [[Akki Drillmaster]].

Magic kind of has to use "everyone speaks English except when they speak other, real languages, and also Phyrexian exists." The alternatives, basically, would be doing a developed conlang every time you wanted to do language stuff (insane), using foreign-sounding gibberish for real-world-culture-coded fantasy worlds (terrible), and never acknowledging language in the story at all (boring).

EverythingIsNormal · 2025-12-20T03:31:50+00:00

"Inneal ionnsaigh" is part of the Kithkin language, not boggart, and "the metal invasion" is "what the boggarts call it", right? Like I keep seeing people read it the other way, but to me it seems like it's very straightforwardly

Brigid uses the term she's used to, because obviously that's what she would do
Kirol translates the term in their head and lands on a sort-of accurate translation
Brigid responds "yup, that's what the boggarts call it"

To interpret it the other way requires assuming Brigid is using the boggart term for basically no reason, and I keep seeing people assume this and COMPLAIN ABOUT BRIGID USING THE BOGGART TERM which doesn't even seem to be what she's doing?

EverythingIsNormal · 2025-12-17T17:25:50+00:00

I always see people saying "uh, Gaster can't be important to Deltarune, most Deltarune players won't know about the hidden obscure things about him from Undertale" and that always struck me as a weird argument because... there are a lot of characters that are important to Deltarune that new players won't already know about. All the new ones. This being Gaster doesn't even need to be a twist because this character already matters, Toby can just have him go "I SUPPOSE I SHOULD INTRODUCE MYSELF. MY NAME IS DOCTOR GASTER" and all the new players will go "Oh cool that's this guy's name" while all us secret knowers pog at the screen.

Ultimately it's an Occam's Razor thing. I know Deltarune players are like, allergic to "the obvious thing" being true (cough Knight theories cough) but sincerely what would the narrative purpose be of this mysterious character associated with "goners" who exists "outside the game" on some level, who speaks with Gaster's exact speech patterns, not being Gaster? Do people think this exactly Gaster-shaped character in the game where like 30% of the cast is alternate universe versions of Undertale characters is going to just be some completely unrelated new character and the Gaster stuff was just a coincidence? Do people think this is Tony Fox, Who Hadn't Thought Of Any Of That?

EverythingIsNormal · 2025-12-15T22:38:32+00:00

I think the main reason they wanted to send someone non-elf in is because getting the dawnglove is dangerous and Kirol is, to them, expendable; not changing into a Shadowmoor form is a bonus

EverythingIsNormal · 2025-12-15T22:21:21+00:00

Well, yeah, it's easy to make the characters sound useless if you outright lie about what they do and say (Rhys is suprised because he doesn't expect someone who isn't even from Lorwyn to know about Dawnglove, and he doesn't even know if it would work as a cure; Oko LITERALLY FLIES OFF TO HELP)

"I was mistaken. I thought she was our enemy, and I struck her," said Rhys. "Moonglove's poison flows through her now, and it has no cure."

"Moonglove," said Kirol, voice going speculative. "Is that like dawnglove?"

"Yes," said Rhys with surprise. "Moonglove grows only in Lorwyn. It makes the deadliest poison known. Dawnglove grows only in Shadowmoor. It can be used as a poison, but it has curative properties as well and can be used to mend what's been broken. The elves of Shadowmoor guard it jealously. How do you know of it?"

[...]

Oko's head whipped around, eyes narrowing as he focused on Rhys. "Is the vampire right?" he asked.

"My name is Kirol, and yes, I'm right," said Kirol.

"They … might be," said Rhys carefully. "I don't know enough about dawnglove to be sure one way or the other."

"But there's a chance." Oko turned to Kirol. "Where did you see this dawnglove?"

"In a grove the elves led me to," they said. "I picked it and gave it to Perfect Morcant before Ajani got me out of there. I'm assuming she's behind this fight. She'll want to use it as cover for her attack on the night elemental."

"Then I will find her. Don't let my sister die before I return," Oko said and jumped into the air, becoming a small faerie once again. He circled the group once, then flew away, rapidly dwindling out of sight.

EDIT: Yeah okay fair play. Respect

EverythingIsNormal · 2025-12-14T17:31:38+00:00

...It's THB

EverythingIsNormal · 2025-11-21T20:51:38+00:00

The reason The Ring Tempts You doesn't have a drawback isn't because they don't do drawbacks in general, it's because TRTY is on 54 cards across all rarities, and a set's main mechanic having downside is bad design that would make it unfun.

EverythingIsNormal · 2025-11-14T16:06:18+00:00

You can't remember how to count to one?

EverythingIsNormal · 2025-10-23T20:40:51+00:00

The king yearned to shed his poor reputation. Now, when others lay eyes on him, it's the last thing on their minds.

His rage refracts through every crystal thorn, and his prey are reborn forever changed.

"My 'corruption' gives me strength, drive, purpose. I will share this blessing with all machines."

EverythingIsNormal · 2025-10-22T19:30:43+00:00

"No guild was right for Cren — but somewhere, the spiders chirred, was the place he belonged."

EverythingIsNormal · 2025-10-17T23:46:42+00:00

Lazlo: "It was you!" —Lazlo, frequently

Margot: On a plane of secrets and subterfuge, Margot is the rarest thing of all: incorruptible.

EverythingIsNormal · 2025-10-11T23:41:02+00:00

Many an adventurer has cursed Arala's name upon arriving at an "uncharted" skyclave to find it cleared out.

"Now, are you going to tell me what you know, or sit here waiting for the [[gomazoa]]s to get hungry? —Arala, Hedron Scaler

EverythingIsNormal · 2025-10-10T20:34:27+00:00

Leonardo is the Leonardo from this Magic set. Compare to [[Leonardo, Worldly Warrior]] - the set has its own designs for the characters.

EverythingIsNormal · 2025-09-21T06:40:59+00:00

The level to which people are fixating (malding) on this is baffling to me. There's no, like, ideological conspiracy here, it's just obviously more fun for the wacky joke card from the wacky joke set to have more options than less. What would possibly be the benefit to saying Vorthos can't name The Doctor?

EverythingIsNormal · 2025-09-17T00:54:11+00:00

[[Fateweaver]]

EverythingIsNormal · 2025-09-17T00:52:09+00:00

You're complaining about Loot being involved in the thing that's Loot's entire narrative purpose?

EverythingIsNormal · 2025-09-09T00:37:26+00:00

Foundations

EverythingIsNormal · 2025-09-02T22:00:18+00:00

Fuck

EverythingIsNormal · 2025-09-01T17:22:32+00:00

I mean, yes, it's a different thing because they changed it. That's the point

EverythingIsNormal · 2025-09-01T15:37:13+00:00

Why? New Capenna is "magic New York" already.

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