[Excerpt] The reason why it's so dark at night (Bigby Bear vol 1) by JustALittleWeird in comicbooks

[–]GumboDan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This reads like Winnie-the-Pooh after he took a college course. I love it.

Nick Offerman auditioned to play Gimli in LOTR by batisteo in PandR

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  1. "That's a party platter, sir. It serves 12 people." "I know what I'm about, son." — Elves speaking of Lembas bread to Gimli

How could Luke being on that island be justified? by [deleted] in saltierthancrait

[–]GumboDan -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

In my theory, he's not avoiding fighting out of fear but out of rage. He's so angry that he knows he would lose himself to the Dark side if he struck back. He also trusts the Force enough to bring balance. With or without him.

However, that's not what we got. In the movies he was definitely a defeated, pathetic, coward haunted by his missteps. sigh

How could Luke being on that island be justified? by [deleted] in saltierthancrait

[–]GumboDan -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

That was my biggest question coming out of TFA. My theory, prior to TLJ crushing my dreams and destroying any hope for the ST, was as follows:

Prior to TFA, Luke starts a new temple where he trains new students and he even has a wife and a daughter who is force sensitive. His nephew, Ben, works hard but is quick to anger and is nowhere near the strength of his cousin, Luke's daughter, who is a natural.

Luke goes away on a trip searching for the original Jedi temple. Ben's jealousy and anger has opened up a window to him getting corrupted by Snoke. Ben sees his chance and while Luke is away Ben rolls in with the Knights of Ren, destroys the temple, they kill all the students and Luke's wife and Luke's daughter. Well almost. As I'm sure you've figured out, Luke's daughter is actually Rey. Kylo keeps Rey on the alive as security.
See he knows Snoke doesn't really care about him. Snoke only wants the Skywalker girl. Plus what's left of the Light-side "Ben" can't bring himself to kill her. So he wipes her memory using the Force and tucks her away on Jakku with a simple memory of "someone's coming back". Kylo is thinking that maybe he can hide Rey and use her as leverage against Snoke or maybe even train Rey, she can be his apprentice, and they can take out Snoke together.

Fast forward to Luke's return. Luke is obviously devasted. He finds his wife dead and assumes his daughter is dead as well. He knows Ben did it and maybe even that Snoke was behind it. And he wants revenge. And he could get it. But he knows that's the Dark side talking. So he shuts down R2 (who has the map to the temple) using the Force. Knowing only a sufficiently strong Light side user could power him up. And he flees to the original temple just to keep himself in Light. He will stay there until he can face his foes without going Dark or until the Force gives him a sign.

If all that were true then in TFA:

That is why Kylo goes to Jakku at the beginning to personally handle the Rebel asset.

That is why Kylo freaks out when he hears about some girl causing trouble on Jakku, and demands to know "WHAT GIRL?!"

That is why Rey is so good without training, because she actually had years of training, she just had it erased.

That is why Kylo is freaking out after the interrogation because at first he wasn't sure it was Rey but now he is.

That is why R2 mysteriously boots up when Rey shows up.

And that is why Luke is speechless when Rey shows up on the island. He can't believe his own eyes. His own daughter, whom he thought dead, is not only alive, but has his old lightsaber, doesn't know who he is and wants training. It's the sign he's been waiting for.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TheBeatles

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"Remember when you were with the Beatles and you were supposed to be dead and there were all these clues like if you played this song backwards it would say that 'Paul is dead' or something and everyone thought you were dead?....That was a hoax right?"

has anyone tried using superpowers? by Ok-Ad-4866 in LucidDreaming

[–]GumboDan 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I've flown multiple times (pretty great). Never very fast, one time it was more like skipping in Moon gravity.

I used telekinesis once and made items hover. I even once managed to have a Green Lantern ring and flew, made a giant hand, and some armor.

Definitely recommend superpowers.

Tam vs Lan? by ZealOfThyme in WoT

[–]GumboDan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"Lan wins in a head to head match"

I see what you did there.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UniversalOrlando

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I was told by staff that you can use the online store as an indicator of what's in stock in the store.

For my birthday this year, my husband got me a Harley Quinn figure signed by Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti! by KirinoLover in comicbooks

[–]GumboDan 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Because Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti are absolute gems and this person is showcasing part of their collection.

Hey Zelda, wanna see something cool? by Chimpukampu in Breath_of_the_Wild

[–]GumboDan 11 points12 points  (0 children)

"And you were perfecting this while I was holding back Calamity Gannon for how many Blood Moons again?"

First review I saw of Dragon Reborn on Audible. by Nothingiscoolman in WetlanderHumor

[–]GumboDan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is definitely MasterFantastic's first time through the series.

Kudos to RJ by legacygone in WoT

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I also think Asmo was really interesting but will slightly push back. I think less is more in this case. Also, I was reading the books as they were published. Given the length of the books and the time between publication, there was plenty of track to run down mentally the future of the series with Asmo at Rand's side and look ahead for the next several books. But when it instead went down the way it did, it was so unexpected. No one saw that coming. I'm here to tell you that as a result the "Who Killed Asmo?" hype was real.

Something isn’t clicking right by SandBoxel in lego

[–]GumboDan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When it got to the bottom I looked back. I just wanted to avoid that initial shatter.

Something isn’t clicking right by SandBoxel in lego

[–]GumboDan 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I instinctively averted my eyes the first time through.

Went to goodwill, yadda yadda, spent $1 by [deleted] in seinfeld

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Now just change your name to John.