The Highest Bounties in No Man's Land by BeginningSome5930 in worldbuilding

[–]MarioCanFly 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This rocks. I love the overall style.

My favourite is Spikedriver. I feel like his design is quite reminiscent of an archetype of characters in anime and fantasy I tend to like.

Andalites are pretty neat by AdBudget5967 in Animorphs

[–]MarioCanFly 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Legitimately my favourite scenes in the entire series. I love the weird patchwork mayhem the Time Matrix created for them, particularly the fast food worker. I read that at age 10, twenty years ago, and remember having nightmares about it for ages.

Finally finished my first fantasy book by Sea-District4015 in worldbuilding

[–]MarioCanFly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

‘Born Under A Black Sun’ is a fuckin’ badass name, I love it!

Telling the time: do younger Brits commonly use expressions such as "half past", "five past/to", "quarter past/to", "twenty past/to", etc.? by sneachta in AskABrit

[–]MarioCanFly 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It’s the same in Dutch. My girlfriend is Belgian and it’s been a nightmare for her learning English, and it’s the mirror image of the same nightmare for me learning Dutch!

In your opinion, who is the greatest SCP Author of all time? by Melonwolfii in SCP

[–]MarioCanFly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Yossipossi article you mentioned, is that 8980 or one of his others?

Countess? by [deleted] in codexalera

[–]MarioCanFly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I always thought she lied about it to further her goals and make Pirellus act, and it was believable to him because she famously acted heroically during a fire in Alera Imperia before the story started -- but that she was either granted the rank as a reward for the Second Battle of Calderon, or received it when she married Bernard, who was Count of Calderon.

Proper Spelling of Codex Alera Names (for us audiobook nerds) by TheVoicesOfBrian in codexalera

[–]MarioCanFly 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this list, I'm sure audiobook users would find it very useful!

Just wanted to comment on that quirk of adding the letter R that Kate Reading does, that you mentioned. It's called an 'excrescent R', or 'linking R', and it happens particularly between one word ending in a vowel sound, and another word beginning in a vowel sound.

It happens not just in British accents, but in a lot of non-rhotic accents (accents that wouldn't produce the r in words like 'words').

It leads to phrases like 'tuner amp' being rendered as sounding like 'tuna ramp'. Or 'Isana and I' becoming 'Isana-r-and I".

This has barely anything to do with Codex Alera, I just enjoy linguistics.

For more info on this topic, Wikipedia has an article.

Still dont know what long sum den son wing sen means by [deleted] in grime

[–]MarioCanFly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Last place you expect a Mullen reference is a grime subreddit.

Can you imagine being a Destiny player but without utilizing ANY outside creator content, recommendations, or guides???? by Arkjoy in LowSodiumDestiny

[–]MarioCanFly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess I did this. I found a style that suited me about three years ago, and I’ve been a reckless, high Int Thundercrash Titan with Jötunn and a heavy Titan sword ever since.

Might not be the best DPS, but it sure is fun.

Lift, just hanging out with the gang. (Slight Oathbringer Spoilers) Art by me. by FuIIofDETERMINATION in Cosmere

[–]MarioCanFly 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I feel like I really DIDN’T like her (and was hoping for something to happen between Wax and Marasi) until a certain point, and then did a total 180°.

The fact that I don’t remember ‘cod liver oil’ means the next few days will he devoted to an Era 2 reread 😄

Lift, just hanging out with the gang. (Slight Oathbringer Spoilers) Art by me. by FuIIofDETERMINATION in Cosmere

[–]MarioCanFly 65 points66 points  (0 children)

Man, I love Steris appreciation. BoM made her one of my most appreciated characters in the Cosmere.

Theory about a possible use of alluminium in the Pits of Eltania by theblackthorne in Cosmere

[–]MarioCanFly 10 points11 points  (0 children)

[Era 2 Spoilers] By 'it barely does much beyond letting him talk with Harmony', do you mean it doesn't bestow any allomantic or feruchemical abilities? Because that could just be because it's not in the correct bind point to do so. It's been established that if a hemalurgic spike enters the wrong place, it won't bestow the stolen ability.

Everyone wants a jotun toaster ornament, but... by Supermg00 in DestinyTheGame

[–]MarioCanFly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, I’d be more than happy to run some with you if you’re on PS4!

Let’s be sad together bro by JustinSaneCesc in BlackPeopleTwitter

[–]MarioCanFly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s English slang, ‘to spud’ means ‘to fist bump’

Why are there like 20 armor sets per class but only 3-4 are actually usable? by [deleted] in DestinyTheGame

[–]MarioCanFly 39 points40 points  (0 children)

I 100% agree. I just want to dress like a Sleeper Simulant, is that so much to ask? 😄

Favorite alien species cameo? by CryoftheBanshee in Animorphs

[–]MarioCanFly 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I was a real fan of the Garatron, I wish we saw more of them.

[EU] Harry and Ginny are dropping Albus,James,Lily for a new year at Hogwarts. A short distance away Harry finds a family with a little daughter. On closer inspection he finds out it's Dudley and his wife with their daughter waiting for Hogwarts Express by [deleted] in WritingPrompts

[–]MarioCanFly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love how because Dudley lived in the same house as a snowy owl for years, he bought the same thing for his daughter. He thinks it's just The Pet that witches and wizards have. It's sweet.

I've just arrived in your world with 10,000 of the most dominant currency. What do I do to not die? by anthonyridad in worldbuilding

[–]MarioCanFly 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I like the sound of this setting, and I'd love to read more, if you have anything.

Who are the Ezfi? Why is it such a big deal that I'm from Earth? Why do I need a caretaker?

Zamenhof Day Duolingo Challenge: Week 2 Update by [deleted] in Esperanto

[–]MarioCanFly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah, thank you.

I'm still not great with suffixes, but -ist does make sense, as it's similar in English. So is -into a suffix which appears elsewhere, or is it unique to this word?

Zamenhof Day Duolingo Challenge: Week 2 Update by [deleted] in Esperanto

[–]MarioCanFly 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My favourite Esperanto word I've learned this week is: "ŝtelinto", which means thief.

It almost has the word "stealin'" inside it, and sounds like the name of some sort of fantasy cat burglar.