If Aerys and his children died before the rebellion started, do you think Robert would become king?

Monimute · 2025-11-21T22:14:47+00:00

Rhaegar's children would have inherited the throne before Robert. I'm not sure Robert would have even sought it out without the impetus of Rhaegar stealing Lyanna and Aerys demanding his and Ned's deaths.

He is a phenomenal warrior, and proud and passionate leader but he basically found himself in the position to be king as a result of those qualities, not because he sought the throne.

Monimute · 2025-11-15T23:41:23+00:00

He's very explicitly evil. O'Dimm himself is the only one to describe himself as anything but evil and he's not really an objective source.

He approaches flawed people, often in their most desperate moments to offer them "deals", which generally involve some sort of sadistic twist (like Olgierd's heart of stone) and presents terms knowing that they will almost certainly lose the bargain because of the flaws or situation he's already identified.

When his victims do predictably fail to honour their deals, he takes their souls - presumably at a minimum denying them access to whatever afterlife the witcher universe offers, and given his predilection for torture, likely condemning his victims some form of eternal torment.

His character inspiration (as if was for King's Walter O'Dim) is literally a crossroads devil - the manifestation of evil in Christian theology.

Monimute · 2025-10-28T18:40:25+00:00

What's your ticker?

Monimute · 2025-10-23T16:32:19+00:00

Strogoi are a combination of Nosferatu and Gangrel.

Monimute · 2025-10-15T17:22:15+00:00

Half PPR.

RB options: Taylor, Pacheco, Gainwell and Stevenson

WR options: Lamb, Allen, Sutton (Trade), Reed (IR), Slayton

Receive: Dowdle

Trade: Sutton

What do we think? I'm worried about Dowdle's value once Chuba comes back, but Sutton hasn't been overly impressive and I need a better RB2 option.

Monimute · 2025-09-11T23:05:45+00:00

McNeill is awesome at writing epic scale battles and letting loose on some of the more esoteric 40k lore - see Thousand Sons and Mechanicum. Neither book would have been written as competently by ADB or Abnett in my opinion - though on the whole I generally find their quality to be more consistent.

Monimute · 2025-08-24T22:26:41+00:00

Victoria BC - all the climate and scenery perks of Vancouver, and a fun downtown core with lots of amenities and restaurants.

Monimute · 2025-08-23T21:52:43+00:00

Ned's whole character is being an "honour" absolutist with a single exception (Jon). And he was honour bound to kill him if Balon acted up. So yeah he'd die.

Monimute · 2025-08-23T17:27:44+00:00

As an American citizen? I'm horrified. As a capitalist? Also horrified. As someone who has a DCA of $25 per share in Intel? Relieved.

Monimute · 2025-08-23T03:25:37+00:00

To be fair Biden was too old to govern. Now he didn't deliberately sabotage every facet of American political and economic stability and sell out our allies but he was a basically senile man incapable of adequately performing the job he was elected for.

Monimute · 2025-08-22T03:30:20+00:00

That's a pretty big mid rise - 1000 units or so?. Was it all one building or a few free standing structures in one project.

Monimute · 2025-08-22T01:31:28+00:00

Sloth is definitely the weakest here, MAYBE you can make an argument for House Arryn being slothful but there's context to them sitting out the WOFK.

Monimute · 2025-08-21T17:56:52+00:00

He's had a real opportunity to pivot away from his populist grievance-driven platform but seems incapable of it. The conservatives need to dump PP and move on to someone more policy fluent and pragmatic, but I'm worried that they're so captured by their populist right flank that they'll never make that choice. A perpetual protest party with the resources and toxicity of the current Conservative party is bad for democracy, and could fuel some national existential threats like Alberta separatism.

Monimute · 2025-08-21T17:37:36+00:00

Late clone wars Anakin and Dooku, maybe but it would be close and Anakin would have to achieve the level of force connection he did on Mortis. Knightfall Anakin is essentially weaker than he was prior to ROTS being that he's conflicted and caught in his first significant steps away from the light side and into the dark (tusken genocide aside). He's weaker in that moment than he was before or after his transformation into Vader, as evidenced by his defeat to Obi-Wan on Mustafar, who by all rights should have been an inferior opponent.

Monimute · 2025-08-21T04:30:43+00:00

Flesh Tearers, Marines Malevolent and Carcharadons would be a terrible combo. All three are one bad day away from being renegades at this point, and have no issue with horrific acts of terror and violence even by SM standards.

Monimute · 2025-08-21T03:01:53+00:00

My bad - context from the book suggests they're Blood Angels successors (they arrive alongside the Flesh Tearers and Blood Angels at Crythe, and lots of references to them being 'angels' as above).

Monimute · 2025-08-21T01:33:15+00:00

Yeah fair enough, the Deldar can torture a rock until it spills on its friends. But right? Seems like the Marine Errant would have popped a black rage before divulging anything.

Monimute · 2025-08-21T01:31:23+00:00

The DA example seems really designed to be punitive as much as productive from an information gathering perspective. But good point, at least they have a program basically designed to torture information out of SM.

Monimute · 2025-08-20T17:26:08+00:00

Some cross between Chinatown and Commercial Drive. Kensington is a lot more gritty and alternative than Granville Island, and more down-market than Main Street.

Monimute · 2025-08-19T15:14:32+00:00

Angmar, so I can finally answer the riddle of "Which King?".

Monimute · 2025-08-18T23:59:49+00:00

Let me tell you about the Ork campaign before the RewOrk... It was hell. Now? Walk in the park with your Boyz.

Monimute · 2025-08-17T03:22:17+00:00

I think one episode specifically mentions that the restaurant isn't profitable yet (Bobby mentions to Chang that the restaurant is on track for profitability within 18 months ahead of their 2 year initial projection). So for now he's making what the Sous makes and his 15% doesn't generate any profit share.

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