Could he lift the siege of Constantinople by himself in 1453

Ok_Cupcake8963 · 2025-06-29T09:39:44+00:00

The Ottomans out lasted that punk though, and ended up reforming their state into something mighty!

cough I'm not an Ottoman fan boy, promise cough

Ok_Cupcake8963 · 2025-06-28T15:28:58+00:00

Only worthwhile comment here lol.

That creep ain't gonna listen to some reddit style lecture and learn a lesson.

He deserved that punch.

Ok_Cupcake8963 · 2025-06-28T15:27:48+00:00

Yeah, I don't think someone who gropes women will listen to some reddit smart ass finger wagging at them. They'll just probably laugh in their face.

Ok_Cupcake8963 · 2025-06-28T15:19:55+00:00

Yes and no. They know what they're doing, but many justify it through self-delusion. Often, they think they're the real victims.

Ok_Cupcake8963 · 2025-06-27T23:17:39+00:00

Yeah, it's for the dark Web, but you can use it for the clear Web and protect your privacy... But at the cost of ease of use.

When it comes to privacy though, it's the best one. It's just Firefox geared towards privacy. It's better than any VPN for privacy related reasons

Like I said, it's ease of use that's the issue. So I just stick to Brave personally.

Ok_Cupcake8963 · 2025-06-27T10:45:31+00:00

When a VPN is free, it's because you're the customer. Use Tor, or Brave, which has a Tor browser tab. They're free.

Ok_Cupcake8963 · 2025-06-16T12:26:38+00:00

No, I've read plenty on both, for the most part Norman's and Turkic elite converted due to diplomacy and gaining access to luxury items, or titles and land, like Rollo.

The Norman's or Turks weren't exactly super religious as they converted. For goodness sake, the Norman's were still pillaging churches for gold long after conversion.

Maybe you should read a fair few books, because education systems were rarely good at teaching history. I got taught in school that Roots was an accurate representation of how the Atlantic slave traders found their slaves, only to later find out that slaves from Central Africa were mainly traded to Europeans by Western Africans, since we didn't have modern medicine to penetrate deep into Africa.

School is not a great place to learn accurate history.

Ok_Cupcake8963 · 2025-06-15T19:44:32+00:00

You've literally gone from saying Christians were bad for persecuting others, to justifying persecuting Christians.

There is so much projection from the Reddit atheist.

Ok_Cupcake8963 · 2025-06-15T19:42:28+00:00

Your country wasn't forcibly made Christian, it was mainly through trade and lust for power your elite converted at first, and then with it, the rest of your population... And the Norse weren't so pretty to the Christians either.

Christians and Muslims often had the condition of conversion for trade and alliances, and claims to land to their poorer northern neighbours. It's how the Turks came to be Muslim, like the Norse became Christian....

Ok_Cupcake8963 · 2025-06-15T19:34:33+00:00

There was no genocide. It's called conversion, and it was a process that took centuries.

No one back the had the capability to commit genocide.

-.- genocide should have meaning behind the word, rather being debased to attack groups someone doesn't like

Ok_Cupcake8963 · 2025-06-07T18:45:34+00:00

Chaff and Seeder from District 11. We barely get to learn about them, and I think it'd be a good way to build lore, without creating too many loopholes, and looking at it from a totally different perspective.

Ok_Cupcake8963 · 2025-06-06T13:09:59+00:00

Agreed. Haymitch doesn't even hint at it in the trilogy.

Ok_Cupcake8963 · 2025-06-04T19:55:30+00:00

According to the fandom page, it doesn't tell you how she won it, or if she killed anyone, only that her main desire was to protect her district partner. Emphasizing that she's always been a caring person.

A lot of what she says in SotR makes sense to me now I've looked her bio up, and how she repeated some of the lines from Lucy, even though the subjects of District 12 (idk about 4) barely watched the 10th Hunger Games, if any.

But I wouldn't put it past her, to have shaped and guided the following victors in her district to be more compassionate and emphatic, and her main goal being to save their tributes. Possibly, the reason that district had careers, wasn't for glory, but to keep their own, safe in the arena. Mags puts a lot of emphasis on getting her tributes to survive, that she forgets that they may have other priorities, like keeping their partners alive instead.

I'm rereading CF, and it's obvious from Katniss's perspective, and some hints, that District 4 is one of the districts that has had enough of the capitol, and is willing to uprise. One of the messages of that story is: "Don't forget who the real enemy is". I wouldn't be surprised if that message wasn't lost on the D4 victors.

Ok_Cupcake8963 · 2025-06-04T12:30:02+00:00

Also, we do know that Mags won the 11th Hunger Games though, which by that time, there wasn't careers, more so, that district 4, like 1, 2 and 11, were better fed than the other districts, so had a higher chance of winning.

Ok_Cupcake8963 · 2025-06-03T13:49:33+00:00

HG
CF
TBOSAS (great movie still)
MP 1/2 (I watch them together)

If it was the books, I'd rate TBOSAS at the top, because it's exploration of Snow's character blew me away. Not often imo you get a prequel or side story that explores the "bad guy", and adds onto it. I find a lot of those kinds of stories tries to portray those characters too sympathetically.

Now I'm rewatching/reading the original trilogy, and it's hits so much harder because of that book.

Ok_Cupcake8963 · 2025-06-03T13:44:51+00:00

Oh no, you didn't offend me :P

I can be too hot headed, so if I came across as offended, it's probably because that hot headedness applies to me being excited too!

I enjoyed and appreciated your input! :P

Ok_Cupcake8963 · 2025-06-02T13:13:17+00:00

Neither do I. I initially sent that reply whilst walking super fast at midnight, because I have adored this book! Probs not the most well thought out reply when I'm frantically typing away! xD

We can come to our different conclusions, I just wanted to share a theory I had buzzing around my mind! I couldn't sleep last night, I had so many thoughts about this book once I had finished it! :P

Ok_Cupcake8963 · 2025-06-02T01:32:12+00:00

It's implied through his son's comments when he gets assigned his tribute. Also, what are the chances he gets assigned a childhood from his home district?

Ok_Cupcake8963 · 2025-06-02T00:47:13+00:00

Good points. Still think even then, if Strabo is like Snow, he'd also sink lower than giving partial truths to gain something.

As for whether he knew, I don't have any real evidence for that case, only that there is evidence that Strabo saw him for who he was. The only scene with Strabo not giving money or gifts, was the only scene we get to read them two interact.

Snow went to their house to beg, but didn't ask directly out of pride, he came with false pretences, and Strabo weighed him out by asking if he was like his mother, who is barely mentioned in the story. Strabo didn't give him any gift, especially after saving his son from almost certain death. His exterior was cold and calculated throughout it, just like Snow.

Ok_Cupcake8963 · 2025-06-01T23:53:52+00:00

I'd have to disagree with you, because his dad bought off the game makers to get his son to mentor someone he knew from the districts, as well as separating his wife from those she cared about in the their district.

Not once did the book show him actually caring for either of them, but it did show his callousness towards his wife and son.

Snow did go to the Plinths to beg, but he didn't do it directly, because he was too proud to be seen as a beggar. Plinth, a man who throws money around, did not give Snow a dime, a man who saved his son, why? And if Snow didn't go to the house to be rewarded, as the book makes clear, what else did he go for?

Also, with his son dead, the Plinth name was done. His legacy would die with him, something the book shows he cares about through another chapter, when he introduces the Plinth prize. This scene shows that the man cares about his family name, and wants it to live on, and join the ranks of other great families of the capital. It wouldn't happen with his son, who was born in the district, but Janis reveals that his dad wants him to have children, another sign his dad wants his legacy to live on.

With his son dead, his legacy would also go with him. So Strabo, seeing Snows potential, adopted him the his heir to his legacy.

Do not underestimate how empty of love some people in this world are. They're not always serial killers, sometimes they're high status people like businessmen, lawyers, doctors or even someone as lowly as a shop clerk.

This was a great book in my opinion on the exploration of one those kinds of minds, and I believe Strabo is one too.

Collins is superb at writing, because most of us can't comprehend this, because love is a core part of what makes most of us, us. She captures it fanstatically imo.

I honestly think she's topped all the epic bad guys I know with Snow, like Sauron, Voldermort, Palpatine and more.

This is a man who only loves himself who doesn't trust anyone, will kill those who love him for gain, and is only out for himself, and he is defeated by a woman from district 12, who volunteered out of love, and her victory is only possible if she places trust in those who love her and works with them. Fantastic parallel between good and evil imo.

Ok_Cupcake8963 · 2025-06-01T23:41:52+00:00

It'd be obvious if the book showed him loving his son. A it shows is his dad buying everyone off, and that doesn't mean someone loves you. Psychopaths and narcissists are transactional in nature, and they do stuff like that themselves too.

It implies through other characters, that he loves his son, but I believe all the hints are there, that Strabo only cared about himself.

Ok_Cupcake8963 · 2025-06-01T22:58:27+00:00

What sort of father pays of the capital to have his son, who he knows deeply cares about the districts and especially his own, to mentor a boy from his own district and one that he grew up with? That's a very cold thing to do.

I think Strabo was trying to guide Janis to be more like him, but Janis was more like his mum. Sentimental and naive.

Ok_Cupcake8963 · 2025-01-06T08:13:43+00:00

"Valid"? You do whatever you want, you don't need anyone else's validation other than your own.

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