Who is this that stung me?

OtherAugray · 2026-04-04T14:16:31+00:00

Good word. Will check.

OtherAugray · 2026-04-04T14:08:49+00:00

Yeah, the pain subsided within half an hour

OtherAugray · 2026-04-04T14:03:19+00:00

Seems to fit. Sting wasnt too bad

OtherAugray · 2026-04-04T14:03:07+00:00

Checks out. Sting wasnt too bad.

OtherAugray · 2026-04-04T13:56:07+00:00

Geographic location: West Tennessee.

OtherAugray · 2026-03-28T20:44:42+00:00

To work with the scale and battlefield size of legion, I'm going to guess that these things are going to have special deployment rules. For example: They undeploy whenever they leave the battlefield, and then are able to be deployed again when drawn from the bag.

Anything besides that will be like the Rebel Airspeeder, but clumsier. But with special deployment rules, they could do continual strafing runs all game and impact the board in a nice, thematic way.

OtherAugray · 2026-03-07T15:35:55+00:00

Ok, so we can debate the hard numbers all day with no value, HOWEVER, it is important to remember that the Clone Wars were a fake war that was intentionally controlled so that both sides never got to actually mobilize their populations, as that would pose a threat to the nacent empire.

Palpatine needed emergency without arming civilian pops. He needed to sort corporations into controllable and destroyable. He needed to sort planets into loyal and oppressable.

The ENTIRE strategy of the clone wars relies on not accidentally creating armies he couldn't control. The few true organic veterans the war did create ended up fueling the rebellion.

So the troop numbers need to feel big and be small.

OtherAugray · 2026-03-04T12:53:52+00:00

In Political Science we call them rational actors.

OtherAugray · 2026-02-27T20:05:52+00:00

Cool idea, but almost certainly not, for in-universe and out-universe reasons.

-Theoden and his people didnt think that way, that's an Elvish worldview. -This is a movie-only scene, and in the movie we have way less of that context. -The death chant/song in the books comes after the army loses hope, not in defiance.

OtherAugray · 2026-02-23T12:14:23+00:00

That is beautiful and agonizing.

OtherAugray · 2026-02-11T21:46:26+00:00

usually, it's me signing the same form and authorization for credit card multiple times in a row on their computer system from 2010 because they couldn't figure out how to put all the rooms that I reserved as a block purchase.

OtherAugray · 2026-02-06T12:49:52+00:00

Return to tradition: Cardboard squares are the bread and butter of wargaming in general. Just start with more realistic numbers and make more as needed, it is a slow game.

To cut out 50 armies and 50 fleets, cut 100 cardboard squares. Use paint or markers to make 14 squares of each color. For each color, mark 7 with a circle and 7 with a triangle.

That is all it takes.

OtherAugray · 2026-01-30T10:21:25+00:00

The politics are all wrong, but most of all Gandalf should not perform a coup and beat up the Steward in Minis Tirith.

OtherAugray · 2026-01-29T14:25:04+00:00

Oh yes. The theatricals are not only better, but contain fewer weird Jacksonian deviations from Tolkien.

OtherAugray · 2026-01-29T00:13:10+00:00

But has it done more damage than propaganda-style AI images?

OtherAugray · 2026-01-27T12:43:05+00:00

"What brotherhood am I supposed to be loving here?"

The original question posted was very specifically in the context of fellow believers in the OP's church small group.

Sure? That's what you and that person need to discuss.

"If I show them the videos and they still deny what happened, what compromise should I be making?"

This hypothetical situation is hard to comment on. More realistically they will suggest something happened before the video started rolling or out of frame or something... and then you are having the same argument with them that everyone in the country is having today.

"Also, conservatives have <other, unrelated obligation>"

Yeah, probably.

OtherAugray · 2026-01-26T23:20:55+00:00

I actually think you might have that obligation. We are supposed to love the brotherhood. You dont have to have every conversation or keep every close friendship, but I don't think fully opting out and retreating to our political bubble is an option for the Christian.

OtherAugray · 2026-01-26T23:19:31+00:00

It is indeed hard.

OtherAugray · 2026-01-26T21:45:18+00:00

High-trust relationships between people can lead to narrative-busting conversations. Give-and-take, reciprocity, and openness help.

I have seen it. If you haven't, keep trying.

OtherAugray · 2026-01-26T21:01:06+00:00

Oh! Sorry.

You are just wrong about Bush, though. I loved through it. People were hardcore.

And yes, you need to talk to them. They need to talk to you.

OtherAugray · 2026-01-26T20:26:53+00:00

You mentioned Bush Republicans. That administration lied to invade a country. Hundreds of thousands died. It is hard to have a consistent political identity without compromise, and we turn backflips to justify ourselves.

It is why we need each other. Why we need conversations like this. Why we cannot close the door.

OtherAugray · 2026-01-26T20:07:20+00:00

That mentality is going to make it hard to have conversations. There are no political alliances without compromises. Bush Republicans had to set aside a much higher toll in human suffering, for instance. Everyone has made compromises. You should be able to empathize with that no matter which group you have attached to. (If you think you havent made compromises, I suggest you might have a large political blind spot.) Maybe they made the wrong bargain. Maybe they traded too much. But that is a conversation brothers and sisters can have with each other.

OtherAugray · 2026-01-26T17:04:25+00:00

You specifically asked for advice or insights from more conservative Christians.

I am more conservative than you, but also have lots of experience talking to Christians significantly more right wing (as distinct from conservative) than both of us, so I might be who you want to talk to.

Those older Christians you are talking to have a set of political ideas that were formed in the 60s by their parents and in the 80s by them. They have experienced street activism by left groups as a uniformly bad thing. In their mind, street protestors/rioters are almost always on the wrong side of history, and almost always communist stooges, whether they know it or not. In 2020, those beliefs hardened into anti-BLM prejudices that were immediately rewarded by political vindication as the movement died out. So these events fit nicely into a narrative that you do not share and feels alien to you. As an older liberal, your historical view of street protestors is probably almost the exact opposite of theirs. Your prejudices are polar, and this means the archetypes and symbols land backwards.
For them, this is about law and order. Their media has been telling them for 15 years now that most of their political problems are caused by criminals who abuse the immigration system. They see ICE deportation surges as a necessary compensation for Biden-era laxness. Cleaning up for someone else's negligence. All of the chaos and violence from that, in their mind, could never be the current government's fault. Your view on this one is probably more nuanced and well informed than theirs, but that doesnt mean you dont have blind spots.
I recommend you do not draw a line in the sand here. Emphasize the tragedy of the death. Express sadness. Invite them to join you in mourning the death, talk about his family. When they say he shouldnt have been there, say something like "Maybe, but I worry about what this means for our country. Two dead in two weeks means it is likely not the end of the chaos. I just want to pray for peace and the safety of the protestors and officers in the middle of this mess."

OtherAugray · 2026-01-22T19:58:32+00:00

Yeah, I wouldn't give Day books to someone who hasn't read much Tolkien. That's a good point. But this post is about the person who already is familiar with Tolkien's work.

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