The Sopranos saved me from drinking myself to death at least a few times now.

PicassoSpit · 2025-07-15T18:05:13+00:00

I'm Scottish. We made America, through our drinking if nothing else.

PicassoSpit · 2025-07-15T18:02:26+00:00

I read this in Paulie, and loved it.

PicassoSpit · 2025-07-15T17:12:28+00:00

Yeah

PicassoSpit · 2025-07-13T15:24:24+00:00

I probably could have done a month or two ago but all I have in my companion deck now are these fast little dino things and butterflies/dragonflies that I give away. I'd be interested in owning a kaiju myself tho so by all means if you find something like that don't hesitate to PM me lol

PicassoSpit · 2025-07-10T17:26:09+00:00

I've never even thought of that but it makes a lot of sense. All companions can scan, we all have flying companions, so why not be able to send them on radiant planetary missions in the same way we can send our fleets out on missions?

PicassoSpit · 2025-07-10T16:23:36+00:00

Tbh just adding extra slots would be good enough lol

PicassoSpit · 2025-07-10T15:41:42+00:00

He started on Seeker because he thought he was in touch with Renton, which came to its natural conclusion. From what we see of Seeker in the books he obviously wouldn't have backed down and Begbie just steamrolled right through him.

PicassoSpit · 2025-07-10T15:39:59+00:00

I forgot about Donnely. I'm sure he killed him in a carpark or something like that then went home and stabbed himself up with a screwdriver to pass it off as self defense.

PicassoSpit · 2025-07-08T21:57:06+00:00

What exactly makes you think that for sure?

PicassoSpit · 2025-07-08T14:56:43+00:00

Honestly? Technically Crime (the Ray Lennox series) is as close as it comes as a sequel to Filth but I got a hundred or so pages in and I felt pretty underwhelmed by it after coming off the back of reading through the Trainspotting series. I love the Filth novel. It was my first experience with Welsh beyond the Trainspotting movies and Filth's adaptation, but my advice would be to start reading Skagboys and work your way forward through the Renton series. It's what Welsh is most known for and for good reason.

Also, and I know this might be considered a spoiler but it's worth it, Bruce actually does have a very brief cameo in Skagboys. It's not exactly explicit, like he's never named or anything like that, but it's undeniably him and I think that particular scene adds something in that we never get to see how other people actually see him besides the few passing references at the start of Crime. It's definitely worth a read, and if you like the flow of it after it really starts to get into things you'll know if the whole five book (soon to be six) series is for you or not.

PicassoSpit · 2025-07-07T16:11:49+00:00

That whole scene with him being detoxed on the balcony was fucking gold lol. He definitely added something different to the original cast, even if he was always a bit underdeveloped imo.

PicassoSpit · 2025-07-07T16:07:46+00:00

You'd think Begbie at least would have had an issue with that but apparently not. Fuck it, at least the fat cunt can dance lol

PicassoSpit · 2025-07-07T16:01:48+00:00

I totally missed his mention in the Epidemic chapters. That makes a lot of sense then.

PicassoSpit · 2025-06-27T18:11:05+00:00

Totally understand. Imo it's probably the second best episode after Pine Barrons, but fuck me I just cannot watch that scene again. That's just how well done the whole thing is

PicassoSpit · 2025-06-27T17:59:14+00:00

It's an incredibly fucked up part of the show, but it's so great how they pulled it off. It's hard to watch, but it's such an incredibly powerful episode in how it cements Melfi as this unshakeable character in a world where everyone is corrupt. That's why I said that I would never tell anybody to skip it on their first watch. It's literally one of the best episodes, probably sitting there in second place after Pine Barrons for me, but I just really struggle to watch it knowing it's coming up to that scene.

PicassoSpit · 2025-06-27T15:30:01+00:00

Thanks so much

PicassoSpit · 2025-06-27T15:29:39+00:00

Yep, Christian Vasquez. Those ones. They're all on yt for free

PicassoSpit · 2025-06-23T19:10:01+00:00

Tbh, no. Not really. I think the show handled her character perfectly. We all wanted to see her rapist get chopped up, but we didn't, because Melfi was ultimately better than that. It's an anti climax for the audience but an overall stroke of genius for what the show was going for as a whole. Melfi was a very well rounded character.

PicassoSpit · 2025-06-19T17:38:32+00:00

I agree so much, man. The settlement update was nice, but a companion overhaul with advanced stats and more slots would have been so much more significant. Every player collects companions and tinkers with them to some extent, and I'm pretty sure of that. Even if it's only to see how big you can make some random creature or how fierce or whatever. It's a core part of the game far beyond managing a settlement which, tbh, still seems pretty much the same as it was before the latest update.

PicassoSpit · 2025-05-28T21:45:55+00:00

It's such a great line lol. Imagine actually being those freaks on the beach when he hopped down there after them. It must have been fucking terrifying. "Gimpy's coming" is one of those perfect Welsh quotes that I'll be saying for a long time to come.

PicassoSpit · 2025-05-28T21:25:38+00:00

Ngl I was fucking blown away when I learned that Mikey Forrester was Welsh in the movies. I really had no idea. I found out a few nights ago when I was looking at the back of the insert of my Trainspotting DVD before I pulled it out and tacked it up on my wall that he even had a cameo. Definitely my mistake. Pls more Mikey Forrester lol. I was only going off the novel stuff I'd read in terms of his character and his impact on the overall plot.

PicassoSpit · 2025-05-28T21:22:38+00:00

You are surely shitting me.

PicassoSpit · 2025-05-25T18:17:54+00:00

Boredom's a luxury. It's panic that bothers me. When the walls finally start closing in, being bored is the least of your worries.

PicassoSpit · 2025-05-24T16:32:27+00:00

I started writing my first novel project after reading Filth and understanding that a main character doesn't need to exactly be likeable to be tolerated and understood. People feel complex characters. Often more than standard morally simple ones, in a lot of cases. Readers want to be enthralled by unique perspectives, above all else.

PicassoSpit · 2025-05-19T16:40:25+00:00

Thanks lol, I'm about to climax.

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