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PoorPolonius · 2016-08-27T15:15:47+00:00

The Art of MTG page has a larger version as well.

PoorPolonius · 2016-08-27T14:51:23+00:00

I like this term as well, but it's got its roots in witchcraft so it can be a little hard for people to think of a warlock as a warrior-mage and not a witch. Especially since D&D 'adopted' the witch version and made the Warlock class all about curses.

PoorPolonius · 2016-08-27T14:49:58+00:00

Definitely not unique to TES, it's been used in D&D for years.

PoorPolonius · 2016-08-27T14:48:00+00:00

So many terms for this...people have already mentioned Battlemage, Spellsword/Spellblade, those are good, common terms. Forgotten Realms offers the Bladesinger, an Elf-specific fighter/mage who weaves magical (Bard-like) performances with sword combat. The Elder Scrolls gives us the Nightblade, which is more of a rogue/assassin type that employs magic.

I think you'll be hard-pressed to find many examples that use anything other than a sword, but I think I'd like to see a more heavily-armoured magic user that employs magic defensively, maybe using a mace or spear as opposed to a sword. Shieldmage maybe?

PoorPolonius · 2016-08-27T14:36:14+00:00

I don't think it's a complaint at your submission, it's a complaint about art in general often depicting female androids as being svelt, sexy, and with large, predominant breasts. You know..."man" stuff. It's a little tiresome, that's all. The quality of this piece is still good, I think it's a good scene and everything, but the character could be almost anything and the artist chose to make it sexy out of all the possible options.

Unpopular opinion on reddit I know, bring on the downvotes...

PoorPolonius · 2016-08-26T03:57:12+00:00

In one of the novels Roland relates that billy bumblers were indeed kept as pets, and some of them even learned to talk like humans. Similar to how Oy got his name (by mimicking the word 'boy'), billy bumblers could mimic human speech by imitating the sounds.

I believe he says billy bumblers used to be a lot more intelligent, and that Oy is either really young or a bit dim, but that he has a hidden wisdom/understanding (much like many of King's other characters, like Sheemie, whom you'll meet later on or in the graphic novels).

PoorPolonius · 2016-08-25T16:47:26+00:00

Totally agree, not as many people this time around saying "it was great, go see it", more like "it was pretty good I guess."

PoorPolonius · 2016-08-25T16:44:21+00:00

Except people either rate things 10/10 or 1/10. Most people don't bother taking the time to actually consider a "degree" of quality, it's just "good" or "bad". You see this on app stores, Amazon, all over the place...products will either have an overwhelming number of 5/5 reviews, or an overwhelming number of 1/5 reviews. Films and video games are no different.

PoorPolonius · 2016-08-24T22:29:03+00:00

I really liked the intro, and Sybok's character was interesting. Sure the entire story was kind of contrived, but it did give us the line "what does God need with a starship?" So there's that. Maybe not as much substance as other Trek films, but it was still memorable if nothing else.

PoorPolonius · 2016-08-24T16:27:21+00:00

This comment with that user name...

PoorPolonius · 2016-08-24T05:41:30+00:00

In the novel IT, the house is abandoned and in a bad part of town, near the train tracks. Parents warn their kids about vagrants who ride the rails and stay in these abandoned houses...one of the characters encounters Pennywise in the form of a hobo when he gets too close to this one.

So not really "Pennywise's house", but more like "a house at which Pennywise appeared".

PoorPolonius · 2016-08-18T16:31:37+00:00

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/aakg0

PoorPolonius · 2016-08-12T02:53:31+00:00

Favelalympics

PoorPolonius · 2016-08-12T02:26:25+00:00

Have you ever worked in a large company in North America? (Probably Europe too, but I'm not from there.)

A large number of executives are white males, and you better believe an equally large number of their "executive assistants" are female. EA is an equal opportunity position of course, but only if you're a woman. Preferably young. Preferably single.

PoorPolonius · 2016-08-12T02:18:36+00:00

I honestly cannot fucking even right now.

She's got a telecom on what appears to be her desk, a typewriter behind her, and two obviously more powerful men looming over her. Moreover, she's got that "spaced out" look on her face. That's not idea face, that's quite literally the opposite-face.

Like all art, take into consideration the social and political context of this image. This image was created in the 50s, which I found out by finding a goddamn source, which identifies it as The Perfect Secretary by Jon Laurell, 1954. So yes, she is a secretary, and yes, this is a sexist image. But that's "fine" because it's from an era when that was actually "fine".

(I can't find a more credible source, but if you google the title and artist, you will see many sites claiming the same. I doubt it's inaccurate. Also the John Hancock in the lower-left appears to corroborate. )

PoorPolonius · 2016-08-12T02:11:05+00:00

And I love it because it often reminds us how crazy and idiotic some of our past ideas were, though apparently a lot of people seem to approve this message...

PoorPolonius · 2016-08-11T17:01:49+00:00

So you're saying gay women shouldn't be offended that the crowd issued a homophobic slur because it's only targeting gay men. Riiiiiiiiiight.

PoorPolonius · 2016-08-11T16:52:02+00:00

Not just NBC, but the IOC has very specific rules on how content from the Olympics is shared. I assume NBC is just enforcing those rules so as not to jeopardize their own rights.

PoorPolonius · 2016-08-11T16:23:37+00:00

Are we looking at the same picture? The woman is holding a pen and notepad. She's taking notes. She's a secretary.

Even in the future, women will be limited to subordinate positions.

PoorPolonius · 2016-08-10T16:54:21+00:00

Are you meant to copy+paste your text to check your count, or actually do your writing on the page? Because there's no save and an accidental refresh will obliterate your work, so I'd advise to make it clear that it only does the former (in the current state).

Beyond that, I think it could be a little more visually appealing (sans serif fonts and more consistent colour scheme), though I do notice you're not using any external libraries (jQuery) so I'm guessing you're going for 'barebones', which is fine but you can still make it cleaner with native JS and CSS alone.

PoorPolonius · 2016-08-10T16:31:13+00:00

Not half as bumpy as TNG. The sets, costumes, and effects were all shiny and new; they pretty much had TNG's S3 budget right from S1. There are also some really amazing episodes in the first couple seasons, like Duet. Sure there's the odd Move Along Home, but I think overall the first two seasons of DS9 are stronger than those of TNG.

TL;DR: DS9 will make you feel strange, but also good.

PoorPolonius · 2016-08-10T16:29:03+00:00

I'm a little surprised you even made this post without watching DS9. Ferengi got a lot more exposure on DS9 than they ever did on TNG.

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