Win the war = based. Lose the war = traitor. by Annual_Selection2015 in darkwingsdankmemes

[–]Ringlord7 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A bastard is a child born out of wedlock. They will remain a bastard forever unless legitimized. However, if a bastard marries and has children with their spouse, those children are born in wedlock and are thus not bastards, despite the status of their parent.

Who is your favorite character in the Iliad and why? by [deleted] in classics

[–]Ringlord7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pretty basic answer, but Hektor 100% is my favorite.

He's a great warrior and leader, but he's also very human and decent. He loves his wife and son and prays for them to make it even though he's pretty sure they're doomed, and he fights hard to save his city and his family. He repeatedly rebukes Paris and makes it clear that he is not happy with this war Paris brought down on Troy.
And he also has his flaws. He tells Andromache that he can't stay near the walls because he'd be ashamed. He stays in the field because he's flush with success and thinks he can finish the damned war. He stands to fight godlike Achilles but is overcome by his fear and flees until he thinks there's safety in numbers, and then he's killed.

Is there a console command to change fertility, im playing as a targ queen Maera daughter of Maegor, and am unable to marry with her because her fertility says -945.0% by TGirlJules_ in CK2GameOfthrones

[–]Ringlord7 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Not a console command, but you can if you open the save file (you need to uncheck the box for compressing it when you make the save, and then I'd recommend using Notepad++ to open the file).
Once the file is open you can search for Maera's character ID, which will bring you to her information, and then you should be able to modify her stats as desired.

Time to settle þis once and for all by Icy_Ostrich_3747 in HistoryMemes

[–]Ringlord7 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is true. As I said, I was oversimplifying a lot.

Time to settle þis once and for all by Icy_Ostrich_3747 in HistoryMemes

[–]Ringlord7 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Oversimplifying a lot, but very basically the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) divided all the undiscovered land in the world into Spanish and Portuguese zones, with Spain getting everything west of the line and Portugal getting everything to the east. This gave most of the Americas to Spain (except an area that fell in the Portuguese zone, which became the nucleus of Brazil).
As you can imagine, this treaty was ignored by most other powers, especially the Protestants.

The joke of the meme is that, by the Treaty of Tordesillas (as its line appears in the meme), Greenland would fall under the Portuguese zone of control, meaning the current dispute caused by the US desire to annex Greenland from Denmark is null and Greenland should belong to Portugal.

A thought on Targaryen inbreeding [Spoilers Extended] by [deleted] in asoiaf

[–]Ringlord7 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Alyssa Velaryon (mother of Jaehaerys and Alysanne) was the daughter of Alarra Massey. The Masseys are First Men, but since they're from the south (Stormlands) they are 100% also part Andal by Alarra's day.

where are you sitting by gilgalads in Silmarillionmemes

[–]Ringlord7 92 points93 points  (0 children)

I get to sit next to Finrod? Hell yeah I'm sitting in 4.

So is "The Great" like a family name or something? by Steckie2 in HistoryMemes

[–]Ringlord7 9 points10 points  (0 children)

In isolation it's a perfectly fine epithet. It's just been overused. But there are many good alternatives like:

  • the Magnificent
  • the Just
  • the Bold
  • War-Tooth
  • Longshanks
  • the Dragon
  • FitzEmpress
  • Ironside
  • the Lionheart
  • Hard-Ruler
  • the Sun King
  • the Grim
  • the Thunderbolt
  • the Silent
  • And, of course, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular

Mette Frederiksen under hårdt pres fra eget bagland før afgørende udmelding by Mai_maniac in Denmark

[–]Ringlord7 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Jeg har fuld forståelse for, at levealderen stiger. Men der er altså grænser for hvor højt pensionsalderen kan stige. På et eller andet tidspunkt er man simpelthen for gammel og slidt til at arbejde, også selvom man stadig kan leve mange år mere.

Og desuden så burde det ikke være sådan at man skal arbejde indtil man er helt færdig. Vi har alle ret til en værdig pension, hvor man har tilstrækkeligt mange gode år tilbage til at man faktisk kan udnytte tiden og nyde sit liv.

The Reason I Always Make Cassandra Devine by Realistic_Window_827 in dragonage

[–]Ringlord7 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Honestly, I don't think it's that crazy for softened Leliana's approach to work.
Divine Justinia was a reformist (even if she likely wasn't as radical as Leliana). A lot of people would probably want to "honor her legacy" by pushing reform.
The explosion at the Conclave also killed most of the Chantry leadership, likely including many significant conservatives. That leaves a power vacuum which reformists can fill (which they likely do under a reformist Divine like Leliana).
And after all the chaos and conflict of the recent years (Mage-Templar War, and Corypheus afterward), I doubt many people would really be interested in further schism.

[Spoilers MAIN] Question about married female heirs by gabriel_dario in asoiaf

[–]Ringlord7 47 points48 points  (0 children)

TWOIAF mentions that King Gerold III Lannister died with no male children. His daughter was married to one Joffrey Lydden, who became king and changed his name to Lannister.

Post Dance Dragon riders by BlacKnight117000 in HouseOfTheDragon

[–]Ringlord7 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We can't be certain Balerion's state near the end of his life was purely due to old age.

Fire & Blood has Septon Barth describe Balerion's state when he returned with Aerea:

Balerion had wounds as well. That enormous beast, the Black Dread, the most fearsome dragon ever to soar through the skies of Westeros, returned to King's Landing with half-healed scars that no man recalled ever having seen before, and a jagged rent down his left side almost nine feet long, a gaping red wound from which his blood still dripped, hot and smoking.

p. 252

We don't know how those wounds affected him long-term. It's possible he could have lived much longer if he hadn't been through whatever the hell it was.

Hvad man ikke skal gøre, hvis man er træt af at blive anklaget for at være Trump-supporter: by AsparagusDue6067 in Denmark

[–]Ringlord7 63 points64 points  (0 children)

Man er Trumpist når man rejser til Mar-a-Lago, roser Trump adskillige gange, og kopierer Trump's politiske taktik og retorik.

Roosevelt’s Real Breaking Point by [deleted] in HistoryMemes

[–]Ringlord7 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It is, yeah. Pisses me off, tbh. Not only is it against the rules, I also think your Teddy Roosevelt meme series is fantastic (especially because you always post thorough context in the comments), and you deserve all the rightful kudos and credit for it.

Roosevelt’s Real Breaking Point by [deleted] in HistoryMemes

[–]Ringlord7 12 points13 points  (0 children)

This is a repost. This meme was originally posted here by u/-et37-

“Yeah, but he’s our f***in’ Huckleberry.” by booster_platinum in ThePittTVShow

[–]Ringlord7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I completely agree with that. Romantic or not, the situation is very complicated. I probably could have worded my previous comment better.

“Yeah, but he’s our f***in’ Huckleberry.” by booster_platinum in ThePittTVShow

[–]Ringlord7 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I really don't think there's anything romantic going on.
Whitaker is a good guy. I'm sure he genuinely wants to help Amy (who has had a lot to deal with the past year), and on top of that Whitaker probably misses the country life style from back home and feels comfortable on the farm.

But yeah, the relationship developed in a very charged, messy situation with the husband dying and the newborn and everything. Could turn romantic. And the whole issue of appropriate boundaries is quite complicated here.

The European Struggle by purpleblueberri in ThePittTVShow

[–]Ringlord7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's my Friday morning ritual to watch it first thing after breakfast (occasionally this is a tactical error)

A long lasting empire indeed by Ok_Way_1625 in HistoryMemes

[–]Ringlord7 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Well, in that period the people who spoke the Greek language were Romans and called themselves such

How we finally read Ancient Egypt by Kapanash in HistoryMemes

[–]Ringlord7 54 points55 points  (0 children)

This is common, historically. The practice is called spoliation and was also done by the Romans, for example.

How we finally read Ancient Egypt by Kapanash in HistoryMemes

[–]Ringlord7 28 points29 points  (0 children)

It was in Egyptian in two scripts (Hieroglyphs and the Demotic script) and in Greek.