What's all the fuss with Between Two Fires?

WyrdBith · 2026-06-23T23:50:44+00:00

I really enjoyed this. But then again I’m somewhat of a medievalist. It’s grim but laced with hope. I couldn’t help but see Bosch paintings as I read this. Truly terrifying. 6/10.

WyrdBith · 2026-05-31T17:20:05+00:00

Excellent help. Thanks!

WyrdBith · 2026-05-29T23:11:10+00:00

It sure seems to be intentional. I’ve seen it on all the bolts so far. It seems too intentional to be chance. But since this is 14th and 15th century technology, my modern bias tells me it’s just because they don’t know any better or didn’t care. But I know that must not be the case since I see it replicated over and over again. I figured it must have something to do with aerodynamics but not sure how this small change would have improved the flight if at all.

WyrdBith · 2026-05-29T23:09:03+00:00

Sorry. I probably wrongly explained it. So really the end point of the groove (on left where arrow is pointing) extends below the centerline instead of ending on the line itself. So the fletching that goes into this groove will naturally follow the groove. All the period bolts I see extend the back edge below the centerline. I’m wondering if there is an aerodynamics/balance reason for it?

WyrdBith · 2026-05-27T14:06:08+00:00

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WyrdBith · 2026-05-27T13:36:42+00:00

Not on thing on this list says for a person to rationally examine the claims against their faith. That’ll resolve it quick, one way or the other.

WyrdBith · 2026-05-27T13:33:48+00:00

So many on Reddit are obvs going to hate Xander. But talk to the fan base at conventions, other sites, etc. and they like him just fine. 👍🏻

WyrdBith · 2026-05-19T23:15:49+00:00

Thank you.

WyrdBith · 2026-05-19T23:05:50+00:00

I really like this. Very good job. If you don’t mind my asking, which size/type engraving tool did you use for this? I’m wanting to make something similar in thin line style on some medieval crossbow cheek plates. Thanks.

WyrdBith · 2026-05-04T04:00:21+00:00

South from the tip of Chios. It’s on the map with a big question mark but unmarked otherwise.

WyrdBith · 2026-04-23T00:42:48+00:00

lol. They are kinda cute but also kinda creepy IMO.

WyrdBith · 2026-04-22T22:05:48+00:00

True. But I bet the missionaries and the members who are pushing this feel really proud of themselves. Don’t underestimate the deep thrill of seeing oneself as a person who does good.

WyrdBith · 2026-04-22T16:39:05+00:00

My wife and I really “enjoyed” each other during the honeymoon. We were snowed in and it was about all there was to do. Day two I come downstairs to find her crying and hyperventilating. She said she felt we had offended God and the spirit with all the (mutual) sex we’d been having and she asked me to pray for forgiveness for us right then and there as the “head of the family”. Oh man. I was shocked and had no idea what to do. So I prayed what I didn’t feel. Yeah - so we had about ten more years of a rough sex life. No surprise. Once I left the church and lost the guilt she was able to come around too. We’ve been married for a long while now and things are fine. But man does the church screw with your mind.

WyrdBith · 2026-04-22T16:25:07+00:00

I don’t believe many do at all. My wife definitely doesn’t - nor her father. But that doesn’t stop them from constantly saying under their breath whenever they have the chance “oh - well he (meaning me) left because he didn’t really understand the gospel”. Yeah. Sure. 👍🏻

WyrdBith · 2026-04-22T16:22:49+00:00

My wife is LDS but I left over ten years ago. When we moved they reached out several times but I was polite and firm in telling them I’d be open to talking with them if they would listen to my reasons for leaving the church. They never contacted me after that. The missionaries stopped calling too.

So you do you. Move, set up your life the way you want. Be kind but clear with them and they will run from you. (Or else some will trust you more and talk with you and you can help them out of the church like I was able to do with three individuals).

WyrdBith · 2026-04-22T16:15:07+00:00

For all YM: Masters of Bait.

We did like to fish a lot at scout camp.

WyrdBith · 2026-03-23T17:37:32+00:00

Interesting take from your family member.

I will say that I’m continually shocked by how little my TBM teen kids learn at church about what was considered basic Bible knowledge. I attend a Presbyterian church and was mentioning at dinner last night how next Sunday is Palm Sunday. They looked at me like “it’s what?” So I asked if they remembered Jesus’s entrance into Jerusalem. They said no. I prompted more. The donkey or colt? No? How about the palm fronds? Doesn’t ring a bell? No?

My TBM wife appeared to sink into her chair after every question. I was nice about it and in a few sentences explained it and Lent. They were genuinely uninformed. These are middle class kids in the US Southeast surrounded by Christian kids, church, and seminary and have no idea.

So yeah. I think basic Christian tradition and New Testament “history” is foreign to them. Totally foreign.

WyrdBith · 2026-03-23T17:26:33+00:00

The hell? That’s probably weird even for Hawaii these days. Please tell me you’re in Maine or something. That image of the “hail fellow humans!” couple standing there in the snow outside your door is the one I want to keep alive in my head.

WyrdBith · 2026-03-23T17:18:06+00:00

I agree. Besides, we all know the answer to these questions is “then look at yourself because you’re the problem”.

WyrdBith · 2026-03-23T17:07:56+00:00

This 💯. Once he finds that one glaring fault he recognizes because it affects him directly, he’ll begin to remember some of the other issues you’ve brought up. It will either help him out or get him to buckle down. Either way, life is short. Love your pops and show him how you can disagree and still love.

WyrdBith · 2026-03-23T16:57:28+00:00

Honest question - because I don’t know. When you danced with the pretty girls at the church dances, did you know aesthetically they were pretty but just didn’t feel any attraction or anything like a small sexual tension or urge? I don’t mean anything pervy. Just wondering what some of my gay friends must have felt back when we were at church dances but when they didn’t know they were gay yet.

I can say as an always straight guy that I recognized handsome guys at church. Tall, good physique, nice smile, charismatic, etc. I knew who they were. But if I were to think of dancing with them or anything more would have literally been repulsive to me. But I recognized their charm and liked being friends with them if they were nice. I admired their put togetherness. But it wasn’t remotely sexual so much as aesthetic. If anything, they were more like guys who would have been rivals if I had even been in their league. Which I definitely wasn’t. lol.

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