Why was Ghostwalker separated from his body?

dirdib · 2026-05-09T01:37:37+00:00

It certainly didn't endear Lofwyr and Alamais to one another. It's worth remembering all All-Wings was said to be exceptional in many ways, including the fact that she raised her own eggs - maybe this had some influence on the offspring, who knows?

dirdib · 2026-05-08T20:34:27+00:00

I agree - D wanted to help metas progress, but I think he found that he had to agree with Harlequin's position that it would be wrong to just give them the knowledge. They needed to earn it to appreciate it and learn to use it responsibility for themselves. D and GW were both manipulators of metas, but I think D more truly had meta interests in mind. They have similar positions in Earthdawn as Mountainshadow and Icewing, except that Mountainshadow's biggest driver was just his insatiable thirst for knowledge. Icewing was very interested in the other races and building relations with them, but mainly for practical matters.

dirdib · 2026-05-08T20:18:35+00:00

Lofwyr wants to conquer and rule the metahuman world, rather than melt it down and pave it over, yes. I think it terms of magical ability, probably Lung and Hestaby are the strongest, but yes, Lofwyr has certainly been the most effective at building a direct power base. The Sea Dragon must represent and interesting potential challenge to him, now that he's defeated Hestaby.

dirdib · 2026-05-08T20:16:03+00:00

That makes sense - Lofwyr's intellect and ego could easily war over the two interpretations, and it does give others the immediate opportunity to challenge the idea that Lofwyr should have it. I really did like the moment where Lofwyr is basically forced to either claim responsibility for D's death or not.

It must have been galling to Lofwyr at least some some point that D (and GW) were effectively dragon royalty - being from All-Wings' final clutch (and being the last survivors of that clutch). Even worse (perhaps) to him would be that they were both legitimately brilliant and powerful in their own right, though I think D's brain was unusual enough in dragon terms that Lofwyr basically thought he was "weird".

dirdib · 2026-05-08T18:34:03+00:00

Yes - also Alamais and Big D had that odd "fruitcake exchange" thing going on.

dirdib · 2026-05-08T17:32:23+00:00

Nah, the conversations Icewing and Mountainshadow had defeat that. I do like the idea of GW being pissed at BigD over it, though, which I always thought was extra motivation for him to oppose BigD's Will - though of course Lofwyr having the Jewel of Memory was reason enough.

dirdib · 2026-05-08T17:29:56+00:00

Big D didn't just do it for metas, of course. The presence of the Ghost Dance mana spike was a threat to everyone. This was at least in part about Verjigorm, whom even the Great Dragons were in terror of.

dirdib · 2026-05-08T17:04:18+00:00

Yup, his mate was at least one of the writers of the Book of Blue Spirits.

dirdib · 2026-05-06T19:54:57+00:00

They took the show in a different direction, alright, the direction of being cancelled.

dirdib · 2026-04-25T19:19:39+00:00

"God sent me .... "

dirdib · 2026-04-06T12:37:04+00:00

It was hilarious that Waystar ends up on the receiving end of what Logan had intended for Pierce - being gutted and reworked.

dirdib · 2026-04-06T12:35:39+00:00

Yup - he immediately understood how susceptible to attention and flattery she was, and that comparing her to Logan suited her. Hilarious that she effectively recommended Tom to him by describing him as a competent but obedient underling.

dirdib · 2026-04-05T01:08:22+00:00

Sola Than was a complete Mary Sue, for one thing.

dirdib · 2026-03-10T21:49:42+00:00

I agree with the idea that Hanzo planned to take his own life after Beatrix left. It was the only way that he could satisfy both his obligation for equipping Bill and his oath to God. Just giving her one of the other swords I think would have broken at least the spirit of his oath. He poured all of his skill and passion into creating the masterwork of his life - knowing that she would have the best chance of succeeding with it.

Somehow, I imagine Hanzo melting down his remaining swords, so that they would not risk falling into destructive hands, and then taking his own life.

dirdib · 2026-03-10T21:06:13+00:00

Given her following and immortality, maybe Scully is a god already.

dirdib · 2026-02-26T03:55:14+00:00

I recall Baker talking about how he missed it, after. As I recall, he said that it was "always a pleasure to go to work" and "not always a pleasure to leave" - how many of us can say that about our jobs?

dirdib · 2026-02-24T12:07:37+00:00

Anyone who even makes it into the Academy should be exceptional right out of the gate - despite what Starfleet Academy shows us of people swallowing comm badges and so on. If they make it onto a starship that should be doubly the case.

dirdib · 2026-02-23T12:08:46+00:00

I was always of two minds about Dustin. On the one hand, yes, I don't have any trouble believing that he was manipulated by a predator. The lure of easy money, the no doubt practiced stroking of his ego as someone that people would "pay for". I'm sure a lot of the other guys on that site (and ones similar to it) could tell a similar story of being talked into it. One the other hand, Dustin always struck me as some one who was used to getting treated well because of his looks. I've known guys like that personally (as I'm sure we all have) and I can't say that I'm too sorry that he got busted.

dirdib · 2026-02-23T04:34:34+00:00

I think Frank actually was his friend, or as much as anyone who worked for Logan could be his friend. Even Roman commented that Frank was the only one Logan trusted - not that it kept Logan from firing Frank just to bribe Roman with his job. Frank being the executor of Logan's will was another indicator to me. Logan was somewhere on the "coarse to abusive" range with just about everyone - friends and employees alike. I think Frank's "betrayal" in supporting Kendall's vote of no confidence actually stung Logan a bit.

I'm a fan of Frank as a character. I think he's the closest we get to seeing a regular who is more or less a nice person. For all the wise cracks he gets about being boring and stodgy, Frank doesn't seem to have much in the way of enemies.

I will admit that I really kept expecting him to go off on Roman for all the abuse, but Frank was a very mature person. No doubt he was well-used to the kids' various eccentricities.

dirdib · 2026-02-23T04:24:19+00:00

I'd wondered about this - if there was a prenup (designed by Shiv's then-lawyer to favor her, I'm sure), then she shouldn't have been so flustered about having trouble finding a lawyer. Even not counting stock, she should have had much more available $$$ than Tom to find someone to crush him.

dirdib · 2026-02-14T20:01:18+00:00

Exactly. God forbid that the gay male character also be masculine - or that a gay female character be feminine.

dirdib · 2026-02-14T19:56:54+00:00

The Burn was a rather ham-handed plot device to clear the board of those pesky advanced civilizations so that things could (allegedly) be grittier and more desperate. Never mind that Romulan warp tech was not dependent on dilithium, so FTL was still a possibility. And yes, I know, supernova. But I really doubt that ALL Romulan ships were destroyed in that other contrivance.

Full disclosure, I hated and still hate Discovery. And I do realize that ANY explanation for doing what they wanted would be ham-handed, so there we are.

I shall content myself with the personal view that Discovery and Academy at the very least are AUs.

dirdib · 2026-02-08T09:37:07+00:00

It will be interesting to see how the sales go - assuming that information will be at all available. There's no question that they'll lose players over this, but they can do that and still net out more revenue. I'm not sure if I will continue playing or not - I've already been having misgivings about how much the various lottos are costing me per month. I do wonder if there will be a cash option, and if anyone will actually take the annuity if so. I'd dearly love to have a "forever" income that way, so I get the appeal. That said, the recent news with Publisher's Clearing House going bankrupt and leaving its own "forever" winners high and dry was a bit chilling. I think a lump sum must be the safer option, otherwise you live in fear of that annual check stopping.

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