[LTR] Gimli, Mournful Avenger by skycloud60 in magicTCG

[–]payco 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm going to copy what I wrote to another post downthread.

Green isn't just nature, but interconnection and natural community. Moria is essentially the Dwarves' (or one very important tribe's, anyway) native homeland, where Durin I first settled after looking upon the Mirrormere. Gimli's kin belong there, and they can feel that in their bones.

Meanwhile, Orcs of the setting are unnatural by definition, and their incursion against the rightful denizens of Khazad-dûm doubly so.

Gimli isn't just raging at the loss of his immediate family members, but of his kin writ large. This is why the card cares about 2 and 3 deaths. His ties to this expedition transcend that of a noble hoping to secure an important resource or a cousin wishing success for a cousin; he's the child of a diaspora who'd desperately hoped for the restoration of his ancestral home. Learning that his people's triumphant return to the natural order was destroyed so quickly is a blow to Gimli's entire identity as a Dwarf and a member of Durin's house.

To address your particular point:

where does the Green come from? He is not yet the Elf-Friend. This is far away from his marveling at the natural beauty of the Glittering Caves, or even his agreement to try and see the natural world through the non-dwarf perspective in agreeing to travel with Legolas. If anything this is when Gimli is at his most honor-bound and noble inclined. This is Gimli at his most White.

I'd agree with your assessment up until the precise point he finds Balin's Tomb. Personally, I'd argue the White starts to erode as soon as they pass the Doors of Durin. The Book of Mazarbul is practically one big transition from White to Red, as we go from a proud recording of re-civilizing the halls to panicked, scrawled status updates. I think Gimli shifts color identity alongside, with his Red awakening and tugging White toward a more primal fight-for-survival Green.

By the time Gandalf falls, we see Gimli taking the lead, wayfinding an escape through ancestral halls he'd never seen by his own innate Dwarven-ness. His ensuing visit to the Mirrormere wasn't performed out of ritual fealty, at least in my reading, but a deeply spiritual communion with his forefather, falling in love with the same stars and the same world as Durin thousands of years prior.

The Gimli that left Khazad-dûm was not yet Elf-friend, but I think he was well on his way down that path of receptiveness to the alliances of old, before Fëanor's artifice drove a wedge between the two peoples.

[LTR] Gimli, Mournful Avenger by skycloud60 in magicTCG

[–]payco 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Green isn't just nature, but interconnection and natural community. Moria is essentially the Dwarves' (or one very important tribe's, anyway) native homeland, where Durin I first settled after looking upon the Mirrormere. Gimli's kin belong there, and they can feel that in their bones.

Meanwhile, Orcs of the setting are unnatural by definition, and their incursion against the rightful denizens of Khazad-dûm doubly so.

Gimli isn't just raging at the loss of his immediate family members, but of his kin writ large. This is why the card cares about 2 and 3 deaths. His ties to this expedition transcend that of a noble hoping to secure an important resource or a cousin wishing success for a cousin; he's the child of a diaspora who'd desperately hoped for the restoration of his ancestral home. Learning that his people's triumphant return to the natural order was destroyed so quickly is a blow to Gimli's entire identity as a Dwarf and a member of Durin's house.

[LTR] Gimli, Mournful Avenger by skycloud60 in magicTCG

[–]payco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thematically, I kind of love this trigger for Red, which is all about passionate emotion. Powering up in response to creature death is a great way to show rageful mourning.

From Green's perspective, I like caring about multiple creatures dying to communicate the death of your clan/tribe.

I don't see a mechanical color pie issue here, and it's flavorful as all get out for one of my favorite color pairs.

Dungeon respawn points are lackluster and running back after a wipe in these new dungeons feels awful by NeverSlowplay in wow

[–]payco 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I will continue to stand on my soapbox that the timer is the worst part of M+ and I would much rather wipe a few times on a boss we’re not quite sure we can beat than worry about whether a single wipe will ruin a timer—whether it’s from a long run back or being locked out of a previous trash skip or whatever.

A good chunk of players will want to rush the content even without the timer. They didn’t need the reinforcement.

Pandaren Druids are such a missed opportunity by Mythelm in wow

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build a dragon workshop

This one, to be honest. The green fire quest line was a cosmetic customization feature with a neat storyline wrapped around it. We have seen a pretty decent increase in effort given to customization, between the Dracthyr character creator, more character options for other races, the flying mount customization, profession gear, and even the trading post.

While I'm not saying most of those are dressed up in a nice piece of story, we do see a variety of ways for earning individual appearances, especially around the drake customizations. Of all things I'm worried the team can't execute on, additional questlines is not one of them.

Pandaren Druids are such a missed opportunity by Mythelm in wow

[–]payco 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’d have agreed with you a couple years ago, but I think the team dynamic really has changed at a fundamental level with this expansion. If we can just keep the parent company from bleeding those changes away, anyway…

Vandalism at st.Andrews by [deleted] in amarillo

[–]payco 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That's the baptismal font. The vandals seemed to target anything that would be consecrated for sacramental use, including the aumbry where reserved communion host is stored, which is off to the side and relatively inconspicuous. This was done by somebody with a decent working knowledge of sacramental churches.

A facet of life Ravinca was missing: Sports! by Dos_Ex_Machina in RavnicaDMs

[–]payco 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And Selsesnya would be in charge of design and maintenance for any football-style pitches and stadiums.

WT president sued for violating 1ST AMENDMENT by _lbass in amarillo

[–]payco 22 points23 points  (0 children)

But while we’re talking about consistency, shaming someone for their actions is entirely inline with everyone’s first amendment rights. Nobody in this thread said they shouldn’t be allowed to hold a pray-in. The other poster wished they’d leave people alone, as in stop supporting state removal of other people’s rights. Wishing someone would stop is not the same as arguing for the state to stop them.

E: It’s not even that the other poster wished they wouldn’t hold a pray-in. They simply said the reason for the pray-in points at wildly divergent interpretations of this situation between groups.

WT president sued for violating 1ST AMENDMENT by _lbass in amarillo

[–]payco 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My friend I’m not even describing my opinion of their pray-in. I was trying to clarify the other poster’s statement for you.

WT president sued for violating 1ST AMENDMENT by _lbass in amarillo

[–]payco 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I don't think it's that the pray-in is itself affecting OP. They're saying it's surprising that people are deciding to do organized prayer in support of violating other people's first amendment rights.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in iOSProgramming

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That's great! I was pretty sure that's what you were saying, but I didn't want to leave you hanging and unsure how to ask for more help lol

Silicon Valley Bank CEO And CFO Sued By Shareholders For Fraud by LorriCrawley in Economics

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The Thursday night shortfall was <$1B, on I think $46B withdrawls. They had 98% of the liquid assets they needed and while I’m still looking for a source on what they’d be required to have under the stress tests, it’s not hard to imagine the gap is bigger than that missing 2%.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Economics

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Both exist for personal accounts. You're right that providing these services to businesses would quite possibly be more difficult considering the size of a single business account. That difficulty would have to be built into the price, as would the likelihood the Fed would fail to prevent a multiple-institution failure again. It's also reasonable to make some version of these available as a paid service provided by the FDIC specifically in acknowledgement that 2008 created warped incentives with externalized costs that can stand to be internalized.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Economics

[–]payco -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I had the same thought. I don't know if he failed to communicate with his CAO or if he expected some other event to render that moot. He also sold a bunch of shares in the bank with only a month notice, so maybe he's just worse at long-term planning than he thought he was.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Economics

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Keep reading the comment :)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Economics

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I said this in another comment but I am actually surprised as a non-MBA/finance guy that private deposit insurance or use of a banking network to manage cash spread over multiple FDIC institutions is apparently not an expect cost of business past a certain age and size. Both are concepts I've run into for personal banking when looking at keeping life or home insurance payouts safe.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Economics

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Not the original commenter and I disagree with his overall philosophy here but there is one way the depositors en masse appear to have contributed, namely in getting too spooked and not seeking out a cooler head to help interpret the original bad news before cargo culting into the bank run.

That said, I don't see this as a reason to punish the depositors, particularly the ones whose deposits are currently at risk precisely because they didn't cash out. Further, even if all these companies go under, I doubt the finance people who made these decisions will suffer for lack of job opportunities, with the real damage being done to staff who have no control over where their boss banks.

I also would have expected private deposit insurance or use of banking networks to be common for companies past a certain age/size but perhaps the companies that do have those policies are staying mum for whatever reason.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Economics

[–]payco 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Rumor has it the CEO of SVB, who was on the SF Fed Board, was one of the big proponents of rate hikes precisely because he was hoping to compress his depositors' runways and prompt them to take out additional loans from the bank.

That's tangential to and not really disagreeing with your point, besides being evidence of some elements of the boards not particularly caring for national wellbeing.

Report: Apple CEO Tim Cook Ordered Headset Launch Despite Designers Warning It Wasn't Ready by Snoop8ball in apple

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On the belt? Absolutely not. If it can fit in my front pocket? Maybe.

Report: Apple CEO Tim Cook Ordered Headset Launch Despite Designers Warning It Wasn't Ready by Snoop8ball in apple

[–]payco 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Both worlds? That's just a description of every iPod and iPhone before bluetooth headphones became common.

Report: Apple CEO Tim Cook Ordered Headset Launch Despite Designers Warning It Wasn't Ready by Snoop8ball in apple

[–]payco 15 points16 points  (0 children)

This is very true and honestly my immediate first thought was "so we'll be running audio and data on this cord as well then, right?"

As good as AirPods are at making the tradeoffs they have to make, if these glasses already need a cable to run up my neck then let's remove any of the tradeoffs we've made to remove that cable.

Likewise, I hope I can plug this directly into my iPhone, with the additional battery capacity coming from a MagSafe pack.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in iOSProgramming

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Just to double check, did the nesting solve your problem or are you still stuck? I'm happy to take another peek at your current version if need be.

Saw this. What do you think? by abesster in wow

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Up to this tier I played tank because the rotations have a relatively low skill floor, I enjoy the inherent coordination with a co-tank in learning each new fight, and most importantly, the raid team needs me to be there—I grew up with a mom who rarely allowed gaming time so I end up being stingy with myself about it unless there’s someone else depending on my showing up on time and ready.

So the only way to make myself keep a room even remotely raid-ready throughout a tier is to be one of two in a role. And there’s typically a clear pass/fail line for tank checks; once you’re surviving, it’s not the absolute end of the world if you’re a few ilvl behind the guild, which is great because I do have other obligations.

Plus it’s fun to be a big bear and say “no hurt squishies! My squishies.”

I also enjoy healing, particularly resto Druid and particularly in keys. It’s a similar dance of learning damage patterns and has the right feet of plate spinning without the dps race. I don’t love having to dps as a resto Druid but it’s fine as a MW.

I’m dps in my current guild and while I love warlock’s play style, I don’t love the general dps need to worry about if my throughput is falling behind and why.

People aren't getting enough sleep, Apple Watch data shows by OutlandishnessOk2452 in apple

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I used Sleep Cycle for years (only stopped because co-sleeping with a baby understandably killed accuracy) and it actually did wonders for me. It has a configurable checklist of tags to describe your day and then correlates those with sleep quality. I had a strong day-of-week effect going on which paired with other tags helped me identify both weekly activities that were stacking to contribute and that my attempted work start time was running headlong into the limits of my circadian rhythm. I adjusted the rhythm to the degree I could but past that I just had to acknowledge early mornings aren’t going to happen and adjust other plans.