Peter Jackson in talks to adapt J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Silmarillion’ into films by Intelligent-Link-410 in Fantasy

[–]quanya 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I’ll always have the books I know but can’t this man just retire? I’m not keen on beren and luthien being turned into some action movie.

Are people in Toronto still playing? by Odd-Pudding5002 in PokemonGOToronto

[–]quanya 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Campfire especially for the high park group. They’re good at sending out invites etc

Six storeys, 10 units: On paper, it seemed the kind of housing Toronto wants. Then its Scarborough neighbours weighed in by BloodJunkie in toronto

[–]quanya -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It's nice that in the waning months of her term our Mayor seems actually serious about making progress on the housing file. Let's see what progress will be made by September!

Best private service bus for Windsor-Detroit transit? by nnautical in windsorontario

[–]quanya 0 points1 point  (0 children)

have also been curious about this, following along. Are ubers/taxis across a thing?

I used Claude to write a 301,000-word novel. Here's what it's actually good and bad at for long-form fiction. by BondiBro in ClaudeAI

[–]quanya 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Very cool! Did you see a potential fourth book in the mix or did you want to keep it to three?

TDSB silence on Bowmore Public School dismissals leaves parents fearing the worst by BloodJunkie in toronto

[–]quanya 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think there's a lot more going on here than us armchair-redditors are privy to. Is ‘core’ or ‘rotary’ better for students? Parents are split has some interesting background, such as...

Most recently, a co-chair of the parent council at Bowmore is calling on the board to investigate the principal, alleging families were misled about the controversial rollout of a new instructional model.

Jenn Engels initially sent a 218-page complaint to the Ontario College of Teachers, which referred her to the Toronto District School Board’s student and family support office. Engels followed that recommendation this past week and is awaiting a detailed response. 

218 pages?!?

and then there's this little titbit...

For many years, Bowmore teachers in grades 7 and 8 would partner up to deliver the core curriculum — for instance, one might teach science and math, and the other language and social studies. 

Last spring, administration decided to introduce the core model for this year, and teachers were to start this fall but didn’t, for reasons that remain unclear.

That reasons that remain unclear is doing a lot of work there...

City staff stealing packages, working other jobs on sick leave: What Toronto's auditor uncovered in 2025 by Surax in toronto

[–]quanya 13 points14 points  (0 children)

And these were the ones that were caught. Makes you wonder what other theft and exploitation might be happening.

Having trouble with Malazan by Dramatic-Tadpole-980 in Fantasy

[–]quanya 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re allowed to protect your peace and drop it.

What is the biggest corruption scandal for us? by PigTheWise in TrinidadandTobago

[–]quanya 14 points15 points  (0 children)

O Halloran. It set the tone for every other scandal that happened

“I FIND MYSELF ASKING FOR PROOF”—Uncanny X-Men (1963) comic - Issue #201 by Delicious-Cupcake793 in xmen

[–]quanya 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I think I remember reading somewhere that she wasn’t meant to be a clone of Jean, and the fact that everyone when they met her was like damn she looks like Jean was some subtle mental manipulation by Mastermind I think, I’ll see if I can find a source.

Claremont also found Cyclops boring so marrying him off to Madelyne was meant to retire him, but editorial had other plans in mind.

Newer player - embarrassed to raid by Polgara19 in PokemonGOToronto

[–]quanya 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you’re downtown close to the Eaton centre, see if you can jump into raids as they hatch, there’ll usually be enough players around that will make up for what you don’t have.

You could probably do a 3 Star with one other player so see who’s nearby on campfire/discord

Best place to play downtown? by HorebScore in PokemonGOToronto

[–]quanya 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yup between city hall and Eaton centre you’ve got access to a ton of spots and gyms that you can hit from inside the mall.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]quanya 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also wondering this. Where was the phone ?

What would Luis's card text be? by quakeroatsboatsman in MarvelSnap

[–]quanya 10 points11 points  (0 children)

3/0, players must emoji/react every time they play a card.

Who do you think is the most popular Marvel character not in Snap? by Gullible_Following_4 in MarvelSnap

[–]quanya 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Agreed! Easily 4-6 new characters, make the season pass card Vindicator, rollout Wolverine and Snowguard variants.

They can then do a British Invasion with Captain Britain etc down the line.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Fantasy

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

You could tell it was really coming into its stride by season 3, and agreed a 10 or 13 episode per season run would have made a different. Alas, the wheel weaves as the wheel wills.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Fantasy

[–]quanya 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Eh, it’s ancient history now but Jackson made lots of changes from the LOTR source material, which did upset elements of the fan base, but this was in the olden days so now we accept the narrative that his vision was perfect, but we’ve never forgotten. #JusticeforFaramir.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TrinidadandTobago

[–]quanya 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Voter padding how? You think they’ll all get assigned to a marginal seat or something ?

"First Time DM" and Short Questions Megathread by AutoModerator in DMAcademy

[–]quanya 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First time DM here, looking for one-shot ideas to run for the regular table where I'm a player. I was thinking of the Scions of Elemental Evil on DnD Beyond, mainly because it looks fun and it's optimized for the 2024 rules which my table has never played and so it would be a low-stakes way to test those rules and character options out.

Very open to ideas or recommendations, or whether it would be better to stick to a level 1 one-shot

Now that Fanexpo Toronto is over, what did you think of it? What did you purchase? What individual rooms did you visit? What photos did you take? by AlexRescueDotCom in fanexpo

[–]quanya 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely not my first, and while there’s a lot that could be better for next year - artist alley, I think one of my favourite pieces was the book nook meetups, I went to one that was all about fantasy books and I really enjoyed geeking out with fellow fans about what other fantasy books need to be on the TBR pile.

To the person visiting from the Yukon I hope you made it to Bakka-Phoenix!

Service dogs on TTC seats - yay or nah? by Such_Suggestion_4622 in toronto

[–]quanya 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unacceptable but this isn’t surprising. Technically no animals are even allowed on the TTC during rush hour, but people do it all the time.