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General Misc. / Re: InspiroBot
« on: September 03, 2017, 09:34:20 pm »


Fucking true, Inspirobot.

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General Earwa / Re: Mistakes and things that piss off in the series
« on: September 03, 2017, 09:18:11 pm »
There is just not enough Bronze Age fantasy.

Totally true.
A thing that I specially love about earwan ancient history, be Kiraneas, or Nonmen, or Kunuiri, is their bronze age flavor.

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General Earwa / Re: Mistakes and things that piss off in the series
« on: September 03, 2017, 08:24:34 am »
Totally agreed.
That is one of my top genre fails.

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General Earwa / Mistakes and things that piss off in the series
« on: September 03, 2017, 07:04:47 am »
If Elric carries the sword in that way, maybe he was the first in doing so, I don't remember now. But I've done a quick research in google images and the illustrations depicted him with the scabbard strapped on the hip.

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Literature / Re: Yearly Targets (2017) - Totals and Specifics
« on: September 02, 2017, 09:49:30 pm »
27 read this year for now. I'm sure I will achieve my goal of 30. 8)

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Literature / Re: The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe
« on: September 02, 2017, 09:47:51 pm »
I've just finished the second, The Claw of the Conciliator.
Sword of the Lictor, here I come.
Hey, ho, let's go.

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General Earwa / Re: Mistakes and things that piss off in the series
« on: September 02, 2017, 09:46:23 pm »
+1. I've always thought that the Nonmen ancient swords were similar to that.

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The Unholy Consult / Re: [TUC Spoilers] Psalm of Imimorûl
« on: September 02, 2017, 07:54:31 pm »
If this humanoid race is older enough that could be.
Maybe in a million of years of evolution human will all be bald as Nonmen. At least this "evolution" started in my head long ago, lol.

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The No-God / Re: Möenghus The Younger. Consult or Humanity?
« on: September 02, 2017, 07:49:24 pm »
TNG might strictly be Mutilated POVs fighting the *good* fight against all those pesky surviving Earwans.

Mutilated FTW.

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The No-God / Re: Möenghus The Younger. Consult or Humanity?
« on: September 02, 2017, 07:42:39 pm »
I want a Consult POV, but I'm not sure that this will be the case.

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General Earwa / Re: Mistakes and things that piss off in the series
« on: September 02, 2017, 07:06:49 am »
Yeah. The pommel is just the end of a hilt, and it can have several forms.
A sword without hilt makes no sense at all.



Pommels:


I hate katanas by the way. I would prefer an Enshoiya like this kriegmesser made by Albion Swords:


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General Earwa / Mistakes and things that piss off in the series
« on: September 01, 2017, 10:33:50 pm »
Interesting point on the sword on the back thing, never thought about it. Guess he needs his hands for sorcery more than the sword? Or simply not considered by the writer.

The later, IMHO. The sword (in a scabbard) was always carried strapped on the hip in real life. And this is the proper way to carry it even if you have decapitants on the belt.
Probably the first writer who put a sword on the back of his hero did not have a sword in his hands in his entire life but now it has become a genre cliche.

There is a lot of shit in the fantasy and "historical" novels about the improper use of arms and armor, like wielding a sword against full plate armor knights and chopping them into pieces. Pretty impossible thing to do (even for Conan the barbarian). The way to fight with sword against knights in full armor is not slashing and cutting (because it has no effect), but use the technics of grappling and halfswording and try to use the point of the sword in the gaps of the armor, etc.
Another crappy example is the extended use of ridiculous overweighted and oversized maces (like Gendry in last GOT season) when the real ones are light and small.
And another one: a knight in full plate armor with a shield in a battle. Why are you using a shield if you have full plate armor protection?
Those things totally ruin a scene for me.

It is very easy for a writer just read a little about warfare and combat technics in the Middle Ages to avoid this bullshit that destroys the suspension of disbelief.
I myself have real swords and real armor and I know what it is possible and impossible to do with them, an author (a writer or an illustrator) can easily obtain both too and so learn from direct experience. With that he could do a more consistent work later but it seems that nobody does that.

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General Misc. / Re: [TV Spoilers] Game of Thrones (S7)
« on: September 01, 2017, 09:48:04 pm »
Excellent article. I agree with all its conclusions. I don't expect the great finale that the saga deserves, I expect only a shitty end. And even if Jon has to sacrifice Dany to destroy the Others (as we can infer with the story of Azor Ahai) or viceversa it will be shitty for me, because I want cruel death to all this fucking dumb Starkgaryens.

I specially hate the fact that all the characters that use the intellect to rise to power are all dead by now, Tywin, Littlefinger, Olena Tyrell... (we have the exception of Sansa who has finally learned to use whats inside her beautiful head). The message is pretty disappointing: be brave and you will win, you don't have to use your wits, only to be pretty and bold, and Sam will produce a book that says you are a fucking Targaryen or Tyrion will rule for you while you can burn people who don't like you, and sure finally you will roast the Night King's ass with your dragons (in a battle without any militar sense - I bet for that) and you can happily rule over Westeros banging your relatives and having normal and not retard babies ever after.

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General Earwa / Re: Mistakes and things that piss off in the series
« on: September 01, 2017, 09:10:42 pm »
I have a similar issue with the rank impossibility of dangling someone over the ledge of a cliff. No matter how strong especially if the person being dangled is roughly the same weight as the dangler the physics won't allow for such a thing.

Yes, when I read it I have an intense WTF feeling that nearly ruined the scene for me too.

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General Earwa / Mistakes and things that piss off in the series
« on: September 01, 2017, 07:53:49 pm »
I was searching for a similar thread and I haven't found it - if I'm wrong, please, mods, merge this in the other (if that is possible).

I will start with a minor thing but that I hate it most. SWORDS ON THE BACK. It is a common mistake that is shared in my favorite fantasy books. Why does Kellhus carry his longsword sheathed on his shoulder? WTF! This is silly, maybe it looks badass for noobs but anyone who knows something about HEMA or medieval warfare considers this complete bullshit. It is of no use in real combat and puts the fighter in great disadvantage. Even if you are a fucking übermensch berserker dûnyain warrior-mage you will be cut down by a filthy peasant with a scythe before you can unsheathe your blade.

It is not only a Bakker thing indeed, Martin does the same with Jon Snow (although in the series Jon carries Longclaw correctly, R'hllor be praised for that) and Sapkowski with Geralt of Rivia (the games of the Witcher repeat the iconic mistake).
Who was the first that wrote this shit of swords on the back? I don't know but I hope that the sranc will have his ass.

This is fucking ridiculous.



Some videos about the matter:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoMLrKInT8g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQBfNoi28Z4&t=731s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IocQ_DZVAU0


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