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The Great Ordeal / Re: (TGO SPOILERS) Ishterebinth
« on: August 10, 2016, 11:56:54 pm »
What was the deal with the little Nonmen statue things that were running around the Boatman's legs on and all that on the descent?
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Introduce Yourself / Re: Greetings
« on: August 07, 2016, 10:42:39 pm »
I've read/listened to all the books except TGO at least 3 times and I still don't catch on to most of the deeper stuff until reading places like this forum.
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General Earwa / Re: Bakker and Tolkien
« on: August 07, 2016, 10:17:12 pm »
One obvious parallel that I always got was the Bashrag/Balrog.
I got Mordor vibes from multiple northern locations in TGO, with the most prominent being Ishual, especially with how it was the end of Akka and Mimara's arduous quest. Their resigned, exhausted interactions when first arriving reminded me a lot of Sam and Frodo. I also was feeling like the Survivor and the Boy were going to take over a Gollum role when they were first introduced.
I got Mordor vibes from multiple northern locations in TGO, with the most prominent being Ishual, especially with how it was the end of Akka and Mimara's arduous quest. Their resigned, exhausted interactions when first arriving reminded me a lot of Sam and Frodo. I also was feeling like the Survivor and the Boy were going to take over a Gollum role when they were first introduced.
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The Great Ordeal / Re: [TGO Spoilers]Kellhus, savior or not?
« on: August 07, 2016, 09:50:17 pm »
I just finished reading the ARC version of this thread and I've read this one earlier in the week. People debating whether Kellhus is a savior or not, the extent of his humanity/emotions and listing examples from the books got me to thinking about Akka crashing Kellhus's coronation at the end of the first trilogy. I guess I always thought (when I did think deeply at all about it) that Kellhus let Akka leave and live because of some kind of human connection/fondness for him, probably due to wishful thinking and my own natural inclination to want it to be that way. Does anyone else think that could have been a factor, or did Kellhus see his usefulness as a future tool far outweighing any threat he posed and was in total rational power strategist mode, with no emotion playing a part?
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The Great Ordeal / Re: [TGO SPOILERS] The DREAMS
« on: August 07, 2016, 08:56:03 pm »
That was the Inverse Fire in the dream towards the end of the book, right?
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Introduce Yourself / Re: Yeah mang
« on: August 07, 2016, 08:41:57 pm »
Oh yeah, I've read some great stuff in the threads over there too, but like you said, they're a huge time sink and just become not worth wasting that time on whenever one of the small minority of usual suspects that feel guilty about actually enjoying the books is sinking the most time into posting that day/week.
Also, thanks for the compliments on my name and usage of "ballbags"
Also, thanks for the compliments on my name and usage of "ballbags"
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Introduce Yourself / Yeah mang
« on: August 07, 2016, 05:16:04 pm »
I was here before under a different username but didn't really post much but I had to make a new account cuz I have a new phone without my old password, the Great Ordeal was just too great not to talk about somewhere, and the Westeros threads are full of some extremely uptight ballbags who take themselves way too seriously. Hopefully I can contribute more now than under my old name 
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