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[Neonivek]

From what I have heard, they fixed it by having Ana pull a Bella. AKA she doesn't seem to possess any capability for strong emotions.

Thanks, that answers that. I guess plywood can't really consent or refuse... or feel crippling depression... or feel threatened by blonde women... Or constantly yell at her friend for looking out for her.

[Orange Wizard]

The best news segment in the world.

That was beautiful.

[IcyTea31]

The best news segment in the world.

That was beautiful.

QFT.

[scriver]

Because it's a fantasy game. You don't expect a fantasy game to depict real-world racism, do you?

every orc being a conduit for the divine will of an actually evil god

no

and by that i mean... hell no???

malacath is not even remotely one of the more evil daedra

Dude... The guy is literally a piece of shit :v

[Loud Whispers]

Lovecraft I understand.

Well imagine Joe Diamond settled down after making it rich killing Cthulhu. There, you have Gatsby

That reminds me of one of Lovecraft's stories about a scientist who goes up to someone saying they're a prophet of some mad chaos god, and the scientist begins slagging off the prophet (who is in fact, THE chaos god). It is absolutely hilarious, even if it ends ambiguously, I find there's not many stories where a human goes Zhakarov on an actual god.

[Reelya]

left-leaning libertarians (that's liberals, for you European types)

Ten pages later but I must correct this.
Libertarian is very right wing AFAIK

Depends on the country. Libertarian doesn't mean the same thing in every place.

That's right. "Libertarian" used to be basically a more PC way of telling people you follow political anarchism (without the false connotation that anarchists are all bomb-throwing nihilists that used to be prevalent). And it was that way since about the 1850's.

It was only in the 1950's that right-wing capitalists co-opted the name "libertarian" in the United States. So, it's meaning has changed within living memory, and only in one country. So, libertarian as a synonym for anarchism (generally a left-wing view) is older and established in many more countries than the bastardized American right-wing version. That definitely gives people the absolute right to say "Libertarian doesn't mean that to me"

[Tack]

The 'for you European types' makes me feel as though it's being said from an American perspective.

[Bohandas]

Maybe they're austrailian or asian? or even just canadian?

[Bohandas]

It doesn't help that the Great Gatsby aged TERRIBLY

You know. I was just reading through the wikipedia article about that book and apparently nobody liked it when it first came out either

[Bouchart]

It doesn't help that the Great Gatsby aged TERRIBLY

You know. I was just reading through the wikipedia article about that book and apparently nobody liked it when it first came out either

Same with Moby Dick.  I hate that book passionately.

[Il Palazzo]

Same with Moby Dick.  I hate that book passionately.

I sense a book deal in the making. A story about a man who spent his life chasing after the one albino copy of the book that took away a part of his precious young life when he first read it, his unending thirst for revenge leading to ruin of all around him.

[Bouchart]

I tried to get through that tome in college and only got a third of the way through. I like classic literature and all, especially from the 19th century, but it's just so rambling and unfocused that I lost all interest.

It sold poorly in its time and was harshly reviewed, and rightfully so.  It took about 60 years or so until some group of academics declared it was good, and here we are.

[Bauglir]

but whale dick steak

[penguinofhonor]

It doesn't stand out a ton if you just pick it up and read it once through, but if you want a book that you can reread dozens of times and find something new to dissect every time, Moby Dick is for you. Especially if you want to get into contemporary writing.

This means it's better recieved among academics than casual readers, but that's not because the academics are wrong. It just takes more effort to get into than a casual reader is usually willing to invest. Kind of reminds me of a certain game.

[ChairmanPoo]

Playing Phantasy Calradia.  After a brief  unsatisfying stint as a vassal of Sanjar Khan, I joined the Dethseram empire, taking with me what territories I conquered during my brief rebellion (Narra and Ichamur, basically). Now Lich King Maliran is declaring war on Swadia over and over, while never actually moving any troops outside the desert. He also hosts feasts non-stop. So I'm basically holding  the marque all by myself, while the rest of the lords of the empire hold a party. Decadent much?