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Everything Else / Re: Best Quote Lately Reincarnated
« on: October 30, 2008, 07:29:16 PM »
"There's two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither one works." -Will Rogers
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Max is a Shadowblade, a supernatural--and supernaturally competent--warrior bound to protect her witch Giselle. As a Shadowblade, Max doesn't age. She is better, faster, stronger than any ordinary human being. And she hates it. Giselle betrayed her trust to make Max what she is, and though she is magically compelled to protect Giselle and follow orders, Max works against her witch in every way she can. Continue reading Bitter Night
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Rants and Stuff / Re: These Stupid Titles VI
« on: October 30, 2008, 07:26:21 PM »There are no footprints *waves hand*.
Does he think he's some kind of Jedi, waving his hand around like that?
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Everything Else / Re: Best Quote Lately Reincarnated
« on: October 27, 2008, 08:50:11 PM »
"Despite the high cost of living, it remains popular."
"Experience is the best teacher. Unfortunately, it kills all of its students."
"Always follow your dreams. Unless it's the one where you're at school in your underwear."
"Experience is the best teacher. Unfortunately, it kills all of its students."
"Always follow your dreams. Unless it's the one where you're at school in your underwear."
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Site News / Re: Introduce yourself - right on!
« on: October 24, 2008, 07:45:05 PM »
Greetings,
My name is Mark Laird. I live in the Provo/Orem area with my wife and three children. I attended BYU before the Y2K scare, and came out with Bachelors and Masters degrees in Computer Science. I work for a local technology company doing data warehousing. It involves lots of database and reporting work, which is about as exciting as it sounds.
I spend my precious moments of free time playing computer and board games, reading, playing racquetball, and keeping my children from driving my wife completely crazy. I also have secret aspirations to be a writer and a magician. No, not the kind in the fantasy novels. The kind you see at children's birthday parties. I may be a little crazy, but I'm not delusional. Yet.
I found references to this site from both Brandon Sanderson's web site and the Writing Excuses web site. I'm delighted to have found a group of kindred spirits, and look forward to another online activity which can fill my time when I'm supposed to be doing something productive.
My name is Mark Laird. I live in the Provo/Orem area with my wife and three children. I attended BYU before the Y2K scare, and came out with Bachelors and Masters degrees in Computer Science. I work for a local technology company doing data warehousing. It involves lots of database and reporting work, which is about as exciting as it sounds.
I spend my precious moments of free time playing computer and board games, reading, playing racquetball, and keeping my children from driving my wife completely crazy. I also have secret aspirations to be a writer and a magician. No, not the kind in the fantasy novels. The kind you see at children's birthday parties. I may be a little crazy, but I'm not delusional. Yet.
I found references to this site from both Brandon Sanderson's web site and the Writing Excuses web site. I'm delighted to have found a group of kindred spirits, and look forward to another online activity which can fill my time when I'm supposed to be doing something productive.
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Suggestions Box / Re: What was the worst film ever made?
« on: October 24, 2008, 07:21:18 PM »
The only movies on the poll list that I have seen are the Disney sequels, some of which are pretty bad. But the worst movie I've ever seen was "Batman and Robin". Why? Because I need suspension of disbelief to enjoy a movie, and mine was gone 10 minutes in. And things only got worse from there.
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: ***SPOLIERS Official Hero of Ages Spoilers Thread. Includes Q&A w/Brandon****
« on: October 23, 2008, 08:07:15 PM »Quote1) I haven't yet seen this asked / answered: If Rashek was simply an Allomancer / Feruchemist, how did he survive beheading? In The Final Empire, doesn't Ham or Breeze mention he was beheaded in the early years and that it didn't even phase him? Nobody else seems to survive that, regardless of their powers. I was hoping to see something about that in the later books...
This has been asked before, and I believe the answer was that those stories were fabricated to make him appear invincible. TLR was pretty insane by the time Vin came along, so it is not surprising that he began to believe his own rhetoric.
I asked Brandon this question at the "Teraport Wars" signing at the Dragon's Keep a few weeks ago. He said that Rashek was only partially beheaded, and had kicked in his Feruchemist healing powers previously. Thus, he was able to heal himself. This happened in the early years of the Lord Ruler's reign, so the story had been changed by the time of the first book.
The same thing happened with the story of the Lord Ruler emerging from the flames as a skeleton. Rashek wasn't actually down to just his skeleton (although he may have looked like it). He had his healing powers going as he walked through the flames. Again, the story had grown and changed to "legendary" by the time of the first book.
Brandon added that if anyone had managed to fully behead Rashek, that would have been the end of him.
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Lightsong (Blog Post Reference)
« on: June 13, 2008, 05:29:03 PM »
I love the character of Lightsong. His wit is sly and slightly sardonic without being cutting. It seems that Lightsong uses humor to distract himself from some of the uncomfortableness he feels in his situation. I can relate to that, as I often do the same thing. I think the level of humor is just right for the character.
My personal favorite Lightsong line: "We intend to attack her?"
My personal favorite Lightsong line: "We intend to attack her?"