Just about every individual country on Earth has a multitude of its own, unique warcries. From the classic Russian “Urrraaaaaahhh” to the Teutonic Knights’ “GOTT MITT UNS!” and the U.S. Army’s “Hoo-ah!” it’s hard to find humans at war without warcries. Oh, except in Fantasy. In fantasy humans barely use these outside of Warhammer Fantasy, […]
Last time I started us off with some positivity. This time, since I realize that perhaps my short-post preference has gotten a little out of hand, we’re going to marathon this. I’m concerned that breaking this up into more pieces leaves a lot of room for people to miss context in a discussion already charged […]
Sometimes I say (or type) the most fascinating, bizarre, or simply awful things. This is the second selection from those things. “At least I don’t have Roose Bolton’s lips.” “The Official (Redacted)verse Advisory Team Greeting is now ‘Blork.’” “You cannot call all of your employees ‘Shitbird Mountain’ and pay them in leftover Halloween candy.” “–milking […]
Welcome readers! “Dark Helm and Wing’D Spear” returns tomorrow, so this is your last chance to get caught up. Meantime, here’s this! I’m pleased to announce another weapon render–the Wismeyer Longsword! This comparatively simple but lovingly-crafted design completes my triumvirate arsenal for The Necromancer and the Revenant (a high fantasy revenge novel–agent pending!) So here you […]
Das Boot is one of my all-time favorite films, a movie so well put together that the first few times I watched the Director’s Cut, I watched it from the second half only (the disk was turned the wrong way) and thought I’d seen the whole thing. And that’s not to say seeing the first half […]
I didn’t hate The Last Jedi, and I don’t have any problems with its social justice themes in their own right. I hope for many of you this will help assuage any concerns I’m another rabid, human shit-stain of a Star Wars fan who doesn’t understand basic industry concepts like “actors don’t write the goddamn script”. For a […]
Normally Tuesday is “Dark Helm and Wing’d Spear”‘s time slot, but since nobody read the last two entries I’m letting that percolate until anyone who’s interested has caught up. Seriously, catch up, you guys are missing out. There’s damn good stuff in there. Anyway: I felt I needed to wrap this up first. If you […]
So, last time, I set us up with a good, long look at why I consider Frodo the epitome of the Old-School Fantasy Protagonist done right. If you want a jolt of positivity, this is your chance to double back. This time: the rest of them, who I feel are almost uniformly uninspired. Firstly, every […]
Ashenvein Gate: Stories & Dreams 