By popular demand, here is the official Free Narnian C.S Lewis Essay recommendation list. Read (or listen to on audio book) these essays in order if you want to understand the world we live in today.
Friend showed me an actual clip where Cowboy Yellowstone makes a complaint about drinking Italian wine because his daddy "fought those bastards" in WW2.
I have not stopped laughing.
>casually gives a 13 year old girl a time machine with no qualms because he knows she's such a nerd she'll never use it for anything other than getting to class on time.
Her only plan was to outsource their military to a bunch of monkeys?
This never would have happened under the Toadsworth Regency, the Mushroom Kingdom has fallen.
Thinking about that one Twilight Zone episode where Confederate soldier can win the Civil War with a book of magic spells if he sells his soul to the devil and then he throws the book kn a camp fire
Fellow writers/readers, what would you say are tropes that turn you away from a story?
For me, it's the nihilist trope, "Nothing you did really mattered. Hope is just a pointless delusion."
Great Khans: "Oh my chems, the NCR is so mean they oppress us by not allowing us to be drug addled thugs all day! We'll avenge Bitter Springs by joining with Caesar's Legion!"
Great Khans under Caesar's Legion:
The trilogy of Narnian villains dunking on Middle-Earth villains is complete.
Soyron, Soyruman, and More Goth are no match for the Chadis Jadis, Sigma Green Witch and the Inexorably Irresistibly Inevitable Tash.
@ManletThorin
Lovecraft encouraged all his contemporaries and even aspiring writers to steal his concepts and use them in their own work.
Lovecraft obviously was not anticipating the reddit-American
You're an Immortal Jellyfish, a biological miracle!
"..."
How long have you been floating around? Were you in the Mediterranean during Christ's time on earth?
"..."
Adam and Eve named you right? What language did they speak?
"English"
Holy shi-
POV: You're JRR Tolkien and your best friend Jack has dawned his level 99 Mage robes to teleport into your home to bully you into publishing the wierd fan fiction you wrote for your made up language because he really likes it.
*Utopian system that is perfectly meritocratic and predicated on the self evident value of the single individual human being and his moral right to live*
"Uuuuuggggghhhhhh is this fascism? *farm animal noises*"
John Carter really went, "haha I can jump good" and then did a speed run of the utter annihilation of an incredibly ancient and sophisticated city state at the hands of inhuman monster savages all so he could impress a brick colored egg woman.
Absolutel lol at the people malding at Thorin
You know NOTHING of what the Dwarf is capable of posting.
I have seen things.
Things you buffoons couldn't begin to imagine.
Just wait until they discover the sequel
Spoilers: the disillusioned dissident voluntarily sacrifices his life to save the Federation because he would rather have humanity live under a government he doesn't like than be extinct.
At a certain age (16 - 21), one must rid himself of all childish things. Throw away the toys, children’s books, video games, &., and embrace adulthood.
Get real hobbies, read real books, do something worth remembering.
Stop playing Warhammer, video games, &c., and grow up!
I went to get coffee this morning and thought I’d show the non-NYers what’s sold in a bodega: the good, the bad and the ugly.
RT and name one product that you recognize. ☕️
The Federation doesn't infringe on Arachnid territory, both civilizations are expansionist and are driving towards each other. When their borders brush up with humanity they strike first and nuke a city on Earth before systematically wiping out human colonies.
Mfers will get a fit like this, an army, and a title like 'The Master of Woe' only to get bodied by an 18 year on a quest that just wants to go back and marry the girl from his village.
Lately I've been enjoying punishing younger Zoomers on Halo 3 multiplayer on Steam.
Foolish broccoli haired fortnite babies.
I was raised in the real war.
Look upon my playable Elite and quake with despair.
You have no idea who you're dealing with here.
Tolkien: I'm going to make up an entire language, painstakingly creating naming conventions that make sense within it's structure.
Lewis: *looks at a map of Italy* Hey! Look at that town there, it's called 'Narnia', that's a cool name.