For me, as a veteran, it is, and always was, about the community, not the name. I'll go where the people I like to talk to, and the staff that did such amazing work, are going.
If the staff moves to Nexus, I'll follow, like I went from News to Sally 14 years ago.
- Caranthir
- Registered User
-
Member for 19 years, 2 months, and 27 days
Last active Thu, Mar, 28 2024 03:37:20
- 2 Followers
- 9,940 Total Posts
- 2119 Thanks
-
May 9, 2018Caranthir posted a message on Dominaria Retrospective by Mark WintersGreat article!Posted in: Articles
Though I am a little sad that after Kelly Digges, I see that another man highly responsible for the gem that is Dominaria left Wizards. -
Apr 9, 2018Caranthir posted a message on Dominaria Preview - Final PartingCalled it!!! (I mean the Final Parting being Josu + Liliana, not Jodah + dying Jaya).Posted in: Articles
Also, gratz a lot to an official preview card! -
Mar 15, 2018Caranthir posted a message on Dominaria Spoiler Digest - Who's Who and What's What from the Release NotesPosted in: ArticlesQuote from Formless_One »No, the Baron Sengir and Grandmother Sengir come from Ulgothra. However, Grandmother Sengir is actually a planeswalker named Ravi who knew the Baron when he was young and as I understand it before he was a vampire. Then she went insane after pulling an Urza and blowing up most of Ulgothra. But the plane has a planar portal that most likely connects to Dominaria, and who knows? Maybe the Baron and his "Grandmother" did some traveling around the Multiverse at some point.
The Baron is NOT from Ulgrotha. He is from an unknown plane, he was brought to Ulgrotha by an unknown walker and stranded there. He might be originally from Dominaria, as we seen Sengir vampires there...but there is not enough info either to confirm or dismiss it.
Granny is a former planeswalker and one-time friend of the Baron who had a hand in him becoming vampire. See here: https://mtg.gamepedia.com/Ravi
More in this 12 years old article from Matt Cavotta: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/royal-bloodline-emphasis-blood-2006-02-15 -
Mar 12, 2018Caranthir posted a message on Dominaria Spoiler Digest - Who's Who and What's What from the Release NotesYou are welcome. Some more:Posted in: Articles
odah's paragraph is quite wild.
"(Jodah) was also present during the Phyrexian Invasion and helped restore Urza's sanity during that time" - this is wholly incorrect, where you got it?
- one of the primary contributous to Worldspell - not quite, he had to provide his mirror and was forced to utilize (and in the process, consume) the safe havens to distribute the excess energy of the spell to prevent another Sylex Blast.
It is debatable, whether Evra, Halcyon Witness is what we think. After all, we have seen Halcyon Glaze. But using this very particular name on Dominaria and NOT tying it to THE Halcyon would be immensely stupid.
Kolo Meha was above all a Bogardan fire mage, but with ties to Madara, of course.
Gix was not Glacian's kíller. He attacked and wounded him, but Yawgmoth "killed" him by his treattment. -
Mar 12, 2018Caranthir posted a message on Dominaria Spoiler Digest - Who's Who and What's What from the Release NotesSome minor corrections:Posted in: Articles
- Primevals' rebirth was one of the climaxes of Planeshift,not Invasion
- Karn's Temporal Sundering is probably the time machine explosion also depicted on Sunder, not the Tolarian rift closure.
- Sagas get counters on the beginning of the precombat main phase
- Mirari was just one of Karn's probes, and a faulty one (it shouldn't be leaking power)
-
Mar 7, 2018Caranthir posted a message on Ixalan Story Interview with Alison LuhrsLoving it. Amazing read.Posted in: Articles
The most interesting thing for me is the reveal of intentional use of farce structure and themes for the story. It makes PERFECT sense. And explains a lot. -
Feb 11, 2016Caranthir posted a message on Archive Trap: The World of InnistradGreat article, guys. Thanks for summarizing this.Posted in: Articles
-
Jan 13, 2008Caranthir posted a message on [Powerfantasy] Some pics of a game...Great pics, James Losing Miles had to hurt, indeed. I like your choice of team....playing with Miles and Phobeya together is one of my preferred combinations. Just add Harass and you got my fav "supervillain" team. But Sil is powerful with any high-damage super character.Posted in: Hydrokinesis's Blog
- To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
...and exactly this is why I mostly refrain from commenting the issue. This is not worth my time. I have made myself clear already.
I see the problem. The old professor was racist (despite being an ardent anti-racist) and it is up to us to "improve" his work to "fit" into the 21th century. Right?c
Faramir on Reprieve is apparently darker-skinned than on the Prince of Ithilien, the curly hair and facial features are also clear. His portrayal is a bit inconsistent.
Boromir is his brother, and on both cards, Bitter Demise and Boromir, Warden of the Tower, is also darker.
You might like to have your eyes checked.
Because it is the most apparent and understandable even to the people who are not deeply invested fans.
Don't get me wrong, I dislika all these things as well (probably most of all the prominent displays of magic, that Tolkien purposefully avoided. But the places you can discuss this on this level are scarce.
As I wrote elsewhere:
I accept what they decided to do with the source, but nobody on Earth can force me to like it.
And I very much want to be able to say it freely without being called a racist.
It is really becoming surreal. The only human legendary characters who keep their fair skin are Ioreth and Bree denizens - Bill Ferny and Butterbur.
For Éomer, it is not disinguishable from what we have. Otberwise:
Boromir
Faramir
(= probably also Denethor)
Imrahil
Aragorn
Théoden
Éowyn...
Virtually every important character from Gondor and Rohan. It looks like this is a default for the humans in this version of Middle-Earth...
And it is not like Tolkien's world did not have other skin colors in it...the Easterlings, the Umbar corsairs, the Haradrim...
I could grudginly accept Aragorn, but virtually ALL the human characters are swapped.
We are lucky that the Wizards, Tom Bombadil, and part of the hobbits were left alone.
Judging from the severed head, it is the moment she decapitated the Witch-King's mount.
Well, there are some things that are not recommended to discuss here to prevent the discussion from spinning out of control.
Many people do not quite like the direction they take, but it is a fact that we cannot do anything about except accepting it as a fact.
The Kenrith scions are back, looking older and more serious. Will has his ice leg he "earned" during the Strixhaven ordeal.
There's some kind of mysterious sleeping curse troubling the people of Eldraine. Where we have heard it already...?
There is some lady with a perfectly harmless apple, I am sure.
And there is someone out for blood....I mean, crumb debt to settle.
There's some kind of mysterious sleeping curse troubling the people of Eldraine. Where we have heard it already...?
There is some lady with a perfectly harmless apple, I am sure.
And there is someone out for blood....I mean, crumb debt to settle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odzYBR-X_vw
I am lost for words.
And Yawgmoth knows that not in a good way.
Told him the exact same thing before. Without the last part aloud, though it is pretty spot-on.
It is apparently pointless.
https://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/magic-fundamentals/magic-storyline/828904-mom-mat-march-of-the-machine-aftermath?comment=333
Indeed. I think that her ripping the whole Coliseum our of Sheoldred's realm and dropping it down would be a great ending for the character, going down in a blaze of glory. Instead we have the tormented soul going to became a vengeful protector of her plane for what...third time in a row?
Ntw, why there was no story yesterday? After the dumpster fire that the Aftermath set turned out to be, I hoped for more stories. Certainly there are more than two... right?
They have shown us very little in the set despite the teasing (ironically the most of the planes WE ARE GOING TO VISIT THIS YEAR ANYWAY), and with more of the teasing (you did not find what you wanted in the MOM story - then it might be resolved in the Aftermath story)...they better have some more to offer.
Buddy, you were "ridiculed" because you claimed that "we knew almost nothing about what happened on Theros", wheb comparatively (with other planes) we had some of the most extensive info of the planes ever - because you did not get what you wanted, as usual.
The concerns are valid, but you were simply not saying the truth... exactly as you are doing now.