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« Reply #165 on: May 17, 2014, 08:40:10 PM »
Q. Can you give me an example of a maddened creation myth?

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« Reply #166 on: May 17, 2014, 08:42:01 PM »
Lantz, I recommend you reading Sapkowski's compendium of Arthurian lore after I translate it for BL and DSM this summer. Learn from more successful writer than even BL's best fic writers like Moczo and Arashi.

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« Reply #167 on: May 17, 2014, 08:47:52 PM »
@Umbra

A: as I recall Muramasa created demon swords while totally off his rocker.

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no, I'd prefer not to read a haphazard translation of a foreign take on myths. Cultural perspective has a lot to do with Myth.

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« Reply #168 on: May 17, 2014, 08:50:40 PM »
@Umbra

A: as I recall Muramasa created demon swords while totally off his rocker.


Incorrect, Muramasa simply was the best at what he did when he was really angry and of poor state of mind, not stark raving lovecraftian-level insane.

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« Reply #169 on: May 17, 2014, 08:54:59 PM »
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no, I'd prefer not to read a haphazard translation of a foreign take on myths. Cultural perspective has a lot to do with Myth.

I'm Masters Associate in translation with very good final grades (applying for Ph.D studies and attending international conferences), so I'm more qualified than most people, and besides, Sapkowski discusses all takes on the myth, not only the original.

Besides, Arthurian lore is the common heritage of Europe in the same vein as Greco-Roman vein, so dismissing non-English writer is xenophobic.

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« Reply #170 on: May 17, 2014, 10:27:12 PM »
I'm simply aware that the book will have a bias, I prefer not to have that.

now questions please

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« Reply #171 on: May 17, 2014, 10:29:42 PM »
Hahahahahaha, don't tell me whatever you deem is the only true objective canon and dozens if not hundreds of writers are "biased".

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« Reply #172 on: May 17, 2014, 10:30:05 PM »
Because a single book is gonna be SOOOOOOOOOO much more neutral than a neutral compilation.

Lantz you are a failure of logic.
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« Reply #173 on: May 17, 2014, 10:35:35 PM »
There is also the fact that Sapkowski mentions from time to time Once and Future King too, and in rather neutral tone.

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« Reply #174 on: May 17, 2014, 10:59:59 PM »
I repeat, thread op relevant questions

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« Reply #175 on: May 17, 2014, 11:04:05 PM »
Q: Why is the Dragon bonded to Satoshi's soul?


On 3/22/15, at 10:09 AM, Donkey Punch Fucker! wrote:
> On 3/22/15, at 10:07 AM, ReverseLogic wrote:
> > seriously, again, I ran one of the weakest characters. you keep obsessing over abilities and powers
> Power, it's something so... so intangible. Yet, has such a strong grip upon me. I... I want it. I desire it, in my hands, in my life, in my soul. And once I have, I will simply want more, while jealously guarding what I have.

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« Reply #176 on: May 17, 2014, 11:16:10 PM »
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A: Because the Dragon accepted the idea when he was brought to the Dragon by Merlin

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« Reply #177 on: May 17, 2014, 11:19:14 PM »
@Salto

A: Because the Dragon accepted the idea when he was brought to the Dragon by Merlin





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« Last Edit: May 17, 2014, 11:25:44 PM by Salto »


On 3/22/15, at 10:09 AM, Donkey Punch Fucker! wrote:
> On 3/22/15, at 10:07 AM, ReverseLogic wrote:
> > seriously, again, I ran one of the weakest characters. you keep obsessing over abilities and powers
> Power, it's something so... so intangible. Yet, has such a strong grip upon me. I... I want it. I desire it, in my hands, in my life, in my soul. And once I have, I will simply want more, while jealously guarding what I have.

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« Reply #178 on: May 18, 2014, 04:31:34 AM »
Q. Why isn't Satoshi growing scales and a tail since his soul fused with the dragon?

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« Reply #179 on: May 18, 2014, 04:43:31 AM »
Maybe he is and you just can't see them.

-THEORY- Tell me what you think of this.
More seriously it could be that Satoshi is 100% dragon now, but can take human form because the dragon could shapeshift, or Satoshi could shapeshift before and kept it after becoming dragon.

On a less theory laden path it is likely that Lantz's AU has a different set of rules for how body and soul interact.
« Last Edit: May 18, 2014, 04:51:08 AM by Kurogami »