Winter is Coming
Wow, have I been a lollblogger or what? I should really work on updating more so I don't have to write so much in one of my overly verbose posts. But like everything else I always end up putting it off till later and then it never gets done. Sadly I guess I'm one of those people who need a fixed routine to get things done.
Anyways my life is not exciting so you really didn't miss much, although I have a few rants that I should work into some posts in the near future.
Last weekend my friends and I had another lan party at my friends place. His geeky event was much larger and better organized than the one that I had at my place. Everyone's computer was much shinier and faster than mine, making me want to go out and spend money right away. The similarity is scary between computer nerds, and hot rod jocks. For both it's all about the speed and power, and showing something completely useless off to your friends. Boys will be boys I guess.
I had a good time playing a bunch of different games, but I had to split in the evening to head to Paradise the live angels game. I left my computer there graciously saying that if someone needed to they could use my computer, but I didn't want it messed with. Trust me this will be important later.
The game was a lot of fun as it was the Infernal's turn to get in a big fight. It was chaotic and messy with the Divine we had brought along refusing to kill humans. It got really scary after we slew the big leader of the gang and an angel showed up. I see now why angels are so scary. With their ability to only be attacked one at a time I was feeling completely helpless, and my character could do nothing as the angel permanently killed one of our group. The fight was fun, and my character ended up being one of the only Infernal still standing at the end of the fight (of course).
Then we had the usual gathering where I've noticed that I've adopted a trend with this character. He's normally pretty calm and cool in his everyday life as humans pose no real challenge to him, and the members of his Murder constantly kowtow to him. But of course at a gathering of other Fallen he's surrounded by those with similar powers who aren't going to be impressed by him easily. And then you have the Divine who can blissfully shrug off anything you say even if it makes perfect sense, and who are as a rule very rude. I think one of the conditions for getting back into Heaven for them should be manners.
Inevitability as well there is tension, and without a means to blow off this tension by the end of the last couple of games Tempest has been ready to explode. Either to run away screaming or to start trying to beat up Divine. This fits in well with his setback which is a kind of psychoses that Fallen develop as they get older and are faced with stuff that balks them. I'm not completely onboard with running around and getting in fights though as I didn't initially envision Tempest as a combat character. Somehow it just happened though, and while I'm probably pretty far from the biggest bruiser in the game I am up there.
After the game I dropped Shani off at my place while I went back to my friend's so I could continue on with the geeking. And of course they had messed around with my computer. It was a complete invasion of my privacy, but I didn't get upset then as I didn't want to make a huge deal with all the people there. It's still on my mind though so I might have to talk with the perpetrator, and express my feelings to him.
Tuesday was the big day though as "Feast of Crows" by George R.R. Martin was finally released after a three year delay. So far it's living up to my expectations as definitely one of the best fantasy series out there. A lot of focus on what has been up till now secondary characters. I suppose that's inevitable when you kill all of the main ones off on a regular basis. What I love about the series is the almost complete lack of villains. There are bad guys, but they have depth and they do what they do because of complex motivations and desires. The same is true of the good guys who are full of human frailities and cruelties.
Obviously I would recommend the series to anyone who loves fantasy, or even if you want to read a really good political thriller. Apparently the wait for the next book won't be so long as he ended up splitting the book he was writing in half so that it wouldn't be so gargantuan. Because he writes each chapter from a different character's point of view he just left half of the characters out for the next book so there's been some favorites of mine missing from this one so far.
Hopefully I won't have to wait another three years.
Anyways my life is not exciting so you really didn't miss much, although I have a few rants that I should work into some posts in the near future.
Last weekend my friends and I had another lan party at my friends place. His geeky event was much larger and better organized than the one that I had at my place. Everyone's computer was much shinier and faster than mine, making me want to go out and spend money right away. The similarity is scary between computer nerds, and hot rod jocks. For both it's all about the speed and power, and showing something completely useless off to your friends. Boys will be boys I guess.
I had a good time playing a bunch of different games, but I had to split in the evening to head to Paradise the live angels game. I left my computer there graciously saying that if someone needed to they could use my computer, but I didn't want it messed with. Trust me this will be important later.
The game was a lot of fun as it was the Infernal's turn to get in a big fight. It was chaotic and messy with the Divine we had brought along refusing to kill humans. It got really scary after we slew the big leader of the gang and an angel showed up. I see now why angels are so scary. With their ability to only be attacked one at a time I was feeling completely helpless, and my character could do nothing as the angel permanently killed one of our group. The fight was fun, and my character ended up being one of the only Infernal still standing at the end of the fight (of course).
Then we had the usual gathering where I've noticed that I've adopted a trend with this character. He's normally pretty calm and cool in his everyday life as humans pose no real challenge to him, and the members of his Murder constantly kowtow to him. But of course at a gathering of other Fallen he's surrounded by those with similar powers who aren't going to be impressed by him easily. And then you have the Divine who can blissfully shrug off anything you say even if it makes perfect sense, and who are as a rule very rude. I think one of the conditions for getting back into Heaven for them should be manners.
Inevitability as well there is tension, and without a means to blow off this tension by the end of the last couple of games Tempest has been ready to explode. Either to run away screaming or to start trying to beat up Divine. This fits in well with his setback which is a kind of psychoses that Fallen develop as they get older and are faced with stuff that balks them. I'm not completely onboard with running around and getting in fights though as I didn't initially envision Tempest as a combat character. Somehow it just happened though, and while I'm probably pretty far from the biggest bruiser in the game I am up there.
After the game I dropped Shani off at my place while I went back to my friend's so I could continue on with the geeking. And of course they had messed around with my computer. It was a complete invasion of my privacy, but I didn't get upset then as I didn't want to make a huge deal with all the people there. It's still on my mind though so I might have to talk with the perpetrator, and express my feelings to him.
Tuesday was the big day though as "Feast of Crows" by George R.R. Martin was finally released after a three year delay. So far it's living up to my expectations as definitely one of the best fantasy series out there. A lot of focus on what has been up till now secondary characters. I suppose that's inevitable when you kill all of the main ones off on a regular basis. What I love about the series is the almost complete lack of villains. There are bad guys, but they have depth and they do what they do because of complex motivations and desires. The same is true of the good guys who are full of human frailities and cruelties.
Obviously I would recommend the series to anyone who loves fantasy, or even if you want to read a really good political thriller. Apparently the wait for the next book won't be so long as he ended up splitting the book he was writing in half so that it wouldn't be so gargantuan. Because he writes each chapter from a different character's point of view he just left half of the characters out for the next book so there's been some favorites of mine missing from this one so far.
Hopefully I won't have to wait another three years.
posted by Eman at 12:01 PM
1 Comments:
Hey bebe, I have dibs on that book!!
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