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Cold Days soilers:

DrizztLink posted...

The closest I can think of is shredding that security dude's leg, and even Harry isn't certain that was cruelty so much as just Getting The Job Done. They needed a distraction, he distracted, and everyone lived. Something tells me Sith's usual idea of distraction is "nobody responds to the alarm if there's nobody alive to respond."

I think Harry is pretty clearly wrong in this case, I mean he was told not to cause significant bodily harm, shredding an dude's leg seems like more than going by the letter of the order.

But all in all I just don't think agreement is something Nemesis needs. It gets a chance, it takes you.

If this is the case, why hasn't it infected everyone? What's the limit on how quickly it can spread. They have to agree in part, in my opinion is a better explanation for why it hasn't infected everyone. If this is the case it needs to understand what it can offer them to get them to agree to the corruption, furthermore it mirrors really well with the "you have to agree to be purified". Why does everyone infected seem to love doing what it wants? The most obvious reason to me is that they have no mind of their own, but if that is the case, how can people agree to be purified.

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DrizztLink posted...

Well, of course he's a jackass about following orders to the letter. He's a Fae. His opinion of Harry doesn't affect his loyalty to Mab. Again, trying to take an order from Harry gets him closer to shaking off Nemesis than anyone we've ever seen.

There's a difference between sticking to the letter of the order, and actively being malicious about it. It doesn't effect his loyalty (unless he agreed to corruption), but it shows he seems to oppose her decision, it's hardly a jump to suspect he could go to opposing her will. Lea get further to shaken off Nemesis than Cait Sith. Hell there aren't many mayor characters that have been corrupted. He gets close than Aurora and Maeve, but that isn't saying much.

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DrizztLink posted...

Ain't a goddamn chance Cait Sith would have willingly betrayed Winter. Dude almost fought his way back from Nemesis on the boat at the end of Cold Days, duty is his lifeblood.

I'm not so about that. He seems to actively goes out to obey Dresden's orders in the most malicious way possible. He continuously states how much he hates working for Dresden, and to me at least seems to only be willing to work fore Dresden as he is obliged to.

DarthAragorn posted...

First one makes some sense though I'd wonder how and why she was infected and not say Lara Raith or someone that could replace her

I mean there have been multiple Coup attempts in the White Court, Nemesis has attempt to replace Lara. As to why it hasn't infected Lara, I suspect you have to agree to me infected, at least in part, which I think is why Maeve and Lea had to agree to be purged of Nemesis.

DarthAragorn posted...

Any theories on, Peace Talks spoilers again, what Thomas was trying to say to Harry? I don't think it was actually about Justine, that's just too easy. But I can't think of anything that would fit.

A common theory on the subreddit (which I don't quite agree with but can understand) is that Thomas was trying to warn Harry that he shouldn't trust Justine, the idea being that she has been infected by nemisis.

I don't have any particular ideas on the second theory, other than it maybe being Lord Raith, who basically discovered that Malcolm was the dude who "stole" his girlfriend. Lord Raith strikes me as the kind of guy who would kill someone for that.

EndOfDiscOne posted...

Id rank PT pretty low just because its the first half of a book.

I have zero issues with a book being only part of a specific story as long as I know that in advance and don't have to wait an unknown amount of time for the next one. I don't have to know the exact date, something like between one year and two is fine, if they stick to anyway.

One issue I do have with Peace Talks is all the talk about the risk Harry is taking from Mab and the Svartalf if he gets caught. Like they say neither of them will care if he's repaying the debt to Winter, but almost everything we have seen about them says otherwise. Too-toot and the Za guards kills Aurora yet Titania doesn't hold it against them because they did on Harry's orders. In the short story Bombshells the Svartalf let a bunch of Fomor servants go unharmed specifically as they are essiantally just tools to the Fomor. (Peace Talks spoilers again) Surely given Harry's position as the Winter Knight, Mabs debt to the White Court and her orders to Harry he woul also just count as tool to the Svartalf and Mab. Mab specifically told Harry that if Lara wants to use a favour to have Harry kill someone, he should kill them, which given the event almost certainly would be a violation of the Accords. Although I kinda doubt Marcone would accept it.

Now for a more general thoughts on Peace Talks. Do you think that someone will stab Harry in the back? I think the talk of it could have been a misdirect for punching him in the face. If someone does stab him in the back, I think Carlos Ramirez is fairly likely, he seems to be the person on the White Council closest to Harry, and I think Molly's thing with him in Cold Case could be the straw that broke his back. Justine is a common guess on the Dresden Files subreddit, but given that Goodman Gray is keeping an eye on her I'm not sure she'd be meaningful. Martha Liberty is another person I think it could be, as a senior councilwoman she should have the power to threaten him, and she has a lot of mentions but no real importance.

Yeah Drizztl, Day Off was great, I'm not sure I'd rank it as the best though, it's pretty tough to place most of them.

Another thought on Peace Talks. I think Thomas was set up by someone in the White Court trying a Coup. If Lara lets him get killed it makes her look bad, if she fails in an attempt to rescue her it makes her look even worse.

Cold Case is the book about Molly's new job she gets in Cold days.

Also one short story that isn't in Brief cases that you might want to read between Skin Game and Peace talks is Monsters it's in Parallel Worlds: The Heroes Within.

I just finished reading Peace talks. I agree that it's absolutely incredible. Probably the best in the series. I don't even mind that it ends with essentially a major cliffhanger.

DrizztLink posted...

Another Peace Talks spoiler.

Dunno if anyone has talked about it, but we all agree that it's like 95% that Mab is Morgana? Like, Arthur and Merlin and Morgana.

Still makes me think Merlin is in Demonreach, and apparently people sharing a similar punishment can communicate. So Thomas can have some chats with Merlin.

I agree with both of these. In Skin game (very mild spoilers I guess) there's a random British prisoner and I assume that's Merlin, the character seemed too random to be nobody and Merlin seems like the only major enough British character to be there.

I have a strong suspicion that Mac is the second dragon that has signed the accords. Peace Talks has lots of mention of the starting between Odin and Ferrovax, but no mention was made of the second dragon. Given that Mac is "out" I think that him being the dragon would justify the lack of any mention of him. I suspected the last Titan could be the dragon when they told Ferrovax to introduce them, but obviously not afterwards.

Antifar posted...

How do you all feel about Divinity Original Sin II?

I didn't like it. Too much randomness in both the available loot, and the store inventory.

DrizztLink posted...

I like the Pillars of Eternity system because of that.

Spells and skills are per battle

To be clear for any reader this is only in Pillars of eternity 2. I agree that the system is great.

I heard they don't actually care what you click, but instead it's about how you move your mouse over them.

Funkydog posted...

I just want to get excited over BG3 :(

Sorry we're temporarily banning excitement for the day. Please resume excitement tomorrow.

It's called horse power as it's based on comparing a horse's power with that of an mechanical engine. Exactly why it's set a the rate it is I believe unknown.

This seems like something, someone added to an initial draft as a prank, and forgot to remove from the version for release.

In DnD they are neither.

Also I guess I'll add that Ubisoft didn't say they added the game to my library, it just turned up after a while. So you may actually have it if you didn't check your library.

I had to claim it from here:

https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/forward

I'm not sure if they are still giving it away.

Yes, I've been rereading the Dresden files series.

vigorm0rtis posted...

I tapped out in the first one. They come highly recommended so I'm probably going to take another crack at them whenever the library opens again.

As others have said the first two are dog shit. I wouldn't even bother reading a recap of them, the books do a good enough job of explaining any important details that happened in previous books. The third book "Grave Peril", and the seventh book "Dead Beat" are both better places to start then the first two. If you really get into the series go back and read the ones you missed. If you don't like either Grave Peril or Dead Beat you probably won't like the series.

I'm only on Small Favour, so I think I can safely say I got zero chance of being done for Tuesday. Not that it bothers me.

Wii_Shaker posted...

Care to elaborate?

Any law on landlords only affect landlords and people living in their property. Most hunting laws only affect certain areas, and as such only people in those areas. Lots of states have laws on requirements to be a a lawyer and therefore only affect lawyers and potential lawyers.

Wii_Shaker posted...

A law that only affects a certain group of people?

Sure, plenty of laws only affect certain groups of people.

Questionmarktarius posted...

or, you know, renegotiate the 190-year-old treaty behind this all.

I would consider that a law being changed.

St0rmFury posted...

Just curious, can the next batch of judges overturn this ruling?

Only if the law changes. Or maybe a law this court overlooked, gets pointed out to them.

DeadBankerDream posted...

Uhhhh, so like, is the rapist at least gonna get tried federally, then?

Maybe is this particular case given that they have all the evidence handed to them, but the Federal government doesn't usually bother enforcing the law in reservations.

Bad_Mojo posted...

My friend, they were in a war for like 700 years strait. They are a war country

Yeah, but that was a war they were in from a comfortable distance, across the channel.

I agree that Yakuza Kiwami 1 is pretty good, but not amazing by any means. I'd personally get the 3 games deal, but I could understand why you might be hesitate if you've never played the series.

Also not directly related to the topic at hand but after seeing Stagmar post about the lack of information I went to check the subreddit for the games and saw this post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/yakuzagames/comments/hmxfuv/cyricz_appreciation_thread/

Iodine posted...

Woa I just realized that Square released Final Fantasy 8-10 in three straight years.

11 was released the year after 10. 4 games in 4 straight years.

UnfairRepresent posted...

Apparently the PC version is just as bad which is hilarious.

It is, but there's mods that fix.

No.

DarthAragorn posted...

Some group with Hellfire wiped out most of Arctis Tor before Harry and friends arrive, was that ever really explained? I mean the simple answer is Denarians because Hellfire, but why? And also not sure even they'd be enough to pull it off, Harry says the entire Senior Council with Wardens maybe could have.

In Small Favours, Mab thinks it's a Denarian, and Harry suspects it was Thorned Namshiel. I don't think it was confirmed.

BobanMarjanovic posted...

eh all arpgs are the same shit

It isn't an ARPG. It's a CRPG.

Yeah the bridge was the best part of that DLC.

I didn't have any issues with that room, but it wasn't especially interesting either, until the end, I think. The interesting bit may have been a different room, but I don't think it was.

No, I'm not. I still love the circus, and will probably never say "enough is enough".

I'm keeping an eye on it, but I'll wait for reviews and such to come in before buying. Also I may wait for any DLC to be released.

Leanaunfurled posted...

I'm not in any DnD groups though, no. :( never played it. It looks really fun but also like a big time commitment.

Start with a one-shot. Lots of them can be done with little or no preparation and can be very quick.

AsteriskChamps posted...

I dont but I know theyve closed their borders because theyre out of the EU

No, they haven't.

The UK isnt accepting refugees since Brexit

Also wrong.

FortuneCookie posted...

else they're gonna wanna pair one of them with a black guy for double the progress points.

Hulking is a shape shifter, having him change into a Black person.

AirFresh posted...

I mean the link kinda does say anime lol

It'll be a mobile game based on a hypothetical anime. Like a reverse Sword Art Online.

Yep, that's a pretty great moment. I've started my reread recently as well.

Someone's paying them to give you them.

masterpug53 posted...

Pretty sure ex post facto also covers retroactively increasing punishment for existing laws, not just making up new retroactive laws. The way Trump worded his 'authorization' falls into this category. Not to mention that he, well, deliberately used the word 'retroactively.'

They aren't changing the punishment. It was always up to 10 years.

masterpug53 posted...

The one thing that particularly sticks in my craw is his threat to 'retroactively' punish people for it. Someone more learned might need to correct me on the finer points, but I'm pretty sure ex post facto law is one of the first things expressly addressed and forbidden in the Constitution; it's something that our Founding Fathers unilaterally agreed upon at both state and federal level, probably because (shockingly) it's a baby-dick tyrant move.

He isn't passing an ex post factor law. He is merely "ordering" (technical he is given them permission instead or ordering) one already in place get enforced. So it doesn't apply.

Bio1590 posted...

He doesn't, Barr does. Obviously at this point there's no real separation of powers there, but Trump has no authority to tell anyone to do anything in regards to this himself.

There's no separation of power between Barr or Trump, they are both part of the executive branch, and Trump is in charge of that. Nor was there every supposed to be.

Also I'm pretty sure this only applies to federal property as well.

It doesn't, it applies to all areas under the jurisdiction of the Federal government, which due to the way dual sovereignty works, means all of the US.

MFBKBass5 posted...

Theres plenty of literature out there on why canola oil is bad for you.

No, there's plenty of literature on why excessive canola oil is bad for you. You've provided no evidence that plant based meat has excessive canola oil.

Depends on what you mean by worse. And by typical fast food. Tons of fast food joints actually use pretty good quality beef for their burgers.

Even McDonalds now has fresh beef from what Ive heard. Wendys beef is good. Same with In n Out and Whataburger.

Using "fresh beef" (or good quality beef)to mean healthy is pretty low standard for healthy.