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October 24, 2020
Quietish day today.
Had a game, had movie night (The 1941 Wolf Man; my kid felt it needed more Wolf Man), got a better idea on the artwork for the new chapbook, and went over edits for the short story collection. I am behind on edits for the short story collection, alas.
Still, not an unproductive day for anything but blogging. Sorry.
Book of the Week: The Heliand: The Saxon Gospel.
Basically, if you ever wondered how to sell the Gospel story to barbarian warriors, The Heliand: The Saxon Gospel is your go-to. It’s perfectly good orthodoxy, mind you. Just very… vigorous. I may need to incorporate some of this into my Roman orcs’ mindsets.
October 23, 2020
‘Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner.’
I need to get on with that FALL OF DELTA GREEN scenario.
10/23/20 Update, the TALES FROM THE FERMI RESOLUTION Kickstarter.
We continue to move along with TALES FROM THE FERMI RESOLUTION. It’s definitely at a lower level of intensity, though. This is good data to have! And, of course, it’s much better to wonder if I’m going to hit all the current stretch goals than it is to worry whether I’m going to fund the blessed thing in the first place.
Note, though: I have in mind a nice little deal if we do hit all the current stretch goals. At that point I’ll have some opportunity to offer a bit more.
One week left on the GOD CANCER Kickstarter.
I like Greg’s stuff, and I’d like to read GOD CANCER. Check it out.
Snyder Cut to include Deathstroke.
This just doesn’t stop being funny.
Following Jared Leto’s surprising return as Joker in Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Collider brings word that another casting addition has been made for the long-awaited Snyder Cut with Joe Manganiello set to reprise his role as Slade Wilson a.k.a. Deathstroke. His return for the reshoots might potentially indicate that Deathstroke will now have a much longer screen time, compared to his brief appearance during the post-credits scene in 2017’s Justice League. Manganiello and Leto will reportedly be joining Ben Affleck, Ray Fisher, and Amber Heard for the four-episode HBO Max miniseries’ reshoots that are currently underway.
I dunno, Zack. You sure four episodes are gonna be enough? Maybe you should do six, just so it doesn’t feel bloated. Hey, what are all the Titan actors from that show doing? You could make them the subplot for a few episodes, give Slade more screentime that way. Oh, we’re back to bloat? Better make it eight episodes, then.
Okay, nine. We need a Green Lantern cameo. That was hinted! Think of the fans! You’d need a Green Arrow for that, too, but I’m sure somebody will volunteer.
…You know, since we’re this far we might as well just make it a season, right? And I got just the Episode Ten. Here me out: an hour of Luthor squaring off with… no, not Superman. Shazam. It writes itself. It absolutely [expletive deleted] writes itself.
That should do it. Ten episodes, a two-parter final, and one more episode for — well, Zack, I’ll leave that one up to you. You’re obviously a smart guy, based on how you’ve managed to pry this money out of the suits, just to amuse you and me. Even if you don’t get any more, I still salute you!
Straight up.
Tweet of the Day, I Do Get There’s A Difference…
…I just can’t taste it, and apparently neither can most of the population of the planet.
A restaurant swapped two orders—an $18 bottle for a $2,000 bottle— and neither couple noticed anything amiss until the restaurateur fessed up. (h/t @jonnajarian)https://t.co/JhyRifBhwv
— Yoni Appelbaum (@YAppelbaum) October 23, 2020
Via @EsotericCD. Personally, this is why I don’t buy expensive wine. It’d be wasted on me, and I genuinely want to save it for the folks who can appreciate it properly. It’s like cucumber ends; there are those who love ’em*, so it seems mean not to save them for those people. We’re all in this together, hey?
Moe Lane
*:waving: Hi!
10/23/20 Snippet, TINSEL RAIN.
Still not sure how this scene is going to go.
Patreon!The Castle knows its shtick, at least. When they throw a spectacle, everything’s laid out just so. And you can count on enough bright smiles and happy faces to satisfy even the sweetest tooth. Even when nobody wants to be there; although you’d never, ever know it from looking at our nobles. Reading between the lines of the sagas, a lot of their ancestors were pretty damned good at bald-faced lying, and their descendants have kept in practice.
So I expected the Dominion ambassador had nothing to complain about, although he’d probably complain anyway. There’d be some symbolic humiliations, but this wasn’t the Cold-Lands or what used to be Deseret; some places, they’d offer gold, slaves, or a sacrificial goat. Here, it’d just be ritualized phrases of submission, perfectly uttered and with no weight to them whatsoever.
And if the Ambassador didn’t like it? That was a real good question. On the one hand, we had sent their last two Ambassadors home in a jug and a box; but that was on the other hand, too. If I was the Castle, I’d be a little worried about how much madder than usual the Dominion was feeling right now. Which was probably why they invited me to this do: I had gotten away with skipping the last couple, because normally nobody cared. But they cared enough now to send a process server after me, and I was a little worried about that.
October 22, 2020
The “Oh, actually, this has potential” RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON trailer.
I get a Star Wars vibe off of RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON. A good vibe. It looks like a Southeast Asian / Indian subcontinent fantasy vehicle, with stick fighting and traps and acrobatic martial arts and yeah, Disney has piqued my interest. I do think that I am, as they say, ‘down’ for some of that.
