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Burial's trawling through these threads to upvote every post shows a sparkling commitment to the autism of it all, then that elegant "thank you for sharing your opinion" to show he is above it. That's presidential material right there.

As to FMA, I guess I've only seen the original series so far. I got that, at least. I rewatched something on Netflix recently and it was awesome, either ways. 

Inserting a wife for Perrin definitely was so fucking weird. I remember he was tempted by the way of the leaf in the books and so he needs to be mopey (I guess), but this was silly shit, some Twilight nod for the wolfman or something. I'm also always speedily informed Moraine and Siuan were actually lesbians in the books, but I do not remember it, so. I guess I'm just generally annoyed at characterisation. Jordan's characters are easily some of my favourites in all of literature, and these just aren't them. Moraine was hard. Hard to match Nynaeve. Hard to match Lanfear. Hard to match Rand. But also just a lot of fun. She is a very fun character. Chiding, sarcastic, fatalistic. They gave some nod to the steeliness of her where she sinks the boatman, and her and Rand are having their tiffs, but mostly this series is using her to have a nice cry. I just don't know, man. I don't know how they've gotten it so wrong. Lan and Nynaeve is also just so wrong. The thing Jordan did right about romance was he couched it in so much humour. Rand and his three women. Aviendha, warrior. Elayne, princess. A comic pairing. Nynaeve and Lan, even at their most emotional, was never more than pure comedy. It was man vs. woman clash, from the wisdom that was supposed to be above men and the man on a warpath. Now what are they? I mean, I just don't know. They've torn down the whole art in all of these characters, and for what? Mat is probably my favourite character in all of literature and he's recast for second season. This show feels purposefully bad at this point.

I agree with you about scale too. They never did Camelyn. Tar Valon was completely uninspiring. Next thing Rand is out in a woods with Moraine, the blight, by the ways, and, well, I did not actually finish the last episode. I don't know was that Ishamael or the Dark One, and I don't much care. We'll get no Rivendales, or Gondors, or Helm's Deeps. They gave two of eight episodes to the warder bond instead of explaining anything like you said. I mean, I know it's a big ask that it should have aspired to the scale of Lord of the Rings, but. It's just such a disappointing show. Who was this for? Who wrote it and what business had they writing it? How does Amazon produce something so fucking pathetic? All hope is lost for the Lord of the Rings series. 

I'm gonna stop complaining and move on with my life. I won't even be looking sideways at S2.

Still have covid 19.

If I don't test negative this morning, I'm going to crack up tbh. I feel like I'm a ghost haunting this house at this stage. There's no way I could ever have done the original two weeks isolation. 

Thankfully I seem to be completely asymptomatic, but make sure to take walks,  shout at people across the road, something. This shit isn't good for anyone's health. 

I would also like to pledge my full-throated support to a candidate. Either one, doesn't really matter.

I have not watched this. I just googled "wheel of time crying". At least I'm not the only one. 

I do not watch as much anime as you guys, but I have seen Cowboy Bebop and I thought it was great, great feel and atmosphere to the show. It's one I think could have been recaptured in live action too, keeping with whiteflame's idea about medium. Still, I saw this shit on Netflix and it was an instant nope. Probably down to my experience with Ghost in the Shell. Maybe also I've had enough of everyone looking Asian for a while after Squid Game and that other one, hot girl, criminal dad dies, whatever it was called.  

I have two things to say here.

1. Fullmetal Alchemist is the best anime. That belongs here only insofar as I never talk about anime with anyone. But it just is. The whole mad scientist thing. The atmosphere. The magic system. The way the homunculi are inserted into a government conspiracy by means of that magic system thereby permeating the whole story, from the boys' original sin to world's end. Really, I'm just a little bit in awe of how the whole story coheres. It's an entire world spun out from a sin, no departures from that. I think it's one of the most impressive pieces of worldbuilding in all media. 

2. Wheel of Time is some of the most disappointing shit I've ever seen in my life. First three episodes - excellent. I really was excited for the show. The magic was a bit iffy, but trollocs were awesome. The fade looked a bit cartoony but serviceable. Then what the fuck happened. Nynaeve, Lan, and Moraine are ruined beyond repair. The warders are all gay. The Amyrlin Seat is a lesbian. Women can be dragons. Everyone has spent this entire first season crying. Everyone. Crying. Nynaeve is just ruined. That was a fun, fighty character, not the mopey girl this show has made her. Rosamund Pike spends 15 minutes an episode making that dumb, drawn face, supposedly hiding emotions, she just looks so dopey. Lan couldn't be more effeminate if they tried. He spent the first 5 books made of stone. I mean, it's just so much crying. Logain is also a manlet, but it doesn't even matter. Why has everyone spent every single episode crying. I am so disgusted with this show.

As a dyslexic man, I keep forgetting his name isn't Burial. 

happy new year fuckers

We have a hobby farm at this point. About 300 acres including forestry and bogland. I'm fairly positive we're losing money on it, but it's good fun. I think you could make more money off an acre than we do off 300. 

Well it's going to solar power also, so. 

Update: Still have covid. No fucking New Year's for me. 

I just miss Zarroette is all.

I appreciate the humour. 

For the record, I do not dislike you nor do I want to hurt your feelings. You're just emotionally alien to me, really, and that's fun. 

That said, have you ever been amused by any of your opponent's antics? If so, which?

I'd like to hear RM's answer first. 

Very interesting.

Wylted, do you think Danielle is a masculine personality?

My question obviously pertained to your proposed plan to bring females back to DebateArt. @RM

Do you think Danielle is a masculine personality?

That's obviously what you were thinking. 

Any response here Wylted?

What is that crazy story I'm half remembering about some boyfriend she had or something? A kidnapping?

Disciplined as bsh1 might have disciplined that young man. 

What can we do to bring women back to DebateArt?

What can we do to bring women back to DebateArt?

What about EmilyRose? 

What in the name of fuck are you talking about.

Do you think bsh1 is a villain for that whole debacle with that young man? 

Have you ever been sexually aroused by someone on this website? 

Have you ever been sexually aroused by someone on this website? 

What is your dishonest opinion of your opponent? 

What is your honest opinion of your opponent? 

A RationalMadman presidency would be reminiscent of Donald Trump blocking people on Twitter.

Do you believe your autism would present difficulties in navigating a DebateArt presidency? 

Wylted is God's Righteous Man. 

Yeah she was definitely just very ugly. 

I think the presidential candidates should debate the likelihood of Zarroette's sex. 

You know, it's really hard to believe Zarroette wasn't actually female. She was hung up on such female bullshit. 

Make Zarroette Female Again

Wylted I honestly feel like we'd be best friends IRL. 

You just write in a whiny sort of way lol.

It's your whiny dumb posts versus millions of lives. That's the last two years in a nutshell. 

A couple million lives outright and two years of all the rest. Agenda I deem worth it. 

Maybe takes a brain to see it for such, but I'd have my laws be clever. There's no about your right mind here. You're wrong. 

I got absolutely no issues with tyrannising fools who won't get vaccinated. It's gross negligence. I wouldn't even be too perturbed by jailtime. 

Because the rest of the world didn't have its shit together. China's got lower covid deaths than Ireland. 

Better to err on the side of enjoyment. 

I would have declared martial law on this shit day 1. China's was an appropriate response. We've lost two years to mindless bullshit. 

I believe we have a moral obligation to have nothing to do with anyone stupid enough not to get a vaccine. Mandates then suits fine for businesses, their responsibility is greater, plus it affords peace of mind to all us sensible folk. I really don't see any issue with this at all. I think it's just an American thing. I've seen the likes of Elon Musk speak cagily about mandates too, meanwhile Michael O' Leary is a breath of fresh air, in a big way - "If you’re not vaccinated, you shouldn’t be allowed in the hospital, you shouldn’t be allowed to fly, you shouldn’t be allowed on the London Underground, and you shouldn’t be allowed in the local supermarket or your pharmacy either."  100%.

This was all to stop the spread of a killer virus. 5 million people dead and you could read horror stories about it for the rest of your life. Why is a mandate scary at all. 

You are so much fun, dude. 

I'm like a 15 or something only I refuse to give myself minus anything in anything on the religion question.