It's not blackmail. It's leverage. (View Post)

I always liked the premise of the first three books of Glen Cook's Black Company series. Which is, having to choose between rule by Sauron, and destruction by Morgoth. The Dark Lord of the serie… (View Post)

“And the animals looked from pigs to men, and from men to pigs…” (View Post)

They seem to think that if it’s fantasy, nothing has to make sense. Whereas if you want people to accept magic and the supernatural, you have to make the rest (and peoples’ motivations) believable. O… (View Post)

You can read much better fanfiction, written by amateurs, than so much stuff that’s written by so-called professionals, these days. The standard of writing for the last two Seasons of Game of Thrones… (View Post)