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MetaThought
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Post Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 12:05 pm |
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"When I was young she took my eyes!" Wasn't it krohnus who took symachus, and all his descendant's eyes? Ken-Ohki wrote: Caught most of the references to myth but can't think of who Asahn the Stone Arm refers to. http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/20131216
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Bandersnatch
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Post Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 12:44 pm |
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CheeseWhisper wrote: Elder Maloufo has a pretty big stick for a guy his age. I guess he speaks very softly.
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zhecht
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Post Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 1:15 pm |
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So Wynonti is the grandaughter of Maloufu and Wyntiti, and Macha is the son of Symachus and one of the noble daughters (mentioned here). I assume that Macha was either misinformed about the cause of his blindness or is embellishing the story for dramatic effect.
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CheeseWhisper
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Post Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 2:54 pm |
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It occurs to me that Scoobusdubios Du is really freaking old if he's "that old corpse" at the height of Mokhadun.
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MetaThought
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Post Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 4:06 pm |
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zhecht wrote: I assume that Macha was either misinformed about the cause of his blindness or is embellishing the story for dramatic effect. Blame it all on the crazy chick rather than krohnus. That makes sense actually. Blaming krohnus would raise some questions...
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garyfritz
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Post Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 4:19 pm |
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zhecht wrote: So Wynonti is the grandaughter of Maloufu and Wyntiti, and Macha is the son of Symachus and one of the noble daughters (mentioned here). I assume that Macha was either misinformed about the cause of his blindness or is embellishing the story for dramatic effect. He's also not real big on precision. How did "Dunuloa" turn into "Lunoa" ? He seems much nicer/kinder than his father, though. Telling stories to kids and joking with the elders.
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seebert42
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Post Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 4:29 pm |
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zhecht wrote: So Wynonti is the grandaughter of Maloufu and Wyntiti, and Macha is the son of Symachus and one of the noble daughters (mentioned here). I assume that Macha was either misinformed about the cause of his blindness or is embellishing the story for dramatic effect. OR- embellishing his story to maintain his place as childhood educator- for when the moon has a dark side, during a solar eclipse, curious children end up blind....
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slightlylooney
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Post Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 5:04 pm |
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Come on now. With all the talk about the Sun and Moon twins, I'm surprised nobody mentioned Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon.
Now where did I put that CD?
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erewhon
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Post Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 5:45 pm |
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seebert42 wrote: zhecht wrote: So Wynonti is the grandaughter of Maloufu and Wyntiti, and Macha is the son of Symachus and one of the noble daughters (mentioned here). I assume that Macha was either misinformed about the cause of his blindness or is embellishing the story for dramatic effect. OR- embellishing his story to maintain his place as childhood educator- for when the moon has a dark side, during a solar eclipse, curious children end up blind.... Story tellers tell stories. It appears to be how he makes his way as a blind guy. (Echoes of Homer?) And kids love scary stories, so that kind of embellishment makes sense. This is nearly two generations after the fall of Mokhadun, and he wasn't there, so its hardly surprising that the events are already becoming mythologised.
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Lord Golbez
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Post Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 7:54 pm |
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erewhon wrote: This is nearly two generations after the fall of Mokhadun, and he wasn't there, so its hardly surprising that the events are already becoming mythologised. More importantly, the kid wasn't there, so it doesn't really matter what he does or doesn't know; he can put whatever spin on it he wants to best entertain her and/or himself.
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erewhon
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Post Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 10:49 pm |
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Lord Golbez wrote: erewhon wrote: This is nearly two generations after the fall of Mokhadun, and he wasn't there, so its hardly surprising that the events are already becoming mythologised. More importantly, the kid wasn't there, so it doesn't really matter what he does or doesn't know; he can put whatever spin on it he wants to best entertain her and/or himself. Yes and the blending of elements - "The rabbit god and the magic eggs..." etc. It's looking like they've perhaps sunk back to a more or less non-literate society. Maybe the younger scholar and most of the educated types were among the casualties. Of course they've probably had more important things to do for a while than scribble scrolls and chisel hieroglyphs. Not that a blind dude would have much use for a scroll.
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Silverlocket
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Post Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 11:07 pm |
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erewhon wrote: Not that a blind dude would have much use for a scroll. Depends on how soft the papyrus is.
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Ken-Ohki
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Post Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 5:54 pm |
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Post Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 7:46 pm |
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Ken-Ohki wrote: I'm not sure who Asahn is supposed to represent though. Haven't you heard of the mythical Hell-Boy...
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CheeseWhisper
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Post Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 11:25 am |
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Zillatain wrote: Ken-Ohki wrote: I'm not sure who Asahn is supposed to represent though. Haven't you heard of the mythical Hell-Boy... Oh wow.
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