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What kind of rifle are you talking about? An 1800s musket? Something more modern? If it's a musket, a bayonet would absolutely serve the same purpose as a spear, at least in terms of jabbing stuff. A musket can also be swung about like a club if need be, too. As a weapon, it can be fairly...

Some people do like reading other people's opinions on blogs. I found that writing a blog was liberating in a way, and the few people who found my little corner of cyberspace and enjoy it became secondary to how I feel writing it. If it's something you're considering, I'd recommend it.

How many people these days really believe an absolute monarchy is the best way to go? Yet how many stories are written about it anyway? If you really have that much of a problem that your creative juices can't fuel you through it, is it worth writing?

Could you please explain this? I'm curious.

If I were to do this, I would make Led Zeppelin akin to classical art music, and because they reference Tolkien in so many of their songs, that would be the established mythic tradition. You know, sort of how opera today uses classical myth as its inspiration. Ok, maybe it's a stretch. But...

Has anyone said Neil Gaiman yet? Because he's my number two, after Tolkien. (Two great examples of totally different types of fantasy). And did I read someone say they stay away from YA like Harry Potter? For real, dude? I mean, I can understand YA like Twilight, but Harry Potter? It's...

Is this what that whole thing with Cup of Joe was about earlier? That confused me. Either way. Welcome.

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Pythagoras is a cool name for a cool guy. If I wasn't Pythagoras, I'd be Herodotus, which I am on some sites. Greek historical figures' names are just nifty to me. And my face is always that of the Moai.

And I posted this on this forum, because I think fantasy as a genre is especially suited to the Tarot.

I rather enjoy laying out spreads and interpreting their meanings. It's great food for thought, however reliable it actually is, and I find that, while fortune-telling by this (or any) method may be iffy at best, it can serve as inspiration for stories. Fortune-telling for characters, if you...

I've heard somewhere before that swearing is just a poor attempt at adding shock value to their speech by those who are limited in their lexicon. I do swear, and I consider my lexicon to be fairly well-developed, but I think this statement does have some level of truth to it.

Anyone into this?

It's been ten years since I've been this excited for a movie (has it really been that long since Episode III?).

If you (or anybody else) have never seen the Kevin Smith movie "Dogma", I highly recommend it. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are two fallen angels who express exactly what you're talking about. As a matter of fact, I think this movie is an example of a great answer for what the original poster is...