If Todd were to meet Vincent would he stand down hell would he even respect him given the current circumstances
after all, Vollachia approves of those who are strong, and even though the soldiers weren't aware they were on a mission to kill the emperor of the country
if the emperor couldn't even consecrate his own position would they even want him as emperor or would they even see him as that
of course, some meathead like Jamal would but people who are ambitious or rather done just solely believe in emperor probably wouldn't
and another thing I just thought about
Vincent like Subaru isn't superhuman as far as strength
hell only reason why vincent got to the position he was at wasn't through brute strength but because of his luck, his intelligence, and his silver tongue
altough many people like flop realized he was the emperor given his auror and his vibe
it not like he really matched the expectations one would have of a society that prides itself on strength
and finally, do you think Todd could actually convince vincent to view Subaru as a threat
Although Vincent can't exactly see it Todd other than Rosewall seems to realize how dangerous Subaru can be despite how he may act and appear
Can we just agree that having Todd is a refresh way in the series to show how Subaru is view in the world?
Sure, WE as the readers see the fails of Subaru a lot of times, and the allies he has already are accustomed to him and left it like "Yeah, he is really handy sometimes"
Roswaal is like "Of course he can do that"
But this latest chapter really shows how a "normal enemy" reacts to Subaru's insane feats
From Todd's POV Subaru has:
1.- Infiltrate the camp as a drowing person in the forest, having with him a "Noble Knife" to secure his position in the camp
2.- Trying to decieve the first person he saw when he woke up (In the latest ch they said something about Todd having "special eyes", maybe he can read surface thoughts and reacted to Subaru's "Welp, time to gain their trust again")
3.- Having a moderate pain tolerance when he stabbed him, showing that he is accustomed to harm and stressful situations
4.- Insane memory capability to remember almost everything in the camp, numbers, positions, places, etc, when he only stayed at the camp for like "10 minutes"
5.- The ability to lead the scout team into a trap out of nowhere with a Mabeast and escape from that situation unharmed after being chased by Todd
6.- Great strategic feats to lead the Shrudak people into wiping out the camp, having hundreds of casualties without a single death on their side (Yeah, it was Vincent, but Todd doesnt know that)
All of this within hours, then in the next days
7.- He entered "Enemy territory" like it was nothing by gaining trust of a random merchant
8.- Being able to tell that Todd was trying to kill him even though Todd didn't LEAVE A SINGLE CLUE that he was there to kill him
9.- Convince the person he just met to help him to escape, dealing with the Guards and Soldiers
10.- Block another "sure kill hit" from Todd, wich again, Subaru didnt have a clue about this
11.- Having Shrudak people in the exit to aid him in his escape
12.- "Realize" that Subaru was trying to lure the survivors of the camp to chase him to finish the job
And then, in a week or so
13.- Enter again in the city when the security was in full alert and the blind spots of the city were all guarded
14.- Cath on to the weakness of his Superior and use that in a seemingly stupid and impossible plan
15.- Pearless acting skills when he crossdressed and had a simple conversation with him and Todd didnt realize even with his seemingly special eye that "she" was Subaru
16.- And lastly, havin
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I liked how pathetic and tragic Butterscotch was.
#When I met Todd Gallowglas, he was about to get his ass kicked.
This was last year, in the California desert. A couple of my squadmates and I had flown into San Jose and rented a car, and we’d decided to stop at a little sports bar in the middle of nowhere and grab something to drink, since we knew there’d be no alcohol where we were going. There were four of us: me, Bobenhausen, Butts, and Reynolds, who had been stung by a bee mowing the lawn the day before and had hands like catcher’s mitts. I’d grown my beard out to make a more convincing Afghan, and none of us were wearing our uniforms, so we could have been any Joe Blow off the street.
We parked next to a Mini-Cooper. Butts didn’t think much of it, but ever since watching the Italian Job I’d been in love with them. It was arguably the smallest vehicle in a parking lot full of pickup trucks, midlife-crisis sports cars, and SUVs, most of them either sparkling clean, or plastered in mud.
When we walked into the place, it was already late in the day, and the regulars were pre-gamed, drunk, playing pool, shouting at the game on TV—Cali desert rednecks, like bogans from a Crocodile Dundee movie but in trendier clothes. I call it a “sports bar”, but it was somewhere halfway between an Applebee’s and a roadhouse. The men outnumbered the women thirty to zero.
The only one that didn’t belong was the guy sitting at the bar. He looked like a man that knew an honest day’s work: a Jack Klugman football-town type, with rakish hair and a mariner’s hard blue eyes. What set him apart was the charcoal blazer and the laptop bag, and whatever he was drinking. Sharp honey in a rocks glass.
Me and my friends grabbed seats to either side of him, since like guys at a bank of urinals he’d taken up position in the middle of an empty stretch of stools. The first thing I noticed on the menu (printed on laminated A4 paper in Comic Sans) was that they had a military discount, and I suppose that was why Butts had suggested it.
We’d only just ordered our drinks when a regular started in on the guy in the blazer.
“Whatcha got in the bag, man?” he asked. He was big, with thinning hair and a head as blunt as an elbow, decked out in Wranglers and a flannel shirt. West Coast Honky Tonk. “You ain’t one of them Jehovah’s Witnesses, are you? I hate them sonsabitches, wakin’ me up all early and leavin papers in my front door.”
“I don’t think Witnesses drink,” said Blazer-Guy.
The buttons affixed to the straps of his bag depicted thi
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Or would that be too forward thinking?
This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
Todd Lockwood's art has graced the covers of some of the biggest names in fantasy. Now he joins their ranks as an author. I've been looking forward since Todd told me about it in a short interview last year at San Diego Comic Con.
Here's a review from Publisher's Weekly.
Blurbs from some writers you may have heard of:
“The master of dragon art brings the same skills to dragon storytelling. This is a compelling, fully realized story which is as detailed and exciting as anything since the Pern tales. A sure winner.” — Terry Brooks, Author of The Shannara Tales
It's no surprise that Todd Lockwood can build a wonderful setting and world—he does it with his art all the time. But what strikes me about The Summer Dragon is that, using words instead of his paintbrush, Todd builds characters you care about, laugh with and cheer for.” — R.A. Salvatore, Author of DemonWars and The Legend of Drizzt
"Epic and intimate. Tragic and triumphant. Lockwood hits his first novel out of the park." —Tanya Huff, author of The Blood Books and The Keeper’s Chronicles
"A dazzling debut with a believable, plucky heroine in a magical setting with dragons - The Summer Dragon is a full stop adventure with a dash of intrigue, enchanting from start to finish. A sure winner!" —Janny Wurts, author of The Master of Whitestorm
I'm reading the Pern books in chronological order and just finished The Skies of Pern. Despite excitement near the beginning the book ended up letting me down. That's not why I'm writing, however. I decided to look up reviews to see what others thought and many people claim that this book was actually written by Todd despite Anne's name on the cover.
Did Todd ghost-write The Skies of Pern?
I guess as a followup question, are his Pern novels worth reading? I'm committed to the series, through ups and downs, so I'm definitely going to keep going (so no spoilers, PLEASE!), but if he wrote Skies I'd like to know if I've gotten a secret taste of Todd's Pern.
After my father: I know.
"What about Eeyore?"
I guess it's HONEY..NUT..CHEERIO..
...putting their case together.
> "I am sufficiently, perhaps superstitious, you will call it," said Colonel Jeffery in a low tone of voice, "to think that my meeting with this boy was not altogether accidental."
> "Indeed?"
> "No. Many things have happened to me during life—although I admit that they may be all accounted for as natural coincidences, curious only at the best but still suggestive of something very different, and make me at times a convert to the belief in an interfering special Providence, and this is one of them."
> "It is a dangerous doctrine, my friend."
> "Think you so?"
> "Yes. It is much better and much safer both for the judgment and imagination to account naturally for all those things which admit of a natural explanation, than to fall back upon a special Providence, and fancy that it is continually interfering with the great and immutable laws that govern the world. I do not—mark me—deny such a thing, but I would not be hasty in asserting it. No man's experience can have been without numerous instances such as you mention."
> "Certainly not."
> "Then I should say to you, as St. Paul said to the Athenians—'In all things I find you superstitious.'"
I find it fascinating that you often find glimpses of an atheist philosophy in some of the least expected places in literature.
Victorian "penny dreadful" serials were often published anonymously. They were the equivalent of comic books in their time. I wonder if anonymity gave writers the opportunity to express ideas that would have been considered scandalous if they had appeared in serious literature.
4 casts
Old Mcdonald had a farm.
I have not read until the chapter where Todd kills Subaru multiple times within a few minutes. I want to ask why he did it anyway? I do not mind any spoilers.
After my father: I know
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