Cosca Puns

Change my mind.

Think I managed to get all the info that's needed in the title haha!

Cosca to Friendly:
"Change, Friendly... change is a funny thing. Sometimes men change for the better. Sometimes men change for the worse. And often, very often, given time and opportunity..." He waved his flask around for a moment, then shrugged. "They change back"

Feels like this is a good summary of many character arcs, how they often go full circle. They try to change for the better, then sometimes do just that, only to go back to their old habits in the end.

This seems to be a recurring theme in Joe's books. It might be easy to change yourself momentarily, or trick yourself into thinking that you've changed. But it can be hard to keep the change permanent.

I really want to avoid doing a Master's due to the costs involved; I'm also 27 so no spring chicken and I want to start working ASAP. :) Any advice would be appreciated, thank you!!

Hi! Do you guys know when's the recruitment for COSCA-LOVE? or COSCA(?)

So after just finishing the first three books and I will be starting a new D&D game soon, I would love to play as our favorite solider of fortune. Does anyone have an idea how I would go about that? Swashbuckler seems like a good choice but I think fighter might be a better fit. Thanks for any help!

So Judge is Cosca's daughter. Born in Far Country, where our infamous soldier of fortune ended his days. Use a rusty breastplate. Has a rash in her neck. Is a mad bastard...

Just finishing Red Country.

Fuck this guy. Fuck him to death. He was never a good man in The First Law, or Best Served Cold, but he wasnt outright EVIL. But listening to him talk to Ro after killing Waerdinur... FUCK HIM. Holy shit is he an awful person in this book... But like he said- People dont get better. They get worse, and worse.

Drunk piece of shit. Fucking asshole should have died in Visserine.

I dont have much else to say. Freaking loved this book... It reminded me a bit of True Grit, set in the First Law world of course. And so much happens...

But fuck Cosca. If there is an afterlife in this universe I hope he goes to the worst place imaginable. Easily one of my favorite characters.

I just finished a second read of the series.

I notice that Cosca is overly familiar with her - calling her Shylo, etc. Did I miss something?

Also - about to start the standalones. Start with The Heroes?

When I was a child I was severely bullied throughout high school & college for years because of my weight, I was also physically hit / assaulted on 5-6 occasions. One time I was put into hospital for a week and the person who did this to me was still allowed to be at the school (I cannot remember how I felt towards this, I know it didn’t make me feel good). I remember when I was in primary school myself and two other boys would explore each other in private, this also ended up happening when I was in the first few years of high school with one other boy (it was just me and him and we use to truant off school and do this)

For some reason I cannot remember if on these occasions I was coerced or if I was taken advantage of due to my development, I do remember partaking though. I do know I grew up very lonely, I’m sure I’ve suffered with ADHD from a very young age as I am very impulsive and don’t really think before doing, I do not feel I grew up properly. I feel mentally I was very behind and never really had any real friends due to the bullying and not fitting in. My mum said to me one day I came home from school and started crying saying “ I don’t want to go to school again “ due to 3 boys continuously picking on me. To this day I hate seeing people being bullied or unjustly treated and will always step in when I notice something.

As I got older 15-17 years old I still didn’t have many friends and i had my little brother who was 6-7 at the time. He was my friend, we used to go to the cinema and fairs when we could. On one occasion I ended up experimenting with my little brother sexually, even though it pains me to write this as I am disgusted with my behaviour at that age. I am trying to understand what was going through my mind and why I would do such a thing, It was never penetration and I did this on one occasions by relieving myself on his back. I am 99% sure he doesn’t know anything has happened to him as I remember I was coercive. I am pretty sure I knew it was wrong but I can’t remember what I was feeling / going through my head at the time when I decided to do it, I have felt immense shame & guilt for many years now.

At the age of 19-20 it clicked in my head what I had done when I was younger, I am now 27 nearly 28 and I have felt depressed and disgusted with myself for my past actions when I was younger. Depression comes and goes because it’s all I think about, “ does he know “ or “ will he remember when he’s older “

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I'm really interested in joining one of these volunteer work orgs however I don't see any recent announcements on their fb pages on how to apply for these orgs. Any idea on how I can apply for them? Also will they extend the recruitment week due to the typhoon?

I just finished the 1985 movie Flesh and Blood, about a murderous gang of mercenaries and a double-crossing nobleman in 1501 Italy. Dear Lord, it felt straight out of the pages of Best Served Cold! The mercenaries are authentically awful but ingenious and sometimes appealing, in a twisted way. The action is as unglamorous as can be. There's even Gurkish sugar, for God's sake! Anyone else seen this film and can chime in?

“Conscience can be painful but so can the cock-rot. A grown up should suffer his afflictions privately and not allow them to become an inconvenience for his friends and colleagues.”