I was there when Sir Breglin gave his ultimatum to the Usurper. I followed him when he renounced the lands and titles given to buy his loyalty. We of the Twelve rode with him at the Battle of the Gates, and did our best to hold the line as he fought the Lord of Chains. We traveled with him to Deroch Tor, and watched him forge the Golden Peace.

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It starts with terrifying mother roleplay, and gets worse from there.

( Undefeatable: The Conclusion )

05:50 It's mind-boggling to me that someone could make 70k a week doing that. Like...as his half of the pair. Three quarters of a million dollars in eleven weeks. I bet everything works according to plan.
05:59 Also, I don't know how big a difference doing their deals in a public place is going to make. It would be more likely that Tuco would just ( Read more... )

Imagine a world of utter darkness, where the only illumination comes from the infinitely-branching lightning which webs the black sky, sometimes stooping low to brush the spires of buildings which rise--rise for miles above the ground, thick as forest trees, unbroken, unending. Buildings black and hollow, pierced across their terribly vast surfaces ( Read more... )

"So," the therapist said, uncapping his pen. "Since this is our first session, why don't we start by just talking a little? Tell me what's going on in your life right now."

William shifted uncomfortably. "I dunno. There's not really much going on. I'm not working. After Albertson's closed down, I haven't been able to find another one."

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This time I'll start with the honorable mentions. This was like the ultimate CSM proposal, and any one of a wide number of factors, from the nap I took earlier to the moderate touch of restlessness I've felt all day to my precise blood alcohol level changed even slightly, it could produce a change in the final list.

Or maybe not. For quite a few of ( Read more... )

I came up with twenty abominable movies just from this decade. A list of the ten worst movies I've ever seen period is a little beyond me at this moment.

Rated from  :(  to  :(  :(  :(  :(  :(

The Ring Two  :(
Dreamcatcher  :(  :(
Hide and Seek  :(  :(
King Kong  :(  :(
Pirates of the Caribbean 2  :(  :(
Stay  :(  :(
The Butterfly Effect  :(  :(
AI ( Read more... )

"Oh shit," Tegan said. "Are you okay? Can you tell me what year it is?"

"Wait, what?"

"Well, you must have gotten hit pretty hard on the head when we were getting out of there," she said. "I mean, you're trying to talk but what you're saying doesn't make any sense. Was I flying too low? Did you catch a tree branch or something?"

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The entire auditorium seemed to shake as the audience tried to stampede from one wall to the other, climbing over seats and the stage and each other. Dark, unclear shapes circled above them, occasionally stooping low to grab some unlucky victim and lift them up into the shadows that crackled near the ceiling ( Read more... )

"Yes," Portia de Rossi said, adjusting her wizard hat and raising her voice to be heard over the noise of "The Ocean" playing in the background, "a great doom indeed ( Read more... )