TheodoricFriede wrote:TheHawkster wrote:
Speaking of which, where does one (like me) post his writing? I've been doing some short stories lately and I've been in the mood to share it
Unless its dirty. In which case you can make a thread in the private area.
Mazder wrote:TheodoricFriede wrote:TheHawkster wrote:
Speaking of which, where does one (like me) post his writing? I've been doing some short stories lately and I've been in the mood to share it
Unless its dirty. In which case you can make a thread in the private area.
Yes, I forgot that, thanks Theo.
Dragaros wrote:
Vol wrote:
@Zero: The dyke skin? Yeah, that was a real silly idea.
SciFlyBoy wrote:Don't know if this is a political question or not, but we all know the royal family in England is mostly for ceremonial purposes and doesn't really have any stakes in the governing of the country, correct? That being the case, if prince Harry decided that he doesn't think William is fit to be king and pushes to have his seat advanced ahead of William, is that treason?
Mazder wrote:Well firstly the Royal Family actually still has quite a bit of power. If they wished they cold absolutely dissolve Parliament and return the Nation to an absolute Monarchy, if they so wanted. There would be Riots and no doubt a civilian uprising. The trouble is we don't actually know how it'd play out, given the last European revolutions were decades (if not a century) ago.
Now if Prince Harry decided William wasn't fit for rule (if Princes George and Louis and Princess Charlotte were not of age) then technically it'd be a "civil war"/"war" of succession, more likely the latter.
Seeing as it's highly unlikely Harry would do so I doubt the full effects of a Succession War would actually play out.
It'd probably be, at best, a vote between the Lords/House of Lords and done that way.
The last "proper" War of Succession in the UK was the War of the Roses.
There was a small one with James 2nd, but that was with an illegitimate child of Charles 2nd.
If Harry were to fail the war/conflict of succession then he would be tried with Treason, if it comes to them having an actual war then also attempted Regicide I think, not too certain though.
EDIT: wait, I forgot, in 2011 there was a Fixed-Term Parliament Act that removed the Queen's power to dissolve Parliament all together.
BUT she can still appoint ministers how she likes, so she could stack a political party full of toadies and get them to undo that if she so chose.
SciFlyBoy wrote:So, is it 'war-proper' if the military is not involved? If it's a political battle fought in the parliament and privately between the lords what happens to the person who looses? As you said, we won't know how it would play out, but if it's a 'peaceful' attempt to overrule the heir to the throne then would the losing party be locked in prison (house arrest) or banished from the country? Obviously the times have changed since the last time something like this happened, but I was wondering how different it would play out with today's political atmosphere and more "peaceful"/probably political correct way of handling most public things in England. If that makes any sense.
Mazder wrote:
EDIT: wait, I forgot, in 2011 there was a Fixed-Term Parliament Act that removed the Queen's power to dissolve Parliament all together.
BUT she can still appoint ministers how she likes, so she could stack a political party full of toadies and get them to undo that if she so chose.
TheodoricFriede wrote:I may have a problem...
TheodoricFriede wrote:I may have a problem...
SciFlyBoy wrote:TheodoricFriede wrote:I may have a problem...
Yeah, you're still missing quite a few. Are they regional or you just have to get lucky when they come out?
Vol wrote:Stage 2 of tree burning continues tomorrow. Thinking more on it, Sylvanas' plan makes far more sense than is presented. Which is the problem, I shouldn't have to stop and think and read outside perspectives, the narrative should make it clear.
"The Horde is very weak since Garrosh, and the instant the Alliance decide to weaponize azerite, which will happen, we're going to be a vassal state at _best_," is not communicated well. Instead the preconception of Sylvanas as a sneaky, lying, evil bitch colors the campaign (thus far), which will not totally accurate, is not actively subverted, which the story would benefit from. Though it's refreshing that while Nathanos is a huge dickhead at all times to us, she's actually kinda sweet to the players.
SciFlyBoy wrote:I'm going to RTX in Austin, Texas this weekend. Going to check out some RoosterTeeth content and see the RWBY panel. Maybe see some Gen-lock clips too.
Dragaros wrote:*transformers model kits*
Dragaros wrote:So her original plan was to conquer and occupy Darnassus/Teldrassil, but because that dying night elf hurt her ego she decides to burn it all to the ground in a fit of petty, childish spite and irrational rage, destroying the objective of her invasion in the first place? Though considering what her long-term plans are according to Before the Storm, she probably would have burned it all down at some point anyway for one reason or another, or was counting on an Alliance counterattack in the future so she could justify an invasion of Stormwind.
Sylvanas wasted no time in smearing and slandering Anduin Wrynn's reputation and painting him as a warmonger.
Azint wrote:On the topic of model kits, I've been considering on picking this up. I'm not particularly a model collector, but I know this one is snapped together and not glued. What intimidates me the most is that I need to paint it myself, and I don't know much about model painting. I want to give it a try, though.
I've been painting so many robots and mechs these past few days, and that in tandem with all of that Metal Gear film concept art has been making me want to get my own Rex figure.
Dragaros wrote:So her original plan was to conquer and occupy Darnassus/Teldrassil, but because that dying night elf hurt her ego she decides to burn it all to the ground in a fit of petty, childish spite and irrational rage, destroying the objective of her invasion in the first place? Though considering what her long-term plans are according to Before the Storm, she probably would have burned it all down at some point anyway for one reason or another, or was counting on an Alliance counterattack in the future so she could justify an invasion of Stormwind.
Sylvanas wasted no time in smearing and slandering Anduin Wrynn's reputation and painting him as a warmonger.
magnuskn wrote:Sylvanas
Vol wrote:Azint wrote:On the topic of model kits,...
The painting is easier than you think. I produced some decent 40k figures despite having effectively no experience with model painting before them. Was all a function of learning the steps and being extremely slow. So go for it, worst case, you strip the paint and try again.
Azint wrote:On the topic of model kits, I've been considering on picking this up. I'm not particularly a model collector, but I know this one is snapped together and not glued. What intimidates me the most is that I need to paint it myself, and I don't know much about model painting. I want to give it a try, though.
I've been painting so many robots and mechs these past few days, and that in tandem with all of that Metal Gear film concept art has been making me want to get my own Rex figure.
Vol wrote:
The original plan was to blitzkrieg through Ashenvale and Darkshore, execute Malfurion in a public manner, occupy the tree, and use the demoralized citizens as hostages while the Horde mined azerite and armed up for the inevitable war in the future.
I think the point of the dying night elf was to show Sylvanas that without Malfurion's head, and with the tree about to be taken, a dying nelf still wasn't "broken." Which seems to be Sylvanas' thing lately, vis-a-vis the massacre at the reunion party. So in that sense, her objective was unreachable, but I'm not sure how having defiant nelves would really matter if you have an occupation force in there. You could start doing horrible things to maintain order at any time, including burning the tree if they rebel, but instead she skips right to that.
Which I guess achieves the goal of making what night elves that survive lose hope, but at the cost of having zero leverage to stop the massive counterattack that is absolutely going to come now.
The issue is that you cannot mix subtle writing with the pulp we normally get and have people understand. You're training us to take people at the most basic, literal word, and then try to do something that requires thinking.
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