With that last post from Cybrweez, I think we can see where this may be heading. Too bad. Anyway, I had to point out one last thought: Fist and Faith wrote: I don't feel God's presence at any point... Rest assured you are in good company. Jesus didn't feel God's presence on the Cross, either. Yet he...

I don't think I ever said (or at least I never meant to say) that sex itself is spiritual. It is not. It is what it is, a beautiful and really fantastic bodily act of pleasure between two people. Intense desire, juices flowing, getting busy, it's all of that. What's spiritual are the people who part...

I would only like to say that I agree whole heartedly with most of what "U" is saying. Whereas it might be nice to live and let live all the time, there is a price for for the actions we take and those we condone as a civilized modern and educated society (and don't throw around the ancien...

Univeral Truths in Morality? As a matter of fact, yes....case in point: last I knrew, "thou shalt not kill/steal" are still valid. Or is that somehow "forcing" someone against his will if we dare to arrest such a culprit. There are universal truths in morality. Some force (law) i...

Sorry, but that's all just all rationaalization and relativistic bunk. Truth is truth, you can't massage it away. I speak a case for human dignity, and others call it "deciding what is good" and "forcing" it on everyone else. Is the world going insane? It's all a matter of choice...

Unfortunately, it's all too common these days to take a statement like it being dangerous (to societal and spiritual well being) to suggest that prostitution is okay, and somehow extend its meaning to the preposterous suggestion that this is somehow akin to challenging fundamental rights and human d...

Sgt. Null wrote: It is degrading of the human sprit/soul. Hear, hear! No disrespect intended, but I almost can't believe this post is serious. To think our civilization would ever condone such activity is beyond my understanding. Every person yearns for love and acceptance, and unfortunaltely some w...

Cord Hurn wrote: Yet wayfriend is correct in that the sailors of Dire's Vessel have been mentioned in the story already. We just hadn't met them until now. And to quote Ralph Cramden: "I got a Biggggg Mouth". Of course, I now recall that the Dire's Vessel crew was indeed covered. I guess I...

Cord Hurn said: :luke: That's the best. Could even be Branl with Longwrath's sword? And yes, Brinn's promised boon is logical, but nobody could have guessed it, nobody. Its actually hard to believe that the Gianss wouldn't have at least mentioned their harbored companions in the text somewhere along...

Dondarion wrote: (btw, did I miss something or is this the first time we see this eating and replicating business with skurj? I’m not big on new inventions this late in the game, and this one seems kinda thrown in there by SRD imho, but so be it). ...and Cord Hurn replied: In part II chapter 9 of Fa...

Wayfriend wrote: Well, I was thinking specifically that Jeremiah was given Worm-vision in the previous chapter. "I have given him a gift which will make him wise in the subtleties of despair. Wow, of course you are correct. I am "proud to be humbled" in your presence, WF. Here I was b...

Dondarion wrote: Jerry keeps slipping into despair with his visions, "why bother, we’re all going to die" … blah, blah, blah. Wayfriend wrote: Ah, but he's been infected with despair by Lord Foul. You can't blame him too much. Yes, but Jerry's rid of the Croye, and Linden exorcised LF in t...

Lurch wrote: ...and you withheld dissecting until now? My goodness, well done. What in this good earth were you waiting for? I am humbled (small h). Lurch wrote: The kind word,, "Please"" does the trick. I neglected the "Please" from TC. Never thought about the effects from ...

I also enjoyed that Insequent, the Theomach, who took Linden (and fake TC and fake Jerry, if I recall?) back in time to meet Berek Halfhand. I read that chapter as a thing to be cherished.

The Last Dark, Part II, Chapter 3 "Summoned to Oppose" Summoned .  Lots and lots of summoning in this chapter.   More broadly, summoned to oppose the onset of ‘the last dark’, to oppose the Worm, to oppose ‘all things ending’.  The heroes and their companions are summoned to oppose in batt...

For some reason, I always enjoyed Amok, Kevin Landwaster's eternal servant, who leads TC to find the Earthblood and uncover the 7th Ward, The Power of Command, that Elena used to summon Kevin and destroy the Law of Death. Amok, and similarly Vain and Findail too, were extremely fascinating and remar...

I, Dondarion mistakenly wrote: We get a brief reminder that the Ramen Cords (Bappa and Panhi) went to Rivendell for help from the Masters. To which Wayfriend gently jibed: Rivendell? Honest mixup? Or intentional simile? I would have thought that Revelstone was more of a Minas Tirith. And Cord Hurn w...

Okay, so the Company translates in, and Jerry very nearly hops off his pony onto some gray grass gone bad, and somehow Linden senses this right off.  Anyone else pick up how this seemed too convenient?  I think Kevin's Dirt has lifted with Kasty all tucked away, so that may explain her hightened hea...

Great chapter. Great dissection. Extremely informative. Might have to sharpen up my Norse Mythology(whisking right over my head, most of that), but it all makes me appreciate SRD even more, if he is truly weaving all of these ancient tales and legends into his themes. Frostheart Grueburn wrote: On a...

Deer of the Dawn wrote Apparently, the Forestal is the Barry White of the Land. Linden can’t resist Mahrtiir’s mojo… That's awesome! I'm just grateful that image was saved until after my full reading of the Chronicles was completed. What did he gain by being a leper if numbness did not dull the edge...