Kevin's Watch

Hashi Lebwohl wrote:Technically we wrote your name, which is completely different than intoning it, and my suspicion is that writing or typing your name is insufficient to summon you. I think. Perhaps. hrm...I should find out momentarily.

Hmmm...I wonder, he was summoned from the Watch, and he appeared on the Watch (Many new posters don't return after their first post).

So, maybe the written word is sufficient for summoning a Sandgorgon to the Summonsing?

LOL Wayfriend, awesome pic. Is that a can of flaked Sandgorgon

idk.. will concrete suffice to ward off a sanndgorgon? but iv got an idea... can sandgorgons swim??!!

Welcome to the Watch [name unspoken...just in case]

May you thrive here...and contribute.

Speaking of contribute, I gave you 100 WGD to make up for having killed off your extra posts last page when you introduced yourself. Didn't mean to step on your post count, just keeping things tidy.

Hashi Lebwohl wrote:If Giant-wrought stone cannot keep out a Sandgorgon then mere concrete will not, even if reinforced with steel rebar. They must be able to swim, else how would Nom have crossed the ocean?

Obviously they run across it.
Just like Joel Grey playing an old Asian martial arts master did near the end of Remo Williams.
One of the best terrible action movies ever. [as opposed to all chuck norris flicks, that are just terrible terrible.]
I hate/love it so much I forgot about it till now, and now I HAVE to watch it...if I can find it somewhere.

huh.
Your post counter seems to be stuck, omnom. You appear to be a perpetual n00b, even more than you really are.

You seem to be correct, gracious co-mod. I see three posts, even after the clean-up, but the counter is at one. Let's see what it does when the new member posts again...then see if Av knows about the bug or can get Vain to fix it.

I always assumed that the line distance has no meaning to them meant that they kinda were just.. u know.. there..

From the descriptions of their bodys and chosen environment I don't believe they will be able to swim.. they have slits for breathing in their necks and water will usually pass your neck while swimming.. and they do need air.. and with bent back knees I believe treading would be nearly impossible and big useless heavy stumps I don't think will propel you far in water

but you never know.. its donaldsons creation and physiques sometimes don't account for much in fantasies xD

Welcome to the Watch Omnom. Go post and have fun.

--A

Avatar wrote:Oh leave it alone you bunch. You're gonna frighten away the new (and old) members again.

Welcome to the Watch Mike. I can certainly reset your old account if you remember what it was.

Have fun.

--A

Thanks - and thanks to all for the warm welcome. I can't remember what the old account was, so I'll just stick with this one. Been reading all of the TLD posts before plunging in on some of the other stuff, like thoughts on re-re-re-re-reads (have lost track how many re's there should be there, as I"m sure most people have), but look forward to joining in.

Hey, I'm posting again so you can try to fix that bug.
Did the counter go up this time?

Yep, looks like it has self corrected.

Now go forth and post, all of you.

--A

(Btw, I made music for two of the books' songs! Please come check them out!)
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Greetings to the horde of people. So many of you returning... persistence is something I like, such people are useful for complicated scemes

As for omnom, well, doesn't this remind me of something...


And underground dwellings are the way to go. I was forethoughtful with the Creche.

So... I've been a member of Kevin's Watch since 2007, but I only just posted for the first time the other day.

I've been rereading the whole series since the beginning of August, and I just got to White Gold Wielder. I may possibly be ready for The Last Dark when it gets here.

I first read the first trilogy when I was 16, back in 1979. I'd seen the books (all three at the same time -- the good old days) on the rack at the drug store near school for weeks, and I'd thought the descriptions sounded interesting, but then my family went on vacation, so I picked them up to bring with.

There've been a handful of times in my life when reading something literally changed my life forever. I think this was the first. I was a troubled kid. I had frustration rages which landed me in special ed for all of 7th grade. I never fit in, and I never understood how to fit in. I had no moral sense other than fear of being caught if I broke a rule and a gut aversion to harming others physically.

The whole "Be true" thing spoke to me. Covenant spoke to me. The whole idea of being placed willy-nilly in a situation that I had no control over and which felt inherently dangerous to me... it was like I was reading about my own life. The books taught me to just keep going. To stay true to myself and to keep going, regardless of whether the world around me was real or insane.

The ineffable beauty of the Land and its people made that message even more attractive. I don't know how I would have survived without these books, but I know I wouldn't be the person I am today.

I'm not that damaged 16 year old any more. Now even Covenant seems young to me (unimaginable as that once was). But the books still speak volumes to me.

Welcome to the Watch, Lisa...and thank you for coming out of lurk-mode and posting!

Always a treat to hear from others for whom these books made a real-world difference.

May you thrive here and contribute.

Welcome to the Watch, Lisa. (I don't know why people pick such outlandish names for their forum identities, but to each his own I guess. :))