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Ugh, I should have read the whole thread before responding to that. By the time my post appears, the thread went in a completely different direction. Sorry to be a downer. ;)
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Frostheart Grueburn wrote:Can one call a male Giant cute? A tub of testosterone on two legs, but...cute? Usually that applies to fuzzy critters and humans of a certain age. 8O
...alas, both of which I seem to be increasingly qualifying for these days! :lol:
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hurtloam wrote:Ugh, I should have read the whole thread before responding to that. By the time my post appears, the thread went in a completely different direction. Sorry to be a downer. ;)
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Frostheart Grueburn wrote:Well this is not a Cornish beach.

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We Swordmainnir, particularly Stonemage, felt that the conversation has concentrated too much on the femmes fatales, so Exalt here volunteered to pose for ladies and gents alike.
Why can't all book chat be like this? I'd have liked the books more if Softy had illustrated them.
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A true red-head I see.
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I keep thinking that the muscle in Exalt's right leg, just above his kneecap (the vastus medialis, I believe) is actually an overly pendulous and somewhat displaced giantish testicle... 8O
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And that reminds me of a song that the rugby club choir used to sing (I was their official accompanist)

...............can you tie them in a knot, can you tie them in a bow, can you throw them over your shoulder like a continental soldier.............etc.

Sorry!
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Iolanthe wrote:And that reminds me of a song that the rugby club choir used to sing (I was their official accompanist)

...............can you tie them in a knot, can you tie them in a bow, can you throw them over your shoulder like a continental soldier.............etc.

Sorry!
Hee hee! Our swim team used an adult version of that [which it seems something similar you are pointing at/apologizing for].
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My niece learned the "nice" version at a camp when she was 5-ish.
Cracked me up so much, whenever she was in trouble while I was babysitting her she'd sing it to make me laugh.
Apparently ALL girl and boy camps in the u.s. learn it.
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Perhaps Frosty should re-style herself as 'Eskimo Nell' ;)
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:D
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8O :spew:
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Le Pétermane wrote:A true red-head I see.
Had you considered erenow that he might be green down there?
TheFallen wrote:I keep thinking that the muscle in Exalt's right leg, just above his kneecap (the vastus medialis, I believe) is actually an overly pendulous and somewhat displaced giantish testicle...
I am afraid I must bust these myths and inform the general audiences that the Giantish reproductive organs are located in the standard fork. No extra legroom. Elsewise the males might be more fertile.
Why can't all book chat be like this? I'd have liked the books more if Softy had illustrated them.
Well, you could start a thread in the gallery. :P One never knows what might turn up, even in the form of Bad Illustrating.

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I bow to your superior knowledge of the subject frosty. :lol:
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How did I miss this thread?

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[Would that it had been included in TLC ;)]
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Frostheart Grueburn wrote:I would feel a mite sorry for michaelm for tarnishing his thread, if he did not possess the exact same sense of humor.
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Post by Frostheart Grueburn »

What? I'm staying very much in the limits of the strictest canon! Everyone kens the degree of SRD's adoration towards this extremely accurate cover that shows a perfect example of Giantish habiliments:

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I'm afraid a part of this leaked earlier, but this illustration exhibiting a Swordmain training session from The Last Chronicles pursues the same trend. The cute Exalt with his charming smiles never fails to tickle the hearts of female readers, but in particular the larger Giantesses require an acquired taste à lá Hashi. 'Tis no coincidence that the Haruchai keep blushing and stuttering all the way through the storyline. Even Covenant has trouble holding his...horses.

(Way to treat my artist's block...skin tone practice! :P)
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Getting 404 errors for your pictures
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me too.
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BTW, they worked for me earlier, but not now. Since I presume FH runs sagazorm.net herself, she perhaps has taken then down, or has re-orged her website.
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Post by Frostheart Grueburn »

Pics fixed.

That is going to the Official Illustrated Last Chronicles Omnibus Edition©®@Ω™℗.
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