Your Favorite Abomination of Imagery
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Your Favorite Abomination of Imagery
What nasty beast do you like best?
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The ghouls. The fact that they look like children makes them so freaky. 
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In the name of their ancient pride and humiliation, they had made commitments with no possible outcome except bereavement.
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He knew only that they had never striven to reject the boundaries of themselves.
If I were a twisted bastard of an Imager wanting quick and nasty revenge on some people, I'd send the ravenous pac-men. I'd gloat while those little monsters caused total panic among my enemies. For sheer psychological trauma, I don't think the terror of seeing someone's face being eaten away can be beat.
Hmm, on the other hand the cockroach zombies are pretty sick, too. Well, I could always save them for another day. And the ghouls are fiendish as well; but using the zombies and the ghouls may involve a bit more planning on my part. Could be more gratifying in the end, though. Decisions, decisions...
DISCLAIMER: I'm actually a nice guy, mostly. I merely put myself in a state of wickedness for the sake of this poll. No citizens or animals of Mordant were harmed in the making of this post. Any sightings of such monstrosities as mentioned above should, of course, be reported immediately to the nearest authority.
Hmm, on the other hand the cockroach zombies are pretty sick, too. Well, I could always save them for another day. And the ghouls are fiendish as well; but using the zombies and the ghouls may involve a bit more planning on my part. Could be more gratifying in the end, though. Decisions, decisions...
DISCLAIMER: I'm actually a nice guy, mostly. I merely put myself in a state of wickedness for the sake of this poll. No citizens or animals of Mordant were harmed in the making of this post. Any sightings of such monstrosities as mentioned above should, of course, be reported immediately to the nearest authority.
The pools of fire. I like the idea that people would know that there's pools of fire, they can't stop the pools of fire, the pools of fire won't get scared, can't be killed.
Only problem with them is people can just run away from them.
Only problem with them is people can just run away from them.
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Nathan wrote:The pools of fire. I like the idea that people would know that there's pools of fire, they can't stop the pools of fire, the pools of fire won't get scared, can't be killed.
Only problem with them is people can just run away from them.
That just conjured the funniest image in my head of a pool of fire trying to chase people. "Wait, wait! I'm a pool of fire, dammit! Don't you run away from me! I'll get you next time! Rawr!" Halfway down the stairs Is the stair where I sit. There isn't any other stair quite like it. I'm not at the bottom, I'm not at the top; So this is the stair where I always stop.
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Have to go with the cockroach zombies. This series seems to be the one that shows just HOW creative and innovative Donaldson is (as if he needed to prove it). It is just so damn alien and frightening. And, well, badass.
Although really, I think Darsint counts here. If he were on the list, I would definately vote for him. Donaldson must be the ONLY fantasy writer to ever throw a sci-fi character in the middle of his story. I love it.
Although really, I think Darsint counts here. If he were on the list, I would definately vote for him. Donaldson must be the ONLY fantasy writer to ever throw a sci-fi character in the middle of his story. I love it.
But Darsint's not really an "Abomination," is he? He's like Terisa--just somebody who got translated out of their own place into Mordant. Sure, he was destructive, but it was only because he didn't know what was going on--not because he was an icky horrible critter.
Halfway down the stairs Is the stair where I sit. There isn't any other stair quite like it. I'm not at the bottom, I'm not at the top; So this is the stair where I always stop.
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Hypothesis: Darsint was an abomination of Imagery untill Myste reached out to him. The Congery intended to use him in the same way they would use say, an avalanch or a slug beast. The armed scimitar wielding dudes were concious beings, they just chose to fight for Vagel and Eremis.
Hell, there was no way of even knowing that Darsint was a human inside of all that armor. He could have been a robot, or some kind of Lizard dude.
Hell, there was no way of even knowing that Darsint was a human inside of all that armor. He could have been a robot, or some kind of Lizard dude.
Hypothesis accepted. Darsint was intended as an abomination, but turned out to be otherwise. One of those destructive things that are natural in the places they belong, but become abominable when translated into places they have no business being (like pools of fire and avalanches).
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