The Norman Invasion of England. William the Conqueror, Harold Godwinson, the Battle of Hastings...why hasn’t this been done yet? William being crowned king in Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day 1066 has epic, Oscar-worthy epicness all over it.

Well, I’m a life long martial artist so I’m always nursing something purple... No, not that you perv, sorry that came out all wrong... Brain stop it you’re doing it again...

“So here’s the thing - every single post-apocalypse movie shows people behaving extremely badly. So badly that they would all be dead in a couple of months. In this movie, dozens appear to be killed during each encounter. They’re building elaborate hot rods decades after the disaster with no industrial infrastructure…

I am too. Made something to wear to see it at the theater...

SO EXCITED

Thanks! I’m home sick today and watching this doc is making my day so feel so much better. Now I want to build a castle!

Oh gods yes, train, train, train. Strength, stamina, core, flexibility, speed... You’re going to need all of this... Now excuse me while I go tend to some bruises.

From what I’ve heard, it is extremely bland; part of its status as a delicacy is the difficulty of picking up flavour from it.

Today you would use an electrical motor with a proper ratcheting system and power it with a team of stationary bikes, just like Gilligan.

It’s quite good. I actually enjoyed it quite a bit, and ended up having it several times throughout my stay.

Of course! Somehow, we manage to keep it friendly with HEMA fighters, but not SCAdians, which we’re much closer to. Weird.

Have to agree with you about the toughness thing. As far as I could tell, the only people who eat Fugu in Japan are young men (and occasionally women) who want to prove how macho or “brave” they are.

And we thank you for replying! I’ve consistently enjoyed your contributions to these topics.

There are some cool videos of this on youtube.

How cool! I had an acquaintance/buddy who was really into this stuff. Most the people who practice this sport seem to be a cool subsection of genre readers/educated folk/ good-humoured/ friendly human-humans. My pal kept his practice sword in his car boot and all that, and he and his mates would have impromptu…

That is a good note, and I will remember it.

The Discovery Channel actually did a special on Dragons years ago like they did with the Mermaids thing. They had an alternate theory for not only a biological factor that would assist in flight, but also allow them to create fire. Their theory was that during the digestion process, their digestive enzymes yielded…

I got into HEMA THROUGH blacksmithing, and man, they’re BOTH such a blast. And there’s nothing quite like being able to say “oh, you need a replacement <blank>? I’m on it.” :3

Did...did you see the second gif?