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It’s always been a hassle to get to - only accessible by boat, and only in good weather. Plus you have to be in relatively-okay shape to handle all the steps. Still on my bucket list though.

I’ve always wanted to go to Skellig Michael since I was small - when it showed up at the end of Episode VII, I was SO EXCITED!

In what way?

I didn’t know Skellig Michael had a helipad

So let me guess, before having read any of it - it’s Arthurian in that some of the characters have Arthurian names, and nothing else? Because that’s what every Arthurian reworking except for maybe Excalibur has been.

Having Extremely Pro-LGBTQ Sex

It’s anglicised as Angrboda, but I’d guess “Anger bother”, based on this.

Also in the Norse source material. So are the serpent Jörmungandr (who kills Thor) and the wolf Fenrir (who eats the sun and then Odin) - with Hel, they’re the three children of Loki and the giantess Angrboða

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Up to and including the first Modern Warfare, that was sort of true though.

No - Switch storage is so damn small.

Obligatory plug for the best breakdown of videogame jobs (via door design) I’ve ever seen:

It’s quite interesting hearing a layperson try to analyze this by counting frames. No mention of the subtle things that actually make the punches feel powerful, like the little lunge forwards or the hit reacts. It would be much more informative to hear an animator’s analysis - but this is interesting for an entirely

The title image from the post made me really want a Walking Dead / Treme crossover for some reason.

“I think that there’s a lot of facts that are indisputable about the Marstons, and I feel like there’s a lot of room for interpretation,”

Well that’s some distractingly cheap-looking CG right there. Won’t be bothering with this show.

Before all you Profanisaurus fans chime in, it’s not that usage of the word “botter”.

Really, who cares? Almost nothing about these films makes sense, and that’s more than needs to. These are not intellectual masterpieces, they are colourful, explosiony fun. Any time spent making the timeline make sense is time wasted.