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[Blackrat]

You can always use the Hive as a sounding board

Just saying, at least we share your obsession of tinkering with rpg’s

 

[Dog Moon]

I listened to a podcast last night called Godawful Movies. They were talking about The Phantom Menace. I disagree with many of their points. One reoccurring theme was how creepy the relationship between Anakin and Padme was. They went on and on about it. What made it funny was, they kept talking about how hot Natalie Portman was. But the thing is, she was under age at the time also. So who was creepy? Lol

I had to look that up. Apparently the movie came out in 1999. She was born in 1981. So if we assumed she worked on it during 1998, she would have been 17 at the oldest. But I don't think she really dressed "hot" until the Attack of the Clones, but by that point she would have been old enough. Now, I remember thinking at the time that she was hot, but I was born in 1983, so even if at the time I thought she was hot, I was younger than her, so it's okay.

But I didn't really think the whole relationship got creepy until Attack of the Clones. Like "Never a day went by that I didn't think about her." Like dude, you were eight. It's like having a crush on your babysitter. Yeah, it's fine when you're a kid, but you usually grow out of that. And typically the babysitter doesn't have any romantic feelings for you. Now, I don't necessarily have any problems with them getting together, but I just felt like they came on a little strong.

I actually just rewatched them a while ago before I started watching the Clone Wars from the beginning. There were definitely things I liked... and definitely parts I skipped over. BUT.... I didn't hate them enough to not watch them again.

 

[Blackrat]

The thing with Padme & Anakin that some people seem to conveniently forget, while Portman was 17-18 at the time, the character Padme was 14. The age difference of the characters is mere 6 years, and by the time their relationship became romantic, Anakin was already young adult.

 

[Dog Moon]

You can always use the Hive as a sounding board

Just saying, at least we share your obsession of tinkering with rpg’s

True, but it's not quite the same as having someone here in person discussing things. Though I suppose maybe for some things posting would be better. More potential people thinking about it.

Anyway, here's something I recently put together. A map of my campaign setting. I spent a ridiculous amount of time playing with photoshop to get this. Obviously not one hundred percent done, but it's what I got so far.

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[Blackrat]

If there’s not a huge meteor strike or ”magical nuke oops” in the history of that world, I’m going to be pissed. That circular sea in the middle just screams for something like that.

 

[Dog Moon]

The thing with Padme & Anakin that some people seem to conveniently forget, while Portman was 17-18 at the time, the character Padme was 14. The age difference of the characters is mere 6 years, and by the time their relationship became romantic, Anakin was already young adult.

For me, it wasn't so much as the age difference. At the beginning of the second movie, assuming 18 and 24, that isn't that much of a gap. I wouldn't have had problems with that. I just felt like the relationship was a little rushed and a little forced and because they had to fit it all into one movie, it just came out a little wonky.

 

[Dog Moon]

If there’s not a huge meteor strike or ”magical nuke oops” in the history of that world, I’m going to be pissed. That circular sea in the middle just screams for something like that.

There was a time known as the Godswar, which is when the Caretakers (the collective name for the deities of the world) fought against the Great Old Ones. The deities fought in many instances against the Great Old Ones and lands were shifted, created or destroyed. Many wonders remain from that time and many horrors.

In that location, several of the Caretakers lured one of the Great Old Ones to a massive city. The intent was the trap the Great Old One in the confines of the city, but the Great Old One was too powerful. The city itself was essentially ripped from the earth and the magics used caused the continent to fracture. One of the Caretakers and the Great Old One remains trapped to this day in the city which has balled up and floats half-submerged in the center of that location.

 

[Blackrat]

Yeah, that’s a ”magical nuke oops”. Exactly the kind of thing I’d expect on a map like that.

 

[Aeson]

I can't remember if I shared this before or not. It would have been years ago.

Dragon magazine had a poster map of the Isles of Dread, and I used it as a basis for a new setting. It was an archipelago with one large main island and smaller islands around it. All the PC races lived on the smaller islands, on the water, or under it. The humans had a kingdom on a peninsula on the main island. There was a narrow strip of land to the larger part. Along this was a very large military buildup. The kingdom had legends of what was "out there" each generation would add to the defense. The other races think the humans are bat guano crazy, but won't set foot there either.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

You haven't seen any of them since?

Yep. Nothing in the ads or reviews- even by fans- made me want to see another SW movie. Phantom Menace was THAT bad to me.