Maxperson
Morkus from Orkus
Sure. Same here. I still don't call myself a descendant of my great grandfathers. I've always just called them my great grandfathers. Now if we're talking about an ancestor from 1000 years ago, then I would say descended.
D&D Movie/TV D&D: Honor Among Thieves Open Discussion [Full Spoilers]
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Paul Farquhar
Legend
Well, the person stopping Simon attuning was Simon, I don't think there was any lack of clarity about that. In a sense they represented his "famous ancestor" but Simon probably wouldn't know what they looked like, or exactly how many generations back they were.
It might even be a lie. Imagine an ancestor who was a snake oil salesman, they might want to claim a famous wizard as their ancestor. Over time it can be forgotten that some things were not true.
Paul Farquhar
Legend
Something I liked about the film is how good it was about avoiding clichés, whilst resisting the urge to "deconstruct" them.
The way it treated "romance" has already been mentioned, but it also avoided the "villains betray each other" cliché, and the urge to deconstruct Xenk's heroism. Sometimes a hero is just a hero, makers of Superman movies please take note.
The way it treated "romance" has already been mentioned, but it also avoided the "villains betray each other" cliché, and the urge to deconstruct Xenk's heroism. Sometimes a hero is just a hero, makers of Superman movies please take note.
Iosue
Legend
All credit to the writers, directors, and Rege Jean Page for taking the most stick-in-the-mud Lawful Good stereotype, and somehow making it...endearing?
MNblockhead
A Title Much Cooler Than Anything on the Old Site
It was just a group of elves living in the forest with a couple Druids from the Emerald Enclave there to help. It was probably clearer to me since I read the Druid's Call prequel novel. I'll have to rewatch to see if they failed to make that clear in the movie.
But in the novel, the wood elves that took Doric in have not had a Druid for a long time. Originally Doric was training as a scout. Her adoptive mother in the elf tribe suggests that she may be better fit as a druid and takes her to a sacred grove where she undergoes a test and receives items left by the tribes previous Druid. She is sent to the Emerald Enclave to train as a druid with the expectation that she'll come back and serve the tribe. The human logging operations are an issue early in the novel but the tribe decides to merely keep a watch on them and avoid direct conflict. She is called back early from the Emerald Enclave to help her tribe as the loggers have gotten more destructive. The Emerald Enclave can't spare many of their order, but they send Doric and one other younger Druid back. Later, they send two more powerful Druids to help (including the head Druid from the group that Doric had studied under. So there were a total of 4 druids from the Emerald Enclave that came to help the wood elves. Everyone one else were "just" a group of wood elves living in the forest.
You're a real hero for calling that out!Yep! We just loooooove to dilute the word hero by calling people heroes for every little thing.
MNblockhead
A Title Much Cooler Than Anything on the Old Site
Man, the behind the scenes footage makes them look much more cool then they were in the movies. I found the practical effects for the Aarakocra, Tabaxi, and Dragonborn to be a bit jarring when watching the movie.
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Paul Farquhar
Legend
Have we become over-used to CGI?
MNblockhead
A Title Much Cooler Than Anything on the Old Site
What do you call yourself in relation to you great grandfather? Drawing from common law, you could say you were "an issue" of your grandfathers. But that always struck me as gross and made me want to giggle whenever my elderly law professor used that term in my 1L property law course.
I say I'm my parents' "son" and my grandparents' "grandson", but beyond that, its easier in English to just say "descendant." I mean, I think I'm an alright son, maybe even a bit grand, but great is pushing it, and I really don't feel like a great-great anything.
Paul Farquhar
Legend
I think the point you are making is more than two "greats" sounds silly?
