The Hive is (realy) Dead! Long Live the Hive Mind!

[Mycanid]

Hi.

Hi DM Say ... was it Larry Elmore or Kieth Parkinson who popularized the Dragonlance images of the original heroes? I don't remember now.... :\

 

[Mycanid]

Aha ... GM ... here are a few of Elmore's drawings - also DL inspired.

http://www.larryelmore.com/colorg01.htm

 

[Heckler]

Really! No ... I didn't know. Why?

The story of Macbeth is (allegedly) a true story. And there really was a Scottish King named Macbeth. However, Macbeth was actually a good king and true, not the ambitious scoundrel in the play. But Shakespeare decided he liked the name "Macbeth" better, so he swapped things around.

Now, Macbeth didn't(doesn't) like his good name being slandered, so anytime his name is mentioned, or the play quoted, his ghost shows up and causes an accident to happen, to show the good king's displeasure.

And if you actually do a performance of "Macbeth," it is doomed, DOOMED!

If you believe in that kind of thing.

Thespians of a superstisous nature (and there are plenty) will refer to the play as "The Scottish Play" or "The Dark Play."

 

[The_Warlock]

Goldmoon ... here is a link to some of Parkinson's art?

http://www.keithparkinson.com/gallery.php?icid=1

Alas, none of his B&W stuff. But I wonder if the Goldmoon black & White's you are thinking about are actually Elmore pieces...

I can't find them right now, but then, that's why I have to reorganize my image directories...

 

[Heckler]

Hi.

Hi.

 

[The_Warlock]

Aha ... GM ... here are a few of Elmore's drawings - also DL inspired.

http://www.larryelmore.com/colorg01.htm

Indeed, It was Elmore, though I think you are right that in one or two of the modules or novels, Parkinson had an interpretation or two...

 

[Mycanid]

ANd here:

http://www.larryelmore.com/popups/color/co150.htm

is the image of Goldmoon I remember best.

 

[Goldmoon]

All right, being in the Military I'm a firm believer in rumor control so I'll just give everyone the story:

I have always found other women beautiful and sensual. My chosen career however left no room to ever really explore that. Over the years I have "suppressed" those thoughts. A feew weeks ago there was a lot of joking in here between several hivers and that got me thinking again. In an odd concidence I was hit on by a woman in a bar a short time after that. I went out with her. Our second date was a little too close to the base I guess and someone in my squadron saw us kissing. (Again a lapse in judgement on my part) Charges have been filed against me and Im trying to save my career. I am not a lesbian. I love men but something about women calls to me and I finally decided to answer it. I am still seeing Karen and have decided not to lie about what I did and who I'm seeing. I think I can save my job and career but we will see in time.

Anyway, there it is in a nutshell. I dont mind answering questions or discussing it but I wanted to clear things up and put them in the open.

 

[The_Warlock]

And to be fair, the image that is your avatar actually isn't Goldmoon, it's from another Elmore work known as "Avalyne the Healer", though the concept bears striking resemblance to that of Goldmoon when you take the head out of context with the rest of the scene.

 

[Mycanid]

The story of Macbeth is (allegedly) a true story. And there really was a Scottish King named Macbeth. However, Macbeth was actually a good king and true, not the ambitious scoundrel in the play. But Shakespeare decided he liked the name "Macbeth" better, so he swapped things around.

Now, Macbeth didn't(doesn't) like his good name being slandered, so anytime his name is mentioned, or the play quoted, his ghost shows up and causes an accident to happen, to show the good king's displeasure.

And if you actually do a performance of "Macbeth," it is doomed, DOOMED!

If you believe in that kind of thing.

Thespians of a superstisous nature (and there are plenty) will refer to the play as "The Scottish Play" or "The Dark Play."

Well ... King MacBeth was a true person. He was actually one of the last champions of the "ways" [being polite so as not to get hid with mod stick] that existed before the incursion of the continental ... "ways" ... were enforced on Scotland. As the Battle of Hastings did in England.... Long story.

I heard somewhere that Shakespeare presented him as such for semi-political reasons.... :\