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Certified Posted May 24, 2020 Report Share Posted May 24, 2020 Metahuman News Our look at martial arts takes us to Indonesia this week as we explore Kwitang Silat. As a fighting art Silat utilizes every part of the body to disable their foes. A fast and mesmerizing style, we hope you enjoy our take on Silat. http://housedok.com/silat/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HouseDokPro Website: http://housedok.com/ Print: https://studio2publishing.com/products/metahumans-rising?_pos=2&_sid=145b3fa95&_ss=r\ PDF: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/277614/Metahumans-Rising #Metahumans #MetahumansRising #Superheroes #RPG #TTRPG #MartialArts #Silat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ragitsu Posted May 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2020 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/absent https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/allay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skíðblaðnir --- --- --- -- Elrond says that, save for Elves, members of each race (including animals) fought on both sides of the War of the Last Alliance. That implies the existence of Orcs among the Free People. -- In The Two Towers, the Mountain Orcs accuse the Isengardians of eating not Man-Flesh but Orc-Flesh which causes a violent uproar, showing that Orc culture does have taboos and morals they will not cross (the movies changed that, obviously). -- In the same vein, the discussion between the two Orcs (Shagrat and Gorbag) that plan to go their own way without big bosses is full of little details about Orcs : they debate about which of their respective workplaces is the worst just like normal people and Shagrat also comments when deducing that Frodo has been abandoned by his comrade the great elvish warrior (Sam) that it is a "regular Elvish trick" meaning that Orcs have a concept of honor (of course, he then tells the tale of how he did exactly that to one of his underlings, meaning they don't really follow the concept). Also, the fact that these two have a friendship, but are willing to murder each other over loot shows how truly warped their culture is. They also mention that their leaders use propaganda ("They would say that we are winning even if every battle were lost"). -- In the Silmarillion, it is said that the Orcs are fed lies about the Free People, namely that they eat slain Orcs (a lie which is repeated by Ugluk in The Two Towers). -- In Return of the King, both an Orc (either Shagrat or Gorbag) and Frodo expresses the sentiment that whatever they feel about their allies they have to stand together because the victory of the other side would mean total annihilation for them. Indeed, while the Men under Sauron are always offered a chance to surrender by the heroes, that offer is never extended to Orcs. -- In the Silmarillion, it is also said that, of all the creatures, the Orcs hate Morgoth the most because they hold him responsible of their woes. Could that mean that they understand how flawed they are? -- Tolkien said he wanted Frodo and Sam to meet a tribe of good Orcs, but could never find a way to do it without breaking the flow of the story. -- We also only ever see Orcs in situations of warfare (in enemy territory, trying to find a spy, in battle, etc)...situations where our own species does not fare much better. Finally, when talking about World War One, Tolkien wrote "we were all Orcs then." Food for thought. Cancer and tkdguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Clonus Posted May 27, 2020 Report Share Posted May 27, 2020 David Johnston1 year ago @Silver Samurai026 Same way that Nerites could be turned into a shrimp by two different deities. Two different writers probably with two different religious affiliations. It gets particularly complicated because Anteros is one of those gods who is the personification of a concept that has the same name as the god. So a writer could have simply wanted to make it clear that the love between Nerites and Poseidon was reciprocal, that "anteros" the emotion was created between them and not "Anteros" the personification of that emotion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tkdguy Posted May 30, 2020 Report Share Posted May 30, 2020 12 hours ago, Ragitsu said: I have that LOTR poster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 30, 2020 Report Share Posted May 30, 2020 I have it too!, somewhere. Probably in Bro D.'s basement storage ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Certified Posted May 31, 2020 Report Share Posted May 31, 2020 On 5/23/2020 at 9:00 PM, Psybolt said: Oh how we have now caught up... -------------------- Metahuman News This week we look at a nearly lost martial art Bartitsu. Neither a typo or a joke, Bartitsu is one of the earliest examples of mixed martial arts combining Japanese, English, and French fighting styles. Created by an English entrepreneur it is the only martial art on our list to leverage the defensive capabilities of a pocket square, and was the (very) likely inspiration for Sherlock Holmes' baritsu. http://housedok.com/bartitsu/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HouseDokPro Website: http://housedok.com/ Print: https://studio2publishing.com/products/metahumans-rising?_pos=2&_sid=145b3fa95&_ss=r\ PDF: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/277614/Metahumans-Rising #Metahumans #MetahumansRising #Superheroes #RPG #TTRPG #MartialArts #Bartitsu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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