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There's always Amestris from Fullmetal Alchemist; its implied that anyone can learn alchemy, even if some are naturally better at it. That aside, its a fairly good place to live, assuming you arrive there after Pride has been "deposed". Its peaceful, with a good environment, and all the amenities of the 1920's, plus refridgeration, cybernetic prosthetics, advanced firearms, and 1940's era vehicles, excepting planes.Prozac the Robert wrote:For fantasy, it would have to be a world where no innate power is required to learn magic, and where magic isn't addictive, soul destroying or otherwise bad. One of the d&d variants perhaps. Being a wizard would be cool.
Agreed.kinnison wrote:Me? SF - Edenist habitat in the Night's Dawn universe - hey, doesn't everyone want to live for ever? Also, the idea of living in those conditions appeals.
Only if you can escape the Beyond, but as you're an Edenist you probably can.kinnison wrote:Me? SF - Edenist habitat in the Night's Dawn universe - hey, doesn't everyone want to live for ever? Also, the idea of living in those conditions appeals.
Save that it's effectively a modern army with some nifty widgets, up against necrons, tyranids, chaos and Eldar... Oh, and it has an internal code of justice similar to that of the Napoleonic English, but with more flaying.18-Till-I-Die wrote:under a good commander we've seen it's not any worse than any other army, comparitively.
It's implied that human life is just as shitty in Middle-Earth than it is in any other pre-industrial society, whether it be fantasy or factual. JRR Tolkien often bleated on about how Elves, Dwarfs and even Hobbits were more longer living creatures than the lowely humans.Nieztchean Uber-Amoeba wrote: Fantasy: Maybe Lord of the Rings. Idyllic medieval setting without cholera, filth or ignorance? Nice. I'd probably live near the Shire just so I don't have to put up with world-shaking Lords of Evil.
Wel, like i said, under a good commander those arent big problems. I mean a commander in the vein of Gaunt. He's just, hes not unnecessesarily harsh, and he leads competently. So under the conditions of a rational, competent commander (this cant be too hard to find, Gaunt's old mentor from the Hyrkan 8th seemed good for instance, some of the other commanders from the Ghosts novels too) it's no worse than any other army, IMO.NecronLord wrote:Save that it's effectively a modern army with some nifty widgets, up against necrons, tyranids, chaos and Eldar... Oh, and it has an internal code of justice similar to that of the Napoleonic English, but with more flaying.18-Till-I-Die wrote:under a good commander we've seen it's not any worse than any other army, comparitively.
Just to clarify, I do like fantasy quite a lot as a genre, but I just haven't read or watched very many specific properties.CaptJodan wrote:Like Spanky, I don't much care for much fantasy,
Most other armies don't have you executed for failing to salute the flag, if a Guardsman fails to salute the Aquila or any other image of the Emperor or the Imperium that is exactly what they get. There's also a particularly nasty punishment which involves having all ones appendages cut off and being allowed to bleed to death, but I can't remember what it's for.18-till-I-Die wrote: Wel, like i said, under a good commander those arent big problems. I mean a commander in the vein of Gaunt. He's just, hes not unnecessesarily harsh, and he leads competently. So under the conditions of a rational, competent commander (this cant be too hard to find, Gaunt's old mentor from the Hyrkan 8th seemed good for instance, some of the other commanders from the Ghosts novels too) it's no worse than any other army, IMO.
Unfortunately, it takes about a year to change sex. On t'other hand, I remember some modifications specifically for improving sexual congress, in both length and enjoyment.Lord Woodlouse wrote:The Culture. If only so I can become a chick on demand like most people put on a pair of shoes.
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