tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post5616205534276617705..comments2024-03-27T11:04:31.390-04:00Comments on From the Sorcerer's Skull: Afterlife During the WartimeTreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-12426326042086689902012-02-17T23:04:41.972-05:002012-02-17T23:04:41.972-05:00Excellent post. Great mythic resonances. Quite ins...Excellent post. Great mythic resonances. Quite inspirational.garrisonjameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09544523186717576771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-6471106489502028972012-02-17T22:10:51.570-05:002012-02-17T22:10:51.570-05:00Canageek:
1) I mean noumenal more in the Platonic...Canageek:<br /><br />1) I mean noumenal more in the Platonic (pre-Kantian) sense: relating to the world of forms or ideas rather than the world of the sense (i.e. physical reality). I don't conceive of the planes as a place one would travel to physically. They aren't other planets they're conceptual places you travel to astrally. But the astral experience would sem completely sensory.<br /><br />2)You're thinking too materially and literally. Perhaps the pointless slog <i>is</i> the point? The planes exist because their <i>concepts</i> exist. Now, that's not to say the troops aren't put to use. I think I pointed out some ways in the post. There are no doubt others.Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-57255051327062978372012-02-17T19:54:06.321-05:002012-02-17T19:54:06.321-05:00First question:
noumenon, n. "An object kno...First question: <br />noumenon, n. "An object knowable only by the mind or intellect, not by the senses; spec. (in Kantian philosophy) an object of purely intellectual intuition, devoid of all phenomenal attributes." <br />How are the planes only knowable mentally? If you travel there wouldn't you feel it?<br /><br />Second: How do armies pitting themselves against one another for eternity advance those groups agendas? It seems like if the fighting was contained in once place then it would just be a pointless slog, and not working pouring resources into. There must either be something on that plane that people want control of (or to free, kill, etc) or some way to use the armies from that plane: Say if you can get one to a certain portal it can slip out into your opponents territory. Or perhappes you send some of your troops down there to train up in secret, or let green commanders train up on troops that you can freely let die....Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-35377351689930908162012-02-16T01:01:45.614-05:002012-02-16T01:01:45.614-05:00Very nice contrast Trey! Very cool!Very nice contrast Trey! Very cool!Needleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-91090629911267680592012-02-13T16:32:18.715-05:002012-02-13T16:32:18.715-05:00Thanks guys.
@Pierce - It is cool, isn't it? ...Thanks guys.<br /><br />@Pierce - It is cool, isn't it? That's a cover from the recent <i>Weird War Tales</i> drawn by Darwyn Cooke.<br /><br />@BenL & @Niccodaemus - Yeah, "War is Hell" is a common trope. I did see <i>Deathwatch</i>, but I wouldn't have recalled the name. That would be a great touchstone here. I think my direct inspiration was a couple of things from comics: the Dogs of War from the old post-apocalyptic <i>Hex</i> comics, combined with some suitably bleak imagery.Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-23233072981924522912012-02-13T16:24:02.296-05:002012-02-13T16:24:02.296-05:00Hey Trey,
Have you seen a movie called Deathwatch...Hey Trey,<br /><br />Have you seen a movie called Deathwatch by chance?<br /><br />http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286306/<br /><br />Reminds me very much of the Eternal Battlefield. YOu might like it.Niccodaemushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12969643475763823901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-13788534408465119552012-02-13T15:12:44.975-05:002012-02-13T15:12:44.975-05:00Like everybody else, I love the contrast.
The Pla...Like everybody else, I love the contrast.<br /><br />The Plains of Armageddon remind me vividly of Nu-Earth from the 2000 AD strip Rogue Trooper. Nu-Earth was a world of never-ending and pointless war; it was a kind of futuristic hell.Ben L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04568198881628052274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-75441280260958826552012-02-13T13:43:46.430-05:002012-02-13T13:43:46.430-05:00I particularly like the second one. That picture i...I particularly like the second one. That picture is super cool.Piercehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17342275462566805167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-57427529265007265622012-02-13T11:06:15.778-05:002012-02-13T11:06:15.778-05:00An interesting idea, I like the picture of all the...An interesting idea, I like the picture of all the different era soldiers.Ray Rousellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352596392520905197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-14385235658965047822012-02-13T09:38:59.571-05:002012-02-13T09:38:59.571-05:00Valhalla + War is Hell. Nice.Valhalla + War is Hell. Nice.Alex Osiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14851139031311819958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-59907062393554504292012-02-13T07:47:41.961-05:002012-02-13T07:47:41.961-05:00Others seek desperately to escape and sign faustia...<i>Others seek desperately to escape and sign faustian deals to return the the Material world as diabolic thralls.</i><br /><br />I think I work with a bunch of these. Good stuff Trey. A duel aspect.Gothridge Manorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11371740532802642972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-55459190681001032512012-02-13T07:40:10.072-05:002012-02-13T07:40:10.072-05:00I think you're getting at something big here. ...I think you're getting at something big here. I like the idea there might be sub-realms, or new realms altogether, for the deeds that break the mould or for the fallen in other kinds of conflict, as awareness of those kinds of conlict emerges.Porkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00604351052444947490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-22061401019688805272012-02-13T07:19:53.905-05:002012-02-13T07:19:53.905-05:00It would get tedious after a millennia or two but ...It would get tedious after a millennia or two but I'd give it a swirl......The Angry Lurkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01227314379603418332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-71434378447787633802012-02-13T07:15:47.711-05:002012-02-13T07:15:47.711-05:00I like this. It makes me think of the old idea tha...I like this. It makes me think of the old idea that war brings out both the best and the worst in men.Chris C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08655640273250716377noreply@blogger.com