#gorthol

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Silm shit posting continues

My boy had like 10 different names, and half of those he gave to himself

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Túrin Turambar

Credits to the artist, @pussydestroyer1856 !!!

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Offtopic: about Gorthol

I wonder if isn’t it closer to what the dragon-helm of Dor-lómin was supposed to look like? 

  I’ve seen some nice arts by Alan Lee (and others of similar style), however, are they really that close to a description of dwarf-helmet which were noted for their grim masks? (where does such idea of depiction of this helmet come from?)

Given Tolkien’s interests, I guess it’s somewhat likely that the inspiration for the dragon-helm were some Vendel-age “crested helmets” (featuring “dragon-crests” as well as fitting the description of dwarvish“masked” helmets)

Though of course Khuzdul has a lot in common with real-life Semitic languages (which however doesn’t really fit the “Eddic” names of some dwarves)

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Maybe I couldn't have been a viking.

Background: Gorthol and I are doing some trail running. Correction, Gorthol is doing trail running and I'm mostly just panting and trying to catch up.

Me: Gorthol, we were born in the wrong fucking time, man.

Gorthol: You're telling me.

Me: We could have been vikings.

Gorthol: Not with this arm, though.

Me: Let's get real here--I can't even grow facial hair.

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It's funny because it's true!

Gorthol: i haven't been keeping up - is grad school still killing you?

Iristhyr: literally

Iristhyr: (too soon?)

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Note: The images were taken and modified without permission from Terminal Lance, an awesome strip made by Maximilian Uriarte. I do not claim ownership of the art nor do make any profit from this (nor do I plan to). I was bored recently, and instead of running another chromatographic column (simply a “column” in the parlance of organic chemists; you can’t see it, but I am adjusting my monocle as I write this), I decided to play with MS Paint. Coincidentally, this conversation had happened recently and was, therefore, running through my head:

Me: Well, the day sort of just began, so maybe not quite yet.

Gorthol: ...isn't it just after midnight where you are? Gorthol: what sort of schedule are you on?

RflRob: A chemistry grad student schedule.

Me: An organic chemistry grad student schedule. Me: It is worth noting that Carreira, Gassman, and Meyers are all synthetic organic chemists.

gorthol: so...are you intentionally working in the area where people work hardest? An update/response:

Tall Metal: that's a funny comic... did you draw that? Tall Metal: that hits home, heh Me: I wish I could actually draw; I just changed the text in Paint. Me: So, hits home? Did you kill a hooker? Me: (Maybe?) Tall Metal: hahaha Me: I like how your laughter (which could be interpreted as nervous laughter) is neither a conformation nor a denial!

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You literally just smash a bunch of ranks together to make new ones. It’s very German.

Gorthol: SGTM Me: Uh, Gorthol, that's "SGM" to you. Me: In the Army, at least. Gorthol: i'm sure they've invented new ranks by now. Gorthol: could be sergeant top major. Me: OF THE SERGEANTS Gorthol: sergeant two major. Me: (THEMSELVES OF THE SHOOTERS MCSHOOTERSTONS) Me: I guess the writers for Bioware or whoever did the writing for Mass Effect agree that existing ranks are... too complicated. Gorthol: only 3 nco ranks, eh? Gorthol: oh, but they added an extra lieutenant Me: So, what rank are you? Me: Oh, Lieutenant Extra. RflRob: Lieutenant Supreme. It's like a regular lieutenant, but with sour cream. Me: Super Lieutenant? Comes with guacamole?

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So, how did that knife end up in your tutoring bag anyway?

Gorthol: i assume you put the knife in your tutoring bag so that you could stab troublesome students.

Plato: Or to tutor his students in knife fighting techniques

Me: @Plato Hah, that's actually kind of close to the truth.