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In Topic: Characters from other franchises
07 February 2025 - 06:48 PM
worry, on 07 February 2025 - 06:34 PM, said:
Maybe Stewie and Brian from Family Guy. I can picture them seeing a T'lan Imass walk by and Stewie saying "What the deuce!" while Brian goes hog wild at all the bones (it's funny when he does normal dog stuff).
If we're going in that direction I want the whole Scooby Doo gang and i specifically want a two minute musical sequence where they run through various doors being chased by Gryllen and/or the Hounds.
While we're at it, i want the T'lan F'lintstones.
Also, Shrek. ....dear gods the things I could do with a Malazan/Shrek crossover..... Shrek and Donkey going to Moon's Spawn by accident instead of Fiona's castle, Donkey meeting a Mule of Shadow, Fiona hanging out with Hetan, Puss meeting Murillio, Gingy joining the Seguleh by accident... -
In Topic: The Dragon Age series
07 February 2025 - 04:06 PM
Ideally this means Patrick Weekes has more time to spend writing fantasy books (that admittedly don't pay nearly as well). -
In Topic: Characters from other franchises
07 February 2025 - 03:58 PM
sigpig, on 07 February 2025 - 02:51 AM, said:
As we are all starving for Malazan content, I have been reading some other series (a couple of them mentioned in the "Space Opera" thread), and have found a few characters who would fit in absolutely perfectly in the Malazan world.
The first is a character from R.M Meluch's series "Tour of the Merrimack", the US Marine named Kerry Blue. Aside from her being a Marine, I feel that she culd have been a character in almost every Marine/Bridgeburner/Bonehunter squad. If you know the series, you know the character. She is extremely "friendly".
Another one is Thrawn. No need to explain anything, but imagine him as a Hagh Fist on a continent. Grand Admiral, High Fist, poTAYto, poTAHto...
What other characters can you come up with and why?
A comment i made about the Merrimack series early on was that it was the closest i had ever read to the Malazan 'eclectic misfit goofball marines who are also stone cold effective fighting machines'.
Thrawn... Thrawn would be an uber-villain in any setting. He's got that immaterial mix of competence and civility and threat so many of the best villains have (Ozymandias from THE WATCHMEN, Xanatos from GARGOYLES, Magneto from the various XMen formats....). Just imagine him matching strategies against Tavore.
Lan from WoT would fit right in as a classic master swordsman whose honorable tendencies are challenged by brutal realities. Him and Dassem would have a lot to talk about.
Garet Jax from SHANNARA, i mean, if ever there was a character who should kick back and have a beer with Kalam after a tough day killing monsters it's him.
The entire cast of Du Castell's MALEVOLENT SEVEN would be a joy to read in a Malazan setting. -
In Topic: Reading at t'moment?
07 February 2025 - 03:28 PM
Abyss, on 03 February 2025 - 02:59 PM, said:
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Next up, i have some MIDNIGHT BURGER to catch up on, possibly some SILT VERSES too.
On the audiodrama front....
i've said this before, but podcasts are free, and MIDNIGHT BURGER is brilliant and wonderful and you're cheating yourselfveses if you don't give it a chance. The spinoff, WELCOME TO THE HORIZON, has now raised its game to the same level and is carrying on a parallel story that's just as compelling. The complexity they bring to the plot and incredible character arcs are better than many published authors could hope for.
SILT VERSES remains amazing, i have six eps left, the buildup to the finale has been steady, i am utterly clueless how they're going to finish this and i love it.
DERELICT popped out two more eps. Each is more or less a 90min James Cameron space action film in audio. The pause they took to upgrade their audio was worthwhile.
And a new one, OBSERVABLE RADIO. 8eps in, a man in a tower somewhere collects stray broadcasts from parallel Earths, all of which are going through some form of apocalypse or downfall... credit where due, the audio equivalent of 'found footage' is far from new, but they make it work nicely and the realities are well planned... sure 'mysterious annual purge' and 'everyone lives underground' and 'digital afterlife' have been done many times, but they keep them interesting, and i could have listened to an entire series about the worldwide dynastic poisoning war or the truce that led to an annual arena battle of naughty children vs Santa and his elves. They run from suspense to scifi to humour, and writing is solid. The eps are less than 30min, worth a listen.
Elselistening ONE DAY ALL THIS WILL BE YOURS is a fun time travel short story by Adrian Tchaikovsky. The basic plot of a man at the end of time hunting time travellers isn't wildly original but it's so creatively executed (pun intended) i didn't care. -
In Topic: Reading at t'moment?
07 February 2025 - 03:10 PM
HoosierDaddy, on 07 February 2025 - 02:04 PM, said:
Just want to give a final verdict on Dungeon Crawler Carl through Book 7.
It's so good. And I've heard that the audiobooks are even better due to the voice acting.
The LitRPG nature of the series is always present, but it isn't at the forefront after book 3 or so. It provides the foundation for the story and helps provide plot points to move it forward, but in the end it is a much larger story.
It reminds me somewhat of Malazan in that the story and plot are one thing, but the theme is the important part.
It is hilarious though. Great fun. 9 out of 10. Tempted to reread immediately as I know I missed on little details that help make the story even better.
Can't wait for book 8.
godsdammit it's converting malazfans now????
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