Thanks, Ginger!
Mal: Does she understand that? River: She understands. She doesn't comprehend.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 54: Right here, dammit.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Susan W. - Oct 29, 2007 12:14:06 pm PDT #9139 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Nutty - Oct 29, 2007 12:18:40 pm PDT #9140 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Viking warriors get the valkyrja AND all-you-can-eat barbeque AND beer!
Also, I don't recall anything specific to the effect that the Valkyries would do any greeting beyond "Move over! Hand me that haunch of meat, will you?"
Also, there's teh part where you have to practice every day for the battle at thr end of the world, which you are guaranteed to lose. Kind of like tailgating for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, except you don't get dismembered at the end of that.
Rick - Oct 29, 2007 12:28:32 pm PDT #9141 of 10001
Also, I don't recall anything specific to the effect that the Valkyries would do any greeting beyond "Move over! Hand me that haunch of meat, will you?"
Well, the descriptions we have of the, uh, interactions, were carefully edited by Christian scholars, and they have a tendency to leave certain things out. If the fallen get to live like the other imortals up there, then there should be plenty of mutual greeting going on.
Rick - Oct 29, 2007 12:35:21 pm PDT #9142 of 10001
Also, there's teh part where you have to practice every day for the battle at thr end of the world, which you are guaranteed to lose. Kind of like tailgating for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, except you don't get dismembered at the end of that.
Yeah, you get killed every day before heading back to "Joe's Rib's and Suds" for dinner, and then you get killed in the big battle where Joe's gets destroyed, but it's all a wheel, you know, so the big battle just starts the whole thing over. Like Tampa Bay looking ahead to the next season.
Susan W. - Oct 29, 2007 12:36:35 pm PDT #9143 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Heh. I'd never fully contemplated the connection between baseball and Norse cosmology, but that explains a lot...
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 29, 2007 12:41:18 pm PDT #9144 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I was never clear if the Einherjar were supposed to be destroyed forever by the battle of Ragnarok, or if they were supposed to return to "life" afterwards and serve the gods who were to start over.
Theodosia - Oct 29, 2007 12:46:58 pm PDT #9145 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Also, it's harder to get a good Cuban sandwich in Valhalla.
tommyrot - Oct 29, 2007 12:52:38 pm PDT #9146 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
And beer comes in mugs made from animal horns, which means you can't set them down without spilling.
Unless Viking ships have cup holders....
Connie Neil - Oct 29, 2007 1:00:29 pm PDT #9147 of 10001
brillig
Unless Viking ships have cup holders....
They're called slaves.
Ginger - Oct 29, 2007 1:16:18 pm PDT #9148 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
And beer comes in mugs made from animal horns, which means you can't set them down without spilling.
I think the whole point was beer chugging. Who sets down a horn of ale without draining it?
From what I've read, Valhalla was pretty much like ordinary life for a warrior: hang around the mead hall, drink, practice fighting, fight, die. In Valhalla, you get a do-over and over.