Jessica Hancock
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Podcast Appearances
Because you're good-hearted and dedicated to resisting corruption.
Which is the Augustine school of morality, which I haven't really thought about in so long. Like Manichean, you've got good versus evil. They have a fight. Good should win, technically, whatever. I don't know. Whereas Augustine, it's like it's resisting evil. And by resisting evil, you're killing Gollum, which Gandalf shouts out in the first book. Like, it's a pity Bilbo didn't kill him.
Which is the Augustine school of morality, which I haven't really thought about in so long. Like Manichean, you've got good versus evil. They have a fight. Good should win, technically, whatever. I don't know. Whereas Augustine, it's like it's resisting evil. And by resisting evil, you're killing Gollum, which Gandalf shouts out in the first book. Like, it's a pity Bilbo didn't kill him.
Well, maybe Gollum's got a point. We'll have to wait and see. And then at the end, Gollum turns up and Drawn by his evil to the evil's ring, evil destroys itself, which is bang on for Tolkien. And that's what we've heard. I've read a great essay about that.
Well, maybe Gollum's got a point. We'll have to wait and see. And then at the end, Gollum turns up and Drawn by his evil to the evil's ring, evil destroys itself, which is bang on for Tolkien. And that's what we've heard. I've read a great essay about that.
I'd actually like the level of take of, if you're a being from the angelic planes, you probably are likely to be good. And if you're from one of the other places, abyss or hell, you're probably likely to be evil. And then you have Cowboy to come around and say, ooh. aye, your brain looks so tasty. And that amuses me.
I'd actually like the level of take of, if you're a being from the angelic planes, you probably are likely to be good. And if you're from one of the other places, abyss or hell, you're probably likely to be evil. And then you have Cowboy to come around and say, ooh. aye, your brain looks so tasty. And that amuses me.
Under hot water or under cold water.
Under hot water or under cold water.
So you're saying you were adventurous to find themselves in hot water?
So you're saying you were adventurous to find themselves in hot water?
Mm-hmm. This feels very Fallout adjacent, where you're... I've not played it, but as Alan said, it's supposed to build up settlements and support them and so forth.
Mm-hmm. This feels very Fallout adjacent, where you're... I've not played it, but as Alan said, it's supposed to build up settlements and support them and so forth.
I mean, something that I thought was a very good idea when I heard about it was the fourth edition of Dungeons & Dragons had the points of light setting
I mean, something that I thought was a very good idea when I heard about it was the fourth edition of Dungeons & Dragons had the points of light setting
yeah you'd have the settlements that acted as um like little oases of civilization and beauty and peace and order and you'd be trying to build them up so maybe that would be good for a reason yeah i mean that's what it is yeah yeah yeah it never really went very far that set and i remember it i don't think it was even named yeah i think point to light is as far as i got but i i was like so i i i
yeah you'd have the settlements that acted as um like little oases of civilization and beauty and peace and order and you'd be trying to build them up so maybe that would be good for a reason yeah i mean that's what it is yeah yeah yeah it never really went very far that set and i remember it i don't think it was even named yeah i think point to light is as far as i got but i i was like so i i i
Large amounts of empty space and algorables.
Large amounts of empty space and algorables.
Yeah, yeah.