Listen to the Rain

I'm a huge Conan fan (the original Howard stories, anyway), but before now I've never read any Red Sonja. I heard Gail Simone's run was really good, though, so I thought it would check it out.

--I have to admit, that beet juice drink at least LOOKS appealing. How does it taste?

It was weird--it was a bit like it was internally deconstructed. It started with the vodka, then the beet juice taste came out powerfully, and it finished with lime and ginger from the ginger beer. I thought it was great, nearly everyone else who tried it didn't like it.

Sadly, I didn't get a cannibal smile from the beet juice after I drank it.

--He's pricey, and he's only open certain hours on certain days, but he can totally afford to do this as his sushi is the best in the area.

There's a lot of Japanese restaurants that work like that too, so I see he's following in a grand tradition!

--Honestly....I kind of agree with Lieder's sentiment on the New Testament.

I'm pretty sure I laughed the loudest of anyone in the room at that joke. ✡️

--I wish Spike had given Faye a chance in the series.

We're only 11 episodes in and lisekatevans has already realized that Spike is the least interesting character in the show. And yeah, if only he had been willing to give the future a chance instead of being stuck in the past...

--Your friends are quite some characters. I enjoyed their commentary.

There were so many quotable lines through the weekend! And I can only imagine what they said while I was off doing other things.

--Love that Black Mage.

I wish I knew how he changed the expression. I don't think it could have been linked to his real expression...but maybe? It seemed to change in real time.

--It's odd to me that they would assume you are uptight just because of your religion. If anything, being religious hasn't stopped a lot of people from debauchery, and there are atheist people out there who can be just as uptight as religious ones.

That's mostly me speculating, because I really have no idea how they developed that impression! It wasn't until smtemp told me about it that I thought back to all the times everyone apologized for being silly, or told me I didn't have to do anything I didn't want to, or checked in with how I was feeling, that I realized they thought I was sitting there constantly judging them.

--Great group photo! For your friend in the kilt: did he go commando underneath? LMAO.

One the rest of us (I forget who) asked him that, and he refused to answer. So I suspect he did.