Forum: Exhibit Hall
Feb 26 2016, 05:46 AM
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Replies: 114
Views: 40,077
Re: Newest dragon cross stitch
Cool! A rainbow dragon would be so neat :)
(which brings up the interesting point of what colour I should pick ... hmmm ... tricky)
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Feb 25 2016, 06:21 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 10,512
Re: The Size of Pern
I've always gone with "Parallels Earth" myself and assumed that it must be about the same, give or take a little.
As for the 2 moons ... is it possible Belior is particularly small? Or would that...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Feb 25 2016, 12:01 AM
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Replies: 58
Views: 18,261
Re: Printer Hall
I just remembered!
Little fuzzy, might be wrong, but aren't they all supposed to be aware of their rights in the Charter?
You could probably argue that basic literacy is required for that, or...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Feb 24 2016, 06:01 AM
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Replies: 58
Views: 18,261
Re: Printer Hall
Possibly they could have carried small packages too?
Also ... given the typical memory-span displayed on oral cultures they might have been able to memorize and carry spoken messages as well?
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Forum: Exhibit Hall
Feb 24 2016, 01:33 AM
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Replies: 114
Views: 40,077
Re: Newest dragon cross stitch
@Lily - yeah, just feels like something they should have anticipated. But it is good they took steps to improve things over the next few nights.
Anyway! Just got an email that they're shipping my...
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Forum: Exhibit Hall
Feb 21 2016, 11:03 PM
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Replies: 114
Views: 40,077
Re: Newest dragon cross stitch
I won't lie - that's kinda weird. Not sure I've ever come across three other kiwi fans on one website before.
Let alone ones from my actual city.
So weird.
@Vyon - that sounds horrid! I...
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Forum: Exhibit Hall
Feb 20 2016, 02:02 AM
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Replies: 114
Views: 40,077
Re: Newest dragon cross stitch
:D
I am indeed in Wellington :)
(and it looks like so are you?)
Nope, not involved. Would have loved to have gone but tickets are so expensive. So sadly no helping of old ladies :) But hey,...
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Forum: Exhibit Hall
Feb 19 2016, 07:28 AM
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Replies: 114
Views: 40,077
Re: Newest dragon cross stitch
Well ... I can usually manage about half an hour of close work before my eyes start to struggle so ...
3 years?
Lol!
Honestly not sure - it might take a month for the website to even...
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Forum: Exhibit Hall
Feb 18 2016, 09:43 PM
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Replies: 114
Views: 40,077
Re: Newest dragon cross stitch
OMG
Priscilla you are magic!
I tried to find it yesterday - but I was mostly searching w herschners (or however you spell it!). Didn't even think to see if other companies had it!
Oh that's...
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Forum: Exhibit Hall
Feb 18 2016, 06:12 PM
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Replies: 114
Views: 40,077
Re: Newest dragon cross stitch
Ah drat.
Oh well - I did rather figure as much. Started trying to recreate the pattern last night just in case (in Excell bc I didn't have any graph paper lying about). So far it's doable if...
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Forum: Exhibit Hall
Feb 17 2016, 10:42 PM
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Replies: 114
Views: 40,077
Re: Newest dragon cross stitch
Don't know if anyone can help me out here but I love that first blue dragon. Does anyone have the pattern still? I checked the company website and can't find it but it's so very lovely and I've...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Dec 19 2015, 06:49 AM
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Replies: 50
Views: 23,511
Re: A crazy idea...
I suspect a ledge would obviously be preferred, as has been mentioned upthread. But there would probably be occasions where this simply isn't practical so I'm still trying to work out what they'd do...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Oct 11 2015, 04:00 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 10,050
Re: New Covers for Harper Hall trilogy
Ooh! I forgot that they'd made progress on the movie front - don't suppose anything new has been released?
As for the cover ... pretty, and I do quite like it in and of itself, but it isn't what...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Sep 23 2015, 02:57 AM
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Replies: 70
Views: 26,099
Re: Another big, unanswered question
I wouldn't say that's the isolation is the quirk so much as I'd expect those Hillfolk to have a higher percentage of ... say, people who believe in witchcraft (as a purely random example plucked from...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Sep 23 2015, 12:55 AM
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Replies: 70
Views: 26,099
Re: Another big, unanswered question
My in-universe theory is less 'growing up' and more ... religion seems to evolve to provide answers science can't (yet) explain, right?
These days the answer to questions like "Why does it rain?"...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Sep 10 2015, 06:56 AM
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Replies: 64
Views: 22,534
Re: Tubberman's Big Cats
I like the Noah's Ark idea and Game Reserve ideas and I think there's a certain logic in assuming it was just the 'basic colony starter pack'.
It might even have been to set up some sort of zoo -...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Aug 10 2015, 06:30 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,231
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Aug 8 2015, 09:40 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 20,838
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Aug 5 2015, 12:55 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 7,781
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
May 18 2015, 09:21 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 8,149
Re: Female green riders
See, I don't think its about recognizing sensuality - it’s not about the rider's feelings at all. It’s 100% about the dragons (and this is where the skeeviness of Pern comes in).
The dragon wants...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Mar 16 2015, 10:22 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 11,113
Re: Dragons and their tails
Heh, turns out I have a lot to say. My apologies in advance for the length...
I think he has to be notably smaller, because doesn't Mirrim tease Jaxom about how small Ruth is at one point? And...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Mar 15 2015, 06:20 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 9,495
Re: He was HOW old?
Oh, I'll agree to a fair bit of irritation at the narrative choices. Those I dislike on a number of levels (starting with "special, Torene? Special?" waking up with no idea who you ****ed isn't...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Mar 15 2015, 06:14 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 11,113
Re: Dragons and their tails
Meters in the atlas might have been a result of somebody grabbing an old book to check the sizes, seeing meters, and not remembering the change.
As for the size charts themselves, this one here...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Mar 14 2015, 09:37 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 11,113
Re: Dragons and their tails
I know, it's miserable :(
I hope you find the bit you're after though!
And as a side note I just thought of today, have you tried reaching out to the artists of these charts and asking where...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Mar 14 2015, 09:34 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 9,495
Re: He was HOW old?
I'll add in a little extra note that the age of consent is 16 in New Zealand, so for me there's nothing too weird here. And as a note, that's a leftover from our farming-colony days. 16 is also the...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Mar 11 2015, 06:24 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 11,113
Re: Dragons and their tails
Ooh. That's a tough one.
It could have been any, really, it could have been them all.
If I had to guess, I'd say either Dragonsdawn or Dragonflight, with a small possibility that it was the...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Oct 5 2014, 05:38 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,757
Re: Dragon wings & Flight
I'm pretty sure Lessa makes a huge fuss over Ramonth's clutchmates being allowed to learn how to fly when she herself cannot, which implies to me that they aren't flying from hatching, or probably...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Oct 2 2014, 07:13 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,313
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Sep 30 2014, 08:22 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,313
Fire Lizard age to Flame
Accepting that Fire Lizards do flame, does anyone know how old they are when they start?
I know I read them doing it at some point (wild fairs in Dragonsdawn? Menolly's fair in the Harper novels?)...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 1 2013, 03:59 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,738
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
May 31 2013, 09:20 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,738
Re: Firelizards in Fanfiction (Logistics)
Hmm. I'd planned to provide vitamin d through their diet, primarily in the form of fish. Do you think that's likely to be insufficient?
Also, are you sure dragons don't require sunlight to mate?...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
May 31 2013, 02:01 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,738
Firelizards in Fanfiction (Logistics)
So, I'm writing a Pern crossover fic (because it's not like I have essays due or anything...) and I'm kind of coming up against a few minor things, so I'm looking for some more opinions.
Firstly,...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
May 30 2013, 11:58 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 9,822
Re: Favourite Weyr/What Weyr would you live in?
Huh. Three Wellingtonians in a row.
I can't find any good quotes or descriptions of Ista online, but I've always pictured it as a warm and wet sort of place. Kind of like Auckland, except more so...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
May 28 2013, 05:39 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 9,822
Re: Favourite Weyr/What Weyr would you live in?
In order of preference, Ista, Southern, and Monaco Bay. I get cold really easily, so any of these would be good, but Ista is my first choice because it apparently is quite small and doesn't hold as...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
May 27 2013, 07:49 PM
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Replies: 205
Views: 51,153
Re: If You Were to Impress...
I'd want a Blue, with Brown as my second choice.
Most internet quizzes back this up giving me one or the other of the two.
I like Blues, they're small and fast, rather like a Green, but they...
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