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Khasim died as he lived: nowhere near having the upper hand
57: The Wizard of Sunset Strip Simon Hawke
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Wyrdrun the Warlock must stop the Dark Ones - before necromancy turns Hollywood into a *real* creature feature.
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gellaho
Not a great showing from Ashtar either
John
In a world of magic, I promise that was the first spell invented. Independently discovered by 10,000 different men.
FancyShark
oh hey, the heroes actually did something this time
gellaho
Welp, I officially have no idea what is happening
FancyShark
Thanatos the Defense Attorney Unicorn Knight
gellaho
I know Morgan Le Fay gave him a magic ring, but that's a weird reaction from Yasmine
John
So, he's Arthur?
FancyShark
I thought he was just Modred's stepdad
gellaho
I think he's turned into an ancient Old One
Because Morgana got the ring from her parent who was an Old One
I'll be honest, I wasn't paying a lot of attention to the ring
John
It's good to know that even though we're only seeing 10% of the book, you're just as lost.
GDC and a bucket of shuriken
Either that or he's a power ranger.
gellaho
Some dudes are still into that
John
DRAGON!!!
YES!
FIGHT! THAT! DRAGON!
FancyShark
FINALLY!
John
THEN! FUCK! IT!
gellaho
Gor'Blimey
FancyShark
YEAH!
wait, what?
John
you heard me
FancyShark
Shit, I want that guy as my defense attorney if I ever need one
John
After you slay the dragon, it turns into a beautiful, dead gi....ohhhhh
gellaho
I guess that explains this
gellaho
The clues were there all along
John
I'm glad I didn't catch that.
Because that's clearly a wyvern.
gellaho
He is stabbing the shit out of this dragon
Brendan of Yesteryear
My favorite thing about Brits and Americans understanding one another is how our level of knowledge is always just based on whatever media made it here in our youth.
"So how many cowboys have offices in the Empire State Building?"
gellaho
Kinda
Brendan of Yesteryear
"I don't know, Andy Capp, do your mod women still say 'Cor!'?"
Billy killed a lady? Or Merlin did?
John
She could still be hot.
FancyShark
Thanatos killed a dragon lady
FancyShark
Briefly
gellaho
Hey, Jessica, he's thirteen. Not cool
John
Hawke really throwing us for a loop. An inappropriately young boy with an older girl?
What will he do next?
Brendan of Yesteryear
Deeply?!
FancyShark
It really is the most magical place on earth
John
He's small, so she found his uvula quicker than expected.
Brendan of Yesteryear
It's weird because a great many 13 year old boys dream of a gorgeous naked lady kissing them deeply but as soon as one does we're all rightly like HEY HEY HEY NO
gellaho
It's Disney's fault for outsourcing their wizards to the lowest bidder
Brendan of Yesteryear
It's tough being 13 is my point.
gellaho
That might be an Orlando only joke, I don't know
This is the only thing Merlin has been right about
Brendan of Yesteryear
So Oscar is a dim memory, but this is the actual extant Disneyland.
gellaho
You have some doubts about Disney being able to outlive the Oscars?
John
Is that a typo or is the city actually called Los Angles now?
gellaho
Just pretend it's Merlin being an old man
FancyShark
It's Spanish for "The Angles"
John
There's a whole society of people dedicated to restoring it to it's former glory. We might have skipped that in our recap.
FancyShark
Hawke gave us a detailed breakdown of their club's organization
gellaho
I imagine Graywand needs medication to get erections
John
I expect more anti-Hispanic racism from old men talking about Los Angeles.
Brendan of Yesteryear
Not anymore but in whatever year Hawke wrote this they'd gone three years without a hit and copyright expiry approacheth
No Marvel, Lucasfilm etc.
gellaho
Old man Merlin
gellaho
Simon is a visionary
GDC and a bucket of shuriken
Their last big hit was that one about king Arthur.
FancyShark
Ironic
Brendan of Yesteryear
He probably wrote this around the time of Lion King, which was huge, then I think ziff zoff zuff
John
Turns out it's hard to have an all-knowing ancient character as one of the core group.
Brendan of Yesteryear
Their last trad animation was some cowboys of moo mesa thing.
John
88, so well before the Renaissance.
Or just before, anyway.
gellaho
Oh, also Thanatos died
FancyShark
So that armor was worthless
John
But he got to go out while mounting a dragon/beautiful woman and repeatedly thrusting into her.
Like a fucking hero.
gellaho
Which is important because Billy has a new friend
Brendan of Yesteryear
At least he died doing what he loved: being death
John
Real writer putting my jokes to shame. You fucker.
FancyShark
Meanwhile, all those defendants are being told they need a new attorney
Because of a dragon
gellaho
And we end with Billy Slade, the doubly possessed boy
gellaho
FancyShark
Billy will be Legion by the time we're done
John
There are so many more of these books than I thought, too.
gellaho
Well, it's mine now... Rogart(?)
FancyShark
How many?
gellaho
Less than TimeWars, but still a lot
John
9
FancyShark
Daaaamn
gellaho
Depends on if you include The Nine Lives of Catseye Gomez, but yeah
FancyShark
Still impressive
Brendan of Yesteryear
Billy is going to be completely insane in a year
gellaho
We have defeated The Wizard of Sunset Strip
FancyShark
We did it!
Brendan of Yesteryear
He just kissed his first girl, except he got molested, and he has TWO ancient old men living in him.
FancyShark
Great work, everyone!
John
Good work, team. Thanks, @gellaho
Fuck!
Scooped one more time
FancyShark
Yes, thanks @gellaho !
Dammit!
Scooped!
Brendan of Yesteryear
Thank you for the fun, gellaho
GDC and a bucket of shuriken
Thanks for doing this as usual.
Greg
hahahahah
I had not seen the cover
FancyShark
Have a great night, hotdoggers. I leave this to play us out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daa9pZDxfIY
John
Good night @FancyShark
And also to everyone else.
Greg
I'm glad I made the last half of this one for once. Thanks everyone
gellaho
Simon Hawke sells this on Kindle, so I'm appreciative for his continued disdain for Disney
John
A dangerous thing to admit when you live so close. You'll be hooded and tortured if you're not careful.