Eruantion's Euphoric, Elephant-filled Elevated Epoch of Eurhythmic Random Banter #163

[Eruantion]

Man, you gotta love the character limits on thread titles. I had a really good one worked out for you all, too :smalltongue:

Anyway, let's get this ball of banter rolling!

Rules List
1. Spam. For the purposes of RB, one word posts are generally considered spam. Likewise, posts that are nothing but *actions like this* are also be considered spam. Remember that the quality of the post's content is much better than the speed of your response.

2. This isn't the Play by Post or Town forum, nor is it the Silly Message Board Games or Structured Games forum. Please avoid continuous roleplay or mock battles and fights such as the "competition for control of the universe".

3. If it's already a thread, don't bring it to RB. RB has such a huge range of subject matter even restricted to the little snippets that probably don't warrant their own thread, it doesn't need legitimate thread topics cluttering it up as well. The exception to this is to bring something that is off-topic from one thread, but on-topic for RB and the subject doesn't warrant a thread of its own.

4. Don't advertise other threads in RB. Just because these new threads move at speeds more appropriate to a message board than an IM session doesn't mean you need to come over to RB and brow beat people into posting in your latest brainchild.

5. Please don't post single line posts alerting us to your current status -- as in "I'm back." This is Random Banter, not "How to stalk Random GitP forum members."

6. Don't poke, kick or bump the thread. It will move at whatever pace it wants to. Also, please refrain from Captain Obvious comments akin to "My, the thread is fast today."

7. Random Banter can only be as good, or as entertaining, as you make it. Demands to be entertained will fall on deaf ears unless you can add something more meaningful to the conversation.

8. As this is a public forum, where the current topic is nicely recorded for you, and not a conversation where you could have missed the beginning, please refrain from asking something to the effect of "What's the topic?". Please take the time to read up a bit first.

9. Thread Creator must include the words "Random" and "Banter" as well as the thread #. Try to be concise as well.

10. Every post should contain two visible, legible complete sentences, Subject and Predicate. C'mon, make your old English teachers proud.

11. Remember, Random Banter is not your IM client. If you want to have a back and forth discussion with just one person, look in their contact information for IM details.

12. Whenever a new thread is created, all "first post", "first page", and all posts of that nature will be deleted by the administrators. Please avoid doing this, as it is frustrating for them to deal with one-lined posts like this.

13. Double-posting is not your friend. We have edit buttons for a reason.

14. Once you have made a Random Banter thread, you must wait 50 threads before making another one.

15. If you can avoid dibs calling on making the next thread, that will avoid people needing to wait if the thread hits 50 pages while the dibs-caller is asleep.



Past Random Banters
Amotis' Random Banter #1 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13484)
Dhavaer's Random Banter #2 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13401)
PhoeKun's Random Banter #3 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13319)
Rei Jin's Random Banter #4 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13205)
Toxic Avenger's Random Banter #5 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13146)
Jibar's Random Banter #6 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13026)
Ego Slayer's Surrogate Random Banter #7 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12939)
Sneak's Random Barroom Brawl #8 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12918)
Sophistemon's Solemnly Random Banter #9 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12855)
Vaynor's Very Random Banter #10 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12834)
Bookman's Blathering Random Banter #11 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12809)
Gralamin's Glorious Random Banter #12 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12785)
Rilik's Resplendently Random Raillery #13 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12766)
Gezina's Growling Grazing Random Banter #14 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12747)
The Zerglings Utterly And Geeky Random Banter #15 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12740)
jaqueses Truthfully Randomly Fireside Banter # 16 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12735)
Jack Squat’s Jubilantly Quixotic Random Banter #17 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12693)
Cardel's Banter of Cookie Jubilation #18 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12668)
Archonic's Chaotically Random Banter of Rods #19 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12657)
The Rod's Inanimate Temple of RANDOM banter #20 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12638)
Lucky’s Loquaciously Loud-Mouthed Random Banter#21 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12630)
Deckmaster's Divinely Delightful Random Banter #22 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12614)
Saithis' Soliloquy of Random Banter #23 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12598)
Loveable Lianae's Ludicrous Lampooning Lottery #24 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12578)
NEO|Phyte's Neolithic Nest of Weasel Banter #25 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12544)
Target's Random Banter of "non-violence" #26 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12533)
Tarnag40k's Random banter of "grammar errors" #27 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12515)
Kyrian's Random Banter of ADHDness #28 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12507)
El Jaspero's Random Drunken Ramblings #29 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12503)
Boss Smiley's Eloquently Eggy Banter #30 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12494)
Lykan's Looney Explosionarama & Random Banter #31 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12482)
Iames's Iambic Yarn of Yammering #32 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12468)
Dispozition's Deviously Distressed Banter #33 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12458)
CP's Copiously Combusting Banter of Carnage #34 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12445)
Alarra's Altar of Random Banter #35 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12432)
Eloquent Rune's Electrifying Rambling Banter #36 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12423)
E_P's Very Own Quite Popular Random Banter #37 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12419)
Hydrogelic's Foolish Mortal Random Banter #38 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12413)
Ink's Smudgy Splotchy Random Banter #39 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12405)
Azrael's Big Black Book of Banter #40 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12397)
The Logic Vampire's Rational Random Banter #41 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12387)
Shiny's Shimmering Space-hitchin Random Banter #42 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12376)
ZombieRockStar's Random Banter #43 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12360)
Nostrabel's Realm of Cookies and Random Banter #44 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12342)
Charity's Cheery Chatter Circle #45 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12328)
Samiam's Spontaneous Scintillating Soliloquy #46 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12310)
LLama's Masked Mysterious Random Banter #47 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26599)
Ravishing Rydia's Recumbentibus ^_^ Random Banter #48 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27622)
Penguinizers Perilous Random Banter #49 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28083)
Death's delightfully morbid surrogate random banter #50 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28444)
Wayril's wonderfully weird surrogate random banter #51 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28990)
Rawhide's Deck of Random Banter (52 Cards) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29697)
Korith's Sorrogate Random Banter of Zombie Killing #53 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30353)
Surrogate thread of random Bor-dom #54 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31109)
Rex Idiotarum's Painfully Pogoing Thread #55 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31512)
The Wrath of KHAAAAAANtalas’s William Shatner Flavored Random Banter # 56 (Surrogate) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32080)
EmeraldRose's Random Banter of Lashing Wit #57 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32494)
Captain van der Decken's Surrogate Ship of Random Loot (Banter) #58 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32847)
SDF's Neverending I-Don't-Have-an-OotS-Avatar-Yet Story Banter #59 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33465)
Mauril's Surrogate Dwelf Banter of Fantasy Race Confusion 60th Edition (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34165)
Rockphed's Dice Rolling Toga Party of 61 Drunken CIA Analysts (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34568)
var Lord_Magtok = Random(Banter*62) + Surrogate (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34801)
Jibar's Retro Random Banter #63 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35014)
Malina's Random Spanish Banter #64 of morphical annoyance (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35256)
Mr. E's Random Banter #65 of Cane Toting and Hat Tipping (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35418)
Ego Slayer's Hellishly Random Banter #66.6 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35596)
Purple Gelatinous Cube o' Doom's bowl of bantery j-e-ll-o randomness #67 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35859)
Zephra's Random Banter of Ghostly Wailings, and Howling Fun#68 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36317)
Cobra Ikari's Random Banter #69 of Rampant Hugging, Guttermindedness, and ;-) Kinky. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36977)
Scorpina's Random Banter #70 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37480)
Raistlin1040's Super Special Awesome Random Banter #71(Now with 20% more tacos) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37824)
Uberblah's Random Banter #72 Of Caffeine And Sleep Deprivation Induced Randomness (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38225)
Lucky’s Random Banter #73 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38987)
Castaras's Random Banter #74 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37836)
D'anna Biers RB #75 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39495)
Zeb The Troll's RB#76 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39801)
Egdpollard's RB #77 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40128)
Gezina's and Calamity's Random banter #78 of double entendre and doom (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40410)
Random Banter #79 In Loving Memory of Hexa_Regina (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40909)
Zeratul's random banter #80 of throwing puppies off bridges (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41778)
Vespe's Random Banter #81 of singing dolphins and mostly harmless planets. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43254)
CSK's Giant in the Playground Forums Addicted Anonymous, Random Banter #82 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44919)
Iames's Ramblingly Erratic Belldandy-Charged Random Banter #83 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=47592)
Serpentine's Scintillating Sensually and Sinuously Seductive Stochastic Satire #84 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49048)
Radikalskippy's Random Banter #85 of lost ideas and where to find them... (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50658)
Moon Called's Random Banter #86 of Sexy Anime Boys and Fangirl Squeals (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51825)
Lilly's Lovely Random Banter #87 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=52783)
FdL's Fuzzbox-Fueled Random Banter #88 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=54612)
SweetRein's Sugary Restrained Random Banter #89 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=59668)
Midnight's Mutant Motorcycle Madness Random Banter #90 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62430)
Em's Extremely Extraordinarily Epic Random Banter #91 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=65645)
Dragonrider's Random Banter in Conjunction with the Weighted Cube #92 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67629)
Bushranger's Bodaciously Buffed Random Banter-y Rooster #93 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=69425)
Haruki's Historically Hilarious Honey-covered Random Banter #94 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71161)
North's Maple Syrup Flavored Non-Alliterative Random Banter #95 Eh? (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=73464)
Wadledo's Weirdly Warbling Watercress Watching Washing Machine Only Random Banter #96 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75946)
SMEE's Random Banter #97 of gender bending and closet bursting (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78694)
Raiser's Rambunctiously Rambling Random Banter #98 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=81626)
Dr. Bath's Random Banter, dripping with daring deeds of dastardly deipnosophists #99 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84068)
VOTE, the Democracy Demon's Devilishly Devious and Decidedly Diabolical Desultory Derision (Random Banter) #100 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84914)
Jack Squat's Justlessly Juxtaposed Random Banter #101 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=87577)
Dallas-Dakota's Dundering Dandelion's Devilish Damsel's Distress Random Banter #102 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4790602#post4790602)
Destro Yersul's Dangerously Distracting and Doubtlessly Disturbing Random Banter #103 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4903962#post4903962)
Aziraphiles Actually Alliterative and Awesomely Affluent Random Banter #104 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92718)
Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=94491)
Dish's Delightfully Deranged and Deliciously Deliquent Random Banter # 106 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=95905)
Slayer's Seemingly Sweet and Socially Silly Random Banter # 107 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=97703)
Zero's ambrosial and aberrantly adventitious, abstemiously erudite Random Banter #108 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=99100)
Coplantor's Completely Creative Cautious and Contemplative Random Banter #109 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=100414)
Rutskarn's Roly-Poly Rebellious and Rejected Random Banter #110 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101156)
TwoBitWriter's Tubular Tracts of Thought-Talking Random Banter #111 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5600540#post5600540)
Phase's Phully Phormed, Phalangeal, and Phantasmagorical Random Banter #112 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101988)
Wolfbane's Wonderfully Wacky and Wildly Wandom Random Banter #113 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=102865)
The Kiwi's Kinkily Knotted and Kookily Kickass Random Banter #114 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103674)
Jude's Judgmental Jugular Jab and Jibber Jabbery Random Banter #115 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=104480)
The Throne of Thufir's Thoroughly Theoretical and Therapeutic Random Banter #116 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=105584)
Random Banter #117 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=106698)
Dragonprime's Dynamically Dangerous Dextrous and Destructive Random Banter #118 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=107882)
Farmer Felix's Fantastic FRandom FBanter #119 (may contain traces of fnuts) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=109007)
Groundhog's Random Banter of Weather Prediction and Anti-Gopherness (part one) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=110963&page=50)
Groundhog's Random Banter of Weather Prediction and Anti-Gopherness (part two) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=113197)
Mrmud's Mixed-Up and Minimally Mechanized Random Banter #121 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=114623)
Dogmantra's Dastardly, Despotic and Dangerous Random Banter #122 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=116660)
Alteran's Amazingly Anachronistic, Altruistic, and Antagonistic Random Banter #123
(http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=118380)Admiral Euphoria's Random Banter Thread of Delusional Grandeur #124 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6614894)
Fred's Flying Fishy, Fighting, Fiery, Fantastic Face Off Random Banter #125 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=121385)
Cyrano’s Non-Alliterative Inaugurational Random Banter #126 To Usher In The Future (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=122977)
Thanatos's Tharmturges Present: Tropical, Tipsy, and Typically Random Banter #127
loopy's Legendary and Long-Awaited Lollipop Fuelled Random Banter #128 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=123816)
Shadow's Shady Shop of Sharks, Shingles, Shammies, Shiny and Random Banter #129 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=125667)
KataraAltinaII's Premature Not So Short & To-The-Point Random Banter #130 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=126557)
Supagoof's Supa-Sensational Silly Symphonies Set Sizzingly On Fire Random Banter #131 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=128570)
Pyrian's Pyrotechnic Pyre of Pyrrhic Pyros with Pyrotic Pythics Random Banter #132! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=130459)
Perenelle's Pleasantly Playful and Passionately Peculiar Random Banter #133 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=131814)
Rpgsr4me's Ravenous, Roaring, Raging Rampage of Random Banter #134 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7373844#post7373844)
Il'deav Ilah'naie's Indiscreet Intimacies on Indigo Iceboats Random Banter #135 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=134438)
Recaiden's Resplendent and Rotating Realistic Random Banter #136 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=136879)
Jibar's Random Banter #137: Return of the Cat-muffin (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=138879)
Edge's Effluence of Extravagant and Effulgent Random Banter #138 (”http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7876065”)
Zeb The Troll's Zecond Go At Ze Random Banter #139 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=8061505&postcount=1)
Curly's Rambunctious and Erudite Random Banter #140 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=148462)
Deth Muncher's Destructive and Meandering Random Banter #141 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=150904)
http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=8722755
Several Silly Sealions Stuffed Seaweed Southward Swiftly (Or, Random Banter #143) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=159998)
The thread that changed name one last time, with style. (Random Banter #144) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=161407)
Banjo’s Bodacious & Boosted Bumper Bulletproof Box of Banter Most Random #145 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=162819)
Masa's Massively Masterful Message Medium - Random Banter #146 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=164224)
KuReshtin's Vociferously Ruminating Harbinger of Random Banter - #147 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=166664)
Archonic's Archaic Acronymical Antidisestablishmentarianism Random Banter - #148 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=169890)
Skeppio's Splendidly Strange & Superbly Scintillating Random Banter - #149 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=173056)
Teddy's Turbulent and Topicless Random Banter #150 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=175338)
Fifty-Eyed Fred's Ferociously Fanatical and Fabulously Fascinating Random Banter #151 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=178205)
Rae's Really Rascally and Ridiculously Rowdy Random Banter #152 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=181296)
Haruki's Hot n' Holy Random Banter #153 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=10176275#post10176275)
MoonCat's Magnificently Mythopoeic Random Banter #154
(http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=187576)Eadin's Exchange of Extraterrestrial Excuses AKA Random Banter #155 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=190034)
Happy HalfTangible's Horrific Hail of Random Banter #156 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=10629167#post10629167)
AtlanteanTroll's Atrocious and Terrific Arcade of Terror - RB #157 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=196302)
LaLa’s Laughably Silly Random Banter Thread – RB #158 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=198767)
Zaydos's Zany Zooetic Random Banter - RB #159 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=200208)
Blue's Blessed and Blissful Random Banter - RB #160 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=201653)
Absolmorph's Azoic Arete of Adventitious and Aimless Random Banter - RB 161 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=202546)
Gwyn's Gloriously Green Garrumphing Garter of Garrulous Gabble! Random Banter #162
(http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=203954)

Ready to get your banter on?

[Eon]

Waits for Mooncat.

*Prepares sneak attack kiss*

[Eruantion]

Waits for Mooncat.

*Prepares sneak attack kiss*

That's called stalking, my friend :smallwink:

[LaZodiac]

You mentioned elephants! Don't think about pink elephants!

[ZombyWoof]

*sneak attack kisses Bandil*

GOTCHA!

[MoonCat]

Gah! I lost the Game while thinking about pink elephants1

[AsteriskAmp]

Please, enlighten the ones of us left behind in the last thread by linking us here.

[Skeppio]

*sneak attack kisses Bandil*

GOTCHA!

It begins. The greatest kiss war of our time...

[Eruantion]

You mentioned elephants! Don't think about pink elephants!

I'm actually pretty good at mind-blocking stuff like this.

[Eon]

That's called stalking, my friend :smallwink:

Only if you get caught. :smalltongue:


*sneak attack kisses Bandil*

GOTCHA!

Oh noes!

[MoonCat]

Waits for Mooncat.

*Prepares sneak attack kiss*

You fail your stealth check. I hug you and dart away before I manage to kiss me. Stalker. :smalltongue:

[LaZodiac]

It begins. The greatest kiss war of our time...

I hope I'm involved :smallbiggrin::smallwink::smalltongue:

[Eon]

You fail your stealth check. I hug you and dart away before I manage to kiss me. Stalker. :smalltongue:

Dang. Shoulda used my lucky die.

I'll just hide and wait until my next opportunity... :smallamused:

And it's not stalking if I was here first! Not really, but y'know...

[MoonCat]

E? I like that. Makes me sound like I'm in James Bond or something.

I was in a rush and didn't feel like spelling out your whole name (which also meant I'd have had to go and check too)


I hope I'm involved :smallbiggrin::smallwink::smalltongue:

I'll protect you from any stray kisses. They're dangerous!


Dang. Shoulda used my lucky die.

I'll just hide and wait until my next opportunity... :smallamused:

And it's not stalking if I was here first! Not really, but y'know...

I'm on my guard Bandil!

Hey, shouldn't the other threads be linked to?

[ZombyWoof]

In a rush? :smallconfused:

[MoonCat]

In a rush? :smallconfused:

Ninja train was getting it's coal loaded, I didn't want to miss anything.

[AsteriskAmp]

That's called stalking, my friend :smallwink:
That's not actually stalking... I bet people were expecting an ironic remark here...

It begins. The greatest kiss war of our time...
And so speculative fan fiction returns again to the Random Banter Thread [said in your favourite narrator's voice]

[Eon]

I'll protect you from any stray kisses. They're dangerous!



I'm on my guard Bandil!

Hey, shouldn't the other threads be linked to?

Oooh... New and clever way to achieve Moon kisses...



Oh really? You'll see... You'll see... MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA
*Kisses*

[Eruantion]

Hey, shouldn't the other threads be linked to?

Aw, geez :smalltongue: hold on...

EDIT: Is there an easy way to do this..?

[MoonCat]

Oooh... New and clever way to achieve Moon kisses...



Oh really? You'll see... You'll see... MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA
*Kisses*

You twisted my noble intentions to protect LaLa from evils! What monster are you!?!?

Oh look. I seem to have weighted your die so it always lands on a one.

[AsteriskAmp]

Hehehe



So... Now to eliminate the competition Have a healthy attitude towards the scenario.... :smalltongue:
Now to wait.

[MoonCat]

Now to wait.

So, who is #4? I can't remember.

[ZombyWoof]

You twisted my noble intentions to protect LaLa from evils! What monster are you!?!?
LaLa is an evil.

[MoonCat]

LaLa is an evil.

Meanie. :smalltongue:

[LaZodiac]

How am I an evil, Woof?

[CynicalAvocado]

ooh shiney new thread needs shiney new thread music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooiEf8GqMJs)

[Eon]

You twisted my noble intentions to protect LaLa from evils! What monster are you!?!?

Oh look. I seem to have weighted your die so it always lands on a one.

Not a monster, just creative. :smallfrown::smallfrown:


:smallfrown::smallfrown:

[MoonCat]

Not a monster, just creative. :smallfrown::smallfrown:


:smallfrown::smallfrown:

:smallfrown:

[Eon]

:smallfrown:

*Gives up on kissing, seeing as Mooncat seems to be avoiding it*
*Secretly plots to gain bonuses, nullifying the natural 1's*

[Amiel]

What? Portal 2 totally has replay value! You replay it just for the dialogue.
But yes, it would be better if longer. Also the difficulty curve is a little out of whack and you know what I wrote a whole blog post (http://ralphpocketwatch.blogspot.com/2011/05/now-youre-thinking-with-portals.html) about this.

If only there were multiple solutions to each particular puzzle, that would've extended the lifespan of the game considerably; but you're right, you do play it for the dialogue.


Yeah, I guess. Heaven's Light grates on my nerves for the little kids emotions, and the fact that I have to wait through it before I get to listen to Frollo sing about lust while baring his soul to a fireplace. I suppose it would seem much better without Hellfire on it's tail, but not to much better, IMO.

In terms of enabling people to break out into song, nothing beats "I'll Make a Man Out of You".


Moaning Mertyl was a character who was charactarized by her a) mudblood status, b) the fact that she died and haunts a toiler, and c) cries a lot.

And was played by a beautiful 45-year old; if I look that well-preserved when I'm 45, I'll definitely be pleased.


A life-long spiral of let-downs that would make lesser men cry tears of joy. Tears. From the shock of it all.

It sounds like it's definitely time to watch Tengen Toppa Gurren Langann, and turn those tears of joy into tears of awesome.


Indubitably. Forever.

Bold.

How bold; I salute you

Japanese mummies, maybe, but the history of the larder? And actually, your thing sounds interesting?

The two feature an intertwinning history; this brought the Engima of Amigara Fault into existence.


South Americas's south is Chile and Argentina, their extreme souths are called desserts and have had little population density for a long time by virtue of being rather deadly.

Africa is Africa and I doubt Australia is that far down the south.

Everything is extreme over here; especially winter. It's meant to be cold at the moment, given the season, but it only brought us closer to the Sun.

[ZombyWoof]

Get Castaras back in here I enjoy talking to her.

[Eruantion]

Not a monster, just creative. :smallfrown::smallfrown:


:smallfrown::smallfrown:


:smallfrown:

...
Hey, hugs for everybody! <hugs for everybody>

[MoonCat]

In terms of enabling people to break out into song, nothing beats "I'll Make a Man Out of You".

Big time. Back at Former Dream School we'd break out into song randomly sometimes, often with that one. If anyone had it playing we'd be singing along.


...
Hey, hugs for everybody! <hugs for everybody>

<hugs>!

[Eon]

Big time. Back at Former Dream School we'd break out into song randomly sometimes, often with that one. If anyone had it playing we'd be singing along.



<hugs>!

<Hugs!> back

[Amiel]

Big time. Back at Former Dream School we'd break out into song randomly sometimes, often with that one. If anyone had it playing we'd be singing along.
Ah, nostalgia and Disney.
Where did it all go wrong, Disney, why do you favour and support such insipid, uninspired and inane shows as High School Musical, the Hannah Montana Show and the Jonas Brothers? :smallfrown:

[LaZodiac]

Get Castaras back in here I enjoy talking to her.

Sorry that I'm not interesting Woof. I do my best :smallwink:

[MoonCat]

Ah, nostalgia and Disney.
Where did it all go wrong, Disney, why do you favour and support such insipid, uninspired and inane shows as High School Musical, the Hannah Montana Show and the Jonas Brothers? :smallfrown:

Not that I liked Disney movies at the best of times. But the music is always pretty cool.


<Hugs!> back

<hugs>

[Eruantion]

Sorry that I'm not interesting Woof. I do my best :smallwink:
I think you're plenty interesting. I never see much of Castaras, nor have I ever spoken with her.

<hugs>

Hugs make everything better!

[Pheehelm]

Even broken ribs?

[Eruantion]

Especially broken ribs.

[Amiel]

Not that I liked Disney movies at the best of times. But the music is always pretty cool.
Tangled was pretty good; certainly better than expected.

I, too, watch Disney movies for the music.

[CynicalAvocado]

If only there were multiple solutions to each particular puzzle, that would've extended the lifespan of the game considerably; but you're right, you do play it for the dialogue.


the turret quotes were among my favorites
"Whoa! What just happened? I can't see a thing! Better open fire."
*Click-clickclick-click*
"Dang..."



In terms of enabling people to break out into song, nothing beats "I'll Make a Man Out of You".


i beg to differ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWkTlSJ0CDg)

[MoonCat]

Tangled was pretty good; certainly better than expected.

I, too, watch Disney movies for the music.

Yeah, Tangled was good. But some just annoy me.

[Blue Ghost]

Figures. I leave for an hour and miss hugging threesomes, shipping, and talk of Luna and me.


Maybe someday, everyone will get memory lose and you can see me rejoin the forums again. Alternatively, give me a hug Blue :smallwink:
*hug!* :smallsmile:

You weren't? When did you begin RB posting?
The day I got my braces off. Which was… Sometime in April, I believe. I had come up here a few times before that, mostly whenever Je dit Viola was also here. My infatuation for that girl knew no bounds… :smallredface::smallsigh:

Also, something tells me Blue Ghost would be much more accomidating of something like that
You know me. :smallsmile:

[MoonCat]

My infatuation for that girl knew no bounds… :smallredface::smallsigh:

Jealousy fggh

[Blue Ghost]

Jealousy fggh

Seriously? :smallredface:
... Awkwardness.

[Eruantion]

The day I got my braces off. Which was… Sometime in April, I believe. I had come up here a few times before that, mostly whenever Je dit Viola was also here. My infatuation for that girl knew no bounds… :smallredface::smallsigh:

That recently? It seems like you've been around longer than that.. Where did you post before?

[Pheehelm]

Especially broken ribs.Oh, that is so cool. Hold still; I gotta see this for myself.

*starts rooting around for sledgehammer while whistling cheerily*

[Blue Ghost]

That recently? It seems like you've been around longer than that.. Where did you post before?

Silly Message Board Games, mostly. It's still my favorite place, beside Random Banter.

[Amiel]

Yeah, Tangled was good. But some just annoy me.

Which ones, MoonCat?

Unfortunately, many of the earlier movies were made in an era where the sensibilities of that era influenced a lot of the film content.

[LaZodiac]

I'm a big sucker for Tron and Nightmare Before Christmas, myself.

[MoonCat]

Seriously? :smallredface:
... Awkwardness.

No, not really.


Which ones, MoonCat?

Unfortunately, many of the earlier movies were made in an era where the sensibilities of that era influenced a lot of the film content.

Snow White, Little Mermaid, Cinderella, Aladdin, Dumbo, Bambi, Alice in Wonderland, Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty... All of the cutsey ones. Most of the princess movies. Actually, you might say they all annoy me and I just like a few of the songs, with small exceptions.

ION: Guys. Guys. Watch this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w).

[BladeofOblivion]

Snow White, Little Mermaid, Cinderella, Aladdin, Dumbo, Bambi, Alice in Wonderland, Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty... All of the cutsey ones. Most of the princess movies. Actually, you might say they all annoy me and I just like a few of the songs, with small exceptions.

ION: Guys. Guys. Watch this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w).

Hey, I liked Aladdin! If only because Jafar's actually decently scary as far as villains go.

[Eruantion]

No, not really.

ION: Guys. Guys. Watch this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w).

Really? Cause I'm kind of picking up on something there. :smallwink:

Pffft. I knew about OK Go before they were cool... :smallcool:
I really did, but I didn't much care for them :smalltongue: there goes my hipster cred.

[Blue Ghost]

Hey, I liked Aladdin! If only because Jafar's actually decently scary as far as villains go.

I am a Jafar fanboy.

[aart lover]

to be honest, pretty much all the cutesy disney movies annoy me. but that might just be because i'm a teenage guy -_- like of anime+like of guns= nooooo more room for cutesy disney movies >_> . that being said, i AM still a fan of Aladdin :smallbiggrin:

[CynicalAvocado]

ION: Guys. Guys. Watch this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w).

i prefer the ghillie suited marching band version tbh.

and when they played on the colbert report with the all colbert chorus

[MoonCat]

Really? Cause I'm kind of picking up on something there. :smallwink:

Pffft. I knew about OK Go before they were cool... :smallcool:
I really did, but I didn't much care for them :smalltongue: there goes my hipster cred.

Must be a messed up signal. It's seeing things.

Who's OK Go?


I am a Jafar fanboy.

Why? He's not even sexy! And that's the only thing that matters in a villain! :smalltongue:

[Amiel]

I'm a big sucker for Tron and Nightmare Before Christmas, myself.

Which Tron, LaZodiac? The legacy one or that camp 80's(?) film?


Snow White, Little Mermaid, Cinderella, Aladdin, Dumbo, Bambi, Alice in Wonderland, Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty... All of the cutsey ones. Most of the princess movies. Actually, you might say they all annoy me and I just like a few of the songs, with small exceptions.

Ah; Disney do like adhering to cliches and stereotypes; although they were bold enough to make the Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Aladdin was good as a movie, although the genie was far too camp.

[MoonCat]

Ah; Disney do like adhering to cliches and stereotypes; although they were bold enough to make the Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Aladdin was good as a movie, although the genie was far too camp.

HoND was awesome, but I can't tell if it's just from the amazing songs (Outcasts, Hellfire) or whether I actually like it.

[Blue Ghost]

Why? He's not even sexy! And that's the only thing that matters in a villain! :smalltongue:

I don't know what you're talking about. :smalltongue:


HoND was awesome, but I can't tell if it's just from the amazing songs (Outcasts, Hellfire) or whether I actually like it.

The movie was awesome.

[Eruantion]

Must be a messed up signal. It's seeing things.

Who's OK Go?


No, it's too late. I'm shipping you guys now. BlueCat ftw :smallwink:

definitely the band in the video you just linked :smallbiggrin:

[ZombyWoof]

Ah; Disney do like adhering to cliches and stereotypes; although they were bold enough to make the Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Aladdin was good as a movie, although the genie was far too camp.
How dare you dis Robin Williams :smallmad:

EDIT: I strongly suspect BlueCat will be an upcoming forum couple.

[Amiel]

HoND was awesome, but I can't tell if it's just from the amazing songs (Outcasts, Hellfire) or whether I actually like it.

Nice :)

Disney unfortunately focus on a certain cohort; it'd be excellent indeed if they made a Disney movie in a similar vein as HoND.


How dare you dis Robin Williams :smallmad:
Not dissing the Man, rather the genie.

[MoonCat]

I don't know what you're talking about. :smalltongue:

The movie was awesome.

Frollo is sexy, Gothel is sexy, Snape is sexy, Bellatrix is sexy. The awesome villains are sexy. (And I'm counting Snape, even though he isn't.) Jafar? NO. He is stupid!

Yup. I didn't like the gargoyles though. But I suppose there needs to be something for the little kids to understand.


No, it's too late. I'm shipping you guys now. BlueCat ftw :smallwink:

definitely the band in the video you just linked :smallbiggrin:

<facepalm><headdesk> Breaks fingers when I smash them on the desk by accident.

I had it muted and was listening to a Monty Python oratorio.


EDIT: I strongly suspect BlueCat will be an upcoming forum couple.

Why...what...how...who...what..when..what..how..wh at...you..what?

[Blue Ghost]

How dare you dis Robin Williams :smallmad:

EDIT: I strongly suspect BlueCat will be an upcoming forum couple.

It's a possibility. However, there is this issue. I kinda magically bound myself to an eternal vigil for Viola, and I'm unable to break the spell until she comes back. So that might put a damper on things.


Frollo is sexy, Gothel is sexy, Snape is sexy, Bellatrix is sexy. The awesome villains are sexy. (And I'm counting Snape, even though he isn't.) Jafar? NO. He is stupid!


:smallfrown::smallfrown::smallfrown:

[Amiel]

This is tangential to everything;
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/265174_10150307506396515_645211514_9240446_1365879 _n.

[BladeofOblivion]

Frollo is sexy, Gothel is sexy, Snape is sexy, Bellatrix is sexy. The awesome villains are sexy. (And I'm counting Snape, even though he isn't.) Jafar? NO. He is stupid!

Yup. I didn't like the gargoyles though. But I suppose there needs to be something for the little kids to understand.



<facepalm><headdesk> Breaks fingers when I smash them on the desk by accident.

I had it muted and was listening to a Monty Python oratorio.

These two statements bother me in the extreme. :smalleek:

Though that may have to do partially with the fact that I am a straight male. :smalltongue:

[MoonCat]

These two statements bother me in the extreme. :smalleek:

Though that may have to do partially with the fact that I am a straight male. :smalltongue:

Yeah, that might affect your view. But we can agree, Mother Gothel is HOT, no?

[Blue Ghost]

These two statements bother me in the extreme. :smalleek:

Though that may have to do partially with the fact that I am a straight male. :smalltongue:

I think villains go by a different definition of sexy than other people. Of course, I don't really have a conception of sexy.

[Eruantion]

Frollo is sexy, Gothel is sexy, Snape is sexy, Bellatrix is sexy. The awesome villains are sexy. (And I'm counting Snape, even though he isn't.) Jafar? NO. He is stupid!

Yup. I didn't like the gargoyles though. But I suppose there needs to be something for the little kids to understand.



<facepalm><headdesk> Breaks fingers when I smash them on the desk by accident.

I had it muted and was listening to a Monty Python oratorio.



Why...what...how...who...what..when..what..how..wh at...you..what?
Sauron and Saruman are sexy, in their own ways.

Self-mutilation won't stop it from happening. You guys should mix your avatars for Fusion week, so you can have matching ones. I can make them, it'll be adorable.

Ah, okay

Haha, soon the entire Playground will succumb to my shipping powers! >:D Look, BlueCat is already catching on.

Anyway, I'm off to bed. It's after 1 here on the East Coast.

[Amiel]

I think villains go by a different definition of sexy than other people. Of course, I don't really have a conception of sexy.

Emma Watson.

[CynicalAvocado]

guess what i did today you guise :D

[Pheehelm]

Started talking to your wardrobe?

[LaZodiac]

Which Tron, LaZodiac? The legacy one or that camp 80's(?) film?

Both have their good and bad parts.


EDIT: I strongly suspect BlueCat will be an upcoming forum couple.

Got any idea if I'll get a couple some day? Just kidding :smalltongue:

[ZombyWoof]

It's a possibility. However, there is this issue. I kinda magically bound myself to an eternal vigil for Viola, and I'm unable to break the spell until she comes back. So that might put a damper on things.

It's a lonely life you live, and you live this life alone.

Emma Watson.

Ehhhh...

Ellen Page

(mmmmmmmm)

[MoonCat]

Self-mutilation won't stop it from happening. You guys should mix your avatars for Fusion week, so you can have matching ones. I can make them, it'll be adorable.

Ah, okay

Haha, soon the entire Playground will succumb to my shipping powers! >:D Look, BlueCat is already catching on.

Anyway, I'm off to bed. It's after 1 here on the East Coast.

I'm already fusing with Harnel. Pink Hared August is helping us go through with it by making the avatar.

No BlueCat! Blue belongs to Viola, whoever she is.

Nighty night!


Emma Watson.

Eh. Not to me.


guess what i did today you guise :D

Ate a boa constrictor

[AsteriskAmp]

to be honest, pretty much all the cutesy disney movies annoy me. but that might just be because i'm a teenage guy -_- like of anime+like of guns= nooooo more room for cutesy disney movies >_> . that being said, i AM still a fan of Aladdin :smallbiggrin:
I'm a "teenage guy" and I like anime + cute thing= a lot of room for spending time with younger sisters seeing disney movies and their "teen" soap operas and female cousins watching shoujou and josei anime and reading manga (and since I get to see "teen" soap operas with my sisters [online] I'm weeks ahead of them in plot [tv], so I get ranked as a diviner somehow without even understanding the slightest hint of what is going on).



Why? He's not even sexy! And that's the only thing that matters in a villain! :smalltongue:
You forgot about charm.


I'm already fusing with Harnel. Pink Hared August is helping us go through with it by making the avatar.

No BlueCat! Blue belongs to Viola, whoever she is.

It now sounds like I was a minister or something and the ring was the avatar. and Blue Ghost was the engaged guy who went into the wedding saying "I oppose this union!" and .... I really can't make a movie reference here (damn "it's complicated") So apparently Mooncat has no "most probable suitor" now.

[Eruantion]

I'm already fusing with Harnel. Pink Hared August is helping us go through with it by making the avatar.

No BlueCat! Blue belongs to Viola, whoever she is.

Nighty night!


Ate a boa constrictor
Viola is gone for a few years in South America. I'm afraid she'll be Daisy to Blue's Gatsby should she ever return.

Talk to youse tomorrow!

From the inside!

[Blue Ghost]

Got any idea if I'll get a couple some day? Just kidding :smalltongue:

'Course you will.


It's a lonely life you live, and you live this life alone.


Meh. I like it this way.


I'm already fusing with Harnel. Pink Hared August is helping us go through with it by making the avatar.

No BlueCat! Blue belongs to Viola, whoever she is.


Again, you need to meet Viola.
I am rather fond of these one-sided pairings. Blame Peanuts.


You forgot about charm.

The two are synonymous.


Viola is gone for a few years in South America. I'm afraid she'll be Daisy to Blue's Gatsby should she ever return.


She'll be the Little Red-Haired Girl to my Charlie Brown, just like she always was.

What, everyone's leaving now? But this is the best part! :smallfrown:

[Pheehelm]

Guess we just need to find a little red-haired girl for you to -- oh hey!

[Blue Ghost]

Guess we just need to find a little red-haired girl for you to -- oh hey!

Exactly. :smallwink:

Well, I guess I have to go too. Good night, all.

[MoonCat]

You forgot about charm.

Yes. Although those two often go hand in hand (not me though, usually. I don't think anyone could call Frollo charming).


From the inside!

Hell yes!


Again, you need to meet Viola.
I am rather fond of these one-sided pairings. Blame Peanuts.

The two are synonymous

What, everyone's leaving now? But this is the best part! :smallfrown:

I look forward to meeting her.

Not always.

I don't have to go yet!

[Eruantion]

Hell yes!
That would be legit. Avocado, anything you did today can't live up to that. I'm sorry. But I'll pretend to be interested anyway. :smallwink:


She'll be the Little Red-Haired Girl to my Charlie Brown, just like she always was.

What, everyone's leaving now? But this is the best part! :smallfrown:

Eh, Gatsby's more romantic. Holding out your arms to a green light- so close you can almost touch it... and yet intangible all the same.

Okay, for real, I'm going to bed. Now.

[AsteriskAmp]

The two are synonymous.

What, everyone's leaving now? But this is the best part! :smallfrown:
Not really, one is related to style and "gusto", the other is related to attractiveness.

So you said and yet you left immediately afterwards.

[CynicalAvocado]

Ate a boa constrictor

nah. the last snake i ate was a rattlesnake. too bony

i finally managed to get rid of el diablo, the 7 foot bush of poison ivy that was growing on the stump of an old weeping willow

[MoonCat]

Not really, one is related to style and "gusto", the other is related to attractiveness.

So you said and yet you left immediately afterwards.

Sexy isn't always related to attractive.

[AsteriskAmp]

Sexy isn't always related to attractive.

Most of the time and at least in one definition. Though charming is as well related it lacks the sexual descriptor before it.
And according to the Oxford Dictionary (as official as you get)

Sexy
adjective (sexier, sexiest)
1 sexually attractive or exciting:
sexy French underwear
sexually aroused:
neither of them was feeling sexy
2 informal very exciting or appealing:
business magazines might not seem like the sexiest career choice


Charming
adjective
very pleasant or attractive:
a charming country cottage
(of a person or their manner) very polite, friendly, and likeable:
he was a charming, affectionate colleague

Good night.

[Blue Ghost]

Eh, Gatsby's more romantic. Holding out your arms to a green light- so close you can almost touch it... and yet intangible all the same.

Okay, for real, I'm going to bed. Now.

I dislike Gatsby. I'm trying to forget about him, and mostly succeeding.


Not really, one is related to style and "gusto", the other is related to attractiveness.

So you said and yet you left immediately afterwards.

Clarification: For villains, the two are synonymous.

... Okay, I'm going to bed for reals now too. I think.

[MoonCat]

Most of the time.
And according to the Oxford Dictionary (as official as you get)

Not for me. Brains. and personality. Though I suppose in that sense of the word, yes, I'm attracted to them. but not looks, not really.

[AsteriskAmp]

Not for me. Brains. and personality. Though I suppose in that sense of the word, yes, I'm attracted to them. but not looks, not really.

I would try to find a study partially disproving the posibility of the negation even being absolutely possible even to the subconcious level, but Morfeo has finally sailed over me and 'till Apollo reaches to me and tugs me away from the sweet embrace of sleep I'll do no such thing.
________________________________
and the RB will have moved way beyond this topic so you win. : )

Respectfully Pink-Haired August

[Eon]

Not for me. Brains. and personality. Though I suppose in that sense of the word, yes, I'm attracted to them. but not looks, not really.

Wait... So if I didn't randomly ruin your days/nights/wasn't a complete jerk I would have somewhat of a chance. Sweet... :smallwink:

[MoonCat]

Wait... So if I didn't randomly ruin your days/nights/wasn't a complete jerk I would have somewhat of a chance. Sweet... :smallwink:

Well, you haven't been doing any of that. And you aren't a jerk!

[Eon]

Well, you haven't been doing any of that. And you aren't a jerk!


But now I'm sad. :smallfrown::smallfrown::smallfrown:

:smalleek:

[CynicalAvocado]

damn you color blue, stop making me hurt my eyes by forcing me to focus on you:smallannoyed::smallmad::smallfurious:

[LaZodiac]

I'm sorry CynicalAvocado, I had to do this. Bluebluebluuuue.

Blue is a shockingly nice colour, actually. I prefer Red, but Blue is nice sometimes.

[CynicalAvocado]

I'm sorry CynicalAvocado, I had to do this. Bluebluebluuuue.

Blue is a shockingly nice colour, actually. I prefer Red, but Blue is nice sometimes.

well, blue in itse'f is nice but when it's in led form, like the display on my clock.... it seems like it's perpetually blur thirty

[Rawhide]

well, blue in itse'f is nice but when it's in led form, like the display on my clock.... it seems like it's perpetually blur thirty

Bluebluebluegreenorange. (http://www.lawrence-najjar.com/papers/Using_color_effectively.html)


The reason for not using saturated blue for text, thin lines, and high resolution information is simple. The eye is not designed to see it clearly.

The lens absorbs some of the light that is transmitted through it. In fact, the lens absorbs almost twice as much light in the blue region of the color spectrum as in the yellow and red regions (Murch, 1983). This problem increases with age because the lens gradually yellows and filters out the shorter wavelengths of light, such as blue.

To focus light onto the retina, small muscles in the eye change the thickness and thinness of the lens. When these muscles are relaxed, the lens focuses middle wavelength light, such as yellow and green, on the retina. To focus long wavelength light, the muscles make the lens thicker. To focus short wavelength light, like blue, the muscles must make the lens thinner. Saturated blue, however, has such a short wavelength that the lens simply cannot be made thin enough to focus it on the retina. Instead, the wavelengths that produce saturated blue focus in front of the retina (Murch, 1984c). This means that small, saturated blue objects, like text, always appear blurry to us.

The non-uniform distribution of photopigments among the cones in the retina is biased against blue. About 64% of the cones contain "red" photopigment, 32% contain "green," and only about 2% contain "blue" (Murch, 1983). In fact, the center of the retina, where the lens focuses incoming wavelengths, has almost no cones with "blue" photopigment (Murch, 1984c; Human Factors Society, 1988). This means that we cannot focus on small, saturated, blue objects -- like text.

The opponent color theory also explains why we have trouble perceiving small, saturated blue objects. In the opponent color theory, opponent colors are red-green and blue-yellow. Brightness information is transmitted using inputs from the red and green cones. So blue is not involved in transmitting brightness information. This means that the eye has difficulty perceiving differences in the brightness of saturated blue objects. Since brightness differences help the eye to focus on objects, the edges of saturated blue objects will be perceived as blurry (Murch, 1983).

So, don't use saturated blue for text or other small objects. Instead, depending on the background, use black, white, and gray because the eye can focus best on these colors (Murch, 1984a).

[Borgh]

*wakes up*
*showers*
*breakfast*
* checks Giantitp HOLY GLUBFUBLG FOUR PAGES NEW RB*

ION: I slept well last night! that is something worthy of coffee!

[grimbold]

i find red to be more shocking than blue...

[Heliomance]

Curses!
Still, maybe you can swing by Oxford some time then if your cousin's on the committee at - oh. Was your cousin a Finalist this year?
Well, I wish your cousin luck in his or her exams.

I misspoke. Running the lighting, not running the ball itself. She and I are both Southampton-based in the normal order of things.


i beg to differ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWkTlSJ0CDg)

I loathe and despise you. I will destroy you and everything that you stand for.

I realise that I'm late to the party, but you grew 8 pages overnight. Where do I stand in the forum pecking order? I have this constant paranoia that I'm an irrelevant poster and if I were to vanish no-one would notice :P

[Rawhide]

Who are you again?

[Heliomance]

You wound me. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrZHPOeOxQQ)

[Rawhide]

I could never! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X_ViIPA-Gc)

[Worira]

I'm curious how much space the Random Banter threads would take up in total, if published in hard copy. Obviously it would depend on things like formatting and whether signatures, etc. were included.

[Dallas-Dakota]

So there's a zombie walk in Amsterdam tomorrow and I've been invited by a couple of people I know.
And I can't go because the train is too expensive, damn you, expensive public transport!

[I'm da Rogue!]

So there's a zombie walk in Amsterdam tomorrow and I've been invited by a couple of people I know.
And I can't go because the train is too expensive, damn you, expensive public transport!

I've played the zombie in a horror movie. :smalltongue:

[Serpentine]

I realise that I'm late to the party, but you grew 8 pages overnight. Where do I stand in the forum pecking order? I have this constant paranoia that I'm an irrelevant poster and if I were to vanish no-one would notice :PIonno, one of the generally benign mass? That's... that's meant to be a good thing <.<

I've played the zombie in a horror movie. :smalltongue:Wait, like... a real one? Distributed and stuff?
My Boy was in a home-made (for an assignment, maybe?) zombie movie as a victim/villain. I should make him put it on YouTube... So far there's just him dancing around in his underwear on there.

[I'm da Rogue!]

Wait, like... a real one? Distributed and stuff?
My Boy was in a home-made (for an assignment, maybe?) zombie movie as a victim/villain. I should make him put it on YouTube... So far there's just him dancing around in his underwear on there.

Well, it was in the cinemas. I'd still call it a B-movie, it has a lot of funny scenes.
We didn't get payed, we did it for the lulz. (zombie volunteers)

Trailer of greek zombie movie :smalltongue: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbcrPwkQf9g&feature=related)

edited: trailer with english subs

[Teddy]

:smalleek:
You're mad! Do you know that, banterists, you're all stark raving mad!
...
And awesome! :smallbiggrin:

[Serpentine]

Well, it was in the cinemas. I'd still call it a B-movie, it has a lot of funny scenes.
We didn't get payed, we did it for the lulz. (zombie volunteers)

Trailer of greek zombie movie :smalltongue: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbcrPwkQf9g&feature=related)

edited: trailer with english subsHa! It looks terrible. Brilliant! :smallbiggrin: How would I go about acquiring a copy?

[CynicalAvocado]

:smalleek:
You're mad! Do you know that, banterists, you're all stark raving mad!
...
And awesome! :smallbiggrin:

[christopher walken voice]
you've... just noticed this?
[/christopher walken voice]

[I'm da Rogue!]

Terrible or not, it got 6/10 in IMDB! (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1314242/)

Hmmm... I think you can find it in torrent sites, with the english subs and all.
Unless piracy is illegal and you want to buy it.

trivia:

All of the actors volunteered and didn't take any money.

All of the zombies where amateurs and volunteers.

[Serpentine]

Is there anywhere legal to get it?

edit: Aw, you're not listed in the cast :smallfrown: Also: Wait, Billy Zane was in it?! He's, like, a real actor! :smalleek:

[I'm da Rogue!]

Yep, but the price is about 20 euros...:smalleek:

Also:

All the main actors are professional actors.

Billy Zane is the star of this movie.:smallcool:

Half of the plot takes place in ancient Greece, the other half in modern Athens (with 2.500 years flashbacks).

The movie is in greek, part of it in ancient greek. The humour is universal.:smallsmile:


here is the site (http://www.tokako.gr/)

When you enter you hear a man saying

"Τί στον κόρακα συμβαίνει εις ταύτην γαμοκλόπον πόλιν;"
(ancient greek:what the hell is going on in this f***ing city-state?)

[grimbold]

So there's a zombie walk in Amsterdam tomorrow and I've been invited by a couple of people I know.
And I can't go because the train is too expensive, damn you, expensive public transport!

oh i have wanted to do one of those for a while
maybe the next one in paris...

[Teddy]

[christopher walken voice]
you've... just noticed this?
[/christopher walken voice]

No, but this was a perfect opportunity to tell you so. :smallwink:

ION:
I installed the content on the drivers disc on my computer, and the scroll button is finally working again. I'm overjoyed! :3

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

On the subject of 'Regulars', it amuses me that RB has changed almost completely in composition since I started posting in it.
With the infrequency of my posts, I'm not sure that I would register myself as a so-called Regular, but I remember at least half of the most regular RBers first joining. What does that say about me?

ION:
I have returned to a certain Sussex by the sea.
I now have no idea what to do with myself whatsoever.

A highlight of my return journey was a sign in Wiltshire advertising a "HOUSES ON FIRE SALE".

[Borgh]

A highlight of my return journey was a sign in Wiltshire advertising a "HOUSES ON FIRE SALE".

Sounds like a excellent moment to sell them.

[LaZodiac]

ION: I slept well last night! that is something worthy of coffee!

Did you have any dreams?

Because I slepped well last night, but I had a dream that kinda ruined it X_X

[Thufir]

Blargh. Why is the old thread locked? Now I have to reconstruct quotes by hand.


I used to make the distinction between newbies, regulars, and the Playground elite, but that was only when I was a relative newbie. After rising through the ranks, I've realized that the distinction is an illusion. There is no "upper class" here, just Playgrounders.

Oh no, it's not like a status thing, but there is a distinction. The Old Guard have been here for years, they have a bunch of shared experiences and inside jokes and so on. Also they're really recognisable.


I'm just a guy that used to browse these forums a lot, but I lost interest. I check the forums every once in a while and each time there are different people who are "popular" or "regulars."

If you looked in RB in the past couple of years I will have been here. Also probably Curly.


Aw, geez :smalltongue: hold on...

EDIT: Is there an easy way to do this..?

Well, what you should have done is quoted the OP of the last thread to make the OP of this thread, and then just added the link for the last thread. Of course now you can't do that because it's locked for some reason, so you either have to do it all by hand, or I guess you could ask Rawhide nicely? Or you could go back to the last unlocked RB thread, quote it from there and just add the subsequent links.
But however you do it, those links must be reinstated. You've been here a while, you should know how this works. :smallannoyed:


Frollo is sexy, Gothel is sexy, Snape is sexy, Bellatrix is sexy. The awesome villains are sexy. (And I'm counting Snape, even though he isn't.) Jafar? NO. He is stupid!

Massive no. For one thing, Jafar may not be sexy, but he's sexier than Snape.
Secondly and more to the point, what really makes villains in that sort of mould great isn't sexiness. It's charisma. Style. Force of personality. Presence. A part of you wants to see them triumph, not because it would be a good thing, but because of the way they would do it. And Jafar has that.

There are other things that can make a good villain - as I say, this is just a particular mould of villain.


Why...what...how...who...what..when..what..how..wh at...you..what?

If you will make comments like being jealous at Blue's infatuation for Jeudi, expect such speculation.


Haha, soon the entire Playground will succumb to my shipping powers! >:D

You dare?!
None but the Goddess shall hold the true mastery of shipping in this place.
Also we're not allowed to do any proper shipping any more.


Not for me. Brains. and personality. Though I suppose in that sense of the word, yes, I'm attracted to them. but not looks, not really.

But that's kind of the point. You go for brains and personality. You find them attractive. You find them sexy.


On the subject of 'Regulars', it amuses me that RB has changed almost completely in composition since I started posting in it.

(Emphasis mine) *Waves*


A highlight of my return journey was a sign in Wiltshire advertising a "HOUSES ON FIRE SALE".

A work colleague of Sushi Monster's, on hearing about my student house of last year and the rent I was paying for it, apparently said "£40 a week? Man, that's cheap. Is it on fire?"
(It was not on fire, just in case you're wondering)

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

(Emphasis mine) *Waves*
Hence the "almost" - you, Curly, Ku and Rawhide are still in here (and probably a couple of other occasional contributors). :smallsmile:


A work colleague of Sushi Monster's, on hearing about my student house of last year and the rent I was paying for it, apparently said "£40 a week? Man, that's cheap. Is it on fire?"
(It was not on fire, just in case you're wondering)
For a moment I hoped you could give me the logistical breakdown of buying, living in and selling a conflagrating property.

[Archonic Energy]

Hence the "almost" - you, Curly, Ku and Rawhide are still in here (and probably a couple of other occasional contributors). :smallsmile:


that's just kinda the way it works.

back in my RB days it was Charity, Lilly, Lykan, Scorp, DEATH, Ego, Lucky, Ink, but as they slowed and stopped you find that getting "in" with the "new" group harder till you realise it's been 3 RB threads since you posted anything, then you begin a different cycle...

[Cobalt]

For a moment I hoped you could give me the logistical breakdown of buying, living in and selling a conflagrating property.

One has to be very fast, one assumes. And the insurance would be murder.

[Borgh]

Did you have any dreams?

Because I slepped well last night, but I had a dream that kinda ruined it X_X

No I didn't but then again I rarely do, and if I do they are always vivid, mind-boggeling and almost completely forgotten by the time I wake up.

[AsteriskAmp]

Blargh. Why is the old thread locked? Now I have to reconstruct quotes by hand.
Word helps... a lot.


Oh no, it's not like a status thing, but there is a distinction. The Old Guard have been here for years, they have a bunch of shared experiences and inside jokes and so on. Also they're really recognisable.
Is it really the Old Guard?
There seems to be a split, half of it is extremely active and constantly posts around (which is more akin to regulars, regulars which have been here for years...). The other half seems non-existent until you watch them blink in and out once a year and see references to them in sigs and quotes the rest of the year (Which do sound like an old guard.).


Well, what you should have done is quoted the OP of the last thread to make the OP of this thread, and then just added the link for the last thread. Of course now you can't do that because it's locked for some reason, so you either have to do it all by hand, or I guess you could ask Rawhide nicely? Or you could go back to the last unlocked RB thread, quote it from there and just add the subsequent links.
But however you do it, those links must be reinstated. You've been here a while, you should know how this works. :smallannoyed:
But most of those links are dead anyway!
Though yes, they have to be reinstated.


You dare?!
None but the Goddess shall hold the true mastery of shipping in this place.
Also we're not allowed to do any proper shipping any more.
I'm now very afraid of looking into the shipping threads archive.

Also, doing is allowed... posting,... I don't know.

[Eruantion]

Well, what you should have done is quoted the OP of the last thread to make the OP of this thread, and then just added the link for the last thread. Of course now you can't do that because it's locked for some reason, so you either have to do it all by hand, or I guess you could ask Rawhide nicely? Or you could go back to the last unlocked RB thread, quote it from there and just add the subsequent links.
But however you do it, those links must be reinstated. You've been here a while, you should know how this works. :smallannoyed:

You dare?!
None but the Goddess shall hold the true mastery of shipping in this place.
Also we're not allowed to do any proper shipping any more.

Yeah, I know what I should have done, but when I was making the thread, that painfully obvious fact didn't occur to me. I made a mistake, but it's fixed now, and everybody can be happy again... please..

Oh, really? Forgive me then, I wasn't aware.

[MoonCat]

Massive no. For one thing, Jafar may not be sexy, but he's sexier than Snape.
Secondly and more to the point, what really makes villains in that sort of mould great isn't sexiness. It's charisma. Style. Force of personality. Presence. A part of you wants to see them triumph, not because it would be a good thing, but because of the way they would do it. And Jafar has that.

Isn't! His voice is idiotic, he has no charisma, his plans are stupid, he has no ulterior motive other than POWERPOWERPOWERPOWEROMNOMNOM! **** Jafar. I would be happy if he never existed. And I've never wanted to see him triumph.


If you will make comments like being jealous at Blue's infatuation for Jeudi, expect such speculation.

I was joking!


Originally Posted By Pink Haired August
I'm now very afraid of looking into the shipping threads archive.

Also, doing is allowed... posting,... I don't know.

They exist? I want a link!

[AsteriskAmp]

Isn't! His voice is idiotic, he has no charisma, his plans are stupid, he has no ulterior motive other than POWERPOWERPOWERPOWEROMNOMNOM! **** Jafar. I would be happy if he never existed. And I've never wanted to see him triumph.
He's misunderstood, he wanted power to marry Jasmine, it's creepily romantic.


I was joking!
It's gotten to the point where I can't even distinguish where the line from joke to subconscious to reality starts to blur.
Or if you were joking in relation to being jealous or being able to be jealous at all.

They exist? I want a link!
Let me offer you this jar full of Brain Bleach first...
The Archive (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101722&highlight=Shipping)

[Eruantion]

He's misunderstood, he wanted power to marry Jasmine, it's creepily romantic.


It's gotten to the point where I can't even distinguish where the line from joke to subconscious to reality starts to blur.
Or if you were joking in relation to being jealous or being able to be jealous at all.

Let me offer you this jar full of Brain Bleach first...

I think he wanted to marry her in order to be the sultan, not out of love.

I really have no idea what you just said :smalltongue:

I'll take some, I want to see these threads as well.

[Thufir]

For a moment I hoped you could give me the logistical breakdown of buying, living in and selling a conflagrating property.

Well, if the fire was carefully controlled, I guess you might save money on heating... though this would be offset by the costs of maintaining the burning areas to stop the house collapsing.


Isn't! His voice is idiotic, he has no charisma, his plans are stupid, he has no ulterior motive other than POWERPOWERPOWERPOWEROMNOMNOM! **** Jafar. I would be happy if he never existed. And I've never wanted to see him triumph.

His voice is brilliant, he has charisma in spades, and he doesn't need any other motive. The half-wanting to see them triumph was a comment abotu that mould of villain in general, no specific example.


I was joking!

And?


They exist? I want a link!

Shipping Archive (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101722)

Any of the links in the first few posts there should take you to one of the old threads, except for the first two in the CurlyKitGirl section, which go to the Crush thread of the time, where the idea originated. Oh, and a couple go to detailed archive posts of serials, located elsewhere in the archive thread.


He's misunderstood, he wanted power to marry Jasmine, it's creepily romantic.

What? No! Don't you sully Jafar's ambition with romance.
He wanted to marry Jasmine to get power/consolidate his power, and also because she was desirable.

[AsteriskAmp]

What? No! Don't you sully Jafar's ambition with romance.
He wanted to marry Jasmine to get power/consolidate his power, and also because she was desirable.
No, Jafar is a true romantic, trying to hide his search for love in his search for power, in a society were many male stereotypes prevail Jafar needed to keep a cover to such a misunderstood plan.

[MoonCat]

He's misunderstood, he wanted power to marry Jasmine, it's creepily romantic.

It's gotten to the point where I can't even distinguish where the line from joke to subconscious to reality starts to blur.
Or if you were joking in relation to being jealous or being able to be jealous at all.

Let me offer you this jar full of Brain Bleach first...
The Archive (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101722&highlight=Shipping)

No, he wanted Jasmine for the power. If he got a bare midriff tempestuous Arabic beauty into the deal, all the better.

...You're joking. :smallwink:

Ah, thank you.


His voice is brilliant, he has charisma in spades, and he doesn't need any other motive. The half-wanting to see them triumph was a comment abotu that mould of villain in general, no specific example.

Shipping Archive (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101722)

Any of the links in the first few posts there should take you to one of the old threads, except for the first two in the CurlyKitGirl section, which go to the Crush thread of the time, where the idea originated. Oh, and a couple go to detailed archive posts of serials, located elsewhere in the archive thread.

What? No! Don't you sully Jafar's ambition with romance.
He wanted to marry Jasmine to get power/consolidate his power, and also because she was desirable.

I hate his voice. Thufir, are you a straight male? I just want to know.

And his motive is only power, with possibly sex on the side, as you said. That's just cardboard cutout villain. Stupidstupid, IMO. I like villains to have something refreshing.

But I agree about the triumph thing for good villains. I just don't think Jafar is a good villain.

Thank you as well.

Exactly.

[ZombyWoof]

Also Snape isn't a villain and hasn't been for some time :smallconfused:

[MoonCat]

No, Jafar is a true romantic, trying to hide his search for love in his search for power, in a society were many male stereotypes prevail Jafar needed to keep a cover to such a misunderstood plan.

I can't tell if you're insane or a really good joker August. Awesome.


Also Snape isn't a villain and hasn't been for some time :smallconfused:

No, he isn't. But cut out the last book, and what you have, in our eyes, is a really good villain.

[LaZodiac]

Just a question. In that shipping thread of doom, was Curly and Thufir ever paired? Because that would be kinda funny, wouldn't it :smalltongue:

[AsteriskAmp]

Just a question. In that shipping thread of doom, was Curly and Thufir ever paired? Because that would be kinda funny, wouldn't it :smalltongue:
I would assume so, both gave their permissions (independently I assume) and there are A LOT of stories down there, so odds are it's a yes.

[ZombyWoof]

No, he isn't. But cut out the last book, and what you have, in our eyes, is a really good villain.
Um, no. It was pretty clear he was on Dumbledore's side the whole time, with only book 6 being any indication of the contrary. If he wasn't on dumbledore's side in book 6, then his dual with Harry at the end makes no sense at all, and he's either a massively incompetent and stupid villain (which is a stark contrast to the cold, calculating man he's always been) or he's actually not a villain at all and simply a player in a massive xanatos gambit by Dumbledore.

Examples:

Book 1: He was working against Quirrel the whole time because he believed that Quirrel was attempting to steal the stone.

Book 2: Well he didn't actually do much here.

Book 3: The worst you can accuse him of is holding a childhood grudge. The other option is that he helped the ministry hunt down who everyone thought was a murderer.

Book 4: As soon as he feels the Dark Mark returning, he encourages Karkaroff to stand by Dumbledore's side or flee to try and hide. After the mark returns in force, he selflessly agrees to spy on the Dark Lord.

Book 5: He tries to overcome his hatred and loathing for James Potter by teaching his son ligillimancy and continues spying for the Order of the Phoenix... only refusing to do so when Harry Potter invades his privacy.

Book 6: The first hints that he may be a double agent for Voldemort are spoken in his conversation with a pair of deatheaters who probably have the power to kill him. Then again, his excuses are fairly weak. He does kill Dumbledore, but to be very honest there was no way Dumbledore was going to live and probably suspected that the longer the Death Eaters stayed at the top of the tower, the more likely they were to detect Harry. In addition, he was saving Draco Malfoy the scarring and traumatizing act of committing murder. This is completely ignoring the crap about the "elder wand, the death stick, the wand of DESTINYYYYYYYYY!!!!" in the seventh book. Finally, when Harry and Snape "dual" Snape lets Harry go despite having immense superiority over Harry in the entire dual... choosing not to instead subdue him and bring him before the Dark Lord.

Snape was never a villain and to be very honest, JK Rowling's hamfisted attempts to classify Snape as a villain in her reader's minds were childish and made of failure. The only arguably evil act he committed in the entire series was to kill Dumbledore, something that would have been done by someone else anyways in that exact moment, and in doing so he protected Draco Malfoy's soul (remember that murder causes your soul to split).

[MoonCat]

Um, no. It was pretty clear he was on Dumbledore's side the whole time, with only book 6 being any indication of the contrary. If he wasn't on dumbledore's side in book 6, then his dual with Harry at the end makes no sense at all, and he's either a massively incompetent and stupid villain (which is a stark contrast to the cold, calculating man he's always been) or he's actually not a villain at all and simply a player in a massive xanatos gambit by Dumbledore.

Examples:

Book 1: He was working against Quirrel the whole time because he believed that Quirrel was attempting to steal the stone.

Book 2: Well he didn't actually do much here.

Book 3: The worst you can accuse him of is holding a childhood grudge. The other option is that he helped the ministry hunt down who everyone thought was a murderer.

Book 4: As soon as he feels the Dark Mark returning, he encourages Karkaroff to stand by Dumbledore's side or flee to try and hide. After the mark returns in force, he selflessly agrees to spy on the Dark Lord.

Book 5: He tries to overcome his hatred and loathing for James Potter by teaching his son ligillimancy and continues spying for the Order of the Phoenix... only refusing to do so when Harry Potter invades his privacy.

Book 6: The first hints that he may be a double agent for Voldemort are spoken in his conversation with a pair of deatheaters who probably have the power to kill him. Then again, his excuses are fairly weak. He does kill Dumbledore, but to be very honest there was no way Dumbledore was going to live and probably suspected that the longer the Death Eaters stayed at the top of the tower, the more likely they were to detect Harry. In addition, he was saving Draco Malfoy the scarring and traumatizing act of committing murder. This is completely ignoring the crap about the "elder wand, the death stick, the wand of DESTINYYYYYYYYY!!!!" in the seventh book. Finally, when Harry and Snape "dual" Snape lets Harry go despite having immense superiority over Harry in the entire dual... choosing not to instead subdue him and bring him before the Dark Lord.

Snape was never a villain and to be very honest, JK Rowling's hamfisted attempts to classify Snape as a villain in her reader's minds were childish and made of failure. The only arguably evil act he committed in the entire series was to kill Dumbledore, something that would have been done by someone else anyways in that exact moment, and in doing so he protected Draco Malfoy's soul (remember that murder causes your soul to split).

Yes, okay. So sorry, that came out wrong. For the sixth book and the seventh book up until The Prince's Tale, Snape was awesome villain.

[ZombyWoof]

Again in the sixth book it's pretty clear he's not a villain by the end of it. In his dual with Harry, if he were a villain he would have captured Harry and brought him back to Voldemort. Every other piece of evidence except possibly his killing of Dumbledore was intentionally left vague by Rowling.

I've already explained Dumbledore's death: someone was going to kill him, Snape just made the job faster to a) protect Malfoy's soul, b) protect his skin (if someone else killed him, Snape might have died due to the unbreakable bond), and c) get the deatheaters off the roof so Harry can escape.

[Blue Ghost]

Unfortunately, the Shipping archive doesn't go to the last thread (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=146308), which was when I joined. Ah, Shipping, how I miss thee.

[Thufir]

No, Jafar is a true romantic, trying to hide his search for love in his search for power, in a society were many male stereotypes prevail Jafar needed to keep a cover to such a misunderstood plan.

What?
Seriously, he's so much less cool like that.


I hate his voice. Thufir, are you a straight male? I just want to know.

What does my sexuality have to do with anything?


And his motive is only power, with possibly sex on the side, as you said. That's just cardboard cutout villain. Stupidstupid, IMO. I like villains to have something refreshing.

Like what?
Power is a perfectly reasonable motivation, it's something many people want. And no, that's not cardboard cutout. It's simple, but there's nothing wrong with being simple. He's simply ambitious and ruthless, and that works.


I can't tell if you're insane or a really good joker August.

He can't be both?


Just a question. In that shipping thread of doom, was Curly and Thufir ever paired? Because that would be kinda funny, wouldn't it :smalltongue:

Several times. Also,


Thurly was obvious for years.
Shippers knew it was gonna happen.

I mean, Shipping was one of the two places I really got to know Korly (The other being here).

[absolmorph]

Um, no. It was pretty clear he was on Dumbledore's side the whole time, with only book 6 being any indication of the contrary. If he wasn't on dumbledore's side in book 6, then his dual with Harry at the end makes no sense at all, and he's either a massively incompetent and stupid villain (which is a stark contrast to the cold, calculating man he's always been) or he's actually not a villain at all and simply a player in a massive xanatos gambit by Dumbledore.

Examples:
-snip-

Snape was never a villain and to be very honest, JK Rowling's hamfisted attempts to classify Snape as a villain in her reader's minds were childish and made of failure. The only arguably evil act he committed in the entire series was to kill Dumbledore, something that would have been done by someone else anyways in that exact moment, and in doing so he protected Draco Malfoy's soul (remember that murder causes your soul to split).
Actually...
Yes, he is still a villainous character in all of those.
In the first book, what he actually did isn't explained at the time and his grudge against James affects how he views and treats Harry for the worse.

In the third book, he continues to work against the main trio even when there is evidence to support Sirius' innocence, because of a childhood grudge. Holding a childhood grudge doesn't sound so bad, until you realize that it would result in Sirius either having his soul ripped from his body or spending more time in a place where his happiness is constantly destroyed.

In the fourth, he continues to be a jerk to Harry because of his grudge against James.

In the fifth, he's petty and refuses to continue the (very important) occlumency lessons with Harry after Harry accidentally looks into Snape's mind.

In the sixth, he kills Dumbledore and leaves Harry alive for Voldemort to kill.

His one really evil act may have been killing Dumbledore, but he's also responsible for Voldemort attacking the Potters at all; recall who told Voldy about the prophecy. Furthermore, the motives behind Snape's action are never explained to the reader until the last book.
While I do agree that he isn't evil, that doesn't disqualify him from being a villain.

[Eruantion]

I can't tell if you're insane or a really good joker August. Awesome.


He can't be both?

Heath Ledger was :smallbiggrin:

[Heliomance]

But that's kind of the point. You go for brains and personality. You find them attractive. You find them sexy.

Is it wrong that I thought of this? (http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2006-10-31)

Thufir, are you a straight male? I just want to know.

As he's currently dating Koorly, I would assume so. I realise that this is not an absolute indication, but it's fairly strong evidence.

[MoonCat]

What does my sexuality have to do with anything?

Like what?
Power is a perfectly reasonable motivation, it's something many people want. And no, that's not cardboard cutout. It's simple, but there's nothing wrong with being simple. He's simply ambitious and ruthless, and that works.

He can't be both?

Well, my idea of awesome voice is audio erotica(ohgod Tony Jay, please narrate my life), so I was wondering if you were straight male, which might mean you have different standards for awesome male voices.

Yes, but I prefer my villains to have a little more, you know? It can be good one time, and then you want something more. I already used the one time I could find a single-minded search for power.

He can. But not in that particular idea involving Jafar and love, right?


Heath Ledger was :smallbiggrin:

Who?

[Eruantion]

Who?

Heath Ledger was both insane and a very good Joker. He played the Joker in The Dark Knight. It was a play on words, y'see.

[MoonCat]

Heath Ledger was both insane and a very good Joker. He played the Joker in The Dark Knight. It was a play on words, y'see.

Joker? Dark Knight?

[Eruantion]

Batman? Please tell me you know who Batman is.

[MoonCat]

Batman? Please tell me you know who Batman is.

I think I've heard the name. Who is he?

[Eruantion]

:smallsigh: I won't even give you the satisfaction.

[MoonCat]

:smallsigh: I won't even give you the satisfaction.

Oh, I see! He's the Stig!

[Eruantion]

Stop trolling, for real Luna. You can't honestly tell me you don't know who Batman is.

[MoonCat]

Stop trolling, for real Luna. You can't honestly tell me you don't know who Batman is.

LaLa is explaining over IM... a comic book character? I'm sorry! I don't pay attention to Comic books!

[LaZodiac]

She's not, Eruantion. She legit does not know who Batman is.

It's horrifying D:

I directed her to read about it on TVTropes though. Should help things.

[MoonCat]

I'm so sorry!

[LaZodiac]

No, no, it's ok MoonCat. It's just shocking, is all. Nothing wrong with not knowing.

[Eruantion]

LaLa is explaining over IM... a comic book character? I'm sorry! I don't pay attention to Comic books!


She's not, Eruantion. She legit does not know who Batman is.

It's horrifying D:

I don't read comic books either, but Batman is right up there with Mickey Mouse as one of the most iconic figures in American pop culture.

'sigh' I'm very sorry I accused you of trolling, Luna. Thank you for clearing things up, LaLa.

This is Batman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman) EDIT: Aw, ninja'd

[MoonCat]

I don't read comic books either, but Batman is right up there with Mickey Mouse as one of the most iconic figures in American pop culture.

'sigh' I'm very sorry I accused you of trolling, Luna. Thank you for clearing things up, LaLa.

This is Batman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman) EDIT: Aw, ninja'd

I hate American pop culture! I didn't know who Mickey Mouse was until a few years ago!

[BladeofOblivion]

LaLa is explaining over IM... a comic book character? I'm sorry! I don't pay attention to Comic books!

*There isn't a Jaw-dropped Smiley.*

:smalleek:

:smallsigh:

I could understand missing a pure comic book character, but Batman's appeared in children's cartoons, more adult cartoons, Hollywood Movies, and just about every other form of media.

Ignoring the short period at age 3 where I insisted that I WAS Batman, I'm not even really much of a fan.

[Eruantion]

I hate American pop culture! I didn't know who Mickey Mouse was until a few years ago!

How could you not? You can't tell me he wasn't plastered all over your friends' backpacks, lunchboxes, and books when you were a kid? Or were you homeschooled?

[MoonCat]

*There isn't a Jaw-dropped Smiley.*

:smalleek:

:smallsigh:

I could understand missing a pure comic book character, but Batman's appeared in children's cartoons, more adult cartoons, Hollywood Movies, and just about every other form of media.

Ignoring the short period at age 3 where I insisted that I WAS Batman, I'm not even really much of a fan.

I don't have a tv! I never got to see children's cartoon! I don't watch many Hollywood movies! I'm sorry!


How could you not? You can't tell me he wasn't plastered all over your friends' backpacks, lunchboxes, and books when you were a kid? Or were you homeschooled?

no! Idiotic Disney Princesses and Strawberry Shortcake were! And Dora the Explorer!

[AsteriskAmp]

I hate American pop culture! I didn't know who Mickey Mouse was until a few years ago!
That's not pop-culture that's actually universal culture, even Japan has a Disney.


How could you not? You can't tell me he wasn't plastered all over your friends' backpacks, lunchboxes, and books when you were a kid? Or were you homeschooled?
Or she could have lived elsewhere for a time.


no! Idiotic Disney Princesses and Strawberry Shortcake were! And Dora the Explorer!
Hey, Strawberry Shortcake is not idiotic...
Was Dora the explorer ever in a lunchbox?
I remember all that Disney princess gig, but Dora?

[Eruantion]

I don't have a tv! I never got to see children's cartoon! I don't watch many Hollywood movies! I'm sorry!



no! Idiotic Disney Princesses and Strawberry Shortcake were! And Dora the Explorer!

Okay, okay, calm down. A TV is pretty instrumental in pop culture nowadays.

There weren't any guys who liked Batman or anyone? Do you know who Superman is? :smalltongue: What sort of pop culture are you interested in? Should I be posting these in your interview thread?

[MoonCat]

That's not pop-culture that's actually universal culture, even Japan has a Disney.

I hated Disney as a kid! I only ever started seeing Disney movies when I was thirteen, and that was out of curiosity!


Okay, okay, calm down. A TV is pretty instrumental in pop culture nowadays.

There weren't any guys who liked Batman or anyone? Do you know who Superman is? :smalltongue: What sort of pop culture are you interested in? Should I be posting these in your interview thread?

The last time I had a tv was when I was six!

No, not that I remember. I do. He's that dude in tights who is basically the beginning of all Superheroes. He has never interested me though, so I haven't ever paid much attention. And I am not a pop culture person! I like British humor from over two decades ago! And music from the similar time! And earlier!

[AsteriskAmp]

I hated Disney as a kid! I only ever started seeing Disney movies when I was thirteen, and that was out of curiosity!

There are parents that don't bombard their kids with Disney?
Heck, mine tried to pull me away from tv when I was young and even they had to resort to Disney on a monthly basis.

[MoonCat]

There are parents that don't bombard their kids with Disney?
Heck, mine tried to pull me away from tv when I was young and even they had to resort to Disney on a monthly basis.

No! We didn't even watch movies! The only movies I saw as a kid for most of my tweens was anything they saw interesting at the cinema, which was about three times a year!

[Eruantion]

I hated Disney as a kid! I only ever started seeing Disney movies when I was thirteen, and that was out of curiosity!



The last time I had a tv was when I was six!

No, not that I remember. I do. He's that dude in tights who is basically the beginning of all Superheroes. He has never interested me though, so I haven't ever paid much attention. And I am not a pop culture person! I like British humor from over two decades ago! And music from the similar time! And earlier!

Okay, that's fine, television sucks anyway. Just stop yelling, please.

All right, okay :smallbiggrin: You mean like classic rock, like the Beatles and such?

[MoonCat]

Okay, that's fine, television sucks anyway. Just stop yelling, please.

All right, okay :smallbiggrin: You mean like classic rock, like the Beatles and such?

I'M NOT YELLING!

Yes. But not only in rock. I have nothing to do with moderness. I WANT TO BE AN ANTHROPOLOGIST!

[AsteriskAmp]

I like British humor from over two decades ago! And music from the similar time! And earlier!
Hey, you sound just like me, only difference being that there is a lack of tv during your childhood.

Okay, that's fine, television sucks anyway. Just stop yelling, please.
Amazon for buying movies and to those lucky citizens of the United States, Netflix for watching them have made the box little else than the screen a necessary peripheral for your gaming console.

[Eruantion]

I'M NOT YELLING!

Yes. But not only in rock. I have nothing to do with moderness. I WANT TO BE AN ANTHROPOLOGIST!

Just stop with the exclamation marks, it feels like you're getting super defensive.

There's plenty of good things nowadays, just none of them are in "popular" culture. And anthropology is cool.



Amazon for buying and to those lucky citizens of the United States, Netflix.
Where do you live that doesn't have Netflix? I don't think you ever answered us last time.

[AsteriskAmp]

I'M NOT YELLING!

Yes. But not only in rock. I have nothing to do with moderness. I WANT TO BE AN ANTHROPOLOGIST!

WHICH ANTHROPOLOGY!?

Actually, technically speaking we've gone beyond modernness like 100 years ago, now we are Ultra, Hyper or Post modern.

[MoonCat]

Hey, you sound just like me, only difference being that there is a lack of tv during your childhood.

Amazon for buying and to those lucky citizens of the United States, Netflix.

I don't like tv, I'm glad I never had it. my attention span would be a lot shorter, I'd be much less healthy (I replaced my time by climbing trees) quite possibly not know as much because I was watching cartoons instead of readiing (which I also did).

And the things about those is that you choose what you watch instead of just sitting down and watching. So I only had more exposure to the stuff I already knew about and related.


WHICH ANTHROPOLOGY!?

Actually, technically speaking we've gone beyond modernness like 100 years ago, now we are Ultra, Hyper or Post modern.

No idea. I'm fascinated by Skara Brae though. Hey, did you know what place in Britain has the most archeological findings?

I don't like popular-Ultra-culture.

[AsteriskAmp]

I don't like tv, I'm glad I never had it. my attention span would be a lot shorter, I'd be much less healthy (I replaced my time by climbing trees) quite possibly not know as much because I was watching cartoons instead of readiing (which I also did).

And the things about those is that you choose what you watch instead of just sitting down and watching. So I only had more exposure to the stuff I already knew about and related.
The reading stuff I can say would not necessarily vary, I watched a decent amount of tv and still ended up reading more than watching for some reason and good old 22 and 23 (Discovery Channel and History Channel before it got fixated in world war II) actually pushed me to read (and my parents did that as well since I ended up learning equal dosage of conspiracy theories and conflicting theories and they decided it was better for me to sort it out by myself). As for healthiness I don't even know the true correlation, but I believe it does affect (though for different reasons other than time).

My attention span seems equal to my cousins's cousins's which have grown in a 0 technology environment. Though I never watch for long extended periods of time, just short breaks during the day and Sakura Card Captors at 8:00 p.m. the Wednesdays.



No idea. I'm fascinated by Skara Brae though. Hey, did you know what place in Britain has the most archeological findings?

I don't like popular-Ultra-culture.
I quite believe you are referring to archaeology, not anthropology.

I'm going to say: Skara Brae?

Do you like unpopular Ultra-Culture?

[Eruantion]

The reading stuff I can say would not necessarily vary, I watched a decent amount of tv and still ended up reading more than watching for some reason and good old 22 and 23 (Discovery Channel and History Channel before it got fixated in world war II) actually pushed me to read (and my parents did that as well since I ended up learning equal dosage of conspiracy theories and conflicting theories and they decided it was better for me to sort it out by myself). As for healthiness I don't even know the true correlation, but I believe it does affect (though for different reasons other than time).

You know, it's funny that you should say that. My favorite cartoon when I was little was Winnie the Pooh and I learned to read somewhere around age 3 with a Pooh Bear reading computer game and books.

[AsteriskAmp]

You know, it's funny that you should say that. My favorite cartoon when I was little was Winnie the Pooh and I learned to read somewhere around age 3 with a Pooh Bear reading computer game and books.
I never had those things, computer games were not something I knew of until I was about 8, Age of Empires II, my only game for about 5 years.
I learned to read by billboards...

[MoonCat]

The reading stuff I can say would not necessarily vary, I watched a decent amount of tv and still ended up reading more than watching for some reason and good old 22 and 23 (Discovery Channel and History Channel before it got fixated in world war II) actually pushed me to read (and my parents did that as well since I ended up learning equal dosage of conspiracy theories and conflicting theories and they decided it was better for me to sort it out by myself). As for healthiness I don't even know the true correlation, but I believe it does affect (though for different reasons other than time).

My attention span seems equal to my cousins's cousins's which have grown in a 0 technology environment. Though I never watch for long extended periods of time, just short breaks during the day and Sakura Card Captors at 8:00 p.m. the Wednesdays.

I quite believe you are referring to archaeology, not anthropology.

I'm going to say: Skara Brae?

Do you like unpopular Ultra-Culture?

Ah, but you could break away from the tv. I, if plunked down in front of a tv, would not stop for breaks. It's a flaw of mine.

Am I?

Look it up, it's cool!

Define unpopular.

[Eruantion]

Ah, but you could break away from the tv. I, if plunked down in front of a tv, would not stop for breaks. It's a flaw of mine.

Am I?

Look it up, it's cool!

Define unpopular.

Where does that come from? it seems like you should be immune to TV...

Skara Brae does sound pretty cool. So does this, (http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/06/gobekli-tepe/mann-text) supposedly the first religious structure anywhere.

Not followed by mainstream media?

[AsteriskAmp]

Ah, but you could break away from the tv. I, if plunked down in front of a tv, would not stop for breaks. It's a flaw of mine.

Am I?

Look it up, it's cool!

Define unpopular.
I believe so, what you mention seems to pertain more to archaeology than to anthropology.

I did the instant you mentioned it.

As in not popular (not part of mainstream culture).

[MoonCat]

Where does that come from? it seems like you should be immune to TV...

Skara Brae does sound pretty cool. So does this, (http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/06/gobekli-tepe/mann-text) supposedly the first religious structure anywhere.

Not followed by mainstream media?

No, not tv. But if I sit down in front of a screen of infinite entertainment, I'm not likely to stop. I have evidence, too. It's called my average posts per day. :smallbiggrin:

That looks interesting. I'll check it out more fully when I go online next.

Well, the internet is rapidly becoming mainstream media, if it isn't already, so what isn't followed by it?

[Eruantion]

No, not tv. But if I sit down in front of a screen of infinite entertainment, I'm not likely to stop. I have evidence, too. It's called my average posts per day. :smallbiggrin:

That looks interesting. I'll check it out more fully when I go online next.

Well, the internet is rapidly becoming mainstream media, if it isn't already, so what isn't followed by it?

Yeah... I'm supposed to be working right now :smalltongue:

I thought it was pretty cool.

Well, I meant more media as in news sources. TV shows, magazines and the like. Things like Justin Bieber and Jersey Shore are what I consider "followed by mainstream media"

[AsteriskAmp]

Where does that come from? it seems like you should be immune to TV...

Skara Brae does sound pretty cool. So does this, (http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/06/gobekli-tepe/mann-text) supposedly the first religious structure anywhere.

Not followed by mainstream media?

Holly Göbekli Tepe!
That thing is epic and ...

[CurlyKitGirl]

I mean, Shipping was one of the two places I really got to know Korly (The other being here).

>.>
<.<
Somehow, I don't think that's normally how relationships of any sort whatsoever normally start.
It's hardly dignified or anything. I mean shipping any person who gave permission with another person (or more) in stories that massively vary in quality.
And being the Mistress of it.

ION:
So now I do weights on top of my cardio-vascular work. My personal trainer is slightly camp though I think, just the voice and some of his mannerisms. It's pretty fun to be honest, and my right shoulder only hurts very slightly.
Probably though the alcohol that my mother plied me with isn't going to help matters.
She poured me about half a glass of martini and barely any lemonade on top!
She calls it a One Drink A Night Special.
I can see why.

[Thufir]

>.>
<.<
Somehow, I don't think that's normally how relationships of any sort whatsoever normally start.

If we were looking for normality, we wouldn't be dating each other.

[Ranger Mattos]

So does this, (http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/06/gobekli-tepe/mann-text) supposedly the first religious structure anywhere.

That is pretty awesome. I remember reading that (I get the magazine).

[Eon]

Sigh... Ever feel like you don't fit in...? :smallfrown:

[AsteriskAmp]

Sigh... Ever feel like you don't fit in...? :smallfrown:

I've seen people who feel so, people who actually don't fit and been part of both groups at least once.
What troubles you?
*pat in the back*

[grimbold]

i remember that article
that was really cool

[Eruantion]

That is pretty awesome. I remember reading that (I get the magazine).
Yeah, I love reading about ancient artifacts, especially when they're to the point of prehistoric.

Sigh... Ever feel like you don't fit in...? :smallfrown:

<hugs> Sure, we all do. What's going on?

[Blue Ghost]

Sigh... Ever feel like you don't fit in...? :smallfrown:

*hug* Come, tell us about it, friend.

[LaZodiac]

Sigh... Ever feel like you don't fit in...? :smallfrown:

*hugs*. Yes, all the time. Don't worry, I think this is a place even people like us can fit in :smallsmile:

[AsteriskAmp]

*hugs*. Yes, all the time. Don't worry, I think this is a place even people like us can fit in :smallsmile:

You make us sound like monsters.

[Eon]

I just feel like I'm always on the outside. It doesn't seem like I've found where I fit in... :smallfrown:

No matter who I try to be friends with... :smallfrown:

[AsteriskAmp]

I just feel like I'm always on the outside. It doesn't seem like I've found where I fit in... :smallfrown:

No matter who I try to be friends with... :smallfrown:

It can seem like that at first, but you can only ascertain it after at least a month, and even then, it may be just your perception. I don't get how you could seem out of place, you seem rather not-insane.

[LaZodiac]

You make us sound like monsters.

Not intended, honest.


I just feel like I'm always on the outside. It doesn't seem like I've found where I fit in... :smallfrown:

No matter who I try to be friends with... :smallfrown:

You're on the inside here, Bandil. Trust me, if I can be apart of this crowd, you should have zero troubles fitting in.

EDIT: Not to make light of it all, but I'm seeing waaay to many innuendos here. Is it just me? Am I the horrible pervert?

[Borgh]

oh my, my Friday was GREAT. Research finally gave results (sun-dry seaweed a lot and it won't regenerate as well as seaweed that has been dried only a day) and now its whisky (with water for the first time in a while) and tea. and Tropic Thunder the movie, amazingly cheesy but great for now.

[LaZodiac]

oh my, my Friday was GREAT. Research finally gave results (sun-dry seaweed a lot and it won't regenerate as well as seaweed that has been dried only a day) and now its whisky (with water for the first time in a while) and tea. and Tropic Thunder the movie, amazingly cheesy but great for now.

Ah, but what seat are you going to sit in. That's the question.

[CynicalAvocado]

i have found out that a watched pot does, in fact, boil.

and it only took one run through of "duel of the fates" and half of "across the stars"

[Borgh]

Ah, but what seat are you going to sit in. That's the question.
sittinin' the desk chair
chilling in the lounge seat?
I already made my mind up
Desk chair is what I toooook

(note: this is the colbert version)

[Blue Ghost]

EDIT: Not to make light of it all, but I'm seeing waaay to many innuendos here. Is it just me? Am I the horrible pervert?

Yes. But we love you anyway.

I just introduced my little brother to My Little Pony! :smallbiggrin:

So... I'll be turning 18 in two days. It feels... odd. I never made the mental transition from child to teenager, and to think that I'll be a legal adult is mind-boggling.

[Teddy]

Sigh... Ever feel like you don't fit in...? :smallfrown:

Happens. Usually when I'm feeling down, which, thankfully, isn't often.


I just feel like I'm always on the outside. It doesn't seem like I've found where I fit in... :smallfrown:

No matter who I try to be friends with... :smallfrown:

I tell you one thing: Even though things were a lot better in the gymnasium (Swedish high school. I keep writing it like that because we'd never call the American high school "gymnasium" in Swedish :smallwink:) than in upper elementary, I still felt a bit on the outside. Especially since I have problems with taking social initiatives and am generally bad at small talk.

Now, half a month ago, our Canadian exchange student had a birthday picnic with most of the class attending. Toward the end, I expressed a wish to do more things with the class (which I've come to love, despite not feeling fully fit in), but expressing my inability to take initiatives due to an unfounded fear that no one would attend or appreciate it. I must say that the responses I got was the most heartwarming thing I've heard (being said to me) in a long time (I won't get into them, they were pretty many).

So, my point with this was to tell that just because you feel outside doesn't neccessarily mean that you are outside, and that people may appreciate you a lot more than you actually know. :smallsmile:

Also,
*bearhugs*

[AsteriskAmp]

Yes. But we love you anyway.

I just introduced my little brother to My Little Pony! :smallbiggrin:

So... I'll be turning 18 in two days. It feels... odd. I never made the mental transition from child to teenager, and to think that I'll be a legal adult is mind-boggling.

Does that mean you'll be able to drive, drink and smoke legally (even though you don't need to do those and shouldn't couple the three of them together)?

[Blue Ghost]

Does that mean you'll be able to drive, drink and smoke legally (even though you don't need to do those and shouldn't couple the three of them together)?

I don't have my license yet, though being 18 will make it easier to get it. Drinking age is 21. And I do not plan on smoking, ever.
So... I don't really get anything except the knowledge that my childhood is gone.

[CynicalAvocado]

I don't have my license yet, though being 18 will make it easier to get it. Drinking age is 21. And I do not plan on smoking, ever.
So... I don't really get anything except the knowledge that my childhood is gone.

and the fact that you can now be tried as an adult:smallbiggrin:

[AsteriskAmp]

I don't have my license yet, though being 18 will make it easier to get it. Drinking age is 21. And I do not plan on smoking, ever.
So... I don't really get anything except the knowledge that my childhood is gone.

Wasn't that supposed to happen like 2 or 4 years ago and will remain to happen until you are around 30?

[Cobalt]

So... I don't really get anything except the knowledge that my childhood is gone.

Happy birthday!

This may have been mistimed.

[LaZodiac]

Yes. But we love you anyway.

I just introduced my little brother to My Little Pony! :smallbiggrin:

So... I'll be turning 18 in two days. It feels... odd. I never made the mental transition from child to teenager, and to think that I'll be a legal adult is mind-boggling.

Hooray! Everything you said is a positive thing!

[Blue Ghost]

Hooray! Everything you said is a positive thing!

Positivity is what I do best. :smallsmile:

Unfortunately, I won't be around to celebrate my birthday with you guys. I'll be out camping tomorrow and Sunday, as is traditional for the Fourth of July weekend.

[Teddy]

I just introduced my little brother to My Little Pony! :smallbiggrin:

Little brother introduced himself to MLP a week or so ago. Now he's completely stuck. Never watched an episode myself, but I'm pretty sure I would like it. It's on my list of things I need to spend a few free days watching.
...
I'm never going to get around to it... :smallsigh:


So... I'll be turning 18 in two days. It feels... odd. I never made the mental transition from child to teenager, and to think that I'll be a legal adult is mind-boggling.

Can't say I've ever been a teenage mind myself either. I've never been rebellious, experiencing mood swings or personality crises, had a change of taste/style (apart from liking music a bit more and becoming a slight bit disinterested in Lego (I like it, I just can't find the drive to build anything to nigh completion)) or anything like that typical teenage behaviour. I'm both grown up and child, but not a teenager, no...


and the fact that you can now be tried as an adult:smallbiggrin:

Huh? In Sweden that's already at the age of 15. Never really reflected over that this might not be the case in the rest of the world (evidently)...

[AsteriskAmp]

Positivity is what I do best. :smallsmile:

Unfortunately, I won't be around to celebrate my birthday with you guys. I'll be out camping tomorrow and Sunday, as is traditional for the Fourth of July weekend.
Might as well say it now.
Happy Birthday! Temporal Space Jump Time!
In advance.

[CynicalAvocado]

Positivity is what I do best. :smallsmile:

Unfortunately, I won't be around to celebrate my birthday with you guys. I'll be out camping tomorrow and Sunday, as is traditional for the Fourth of July weekend.

will there be skewered meat cooking on a grill?

[Ranger Mattos]

Can't say I've ever been a teenage mind myself either. I've never been rebellious, experiencing mood swings or personality crises, had a change of taste/style (apart from liking music a bit more and becoming a slight bit disinterested in Lego (I like it, I just can't find the drive to build anything to nigh completion)) or anything like that typical teenage behaviour. I'm both grown up and child, but not a teenager, no...

Same here.

[Borgh]

I found metal, started to say "no" to my parents sometimes and I had a sore throat for a month which dropped my voice. Oh and I discovered Girls. Still don't know hat to do with them but they are on the map now.

Not much else changed between twelve and 21

[CrimsonAngel]

I need to find that video clip my dad showed me once. Something about a boy being happy and clean one day and then the next day he's greasy, hairy, and hates everyone because it's his 13th birthday.

[LaZodiac]

Leaving this here for future reference.

NOTE TO SELF: Organize how you are going to do things before posting, when three monsters have a turn one after another. Otherwise, three posts in a row happen :smallsigh:

[MoonCat]

Yeah... I'm supposed to be working right now :smalltongue:

I thought it was pretty cool.

Well, I meant more media as in news sources. TV shows, magazines and the like. Things like Justin Bieber and Jersey Shore are what I consider "followed by mainstream media"

What's Jersey Shore? (Not trolling)

And Beiber sucks.


Sigh... Ever feel like you don't fit in...? :smallfrown:

Hmm. I think I may, possibly, just once, or twice felt that way. YES. We all do.


I just feel like I'm always on the outside. It doesn't seem like I've found where I fit in... :smallfrown:

No matter who I try to be friends with... :smallfrown:

You fit in here!

You have us! If you want us.


Leaving this here for future reference.

NOTE TO SELF: Organize how you are going to do things before posting, when three monsters have a turn one after another. Otherwise, three posts in a row happen :smallsigh:

Sounds like the DnD game has updated <goes off to check>

[LaZodiac]

It has indeed. DND wooo *guitar riffs*

[Blue Ghost]

will there be skewered meat cooking on a grill?
I'll have to get back to you on that.


Little brother introduced himself to MLP a week or so ago. Now he's completely stuck. Never watched an episode myself, but I'm pretty sure I would like it. It's on my list of things I need to spend a few free days watching.
...
I'm never going to get around to it... :smallsigh:



Can't say I've ever been a teenage mind myself either. I've never been rebellious, experiencing mood swings or personality crises, had a change of taste/style (apart from liking music a bit more and becoming a slight bit disinterested in Lego (I like it, I just can't find the drive to build anything to nigh completion)) or anything like that typical teenage behaviour. I'm both grown up and child, but not a teenager, no...

I felt the same way. But it looks like I'm going to have more free time to catch up with MLP soon. Whoo, twenty more episodes to go!

I've never really considered myself a teenager, but I have gone through a lot of that stuff. Mood swings? Check. Personality crises? Check. Rebelliousness? Well, not really. I'm just now starting to assert my independence, and not in destructive ways.


Might as well say it now.
Happy Birthday! Temporal Space Jump Time!
In advance.
Thanks! :smallsmile:

[LaZodiac]

Oh, before I forget, happy early Birthday Blue!

Minor Note: Sorta busy, can't update the DND right now. I will confirm you killed that Bandit dead though. Pow!

[Eruantion]

What's Jersey Shore? (Not trolling)

And Beiber sucks.


You fit in here!

You have us! If you want us.

A stupid reality show. And I 1. believe you when you say you're not trolling and 2. don't blame you for not knowing. Batman is pushing it, but Jersey Shore is the rear end of American culture.

And yes.

Yes! We're your friends, even if it's only on the internet. Besides, we have ways to make real friends out of internet friends.

[MoonCat]

A stupid reality show. And I 1. believe you when you say you're not trolling and 2. don't blame you for not knowing. Batman is pushing it, but Jersey Shore is the rear end of American culture.

And yes.

Yes! We're your friends, even if it's only on the internet. Besides, we have ways to make real friends out of internet friends.

What's a reality show? Those are ones like a scientific experiment, that's all I know.

They're called airplanes! :smalltongue::smallwink::smallbiggrin:

[Eon]

Thanks... Feeling a bit better now...

Guess I forgot how I seem to fit in here...

[Eruantion]

What's a reality show? Those are ones like a scientific experiment, that's all I know.

They're called airplanes! :smalltongue::smallwink::smallbiggrin:

Ha! Hahahehehehohohoteeheeheelolololrofl. Good one, Luna, but if you want a show with scientific experiments, go watch Mythbusters. "Reality" tv shows show "unscripted" drama on camera, sort of like observing a zebra in its natural habitat, if the zebra had an orange fake tan and had lots of casual sex.

Airplanes are great ways to make friends! But I don't have an airplane, so I use Facebook.

[ZombyWoof]

Once again, at least you DO fit in here. I'm just Lala's barely tolerated "cousin"

[MoonCat]

Thanks... Feeling a bit better now...

Guess I forgot how I seem to fit in here...

Stop that. Seem is not the case. You do.


Ha! Hahahehehehohohoteeheeheelolololrofl. Good one, Luna, but if you want a show with scientific experiments, go watch Mythbusters. "Reality" tv shows show "unscripted" drama on camera, sort of like observing a zebra in its natural habitat, if the zebra had an orange fake tan and had lots of casual sex.

Airplanes are great ways to make friends! But I don't have an airplane, so I use Facebook.

That description sounds a lot like a long lasting heavily publicized psychology experiment...

I've heard of Mythbusters!

Meh, Facebook.


Once again, at least you DO fit in here. I'm just Lala's barely tolerated "cousin"

Wait, what? You are?

[Ranger Mattos]

Ha! Hahahehehehohohoteeheeheelolololrofl. Good one, Luna, but if you want a show with scientific experiments, go watch Mythbusters. "Reality" tv shows show "unscripted" drama on camera, sort of like observing a zebra in its natural habitat, if the zebra had an orange fake tan and had lots of casual sex.

Yeah. Reality has nothing to do with it.

Oh, and happy early birthday, Blue! :smallsmile:

[Eon]

Once again, at least you DO fit in here. I'm just Lala's barely tolerated "cousin"

Wai... Wha?


Stop that. Seem is not the case. You do.


Fine. I won't use the word seem.

[MoonCat]

Wai... Wha?

Fine. I won't use the word seem.

My reaction too.

No, not that. That's obeying the letter and not the spirit. But you are one of us, and you should not forget that. We are your friends if you want us, and you need to know that. It sucks to not fit in, but you most definitely do.

[Eon]

My reaction too.

No, not that. That's obeying the letter and not the spirit. But you are one of us, and you should not forget that. We are your friends if you want us, and you need to know that. It sucks to not fit in, but you most definitely do.

Heh...

Ah... I meant in that context, but oh well.

Thanks...

[MoonCat]

Heh...

Ah... I meant in that context, but oh well.

Thanks...

<hugs>..........

[HalfTangible]

Hello from over 100 miles from home!

[Eon]

<hugs>..........

<Hugs> and <kisses>.

[ZombyWoof]

"Cousin" in this case means "distantly related" by which I mean I'm barely tolerated because Lala is liked and she likes me.

[CynicalAvocado]

Ha! Hahahehehehohohoteeheeheelolololrofl. Good one, Luna, but if you want a show with scientific experiments, go watch Mythbusters. "Reality" tv shows show "unscripted" drama on camera, sort of like observing a zebra in its natural habitat, if the zebra had an orange fake tan and had lots of casual sex.



wait, when did samantha get away from the rest of the jersey shore cast?

[Heliomance]

Observation: Expressing feelings of self-deprecation or alienation seems to be shortly followed by reassurances and affirmations.

Hypothesis: Telling the Playground you suck is an easy way to a nice ego boost.

Experiment: I'm useless, nobody likes me, and I don't fit in anywhere. Even my dog thinks I'm a loser and I should stop posting.

[Blue Ghost]

"Cousin" in this case means "distantly related" by which I mean I'm barely tolerated because Lala is liked and she likes me.

You appear to be suffering from acute paranoid delusions.


Observation: Expressing feelings of self-deprecation or alienation seems to be shortly followed by reassurances and affirmations.

Hypothesis: Telling the Playground you suck is an easy way to a nice ego boost.

Experiment: I'm useless, nobody likes me, and I don't fit in anywhere. Even my dog thinks I'm a loser and I should stop posting.

*reassurances and affirmations*

[MoonCat]

Hello from over 100 miles from home!

Hebble-ho HUP!


<Hugs> and <kisses>.

:smallwink:


"Cousin" in this case means "distantly related" by which I mean I'm barely tolerated because Lala is liked and she likes me.

You've been there longer than she has. And me.


Observation: Expressing feelings of self-deprecation or alienation seems to be shortly followed by reassurances and affirmations.

Hypothesis: Telling the Playground you suck is an easy way to a nice ego boost.

Experiment: I'm useless, nobody likes me, and I don't fit in anywhere. Even my dog thinks I'm a loser and I should stop posting.

It's called fishing for compliments when done intentionally. It's very common among girls. That doesn't mean they all are though. I certainly mean it when I have these sudden fears that you're all just too polite to tell me that I'm actually obnoxious and you all hate me.

[Pheehelm]

"Cousin" in this case means "distantly related" by which I mean I'm barely tolerated because Lala is liked and she likes me.I like you, for reasons unrelated to LaLa. From your posts in RWA you seem like more the emotionally demonstrative type (strong F in MBTI terms), very different from my own strong reservedness, so your perspective is always fascinating to me.

'Sides, you had that response to Dvil the other day in RWA. How could someone hate you after that?
Experiment: I'm useless, nobody likes me, and I don't fit in anywhere. Even my dog thinks I'm a loser and I should stop posting.Can I have your dog?

[Eon]

Observation: Expressing feelings of self-deprecation or alienation seems to be shortly followed by reassurances and affirmations.

Hypothesis: Telling the Playground you suck is an easy way to a nice ego boost.

Experiment: I'm useless, nobody likes me, and I don't fit in anywhere. Even my dog thinks I'm a loser and I should stop posting.

... I wasn't fishing. :smallfrown:

[Eruantion]

Observation: Expressing feelings of self-deprecation or alienation seems to be shortly followed by reassurances and affirmations.

Hypothesis: Telling the Playground you suck is an easy way to a nice ego boost.

Experiment: I'm useless, nobody likes me, and I don't fit in anywhere. Even my dog thinks I'm a loser and I should stop posting.

That's because we're all friends, and friends don't let friends self-deprecate. <hugs>


... I wasn't fishing. :smallfrown:
No one said you were <more hugs> Heliomance was just noticing a trend.

[Blue Ghost]

I love you guys, you know that?

[Eruantion]

I love you guys, you know that?

We do now :smallsmile:

I love you guys too :smallsmile:

[Eon]

I love you guys, you know that?

Love you too...

Eruan: Oh... :smalleek:

[AsteriskAmp]

"Cousin" in this case means "distantly related" by which I mean I'm barely tolerated because Lala is liked and she likes me.
You are related to Lala? Truty be told I never associated you with Lala, just a stand alone entity part of the random banter.

Observation: Expressing feelings of self-deprecation or alienation seems to be shortly followed by reassurances and affirmations.

Hypothesis: Telling the Playground you suck is an easy way to a nice ego boost.

Experiment: I'm useless, nobody likes me, and I don't fit in anywhere. Even my dog thinks I'm a loser and I should stop posting.
Even though YES, anywhere you'd say so in the playground the effect would be much similar... there is no counter argument actually...

Going to far beyond, however will get you interesting results.
And I actually either reserve from commenting when I would be forced to lie or actually say what I mean severely softened, I don't believe in the concept of a white lie. And I'm normally a lot more direct in RL, the playground softness me since I can't really see people's facial expressions or mental state from this side of the screen.

It's called fishing for compliments when done intentionally. It's very common among girls. That doesn't mean they all are though. I certainly mean it when I have these sudden fears that you're all just too polite to tell me that I'm actually obnoxious and you all hate me.
Polite is different from lying. Polite would be either not saying anything or just agreeing with someone from the mass discretely. The moment one begins to elaborate you either mean it or are lying, and I don't presume the Playground lying, ergo they mean it. As for me, if I had any argument against I would present it in a moderate way.


I love you guys, you know that?
I appreciate you all.

[MoonCat]

I appreciate you all.

Aww, August has the same issues as I do with sayong 'I love you"!

[HalfTangible]

Hebble-ho HUP!
I dunno how to respond to that.

So I'll just assume its positive and insert a random flirtation.

*random flirtation*

[MoonCat]

I dunno how to respond to that.

So I'll just assume its positive and insert a random flirtation.

*random flirtation*

Weeztop flagmol!

(I, like my brother tend to make up words and then use them in regular conversations. I say Hebble-ho to say hello, he says Good $TIME! to say good bye (I don't have an excuse, but he has Aspergers))

[CynicalAvocado]

I feel an emotional attraction not unlike kinship towards all of you as well

[HalfTangible]

Weeztop flagmol!

(I, like my brother tend to make up words and then use them in regular conversations. I say Hebble-ho to say hello, he says Good $TIME! to say good bye (I don't have an excuse, but he has Aspergers))

So do I but I don't make up words :smalltongue:

[AsteriskAmp]

Aww, August has the same issues as I do with sayong 'I love you"!

I believe it's our lack of exposure to certain purple dinosaur's song