SZbNAhL's Similarly Sibilant (if unpronouncable) Random Banter #223

[enderlord99]

I also say both of the "r"s in library and the r in caterpillar, so I'm probably weird.

I always knew I was weird for saying things correctly!

[Bartmanhomer]

I actually like the theme music intro and outro of DC Titans. Very Techno.

[2D8HP]

I mean in the right series that would work.

But just because I don't want them to go TOO far with it, doesn't mean I want nothing. And honestly, more series do need some scenes of domestic bliss to help support their couples. Because Hinata clearly has a thing for Naruto, but when Hinata said she loved him and then almost died kicking the ass of one of the villains, his response was... "okay time to go save Sakura" and nothing else, and until Boruto like chapter 13 he never said he loved her back. And that feels like a mistake, regardless of how much or little romance there is going to be.

What I'm saying is, let me see that the love is real. Korra did that in a variety of ways. Naruto didn't do it at all, and that ends up making it feel like Naruto is more romantically involved in Sasuke than anyone else (and THEY at least kissed...)

Yeah but I don't know that Naruto actually does love Hinata romantically. They aren't modern people, political stuff counts. The potential heir to the most powerful group left in the village is in love with you, and is a looker. It makes perfect sense for them to get married even if their relationship is on his end more of a friendship then a romantic attachment.

That's the thing though.

Until we got a decent way into Boruto, a sequel series that takes place after two mini-series after Naruto proper... we didn't know ANYTHING about how Naruto feels about Hinata AT ALL. He married her, they had two kids, so clearly there's something there, maybe, but they literally did not share a single page, a single PANEL, together. They don't even say each other's names. If it weren't for the fact that Boruto and his sister are clearly... related, and some contextual clues, there wouldn't even actually be any evidence that they are married.

THIS feels like a mistake, and I don't think you can deny that.

I don't read Boruto, but I can imagine they should have done something with it. Depends on how Boruto focused it is, most kids' don't pay much attention to their parent's lives. As an epilogue it seemed fine, most people end up shacking up with someone. Most people don't have great romances, they decide they want a mate and find someone else who does too.

I mean Boruto fixes the issue by at least trying, eventually, to show their relationship. The actual Naruto epilogue doesn't show anything indicative of them being in love at all and that's my issue.

I know people quote unquote "settle" for romantic partners sometimes, but "They want a mate and find someone else who does" is a weird way to phrase it.

Also, I want to specify that I don't ALWAYS want romance, obviously. Ace is ace too, after all. But I am a sucker for romance and want to see big gushy love and stuff. I want to see a person look at the scars of their lover and say "you're beautiful" and mean it, unironically, without any qualifiers.

My personal experience agrees with Tvtyrant, teenage/very eary 20's type Romantic passion just never manifested again, sadly and thankfully, 'tis better to be sober than the kind of manic joy followed by suicidal depression of that time.

[Bartmanhomer]

Well, today is my mother birthday. She would have been 71 years old today. She passed away in 2012. I'm not as sad as I used to be but still, I missed her.

[Fyraltari]

As of yesterday evening. I have now watched every televised Doctor Who story, from series 1 in 2005 to the 1996 TV movie including the missing episodes’ reconstructions.

[LaZodiac]

As of yesterday evening. I have now watched every televised Doctor Who story, from series 1 in 2005 to the 1996 TV movie including the missing episodes’ reconstructions.

Wow that's gotta be like, hundreds of episodes.

Was it worth it?

[Algeh]

I live near an old-fashioned downtown area with lots of little shops, and walk by them frequently. There's one particular block I think of as "poorly-thought-out impulse purchases designed to target me, specifically, central" because it contains a hobby shop window with an amazing model train set-up (and also rockets! and model planes! and project kits! and...(the RPG/board game shop is on a different street that I only walk by on purpose, thankfully)), a music shop with a variety of tempting instruments in the window (for a long time it was a purple ukulele in one window and a lovely dulcimer in the other that I mostly kept an eye on), and a pizza place with really good wood fired pizza and a decent selection of beer.

I should really just cross the street rather than walk down that side of the block.

Anyway, the music shop just got in a set of banjo ukes and they're now sitting in the window. I'm not sure whether I'm trying to talk myself into one or out of one, but I'm certainly talking to myself ABOUT one...(It would be so easy to take with me places! Only 4 strings to tune! Probably fits in a carry-on on the train! Comes in pretty colors! Wikipedia says there are two different common tunings, so maybe I need two so I don't have to retune! I could color-code them by tuning since they come in colors anyway! Counterargument: I don't have time to practice all of the instruments I have now...)

They also have a reasonably-priced folding travel instrument stand, and I'll probably go in and buy that if it's still there later this week, as well as see if they sell the headphones I've been meaning to buy. (I've gotten terrible customer service at the larger music store I used to go to for things like recording equipment, so I need to find a new place to buy that stuff. This store never has that kind of stuff in the window, but so far I've always been buying acoustic-instrument-related things there and haven't really looked to see what kind of recording, mixing, and amplification stuff they have. I vaguely remember seeing soundboards and amps in another part of the store, so I should scout that out more carefully.)

[HalfTangible]

At the gym today for the first time in months, and uh...

I'm pretty sure I lost every gain I made since this time last year.

Had to help mom, I know that, and the return hasn't been AS bad as I was afraid it would be but still.

[LaZodiac]

At the gym today for the first time in months, and uh...

I'm pretty sure I lost every gain I made since this time last year.

Had to help mom, I know that, and the return hasn't been AS bad as I was afraid it would be but still.

It's okay. Weight fluctuates naturally anyway, and depression/stress increases weight gain. Talking from experience, dealing with a Mom who relies on you entirely is a stressful situation.

[HalfTangible]

It's okay. Weight fluctuates naturally anyway, and depression/stress increases weight gain. Talking from experience, dealing with a Mom who relies on you entirely is a stressful situation.

My weight actually went down since Easter; no, I was referring to muscle strength/definition and overall fitness. I'm back up from 9-10 minute miles to 12-13 again and I'm giving out faster on similar weights. On the positive side, I remember how good it felt to notice that these workouts were doing something for my health, so I know I just need to keep at it.

I just count myself lucky that being mom's errand boy to this extent will only last until she can drive again and that i don't need to provide for her financially.

[Tvtyrant]

My weight actually went down since Easter; no, I was referring to muscle strength/definition and overall fitness. I'm back up from 9-10 minute miles to 12-13 again and I'm giving out faster on similar weights. On the positive side, I remember how good it felt to notice that these workouts were doing something for my health, so I know I just need to keep at it.

I just count myself lucky that being mom's errand boy to this extent will only last until she can drive again and that i don't need to provide for her financially.

Yeah it sucks to have to take a break. Just remember it is a process, don't rush it and injure yourself (I have done this a few times.)

Also I just got to a 12 minute mile so I am more then a little envious of you seeing that as your baseline.

[Fyraltari]

Wow that's gotta be like, hundreds of episodes.

Was it worth it?

Yes.

God yes.

Seriously it has been one hell of a ride. And. It. Was. Great.

[FinnLassie]

Finally got to sanding my dining table. I was supposed to paint the first coat today, but realised that it's a rather hard task to perform with just the small brush I have. I'll be taking a few pics of the process.

[LaZodiac]

My weight actually went down since Easter; no, I was referring to muscle strength/definition and overall fitness. I'm back up from 9-10 minute miles to 12-13 again and I'm giving out faster on similar weights. On the positive side, I remember how good it felt to notice that these workouts were doing something for my health, so I know I just need to keep at it.

I just count myself lucky that being mom's errand boy to this extent will only last until she can drive again and that i don't need to provide for her financially.

Oh, sorry. That was a misunderstand on my part. You can do it!

Lucky jerk

Yes.

God yes.

Seriously it has been one hell of a ride. And. It. Was. Great.

Good to know! Tell me your highlights.

Finally got to sanding my dining table. I was supposed to paint the first coat today, but realised that it's a rather hard task to perform with just the small brush I have. I'll be taking a few pics of the process.

Sweet! Show us the good good table!

[HalfTangible]

Yeah it sucks to have to take a break. Just remember it is a process, don't rush it and injure yourself (I have done this a few times.)

Also I just got to a 12 minute mile so I am more then a little envious of you seeing that as your baseline.

Sorry

A year ago I did a mile in 13:19 and have been pushing myself to get less than that for every run. My record's 9:16, but I was more regularly doing 10-11 minute miles.

Frustratingly I was *gaining* weight during this period.

Oh, sorry. That was a misunderstand on my part. You can do it!

Lucky jerk

Knowing that I not only can but have done it before is a great motivator.

Lovable lucky jerk?

[Tvtyrant]

Sorry

A year ago I did a mile in 13:19 and have been pushing myself to get less than that for every run. My record's 9:16, but I was more regularly doing 10-11 minute miles.

Frustratingly I was *gaining* weight during this period.

That is pretty normal when you are building muscle. People keep asking me if I have lost weight and I have gained 15 pounds the last four months, most of it in my butt.

[Kyrell1978]

That is pretty normal when you are building muscle. People keep asking me if I have lost weight and I have gained 15 pounds the last four months, most of it in my butt.

Yay Squats and Deadlifts.

[Tvtyrant]

Yay Squats and Deadlifts.

As someone with a naturally flat butt it has been weird learning to sit with a cushion.

[Fyraltari]

Good to know! Tell me your highlights.

You mean in term of episodes? Don't make me choose... It's really hard to say as the show likes to experiment quite a lot. I mean, in The Lodger it turned into a sitcom without missing a beat and that was awesome.

I really liked the whole U.N.I.T Era (Three's first three seasons) when it turned into an ensemble show with a regular cast and introduced the Master as a recurring (and I do mean recurring) villain.

So, some great episodes would be:
The Dalek Invasion of Earth, The Daleks' Master Plan, The Evil of the Daleks, the Tomb of the Cybermen, The War Games, The Three Doctors, Frontier in Space, Planet of the Spiders*, Genesis of the Daleks, Pyramids of Mars (if only for the glory that is Sutekh the Destroyer), The Deadly Assassin, The Pirate Planet, The Armageddon Factor (these last two are part of the Key to Time Arc who spanned all of season 16 and was quite good), The Keeper of Traken, The Five Doctors, Resurection of the Daleks, The Caves of Androzani, Remembrance of the Daleks (continuity-heavy), Survival, Dalek, The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances ("Are you my mommy?"), Boom Town, Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks, Human Nature/The Family of Blood, Blink Utopia/The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords, Midnight, Victory of the Daleks (come on, the New Paradigm Daleks didn't look that bad), Vincent and the Doctor (I cry every time), The Doctor's Wife, Asylum of the Daleks, Nightmare in Silver (fight me), the Time of the Doctor, Into the Dalek, Robots of Sherwood, Listen, The Magician's Apprentice/The Witch's Familiar, Heaven Sent, The Husbands of river Song, Extremis (seriously that episode deserved way better sequels) and World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls.

Some of them I watched a long time ago so my recollection might be a bit blurred and I deliberately did not include any Thirteenth Doctor episode because I want to see her full run before. In bold, each Doctor's best episode.

Favorite Doctor: Peter Capaldi's 12th, not always the best scripts but the Doctor that shows the most the complexity and depth of the character.

Least Favorit Doctor: Colin Baker's Sixth, sorry Mr Baker but you got screwed over big time. I hear the character gets a better treatment in Big Finish.

*I first typed Planet of the Daleks here which besides being the most statistically likely name of a Doctor Who episode is actually a pretty run-of-the mill Third Doctor episode.

[HalfTangible]

The new paradigm Daleks didn't look bad, no. I actually liked them. But they never do anything to justify their existence/difference from the other Daleks. It's implied that they're "purer" and "better", with clear distinctions meant to imply specialization... which gets REALLY distracting when they don't actually have any clear differences to make any of them stand out beyond the color and size in comparison to the other Daleks.

Also the Doctor defeats a Supreme off-screen so he can steal information from its data core on another villain entirely which is so baffling when they're supposed to be one of the biggest threats in the universe and one of the few things that legitimately horrifies the Doctor.

Also also the resolution to that episode would've worked better as a Cyberman plot.

[Fyraltari]

The new paradigm Daleks didn't look bad, no. I actually liked them. But they never do anything to justify their existence/difference from the other Daleks. It's implied that they're "purer" and "better", with clear distinctions meant to imply specialization... which gets REALLY distracting when they don't actually have any clear differences to make any of them stand out beyond the color and size in comparison to the other Daleks.

Also the Doctor defeats a Supreme off-screen so he can steal information from its data core on another villain entirely which is so baffling when they're supposed to be one of the biggest threats in the universe and one of the few things that legitimately horrifies the Doctor.

Also also the resolution to that episode would've worked better as a Cyberman plot.

The New Paradigm didn't do anything of note because the fan backlash over their design was so intense. As for the difference with the Time-War Daleks... They're Daleks, they will split into various factions over the tiniest difference while accusing each of other of, in the words of Ace, "not being pure in their blobbiness".

The Doctor kind of eats Daleks for breakfast, though. Nine and Ten were horrified by them because the Time War was still fresh in their memory but Eleven, being older, is far more casual than that.

EDIT: It's true that the whole "emotion wins the day" is the Cybermen's whole thing but the daleks have never shyed (shied?) away from eotion-removal and forced robotizations themselves. Funny thing, according to 12 stating that the cybermen appear wherever people get desparate enough to cut themselves up and be put in machines as a convergent evolution phenomenon, then that makes the Daleks an anomalous Cybermen strain.

[Anonymouswizard]

I think Genesis of the Daleks is one of my favourite serials, but I struggle to explain why. A lot of it has to do with the bleak setting that actually makes the Dalek's origins make sense, and building on the conflict seen in the first ever Dalek story and then mainly sidelined.

[Fyraltari]

I think Genesis of the Daleks is one of my favourite serials, but I struggle to explain why. A lot of it has to do with the bleak setting that actually makes the Dalek's origins make sense, and building on the conflict seen in the first ever Dalek story and then mainly sidelined.

Davros is also a big part of this episode's good reputation.

You know what would be cool? If the Thals showed up again. The movellans had a cameo, they can have an episode, dammit!

[Tvtyrant]

I'm pretty much in favor of any episode where the Daleks' trash talk. They might never win, but they certainly know how to run their mouths.

"We would destroy the Cybermen with ONE DALEK!"

[Insane Jeenyus]

Also I just got to a 12 minute mile so I am more then a little envious of you seeing that as your baseline.

At one time I walked a 1 hour mile - you read right, and it is not a typo, 1 mile per hour - and that was with a cane. I am now at a 20 minute mile with a cane. I was at a 20 minute mile without, but had a few setbacks in April.

I am jealous of your 12 minute mile

As someone with a naturally flat butt it has been weird learning to sit with a cushion.

I woke from a medically induced coma with virtually no glute muscle left - very long horrific event - and I was in just the opposite situation. I am use to having "quite a large cushion".

After waking, part of the recovery is sitting on a hard seat chair, and I had to do so without my "natural cushion" not fun.

Finally got to sanding my dining table. I was supposed to paint the first coat today, but realized that it's a rather hard task to perform with just the small brush I have. I'll be taking a few pics of the process.

Can't wait to see it!

[factotum]

That is pretty normal when you are building muscle.

Yeah, muscle is denser and thus heavier than fatty tissue, so if you're working out you tend to gain weight. (Not that I have any personal experience of this, you understand... ).

[Insane Jeenyus]

.. .. .. and scar tissue is even denser than that.

[Comrade]

Just wrapped up a phone interview for a job and I have to admit, I'm kind of nervous. Felt like some of the questions caught me flat-footed and I rambled a bit answering them. Ain't nothin' to do but wait, of course, but I've got a bad feeling that I might not be hearing back.

[2D8HP]

As of yesterday evening. I have now watched every televised Doctor Who story, from series 1 in 2005 to the 1996 TV movie including the missing episodes’ reconstructions.

Yes.

God yes.

Seriously it has been one hell of a ride. And. It. Was. Great.

I'm envious, I've seen a few other Doctors (and even met Patrick Troughton) most of the episodes I've seen were Pertwee (the first I saw) and Baker, and I have hardly seen any post '89 episodes at all, and only a few when the new Doctor Who was all too briefly on broadcast television.

I think Genesis of the Daleks is one of my favourite serials, but I struggle to explain why. A lot of it has to do with the bleak setting that actually makes the Dalek's origins make sense, and building on the conflict seen in the first ever Dalek story and then mainly sidelined.

Agreed Genesis of the Daleks was some of the best television I've watched.

[Anonymouswizard]

Don't you love it when the pretty girls at work sounds really happy to see you and look delighted. I just hate enforced attitudes, it jessy makes it that much harder to work out how people feel about me, and I already have trouble. Like, I get it from a customer facing level, but if we didn't have to keep up it between ourselves I'd have a better idea of if anybody liked me.

On that note, why do people insist on shortening names? I've never referred to myself by a diminutive, my name tag explicitly has my full name (although I rarely wear it, seeing as I work in the kitchen), and I've even specifically requested my full name before. But apparently three syllables is too much for people these days.