Bob, you've got at least two dead links in the DW II Concordance...
Chapter Eleven, the infamous "Kodomo no Ginzuisho" parody - both of the links in the description came up 404 when I tried to follow them today.
(Which is a pain, because I want the footage. I've got crappy RealMedia versions, but my movie editor can't do anything with them even with the Real Alternative codec installed...)

-Rob Kelk
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

OK, seeing as I didn't think adding another new fic to an updates thread (And I appologise for doing it with Browncoat, Green Eye in the first place), and seeing as I was sitting on this anyway to see if it updated (which it just has), I figure it's time to give this a plug.
The Recruit (currently 2 chapters).
This is an EVA/GITS:SAC crossover, which is an odd enough combination in the first place to spike people's curiosity.

This just might take most of the decision about what to do about illegal aliens out of the politicians hands.
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2...21,00.html
The politicians won't like that if we start doing things for ourselves we might decide to fire them.
howard melton
God bless

... in the immortal words of Masamichi Fujisawa ... well, you know them well enough by by now, I think.
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This was revenge, plain and simple. It had to be. There was no other explanation. For what sins? For what sins, I ask you ...
Well, alright, maybe there were a few things I did. One or two.
Dozen.
Oy.
I never had siblings, so this sort of thing came right out of left field ... but honestly, I think that I should have expected something like this, in retrospect.
I did mention that she had a unique sense of humor, didn't I?
The one thing I did know was that I needed to fix the regeneration function on this bloody Core of mine, since the template for a recovery after losing all biomass seems to be set ... for the original pattern.
Meaning that, when all was said and done, I had to deal with being a runt again. Damnit.
Kaworu Nagisa, how I hate thee, let me count the ways ...
... the flip side to the situation seemed to be that I was no longer traveling alone. Whether this was lucky or not, I didn't know ... it was certainly less boring.
Unfortunately, less boring didn't necessarily manifest itself in a good way.
Thus, the reason for my being forced to deal with this drek again. Once in a lifetime is enough, thankyou.
Damnit, Shizuru, didn't you know you'd be risking my blowing the place up out of sheer frustration with this?
I bet she was having a ball. Eh. I bet both of them were having a ball, really. Whereas I was faced with an uncomfortable uniform, unfamiliar cultural background, hormonal teenagers and most immediately ... being latelatelate because _someone_ thought it would be amusing to see me dash when she turned off my alarm clock.
Bad Kuga, no Cassul for you this Christmas.
I skidded past the gate, made tracks for the entrance, nearly faceplanted into the floor because of the raised section inside, turned for the stairs ...
... backpedalled when I remembered the lockers.
Changed shoes.
Grrrr. I'll get you two for this. The vengeance of heaven is slow but sure, mark my words!
Dashed upstairs, taking three steps at a time ...
... skidded to ta halt in front of the sliding door of the classroom ...
... fifteen minutes late.
Why does it have to be ... highschool?
Huffed. Puffed. Caught my breath. Or made a show of doing just that, anyway.
Slid the door open and walked in to face my doom in the form of ...
"Normal humans don't interest me. If anyone here is an alien, from the future, from a different dimension, or an esper, then come find me!"
Most of the class was sitting, other than the sensei - a remarkably unremarkable individual - and the person who'd just spoken.
I mentally thanked the terrible twosome who'd gotten me into this situation that they didn't think of signing me up to attend an all-boys school. Then again, they probably knew that something like that would have resulted in genocide on my part.
She was a slender girl, short-ish ... but then, so was I there and then. Hell, I thought like that about almost every asian person I've ever met or run across. Anyway, she was standing ... from what little I recalled from the occasional manga and anime, this meant about as much as that she'd just been introducing herself to the class.
The words hit me, then ...
You know, sometimes, the best sort of revenge is to have fun despite everything. I wasn't constrained by any rules, here. No impending apocalypse, as far as we could tell. A few of the usual conspiracies and such, but compared to what we'd had to deal with before?
So, with a cheerfull and somewhat demented grin, and totally ignoring the sensei who was about to launch a tirade about the carelessness of modern youth or somesuch, I cocked my head and replied.
"Yo. What about alien espers from a future in an alternate dimension?"
And so began yet another chapter in the life of one currently known as Fujino Katsu.
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Incarna: The Melancholy of Fujino Katsu
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Because that line was too much of a taunt to pass up.
-Griever
When tact is required, use brute force. When force is required, use greater force.
When the greatest force is required, use your head. Surprise is everything. - The Book of Cataclysm

The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny, by Lemon Demon, could really, *really* hurt to use!
From the looks of it, it's too powerful to use- I'd read it as summoning every villain and hero from a world to one place, and driving them to fight each other.
"Old Godzilla was hopping around
Tokyo City like a big playground
when suddenly Batman burst from the shade
and hit Godzilla with a Batgrenade
Godzilla got pissed and began to attack
but didn't expect to be blocked by Shaq
who proceeded to open up a can of Shaq Fu
when Aaron Carter came out of the blue
and he started beating up Shaquille O'Neal
then they both got flattened by the Batmobile
but before it could make it back to the Batcave
Abraham Lincoln popped out of his grave
and took an AK47 out from under his hat
and blew Batman away with a rat-a-tat-tat
but he ran out of bullets and he ran away
because Optimus Prime came to save the day
this is the Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny
good guys, bad guys, and explosions as far as the eye can see
and only one will survive, I wonder who it will be
this is the Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny
Godzilla took a bite out of Optimus Prime
like Scruff McGruff took a bite out of crime
and then Shaq came back covered in a tire track
but Jackie Chan jumped out and landed on his back
and Batman was injured, and trying to get steady
when Abraham Lincoln came back with a machete
but suddenly something caught his leg and he tripped
Indiana Jones took him out with his whip
then he saw Godzilla sneaking up from behind
and he reached for his gun which he just couldn't find
'cause Batman stole it and he shot and he missed
and Jackie Chan deflected it with his fist
then he jumped in the air and did a summersault
while Abraham Lincoln tried to pole vault
onto Optimus Prime, but they collided in the air
then they both got hit by a Care Bear Stare, oooh
this is the Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny
good guys, bad guys, and explosions as far as the eye can see
and only one will survive, I wonder who it will be
this is the Ultimate Showdown...
angels sang out in immaculate chorus
down from the heavens descended Chuck Norris
who deliver a kick which could shatter bones
into the crotch of Indiana Jones
who fell over on the ground, writhing in pain
as Batman changed back into Bruce Wayne
but Chuck saw through his clever disguise
and he crushed Batman's head in between his thighs
then Gandalf the Grey and Gandalf the White and
"Monty Python and the Holy Grail"'s Black Knight and
Benito Mussolini and The Blue Meanie and
Cowboy Curtis and Jambi the Genie
Robocop, the Terminator, Captain Kirk, and Darth Vader
Lo Pan, Superman, every single Power Ranger
Bill S. Preston and Theodore Logan,
Spock, The Rock, Doc Ock, and Hulk Hogan
all came out of no where lightning fast
and they kicked Chuck Norris in his cowboy ass
it was the bloodiest battle the world ever saw
with civilians looking on total awe
and the fight raged on for a century
many lives were claimed, but eventually
the champion stood, the rest saw their better:
Mr. Rogers in a bloodstained sweater
this is the Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny
good guys, bad guys, and explosions as far as the eye can see
and only one will survive, I wonder who it will be
this is the Ultimate Showdown...
this is the Ultimate Showdown...
this is the Ultimate Showdown...
of Ultimate Destiny"

"The One I Love"
-R.E.M., 3:18
If it worked, it would be perfect. A little short on wordage, but you could stop the effect when the words stopped...
Sending a message to somebody Doug 'loves' and 'left behind': is that not useful?

"Castles in the Sky"
-Ian Van Dahl, 3:18
Given the content of Utena, how could any other song get you there?

These are my interpretations of many of the vocal songs I have. I'll be basically going, systematically, through my collection here.

"I Need A Hero" (alternate- "Holding Out For A Hero")
-Jennifer Saunders, 3:56
-Bonnie Tyler, 5:50
"I need a hero/
I'm holding out for a hero 'till the end of the night..."
The effect of this song is twofold:
First, it provides a boost to all combat-relevant abilities (speed, strength, toughness, stamina, and mental focus), until one of two ending conditions are met.
Second, it sends out an instant psionic 'distress call' to any and all allies (range varies based on transit time). Thus, the song will normally only reach most of a continent, but with those who can teleport or move fast, it will reach farther. This 'call' lets the receiver know of its' user's state of distress, and their specific location, including a non-compulsory psychic imperative effect (powerful enough to make receivers take notice of his problem, but not enough to force assistance).
At the end of the song (as usual), both effects shut down. If, though, at least one ally comes to the aid of the user, the combat enhancement will end, while the summons will continue.

The Government of Maldives, a small nation badly struck by the Tsunami of recent memory, has ordered a market building demolished. The building in question is the economic center of a major fishing community.
Why? Not because it was structurally unsound. It was newly built.
Because it was built using money from a Western charity that is loosely affiliated with a Human Rights Activist group that has protested against abuses by the Maldives government.
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"I give you the beautiful... the talented... the tirelessly atomic-powered...
R!
DOROTHY!
WAYNERIGHT!
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.

I don't know about the rest of you but for those in Seattle,"My-HiME dvd disc1" just arived at the Seattle Public Library ...