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| RIP Davy Jones |
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Posted by: Ebony - 02-29-2012, 11:01 PM - Forum: General Chatter
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Details.
I first saw Davy Jones as an animated guest star on the incarnation of Scooby-Doo that had guests of the week. I only ran into the Monkees later, but always thought Jones was fun to watch.
Ebony the Black Dragon
http://ebony14.livejournal.com
"Good night, and may the Good Lord take a Viking to you."
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Posted by: ordnance11 - 02-29-2012, 03:27 AM - Forum: Politics and Other Fun
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Let us just say the entertainment factor has been tremendous. What is supposed to be a boring is now has drama and suspense to it!
__________________
Into terror!, Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell
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| [RFC][Idea][Infinities?] Discovery |
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Posted by: Warringer - 02-29-2012, 02:34 AM - Forum: Fenspace
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For an outside observer it may not look as if the great white shape moved at all through the deep blackness of space. The shadows cast on it from the distant sun were unmoving, safe for those that hit one of the two massive rotating rings that rotated around the main keel of the great ship, connected to a large blocky aft and an equally large circular frontal section.
Yet it whizzed by in just the blink of an eye to any fixed observer as its large engines pushed it through space at a low relativistic speed, towards a target that had been fixed weeks ago.
Within one of the rings a set of eyes blinked as it looked at information scrolling down a thin, nearly holographic screen.
"This is funny," the owner of the eyes noted and turned around to face her partner. "Could you please take a look at this?"
The partner craned his neck and looked back at her, for the moment ignoring his own workspace.
"What is it?" he wondered.
"I'm getting a wired signal near the hydrogen line. Looks almost artificial."
"I'll take a look."
Across the large radio astronomy laboratory, windows were closed and others were opened, calling up a display of the hydrogen baseline. There was a silence for a few minutes, before he looked back up.
"It is," he noted." An artificial signal. High quality frequency modulation with additional signals within the sidebands."
Turning around, his face twisted into something resembling a grin as he all but jumped up from his seated place in front of his workspace. His eyes gleamed and his partner blinked her eyes in quick succession.
"Alien lifeforms! An unknown civilization! Someone who..."
"Uhm, you know that the scout that mapped this system left a beacon..."
He visibly deflated, before perking back up again.
"Wrong frequency. And the beacon was left nearly four decades ago. We have to tell MCOM."
His partner shook her head and her plume ruffled lightly.
"We should confirm this and then we take it to MCOM. We don't have time for your speculative fiction stuff. This is a scientific mission."
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Just a thought that wouldn't leave me. We know of the alien probe the Miranda encountered. I'm pretty sure they left one of theirs as well. Quite possible to have the aliens stumble over it.
I would like to do an experiment of how aliens encounter Fenspace and are quite possibly wireded out...
No set date as a decade of theirs can be quite different to one of ours.
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| Members of the SOS-Dan |
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Posted by: Bob Schroeck - 02-28-2012, 04:47 PM - Forum: Fenspace
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After having watched The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya last week, I got to thinking about the Fenspace versions of the SOS-Dan, and in a free moment last night whipped up the following. It's very first-draftish, and I'm open to suggestions for changes and improvements. As for wiki markup, I'll do that when I have something close to a final version.
Nagato
Like the other members of the SOS-Dan, Yuki Nagato's history before the dawn of Fenspace is nonexistent. The general consensus among watchers of the SOS-Dan is that she was one of the great hackers, perhaps even of the original Unix generation of wizard programmers, until undergoing a biomod that transformed her into the image of a character from an obscure series of Japanese light novels.
Quirks:
Compulsive Reader: The only time she can be found without a book in her hand is when she's at a keyboard. And sometimes even then.
Code Wizard: Gifted intuitive programmer. Has never encountered a computer in Fenspace running a system or programming language she didn't understand or couldn't use, at least not in sight of witnesses.
Mavis Beacon Goes "Whoa!": Blazing typing speed, to the point of blurring fingers, which she can apparently maintain for hours on end. Consequently, she ignores computer mice because they only slow her down; she prefers to use keyboard shortcuts for everything.
Fandoms:
Tron, The Matrix, Doctor Who, Babylon 5, the work of Dan Simmons, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Tenchi Muyo!, Harry Potter.
Mikuru
Mikuru is famously shy, and is the least public of the SOS-Dan, and correspondingly her role and function within the cadre is unclear. Many believe she is simply Haruhi's personal secretary, while others snidely suggest she has even less importance than that, being nothing but a sextoy for the other brigade members. At the other extreme, certain observers believe that her apparent shyness and timidity are merely camouflage for Haruhi's personal enforcer and assassin.
Mikuru's history before the SOS-Dan left Earth is all but nonexistent. Extensive rumors that she is a former adult model/performer have been almost entirely debunked, but no other information about her background has been found.
Dedicated observers of the SOS-Dan believe that "Mikuru" is actually a set of twins sharing the name, based on several unconfirmed reports of her appearing to be in two (widely-separated) places at the same time.
Quirks:
Crouching Ditz, Hidden Competence: Mikuru is much more capable than she appears, although not to the extremes that some believe of her. She is a skilled administrator, and has demonstrated decent hand-to-hand fighting ability.
When Two Can Be As One: As noted above, some believe that "Mikuru Asahina" is actually a false identity shared by a pair of twins (or possibly a set of Ayanami-like clones).
Please Don't Hurt Me: Mikuru has the ability generate paralyzing guilt in anyone short of a genuine sociopath (or Haruhi) with the quiver of a lip and the glistening of her eyes. This is not believed to be a Handwavium-based "power", but simple emotional manipulation.
Fandoms:
Quantum Leap, Time Trax, Doctor Who, the Bill and Ted films, Twilight Saga.
Koizumi
The diplomat of the SOS-Dan. Unflappable, unfazeable. Even in the rare instances when he has been surprised or become flustered, his agitation looks like other peoples' calm. Appears to be from a wealthy Japanese family, although his personal history, like those of the rest of the SOS-Dan, is either completely obscured or outright false.
Quirks:
Contacts: Koizumi seems to always know someone nearby with useful talents or resources regardless of the situation or location. His contacts range from the 'Danelaw to the outer reaches of the solar system, and it's a running joke among the SMOF that when humanity finally meets another intelligent race, there will already be someone among them who knows Koizumi and is ready to do him a favor.
Charm: Koizumi possesses a lazy, seemingly guileless charm that cloaks the master diplomat and negotiator he really is. He is adept at making new acquaintances think themselves friends even though he seems to have few true confidantes outside the SOS-Dan.
Fandoms:
X-Men, Zenna Henderson's The People novels, the DC Animated Universe (especially Teen Titans), the works of E.E. "Doc" Smith, My Little Pony.
Kyon
Despite being prone to fits of irritation, annoyance and outright anger -- mostly at Haruhi, though frequently at life in general as well -- Kyon is paradoxically the emotional anchor which holds the SOS-Dan together. Together he and Haruhi form the axis around which the the SOS-Dan rotates. While she provides the ideas and the raw energy to drive them, he provides common sense approaches and occasionally can manage to overrule his wife's more extreme enthusiasms.
Quirks:
The Only Sane Man... Is Not Here: Although he is the center point of sanity around which the SOS-Dan revolves at times, it is only by comparison to the other members. He is, after all, still with them after all these years, and explicitly supports and helps guide their efforts. However, he presents a very convincing front of being a 'Dane -- sometimes almost to the point of being a Dursley.
Tote That Barge, Lift That Bale: Kyon is usually assigned the dirtiest, most difficult, or most inconvenient tasks by Haruhi, and accepts them with only token grumbling. He also accomplishes them, regardless of difficulty; were it not for the fact that he is never very far from Haruhi's side it would be he, not Mikuru, suspected of being Haruhi's secret enforcer.
Fandoms:
Action movies, martial arts movies, mass-appeal Sci Fi films.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
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| Return of the Good, Bad, and Depends-On-Circumstances! |
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Posted by: David Lewis - 02-27-2012, 04:15 AM - Forum: The Game Everyone Loves To Play
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Hello! Long time no post, but the upside is I've had a lot
of time to get ideas for power songs, so to start the first of likely several
suggestions, we have
Good
Meet me halfway –
Black Eyed Peas – 4:49
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7HahVwYpwo&ob=av3e
I can't go any further than this
I want you so badly, it's my biggest wish
I spent my time just thinkin thinkin thinkin bout you
Every single day yes, I'm really missin' missin' you
And all those things we use to use to use to do
Hey girl, what's up, it use to be just me and you
I spent my time just thinkin thinkin thinkin bout you
Every single day, yes I'm really missin missin you
And all those things we use to use to use to do
Hey girl what's up, what's up, what's up, what's up
Meet me halfway, right at the boarderline
That's where I'm gonna wait, for you
I'll be lookin out, night n'day
Took my heart to the limit, and this is where I'll stay
I can't go any further than this
I want you so bad it's my only wish
Girl, I travel round the world and even sail the seven seas
Across the universe I go to other galexies
Just tell me where to go, just tell me where you wanna to
meet
I navigate myself myself to take me where you be
Cause girl I want, I, I, I want you right now
I travel uptown (town) I travel downtown
I wanna to have you around (round) like every single day
I love you alway... way
Can you meet me half way (I'll meet you halfway)
Right at the boarderline
That's where I'm gonna wait, for you
I'll be lookin out, night n'day
Took my heart to the limit, and this is where I'll stay
I can't go any further than this
I want you so bad it's my only wish
I can't go any further than this
I want you so bad it's my only wish
Let's walk the bridge, to the other side
Just you and I (just you and I)
I will fly, I'll fly the skies, for you and I (for you and
I)
I will try, until I die, for you and I, for you and I, for
for you and I,
For for you and I, for for you and I, for you and I
Can you meet me half way (yup yup)
Can you meet me half way (yup yup)
Can you meet me half way (yup yup)
Can you meet me half way (yup yup)
Meet me half way, right at the boarderline
That's where I'm gonna wait, for you
I'll be lookin out, night n'day
Took my heart to the limit, and this is where I'll stay
I can't go any further than this
I want you so bad it's my only wish
I can't go any further than this
I want you so bad it's my only wish
Power – Okay, I
realise I'm either stretching the lyrics or being really optimistic here, but I see this as either a dual
teleportation song, (Doug and a person he mentally chooses) would be teleported
to the exact middle point between them, i.e meeting halfway. Or since ‘meet me
halfway' can mean a mental agreement or compromise, that it would create a
mental link or projection of Doug and one other person he has met and who
mentally agrees to the meeting once the song begins – they are mentally projected
to the halfway point between where the two currently are, be It a few feet or
thousands of miles, once there they can talk and discuss freely for the
duration of the song, and both fully remember the experience and conversation.
*Shrugs* I know it's unlikely, but that's where my mind led me.
Bad
Animal – Neon Trees –
3:31
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM7Hlg75Mlo&ob=av2e
Here we go again
I kinda wanna be more than friends
So take it easy on me
I'm afraid
You're never satisfied
Here we go again
We're sick like animals
We play pretend
You're just
A cannibal
And I'm afraid
I won't get out alive
I won't sleep tonight
Oh oh
I want some
More
Oh oh
What are you waiting for
Take a bite of
My heart tonight
Oh oh
I want some
More
Oh oh
What are you waiting for
What are you waiting for
Say goodbye to my heart
Tonight
Here we are again
I feel the chemicals kickin' in
It's getting heavy
And I wanna run
And hide
I wanna run and hide
I do it every time
You're killin' me now
And I won't be
Denied by you
The animal inside of you
Oh oh
I want some more
Oh oh
What are you waiting for
Take a bite of my heart tonight
Oh oh
I want some more
Oh oh
What are you waiting for
What are you waiting for
Say goodbye to my heart tonight
Hush, hush The world is quiet
Hush, hush We both can't fight it
It's us that made this mess
Why can't you understand?
Whoa, I won't sleep tonight
Here we go again [3x]
Oh oh
I want some more
Oh oh
What are you waiting for
Take a bite of my heart tonight
Oh oh
I want some more
Oh oh
What are you waiting for
What are you waiting for
What are you waiting
Here we go again [3x]
Say goodbye to my heart tonight
Oh oh
I want some more
Oh oh
What are you waiting for
Take a bite of my heart tonight
Oh oh
I want some more
Oh oh
What are you waiting for
What are you waiting for
Say goodbye to my heart tonight
Power – This one
is much simpler to guess. A pretty blatant ‘transform person into savage
monster obsessed with devouring my flesh' song.
Depends- on-Circumstances
Airplanes – B.O.B
Feat. Haley Williams – 3:12
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn6-c223DUU&ob=av3e
[Chorus: Hayley Williams]
Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky
Are like shooting stars?
I could really use a wish right now
Wish right now
Wish right now
Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky
Are like shooting stars?
I could really use a wish right now
Wish right now
Wish right now
[Verse 1: B.o.B]
Yeah, I could use a dream or a genie or a wish
To go back to a place much simpler than this
'Cause after all the partyin' and smashin' and crashin'
And all the glitz and the glam and the fashion
And all the pandemonium and all the madness
There comes a time where you fade to the blackness
And when you starin' at that phone in your lap
And you hopin' but them people never call you back
But that's just how the story unfolds
You get another hand soon after you fold
And when your plans unravel in the sand
What would you wish for if you had one chance?
So airplane, airplane, sorry I'm late
I'm on my way so don't close that gate
If I don't make that then I'll switch my flight
And I'll be right back at it by the end of the night
[Chorus: Hayley Williams (B.o.B)]
Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky
Are like shooting stars? (Shooting stars)
I could really use a wish right now (Wish right now)
Wish right now (Wish right now)
Wish right now (Wish right now)
Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky
Are like shooting stars? (Shooting Stars)
I could really use a wish right now (Wish right now)
Wish right now (Wish right now)
Wish right now (Wish right now)
[Verse 2: B.o.B]
Ya, ya, somebody take me back to the days
Befo' this was a job, befo' I got paid
Befo' it ever mattered what I had in my bank
Ya, back when I was tryin' to get a tip at Subway
And back when I was rappin' for the hell of it
But nowadays we rappin' to stay relevant
I'm guessin' that if we can make some wishes outta'
airplanes
Then maybe oh maybe I'll go back to the days
Befo' the politics that we call the rap game
And back when ain't nobody listen to my mixtape
And back befo' I tried to cover up my slang
But this is fo' Decatur, what's up Bobby Ray?
So can I get a wish
To end the politics
And get back to the music
That started this shit?
So here I stand and then again I say
I'm hopin' we can make some wishes outta' airplanes
[Chorus: Hayley Williams (B.o.B)]
Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky
Are like shooting stars? (Shooting Stars)
I could really use a wish right now (Wish right now)
Wish right now (Wish right now)
Wish right now (Wish right now)
Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky
Are like shooting stars? (Shooting Stars)
I could really use a wish right now (Wish right now)
Wish right now (Wish right now)
Wish right now (Wish right now)
[Outro: B.o.B {Hayley Williams}]
I could really use a wish right now {oh, oh-oh}
(I could really use a wish right now)
I-I-I could really use a wish right now
(I could really use a wish right now)
Like, like, like shootin' stars {oh, oh... oh}
(Like shootin' stars)
I-I-I-I could really use a wish right now
(I could really use a wish right now)
A wish, a wish right now
(A wish right now)
Power - If there
is airplane above him (or his AOE) at night, Doug is granted genie-like powers
for the duration – one wish per plane - but the power drain would vary
considerably depending on the wishes granted. Plus I get the feeling he'd have little
control over it, like ANY wish in the AOE would be granted – no matter who made
it.
Any thoughts?
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| A visual lineage for the MP Evangelions? |
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Posted by: classicdrogn - 02-26-2012, 05:55 PM - Forum: Other People's Fanfiction
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Take a look at the picture from below in flight right under the "behavior and Ecology" heading and tell me that's not where the MP Evas' wings came from visually.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Vulture
- CD
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows
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| Another band to avoid |
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Posted by: Weaver - 02-25-2012, 09:12 PM - Forum: The Game Everyone Loves To Play
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Found another band for Doug to add to his 'do not touch with a barge pole' list, namely Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. As for why they should be avoided, their songs are either about things from the Mythos or about things equally creepy (although "Shoggoths Away" might be useful in situations where you need to cause a lot of damage and aren't fussed about keeping it contained).
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