Over the last few days my acssess to fanfction.net has been hit and miss with it frequently throwing odd errors.

has anyone else been having the same problems?

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E: "Did they... did they just endorse the combination of the JSDF and US Army by showing them as two lesbian lolicons moving in together and holding hands and talking about how 'intimate' they were?"
B: "Have you forgotten so soon? They're phasing out Don't Ask, Don't Tell."

Ok, I've just discovered several clips of the new Evangelion movies 1.11 You are (not) Alone and 2.22 You can (not) Advance. A full blown fanboy gobsmacked rant is forthcoming on how impressed I am with what I've seen so far, but that's not the purpose of this post. 

I've also discovered several uploads of the soundtracks of the two films. And one striking thing is - there are choral parts that in any English film would normally be in Latin. But here they used English!! 

I think Doug's talent twigs off of any music sung and with instrumental accompaniment. So here are some links with Lyrics. 

KEEP YOUR HEAD ABOVE THE MAYHEM
In the battle of the bravest souls, over evil shall the good prevail,
If the universe is crashing down, heed the chaos and then drown it out,
Showing flashes of bravado, in a torrent of destruction, keep your head
above the mayhem;? clarity will be your weapon as the blinded falter and die.

It's a very simple chorus. But it repeats a couple of times and the track itself is only 2:30 long. Serious tactical insight/combat boost? It doesn't last long, so it better be for something he can get done quick. 

IN MY SPIRIT

In my spirit lies my faith
Stronger than love and with me it will be for always

Not much there. But it is a sung part. Repeated several times. Not sure if that qualifies enough to trigger anything. And - not sure WHAT it would trigger, but just throwing it in. 

FATE
What will the future hold
How will I be rewarded
Have I the right to riches
In a world where there are no prizes
Who makes? the clock tick by
When will my fate be ready
Do I get prior warning
Am I told? Are there no surprises
I have to count my blessings
I have to learn my lessons
My fate is in the balance
I must go on believing

Again - not suggesting any effect by my own opinion. Just throwing it in. 

There are more vocal bits to the soundtrack. But even though Anno is "on his meds" they are still typically disturbing/creepy. Well even more disturbing, creepy, or used in INAPPROPRIATE scenes than the ones above. The above is pretty much used as fight/battle music. 

(The child singing "let's be friends" while the dummy plug controlled Eva-01 dismembers Bardiel/Eva-03 is REALLY FUCKING CREEPY/SAD)

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Summons one unkillable chicken that attacks the first person seen, untill said person is dead. Note: Sticky-- Chicken remains after song ends.

http://www.thedailypage.com/isthmus/art ... icle=30610]..and his appearance at this weekend's MadCon will be his farewell to fandom.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

October 13, 2008 --Wallace Webster Senatorial Campaign Headquarters, Hanover, NH
     "We've got to do something, Barry," Wallace Webster said, rubbing a hand through his silvering crew cut. "We just barely beat Sununu in the Primary and Shaheen is creaming us in the polls."
     "What can we do, Wally?" Barry Dulac, his campaign manager, asked. "She seems to have us beat on policy and Sununu wasted all the dirt on her in the Primary." The weedy little man went into deep thought and idly refreshed his web browser. And in a flash of news server serendipity, he had it. "What if we had some smoke and mirrors issue that Shaheen seems weak on? Like that nut in Nashua with the Handwaved Big rig?"
     "Scare tactics?" Webster mused. A slow grin spread across his face. "I think we can do that, and I think I know just the target."
October 13, 2008 --Private Residence, Lebanon, NH
     Eljay stepped back from his 2004 Neon after six hours' work applying Handwavium to every surface and wiped sweat from his brow. The goop seemed to be working as intended, since the scrape on the side from when his mother had sideswiped a granite underpass was smoothing out and matching the silvery sheen of the rest of the car as he watched. He looked at the bucket and was glad to notice he still had enough to try some of the other ideas he'd heard about on the internet. He smiled as he turned off the CD boom box that had played snippets of scores from Star Trek, Star Wars, The Fifth Element and Back to the Future. He closed the bucket very firmly, sealed it as best he could, and put it in his trunk.
     "Well, Nene," he said conversationally to his car, "tomorrow we find out just how well things took." He patted the fender affectionately and stripped off his safety gear before going inside for a well-deserved session playing City of Heroes.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll

Canadian know-how triumphs again!

(Pity it seems to be named after an Anne Murray song...)
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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

You'll never get that taste, out of your mouth

You'll never get the paw prints, out of the hen house now

And you can't go back, same way you came

Round all the pieces up, but they just dont fit the same

White knuckles

Maybe it's not so bad

So let your hair down now

White knuckles

Yeah maybe it's not so bad

Aww go ahead and let it down

So come and let it all out, let it bleed

Did you get what you want? Did you get what you need?

Behind the lines, behind the walls

Tell me what's the bet you made, was it that bad after all?

White knuckles

Yeah maybe it's not so bad

So let your hair down now

White knuckles

Aww maybe it's not so bad

Just let it all come down now

So just have fun, it's far enough

Everybody needs to sleep at night, everybody needs a crutch

But couldn't good, be good enough?

Cause nothin' ever doesn't change but nothin' changes much

Yeah, maybe it's not so bad

So let your hair down now

White knuckles

Aww maybe it's not so bad

Just let it all come down now

Yeah maybe it's not so bad

Just let your hair come down now

Oh maybe it's not so bad

Just let it all come down

Bob, when I saw the video you posted, I thought of this as a song that makes a "rope" of braided hair grow from someone's head, a la Rapunzel.  It will grow as long as the song plays so just stop the song at the desired length and cut the hair off the head.  Alternatively you could just have a coil appear that gets longer the more the song is played.  With a four minute song, if you have the hair grow at one foot per second you could have a rope over two hundred feet long.  I don't remember if you've ever stated the minimum amount a song needs to be played in order for Doug's talent to recognize and activate but that would determine the maximum length.

Has anyone played Magical Battle arena patched in English? Is it any good? Where'd you get it?
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Just marathoned the archives for this one.  Quick and dirty is you got a tough-as-nails kid vs. a legion of reality hackers.  Best part is that it's got all the attitude of Scott Pilgrim vs. The Universe.  Updates are pretty regular, too: twice-weekly, and always in glorious full-color, no less.  Oh, and dare I mention how much fun the artwork is to look at?
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