Gwazi Magnum

The new Star Wars has Brienne of Tarth in it

mdk said
It's not so much that they 'declared the EU non-cannon.' What they've said is, 'We're not going to try to keep this within someone else's boundaries. That story has already been told. Here's a different story, our story, and by the way Lucas, sit the fuck down, you're in time-out.' I love everything about that.

So alternate universe?
If that's what they're doing why didn't they just say so? :/

Darog the Badger God said
To be fair, a lot of the EU Stuff was pretty fuckin terrible in the first place. Plus, we all fuckin know where this "Sequel" Trilogy thing is gonna go(if they turn it into a trilogy, but they will). First new movie = "We are so lucky! we've had peace for so long! *New enemy appears* "OH NO! how did we not know these generic evil villains will come and fight us! I know! lets go and get Luke and co! *Old stars return as old versions of their original characters and defeat the villains, kinda, sorta* "YAY! we sure saved the day!" Second new movie = To cut the bullshit, villains win, opens path for the next movie to be how dire the situation is and how they *Zordon voice* "MUST SAVE THE GALAXY FROM UTTER PERIL OF THESE GENERIC VILLAINS" Episode 3 will the heroes yet again saving the galaxy from total dominion! 8D doesn't that sound like something truly worthy of becoming the original trilogy's successsor, or does it sound like a generic copy of the plot that was a simple version of the "Hero must....*heavily sniffs* SAVE THE WORLD! Trust me, I've lost all hope in Star Wars.

I'm not exactly sure what you're trying to argue here.
Are you saying it's going to be like the prequels? Are you saying the original trilogy was lame?
Are you saying the expanded universe was lame? If so you seriously need to check out the Old Republic Era.

Welcome Back to the Guild

When the bugrat dared the girls to attack him Gwazi simply grinned. With a sudden force of strength he pushed himself free of the pin long enough to swing his sword at the arm the bugrat would have used to pin him in place. Then once Gwazi dropped to the ground being free of the bugrats grasp he simply said "You asked for it" before ducking and rolling underneath the bugrat and piercing the sword right into his gut from underneath. Hopefully that did some decent damage to the bugrat and would keep it in shock for at least a few seconds, but at the same time Gwazi just left himself in a very vulnerable position. One the Bugrat could easily exploit of the girls don't follow up and cover him.

Welcome Back to the Guild

Kaga said Sorry, did I not explain that clearly enough in PM's? I must've rushed that summary worse than I thought...

It's likely I'm just not remembering all the details from the PM anymore since it was a while ago now.

Kaga said Weell... I mean, all the roleplayers were sucked into the Guild world with their real-world appearances. Either image works for me for sake of this RP, but, as far as the canon of this world is concerned, Gwazi would look exactly the same inside the Guild as out

In that case, my original picture should be adequate.

Kaga said unless he disguised himself to better blend in with his surroundings (which I'm hoping he would've done in a tribal village), or used his powers to shapeshift similarly to how Muse does.

That's the thing, I took so long to post that they seemed to be outside the village now. So I basically just had myself wandering in the cave rather than being from the tribal village.
In all honesty, for even an altered/revisioned version for me it's doubtful that I would willingly settle in a community that looks at men so poorly. I'd probably visit for supplies and info, but I most likely wouldn't make efforts to be part of the Tribe unless if pressing circumstances urged me to do so.

My roommate: Let's call her "Henry"

Kaga said she seemed surprised when I said that I've never had a nightmare about her.

If we're defining nightmare as "Unwanted and/or negative dream" I'm a bit shocked too.
You've mentioned enough times how she seems to annoy/bug you I'm surprised you didn't get one dream of her just annoying you or something.

Hell I'll occasionally dream about having a heated argument like my Mom (we argued a lot when I was little) and will start shouting in my sleep "Shut the fuck up Mom!" and then wake up and realize I'm dreaming.

No threads about the 5th of November?

It always easy to spot an Aly posts cause she's like the only person on the site to have their own background. :P

Darog the Badger God said
Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the parliament in Britain.Basically, "Remember remember the 5th of November, the gunpowder treason and plot. I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot."

So it's over an attempted terrorist attack?
If had a remembrance day for all of those we might as well be trying to remember failed terrorists 24/7.

The new Star Wars has Brienne of Tarth in it

Even as I huge star wars fan, I'm not getting my hopes up with this movie yet.

Disney has shown big signs of treating Star Wars as one of their "Tearing it to shreds and make an abomination" series rather than "We just own it, but we'll it do it's own thing" series seeing as how they are not only making Leia a Disney Princess but declared anything outside the movies (All of star wars best lore and story-telling) as being non-canon. Big indicators they see star wars as a cash in rather than something to respect and keep flourishing (Though to be fair, George Lucas can be criticized for the same).

Regardless of such, even if there was no concerns about Disney trying to just cash in they still set the standards/expectation even higher for themselves. Because now they don't only need to make a movie worthy of the other movies, but they need to make a movie worthy of replacing the many years of the expanded star wars universe.

Control VS Freedom

So Boerd said
What makes you think they won't buy more with the Welfare money?

There's no guarantee they won't.
But if they already have some drugs that might be enough incentive to start buying stuff like decent food.

I'd rather take the chance though than condemn people to starve because of a substance they choose to take.

Control VS Freedom

So Boerd said
The point is not to save money, the point is to save people from poverty. Every person we give welfare to who uses drugs, we are , not helping.Drug tests should be expanded for public assistance to include nicotine and alcohol.

Not necessarily.
If people are so hooked on drugs to use welfare money on it, they're bound to invest money in it even when denied welfare.
Which means they're still hurting in terms of food, shelter, clothing and power.

Control VS Freedom

Commander said You do realize a small number of states have tried to do drug testing for welfare recipients? In Tennessee, out of over 800 people tested, only one tested positive. That's less than 1 percent. Other states had similar results.In Florida, during the four months the state tested for drug use, only 2.6% of applicants tested positive. Meanwhile, Florida has an illegal drug use rate of 8%, meaning far fewer people on services are using drugs than their better-off counterparts. The drug testing cost taxpayers more money than it saved, and was ruled unconstitutional last year. Can you say massive failure?

Not shocking. Drugs tend to be expensive, so it's something well off people are probably more willing to pay for than people who are already struggling to get by.