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0|0|0|||1||AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|Gryphon||22:36:19|05/12/2014|So Vorticity posted a couple of new questions to an AGA thread that already had 59 responses.  This was probably damaged in the Forum fall-over a while ago and just hadn%27t been noticed%2C but the new post caused it to display as if it had nine responses numbered 1 through 8 and 60.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27ve asked Dave to restore the earlier version from the LNG backup he used to repair the other damaged threads.  In the meantime%2C I may as well answer the questions here.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EWhen Gryphon goes out to dinner%2C does he ever get carded%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AIn the FI era%2C no%2C because he looks like he%27s about 30.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EConversely%2C does he get the senior discount%3F %0D%0A%0D%0ANot unless he%27s someplace where he%27s known and the proprietor is trying to make a funny.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EWhat in the world is Zeta Cygni doing with all of the energy produced %0D%0A%3Eby the Dyson Sphere%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AOh%2C you know... stuff.%2A%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A%5Bsmall%5D%2A We had a huge slap fight on these boards one time about the Dyson sphere%3B it totally inflamed somebody%27s hard-SF spleen.  Not goin%27 there again. %3A%29%5B%2Fsmall%5D%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
1|1|0|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|Bad Moon||00:43:27|05/13/2014|%3EOh%2C you know... stuff.%2A %0D%0A%0D%0AGetting ready for the galaxy%27s greatest laser Floyd show for Asrial%27s Mega Ultra Platinum Jubilee.%0D%0A%0D%0A------%0D%0AOh God%2C it was me.  I was the grognard all along.
2|1|0|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|twipper||09:51:22|05/13/2014|%3E%5Bsmall%5D%2A We had a huge slap fight on these boards one time about the %0D%0A%3EDyson sphere%3B it totally inflamed somebody%27s hard-SF spleen.  Not %0D%0A%3Egoin%27 there again. %3A%29%5B%2Fsmall%5D %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AWhy is it always the spleen%3F  The thyroid and the pancreas want in on some comedic value.. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0ABrian%0D%0A
3|2|2|||||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|juniper||13:09:26|05/13/2014|%3EWhy is it always the spleen%3F  The thyroid and the pancreas want in on %0D%0A%3Esome comedic value.. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0ABecause spleens sound ridiculous. %0D%0A%0D%0AHonestly%2C it probably ought to have been gall-bladder%2C given how much bile was involved%2C but so it goes.
4|3|3|||||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|Bushido||13:56:01|05/13/2014|According to one fanfic I read%2C SPLEEN is the sound that occurs when you hit someone with said organ.
5|4|4|||||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|juniper||15:30:12|05/14/2014|%3EAccording to one fanfic I read%2C SPLEEN is the sound that occurs when %0D%0A%3Eyou hit someone with said organ. %0D%0A%0D%0AAh. Like Agatha%27s book in %5Blink%3Awww.girlgeniusonline.com%2Fcomic.php%3Fdate%3D20110103%7Cpanel 6%5D. Got it.
6|5|5|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|Gryphon||15:56:17|05/14/2014|%3E%3EAccording to one fanfic I read%2C SPLEEN is the sound that occurs when %0D%0A%3E%3Eyou hit someone with said organ. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EAh. Like Agatha%27s book in %5Blink%3Awww.girlgeniusonline.com%2Fcomic.php%3Fdate%3D20110103%7Cpanel 6%5D. Got it. %0D%0A%0D%0AI%27ve got an old %5Bi%5DMad%5B%2Fi%5D Magazine compilation from the %2760s around here someplace that includes a %22truth in comic book sound effects%22 feature along those same lines.  My favorite was a panel depicting a cowboy firing a double-barrelled shotgun in a saloon fight.  The sound effect was %22BARROOM%22.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
7|6|6|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|ebony14||09:35:58|05/15/2014|%3EI%27ve got an old %5Bi%5DMad%5B%2Fi%5D Magazine compilation from the %2760s around %0D%0A%3Ehere someplace that includes a %22truth in comic book sound effects%22 %0D%0A%3Efeature along those same lines.  My favorite was a panel depicting a %0D%0A%3Ecowboy firing a double-barrelled shotgun in a saloon fight.  The sound %0D%0A%3Eeffect was %22BARROOM%22. %0D%0A%0D%0AThere was an old Ambush Bug one-shot that had a full-page%2C single-panel explosion as the climax of the ridiculousness that is Ambush Bug. The accompanying sound effect was extremely tiny%2C looking out of place in the middle of the massive image behind it. A footnote at the bottom of the page contained an apologetic explanation from the writer%2C explaining that he had been up very late at night trying to finish before the deadline and that he didn%27t want to wake the wife with the explosion.%0D%0A%0D%0APar for the course for Ambush Bug %28who%2C in UF%2C should be that weird uncle of Ravager%27s that the Wilson Family %22doesn%27t talk about%22 or something. Either that%2C or the Last Herald of Galactus%2C having driven the poor fellow insane before he ever made it to Earth.%29%0D%0A%0D%0AEbony the Black Dragon%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Life is like an anole. Sometimes it%27s green. Sometimes it%27s brown. But it%27s always a small Caribbean lizard.%22
8|1|0|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|Mercutio||18:28:41|05/26/2014| %0D%0A%5Bsmall%5D%3E%2A We had a huge slap fight on these boards one time about the %0D%0A%3EDyson sphere%3B it totally inflamed somebody%27s hard-SF spleen.  Not %0D%0A%3Egoin%27 there again. %3A%29%5B%2Fsmall%5D %0D%0A%0D%0AI would like to take this moment to note that%2C as a reader%2C your retcon of the origin of the Dyson Sphere was%2C in my opinion%2C one of your finest editorial decisions. I absolutely loathed the thing as %22something they built in about ten years.%22 I truly love it as %22something they ripped off from elsewhere%2C where it was just lying around.%22 The latter is just... deeply pregnant with possibilities and wonder.%0D%0A%0D%0AOh%2C right%21 The new AGA thread. We can ask stuff%21%0D%0A%0D%0AThis is one of those %22feel free to tell me to piss off%22 topics %28not that you need my permission%29 but I was wondering what the current%2C modern-day statuses are of Caladan%2FAtlantis and Mandalor.%0D%0A%0D%0AWe know a fair bit about the other centers of galactic power from the First and Second Epochs. We%27ve %5Bi%5Dbeen%5B%2Fi%5D to Triskelia Dekkana IV%2C Cybertron%2C and Kaitain. While it seems likely Mandalor could fall off the grid completely %28they were pretty secretive bastards and the war that wiped them out is of unknown provenance%29 Atlantis left behind a lot of colonies %28including%2C if I recall correctly%2C Corellia%29 and had had diplomatic and commercial contact with Minbar%2C which has an unbroken historical record stretching all the way back to those times. So it seems pretty likely%2C to me%2C at least%2C that people at least know where it %5Bi%5Dis%5B%2Fi%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0ABut above and beyond that%2C I%27m pretty curious.%0D%0A%0D%0A-Merc%0D%0AKeep Rat
9|2|8|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|Gryphon||19:37:45|05/26/2014|%3EWhile it seems likely Mandalor could fall off %0D%0A%3Ethe grid completely %28they were pretty secretive bastards and the war %0D%0A%3Ethat wiped them out is of unknown provenance%29 Atlantis left behind a %0D%0A%3Elot of colonies %28including%2C if I recall correctly%2C Corellia%29 and had %0D%0A%3Ehad diplomatic and commercial contact with Minbar%2C which has an %0D%0A%3Eunbroken historical record stretching all the way back to those times. %0D%0A%3ESo it seems pretty likely%2C to me%2C at least%2C that people at least know %0D%0A%3Ewhere it %5Bi%5Dis%5B%2Fi%5D. %0D%0A%0D%0AFirst Mandalor%2C the original homeworld of the Mandalorian species%2C is gone.  Not lost%3B %5Bi%5Dgone%5B%2Fi%5D.  That%27s what I%27m tryin%27a tell you%2C kid%2C it ain%27t there.  It%27s been totally blown away.  That%27s how much the Mandalorian Wars didn%27t work out for the Mandalorians.%0D%0A%0D%0ASecond and Third Mandalores still exist%2C and as of the early 25th century%2C their locations are known.  Little of note survives on either one%3B the ruins were picked clean long ago%2C by later and lesser civilizations that have themselves fallen and been lost to time.  They%27re a little like Ilos in the original %5Bi%5DMass Effect%5B%2Fi%5D%2C except with fewer working terminals.%0D%0A%0D%0AAtlantis is a slightly different story%2C in that there are plenty of records showing where it ought to be%2C but if you go there%2C there%27s nothing there.  Not %22the ruins of a destroyed solar system%22 like at First Mandalor%2C but nothing at all.  It%27s like there never was a star there%2C which%2C given that surviving records indicate it was a G-class main sequence star like the Sun%2C should definitely not be the case in the cosmologically piddling span of time that has elapsed.  Whether that indicates that the ancient navigation records are wrong%2C the %5Bi%5Dtranslations%5B%2Fi%5D of same are in error%2C or Something Really Frickin%27 Strange Is Going On%2C no one%27s really sure.  Mainstream academia%27s money is on B.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
10|3|9|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|Mercutio||19:48:11|05/26/2014|[updated:LAST EDITED ON May-26-14 AT 07:48 PM (EDT)]%3EFirst Mandalor%2C the original homeworld of the Mandalorian species%2C is %0D%0A%3Egone.  Not lost%3B %5Bi%5Dgone%5B%2Fi%5D.  That%27s what I%27m tryin%27a tell you%2C kid%2C %0D%0A%3Eit ain%27t there.  It%27s been totally blown away.  That%27s how much the %0D%0A%3EMandalorian Wars didn%27t work out for the Mandalorians. %0D%0A%0D%0A... wow.%0D%0A%0D%0AI guess it is to be expected that when they fuck up%2C like in most other things%2C the Mandalorians did not screw around.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EAtlantis is a slightly different story%2C in that there are plenty of %0D%0A%3Erecords showing where it ought to be%2C but if you go there%2C there%27s %0D%0A%3Enothing there.  Not %22the ruins of a destroyed solar system%22 like at %0D%0A%3EFirst Mandalor%2C but nothing at all.  It%27s like there never was a star %0D%0A%3Ethere%2C which%2C given that surviving records indicate it was a G-class %0D%0A%3Emain sequence star like the Sun%2C should definitely not be the case in %0D%0A%3Ethe cosmologically piddling span of time that has elapsed. %0D%0A%0D%0AMan. Nadia must have been %5Bi%5Dbummed%5B%2Fi%5D. Anakyn too%2C I guess.%0D%0A%0D%0AHave they pinned down the time it vanished%2C at least%3F It shouldn%27t be that difficult to find the edge of that stars light cone. Unless %5Bi%5Dthat%27s%5B%2Fi%5D gone as well%2C which would indicate that%2C indeed%2C there is something really frickin%27 strange going on.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28I do not actually expect an answer to that one%2C mention of the Dyson Sphere got me to put my hard sci-fi hat on for a bit. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0ARegardless%2C thanks.%0D%0A%0D%0A-Merc%0D%0AKeep Rat
13|4|10|||||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|Droken||22:49:31|05/26/2014|Unless I missed something pretty major somewhere down the line%2C I don%27t think Nadia%2C if you%27re referring to Nadia Davion%2C Chief Engineer of Challenger and grew up on Mond has any inkling of a possible connection between her and Atlantis.
14|5|13|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|Mercutio||23:23:07|05/26/2014|%3EUnless I missed something pretty major somewhere down the line%2C I %0D%0A%3Edon%27t think Nadia%2C if you%27re referring to Nadia Davion%2C Chief Engineer %0D%0A%3Eof Challenger and grew up on Mond has any inkling of a possible %0D%0A%3Econnection between her and Atlantis. %0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C the connection is more than possible%3B Nadia Davion is explicitly Nadia from %5Bi%5DSecret of Blue Water%5B%2Fi%5D. We even see her leave her homeworld back in the day over in %5Bi%5DFulcrum of Fate III%5B%2Fi%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0AI could have sworn that Nadia was aware of her heritage and had discussed it extensively at one point... but I%27m damned if I can find that particular piece now. It could be I%27m wholly mistaken. %0D%0A%0D%0AI do hope I%27m not%3B I keep hoping someone tracks down Anakyn and holds him accountable for%2C you know%2C the genocide and the war crimes%2C and the only other candidate at the moment is Kahm Santova%2C who does not have what one could call %22clean hands%22 herself.%0D%0A%0D%0A-Merc%0D%0AKeep Rat
41|4|10|||||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|zwol||16:40:55|06/24/2014|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Jun-24-14 AT 04:48 PM (EDT)]%3EHave they pinned down the time %26l%3BAtlantis%26r%3B vanished%2C at least%3F It%0D%0A%3Eshouldn%27t be that difficult to find the edge of that stars light%0D%0A%3Econe. Unless %5Bi%5Dthat%27s%5B%2Fi%5D gone as well%2C which would indicate that%2C%0D%0A%3Eindeed%2C there is something really frickin%27 strange going on.%0D%0A%0D%0AI don%27t quite follow your logic there.  If the star%27s light cone%0D%0A%5Bi%5Dcan%5B%2Fi%5D be found in the expected location%2C but is truncated at some%0D%0Adefinite interval before present%2C that%27s strong evidence for Something%0D%0AWeird.  But if there just isn%27t a light cone at all%2C that%27s consistent%0D%0Awith any of the three options%2C and Ockham%27s razor prefers A or B%0D%0A%28i.e. %22we%27re looking in the wrong place%2C there never was a star here%22%29.%0D%0A%0D%0AI wonder how hard it would be to persuade one of the various Time%0D%0ALords on good terms with %22present day%22 galactic civilization to take a%0D%0Ateam back and poke around.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bsmall%5Dedit%3A less telegraphic.%5B%2Fsmall%5D%0D%0A
43|5|41|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|Mercutio||22:56:47|06/25/2014|Well%2C my logic was that if they can find the light cone%2C and then observe it to ensure that the star system they%27re looking at matches what the Altantis system was supposed to look like%2C that eliminates %22we%27re looking in the wrong place.%22 That would probably be pretty important for archaeologists and historians to establish.%0D%0A%0D%0AThen they can pin down exactly when whatever happened to Atlantis happened to it by finding the point where the light cone stops. Again%2C important to archaeologists and historians.%0D%0A%0D%0AThen%2C depending on how badass a telescope you can build in the 25th century%2C they might actually be able to set about observing the event itself.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28I can%27t take credit for coming up with this idea myself. I was flipping through the Mass Effect Codex at the time%2C and came across the entry for a planet in the Aralakh system that the Korgan blew up real%2C real good%3B forensic experts%2C puzzled as to what happened%2C chased the events light cone out to observe it as it was happening.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A-Merc%0D%0AKeep Rat
44|6|43|||||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|drakensis||03:06:46|06/26/2014|I saw the idea used in EE %27Doc%27 Smith%27s Skylark series - probably Skylark III.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe protagonist%2C Dr Richard Seaton%2C developed the technique to spy on a hostile species and then noted he could use the same method to watch the pyramids being built.
45|7|44|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|twipper||09:29:59|06/26/2014|Ah%2C good old Dick Seaton. The only scifi hero I can think of off the top of my head that ever managed to destroy an entire galaxy%2C just to wipe out the bad guys.%0D%0A%0D%0AI suppose in his defense%2C he did teleport out at least the human worlds first.%0D%0A%0D%0ABrian%0D%0A
46|6|43|||||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|zwol||11:45:53|06/26/2014|%3EWell%2C my logic was that if they can find the light cone%2C and then %0D%0A%3Eobserve it to ensure that the star system they%27re looking at matches %0D%0A%3Ewhat the Altantis system was supposed to look like%2C that eliminates %0D%0A%3E%22we%27re looking in the wrong place.%22 That would probably be pretty %0D%0A%3Eimportant for archaeologists and historians to establish. %0D%0A%0D%0ARight%2C so people who endorse option C would want this to be done%2C but people who endorse options A or B might well consider it a waste of effort and%2For something they simply don%27t have budget for %28it%27d involve hiring a survey vessel and crew%2C at the very least%2C and it could take months of flying back and forth in hyperspace%29.  Easier to just stick more people on improving the translations%2C which helps with other Atlantean documents as well.%0D%0A%0D%0AOr persuade James Burke to be interested.
40|3|9|||||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|Zemyla||16:33:43|06/24/2014|%3EWhether %0D%0A%3Ethat indicates that the ancient navigation records are wrong%2C the %0D%0A%3E%5Bi%5Dtranslations%5B%2Fi%5D of same are in error%2C or Something Really Frickin%27 %0D%0A%3EStrange Is Going On%2C no one%27s really sure.  Mainstream academia%27s %0D%0A%3Emoney is on B. %0D%0AI assume there%27s a kind of division between the archaeologists who meticulously piece together histories from discarded pottery and the Archaeologists with a capital A who routinely encounter ancient artifacts that peg the weird-shit-o-meter. Probably most of the latter bet on C.
42|4|40|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|Gryphon||17:00:09|06/24/2014|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Jun-24-14 AT 05:01 PM (EDT)]%3E%3EWhether %0D%0A%3E%3Ethat indicates that the ancient navigation records are wrong%2C the %0D%0A%3E%3E%5Bi%5Dtranslations%5B%2Fi%5D of same are in error%2C or Something Really Frickin%27 %0D%0A%3E%3EStrange Is Going On%2C no one%27s really sure.  Mainstream academia%27s %0D%0A%3E%3Emoney is on B. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI assume there%27s a kind of division between the archaeologists who %0D%0A%3Emeticulously piece together histories from discarded pottery and the %0D%0A%3EArchaeologists with a capital A who routinely encounter ancient %0D%0A%3Eartifacts that peg the weird-shit-o-meter. Probably most of the latter %0D%0A%3Ebet on C. %0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C yes%2C that is very likely%2C but the former constitute %22mainstream academia%22%2C so... %0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A%5Bfont size%3D%221%22%5D%22your %5Bi%5Dtheories%5B%2Fi%5D are the worst kind of popular tripe%2C your %5Bi%5Dmethods%5B%2Fi%5D are sloppy and your %5Bi%5Dconclusions%5B%2Fi%5D are highly questionable - you are a %5Bi%5Dpoor%5B%2Fi%5D scientist%2C Dr. Song.%22  %22But the kids love me%21%22%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
11|1|0|||||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|CdrMike||19:48:36|05/26/2014|Guess%2C given that this is a new Ask G thread%2C I might as well get the questions that have been peculating in my head for a bit out there.%0D%0A%0D%0ABoth actually have to do with things Whovian in UF post %22Day of the Doctor.%22  %0D%0A%0D%0ANamely do any of the revelations about the Last Great Time War have any bearing on the UF-verse%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd does the %22War Doctor%22 exist in the UF-verse%3F  I know it%27s sort of silly to ask%2C as I imagine in the multitude of universes that are out there%2C any of the Doctors could be running around %28like the bloke who looks like Rowan Atkinson%29%2C but there you have it.%0D%0A%0D%0A
12|2|11|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|Gryphon||20:02:30|05/26/2014|%3ENamely do any of the revelations about the Last Great Time War have %0D%0A%3Eany bearing on the UF-verse%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AI don%27t think so.  As far as I am aware%2C the Time War didn%27t %5Bi%5Dhappen%5B%2Fi%5D in UF%3B Rachel Griffin prevented it in %5Bi%5DProject Phoenix 3%5B%2Fi%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EAnd does the %22War Doctor%22 exist in the UF-verse%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AFunnily enough%2C I was just thinking about this very question the other day%2C and I never really reached a conclusion.  The absence of the Time War from the storyline makes it doubtful - at the very least%2C he%27d have to exist in a markedly different context - but in terms of presentation he%27s actually one of my favorite Doctors%2C so it would be rather a shame to lose him altogether.  %28The fact that he%27s a retcon without a proper sequence number is also a bit awkward%2C but at the same time kind of liberating%2C because it does mean if I do bring him along at some point%2C I don%27t necessarily %5Bi%5Dhave%5B%2Fi%5D to put him between Mozart and The Ears.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
15|3|12|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|SpottedKitty||13:32:26|05/27/2014|%3Ebecause it does mean if I do bring him %0D%0A%3Ealong at some point%2C I don%27t necessarily %5Bi%5Dhave%5B%2Fi%5D to put him %0D%0A%3Ebetween Mozart and The Ears.%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AIt took me a moment to mentally unpack that%2C as I only watched The Movie once when it came out and don%27t remember it all that well...%0D%0A%0D%0A... does this laughing-like-a-tickled-hyena thing wear off eventually%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A-- %0D%0AUnable to save the day%3A File is read-only.
16|1|0|||||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|Narutaki||03:52:47|05/28/2014|So -- for years%2C the list of properties that will never%2C EVER see the light of day in anything Eyrie related has been short%2C as far as I am aware -- anything %5Bi%5DDragonball%5B%2Fi%5D%2C %5Bi%5DRanma 1%2F2%5B%2Fi%5D%2C and just plain Joss Whedon.%0D%0A%0D%0AHas that list changed over the years%3F I would presume it%27s been added to in the interim%2C correct%3F And what would comprise said list now%2C other than the aforementioned properties%3F
17|2|16|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|BobSchroeck||09:05:05|05/28/2014|%3EHas that list changed over the years%3F I would presume it%27s been added %0D%0A%3Eto in the interim%2C correct%3F And what would comprise said list now%2C %0D%0A%3Eother than the aforementioned properties%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AI cannot speak as to additions%2C as I am not EPU Staff%2C but up until the Peter Jackson movies%2C %5Bi%5DThe Lord of the Rings%5B%2Fi%5D was on the %22not gunna do it%22 list.  So the list %5Bi%5Ddoes%5B%2Fi%5D change.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AMy race is pacifist and does not believe in war.  We kill only out of personal spite.
18|2|16|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|SpottedKitty||11:27:19|05/28/2014|There%27s a list%2C among lots of other neat stuff%2C at the Undocumented Features page at TVTropes. %28Remember%2C this is TVTropes%3A search at your own risk%2C you may not return for some time...%29%0D%0A%0D%0A-- %0D%0AUnable to save the day%3A File is read-only.
19|3|18|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|BobSchroeck||12:40:37|05/28/2014|[updated:LAST EDITED ON May-28-14 AT 12:40 PM (EDT)]%3EThere%27s a list%2C among lots of other neat stuff%2C at the Undocumented %0D%0A%3EFeatures page at TVTropes. %28Remember%2C this is TVTropes%3A search at your %0D%0A%3Eown risk%2C you may not return for some time...%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AMight I recommend %5Blink%3Aallthetropes.orain.org%2Fwiki%2FUndocumented_Features%7Cthe equivalent page%5D at All The Tropes instead%3F  It%27s more up-to-date and there%27s no advertiser-imposed censorship.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AMy race is pacifist and does not believe in war.  We kill only out of personal spite.
20|4|19|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|Gryphon||13:02:35|05/28/2014|[updated:LAST EDITED ON May-28-14 AT 01:02 PM (EDT)]%3E%3EThere%27s a list%2C among lots of other neat stuff%2C at the Undocumented %0D%0A%3E%3EFeatures page at TVTropes. %28Remember%2C this is TVTropes%3A search at your %0D%0A%3E%3Eown risk%2C you may not return for some time...%29 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EMight I recommend %0D%0A%3E%5Blink%3Aallthetropes.orain.org%2Fwiki%2FUndocumented_Features%7Cthe equivalent page%5D at All The Tropes instead%3F  It%27s more up-to-date and there%27s no %0D%0A%3Eadvertiser-imposed censorship. %0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m... unconvinced of the authoritativeness of either of these sources%2C frankly. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
25|5|20|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|BobSchroeck||16:52:20|05/28/2014|%3E%3EMight I recommend %0D%0A%3E%3E%5Blink%3Aallthetropes.orain.org%2Fwiki%2FUndocumented_Features%7Cthe equivalent page%5D at All The Tropes instead%3F  It%27s more up-to-date and there%27s no %0D%0A%3E%3Eadvertiser-imposed censorship. %0D%0A%3EI%27m... unconvinced of the authoritativeness of either of these %0D%0A%3Esources%2C frankly. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0A%3Cchuckle%3E  I do my best %28along with a few others%29 on the ATT page.  And we admit that we%27re almost certainly incomplete.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AMy race is pacifist and does not believe in war.  We kill only out of personal spite.
23|4|19|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|SpottedKitty||13:41:47|05/28/2014|[updated:LAST EDITED ON May-28-14 AT 01:43 PM (EDT)]%3EMight I recommend %5Blink%3Aallthetropes.orain.org%2Fwiki%2FUndocumented_Features%7Cthe equivalent page%5D %0D%0A%3Eat All The Tropes instead%3F  It%27s more up-to-date and there%27s no %0D%0A%3Eadvertiser-imposed censorship. %0D%0A%0D%0AHmm%2C didn%27t know about that site. Maybe so%2C but just going by what I see on that link the page design is awfully clunky. TVTropes at least mostly works%2C and mostly looks OK.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- %0D%0AUnable to save the day%3A File is read-only.
29|5|23|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|BobSchroeck||08:29:35|05/29/2014|%3EHmm%2C didn%27t know about that site. Maybe so%2C but just going by what I %0D%0A%3Esee on that link the page design is awfully clunky. TVTropes at least %0D%0A%3Emostly works%2C and mostly looks OK. %0D%0A%0D%0AThat%27s a side effect of the importation of the PMWiki-format pages into MediaWiki%2C and a still-small userbase to clean things up.  We%27ve only been at this since November and have accumulated only a couple hundred users since then %28as opposed to TVT%27s several thousand%29.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd if something was actually broken%2C it would be nice to let us know what it was.  As far as we know%2C everything works%2C and we%27re adding new features almost every week.  If something is borked%2C we%27ll fix it immediately.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AMy race is pacifist and does not believe in war.  We kill only out of personal spite.
30|6|29|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|SpottedKitty||10:39:50|05/29/2014|%3EAnd if something was actually broken%2C it would be nice to let us know %0D%0A%3Ewhat it was.  As far as we know%2C everything works%2C and we%27re adding %0D%0A%3Enew features almost every week.  If something is borked%2C we%27ll fix it %0D%0A%3Eimmediately. %0D%0A%0D%0ANever mind%2C it seems to have been a one-off Firefox glitch at my end. Some of the links and %22note%22 things weren%27t responding to clicks after my last FF update. Seems to be OK now.%0D%0A%0D%0AAs for the site style%2C it took me a little while to get used to TVTropes with its click-to-open buttons everywhere%2C I%27ll get used to this as it evolves. It%27s looking quite good%2C actually%2C the more I explore it.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- %0D%0AUnable to save the day%3A File is read-only.
31|7|30|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|BobSchroeck||14:00:30|05/29/2014|%3ENever mind%2C it seems to have been a one-off Firefox glitch at my end. %0D%0A%3ESome of the links and %22note%22 things weren%27t responding to clicks after %0D%0A%3Emy last FF update. Seems to be OK now. %0D%0A%0D%0AOh%2C okay.  You had me worried for a moment there.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EAs for the site style%2C it took me a little while to get used to %0D%0A%3ETVTropes with its click-to-open buttons everywhere%2C I%27ll get used to %0D%0A%3Ethis as it evolves. It%27s looking quite good%2C actually%2C the more I %0D%0A%3Eexplore it. %0D%0A%0D%0AGlad to hear it.  And now we should probably let this thread go back to what it%27s supposed to be about.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AMy race is pacifist and does not believe in war.  We kill only out of personal spite.
21|2|16|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|laudre||13:20:48|05/28/2014|%3EHas that list changed over the years%3F I would presume it%27s been added %0D%0A%3Eto in the interim%2C correct%3F And what would comprise said list now%2C %0D%0A%3Eother than the aforementioned properties%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AI wouldn%27t presume to speak for G or his editorial policies%2C but I think it%27s a safe bet there won%27t be any MLP%3AFiM-derived content%2C especially after %5Blink%3Awww.eyrie-productions.com%2FForum%2Fdcboard.cgi%3Faz%3Dshow_thread%26om%3D1233%26forum%3DDCForumID11%26viewmode%3Dall%2319%7CMercutio and I went on a tangent about clopping%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bhr %2F%5D%5Bsmall%5D%22Mathematics brought rigor to economics. Unfortunately%2C it also brought mortis.%22%0D%0A - Kenneth Boulding%5B%2Fsmall%5D%5Bhr %2F%5D
22|2|16|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|Gryphon||13:25:32|05/28/2014|%3ESo -- for years%2C the list of properties that will never%2C EVER see the %0D%0A%3Elight of day in anything Eyrie related has been short%2C as far as I am %0D%0A%3Eaware -- anything %5Bi%5DDragonball%5B%2Fi%5D%2C %5Bi%5DRanma 1%2F2%5B%2Fi%5D%2C and just plain %0D%0A%3EJoss Whedon. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EHas that list changed over the years%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C for obvious reasons%2C that last item wasn%27t on the board in%2C say%2C 1992.%0D%0A%0D%0AAlso%2C the reasons there aren%27t all quite the same.  In the case of %5Bi%5DDragonball%5B%2Fi%5D and the various works of Rumiko Takahashi%2C I%27m not going to do anything with those because I have zero desire to experience enough of the source material to have a basis to go on - they%27re the fanfic source equivalents of %5Bi%5D%5Blink%3Apipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2Fthings_i_wont_work_with%2F%7CThings I Won%27t Work With%5D%5B%2Fi%5D.  The other is more about not wanting a C%26D from Mutant Enemy.  %28Similarly%2C I don%27t want any trouble with the McCaffrey estate.%29%0D%0A%0D%0AIn the first case%2C I%27ve more recently worked with quite a number of things from sources I%27m none too fond of%2C and in fact%2C in some cases I find myself specifically %5Bi%5Ddrawn%5B%2Fi%5D to work with them because I%27m disenchanted with their sources.  That%27s not going to happen with anything that I outright %5Bi%5Ddetest%5B%2Fi%5D at first whiff%2C so we%27re still safe from %5Bi%5DDragonball%5B%2Fi%5D and %5Bi%5DRanma%5B%2Fi%5D %28and %5Bi%5DNaruto%5B%2Fi%5D%2C unless one of my colleagues pulls a fast one%29%2C but it does mean I%27m generally less likely to rule things out quite that unilaterally.%0D%0A%0D%0AMaybe I%27m just running into less across-the-board rubbish these days.  It%27s more often nowadays that I find something where the plotting gives me a series of sharp pains%2C but I like %28in some cases love%2C which makes for an awkward day at the TV%29 the cast and%2For the worldbuilding.  I can and sometimes do work with that.%0D%0A%0D%0AMind you%2C there are whole %5Bi%5Dgenres%5B%2Fi%5D that it%27s a pretty safe bet won%27t be heard from because I simply don%27t enjoy them.  It is highly unlikely%2C for example%2C that you will ever see anyone from %5Bi%5DThe Walking Dead%5B%2Fi%5D wander into the camp%2C alive %5Bi%5Dor%5B%2Fi%5D dead.  %28The closest I got to getting on board with the zombie apocalypse fad was the %5Bi%5DLeft 4 Dead%5B%2Fi%5D mini%2C and that was mainly about getting the Survivors %5Bi%5Dout%5B%2Fi%5D of the dippy zombie apocalypse setting. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0AAnyway%2C that%27s more or less why I took down the rules in the first place - they were too specific.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
24|3|22|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|twipper||14:05:42|05/28/2014|%3Ethe various works of Rumiko Takahashi%0D%0A%0D%0AAs a overall fan of Ranma%2C I can both fully understand why people take a dislike to the series and feel vaguely compelled to argue in its favor. I very much enjoyed the 1st season of the original tv series%2C and the OAV%27s released after the tv serials ended.  %0D%0A%0D%0AI think the major problem is everything in between%2C which I freely admit I willfully skipped.  Otherwise I probably would have ended up detesting the series as well.%0D%0A%0D%0ARanma very quickly began to suffer the same fate to which Bleach has  more recently succumbed%3A Character Bloat.  I hadn%27t seriously watched any anime for several years when Adult Swim started airing Bleach.  The first season blew me away.  Now%2C nth hundreds of episodes later%2C I don%27t have a clue who these billions of on-screen dudes%2Fdudettes%2Fthing-ettes are.  I therefore am no longer counted in that particular Nielsen rating.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EMaybe I%27m just running into less across-the-board rubbish these days.  %0D%0A%3EIt%27s more often nowadays that I find something where the plotting %0D%0A%3Egives me a series of sharp pains%2C but I like %28in some cases love%2C %0D%0A%3Ewhich makes for an awkward day at the TV%29 the cast and%2For the %0D%0A%3Eworldbuilding.  I can and sometimes do work with that. %0D%0A%0D%0AMy wife called my jaded a couple weeks back when it became apparent that Grimm was going to end the season on yet another tired and over-used story trope.  %0D%0A%0D%0A%22Lets see.  we%27ve already given the girlfriend amnesia.  We%27ve given the lead amnesia that led to a major power-up for the lead we never bothered to fully explain.  Hey%2C we took away the big baddy%27s powers last season%2C lets take the  lead%27s powers away.  Damn we%27re original%21%22%0D%0A%0D%0AThe world building in Grimm really has been some of the best I%27ve seen on network television in some years.  The lead and the reoccurring off-lead characters are interesting and have nicely developed back stories.  The monster creation and interpretation of classic mythology has been fairly original.  And then%2C the writers gave us that ending.  Bah.%0D%0A%0D%0ABrian
33|4|24|||||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|Vorticity||02:33:35|05/31/2014|I love pretty much anything by Rumiko Takahashi%2C but none of it really belongs in EPU stories.  The characters are funny%2C but are awfully resistant to any form of character growth.  That%27s part of what make them fun%2C but it necessitates the addition of more and more characters.  And since character growth is kind of the point of EPU stories%2C I can%27t see it ever working here.%0D%0A%0D%0AOn the other hand%2C we have Outlanders%2C which started off as almost a Urusei Yatsura clone.  But then Manabe allowed his characters to change%2C and to face challenges not brought on by their own stupidity.  And the worldbuilding went in an entirely different direction.  So I%27m not surprised Kahm managed to make it into UF.%0D%0A%0D%0AI stopped watching Bleach a long time ago.  I should have stopped at the point they first went to the Soul Society%2C but I thought it might actually get good again%3F  Anyway%2C the only people I%27ve ever seen handle thousands of characters appropriately %28and hyperbolically%29 are EPU and Ken Akamatsu%2C though there are probably more out there.  The secret seems to be actually resolving stories rather than constantly mining new characters for plot.%0D%0A%0D%0AGrimm is actually pretty good.  I started watching it at the same time as Once Upon a Time%2C because hey%2C dueling fairy tale shows.  At first I thought Grimm was the goofier of the two%2C but a year later Grimm had really grown%2C and I stopped watching Once completely.  The scenery and sets are great%2C the actors and characters have grown into each other%2C and the monsters of the week are almost regular people.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt%27s not the tropes or their repeated use%2C it%27s the grade of execution.  Taking powers away is what Hexenbeasts do -- I saw that coming%2C but it wasn%27t really special this time.  On the other hand%2C the thing with Renard was really unexpected%2C and makes a good cliffhanger.  I was most disappointed with yet another wedding gone violently wrong.  It seems like all the cool kids are doing that these days.  %28As much as I would have liked to see Akio bleeding out into the B6 punchbowl.%29%0D%0A%0D%0AI was wondering if Agents of SHIELD might make it in%2C but if the Mutant Enemy thing is still up%2C I guess that%27s a no.
34|5|33|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|Gryphon||02:47:40|05/31/2014|%3EI was most disappointed with yet another wedding gone %0D%0A%3Eviolently wrong.  It seems like all the cool kids are doing that these %0D%0A%3Edays.  %28As much as I would have liked to see Akio bleeding out into %0D%0A%3Ethe B6 punchbowl.%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C there%27s the outtake where Kosh%27s place is taken by the Dalek ambassador.  That at least strongly implies that it ends with Akio being exterminated. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EI was wondering if Agents of SHIELD might make it in%2C but if the %0D%0A%3EMutant Enemy thing is still up%2C I guess that%27s a no. %0D%0A%0D%0AProbably not%2C but not so much because of the Mutant Enemy connection as because%2C I dunno%2C I watched the pilot and it didn%27t do anything for me.  I mean%2C don%27t get me wrong%2C huge Clark Gregg fan%2C but the premise of %5Bi%5DAgents of SHIELD%5B%2Fi%5D makes about as much sense as a TV show set in the Harry Potter movie universe that%27s about the daily working lives of some muggle cops in Indiana.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
35|6|34|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|Nova Floresca||06:20:17|05/31/2014|I know %22stick with it%2C it gets better%22 isn%27t generally a ringing endorsement%2C but after the first few episodes it feels like ABC goes %22oh yeah%2C we%27re paying the big bucks for Wheedon and the Marvel license for a reason%22 and let them go to work. It also ties in nicely with the movies%3B we have the Agents sent in to mop up after the events of Thor 2 %28%22Just once%2C it%27d be nice if they would send the Norse god of Cleaning Up Afterwards%22%29%2C and Cap 2 and Agents were pretty much written around each other %28Sitwell gets introduced in Agents%2C for example%2C and the last arc of Season 1 is dealing with the changes wrought during Cap 2%29.%0D%0A%0D%0AAs a TV series%2C it%27s pretty decent%2C as an extension of the Marvel Cinematic Universe it does great%2C but there are some dim %22monster of the week%22 and%2For character spotlight episodes to slog through. My recommendation is find the main plot episodes%2C skip the rest.%0D%0A%0D%0AAs far as UF goes%2C it would seem redundant%3B the theme of the show is %22how do normal people handle living in a world with superheroes%3F%22%2C which is ground that%27s already been covered.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22This is probably a stupid question%2C but . . .%22
36|6|34|||||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|CdrMike||09:36:11|05/31/2014|%3EProbably not%2C but not so much because of the Mutant Enemy connection %0D%0A%3Eas because%2C I dunno%2C I watched the pilot and it didn%27t do anything for %0D%0A%3Eme.  I mean%2C don%27t get me wrong%2C huge Clark Gregg fan%2C but the premise %0D%0A%3Eof %5Bi%5DAgents of SHIELD%5B%2Fi%5D makes about as much sense as a TV show set %0D%0A%3Ein the Harry Potter movie universe that%27s about the daily working %0D%0A%3Elives of some muggle cops in Indiana. %0D%0A%0D%0AI%27ve wondered for awhile%2C especially since %5Bi%5DThe Avengers%5B%2Fi%5D%2C where Agent Coulson would really fit into the UF-verse if he were to appear.  Perhaps farther down the chain of the IPO%27s command%2C such as a problem-solver for one of Gryphon%27s lieutenants.  The one they send in when they want to handle things %22by the book%2C%22 but not afraid to tear up the book if they find the source of their problems %22uncooperative.%22
26|1|0|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|Nathan||20:07:33|05/28/2014|Given their appearance in your XCom Experience %28Enjoy the Ride Today%21%29%2C do you have - and are you willing to share - any plans for UF appearances by our friends from the Pacific Rim%3F Whether Mori%2C Beckett%2C Pentecost et al%2C or their rather larger associates like Gypsy Danger%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A-----%0D%0A%0D%0A%22V%2C did you do something foolish%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Yes%2C and it was %5Bi%5Dglorious%5B%2Fi%5D.%22
27|2|26|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|Gryphon||20:42:21|05/28/2014|%3EGiven their appearance in your XCom Experience %28Enjoy the Ride %0D%0A%3EToday%21%29%2C do you have - and are you willing to share - any plans for UF %0D%0A%3Eappearances by our friends from the Pacific Rim%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A1%29 Yes%2C for some values of%3B%0D%0A%0D%0A2%29 Not at this time.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
28|3|27|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|Nathan||22:32:27|05/28/2014|%3E%3EGiven their appearance in your XCom Experience %28Enjoy the Ride %0D%0A%3E%3EToday%21%29%2C do you have - and are you willing to share - any plans for UF %0D%0A%3E%3Eappearances by our friends from the Pacific Rim%3F%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E1%29 Yes%2C for some values of%3B %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E2%29 Not at this time. %0D%0A%0D%0AI%27ll look forward to the pipeline%2C then.%0D%0A%0D%0A-----%0D%0A%0D%0A%22V%2C did you do something foolish%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Yes%2C and it was %5Bi%5Dglorious%5B%2Fi%5D.%22
32|3|27|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|Nova Floresca||17:12:11|05/30/2014|Category 5 Kaiju- Big Fire%27s answer to %22We gotta spend all the R%26D budget by the end of fiscal year%2C or else the bean-counters will short us for next year%22%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%22This is probably a stupid question%2C but . . .%22
37|1|0|||||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|zwol||19:44:32|06/05/2014|The %5Bi%5DFamiliar Spirits%5B%2Fi%5D discussion thread touched on Corwin getting lost in Cleveland%2C and that reminded me that I%27ve been wondering about the logistics there.%0D%0A%0D%0AAt the end of %5Bi%5DWounded Rose%5B%2Fi%5D%2C Corwin is four hours late picking up Kate and Utena from WPI%2C and he explains that he had to land Daggerdisc in Cleveland.  As far as I can tell %28q.v. %22Burke Lakefront%22%29%2C that%27s Cleveland%2C Ohio%2C which is more like %5Bi%5Dnine%5B%2Fi%5D hours from Worcester by early-21st-century driving standards.  The road trip to Toronto seems to take about as long as it would take now%2C so that suggests cars don%27t typically go twice as fast in the 25th ... or at least they don%27t when Kaitlyn%27s driving.%0D%0A%0D%0AI can imagine any number of explanations%2C of which these seem most plausible%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bol%5D%0D%0A%5Bli%5D yeah%2C Corwin is prepared to drive 150mph for four hours straight%2C under the circumstances%0D%0A%5Bli%5D he %5Bi%5Ddeorbited%5B%2Fi%5D to Cleveland%2C but then he took Daggerdisc cross-country in the atmosphere%2C so as not to have to drive %5Bi%5Dback%5B%2Fi%5D to Cleveland with passengers%0D%0A%5Bli%5D in between now and then%2C Cleveland has been relocated considerably closer to Worcester %28perhaps the original location got bombed out in one of the wars%29%0D%0A%5B%2Fol%5D%0D%0A%0D%0Abut did you have something in mind at the time%3F
38|2|37|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|Gryphon||21:30:50|06/05/2014|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Jun-05-14 AT 09:37 PM (EDT)]%3Ebut did you have something in mind at the time%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AProbably%2C but since that was - ye gods - 13 years ago%2C I%27m dipped if I can remember what it might%27ve been now.  Based on Utena%27s remarks early in the next episode about their average speed on the trip back %5Bi%5Dto%5B%2Fi%5D Cleveland%2C I probably just intended to suggest that he had driven ridiculously fast.%0D%0A%0D%0AThat he%27s inclined to do so is implied much later on%2C come to that.  In %5Bi%5DVortigern%27s Lake 2%5B%2Fi%5D he drives the 200 miles from New Avalon to Prisoner%27s Base in 72 minutes%2C which works out to an average speed of 166.67 miles per hour.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
39|3|38|||||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|zwol||09:55:14|06/06/2014|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Jun-06-14 AT 09:55 AM (EDT)]%3E%3Ebut did you have something in mind at the time%3F %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EProbably%2C but since that was - ye gods - 13 years ago%2C I%27m dipped if I %0D%0A%3Ecan remember what it might%27ve been now.  Based on Utena%27s remarks %0D%0A%3Eearly in the next episode about their average speed on the trip back %0D%0A%3E%5Bi%5Dto%5B%2Fi%5D Cleveland%2C I probably just intended to suggest that he had %0D%0A%3Edriven ridiculously fast. %0D%0A%0D%0AYou know%2C I must%27ve reread Symphony 1 at least five times now%2C and I never really registered those remarks from Utena.%0D%0A%0D%0AGranting that this is Corwin we are talking about here%2C and that he has 25th-century vehicle and roadbed technology to help out%2C even so%2C that is an impressive feat of endurance.  1200 miles%2C round trip%2C in less than a day.  %28Not to mention consistently not getting caught behind the trucks on I-90.%29
47|4|39|||||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|Vorticity||02:40:09|08/22/2014|Nothing in the stories says he was in Ohio.  Perhaps Corwin landed in Cleveland%2C New York%3F  Google says the trip only takes ... %5Blink%3Awww.google.com%2Fmaps%2Fdir%2FCleveland%2C%2BNY%2FWorcester%2C%2BMA%2F%7Cabout four hours%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhy there would be a spaceport built in that tiny town is left as an exercise to the reader.
48|5|47|||||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|zwol||08:49:07|08/22/2014|%22%5Blink%3Aen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCleveland_Burke_Lakefront_Airport%7CBurke Lakefront%5D%22 is the name of the airport in Cleveland%2C OH.  I suppose in between now and then%2C someone could have built a spaceport in Cleveland%2C NY and named it Burke Lakefront%E2%80%94there%27s certainly %5Bi%5Da%5B%2Fi%5D lake next to Cleveland%2C NY%E2%80%94but that feels a little too far into Marvel No-Prize territory for my taste.
49|2|37|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|Peter Eng||17:50:48|08/22/2014|%3EThe %5Bi%5DFamiliar Spirits%5B%2Fi%5D discussion thread touched on Corwin %0D%0A%3Egetting lost in Cleveland%2C and that reminded me that I%27ve been %0D%0A%3Ewondering about the logistics there. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EAt the end of %5Bi%5DWounded Rose%5B%2Fi%5D%2C Corwin is four hours late picking %0D%0A%3Eup Kate and Utena from WPI%2C and he explains that he had to land %0D%0A%3EDaggerdisc in Cleveland.  %0D%0A%0D%0AMaybe his original plan included three or four hours in Boston%2C to check out the Museum of Science%3F%0D%0A%0D%0APeter Eng%0D%0A--%0D%0AInsert humorous comment here.
50|1|0|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|JeanneHedge||19:14:27|09/24/2014|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Sep-24-14 AT 07:30 PM (EDT)]Whatever happened to Lafarga%3F He was last seen unconscious in Tenchuu%2C having lost a fight to Saionji. He%27s been referred to a couple times since %28that I could find%29%2C but only in reference to those bad old days.  %28ok%2C it%27s been 12 years. that%27s one long coma%21%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0Aalso - Upthread%2C Merc asked this question about Nadia Davion%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EI could have sworn that Nadia was aware of her heritage and had %0D%0A%3Ediscussed it extensively at one point... but I%27m damned if I can find %0D%0A%3Ethat particular piece now. It could be I%27m wholly mistaken. %0D%0A%0D%0A%22Trust%22. It%27s in the chronology immediately before Twilight.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AJeanne%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22 width%3D%2280%25%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd align%3D%22center%22 width%3D%2210%25%22%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhedge.com%2Fmisc%2Foldowl.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd valign%3Dtop%5D%5Bfont size%3D2%5D%5Bb%5DJeanne Hedge%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0A%5Bfont size%3D1%5D%5Blink%3Awww.jhedge.com%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhedge.com%5D%0D%0A1st Courier of the Heavenly Prophets for %5Bi%5D%5Blink%3Awww.kickstarter.com%2Fprojects%2F326055564%2Ftianxia-blood-silk-and-jade%7CTianxia%5D%0D%0A%22Never give up%2C never surrender%21%22%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5B%2Fi%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D
51|2|50|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|Gryphon||19:25:12|09/24/2014|%3EWhatever happened to Lafarga.%0D%0A%0D%0AHe%27s enjoying a well-earned rest at the St. Spyridon Home for Surplus-to-Requirements Characters.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Ealso - Upthread%2C Merc asked this question about Nadia Davion%3A %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EI could have sworn that Nadia was aware of her heritage and had %0D%0A%3E%3Ediscussed it extensively at one point... but I%27m damned if I can find %0D%0A%3E%3Ethat particular piece now. It could be I%27m wholly mistaken. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%22Trust%22. It%27s in the chronology immediately before Twilight. %0D%0A%0D%0AI have erased those memory sectors.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
52|1|0|||||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|Croaker||19:11:46|09/26/2014|To introduce another totally random crazy anime%2C Raildex%21%0D%0A%0D%0AAka %5Bi%5DTo Aru Majutsu no Index%5B%2Fi%5D %28%22A Certain Magical Index%22%29 and its parallel series%2C %5Bi%5DTo Aru Kagaku no Railgun%5B%2Fi%5D %28%22A Certain Scientific Railgun%22%29.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhich involves a scientific experiment in granting people psi powers on a truly staggering scale - over two %5Bi%5Dmillion%5B%2Fi%5D test subjects%2C aka students%2C gathered into %27Academy City%27%2C a sprawling town made up entirely of schools%2C student housing%2C research labs%2C and support industries for the above. %0D%0A%0D%0AAnd in the midst of all this we have three key individuals%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bi%5DIndex Librorum Prohibitorum%5B%2Fi%5D%2C an Episcopal nun of no other acknowledged name%2C whose eidetic memory is utilized as the primary backup storage space for over one hundred thousand eldritch and arcane texts - ranging from the trivial %28%27Standard book of spells%2C grade one%27%29 to the rugose %28%27The Book of Eibon%27 is explicitly mentioned at one point%29. She%27s also a poorly-socialized but quite nice teenage girl who likes cute kittens and stands up for her friends. And her meals. Don%27t get between her and food.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bi%5DMikoto %27Railgun%27 Misaka%5B%2Fi%5D%2C one of the seven %22Level 5%22 espers%2C the top tier in power levels of Academy City%27s success stories. Brash%2C hot-tempered%2C cheerful%2C big-hearted%2C seriously tsundere on occasion. And capable of introducing your face to a penny at mach 5 if you annoy her. She%27s an electrokinetic on a level that could go toe to toe with Magneto and have a fairly good chance of %5Bi%5Dwinning%5B%2Fi%5D. Given that the %5Bi%5Dactual%5B%2Fi%5D Magneto is now in UF%2C I%27d love to see them meet. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bi%5DTouma Kamijou%5B%2Fi%5D%2C the world%27s most unfortunate teenager. He%27s smart but a little lazy%2C and has no acknowledged super-powers other than%2C apparently%2C the ability to get into the strangest of coincidences. And the ability to totally nullify others%27 powers%2C both magical and psi%2C on contact. His unyielding moral sense and willingness to put himself on the line get him into more trouble than any protagonist ought%3B we first meet him when he jumps a delinquent gang that%27s been harassing Mikoto - not to save %5Bi%5Dher%5B%2Fi%5D%2C but because he %5Bi%5Drecognizes%5B%2Fi%5D her%2C and is trying to save %5Bi%5Dthem%5B%2Fi%5D from getting railgunned. %28It doesn%27t work.%29%0D%0A%0D%0AThese three seem to attract the oddest assortment of interesting characters around them%2C ranging from Stiyl Magnus %28Episcopalian Priest-Mage%29 to Tsuchimikado Motoharu %28supposedly Touma%27s slacker classmate%2C actually spying for pretty much %5Bi%5Deveryone%5B%2Fi%5D important%29%2C to Kuroko Shirai %28teleporter%2C member of %22Judgement%22 - Academy City%27s student police corps%2C momentary President of the United States%2C and Mikoto-Stalker Extraordinaire%29.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd of course they get into exactly the kind of trouble you%27d expect from being the stars of not one%2C but -two-%2C anime series.
53|2|52|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|Gryphon||19:16:03|09/26/2014|... where%27s the question%3F  This is an %22ask Gryphon anything%22 thread.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
54|3|53|||||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|Croaker||00:26:58|09/27/2014|%3E... where%27s the question%3F  This is an %22ask Gryphon anything%22 thread. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E--G. %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AExcellent point%2C that. I got so caught up in badly promoting the series that I completely forgot.%0D%0A%0D%0ATo question%21%0D%0A%0D%0AA%29 Have you seen it%3F%0D%0A2%29 Did you like it%3F%0D%0AIII%29 Is it the sort of thing that would fit into UF%3F%0D%0Ad. Should I have posted this in the %27characters you%27d like to see in NF%27 thread instead%3F%0D%0A%E4%BA%94%29 Is this why I forgot%2C because it%27s such a lame sort of question%3F %28duh.%29%0D%0A
55|4|54|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|Gryphon||00:46:17|09/27/2014|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Sep-27-14 AT 00:46 AM (EDT)]%3EA%29 Have you seen it%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AI have not%21%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E2%29 Did you like it%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AUnknown%21%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EIII%29 Is it the sort of thing that would fit into UF%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AAgain I am shrugging%21%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Ed. Should I have posted this in the %27characters you%27d like to see in %0D%0A%3ENF%27 thread instead%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AMost %28or all%3F%29 of Nathan%27s %28they%27re mostly Nathan%27s%2C anyway%29 %22Recent Anime%22 posts have been in General.  A few have piqued my curiosity enough that I%27ve investigated%2C and in a couple of cases I%27ve gone on to start playing with UF ideas for them and established Source Material threads about them %28%5Bi%5DGirls und Panzer%5B%2Fi%5D and %5Bi%5DArpeggio of Blue Steel%5B%2Fi%5D%2C for instance%29.  Others I%27ve either missed due to inattentiveness or not been in a %22new inputs desired%22 mood just then%2C so they%27ve impacted the surface instead of entering the thermal exhaust port - though in at least two cases %28GuP and %5Bi%5DStrike Witches%5B%2Fi%5D%29 I%27ve come back to them later on.  %28Although to be fair%2C SW didn%27t fare very well when I did.  It%27s not an exact science. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0ATruth to tell%2C though I hate to discourage any traffic around here since things are so generally slow lately%2C I find the %22characters you want to see%22 threads mildly annoying much of the time%2C because generally either people are naming characters I%27ve never heard of with no context%2C or characters from shows I%27ve already considered and spiked for whatever reason%3B either way it%27s not very helpful.  Short descriptions of shows I might or might not have seen%2C and rundowns of why they might be of interest%2C are a lot more potentially useful than %22wouldn%27t it be ace if so-and-so showed up%22.  And kind of less passive-aggressive. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
56|5|55|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|Nathan||10:25:41|09/27/2014|%3EMost %28or all%3F%29 of Nathan%27s %28they%27re mostly Nathan%27s%2C anyway%29 %22Recent %0D%0A%3EAnime%22 posts have been in General.  A few have piqued my curiosity %0D%0A%3Eenough that I%27ve investigated%2C and in a couple of cases I%27ve gone on %0D%0A%3Eto start playing with UF ideas for them and established Source %0D%0A%3EMaterial threads about them %28%5Bi%5DGirls und Panzer%5B%2Fi%5D and %5Bi%5DArpeggio %0D%0A%3Eof Blue Steel%5B%2Fi%5D%2C for instance%29.  Others I%27ve either missed due to %0D%0A%3Einattentiveness or not been in a %22new inputs desired%22 mood just then%2C %0D%0A%3Eso they%27ve impacted the surface instead of entering the thermal %0D%0A%3Eexhaust port - though in at least two cases %28GuP and %5Bi%5DStrike %0D%0A%3EWitches%5B%2Fi%5D%29 I%27ve come back to them later on.  %28Although to be fair%2C %0D%0A%3ESW didn%27t fare very well when I did.  It%27s not an exact science. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AChecking my notes%2C I haven%27t reviewed Strike Witches. I %5Bi%5Dmentioned%5B%2Fi%5D it%2C once%2C and I enjoyed it myself%2C but it%27s such a hit-or-miss series that I probably wouldn%27t recommend it to someone I didn%27t know already had a high tolerance for its... Foible.%0D%0A%0D%0AI do consider that a %5Bi%5Dpity%5B%2Fi%5D - the characters are pretty likable once you get your teeth into it - but I was sighing and%2For willing to strangle the art director often enough that I can hardly blame anyone who wasn%27t able to deal to get that far.%0D%0A%0D%0A-----%0D%0A%0D%0A%22V%2C did you do something foolish%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Yes%2C and it was %5Bi%5Dglorious%5B%2Fi%5D.%22
57|6|56|||||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|Croaker||12:08:44|09/27/2014|%3EChecking my notes%2C I haven%27t reviewed Strike Witches. I %0D%0A%3E%5Bi%5Dmentioned%5B%2Fi%5D it%2C once%2C and I enjoyed it myself%2C but it%27s such a %0D%0A%3Ehit-or-miss series that I probably wouldn%27t recommend it to someone I %0D%0A%3Edidn%27t know already had a high tolerance for its... Foible. %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AYeah... you could call it a foible.%0D%0A%0D%0AI prefer to be honest and call it a fetish.%0D%0A%0D%0AThat said%2C there are better shows to watch.%0D%0A%0D%0ASword Art Online is in its second season.%0D%0A%0D%0ALog Horizon %28see elsethread%29 is about to start its second season.%0D%0A%0D%0AArpeggio of Blue Steel... well%2C they cut a VERY interesting B plot from the manga to squeeze the anime into 12 episodes. %0D%0A%0D%0AHas anyone %28like%2C say%2C you or Gryphon%2C this being the AGA thread%29 checked out %27Love Live%27%3F It%27s supposedly a K-On imitator%2C so might be worth watching.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd then there%27s the new Sailor Moon... 
60|7|57|||||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|drakensis||03:05:36|09/28/2014|%3EThat said%2C there are better shows to watch. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3ESword Art Online is in its second season. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3ELog Horizon %28see elsethread%29 is about to start its second season. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EArpeggio of Blue Steel... well%2C they cut a VERY interesting B plot %0D%0A%3Efrom the manga to squeeze the anime into 12 episodes. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EHas anyone %28like%2C say%2C you or Gryphon%2C this being the AGA thread%29 %0D%0A%3Echecked out %27Love Live%27%3F It%27s supposedly a K-On imitator%2C so might be %0D%0A%3Eworth watching. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EAnd then there%27s the new Sailor Moon... %0D%0A%0D%0ACaptain Earth was good. And Aldnoah Zero... gorgeous and judging from the current status there are some characters needing rescuing.
58|6|56|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|Gryphon||12:21:17|09/27/2014|%3EI do consider that a %5Bi%5Dpity%5B%2Fi%5D - the characters are pretty likable %0D%0A%3Eonce you get your teeth into it - but I was sighing and%2For willing to %0D%0A%3Estrangle the art director often enough that I can hardly blame anyone %0D%0A%3Ewho wasn%27t able to deal to get that far. %0D%0A%0D%0AActually%2C the trousers thing wasn%27t my biggest problem with the show%3B my biggest problem with the show was that the first episode spent a good long time establishing that the protagonist had strong and honestly held convictions against taking part in a war%2C and the end of that episode was quite clearly setting her up to be laughed at by the universe for said convictions and compelled to abandon her principles and Get With The Program.  That struck me as cruel and exploitative%2C and I didn%27t like it.  Maybe that%27s just me.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
59|7|58|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|Nathan||13:17:14|09/27/2014|%3EActually%2C the trousers thing wasn%27t my biggest problem with the show%3B %0D%0A%3Emy biggest problem with the show was that the first episode spent a %0D%0A%3Egood long time establishing that the protagonist had strong and %0D%0A%3Ehonestly held convictions against taking part in a war%2C and the end of %0D%0A%3Ethat episode was quite clearly setting her up to be laughed at by the %0D%0A%3Euniverse for said convictions and compelled to abandon her principles %0D%0A%3Eand Get With The Program.  That struck me as cruel and exploitative%2C %0D%0A%3Eand I didn%27t like it.  Maybe that%27s just me. %0D%0A%0D%0AI think that maybe Korra was getting to you. Yoshika %5Bi%5Ddoes%5B%2Fi%5D find it in herself to join a military unit and do violence - we%27d hardly have much of a show if she didn%27t - and her hopes about reconnecting with her father are not granted in the show itself%2C but the door there is not completely closed%2C just left unresolved%2C and her change of heart is presented with respect from both my reading of the narration and from the other characters. She doesn%27t become any fonder of violence and war%2C she decides that leaving the people in the unit that she%27s met and decided she likes to fight alone isn%27t something she can do.%0D%0A%0D%0ALater on%2C we see her actually attempting to establish a meaningful contact and dialog with the Neuroi - against explicit orders%2C no less - and while it doesn%27t work%2C the fact is presented as something of a this-didn%27t-need-to-happen missed opportunity.%0D%0A%0D%0A-----%0D%0A%0D%0A%22V%2C did you do something foolish%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Yes%2C and it was %5Bi%5Dglorious%5B%2Fi%5D.%22
61|8|59|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Damaged Forum Edition|Gryphon||13:06:56|09/28/2014|%3E%3EThat struck me as cruel and exploitative%2C %0D%0A%3E%3Eand I didn%27t like it.  Maybe that%27s just me. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI think that maybe Korra was getting to you.%0D%0A%0D%0AThat is entirely possible.  I%27m going to be nursing %5Bi%5Dthose%5B%2Fi%5D battle scars for a %5Bi%5Dwhile%5B%2Fi%5D yet.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D