21||0|4219|0| 0|0|0|||1||Toph question|McFortner||22:30:46|08/23/2013|Having seen that quarrians are %22cured%22 of their immunity problem in Asgard%2C why is Toph still blind%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AJust a little thing that has been stuck in the back of my mind for a while now.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22black%22%5DMichael C. Fortner%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22green%22 size%3D-1%5D%22Maxim 37%3A There is no such thing as %22overkill%22.%0D%0AThere is only %22open fire%22 and %22I need to reload%22.%5B%2Ffont%5D 1|1|0|||1||RE%3A Toph question|Matrix Dragon||22:56:49|08/23/2013|Because she%27s awesome and eyes are pointless. Why would she change perfection%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AMatrix Dragon%2C J. Random Nutter 2|1|0|||1||RE%3A Toph question|zojojojo||23:00:20|08/23/2013|because the dead can%27t get sick%2C but if something never worked%2C being dead won%27t help...%0D%0A%0D%0A-Z %5Bi%5D%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A---%0D%0ARemember kids%3A guns make you stupid%2C duct tape makes you smart. 4|2|2|||1||RE%3A Toph question|Gryphon||23:31:28|08/23/2013|%3Ebecause the dead can%27t get sick%2C but if something never worked%2C being %0D%0A%3Edead won%27t help... %0D%0A%0D%0AYeah%2C pretty much this. I%27ve never set out to establish a definitive reason for it%2C because she%27s never investigated %28she doesn%27t really care%29%2C but I suspect it%27s because Toph was born blind %28as opposed to someone who lost her eyesight to injury or illness later in life%29.%0D%0A%0D%0AI doubt there%27s anything inherently wrong with the quarian immune system at the species level - evolution doesn%27t work that fast. It%27s an environmental syndrome%2C and it doesn%27t apply in Valhalla. For that matter%2C there%27s nothing to catch there anyway.%0D%0A%0D%0AOut-of-band%2C it%27s because her blindness is such an integral part of her character design that she%27s kind of not Toph without it. That may seem a little heartless%2C but there you are.%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 6|3|4|||1||RE%3A Toph question|Mercutio||00:02:29|08/24/2013|%3EI doubt there%27s anything inherently wrong with the quarian immune %0D%0A%3Esystem at the species level - evolution doesn%27t work that fast. It%27s %0D%0A%3Ean environmental syndrome%2C and it doesn%27t apply in Valhalla. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe fact that%2C canonically speaking%2C quarians can link their suits together and adapt to one another after a period of brief illness makes it pretty definitive that this is the case as well.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe quarians could actually probably walk back to not needing their environmental suits aboard quarian ships%3B it likely wouldn%27t be super-hard to do from a purely technical standpoint. But there would be some guaranteed percentage of deaths involved and it would be a very time and resource intensive undertaking%2C one that they%27d then have to repeat if and when they retook Rannoch and had access to the pathogens and parasites they evolved symbiotically with.%0D%0A%0D%0AWithin the context of UF%2C assuming something doesn%27t happen to change the status quo ante %28such as peaceable contact made with the Geth Consensus or Tali%27Shukra coming back from her survey mission being all %22Hey%2C uh%2C guys%3F We%27re the proud owners of an unspeakably ancient genocide machine that we%27ve mistaken for a habitation ring. Go us%3F%22%29 I imagine some conflict eventually arising between quarians who are all %27fuck yeah%2C lets settle on Halo and stop living like lab specimens%27 and Rael%27Zorah-esque hardliners who declare %22Rannoch or Bust.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EOut-of-band%2C it%27s because her blindness is such an integral part of %0D%0A%3Eher character design that she%27s kind of not Toph without it. %0D%0A%0D%0AThere are ways you can edge around that%2C but they mostly involve doing some AU contortions that end up being the entire point of the story%2C which is something UF has done before but would certainly not be called for in this case.%0D%0A%0D%0AI read a pretty decent Steampunk ATLA AU once where Toph had replacement cybernetic eyes made of metal that she should use her metalbending to pop out of her head and fly around and spy on people with. It was sort of neat.%0D%0A%0D%0A-Merc%0D%0AKeep Rat 12|3|4|||1||RE%3A Toph question|Bad Moon||16:09:04|08/25/2013|%3EOut-of-band%2C it%27s because her blindness is such an integral part of %0D%0A%3Eher character design that she%27s kind of not Toph without it. That may %0D%0A%3Eseem a little heartless%2C but there you are. %0D%0A%0D%0AMuch like poor Asuka Langley-Soryu can%27t ever just be a content Bavarian pastry chef. She just aint Asuka without the cray cray.%0D%0A%0D%0A------%0D%0AJon Helscher%0D%0A%0D%0AOh God%2C it was me. I was the grognard all along. 3|1|0|||1||RE%3A Toph question|Mercutio||23:25:36|08/23/2013|I%27m not one of our hosts%2C but I would like to hazard two theories%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AOne%2C she%27s still blind for the same reason psykers are still psykers%2C carrying their genetic abnormality beyond death. Toph was created blind%2C it%27s part of who she is and who the universe intended her to be%2C not something that was inflicted on her later in life. The universe is more mysterious than even the Gods know and the plans it has for people proceed even after the point of death sometimes.%0D%0A%0D%0ATwo%2C Toph could be un-blindificated if she wanted. Even in the absence of magical healing there are technological solutions. She simply chooses not to be. Being blind has never been more than an occasional inconvenience for Toph%2C as her earth sense gives her an awareness of her surroundings that puts even Daredevil to shame. Maybe she%27d like to try this whole %22reading%22 or %22TV%22 thing sometime%2C but not enough that she wants to completely change something that%27s so fundamentally a part of who she is.%0D%0A%0D%0A-Merc%0D%0AKeep Rat 5|2|3|||1||RE%3A Toph question|Gryphon||23:34:23|08/23/2013|%3ETwo%2C Toph could be un-blindificated if she wanted. Even in the absence %0D%0A%3Eof magical healing there are technological solutions. She simply %0D%0A%3Echooses not to be.%0D%0A%0D%0AThis is probably also true.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EMaybe she%27d like %0D%0A%3Eto try this whole %22reading%22 or %22TV%22 thing sometime%2C but not enough %0D%0A%3Ethat she wants to completely change something that%27s so fundamentally %0D%0A%3Ea part of who she is. %0D%0A%0D%0ABesides%2C there are people for that%2C at least the first part.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A%5Bsmall%5DThe Valhalla Public Library basically has every book ever as an audiobook read by Stephen Fry. Even though he hasn%27t read most of them.%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 7|3|5|||||RE%3A Toph question|mdg1||12:42:48|08/24/2013|I simply assumed it was what THE MATRIX called %22residual self-image%22. Toph is blind because that%27s how she %22sees%22 herself %28no pun intended%29. She incarnated as her younger form for the same reason. 9|4|7|||1||RE%3A Toph question|Gryphon||14:10:33|08/24/2013|%3EI simply assumed it was what THE MATRIX called %22residual self-image%22. %0D%0A%3EToph is blind because that%27s how she %22sees%22 herself %28no pun intended%29. %0D%0A%3E She incarnated as her younger form for the same reason. %0D%0A%0D%0AThere%27s an element of that%2C although they can also control it to a certain extent. The joke in the studio was that Toph%27s old friends among the Einherjar assumed she didn%27t actually %5Bi%5Dknow%5B%2Fi%5D she was a teenager again%2C because she can%27t see herself in a mirror%2C until someone finally pointed it out %28probably Sokka%2C probably in response to an act of sexual aggression%2C %27cause hey%2C we%27re all %5Bi%5Ddead%5B%2Fi%5D now%2C why keep pretending%29.%0D%0A%0D%0ASince Toph knew perfectly well what had happened to her%2C this presumably led to a variation on the classic %5Blink%3Awww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DIK1Pjgix79k%7C%22You mean I%27m not white%3F%21%22%5D scene from the 1989 Pryor%2FWilder comedy %5Bi%5DSee No Evil%2C Hear No Evil%5B%2Fi%5D. %22%5Bi%5DWhat do you mean I%27m not legal%3F%21%5B%2Fi%5D This is a scandal%21 Goodness gracious%2C do you know how many adjustments have to be made%3F What%27s everyone at the %5Bi%5Dclub%5B%2Fi%5D gonna say%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A%5Bsmall%5D%22Does %5Bi%5DKatara%5B%2Fi%5D know%3F%21%22%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 10|5|9|||1||RE%3A Toph question|Mercutio||01:07:30|08/25/2013|%0D%0A%3E%28probably Sokka%2C probably in response %0D%0A%3Eto an act of sexual aggression%2C %27cause hey%2C we%27re all %5Bi%5Ddead%5B%2Fi%5D now%2C %0D%0A%3Ewhy keep pretending%29. %0D%0A%0D%0AYou%27re assuming that%2C in life%2C Sokka did not provide the genetic payload that eventually turned into Lin%2C which remains quite the popular theory. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0AI would kind of like this to be the case%2C if only because I%27d like for at least someone among the Gaang to not simply end up the life partner of the first person they ever kissed%2C and it%27s worth noting that Suki has been conspicuously absent from %27where are they now%27 information provided as part of Legend of Korra. That said%2C I really doubt Nickelodean is prepared to portray kissing cousins onscreen%2C despite that being perfectly legal for the vast majority of the people in the US. And any kind of polyamory would be RIGHT out.%0D%0A%0D%0A-Merc%0D%0AKeep Rat 13|6|10|||1||RE%3A Toph question|Gryphon||20:17:53|08/25/2013|%3E%3E%28probably Sokka%2C probably in response %0D%0A%3E%3Eto an act of sexual aggression%2C %27cause hey%2C we%27re all %5Bi%5Ddead%5B%2Fi%5D now%2C %0D%0A%3E%3Ewhy keep pretending%29. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EYou%27re assuming that%2C in life%2C Sokka did not provide the genetic %0D%0A%3Epayload that eventually turned into Lin%2C which remains quite the %0D%0A%3Epopular theory. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AWell... Fine. I can be customer-focused.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28probably Katara%2C probably in response to an act of sexual aggression%2C %27cause hey%2C we%27re all %5Bi%5Ddead%5B%2Fi%5D now%2C why keep pretending%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 14|7|13|||1||RE%3A Toph question|Mercutio||20:46:10|08/25/2013|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Aug-25-13 AT 08:49 PM (EDT)]One of these days%2C sir%2C I will get the better of you in a contest of wits.%0D%0A%0D%0AThat day is not today.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bsmall%5DSuki is totally more Tophs type tho.%5B%2Fsmall%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A-Merc%0D%0AKeep Rat 18|8|14|||1||RE%3A Toph question|Gryphon||00:31:15|08/28/2013|%3ESuki is totally more Tophs type tho.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22... you can go ahead and let me drown now.%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 8|3|5|||1||RE%3A Toph question|twipper||12:46:46|08/24/2013|%0D%0A%3E%5Bsmall%5DThe Valhalla Public Library basically has every book ever as an %0D%0A%3Eaudiobook read by Stephen Fry. Even though he hasn%27t read most of %0D%0A%3Ethem.%5B%2Fsmall%5D %0D%0A%3E-%3E%3C- %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A...%0D%0AThink of the royalties%2C man%21 If he could ever collect%2C it would probably put him in the top 0.5%25 of Galaxies Wealthiest list. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0ABrian 11|3|5|||1||RE%3A Toph question|Pasha||05:03:58|08/25/2013|%0D%0A%3E%5Bsmall%5DThe Valhalla Public Library basically has every book ever as an %0D%0A%3Eaudiobook read by Stephen Fry. Even though he hasn%27t read most of %0D%0A%3Ethem.%5B%2Fsmall%5D %0D%0A%0D%0AFurther proof that UF-Vahlalla is Heaven. That%2C and the ice cream. %0D%0A-- %0D%0A-Pasha%0D%0A%22Don%27t change the subject%22%0D%0A%22Too slow%2C already did.%22 15|1|0|||||RE%3A Toph question|Zox||21:11:26|08/25/2013|Just now%2C I saw that this thread had a new posting and my brain immediately went%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Tonight on %5Bi%5DToph Gear%5B%2Fi%5D...%22%0D%0A%0D%0Awhich could hardly fail to be epic in %5Bi%5Dsome%5B%2Fi%5D fashion.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bsmall%5D%22You may be able to %5Bi%5Dsee%5B%2Fi%5D what you%27re doing%2C Clarkson%2C but unlike you I have some idea %5Bi%5Dwhat%5B%2Fi%5D I%27m doing%21 Now give me the wheel%21%22%5B%2Fsmall%5D 16|2|15|||1||RE%3A Toph question|Gryphon||21:21:35|08/25/2013|%3EJust now%2C I saw that this thread had a new posting and my brain %0D%0A%3Eimmediately went%3A %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%22Tonight on %5Bi%5DToph Gear%5B%2Fi%5D...%22 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3Ewhich could hardly fail to be epic in %5Bi%5Dsome%5B%2Fi%5D fashion. %0D%0A%0D%0ASome say that she%27s the greatest earthbender of all time%2C and that she%27s packed by weight and not by volume. All we know is...%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A%5Bsmall%5D%5Blink%3Awww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DC3GWgBXsqeg%7C%22Ow. OW%21 I%27m on fire.%22%5D%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 17|3|16|||||RE%3A Toph question|mdg1||22:18:32|08/25/2013|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Aug-25-13 AT 10:19 PM (EDT)]%3E%3EJust now%2C I saw that this thread had a new posting and my brain %0D%0A%3E%3Eimmediately went%3A %0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3E%22Tonight on %5Bi%5DToph Gear%5B%2Fi%5D...%22 %0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3Ewhich could hardly fail to be epic in %5Bi%5Dsome%5B%2Fi%5D fashion. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3ESome say that she%27s the greatest earthbender of all time%2C and that %0D%0A%3Eshe%27s packed by weight and not by volume. All we know is... %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E--G. %0D%0A%3E%5Bsmall%5D%5Blink%3Awww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DC3GWgBXsqeg%7C%22Ow. OW%21 I%27m on fire.%22%5D%5B%2Fsmall%5D %0D%0A%0D%0ADo it%21 Do it%21 You KNOW you want to... 19|4|17|||||RE%3A Toph question|dstar||10:14:44|08/28/2013|%3E%3E%3EJust now%2C I saw that this thread had a new posting and my brain %0D%0A%3E%3E%3Eimmediately went%3A %0D%0A%3E%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3E%3E%22Tonight on %5Bi%5DToph Gear%5B%2Fi%5D...%22 %0D%0A%3E%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3E%3Ewhich could hardly fail to be epic in %5Bi%5Dsome%5B%2Fi%5D fashion. %0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3ESome say that she%27s the greatest earthbender of all time%2C and that %0D%0A%3E%3Eshe%27s packed by weight and not by volume. All we know is... %0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3E--G. %0D%0A%3E%3E%5Bsmall%5D%5Blink%3Awww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DC3GWgBXsqeg%7C%22Ow. OW%21 I%27m on fire.%22%5D%5B%2Fsmall%5D %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EDo it%21 Do it%21 You KNOW you want to... %0D%0A%0D%0AActually%2C _has_ %5Bi%5DTop Gear%5B%2Fi%5D done a special %28presumably only for local broadcast%29 set in Asgard%3F%0D%0A%0D%0ABecause it seems like the sort of thing they%27d do.%0D%0A%0D%0AShalon Wood 20|5|19|||||RE%3A Toph question|mdg1||12:08:00|08/28/2013|%0D%0A%3EActually%2C _has_ %5Bi%5DTop Gear%5B%2Fi%5D done a special %28presumably only for %0D%0A%3Elocal broadcast%29 set in Asgard%3F %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EBecause it seems like the sort of thing they%27d do. %0D%0A%0D%0AThis week on %5Bi%5DTop Gear%5B%2Fi%5D%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Thor in a reasonably-priced chariot%22%0D%0A%22Cats vs. Goats... are we just kidding ourselves%3F%22%0D%0A%22And the Stig gets a taste of real horsepower%3A Sleipnir.%22 21|6|20|||1||RE%3A Toph question|The Traitor||08:09:06|08/29/2013|May can finally repay his debt of breakfast to Skuld%2C too%21 Everyone%27s a winner%21 Except Hammond%2C because he got lumbered with a beaten-up old Merc luxo-barge in the drag race%2C but that doesn%27t matter because Hammond.%0D%0A%0D%0A---%0D%0A%22Yeah%2C I%27m definitely going to hell%2FBut I%27ll have all the best stories to tell%22 -- Frank Turner%2C The Ballad of Me and My Friends