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Forum Name: The Legacy of Korra
Topic ID: 77
#0, A Fragmentary Scene
Posted by Gryphon on Aug-10-14 at 09:57 PM
From a dream I had last night:

EXT. DAY A public square, probably somewhere in the Earth Kingdom; it's got that dusty everything-is-a-shade-of-yellow thing going on. TEAM AVATAR stand in a tight defensive formation in the middle of the square. From each of the four cardinal directions, a MOB OF BAD GUYS is charging toward them. Each one is different. There's some of those MAD MAX GUYS from "The Earth Queen", a gang of EQUALIST GIMPS, a bunch of SHAVEN-HEADED PUNKS, and what looks like most of the DAI LI.

Back-to-back with the others, ASAMI looks from one group of oncoming baddies to the next, visibly sizing them up and strategizing on the fly, before she starts giving instructions.

ASAMI
(indicating the punks)
Take the skinheads, Bolin.

--G.
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#1, RE: A Fragmentary Scene
Posted by Peter Eng on Aug-11-14 at 04:23 AM
In response to message #0
>From a dream I had last night:
>
>
>
>ASAMI
>(indicating the punks)
>Take the skinheads, Bolin.

>
>--G.
>

I like it. I have no idea whether this will make the final cut, but it's a fun moment.

Peter Eng
--
Damn. How long ago was that, anyway? Must do research...


#2, RE: A Fragmentary Scene
Posted by zojojojo on Aug-11-14 at 10:46 PM
In response to message #1
>>From a dream I had last night:
>>
>>
>>
>>ASAMI
>>(indicating the punks)
>>Take the skinheads, Bolin.

>>
>>--G.
>>
>
>I like it. I have no idea whether this will make the final cut, but
>it's a fun moment.


i think what amuses me most about this is the "one riot, one ranger" aspect of it, and the fact that it's not "you take the big guy, i'll take the little buy" but "you take the mob on the left, and i'll take the mob on the right" schtick..

-Z


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Remember kids: guns make you stupid, duct tape makes you smart.


#3, RE: A Fragmentary Scene
Posted by Droken on Aug-12-14 at 00:56 AM
In response to message #2
"Meat, and...potatoes."

#4, RE: A Fragmentary Scene
Posted by ebony14 on Aug-12-14 at 09:20 AM
In response to message #1
LAST EDITED ON Aug-12-14 AT 09:21 AM (EDT)
 
You know, looking at the comments below, I am torn between two possibilities. Either the forum is, in the majority, too young to remember Camper van Beethoven, or they're too polite to castigate Gryphon for the excrable pun.

Given that this is the Internet, I think it's likely the latter. Go here, kiddies, and listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INnFvMgET1E&sns=em. And then GET OFF MY LAWN! *shakes cane*

Ebony the Black Dragon

"Life is like an anole. Sometimes it's green. Sometimes it's brown. But it's always a small Caribbean lizard."


#6, RE: A Fragmentary Scene
Posted by zwol on Aug-12-14 at 09:31 AM
In response to message #4
Or they are simply oblivious to puns, like me. You can drop the most excruciating pun in the world and I won't even notice unless warned in advance, and even then I may have to have it explained.

I think it's because my brain runs on text rather than sound.


#7, RE: A Fragmentary Scene
Posted by BobSchroeck on Aug-12-14 at 12:57 PM
In response to message #4
>You know, looking at the comments below, I am torn between two
>possibilities. Either the forum is, in the majority, too young to
>remember Camper van Beethoven, or they're too polite to castigate
>Gryphon for the excrable pun.

<facepalm> I can't believe I missed that, utterly and completely.

-- Bob
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My race is pacifist and does not believe in war. We kill only out of personal spite.


#8, RE: A Fragmentary Scene
Posted by Gryphon on Aug-12-14 at 01:35 PM
In response to message #4
>or they're too polite to castigate Gryphon for the excrable pun.

Aw, that's my second-favorite pun after "'You've killed my punishment beast,' said Jabba without rancor." And I dreamed it! It actually woke me up, and I missed the actual fight scene.

--G.
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Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, & Forum Mod
Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/
zgryphon at that email service Google has
Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.


#9, RE: A Fragmentary Scene
Posted by Zemyla on Aug-12-14 at 08:23 PM
In response to message #8
>>or they're too polite to castigate Gryphon for the excrable pun.
>
>Aw, that's my second-favorite pun after "'You've killed my punishment
>beast,' said Jabba without rancor."

Ugggggh. My face hit the keyboard when I saw that. Thanks.

(And then I immediately shared it with my friends.)


#10, RE: A Fragmentary Scene
Posted by ebony14 on Aug-13-14 at 09:32 AM
In response to message #8
>>or they're too polite to castigate Gryphon for the excrable pun.
>
>Aw, that's my second-favorite pun after "'You've killed my punishment
>beast,' said Jabba without rancor." And I dreamed it! It
>actually woke me up, and I missed the actual fight scene.

Don't feel bad; all the very best puns are excrable. It's in their nature.

My only question is... were you dreaming you wanted to sleep next to plastic, and whose knees did you want to lick? (I understand if you don't want to answer that; it's sort of personal.)

Ebony the Black Dragon

"Life is like an anole. Sometimes it's green. Sometimes it's brown. But it's always a small Caribbean lizard."


#11, RE: A Fragmentary Scene
Posted by dbrandon on Aug-15-14 at 08:49 AM
In response to message #10
>My only question is... were you dreaming you wanted to sleep next to
>plastic, and whose knees did you want to lick? (I understand if you
>don't want to answer that; it's sort of personal.)
>
>Ebony the Black Dragon
>
>"Life is like an anole. Sometimes it's green. Sometimes it's brown.
>But it's always a small Caribbean lizard."

Personally, I was just impressed that he had this dream but didn't forget what it was.

dbrandon


#5, RE: A Fragmentary Scene
Posted by dbrandon on Aug-12-14 at 09:26 AM
In response to message #0
AAAAAARRRRRGGGH.

That was awful.

dbrandon
(There's not a line that goes here that rhymes with anything)


#12, RE: A Fragmentary Scene
Posted by Gryphon on Dec-20-14 at 03:48 AM
In response to message #0
KORRA
Master Nyima. Unlike SOME of my warriors, YOU never fail me. You will stay behind. I entrust Dìqiú to you, Nyima.

NYIMA salutes gravely.

NYIMA
Fear not, Avatar Korra. Dìqiú shall remain as you leave it.

--G.
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Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, & Forum Mod
Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/
zgryphon at that email service Google has
Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.


#13, RE: A Fragmentary Scene
Posted by BZArcher on Dec-20-14 at 12:22 PM
In response to message #12
Well, I admit Nyima probably would look good in purple...

#14, RE: A Fragmentary Scene
Posted by Gryphon on Dec-22-14 at 06:41 PM
In response to message #0
INT. NIGHT. Stately Sato Manor. ASAMI and KORRA are eating dinner at opposite ends of a very long table in an enormous, ill-lit, vaguely intimidating formal dining room. They're so far apart they have to raise their voices slightly to converse. ASAMI seems blithely unaware of their surroundings, but KORRA looks profoundly ill at ease.

ASAMI
How's your soup?

KORRA
Uh... it's fine, thanks.

ASAMI
Good, good.

KORRA looks around.

KORRA
Um...

ASAMI
Hm?

KORRA
Do you really... enjoy eating in this room?

ASAMI
(puzzled by the question)
Oh, yeah.

She looks around, frowning thoughtfully.

ASAMI
(matter-of-factly)
You know, to tell you the truth, I don't think I've ever been in this room before.

She stands up, picking up her soup bowl, and grins.

ASAMI
What do you say we get out of here?

--G.
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Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, & Forum Mod
Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/
zgryphon at that email service Google has
Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.


#15, RE: A Fragmentary Scene
Posted by zojojojo on Dec-23-14 at 09:27 PM
In response to message #14
been watching the Keaton Batman movie again, have we? :)

-Z who prefers to dance with the devil in candlelight to moonlight


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Remember kids: guns make you stupid, duct tape makes you smart.


#16, RE: A Fragmentary Scene
Posted by Gryphon on Dec-23-14 at 09:47 PM
In response to message #15
>been watching the Keaton Batman movie again, have we? :)

I saw it so many times in 1989 I don't even have to.

--G.
"You ought to think about the future, Chief Beifong."
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Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, & Forum Mod
Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/
zgryphon at that email service Google has
Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.