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Bushido
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Dec-21-13, 05:02 PM (EDT) |
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6. "RE: DS03 Goodbye & Hello, Revisited"
In response to message #4
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>>Three-quarters of an hour or so later, everyone was sorted out >>and ready to face the day. > >... Anthy and Utena have blindingly fast toilettes, especially for >women with as much hair as they do. > >That's not snark, I am genuinely impressed. We've already discussed the fact that Anthy cheats, and as practical as Utena is, she probably has efficiency down to an art form. >>He bowed again, first to Utena, then to Corwin. "Maximilian Chin >>Yongmin XVII, Supreme Civil Servant to Their Excellencies the President >>and Senate of the United Republic of Nations and Hereditary Chief >>Bureaucrat to the Celestial Emperors of the Western Reaches, at your >>service." > >Hmm. That sentence scans oddly to me; I think of "excellency" as a >title used for a person, rather than an institution like a Senate. But >that might just be me. > >That said, oh man am I a big fan of Chin's. It may not have escaped >the notice of either of our hosts that I am a huge fan of people who >work within the system in an awesome way; I'm a big proponent of the >'heroic bureacrat' archetype (if there is such a thing) someone who >makes shit happen using memos and signatures and the secret powers of >paperwork. (I like Director Manning and Shizuru for the same reasons.) >Chin is like catnip for me. > >>And with that, he removed from his back a dark-stained, >>beautifully made wooden pack that turned out to be a sort of portable >>secretary with shoulder straps, placed it on the end of the bed, and >>began to unpack a surprising amount of kit from within it: documents in >>expensive-looking dark card folders, an inking pad and roller, adhesive >>wafers, paper-wrapped gold foil, and a pliers-like sealing device. > >See? Tell me that that kit is any less impressive, or less powerful, >than, say Batman's utility belt. I challenge you. See https://allthetropes.orain.org/wiki/Badass_Bureaucrat -------- Wedge Defense Force General Order 12: "Try to avoid freaking the mundanes." |
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Gryphon |
Dec-20-13 |
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Verbena |
Dec-20-13 |
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pjmoyer |
Dec-20-13 |
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Gryphon |
Dec-20-13 |
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Mercutio |
Dec-21-13 |
4 |
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Gryphon |
Dec-21-13 |
5 |
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drakensis |
Dec-22-13 |
7 |
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JFerio |
Dec-22-13 |
8 |
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Gryphon |
Dec-22-13 |
9 |
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The Traitor |
Dec-23-13 |
10 |
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Croaker |
Jan-02-14 |
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Gryphon |
Jan-02-14 |
12 |
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Croaker |
Jan-06-14 |
13 |
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Peter Eng |
Jan-06-14 |
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Gryphon |
Jan-06-14 |
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Croaker |
Jan-06-14 |
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Gryphon |
Jan-06-14 |
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Bushido |
Dec-21-13 |
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Zemyla |
Feb-22-21 |
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Astynax |
Feb-22-21 |
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Star Ranger4 |
Feb-26-21 |
21 |
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Gryphon |
Feb-22-21 |
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