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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SJ!!!! Have a terrific one, okay? :)
Ravyn Maza
Sunday, November 15, 1998 07:17:55 PM
IP: 207.204.224.21
**The screen comes back on. Coyote's shot catches the evil rustler Dennis in the chest, knocking him off his horse and into the mass of stampeding cattle. Inside Stephanie's Taurus, Kitainia is talking to Gubio on her cell phone. "Dragons dragons I dragons dragons found some dragons dragons info on Marsh and dragons dragons Binky's circus in the computer. It's been dragons dragons e-mailed to you dragons and the dragon king!" Kitainia thanks him, hangs up, and turns to face the Comment Room.**
You just had to put your virus on that computer equipment you sent poor Gubio, didn't you, Traveler?
Jackal: Nice webpage. I liked what I saw, and hope to see more soon. BTW, what was that pic supposed to be of? I didn't get it.
Best fanfic series: TGS is first, then Christine's, Spike's, Coyote's, Stephen RS's, and Doug's, in my opinion.
Best fanfic characters: Sata, Madoc, Jericho, Elektra, Spike, Avery, David & Jessica, Rosanna, Rowan, and Seth Figaro.
SJ: Happy birthday! Your present is in the mail. For the record, it is DNA samples from a bunch of boring and/or dumb UT professors, all of whom are very tough on grades. If you would be so kind, please make some clones of the professors from it who do not display those qualities. Then we can replace the real professors here at my University. <evil chuckle>
Coyote: I know a little about cattle stampedes, and stopping them. What you're doing is a good start, but cattle can be very stubborn about continuing what they're doing even after the motivation is removed. So we'll also have to wipe out their energy to stop them. Then we can get out of this predicament.
That's all for now, see everyone when the new ep is up!
**Kitainia notices that Lathrop and Orion are getting ready to cast one of their infamous joint-communal magics. "I don't even want to know what you guys are planning," she tells them, even as they each lean out a car window and send bursts of magical energy at the ground in front of the cattle. Said ground begins to shake, creating a huge earthquake that knocks the entire herd over, stopping the stampede quickly. Cursing loudly, the three flying spiky-mutant rednecks and the two rustlers in a beat-up gray pickup drive around the winded herd and start heading toward the heroes' convoy. As the good guys scramble to pull away from them and get back to the highway, both Lathrop and Orion fall unconscious from the extreme amounts of energy they've been devoting to spellcasting. The screen goes blank. To be continued...**
Kitainia - [dierdre34@yahoo.com]
Sunday, November 15, 1998 06:57:34 PM
IP: hil-c45-056-vty9.as.wcom.net
SJ: Happy b-day, dude! If my car were in ready reach, I would give a four-cylinder salute, but as it is I'll have to settle for this.
**A panel opens up in the floor of the CR. Up rises a two-tier chocolate-on-chocolate-on-chocolate cake with weird sparkling candles.**
Dig in and enjoy! The specialty of the house, Chocolate Execution!
Coyote the Bando - [1134@i-is.com]
Algonac, Michigan
Sunday, November 15, 1998 05:52:25 PM
IP: modem45.i-is.com
***Sevarius Jr. and the gang are off in search of the Millennium Falcon, hoping to snatch it from the evil clutches of Thailog. Suddenly, SJ screams at the stop of his lungs, "STOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP!"
Everybody stops and looks at him.***
Guess what day it is?
**Everybody shrugs.**
Well, come on, guess!
**"Um...November 15?" someone says.**
Well, technically. But today's a special day. Can you guess?
**"Is it Rosh Hashanna?" "Yom Kippur?" "Boxing day?" "All Saint's Day?"**
No, no, more importantly....IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!
That's right, happy freakin' birthday to me! Today I am a year older, and no more the wiser. Please, send all presents to the usual location. And no mail bombs this time!
Christine: The postman usually has to deliver a wide variety of weird, bizarre packages (you know, gene splicers, DNA samples, giant Patagonian tree sloths, the usual), so your book won't be anything out of the ordinary. He'd better bring it soon though, or else I'm gonna send out one of my "less successful" experiments to get it from him.
Wilek: Hmm, interesting background on Han. Who knew we had an intergalactic legend livin' on our little rock all this time? Hmm...maybe he knew a guy named Lucas. As for Chewie, at least he was well treated, until that bastard Thailog showed up...
Well, gotta go. After we find the Falcon, I'm gonna enjoy my b-day festivities.
**SJ and the rest resume their search....**
Sevarius Jr. - [bpoole@mailexcite.com]
Sunday, November 15, 1998 05:38:35 PM
IP: cache-2.spg.webcache.erols.net
**The screen lights up, revealing the convoy (the bike, the tank and the Taurus) speeding away from the oncoming stampede. The tank is now being driven by the Gearhead; Buick is in the Commander's roost with Coyote. Jason is in the belly of the tank, keeping watch over the engines.**
Must go faster ... must outrun ...
<"Hey boss, why are we running?">
Well whaddya want to do? Those cattle're somebody's property, I'm not about to mow through them and create 200 tons of hamburger!
<"Good point.">
What we need is a sharpshooter ... I'll make some replies while I think of something.
Coldstone: Okay, then you must have more patience for Texas weather than my mom does (no offense, all Texans in here!!), because of all the duty stations she had she always says that Corpus was the *worst.*
Robby, Heather: I really really really really REALLY liked Road Rovers! Although some of the characters tended to grate on my nerves (read: Blitz), overall it was another great show that died too early (the WB cancelled it after one 15 episode season; every once in a while you can catch an ep on Cartoon Network, if you're interested.). And thinking about the trouble we've had with Toon Disney gratuitously editing Gargoyles: there was a short little ditty about how Russian children get their middle names that only aired once, then was completely cut out of the episode because S&P had a serious problem with the sample name that was created in the song ("Sonovovitch").
Robby again, re bike riding: You were thinking the same thing I was every time I got on my bike in 18-inch snow and ice while at college: I can't drive, but I need to be there in a hurry without intentionally killing myself.
Robby once more: Almost forgot, congrats on the new nephew!
Robby once more with feeling: Thanks for sticking it out on my fics.
Doug: Thanks for the high regard. Surprising since it seems to me you were initially reluctant to read them. Boy how time changes opinions! ;)
Mandi: You have the absolute kewlest study abroad program in the entire COUNTRY!! Scotland! WOW!! (The most interesting study abroad program that Michigan State ever offered was film study ... in Mexico.) Congratulations yourself. Have fun looking for everybody's favorite castle!
Jaden: It certainly is.
Spike: *ROTFLMAO* That line from "Road Trip" is *definitely* the Best Line from your fics!
Jackal: Good start. And I don't worry about unreadable text against backgrounds because I turned all the graphics off (pages load *much* faster that way! :)). Anyway, only one other thing to say ... couldn't get the RA greeting because I can't run RealAudio on my machine, but I read the transcript. Dude! Twisted! (and that's why we like you so much ... you don't squelch the insanity, you just give it substance!)
***RP!!***
I've got an idea. Jason, hand me up the .22!
**Jason's arm appears out of one of the hatches in the tank, handing Coyote a .22 sniper rifle. Coyote levels the rifle toward the rustlers.**
Let's see ... if the guys don't whip them up, the cattle won't stampede. Let's take out the motivation!
**Coyote squeezes the trigger. Static suddenly appears on the screen, as the video feed fails before the results of Coyote's shot can be seen.**
Coyote the Bando - [1134@i-is.com]
Algonac, Michigan
Sunday, November 15, 1998 05:36:19 PM
IP: modem45.i-is.com
Note: Soory = sorry in that last post. Sorry for the spelling error.
Doug
Sunday, November 15, 1998 04:53:12 PM
IP: dal-qbu-zom-vty36.as.wcom.net
Just realized something. I did the survey for my own fanfic saga and for fanfic, but I never did it for the actual series!! (Thanks for reminding me, Kitainia.) Actually, the point is moot because all my responses have already been given by other people, but I'll do it anyway.
Funniest: "The Mirror" and where the Trio crashes into the wall while fighting over Angela.
Worrisome: "Future Tense" and Thailog faking his death in "Double Jeopardy."
Coolest: Petros blasting Oberon with the harpoon gun and what happens to him, the medieval battle scenes in all the flashbacks.
Most Romantic: The Kiss, the dance, and the looks on Goliath's face as he watches Jason and Elisa (Hunter's Moon Part One). "Daylight's" end scene and "The Promise's" wedding for Brooklyn and Sata.
Biggest Suprises: Loki being trapped in the Gate, Puck being Owen, and John, who I thought was the most reformable of the Hunters, turning into Castaway.
Best Lines: "The moon was full, the nightbirds sang." -Sata. "I know how to wait." -Hudson. "I need a detective." -Goliath. "Soory, pal, but this investigation isn't over yet." -Elisa.
This has been my last post until the new ep comes up tonight and I've read it. Later, people!
Doug Elder
Sunday, November 15, 1998 04:52:29 PM
IP: dal-qbu-zom-vty36.as.wcom.net
"Road Rovers ?" Who said my favorite tv show than Gargoyles and Sailor Moon ? I want to know ! My favorite character has to be Colleen and maybe Exile !
* she smiles and gets a russian accent ** "I LOVE being Road Rover !"
Heather - [kheetor84@aol.com]
Sunday, November 15, 1998 03:41:33 PM
IP: 171-171-94.ipt.aol.com
Coyote> *grins* Let's just say that most of them are about as good at bowling as they are at football...;)
**Ravyn carefully exits, making sure none of her football-playing friends are waiting to jump her outside the door...** ;)
Ravyn
Sunday, November 15, 1998 03:05:49 PM
IP: 207.204.224.16
**Jim and Muzzle wait, and watch as an evil clone enters the room. Jim springs into action, and uses Muzzle for the only reason he brought him for...**
Starsinger- It's a nephew, and he is NOT named Jason...
Coyote- I'll be returning Muzzle after this post. I only brought him in so I could say a certain line... Nice to see someone else has heard of the Road Rovers tho... Excellent funny show. Shame it was cancelled...
Also, I'm almost through your stories. I would be finished, but there's like 2 dozen universes out there, and it IS my goal to read EVERY piece of garg. fanfic there is, insane though that may be...
Mandi- Congrats, it sounds like a good setup all around.
Wilek- A garg. saved Han Solo from a mugging? Typical...
Spike- G99 looks spiffy... I will try to attend...
Jackal- I was able to check out your page for about twenty seconds, and then the background popped up. You weren't kidding, that IS hard to read...
Only a few more hours till the new story goes up! In the meantime, I still have about 6 fanfic universes to read that I know of! Oii...
**An evil grin comes over Jim, who stares at the clones. He removes the dog's muzzle, and shouts, "LET'S MUZZLE 'EM!" (I've always wanted to say that!) The mad dog Muzzle proceeds to tear up the evil clones off screen. Screams and ripping metal can be heard, again off screen. And gunshots. And a roaring lizard. When it is over, Muzzle is somewhat fatter, and lets out a loud burp. "Good boy, I'll take you home now..."**
Robby - [MrNoying@aol.com]
Sunday, November 15, 1998 02:35:39 PM
IP: spider-wd021.proxy.aol.com
The evil soon begins!!! Seriously, I'm not kidding. If you have a weak stomach, don't click on things you can't see. I know my page my be slightly hard to read, don't worry the background is only temp. Soon you'll see (and hear), just how crazy in the head I am. I'm still in the contruction stages, so don't expect anything too big.., I'm wantin to say somethin else but..., I'll wait.
Jackal - [Jkal1127@aol.com]
Ga, usa
Sunday, November 15, 1998 01:44:16 PM
IP: spider-wd072.proxy.aol.com
Hmmmm..... Things from my fanfic?
Favorite Character: Spike (which is funny, considering that the first thing I did was to kill him off.)
Best Moment: There's too many things that I liked personally to pick without sounding, well, conceited. Avery talking about her father Spike in "The Last Gargoyle", exploring Lex and Tina's relationship, and "Despair and Deliverance" because it touched people outside of the Gargoyles fanverse.
Most Worrisome: When Brooklyn saw Avery fall from the Eyrie Building as he turned to stone in "Daddy's Girl" and most of "Despair and Deliverance"
Most Romantic: Practically anything to do with Avery and Brooklyn, especially the poetry reading scene in "Mockingbird" and Lex and Tina in "Faith".
Funniest Moment: It's a toss-up between the manure-bombing scene in "Deep In The Heart", Avery hogtying Demona in "Avery's Bad Day", and the Owen Burnett sound alike contest in "Despair and Deliverance."
Best Line: "Laddie, I may an old gargoyle, but even I can think of a few things to do to a naked female in a shower!" -- Hudson to Lex in "Road Trip"
"Y'know, I'm not crazy about Puck, but I'm right fond of his flip side." *crooks finger* "C'mon, girls..... let's wrassle." -- Natty Jones to the Weird Sisters in "Some Enchanted Evening."
Spike
Sunday, November 15, 1998 08:06:41 AM
IP: dal-as1-1225.cmpu.net
I'm running really behind tonight so I'll have to make this short.
**Amazing! That's all Jaden could think. One minute he was totally alone in the world, next he's with a group that accepts him as a werewolf. Now their all on the run from a bunch of stampeding cattle. "I think I'm going to stay with this group for a while," he says to himself as the screen goes blank. To be continued**
Wilek Nereus> Yeah, I like ghosts, witches, and vampires too.
Hey I heard that the Fanfic Archive is going to be back up in a few days. Isn't that great?!
Jaden - [smokey1@silcom.com]
Los Alamos, CA
Sunday, November 15, 1998 03:23:31 AM
IP: pm1-14.sma.silcom.com
Urk! If knew we could mention our own fanfics, I could have said this:
Best Moment: When Elisa and Demona reconciled after rescuing Demona and Macbeth's daughter from Sevarius in "Alliance of Hearts"
Most Worrisome: When the Stranger and Jon Canmore had Elisa (pregnant with Goliath's children), Hudson, and Princess Katharine prisoner in Oberon's castle, while Goliath and the others were helpless outside in "In Avalon's Nursery"
Most Romantic: A tie, between the "hottub" scene between Elektra and Matt in "Longings" and Goliath and Elisa in "The Gift".
Favorite Characters: Toss up between David and Jessica DeGuy (the Twins), and Det. Roxanna Hershey.
My Favorite series: Christi Hayden's, Dylan Blaquerie's and Christine's in that order. there are others, but too numberous to mention here.
Maintain and Check Six!
Stephen "Coldstone" Sobotka, Jr. - [stephenrs@xoommail.com]
Spokane, WA, USA
Sunday, November 15, 1998 03:00:25 AM
IP: 126.ieway.com
Thanks for the compliments on the patterns, Theresa. <hugs>
Lee Ann Hamm - [lhamm@premier.net]
Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Sunday, November 15, 1998 01:46:23 AM
IP: max1-145.eatel.net
Okay, I'm pushing us over the 400k mark here. Hope no one gets mad about it (nobody will probably). This time it's definitely mostly the RP saga's fault. So blame us if you want to, people...
**The screen comes on again. Doug is saying, "Look, there's safety in numbers. You helped Kitainia, let us help you. We're headed for San Antonio, we can let you off there. The city's real big and easy to get lost in." Jaden looks back at him and nods. "Thanks, but you really don't have to help me. It's not your problem." "It will be when this Tracker guy comes looking for us as a clue to where you're headed," points out Stephanie. "You make it sound like he very well could. It's better if we face him together. You know what we're up against, and we have all the powers to take him out. C'mon." Jaden sighs. "Alright. How many of you are there?" "Counting you, twenty-one," Doug says. "The rest are back at the truck stop. I'll make a post, then we'll get going." He turns to face the Comment Room.**
Fleur: Our hacker's name is Gubio, not Guido. Guido was an ex-football player who worked for the Fundamentalist Extreme before he was run over by Ricky Williams and then tackled and sacked to death by Adam Sandler's Waterboy. Don't worry, he won't be appearing in this saga anymore. Gubio is actually just our hacker pal's screen name, it's a reference to his favorite story of St. Francis. His real name is M. Alexander Cleary, Jr. and he works for a successful computer advice and software design business here in Austin called "Computer Nerds." (Yes, it is really called that!) He's a very nice person.
Fanfic Survey: Any romance moments in Christine's fanfic, especially for Goliath and Elisa, Lex and Aiden, or Elektra and Broadway, definitely fits under Most Romantic. Already mentioned events in "Breeding Season" and "Jericho on the Island of Amazon Women" get prizes for funniest. I consider Avery and Jericho the best fanfic characters.
(Shameless Plug and Fanfic Spoilers Alert!)
Here are what I consider the best moments from my own fanfiction:
Funniest: I don't have too many funny parts, I'm not that good a comedy writer. I think Demona's reaction to waking up on the back of Seth's motorbike in "One Psycho to Another" and the last scene with Del Dawson and Jen Slovak in "Final Hunt" come closest to best for this.
Worrisome: First is how Madoc had such a big hand in the immortality of both Agony and Seth, two characters who are determining the clan's destiny (and vice versa) so much in my fic. Second is how Seth resembles a certain guy Agony killed a LONG time ago so much, how Seth's earliest memory is of being raised from the dead, and how he and Agony are always feeling they know each other, but then they can't think how (yes, this will be eventually explained in "End to the Rage" but I think most of my readers probably already know the answer). Silvan's creating the super-powerful Ultra-Pack and being able to manipulate everyone so much into doing what he wants, as well as he and Sevarius turning Rachel into Changeling ("Masterpiece"), come in third here.
Romantic: The scene with Sycamore and Lillith in "Choices." Also the one later in that where Agony and Laura finally admit their feelings for one another. The painting scene in "Final Hunt" comes in second along with the last scene of "To Be Immortal", and the end scene of "Webs and Stone" where Peter and Felicia take their masks off is third place in my opinion.
Coolest: What Changeling does at the bank and in the parking garage in "Masterpiece." Demona walking into the gym in "One Psycho to Another" with the SWAT team right behind. Any scene where Agony uses his bionic hand to zap something.
Biggest surprises: Destro and Flint as the same person in "The Past Returns." That Rachel became Changeling and was able to adjust to it so quickly in "Masterpiece" (though, as later fics will show, she still has a lot of growing up to do and things to learn). Madoc being responsible for Seth's immortality instead of Oberon. Demona revealing herself fully (as a reformed villain) to the public in "One Psycho to Another" (yes, that scene wrote itself. Once I had Brendan hit her, I just couldn't stop throwing big events in there. Glad nobody has yet pointed out how crazy it all was for that to happen).
Best lines: I have several favorite moments. Here're a few of them:
"He's going to jail, Lowlight," Mainframe snapped. "Just like what's left of his Vipers. I think somebody killed everybody else."
(Seth) "Rats, they beat me to it."
- "The Past Returns"
(Laura) "So tell me more about this Russell Nash."
"Oh, I can tell you a lot more than he can," a heavily Scottish-accented voice intruded. (Connor MacLeod)
-"To Be Immortal"
"Oberon does not command all the Third Race," the male voice returned angrily. "We are here not to punish you but to help you. Did you really believe that Adam would let you go even if your offering was accepted? Did you not want to kill your brother, avenge all the pain he has inflicted upon you? Do you really think there is any other way they would let you return to your clan?" (Madoc)
- "Choices."
"Relax," the strange being breathed in an oddly sinister and haunting voice. "You're about to be given a great gift, Rachel E. Xanatos." (Silvan)
"Changeling," a voice interrupted from the room's doorway. "I think I like that name a lot better than the one Sevarius chose for me." (Changeling/Rachel Xanatos)
-"Masterpiece."
"How can you side with these human monsters?"
"The only monster I see here, Helios," said Taurus, "is you."
-"Clash of the New Olympians."
Best "Stand up and cheer" Moments: When Duncan leaps out of the bacta tank and attacks Sevarius in "To Be Immortal." Demona saving Angela from Castaway in "Final Hunt." Changeling flipping Greenhead's car over before it can hit Goliath in "Masterpiece." And last but not least, Doc's creaming the mohawked gang leader in "Final Hunt," showing that not all bartenders are wimpy.
(Spoilers and Plugging End Now!)
Best fanfic series: TGS first, then Christine's and Coyote's. I hope mine is or will be also somewhere in there, although I know I will NEVER measure up to these people. <smile>
Okay, that's all for now, later!
**Coyote's tank arrives and the Ravens and Jaden have the aforementioned exchange with them. Coyote mentions the Borg-Morons, and Doug sighs. "Well, if you saw them, the others probably also did," says Kitainia. "They'll take care of those two permanently." Coyote nods. "By the way, this is Jaden. He'll be coming with us." Coyote nods again, then Gearhead notices the dark cloud approaching. At the same time the ground begins shaking and shouts of "Yee haa!!" and "Yipee!!" along with the stamping of many hooves echos from the horizon. Lathrop pulls out his eagle-eye glasses and looks through them as Coyote and crew get back in their tank. "It's a cattle stampede," he says. "A big one." Doug takes and looks through the glasses. "Oh hell," he sighs, recognizing three of the cowboys driving it as people his friend Jammer had to beat up or was beat up by several times in high school, named Travis, Ted, and Dennis. The other three are the mutated rednecks from earlier in the saga (minus their leader Graham Johnson). "Looks like Asil had a backup plan ready for us. Everyone into the cars, now, we got to outrun them." Lathrop nods and casts mechanical haste spells on the engines of Kyryn's bike, the tank, and Stephanie's Taurus. The good guys, including Jaden, all then pile into their vehicles and drive off at top speed. The screen fades out. To be continued...**
Doug - [frostfire@mail.utexas.edu]
Sunday, November 15, 1998 01:45:38 AM
IP: hil-c45-050-vty97.as.wcom.net
I received a snail mail letter from Simplicity patterns today and they said that they have "forwarded my request for Gargoyles patterns to their Craft Design Department for consideration when planning future lines."
See my other post if you want to write them a letter requesting the Gargoyles costume design. :)
Lee Ann Hamm - [lhamm@premier.net]
Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Sunday, November 15, 1998 01:44:52 AM
IP: max1-145.eatel.net
Might I, your local film expert, suggest some films I had the pleasure of seeing today:
Clay Pigeons.....creepy movie, just my style
Rozencrantz and Guildenstern and Dead.....early 90's film that's I'd never heard of but was really good. It had Tim Roth and Gary Oldman (and he actually wasn't a bad guy)
Cape Fear.....the original, not the remake
and as always, my usuals which I've seen a million+ times:
Reservoir Dogs.....Tarantino's greatest
Chasing Amy.....Smith's best
A Clockwork Orange.....one of Kubrick's best
I did absoulutley nothing productive today. If you're looking for something to do, might suggest writing a letter to Anne Rice asking for information of a film version of The Vampire Lestat.
Ordell - [ordell9425@geocities.com]
Sunday, November 15, 1998 12:50:00 AM
IP: 206-153-223.ipt.aol.com
[Wilek, Miriam, Jake, Teri, Anoth, Forfexx, Raoul, the Doom Commandos, TRC, the bikers, the five Dark Troopers, SJ, and Frankie are in the Area 51 research facility. Jake and a cyber-imp are hacking into the computer, finding out what the late Han and Chewie have been up to since their ship crashed 50 years ago. Jake: "Hey 'Lek? I think I found--"] Please don't call me Lek or Lekkers or whatever. It's WILEK. [Jake: "Sorry. Anyhow, I found out what they've been doing. Turns out that Area 51 personnel found Chewie unconscious and bleeding to death at the crash site and brought him here and took care of him. He was actually pretty well treated, until Thailog offed him. Han was off trying to find help for Chewie, so he escaped capture. He came back, found Chewie gone, and spent the next 50 years or so pretending to be an Earth citizen. He finally found out where they were keeping Chewie, but he was arrested for trespassing when he tried to retrieve him. He told them that he was a close personal friend of the big furry thing they'd captured, so they figured he was an alien too (which he was, I guess) and held him for analysis. That's when Thailog took over and everything started going straight to h***. He killed Han and Chewie just so he could claim the Falcon by right of salvage. I think we know the rest."] Man...what a life that must have been. I wonder if he encountered any gargs. [Jake: "Well, there's a transcript of an interrogation here where he says he *did* meet one on the way here. Han thought the garg was a fellow alien. Saved him from a mugger I think."] Oh, neat.
Jaden> You're a werewolf? Too kewl. Jake here's a wolf mutate. [Jake waves.] I'm really into werewolves and ghosts and vampires and witches and things like that.
SJ> I will forever think of Darth Vader as "some Jedi bigshot". I love the unique perspective you give to this whole thing.
Robby> Born on Friday The 13th?! TOO KEWL!
Stephen> Digigrade! I MUST remember that word...
Christine> "Slavering monstrosity"! I MUST remember that phrase...
Oh, the survey extends to fanfic now!
Funniest: Most of Rahsaan Footman's "Enter The Dragon" and Fire Storm's "Bye Bye Billy"
Coolest: Ditto, tied with "Split Infinities", "All Through The Night", "Forever", and any Animaniacs crossover
A non-fanfic kewl moment is anytime any skyship is on screen. I love skyships for some reason. (I'm a big fan of TaleSpin's Iron Vulture. If I could find a way to plausibly cross Gargs with TaleSpin, the Vulture and Renard's Fortress II would get into a fight. I don't know who would win.)
Fire Storm> Hyena was also Penny? REALITY.SYS CORRUPTED. UNIVERSE HALTED. REBOOT (Y/N)? Y
Well, we have to move out, try to find the Falcon before Thailog launches it. Come on. [The team leaves the room and begins stalking the halls, trying to find the launch bay. Soon, they are ambushed by fifty security guards. They're quite outmatched...and then they're not. Two vampire eagles, one black and one white, swoop down from the rafters and tear the guards to bits. The team looks up, and Dark Mage Wilek is standing in said rafters. To be continued...]
Wilek Nereus
Saturday, November 14, 1998 11:27:31 PM
IP: tnt-2-52-56k.portsmouth.zoomnet.net
**WARNING: GRATUITOUS HAPPY GUSHING ABOUT TO COMMENCE. PLEASE CONSIDER YOURSELF WARNED AND TAKE COVER NOW!**
Yes!! I don't believe it! I only have to take 15 credit semesters to get out of here in 4 years, I found someone to live with next semester so Res Life won't consolidate me, and I just talked to Dad today, and he finally said yes--I can study abroad in Scotland next year!!!! YES!!!
**GRATUITOUS HAPPY GUSHING ENDS. YOU CAN ALL COME OUT NOW**
*whew* Excuse me. It's been kind of an uphill battle convincing Dad to let me study abroad with a double major. But noting that St. Andrews is really close to a large golf course helped my case. :)
I suppose I should take a crack at this survey, although I'm really fuzzy on specifics, since I haven't seen the eps in a while (USA's time block was too early for me), but here we go.
The Show:
Funniest moment--Has to be a tie between the Trio hitting the wall in "Turf" and the banana cream pie hitting Goliath in "Vendettas." Even from a wuss like Vinnie, I wasn't expecting that!
Biggest surprise--Owen being Puck. I picked up on Titania/Anastasia from "Ill Met By Moonlight", but Owen was a real shocker.
Most romantic moment--Elisa and Goliath in "Eye of the Beholder" dancing.
Stand-up-and-cheer moment--The famous kiss, and that's exactly what I did when I first saw the end of HM3.
The "Hey, why didn't I see *that* coming? Cool!" plot twist--Griff becoming Arthur's knight.
Best line that hasn't been mentioned (I don't think):
"In Avalon, Oberon's word is law."
"Does that mean he's always right?"
"Not while he's married."
--Ill Met By Moonlight
My fanfic: *sigh* Well, I'm my own worst critic, but here we go.
Funniest--Elisa and Matt's prank war (Weekend Off), although most of "Moving on Up" takes a close second.
Surprising--To me? Having Callie go from a three-line plot device (Good to Be Back) into a major player (Weekend Off). I don't plan these things out. It just happened.
Worrisome--Colleen's dismissal of her suicidal streak(Sky's the Limit). I want to do a lot more with that once I get to the rewrite.
Coolest--Random giving the Weird Sisters a run for their money(Relatively Speaking).
Best line: Can't think of any. Bleah.
Uncle Robby--Congratulations! How does it feel to be an uncle? :)
On the Inspector Gadget flick--Agggh! I didn't see the ET bit, I only heard about it from someone. Matthew Broderick? No, no, no, no, NO! But I, too, have "ST: Insurrection" to wait for...that should be good!
SJ: Absolutely loved "Birthright!" Poor Broadway...
*sniff* Ugh, this sinus headache is driving me nuts. I think I need to crash (although I've practically been sleeping all day anyway). Night all!
Mandi Ohlin - [weird_web@hotmail.com]
Saturday, November 14, 1998 11:07:20 PM
IP: 144.175.17.40
**Hunter from Road Rovers enters the room, handing a note to Robby. It's from Coyote:**
Robby: The Rovers are asking that you please return Muzzle. The Master is looking for him, and you were only supposed to take him out for a four-minute walk.
**Hunter leaves.**
Coyote the Bando - [1134@i-is.com]
Algonac, Michigan
Saturday, November 14, 1998 10:35:25 PM
IP: modem31.i-is.com
Well Uncle Robbie are we a niece or a nephew?? I know all about riding a bike in the sun, wind, rain, or snow. Main wheels don'tcha know. The bad thing is the breaks don't work when the wheel rim gets wet.
Starsinger
Theresa - [Starsinger@Webtv.net]
Saturday, November 14, 1998 10:33:40 PM
IP: proxy-371.public.rwc.webtv.net
(Jim Iza Noying walks into the room, pushing along a rabid dog in a straight jacket and muzzle.)
Oh no, its raining again! And we're still feeling the repricutions of what happened last month... Helpful hint to everyone here, do NOT go bike riding when there's a 90% chance of rain! What was I thinking?
Lets see, I think I put up Asrial's picture last time... So I should be on Atalanta now...
Gee, we're almost to the 400 K mark... And my commenting on that fact isn't helping matters any is it?
Hey, weren't the RPers supposed to have hit San Antonio by now? Of course, considering whats going on, its probably a good thing they haven't...
Damocles- Small bodied Japanese style art.. Spiffy stuff...
Survey- What have I started? Ah well, I have to stay out of voting on fanfics, because I haven't read them all yet. Not for lack of trying, but for some reason, my web searches aren't coming up with anybody's pages! Hmm...
(Jim explains what he's doing. "The gators are good defense, but Thailog will be sending clones of me in a while, so they won't be able to tell the difference! So, I brought in this little guy from a different show. Temporarily of course. Hunter will miss his friend if he's gone too long...") No contest involved here, I'm just curious to see who actually know what I'm talking about. If you've seen the show, you know. If you haven't, well, you should!
Robby - [MrNoying@aol.com]
Saturday, November 14, 1998 10:03:27 PM
IP: spider-tn083.proxy.aol.com
FLEUR - Of course, the really big question is: if Madoc found out that Titania and Anastasia Renard were the same person, who'd things get the most messy for: Titania, Fox, or Halcyon Renard?
Todd Jensen - [merlyn@ninenet.com]
St. Louis, MO
Saturday, November 14, 1998 09:23:03 PM
IP: pn8-ppp-151.primary.net
AIRWALKER-- Check it once more. I just went to check it and the image for the ep is there.
DumlaoX - [dumlaox@ucla.edu]
Saturday, November 14, 1998 09:03:53 PM
IP: pool0030-max6.ucla-ca-us.dialup.earthlink.net
Okay, if Christine can do it, so can I. Fave moments from my own works:
Funniest *and* Best Line: "She's Goliath's daughter, all right." -- Brooklyn (younger TimeDancer) reacting to Rosanna's temper in "Pas de Deux."
Worrisome: tie between Goliath at death's door in "Shadows and Memories" and Rosanna's seizure in "The Storm."
Romantic: tie between the endings of "Soulscape" and "Life and Death at Castle Wyvern."
Coolest: Have to think about that one ... how about Lina turning the Rokkan attackers into pigeons in "By the Grace of Oberon."
Biggest surprises: Angela revealed to be under magical influence by her mother in "Soulscape"; Demona placing the same spell on Samson in "Prodigals."
Not to be ego-gratifying ... just being fair.
Coyote the Bando - [1134@i-is.com]
Algonac, Michigan
Saturday, November 14, 1998 08:54:36 PM
IP: modem56.i-is.com
**The screen lights up to reveal Coyote's tank having just pulled up to the rest of the party. Everyone piles out to greet the newly-escaped Kitainia.**
All right, we didn't miss too much with the engine problems, guys. While everybody takes a breather here, I'll make some replies, since there's not a lot.
Kitainia re Alamo: Had a thought about him, too. Another explanation is that he could have hollow bones, which would make him much lighter, thus able to use kite-wings.
Damocles: Hey there, dude! Nice to see ya around these parts!
Fire Storm: Did you see the short featurette ET did on the IG movie? From what I saw, it didn't look too bad; oh sure, it's still going to be a comedy, but at least the good Inspector managed to keep half of his brain (as opposed to the animated one who probably couldn't find his own @$$ with both hands and a map).
BTW, how is Hunter Fire Storm and Bubba enjoying the firearm deer season thus far?
Ravyn: Dang. Too bad about the team (how did they do bowling? Perhaps that's their sport (j/k!!!).), but then again I can sympathize ... my HS football team had two really sour years when they went 2-7. Weird seasons, actually ... their losses were by an average of 35 points, but the two wins in each season were shutouts. Glad our suggestions helped.
Answering Coldstone's additions to the poll ...
Best fanfic moment: for me, a tie between the birth of Elisa's twins in "Heartfyre and Destyni" (Skydancer) and Lex and Tina finally getting together in "Faith."
Best fic character: By and large, Avery.
Best fic scene: Now this is a hard one ... hmm ... at least the most humorous one for me was the whole "breeding frenzy" sequence in Christine's "Breeding Season," just for some of the moments in it (the Trio discussing their side bet (which Goliath winds up winning), Xanatos opening his window (nearly died laughing at *that* scene!) ... funny, but everything else kind of melts into my memory of the scene.).
And adding ...
Best TGS line: Take a look at the beginning of my 17th fic, "Pas de Deux." There's a line Sata said in "The Promise" which has to be the single-best marriage proposal ever written.
Okay, I'm out.
***RP!!***
<"Hey boss, check out the horizon.">
What about it, Gearhead?
<"Wait, I see it. I don't think it's supposed to be that dark, Coyote.">
**Coyote narrows his eyes.** I see it now. Looks like another wave of goons approaching. Then again, I have been wrong before, but better safe than sorry.
**The crew piles into the tank. Coyote leaps into the Commander's Seat, turning the turret to face the oncoming stampede as the screen fades out.**
Coyote the Bando - [1134@i-is.com]
Algonac, Michigan
Saturday, November 14, 1998 08:45:02 PM
IP: modem56.i-is.com
My survey replies (had to do it twice, once for the show and once, arrogantly and self-servingly for my fic <g>)
The Show:
Funniest... *zzzt* "Owch." *zzzt* "Owch." from Enter MacBeth
Worrisome... Jason puttin' the moves on Elisa, Hunter's Moon
Romantic... just about everything Goliath says to Elisa, most notably "I need ... a detective," "If only we ..." and "How we both feel." Also the dance, the Kiss, and the way he could not keep his hands off her when she garged out in Mirror.
Coolest... the 11th century flashbacks in City of Stone, esp. the battle scenes.
Biggest surprise... Elisa getting shot, bleeding nearly dying, and being on crutches next ep. Wonderful, daring, thrilling!
Best line... "Mr. Big-Shot Time Traveler." Petros Xanatos, from Vows.
My stories:
Funniest... the Thanksgiving Day waterfight in Lead Me Not
Worrisome... the entire Jericho storyline, or the deaths of Elektra and Goliath in What Might Have Been
Romantic... Elisa and Goliath, in The Wedding and Breeding Season
Coolest... Elisa turning to stone in his arms at the end of Kittens
Biggest surprise... Jackal in Love Machine ... ; )
Best line... "Holy s***! Mars needs women!" from Passions
Sevarius Jr. > the book went out today; I can't help but wonder what slavering monstrosity plagues the mail carrier whose route includes Chez Sevarius ; )
Christine - [vecna@eskimo.com]
Saturday, November 14, 1998 08:44:13 PM
IP: vecna.ndip.eskimo.net
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Anonymous
Saturday, November 14, 1998 08:38:08 PM
IP: vecna.ndip.eskimo.net
DumlaoX - I was just reading 'The Scottish Play' and the illustration for the episode doesn't seem to be working. I checked both sites and it's not working at either one. Just wanted to bring it to your attention.
Airwalker
Brooklyn, NY
Saturday, November 14, 1998 08:28:26 PM
IP: 97.new-york-02.ny.dial-access.att.net
*The TV turns itself on, to reveal Fleur, Traveller, Clan Austin and the ST, all (except for Traveller) suffering from Vortex vertigo. Traveller, after apologising, looks around : Wait a minute, where are we? Fleur?
Fleur looks up, paler than usual, the the scene shifts to show a long beach and a sign. 'Welcome to Club Med.' A blonde woman in a hawaiian shirt is staring at them open-mouthed. Fleur looks around at the unconscious ST, and Clan Austin, who are all suffering various injuries. She grins. "Well done Traveller. Perfect place for a quick R&R before we head back to Austin to find out what was in that computer." With that, she turns to the blonde, who is opening her mouth to scream, and quickly says, "We're here for the science fiction convention." The blonde recovers, smiles a little fearfully, then says "Of course. This way."
"Science fiction convention?" Traveller asks, brow raised. Fleur shrugs "It was the best thing I could think of." As they pick up the storm troopers and walk off, Fleur turns to make the following comments.*
Whew! Finally I get here! The computers have been playing up again, so I'm writing this at a internet cafe, and my time is running out, so this will be _very_ short.
Christine> Eww. But thank-you. The more I learn, the more accurate my story will be. (I hope :))
SJ> Loved the story, even if it was a little sad. I'd love to hear how Angela went bad, though.
Robby> Congratulations Uncle!
Traveller> I've written two fics (well, a two parter), and I've just finished the first drafts of two more, and another one, but I'll have to practically rewrite it.
TGS> there's one thing that's been bugging me - will Madoc ever find out that Fox is Titania's daughter? Something tells me it will get messy if he does. :)
Spit. Five minutes left.
TTFN!
*The scene changes to show the next night, in the Club Med buffet bar, overlooking the pool. Everyone, fully recovered, is happily stuffing their faces. Fleur looks around. "Hey Traveller, where's CC?" At that moment, a dozen screaming people in bathers run into the room. Traveller grins and points to the pool. CC can just be seen swiming around. Fleur laughs. "Well, at least she's enjoying herself." A waiter approaches their table and gives Traveller a phone. It is Guido. After a quick conversation, Traveller turns to everyone. "We have to go back. Guido has found out what Marsh is really up to."
"What?" Fleur asks as the TV turns off. *
(your turn. >:) )
Fleur - [newgoyle@hotmail.com]
Saturday, November 14, 1998 08:24:13 PM
IP: myeah0.connect.com.au
Another Great Line -
Oberon - The Gathering Part 2 -
"Come my Queen. Never have I so badly desired DEPARTURE."
Airwalker
Brooklyn, NY
Saturday, November 14, 1998 06:03:35 PM
IP: 197.new-york-02.ny.dial-access.att.net
Scenes survey
Funniest.. (Lex) I don't remember any explosions in Bambi..
Worrisome.. Equal tie between two:
Elisa's seeming death plunge from the dam in Hunter's Moon - as a viewer of both B5 and Beauty and the Beast, it wouldn't have been the first time a major character had been killed.
That Future Tense was 'really happening' (for about half the ep) and the series would continue with major characters gone (they killed Matt, Claw and Bronx is such an offhand way too).
Most Romantic or touching.. Elisa and Goliath in The Gathering pt1:
"The clan will always be there for you... I will always be there for you."
"I know.."
"If only we were.. "
Coolest.. Again more than one:
The bit in Her Brother's Keeper (I think) where Hyena is caught in the net and stands up, shredding the net with a knife in each hand in one fluid movement. Very anime-esque.
Elisa taking out Xanatos' goons in Awakenings. (Having missed part 1 the first time round, this first hooked me into the series).
Definitely Hunter's moon from the airship hitting the cathedral onwards - made even better by the fantastic animation in that ep.
Biggest Surprise.. Future Tense and The Gathering hinted pretty heavily at the revelations about Lex and Owen so I didn't find these that surprising. Probably that they actually killed the Magus.
Most Shocking.. The state of most of 'The Goliath Chronicles' :(
Most of Future Tense, the cliffhangers in City of Stone and Hunter's Moon.
Best lines.. (Where do you start?)
It' ALIVE, ALIVE (Xanatos)
I.. have... had.... ENOUGH (Oberon)
True immortality isn't about living forever... (Hudson to Xanatos)
It's my first real attempt at cliched villany - How am I doing? (Xanatos to Goliath)
I oughtta sue you for trademark infringement (Coyote to Coyote)
Best overall.. Hunter's Moon - loved it from start to fantastic conclusion.
MDY - [MDY21940@yahoo.com]
UKSaturday, November 14, 1998 05:21:27 PM
IP: ppp-634.telinco.net
Oh, no! More questions for the poll!
Best Fanfic Moment: Goliath & Elisa's wedding in Christine's "The Wedding" (I have a romantic streak a mile wide [quoth Proteus]).
Best Fanfic Character: I like Avery, too, but I LOVE Tara O'Shea's Rowan.
Best Fanfic Scene: Is "scene" different than "moment"? Well, in this case, let me say the final scene of "Reprisals III".
And, yet ANOTHER category:
"Best Fanfic Series". I have too many to list here, but "Daddy's Girl" and Christine Morgan's fics take top place.
Have a good weekend!
Deuce - [deuce@softhome.net]
City of Champions, Alberta, Canada
Saturday, November 14, 1998 05:14:13 PM
IP: ppp197.connect.ab.ca
BANDO> I wasn't attached to any squadron at Corpus; I was attached to the Naval Hospital there as a medic. And it was the best command I was stationed at: warm, sunny, with easy access to everything! :)
THE POLL: Okay, here's my take...
Funniest: Where Hudson had to get the disk in "Awakenings, and his line after he and Bronx escaped; "I wonder if this wee thing will be worth the aches I'll be feelin' taemorra?"
Worrisome: When Elisa flat-lined in "Deadly Force".
Romantic: No contest... "The Kiss!"
Coolest: The Appearance of the Ishimura Clan in "Bushido" (About time! There had to be Japanese Gargoyles!)
Biggest surprise: When Elisa turned into a Gargoyle in "The Mirror"; Wondered what she would look like with wings and digi-grade feet, and that satisfied my curiousity.
Best lines: "<zap!> Ouch!" - Brooklyn
"Hey, did you notice that?" - Lex
"Oh, no, I was too distracted from writhing
in agony!" - Brooklyn
"Enter Macbeth"
Thought I'd add these too:
Best Fanfic Momment: When Elektra agreed to be Broadway's mate in "The Pure & Profane". (Gotta love it when the comic relief-types get the girl! <grin>)
Best Fanfic Character: Avery Bishop from "Daddy's Girl"
Best Fanfic Scene: Where the Trio and Angela become Humans
in "Equality", tied with the three girls
see Brook in the same story.
Maintain and Check Six!
Stephen "Coldstone" Sobotka, Jr. - [stephenrs@xoommail.com]
Spokane, WA, USA
Saturday, November 14, 1998 04:03:44 PM
IP: 207.170.232.67
Hmmm... interesting poll, I think I'll take a crack at it. *flexes fingers*
Biggest Surprise> That Owen was Puck.
Most Worrisome> Definitely when Elisa was falling from the dam... I too thought they were really going to kill her off.
Coolest> This one is too hard. I couldn't possibly narrow it down. Well... maybe when the Hunters' airship crashed into the cathedral.
Romantic> The moment Elisa and Goliath had in The Gathering Part 1, when Goliath dropped her off at the apartment.
Best Line> "The access code is... alone."
Did I miss any?
Later!
Entity
Saturday, November 14, 1998 03:18:26 PM
IP: ely-oh4-15.ix.netcom.com
Coyote (and anyone else who's interested)> Well, my high school's football team went 0 and 10 this season. The players took it all quite well, though. (They partied and went bowling.) Thanks for all your suggestions for cheering them up! :)
Gargoyles Poll>
Funniest: Hmm...Goliath with cream pie all over his face was pretty good, but I'd have to go with any funny Graeme & Ariana moment from TGS. I love those two. ;)
Most Worrisome: When Elisa fell off the dam in HM3, and they went to a commercial right as Goliath was screaming her name. I was really worried that she was actually dead, almost to the point where I was crying.
Romantic> The Mirror, Eye of the Beholder, and _especially_ the end of Hunter's Moon. ;)
Coolest> The entire Hunter's Moon trilogy. Especially the Kiss! Close second is Elisa beatin' up Demona in "High Noon," and third is Elisa beatin' up the commando in "Awakenings."
Biggest Surprise> Elisa actually kissing Goliath. I never thought _that_ would happen! ;)
Best Line> "I never realized, when you were human, how beautiful you are." Elisa: "You mean you thought I was ugly?" Big G: "Well, uhhh..." ;)
See ya'll around!
Ravyn Maza
Saturday, November 14, 1998 02:23:02 PM
IP: svm-ts3-27.c2i2.com
Thanks for reminding me! Add the following disclaimer to "Girl Talk":
The reference to "As above, down below" to Brooklyn's beak is pirated from Christine Morgans fanfic.
Some vikings in the chat room start chanting, "Dragons, dragons, dragons, dragons, dragons, dragons, dragons, dragons, dragons, dragons, lovely dragons..."
Hyena was also on A Different World. And Inspector Gadget as Penny. BTW... They are making a IG movie with Mather Broadrick as Gadget! May the demons have mercy on us all.
SJ: My fan-fic spawned your own? May the aforementioned demons have mercy on us all! :)
I have many fan-fics that I have started, and one of them has Anegla joining Demona. In almost all of my fics, Angela is messed up... every single one. Hmm... Makes me wonder if I do not like Angela as she was portrayed in the show. She had NO faults! She was too perfect. But I DID like her when she stood up to Goliath after Paris (Is Demona my mother?)
DumlaoX: They do have Styrofoam-like peanuts that are bio-degradeable. They are made of cornstarch, so they melt in water.
Traveler: Truth be told, I may have borrowed a helluva lot more from Alone than just the begining. <VEG>
Angela meeting HFS: Not quite sure yet.
Favorite Bad Guy: Future Tense Lex!
Fire Storm - [Night-Flame@usa.net]
Saturday, November 14, 1998 12:02:42 PM
IP: dhcp184.visitus.net
*appears in a conflagration* hiyas. :)
*looks at the CR and blinks* o_O Is it ALWAYS this busy in here!? :p
Anyway, at Merlin Missy's behest I thought I'd pop in and make an appearance to see what was going on. :) So, I'm here. *wavies to the nice people*
*reads the CR* Oh, thanks to Traveller and MDY for the kind words and all. :D
Well, I'll prolly be lurking alot for now.
Oh yeah, click on my name for more of my art stuff. ;)
Damocles - [<--yes, this week's illustrator]
AustraliaSaturday, November 14, 1998 04:58:26 AM
IP: cheetah.bluep.com
**Jaden takes a long look at the new arrivals before answering. "Names Jaden, and your friend looked like she could use some help." Pausing for a brief second to catch his breath, "Look, I got to get going." He turns to make a post before he leaves.**
Kitainia-Thanks, but Tracker won't be catching up to Jaden for a few days so their isn't anything to worry about...yet.
Waterboy-A very funny movie. I wasn't too sure I wanted to see it but I'm glad I did. It was so funny I started crying.
Robby-Congrats...No hockey for that child.
Funniest- Brooklyn, Lex, and Broadway flying into a wall (Turf)
Worrisome- When the Ultra-pack was formed.
Romantic- Goliath and Elisa (Hunter's Moon)
Coolest- When everyone was turned to gargoyles (Mirror)
Biggest Surprise- I too will say that Owen turning into Puck was a little shocking
Best Line- I have dozens, but instead of writing them all, I'll chose one. Hudson: MMMMMM Banana-Cream (Revenge)
**"What's your hurry?" Kitainia calls to Jaden before he can take one step. Jaden turns and faces her with a troubled look. "Lets just say that your not the only one with problems." He tells her the whole story...the amnesia, the escape from the lab, being hunted by Tracker. "So as you can see," ending his story. "I really can't stay in one place too long."**
**One hundred miles away a not-so-looking human form leaves a small abandoned town. He begins transmitting a signal. "I have locked on to my preys location, at his current speed I should overtake him within three days." After several seconds Tracker could hear a sinister laugh. "Good. Very, very good."**
Jaden - [smokey1@silcom.com]
Los Alamos, CA
Saturday, November 14, 1998 03:59:19 AM
IP: pm1-5.sma.silcom.com
Hey! I'm an uncle! "Uncle Robby"... That's gonna take some getting used to... I wonder if its a bad thing my first nephew was born on Friday the 13th? Long as my sister doesn't name him Jason I guess its okay...
Robby - [MrNoying@aol.com]
Saturday, November 14, 1998 03:21:38 AM
IP: spider-wd021.proxy.aol.com
Sorry about the double post!
Just wanted to do the survey real quick:
Funniest moment: For me, anytime Vinnie's around. Or the Couple.
Worrisome: When Elisa fell of the dam...I thought they were killing her off, for real.
Romantic: Goliath. Elisa. Hunter's Moon. "The Kiss."
Coolest: I loved the Future Tense episode. Man, and I though my fic was dark....
Biggest Surprise: I've got two. 1)Owen was Puck. Totally unexpected! 2.)Lex was the evil genius behind Xanatopia in Future Tense. Man was he a baddie!
Best line: My fave was from City of Stone, pt. 4. Goliath is trying to talk Demona into giving them the password, and he says something like: "Your thirst for vengeance has only created more sorrow. End the cycle, Demona. Give us the code." Pretty heavy stuff for a kid's show!
Sevarius Jr.
Friday, November 13, 1998 10:46:00 PM
IP: cache-1.spg.webcache.erols.net
ARRRGH!!! I had a big long message set to post, and my friggin' computer hadda crash! I'm forgoing the RP for this evening, so I can get this up.
Traveler: That's for me to know and you to find out. I can't tell you yet, because of the way my writing style works. To make it brief, my writing style is best described as "randomized chaos:" I'm playing out the war in my head, and I don't know what will happen, but when it does I write it. Therefore, I don't know yet what Demona did to Lina's stone, or what she plans for the fragment of Rosanna's face, for that matter.
Zath: It's not as gruesome as it sounds.
Jaden: I share your opinion of complicated math; it gives me a throbbing migraine.
Movie Ticket Prices: I usually go to twilight shows ($3-$3.50, depending on the theater), although I'm not above spending $45 on movies (which I did once with my ex, going to three consecutive shows.)
Deuce, Todd: That all goes into the whole deal with the victor writing history. Since Canmore eventually was the king, he had the history books written to reflect MacBeth "murdering" his father. Look at the record of any war and you'll see it, even as recently as the Gulf War, which the US-led coalition of nations definitely won, but Saddam Hussein claimed victory in Iraq's ability to stand up to the rest of the world.
Coldstone: Looks like the only duty station both you and my mother were stationed at was Corpus Christi, only at different times (she was there in the early '70s.). I told her you had been there, and she asks what squadron you were in.
Kyryn: AAAIIGH!! Last I saw it was 5-1 Dallas. Unnnnhhhhh ...
Wilek: Believe me, I'd love to give myself more credit, but I really won't be able to do it until I actually get WCC out. And BTW, last I counted I had over 60 commissions, of which I've only completed 16.
Gargoyles moments:
Funniest: in "Turf," when the Trio runs into the brownstone while fighting over Angela, follwed in close second place by the end of "Jericho and the Amazon Women."
Worrisome: Shortly after Broadway shot Elisa.
Romantic: Since we're including fanfic, how about the entire second half of Spike's "Faith."
Coolest: I think *THE KISS* belongs here, IMHO.
Biggest surprise: Fox's parentage (Renard and Titania)
Best line: "It's not a good day to be a bad guy." Angela, in "Hunter's Moon 3."
Stand-Up-And-Cheer moment: When Broadway kissed Angela in "The Journey." I explained about this one in the other room a few weeks ago.
MSTie-able line: Everybody's going to hate me for this one, but it's in "Deadly Force:"
Broadway: "I was playing with the gun. Stupid of me. Hope I didn't break anything."
CTB: "Uhh, Broadway ... you just broke Elisa."
Kitainia: *LOL* Woo hoo! The first G:CM Creativity Demon!
**composes self**
Sorry. But I thought it was pretty cool. ;) And thanks for the heads-up on those movies. Myself, I'm waiting for three particular ones: "Enemy of the State," "Star Trek: Insurrection," and "Prince of Egypt."
SJ: Excellent. Simply excellent.
Robby: Don't be discouraged from posting your own stuff. God knows I wasn't, even though my stuff doesn't come *close* to matching Spike or Christine or Coldstone as far as length is concerned. I'm more into continuity (if you haven't figured it out yet).
Okay, that's all from me. I'll pick up the RP tomorrow night, by that time the tank'll have caught up with the rest of the party, I think.
Coyote the Bando - [1134@i-is.com]
Algonac, Michigan
Friday, November 13, 1998 10:36:59 PM
IP: modem30.i-is.com
**Sevarius Jr. is still with Wilek, Frankie, etc, in Area 51.**
First off, I'd just like to give a big, whoppin' thank you to everybody who a)took the time to read my fic, and b)gave me some nice comments about it. I'm glad you like it...or it gave you chills, whichever. As for expanding it into a whole story...I don't know. Maybe later. I'm still kind of new at fan fiction, and I hope to write more, so maybe one day.
ISKWYDLS: I hated the first one. The only thing it had goin' for it was Jennifer and Buffy. But hey, JLH is in a wet t-shirt in this one? For how long? If it's the whole film, I might go....I know, that's a sleazy reason to go, but hey, I'm a guy!
Meet Joe Black: Is this a good date movie? I was going to take my girlfriend, but I hear it's like three hours long.
Dragons, dragons, dragons, oh no, dragons dragons dragons dragons please stop! dragons dragons dragons DRAGONS DRAGONS DRAGONS! Somebody remind me to make an antidote for that thing.
Final Hunt: A great fic. Definitely worth a read.
Good news for me! I'm gonna get my copy of Curse of the Shadow Books soon! Mrs. Morgan told me so herself!
Thailog: Hey! You can't treat my dad like that! Sure...okay I want to choke him myself sometimes....and yeah, he's a sociopathic geneticist with no ethics or morals...but he's family, so watch out!
**SJ turns to Wilek. "Oh great," he says. "Now the Empire is involved in this. That's just great! Those guys are such pains in the ass. That's it, our planet's trashed."
"You ever meet them before?"
"My dad once hosted the Intergalactic Geneticist Convention. Lots of mad scientists from all over the galaxy showed up at the ol' homestead. Whole thing got raided by the Imperials. And some Jedi bigshot. Black helmet, weird voice. Man, those Stormtroopers never flush...."*****
Sevarius Jr. - [bpoole@mailexcite.com]
Friday, November 13, 1998 10:33:18 PM
IP: cache-1.spg.webcache.erols.net
ATTENTION! If you submitted entries to our "Name The G99 Mascot" Contest, we'd appreciate if you would do so again. The computer mangled our incoming email but we've whacked it on the nose with a rolled newspaper and it's behaving much better now. Thanks!!
Spike - [gwtcontests@region3.com]
Friday, November 13, 1998 10:23:07 PM
IP: dal-as2-1039.cmpu.net
Hmm, the interesting thing is, most people are picking the same bits. And there's a lot of them! I suppose it says something about how good the show was, and how good the new stuff is...
I had forgotten about Vinnie's "Revenge"... I have to put that one in with my funniest moment vote... And since the category was added, to stand up and cheer... Kingdom, and the entire final bit there. And Future Tense did have a LOT of good scenes too...
Hmm, Michael Dorn did the voice of the Minotaur on Hercules today... Gee, wonder what inspired Disney to get him to play THAT part?
Robby - [MrNoying@aol.com]
Friday, November 13, 1998 10:08:16 PM
IP: spider-wg034.proxy.aol.com
[Quick reply.]
Kitainia> Oh, DMW's still in the RP. But he's very, very ticked at Thailog. Heh heh heh.
Wilek Nereus
Friday, November 13, 1998 09:20:55 PM
IP: tnt-1-13-56k.portsmouth.zoomnet.net
New image for me.... When I first started posting to the original room, I used the image of Xanatos in his Steel Clan armor. Sadly, that image isn't available here. So, I thought I'd pick another cool one, and as far as I know, no regulars have laid claim to this....
RANMA 1/2> Me... as a girl. I don't want to think about that.
Funniest... Many parts of "Equality" and Goliath getting shot by Vinnie
Worrisome... I agree w/ DumlaoX here: "Future Tense"
Romantic... Many parts of "The Mirror", esp. the end scene, "Eye of the Beholder"
Coolest... Much of "Future Tense"
Biggest surprise... Owen = Puck, Maddox = a psychotic fey SOB
Best line... "Virtue is its own reward; I thought you would know that by now." -- Owen
"Made me jump up and cheer" - Goliath and Elisa kissing
Saddest... Demona's attitude @ the end of "CoS"
RE: BAD REVIEWS FOR "I Still Know..."> *having a guy moment* Hey: Jennifer Love Hewitt in a wet shirt is reason enough to go see the movie. ;-)
SJ> *shudders and cringes* Ugh. That story was chilling; gave me goosebumps right up and down my arms. You should definitely continue w/ that train of thought.
BORG> This is my favorite Borg joke: "I am Dr. Laura of Borg. You're getting assimilated? Do you have a ring and a date?"
That's all folks....
Deuce - [deuce@softhome.net]
City of Champions, Alberta, Canada
Friday, November 13, 1998 08:59:09 PM
IP: ppp111.connect.ab.ca
** The screen lights up. Gubio is now being surrounded by the punks, who are all laughing at him. Suddenly the fully transformed Mist leaps out from behind him, hisses loudly at the bad guys, and then fires into their crowd with her chain-gun cannon. The bad guys scream and run away, Mist cutting down all but Jose and Cutter, who manage to escape. Tyl laughs as the bullets go right through him. "Idiot!" he chuckles. "I'm not even really here!!" His hologram vanishes and Gubio sighs as he thanks Mist with a few comforting pats to various areas of her body. He then goes about the monumental task of putting the computer equipment Traveller got him back together.**
**The screen switches to Kitainia, who is having a hard time dealing with the Brits as well as Felix and Rodney. Suddenly the werewolf Jaden leaps in, slashing open the chest of Kate in his initial dive and taking out Ms. Chang with a vicious bite to the face. Kitainia quickly overcomes her initial surprise and snatches up a dropped bayonet. She throws and buries it in the head of Rudi, who also falls down dying. Kitainia then turns to make a post in the midst of her and Jaden's continuing battle.**
Jaden: Thanks for the aid. Nice entrance. We'll help you with the Tracker in return for it.
Waterboy Spoilers: It was a funny movie, Kathy Bates and Adam Sandler did great preformances. Could have had a few less running gags, though. :)
Meet Joe Black Spoilers: Saw it last night, good movie. Pitt and Hopkins both turn in excellent preformances, and Claire Forlani was both well-acted and beautiful. A bit long, but all the great scenes make it well worth that. There are also scenes you can make fun of, but any good movie has to have at least a few of those, in my opinion.
I Still Know... Spoilers: Just got back from that flick. My advice on it- Do NOT see this movie!!! It's even worse than the first one, they're all still idiots, the one redeeming feature is it gives you frequent glimpses of the beauty of Jennifer Love Hewitt (and of course, that's only a good point to guys like Doug and Jammer). Cheesiest slasher flick I have seen in quite a while, and this is coming from someone who loves horror movies. Sigh, I hate it when movies meet my expectations. Probably wouldn't have been any better even if he used a nail-gun or flame-thrower. Grrr...
Kyryn: Actually, the Taurus is Stephanie's, not Doug's. Doug doesn't even own a car, though if he wins the sweepstakes he got a jackpot drawing entry for today, he'll buy a Pathfinder.
SJ: Short but very emotional story. Glad it's not true for the actual universe.
Firestorm: Good story from you, too. I liked "Girl Talk" a lot. Wonder if Angela will ever run into HFS and Bubba. :)
"Final Hunt:" There are actually two stories on the archive named this, Mr. Glock's and Doug's. Both have their good points in both action and character. I liked Glock's better, personally, but that's mainly because it was the season finale that should have been for Gargoyles (as opposed to the final TGC ep). Very well-written story, wish he'd write more of them. Thanks for recommending it, Starsinger.
Borgified Morons: That was my creativity demon, glad it's being well-used so far. I saw this headline on a Star Trek magazine that said "Be a Borg: Assimiliate your friends and kill stuff." I thought to myself, why would anyone want to read a magazine that tells you how to do something like that? Then I instantly thought of Beavis and Butt-head, and so spawned Guod's assistants. :)
Alamo's wing structure: It was my mind that spawned him, so I'll answer this one. I never really noticed that about the bigger gargs having different wing structures than the smaller ones, I just assumed any wing structure could work with a gargoyle. Shows how much I know about flight and aerodynamics. :P Uh, let's just say Alamo has unusually strong muscles and bones in his wings, so they can support him. If there's no way that can happen, let's just change it to a Goliath type wing-structure instead. Sorry for the mistakes, thanks for pointing them out to me.
Wilek: Nice twist in the RP you've made there. So is DMV still going to be involved, or can we cross him off the list of enemies?
(The Survey)
Funniest Scenes: All the times Puck tricks Demona in "The Mirror." I also liked it when Vinnie hit Goliath with the cream pie bazooka.
Most Worrisome: Just about everything in "Future Tense," and when Madoc shouts "The Rising has begun!" at the end of "Reprisals."
Most Romantic: Goliath and Elisa's kiss in "Hunter's Moon" as well as their dance in "Eye of the Beholder," and the whole episodes of "Daylight" and "The Promise" for Brooklyn and Sata.
Coolest: Elisa's kicking ass in "Awakenings," "High Noon," and "The Mirror." Also any scene with Thailog or Madoc. For me, those two are the best bad guys. They always dominate scenes they're in with their twists of dialogue. Xanatos is also very good at this, as are Macbeth, Agony and Seth, Jericho, and Brooklyn. By virtue of their presence, these characters can all make a scene cool for me provided it's well-written.
Biggest Surprises: When Elisa kissed Goliath, that was unexpected but very welcome. Owen being Puck and the first Coyote robot come in second.
Best Lines: "I'm evil, I'm the monster, oh yes." -Madoc. "The moon was full, the nightbirds sang." -Sata. "How I enjoyed causing you grief." -Thailog. "I'm turning myself in because six monsters just told me to." -The "Reawakening" Robber (aka Jimmy Rodriguez, the name Doug has given him in his fanfic, the guy's role will be fully explained in a later story). "The access code is Alone." -Demona. "You're taking this WAY too personally!" -Xanatos. "Don't disappoint me." -also Xanatos. "The magic in this century is so..." "Cool?" "Exactly!" -Lexington and Brooklyn. And many more that don't come to mind right this second.
Most "jump up and cheer" scenes: Hudson's "I know how to wait" line in "Long Way to Morning," Elisa kissing Goliath, Goliath smashing the Praying Gargoyle, Fox hitting Oberon with a bolt of magic in "The Gathering," Demona attacking Thailog in "The Reckoning."
DumlaoX: Yeah for your cool dog Illegal!! And thanks for our fifth MP3 file.
Creativity Demon: Read Coyote's fanfic if you don't get this.
Demona: I am now going to take over the world and destroy all the humans!
Brooklyn: Oh yeah! You and what starfleet?
Demona: (grins evilly) This one. (All the Rokkans' ships appear behind her.)
Brooklyn: I had to ask. (gulps nervously)
Heh heh.
Heather: You RPG too? Glad to know you also subscribe to one of the world's best stress-relievers (in my opinion).
Okay, that's all for now, later!
** Kitainia turns back to the fight and manages to knee Rodney on the groin, then grab him and snap his neck. He's out of it. Jaden also claws to death the screaming Ms. Green the PE teacher. Doug and the others arrive then, responding to Kitainia's transmitted distress signal. The four Ravens hop out of the Taurus, Doug blasting McCormick dead with his shotgun, Stephanie running up and disemboweling Matt Evans, and Orion using a quick flame strike spell to burn up Charlotte. Felix panicks and runs like heck for his truck. Lathrop uses a minor quake spell to make the twenty-ton vehicle fall over on top of him just as he reaches it. (OUCHIE!!!) Johan is gunned down by Bandit's machine-gun turret, and Doug's second blast takes Chas out. Now it's just Asil and Guod. "Next time, fools!" Asil shouts, seeing the odds are overwhelming. She drops a smoke grenade and while the good guys scramble to find her and Guod, they escape through a teleportation device's portal back to Thailog. He will probably be very upset with them. Meantime, Kitainia turns to Doug and thanks him, as well as the others. "No problem," Doug says. "Who's the wolf-like creature?" Jaden transforms back to human form and looks at him. [You pick up from here, Jaden]**
**The screen changes to Gubio, who has finally reassembled the computer setup in his immense living room. He turns it on and sits down, only to find Mist (back in her normal cat form) sitting on top of and thus preventing him from using the keyboard. To be continued.**
Kitainia - [dierdre34@yahoo.com]
Friday, November 13, 1998 08:30:36 PM
IP: hil-c45-028-vty184.as.wcom.net
Funniest... Last scene in 'Temptations' (When Brooklyn tells Lex that the bike blew up. His reaction, while understandable, just made me laugh.)
Worrisome... City of Stone Part 4 (When Macbeth was about to kill Demona, the first time I saw it, I thought that he might not listen to Goliath and go through with it.)
Romantic...The Mirror (The interaction between Goliath and Elisa while gliding around the city.)
Coolest... Future Tense (Just watch the episode. It has everything. War, sacrifice, betrayal, love, hate, a final battle, and even had lasting reprecussions once everything was over.)
Biggest Suprise... Hunter's Moon Part 1 (The final scene when Goliath says "On my daughter's life I swear I will hunt them down and I WILL KILL THEM." The first time I saw that my reactions was just undescribable. I couldn't wait to see the next part. I was shocked, suprised beyond belief. That scene alone, the realism in it, that scene proves why Gargoyles is the finest animated show I have ever seen.)
Best Line... There are a couple of line's that I enjoyed. In no specific order:
City of Stone Part 4 - "Revenge Demona is a dish best eaten cold. And I have waited 900 years for this meal."
Double Jeopardy - "We can still wipe the slate clean Thailog, start over." "Over my dead body! Or better yet, YOURS!"
Pendragon - "Your time has passed Arthur Pendragon! Macbeth, son of Findlaech, is the one true king."
Hunter's Moon Part 1 - "On my daughter's life, I swear that I will hunt them down, and I WILL KILL THEM."
Airwalker
Brooklyn, NY
Friday, November 13, 1998 08:23:40 PM
IP: 163.new-york-02.ny.dial-access.att.net
Just a quick post ! I'm RPG at the moment !
Funniest... "The Mirror"
Worrisome..."High Noon"
Romantic... " Hunter's Moon Part 3" ( Go Elisa and Goliath!)
Coolest... "Awakening ( all parts )"
Biggest surprise... Elisa gives the BIG kiss to Goliath !
Best line... " Ya ? You and what starfleet ?" -Brooklyn
Heather - [kheetor84@aol.com]
Friday, November 13, 1998 07:52:20 PM
IP: 170-159-46.ipt.aol.com
I didn't want to say anything. I didn't want to spoil the surprise. Traveler, wait until Janurary. That's all I'm going to say. Janurary.
As for favorite scenes. I'm bias, but I think Griff taken on the drgons in Dragon's Wrath was the most exciting.
Most romantic - Elisa and Goliath in Eye of the Beholder. Followed closely by Broadway's dinner date with Angela at the Cathedral.
Most worrisome - Demona posed to destroy statue Elisa in City of Stone 3. (I couldn't think of anything else that day)
Most poignant - Goliath at the original closing scene of Vows. (I caught the symbolism with the clock tower and the flashback. Don't know why they cut in the USA version)
Most 'made me jump up and cheer' scene - When Hudson said 'I know how to wait' in Long Way to Morning.
That's all for now.
Rahsaan Footman - [rdfootman@csupomona.edu]
Friday, November 13, 1998 07:44:58 PM
IP: 134.71.30.89
Lee Ann A public hurrah for your graph pics of Goliath, Elisa and Angela. They can be used for needlepoint, cross stitch, beadwork (I'm thinking amulet pouches in delica beads.), or anything that needs or uses a graph. Again, WELL DONE!!!
Funniest... "The Mirror"
Worrisome... The ending of Deadly Force could have shown Broadway learning to use a gun responsibly not just giving them up.
Romantic...The dance scene from Eye of the Beholder
Coolest... Elisa's kicking ass in Awakening Part 4 I think.
Biggest surprise... Finding out Owen was Puck
Best line... I'll have to think on that one a little more.
Starsinger
Theresa - [Starsinger@Web.net]
Friday, November 13, 1998 07:40:20 PM
IP: proxy-361.public.rwc.webtv.net
>Lee Ann: Gargoyle costumes in the Butterick pattern book? >That'll be pretty cool. However, they'll
>have to come up with something pretty creative for the >wings
Regarding the costumes and Butterick Pattern Service, and the other pattern companies I posted earlier, if you can jot out a short note to them requesting Gargoyles costumes....we may have some success here. That's the impression I got from the letter I received from them. Hope everyone can write soon. If you can, please write. :) <hugs>
Lee Ann Hamm - [lhamm@premier.net]
Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Friday, November 13, 1998 07:15:29 PM
IP: as22-9.eatel.net
WILEK-- A TGS ep can sit in the finished bin for an undisclosed amount of time. It really depends on when it gets finished. Sometimes it'll sit there for weeks. Sometimes it'll sit there for only mere hours. All depends on when it first comes to us and how quickly we can pass it through edits.
MP3-- Give it up for Illegal. She came through again. Click my name for Loreanna McKennitt - The Mummer's Dance. Wilek, I think this was the mp3 you requested.
Till next time...
DumlaoX - [dumlaox@ucla.edu]
Friday, November 13, 1998 07:11:48 PM
IP: pool0025-max2.ucla-ca-us.dialup.earthlink.net
[Quick reply.]
Funniest... Most of "Fleeting Encounters"
Worrisome... Much of "Future Tense"
Romantic... End of "The Promise"
Coolest... Much of "Future Tense"
Biggest surprise... Finding out Owen was Puck
Best line... Can't think of one just now; there are lots I'm sure
Wilek Nereus
Friday, November 13, 1998 07:04:47 PM
IP: tnt-2-153-56k.portsmouth.zoomnet.net
WILEK - I also noticed that case of the "two Alexanders" (Thailog and Xanatos's son), and even asked Greg Weisman about it; he confirmed that it was deliberate and not a coincidence. (They were both named "Alexander" after Alexander the Great, by the way, something that I'd also suspected).
Todd Jensen - [merlyn@ninenet.com]
St. Louis, MO
Friday, November 13, 1998 07:02:09 PM
IP: pn4-ppp-173.primary.net
(Jim Iza Noying walks in singing something. Badly. "Do a dose do and dance, like there's a possum in your pants... Yodelaaeey hoooh...) Lets see how long it takes for someone to identify THAT...
Hmm, not much to talk about right now...
Despite how deliriously good I thought Final Hunt was last night, that may have simply been the aftereffect of basically reading 7 hours of garg. fic in a row, plus a 29 hour period without sleep... Its still a VERY good story, but did have its problems... Ah well... Opinions change, sometimes quickly...
And to all who have tests or any other similarly nasty fates ahead of you, I feel your pain...
Zath- The bit between Thailog and Sevarious was funny...
Okay, survey time people! In the past I asked for favorite story, but now, I'm asking for favorite scenes! They can come from anywhere, the show, the TGS, or any of the fanfics going around.. And the favorite scene categories are...
Funniest...
Worrisome...
Romantic...
Coolest...
Biggest surprise...
Best line...
And anything else you can think of...
SPOILERS?
For me, the funniest scene goes to the TGS story "Equality" when the trio go to a certain resteraunt... Most worrisome scene goes to when Broadway shot Elisa in the first season, and they cut to a commercial... (Both cliffhangers in the Hunter's Moon trilogy come in a close second though.) Most romantic probably goes to that scene in "Possession" with Coldstone/Broadway and Desdemona/Angela embracing one last time. (The Beauty and the Beast scene between Goliath and Elisa comes in second.) Biggest surprise goes to "Leader of the Pack" when Coyote was first revealed to be a robot. I never saw that one coming the first time around! And coolest goes to when Owen stuck his arm into that cauldron and it became stone, and Xanatos just casually dismissed it. Sure it lost a lot of impact when Owen was later revelead to be Puck, but it was still great then... And best line goes to one I picked out earlier this week, Sata's "The moon shone, the nightbirds sang..." from The Scottish Play. There, those are my votes. Anyone else?
END SPOILERS?
Robby - [MrNoying@aol.com]
Friday, November 13, 1998 06:50:20 PM
IP: spider-we081.proxy.aol.com
[Wilek, Miriam, Jake, Teri, Anoth, Forfexx, Raoul, the Doom Commandos, TRC, the bikers, the five Dark Troopers, SJ, and Frankie are in the Area 51 research facility, in a gunfight with a lot of scuttlers. They're obviously losing. Suddenly, Wilek has an idea.] I wanted to save this for an emergency; I think this qualifies. [He takes out his Mindshatter card and reads it.] Everyone hold your ears! [Wilek throws the card into the midst of the scuttlers. It disappears and emits a piercing wail, causing the brains of the scuttlers to explode and coat the insides of their protective crystal domes with pureed brain goop.] Eww. I didn't know it was literal. [SJ: "I'm glad that's over. Hey Wilek, Han was over a hundred years old when he died, not forty or fifty--although, given his condition when he died, he could have lived to over 140. New Republic medical tech I guess."] Kewl. That reminds me--someone get into the computer and find out when Area 51 personnel captured Han and Chewie. I want to know where they've been and what they've been doing for the last half century.
Slightly off topic> I recently saw an interesting "Batman/Superman Adventures" hour. Roddy MacDowell, Malcom MacDowell, Cree Summers, and Micheal Dorn. Too kewl! Also, if I'm not mistaken, Laura San Giacomo, aka Fox Xanatos, starred in Stephen King's "The Stand".
You know, I just saw "Ill Met By Moonlight" and "Future Tense" for the first time last night. Anyone here ever notice that Oberon has fangs??? Vampiric-style fangs; I kid you not. Anyone wonder if the presumably also fanged Madoc had a little more involvement in the ancient Unseelie vampire project than originally suspected?
SJ> Fabulous story! You should develop it into a full-length fic. I wonder if you can work your own character into the story; if you can't cure the hereditary madness, then no one can.
Traveler> I dragons had to dragons dragons open my big dragons dragons mouth, didn't dragons dragons I. dragons dragons Traveler, dragons dragons what is wrong dragons with dragons dragons your brain dragons dragons dragons dragons?
Coyote> Insane? Oh, do give yourself more credit. <<Oh, and are you doing pics of all the WCC characters? ~Traveler>> Just how many WCC characters *are* you doing pics of?
Mercedes> Me as a girl? Eep...I'd probably look a lot like Desdemona, actually. Except really dark blue. You know, I wonder what would be the result if that happened to Demmy. She'd probably look a lot like Jericho. (Uh, does this thing give appropriate clothing as well? In case you haven't noticed (click my name to see Coyote's pic of me), I don't really wear anything above the waist, and of course that would be a problem if I were a girl...)
Doug> Kewl creativity demon. <<Would a web-wing structure be enough to support flight (okay, gliding) for a garg as big as Alamo sounds? ~Zath>> You know, I've been wondering that myself. Even if the web had enough surface area, wouldn't supporting a big garg's weight rip the wingsails? The way I see it, a big garg needs a Goliath-type bat wing structure in order to provide both aerodynamic lift and structural wing support. Note that all the heavier gargs (Goliath, Hudson, Broadway, Gabriel, and myself) have this structure. Medium-weight gargs (Brooklyn, Demona, Angela, Elisa during "The Mirror") can get away with having a glider wing, with no internal support spines, as this is more aerodynamic and the wing doesn't have as much weight to support. Lighter-weight gargs (Lexington, Pontiac, Cadillac) can have a web wing; it's the most aerodynamic configuration and there's less weight that it must support.
Jaden> Ultra-kewl villain.
Hey, I'm curious. After a TGS story is written, how long does it sit about until it premiers?
Todd, Prof. Deuce> Ack. Say, am I the only one to notice that Xanatos' son and Thailog's business alter ego have the same first name? How much of a coincidence is that?
[In the secret base...Dark Mage Wilek: "Let me get this straight, Thailog. You made a deal with the leader of the remnants of the Galactic Empire in which they supply you with weapons in exchange for letting them occupy Earth after we've taken over, and making it the capitol for their Second Imperium?" Thailog: "Of course. We need all the help we can get with this." DMW: "<grr> Haven't you ever read a single solitary Star Wars novel in your entire worthless life?! Do you have any idea what the blasted Empire thinks of non-humans?! Especially clones!! If you allow them onto Earth, they will slaughter every single gargoyle and Fey on the planet, and I know they're capable of it! It'll make "Future Tense" look like a Martha Stewart special!" T: "Why didn't you warn me?! You're the science fiction geek!" DMW: "You're thinking of the fellow I was cloned from. Besides, I COULD have warned you if you'd bothered to tell me your plans! Look what you've gotten us into: Even if we can keep the Empire from slicing our heads off, the New Republic will have our tails on a platter for killing their president's husband. <sigh> I begin to think that this arrangement wasn't as well thought out as all that." T: "What are you saying, Nereus?" DMW: "I'm saying that I no longer want to be a part of this. As of this moment, consider our partnership severed!" The Dark Mage folds his wings around himself and vanishes. To be continued...]
Wilek Nereus
Friday, November 13, 1998 06:36:20 PM
IP: tnt-2-153-56k.portsmouth.zoomnet.net
**The CR room screen comes on showing Kyryn and Bandit on their motorcycle following Doug's Taurus. She turns and says**
Sevarius JR> Wow! That was a very moving and powerful scene. It would be interesting to see what happens further down that road.
I also read "Final Hunt". It has some excellent scenes, but I feel that it didn't grab me and drag me in the way some of the best writing does.
Coyote> Tonight! Luck to the best!
**Kyryn puts her attention back to the road as the screen goes dark**
Kyryn - [bmashburn@yahoo.com]
Uvalde, TX
Friday, November 13, 1998 05:19:02 PM
IP: 168.37.239.86
Bando> I was stationed at RTC Great Lakes, then MTC Great Lakes when I started in 1988, then was stationed at NAS Corpus Christi until begining 1989, then was shipped to NAVHOSP Camp LeJeune where I stayed until i was Honorably Discharged for medical reasons. Otherwise, I was an Air Force Brat before then, stationed in Florida, Texas, South Carolina, and Oxfordshire, England.
Zath: Zathras is the name(s?) of a being(s?) that run the Great Machine that exists on the planet that the Babylon-5 station orbits. Zathras always speaks of himself(herself/itself?) in the third person, and has knowledge of time travel. Zathras was there during a very complicated series of events that bridged over and through a lot of the B-5 series over a couple of the seasons.
And I agree the "symetry" quote is one of Zathras' best.
Talk to you all later! Maintain and Check Six!
Stephen "Coldstone" Sobotka, Jr. - [stephenrs@xoommail.com]
Spokane, WA, USA
Friday, November 13, 1998 04:23:10 PM
IP: ppp-183.icehouse.net
Yes 'tis I again, in a monumental effort to try and keep the length of my posts down, I have returned.>:)
Peter's Law: The Creed of the Sociopathic Obsessive Compulsive
3.)Multiple projects lead to multiple successes.
>Mandi Ohlin- WHHOOO! $7.50 for a movie? That's insane! Is the theater even modern? I mean is it comparable to Regal? And the Waterboy was quite good.:)) One more thing, if your having trouble with Kinetic energy, just wait until your professor starts in with accelerated frames of motion. Although depending on the textbook it may be called something else, but it's in there.>:) *hehehehe*
Dragons, dragons, dragons, dragons, dragons,dragons, dragons, dragons, dragons, dragons, dragons, dragons, dragons, dragons, dragons, and yet still unbelieveably, incredibaly unpredictabialy EVEN more dragons, dragons, dragons, dragons, AND THE DRAGON KING!!! AHHH HA! HA! HA!
Traveler - [traveler45@usa.net]
Friday, November 13, 1998 02:18:23 PM
IP: 207-86-124.ipt.aol.com
Yes!! Despite having a prof with a sense of humor (I never knew you could even MENTION Cyrano de Bergerac on a Physics exam), I think I passed!
A few people have asked me for the link to "The One Where the Gang Grows Wings" back when I mentioned Must See TV crossovers, so I've linked it below now that the author directories are back up.
And Kathy, thank you for the info. Now I know just what course of action to take. **pulls a cattle prod out of nowhere** Don't ask, folks, it's a long story. :)
**Mandi wanders out the door with cattle prod in hand. "Oh, Mark?"**
Mandi Ohlin - [weird_web@hotmail.com]
Friday, November 13, 1998 02:09:26 PM
IP: 144.175.17.40
DEUCE - I imagine that the "father's murderer" bit comes from the usual case of people learning the story of Macbeth from the play and that coloring their impressions of him.
Incidentally, two of Canmore's sons who succeeded him to the throne later on were named David and Alexander. Kind of scary, huh? (And I'm not making this up, either; it's a part of real Scottish history).
Todd Jensen - [merlyn@ninenet.com]
St. Louis, MO
Friday, November 13, 1998 12:17:00 PM
IP: pn3-ppp-99.primary.net
Here's a history lesson for y'all. It's also a clever little bit of "Canmore propaganda". :-) From The Edmonton Journal, Nov. 13, 1998:
"THIS DAY IN HISTORY, 1093 - Malcom Canmore, king of Scotland since 1058, dies. Three of his sons will follow him on the throne. Malcom became king by killing his father's murderer, Macbeth, as immortalized in William Shakespeare's play."
Interesting... this from a reputable source. Thoughts on this?
Prof. Deuce - [deuce@softhome.net]
City fo Champions (depsite only TYING Ottawa last night), Alberta, Canada
Friday, November 13, 1998 10:17:14 AM
IP: edtnca01.telusplanet.net
Mandi > Essentially our procedure works like this:
All stories are pre-determined by a Breakdowns Crew who figures out all the arcs for the season. Then after the season is finalized (this includes the "air date" order) they are assigned to writers who have a fixed amount of time to complete the assignment. The writers turn their work into Edits who read (and re-read) for grammer, spelling and continuity. After the stories are editted they are archived for airing at their proper time.
I hope that answers your question.
kathy - [kpogge@atl.mediaone.net]
Friday, November 13, 1998 08:57:58 AM
IP: client38034.atl.mediaone.net
**Mandi comes in in a rush**
A few questions and comments before I go to breakfast and Physics (gulp):
Todd--Question about TGS procedure; when an author turns in a draft of an episode that may or may not be edited, you usually inform this person if you're going to put it up? And if it's a two or three parter, you'd normally wait until the author was done all three parts, right? If the answer's "yes", I now have a reason to go slap the coordinator of that other fan-written series I'm working on. (Which means that Garg fics will be set aside while I try to get part three of my episode done as fast as possible...grrr...)
Doug--Did I say that?? *scratches head* I don't remember it, but then again, I've been forgetting a LOT this week. Hmmm, I'll have to check out "Vision of the Future" anyway just to see how Zahn handles it....Thanks! As for the movies, I'm still marking up the ones I've missed. Movie prices in Frederick are exorbitant (7.50 for FSK Mall's iffy theater!) and the Regal Cinema at home is cheaper! So...was "The Waterboy" any good? I'm considering "Meet Joe Black" although I remember the last movie I saw with Hopkins and Pitt (I found it very hard not to make fun of certain parts of "Legends of the Fall").
Starsinger, SJ--Two more stories to add to my list of things to read.
DumlaoX--Calc midterm? **shudders** Wow, I feel better about my exam already. My sympathies.
Back on ancestry--I'm a quarter Italian, a quarter Swedish, a quarter Dutch/Irish, and a quarter everything, according to Mom (I'm assuming that's the absent grandfather). Not really impressive heritage, but having an Italian grandma who can cook like mine is a blessing coming home on break! :) Cooking aside, I love her to death. Anyway...
Ick, it's almost eight. Must be going. Have a great weekend, everyone!
**Mandi walks out, scribbling equations on her hand and muttering to herself. "Okay, so if this is center-of-mass, then the velocity's constant...did he EVER explain kinetic energy to us?"**
Mandi Ohlin - [weird_web@hotmail.com]
Friday, November 13, 1998 07:56:28 AM
IP: 144.175.17.40
SEVARIUS JR. - Short story, but very chilling. I certainly feel sorry for Broadway.
ARTHUR AS A HALFLING - Well, that was unavoidable. It was obvious from the mere name (la Fay) that Morgana was a halfling, but Igraine worked much better as the fay parent than Gorlois.
Incidentally, in the traditional Arthurian legends, Gawain, who was Arthur and Morgana's nephew and Igraine's grandson, was said to have a magical gift that caused his strength to increase in the morning until noon and then revert to normal afterwards; I rather wonder if this might have been a case of "fay heritage" skipping a generation. (Gawain's mother Morgause, who was Igraine's daughter, seems to have been quite ordinary).
Todd Jensen - [merlyn@ninenet.com]
St. Louis, MO
Friday, November 13, 1998 07:14:14 AM
IP: pn9-ppp-211.primary.net
**The screen fades in. On a high tree branch Jaden can see a female gargoyle fighting against seemingly impossible odds. "This isn't my problem," he tries to tell himself. "The only thing this would do is complicate my life more than it already is." As he turns to leave he takes one look at the determined look on the gargoyles face, sighs, and joins in on the fight.**
Well I hope that this should improve the odds alittle...I don't want die on my first fight (wouldn't be any fun).
King Arthur>I figured that Arthur had fay-blood in him since he is Morgana's half-brother, but for some reason I can't remember why I thought he was only quarter-fay.
DumlaoX>Calculus midterm Good luck. Personally I really hate Calculus. Gives me a head-ache.
I just realized that I never described the villian that I'm bringing to RP. Well here he is-Mad scientist that made Jaden wants him back for a little dissection, so he released one of his experiments to bring Jaden back...It's called a Tracker (Cyborg/werewolf) Will use any and all means available to bring my character back. Always seems to know where Jaden is or is going to be. Very mean and very smart (in it's own way). So that's my villian. Like him?
**One quick leap, bone-chilling howl and he's in the middle of it. Using their momentary pause to his advantage, Jaden takes out two of the smaller ones before they even start to react. He turns to find the one he's supposed to be helping when he's hit over the back the back of the head with something very hard. "Great! Now the fun begins." he says to himself as the screen fades to black. To be continued.**
Jaden - [smokey1@silcom.com]
Los Alamos, CA
Friday, November 13, 1998 03:44:40 AM
IP: pm1-21.sma.silcom.com
**(somewhere in Thailog's secret base) Guod has finally found Sevarius Sr. and brought him to Thailog. The Secret Base Janitor (an evil clone of the CR Janitor) has cleaned up the broken monitor and installed a new one, which Thailog is now watching. "I have a job for you, Sevarius. Are you familliar with the one those goody-goodies in the CR call Zath?"
"I'm not sure who you mean..." answers Sevarius, looking nervous. Thailog points to the monitor, which shows the live video feed from the CR. On the screen, Thailog Horror is sitting in a corner whith Kitty asleep in his lap while Zath catches up with the room.**
Doug> Would a web-wing structure be enough to support flight (okay, gliding) for a garg as big as Alamo sounds? <<That's from the sequel to Jurassic Park movie, yes! And from Rage Games' video game of it, too, though the movie was of course far better.>> Then the video game must have been pretty awful. I don't know about anyone else, but I thought that The Lost World was one of the worst movies I've ever seen and that it was based on an awful book that should never have been written. <<Is anybody else planning to go see I Still Know What You Did Last Summer this weekend besides me and Kitainia?>> Shouldn't they be calling it "I Know What You Did Summer Before Last"? : ) By the way, I like the creativity demon.
Babylon5> I've only ever seen a couple of episodes, and the ones that I did see were from the first season or two, so I have absolutely no idea about any of the current plots and/or characters. Who or what is Zathras? (curious for obvious reasons. My net-name has nothing to do with B-5)
Coyote> <<Various autmotive parts are flying out from under it, along with the Gearhead's legs>> That paints a rather grisly picture: )
Ranma 1/2> What would I look like as the opposite gender? Probably not that different. For a while, when she had her hair cut short, my mom looked enough like my uncle that they could have been a good casting choice for The Twelfth Night (assuming of course that either one of them liked Shakespeare enough to do it), and I tend to take after that side of the family.
DumlaoX> Thanks for looking. To tell the truth, I'm not exactly sure where we were at the time. It could have been in one of the suburbs of LA rather than offically in the city itself. Perhaps some day I'll be back there and then I can check it out for myself, but if the same amount of tims goes by between now and the next visit as this one and the one before then I won't get to California again until around 2013.
*voice like Bubba from Forrest Gump* Dragon soup, dragon stew, dragon fritters, dragon bisque, baked dragon, fried dragon, dragon on a stick, dragon fajitas, dragon pie, dragon pizza, dragon tar-tar, dragon-butter and jelly sandwich... Uh-oh, I think the virus is mutating!
**Thailog turns off the monitor. Sevarius fidgets. "Oh, that Zath. Yes, we've done some business in the past."
"Really?" Thailog raises an eyebrow ridge. "What type of business?"
"I, um, made some carnivorous slugs and a lawyer and, uh, stuff..."
"Well now I would like you to clone Zath." The evil grin returns to Thailog's face as he thinks about his plan, but Sevarius Sr. has lost his nervousness and now appears angry.
"Clone, clone, clone, that's all you ever have me do. I'm the greatest genetisist that ever lived and what do you have me working on, mass producing generic ninja clones. It's always 'oh Anton, I need five clones of so-and-so' or 'oh Anton, make me another batch of thugs.' I am capable of other things you know. I- *urk*"
Thailog grabs Severius by the throat and lifts him off the floor. "Get to work," he growls and then drops the mad scientist on the floor. Sevarius, realizing he probably went too far, scrambles out the door and heads for his lab.
(to be continued)**
Zath - [zath@rocketmail.com]
Friday, November 13, 1998 02:20:45 AM
IP: ns8-12.viptx.net
"Hi, I'm Candy." Kurgan: "Of course you are."
Peter's Law: The Creed of the Sociopathic Obsessive Compulsive
2.) When given a choice-Take Both!
(Sorry, the begining of each post is much easier for both you and me.)
BTW we're up to about 300K now!
>Wilek Nereus- NNNOOOOOOO!!!!!!! Not the Wookie!!! Now that that's taken care of, on to other business. You think you're safe huh? *Scene Area 51: A vortex portal opens infront of Wilek and S.J., an armored fist pops out and drops a spray canister at their feet, then disapeares into the closing portal.* Wilek: What was that all about? S.J.: Um...Wilek that looks similar to the canisters the military uses for biological weapons. And didn't you just tell Traveler that his virus wouldn't affect us because we're nowhere near the CR? Wilek: Yea, why?...Uh oh. *the canisters top pops off and it spreads a light mist around the room.* TRAVEL...ONS, dragons, dragons, dragons.....
>Doug- Electronic Mail, *thinks for a second* yes I've heard rumors of this e-mail, as you put it. So it does exist. *jokingly* I shall do so next time with my comments on your stories. Also you and Kitainia are not the only ones going to see ISKWYDLS. A few of my friends and myself are going to see it as well. HOPEFULY, the sequel will prove to be better than the origional. I don't know, maybe seeing Scream and a few other recent ones, combined with the fact that the SCI-FI channel's October Movie Fest just ended a few weeks ago along with Halloween has spoiled me mith the classics, and other movies far superior to IKWYDLS. Although concerning your CD I'd have chosen a flame-thrower, but that's a matter of personal choice. Then again, high velocity nail gun does have a nice ring to it.>:) *hehehehe*
>Robby/Mr.Noying- *said in a booming voice* FOOLS! There is but one cure for said virus, and it lies within the TGS Staff's release date for the story that will give light to the Dragon's involvement in the TGS universe!!! You can try a cure or vaccine, but know this: whatever you come up with, its effects will only be temperary. My virus is magicaly designed to only become inert permantaly when the aforementioned conditions are met! So there! *TTTHHTPPPPTTT* *hehehehehahahahah*
>Final Hunt- I just read it. Pretty good, very good indeed. A must read for those of you looking for a quick gargs fix. Well written, although it does help to have read some of the other major universes that flesh out the back ground of this one to some extent.
>Sevarius Jr.- I just read yours. As a first try comming from a Creativity Demon, it was quite good. "Madness is in the blood." *HEHEHE* That line will be sticking to the back of my mind for the next few weeks at least.
>FireStorm- So you're making a series out of that premise. Interesting, at least you only borrowed the beginning from "Alone" (which was good, but dark. But that was point>:), it would have been a short fic cycle had you borrowed the ending as well.>:)) *hehehe*
>Cotoye the Bando- OK, what did Demona do to the Stone or Lina or both? Somehow I don't see Demona aquireing the "Avalon Stone" and then just leaving it on a desk. You're starting to get as bad as some of the TGS Staff with teasing us.>:) Oh, and are you doing pics of all the WCC characters? (Excluding the two or three huge Clans that were donated.)
>DumlaoX- <KING ARTHUR-- Waitaminute. Tell me again, how can Arthur be half-fey? I don't remember how this is possible.> Simple, Arthur and Morgana share the same mother who was full fey I believe. Re-read some of the Pendragon episodes from the first season. Good luck with that Calc. exam.
>Mercedes- Reguarding "A Moment of Rage", as I explained earlier, I had a Brain Fart (tm.). I had already read
Part 1, in fact I just checked and it's still archived on my HD. Can't wait until the sequal and the other stories are done.:) Oh yes, I do like anime, oh yes. I've just never gotten around to seriously watching it. Although the TOHO Godzilla movies are another matter. I just bought a copy of Godzilla vs. Gigan. That movie is almost never shown ANTWHERE on cable or for sale in Media Play, Here's Holloywood, etc. Some people may take that as a hint, but not me!>:) I'm also on the lookout for a copy of the origianal(sp?) version of Godzilla vs. King Kong. The U.S. version was altered so that Kong won. But we all know who REALLY won that fight.
Dragons, dragons, dragons, dragons, dragons,dragons, dragons, dragons, dragons, dragons, dragons, dragons, dragons, dragons, dragons, and yet still unbelieveably, incredibaly EVEN more dragons, dragons, dragons, dragons, AND THE DRAGON KING!!! AHHH HA! HA! HA!
Traveler - [traveler45@usa.net]
Friday, November 13, 1998 01:53:01 AM
IP: 204-14-143.ipt.aol.com
Mercedes: I dunno ... I'm familiar with Ranma 1/2, and as far as I can tell it doesn't change Ranma's physique too much other than giving him wider hips and a 35D bustline ... but then again, that's just him. If it were up to me, I'd turn into some kind of supermodel, but then again I know my own luck and I'd probably turn out something like Janet Reno after she let herself go.
Coyote the Bando - [1134@i-is.com]
Algonac, Michigan
Friday, November 13, 1998 12:33:51 AM
IP: modem44.i-is.com
Coyote> No, no. Your body would change appropriately to being female. I.E. Not quite so heavily built, not nearly so butch. ;)
Robby> Cool.
Kitainia> *G* I can't wait to draw Mercedes as a guy. And some of my other characters, too. Keep an eye out...
Traveller> Re: Ranma: _I_ think it's worth buying as long as you like anime. It's funny as heck and pretty interesting.
If you're wearing armor, unless it leaks, I doubt you'd be affected. But, like you said it's just for fun, so why not?
Re:TGoD: *sigh* When is he going to get that back up? Anyway, I can send you copy of the story if you want me to. And when I finally finish Part two, I'll prolly be posting it on my page along with the rest and sending a notice out 'Net wide.
Mercedes - [chimura@geocities.com]
Friday, November 13, 1998 12:22:45 AM
IP: 155.42.26.102
Got a Calculus midterm tomorrow. Studying for it, of course, but had to post a few things here too.
ZATH-- Sorry, no such luck finding the place in question.
KING ARTHUR-- Waitaminute. Tell me again, how can Arthur be half-fey? I don't remember how this is possible.
FIRE STORM-- Well, I did hear once that popcorn can be used as biodegradable stuffing for packages. THought I'd give it a try. And look on the bright side. That's the popcorn left over from the advenced screening of "A Bug's Life" :P
DEUCE-- Actually, catching up to the current timeline is what we're doing now. Just give us enough episodes and before you know it, it'll be 1999 in the TGS timeline.
Let's all hope the GFW fanfic archive gets fixed soon so we can all read these new stories people keep coming up with (Actually, so YOU can read them. If I had the time or the permission, then I'd go do so :P )
Till next time...
DumlaoX - [dumlaox@ucla.edu]
Friday, November 13, 1998 12:08:50 AM
IP: pool0022-max9.ucla-ca-us.dialup.earthlink.net
ALL SPOILER AHEAD. NOTHING ELSE, JUST SPOILERS AND THOUGHTS ON VARIOUS STORIES.
Hoo boy, I've been doing a lot of reading tonight...
Firestorm- Alone was very interesting. Kinda fun, if not depressing at the end. I liked it enough to read all the other stuff on your site, and was impressed. Humorous in some parts, and well... Not in some others. My personal fave was tho' was "Girl Talk". A few bits I didn't care for, but I loved the ending... Brooklyn IS my favorite... (Hah! Despite what has been said before, it seems the beak DOESN'T scare them off!) I'm waiting to see the next instalment. Hope you have Brook and Angie get together and stay that way, I'm sick of Broadway always getting Angela...
SJ