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Do the Avalon gargoyles ever DO anything? Does Avalon ever send any of them out on quests? I would think hanging around Oberon's palace all their lives would get pretty boring and some of them might volunteer to go out on quests for Oberon or Titania.

Coyote - I'm glad to hear your Grandmother is so much better. I hope she continues to improve after she gets home.

Jenniren
Sunday, August 1, 1999 10:23:25 PM
IP: user-2ivf8bk.dialup.mindspring.com

**enters the room, switching out the candles**

Okay, just got back from "Blair Witch Project." I liked the movie, and didn't experience any motion sickness, thankfully (I guess I've got my sea butt to go along with my sea legs. ;). My mother, on the other hand ... first words out of her mouth at the end was "Well, that was a piece of $#!t." **sigh** Ah well, different tastes to different people. I could actually relate to the movie, having lost all my bearings in a forest for a while.

Hmm, not much to reply to tonight ...

Doug: I might give the Garg/Zorro one a try ... maybe someone's telling a bedtime story in my universe and uses Zorro and a gargoyle to do it. :)

Pistoff: **scans over Jack Hammer's hearse specs** Hmm ... **pulls out pen and paper, scrawls something, hands it to Pissy** You ever considered entering an auto design contest? Click my name link to go to Motor Trend's site, they do a design contest every year and I'd love to see you enter that Escalade-From-Hell in it. ;)
Hmm again ... Cadillac hasn't made a V-16 since the '40s ... the 9-speed is kind of like a semi tranny (I'm assuming stick) ... you'd have to have at least something along the lines of a Suburban drivetrain to handle the 4WD ... the lift kit's going to require at *least* 22-inch tires, maybe on 18-inch offroad wheels ...
What you've basically been able to do there is create in Jack's car a pastiche of just about every major trend in American automotive history. Congrats. ;)
(One last thing, mostly aesthetic ... this hearse *does* have landau bars, right? ;)

Todd: Great analysis of the similarity between Goliath and Frankenstein's monster.

Robby: IG takes place in '57? Okay then, the only automobiles they've shown in the ads are accurate, at least (the Giant must have a taste for '55 Cadillacs, though one must wonder how so many '55 Caddies can be junkers by '57, unless there's been one too many people acting out the old "Beep Beep" song ... y'know, getting chased by a Nash Rambler? "I'll show 'im that a Cadillac is *not a car to scorn!*" I love that song! But I digress ...)

Oh goody, Mom's talking to Grandma. She's well enough to make phone calls. And I'm about to talk to her ... I think ... yeah!!!!
She's sounding weak, sure, but at least she's coherent. She should be getting released tomorrow. OH JOY!!!! **rushes around and hugs everyone before jumping back into the big chair, sighing and gazing at the candles once more**
Coyote the Bando - [1134@i-is.com]
Algonac, Michigan
Sunday, August 1, 1999 09:47:19 PM
IP: modem14.i-is.com

Robby> Dang it you beat me to the review, but I agree totally with the review and encourage every one to see The Iron Giant heck after seeing the movie now I have to read the book!
Spoiler warning
Robby did you have a problem with the Giant hinting the missile and a nuclear explosion happing! Sorry smashing into a nuke dose not cause it to detonate; it is a timed explosion but it could have been of the giants weapons I suppose.

Oh heck gotta go

ironwolf
Sunday, August 1, 1999 09:15:22 PM
IP: host-209-214-41-148.cha.bellsouth.net

**REVIEW AND POSSIBLE SPOILERS FOR IRON GIANT**

Just got back from an early sneak peak viewing of Iron Giant... And I gotta say... Excellent movie. No pointless songs numbers, no stupid sidekicks thrown in there for comedy, an animation style reminiscant of what Disney did 20 years ago... A historically acurate depiction of 1957 right down to the comic book covers and background music (Coyote will have to check for accuracy on the vehicles though)... A giant robot ripped off of Gigantor... Comic book references... A true story, plot, and characterization with several great and memorable characters... And a red haired detective who tended to remind one of Matt Bluestone early in the movie... Excellent movie. It beats out Tarzan even. Tarzan may have had romance and superior animation, but this movie had more heart. If it has any flaw its that the film is about thirty seconds too long and the final scene should have been left out. Otherwise, excellent job Warner Brothers. Thumbs up the whole way. I'm getting this on video in 7 months. (Or whenever it comes out...)

**END REVIEWS AND SPOILERS AND YADDA YADDA YADDA.**

The Pokemon movie hits theaters September 12 or 15th or somewhere thereabouts. Spiffy.

Lawrence Stone- I honestly don't have an answer for ya. It'll need to wait for someone who wrote the story for a proper answer I think...

Entity- We're both procrastinators it seems... AH well, I don't mind too much, 1984 is turning out to be pretty good in the second act, but I'd still rather spend my summer time writing or drawing... Brave New World remains to be seen though.

And you want to talk about book to movie debacharies... Frankenstein's got nothing on Dracula...

That seems to be about it for now, I'll post again when I wipe the room!
Robby
Sunday, August 1, 1999 06:44:37 PM
IP: spider-we072.proxy.aol.com

FRANKENSTEIN - Since Entity brought it up here, I might add that I've sometimes thought over how the monster as portrayed by Mary Shelley in the book does bear a certain similarity to Goliath.

Like Goliath, the Frankenstein monster is shunned and feared by humans, even humans that he has helped, because of his threatening and monstrous appearance. Like Goliath, the monster is very eloquent and well-read with a fondness for the classics (Goliath reads Shakespeare and Dostoyevsky, the monster reads Plutarch and Milton) - Hollywood has done us a disservice in its distorted interpretation of the monster as a dumb shuffling brute. Alas for the monster; in the world of Shelley's novel there is no Elisa Maza to see past its threatening exterior and discern its true nature or even any clan of similar beings to live with it. And so the tragedy at the end comes about.

For that matter, also in the novel, Victor Frankenstein is at one point, at the monster's request, about to create a mate for it, but then starts worrying about the consequences: one of his worries is that she might be unwilling to make peace with humanity and wage war upon it. Does anybody find themselves suddenly thinking of Demona?

Of course, there is the substantial difference that gargoyles are not artificial creations as the Frankenstein monster was. But I can't help feeling that there is a strong similarity here, all the same.
Todd Jensen - [merlyn@ninenet.com]
St. Louis, MO
Sunday, August 1, 1999 06:41:34 PM
IP: 205-242-191-123.dialup-stl.primary.net

Mandi> Having a little sibling is *not* what it's cracked up to be. You're lucky you can have the house to yourself.

Robby> Heheh, I too am just now starting my summer assigned reading. Finished Frankenstien, now onto #2 of 3...don't even recall what the title is.

Frankenstien took some time to get rolling with me, but once it did I enjoyed it. I decided to watch the movie that came out a few years back and ack! To have the nerve to call that perverted version of the book 'the true way the story went', and to attach Mary Shelly's name to it... she must be spinning in her grave. How pathetic that in the attempt to stay true to the book, they do just what all the other Hollywood versions did and embellish... only the Hollywood versions never claimed to be faithfull. *sigh* Oh well... it wasn't totally bad. The music was all right. I think that the directing was a tad too manic, though. It would've been better if Neil Jordon directed it, methinks. :)

Hercules> Dang, didn't come into the room in time to catch this. Sounded... unique.

James> Swearing isn't quite encouraged in here, but it's gonna happen. We're all human. Including you.
Entity
Sunday, August 1, 1999 04:14:28 PM
IP: ely-oh4-12.ix.netcom.com

Ment to put the leaders mate before Hudson. Not before Hudsons mate.
Lawrence Stone - [craft_celtic@yahoo.com]
Chillicothe, Ohio, USA
Sunday, August 1, 1999 03:06:08 PM
IP: chil-ras7-2-cs-19.dial.bright.net

Tom> Welcome to the room

Demona May> Welcome back

QUISTION FOR TGS
In the Dark Ages episode Alliances part one it said in the flash back scean that the eggs were just lain. But in a few mounths they hatched and it was Goliath and Demonas rookery that hatched. So shouldent in Alliances part one flash back scean be in 928 when Goliath and the rest of his rookery sibs should of been lain ( which they were.) But in part one it said that the leader before Hudsons mate just lain an egg and so did the other females at that time. So why was the flash back scean in 938 instaid of 928?
Lawrence Stone - [craft_celtic@yahoo.com]
Chillicothe, Ohio, USA
Sunday, August 1, 1999 03:00:44 PM
IP: chil-ras7-2-cs-19.dial.bright.net

Horray twelve noon on channel five it's coming on RIGHT NOW, hip hip horray (bows to Jenniren and Robby) Hush now it's all good
James Birdsong - [LennexMacDuff@yahoo.com]
San Diego, CA, USA
Sunday, August 1, 1999 02:59:51 PM
IP: dt041n34.san.rr.com

(ignores Jenniren for cursing)
James Birdsong - [LennexMacDuff@yahoo.com]
San Diego, CA, USA
Sunday, August 1, 1999 02:52:07 PM
IP: dt041n34.san.rr.com

James Birdsong - I'm sorry you were disappointed, but I can't be held responsible for what TV stations are airing in California. I live on the other side of the country. The King Arthur episode aired as scheduled where I live. Apparently other people in this room were also able to see it Saturday night. If you are 19 years old you should know by now that different TV affiliates air different schedules in different parts of the country. Where I live the UPN affiliate airs Hercules Saturdays at 8 PM. The following week the WB affiliate airs the same episode Saturday at 4 PM, which is convenient if I happen to miss an ep. I have absolutely no idea of what your TV stations are broadcasting so you need to check your local schedule to find out when or if they air Hercules. And if you must bitch at someone, bitch at your local TV station, not at me.

Jenniren
Sunday, August 1, 1999 02:34:49 PM
IP: user-2ivf0e7.dialup.mindspring.com

Robby Robby Robby (sigh) I am quite sorry I yelled but please stay calm sir. MacBeth is my rolemodel and yes I am sorry I am not a great as him at being a chivalous gentleman knight type but I do try,
James Birdsong - [LennexMacDuff@yahoo.com]
San Diego, CA, USA
Sunday, August 1, 1999 02:24:48 PM
IP: dt041n34.san.rr.com

Wilek> XOOM.com. I wanted to join thier buyer's club, because a friend of mine is a member, and she's always forwarding me these great offers. To get into the buyer's club, you have to sign up for one of their other services, and web space was the most interesting of the available choices. Everything's kind of on hold for now, because I think I'm about to replace my car's water pump.

Gunjack Valentine> I got into fanfic about a month ago, but I'd been thinking about it for longer. I've been looking for a way to get a wide variety of people to read stuff I've written. Gargoyles just happened to be what I was reading heavily when I decided to go ahead and do it. Besides, I really like TGS, and wanted to interact with the world the TGS staff is creating.

Speaking of Fanfic, I guess I'd better log off and get to work. See ya'll later.
David G. - [david_goodner@yahoo.com]
Arlington, TX, USA
Sunday, August 1, 1999 01:04:54 PM
IP: pppa33-fortworth10-4r234.saturn.bbn.com

Hmm, room picked up a bit last night...

Wilek- It *IS* possible to give an anthromorphic lion a mane, as evidenced by King Richard at the end of the film, its just difficult because on human anatomy, a mane usually looks pretty stupid. As far as the pong thing... I heard it somewhere, but I don't believe it myself. (I believe it may have been EGM's Psycho Letter of the Month...)

Spike- Hmm, nice entry. Gee, I wonder whats going to get a lot of votes. Hmm...

James Birdsong- Your attitude is unbecoming of a "kind, knightly, chilvorous person" James. Despite what you claim to be, you've started to prove you are not the MacBeth type at all. Yelling at Jenniren was uncalled for. She did not lie, many of the rest of us saw the episode. It was your local station that changed, it was not Jenniren's fault. So don't yell at people without just cause James.

Gunjack- The story you're thinking of is "I'm Sorry." Its already been voted for a couple of times, your vote just adds to it!

Warpmind- I am by no means out of fanfics. There's tons, but I try not toread fanfics anymore. It kind of conflicts with TGS work... Its a downside to the job.

Demona May- Hi!

Mary- Interesting things to say to your mother...
Robby
Sunday, August 1, 1999 12:41:36 PM
IP: spider-wk011.proxy.aol.com

Welik> I don't know if Lecht is how you spell it, and Mutti is Mommy. I'm saying, "Lick my ass Mom!" or "F*** you Mom!"
Course, when I say this to my mother, she makes jokes about my supposedly big butt. She's like Daria. 'Course, so am I some times. ;P
Mary Flanders
Sunday, August 1, 1999 12:03:14 PM
IP: stk-ts3-h2-20-95.ispmodems.net

hello!

Demona May> You're welcome, sister dear! Did you got my couple last emails, btw?

Spike> Hum, christi chan, did you got my request to add you to my contact list again? I had to reinstall ICQ and lost all my contacts.

that's all! cya all!

The Belgian One, guaranted dioxin free!
DENIS


Denis - [wyrmwolf@caramail.com]
ICQ 20713180
Sunday, August 1, 1999 09:17:18 AM
IP: ppp-bruxelles-2-167.infonie.be

Jenniren> YOU LIAR! Hercules didnt come on last night so I didn't get to see the evil King Arthur plot episode like you promised. Xena wasn't a bad episode and I loved the DBZ episode but no Hercules episode was shown. (mumbles) GONE
James Birdsong - [LennexMacDuff@yahoo.com]
San Diego, CA, USA
Sunday, August 1, 1999 09:11:58 AM
IP: dt041n34.san.rr.com

Mandi-Heh. Simple answer. Buy a Sony PlayStation, please.

Doug-Oh, so you've been going to Mieu Sedai's Fanfiction Page in the main Mieu Sedai's Reality, I presume. I've only skimmed that area a bit, I go into the BREATH OF FIRE Fanfiction Page. Check out her Video Games Section, BREATH OF FIRE II, or BREATH OF FIRE III, in the Video Games Section, and/or Fanfiction if its there, and if its not, in BREATH OF FIRE II, or BREATH OF FIRE III, click on Fanfics. Either that or scroll down to the bottom of the REBORN AGAIN Contents and use one of the three Links provided there. BREATH OF FIRE: MYRIA'S LEGACY is in the BREATH OF FIRE Fanfiction Page. Or whatever. Its simple to find. My method was clicking on the Fanfic Section of her BREATH OF FIRE III Page a year or so back when looking for BREATH OF FIRE Fanfiction.
As for Lucia, keep in mind Luna had given up her magic, and had a mortal's equivalent. Lucia, on the other hand, is unhampered (save when under Zophar's Curse).
So you reached Azado, eh?
Get ready for some intense action. Well, not really intense, but intense as in you're going to get into a certain situation.

"Hey, you little twerp! You bit me!"-Nall
LUNAR II: ETERNAL BLUE
Paul Allen Nathans - [LacanPanother@worldnet.att.net]
Sunday, August 1, 1999 08:47:11 AM
IP: 49.morristown-03-04rs.nj.dial-access.att.net

Hi all!!

It Sunday night over here and I'm hoping that Bel Atlantic bring the CR's down again like last week.

Wilek:Thanks, but...I have the game. :)>>Oh okay I just thought I'd let you know about in case you didn't have it:)BTW you do know about the save game patch that they made for it a while back,it does make it slightly easier.

Tom:Welcome!

Blade Runner:I agree the pre directors cut version was the better of the two for the same reasons that have already been mentioned.

**The hunt for Ricky Martin**
Xanathar,Pistoff and Jack Hammer are riding in the Hearse with Ricky being dragged along behind
*listens briefly to the sound of Ricky's agonised screams and then turns to pistoff*Ya know there's something missing here he's not suffering enough for my tastes*thinks briefly*I've got it!!*produces two large bags from out of his jacket,one labeled Glass and the other labeled Salt Xanathar makes his way to the back of the hearse opens the rear door and slowly pours the contents of the bags out onto the road in the direction of Ricky Martin,the screams from Ricky intencify as the glass shards embed themselves in various parts of Ricky's anatomy and the salt enters his wounds*
There thats better said Xanathar.
**To be continued**
sorry I took so long to reply Pistoff but I haven't had time to get online today:)

C'yas later!!

Xanathar
Melbourne, victoria, Australia
Sunday, August 1, 1999 05:40:39 AM
IP: 203.29.192.74

Coyote: Jack's hearse is a Caddy, alright, and it's fairly new, but it's been heavily modified. It has a lift kit and huge tires, six exhaust pipes on each side, a 16-cylinder engine, 9-speed manual transmission with 3 reverse gears, 4-wheel drive, and even a dashboard clock that keep accurate time. BTW, he named his hearse "Cthulhu." :) As for the top speed, he simply hasn't found it yet. There aren't many places with enough room to let it all hang out in a car like Cthulhu. ;) The hearse, btw, was instrumental in bringing Jack to Oberon's castle in my as-yet-unposted "Jack-beats-the-crap-out-of-Oberon" story, "Love and Bullets"... :)

Doug: Ohh, okay. I had no idea that Germans had settled in Texas. Kinda trippy, at least to me... ;)

Demona May: Hi ya! :)
Pistoff - [pistoff@outgun.com]
Sunday, August 1, 1999 05:18:47 AM
IP: wire-19.koalas.com

**SHAMELESS PLUG ALERT**
Robby: Out of fanfics? Try mine. (Clickie)
**PLUG ENDED**

Just checking in before I go to work at the church... terrible hours, but the minutes in-between can be pretty good.

By the way, I'm almost done typing my 9th fanfic, and I am working out the plot for its sequel... I warn thee... there wil be "Future Tense" references... you have been warned.

Until later, everyone.
Warpmind de InzanE - [de_InzanE@xoommail.com]
Middle, Nowhere, Norway
Sunday, August 1, 1999 02:43:24 AM
IP: mp-217-240-118.daxnet.no

Pistoff,Xanathar,Exin,> Hello and I'm still alive!!

Wileck> Cool Dancing site. Pluss, I can't to see the new stories.

Jenna> Thank you I'm glad you love them!!

Denis> Thank you for the invation for this site..

Jeb> HI YA! And No it didn't come though very well. I did try to get it (encyclopedia) But it got lost in the system. Augh!!!!!!!!

Spike> Love the new web site. Very Cool..

Hear ya later, Your rookery sister, Demona May ;-D
Demona May - [realdemona@duesouth.net]
Aiken, SC
Sunday, August 1, 1999 02:05:40 AM
IP: 216-98-11-26.p01.aiken.sc.da.duesouth.net

**** BEGIN RP ****

[Scene opens as Doug and the Ravens are facing Goud, who just took command of his X-Wing fighter...]

With cannons charged and topedoes ready to fire, the evil clone of Doug chortles, "Prepare to meet the being whose name I share except for an extra letter! Muhahaha!!!!!"

Unable to move in time, Doug barely has a second to look towards Kitania to share one last look, before Goud jerks the trigger on his control stick...

But, the X-Wing's generators spool down, and the weapons can't fire! With a look of disbelief, Goud starts flipping toggles and pushing buttons, but to no avail. With a groan, the fighter's repulsor lifts fail and the ship crashes to the deck.

"What the--???" he curses!

Doug and the Ravens are just as shocked. But, before anyone can say or do anything, a strident whistle cuts across the battle, drawing everyone's attention to the back of the fighter, even Goud...

"'Scuse me, not to make you miss out in killing your cell-mate," a silver-haired, elfin figure with violet eyes says, dangling the remains of the ships negative power coupling from one hand, "But, I don't think those guns will work without this."

Goud is insensed! "Who are you?!?"

Just then, an explosion rips through the floor just below Borgis and Butt-Borg, who go sailing into several pieces while cheering "Heh! We got blown... up!" Emerging through the hole, a familiar red-and-chrome hoverbike sails through, its rider firing his twin Desert Eagles at the last Borg, Stuart, who goes down with a whimper.

"Her name is Jessesandra of Avalon," the tall man in the leather bomber with the white hat growls. "And I'm Big Jake!" He levels both .50 caliber pistols at the evil clone, cocking both actions. "An' I'm the last thing this side of Hell you're ever going to see!"

**** PAUSE RP ****

CHRISTINE - Nice Sith ad!

KIT & DOUG - You're Back? I never saw you leave!

SPIKE - Love the MGC entry! It really fits!

WILEK - Interesting link! Going to love testing it out!

PAUL NATHANS - Thanks for sending the award, but what is it for exactly? Writing Exellence? Best Adaptation in Fan-Fic? What?

And, that said...

**** RESUME RP ****

Before Big Jake can pull the triggers, the sound of tromping feet can be heard in the room next to the control center. With another blast wave, a section of wall is atomized, revealing a fresh legion of Borg drones. Distracted, he is unable to recover quick enough when Guod rockets out of his disabled X-Wing to seek the protection of his allies.

At the head of the drones, the female Drone named Two-of-One stands defiant, her arm weapons still smoking from blasting the wall. "Master Goud! Come away! We will deal with the Ravens." She motions to the other drones to advance, adding, "Leave Jake for me alone! He and I have much to deal with!"

But, Two-of-One is shocked when a bolt of white energy cuts a score in the deck before her. Looking to the source, her remaining organic eye widens, seeing Jess standing there on the nose of the X-Wing.

"You?!? Here???"

Her hands glowing with white light, Jess raises them to a defensive/offensive posture. "Where else would I be, but at the side of the man that saved me from Thailog, you Borg Bitch?!"

Two-of-One sneers. "You were a fool to reject our ultimate master, Jessesandra! And now you've come back, you must know you will never leave again!"

Jess's violet eyes flash whitish-green, her hair swirling in an unseen wind. "All of the heroes will leave this place... whether or not you or I will live remains to be seen!"

With a cold stare, Two-of-One charged her weapons. "You cannot defeat me, Jessesandra!"

Jess's lips twisted into a lopsided grin. "I already have... my dear sister."

[The scene closes as the two combatants leap into action, meeting each other with a sudden clash of blinding energy...]

**** END RP, FOR NOW! ****

Maintain and Check Six!
Stephen "Coldstone" Sobotka, Jr. - [scififangargoyle@yahoo.com]
Spokane, WA, USA
Sunday, August 1, 1999 02:04:12 AM
IP: m131.ieway.com

**RP HERE**

Outside on the battlefield, Tricia is battling the last six Borg-Huns. She uses telekinesis to smash two of them into each other and make them explode, vaporizes another with pyrokinesis, and kills the fourth by lashing his head off with her electrified chain. The fifth aims an arrow at her, but is gunned down by Gubio before he can shoot. Tricia calls out her thanks and then uses her telekinesis to grab the last Hun and throw him into the nearest turbolaser battery. In a huge explosion, both are terminated. "Hope Atilla doesn't mind us taking out his men," Gubio says. "We'll deal with that possibility later," Tricia shrugs. "Come on, from the looks of where the remaining Borg out here are, Shogun and Argent may need our help." Gubio nods and they run off, while Stephanie continues to clash blades with Amanda nearby.

The display switches to inside the Devastator, where the other Ravens are continuing to inflict heavy casualties on Guod's minions. "Orok, Aurok Murok, ladadeda..." the Eyes Wide Shut weirdo chants, throwing a stream of energy at Lathrop. The Ravens' wizard catches it on his staff and reflects it back at the enemy, drilling a neat hole through the other wizard's masked forehead. "Burn in hell, pervert," Lathrop snaps, using his staff to consume the EWS cabal leader's body in scathing flames. The rest of his cabal have already been eliminated, along with all the JB and Sandy guests. Above them, Doug continues firing to damage Guod's command chair while dodging his evil clone's shots. "This will end soon!" Guod declares as his latest laser blast snaps a strap of Doug's jetpack in half. Doug discards the pack and activates his Jetson-style hoverbelt instead, continuing the fight as he makes a CR post.

**END RP 1ST HALF**

Hi, hope you're all having a good weekend. Thanks to everyone who welcomed Kit and me back, it's good to be back. <grin> Let's see, what do I have to talk about tonight?

Fanfic Progress: Eruption is progressing, I say another week or two and it will be done. The fic after it will be Protected Species. Speaking of my fics, I must once again ask people to send me feedback. It really makes a writer worry when he doesn't get any for a while and that has unfortunately happened to me now. Hope people soon find time to read my work and send some. You all know the address.

SOROW: Okay, now I know a bigger Highlander-fan than Stephanie. :) She tried to tape all the episodes, but her collection is unfortunately incomplete. At least she got all the really good ones. <grin>

SJ: Have a nice family vacation if you can. Hope to see you back in here soon.

Pistoff: It's not much of a mind-bender actually. Lots of German immigrants have come to Texas over the years. Some of them were among my ancestors. The most famous Texan of German ancestry was probably WW2 Admiral Chester Nimitz, you may have heard of him. Don't worry, you're not the only one who was surprised at the number of German-descended people in Texas. I was too when I did a report on them in eighth grade.

Ghostbusters: I agree, it was a great show. The Chulthu and Samhain eps were my favorites. I enjoyed the mythology mixed with action, humor, character development, and good plots. Ghostbusters, Transformers, GI Joe, and He-Man were probably my favorite cartoons as a kid.

Congrats to everyone who's successfully finished summer school.

Coyote: Glad I'm not the only one who thinks a Gargs/Zorro crossover is a good story idea. :)

Blade Runner: Yep, the original version is way better. The voice-overs helped fill in the plot and character development, and the changed ending in the director's cut just wasn't as good. I think that they released the BR Director's Cut for the same reason they made Runaway Bride- capitalizing on a story whose time was long past for a few extra bucks.

Paul: Well, Luna was a goddess in Lunar 1 and you could control her without any major game imbalances. <shrugs> You do have a point, thanks for making it. We just reached Azado this morning, the game's action seems to be really picking up. :)

As for BOF- Myria's Legacy, we can't check it out because we don't know where it is. Mieu Sedai's page is apparently missing it from their fanfic section, and we don't know of any other BOF pages on the web. If you have a specific link that you provided us before, sorry we didn't record it. Hope you're willing to give it again. :(

Gunjack: Welcome back. I first got involved in fanfics in 1996, what got me started was Christine's stories and the Athenaverse (found them on GFW after a Yahoo search). I was inspired by them, as well as Gargoyles and all the other shows I've enjoyed, to eventually write my own fanfic work.

Okay, looks like I've already covered everything. This place needs to get lively again, huh? Oh well, I'm sure that will happen when new episodes are released. For now, good night.

**START SECOND HALF OF RP**

"Let's shave that a^* of yours, nigga s&*t!" Borg Howard Stern yells, buzzing at Shauna with his implanted vibro-razor even as she uses her saber to trim his long hair. "That is it!" Kitainia shouts. "We have had enough of your vulgar antics!" She immediately grabs Stern and shoves her rocket launcher down his throat, then pulls the trigger, banishing him forever from this life. "No!" JB wails. "You killed our inspiration!" He and Sandy charge Kit, but are driven back by a machine-gun blast from Jammer and Elena. Orion knocks Funky back with his mace in the same instant, the thong-clad moron smashing into Bridget and knocking them both down. The four Austin radio personalities all get up and aim their weapons at the Ravens once again. "This is the end for you!" Keith yells, throwing atomic ninja stars into all four of them and taking them out in explosions. "That's for all the mornings you've ruined!" "Amen!" Elena agrees, incinerating the four with a mito-liberation blast just to make sure they never come back. They die with stupid grins on their faces. "Guys?" Stuart asks Borgis and Butt-Borg as he realizes the three of them are now way outnumbered. "Should we run now?"

Above them, Doug dodges another shot from Guod and then swoops behind him and shoves a live grenade into the command chair's hover jet. Guod screams as it explodes, throwing him out of the destroyed chair and into the nearby wall. "Doug?" Wilek asks him via communicator at that moment. "It's me. We're about to set the charges and evacuate, unless there's anything we can help you with up there?" "I think we got it, Wilek," Doug answers. "Thanks anyway." "Uh, okay, good." "Your friends won't escape the Devastator alive, weakling copy," Guod warns as he pulls himself into a wall-clinging position and turns to face Doug. He presses a button on his wrist. "I've just flooded the engine room with a highly potent nerve gas no living being can possibly withstand!" "Die!" Doug shouts, firing his shotgun at Guod as he hears the pronouncement. Guod flips away from the wall to avoid it, pressing more buttons on his wrist as he does so. A nearby wall panel flies open, revealing the X-Wing Doug thought destroyed when Guod was created. The evil Borg leader lands in the fighter's cockpit and activates its weapon systems, causing Doug to drop his jaw in shock. "You are helpless before me now, Doug!" Guod cackles. "Prepare to meet the being whose name I share except for an extra letter! Muhahaha!!!!!" With that his fighter takes off, its lasers and proton torpedoes all armed and ready to shoot.

**ON MAJOR CLIFFHANGER, END RP**
Doug - [frostfire@mail.utexas.edu]
Sunday, August 1, 1999 01:01:03 AM
IP: pool-207-205-148-183.dlls.grid.net

I was hoping that my schedule would slow down after NY, but it appears I was sorely mistaken. A good friend of mine is going to be hanging out here from tuesday to friday, which means I’ve got to spend today and tomorrow preparing the uberwhammy-in-a-can GURPS session that we’ve been building up to for the last eighty hours of play. I’ve been signed up for ANOTHER camp (this will make five weeks of camps this summer), and I’ve still got to learn to get a job, take a SAT/ACT prep course, and learn to drive, all in the next month. Oh, and I’m still trying to catch up on those two years of school. For someone who, until summer started, hadn’t set foot out of the house more than a dozen times in the last year, this can be very disturbing. I’m expected to go postal any minute now. :)

On to the responces...

Fanfic Poll - That’s a toughy... remember, the last time I actually got to browse the archive was a year ago, so I can't remember most of them...

Favorite Writers - CS Hayden(Optimistic), Jewell Faulkner(Fatalistic), Athenaverse(Buttkick), Ed Szetela(Cool), Merlin Missy(Old School)
Fave Cycle - Athenaverse, Dark Ages, and many, many more
Fave Male Characters - All original characters(nearly everything), plus: Umbriel, Zed(TGS), Lazarus/Orpheus(Athenaverse), Fox whatsisname(Szetela) Puck(Anything well written)
Fave Female Character - Demona, Elisa, Angela, Fox(nearly all), Christine, Belinda, Athena(Athenaverse), Brooklyn’s girl from Szetela
Fave Villians (Oh, goody) - Shiva(Athenaverse), Oberon(JF), Coyote any.any(Anything), Loki, Grimalkin, Madoc, Banshee(TGS)

I would have included my favorite solo story, but I can’t remember the name of it. The plot was that Demona had released the supervirus during “Hunter’s Moon”, and Puck redirected MacBeth’s half of the immortality spell to Elisa before it wiped him out too. The two of them ended up being the only two survivors on earth, and Elisa took up the Hunt. Anybody remember this one?

I was hoping to catch up on my posting tonight, but my parents are threatening to cut off my power so just one last thing...

I’ve got an open question for everyone: When did you first get involved in fanfics, and what got you started?
Gunjack Valentine
Dallas, TX
Sunday, August 1, 1999 12:52:08 AM
IP: spider-wk011.proxy.aol.com

I can hardly wait to see it Jenniren
James Birdsong - [LennexMacDuff@yahoo.com]
San Diego, CA, USA
Sunday, August 1, 1999 12:20:48 AM
IP: dt041n34.san.rr.com

Boy, I leave to go to Mc D's for supper and everything picks up around here.

David G>> so glad to hear the writing went well

Welcome Tom

Delphi - [cmiller@magiclink.com]
Twin Falls, Idaho
Sunday, August 1, 1999 12:14:55 AM
IP: 207.14.195.187

Sorry for the 2X post, but remember the Six Degrees Of Gargoyles game? The thing at my name link will connect any actor or actress to any other. Fun stuff :)
Wilek Nereus
Saturday, July 31, 1999 11:53:22 PM
IP: tnt-2-82-56k.portsmouth.zoomnet.net

**enters the room, switching out the candles**

Well now, looks like an interesting night to say the least ...

Kitainia: The CR's now complete again ... well, almost complete. **sighs, stares at the candle briefly, then continues**

Steve Gooch: Sucky luck there. Man, I wish I could help ya.

Wilek: Strychnine's good! :)

Pistoff, re: top speed of the hearse: How old is Jack's hearse? Cadillac or Lincoln? I'm betting if it's a Caddy I can estimate its top speed ... dollars to donuts if it's older than '80 it can peg out the speedometer in about 45 seconds if he pushes it, as long as the hearse mods aren't too heavy ... considering that a nearly identical package was used on Cadillac ambulances.

Spike: Nice works at the MGC. Wish I had a scanner working, I could enter stuff ...

Tom: hoooo boy, are you in for a treat! Welcome to the room. Check some of the links around here ... here, I'll give ya one, it takes you to Gargfan Central! :)

**sits back in the chair, sighing and meditating on the candles' flames.**
Coyote the Bando - [1134@i-is.com]
Algonac, Michigan
Saturday, July 31, 1999 11:50:05 PM
IP: modem58.i-is.com

**RP!**

[Most of the team in the engine room have been disabled by the sonic emanations of Stewie's abominably altered version of Brendan's baby sister. The one hero who isn't paralyzed in agony is Raoul, who thrashes in pain as he claws across the floor and slaughters the sickening machine. The team recovers quickly, but not quickly enough to prevent Stewie from activating a force field around the engine core and synthesizing exo-armor of his own, becoming a blasphemous mockery of an infant gargoyle. Stewie: "You intellectually-challenged organics will not stand in the way of the assimilation of Earth!" Stewie laughs maniacally as he deploys an electron discharge weapon and fires randomly at the team, flying about using an antigrav engine...]

**PAUSE RP!**

Xanathar> Thanks, but...I have the game. :) (It could have been great, but unfortunately, they've decided to sabotage it, by not allowing the game to progress if cheat codes are used, and that's IF anyone finds a way to use them, which I haven't. The next sadist who designs a game like that will be taken out and shot. That's a promise. Are you listening, Rareware? Do you hear me, Lucasarts? Hah? HAH?!! <blink> I'm OK...really...)

Pistoff> <<The Real Ghostbusters: I remember one episode where they actually went to see "Ghostbusters"!>> Eh? Interesting. That might explain the differences between the movie and the show--weird casting! ;P j/k

Robby> <<Its really hard to give a two legged arm using lion a mane, it doesn't look right.>> Doesn't it? <g> (click name) <<Even pong was violent! It was two snakes batting around a human head!>> Eh? <blink> Wow. I'll never look at it the same way again. :)

Mary Flanders> <<Lecht mich am Arsch Mutti!>> Um...lend me an arse mutton? Sorry, my German is a little rusty. ;P

$Kitainia> <<That is absolutely correct!! :) Thanks for guessing, the cyber cookie of your choice is yours.>> Thanks. :) Mmm...Dutch chocolate...drool... ^_^ <<Nice disposal of the Rug Rats. :)>> Why thank you. For some reason, I just had to be as disturbing as possible about that. I guess if I have to kill fictional kids, no matter how obnoxious, I'd better do it in style. >:) $

David G.> Hm...I had a similar problem once; HTML and graphics files that were sent to me would be severely corrupted. Switching from a web-based interface to Netscape Messenger solved the whole matter. Hey, you're getting a site? Kewlies. What space provider are you using?

Tom> Welcome to our little asylum. Once your sanity has been confiscated, you'll be ready to participate in our little festival of madness. :) <<Wow! There's actualy a Gargoyles page still running.>> Heh...you'll be very glad to hear that there are still quite a few of these sites. Try the links pages at www.gargoyles-fans.org and http://trio.simplenet.com/Jebgarg/jebgarg.shtml. :)

**RESUME LONG RP!**

[The team tries several times to destroy the flying and firing Borg baby genius, but even when they manage to hit him, his personal shielding is much too powerful for even their weapons. They take cover behind a sturdy piece of machinery. Jake: "Dang it, we can't even scratch this guy!" Teri: "Maybe we can make him fire at the engine core? That cannon looks powerful enough to penetrate the force field." Anoth: "I attempted that. The field seems to be attuned specifically to prevent that." Miriam: "I have an idea." She fiddles with some buttons on her vortex rifle's controls, then leaps out into full view of the malevolent infant. (That would make a great name for a band.) She pulls the trigger on her rifle...and nothing happens. Stewie grins and levels an electron stream at her--but instead of hitting her, the stream is absorbed into the emission node of the rifle. Stewie looks shocked for a moment before Miriam adjust one of her weapon's controls, sending a power surge up the electron stream and into Stewie's systems. He screams and convulses before falling, twitching to the ground. Miriam gives the all-clear, and the rest of the team emerges from hiding. Wilek: "Wow...how in the world...?" Miriam: "A simple matter of reversing the energy flow polarity of the emitter coil. This is a *most* versatile weapon." Teri: "In layman's terms, it kicks butt." Teri finishes Stewie off with her triad cannon, and Wilek reports: "Doug? It's me. We're about to set the charges and evacuate, unless there's anything we can help you with up there?"]

**END RP!**
Wilek Nereus
Saturday, July 31, 1999 11:47:08 PM
IP: tnt-2-82-56k.portsmouth.zoomnet.net

Tonight's post is mostly replies. I'm holding off on the next Obnoxiously Long Post until (a) I get tired of writing Freelance stories for a while and (b) the Timedancer season premere comes out so I can maybe get some more information.

One interesting piece of news, I may be getting a website. I intend to have a Fanfic section (For more than just Gargoyles fiction), a Gaming section (Where I'll probably put the Goth rules), and The Hall of Spam. The Hall of Spam is where I'm going to post all the interesting bits of e-mail people send me, since as a matter of policy, I don't forward them unless someone specifically asks me.

DON'T START SENDING ME SPAM RIGHT NOW!! I DON'T HAVE THE PAGE SET UP YET!!

OK, that's out of my system. I just wanted to share the idea, not solicit material.

Mandolin> Yeah, I managed to watch some of the end. I was really sick, sick enough that I almost had to go throw up. I was way down at the front, so it was worse than it usually would have been.

BTW, I read a little of your fanfic, the stuff with Dingo. I really liked it.

Shotgun Raptor> Tetris is only violent if you count the intense desire to kill the little Russian dancer in the interludes. Of course the Sega Saturn game (maybe other systems too) of Tetris Plus has that version where the blocks are falling down on some little guy...

For a very interesting view of violent video games, I suggest a book by Terry Pratchet. It's called "Only You Can Save Mankind." It's kind of old now, so check Half Priced Books.

Tom> Welcome to the room. Someone will be along to take your sanity later.

Delphi> Thanks for the words of encouragement earlier today. After I read your e-mail, I actually got some good work done.
David G. - [david_goodner@yahoo.com]
Arlington, TX, USA
Saturday, July 31, 1999 11:28:13 PM
IP: pppa29-fortworth9-3r234.saturn.bbn.com

"Quiet Evening". Rather appropriate I think.


Robby the CR DJ
Saturday, July 31, 1999 11:27:55 PM
IP: spider-ti034.proxy.aol.com

The Hood mailserver is down. Again. I have an urge to smack around a certain couple of techs from the IT department...

Anyway, before I crash, a quickie.

**SPOILERS FOR BLAIR WITCH PROJECT! THE VERY END OF THE FILM, IN FACT!! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!**

David G> <<I saw Blair Witch Project last night, well, I saw about 20 minutes of it. I heard the rest, but my eyes were closed.>> You're kidding! You didn't even open them for the final ten minutes? The motion sickness I could understand - I saw it this afternoon and periodically closed my eyes when it got really jittery - but I didn't care during the last part running through the old house. I thought the beginning was slow, but that was an extremely effective ending. I wasn't sure who was manning the camera in the last few shots until the final shot. That *thunk* was far more chilling than the typical horror movie standard of the monster jumping out of the closet at the last second. (And did anyone else make the connection with Mike standing in the corner to the interviews in the beginning? It took me a minute, and I only got it a millisecond before the very end.) I'll probably sleep tonight, although I admit the film did a good job at messing with my head. If I was out camping, though, it might be a different story.

**END SPOILERS! REALLY!**

*sigh* We went home and watched "Silence of the Lambs" afterwards. :)

That's it, I'm exhausted. More later... I think I'm going to call the IT department tomorrow and yell at Nancy (I don't work for them anymore.)
Mandolin - [weird_web@hotmail.com]
Saturday, July 31, 1999 11:15:11 PM
IP: pm3-1-ppp47.iximd.com

Very...very...very slow room! I went shopping today and it seems that I'm going for the conservative look this year! (dress pants, expensive shoes, tee and overshirt) You should have seen my dad's face! :)

I saw Lake Placid tonight, no spoilers! The effects were great IMO and *some* of the characters were very entertaining. The script could have used a little work, but overall not bad of a movie! A little short...

Welcome Tom and all newbies! Your second home awaits...

Those of you who live in San Antonio (Robby & Aaron?), my brother just left the house this morning saying he was off to San Antonio for about five days. If you discover a drunk, short, George Clooney looking guy who thinks he's funny in the custody of the police... please contact me. Actually, don't bother ;)

Off to read more of Dark Ages and gorge myself with chocolate! OKIloveyoubyebye!
SOROW
Saturday, July 31, 1999 11:14:50 PM
IP: usr11-dialup244.mix1.irving.cw.net

Robby> point taken, but by the same token, you are wrong, barney's hide and seek was violent, on one of the screenshots on the back, when that putrid purple rex found one of the kids, HE HELD THEM IN A STRANGLE LOCK! HE HUGGED THEM BY THE NECK!!!!
shogun raptor
Saturday, July 31, 1999 11:08:17 PM
IP: mia1-wc1.atlas.digex.net

Wow! There's actualy a Gargoyles page still running. This is great. I'll be checking all this stuff out.
Tom - [thecellgame@hotmail.com]
Saturday, July 31, 1999 11:02:38 PM
IP: ps2-8.execnet.net

Robby>> thanks for the reading suggestions, Too bad about that game NOT letting you kill barney (Thank goodness none of my kids ever liked him)

Pistoff>>thanks for the correction on the day crusade airs again. I really hope they decide to keep it going longer, its so hard to find decent shows as it is.


Delphi - [cmiller@magiclink.com]
Twin Falls, Idaho
Saturday, July 31, 1999 10:46:19 PM
IP: 207.14.195.84

Bronx Wyvern- Posted when I did. Oii... IMHO stands for In My Humble Opinion or In My Honest Opinion. IMO is the same thing, but without the H term.
Robby
Saturday, July 31, 1999 10:24:23 PM
IP: spider-ti032.proxy.aol.com

Hmm, slow room today...

Shogun Raptor- You're wrong... Even pong was violent! It was two snakes batting around a human head! But honestly, the reason for games being survival oriented is, thats the excitement and adrenaline factor, the reason to play. And there is one game that has no violence whatsoever... Barney's Hide and Seek. you can't even kill the blasted purple dinosaur!
Robby
Saturday, July 31, 1999 10:22:47 PM
IP: spider-ti032.proxy.aol.com

Two things:
FINALY my dumb email is back online now.

Question: What does IMHO stand for?

Cya.

"Twidle blane and Twidle brain? If it's all the same I'll play your game!"
Bronx Wyvern - [Bronx4me@aol.com]
Saturday, July 31, 1999 10:20:25 PM
IP: spider-to061.proxy.aol.com

one other thing
Hercules TLG: The Evil Arthur Episode> Don't forget that the brains behind this series are Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert, the geniuses behind Army of Darkness, as well as Darkman, but Herc & Xena follow more of the AoD vein, namely gallows humor
Shogun raptor
Saturday, July 31, 1999 10:16:45 PM
IP: user-38ldecb.dialup.mindspring.com

*Begin RP* As Doc Congo, Blackwing and Firewater are charbroiling the annoy-yu squad, haim Saban, and the seemingly endless borg cannon fodder who look oddly like vehicons (the new bad guys in the next Beast wars series) Shogun and the other deadly seven members shake off the effect of the Jigglypuff song and leap back into the fray, their predacon and decepticon cohorts taking no heed in their biological natures in the interest of mutual survival, suddenly, a heavily armored borg comvee rolls out from the devastator and the wild thornborgoies disembark, Eliza thornborgy calls forth a bunch of borg animals,among the animals are borgified white tiger, a cheetah, a gorilla, a falcon, and a rhinocerous, all in the deadly seven war party are silent, save for Blackwing who looks at the new combatants, defiantly kicks the charred remains of haim saban, mutters" This is gonna be sweet" as he eyes the animals summoned, a bloodlust filling him to the core *end RP*

Wild wild west review> I finally saw this, and they were right, Kevin Kline does look horrible in a dress, but no worse than Tim Curry, speaking of Sevarius, there was a Fox cartoon called "Peter Pan and the Pirates" and Ol' Doc Sevarius did the voice of hook, shared some of the mannerisms of Sevarius to boot, even quoted Shakespeare, but I digress, in terms of western parodies, Blazing Saddles was better, in terms of spy movies, Austin Powers was better,but in terms of fanciful technology it was first rate, but I've always been a sucker for outlandish technology

WFRR edit> I am speechless, what next? they say the Dip will send toons to another dimension?

*rant ahead*
I was in my local video game rental place and there was a survey about violent video games, as I filled it out something ocurred to me, every game past Pong has been violent in some form or another, for instance Pac-man, he eats the ghosts, if that doesn't condone cannibalism, I don't know what does: Donkey Kong: Going after a gorilla and using a sledgehammer, Animal Abuse, same with pretty much every mario Bros. game, the one underlying theme of video games has been "get them before they get you" survival of the fittest, violence at it's most pure, of course there are the matter of learning games, but these are not so much "video games" as "Educational software"
Shogun raptor
Saturday, July 31, 1999 10:14:27 PM
IP: mia1-wc1.atlas.digex.net

Delphi: You're welcome. =) Actually, I think Crusade is being re-run on Monday nights, if I'm not mistaken.
Pistoff - [pistoff@outgun.com]
Saturday, July 31, 1999 08:58:04 PM
IP: wire-14.koalas.com

JENNIREN - I just saw that "Hercules" episode in question (at least this time I got to see it all the way through). It's certainly not for purists, although it did have its moments (I was mildly amused by the scene where Hercules used Excalibur for a golf club). One comment about it that I have seen here is that the young Merlin of that ep looked a lot like our Merlin/Emrys. I will agree that their Merlin did indeed look like a grown-up version of Emrys Hawkins, although judging from when the picture was made, that has to be a coincidence.

(And I was half-expecting that round shield of the giant knight's to wind up becoming the Round Table, too. I'm not sure why).
Todd Jensen - [merlyn@ninenet.com]
St. Louis, MO
Saturday, July 31, 1999 06:38:28 PM
IP: 205-242-93-172.dialup-stl.primary.net

According to my TV schedule, "Hercules the Legendary Journey" will be airing the infamous 'evil King Arthur' episode tonight. If you're curious, check your schedules, but don't eat a heavy meal before watching it.

Jenniren
Saturday, July 31, 1999 04:47:50 PM
IP: user-2ivf7vg.dialup.mindspring.com

Delphi> I got your e-mail. Thanks for the encouragement. I also got several from you that looked like they were supposed to be graphics files, but all I saw was lots of ASCII garbage. I don't know if the problem is on your end or mine. If necessary, I'll send you my work e-mail address. It's not web based, so it might not be so loopy.
David G. - [david_goodner@yahoo.com]
Arlington, TX, USA
Saturday, July 31, 1999 01:31:25 PM
IP: pppa39-fortworth4-2r201.saturn.bbn.com

David G>> sent you an email good luck writing


Delphi - [cmiller@magiclink.com]
Twin Falls, Idaho
Saturday, July 31, 1999 01:14:10 PM
IP: 207.14.195.178

Wilek: $ That is absolutely correct!! :) Thanks for guessing, the cyber cookie of your choice is yours. Nice disposal of the Rug Rats. :) $
Kitainia
Saturday, July 31, 1999 01:10:16 PM
IP: pool-209-138-63-224.dlls.grid.net

*enters*

Ah, God! I just finished watching an episode of Daria and in it Quinn makes a comment of "We'll get home in time for Buffy!" (or something close to that line) My mother started laughing and said "It wasn't me, it was on national television!" As you can see, my mother does not like Buffy and finds it to be very strange. She tried watching once but got confused (even though I explained some of it to her) and then left the room. And then after she stopped laughing a bit, I flipped my mother the bird (which I do quite often when my mother makes a sarcastic joke about me) and I felt much better! >:) *grumbles* Lecht mich am Arsch Mutti!
Mary Flanders
Saturday, July 31, 1999 12:45:20 PM
IP: stk-ts4-h1-21-188.ispmodems.net

Picture today in honor of an absent friend.

Hi folks. I'm supposed to be writing now, but reading the CR is more fun. I couldn procrastinate longer if there were more posts, though.

I saw Blair Witch Project last night, well, I saw about 20 minutes of it. I heard the rest, but my eyes were closed. This was not because the movie was particularly scary. Oh no, it's because we got into the theater late, and the only seats left were on the very front row of a theater with stadium seating. Between the jittery camera work and the low pov, I spent the whole movie trying not to throw up.

I'll have to go again one of these days to see if the video is as interesting as the audio.
David G. - [david_goodner@yahoo.com]
Arlington, TX, USA
Saturday, July 31, 1999 12:20:13 PM
IP: pppa56-fortworth6-4r201.saturn.bbn.com

Wilek- Two reasons I can figure Prince John didn't have a mane... 1- Its really hard to give a two legged arm using lion a mane, it doesn't look right. 2- Its to show he's still young, immature, and hasn't grown it out yet. (Besides, if he had a mane his crown wouldn't keep slipping.)

Warpmind- Those two rules seem true enough...

Delphi- If you haven't read them yet, Christine Morgan's works have pretty much been voted the fandom favorties so far...

ONE WEEK LEFT TO VOTE! VOTE PEOPLE!
Robby
Saturday, July 31, 1999 12:09:54 PM
IP: spider-wa061.proxy.aol.com

Goodmorning everyone, last night i finished reading Chriti Smith Hayden's stories in the fanfic. Boy was I red eyed when I was done, I just can't help myself I cry everytime something sad happens. (Hubby and kids find reason to make fun of me everytime) Great stories. hummm, don't know who's I am going to start next.

Pistoff>> thanks for the info on crusade, I missed this weeks ep, so now I need to remember the time that they run it again, I think it is on tues nite.
Delphi - [cmiller@magiclink.com]
Twin Falls, Idaho
Saturday, July 31, 1999 11:49:13 AM
IP: 207.14.195.158

Quick post before I run out...

Tip of the Day - When your parents leave you with the house to yourself, it's not necessarily a blast unless you have a younger sibling you can con into helping with all the laundry, cleaning, trash taking-out, and watering of Mom's huge backyard garden. (I'm an only child.)

Paul, you might be interested to know - last night proves I've been lurking in the CR too long. Went out to the mall with a friend to pick up something, and went in the little software store. I stopped short when I saw Lunar: Silver Star Story: Complete on the shelf, and picked it up, exclaiming, "Hey, this is one of the games Paul's always talking about!" Dave just looked at me like I was nuts. Unfortunately, it was for Playstation, and neither of us have that system.

Okay, off to run errands now... til later...
Mandolin - [weird_web@hotmail.com]
Saturday, July 31, 1999 10:36:20 AM
IP: pm3-3-ppp25.iximd.com

Real quickie before I leave,

Wilek > Thanks for the offer, but I've got plenty of ideas for the little [EXPLETIVE DELETED], including chipper/shredders, blast furnaces, lawn mowers, and 5-molar HCl.

Pistoff > Heh. I had the feeling you'd want in on this :) Thanks, and I'll be sure to bring you (and anybody else that wants in) up to speed when I return.

Adios all, I'll see ya Wednesday!

==Had this been an actual emergency, we would have fled in terror and you wouldn't have been notified==
Steve Gooch, about to skip out the door
Saturday, July 31, 1999 10:25:38 AM
IP: 98aa9b2b.ipt.aol.com

Not much.
The only reason I'm in here is in regards to Lucia's character development.
That's the only topic that's interesting right now.
Oh, yeah, there's another.
Todd, did you get the THE GARGOYLES SAGA Episode Award I Sent you, and distribute it to the Staff, or whatever it is you people do with your Awards?
There's another two, but that'll be mentioned last.

Lucia-Doug, you didn't give your opinion.
As for not controlling her, well, there's a reason. She is a Goddess after all, and therefore her abilities need to reflect that. She has a bunch of seldom-used abilities that could make all battles a piece of cake (like one that wipes out all enemies instantaneously, I think always works, and I believe also gives normal end-of-battle awards), as well as, I believe, massive healing spells. Unless you two are looking for a very, very simple game, because she will use those abilities, but I don't think often, well, I wouldn't be regretful of having her not controlled.
As far as I remember, the first place Lucia showed some real actual emotion, without confusion, was when she was waking up Hiro after the avalanche. She's developing.
Have you reached Azado yet?
Also, the other topic.
Are you two going to check out BREATH OF FIRE: MYRIA'S LEGACY, or what!?

"I am Zophar, master of the universe!!"-Zophar
LUNAR II: ETERNAL BLUE
Paul Allen Nathans - [LacanPanother@worldnet.att.net]
Saturday, July 31, 1999 09:08:47 AM
IP: 183.morristown-16-17rs.nj.dial-access.att.net

*looks at own website*
Hmmmm.... well, in serious need of update but I'm not sure what you mean, Warpmind. Everything seems to be working.

Well, like a fool, I entered the Monthly Gargoyles Contest for July -- Gargoyles Comics Panel. You TGSers will probably get it... it's called "When Lucy Met Graeme." Voting opens soon!
Spike
Saturday, July 31, 1999 08:39:11 AM
IP: ppp13-42.ght.iadfw.net

**Walks into the CR, flipping a double-barrel shotgun around, Bruce Campbell-style**
Hi, everyone, I just got to review some of the info I've displayed here on Bruce Lee etc. and it seems some of the info is slightly inaccurate. Feel free to insult me about these details anytime. Oh, and who was it that said Bruce Lee had a leg problem? It seems incorrect, though he *did* break his neck once. As for the neck, it brought up an interesting fight; Bruce Lee had promised he could beat up anyone in some hall in less than a minute, and when an old rival/enemy showed up, he had to keep his word. It was a clean fight... until the rival struck the aforementioned neck, whereupon Bruce Lee snapped. After 58 seconds of fighting, the rival was down, unable to either walk or eat solid food (and I do not know if he ever recovered). Then, the students of Bruce Lee said "Master, what took you so long?". Wish I'd seen it with my own two eyes.

By the way, have I ever mentioned that I am of the Jackie Chan school of Combat? I quote the two important rules:
1: If it's loose, it's a weapon.
2: If it's not loose, it's a shield.

Oh, and due to an unfortunate accident at my friend's place, I am now searching for a seven-foot Bo made of Rattan bamboo. I broke his two wooden ones, and now I feel I must acquire him a new and better one. It is not a matter of honor, it is a matter of life, death and a lot of broken limbs. One Bo broken by accident is just bad luck, two broken by accident... there is some divine power of misfortune out to get ya...

Well, gotta go.

**Checks Christines' posting way down in the CR and starts filling out a Dark Side application form**

Oh, and Spike, maybe it's time you update the Rockaway? Or is it just that the index file is not called index.html?

Well, gotta go, bye.

But before I leave: You know how Ash was forced to fight the Evil Ash? What would have made a good joke at the time would be Ash saying "I can't fight myself. I'm too superior, I'd never stand a chance."

**Yanks up the double-barreled shotgun and starts taking potshots at DC Binks**
Warpmind de InzanE - [de_InzanE@xoommail.com]
Middle, Nowhere, Norway
Saturday, July 31, 1999 07:28:52 AM
IP: mp-217-239-66.daxnet.no

SJ: Brendan Frasier?! AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!! Oh well. Better than Leo...Better than Leo...Better than Leo...

Entity: Hey, thanks for emailing me that article! :)

Coyote: Yeah, that was pretty scary, alright...

Kitainia: Welcome back! :) I prefer the original theatrical version of Blade Runner, too. I like the Director's Cut because it's letterboxed, but other than that, it's not an improvement. The movie was so dark and depressing, I liked the "up" ending of the non-director's cut version, and I liked Ford's voice overs. And that damned unicorn didn't add anything to the plot. All it did was make me say, "Huh?"

Steve Gooch: Oh, jeez, that sucks! I don't understand why people feel that they have to do things like that. I hope you can get your computer whipped back into shape--and that you can track him down and make him pay for what he did. If you need a hand, just let me know. I know how to punish people until they're reduced to whimpering, quivering masses tears and paranoia....

The Real Ghostbusters: I remember one episode where they actually went to see "Ghostbusters"! They showed the opening scene of the film, but of course they edited out the grafitti on the wall--"Venkman burn in hell!" ;)

**The Hunt for Ricky Martin**

Xanathar: Hee hee hee! Actually, to derive maximum enjoyment out of this, I think we'll need some assistance. **Whips out his cell phone and calls Jack Hammer. A few minutes later, Jack's hearse crashes through the wall and screaches to a halt. The door opens and Jack drops to the pavement, then frowns at Ricky.**

"Wait a second. Didn't Hunter Thompson pop your head like a zit, a while back?" Jack shrugs. "No matter. We'll make sure this one is more permanent." He takes some barbed wire from his hearse and wraps it around and around Ricky's body, immobilizing him. Then he takes a chain with a large hook on the end, and hooks it to Ricky's belt. He attaches the other end to the hearse's bumper.

"Okay, everybody, all aboard!" He gets in, followed by Pistoff and Xanathar.

"Say, Jack, what's the top speed of your car?" Pistoff says.

Jack shrugs. "I don't know yet. Maybe we'll find out tonight." He guns it, pops the clutch, and roars through the hole in the wall. Eventually the roar of the engine and Ricky's screams of agony fade into the distance...

**To be continued...**
Pistoff - [pistoff@outgun.com]
Saturday, July 31, 1999 03:40:50 AM
IP: wire-24.koalas.com

Hi all!!

Bronx Wyvern/Mary/Ordell:Welcome back!

Christine:loved the Dark Jedi want ad:)

Wilek:Click my name it'll take you to the Aliens Vs Predator Pc game website(this game is a must have for anybody who liked the Alien/Predator movies):)

**The Hunt for Ricky Martin**
Pistoff"I think we're wearing him out, Xanathar. But let's not let him get too tired. It's not as much fun if they don't struggle a little." :)>>You are so right>:)*Lobs his twin bladed chainsaw into the air in the direction Ricky's running and catches him in the leg severing it at the knee joint*
Ricky:AAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!*Ricky doubles over in agony*After you Pistoff but I want his vocal cords>:)

*Both slowly advance towards the now stricken Ricky martin*
**To be continued**

C'yas later!!
Xanathar
Melbourne, victoria, Australia
Saturday, July 31, 1999 03:17:14 AM
IP: 203.29.192.74

**RP! This one takes place immediately before my previous one.**

[In the engine room, the Borg Micheal Jackson is looking at Chuckie in a most disquieting manner. Chuckie: "Um...guys, could you do something?" Stewie: "You simpleton, have you forgotten the override codes, used for shutting down dangerously malfunctioning drones?" Chuckie: "Well, I haven't been a Borg for long, ya know!" Angelica: "Let me handle this, Stewie; you *obviously* don't have what it takes. JACKSON!" Michael turns to the screeching little b***h-larva, who continues, "I don't know what you're doing here, but I don't like the way you're acting. Get outta here or--" Michael: "But I just want to help you little children..." Angelica: "HOW DARE YOU INTERRUPT ME!" She uses the aforementioned override codes to shut him down; he falls on and crushes Dylan. Stewie: "That was a bad idea, you know. Guod put *me* in charge." They're about to get into a massive fight when the system registers a plasma leak in the defense corridor outside. Grampa: "Eh? I'd better go check it out." He shuts down the power to the damaged conduit and goes to the engine room door, only to be taken down by someone on Wilek's team.]

**PAUSE RP!**

Pistoff> <<I forgot about that one. I don't remember much about it either, except for things like the interactive toys that didn't really work much of the time.>> Heh...they actually work pretty well for me. :) I loved those things. And the action figures were so kewl--remember Lord Dread? Very 'Vader of Borg'. ^_^ Oh, and I think my favorite was the Soaron. It was this aerial sentry droid that looked for all the world like a robotic Brooklyn. I kid you not. So it was automatically kewl. :) I've seen a grand total of one episode of the live-action series, and I distinctly remember that Soaron was portrayed with what at the time must have been absolutely stunning CGI effects.

Skippy> <<It was about these construction workers who are digging a tunnel and come across a massive door with a demon face that tells them "Do not open until Doomsday">> I have that one on video! That was by JMS? No wonder it was so kewl. :)

SJ> <<Oh, and not only did that monkey site fill me with a soul-depressing, mind-numbing terror, but it actually froze up my browser!!!>> Hm...I wonder if all these dancing whatever sites are part of some manner of conspiracy...you're leaving now? Oh well. Goodbye, and come back soon. :)

Todd> <<One of them involved a man trying to call down Ragnarok on the world with a magic flute>> I kind of vaguely remember that one too. Hey, for whoever's interested, it's still on Fox Family every weekday. :) <<I think that I'd better not see this one, not if I want to preserve my sanity.>> You've been in the fandom this long and you're still sane? <blink>

Since we're talking about the Ghostbusters series, one thing I really loved about it was that it actually at least mentioned the events of the movies. A lot of series based on movies don't have such tight continuity. Granted, they took some slight liberties with the characters (When did Egon bleach his hair, and who ate Dana Barrett?), but that was quite forgivable. :)

Christine> <<the one I got with the typo, wishing me best of luck placing my wok elsewhere ...>> ACK. If they're going to send a form letter, they should at least have the decency to spell-check it. Next time you get one of those, you can tell them where they can shove your wok. >;P Sith employment ad> Kewl. Where do I apply? ^_^

Warpmind> Welcome back! :D Hm...way of the chicken? <blink> OK... You've turned DC into Jar Jar?! You're evil, you know that? >:) <kills DC Binks on general principle>

Vanessa> I presume that your sanity has already been confiscated? Then we can begin. Welcome! :D

Werewolf> Well, the whole tribe/pack/sept/whatever hierarchy is a tad complex for my tastes, but you have to love a race of warrior furries who are capable of entering the spirit world almost at will. :)

Ordell> Welcome back! :D

Coyote> <<Somebody want to get this guy a new drug, one that *won't* make him hallucinate?>> How 'bout strychnine?

Robby> <<Disney's Hook- Eh, he was kinda like Disney's Prince John.>> Which reminds me, why did Prince John not have a mane? Was this a genetic defect, or some kind of diseased fashion statement, or what? Oh well...you know, the other lion dude from the movie--Richard, was it?--was a big inspiration for one of the alien races from my fics. Something about him just sort of set off some weird little thing in my mind. Which is how I came up with just about everyone and everything in my ficverse, actually...

Fleur> I just thought of something that reminds me of that creativity demon of yours...in the GFW archive, I seem to remember tripping over a fic series that postulated that gargoyles were native to Earth...but that humans originated on Mars. You know, it would explain a great deal...

$Kitainia> Thanks for the RP info. :) I think I can handle it, although I might make a few characterization errors since I avoid Rugrats like the plague. :) <<cyber cookie to the first person who says what movie this guy is from>> Eyes Wide Shut?$

Steve Gooch> <<I'll be able to provide more of a post and decide whether a extremely long, carnage-filled D.C.-style death is going to be enough to put what that little monkey-[EXPLETIVE DELETED] did to my system behind me, or whether I'm going to turn all my assets on hunting him down IRL and making his life a living hell.>> If you like, I'll handle the DC death and you handle our hacker fiend (not a typo). >:)

**RESUME LONG AND SLIGHTLY DISTURBING RP!**

[Stewie: "They've penetrated our defenses! Angelica this is all your fault, you mindless cretin!" Angelica kicks him in the most sensitive area she can find, then screeches, "BABIES, ATTACK!" whereupon all the Rugrats characters rush Wilek's team. Wilek, Miriam, and some of the others fire at will, but a few of the team aren't quite so bloodthirsty...Jake: "Um...Wilek? You do realize that we're killing babies?" Wilek: "Well, we're only returning the favor. Besides, these are Rugrats. They should have been put in a blender at birth." A reassured Jake pauses a moment to nod before stomping on Tommy's head and firing at the more distant Rugrats. Spike (name?) and Raoul get in a short dogfight, which ends in Raoul trying to eat Spike's mangled corpse but not liking the taste of Borg implants. Phil and Lil try to double-team the team, firing from opposite sides of the battlefield, only to meet the business end of Anoth's lightning and Teri's triad cannon. Chuckie tries to retreat, only to be caught and crunched into a mass of metal and pulverized flesh by Forfexx's shapeshifted anvil fist. Finally, Angela tries to take matters into her own pudgy little hands, only to get her head pulled off and drop-kicked by Wilek. Seeing how badly his forces are losing, a recovering Stewie looks to Brendan's baby sister, who is merrily playing with some building blocks that bear a frightening resemblance to Borg ships with runic symbols painted on them. Stewie: "How would you like to off the heroes for me, and succeed where Angelica's stupid goons have failed?" The irritating baby coos her consent, whereupon Stewie hits several buttons on his control panel. The baby's Borg armor synthesizes and deploys a larger layer of exo-armor and six scuttler-like metal spider legs, along with implanted speakers; the whole affair bears a vague resemblance to the spider thing from Toy Story. Stewie: "Yes...my greatest creation works perfectly! Now...cry. Wail your discontent, and bring about the doom of our enemies!" The little brat begins screaming, and its speakers alter and amplify its voice to mind-shattering levels. The team is almost completely incapacitated by Stewie's new weapon (to which he of course is immune). He laughs maniacally while the screen chooses this inconvenient moment to fade to black...]

**END!**
Wilek Nereus
Saturday, July 31, 1999 02:25:51 AM
IP: tnt-1-178-56k.portsmouth.zoomnet.net

Hey all,

I haven't been around in the past few days because some [EXPLETIVE DELETED] little [EXPLETIVE DELETED] hacker-wannabe decided to [EXPLETIVE DELETED] get a trojan horse onto my computer and hijack it, planting all sorts of devious little [EXPLETIVE DELETED] viruses on it that forced me to go out and buy a brand-new two hundred dollar hard drive, spend all night installing Windows, and finally getting about a tenth of my previous utility level back as of now.

I leave for a five-day vacation in the Poconos tomorrow - well, this morning, so I won't be back until late Wednesday, at which time I'll be able to provide more of a post and decide whether a extremely long, carnage-filled D.C.-style death is going to be enough to put what that little monkey-[EXPLETIVE DELETED] did to my system behind me, or whether I'm going to turn all my assets on hunting him down IRL and making his life a living hell.

But, until then, be seeing y'all.

==There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full. -- Henry Kissinger==
Steve Gooch - [Erebus642@aol.com]
Malverne, NY
Saturday, July 31, 1999 12:44:06 AM
IP: abd0aca9.ipt.aol.com

**SOMEWHAT LONG RP AHEAD**

In the field outside the Devastator, Tricia is taking on six Borg-Huns (who for some reason resemble Shan Yu's goons from Mulan) with her chain and psi powers while Gubio dodges gunshots from the Borgified PI Wolfe. Stephanie meanwhile draws her katana and faces Borg-Amanda. The assimilated immortal pops her implanted sword out of her forearm and charges Stephanie, soon they are clashing blades. Kitainia's sister fights bravely, but is visibly hard-pressed by her opponent's catlike reflexes and high skill combined with her Borg implants. The clench of her jaw shows she is determined to win. Gubio keeps watch on the fight out the corner of his eye, continuing to exchange shots with Borg-Amanda's partner. Suddenly a bullet glances off his laptop's carrying case, nearly puncturing the computer inside. "You made a mistake," Gubio declares as he dodges Wolfe's next shot, aiming his own pistol. "Don't you know hitting my computer is guarenteed to piss me off?" He takes quick aim and shoots Wolfe in the gun hand, opposing elbow, both knees, and finally the forehead. The Borg-PI collapses into death. Gubio turns away from him and after seeing Stephanie wants to fight Amanda alone runs to help Tricia with the remaining Huns.

The display switches to inside the Devastator's control room, where the other Ravens are continuing their own battle. Doug is jetting around and dodging shots from Guod, trying to return fire and take out his command chair's armaments. On the floor, Kit and those with her are facing down a huge advancing group of Borgified JB and Sandy radio show guests. "Do I make you horny, baby?" a twelve-year old "junior Austin Powers" makes the mistake of asking Kitainia. She immediately shoots him in the <ahem> with her rocket launcher, instantly destroying the perverted little brat. Other guests, including Austin's meanest old people, several ditzy housefraus and soccer moms, and the couple who had gone the longest without fighting (until they made the mistake of going on JB and Sandy's show and got provoked into a HUGE argument) are taken out by the other Ravens. "Darn you, I was going to date one of those guys!" Bridget wails as Elena and Jammer machine-gun four loser-jerks of various sorts into death. "Uh, you can score with me any time," Butt-Borg tells the whiny but cute radio personality. "Shut up!" Bridget snaps.

**PAUSE RP SO WE MAY POST**

Hi. Well, as you know, Doug and I got back from Schlitterbahn yesterday. We had a great time there, the slides were a lot of fun. So were the pools, the lines (Doug's already said why), and just about everything else in New Braunfels. It was a wonderful vacation. I'm glad I got the time off work to go. (Now if I had only been as lucky as Doug and gotten time off for New Braunfels and the Gathering as well. <sigh>)

I went back to work at Blockbuster this morning. Pretty uneventful day, except for co-workers asking me about the trip. I was of course willing to tell them everything. :) Doug and I were able to check out a couple movies earlier this evening, so here come some reviews.

**WEEKEND MOVIE SPOILERS AHEAD**

Deep Blue Sea: If you liked Jaws and Anaconda, you should adore this movie. It has the same basic plot as they did, that of the heroes vs. a bunch of really bad super-animals. Sharks in this case. What's surprising is you can actually follow the movie's plot easily, and that the characters are people you get to understand and care about as well. Their enjoyable preformances are backed up by a wonderful and very realistic script, as well as lots of amazingly well-done special effects. Several moments in the film will surprise the viewer, so it has a good shock factor too. Not going to spoil it any more than this, let's just say that it's definitely recommended. 8/10, thumbs up like shark fins. :)

Runaway Bride: We also saw this movie. Our local critics gave it awful reviews, and for once they were right. :( The magical chemistry Gere and Roberts had in Pretty Woman was not present in this film. The cliched and convoulted plot and predictable script, most of which had already been given away by the previews didn't help. Nor did all the dumb jokes sprinkled throughout the film. The old woman's character was enjoyable and there was a good Sting song, but that was it. 3/10, thumbs touching the ground and being nibbled on by gophers. <ouch>

**END MOVIE SPOILERS**

So we had a halfway enjoyable evening. Next week, there'll be reviews of Iron Giant (I think it's coming out) and of course Mystery Men.

Crystal: Thanks for giving us Deuce's message. Hope he comes back soon, we miss him very much. Welcome to the room, hope you will come back as well.

Paul: As per your request, I've started paying a little more attention to Lucia's development. Now her character is becoming slightly more interesting, I think the main thing I didn't like about her at first was the lack of emotions. Glad she has them at the point we're at now. Though the inability to control her as a party member still makes me groan.

Aaron: That proposed scene for Brooklyn and Demona's voices cracks me up too, thanks for posting it. :) I also prefer Fox's Hook to Disney's, same deal for their respective Smees and Peter Pans.

Fleur: Thanks for the e-mails, hope I get time to send a message soon. We all want Deuce to quickly come back. And thanks for sharing that awesome Gargs creativity demon.

Last Action Hero: I agree that it was an awesome movie for all the reasons earlier mentioned. Parts of it were dumb, but most of them were supposed to be that way. Most critics had trouble understanding that IMO.
Favorite Quotes: Practice- "Some people say I talk too much. No more words." <dies> Arnold- "Leo De Fart is going to pass gas one more time." And of course there's the one Doug gave me last month when he and Stephanie visited my Blockbuster- "See that girl? She shouldn't be here! She is way too attractive to be working in a video store!" :)

Soldier, Blade Runner: Both were okay movies, IMO. The former had real potential (they should have developed Kurt Russell's character more), but it was unfortunately sacrificed in the name of action and special effects. Blade Runner was the more excellent of the two, especially the non director's cut version (the director's cut is too confusing and tragic IMO). Great script, nice preformances from Harrison Ford and Sean Young, and a very memorable tragic villain. (His final speech is one of my all-time favorite sci-fi moments, as is the film's end.)

Welcome back to Valentine and everyone else who's returned. To those who gave them to Doug and me, thanks for the welcome backs. :)

David: Congrats on getting Freelance 2 posted. Hope to soon be enjoying 3.

SJ: Ah, the disadvantages of living among your family. :) Sad to hear you'll be leaving for a while. Hope you get back soon and are able to have at least some fun on the trip.

Wilek: $ Last I checked, the Devastator's engine room contained Borgified versions of several babies, mostly Rug Rats characters. Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, Lil, Angelica, and baby Dylan are all in there along with the dog and Tommy's grandpa. Brendan's baby sister is also part of the group (don't worry, she's basically your stereotypical loud gross whiny baby and little else). Stewie, the evil genius baby from Fox's Family Guy, is in charge (though Angelica may have a problem with it due to their conflicting personalities). And last but not least, there's a Borg Micheal Jackson in the room threatening all of them. I assume you know the characters' personalities from the shows that spawned them and SJ's recent RPs. If not, let us know and Doug and I will help you handle them. Good luck. $

Real Ghostbusters: I too enjoyed that show a lot. The mythology made it very interesting, and Peter's jokes made it fun to watch as well. Wish cartoons like it and Gargs were still on TV.

Quest for Camelot: That movie had its moments. The animation was good, as were the plot and the main character (mostly because she had some decent lines). I also liked the songs and the griffon. Other than that it was pretty much bleah.

Coyote: Glad to know your grandmother's better, she remains in my prayers. As for a Gargs/Zorro crossover, I agree that it could be a good idea. Maybe a Timedancer fanfic could feature Brooklyn meeting the Z-man. :) I know that in Doug's fanfic saga, Zorro is going to be one of nine legendary heroes who get reincarnated for the Apocalypse War (the group also includes Sigurd, some African guy whose name I can't remember, Hercules (the real one, not Disney's), Yamato, Mulan, Geronimo, Patton, and of course Cu Chalain. More may be added if we track down the proper myths).

That's all for now, hope to post more later. Good night.

**RESUME THE RP BATTLE**

"Eat this, stupid copy!" Guod shouts, opening a missile pod on the back of his chair and aiming its sights at Doug. The Ravens' leader immediately fires his plasma shotgun into the missiles, destroying all of them and heavily damaging Guod's conveyance. "Can't you do better than that?" Doug quips as his evil clone curses and starts firing the chair's four laser-guided machine guns at him. Shots from Doug's boomstick quickly take all four blasters out. Below them, Kit and the others continue their battle. Borg Howard Stern has now gotten close enough to Shauna to knock away her bow, so the archer has drawn her backup fencing saber and is busy slashing off Stern's implants while keeping him at bay with her Mace. Orion is fighting Thong-Man/Funky nearby, and inflicting heavy damage with his flail due to the Borg's severe lack of protection. Yet because of his stupidity and ego, the jerk radio personality continues to fight on. "Do something!" Stuart yells at his parents as more of the JB and Sandy guests are eliminated. They immediately rush to attack Shap, but he guns down Mr. Stevenson and then uses his holy avenger to dice up Stuart's mom, praying to God for forgiveness all throughout. "Uh, this may be time for a stragetic retreat or something, Butt-Borg," Borgis quips, seeing the battle is not going in their favor. "Shut up, dumass," says his partner. "We still have reinforcements."
He immediately presses a button on his wrist and a door in the control room flies open, admitting a bunch more Borg drones. All of these new arrivals are dressed in robes (except for the few women, who are scantily clad) and have masks of some kind welded to their faces. Lathrop notices their arrival and immediately throws a meteor swarm at the strange Borg, taking out the majority of them. The rest scatter to engage the other Ravens in the room, except for their red-robed and golden-masked leader, who advances towards Lathrop. The air around him glows with magic as he bangs his staff on the floor and chants "Aurok! Orok Murik!! Ladadadededadada!!!" (cyber cookie to the first person who says what movie this guy is from). And the fight contines.

**END RP**
Kitainia
Saturday, July 31, 1999 12:27:28 AM
IP: pool-209-138-63-139.dlls.grid.net

Practice is over for a week! Thank the good Lord!

Robby> Two summer reading books? Man, that sucks! I need to start reading The Great Gatsby on Monday...sigh...

I've read through "Coming of Age Pt 1" in Dark Ages... and I'm hooked! Off to read. OKIloveyoubyebye!
SOROW
Saturday, July 31, 1999 12:22:04 AM
IP: usr12-dialup56.mix1.irving.cw.net

Brendan Fraser as Anakin> Well, i doubt most rumors associated with Star Wars, but I'd rather see this one come true than the Leo rumor...

RGB> I remember some episodes of that...I specificly remember their ode to Citizen Kane, where all the ghost wanted was Rosebud, his sled. I also recall an ep where they brought back Peck the EPA guy from the movie, only this time he was after Slimer. Of course once they got him, the didn't want him:)

Kryn> I saw your post on the AKon bulliten board about AnimeFest. but I didn't get any URL for that. Could you advance the info to me? Is that a local event or out of D/FW?



Skippy The Klingon - [shakedwn@ultravision.net]
Friday, July 30, 1999 11:59:04 PM
IP: uv1-40.ultravision.net

Okay, I've read enough 1984 for one sitting, its time to look over the CR... Its not that bad a book, but I already know how it ends and it is like 70 years old, so the lingo is a bit icky, but otherwise, okay book for summer assigned reading. ( I really should have started summer reading before school was nearly upon me, but ah well... I'll never learn to stop procrastinating it seems. Could be worse, I could wait until the first day of school.)

Skippy- Your new costume in progress sounds cool. Can't wait to see pics!

Coyote- Actually, you have more votes than you think...

Disney's Hook- Eh, he was kinda like Disney's Prince John. The heroes were the main characters of those films and far outshined the badguys with their cleverness, and the villains really weren't a threat, there for comedy more than anything else. (Of course, all the villains in Robin Hood were idiots, but it was still one of Disney's best all the same. Catchy music too.)

Fandom poll- Thanks to all who have votes, those who haven't, you've got a week left. The results so far have been predictable in some cases, and surprising in others... The more people that vote, the more accurate the results shall be!

Wilek- Is there any such thing as off-topic in here?

"You made the classic villain mistake! You forgot to reload the gun!"
"No, I just left a chamber empty." BLAM!

Stuart Townsend as Aaragorn... I hope he looks the part better than that screen shot... I've always imagined Aaragorn clean shaven...

Aaron- Where do you get these creativity demons from? First the Jeff Bennet/Marina Sirtis bit, and now the Brendan and Yale thing... Eesh...

Real Ghostbusters- I remember some of this vaugley... Particularly a really long episode from when the show was an hour long, and the episode took up five acts... its never shown in reruns because of that... But all in all, Ghostbusters is right up there with Transformers and He-Man. I'm old enough to remember it, but too young to recall any of it in great detail. Thundercats is different because of Cartoon Network...

Christine- Hey, I'm willing to learn to be a Sith Lord... Where do I sign up?

Graeme and Aaron- Hmm, a San Antonio chapter of Gathering travelers.. Could work... Would be more conveniant for all parties involved as well... Well, we got a year to figure that out... (Though I may need to make a side trip to Georgia so that may not work...)

Jeb- The Moon Eyes Saga (It was a four parter) didn't quite have the usual ammount of visuals, but it was a very well written story, a romance of sorts with a fairly unexpected ending. Shame the comic was cancelled shortly after, the Infinity War looked like it woulda been fun... (But instead of getting a last five part hurrah that could have taken out the series out on issue 75, we instead got a lousy two parter with baby turtles and reprints, and then a lousy three part mini-series that had nothing to do with anything that had gone before. Oh well...)

And actually in DBZ, they DO stop running into powers unlike any they have seen before, and start running into villains more powerful than any they have seen before. (The side effect being the main characters get stronger and by the end of the series Goku when merged with Vegeta has a power level of 49 million...)
Robby
Friday, July 30, 1999 11:54:36 PM
IP: spider-we072.proxy.aol.com

Don't have a lot to say at the moment, but I just needed to say this.

Christine-want ad-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAH (gasp) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH...HA...HA!!!!

That's all
See ya later!
Jaden - [jaden12@hotmail.com]
Los Alamos, CA
Friday, July 30, 1999 11:47:32 PM
IP: pm0-7.vpop1.avtel.net

**enters the room, switching out the candles**

Okay, the pic's gone, I'm feeling a bit better tonight ...

Doug: Welcome back!
Hey, now there's *two* votes for me. ;)

Creativity spawn that I just got reminded of by my mother turning on the Disney Channel just now (11pm EDT): Has anyone ever considered a Gargs/Zorro crossover? Considering last night I watched "Mask of Zorro" again, the thought occurred to me of what would happen if Zorro (Don Diego, not Alejandro Murrieta) had a gargoyle as an ally ... Don Diego makes Zorro's daytime appearances, while the garg poses as Zorro at night because he's a much better fighter (not to mention stronger). Hmm, it might just show up later if I ever get the gumption. ;)

SJ: You're leavin'?! Man, that sucks! Hope you're back soon.

Llewellyn: The music wouldn't work for me, but judging by the filename of the .wav file I'm guessing it's from Austin Powers.

Pistoff, re: "Elizabeth Dole Fertility Dance" page: Tried to load it, but it's too bandwidth-heavy. Basically it looks like a bunch of copies of Elisabeth Dole's head pasted on other bodies, something with Bob Dole and Viagra (shudder), all set to the tune of some weird-o singer who sounds chillingly like Boy George singing "Sheeeeeeee makes me shiver ..."
**shudders violently, then continues**

Delphi: Quest for Camelot?! **whimpers, gazing at the tallest candle on the table** Why'd you have to mention that movie? It has the song in it, and ... I ... **trails off, lets out a choked sob, then continues**

Christine: My, I'm honored to have conceived last month's Bitchin Clever Thing (tm)! ;) I know the guy who cut those was very happy with me (it isn't every day someone buys $200+ in vinyl decals from him), as I am very *VERY* happy with his work ... he's done three more for my own car: an altered version of Goliath and Elisa (with text framed around it to give my Caddy its name ... "Now And Forever") and two small decals of the Cadillac crest framed by bat-style gargoyle wings (as opposed to a laurel wreath) that went on the front sidemarker lights. Cool stuff, indeed. :)

Vanessa: Hey, nobody answered my question: what about the addys that were collected in Dallas, are they already on the list or do we have to send mail to the address?

SJ again: Actually, some nimrod at "Entertainment Weekly" writing this friggin' "If We Ran Hollywood" article for the mag stopped short of *DEMANDING* that Leo get cast as Anakin. Somebody want to get this guy a new drug, one that *won't* make him hallucinate?

**sighs, sits back in the big chair and fixates on the candles' flames, chin firmly in hand.**
Coyote the Bando - [1134@i-is.com]
Algonac, Michigan
Friday, July 30, 1999 11:43:16 PM
IP: modem57.i-is.com

Dangit....didn't realize I hit the button twice....Oh well, I'm off!

To infinity, and beyond!!! :)
Sevarius Jr.
Friday, July 30, 1999 11:39:41 PM
IP: 207-172-44-162.s162.tnt3.brd.va.dialup.rcn.com

This is probably my last post before I leave...so it'll be a while till you guys get to hear my rambling again!

Harlan Ellison: It's kind of funny we were just discussing him, because word out now is that Harlan is interested, down the line somewhere, in actually writing a SILVER SURFER one-shot for Marvel's "Marvel Knights" line. If anyone remember the Silver Surfer cartoon show (don't worry if you don't, it barely lasted a season), Harlan wrote an episode for the series, and apperently wants to take another stab at the character. While this leaves me drooling and grinning like an idiot, the bad news is this won't likely happen soon....I just wish it happens one day, though!! :)

***STAR WARS RUMORS******
This is weird....rumor now floating around is that BRENDAN FRASER is being considered for the role of Anakin.....You know, I don't exactly agree with this either. I haven't seen Fraser in too many movies where I've been impressed with his skills. I don't know if he can pull off this role...but then again, he's better than James Van Der Beek, or Ryan Phillippe, or any other WB heartthrob up for the part.
Repeat after me folks: "ANYBODY but Leo.....anybody but Leo....Anybody but Leo...." ;)
****END SPOILERS****

Ironwolf: Do you mean the movie "Wing Chung"? I have that on tape somewhere. It's a pretty cool kung-fu period piece starring Michelle Yeoh as an ass-kicking femme fatale in feudal Japan. Great stunts.
Why is it that the Chinese/Japanese have better fight scenes than we do? I mean, I've never seen one director or stunt coordinator in Hollywood do anything as remotely cool as the stunts found in "Hard Boiled" or "Heroic Trio". You'd think after years of the Ahnuld "Punch and Grunt" Swarzenegger school of stunt fighting they'd buy a freakin' clue. I guess that's why John Woo is so dern popular with the suits nowadays.

Todd: I believe the RGB episode you are referring to was called "Ragnarok and Roll", and was one of my personal faves. And I agree, RGB was a tremendously fun show back in the day. I enjoyed the numerous mythical creatures they employed as well, as well as fictional....another of my favorite episodes was the one where these cultists stole the Necronomicon and summoned Cthulhu. THAT was a classic!!! :)

Don't forget folks, Blair Witch Project opens this weekend--EVERYWHERE!!! I know a couple people in here didn't like it, but it really is a great movie. It'll scare the bejeezus out of you, I can guarantee you that!!!
Sevarius Jr. - [bpoole@mailexcite.com]
Friday, July 30, 1999 11:36:20 PM
IP: 207-172-44-162.s162.tnt3.brd.va.dialup.rcn.com

This is probably my last post before I leave...so it'll be a while till you guys get to hear my rambling again!

Harlan Ellison: It's kind of funny we were just discussing him, because word out now is that Harlan is interested, down the line somewhere, in actually writing a SILVER SURFER one-shot for Marvel's "Marvel Knights" line. If anyone remember the Silver Surfer cartoon show (don't worry if you don't, it barely lasted a season), Harlan wrote an episode for the series, and apperently wants to take another stab at the character. While this leaves me drooling and grinning like an idiot, the bad news is this won't likely happen soon....I just wish it happens one day, though!! :)

***STAR WARS RUMORS******
This is weird....rumor now floating around is that BRENDAN FRASER is being considered for the role of Anakin.....You know, I don't exactly agree with this either. I haven't seen Fraser in too many movies where I've been impressed with his skills. I don't know if he can pull off this role...but then again, he's better than James Van Der Beek, or Ryan Phillippe, or any other WB heartthrob up for the part.
Repeat after me folks: "ANYBODY but Leo.....anybody but Leo....Anybody but Leo...." ;)
****END SPOILERS****

Ironwolf: Do you mean the movie "Wing Chung"? I have that on tape somewhere. It's a pretty cool kung-fu period piece starring Michelle Yeoh as an ass-kicking femme fatale in feudal Japan. Great stunts.
Why is it that the Chinese/Japanese have better fight scenes than we do? I mean, I've never seen one director or stunt coordinator in Hollywood do anything as remotely cool as the stunts found in "Hard Boiled" or "Heroic Trio". You'd think after years of the Ahnuld "Punch and Grunt" Swarzenegger school of stunt fighting they'd buy a freakin' clue. I guess that's why John Woo is so dern popular with the suits nowadays.

Todd: I believe the RGB episode you are referring to was called "Ragnarok and Roll", and was one of my personal faves. And I agree, RGB was a tremendously fun show back in the day. I enjoyed the numerous mythical creatures they employed as well, as well as fictional....another of my favorite episodes was the one where these cultists stole the Necronomicon and summoned Cthulhu. THAT was a classic!!! :)

Don't forget folks, Blair Witch Project opens this weekend--EVERYWHERE!!! I know a couple people in here didn't like it, but it really is a great movie. It'll scare the bejeezus out of you, I can guarantee you that!!!
Sevarius Jr. - [bpoole@mailexcite.com]
Friday, July 30, 1999 11:36:02 PM
IP: 207-172-44-162.s162.tnt3.brd.va.dialup.rcn.com

I'm Baaack! I return from the vasty deep of summer camps (band) and punishments for things I should never of done.....long story, I won't get into it.

Robby >Those are among the best books ever written, IMHO, and two of my personal favorites.....

All I really have to say, as I'm too lazy to read the entire CR from the past month.....later all, I have alot to do.....
The Long Lost Ordell - [awaltrip@cableone.net]
Friday, July 30, 1999 10:38:37 PM
IP: ppp-89.ode.cableone.net

No time to really post right now... I've got to read "1984" and "Brave New World" in the next twelve days... Not a difficult task by any means, but spending lots of time reading other stuff could get in the way... Eh, who am I kidding, I'll have a real post later.
Robby
Friday, July 30, 1999 10:21:28 PM
IP: spider-we054.proxy.aol.com

PS- Exin, I think I got my email working again.. try it!
Bronx Wyvern - [Bronx4me@aol.com]
Friday, July 30, 1999 08:49:14 PM
IP: spider-wi054.proxy.aol.com

*walks in for a moment*
Hi all! just wanted to let everyone know that I'm still alive.. ^_^ Okay will actually post later.. until then!


"Twidle brain and Twidle blane? If it's all the same I'll play your game!"

Bronx Wyvern - [Bronx4me@aol.com]
Friday, July 30, 1999 08:48:08 PM
IP: spider-wi054.proxy.aol.com

**Ricky Martin runs through the room, being chased by Pistoff and Xanathar...**

"I think we're wearing him out, Xanathar. But let's not let him get too tired. It's not as much fun if they don't struggle a little." :)

**The chase continues...**

Aaron: Ah, thanks for the info, that was pretty cool. I didn't know that. And thanks for the nominations, too. Wow, my head is getting big... ;)

Delphi: The Technomage on Crusade is named Galen, played by Peter Woodward. Unless I'm mistaken, he's the son of Edward Woodward, who guest starred in the ep titled, "The Long Road." Anybody remember The Equalizer...? :)

Christine: The best of luck placing your wok elsewhere? Ack! That's heinous! Actually, what bothers me about my rejection is, once again, the speed. Their guidlines said that they take at least six weeks to respond to submissions. Know how long they took to reject mine? Four days. I'm just getting disgusted with the entire publishing industry. It seems like the past ten years of my life have been wasted, along with thousands of dollars for postage and supplies. I suppose I'll keep trying--I've invested too much time and money to give up now--but sometimes I just get so frustrated that I wonder why I bother.... Oh, loved that want-ad, too! LOL!

JEB: Thanks. I'm getting used to it, though... :(
Pistoff - [pistoff@outgun.com]
Friday, July 30, 1999 08:21:53 PM
IP: 207.48.109.31

I hope so too Jeb
James Birdsong - [LennexMacDuff@yahoo.com]
San Diego, CA, USA
Friday, July 30, 1999 07:59:12 PM
IP: dt041n34.san.rr.com

TALEWEAVER - Thanks for the information about Harvey and Poison Ivy. As for the "Real Ghostbusters" episode that you mentioned, I think that I know that one; I recall that it was set in the Cloisters and that the ghost in question was Sir Breuse sans Pitie, who had been imprisoned in a tapestry in the Cloisters by Merlin. (Sir Breuse, by the way, was a real Arthurian figure, a recurring villainous knight in Malory. Another indication that the writers for that show really did their homework; Breuse isn't all that famous, at least, not in the same way that Arthur and Merlin are).

I do think that Venkman got some of the best lines in the series. One of my favorite ones was in the episode where he was put to work by the ghost of Casey Jones and protested, "This is America! I have a right not to work if I don't feel like it!"
Todd Jensen - [merlyn@ninenet.com]
St. Louis, MO
Friday, July 30, 1999 07:25:53 PM
IP: 208.19.239.161

Ironwolf> Excuse me, but if you're, let's say, a Malkavian Anti-tri...hu, a Pander, I mean (read the Sabbat Playerguide to know about the reference)hunting for some blood bags (read: humans) with your Pack, thinking that a trio of 10 years kids are an easy prey, then seeing them turning Crinos, you tend to think that it's a "Gros bill" game, made for powergamers.

my favorites are still Vampire (not the Camarillia, the Sabbat) and Mage.

owari desu!
P E N T E X RULZ!

Wyrmwolf - [wyrmwolf@caramail.com]
Friday, July 30, 1999 07:22:44 PM
IP: ppp-bruxelles-2-235.infonie.be

Not much going on right now...

James Birdsong> Sorry to hear that. :/ Hope you'll get to stick around. <:)

Coyote> Our thoughts are still with ya, man. <:[

Pistoff> Sorry about the latest agent being nasty too. :/

Fleur> Very interesting info there... makes ya think. :)

Adam Sandler> I too dislike his style- I'm sorry, but dumb, tasteless comedy is not my cup of tea.

Robby> Actually, I did read Cyber-Samurai saga to the end, and I skimmed the Moon Eyes trilogy in the store (it didn't interest me enough to buy it).
BTW, you think after a while they'd run out of "powers unlike any we've seen before" on DBZ, yanno? <:) And I too liked "Last Action Hero," flaws aside.

X-Men Film> Toad's gonna be in the film? Well, my expectations just lowered into the negative range...

WB Gunjack! Seems you've had interesting times since G99... :)

Demona May> Hey! :) Nice to seeya- did the Gargoyles Encyclopedia get through okay? It bounced back the image files, but I thought the texts got through...

Where's Jackal?

Stephen> Congrats on the inspirational flash! :)

Running with Scissors> Bought this earlier this week (along with a Beast Wars Transmetal 2 Prowl)- I like it! :D Esp. the Horoscope and Jerry Springer ones. :)

WB, Doug! :)

SJ> Ugh. :/ Guess we'll see you in a week- hope your vacation isn't too terrible. <:)

The Real Ghostbusters> This was my fave show after Transformers was over. :) It was one of the few shows I've seen that never really went bad before it ended- it maintained wit and good stories all the way through. :) Now, the spinoff "Slimer!" is a different story...

Christine> *L* LOVE the Sith ad! :D

Mary Flanders> Congrats on getting out of summer school! :)

WB Warpmind! :)

Website Update (You KNEW this was coming)> The Registry itself is ready, I'm debating whether I should post new statistics or wait until another time... I'm waiting on a fixed version of one fanfic, and need to ask about some links... TGE has entries written but not HTMLized... but hopefully, I can finish it all by Sunday. :)

BTW... check out this site! http://search.gargoyles.ch/ It's
great... :)
JEB - [JEB215@aol.com]
Friday, July 30, 1999 07:02:59 PM
IP: 98ad7a96.ipt.aol.com

David G>> read your story again from the archives, and I am still very impressed with the fight scenes--esp. the one I pointed out to you before.

Quest for Camelot>> My girls liked it, I enjoyed both part of the animation and the songs. It is directed towards elemetary aged kids. My 5 yr old ended up in my lap for the scary scenes. There are some really fun scene stealers from other movies like Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry stuff (It's corny, but if your just going to enjoy, it can be fun)

The mutant buzzard was a griffin, some of the best animation is of the griffon in action.


Delphi - [cmiller@magiclink.com]
Twin Falls, Idaho
Friday, July 30, 1999 06:43:01 PM
IP: 207.14.200.174

Aaron & Grahme- If I'm ever in San Antontio, or you in Houston-- look me up! :)
Jenna - [theamazingjenna@hotmail.com]
Friday, July 30, 1999 05:16:10 PM
IP: unknown-31-157.glm.com

Grahme>Hindsight is always 60-20 isn't it. Oh well, maybe you, me, and Robby can be the San Antonio contingent at G2K.

Later.


Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Friday, July 30, 1999 05:13:15 PM
IP: ppp-120.tnt-1.sat.smartworld.net

Aaron. You live in San Antonio too. Cool. You could have come with me to the Gathering.
Graeme - [jmiller@netxpress.com]
San Antonio, tx, usa
Friday, July 30, 1999 04:58:10 PM
IP: jmiller.pub.swri.edu

Warpmind> Oh gee, thanks. Like he wasn't bad enough before.

Grahme> Actually, that is the link for an interesting set of pic, but it's not the ones with you in them. This is the link to Agamemnon's pics, which I remember seeing you in.

Later.

Aaron leaves again, whistling Bob Seager's "You'll A'compn'y Me."


Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Friday, July 30, 1999 04:52:39 PM
IP: ppp-120.tnt-1.sat.smartworld.net

Graeme> Arron posted some Gathering pics back on tuesday or so. I think there was one of you. Click my name for the URL (I've always wanted to try this thing). If that doesn't work, just scroll down till you find it.

Ironwolf> Like I said, I've played in good Werewolf games. I just know lots of power gamers who like the big claws and all the cool magic powers. The ones I know don't necessaraly represent all Werewolf players very well, and I didn't mean to imply that they did.

Delphi> Was Quest for Camelot any good? I saw the dragon, and the mutant buzzard, and I was too afraid to watch the movie.
David G. - [david_goodner@yahoo.com]
Arlington, TX, USA
Friday, July 30, 1999 04:42:12 PM
IP: 198.215.20.3

Hi everyone. I am trying to find someone who has pictures and/or video of me as Graeme at the Gathering 99. Since I was in the costume contest I don't have any pics or video. Please contact me. I'll pay for copies or tapes.
Thanks.
Graeme - [jmiller@netxpress.com]
San Antonio, tx, USA
Friday, July 30, 1999 04:17:12 PM
IP: jmiller.pub.swri.edu

Werewolf> I am afraid I have to disagree about this only appealing to power gamers. You get that type in every game. I have played many a game were there was no dice rolling just role playing. The concepts works best If all the characters are cubs. You then mix the pack thoroughly (me I was a 2 year old wolf red talon). Just trying to get the pack to fit in different environments is huge amount of role-play. Just imagine trying to get a wolf to were shoes or the city boy to eat a raw rabbit! After a while the characters grow and expand. I learned to pass for human by a Fianna, and he learned about wolves from me. We both like to Brawl but he did it as a human and me as a wolf (we rolled around on the floor fighting each other for fun) As for politics there plenty of that too. It seems to me that David and Wrymwolf just found a bad Gm or bad group.

have anyone heard of Wing chung
Ironwolf
Friday, July 30, 1999 03:13:22 PM
IP: host-209-214-41-212.cha.bellsouth.net

************Warning, shamless begging *******************

Hello! For thoes of you who have had to listen to me rattle on and on in the s8 CR, well...you will just have to listen to rattle on in here too. :P

Now I'm begging and pleading for people who have not signed up for the G2K mailing list to do so. pleasepleaseplease!
This list is used for the Newsletter, announcements and other information related to the gathering.
*********end shamless begging.***************************

Vanessa - [gathering2k@hotmail.com]
Friday, July 30, 1999 03:10:08 PM
IP: 125door219.door.net

**Drags his tattered body using one finger, raspy breath, torn flesh**
I'm back... and I live still.
**Restores medical status to normal**

Anyway, this past week has ben a heck of a lot of fun, and I learned a few amusing blocks, punches and kicks (most blocks actually). Now, having the high-level code of Honor that I have, I am unable to use these highly destructive tricks unless in danger etc. But that is of no matter... I still have a younger sister to practice on ;)

Anyway, that friend of mine has started developing a new "way" within Kung-Fu. I presume some of you are familiar with some of the "ways" in the Art, like the Way of the Tiger, the Way of the Monkey, and so on... my friend is crafting the Way of the Chicken: Cluck-Fu. I kid ye not, it really looks scary when he starts.

Well, got a week to catch up on, so I better do some work around here, but first, I have a bone to pick with DC, now that I've at least seen clips from SW:TPM.

**DC MUTATION IMMINENT**
Warpmind pulls up a 15-foot whip and uses it to catch DC. He then pulls up an ancient scroll and starts talking gently to DC. "Well, chum, it seems we have unfinished business again... but fear not, I do not intend to kill you... this time. This spell is far worse... faaaaaaar worse." Warpmind chants, focuses his gaze on DC, and grins. "Thy existence offendeth me, know ye this; This spell doth changeth what that is; The target be what caster thinks; So rise ye now... as Jar Jar Binks!" DC twists and shrieks, then slowly starts to change appearance. Where once a vicious digital demon stood, an incredible annoyance has taken place. "I'll leave you here for others to play with. So long."
**DC MORPH ENDED**

Until later, folks.
Warpmind de InzanE - [de_InzanE@xoommail.com]
Middle, Nowhere, Norway
Friday, July 30, 1999 02:24:07 PM
IP: mp-217-239-119.daxnet.no

*enters the room doing back flips* FREE AT LAST! FREE AT LAST! THANK GOD ALMIGHTY, FREE AT LAST!!!!! *throws confetti everywhere* Summer school is over!!!!!!!!!!!!! *calms down* That's all I have to say. I'll come back later when I have other stuff to tell you guys. :)

*exits doing back flips*
Mary Flanders
Friday, July 30, 1999 01:44:05 PM
IP: stk-ts3-h2-20-83.ispmodems.net

Denis> Thanks for the compliment. Glorianna is a recurring character, though I'm not sure how soon she'll show up again. I'm still plotting the storyline where she meets her mother...

I've played Werewolf and role-played before. The trick is not to get bogged down in the rules. You've got to think of them as being there if you need them, but in the background. Most Werewolf players I know do tend to be powergamers, though.

For sheer roleplaying, the best is probably Wraith, but get permission from your therapist first.
David G. - [david_goodner@yahoo.com]
Arlington, TX, USA
Friday, July 30, 1999 12:44:40 PM
IP: 198.215.20.3

Christine-- thanks for posting the dark side want-ad!!! Me and my coworker got a kick out of it! :)
Jenna
Friday, July 30, 1999 12:39:12 PM
IP: unknown-31-157.glm.com

Ironwolf> WEREWOLF?! Man this is a game for power players! (what we call in french "Gros Bill". don't ask!). I tried a couple of times, and sorry, but, there's no RP possible, it's just dices rolls after dices rolls.
Mage is better, on that aspect. Sometimes, my ST doesn't ask me to roll the Avere, if the coincidence is convincing enough (though try to find a good explanation for the use of the Spheres Mind or Time).
I once played a spy of the NWO who was undercover among a Cabal of traditions magi, who pretended to be a Virtual Adept. after the Chronicles the characters who still lived...have been arrested by the technocracy. ain't I evil?

Demona May> Welcome in the TGS CR, sister dearest! have fun here!

***Freelance #2 SPOILERS***

David G> the new Freelance story kicked ass! I hope to read more ofit soon. Glorianna's really a nice lady. Will she be a recuring character in your fanfic series.?

The Witch Taker guy was cool too. Great works

***SPOILER ENDS***

Post ends

later!
Denis "Wyrmwolf" De Plaen - [wyrmwolf@caramail.com]
Friday, July 30, 1999 12:28:54 PM
IP: ppp-bruxelles-1-61.infonie.be

I got this from one of the Pyramid discussion groups; have no clue where that person got it. Read and enjoy!

Immediate Employment
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Position Available Immediately: Apprentice Sith Lord, Dark Side Consulting Group.

An unexpected position has opened up in the Dark Side Consulting Group for an Apprentice Sith Lord. The ideal candidate for this position would like galactic travel and possess a complete understanding of, and competence with the Force, or demonstrate a willingness to learn.

Duties include: Performing competitive intelligence, hands-on intervention in support of the Sith Master's planning initiatives, ability to travel the galaxy widely, and operating a variety of laser-powered hand weapons and high-powered space/air vehicles. Some slaying of enemies of the Dark Side is also required, which may be performed using the Force or hand weapons.

Qualified applicants would possess good communications skills (especially when speaking in menacing whispers), and would be action-oriented individuals and risk takers. A background in study of the Force (light side or dark) is desirable, as would typically be acquired by those with advanced degrees or significant course work in Jedi Arts from the University of Coruscant.

Applicants should also be familiar with holographic projection equipment, possess a valid galactic pilot's license (for all classes of ships), and must show a willingness to give in to their hate. A proven track record of using fear and/or Jedi mind tricks to control
others is also desirable, as is the ability to speak several galactic languages. Ideal candidates for this position would also have no children or other living relatives who are strong in the ways of the Force. (A new hire would be given several weeks to meet this requirement.)

Compensation for this position is commensurate with experience, and is extremely competitive for this field. Benefits include a generous severance package, a company starship, and a dark-colored clothing allowance. The Apprentice Sith Lord reports to and works closely with
the Sith Master, and experience in such small, team-based
organizations is vital to the success of the master's plans.
Discretion is also highly valued, as is the ability to see the future before it happens. Applications will be accepted until the end of July. Transmit them to jobs@darkside.com.

*****************************************************

Dark Side CG (TM) is a small and highly-focused organization, founded a long time ago in a galaxy far away. Our core values reflect the short-term advantages of harnessing hatred for institutional power and the long-term desirability of controlling the galaxy. We provide
direction to our partner organizations through knowledge management, incident control and our rapid on-site intervention expertise. Our partnered organizations include the Imperial Senate, the Hutt Gambling
Collective of Tattooine, and many large software companies.

Dark Side CG (TM) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft.

=======================

(acquired from the Internet)
Christine - [vecna@eskimo.com]
Friday, July 30, 1999 12:27:43 PM
IP: vecna.ndip.eskimo.net

Pistoff > I know this isn't really comforting, but at least they didn't send you a form letter! Unless that _is_ their company form letter, which would really bite ... worse than the one I got with the typo, wishing me best of luck placing my wok elsewhere ...

Sorow and Delphi > thanks!

Aaron > Makes me wonder if Brendan and Margot started dating in college ... I may just have to go back and do a story about them! ; )

Kewlness > okay, writing and drawing, we're all pretty clever ... but sometimes things come along that stand out shiningly. Coyote's window decals were last month's Bitchin' Clever Thing, but the honor for July goes to Jessie Feff, who mailed me paper doll versions of Aiden and Birdie. I will be scanning them soon so all can see. What a hoot!

Next post will take up a huge amount of space but I just had to share it ...

Christine - [vecna@eskimo.com]
Friday, July 30, 1999 12:24:06 PM
IP: vecna.ndip.eskimo.net

Hi ya'll, got a quick question for Crusade fans - Who is the actor that play the technomage on the series ( can't think of his name at the momment) I took the kids to the movies yesterday and the villian in Quest for Camelot sounded so much like him.

gotta go, see ya'll later
Delphi - [cmiller@magiclink.com]
Twin Falls, Idaho
Friday, July 30, 1999 12:06:37 PM
IP: 207.14.195.154

Batman:TAS> In the first season of the series. Before Two-Face the man was Harvey Dent, Gotham's dashing DA. He shared Gordon's view that Batman wasn't all bad. In the episode the introduced Poison Ivy. She had it in for Harvey for plowing under an island to build a prison, Stonegate. She seduced him and then kissed him with poison lipstick made from the extract of a rose bush that was plowed under by the construction. So there is a bit of bad blood between them.

The Real Ghostbusters> Me I loved the snappy comebacks. I guess thats why I take to Brooklyn and Xander so readily. One of my favorite comebacks was when Peter had to stare down a passel of Scottish ghosts who saw his date as the personification of his long lost love. "This is New York, pal. You don't abduct someone with out asking first." As the dragons would say, "Bold as brass and twice as bright.
taleweaver - [taleweaver@usa.net]
Friday, July 30, 1999 10:40:44 AM
IP: dialup-209.244.72.108.losangeles1.level3.net

I recall a few of those Stracinski (sp?) "Real Ghostbusters" episodes. One of them involved a man trying to call down Ragnarok on the world with a magic flute; the part of it that really made me stand up and take notice - and which I still recall - was that when he was invoking the "dark ones" at the beginning to get the flute from them, the spell that he used was the Ring-Inscription from "The Lord of the Rings" (Ash nazg durbatuluk, ash nazg gimbatul, etc.). Kind of appropriate, actually.

One thing that I rather liked about that series, by the way, was their use of a lot of "real" mythological beings in it, some familiar (banshees, vampires, werewolves, gremlins), and some less so (such as Necksa, ruler of the undines or water elementals, or Samhain, the personification of Halloween in ancient Ireland - I might add that one of my favorite bits of the Samhain episode was at the end when the Ghostbusters finally imprisoned him in the containment unit, look in expecting to see him raging at his captivity with all the other ghosts, but instead he's simply sitting down to patiently await for his release, the same way that he did last time that he was imprisoned. A very effective touch).

DANCING MONKEYS - I think that I'd better not see this one, not if I want to preserve my sanity. (I also earlier deliberately avoided the dancing hamsters site when word of it first reached Station 8). There are some things that humanity is better off not knowing about....

Incidentally, this is a question that I've been wondering for some time and thought I'd better ask this room, since I know that there are a few "Batman:TAS" fans in here. A couple of the "Batman:TAS" episodes that I've seen indicated that there was some sort of past history between Poison Ivy and Two-Face, which Two-Face, at least, does not have fond memories of. Does anybody know what this was about? If there was an episode that involved their past connection, I never saw it.
Todd Jensen - [merlyn@ninenet.com]
St. Louis, MO
Friday, July 30, 1999 10:25:47 AM
IP: sys.slpl.lib.mo.us

Coyote-- my well wishes go with you. Hang in there.

Demona May- got your em! About Thailog & deliah pic--wow! Beautiful!!

Shauntell-- Hugs to ya girl!

Aaron=-- you gonna see blair witch this weekend? If so, get ready to be scared!

Later all!!! :)
Jenna
Friday, July 30, 1999 10:21:05 AM
IP: unknown-31-157.glm.com

MALKAVIANS > I have a great story form a live action game a friend played one to a tee. Here is a sample conversation.
Player one: You lie
My friend looks around “no I Stand”
Player one” huh no I huh Who do You follow” tries to look menacing after getting rid of the confused look
My friend: “I follow no one.”
Player one: “you follow someone and you know what I mean”
My friend: “it is true I follow my nose it always knows” Triumphant look on his face
Player one: “nonnonononono”
My friend: “nosenose nosenosenose”
15 minutes of this and player one had to go lay down and then was accused of lying
I like Werewolf better than vampire as a matter of fact it goes in this order
1werewolf
2mage
3wraith
4vampire
I need to get in a werewolf game since this is the year of the apocalypse

ironwolf
Friday, July 30, 1999 10:03:16 AM
IP: host-209-214-41-71.cha.bellsouth.net

Heeeeeeeeeeeere's Johnny!

Aaron wanders in, sporting a three-day stubble and twirling a fire axe. He pauses to behead DC with the axe, and then faces the room.

Hehe. Watched The Shining last night. (The Kubrick version) Now that is a scary movie. And no CGI involved whatsoever.

Wilek> I hear you. The list of shows that I've loved and had cancelled is nearly as long as the list of comic books I've loved and had cancelled.

Pistoff> Actually, there are lots of german towns in Texas. The germans came over in boatloads in the 1830s. There was even a german contingent at the alamo.

Robby did ask so, in no particular order, here goes...

Favorite Writers> Cyrway, Stormy, Pistoff, Christine Morgan
Fav Artists> Demona May, CrzyDemona, Cyrway
Fave Cycle> Clone Wars (Cyrway) G2K (Pistoff)
Individual Stories> Two Minutes to Midnight(G2K), Ambient Anarchists(Cyrway)
Fave Artwork>Don't make me pick.
Fave Male Character> Vince Kozlowski(G2K) Smith and Wesson(Cyrway), Loki(TGS), Wagner(Stormy) and Brooklyn from almost anywhere but Matt Watson's fics.
Fave Female Characters> Demona(G2K and any Brooklyn/Demona verse) Eddie(Cyrway) Birdie Yale(Christine)
Fave Villains> Demona, Loki

Just realized something yesterday. In Christine's 'verse at least, Brendan went to Harvard and married a woman named Yale. Can't you get kicked out of the alumni association for that?

Later

Aaron wanders away, singing Fluffy's "Too Famous"


Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Friday, July 30, 1999 10:02:12 AM
IP: ppp-246.tnt-1.sat.smartworld.net

I like Highlander: the Raven. I didn't know it was still going on though. Blast why must they have put it in a worse time slot? It used to be on at Sunday afternoon at 3 on chanel 13.
James Birdsong - [LennexMacDuff@yahoo.com]
San Diego, CA, USA
Friday, July 30, 1999 10:00:57 AM
IP: dt041n34.san.rr.com

Still here, at least for the day. There's a chance the trip may be *postponed*....I'd like it canceled, but I'll take what I can get. I'll have to wait and see.

This is just a quick post about the LORD OF THE RINGS!!!!!

Apperently, Peter Jackson has "unofficially" (although insiders confirm it) cast an lesser known, or "unknown" Irish actor by the name of STUART TOWNSEND as everyone's favorite, ARAGORN.
I kind of like this. Pete always said he wanted to cast a few unknowns in these films, and I have faith that Mr. Townsend will do good. And I trust Peter in his casting--years ago he cast Kate Winslet in his film "Heavenly Creatures", and she was but an unknown then, so believe me, he knows how to pick talent.
Click on my name link to see a pic of the new Aragorn!

Wilek: Thanks for going along with the RP. :) Oh, and not only did that monkey site fill me with a soul-depressing, mind-numbing terror, but it actually froze up my browser!!! ;-)
Sevarius Jr. - [bpoole@mailexcite.com]
Friday, July 30, 1999 09:35:14 AM
IP: 207-172-119-54.s54.tnt2.brd.va.dialup.rcn.com

JMS on Ghostbusters> I remember an ep he wrote for the show. It was about these construction workers who are digging a tunnel and come across a massive door with a demon face that tells them "Do not open until Doomsday" Of course they do open it, and a horde of ghosts and other assorted monstrosities descend on New York, and the GBs come along and close it, and they all rejoiced...
Pretty typical fare for the show. Though the image of the demon door reapeting it's message is kind of freaky.

Harlan Ellison> Can't say I've read his work. But most of the SF people I know do admire him for his total (if brutal)honesty.
I did have a friend recount a Harlan con story to me:

Somehow, the con staff had lost Harlan. They had no idea where he was and they tore the hotel apart looking for him.
Fially, somebody in a room called them and told them they thought the guest of honor was passed out on their couch.
"Is he drunk?" They asked.
"Uh, yeah I think so." the guest responded
"Is he threatening to sue anybody?" the staffer asked
"No"
"Then let him stay there..."

Skippy The Klingon - [shakedwn@ultravision.net]
Friday, July 30, 1999 08:14:56 AM
IP: uv1-56.ultravision.net

Hya Demona! :): ...;|:. ...okay...
Exin - [exin@gmx.de]
Germnay, Demona-fan
Friday, July 30, 1999 07:33:31 AM
IP: 193.97.193.250

Hi all!!

Doug:Welcome back!

Demona May:Hi there!

Wilek:AAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!So...cute...the voice....in my head...must kill monkeys!

SJ:You're leaving!Bummer,I see I'm not the only one who hates family enforced vacations.

Pistoff**Whips out cattle prod and chases after Ricky.** "Time to die, you worthless little planarian worm!">>*Sees Pistoff chasing after Ricky and whips out a twin bladed chainsaw*Save some of him for me Pissy!!!*Hurries after them.>:)

C'yas!!
Xanathar
Melbourne, victoria, Australia
Friday, July 30, 1999 06:48:31 AM
IP: 203.29.192.74

Forgot last time> Doug> Welcome back! :D

Pistoff> Yeah, the Fetility Dance is the one that disturbed me the most. But there were one or two that didn't make me want to put the authors on trial for crimes against sentience. Like the Skeleton Dance. :)
Wilek yet again
Friday, July 30, 1999 03:37:09 AM
IP: tnt-2-93-56k.portsmouth.zoomnet.net

Wilek> D'oh! Thanx, heheh...would you believe I never paid that box any attention?

Amazing how the room is moving.
Entity - [cotleur@ix.netcom.com]
Friday, July 30, 1999 03:19:51 AM
IP: ely-oh5-06.ix.netcom.com

Aaaaaaack! That's supposed to be "Robert Patrick *as* the T-1000." Grrrr! I need coffee!
Pissy
Friday, July 30, 1999 03:05:43 AM
IP: wire-18.koalas.com

Coyote: Glad your grandmother is getting the vibes. We'll keep 'em comin'. :)

Doug: Welcome back! Glad you had a good time at the Schlitterbahn...and while waiting in line. ;) And thanks for the nominations. Wow, much more of this, and my head won't fit through the door anymore. <g> I'll be giving you some more feedback as soon as I can get a handle on all the stuff that's going on here. It's been one of those months.... And thanks for the info on the Schlitterbahn and New Braunfels. Heh, a German town...in Texas?! There's a mind-bender... :)

Last Action Hero: One of my favorite scenes is the one in which Arnold tries to punch his fist through the window of a car, and ends up doubled over in pain. "Damn it, that hurt!" hehehee And I also loved the split-second glimpse of Robert Patrick of the T-1000. He comes out of a door and walks off the screen so fast, if you blink at the wrong time you'll miss it.

SJ: Aw, man, gone for a week? Things won't be the same without you. :(

Harlan Ellison: He's one of my heroes. I just love his whole attitude. I miss the segments he did on Sci-Fi Buzz. One of my favorites is the one about the midget who wrote to him and asked him not to call him a midget. "We're 'little people'!" Ellison's response was something like, "I am five-foot-four (or whatever the exact number was). I am a little person. YOU'RE A MIDGET!!!" ;) And his appearences on Politically Incorrect are usually instant classics. :) He's not afraid to piss people off, and everything he says makes perfect sense. (And pissing off Gene Roddenberry and the hordes of Trekkies is a definite plus, too. :) He's a much needed voice of reason in our society. ("O.J. is the whitest dude I know!")

Wilek: Oh gawd, nooooooooooo! **Whips out shotgun and starts blowing the monkeys away** Well, in the tradition of "Punish the Pikachu" and "Hampsterblast," I'm sure we'll soon be seeing these damned monkeys paying a terrible price for their actions on the Assassin website. :)

Entity: Thanks. :) Oh yeah, Captain Power. I forgot about that one. I don't remember much about it either, except for things like the interactive toys that didn't really work much of the time. ;) And I'd love to see that article. Feel free to email it any time you want, my addy is at the end of the post. Thanks! :)

Demona May: Hi ya!!! Glad to see you in here, sis! :D

Wilek again: Ohhhhhh Jesus!! "The Elizabeth Dole Fertility Dance"?!?! Oh gawd, we're all gonna f--kin' diiiiieeeeeee!!!!"
Pistoff - [pistoff@outgun.com]
Friday, July 30, 1999 03:04:10 AM
IP: wire-18.koalas.com

Sorry for the 2X post, but...Click my name only if you can handle visceral terror, ultimate evil, and having your mortality come clearly and blindingly into focus. Ack.
Wilek again
Friday, July 30, 1999 02:40:41 AM
IP: tnt-2-93-56k.portsmouth.zoomnet.net

**LONG RP!**

[On the World Devastator, Miriam takes out the sniper with her vortex rifle Wilek calls for a med-evac for Kari and the Hounds, and soon, a portal to the Avatar Of Ganon forms near SJ and his fallen friends, and several medics from the station step out and carefully lift the wounded warriors onto hovering gurneys for the short trip back. SJ: "They'll recover, right?" A Mon Calamari paramedic replies, "The station's medical facilities are among the best in the galaxy. We can give no guarantees, but their chances are good." The medics step back through the portal with their patients, and SJ hesitates before following them, looking back at the team long enough to say, "You guys show these freaks the price of messing with a Sevarius for me, OK?" Wilek manages to grin evilly, despite the general melancholy of recent events, and nod. SJ steps through the portal, which closes, and Wilek tells the rest of the team, "Come on. We have a Devastator to blow up. What we have to do is use these Borgs' designator circuits--" he proceeds to take the dead Borg-Berg's desingator circuit-- "and use them to pass for authorized personnel." Jake: "Umm...there are only three circuits, and there are a lot more than three of us." Wilek: "I'll go through with two of you and see if there's a way of shutting down the corridor defenses before getting into the engine room."]

**PAUSE RP!**

Taleweaver> <<I'm curious if playing the Dudley Do-Rights of the Galaxy gets them primed and set to play the villians?>> Heh...well, most Federation types don't get to do really disgusting things, so I imagine it's quite a catharsis. :)

Demona May> Hi! :D <<Ya guys, whats happen to the new stories I was hopen there would be more.>> The current season's over, I'm afraid. They'll be back in a few months.

Aaron> <<I watched it once, thought it was cool, and then it wasn't on the next week. An experience I have with distressing frequency.>> You too? A lot of shows I used to love are either gone or simply can't be found. :/

GB> <<You'd be amazed by how many really dirty nun jokes someone learns in Catholic school>> Ugh; I read one once--before realizing how disgusting it was (the only dirty bit was the punchline)--that I'm STILL trying to purge from my mind. <<Don't forget what a red uniform means in the old show on an expedition>> Heh...any thoughts on why they were stupid enough to make red the color of the command division in TNG? That's like painting a target on your chest. 'Hi! Kill me!' Eesh.

WoD fans> I got the 2nd edition of Werewolf: The Apocalypse last night. Heh...the Garou are fun, aren't they? Not as kewl as vampires IMHO, but definitely more fun. :)

Stephen Sobotka> <<Sevarius Jr.? Might I ask your permission to write an adaptaion of yourself into one of my future fanfics?>> You're doing that too? :) <<In a nutshell, the character was a voice actor who was attacked by a Malki, and later said character inherited the Malki's Blood Madness(?). A side affect was that he developed a split personality: his own, and that of one of the voices he did, Da Froot Loop, which manifests in his talking hand...>> That sounds so kewl! :) Heh...when I get around to incorporating the World of Darkness into my own fics, I have to have a few Malkavian characters. I mean, they're so much like us...^_^

Coyote> Glad to hear the good news about your grandmother. :) <continues hoping>

SJ> You're leaving? Ack. Why are so many ppl leaving and coming back lately?! :/ Oh well. <<I really don't want to go.....I've never been a big family vacation fan (if you were part of my family, you'd understand ;).....>> Heh...I can just imagine what trips to the zoo are like. "Dad, stop blow-darting all the animals. Your last lion-gator-monkey-octopus hybrid almost ate the game warden." <G>

Entity> <<I don't wanna post it, and I dunno how to work the name/link feature for the CR>> Well...I'm not sure that it works for newsgroups, but for web sites, simply enter the site's URL (with http:// in front of it) into the URL box. :)

Weird off-topic bit> Anyone here seen The Omen? I now realize there's an odd in-joke in Final Fantasy 7.

**RESUME LONG RP!**

[Wilek, Miriam, and Jake proceed to the far end of the corridor and discover the dead Borg Brendan. Wilek searches the corpse for another designator circuit, but finds that it has been incinerated. Wilek: "Oh well. Now, there should be something over here--a switch, a panel, *something*--that operates the weapons in this corridor. Either that, or the conduit that powers them is over here." Jake: "I don't see any controls, so..." Jake rips a rather important-looking panel from the ceiling, revealing a large glowing red power conduit marked 'Defenses'. Wilek: "Hm...That could be it." Miriam: "Destroying it will be a simple matter, but doing so will cause a plasma leak into this corridor, making it impossible to reach the engine room." Wilek: "Hm...but they probably monitor this kind of thing. They'd probably turn off the power to a ruptured conduit." Miriam: "And this close to the engine room, it would not take long for the damage to register on their systems...We will need to stand clear." The trio move back to the other end of the corridor, and Miriam unleashes a plasma stream from her rifle into the conduit, which explodes spectacularly and releases a fount of lethal energy into the corridor; fortunately our heroes are just out of range. After about fifteen seconds, it is realized that something is wrong, and the conduit stops spewing plasma and the engine room door opens to admit a repair drone. Someone on the team takes it out, and the rest charge the open doorway, ready to face whatever's going to try and kill them here and then destroy the engine core. Wilek: "Doug? It's me. We're in! We've gotten through the engine room's defense corridor, and now we're going to set the charges!" Doug: "How long do we have?" Wilek: "As long as you need; these are remote, not timed. The Avatar's Borg will detonate them using an encrypted frequency as soon as we're done here."] Hey, what can we expect to have to fight in the engine room? :)

**END**
Wilek Nereus
Friday, July 30, 1999 02:37:52 AM
IP: tnt-2-93-56k.portsmouth.zoomnet.net

Oookay, now this is soooo bugging me. What is the music on that minkey dance thing from? It's part of a soundtrack for a movie or something right? HELP! Or it's gonna bug me the rest of the night!
Llewwellyn Gaelfire - [llewwellyn@hotmail.com]
Friday, July 30, 1999 02:22:57 AM
IP: ctrts3-3.mrs.umn.edu

****RP!!!!****
Jaden had finally been able to find where his friends had gone.
"I wish I had time for find my axe...and get some new clothes, these rags smell to much like burnt me."
He finds a trail of dead borg bodies leading to what sounds like a battle.
"Hmmmm.. I wonder where they could have gone." Jaden mentally kicks himself for asking such a stupid question and follows the trail.
****END RP!!!****

Hey everyone! Just thought I'd stop by and tell you that I am still here. Havn't disappeared off the face of the Earth yet. I've just been very busy and my time on the internet was cut short. Been going out of my mind with withdrawl.

Fav. Writers-Coyote and Christine...and everyone else.
Fav. Artist-Crzy
Fav. Cycle-Tgs (OF course)
Fav. stories-I really don't have time to list them all.
Fav. Male Characters-Just about all the good guys.
Fav. Female Characters-Angela, Demona, Elisa, and on and on
Fav. Villains- Thailog

Ok...gotta go. See ya later!
Jaden - [jaden12@hotmail.com]
Los Alamos, CA
Friday, July 30, 1999 02:00:49 AM
IP: pm1-42.vpop1.avtel.net

Entity: You're welcome. And Re-emergence is btw the main reason you made the list. :)

Green Baron: You've vanished from IM somehow, I don't know what's going on. Just so you know I'm getting off now, we can talk again tomorrow night or Saturday. We'll pick up the RP planning conversation then. Later.
Doug
Friday, July 30, 1999 01:39:04 AM
IP: pool-209-138-63-211.dlls.grid.net

MrNoying> Na I'm not a stranger I just lost some time. Oh I just sent off your comic it will be at the mail very soon. And No I did not touch them.

Skippy> Hello!

Jenna> Hello!

Every Body > Hello!

Hear Ya later ;-D
Demona May - [realdemona@duesouth.net]
Aiken, SC
Friday, July 30, 1999 01:39:02 AM
IP: 216-98-11-16.p01.aiken.sc.da.duesouth.net

Robby> Thanx a bunch, that e-mail will be coming soon. :)

Pistoff> Heheh, cute scenario. ;) I had heard that jms worked on He Man and Ghostbusters. He also worked on Captain Power too...unfortunately, I only have very vague memories of that show. I do know that I used to have the bed sheets for it, tho ;)

I read in a Babylon 5 Behind-the-Scenes book that in a novel jms wrote in 1990, he had a character state that "Babylon 5" was his favorite TV show.

Which reminds me, there was an article about sci-fi TV and where it stands at this point, with some excerpts from jms, that I ran into on a newsgroup by chance. Pretty fascinating. Only problem is its pretty long so I don't wanna post it, and I dunno how to work the name/link feature for the CR, so... I guess, if you wanna see it, feel free to e-mail me. :)

Last Action Hero> I don't know what everyone had against this film when it came out. Seems _nobody_ liked it. The critics hated it. The audiences hated it. And practically every spoof-series did an unfavorable spoof on it. I thought it was pretty decent.

SJ> Where ya headed?

Doug> Dunno if you realize it, but you have made my day! That is, assuming you didn't make a typo, or that there's another person named after the basic identification for life. I've got this whole skin-tingling feeling going right now. My ego very, very, very much thanks you. :)
Entity
Friday, July 30, 1999 01:36:41 AM
IP: ely-oh5-06.ix.netcom.com

Wilek- I don't know what's worse... That someone was sick enough and had the free time to create that, or that fact that someone was INSPIRED by the hampster dance...
Robby
Friday, July 30, 1999 12:24:21 AM
IP: spider-we042.proxy.aol.com

Real post later. <staggers off shuddering at the horrors of the site at his name link>
Wilek - [<--OH MERCIFUL GAIA, NOOO!!!!!]
Friday, July 30, 1999 12:12:18 AM
IP: tnt-2-93-56k.portsmouth.zoomnet.net

****BEGIN RP*****
SJ quickly kneels by the fallen Kari. He checked her pulse--it was there, but it was very weak. She was breathing, but it was erratic and slow.
"Kari? Kari? Answer me! Answer me, please!" He was in a near panic. "Damn it!!!"
Wilek came over and crouched down beside him. "How is she?" he asked, concern in his voice.
"Not good," SJ muttered, his voice cracking. "She....it looks like she took a blast to the chest."
"Can you help her?"
"N-No. I may have some experience in medicine, but her injuries are too severe. She's still alive....I guess due to her powers....but if we don't get her to a medical facility fast, she's not going to make it."
*****PAUSE RP FOR NOW*****

Bad News folks.....It looks as if there's going to be a sort of family vacation thing comin' up in the ol' Sevarius homestead....and I'm not sure if I can get out of it. That means that I may leave town as early as tomorrow, and be gone for over a week....meaning I wouldn't get back till the weekend after next (roughly the 8 or 9th of August). I really don't want to go.....I've never been a big family vacation fan (if you were part of my family, you'd understand ;).....but I don't think I'll get out of it. So if you guys see me disappear for a while, that's where I'll be.
BTW, to all RP folks, I'm sorry to have to do this, but I'll have to drop out of the RP until I get back. If I do wind up staying, things will probably go differently, but as you'll see by my RP tonight, I'm sort of taking my characters out of the equation....till either I get back, or you guys move on to something else, in which you can use my character (but maybe just me) as you see fit. Sorry to let you guys down like this, I really do feel crappy about it....but unfortunatey this is a situation that I don't have much control over. :-(

Coldstone: So, you want to make an adaption of me for your fics? Gee, I feel sorta honored! But hey, you really don't need my permission. Anyway, go right ahead! I'd love to see your take on "The Son of Sevarius"! ;)

Goths: Oh yeah, the Goth wannabee's are the funniest. I have some genuine Goth friends, and they laugh the hardest at them. My favorite? The kind of wannabee that always go "My life is so miserable, I only want to be left alone!!!" And then, of course, they dress like Death everyday, *really* overdoing the Goth attire, with pasty white faces and black leather.....gee, now *that's* a sure fire way not to draw attention to yourself!

Malkavians: I always hate it when this clan is played sort of like the fun-lovin' goofballs. I mean, I know some players who spend their Malk days just playin' pranks. Malks should, IMO, be on average pretty screwed up, if not latent psychotics. Like "Ghouls: Fatal Addiction" says about the Malks--"God, they're terrifying." That's probably why all my Malk's turn out pretty twisted ;)

Kindred: The Embraced--I thought this was actually a pretty damn good show...but it was aired on Fox, so it really had no chance whatsoever to survive. Fox cancels all it's good, interesting shows if they fail to win their timeslot for the first 3 episodes.....such as Brimstone earlier this year. Hello! Some shows, especially genre shows, need to develop a following before they rake in those high ratings. Kindred may not have drawn in those X-Files numbers (and those X-numbers themselves have dropped lately), but it was a well-acted, nicely-written, and downright intriguing show. It deserved a whole season at the very least, but it didn't even get that.

Last Action Hero: I too was surprised by this movie. Everyone I know told me it was a piece of crap...and truth be told, it did have some very awkward, and downright stupid moments and concepts ("Magic ticket my ass, McBain!"). But overall, it was a lot of fun! Some cool villains, some funny little tidbits ("Hey! _That's_ the guy who killed Amadeus!"), and some cool stunts. It was a pretty fun movie. :)

Highlander: The Raven--Ugh. I can only hope that this show doesn't get renewed for a second season. I never liked Amanda that much in the original series, and never thought her character deserved a spinoff show of her own. But I tried to be objective and watch the new show. I made it through about 10 minutes of the first episode, and had to turn the channel.

Harlan Ellison: I could sing this guy's praises all night....He is one of my top five favorite authors of all time, and I think he's one of the greatest genre authors living today. Even though his views are often diametrically opposed to mine (hell, his views are often opposed to everyone), I still think he's the greatest. Most people either love or hate the guy...usually hate....but I'm one of his biggest fans. His work has both inspired and moved me, and I challenge anyone to read something like "Mefisto in Onyx" or "Paladin of the Lost Hour" and not be impressed. He's one of the people who have actually inspired me to put pen to paper myself, even though I'll never in a million years be as good as he is. I'd recommend those of you who aren't familiar with his work, go check out some of his stuff at the library. You won't be disappointed. :)

****RESUME RP*****
SJ looked at Wilek. "Can you get me and her back to the Avatar?"
Wilek looked surprised. "Uh, yeah, I guess."
"Good....I'm going with her. I'll take the Hounds too."
"Are you sure?"
"I...I'm sorry to have to leave you like this. But in the last ten minutes I've seen three individuals I care about deeply become critically wounded. I....I can't abandon them. I have to go with her...to go with all of them. I'll try to make it back if their condition improves."
Wilek saw the desperation in SJ's eyes, and knew he had to help. He nodded. "I'll see what I can do. But don't worry--we won't lose her. We won't lose any of them."
*****END RP FOR NOW****

Sevarius Jr. - [bpoole@mailexcite.com]
Thursday, July 29, 1999 11:37:50 PM
IP: 207-172-70-88.s88.tnt11.brd.va.dialup.rcn.com

Quickie...
Doug> Am I a big fan of the original Highlander!!!!????
My mother and I taped *all* of the eps! That adds up to a full forty tapes worth!
SOROW
Thursday, July 29, 1999 11:31:30 PM
IP: usr11-dialup98.mix1.irving.cw.net

Really slow room today! I don't have anything new to report except tonight was a "girl's night out" and I was *definately not* Little Miss Modesty! ;)

Coyote> I'm very relieved that your grandmother is gettin' the vibes! HUGZ
SOROW
Thursday, July 29, 1999 11:27:00 PM
IP: usr11-dialup98.mix1.irving.cw.net

**LONG RP WARNINGS**

"Okay, Agent Rho," Gubio says into his communicator. "We'll depend on Doug and SJ to disable the Wave Cannon. Tricia, Steph, and I will keep trying to take out the turbolasers." "Good," Rho replies. "Carry on." The Ravens' computer expert nods and hangs up, then targets the next laser Stephanie indicates. Just as he takes aim, there is suddenly a loud scathing cry from near them. "Halt!" "Excuse me?" Stephanie asks, turning around to face the shouter. It turns out to be a Borgified version of the Highlander immortal Amanda (the whitehaired one from Highlander- The Raven) standing ready with sword drawn. Next to her is a Borg drone of Nick Wolfe (also from that show) and several Borg-Huns. They rush to engage Tricia and Gubio, while Amanda approaches Stephanie. She draws back her hand and slaps the other immortal across the face. "I challenge you to a duel!" Kit's sister grins back and slaps Borg-Amanda back hard, nearly knocking her down. "I accept." (Men in Tights reference here.)

The display switches to inside the Devastator's control room, where Doug, Kitainia, Jammer, Shap, Shauna, Lathrop, Orion, Keith, Boris, and Elena are facing down Guod and his main minions. These minions consist of Borgis, Butt-Borg, their friend Borg-Stuart and his parents, a Borgified version of Howard Stern, and four awful no-talent yet popular DJs from an Austin station. There are also several Borg who aren't immediately recognizable (but may become so as the battle goes on). "Attack!" Guod commands the minions again, and they immediately rush to engage the Ravens. "I have to say, pal," Austin DJ JB Hager says to Keith. "Your voice is very familiar." "I recognize it, JB," another DJ named Sandy Rivers jumps in. "He's that guy who hates our show and often calls in to cynically protest everything about it." "That's true," Keith grins, taking a mock bow. "I don't like people who insist on broadcasting stupid and unfunny toilet humor, unnecessarily long and elaborate uninteresting stories, and the like all morning on a radio station when it would be far better to play music." "We play plenty of music!" their co-host Bridget insists. "Yeah," says Elena, "but it's rare. And most of it's your original not-so-good filks, or songs from some awful group that most of your decent listeners don't like. Your station is one of the best in Austin most of the time, but all morning it rots because of you." "And it doesn't help that they have to broadcast lots of commercials for your show full of your awful humor all day long too!" Shap agrees. "Okay, that does it!" Funky (the psycho member of JB and Sandy's crew) yells, bursting out of nearly all his clothes via a Hulk Hogan Muscle-Flex and standing before the Ravens in his underwear. "Get ready to face the awesomely embarrassing power of Thong-Man!!" He and the other Borg rush to the attack.

**RP BATTLE WILL BE CONTINUED IN A MINUTE, NOW IT'S TIME TO POST**

Hi everyone. Kit and I just got back from Schlitterbahn a few hours ago. We had a great time. The water was very refreshing in this hot summer, and there were lots of people around the park who looked nice in bathing suits. <grin> The lines were also long enough to allow lots of time for intelligent conversation and making out while we waited in them and not too long to try our patience. That was a very good thing. :) As for the rides, all the ones we went on were pretty much fun. Some, however, were WAY too slow (the Raging River in particular needs a new name, and the Cliffhanger should have had more cliffs and less hanging). Others were too short (the Black Knight was an example of this, IMO any ride with that name and full of so many long dark tunnels should give ample time for you and your date to do full-blown Garlon and Sekhmet cackles on the way down). Still others, such as the Dragon Blaster, had their filters in shallow spots that made them slightly bruise your buttocks as you jetted over. That's a little painful. :) But overall the park was a great experience. Master Blaster and Whitewater Tube Chute were my favorite rides. We're glad we went, but still it's good to be back home. :)

Fanfic Progress: I'll get back to Eruption tomorrow, have to get more of the scenes visualized. Didn't have much time to do that at Schlitterbahn. :) Hope to get some more feedback on my currently posted fics soon.

SOROW: You hate Raven too, huh? Cool. :) Wonder if you're a big fan of the original Highlander series. If Kit's sister Stephanie (a fanatical Highlander-phobe) and all other Highlander fans I know are any indication, not many fans of the original show like Raven much.

FAVORITE WRITERS: Pistoff, Coyote, Taleweaver, Entity, and Christine.
FAVORITE ARTISTS: Shauntell, Christi, Crzy, Shinga, Cyrway.
FAVORITE CYCLES: TGS Main Cycle, Timedancer Season 2, Pendragon Season 1.
FAVORITE INDIVIDUAL STORIES: Too many to count.
FAVORITE INDIVIDUAL ARTWORKS: Again, too many to count.
FAVORITE MALE CHARACTERS: Harthoth, Brooklyn (Pistoff and Timedancer), Koz, Matt Bluestone (TGS), Xanatos (TGS and original Gargs).
FAVORITE FEMALE CHARACTERS: Elisa (TGS and original Gargs), Angela (ditto), Demona (and again, plus in Pistoff's fics), Aiden, Rosanna (from Coyote's stories), and Asrial.
FAVORITE VILLAINS: Roland, Maeve, Ventura (from Christine's fics), and Thailog (original series and TGS).

Evidence for "The Mirror": My theory on why nobody remembers what happened is that Puck's using the World Trade Center's antenna temporarily shorted out a lot of communications in the New York area (so TV shows broadcast from Manhattan couldn't be seen that night due to technical failure as a byproduct of the magic released). The Illuminati also observed the whole thing through their high-tech surveillance satellites (some of which would probably always be watching New York) and quickly moved in to suppress all evidence of the occurrence once it blew over and everyone got changed back to their original forms.

Coyote: I won't be seeing Stuart Little either. So glad to know your grandmother's much better. Hope she gets out of the hospital soon.

Welcome back to everyone who's returned!

Crystal: Welcome to the CR. Thanks for the update on Deuce's situation and letting us know he's doing alright. Hope he can return to us soon. (When I get the time, I will send him an e-mail. Thanks for the address reminder, Fleur.)

Ironwolf: I too am a fan of Tom Savini's special effects work. If my fics ever got made into TV or movie format, I'd want him to do at least some of the special effects work (and play the role of Issac Taggart from Jadriel's gang).

Dragon Ball Z: Kit and I saw an ep of this in our hotel room at New Braunfels for the first time. It had nice animation and cool villains, but the story was a little predictable or hard to follow at times. The best thing I got out of it was a creativity demon that will soon come up in the RP.

Aaron: I agree with you about Disney's Hook. Fox's was a much better villain, mostly because of their better script. IMO, Dustin Hoffman also pulled off a very memorable preformance. :) I too would want to tape that Jeff and Marina scene.

Fleur: Very interesting creativity demon. :)

Last Action Hero: That's one of my favorite Arnold flicks too. I always gain a new respect for someone when they make fun of themselves and their movies and seem to enjoy it. Benedict was also a very cool villain (he was one of the main inspirations for Jadriel) and there was great humor (my favorite comic moments from the film are the scenes with Whitney and Practice), plot, character development, and fights. I agree that Benedict's plans should have succeeded, too bad they didn't. Maybe in a sequel, some other villain could have got the missing ticket half and carried it out. But that of course became impossible after the film got all those bad reviews, none of which it deserved IMO. Kit and I give it an 8.9/10, thumbs skyhigh. :)

Toad: I've never liked the guy myself, it's disappointing to know he may be one of the main Evil Goons in the X-Men movie. If anyone's curious, I plan to kill Toad off in a less-than-spectacular way sometime in Season 3 of my fics (the story in which it happens will be called "Legacy," which should give you a clue to the method of Toad's death).

Pistoff: Thanks for the compliment, glad you've been enjoying my work. Hope to get feedback from you again very soon. :) Schlitterbahn is in New Braunfels, Texas. A town that was originally founded by German immigrants to our state. That explains the name.

Hmm, guess that's all I had to catch up on. Room is recieving less traffic because of the lack of new eps. <shrugs> Oh well, Kit and I will be back later this week with reviews of Runaway Bride and Deep Blue Sea. Later!

**RESUME THE RP CLIMACTIC BATTLE**

Guod's minions fire their weapons at the Ravens, causing the team to scatter for the nearest cover before they begin shooting back. Guod himself activates his command chair's hover mechanism and floats up to observe the battle from near the control room's ceiling. "You guys handle the lesser Borg," Doug tells his friends. "I want to take care of my evil clone." "Okay, Doug," Kit replies. "Be careful." Doug nods that he will and activates his jetpack, soaring up to face Guod. "Okay, pal," Doug challenges his clone. "By the time this is over, only one of us will be left alive!" "Very well," Guod chuckles. "Let us see which one of us is the superior clone!" With that, he flicks on his command chair's offensive and defensive battle systems. Below them, the other Borg in the control room continue to advance on Kit and the Ravens with her. "This is going to be so much fun!" Borg Howard Stern laughs, extending several disturbing Borg implants that look like sex toys as he approaches Shauna. "I just love darkie broads!" "Die, evil sexist pig," the Ravens' archer snaps, hitting the vulgar radio talk show host with an arrow between the eyes. Unfazed, Stern comes on. Borgis, Butt-Borg, and the Stevensons remain at the rear of their group, the two morons yelling challenges every so often. JB, Sandy, Bridget, and Funky extend their close combat weapon implants and charge the other Ravens, backed up by the other Borg drones (most of whom are assimilated guests from their radio show). "We can win!" Kit yells as she sees Keith and Boris looking unnerved by the great numbers of their enemy. The two Ravens nod and turn back to the fight.

**TO BE CONTINUED, FOR NOW END RP**
Doug - [frostfire@mail.utexas.edu]
Thursday, July 29, 1999 11:20:50 PM
IP: pool-209-138-63-211.dlls.grid.net

Xanathar: I have the same situation where I work. Everything they play on the radio is intolerable--and they play it twelve times every day! AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!

Taleweaver: Regarding the Star Trek cast being villains: In Koenig's case, it could be interpereted as a backlash against all the times Checkov was humiliated for the sake of comic relief... ;)

Aaron: Cool. Just to narrow it down for you, the reference is to a bit of dialogue at the end of Blade Runner. Listen carefully. ;)

Entity: You're welcome. :) And JMS and Greg collaborating would be very cool! JMS has actually worked in animation, as well--he wrote several episodes of He Man and the Masters of the Universe, and The Real Ghostbusters--and he went on to story edit both series. Which brings me to this cute little creativity demon, an alternate ending to the Unseelie War...

Gideon: "Target the Brocken. Fire main guns!!"

And in the Brocken...

Madoc: "What's that sound?"

KABOOM!!!

Green Baron: D'oh! Why didn't I think of that? Oh well, I'll save that one for the next agent who rejects me... ;)

Robby: Ah, thanks. **Whips out cattle prod and chases after Ricky.** "Time to die, you worthless little planarian worm!"
Pistoff - [pistoff@outgun.com]
Thursday, July 29, 1999 10:24:07 PM
IP: wire-21.koalas.com

**enters the room, switching out the candles.**

Please excuse the pic, it matches my frame of mind right now ... cruddy day at work, and with everything happening, it's all starting to weigh down on me.

Status: The small snippet of good news ... my grandmother may be released as early as Tuesday. If she's strong enough, she'll be going to a rehab center for a couple weeks before moving in with my uncle (who works at home, so if anything comes up either him or his wife'll be there). Everyone's goodwill and thoughts is helping ... I think she's gettin' the vibe. :)

Robby: I heard about this, and was hoping it was something new ... unfortunately it's a part of Al's Disney Channel special from '96. While it's still a fun bit (especially when Al's giving Dr. Demento a horsey ride through Central Park), I was hoping it would be something original. **sigh** Ah well ...

Gunjack: Welcome back to everyone's favorite gunrunner! :)

An aside to all the aspiring science fiction ... err, "fantasists" ... in the room: Pick up this month's issue of "Wizard: The Guide to Comics" (#97). It's got an awesome interview with the only current Living God of Science Fiction, Harlan Ellison, and I would certainly follow his advice if he were ever to give me any ... *if* it wouldn't get me alienated from everyone in my community and give me a reputation as a curmudgeon (which Ellison apparently wears as a badge of honor.). I mean, the man's worked successfully with J. Michael Straczynski on "Babylon 5," managed to piss off Gene Roddenberry, and even has a group called "Enemies of Ellison," but you cannot deny that he *is* the man in the science fiction writing community ...

"Kindred: The Embraced": What's even worse about the cancellation of this show is that one of its stars was killed in a motorcycle accident in London only two months after it was cancelled in the US.

Demona May: Nice to see ye, and I love the magnet!

Stephen: Great to hear about the new story, good luck with it.

**sits back in the big chair, sighs, plants his chin in his hand and fixates on the multiple candles' flames.**
Coyote the Bando - [1134@i-is.com]
Algonac, Michigan
Thursday, July 29, 1999 09:39:01 PM
IP: modem4.i-is.com

David G>
<<As to playing Goth- somehow the idea of a bunch of goths standing around in a room pretending to be a bunch of goths makes my brain hurt. :)>>

Under the circumstances, I think that might be passed off as a coping mechanism :)

And just to get further off topic>
I've recently decided to change my Klingon makeup rather drasticly. I'm hoping I can abandon the big rubber forhead in favor of a light weight rubber appliance and little more make up.
Since I don't know of anyone who makes the kind of appliance I want, I've been figuring out a way to do it with
off the shelf makeup supplies. I've sculpted a small piece I think that might work, and if things work out, I might be unveiling Skippy 2.0 at the Arlingcon...good enogh reason to bring the camera if there was one :)


Skippy The Klingon - [shakedwn@ultravision.net]
Thursday, July 29, 1999 08:24:38 PM
IP: uv1-51.ultravision.net

Greetings all... been offline for a day, due to the fact the modem in my Andrea's comp finally gave up the ghost. So we had to wait a day to get a new one installed (thank god for warranties!). Anyway, on with the comments...

MALKAVIANS - Actually, I knew a guy back in Tampa named Adien, who played a Malkavian named "Joey Da Froot Loop". In a nutshell, the character was a voice actor who was attacked by a Malki, and later said character inherited the Malki's Blood Madness(?). A side affect was that he developed a split personality: his own, and that of one of the voices he did, Da Froot Loop, which manifests in his talking hand... Weird huh? Someday I plan to do a character like that in one of my stories.

SPEAKING OF STORIES - I recently had a "thunderbolt" (a moment of supreme inspriration), and I came up with a couple of characters for a short story called "Goldeneyes". I am so psyched! I finished that one, and I have another, and a premise for a novel involving the characters. I think I hit paydirt, folks!

WHILE I'M THINKING - Sevarius Jr.? Might I ask your permission to write an adaptaion of yourself into one of my future fanfics? Please get back to me on this.

DEMONA MAY - Hi there!

Well, that's all for now. Will have more when I finish my second story featuring the characters from "Goldeneyes", "In The Bonekeep"! :)

Maintain and Check Six!
Stephen "Coldstone" Sobotka, Jr. - [scififangargoyle@yahoo.com]
Spokane, WA, USA
Thursday, July 29, 1999 06:49:05 PM
IP: m4.ieway.com

VOTE IN THE FANDOM POLL! Come on people, I'm trying to get at least 40 votes so that its a fairly accurate accumilation of the fandom's pics and at the moment I've only got 18. You don't even need an answer for every category, just one or two! Every vote counts when the numbers are this small, and you mail the vote straight to me so you don't need to worry about offending anybody. come on, there's like only a week left.

Oh and... VISIT STATION EIGHT!

Gunjack- Welcome back!

Pistoff- Ricky Martin's over that way **Points nonchalantly to his left** playing poker with Dis Connect.

Wilek- What would have been really cool in Last Action Hero would be if the villain had dragged out some of Arnold's villain roles, like the original Terminator... But that would been a difficult problem to fix given the time left in the movie...

Demona May- Hiya! Don't be a stranger! But basically, the series are over for the season...

Entity- "Ask Rob about Dragonball"... Yeah, I suppose thats about the case, but while I know a lot about it, I don't claim to know everything, so if I don't know an answer, I'll be honest and say as much. But e-mail me and ask whatever you want, I should be able to answer all reasonable questions.

And yes, the animation is very good on Dragonball. Only 5000 frames per episode like almost all anime, but it does all move. Dragonball was fairly high budget by the time it got to Z. (And some of the movies have really good animation quality.)

Gee, kinda slow today...
Robby - [MrNoying@aol.com]
Thursday, July 29, 1999 06:32:09 PM
IP: spider-wb072.proxy.aol.com

Green Baron <<Still, from what I know of thw Church of Christ, I just can't see Goth and Church of Christ going together, but that's just me :)>> I'm not very typical of my religion. The Doctrine of the Church of Christ is just closest to what I believe. I don't always approve of the way they treat people.

I try to avoid mentioning most of my hobbies at church, since they would just disturb people. :)

That said, most CoC people aren't all that bad. They just tend to be conservative, and react to percieved threats by closing ranks. Once you finally get through the armor, you won't find many better friends.
David G. - [david_goodner@yahoo.com]
Arlington, TX, USA
Thursday, July 29, 1999 05:31:42 PM
IP: 198.215.20.3

(NO new RPs as of now)

David G.<<I also make fun of librarians (my job) and the Church of Christ (my religion).>>
I think everyone does. You'd be amazed by how many really dirty nun jokes someone learns in Catholic school :) Still, from what I know of thw Church of Christ, I just can't see Goth and Church of Christ going together, but that's just me :)

Dark Angel> You're brother could always go for the three-piece suit and bowtie look I sometimes wear. No one copies my fashion sense. I don't know if that's good or bad :|

Gunjack> WB

Taleweaver> Don't forget what a red uniform means in the old show on an expedition :)

Pistoff> You should have thrown her to Ted Kennedy. That si a fate worse than death :)


Green Baron - [greenbaron@hotmail.com]
New Orleans, Louisiana
Thursday, July 29, 1999 05:06:12 PM
IP: 141.164.133.110

Before I say too much more about Goth: the Ennui, I thought I'd better make a statement of intent

For the record, most of my clothes are black, and I've played a few rounds of "My life sucks worse than yours does." (I don't smoke or drink coffee, though) I'm not trying to imply that being a Goth is inherrantly silly, I'm just poking fun at the silliness I find there. I also make fun of librarians (my job) and the Church of Christ (my religion).

I guess what I really mean is that when a group gets so stuffy that they can't make fun of themselves, somebody else has to do it for them.

Now, on to making fun of the Goths again. Here's the list of "Coping Mechanisms" which replace Disciplines. The idea here is that life is so terrible that Goths develope extrordinary powers to deal with all the grim tragic hipness that assails them.

I don't have individual powers for all the Coping mechanisms yet, and would welcome suggestions.

Melodramatics - Your powers of depression allow you to convince others, and even yourself, that your life is much worse than it is. When used correctly, this Coping Mechanism makes other people want to help you, or at least leave you alone. When overused or used badly, they just call you a whiner.

Psychobabble - Masters of this Coping Mechanism are able to convince others to abandon thier own good sense in favor of following the Psychobabbler's (self gratifying) advice.

Insignificance - The masters of Insignificance almost unnoticable. They are unnoticed in crowds, passed over for odious chores, and generally ignored. This Coping Mechanism works differently from all the others. Instead of rolling to turn it on, you must roll to turn it OFF.

Mean Mien - By appearing to be threatening, dangerous, and violent, the masters of this Coping Mechanism manage to avoid ever having to BE violent.

Bad Mojo - The students of this Coping Mechanism study the occult, and human psychology. By combining the two, they are able to take credit for things that would otherwise be remarked as simple twists of fate.

Abuse Threshold - The Goth with this ability has learned to function without sleep, breathe normally in a room full of smoke, live on microwave pizza and beer in perfect health, or at least act like these things aren't a problem.

Hyperactivity - While the Hyperactive Goth can't really move any faster, or do any more than others, he can appear to be far more energetic while he's not doing it. In fact, so long as his activities serve no useful purpose, the master of this Coping Mechanism can accomplish more trivia than anybody else.

Trivial Oracle - The Trivial Oracle has read a lot, and understood less. Still, his vast body of poorly comprehended knowledge, combined with his athoritative manner, convince people to believe his pronouncments regardless of the truth.
David G. - [david_goodner@yahoo.com]
Arlington, TX, USA
Thursday, July 29, 1999 04:37:11 PM
IP: 198.215.20.3

Goths> Personnally, I don't find the Goths funny. I find the huge ammount of Goth wannabees funny. It is my personal experience that every scene out there is filled 90% with wannabees and 10% of people who get very embarrassed that those *things* actually try to pass off as from the same scene as them. It's true of punk rockers, rappers, goths, etc... heck, even hackers have a big wannabee following. (Hint: If the only 'hack' you have under your belt is being able to piss people off on IRC because you can nuke them with a program you found using Lycos search engine, you *are not* a hacker. Sorry kiddo.)

Case in point: my brother, through out his high school years, needed to change his look 5 times because every time he would find something that nobody else was wearing it would take but a few months before a big bunch of dweebs would copy him. He finally said 'To hell with it'. The only option left would have been to wear women clothings :).
DarkAngel
Quebec, Canada
Thursday, July 29, 1999 03:56:12 PM
IP: cs-22.acdi-cida.gc.ca

David G-- your comments about Goths makes me laugh!! We have them all over the place at Houston. My sister in law works in a coffee shop in San Marcus and see them there all the time. Your description was pretty much right on the mark! *L*


Jenna
Thursday, July 29, 1999 03:41:25 PM
IP: unknown-31-157.glm.com

Taleweaver> Heheh, I can't believe I didn't get the uniform joke.... yeesh, especially since I'm one of the biggest advocates for Starfleet to stick to one style. Hmmm...maybe the variances are for the sake of the many member worlds of the Federation, as each race would have its own particular taste in color scheme. Nah...the aliens of Star Trek aren't that unique.

Pistoff> That's his name! Thanx. :) Incidentally, I wonder what Gargoyles would've been like if the show had been co-created by Straczinski. Jms and Greg should collaborate. Wonder how they'd get along... how well their visions and ideas would mesh...

DragonBallZ> Another thing that I've noticed about this series, and really like about it, is that the animation is very good. Unlike a lot of other anime, in which not all parts of the body may move at once... kind of like the old Johny Quest. ;)

Robby> Oooh, an "Ask Rob" for Dragonball! ;) Forgive me for seizing this opportunity just a bit too readily. Hmmm....could I send you an email? I got quite a few inquiries, methinks. :)
Entity
Thursday, July 29, 1999 03:07:07 PM
IP: ely-oh5-02.ix.netcom.com

Aaron-- well it looks like the thinking pose! As for the eyes! If they were white, I'd say you were a garg! hehee!! :P
jENNA
Thursday, July 29, 1999 03:06:41 PM
IP: unknown-31-157.glm.com

Actually, Jenna, I think I'm biting my nails, not doing a thinker pose. Besides, I've got red-eye but it's not focused on the camera, so it looks like I'm possessed by a stoned ghost.

Later.


Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Thursday, July 29, 1999 02:52:33 PM
IP: ppp-210.tnt-1.sat.smartworld.net

Hi folks. I finally figured out why Freelance 2 wouldn't post. Evidently the filenames I was using were too similar. I changed the name of the file from Freelance2.html to Someone.html, and it worked just fine.

While I was at it, I put up a new version of Episode 1 with a complete disclaimer and a better teaser.

Episode 3 should be ready maybe by next weekend.
David G. - [david_goodner@yahoo.com]
Arlington, TX, USA
Thursday, July 29, 1999 02:38:04 PM
IP: 198.215.20.3

Aww Aaron-- that's not that bad--"Aaron: the thinker." hehe :P
Jenna
Thursday, July 29, 1999 01:45:19 PM
IP: unknown-31-157.glm.com

If anyone wants to see a (bad) pic of me at the Gathering, here's the link.

I mean in no way to disparage Agamemnon's abilities as a photographer. He just caught me in a bad pose.

Later.


Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Thursday, July 29, 1999 01:32:06 PM
IP: ppp-210.tnt-1.sat.smartworld.net

Pistoff> Hmmm. Now I have to watch Blade Runner again. And watch Soldier again to see if I can find the EH (Love that movie) If you haven't seen it, Soldier isn't bad. It's not great, but it's worth a $1.50.

Mandolin> I remember Kindred. I watched it once, thought it was cool, and then it wasn't on the next week. An experience I have with distressing frequency.

Gunjack> Welcome back.

Coyote> That's rough. I wish you and your family the best.

Later.


Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Thursday, July 29, 1999 01:12:12 PM
IP: ppp-210.tnt-1.sat.smartworld.net

Bored work is slow so came over here to see whats up. Oh one complaint to the writers of the Dark ages I am hooked and it sucks cause they are all dead. A knew it would happen if I started reading it, but no new stories well I had to get my fix in some how. How did the rest of yall read these? I am starting to get attached to the characters but this little voice keeps saying their dead jim muhahahah. Oh well

Delphi book is on its way I mailed it this morning so if you are lucky you might see it Saturday.

Later gators

Ironwolf
Thursday, July 29, 1999 12:36:45 PM
IP: host-216-78-82-34.cha.bellsouth.net

DemonaMay!! Hello!! I sent you an em. Tried your link, but it didn't work. Is that to your site?

Coyote-- hang in there--I've been there **hugs**

Aaron :P Just teasin' hehehe!!!

Shauntell-- got your em, sweetie, sent you one ! :)



Jenna
Thursday, July 29, 1999 12:22:44 PM
IP: unknown-31-157.glm.com

Hi Ya guys, whats happen to the new stories I was hopen there would be more. But please tell me whats going on around there. Okay Hear Ya Soon Rooerky Guys, Your Rookery Sister, Demona May ;-D
Demona May - [realdemona@duesouth.net]
Aiken, SC, Aiken
Thursday, July 29, 1999 12:03:03 PM
IP: 216-98-11-24.p01.aiken.sc.da.duesouth.net

Howdy: Saw Crusade last night. Good. Great I reserve for something extraordinary. I did like the none too subtle jab at Starfleet uniforms. I must admit more than once I did wonder where did they carry these tricorders and phasers without pockets. And the uniform is so body hugging, I wondered if Riker won the ladies more because his 'intentions' were well known by his uniform more than flashing a charming smile. (No notebooks to hide behind) Gideon's okay, his climbing up there as someone I'd like to lead against the armies of darkness. He's no Sheridan, which I am grateful for (keeps things fresh and unique). Overall I place him on par with Sisko, just above Janeway.

I found an old episode of B5 on my tapes and it did make me wonder though. What is it about Star Trek folk that make them such memorable villians. Between Koenig's Bester, Frakes' Xanatos and Sirtis' Demona, not to mention all the malevolent roles Patrick Stewart's played. I'm curious if playing the Dudley Do-Rights of the Galaxy gets them primed and set to play the villians?
Taleweaver - [taleweaver@usa.net]
Thursday, July 29, 1999 11:51:39 AM
IP: 134.71.32.54

Mandolin> I sure remember Kindred: The Embraced because I watched it last night! Some local cable station got the rights to air it. Yesterday was the episode with that 'Nightstalker' serial killer you just know must be a Malkavian but because whoever created the show seems to want to limit the number of Clans to 5, they say he's a Gangrel. Arghhh!

What I hate is that they filmed 22 episodes for K:TE but North America only got to see 8 of them. At the time, this was the only show I thought had any substance besides Gargoyles and it peeved me to no end that people actually watched something else and that the show bombed.
DarkAngel
Quebec, Canada
Thursday, July 29, 1999 10:35:04 AM
IP: cs-22.acdi-cida.gc.ca

X-men movie> I just have the classic complaint of that I'm sure a live action version of a comic or cartoon won't be half as good as what the movie is based on. Dragonball Z> Not as good as Sailor Moon but half bad. It has it's pros and cons as far as anime goes.
James Birdsong - [LennexMacDuff@yahoo.com]
San Diego, CA, USA
Thursday, July 29, 1999 10:01:15 AM
IP: dt041n34.san.rr.com

Please excuse me while I do something I haven't had a need to do before... until now...

**BEGIN DC DEATH! NO, REALLY!**

DC, wearing a T-shirt that says "Innovative Exchange Inc." is sitting with his feet up on his desk, ignoring the help phone that's ringing off the hook. Suddenly, a red pickup truck crashes through the wall of his office, knocking a bookshelf full of unused software right on top of him. As DC crawls out from beneath the pile, bloodied and bruised, Mandi hops out of the truck, pulls his TV set out of the wall, and smashes it over his head just as he is getting to his feet.

**END DC DEATH!**

Okay, I know it's not too gory, but I'm not as ticked as I could be, and I felt like ripping off Grosse Pointe Blank. Sorry about that - my ISP is shutting down and passed over all its customers to IXI of MD. We got a nice BS memo that sort of forgot to mention the fact that my dialup contact number DOESN'T SEEM TO BE WORKING ANYMORE! So I'm forced to post from work again.

Aaron> Forgot to comment on your Jeff/Marina scene, but LOL! I'd definitely haul ass down to Orlando just to see that!

Coyote> Hang in there. **hugs**

Goth stuff> All of this discussion keeps giving me flashbacks to "Kindred: The Embraced" now. Anyone else remember that show?

Anyway, back to the grind...
Mandolin - [weird_web@hotmail.com]
Thursday, July 29, 1999 09:37:31 AM
IP: ch164-10.apgea.army.mil

Skippy> The Bohemians are the art/music goths. They're the ones who sit around smoking clove cigarettes and drinking espresso while playing the "my life sucks worse than yours does" game, then go home in the BMW's their parents bought for them.

They're also the reason I didn't take an Art major in college.

As to playing Goth- somehow the idea of a bunch of goths standing around in a room pretending to be a bunch of goths makes my brain hurt. :)
David G. - [david_goodner@yahoo.com]
Arlington, TX, USA
Thursday, July 29, 1999 09:14:00 AM
IP: 198.215.20.3

Hi all!!

Coyote:I really don't know what else to say other than to be strong Friend:(

Pistoff:Where's Ricky Martin? I wanna smack that pansy around some more....>>I'll help ya,The radio station that were tuned into at work plays his stuff between 5-10 times a day,I wanna rip out his vocal cords!!

Gunjack Valentine:Welcome back!

WFRR cuts:OH COME ON!!,WFRR was a harmless movie all this censorship is getting out of hand,whats next the Smurfs!?!

C'yas later!
Xanathar
Melbourne, victoria, Australia
Thursday, July 29, 1999 08:43:11 AM
IP: 203.29.192.74

David G>
Aw, come on man! we gotta play this! Especially if it's a LARP.

About the Cliques: Are the Bohemieans the Eurotrash wannabes? One of their objectives in life ought to be to become as French as possible :)

No, Quaz has not responded about the con...


On the subject of G2K, put me on the mailing list if your setting one up....


Skippy The Klingon - [shakedwn@ultravision.net]
Thursday, July 29, 1999 08:35:05 AM
IP: uv1-46.ultravision.net

Xanathar> <<ARh+,HR Giger's retrospective 1964-1984,Visioni di fine millennio and www HR Giger com.>> Ah. Thank you. :)

Aaron> <<What song does the villain globe play?>> Grim Grinning Ghosts from Disney World's Haunted Mansion. Very kewl (and slightly twisted) little song. :)

Ironwolf> <<Wilek nereus you left out a small detail in your plan if the VP is kicked out, your person needs to be elected to one of the senate chair (too long since my last Civics class but I believe the next VP comes from a Senate position or is it a Cabinet?)>> Ah. Thank you; I don't know much about politics (pretty much all I know is that the VP heads the Senate and replaces the President if he is killed or whatever). :}

David G.> <<I've been wondering for a while why Puck hasn't taught Alex a spell to reverse the petrification of Owen's hand...>> Hm...Was the Cauldron a product of mortal magic? Mixing magics is dangerous, I'm told.

Coyote> <<Anyway, they're not going to do any surgery, mainly because they can't get a shunt into her arteries ... they're too small. And the next time they put her on the respirator, they'll only put her on for two days and if there's no improvement ... they'll pull the plug.>> Oh no...I hope things improve. She and you will be in our thoughts. (I said almost that exact thing last time. I'm bad at this. <sigh>)

Robby> <<Heh heh. Last Action Hero... I just saw this for the first time, and I don't care what everybody says, this was a GREAT movie.>> You thought so too? ^_^ I love that movie. The whole magic ticket subplot is a little lame, but the rest of it is so kewl, especially the villain. I wish I could get my claws on the musical score. (Not the 'soundtrack', which for some reason consists mostly of rock/rap garbage that I don't remember even being in the movie). Oh, and...
**SPOILERS FOR LAST ACTION HERO**

...the main bad guy's plan toward the end, for summoning all kinds of movie villains, sounded so kewl. I actually wish he'd been able to go through with it; one of the movie villains he was going to recruit was Count Dracula. Vampire fan that I am, I would have paid to see that. :)

**END**

Robby again> <<Hee, they even have the cliche of cars exploding with one bullet!>> A precise shot to the gas tank might do that. :) Oh, and thanks for the Dragonball info. Now if I can manage to actually be in front of the TV when it and Reboot are on...

Christine> <<I'm still gonna do the bug dance ... eew! blargh! gross! getitawayfromme!>> Bug dance...I just thought of those new commercials for that one music store (Sam Goody?) with the cute dancing CGI spider. :) Heh...I don't much like real bugs either, but for some reason I'm really into mechanical ones. (If it's a Freudian thing, then I'm probably better off not knowing. ;P ) Go fig. :/

Gunjack Valentine> Welcome back! :D

Pistoff> Agent death> As Zath has said, gives a whole new meaning to getting bent. >:)

$SJ> Sounds like you have something interesting in the works. If it's alright with you, perhaps I can let you take over until Kari and the Hounds meet whatever fate you have planned for them, so I don't mess something up? :) $
Wilek Nereus
Thursday, July 29, 1999 03:45:16 AM
IP: tnt-1-230-56k.portsmouth.zoomnet.net

Aaron: Ohhh, your guess was pretty close. Actually, the T-Gate is a reference to Blade Runner. I came up with the name before I had even heard of Soldier (and I still haven't seen the film yet). From what I read about Soldier later, there are several references to other movies, and this was one of them. (I heard that the Event Horizon--the ship, not the club where Otto lives and hangs around--is in there somewhere.) I'll wait to see if anybody guesses it correctly before I reveal the answer, heh. :)

Coyote: Aw, man, I'm sorry. But as I said, don't lose hope yet. **hugz**

Last Action Hero: I enjoyed this one, too. It was a great satire of action movies--because, let's face it, there's a hell of a lot in action movies to make fun of. :)

Entity: The name of the IPX character in Crusade is Max Eilerson. And yes, JMS is the best!

Gunjack: Welcome back!

Christine: Well, it looks like I'm catching up to you, when it comes to being rejected by agents. Another one turned me down today. Said I was "covering familiar territory" and that my writing isn't "strong enough to save the day." What a bitch. I just don't get it. I've been told by numerous people that I know what I'm doing, yet I can't even get my foot in the door. Maybe if these bastard editors and agents would actually READ what I send them...

**NASTY AGENT DEATH COMING UP**

Pistoff drags the agent into the room, throws her into the airlock that has suddenly appeared, and locks the door. Opens a valve and watches while the agent screams and starts to bleed from the ears and nose.

"What am I doing? Oh, nothing much. Just increasing the pressure to about five times normal."

Pistoff waits a little longer, then twists another valve, letting the air rush out REALLY FAST!!

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!"

SPLAT!!!

Heh heh heh, what a mess!

**DEATH OVER**

Well, that helped a little, but I still feel like I need to kick some ass. Where's Ricky Martin? I wanna smack that pansy around some more....

**Stomps out of the CR, waving his cattle prod around....**
Pistoff - [pistoff@outgun.com]
Thursday, July 29, 1999 02:01:04 AM
IP: wire-25.koalas.com

*A light wind begins to blow through the CR, acompanied by a whispering sound like ruffling paper. In a dark corner, a pinprick of light appears, and begins to float lazily back and forth, up and down, weaving an intricate pattern. Then, in a blinding flash of light, the pinprick transforms into a gaping rent, and vomits forth a solitary figure dressed in a black suit. As the rent dissapates, the man picks himself up off the floor, wipes away some imaginary lint, and turns his attention to the room.*

Ladies and gentlemen, the Jack is back! It's been four weeks, two hellish bus trips, three sessions of summer camp, and six days of starvation, but I'm finally home! I'm still trying to catch up on the last two weeks' worth of posts, so I'll probably do a nice long rip sometime tomorrow. for now, all I want to do is relax.

*Valentine pushes a small button on a remote, and a desk and chair slide out of the wall. He collapses into the chair, props his feet up on the desk, and cracks his nuckles.*

What a trip. The ride to NY took three days, the last few hours of which where spent three seats forward of a vocal neo-nazi. Then, on the way back, the bus was packed with people heading back from Woodstock 3. The lesson learned is that a heck of a lot can go wrong during three days on a bus.

At our first stop on the way back, the busdriver anounces that he's been driving for too long, so we have to wait two hours while they wake up a new driver and get him to drive down to the terminal to take over. Then, in Cleveland, we're supposed to get on the next bus at 3:30 AM, and, lo and behold, we have to wait seven hours before they can board us. So I've had about four hours of sleep in the last two days, right? no big deal, I'll just catch up on the bus, right?

Heh.

All yesterday morning, while I'm trying to sleep in my seat that has a level of comfort equal to that of an iron maiden, the two woodstockers behind me decide to have a detailed discussion of the relative merits and drawbacks of their favorite drugs, their bad trip stories, and when and how they first tried the stuff. That takes about four hours, and by then I'm too awake to even try to sleep. :P

On the other hand, most of the people were pretty cool. I spent monday night chatting with a Canadian guy who's buddies ditched him during the last day of Woodstock, and managed to take all of his luggage with them. The guy had thrown his shoes away sometime during the concert, and his total assets came out to fifty cents, the clothes on his back, one and a half bottles of gatorade and a large jar of honey. And the cool part was, he didn't care.

Anyway, it was a pretty good trip. I got to hang out with my brother for three weeks, met new people, shaved my head and did Dr. Evil impressions, and got hooked up with a great girl to boot. Not bad for three weeks...

*

Gunjack Valentine
Dallas, TX
Thursday, July 29, 1999 01:14:20 AM
IP: spider-te012.proxy.aol.com

David G & Ironwolf>> resent as an email forward, should work now.


Delphi - [cmiller@maciclink.com]
Twin Falls, Idaho
Thursday, July 29, 1999 12:16:15 AM
IP: 207.14.195.180

David G>> I will forward the attachment again without making it an attachment, hopefully that will solve the problem.

Ironwolf>> thanks again for finding the book

Christine>> great pic's on your site, The kid's and I loved exploring your site
Delphi - [cmiller@magiclink.com]
Twin Falls, Idaho
Thursday, July 29, 1999 12:08:47 AM
IP: 207.14.195.180

Entity- A large part of the reason Dragonball Z seems to not be as informative as it could or should be has to do with Saban's horrible editing and translation. When a season of 35 episodes is cut down to 26, material is going to be lost... And then when all death is ommitted from the series and replaced by "another dimension" things get a bit more confusing... But it IS kinda fun to use the word "HFIL"... Anyway, if there's anything that needs explaining, just ask me, I probably know the answer, or at least something close enough to satisfy your curiosity.

Wierd Al's Album- I just discovered that Wierd Al's Album Running With Scissors has a hidden movie on it! Pop it into the computer, and instant 15 minute film. Neat!

X-Men movie- Dangit, this has gone from great news to dreading the filming... I mean, they hired Patrick Stewart, THE fan choice for Xavier, which was great, but since then well... Ick... (Watch them pull a fast one and have Stewart play Cyclops...)
Robby
Thursday, July 29, 1999 12:01:50 AM
IP: spider-wb041.proxy.aol.com

Hey all.

X-Men> I too am distraught by the revelation that Toad will be appearing in the film. And the fact that Ray Park (is that his name?) is cast as him tells me he's not just going to be a background character.... *sigh* The movie had begun to seem to hopeful; good director, good producer. But I suppose no adaptation will ever be how we want it. Which sort of unnerves me when I think about the possibility of the Gargs movie.

DragonballZ> I never paid much attention to the series before, but I have begun to. Although it has its cringe-worthy elements (animal people, for instance) and isn't as explanatory as it could be, I've enjoyed it thus far. I agree with Robby's breakdown of an average plot. Amazingly it does seem to stay fresh. ;)

Crusade> Tonight's episode has been the best I've seen to date. I'm really beginning to like the IPX guy's character (can't think of his name now, ironically). TNT sucks. Jms kicks butt.
Entity
Wednesday, July 28, 1999 11:50:04 PM
IP: ely-oh4-34.ix.netcom.com

Kaioto> Well done. In the final edit, the Bikers will probably become the Thrashers (to include moshers, skaters, etc), and the Gamers will probaby become the Fanboys (to include Trekkies, X-philes, and other forms of madness). The Giovanni aren't part of the Camarilla, so I didn't do them.

Sevarius Jr> One of my merits is called "Cool Stuff" and covers owning anything other Goths would admire/covet. My two examples were a towel Marilyn Manson used to wipe up blood, and a copy of "Y Tori Kant Read", the first Tori Amos album.

For those of you who thought "Little Earthquakes" was the first Tori Amos album, read the introduction to "Death, the high cost of living." Actually, just go read it anyway, it's good.

Delphi> I got your e-mail, but I couldn't open the attachment. I'll try at work in the morning. I'll also try to get back to you about the poem (which should drive the rest of the room crazy, since they don't know what we're talking about)

Fanfic update> I'm taking extra time to edit Freelance 2 (thanks, Delphi) and still doing 3. Also, in the back of my mind, there's this evil little voice that says "put in Vinnie, put in Vinnie..." I'm trying to stop it, but it won't shut up. Maybe if I dug out my eardrums with an icepick... no, wait, that won't work. I don't have an icepick. Do you think an ice cream scoop would work?
Anonymous
Wednesday, July 28, 1999 11:48:18 PM
IP: pppa58-fortworth21-2r645.saturn.bbn.com

****BEGIN RP****
In the Devastator's engine room, the Borg babies are surprised by the sudden appearance of a Borgified Michael Jackson.
"AAAAAAHHHH!!!" Stewie screamed. He ducked behind a large piece of machinery. "Dear God! Who let that plastic excuse for a pop star inside here???"
"Come to me, little children!" Borg Jackson said. "I'm here to help you fight those nasty good guys! Come, sit around me. I'll be your friend!"
The Borg babies look at each other. "Umm....I'm not sure that's such a good idea..." Tommy says.
"Kill it!" Stewie cried. "Kill that thing, now, before it's too late!"
***PAUSE RP FOR NOW***

X-Men Movie News: Well, it's official--Ray Park, the beloved Darth Maul, WILL play Toad in the upcoming X-Men flick. As I've said before, I'm mixed about this. On the one hand, Ray is a very talented stuntman and martial artist. On the other hand, Toad is a lame-ass X-Men villain, who has never been given much characterization....or a cool costume, or cool powers.....hell, Toad is just NOT cool. I can't believe I'm gonna say this about Ray, but....I hope that that character isn't in the movie much.
Also, actor Bruce Davison has signed on to play mutant-hater Senator Kelly. Hmm....I had kind of hoped to see Tom Skerritt play Kelly, as was rumored so long ago.....

Coyote: Aw geez......well, I'm still praying for you and your grandmother. Your whole family really. This....this is just one hell of a tough situation, although I really don't need to tell you that. God....I don't know what to say, other than I'm here for you, buddy.

David and Kaioto: How about a merit based upon the size of their music selection? You know, the more Cure, Smith, and Bauhaus records they own, the more bloodpoints they rack up. Aww, cheesy, I know. But this sounds like a pretty good RP game. I'm ready to play it! ;)

***RESUME RP****
The Borg Brendan, meanwhile, was watching the heroes from further down the corridor. He saw the rather violent deaths of his three comrades. "Dang it," he muttered. "Now it's up to me to take the rest of them out." He shook his head. "I'm beginning to think this whole collective thing really sucks."
He raised his blaster rifle. From his vantage point, he could see the heroes, but they could not see him. He figured he'd have to get off a few quick shots, take as many of them out as possible. He sighed, and aimed the rifle. After making sure his target was in his sights, he fired.

A laser bolt landed square in the middle of the heroes, seering the air in its wake. Immediately, everyone ducked, as more blasts came their way. "We got a sniper!!!" Wilek shouted. "Everyone grab some cover!"
As the others scrambled for some protection, SJ turned back to Kari....only to find her not by his side.
She was on the ground. And she wasn't moving. In fact, it didn't even look as if she was breathing. "K-Kari?" SJ asked, his voice trembling.
*****END RP FOR NOW****
[Note: Don't worry, I have plans for what's happening with Kari. Just wait and see!!!]

Sevarius Jr. - [bpoole@mailexcite.com]
Wednesday, July 28, 1999 11:37:34 PM
IP: 207-172-33-48.s48.tnt8.brd.va.dialup.rcn.com

Sadly, I've been so busy lately with practice and school preparations that I can't seem to get in here as often :( But I'm trying!

Coyote> You're welcome! I'm still praying for you and your grandmother :)

Christine> I checked out the pics on your site! Awesome!

If Jeff Bennett was at G2K, I would commit murder to get there! None of you, of course ;)

Gotta get up at six...OKIloveyoubyebye!
SOROW
Wednesday, July 28, 1999 11:17:49 PM
IP: usr12-dialup94.mix1.irving.cw.net

Sorry if this has been covered, but 'schlittern' is the German verb for 'slide'

Aaron > loved the Jeff and Marina thing! And even though you profess to like spiders, I'm still gonna do the bug dance ... eew! blargh! gross! getitawayfromme!

New on my site:
2 new Jericho pics by Alison
1 of Young Hudson by Crzy
a scene from "Masks" by Artemisia
my adopted egg in the shell and as a hatchling, by Egg Adoption
Updated Wish List
Added Book Review
~~~ click on my name to see

Christine - [vecna@eskimo.com]
Wednesday, July 28, 1999 09:57:49 PM
IP: vecna.ndip.eskimo.net

"Wait a minute, I'm the comic sidekick! This won't work! This WON'T WORK!"

Heh heh. Last Action Hero... I just saw this for the first time, and I don't care what everybody says, this was a GREAT movie. Not in the least serious, but its not supposed to be. It makes fun of the action film genre, and Arnold himself. The plot is cheezy, but its supposed to be. I could not stop laughing! It had a great, intelligent villain, and while the sidekick was lame, his chemistry with Arnold was good. It even has Sylvester Stallone as the Terminator! A good film despite all the bad comments made about it all the time, I suggest seeing it. Thumbs up the whole way. Hee, they even have the cliche of cars exploding with one bullet! All in all, this is one of Arnie's best.

Jeb- I've seen the movie Boris and Natasha... Interesting film...

And you stopped reading the turtles comic right before the end it seems... Pity. The end of the Cyber Samurai mini-series had an unusual twist, and the Moon Eyes saga was one of their greatest stories, despite the fact it really didn't have a villain...

SJ- Sure you can vote again. Since this poll is COMPLETLEY open ballot, I've discovered its actually better for people to vote for more than one person, as it increases the liklihood of things actually getting more that one vote.

Wilek- The basic plot for any Dragonball Z movie or story arc is more or less as follows.
1. Characters come across an "incredible" power unlike any they've ever felt before.
2. Heroes fight, get their butts kicked.
3. Backup arrives, (Usually Goku, Piccolo, or Vegeta) and heroes start to do win.
4. Villain powers up and the heroes get their butts kicked again.
5. Goku or Gohan fights the villain alone and gets beaten badly for a while.
6. Goku or Gohan then gains power they did not have an hour ago and defeats the villain with a fist through the chest.

Thats the basic plot, with variations tossed in that allow battles to go for anywhere from fifty seconds to fifty episodes. But it doesn't really matter, because they do somehow manage to keep it fresh and there IS a story behind the fighting, despite how it may seem at first. (Its just the story kind of pauses when it gets to the fighting... But I don't mind, the fighting is the best there is, and where else do characters accidentally destroy mountains in the course of a fight?) I've seen 12 of the 13 movies, and about 250 of the 291 episodes, and I'm still not tired of it and want to see more. (And the original series Dragonball is more story than fight orientated actually...)

Exin- Please refrain from needless cussing. In the proper context it can be excused, and yes AOL has its problems, but that is no reason to bring foul language into here.

**ROLE PLAY**

When last we saw our heroes, they were alone on an island resort owned by Jim, completley safe from all of their enemies. And now they are... Still there and perfectly safe actually.

Jim Iza Noying is watching Steve Irwin, Crocadile Hunter, wrestle with a giant man eating plant.
"Steve, I've been meaning to ask you for some time now... Are you insane?"
The crocadile hunter replies in his Australian accent, "Aye! When I'm done with this I'm going to go dance on some croc's head just to piss him off!"
"Right... Well anyway, besides the danger you bring upon yourself, don't you think its wierd that we haven't been attacked in a while? I mean, there's that angry butterfly god Bob and all of his minions out to kill me... That evil clone of Dis Connect, what was his name... COnnection Denied in his Dark Star 2... Thailog and the Borg and the Phalanx, and all the other villains out there... Not to mention the people after me just because I'm rich..."
The young and attractive ninja Tina points something out. "Well, what about servants of the late Lonny who blame you for his death out to kill you?"
"Why would any one blame me for that?" Jim asks innocently.
Tina narrows her eyes and restrains from turning into a were rat. She'll kill Jim when the time is right, but not now. Maybe next post...
Robby
Wednesday, July 28, 1999 09:34:51 PM
IP: spider-wm083.proxy.aol.com

I have no idea what you talking about Sevarious Jr. I hope so too Wilek Nereus (revised link to a maybe instead of a definite gone for good)
James Birdsong - [LennexMacDuff@yahoo.com]
San Diego, CA, USA
Wednesday, July 28, 1999 08:22:04 PM
IP: dt041n34.san.rr.com

David G>
I'm not the biggest Vampire Fan, I'm a Mage myself, but I'll take a stab.

Bikers = Brujah
Bohemians = Trividor (Who's bright idea was it to give one of these guy's a guitar?)
Crystal Bunnies = Trimere (They'd use Thaumaturgy, but they are too squeamish about blood)
Deconstructionists = Ventrue (It is all because we're not in charge anymore)
Ecoguerillas = Gangrel
Gamers = Malkavians (Nuf said)
Urban Primatives = Nostferateau (Do you Ever want to look at one of these guys in the face?)

But where are the Giovanni in this mess, I wonder?

Toku Kaioto - [kaioto@yahoo.com]
Boston, MA, USA
Wednesday, July 28, 1999 08:10:35 PM
IP: 1cust119.tnt1.brockton.ma.da.uu.net

**enters the room, switching out the candles (after clearing away a small amount of the gore Wilek's rabid attack left earlier) and sits in the big chair.**

Hmm, where to start? Two days' worth to get to ...

First off, anyone who was IM'ing with me last night, I apologize for cutting off so abruptly ... it seems my local AOL IM relay was attacked by DC. **pulls out a sawed-off shotgun, blowing off DC's head** Now, where was I? ... Ah yes ...

Status: My grandmother has now been moved *back* to the normal ward. The weird behavior was evidently caused by the drugs, and so since she's as old as she is, the drug's going to take a while to work its way free of her system. The drugs are *also* what was causing her throat to close up ... turns out she's allergic to them.
**sigh** Anyway, they're not going to do any surgery, mainly because they can't get a shunt into her arteries ... they're too small. And the next time they put her on the respirator, they'll only put her on for two days and if there's no improvement ... they'll pull the plug.

**sighs shakily** And on to some more bad news ...

Barry Sanders: Any football fans in here probably know by now that he announced his retirement this morning, posting a statement on the Internet. Folks are tossing blame left and right about what caused him to want to retire, but I don't particularly care about any reasons. Barry's gone. And what's gonna happen? Two words: feeding frenzy.
And unfortunately right now, the Lions' best running back is a guy I'm very familiar with: Sedrick Irvin, formerly a Michigan State Spartan. I know *exactly* what's gonna happen ... he's going to get overworked, burn out, and basically become crappy.

**puts head in hands, shakes his head, then continues**

Draconis, re: G2000 mailing list: Uhmm, I put my name and addy on that list of yours in Dallas, are you subscribing *those* addys, as well?

SOROW, Jenna, SJ, Pistoff, Xanathar, Zath, Wilek, Robby, Fleur: Thanks for your support, guys. **hugs**

Doug, re: Schlitterbahn: Okay, I was curious. The only two waterparks that I know of are up this way (Four Bears in Royal Oak, and Soak City which is part of Cedar Point in Ohio.). I don't do much with water parks, mainly because most of the ones I've seen have a weight limit that I exceed by at least 50 pounds or more every time.

Wilek: **gives a royal beatdown to the monstrous ego threatening to leak out of his ears** See what you've done?! ;)

WFRR cuts: You'd think it would've been at least a scene that it makes *sense* to cut (example: the one scene the animators managed to slip in of what's up Jessica Rabbit's dress that you can see if you pause at just the right moment on the laserdisc edition). That scene that they want to cut establishes Baby Herman's friggin' *character,* they're basically going to rape the whole dang movie!!

Reverend Attila: Nice to see ye, good sir. **Chessie and Tiki walk over to Attila, who gives them a benediction before sending them on their way**

**sighs and looks at the candles** You ever get the feeling everything around you was falling apart? That's the way I feel ... **tries to meditate, but winds up only fixating on the mutliple candles' flames**
Coyote the Bando - [1134@i-is.com]
Algonac, Michigan
Wednesday, July 28, 1999 06:37:37 PM
IP: modem69.i-is.com

Let's see, I should say something about Gargoyles before launching into a self-indulgent post. I've been wondering for a while why Puck hasn't taught Alex a spell to reverse the petrification of Owen's hand...

Which brings me to today's ironic point: Wouldn't it be interesting if the Cauldron of Life had really worked, but required total immersion. The user puts in the ingrediants, casts the spell, then completely submerges himself in the tank. He turns to stone, then the stone skin cracks, like the skin of a gargoyle, and the user is immortal.

Now, on to more Goth stuff:
I've spent all my free time today reconstructing my missing notes. Here's the latest teaser- Cliques:

The Goths divide themselves into several groups. Each Clique has its own characteristics, coping mechanisms, and weaknesses. (One clique is based on each of the 'big seven' clans of the camirilla. The first person to guess which clan each clique is based on wins a prize, well, not really, but you can brag about it.)

Bikers - leather clad, loud, and ready to ride
Bohemians - artistic, subtle, and not really as tragic as they'd like you to think
Crystal Bunnies - new age mystics, tarrot card readers, and Neopagans
Deconstructionists - society is doomed to collapse in less than ten years, and they'll be glad to tell you who's at fault
Eco-Gorillas - crusaders to restore man's connections with nature by making sure nobody ever hunts, or eats meat, or has any contact with the ecosystem at all, ever
Gamers - 'lost boys' living in a fantasy world, since it's more interesting than their jobs at MacDonalds
Urban Primatives - with enough tattoos to qualify for an NEA grant, and enough piercings that airports are a problem, these goths live to make a scene

I've also been working on the Coping Mechanisms, which replace disciplines. Maybe I'll post those later.
David G. - [david_goodner@yahoo.com]
Arlington, TX, USA
Wednesday, July 28, 1999 05:00:31 PM
IP: 198.215.20.3

RP WARNING!!
**Attila the Hun has the upper-hand, and he thrusts his sword into Napoleon's chest and runs it through his back. Then, he pulls out the sword, and says, "Good steel", while the Frog Emperor dies.

OJ Simpson awakens and looks in a mirror formed by the pool of blood from his victims to see markings covered on him that say Guilty. His eyes glow as he charges the door to the World Devestator and enters the Borg ship.

In the control room, Stewie and Chuckie are greeted by a Borg Michael Jackson.**
PAUSE RP!!!

Hello, meow!!

Ironwolf> The 22nd Ammendment allows the president to appoint a Vice President if the current one dies or can no longer serve (like being impeached or resigning). The nominee then needs to be approved by the Senate.

Exin> You could stand to be civil to Bronx.

Wilek> Baby Herman is crude towards women and smokes cigars. Why would radical "feminists" object to that behavior? That reminds me of Clinton :)

BTW, I'm not Catholic, I'm a Minister of the Universal Life Church, but I agree with many Catholic doctrines. GB is the Catholic. They won't allow cats to be priests :(

Todd> That's right. Don't hug bees, hug cats :)

Starsinger> **Hugs** I won't ask about Thursday night. How are your cats?

Fleur> $OJ made an opening and a path of destruction, too$

Zath> I saw a picture of Kitty, and he looks a lot like me.

RESUME RP!!
**Jonestown, South America
A space ship touches down on the site of a dead city. The door opens and Marshall Applewhite steps out.
"Now, we shall take the entire world to the second level. We must follow our master's instructions and institute the millenium project.**
END RP!!!
Reverend Attila - [revattila@garfield.catsrule.com]
New Orleans, Louisiana
Wednesday, July 28, 1999 04:50:44 PM
IP: 141.164.64.150

BRONX4ME@aol.com>I'm getting started really mad! Gimme a mail address where i can reply!!!...Your dumb AoHell mail-shit doesnt work!!!...

...end
Exin - [exin@gmx.de]
Wednesday, July 28, 1999 03:44:25 PM
IP: 193.97.193.250

Hya peoples! ..Exin Again!

Jenna>Where's your reply?

So ,Whats up here ,any interesting subject?..i mean ,i'm not that fan ..but you all could help me.. ;): ...i fel writing now ...hmm... thats so why my fingers start hurting.. ,i dunno ... maybe i'll end as Helge Schneider...

...exin out for this day...
Exin - [exin@gmx.de]
Wednesday, July 28, 1999 03:28:58 PM
IP: 193.97.193.250

Aaron-- Ack!! I look "stoned" or like a garg with those red eyes! :P
Jenna
Wednesday, July 28, 1999 03:09:35 PM
IP: unknown-31-157.glm.com

Jenna, that should work. (I hope) Blair Witch won't open here until friday. :(

Speaking of pics, Agamemnon has his up. The link is in the other room. I'm in several of them. (Like the third blur from the left)


Later.


Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Wednesday, July 28, 1999 02:21:45 PM
IP: ppp-115.tnt-1.sat.smartworld.net

Ack! Aaron-- looked at the links below and didn't see it. Where is is?

Have you seen "Blair" yet- or that shark movie-deepbluesea?

Jenna
Wednesday, July 28, 1999 01:46:01 PM
IP: unknown-31-157.glm.com

Aaron-- No I didn't look but I'll look now! Thanks! :)


Jenna
Wednesday, July 28, 1999 01:40:44 PM
IP: unknown-31-157.glm.com

Wilek nereus you left out a small detail in your plan if the VP is kicked out, your person needs to be elected to one of the senate chair (too long since my last Civics class but I believe the next VP comes from a Senate position or is it a Cabinet?)
Sevarius Jr. James: How can you base whether a movie will suck or not on just it's length? Kevin had numerous test screenings for Dogma> I think this one is mine? I was talking to some one who has seen the test screenings Todd Fischer (Director of Hell Night) and so much has been cut out he said that it would be like seeing chasing Amy then seeing it again with all the sex and homosexual references cut out. Of course this guy hated mall rats too( he kinda got pissed when I said "no its great its like part of my life on film." Kevin got a lot of his ideas at Dragon Con he been a regular for years, but Todd is great even if he didn’t like mall rats), so his point in telling how bad the movie is may be that there was a great movie that has been cut to an ok movie. Come on you got to admit length dose matter I mean what if I said I was going to do the lord of the rings series in 90 minutes? There would be no way I could capture everything in the story in that time length. Speaking of Dogma have you read the comic? It starts at the middle of Chasing Amy and leads into the start of Dogma.

Delphi got the book just email me with an address I can send it to. I new mckays had a copy.

Ironwolf - [cag16@bellsouth.net]
Wednesday, July 28, 1999 01:11:35 PM
IP: host-209-214-41-68.cha.bellsouth.net

Pistoff> Glad you got the pic this time. Also, I saw Soldier last night. Is that where you got the name for the T-Gate?

Jenna> Hi, Jenna :) Have you checked out Bishansky's Gathering pics? You're right in the front of the radio show crowd scene.

Wilek> What song does the villain globe play? I didn't pick it up because it looked a bit expensive to trust to my questionable coordination.

Later.

Aaron wanders away again, humming "Another Brick in the Wall."


Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Wednesday, July 28, 1999 01:10:36 PM
IP: ppp-33.tnt-1.sat.smartworld.net

**Kyryn delurks**

Wilek><<D Hm...men are from Mars, gargs are from Venus? :) :) :)>> ROTFLMAO!!!!

Todd><<I should point out here that I do not recommend hugging bees. It makes the bees very angry, and they might sting you.>> **snerk, chuckle, ROTFL** (Sorry, it didn't quite have the impact of Wilek's comment above. But it was a seriously good comeback to all the hugbees comments!!)

***Kyryn relurks***
Kyryn
Uvalde, TX
Wednesday, July 28, 1999 12:52:21 PM
IP: 168.37.239.86

Hello everyone

Pistoff>> Adam Sandler ...I agree,

I just had a really long conversation with my daughter trying to explain time zones to her, afterwards it occurred to me that Goliath's plan of getting gargolyes together worldwide will be hindered by time zones. they are going to need someone acting as a go between to contact those clan who are awake while they are in stone sleep.


Delphi - [cmiller@magiclink.com]
Twin Falls, Idaho
Wednesday, July 28, 1999 12:10:59 PM
IP: 207.14.195.150

Skippy> Goth is a satire. I never actually intended to play it, but now that I think about it...

I'll be running the LARP, and I might be up there with an alpha test version of a board game I'm developing.

BTW, has Quaz answered you yet? If not, I'll go nag him about it.
David G. - [david_goodner@yahoo.com]
Arlington, TX, USA
Wednesday, July 28, 1999 11:19:41 AM
IP: 198.215.20.3

Todd > That woman from CoS probably read about the broadcast in the newspaper, or heard about it from a bunch of other people. Or maybe she just realized it then and there when Travis Marshall was covering the phenomenon.

You think she's descended from the mythological Cassandra?
Scott Iskow - [smiskow@wam.umd.edu]
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Wednesday, July 28, 1999 11:13:03 AM
IP: 156.40.117.111

David G> If you have the game out there at the Arlingcon, I'll join in on a game!

Now you might have to develop a matching CCG :)
Skippy THe Klingon - [shakedwn@ultravision.net]
Wednesday, July 28, 1999 10:53:57 AM
IP: uv1-49.ultravision.net

Just two quick things:
The woman who didn't watch TV in City of Stone> I always just figured she was delusional, but that her delusions happened to be the truth.

Goth> I already have "Disciplines" They're called "Coping Mechanisms. As soon as I find my notes, I'll post a list of them. The game is primarily a spoof of Vampire, though I'm not too proud to spoof other things. Especially since the game that actually started me down this path was 7th Sea. (I imagined what an inherrantly spiteful game it could be if the mechanics were reversed, and the dice you had to keep were the lowest ones, instead of the highest. One thing led to another, and I started designing a game based on angst...)
David G. - [david_goodner@yahoo.com]
Arlington, TX, USA
Wednesday, July 28, 1999 09:28:18 AM
IP: 198.215.20.3

Todd:I should point out here that I do not recommend hugging bees. It makes the bees very angry, and they might sting you.>>*LOL*:)
Xanathar
Melbourne, victoria, Australia
Wednesday, July 28, 1999 08:27:20 AM
IP: 203.29.192.74

I should point out here that I do not recommend hugging bees. It makes the bees very angry, and they might sting you.
Todd Jensen - [merlyn@ninenet.com]
St. Louis, MO
Wednesday, July 28, 1999 07:52:46 AM
IP: 208-19-232-130.dialup-stl.primary.net

Hi all!!

Wilek:That is one great take over the world plan:) and the HR Giger books are called ARh+,HR Giger's retrospective 1964-1984,Visioni di fine millennio and www HR Giger com.

Fleur:Facinating Garg evolution creativity demon and I still have a set of series one gargoyles trading cards that I'd be happy to give to you,oh yeah HUGBEES!!!<G>

Aaron:I was a fool to trust you!" (Reads next line questioningly) "And an even greater fool to sleep with you?"
(breaks character) "All right, who put that in there?!?"*falls of the chair laughing uncontrollably*:)

Steven:congratulations on your new job.

Goodnight all!!
Xanathar
Melbourne, victoria, Australia
Wednesday, July 28, 1999 07:10:13 AM
IP: 203.29.192.74

**NO RP TONIGHT.**

[Wilek places a new candle on the table beside the several that are there already; this one is purple, and sitting in a silver candle holder with an inset Annwnian black gem. Strangely, the candle burns with a black flame.] Everyone, I have bad news. Lady Arianna won't have Internet access for...well, we don't know how long. As I have been collaborating with her on a fic project (besides the simple fact of her being a member of our clan and a generally kewl individual), this is Very Bad News. And while I'm in this mood...

**BEGIN MR DISCONNECT DEATH! WARNING: THIS ONE'S GOING TO BE JUST ABOUT THE SICKEST AND MOST OFFENSIVE AND REVOLTING THING THAT I HAVE EVER DONE IN MY ENTIRE LIFE, AND IT WILL PROBABLY OFFEND HALF THE ROOM WITH ITS SHEER BRUTALITY AND DISGUSTINGNESS, AND I APOLOGIZE TO WHOEVER I'M ABOUT TO UNINTENTIONALLY GET MAD AT ME, BUT TRUST ME, DC DESERVES WHAT HE'S ABOUT TO GET. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED.**

[Mr. Disconnect sees the above warning and cowers in abject terror. Wilek sneaks in, sneaks up behind Mr. Disconnect, picks up the newest candle, and makes as if to blow it out--but, when Wilek blows across the flame, instead of flickering and dying, the flame flares up like that of a flamethrower, setting DC's head on fire. Wilek watches it burn for a while, then throws a bucket of salt water on him in order to put out the flame--he needs DC alive for now, and salt does interesting things to burns. Wilek proceeds to carve weird occult symbols into DC's skin, rub caustic soda into the new wounds, and hack off DC's arms and legs, exactly at the knees and elbows, with a dull cleaver. Wilek: "And now the fun begins." Wilek produces and plays a short tune upon what looks like a black ocarina, and immediately DC is gang-raped by twelve gators from the moat, eleven brainwashed gargoyles, ten Gerudo amazons, nine Borg drones, eight gorillas, seven things from Alien, six perverted clones of Bob Dole, five AOL employees, four creativity spawn, three vampire S&M dominatrixes, two familiar cyborgs, and the CR's tree bouncer which for some reason appears to have a partridge sitting in it. In the course of their molestation, they are rather creative, using such things as sea urchins, drills, and the partridge. They reach for the candle, not aware of its significance, but that's where Wilek draws the line.]

**END, AND I APOLOGIZE AGAIN FOR THAT.**

Xanathar> <<Cool I'd vote for ya!!>> And who said anything about voting? >:) Here's the plan: First, we get Miriam appointed (or however ppl get in) to the Senate. (Not the House Of Representatives. You'll see why.) Miriam and not me because, not only is she ten times smarter than me, but few outside the fandom would elect a gargoyle. (Don't worry, she's willing to do this. Actually, she suggested it.) Anyhow, she will then become amazingly popular, through some manner of machination (she'll work this out; see my comments on her intellect) as well as just being the kewl person that she is. At that point, I, the Sidous to her Palpatine, will convince her organization to get the Vice President, who is the leader of the Senate, if I'm not mistaken (see now why I couldn't use the House?), in trouble, presumably through something similar to the Naboo/Trade Federation scandal. (Her organization will probably object to this. This will be cured by assassinating their entire central command and replacing them with individuals more likely to cooperate.) Senator Miriam will uncover the VP's indiscretion, leading to his getting kicked out of office. Miriam will be made the new VP. We wait a few months for things to cool down, then kill the President (and set up several extreme left and right wing nutcase organizations to take the fall, killing several mynocks with one torpedo). Guess who steps into his shoes. Miriam then legislatively paves the way for her organization to take control of the government. Once the government is completely compromised and in our control without anyone realizing it, the overt stuff begins--the dissolution of Congress, the appointment of a Council Of the Elders Of Insanity (or something to that effect, preferably less cheesy) in its place (consisting mostly of CR dwellers, hence the name), and finally, giving gargoyles full citizenship and soon-to-be-renamed 'human' rights. Oh, and the killing stupid customers and getting a few genetic engineers to work on Jackal's bleeding trees. Anyhow, once we have taken over the country, we will have not only the full resources of the US Armed Forces but also of Miriam's organization at our disposal. Taking control of the UN's member nations, and from there the rest of the world, will be a simple matter. Muhahahaha. <<You'd love my sisters HR Giger art books>> Art books? Kewlies! What are they called? I'll look for them next time I'm at Borders. :)

Todd> <<I've sometims wondered, incidentally, how that woman at the beginning of Part Three knew that watching television was what turned you to stone.>> Maybe she was one of those extreme right-wing nutcases (like that guy who thought a Teletubby was gay, for example?) who believes that TV is somehow inherently evil. Either that or she didn't watch enough to be affected, but enough to know what Demona was saying.

Scott> <<The scene they're cutting is at the very beginning, when Baby Herman walks underneath the woman saying, "'Scuse me, tuts!">> Um...what?! That makes no sense! It's probably the work of some radical militant feminist group--I don't think all or even many feminists are radical or militant, but there are some out there--that objects to the word 'tootz' (how I spell it), though...

Airwalker> Hm...extremely fascinating scenarios. I wonder if the TGS staff has plans for anything similar. :)

Robby> <<Take it from someone who's seen pretty much all Dragonball has to offer, if it exists, its been blown up in Dragonball>> Ah. Then perhaps I can forgive the lack of plot you warned me about. :)

Jenniren> <<I always wondered why, in a whole city full of people turned into gargoyles, apparently none of them thought to try out his or her wings.>> Maybe they didn't realize they could. They never had, after all; perhaps they didn't even realize their wings were functional. I mean look at Elisa's reaction to gliding, before she tried it. I may be mistaken, but I believe the only parts of their minds that were altered were the concepts of what they were called and what they were supposed to look like (and presumably any memories regarding those two points).

Aaron> <<And has anyone seen the villain snowglobe?>> I saw that, and I would have bought it then and there if it hadn't been so expensive. I especially love the song it plays. :) <<"I was a fool to trust you!" (Reads next line questioningly) "And an even greater fool to sleep with you?">> <helpless laughter>

Zath> If I were you, I would keep away from any and all aircraft and have my family do the same. ACK.

JEB> Welcome back. :) <<a big whomper crossover involving Gargoyles, Marvel, Doctor Who, Man From UNCLE, Transformers, and more that I bet won't ever get finished... but oh well.>> Wow. My own ficverse is a psychotic crossover between a whole bunch of things that I can't say yet without spoiling them, and I'm not sure I'll ever finish mine either. Oh well. :)

Goth: The Ennui> Anyone given any thought to vampiric-style Disciplines? :) I can't think of any just now though...

James Birdsong> You have to get a job?! ACK. What a waste of time. Oh well, hopefully you can still stop by the Comment Room. :)

Pistoff> Brick wall, huh? Kewl. How about...one covered with spikes? >:) Carlin has great ideas. He will be on the Council in the new order. ^_^

Fleur> Welcome back! :D Hm...men are from Mars, gargs are from Venus? :) :) :) $<<About my last RP - sorry! I didn't realise you couldn't form portals.>> No problem; it gave me an opportunity to do a *great* little scene. :) $

Skippy> <<My main question was wether the transformed Garg-people were able to turn to stone.>> Probably, although I'm not sure...<<Another thing, wouldn't there be some evidence of the transformation? Isn't there some footage of some late night newscaster with green skin, wings and pointy ears?>> Hm...maybe breaking the spell changed any video of the garg-people?

$SJ> <<Um....if you look closely at my last RP, you'll see that BOTH Hounds were wounded pretty badly.>> Oh. Sorry; I somehow missed that. I do that sometimes. :} We'll say that assistance was called for both of them (one advantage of RP is that one can go back and alter inconsistent events). :)$
Wilek Nereus
Wednesday, July 28, 1999 04:29:10 AM
IP: tnt-1-32-56k.portsmouth.zoomnet.net

Damn! Hit the submit button too soon...

On the subject of favorite authors: I still haven't read many of Doug's fics yet (24 hours in every day just isn't enough for all the stuff I have to get done...), but I really like what I've seen so far.
Pissy
Wednesday, July 28, 1999 03:00:00 AM
IP: wire-26.koalas.com

SJ: Aww, thanks for the nomination. :) And I agree with you about Adam Sandler. I don't understand what his appeal is. Honestly, the funniest scene in "Happy Gilmore" was the one in which Bob Barker beat the ever-lovin' crap out of Adam. I rewound it and watched that scene over and over and over and over... :)
Pistoff - [pistoff@outgun.com]
Wednesday, July 28, 1999 02:56:42 AM
IP: wire-26.koalas.com

***BEGIN SHORT RP****
SJ kneeled down and looked at his Hounds nervously. He stroked the fur on Drakes's head. "Come on...you guys have got to pull through for me! You've been through worst things than this!"
Tears formed in his eyes as he thought of the possibility that this could be the end of his beloved pets. He shook his head. No, he thought to himself. It doesn't solve anything thinking that way.
But he had resoved himself to complete one task: "We're gonna take this damn ship apart, right here from the inside if we have to. I'm gonna make Thailog and the others hurt for this--and I'm gonna start by making sure that this ship's torn to pieces!"
****END SHORT RP*****

Wilek: Um....if you look closely at my last RP, you'll see that BOTH Hounds were wounded pretty badly. Sable (the female) was shot by Berg, while Drake (her mate) was the one who got impaled. No big thingy, but they should both need medical help.

Robby: Can I vote again for favorite author? I'd like to include the following people--Pistoff, Coyote, and Amanda Flowers (who has written some wonderful dark stuff, but unfortunately nothing in about a year or so...).

James: How can you base whether a movie will suck or not on just it's length? Kevin had numerous test screenings for Dogma. He cut out those parts of the film that didn't work or were not as funny as the rest of the film; believe me, this film will be tight. I have total confidence in this movie based on the fact that A)I've read the screenplay, which was hilarious, and B) Each and every one of his previous 3 films were brilliant (yes, even Mallrats, although the movie wasn't that big at the box office).
I am a bit worried about the "Sandler Factor" though, more so than I am about any religious protests over this movie. What's the Sandler Factor? To be quite biased and cruel against a fan favorite comedian, if people nowadays only want to shell out money to see a retard like Adam Sandler play....well, a retard like Adam Sandler, than can you really expect them to go see a genuinely funny movie done by Kevin Smith? At least the film has Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Chris Rock in it--at least some people will see it if it has those three in it.
Sevarius Jr. - [bpoole@mailexcite.com]
Wednesday, July 28, 1999 12:24:35 AM
IP: 207-172-120-105.s105.tnt14.brd.va.dialup.rcn.com

Any of you folks caught sight of the shuttle landing this evening? I was driving home and saw the huge contrail of the shuttle crossing the sky. This makes the second time I have caught site of a shuttle landing...

Back on the Mirror ep: My main question was wether the transformed Garg-people were able to turn to stone. Another thing, wouldn't there be some evidence of the transformation? Isn't there some footage of some late night newscaster with green skin, wings and pointy ears? Anything at all like that? Somebody's convience store must have been robbed that night, it may have been filed as a normal robbery that night, but didn't somebody do a doubletake on viewing the video the next day?
Skippy The Klingon - [shakedwn@ultravision.net]
Wednesday, July 28, 1999 12:12:18 AM
IP: uv1-35.ultravision.net

Hi all. *glares at Dis* I'll deal with you later.

*SOMETHING I'VE JUST GOT TO SHARE!!! SORRY IT'S LONG*
This is just a little something to add to the 'evolution of gargoyles' debate, and possibly let loose a few Creativity Demons. I'm going to give just the facts, like it was presented to me. *grins*
There are three planets in the 'goldilocks zone' that is, the area of our solar system that is capable of supporting life as we know it, being 'not too hot and not too cold',:) Earth, Venus and Mars. We all know about Earth and Mars, but here's some interesting stuff on Venus.
It is generally believed in the scientific community that Venus was hit by a enormous meteorite, possibly as recently as 5-6000 years ago. Before then, it's believed Venus would have had conditions very similar to earth - it's very close to us in size, had a thinner atmosphere with a lower gravity, and judging by the amount of water vapour in the atmosphere now, there were oceans and rivers all over the place.
6000 years ago, intelligent life on earth wasn't exactly that. There was no writing, agriculture, or anything like civilisation. Basically, we were a bunch of nomads wandering around getting into trouble.
However, 500 years later, there was writing, agriculture, people were settling down and raising 2.3 children and a dog in a nice hut in the suburbs. (well, sorta)
Here's the interesting bit. Dozens of ancient civilisations mention winged or bird-headed gods who gave them the gift of writing and agriculture about 5500 years ago. Egypt,Greece, America, Japan (I've forgotten the rest), they all mention these winged 'gods', mostly making them responsible for teaching man all sorts of neat stuff, or for creating the world. They commonly hung around mountain tops and were suppose to have grown food that could send human insane or grant them long life. Also, some of the legends gave the leaders of such groups names that contained the word 'morning star'
Okay, so a meteorite is suppose to have wiped out Venus about the same time a group of highly advanced, winged, bird headed creatures started showing up on Earth, and taught us in exchange for either being left alone or being worshipped (because being worshipped is just so much fun:)).
Since we're an imaginative lot, it's not that big a leap to say that those winged beings may have come from Venus, and were a highly advanced race that became aware of the meteorite before it hit and sensibly migrated to their slightly bigger blue neighbour, even if it meant they had to put up with its strange inhabitants.

Now before everybody starts being sensible, it's not meant to be taken completely seriously, but like I said, everything is fact, although the time frame for when the meteorite hit is anywhere between 5000 and 5000 _million_ years ago, nobody is exactly sure. It's only the conclusions reached by these facts that is a little debatable. Still, it's pretty wild, isn't it? (Not to mention the fact I walked out of the lecture theatre with about three billion new Creativity Demons taking up room in my head. HELP ME!! I'm seeing the words 'Refugees in a strange world' in big letters in my head!! :))

Now that I've already taken up way too much room in my post..

Wilek> $About my last RP - sorry! I didn't realise you couldn't form portals. Hope I didn't cause too much trouble, and trust me, and explanation is coming :).$
And thanks for the advice about the CR weirdness. *sigh* I think Mr Dis is trying to mess with my head, which as we all know, is a complete waste of time. ;)

Xanathan> *sniff* It looks like getting garg stuff will have to be put on the back-burner for a while. One of my tyres blew, the second in as many months, which convinced me to get a new set. Add in the joy of new uni-books and my wallets so empty even the moths have flown away, complaining about having too much space. ;) And because I've just got to say it- HUGBEES!!

Steven> congratulations on the new job!!

Glimmer> Poka-dot elephants? *L*

Theresa> >hugs< I hope your mum gets better soon and like David said, you have my completely non-inquisitive sympathy for Thursday. :)

Kitania> Deuce's email is: halfpastsix@yahoo.com or deuce@softhome.net Enjoy scherch, er, skis, oh, you know what I mean! :)

Coyote> *hug* I'm sorry, I wish I could do more. I'm thinking of you and your family.

Aaron> >I was a fool to trust you!" (Reads next line questioningly) "And an even greater fool to sleep with you?"
(breaks character) "All right, who put that in there?!?"< ROTHFLMAO!!!

Well, gotta go...

*RP*
The TV switches on, to reveal Fleur and the others racing down a corridoor towards one of the drone factories.
"Don't we have some sort of plan?" Daria asks.
"Yes," Fleur replies, "We are going to blow a hole in the door, walk in and kick some ass. But if you want to be specific, you, Ruth, Trent and the band will guard our backs while Tom, Mist and myself get to the centre of the factories, where we will leave them a little gift." Fleur reaches into one of her pocket and pulls out an object that looks like a pair of glass vials filled with two different coloured liquids, connected by a tube and covered with wires and a little clock.
"What is that?" Ruth asks.
"Two highly volatile chemicals and a denotator," Fleur explains with a grin. "Should take care of these factories in no time. Let's go!"
*END RP*
Fleur - [newgoyle@hotmail.com]
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 11:51:26 PM
IP: pig.cc.monash.edu.au

Rolands future> I was wondering for awhile what his future will come to be. Will He and bemona come upon each other a few year after the wyvern masscure and he sees that his rookery sister is still alive and he trys to kill her. If he is still alive or still in Wyvern that is. This would be cool to see one of Demona flash backs and to see if they had a battle. It is pretty intersting to think about though.

FAVORIT WRITER> Don't really have one
FAVORIT ARTIST> Christi Smith Hayden, Cryz Demona, and Robby
FAVORIT CYCLE> TGS Dark Ages
FAVORIT STORYS> Something Old, something New, Comeing Of age Parters,Into The Woods, and Crossroad Parters
FAVORIT MALE CHARACTER> Brooklyn and Hudson
FAVORIT FEMALE CHARCTERS> Demona and all the rest of them
FAVORIT VILLIAN> Roland, Harthoth, and Thailog
Lawrence Stone - [craft_celtic@yahoo.com]
Chillicothe, Ohio, USA
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 11:38:01 PM
IP: chil-ras6-1-cs-12.dial.bright.net

Zath: Oh yeah, that's another favorite of mine. How about this one--"They're talking about banning toy guns...BUT THEY'RE GONNA KEEP THE F--KING *REAL* ONES?!?!"

Wilek: <When I take over the world, I'll make it legal for ppl like you, Coyote, and whoever else in here has to interact with the dregs of sub-humanity to kill your customers. :)> Hehe, thanks. :) :) :) And now for more George Carlin execution ideas--let's bring back beheadings! Do it with a chainsaw...or, better yet, with an olive fork!! And my personal favorite--launch a guy out of a high-speed catapult...RIGHT INTO A BRICK WALL!!! Of course, it would be over too quick, so you'd have to do a whole bunch of 'em in a row. Rapid-fire capital punishment. But you'd have to stop now and then to clean off the wall. Cleanliness. Right next to godliness. :)

Aaron: Got the picture this time. LMAO! :) Thanks! And you're probably right about the safety lecture. "Excuse me...did you say 'insert the small metal flap into the buckle,' or 'put the buckle over and around the small metal flap'?...Seat belts: high-tech $h!t!!" And I've had that thing with spiders happen to me, too--usually when delivering pizzas, of course. And that modified "Temptation" scene...right ON!! :)

Robby: I agree about Carlin's show. Why that one was cancelled while we're constantly getting crap like "Thanks" **shudders** is something I'll never be able to figure out.

Stephen: "Wood." Hehehehehehehehe! Good one. :)
Pistoff - [pistoff@outgun.com]
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 11:01:12 PM
IP: wire-9.koalas.com

URGENT ALL WHO KNOW ME: Please see this link all ]:(
James Birdsong - [LennexMacDuff@yahoo.com]
San Diego, CA, USA
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 10:39:06 PM
IP: dt041n34.san.rr.com

Sorry Stephen I thought it was strongenoph like the pasta
James Birdsong - [LennexMacDuff@yahoo.com]
San Diego, CA, USA
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 10:22:48 PM
IP: dt041n34.san.rr.com

David G.> Man, by the time I head for the train after work,I swim in stuff like this. If I get a chance to refine a few more suggestions at various "sinister corruptions" of the WoD, I'll be sure to E-M you, OK.

Just as a teaser, how about that character's section with some nice stereotype spoofs? Like the guy who wants to be ghouled so bad he walks around with a button that says, "Bite me, I'm AB negative" :) Or the militant Vegan with a made-at-home garou glaive who screams, "Meat is murder! Kill the Wyrm spawn!" Before leaping over the bar, knife flashing, to avenge a 10 stack of Buffalo wings? :)
Toku Kaioto
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 10:21:51 PM
IP: 1cust180.tnt2.brockton.ma.da.uu.net

Toku Kaioto> The Angst pool is it exactly. I love your suggestions. I'll be pasting them into my working folder shortly. Somewhere around here I have a list of conversions for all the virtues, and the big 7 clans (which become Cliques in Goth). I've got to find my notes...

I'll keep you posted, and I'll be sure to mention you in the thank you notes, so die hard WoD fans will know who to blame. :)
David G. - [david_goodner@yahoo.com]
Arlington, TX, USA
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 10:07:17 PM
IP: pppa64-fortworth11-1r235.saturn.bbn.com

David G: Oh, I've been heavy through WoD for a while now. I've also read some of their work on Black Dog publishing, their adult spoofs department. Have you read HoL "Human occupied Landfill." It is freaking hilarious. As for your project, it got me thinking. I'd love to contribute to something like that. I could just imagine Goth wannabes building up their Angst pool. I even thought of a few neat concepts on the way home from work on your merits and flaws. Here's just a creativity demon that I needed to let out so if you like it, have fun. Just get me a look at this thing soon. OK? :)

Merits: Spoiled Rotten
- Mom and Dad may be ***-holes, but they are also loaded. You make a darn fine freeloader, if you do say so yourself. Since you don't have to work for a living, and you don't need to worry about money and connections, it is especially easy for you to be nonchante about cash and such. Also, when things start to look ugly, you are totally unprepared, thusly get to exude much more angst then most people in your situation.

Quote: "It takes a rare breed, Ronny, to make a Studio apartment sound like a 4x4 Turkish prison cell."

Merit: Nasty Scars
- Though not disfiguring, these beauties make old ladies cross the street to get away from you. Each scar has its own horrifying tale of survival to go along with it. Now, if any of them were actually true …

Quote: "And this one I got falling off my bicycle - I mean the Empire State's Building."

Merit: Whiney ****ard
- What can you say? When you whine, people listen. You can make an ingrown toe-nail liken to radiation poisoning with a few well timed words. When you talk, people can't help but feel like dark clouds gather over your head.

Quote: "Yeah. And then they had to drill, and the anestetic wouldn't work. You ever had a root-canal? No? Hm … well, imagine passing a kidney stone. OK. Now multiply that times twelve, condense it into about 3 hours strapped down while this quack with a drill plays Kenny-G CDs and holds your jaw apart …"

Flaw: Disfigurement
- A nice scar is one thing. Nose rings are fine. But you sir, make a Kindred think twice before getting near enough to bite you. Your friends in black may talk a good game about suffering, but it is a universal fact that Everybody hates the truly ugly.

Quote: "I dunno, what do you wan'na do? … I know, let's go make fun of the guy with the stumpy arm. Then we'll be cool."


Ah well, too little time to take care of business. Only 8 days left before I have to take a little trip … :)

*walks out whistling and smiling to himself*

Toku Kaioto - [kaioto@yahoo.com]
Boston, MA, USA
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 10:00:14 PM
IP: 1cust180.tnt2.brockton.ma.da.uu.net

hello everyone

David G>> sent that email finally


delphi - [cmiller@magiclink.com]
twin falls, idaho
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 09:36:18 PM
IP: 207.14.200.81

Hello from Fl. State Universary Library. I just wanted to say 'hi' to everyone and I'll be coming back around Friday afternoon. So I'll be on around noon. **looks at Robby** So be on-line.
Heather - [kheetor84@aol.com]
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 07:32:53 PM
IP: rm118-63.lib.fsu.edu

Grrrr... I had a huge post typed up, but then I accidentally wiped it...

Anyway... re-created pointless random post for ya...

Inspector Gadget was good? That's a relief, I was afraid it'd stink. And I can live with this trend of remakes from TV and other movies if it'll lead to a Gargoyles movie...

Tom Baker might be in a D&D movie? Kewl! :D

WB, Wilek! :) (That's a rather large post you returned with. :)

Cyrway> I look very much forward to those two documents. So finish 'em already! ;)
Oh... and WHERE IS CU CHULAINN?? <:)

Fandom Top Five> Not voting, sorry. I am incapable of choosing a single favorite ANYTHING.

There's gonna be a Bullwinkle live-action movie? Heh, reminds me of the Showtime film "Boris and Natasha"... anyone seen that?

TMNT Adventures> I used to love this book, but pretty much stopped collecting it around the time they offed the Mutanimals. The last issues I bought were the Cyber-Samurai ones. IMHO, TMNTA and Transformers are the two best comic book-from-other media adaptation series ever.

Has anyone here ever tried to bid for things on eBay, and it looks like you're going to win, and then you get outbid at the last minute, before you can counterbid or are outbid too highly? I really really hate it when people do that. It's rude.

Bye, Heather?

They're editing "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"? Oh, for crying out loud... and it's not even one of the scenes worth editing, IMHO...

David G.> "Goth: The Ennui" sounds... interesting. :D

The rooms cannot be merged back together without one or both sides becoming unhappy somehow. They have gone in far different directions since the split. It would be a very bad idea to attempt a re-integration.

*makes note to mail Deuce* If anyone needs his e-mail addy, it's in my Gargoyles Fan Registry (I hope it's his current address anyway).

Did I ever do Seth Green's connection to Gargoyles?

Hope you enjoy Schlitterbahn, and see you again soon, Doug and Kitainia. :)

Arthur in Hercules> I thought his costume design was rather
suspiciously similar to the Gargoyles King Arthur, myself.

I registered for my classes back in June, during that orientation thingy... but good luck to those who have yet to do it. :)

Aaron> <<the Bad Fairy from Sleeping Beauty>> That's Maleficent (who has one of the kewler villain names, IMHO :). I imagine Hook got there simply because he's a well-known villain, and not for any value.

Personal news: I'm going to update my site this week, with new stuff in the Registry, TGE, and finally, my G99 report and album. I'll keep y'all posted. :) I've also got some other projects going on, such as my Multiversal Omnipedia-Atlas, "Present Imperfect" II, and a big whomper
crossover involving Gargoyles, Marvel, Doctor Who, Man From UNCLE, Transformers, and more that I bet won't ever get finished... but oh well.

Hey, that post was better than my previous version anyway. :)
JEB - [JEB215@aol.com]
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 05:14:48 PM
IP: 98a7ee3e.ipt.aol.com

FAVORITE WRITER: Christine Morgan (of course)
FAVORITE ARTIST: DemonaCrzy
FAVORITE CYCLE: Gargoyles
FAVORITE INDIVIDUAL STORY The Darkest Hour(TGS), The Pure and the Profane (Christine Morgan)
FAVORITE INDIVIDUAL ARTWORK all art by DemonaCrzy
FAVORITE MALE CHARACTER Xanatos
FAVORITE FEMALE CHARACTER Demona
FAVORITE VILLAIN both Demona and Xanatos (original series), Madoc and Maeve (TGS) Jericho (Christine Morgan)

Greg "Xanatos" Bishansky - [Madoc55@aol.com]
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 05:03:00 PM
IP: spider-we033.proxy.aol.com

I believe the name people are looking for is Natasha Fatale.

Aaron> <<Ah, the safety lecture. >> My favorite was one I heard on a plane last year. "In the event that this flight turns into a cruse, lifejackets are located under your seats..." By the way, I think I may be cursed. Last year I went to Egypt and about a month after I got home, Swiss Air (the same company I had used) had that big crash on the same flight path, leaving from the same airport at roughly the same time I had left. This year I went the south Pacific and less than a week after I got home, Air Fiji had a crash. It wasn't on the same flight path, but I have a sneaking suspicion it may have been one of the same planes I was on. Air Fiji can't have very many planes that size, I was on several of then, and none of them looked like they were in very good repair. Normally I wouldn't let this worry me that much, but I have a flight later today and my dad is going to be flying on the company that used to be Valuejet next month, so the math doesn't look good. << "I was a fool to trust you!" (Reads next line questioningly) "And an even greater fool to sleep with you?" (breaks character) "All right, who put that in there?!?">> LOL!!!

Stephen "Coldstone" Sobotka> <<"Riverdaughter's Bent">> Interesting title, there are so many things it could mean. Is that " 's" a contraction or the possessive? (also, I'm a diver, so the phrase "get bent" has more than one possible meaning...) I don't suppose you'd send me a copy would you?

Zath - [zath@rocketmail.com]
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 03:02:06 PM
IP: ns11-01.viptx.net

**Robby walks in, sees Aaron's post about the midified temptation seen and cracks up.**

Heh heh heh.. Of course, if we were actually able to get Jeff Bennet to go the the Gathering, I would pull out ALL the stops to get there, at just about any cost.

**Reads the line again and cracks up more.**
Robby
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 02:01:28 PM
IP: spider-ta084.proxy.aol.com

Hiya Aaron :P
Jenna
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 01:36:29 PM
IP: unknown-31-157.glm.com

Sorry Exin-- been crazy here.
Jenna
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 01:35:00 PM
IP: unknown-31-157.glm.com

Jenna>Why dont you reply?
Exin
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 01:24:22 PM
IP: 193.97.193.250

The door to the CR burst open, allowing Aaron's Nova, now modified with a shark't tooth grill and a barbed spine down the centerline, to enter. Aaron whips the car into a skid, slamming sideways into DC and his cohorts.

Hehe. Guess what movie I finally saw last night?

Pistoff> Ah, the safety lecture. One of my favorite bits. Whenever I fly, which isn't often, I always hope they'll give us one of these, but they never do. Maybe they've been heckled too many times.

Zath> The tattooed pair would be me and Baby Fey.

Wilek> Which thing from Aliens? Ripley? (Kidding)

Coldstone> I forget Natasha's last name too, but I do remember they only say it once in the whole series. Maybe we should offer a cookie to anyone who knows.

Almost walked face-first into a spider the size of my hand yesterday. Apparently he, (or she) has taken up residence on my back porch. I don't mind, except I wasn't expecting it, and it kinda startled me. (For the record, Christine, I like spiders. ;)

I hate going to the Disney store. It's always an exercise in frustration. They never have any gargs stuff, or the Scar and Zira plushies I want. And has anyone seen the villain snowglobe? In the globe itself is the Queen from Snow White. Holding the globe is the gargoyle-demon thing from Fantasia. In front of the globe is Ursela, vogueing. And flanking the globe are, R-L, Jafar, Cruella, the Bad Fairy from Sleeping Beauty, and... Captain Hook?

Please tell me why this loser gets to stand with the cool bad guys. Disney's Hook was a fop who would get his butt handed to him by Fox's much cooler Hook. Wouldn't it've been cooler to have

a. Scar or, even better

b. Demona with or without Xanatos. There's plenty of room over there.

Last thing, and then I'll go, I swear. This came to me around 3 a.m., so it may not seem so funny in daylight, but here goes.

I think we should petition for Marina Sirtis and Jeff Bennet to appear at G2K. We tell them we want to see them do a scene from Temptation, and then slip them a script modified vis-a-vis Christine's Confessions.

Marina: "Brooklyn, wait! You must trust me!"

Jeff: "I was a fool to trust you!" (Reads next line questioningly) "And an even greater fool to sleep with you?"
(breaks character) "All right, who put that in there?!?"

Okay, I've wasted more then enough of your time, so I'll go now.

Later.

Aaron gets back in his car, cranks "Hotel California" up, and back out, managing to smoosh DC again as he goes.


Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 01:13:15 PM
IP: ppp-100.tnt-1.sat.smartworld.net

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Tuesday, July 27, 1999 12:52:32 PM
IP: mac41.library.sc.maricopa.edu

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Tuesday, July 27, 1999 12:51:11 PM
IP: mac41.library.sc.maricopa.edu

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Tuesday, July 27, 1999 12:50:38 PM
IP: mac41.library.sc.maricopa.edu

Robby> I can't decide on any of the poll questions, except one:
FAVORITE INDIVIDUAL STORY - "Firstborn" by Nancy Brown.

Inspector Gadget> Saw it Friday, got a kick out of it. All the critics who have panned it seem to be forgetting one essential fact: It's a DISNEY MOVIE! A Disney movie based off of a fairly goofy (but funny) cartoon! What did they expect, Hamlet? Yeesh.

Random fanfic idea I had to throw out> Work has been tedious, so I've been dreaming up fic ideas left and right as a result. And an odd one popped into my head, a parody that I'm positive someone else has come up with already: "There's Something About Angela." With Angela as Mary (obviously), Broadway as Ted, Brooklyn as Pat, Lexington as Tucker, Matt as Wuggie (just to fit someone in that role), Goliath and Elisa as the parents so Keith David can still pretty much play the same role, and Demona as Magda for some bizarre reason I haven't figured out yet. (Of course, Macbeth could then be the old guy who tries to shoot Ted at the end...) Did someone else put Gargoyles characters into "Something About Mary," or is it just me?

Oh, no, not the villain discussion again! Can we just make it "Best Antagonist" and leave it at that? There are a lot of "bad guys" in Gargoyles who are not true villains in every sense of the word!

WFRR cut> Are they insane??

School Registration> To everyone dealing with this, my sincerest condolences. Trust me, it gets easier every year.

Better track down my supervisor. I'll finish this post later. :)
Mandolin - [weird_web@hotmail.com]
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 12:18:50 PM
IP: ch164-10.apgea.army.mil

Good to hear that news,Steve.
Jenna
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 12:06:57 PM
IP: unknown-31-157.glm.com

JAMES B. - <blows a ref's whistle> That's a 10 yard penalty for Mispronouncing A Classic Cartoon Character's Name! <grabs James and marches him 10 yards across the CR, before planting him in the turf> The real name is Boris BADENOV (Bad Enough). I forget what Natasha's last name is.

WFRR CUT - <rolls eyes> Why in #@$%#@'s name is that one scene being cut?!? Sheesh! It sets up Baby Herman's character so nicely-- a 40-50 year old toon that can act like a 2 year old baby! They might as well cut the part where Herman slaps the one girl on the tush, then does the line "I got a XX-year old lust, and a X-year old dinkie!" Ever since Clinton told the Ent.Ind. to clean up their act...

PISTOFF - Reminds me of the time I worked selling retail furniture: customer walks in, looking at a coffee table and end tables. I tell him the price and about the hide-away eating trays in the table. He gets impressed, then asks "What's it made of?"

Completely deadpan: "Wood."

SOME NEWS - I had my first short story "Thunder Bay" critiqued, and it's nearly there, but I have to go back and re-evaluate the plot, relationships between my two main characters, and basically work on the nuts and bolts bits (spellcheck, gramatical, etc.). But, it's a step in the right direction.

In the meantime, I finished my second story, a fantasy short story called "Riverdaughter's Bent"... More on this one later. :)

Maintain and Check Six!
Stephen "Coldstone" Sobotka, Jr. - [scififangargoyle@yahoo.com]
Spokane, WA, USA
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 11:34:42 AM
IP: m40.ieway.com

Jenniren-- oh, I think your giving the Hercules and Xena writers way too much credit. I hate they way they "rewrite" mythology for there show!!! They can't even get the general time frame right by a thousand years!!! For example, in one Xena ep they encounter Abraham and Issac and in the next ep they help the magi reach the Christ Child--- WHat!!!!!!!!!!!
Jenna
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 11:10:53 AM
IP: unknown-31-157.glm.com

Tom Savini, Thanks Sevarius Jr. Only I could forget a name like that. Oh and Pistoff don’t worry unless you get a order form a girls dormitory in the middle of the night were they have been reading the book of the dead (yep the director of Hell Night liberated a copy when he helped do some of the Evil Dead movies). Yea I know what your think “but that’s how some porno’s start” well its how some horror movies start too, so yous just have to take your chances muhahhhahahah (computer smacks him on the nose with a rolled up newspaper) opps at work must look busy busy busy busy ok. Lets see; oh Tom Savini also used pizza dough to do a death scene were the pretty young College girl gets her throat cut. They filmed this scene at Dragon Con so I got to watch ( That and I know one of the girls in the movie so I got to meet a lot of people involved and I loved Mr. Savini’s motto “keep it simple you can find stuff to do great gore scenes just lying around the house”. Last but not least dogma Sorry KS fans but the news is that this movie is going to suck. Why? Kevin has cut so much out of the film. How much? Well it started out almost 3 hours long. Now it is under 2 hours
Oh happy belated birthday to all the August ones I missed.
Crystal welcome and its nice to get some info on Deuce


Ironwolf
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 11:10:33 AM
IP: host-209-215-8-192.cha.bellsouth.net

Skippy - I always wondered why, in a whole city full of people turned into gargoyles, apparently none of them thought to try out his or her wings. Or maybe a few did and were later classified as suicides by the NYPD.

I saw that episode of "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" with King Arthur in it. That series sure likes to rewrite mythology. Mostly I didn't care for it, but the actor who played Merlin did look a little like Emrys, with the curly blond hair. And the sword looked kinda cool.

Jenniren
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 10:20:28 AM
IP: user-2ivf2ch.dialup.mindspring.com

Wilek Nereus> RE: Goth: the ennui. I'm a WoD fan, and I'm amused.
David G. - [david_goodner@yahoo.com]
Arlington, TX, USA
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 09:26:45 AM
IP: 198.215.20.3

Todd Jensen> Boris Strangenoph realized that detail in the episode where Natasha asked him why he must use a fake id to destroy moose and squirl rather then conquer the world. Skippy> They were gargoyles alright cept no matter taught them how to glide.
James Birdsong - [LennexMacDuff@yahoo.com]
San Diego, CA, USA
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 09:25:26 AM
IP: dt041n34.san.rr.com

Zath> I have had similar thoughts on the Mirror. I mean, supposedly the spell only affected people on the island of Manhattan, so the surrounding Burroughs were unaffected. So it does make me wonder what happend on the edges of the spell area...massive rioting in New Jersey and Brooklyn?

Yes, thousands of people could have come and gone out of NY in the time between Puck's casting and reversing... I could imagine a good couple hundred people falling through the cracks of the spell...

I'm thinking that if they did leave the spell area, after the spell wore off they would regain their original memories and relise they have been transformed (like Elisa did) so suddenly everyone on a cargo freighter that pulled out of the harbor realizes just as they get out to sea that they have all been transformed...

Another interesting question: Did the transformed humans have the same abilities as Gargoyles or did they just have the appearance? If the spell had lasted till moning, would all the people have turned to stone?

That's the problem with spells of this scale, the level of details involved in the act are monumental....
Skippy The Klingon - [shakedwn@ultravision.net]
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 09:11:44 AM
IP: 207.22.234.104

Okay, Aris, heads up on this: Shiva is a villian, yes, but only the 'Shiva Programming Persona'. Daniel is not a villian, never was, and I don't say will be at any point.

Here's my replies to the Questionnaire. Keep in mind none of these, save the 'Favorite Individual Story Outside of GARGOYLES' are listed from least, to greatest, out of all the favorites, or greatest, to least, out of all the favorites, and the aforementioned one only because I could remember them easily.

FAVORITE WRITER: GARGOYLES: Jewel Faulkner and Scott Iskow
Outside of GARGOYLES: XENOGEARS Writers and Mieu Sedai
FAVORITE ARTIST: Christi Smith Hayden
FAVORITE CYCLE: GARGOYLES: Anything involving the Athenaverse, with the possible exception of APOKALYPSIS
Outside of GARGOYLES: The LUNAR Series
FAVORITE INDIVIDUAL STORY: GARGOYLES: THE DARKEST HOUR, LUX PERPETUA, REPOSSESSION
Outside of GARGOYLES: XENOGEARS, REBORN AGAIN
FAVORITE INDIVIDUAL ARTWORK: The Banshee on the shore in HAZARDS, and Danu in NIGHT OF THE WIERD
FAVORITE MALE CHARACTER: GARGOYLES: George Harrison, Mars, Daniel Straussmore
Outside of GARGOYLES: Lacan, Fei Fong Wong, Krelian, Hyuga Ricdeau/Citan Uzuki, Kahran Ramsus, Ghaleon, Anakin Skywalker, Ramza Beoulve, Delita Hyral
FAVORITE FEMALE CHARACTER: GARGOYLES: Demona, Angela, Ariana, Christine, Gemini
Outside of GARGOYLES: Elhaym 'Elly' van Houten, Sophia, Elly Kasim, Emeralda, Miang, Lucia, Luna, Myria, Nina Windia, Nina Wyndia, Nina Winland, Cecilia, Rika
FAVORITE VILLAIN: GARGOYLES: Thailog, Apep (if he's a villian, if not, forget classifying him), Isfet (if she's realy a villian, if not, forget classifying her), Shiva Persona
Outside of GARGOYLES: The Gazel Ministry, Zophar

I may have forgotten some right now. If so, I may, or may not add them as necessary.

Wakeup call, Harthoth is not a villian, he's a slave.

Doug and Kitainia-Unlike FINAL FANTASY, which leaves huge gaps in between their stories, and is only just starting to form one continuous timeline (with mentioning of the Path of Spirits, and Jenova, and how they are compensating for a lack of Magic, plus how there is two Moons [Maybe a new one, although the other must've somehow returned, which'll probably be explained at some point]), LUNAR has a more GARGOYLESish continuum. If you look at the shady figure in the Instruction Booklet, well, there's kinda' an explanation. The silhouette should've given him away. I'm not sure if there's an explanation there, but there is one. As for Lucia, she isn't stuck-up, she started the Game with absolutely no emotion, and no knowledge of it. All she knows is she's supposed to have been a guardian of the Blue Star and Lunar. She's a very well developing character, look at how she left at Zulan, or whatever the name is, for the greater good, but then came back? She's one of my all-time favorite characters. Pay attention to her character development, please.
Kitainia, about the heads-up on the difficulty, you're welcome. To Doug, about the thanks for the heads-up on Azado, you're welcome, to Kitainia, if you thanked me too, you're welcome.
LUNAR II: ETERNAL BLUE is not so 'fast-starting' in terms of the Plotline, but that's what makes it so neat.

"Life... has no meaning. If I were to fall over and die right now no one would worry, or care. You live... and you die... There's nothing else..."-Lacan
XENOGEARS
Paul Allen Nathans - [LacanPanother@worldnet.att.net]
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 09:06:59 AM
IP: 200.morristown-03-04rs.nj.dial-access.att.net

Fandom poll- Thanks to all who have voted so far. The more votes, the better the poll works for giving a fandoms majority opinion of favorites. (And hence a better source for newbies to reference to know what stories to check out first.) And for those of you who haven't voted, please do so! Since it's completeley open ballot I've stretched the original ruless some and you can have more than one pick in any given category.

The DVD release of WHo Framed Roger Rabbit is gonna lose a scene? Oii... DVD is supposed to have EXTRA stuff, not less... man...

Aris- "I've finally accepted S8 is dead"... We've been over this topic many times before. Its not dead, there's just a lot of factors that keep it from being heavily visited. No new material (It was starting to pick up some traffic for the week Ask Greg was working) harder accessibility due to bad links, (Gore needs to fix that, and I advertise to visit S8 frequently in here) Gargoyle only topics (Because this room only talks about gargoyles when it comes up, it'll cover anything else incluing moview reviews and such. And while its been said that S8 should have the same freedom as this one, almost everyone agrees it should stay gargs related.) and the fact that Todd and Airwalker's posts are usually complete and educated enough its more something to read than respond to, along with a few other factors like Greg's occassional visits, all add up to s8 being slow compared to this one. It'll get better if Ask Greg gets fixed again, and it was slow last night because the rooms were down...

Argent- The new Dragonball episiodes do have new voices, true, and they kinda suck in the first few episodes, but the actors start getting the hang of the characters after a few episodes... Now Funimation needs to realize they're going to lose lots and lots of money if they don't stop with the overdone censorship quick... And they need to bring back the original music dang it!

Also, that six degrees game of yours ALSO works for Beast Wars. Scott McNeil doing half the voices in the show and Ian Corlett doing the voice of Cheetor... Boy those Canadian voice actors stick together don't they? (Kind of like Scott McNiel constantly playing a role model to Safron Henderson. Piccolo and Gohan, or Captain Harlot and Tetsuro come to mind...)

In response to Deuce's cousin's post- Well, since he asked, I'm going to include a midi to "Disciplined Breakdown". (Click!)

George Carlin- Shame his television series got canned after only a year or two. But what else could happen? It was a semi- intelligent show, it didn't stand a chance.

Coyote- Here's hoping for your grandmother to be okay.

Schlitterbahn- "The hottest, coolest time in Texas"? Oh yeah, you get nailed with those commercials from May to August every year... Its a good watterpark, but waaay to easy to get sunburned while hanging out on an inner tube and floating around the park...

School registration- Its how MY day is going down the toilet Thursday...

Pistoff- "Wellk, we have to cook 'em you know". Heh heh. Good one.

Wilek- Take it from someone who's seen pretty much all Dragonball has to offer, if it exists, its been blown up in Dragonball. So the destruction of a starfleet craft is probably possible. (I mean, they blow up the friggin' Earth near the end of the series...)
Robby
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 08:57:38 AM
IP: spider-wa053.proxy.aol.com

Draconis> To find out about my 'ideas' on Mother Teresa, scroll down and read one of the 4 or 5 articles for which I posted an URL.
DarkAngel
Quebec, Canada
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 08:51:35 AM
IP: cs-24.acdi-cida.gc.ca

SEVARIUS JR - Actually Warren Ellis is leaving THE AUTHORITY at issue #12. I am a little disappointed but I'm also curious as to who they are going to get to replace him on the book. If they got someone like Grant Morrison for example, I wouldn't be too upset. On the other hand, if they get Scott Lobdell to do it, that book is getting dropped fast.

And that is not the end of Warren Ellis' involvement with THE AUTHORITY. He's going to be writing a PLANETARY/AUTHORITY crossover annual that comes out sometime in January.

As for PLANETARY, it's continuing past issue #12 according to the press release Warren Ellis posted to rec.arts.comics.misc


WILEK - You wrote: [Hm...Selective amnesia? Or maybe they don't realize that the broadcast was connected to all the mayhem (no one believes in magic these days; it's sad
really).]

This can be taken one of two ways. Either it just happened that most of the people in that room were rich and from out of town so they never really saw the broadcast so Demona doesn't have a problem, or someone in that room (possibly Nichole St. John; she is a reporter after all and a PIT costume ball where rich and famous show up might get some tv coverage) did notice, didn't say anything at the moment but knows, so Demona does have a problem.

It could be interesting to see what Demona would do if someone aproached her as Dominique Destine, tells her that he/she knows that he's seen her in her "costume" and knows that she was responsible for illegally breaking into the television signals a few years ago, then tries to blackmail her. Demona's reaction to that would just scream character development. (Especially if she tells that person to meet her at her home at sunset, then scares the hell out of him/her by transforming, and kills the blackmailer.)
Airwalker
Brooklyn, NY
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 08:39:05 AM
IP: 240.new-york-28-29rs.ny.dial-access.att.net

WFRR > The scene they're cutting is at the very beginning, when Baby Herman walks underneath the woman saying, "'Scuse me, tuts!" If they're going to cut that, they might as well follow through and delete all the scenes with Jessica Rabbit!

Aris > I did get your e-mail, but I haven't had a chance to respond to it, yet. Technically, I'm at work right now.

Technically.
Scott Iskow - [smiskow@wam.umd.edu]
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 08:32:31 AM
IP: 156.40.117.111

goodmorning everyone

took a quick look before work today.

David G>> will email after work

bye
delphi - [cmiller@magiclink.com]
Twin Falls, Idaho
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 08:32:03 AM
IP: 207.14.195.150

PATRICK - I saw the Hercules/King Arthur episode that you mention in question - or rather, half of it. Then the station showing it goofed halfway through, and started showing one of the episodes about Dahak possessing Iolaus's body instead.

CITY OF STONE - Greg once indicated that Demona's spell was completely broken by the skies burning, so that even the recordings lost their effect to turn people into stone.

(I've sometims wondered, incidentally, how that woman at the beginning of Part Three knew that watching television was what turned you to stone. It almost sounded as if she'd been reading the script :)

WORLD DOMINATION SCHEMES THAT GO SOUR - Here's another way for a world domination scheme to go sour when it succeeds, and a much more universal one: the power-hungry super-villain succeeds in taking over the world, and then discovers too late that a major consequence of ruling the planet is that he has TONS and TONS of administration and paperwork to handle, and without the opportunity for ever taking a day off. And if he was egotistical enough to want to rule it all by himself without sharing the power and authority with anybody, it only makes his problem even worse.
Todd Jensen - [merlyn@ninenet.com]
St. Louis, MO
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 07:11:59 AM
IP: 205-242-191-183.dialup-stl.primary.net

Wilek:When I take over the world, I'll make it legal for ppl like you, Coyote, and whoever else in here has to interact with the dregs of sub-humanity to kill your customers. :)>>Cool I'd vote for ya!!:)(grabs a pen and some paper and starts to write up a very large hit-list starting with that B@#$%!d who keeps putting superglue in the padlock to the dumpster at work nearly every day)

Wilek again:I am a person who thinks the thing from Alien is beautiful. If somewhat messy. ;P>>You'd love my sisters HR Giger art books<G>

Xanathar
Melbourne, victoria, Australia
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 06:58:26 AM
IP: 203.29.192.74

**RP!**

[On the Avatar Of Ganon, Stephanie's urgent call is forwarded to Agent Rho. Rho: "A cannon that can take out a Star Destroyer in one shot? I'm amazed they have enough energy to power a device like that. The Borg must have made some rather interesting adjustments to the Devastator's power core. Not to mention its superstructure; the thing must be the size of a small starship. But since the Devastator itself is on the order of three kilometers long, that's probably not much of an issue. As to the matter of destroying it...well, I'm not sure there's much you can do, short of destroying the Devastator itself. See if you can engage its auto-destruct. Failing that, attaching a large explosive device to the power core should be sufficient. I believe one of your teams is already on its way to the engine room?"]

**PAUSE!**

So is the room back up? Finally...I'm *still* getting welcomes back? Wow, I had no idea I was this popular. ;P j/k

Zath> <<How much would it cost to see her strangle him with his own intestines and then eat his brains on toast?>> I'll do it for free! Failing that, I'll pay Demmy to do it and show it to y'all for free. <<Can you imagine what would have happened if they *had* left him there and then someone found the body. Knowing the type of perverts out there these days, I could easily imagine someone selling it over the internet, little chunks at a time.>> I'm thinking something more along the lines of a Jackalesque puppet show. <shudder> <<By the time Puck reverses the spell several hours later, the bus is way out of his range and we have a new clan of gargoyles who think the rest of the population suddenly turned into human monsters for no apparent reason... Does anyone know if there's anything in Ask Greg about this?>> Yup. He said that all the affected humans would have turned back into gargs no matter where they were. I think.

Heather> You're leaving? Oh well, at least you'll be having fun. Come back soon! :D

Doug> $<<I don't watch their show, but know from commercials and TV guide that Pete is a smart-ass cynic, Berg an egotistical and slightly dumb loser, and Sharon a stuck-up whiny ditz who hates them both>> I'll keep it in mind. :)$

Slightly off-topic> I just saw a full episode of Dragon Ball Z for the first time today. Perhaps I've finally gone from simply insane to full-out delusional, but was that a Starfleet shuttlecraft that was destroyed in the opening?!

Steve Gooch> <<Nice D.C. death. Thanks.>> You're welcome. :) <<Hollywood knows as much about weapons as my dog.>> My neighbor's dog knows a thing or two about weapons. Well, more about pyrotechnics than weapons, really, but it comes to much of the same thing in a pinch. ;P

Pistoff> <<Carlin had all kinds of ideas. Such as...boiling criminals in oil--or, occasionally, dipping one in egg batter and french-frying him, just for a goof.>> Wow. I officially admire him now. Maybe we can get him to do a few DC deaths in here. 8> <<He also suggested burning people at the stake on Sunday mornings. "The Praise Jesus, Evangelical, Send us an Offering, Human Bonfire," or something like that....>> Now *there* would be an interesting potluck supper. ^_^ <<Of course, the doctor who told us that he was dying was so fanatical about jogging that she has to carry an oxygen tank with her because she keeps hyperventilating...>> Hoo boy...by her standards, half of *us* are probably dying, too. :P <<I knocked on the door and he opened it, and he was this greasy guy with no shirt on, who looked like he hadn't taken a shower in weeks...and he had two 14-year-old boys with him.>> When I take over the world, I'll make it legal for ppl like you, Coyote, and whoever else in here has to interact with the dregs of sub-humanity to kill your customers. :)

Robby> Hm...
FAVORITE WRITER> No idea, but Coyote's among them.
FAVORITE ARTIST> Tie between Coyote, Arianna, Foxglove, and a few others I can't remember right now because it's really late. Oh, and whoever did the CR's pic of Miss O'Connor. I was able to alter it *so* easily... :) :) :)
FAVORITE CYCLE> Tie between Timedancer and WCC. (How long before Coyote's ego eats us all?)
FAVORITE INDIVIDUAL STORY> No idea.
FAVORITE INDIVIDUAL ARTWORK> Would it be in bad taste to nominate something I myself commissioned? :)
FAVORITE MALE CHARACTER> I KNOW it would be in bad taste to nominate Cocytus or Jashin, <g> so...Anubis.
FAVORITE FEMALE CHARACTER> Hyena, I want to be your dog. <LOL>
FAVORITE VILLAIN> Er...do I really have to choose?

Todd> <<One of the popular roads to world domination that your average cliched mad scientist embarks on is the old "turn everyone on Earth into mindless zombies under my control". But for a while now I've found myself wondering: would this really be a good way to world domination? There's one flaw in the plan, you see. What sort of servants would mindless zombies make?>> A valid point. But, wouldn't a mad scientist be able to find ways of controlling ppl without making them so abysmally stupid? Or would he fail to see the point, since he is, by definition, mad? :) <<I can imagine an alternate title for this series "Merlin: The Children of Double O Sevens Unite".>> Or perhaps, 'The Ties That Bond?' :)

Airwalker> <<While I did love the Demona/Andrea Halloween Party flashback, I have to wonder why absolutely nobody recognized Demona as "that crackpot who took over all the tv's in the city a few years ago"?>> Hm...Selective amnesia? Or maybe they don't realize that the broadcast was connected to all the mayhem (no one believes in magic these days; it's sad really).

Coyote> I'm sorry to hear that your grandmother may be taking a turn for the worse. She'll be in our thoughts. <<What's basically going on is, her throat is closing up and for some reason when she drinks anything it goes into her lungs rather than her stomach, so they're going to take a close look tomorrow at how she's been swallowing.>> Hmm...could the respirator have done that, somehow? Perhaps through improper handling? <<Myself, I particularly liked his suggestions for improving baseball ... the best of these being "random land mines in the outfield.">> I like it...and, perhaps, at the third inning, releasing a few lions onto the field (but away from the mines)? Possibly having the paths between the bases tiled with sandpaper, to make those slides a tad more interesting? >:)

Aaron> <<I should have known we were in for a bad ride the second Ellenor says "It's beautiful." about the house. I know beauty is in the eye of the beholder (or beerholder) but... Are you on crack, or what?!?>> I am a person who thinks the thing from Alien is beautiful. If somewhat messy. ;P

Bronx> <<Will post more laterz... ( I have some NEW info on the Garg movie!)>> Oh good; we'll be glad to hear it. :) (Especially if you tell us that they've changed the script. You don't want to know what I've heard about it before. Ecch.)

Aris> <<I've finally accepted the S8 room is dead - perhaps we should be thinking of merging the rooms again or something>> No offense, but I really hope you're mistaken. I would be really, really sad if we lost that room; it's one of the founding sites of the fandom (or so it seems to me, not that I had the good fortune to be here back then)!

David G.> <<"Goth: the Ennui" It's a spoof of the WoD games that I got this evil idea for about a month ago [...]>> As a WoD fan, should I be amused or annoyed? ;P j/k

Theresa> <<Don't even ask about last Thursday. Don't even.>> Err...I won't, but I'll offer my condolences on what appears to have been an awful day.

Fleur> <<I loaded the CR, only to get the one from July 14th, and now I'm too scared to go back to last weeks posts in case I lose this weeks.>> Did you try opening it in a new window? I do that all the time with all kinds of different sites, usually the kind I'm too lazy to go back and forth through (like the GFW archive if it allowed it, which it doesn't for some reason). :)

Kitainia> YOU're leaving too? Oh well; have fun, and you and Doug come back soon. :)

Crystal> Welcome, a thousand welcomes, and thanks for the message from Deuce (it's great to hear he might be coming back). :) I presume that he has already confiscated your sanity in person? ^_^

Tim P.> Ack, sorry to hear about the Gathering situation. As a fellow non-Gathering-attending person, I can sympathize.

SJ> <<Have fun at Schlitterbahn! Geez, is it just me, or does that sound like some sort of German naughty word?>> Heh...well, 'Bahn' means 'highway'. I don't know much German, so I'll leave 'Schlitter' to the imagination. :) Oh, here are a few German words to conjure with: einfahrt, kleiderbugel, and manschettenknopfer (how it's pronounced, anyhow; I'm not gonna try and spell it). :)

**RESUME RP!**

[In the corridor leading to the engine room, our heroes are battling the three Borg sent to destroy them, SJ fighting especially visciously due to his rage over the severe wounding of one of the Hounds, for whom Miriam requests medical assistance. An Avatar medic drone comes to assist the dying beast as Sable fights even more fiercely to either protect or avenge her mate (depending on how this turns out), while Wilek gets an idea..."Guys, did you see how they walked right through the security sensors?" SJ: "So?" Wilek: "The system let them through! If we can--" Wilek is interrupted by a disruptor blast from Pete, which he *just* manages to dodge in time, as the drone sneers, "Like we're gonna take you right into the engine room, blue-butt." Wilek: "You are, but you don't need to be alive to do it." >:) Wilek then leaps at the Borg, ripping an important-looking connecting tube of some kind from his armor, causing him to die a screaming sparking convulsing death. Forfexx: "Ah...I get it now! <ehehehe> I think I'll enjoy this..." He then proceeds to cut Berg in half, diagonally from the left shoulder to the right hip. Berg manages to choke out, "Sharon, I love y--<gag>" before coughing up some of the foul blackish stuff that passes for Borg blood. Sharon screeches "What?!" in her shrewish way just before recieving a bullet to the forehead courtesy of SJ. "You hurt a friend of mine, of ANY species, and you are gonna die, simple as that! <turns to medic drone> How is he?" Drone: "Deep puncture wound; severe internal injuries. Prognosis unknown at this point..."]

**END RP!**
Wilek Nereus
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 05:44:01 AM
IP: tnt-1-169-56k.portsmouth.zoomnet.net

Here's an unusual little site I just came across and thought I'd share with the room.
Zath - [<-- Bootleg Garg Toys]
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 04:24:41 AM
IP: ns5-10.viptx.net

**sigh** I can't help thinking that it would have been nice if season 2 of Timedanced hadn't started until season 2 of Gargoyles/Pendragon had ended. That way we could have had new episodes all year long. Oh well, maybe next year.

Coyote> I hope your grandmother's condition improves. <<drugs they were putting her on>> If I were you, I'd definitely check that out. My psych teacher once told us about how his father (grandfather?) went to the hospital for minor stomach surgery, and when they went to visit him the next day, he was acting like he had completely lost his mind. This lasted for over a week with no signs of improving. The doctors just kept saying that things like that tend to happen when people got old and continually suggested putting the guy in a nursing home. My teacher got mad and demanded to see his father's records and it turned out that the first night he was in the hospital, the father had had an argument with one of the nurses, so they put him on haldol to shut him up, and had been giving it to him ever since. Haldol is used to treat mental illness (schizophrenia I think) but in a normal person it causes it instead. As soon as they got him off the drugs, he was back to normal in about a day.

City of Stone> I think it was Airwalker who mentioned this ep and Demona's spell, which got me wondering, doesn't anyone in New York own a VCR? What would have happened if someone were away for the weekend and didn't watch the tape until after the sky already burned? Also, what were the chances that *no one* turned to stone either in front of a security camera or some tourist with a camcorder? I find it very hard to believe that only one person in the entire city didn't watch tv that day.

I also had similar questions about The Mirror, what ever happened to the security cameras and the people who didn't get into the city until after the spell had been cast (or gargoyles who left before the spell was reversed)? Imagine, Puck casts the spell, and then a tour bus full of full of gargoyles leaves the city, going roughly 60mph. By the time Puck reverses the spell several hours later, the bus is way out of his range and we have a new clan of gargoyles who think the rest of the population suddenly turned into human monsters for no apparent reason... Does anyone know if there's anything in Ask Greg about this?

Exin> <<no Demona-fans here?>> There are several people who have her tattooed on their bodies (although I forget who at the moment), so do you really need to ask? : )

Scott Iskow> <<I just heard that a scene will be cut from "Who Framed Roger Rabbit">> Is it the scene where the lady asks "is that a rabbit in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?" or do people not want to see the little cartoon shoe get melted in dip? I'm just curious about why it would be taken out, sex, violence, or just a random scene snipped for no particular reason?

Pistoff> <<"People always talk about getting *on* the plane. F--k you, I'm getting *in* the plane!>> Don't forget the part about pre-boarding and near misses. "That wasn't a near miss. A near miss is a hit."

SJ> <<he is famous for the "blood-filled-condom" squib>> I though most people used blood filled condoms for gunshot fx, or does he just use more blood than usual?
Zath - [zath@rocketmail.com]
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 04:02:35 AM
IP: ns5-10.viptx.net

D'oh!! How could I forget this one...?

Another favorite artist: Demona May. While I'm not interested in "sexy" pictures, I've seen some of her "regular" stuff, and I still haven't picked my jaw up off the floor. She's done some portraits of Mulder and Scully that, particularly, are just plain incredible.
Pist of the North Star
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 03:01:50 AM
IP: wire-20.koalas.com

Coyote: Ack! Sorry about what's going on with your grandmother, but it's not hopeless. One time, back when I was still in high school and my dad was in the hospital (low blood pressure and congestive heart failure, among other things), we were awakened at 2 in the morning by the doctor, who told us that he was dying. I had to drive to the hospital--with no caffeine in my system since there was no time to brew any coffee--and Mom and I went to his room...and nothing happened. Dad lived for more than three years after that. Of course, the doctor who told us that he was dying was so fanatical about jogging that she has to carry an oxygen tank with her because she keeps hyperventilating... O_o

And that Jackass Customer story was great! I get a lot of weird phone calls, too. One of the best was this guy who ordered some buffalo wings. When I asked him if he wanted mild or spicy ones, he had to be a smartass and say, "Spicy! After you have a handjob, you gotta get 'em hot!"

Okay, my first thought was that, in a case like this, an ice pack might be more appropriate--but that's beside the point. The bottom line is, this was more information than I required.

And guess who got to deliver the guy's pizza and wings? Oh, yeah. I knocked on the door and he opened it, and he was this greasy guy with no shirt on, who looked like he hadn't taken a shower in weeks...and he had two 14-year-old boys with him. Draw your own conclusions. *shudder*

As for phone calls, I get a lot of stupid questions. One of my favorites is, "Do you have low-fat pizza?" Uhhhhh...is there such a thing? Even if there is, we sure as hell don't have it. Know what we have? The pizza that Rush Limbaugh ate backward in that damned commercial of his.... ;) But one of my all-time favorite Stupid Questions came from this lady who blew up at me after I told her that her cheese sticks would be ready in about 15 minutes.

"15 minutes?!?! Why should I have to wait 15 minutes for cheese sticks?!"

"Well," I told her, absolutely deadpan, "we have to cook 'em, y'know."

**RIMSHOT**

Doug: Schlitterbahn? It's in Texas? Somehow, it sounds German, to me....;)

SJ: No, I'm not pissed at you in particular. I was just pissed in a general sort of way. I had already apologized, and then other people started coming down on me, and I was starting to feel like I was being gang-banged. When that happens, I have a tendency to just start mowing people down. But it's over now, as far as I'm concerned, and I'm moving on to whatever comes up next. So don't worry about it, it's blowing over, and I'm sorry for whatever damage I caused. Amigos, definitely. :)

Favorite series/author/artist, etc: Ohhh, man, that's a tough one to decide. I'll offer a couple right now, and others I'll have to think about. For individual story, I like Christine's "Love Machine." That scene with Jackal had me LMAO. For artist, I like Christi Smith Hayden, Satana, and Bapgoyle. And Jessie Feff is rapidly becoming another favorite of mine.
Pistoff - [pistoff@outgun.com]
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 02:49:15 AM
IP: wire-20.koalas.com

Hi all!!

Voting poll:I've only read TGS so far so i'll just keep my choices tgs related.

FAVORITE WRITER:Christi Smith Hayden
FAVORITE ARTIST:Crzy Demona
FAVORITE CYCLE:Either Darkages or TGS Gargoyles
FAVORITE STORY:Prince of thieves
FAVORITE ARTWORK:Can't decide:)
FAVORITE MALE CHARACTER:Thersites or Goliath
FAVORITE FEMALE CHARACTER:Sata or Demona
FAVORITE VILLAIN:Hartoth

Fleur:Welcome back!

Crystal:Welcome!

Comment rooms:I like them this way

Bronx Wyvern:( I have some NEW info on the Garg movie!)>>OOOOOH!!!do tell:)

Deuce:come back soon everybody misses you.

Doug/Kitainia:you guys come back soon as well.

Merlin: the magic begins>>Sounds interesting but it'll probably be ages before I see it over here.

Coyote:Hang in there friend.

C'yas later!
Xanathar
Melbourne, victoria, Australia
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 02:01:43 AM
IP: 203.29.192.74

****BEGIN RP*****
"I don't believe this!" SJ shouted as he dodged the gunfire of the borg drones. "We're being attacked by the stars of a lame-ass, poorly-rated SITCOM!!!"
Kari used her spear to miraculously block a handful of the incoming projectiles. "You'd better watch what you say," she advised.
"Why, what do you mean?"
"Their show is on ABC."
"So?"
"Who owns ABC, you idiot!?!"
"Disne---Oh, I get it!"
"For a 'brilliant scientist' you sure can be dense!"
***PAUSE RP****

Folks, the key words in Deuce's post (or pseudo-post, as it may be) are he's not coming back "for a while". Not *never*, not *no way in hell*, simply not coming back for a while. If I may reveal something that I found out in talking to him via email (Theresa's right, write him folks! Show him we haven't forgotten! Of course, I'm sure most of you already have anyway...).....he DOES plan to come back. We just have to wait patiently, even though it's hard, and support him until he does once again grace the walls of this room.
Now, if we can get Ravyn back in here--for good--we'd be shootin' aces!

Coyote: I know what you're going through, bro. Years ago, when unfortunately my grandmother went into the hospital with a serious illness, all the setbacks, minor or otherwise, really wore you down. But I have faith she'll be back to full health in usual. Until then, I'm with you.

***ENTERTAINMENT NEWS!!!*****
Kind of slow today, but here goes:

X-FILES fans: Chris Carter is debating on whether or not to make the next season the last of the show...and it's looking like it will end after this upcoming year. This is kind of a mixed blessing, IMO. On one hand, a good show is leaving the airwaves; then again, I thought that the last season was on average pretty horrible. It was becoming, as someone once put it, "The Mulder and Scully Comedy Hour". Too much "will-they-or-won't-they" romantic interplay bullcrap, too much humor....where the hell is my alien apocalypse? The exterrestrial occupation?

BUFFY fans: Good news for you lovers of Spike (the vampire)! James Marsters (sp?), the actor who of course plays Spike, will be appearing in the next season of Buffy, as well as guest starring occasionally on the spinoff "Angel". Plus, James has a two year contract, so count on him showing up quite a bit.
***END THE ENTERTAINMENT 411****

School Registration: Don't whine about this folks. I had to spend the whole day dealing with this crap. AND a good part of last week, as well. I'm buried in forms and course catalogs, and suffering the Death of a Thousand Papercuts.

Doug & Kit: Have fun at Schlitterbahn! Geez, is it just me, or does that sound like some sort of German naughty word? ;)

Airwalker: Hey, you were the one who liked Planetary, right? Bad news. Looks like Warren Ellis, and the rest of the creative team (the artists, that is), are all leaving the book as of issue 12. Good news is that the book hasn't been canceled, but....well, I think it sucks that Ellis is leaving. He's amazingly talented, and one of my favorites in the field.

JFK's quick burial: Two good reasons for this--1) Like Pistoff said, the body had to have been a mess. I mean, the guy crashed Friday night. His body wasn't found till Wensday afternoon. Do you know what a state of decomposition he must have been in, not even counting the damage done by the crash itself? To be perfectly graphic, half of him was probably in some fish's belly by then. No one wants a mutilated corpse hanging around like that, it's too painful.
2) Secondly, and I think this is the best reason, is that the Kennedy's don't want to drag this whole thing out any longer than they can. Of course, the media won't realize this--they'll be having John John specials from now on up till November. But, the family wants to grieve, and move on--they don't want to see John Jr's face plastered on a tabloid cover from now to eternity. Hence the quick burial, so the press couldn't have such a field day with this tragedy and drag it out ad nauseum (which they will regardless, anyway...)

Ironwolf: Sex Machine! You're talking about splattergod Tom Savini, who worked with the legendary George Romero to give the gore in Day of the Dead and Dawn of the Dead (as well as numerous other horror flicks) that extra special realistic look! Casting him in From Dusk Till Dawn was a nod to all us horror fanboys. :) And yes, he is famous for the "blood-filled-condom" squib!

Pistoff: You're not pissed at me, are you? Cause I meant no harm...even if I did cause any (which, unfortunately for me, I'm often want to do). I'd like to apologize if I've offended you in any way. Amigos?

Maybe we should all drop the religious discussions for a while. A couple times there people on both sides (of whatever issue that was brought up) seemed to get offended, and tensions sort of flared up. That ought not happen. Maybe we should chill with the holy stuff for a while....you know the old saying, "politics, religion, yadda yadda yadda".

****RESUME RP***
The Hounds, being the brave beasts that they are, tried to take down the three drones themselves. Unfortunately, as fast as they were, the Borg were even faster. With a wicked laugh, Berg unleashed several shots into Sables's hide. With a cry and a whimper, the Hound went down.
"NOOOOOO!" SJ screamed in anguish. He moved to reach his beloved pet, but Kari held him back.
Growling in anger and half-mad with anger, Drake moved in to kill the drones who had harmed his mate. He lunged at Berg, dodged another volley of shots from the Borg, and lashed out with his claws. Berg screamed as metal and flesh were sheered away from his side. It was not enough to bring him down, though, and before Drake could finish the job, Pete came to his comrade's aid, using an implanted blade in his forearm to puncture Drake. He drove the blade deep into Drake's side, and the beast went down. All three of the drones laughed sinisterly.
SJ's eyes shown with a strange, violent gleam. "They...are going....to die! Everyone of them!!!!"
***END RP FOR NOW****

Sevarius Jr. - [bpoole@mailexcite.com]
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 12:25:39 AM
IP: 207-172-59-170.s265.tnt5.brd.va.dialup.rcn.com

Coyote-- I'll keep you and your family in my thoughts--hang in there and take care.
Jenna
Tuesday, July 27, 1999 12:12:29 AM
IP: 161.38.1.176

Coyote> I am constantly praying for you and your grandmother! We all love you very, very, very much and don't ever be afraid to talk to us about anything! I hope your grandmother's condition is determined! Hugz & Kisses!
SOROW
Monday, July 26, 1999 11:38:12 PM
IP: usr12-dialup98.mix1.irving.cw.net

Oh okay Todd Jensen. No Patrick Toman I haven't seen that episode sorry. I have no idea what you'll talking about David G.
James Birdsong
San Diego, CA, USA
Monday, July 26, 1999 11:34:52 PM
IP: dt041n34.san.rr.com

I HATE this! School registration for me is on Wednesday! WEDNESDAY! AAAUUUUGGGGHHHH!!!!!!!

I've read through "Prince of Thieves Part 3" in Dark Ages! I can't believe I didn't read this series earlier! I can't wait till the new season starts!

Voting Poll> Unfortunately, TGS, Timedancer, and currently Dark Ages are the only cycles that I've had the pleasure of reading! So my votes are mostly concerning those! Hoping to expand my horizons, though...
FAV AUTHORS: Christi Smith Hayden & Christine Morgan
FAV ARTISTS: Christi Smith Hayden & Brianna
FAV CYCLES: TGS Main & Timedancer
FAV INDIVIDUAL STORIES: "Daylight" & "Crossroads" from TD, "Immortal Beloved" by Dylan Blacquiere, "Prince of Thieves" from DA, "Re-Emergence" from TGS
FAV INDIVIDUAL ARTWORK: Can't pick favorites!
FAV MALE CHARACTER: Brooklyn!!!!!!
FAV FEMALE CHARACTERS: Sata, Ari, & Demona
FAV VILLAINS: Harthoth, Roland, George Harrison, Loki
I know I'm only supposed to vote for one each, but I couldn't help myself!

Bedtime...OKIloveyoubyebye!
SOROW
Monday, July 26, 1999 11:34:09 PM
IP: usr12-dialup98.mix1.irving.cw.net

Hello all. I see a few things here I feel a need to respond to:
Dark Angel: Where did you get those ideas?? I would have to say someone has given you some really wrong infomation.

Gathering2K info. We went through quite a bit to come up with the date we did. We did not want to interfere with any other Central Florida conventions one of which we are getting convention materials from. So unless something trully unforseen happens August 4th to the 6th is set in stone. We are trying to get a good idea of who is planning on attending in 2000 so we ask those of you interested to join the mailing list just by visiting the G2K site at station 8 or by emailing us at the attached email address.
We also want you creative people out there to give us your ideas for slogans, sayings, quips or anything Gargoyle that we can put on a Sticker or button. We need to raise a lot of pre con money for Guest airfare and lodging and per-diems. So we are looking for you help and assistance. We can't do this with out you.
By the way keep the two comment pages separate. There is still a need for two.
Draconis - [Gathering2K@hotmail.com]
Orlando , Florida, Home of the next Gargoyles convention in 2000
Monday, July 26, 1999 11:23:39 PM
IP: 179-236.kua.net

Coyote: Schlitterbahn is a water park. You know, with pools and water slides, etc? It's the biggest one in Texas and supposedly the most fun. We'll see if its commercials are true. :)

Later everyone.
Doug
Monday, July 26, 1999 11:09:08 PM
IP: pool-209-138-62-81.dlls.grid.net

**enters the room, switching out the candles for this evening. Sits down in the big chair, taking a deep breath**

Status: I have no idea *what* to believe now ... I got home this evening and my mom tells me the convoluted story of what's been going on. Basically, one of my aunts was at the hospital all day, pestering the doctors who finally gave her a line to shut her up. She wound up passing it along to everyone and getting 'em all in a panic.
The message being, my grandmother was looking at 2-5 days, most optimistic estimate.
Everyone rushed to the hospital, only to see her, in the ICU, but *far* from dying, as they'd been led to believe. What's basically going on is, her throat is closing up and for some reason when she drinks anything it goes into her lungs rather than her stomach, so they're going to take a close look tomorrow at how she's been swallowing. Additionally, they're also going to look into opening up two of the blocked arteries.
**sigh** I hope this ordeal ends soon ... **whimpers quietly, then continues as best as he can**

Todd: That's the same routine when Carlin described watching golf on TV as being "like watching flies f**k."
And I'm sure by now you've seen Chris Rogers' angry rant in the other room, so ye know why Wyvernweb went down again.

Aaron: Ye're certainly entitled to your opinion, friend.

Bronx: I'm going over to IMDB as soon as I'm done with this to see what you're talking about (hopefully).

Starsinger: I certainly won't ask about Thursday. And thanks for the advice ... oh, I forgot, they think that her weird behavior is dementia caused by oxygen starvation to the brain ... if they can open up that artery, it should clear up (hopefully).

Argent: I'm trying, but everything dropping on me at once here is making it difficult.

Kitainia: All right, at least *somebody* will vote for me. :)
See ya when ya's get back ... BTW, when you do return you're gonna have to tell us what *exactly* Schlitterbahn is.

Crystal: Greetin's, friend. Any family of Deuce is a friend in my book.

Pistoff: Here's an original one for your Jackass Customers list ...
Someone (I believe it was a guy who was fired from the store in February) has been crank-calling the store lately. I've picked up on both of his calls ... once last Friday and once this evening. Last Friday's wasn't really original (he asked me to page "I. P. Freeley"), but this evening's has to be the most original prank I've ever heard, probably only applicable to auto parts stores. I picked up the phone and this is what he said:
"Yeah, could you give me a price for a flux capacitor for an '80 DeLorean?"

I hung up. He made the mistake of having the film buff pick up the phone. I'll give him credit for originality, but he's still an @$$hole.

**sighs, sits back in the chair and focusing his meditation on the candles' flames**
Coyote the Bando - [1134@i-is.com]
Algonac, Michigan
Monday, July 26, 1999 11:00:47 PM
IP: modem60.i-is.com

Goodevening everyone

Sevarius Jr>> so it was indigestion, do we need a big dose of pepcid AC?

Ironwolf>> "stormwarden" by Janny Wurt is the only one I'm looking for at this time.

Kyryn>> thanks for helping look, There is only one use book store in this town.

To everyone I am choosing not to vote since I have barely scratched the surface of the fanfic archives, but what I have read so far are great!

David G>> thanks for the story, and I assume you got my return email

Yeah one more day then VACATION YAHOO!!!
delphi - [cmiller@magiclink.com]
Twin Falls, Idaho
Monday, July 26, 1999 10:23:32 PM
IP: 207.14.195.166

<----- "Guns don't kill people, I do."




DAMN IT!!! I just stopped by The Gathering 2000 Info Page. Next years Gathering is on Aug. 4-6? The second semester doesn't get out untill May 10th and Marine basic last for 12 weeks! F-CK! I don't suppose there would be any point in begging the staff to delay the convention for a week or so? Trust me, you don't want to see me beg.

Oh, who am I kidding? Maybe I can convince my parents to let me go to boot camp after the first semester (they can't legally stop me, but I'd like to have their consent}. This is something I should try to work out between my student advisor and my recruiter. Hell, I probably couldn't afford to go to Disney World anyway.

You know, life really sucks.
Tim P. - [dtkphipp@pionet.net]
Monday, July 26, 1999 09:57:00 PM
IP: s19-onawa.pionet.net

Coyote: Sorry about what's going on with your grandmother. I hope she gets better soon.

Carlin stuff: One of my favorite bits of his is his riff on airplane travel, which includes... "People always talk about getting *on* the plane. F--k you, I'm getting *in* the plane! There seems to be a lot less wind in there! Evel Knievel can get *on* the plane!" And of course Carlin's dissection of the airplane safety lecture. "'In the unlikely event of a sudden loss of cabin pressure...' ROOF FLIES OFF!!! 'In the event of a water landing...' Doesn't that sound suspiciously like...CRASHING INTO THE OCEAN?!" Ahh, my hero. :)

Ironwolf: The exploding pizza is one of the few things that hasn't happened to me...yet. Now I'm even more paranoid than before. :P

Incidentally, a friend of mine who works at a department store got a bit of a shock when he went to work one morning, last week. His boss told him that some guy had set himself on fire behind the store after it was closed. O_o

Stephen: Perhaps. My guess is that the deceased's families just wanted to get it over with as soon as possible...and they have enough money to accelerate the process... Still, I don't know how unusual that is. My own dad was cremated and the whole thing was done and over with in just a few days.

Steve Gooch: Love that quote! :)

Doug and Kitainia: We'll miss ya. Hope you have a good time. :)

Kitainia: Glad you liked the Carlin bits. I haven't seen his most recent show, so I don't know if he has said anything about collectible fads yet. He has made some negative comments about yuppies who whip their credit cards out of their fanny packs and buy Salad Shooters or sneakers with lights in them. :) Also, Carlin wrote a book a few years ago, called "Brain Droppings." It great stuff! :) Oh, and thanks for the nominations. :)
Pistoff - [pistoff@outgun.com]
Monday, July 26, 1999 09:49:30 PM
IP: 207.48.109.31

Starsinger> I figured. You don't strike me as the SPAMing type. It's just that Deuce gave me the impression he needed some privacy. Besides, as you can probably guess now, he's still hanging around, just not talking.

Kitainia> Oh, that. The Witch-Taker and James' benifactor were both put in to set things up for later. Maybe I should have done each one in a seperate story. They just seemed to fit together.

The Witch-Taker may make an appearance in an upcoming story. James' mysterious helper will remain mysterious for a while yet.

James' personality is slowly being revealed. More of the story gets told in episode 4 if things go according to my plan. (They hardly ever do).

Have fun at Schlitterbahn. My brother's been there, and he liked it.

Crystal> Nice to meet you.

OK, back to work. I'm almost getting something useful done...
David G - [david_goodner@yahoo.com]
Arlington, TX, USA
Monday, July 26, 1999 09:47:44 PM
IP: pppb33-resalefortworth1-1r1035.saturn.bbn.com

Speaking of Merlin and "Hercules," did anyone ever see the episode of "Hercules: TLJ" where Hercules met Merlin and had to help him deal with a time-traveling evil Arthur and a sorceress named Maeve?

BTW, for anyone going through TGS withdrawl, I've noticed that there's a number of TGS-inspired fics in the fanfic archive.
Patrick Toman
Monday, July 26, 1999 09:42:57 PM
IP: 98ccf513.ipt.aol.com

[There is a glitter of rainbow light in the center of the room, and it coalesces into the form of Crystal.]

Hello, all, I am Simon's ("Deuce"'s) lovely, intelligent, wonderful, and ultimately modest cousin, to whom he owes a debt of GALACTIC proportions. Does anybody know that lyricshq.com is following in the footsteps of lyrics.ch? The frigging NMPA shut them down, too. [grumbles] Anyway, although it was a b*tch to find these lyrics, and I should have checked the official site in the first place, I do this because Simon asked me to, and I love him dearly.

Actually, I do it to have something to hang over his head.... Whatever. I did find them, and here they are, along with Simon's message.

> Hey, everyone... I'm still not coming back for a while,
> but here's a song that's quite appropriate for my state
> of mind right now. Maybe Robby could get a MIDI of it,
> too; it's beautiful. Here's Collective Soul's
> "Disciplined Breakdown".

I never ever can remember
All the things that go bump in the night
Quietness uncovers
Betrayal now hovers
And my comfort level's not quite right
Well I'd love to stay and evaluate
But my torture can't wait

It seems I'm losing ground
Welcome all to my disciplined breakdown

I never ever can decipher
Who listens to the words I say?
While I sense I'm searching
I never know who's lurking
To scare my sacred thoughts away
Well I'd love to hang and chat a while
But my mind's become vile

It seems I'm losing ground
Welcome all to my disciplined break—

Breakdown reality
Breakdown my ability to get back
I wanna get it back
Breakdown honesty
Breakdown now deliver me
From all this madness and all this agony

I never ever can contribute
To finding all the faults that sustain
Never mind the answers
To who spreads the cancer
When the questioning of why remains
Well I'd love to sit and rationalize
But my tongue's become dry

It seems I'm losing ground
Welcome all to my disciplined breakdown
It seems I'm losing ground
Welcome all to my disciplined breakdown
Breakdown
Breakdown
Breakdown
Deuce's cousin Crystal - [schizocrystal@yahoo.com]
Edmonton, AB, Canada
Monday, July 26, 1999 09:20:01 PM
IP: pppa79.connect.ab.ca

**RP HERE**

Outside the Devastator, Gubio, Tricia, and Stephanie are continuing to heat up and destroy the turbolaser batteries. "Forty left!" Gubio shouts triumphantly as another explodes. "Forty-one," Stephanie corrects. "You're forgetting that big cannon on top of the thing." "Oh, right," Gubio nods, pointing his electroscanner at the cannon. "That's an XP255 Wave Cannon on a circular track," he notes. "One blast from it will reduce a Star Destroyer to its component atoms." "Really?" Tricia gulps. "Could they fire it at the Avatar's orbiting ships?" "They could fire it at the Avatar," Gubio replies. "But they'd need to turn the engine back on first, that cannon takes a lot of power." "We better destroy it before that happens," Stephanie says. "Too bad we can't hit the thing from down here. I'll call Agent Rho about it." As she does so, the other two continue to blow up the Devastator's guns.

Inside the gigantic ship, Doug and Kitainia's party have just finished trashing the main drone factory. "On to the control room," Tom suggests, using his grenade launcher to blow up one last machine. "Right," nods Kitainia and they leave the room to go back to the Devastator's halls.

**END RP 1ST HALF**

Phew, the room wasn't down that long. Thank goodness. Hope it doesn't collapse again anytime soon.

Just so everyone knows, Doug and I are going to be gone for a while after this post. We leave for Schlitterbahn tomorrow and won't get back till Thursday night. We'll miss everyone in here, hopefully we'll also have fun. $ RP Players- our absence does not suspend the RP in this case. You guys can continue it however you like (even jump into our battle if you want). Just please save Guod, Beavis, and Butt-head for Doug and me when we get back. :) And remember the RP rules. $

Dystopia/Utopia: Well, the world can certainly be boring without conflict and bad things of some kind. Utopia is also very hard to achieve due to human nature, as has been pointed out. I don't think utopia is possible myself, or complete dystopia either. Good and bad stuff all depends on one's perspective. Thus we live in a completely mixed-bag world. :)

Paul: Yep, we know. :) I feel about Lucia the same way Doug does, her character is more annoying than useful. She has some interesting qualities but IMO they're overshadowed by her controlling so much of your party's actions without you being able to control her. It just doesn't feel the same as Lunar Silver Star or most RPGs that way. Ghaelon is also nice to have to deal with again, but I kinda wish they could have thought up another unique villain that was more interesting (like the FF games did). So far I'm liking the first Lunar game better than the second. The second is good, but I think so far it's made plenty of disappointing mistakes. :(

Book Vs. Film: I usually enjoy the books more too. You can get inside the characters and follow the plot more easily, as well as get involved in the story whenever you like instead of having to make time for it. Both are important advantages. I also don't like it when movies cut stuff out.

Pistoff: Thanks for those George Carlin bits. IMO, they're hilarious. Wonder what he has to say about dumb TV shows and collectibles fads (Beanie Babies and the like).

Dvaid G: What was inconsistent? Well, there were only two main things really. One was that James seemed different in a lot of ways (but looking back now I think that was just his character getting more developed, I got confused because I read your stories out of order. :( ). The other thing was the supernatural abilities of the Witch-Taker and whatever being was watching over James in your second story, I thought they felt a little thrown-in and convoulted. But since they were being introduced for the first time and weren't explained very much, I guess their bad points could be temporary. Hope to see more development on the supernatural issues soon. Don't worry, your fics are good. You'll get better with practice. Hope you keep producing interesting tales.

FAVORITE WRITERS: I can't decide, there are many good ones. Christine Morgan, Pistoff, Coyote, Stephen Sobotka, and Doug are my top five picks if I had to choose.
FAVORITE ARTISTS: Shauntell Holm, Christi Smith Hayden, Robby, CrzyDemona, and Flynt.
FAVORITE CYCLES: Christine's fics, G2K, Doug's stories, and TGS Main Cycle and Timedancer season 2.
FAVORITE INDIVIDUAL STORY: Not sure. Top choices include Pistoff's Truce, WCC Team Alpha, Christine's Breeding Season and What Might Have Been, and Reprisals, Lethe, and Longest Day from TGS.
FAVORITE INDIVIDUAL ARTWORK: So many tough choices, it's too hard to choose.
FAVORITE MALE CHARACTERS: Seth and Zack from Doug's fics, Koz from Pistoff's, Graeme and Richard from TGS.
FAVORITE FEMALE CHARACTERS: Rachel from Doug's fics, Rosanna from Coyote's, Aiden from Christine's; Sata, Gwenyvere, and Ari from TGS.
FAVORITE VILLAINS: Silvan and Mackovic from Doug's fics, Jericho from Christine's; Harthoth, Maeve, Garlon, and Sekhmet from TGS.

Merging the Rooms: I don't think it's a good idea either. Hope it never happens. It's good to have one room where you can talk about anything while the other remains focused on Gargs.

Theresa: Sounds like a good idea. Anybody remember what Deuce's e-mail is? I'm sorry I don't. :(

Fleur: Welcome back! Hope you return again soon. :)

That's all for now. See you again when we get back from Schlitterbahn. For now, goodbye and good luck. <waves>

**BEGIN CLIFFHANGER RP**

"Well, here we are," Fleur says as the party reaches a door. "This better be the control room." Keith puts his ear to the door and nods. "It sounds like there's a lot of talking going on inside. Should be the place we want." "Okay," Doug says, "now we don't all need to go in there. There are still five other drone factories on this ship that need to be permanently shut down. Fleur, while we're fighting Guod, can you take Tom, Mist, Ruth, Daria, Trent, and Trent's three friends to handle those factories?" "Sure," Fleur replies. "Come on, everyone!" She and those going with her dash off while the others turn back to the control room entrance. "Okay, people," Kit says. "We bust in on the count of three. Ready? One, two,..."

The display switches to the control room where Guod is contacting the engine room. "Stewie here." "What happened to Brendan?" Guod asks. "He's indisposed," Stewie snaps. "I'm in charge now." "Fine," Guod shrugs. "I don't care who's in charge down there, just as long as you get the engine started. We need to turn our full firepower on our enemies. Hurry up!" He slams down the phone and fumes angrily. "Uh boss," Borg-Stuart interjects suddenly. "I think the Ravens are outside the control room." "What?!!" Guod yells in surprise. "Damn those Ravens," Borgis mutters. "They're about to come in and spoil our fun like they always do." "Yeah," Butt-Borg agrees. "They'll probably kill us all. And there's so much we still have to do." "Yeah," says Borgis. "Like score." "I thought you guys did score," Stuart interjects, "with the Borgy Bunch." "Uh, that was a stupid lie," Borgis confesses. "We're never gonna score." "Scuse me, boys," says a Borg trailer park girl standing nearby. "I'm Lolita, my friend here is Tanya Ray. Can we spend some time with you before the Ravens break in and start shooting?" The two Borg-morons look at each other and grin, beginning their familiar chant. "Duh duh duh duh duh duh da da da da! Duh duh duh duh da da da da da!! Duh da duh..." "Three!" Kitainia yells at that instant. Then the Ravens break in and attack, Lolita and Tanya Ray quickly falling to their first shots. "Hey, we were gonna score with those chicks!" Borgis shouts. "Well, one of our vows in life is to make sure idiots like you never spawn," points out Shauna. "Gonna do anything about that?" "Kill the Ravens!" Guod orders his minions, and so begins the ultimate battle for freedom between human and Borg.

**UNTIL FRIDAY, END OUR SIDE OF THE RP**
Kitainia - [dierdre34@yahoo.com]
Monday, July 26, 1999 09:19:09 PM
IP: pool-207-205-144-186.dlls.grid.net

By SPAM, I hope you realize, that I mean for him to get ten or so requests to grace us with his presence once again. That's the only type of SPAM that is acceptable. The kind thoughts of family and clan.

Starsinger
Theresa - [Starsinger@Webtv.net]
Monday, July 26, 1999 09:03:49 PM
IP: proxy-353.public.rwc.webtv.net

Starsinger> I don't know if that would be such a good idea, but I appreciate the sentiment. Thursday was bad, huh? You have my completely non-inquisitive sympathy. I wouldn't dream of asking.

Duce> If you're reading, we're still waiting.

Anyway, I'm back tonight because when I'm reading the CR and making pointless posts, I don't have to face the fact that what I'm really doing is failing to get any writing done. What I'm supposed to be doing is writing Freelance 3.

I guess I'll get back to it now. Bye.
David G. - [david_goodner@yahoo.com]
Arlington, TX, USA
Monday, July 26, 1999 08:50:38 PM
IP: pppa19-resalefortworth2-2r1005.saturn.bbn.com

Using this pic mainly 'cuz I forget what it looks like.

Now I know what happens when you try to do two things at once. My latest creativity demon is the result of reading TGS and listening to a Cleveland Indian's game at the same time.

Ooh, are we playing six degrees again? (Coyote, are you still collecting these?)
REBOOT & DRAGONBALL Z TO GARGS... GO!
- Scott McNeil voices Piccolo and Ian James Corlette does Goku in the first two seasons of DBZ...
- Both do characters in season 3 of Reboot (McNeil: Hack, Corlette: Bob) and worked with Tony Jay (Megabyte)...
- Who performed the part of Anubis and several others in Gargoyles.

DOUG> $[Your character still has to handle Ash] I know, I know, I'm working on it!$
SILVER WOOD> Welcome!
WILEK> Welcome back! [favorite villans: Maleficent] She has the best threat of any Disney villan. (Actually, out of most any villan period.)
ROBBY> [new DBZ eps. start Sept. 15th] Yes! FINALLY! (Although I'm sort of prejudiced against them since they changed the voices.)
SCOTT> Huh boy. Which scene?

Thanks for the 'good luck' wishes on surviving Driver's Ed, but I finished it. WHOO HOO!

***RP!***
[AUTHOR'S NOTE: As opposed to doing a long and pointless flashback sequence, my character and Ash have been battling since my last RP (whenever the _heck_ that was) in an out-of-the-way area (so none of our Pokemon will be accidently taken down by either side). If you really want to know the details, use your imagination. The battle is resuming after Jigglypuff's little performance.]
"Venusaur, return!"
(The badly burned plant Pokemon is zapped back into it's Pokeball. Argent clips it back to the strap across her chest and frowns. The borgified Ash Ketchum folds his arms and laughs.)
"Hah, I don't know what everyone was so worried about. You're not so tough."
"Don't count your matches before they're won, kid. That Charizard is only obeying you because you're both borgs."
"What's _THAT_ supposed to mean?!"
"Who cares?" (Argent growls, crossing her fingers as she selects her final Pokemon.)"Psyduck, GO!"
***TO BE CONTINUED (Hopefully)***

Gotta Jet! Go Tribe!
Argent (aka Tribe Fanatic)
stable, USA
Monday, July 26, 1999 08:44:36 PM
IP: dyn009-nas01.marietta.frognet.net

Well that was weird... I loaded the CR, only to get the one from July 14th, and now I'm too scared to go back to last weeks posts in case I lose this weeks. *pauses* Did that sound half as confusing as I think it did? Dis, I have absolutely no idea what you're doing, but I'm just not in the mood to deal with you today. If everything's okay and the little hypocondriac in my head that I'm trying very hard to ignore is wrong, then expect pain on Friday, Mr Dis. :)
Coyote> *BIG HUG* I hope your grandma gets better.

Happy birthday and welcomes to everybody who has birthdays or found our little corner of insanity (or been dragged back, kicking and whimpering :)).

I'll be back later with a proper post....
Fleur - [newgoyle@hotmial.com]
Monday, July 26, 1999 08:35:47 PM
IP: donkey.cc.monash.edu.au

Testing..
Fleur - [newgoyle@hotmail.com]
Monday, July 26, 1999 08:07:42 PM
IP: donkey.cc.monash.edu.au

Starsinger comes in. She goes over to the Tea Table of Peace. Setting aside the candles Coyote has lite, she reaches down and gets the flametrower. Dialing it on 'high', she blasts the table and totally cleans off all the old wax from melted candles. Shaking the delicate asbestos lace table cloth of all debris, she resets the table with another box of candles and replaces Coyote's candles back where she found them on the table. Recharging the flamethrower for another week or so for the vigils being held for Ravyn and Deuce.

Ok people, it's been more than ten days. Lets everybody drop Deuce an e-mail telling him to come home. There was nothing to forgive and we miss him. (Can we say SPAM?¿ I knew your could.!!¡¡¡)

Starsinger sets another candle on the table. This one for Coyote's grandmother.
Coyote. Go... It may not be pleasant or cheerful, but in the long run you will feel better knowing firsthand what's actually happening to your grandmother.

I have to agree about Tina Price and her story Of Whine and Noses. It's just a wonderful romp about what happens when, because Demona turns human every day, a simple cold mutates into someothing that makes the Gargoyles ill. It's soo much fun having Goliath sick. Macho males are all sooooo alike. Macho, macho, macho.

Don't even ask about last Thursday. Don't even.

Starsinger

Theresa - [Starsinger@Webtv.net]
Monday, July 26, 1999 08:03:56 PM
IP: proxy-353.public.rwc.webtv.net

JAMES - Well, what I meant by "Merlin" being possibly similar to "Hercules" and "Xena" was that they might go for the same sort of campy atmosphere and anachronisms in it.

Incidentally, according to what I've read about this series, Merlin is to be played in it by Jason Connery (Sean's son), and a female lead in it is to be played by Deborah Moore (daughter of Roger Moore). I can imagine an alternate title for this series "Merlin: The Children of Double O Sevens Unite". :)
Todd Jensen - [merlyn@ninenet.com]
St. Louis, MO
Monday, July 26, 1999 07:04:23 PM
IP: 208.19.239.168

Merlin: the magic begins> Nah it couldn't be like Hercules the legenday journey or Xena warrior princess, if it's about Merlin honing his magical skills then this obviously least in my opnion is gonna be more like Gargoyles show Horray ?:-)
James Birdsong - [LennexMacDuff@yahoo.com]
San Diego, CA, USA
Monday, July 26, 1999 06:37:28 PM
IP: dt041n34.san.rr.com

I've heard about the "Merlin: the Magic Begins" series as well, and am interested in it, although I have the uneasy feeling that it's probably going to bear much the same resemblance to the original Merlin legends that "Hercules: the Legendary Journeys" and "Xena" do to Greek mythology.
Todd Jensen - [merlyn@ninenet.com]
St. Louis, MO
Monday, July 26, 1999 06:22:11 PM
IP: 208.19.239.168

Hi folks. I don't have much to say today. Here's a couple of responses/notices:
Station 8 comment room> I can't say much. I don't have time to pursue it very often, and I'm more interested in TGS than in just Gargoyles in general, so I stay here.

Robby's poll> I'm not voting because I haven't been around long enough to have valid opinions. Maybe next year.

delphi> I haven't gotten a bounce notice yet, so I assume you got the story. Let me know if there was a problem with the e-mail.

Blatant bragging> I think I'm about to have regular access to Pagemaker and PhotoShop (and there was great rejoicing, Yea!)

Next project> "Goth: the Ennui" It's a spoof of the WoD games that I got this evil idea for about a month ago. After I get it written up, I'll start looking for a place to post it. For a sneak preview, here's a selection of merits and flaws I'm thinking about.
Merits: Naturally Pale, Cool Job, Bad Relationship.
Flaws: Ruddy Complexion, Lives with Parents, Happy Relationship.
The Teaser is "It is a world of Darkness, inhabited by mysterious Mages, powerful Werewolves, and immortal Vampires. You wish you were one of them..."
David G. - [david_goodner@yahoo.com]
Arlington, TX, USA
Monday, July 26, 1999 05:45:31 PM
IP: 198.215.20.3

ARIS - You wrote: [I've finally accepted the S8 room is dead - perhaps we should be thinking of merging the rooms again or something]

I have to disagree. The posting was non-existant last night because nobody could get into the site. The same was true for this room. The posting was light to non-existant today because the room hadn't been wiped and nobody wants to go through the effort of typing something significant or starting a new topic when the place is going to be cleaned out in a few hours. Now that it has been wiped for the week, things will probably pick up.

As for merging the rooms, I'm against it for the simple reason that this room alone gets flooded within a few hours. Imagine if both rooms were merged. This place would overload every couple of hours. Two rooms are a necessity, if just to keep an active comment room from going on the crazy from too much information and too many posts. Besides it's hard enough to keep track of topics in here as it is. It would get much harder if the two rooms were one.


BRONX WYVERN - You wrote: [I have some NEW info on the Garg movie!]

New information? Please don't hold us in suspence! What is it, what could it be? Have they finally gotten a proper script?
Airwalker
Brooklyn, NY
Monday, July 26, 1999 04:49:54 PM
IP: 71.new-york-26-27rs.ny.dial-access.att.net

Aris-- don't give up on the room yet.
Jenna
Monday, July 26, 1999 04:36:43 PM
IP: unknown-31-157.glm.com

Scott> Did you get my email of a couple days ago?

Favourites> Since it seems that in the main S8 room noone else will care to add their list (and I've finally accepted the S8 room is dead - perhaps we should be thinking of merging the rooms again or something), I'll repeat the list here.

FAVORITE WRITER - Jewel Faulkner.
FAVORITE ARTIST - Christi Smith Hayden. (Though Demona May comes a close second)
FAVORITE CYCLE - Athenaverse. By far.
FAVORITE INDIVIDUAL STORY - Tough choice. Perhaps "I'm sorry" from Aaron Ziegler or "Tomorrow and Tomorrow" by Batya Levin or perhaps "Tyrandot" by Jewel Faulkner
FAVORITE MALE CHARACTER - Mark Adams
FAVORITE FEMALE CHARACTER - Christine by Jewel perhaps.
FAVORITE VILLAIN - Ryan Stout's Shiva. By far. To get the full effect you have to scream the name btw: SHIIIIVVVAAAAAAAAAAAA! :)
Aris Katsaris - [katsaris@otenet.gr]
Monday, July 26, 1999 04:13:04 PM
IP: athe530-h033.otenet.gr

Ironwolf> I can see your point. *Parts* of the house were cool, like the Hell door. But all the cherubs freaked me out.

Later.


Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Monday, July 26, 1999 03:47:49 PM
IP: ppp-20.tnt-1.sat.smartworld.net

PC > I just heard that a scene will be cut from "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" on the DVD release. Has the world gone crazy with political correctness? They're butchering the classics, here!
Scott Iskow - [smiskow@wam.umd.edu]
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Monday, July 26, 1999 03:43:37 PM
IP: 156.40.117.111

Bronx>Can you email me? You Em doesnt work!
...
Exin - [exin@gmx.de]
Monday, July 26, 1999 03:39:43 PM
IP: 193.97.193.250

Anyway, for those of you who won't have time to read the articles I gave the URLs, here's a one sentence summary.

>To a person in the last agonies of cancer, and suffering >unbearable pain, she said with a smile: "You are suffering >like Christ on the cross. So Jesus must be kissing you."

Nuff said.
DarkAngel
Quebec, Canada
Monday, July 26, 1999 02:54:12 PM
IP: cs-24.acdi-cida.gc.ca

Haunting spoilers
Aaron> I don’t agree with your statement on the house; I thought the house was beautiful. The hidden rooms the art work. It reminded me of a fun house, but done with taste. I would love to own a house like it (minus the ghost) You are right about the plot holes in the film. I can understand the assistant staying at the hospital but what about the patient that drove her? Also the movie seemed a little rushed to me. More character and plot development was needed. As for being scared nope, but the guys next to me was holding on to his girlfriend for dear life. Ok this may be a generalization but it seems to me most gamers laugh through horror flicks. I guess when you hunt monsters in your free time how scary can a movie be?

Sigh still waiting on the results of the blood work

ironwolf
Monday, July 26, 1999 02:39:46 PM
IP: host-209-215-8-192.cha.bellsouth.net

Exin> I'll talk to you! ^_^ I love Demona

Will post more laterz... ( I have some NEW info on the Garg movie!)

"Twidle brain and Twidle blane? If it's all the same I'll play your game!"
Bronx Wyvern - [Bronx4me@aol.com]
Monday, July 26, 1999 02:26:48 PM
IP: pool0121.cvx19-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net

Mother Teresa> Hmm, well it seems I have more courage than I give myself credit for. I found a few sites by searching in Deja.com. I can't find the original one, which is bad. Guess after 2 years I may have embellished the reputation of whatever article I read. Anyhow, here are a few URLs.

"The Mother of all Myths"
http://www.internet-gp.com/teresa/toppage12.htm

The Nation - Minority Report 3/17/97
http://www.thenation.com/issue/970317/0317hitc.htm

Mother Teresa In Theory And Practice
http://www.users.bigpond.com/Atheist_Australia/teresa.htm

Interview With Christopher Hitchens
http://www.SecularHumanism.org/library/fi/hitchens_16_4.html

Open Letter To Mother Teresa
http://members.aol.com/achatte218/chat/index.htm

This should be a good start. I haven't read any of them yet, I'm catching up and if people want to have more info click on my email and contact me.
DarkAngel - [DarkAngel@BAAWA.org]
Monday, July 26, 1999 02:19:30 PM
IP: cs-24.acdi-cida.gc.ca

Aaron-- about "blair" being better than "The Haunting" --don't worry your pretty head about that! :) "Blair" is TERRIFYING!!!!

let me know if you get freaked out as much as I did!

Steve-- Hi!!

To all others-- Hello!!
jENNA
Monday, July 26, 1999 02:10:07 PM
IP: unknown-31-157.glm.com

I swear, it's like I can't think of anything until after I hit the submit button.

******Review of The Haunting w/Spoilers**********May contrast with Coyote's review.

Well, it was better then Wild Wild West. Unfortunatly, that ain't saying a whole lot. I think CGI is a wonderful thing, but, like WWW and, to a lesser extent SW:TPM, we got so enthralled with the CGI that WE FORGOT TO HIRE SOME WRITERS SO THE FRIKKIN MOVIE MADE SENSE! (Takes several deep breaths, apologizes for yelling, moves on)

I should have known we were in for a bad ride the second Ellenor says "It's beautiful." about the house. I know beauty is in the eye of the beholder (or beerholder) but... Are you on crack, or what?!? Catherine Zeta-Jones voiced my opinion of the place about five minutes later. "Twisted. Very twisted." (And not in a fun, Demon Whispers way either)

The whole premise doesn't make sense, and at least two characters fall out a plot hole as big as a bus. And, though hints were given, the actual crimes of the house's builder are never actually revealed.

The movie has a few good lines, mostly belonging to the blond guy from Anaconda, and the house itself is superb, but the movie didn't scare me at all. At least not when it was supposed too. (The idea that I'd spent good money on this was rather frightening) The audience, admittedly not real bright if the six gangstas behind me were any indication, laughed more then they seemed frightened.

I had a much scarier ending in mind. I wanted the Carrie solution, ie there is nothing in the house, it was Ellenor all along.

All in all, if you just want to see the CGI, (or CZ-J) wait and rent it. If you really wanna be scared, stay home and rent The Shining instead. 2.5/5 skulls.

Hope Blair Witch, which won't open here until friday, is better.

Later.

Aaron wanders away, humming "The End" by The Doors.


Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Monday, July 26, 1999 01:57:15 PM
IP: ppp-174.tnt-1.sat.smartworld.net

Does anyone know where I can find an image of the rookery? My copy of Awakenings is the home video version so its missing all the rookery scenes, and for the life of me, I can't remember how it looks, and I'm trying to draw a picture in the rookery...
Robby
Monday, July 26, 1999 01:57:11 PM
IP: spider-we053.proxy.aol.com

Jenniren> A news article from a news site (something like the New York Times or the BBC online) whose URL was posted on Usenet. I don't remember where I read it, I'd need to do a search for it but Deja.com has been transformed from perfect Usenet archive to Crappy Site of the Year and I'd rather eat rusty nails than try to go through that devilish site. If anyone has the resolve to do this, the article was posted on alt.atheism.
DarkAngel
Quebec, Canada
Monday, July 26, 1999 01:52:11 PM
IP: cs-24.acdi-cida.gc.ca

Welcome back Wilek.

=The chances of anybody watching you are inversely proportional to the stupidity of your action.=

Later.


Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Monday, July 26, 1999 01:33:25 PM
IP: ppp-174.tnt-1.sat.smartworld.net

..It seems that nobody wants to talk with me, no Demona-fans here? ...
Exin - [exin@gmx.de]
Germany
Monday, July 26, 1999 01:31:46 PM
IP: 193.97.193.250

Since it seems that the new season of TGS episodes won't begin for a while, this should be the perfect time to introduce you all to my new pet project, the Gargoyles Collectible Card Game. It's something I've been working on for a while, based in the first two (broadcast) seasons of Gargoyles, and should hopefully be ready for playtesting by the end of the year.
If any of you would be interested in such a game, or if anyone thinks it could be marketed to the public, don't hesitate to email me with 'Gargoyles CCG' in the subject line.
Be seeing you...
Galvatron - [tbramfeld@hotmail.com]
Near A Lake, IN, USA
Monday, July 26, 1999 01:27:10 PM
IP: yttrium.helios.nd.edu

Airwalker wrote - [I have to wonder why absolutely nobody recognized Demona as "that crackpot who took over all the tv's in the city a few years ago]

Maybe people just assumed that the broadcast was where she got the idea for the costume from. But it does seem rather careless of Demona. She could have worn a wig or used body paint and still gone as a gargoyle.

Steve Gooch wrote [==In the beginning there was nothing, and God said, "Let there be light." And there was still nothing, but you could see it==]

Where did you get that quote from? I enjoyed that ;}

Lawrence Stone - I hope that Merlin the Magic Begins TV show lives up to its name.

Todd's creativity demon - Even if the mindless zombies didn't lose their cooking skills (and other skills) I can't imagine they'd be very good company - even for a cliched mad scientist. It would be like talking to furniture. He'd never get anything more than a preprogrammed response out of any of them.

DarkAngel - I never heard that about Mother Theresa. That's nasty. Where did you hear that?

I can't contribute to Robby's poll because outside of TGS I haven't read much fanfic.

And I hope we find out why Wyvernweb was down yesterday so it can be fixed and won't happen again.

Just out of curiosity - Does anyone know when we'll have new images to select with our messages?
Jenniren
Monday, July 26, 1999 01:19:21 PM
IP: user-2ivf8dr.dialup.mindspring.com

PISTOFF - I still find it funny that they were intered so quick. My dad was buried nearly a full week and a half after his death, not taking the plane trip back to Missouri to have him buried in the family plot in Republic into account.

KYRYN - Care to send us a logo of this Coldstone's Ice Cream? Sounds yummy! :)

ROBBY'S POLL - Okay! I'll take a stab at it!

FAVORITE WRITER - A Tie! Christi S. Hayden & Christine Morgan.
FAVORITE ARTIST - A Tie! Alison Wilgus & Christi S. Hayden.
FAVORITE CYCLE - TGS Main Cycle.
FAVORITE INDIVIDUAL STORY - A Tie! "Daddy's Girl" by CSH, and "Of Whine & Noses" by Tina Price.
FAVORITE INDIVIDUAL ARTWORK - "Ariana/Grahme Fighting Over The Remote" by CSH, for TGS Gargoyles.
FAVORITE MALE CHARACTER - Goliath.
FAVORITE FEMALE CHARACTER - A Tie! Elisa & Elektra from CM fanfics.
FAVORITE VILLAIN - Gustav Sevarius, from CM fanfics.

Maintain and Check Six!
Stephen "Coldstone" Sobotka, Jr. - [scififangargoyle@yahoo.com]
Spokane, WA, USA
Monday, July 26, 1999 12:30:09 PM
IP: m11.ieway.com

I'm here in Florida. THis place where I'm staying is cool. My mom thought that Sam and her roommate needed some food so she gave us $30 dollars.
Yeah, right! They were stocked with food. Sam, Suzy, and I went to Wal-Mart last night and we didn't come home until midnight.
I think I'm going to like the college life. :)
**kisses Robby on the cheek**
Heather - [kheetor84@aol.com]
Monday, July 26, 1999 12:26:59 PM
IP: spider-tq064.proxy.aol.com

To all Merlin fans

I just read that NBC well have a T.V. show coming this Fall called Merlin The Magic Begins. It said that the show well fellow the young wizard's quest to hone his magical skills. While thwarting eviel schemes of the villainous Mage Rengal.
Lawrence Stone - [craft_celtic@yahoo.com]
Chillicothe, Ohio, USA
Monday, July 26, 1999 12:17:39 PM
IP: chil-ras1-1-cs-17.dial.bright.net

Speaking of condoms (yeah I know the subject got dropped but this is a neat story) dose everyone remember sex machine from Dusk till Dawn? He is a special effects guy (man his name escapes me errrr and I am too lazy to look it up) any way he is helping a low budget B horror movie out( Hell Night) with their special effects. There is one scene where a pizza has to explode into the face of a pizza delivery guy. They are thinking small explosives. Him? He filled a condom with pizza sauce pulled It back and sling shot the sauce in the guys face. Sorry just thought I would share the story.

<I'm looking for an out of print book by Janny Wurts Stormwarden>
delphi Gimmie the title I saw a couple of janny’s books at the local used book store, and if you still need it I can check .
just post it here or email me
ironwolf - [cag16@bellsouth.net]
Monday, July 26, 1999 12:00:07 PM
IP: host-209-214-40-149.cha.bellsouth.net

***Kyryn sneaks in***

Guess I'll stick with gold for now.

David G.> No problem. Fic stuff always counts as gargs related :) .

Inspector Gadget> I saw it over the weekend and had a lot of fun.

Delphi> Yep, the Sholan Alliance novels are very good. I'll keep an eye out for a copy of Stormwarden at one of the used bookstores. If I find one, I'll get it for you and let you know.

I have to laugh. I was in the Lewisville (near Dallas) mall over the weekend and saw that they are going to get a 'Coldstone's' Ice Cream shop in there soon. Coming on the heels of having the Gathering in Dallas this year, it somehow seems appropriate.

Later All!

***Kyryn disappears***


Kyryn
Uvalde, TX
Monday, July 26, 1999 11:43:53 AM
IP: 168.37.239.86

Catholic Church> I speak as an ex-Catholic turned atheist. I didn't become an atheist because I felt the Church was evil or anything, it was because of personal introspection and nothing else. In fact, the majority of anti-Catholic propaganda I hear comes not from the atheists, but from rival Churches such as fundamentalist Baptists churches who accuse them of breaking the commandments by making 'graven images' (crucifix, etc) and worshipping other gods (praying to Mary, etc). They even accuse the Pope of being the Antichrist.

I know for a fact that most Catholics are upstanding citizens. What irks me is that the Church, and organisations such as the Catholic League, feel that any account of atrocities commited by Church officials should be immediatly dismissed as YADOTC (Yet Another Defamation Of the Church). Their strategy seems to be to sweep under the rug any possible criticism by threatening lawsuits.

There are pedophiles in the priesthood. But there are pedophiles everywhere. The only criticism I can level at the Church is for trying to sweep it under the rug instead of making an example of those they find.

In the 1940's, the Pope was a supporter of Hitler. Yet, I don't accuse Catholics of being Nazis. In Quebec, during the Duplessis administration, nuns made orphans pass for mentally ill to receive more subsidies from the government (mental institutions received more money than orphanages). Do I accuse every Catholic of commiting fraud? In Rwanda, a Bishop participated in the genocide. Do I call for the blood of every Catholic to avenge this? No. The crimes of a few cannot be transfered to the other members of that organisation. So why is the Church so afraid of admitting this happened and condemning the criminals instead of sweeping everything under the rug?

I also have a comment about Mother Theresa. She believed in something called the 'theology of pain'. In short, she believed that pain was necessary to go to Heaven and thus she refused to give painkillers to those she was helping. She also believed that you shouldn't try to stop people from dying through expensive surgery because it was God's choice if those people died. However, this didn't stop her from receiving heart bypass surgery, for which she paid from her charity organisation's coffers, and receiving painkillers during this surgery. Now, you can believe this was the most moral and saintly person ever, but to me she was just another hypocrite like Pat Robertson.
DarkAngel
Quebec, Canada
Monday, July 26, 1999 11:17:18 AM
IP: cs-24.acdi-cida.gc.ca

Not much for this "whos the best" because there are so many good writers and artists out there it really becomes hard to choose. Sometimes it becomes a bit of a popualrity contest, rather than a true measure of who is better. not that it matters anyway. I really don't go in for the competion stuff. But if I don't put in my vote-- who will?

Best writer-- Tina Price
Best Artist-- Shauntell Holm. I love her use of colors, and she really studies the character designs from the show. I like the fact also that she draws Goliath and Thailog very well--giving her male figures the bulk that they hsve in the show. Alot of people draw Golaith too skinny--she hits it right on the mark

Cycle--unknown--to close to count
Indv. writing-- "Perfect Companaion" by Sedera
Indv. artwork-- "Blue guardian" by Shauntell Holm
fav male character-- Goliath / Thailog
female-- angela/ demona
villian- Castaway--what a bastard! Grrrr!
Jenna
Monday, July 26, 1999 11:14:31 AM
IP: unknown-31-157.glm.com

Sorry for the double post, but I just read that bit of Coyote's about Carlin's suggestion to improve baseball by "random land mines in the outfield", and remembered that I'd heard a comedy monologue about sports once on the radio that included that bit. I wonder if that was the Carlin one that Coyote mentioned. (The monologue that I heard went on to say that in order for anything to be a sport, there has to be the likelihood of serious physical injury in it, followed by the remarks "Swimming is not a sport. Swimming is a way to keep from drowning. Sailing is not a sport. Sailing is a way to get someplace.")
Todd Jensen - [merlyn@ninenet.com]
St. Louis, MO
Monday, July 26, 1999 10:23:58 AM
IP: sys.slpl.lib.mo.us

I agree with everyone else here; it's great to have this place back up again. Wyvernweb's been down three times this month, and I'm at a bit of a loss as to why that is. I know what caused the problems for Station 8 a little over a week ago (Gore's hard drive died that Thursday), but not everything affecting Wyvernweb in general. It's really beginning to spook me.
Todd Jensen - [merlyn@ninenet.com]
St. Louis, MO
Monday, July 26, 1999 10:07:42 AM
IP: sys.slpl.lib.mo.us

**enters the room, switching out the candles several times trying to catch up for the last two days. Swings a broadsword at DC, beheading him, before sitting down in the big chair**

This was driving me crazy last night. Glad to see it's back up.

Status: Oh, Sli ...

**Sli Sludge approaches.**

Just stand there for a minute.

**Sli starts tapping his foot. Suddenly a giant lion's head drops from nowhere and takes off Sli's head in its mouth.**

The reason I just did that? My grandmother's condition. I don't know if she's recovering or not, because she's not acting like herself. More like she's returned to the terrible two's ... it's getting so bad that my mother's considering having a psych consult done because she's not sure if it's still the drugs they were putting her on for the respirator or what that's causing her to act like this. :(

Spike: I think I've got at least four of the Gadgetmobile's component vehicles picked out ...
Front End: Lincoln Continental or Mark III(probably 66 or 67)
Back End: Chevy Impala (68-70)
Interior: Cadillac Series 62 (58-62)
Doors: Buick Roadmaster (56-60)

Cyrway: Weird situation, but hey, at least you're gettin' paid because of it. By my figure, because of this screwup at payroll, I'm getting paid for ... drumroll please ... *ONE MINUTE* this week's check, which adds up to about ... 33 cents, I think. **rolls eyes**

Kitainia: Glad ye had a good time. :)

Patrick: "The Handmaid's Tale" happens to be one of my favorite feminist stories ... pretty fitting, since Atwood is one of my top ten authors. My grandmother read the novel and said it was "the scariest thing I've ever read" because it was so possible, thanks to religious hypocritical zealots like Jerry Falwell and his Moral Majority.

Heather: Have fun, and enjoy your taste of the college life. ;)

Doug, re: trailers: Dang, everyone else gets the good trailers before their movies. Before "Gadget" I got three trailers ... two I'd seen before (Toy Story 2 and The Iron Giant) and only one I hadn't. (That being Stuart Little, which while having some really neat SPFX, I think I'll avoid.)

Speaking of movies ....
**SPOILERS FOR "THE HAUNTING" AHEAD!!**

I liked this movie, despite what all the reviewers and the folks leaving the theater (one I heard clearly said "What a stupid movie") thought. The intense characterization of Elynor was the highlight for me ... even if the plot was convoluted and the blond guy had a particularly gruesome death that Sli Sludge is intimately familiar with now. ;)
I dunno ... anyone who's seen it, did Liam Neeson's character seem unnervingly like the "Good Doctor" from a couple weeks back?

**END SPOILERS FOR "THE HAUNTING"**

Doug again, re: fall TV: "Harsh Realm" is a comic book-inspired series. I hope it isn't too badly raped.

Pistoff, re: George Carlin: Myself, I particularly liked his suggestions for improving baseball ... the best of these being "random land mines in the outfield." :)

**sigh** Mom wants to bring me to the hospital to see Grandma on Wednesday ... I'm really not sure I want to go if she's going to be acting out of her tree ... :(

**sits back in the big chair and meditates on the two candles' flames again.**
Coyote the Bando - [1134@i-is.com]
Algonac, Michigan
Monday, July 26, 1999 10:03:34 AM
IP: modem49.i-is.com

For lack of a better excuse I'd have to agree with Steve Gooch
James Birdsong - [LennexMacDuff@yahoo.com]
San Diego, CA, USA
Monday, July 26, 1999 09:40:17 AM
IP: dt041n34.san.rr.com

Yes!!,I can get into the CR again,anybody else have problems?(if I see the DNS ERROR message just once more I'll hurt someone*Glares at DC*)

Xanathar
Melbourne, victoria, Australia
Monday, July 26, 1999 08:59:49 AM
IP: 203.29.192.74

Airwalker > Interesting point. What was the translation of the CoS spell again? "All who see this, all who hear this, turn to stone throughout the night until the sky burns?" Maybe there was an implied subtext to it that erased the memory of the spell being cast on an individual (besides, Demona was only on the air for a little while, no more than one day, and after that almost everyone in the city lost their next couple of nights.

Personally I'm not sure if that's weirder than walking down the street and suddenly finding that neither you nor anyone around you is wearing shoes anymore, as in The Mirror.

==In the beginning there was nothing, and God said, "Let there be light." And there was still nothing, but you could see it==
Steve Gooch - [Erebus642@aol.com]
Malverne, NY
Monday, July 26, 1999 08:59:17 AM
IP: abd2ed1c.ipt.aol.com

Good to see the room back to normal, as it was having indigestion or something last night. Real post later today.

Um, top twenty, I think.
Sevarius Jr. - [bpoole@mailexcite.com]
Monday, July 26, 1999 08:58:29 AM
IP: 207-172-52-167.s167.tnt1.brd.va.dialup.rcn.com

NEW TOPIC - CITY OF STONE 1 was on Toon Disney last night and it got me to thinking about the TGS season finale. While I did love the Demona/Andrea Halloween Party flashback, I have to wonder why absolutely nobody recognized Demona as "that crackpot who took over all the tv's in the city a few years ago"? It's possible that Andrea might not have seen the broadcast but someone in that room must have and yet nobody said anything? No "Call the cops! It's that crazy woman who took over all the televisions and hypnotized everyone in the city a few years ago!"?

Not only that but while in "costume" Demona introduces herself as Dominique Destine. Is that really a wise thing to do considering that she is probably wanted for all that public disruption that she did in CITY OF STONE with the television broadcast?
Airwalker
Brooklyn, NY
Monday, July 26, 1999 08:45:27 AM
IP: 229.new-york-28-29rs.ny.dial-access.att.net

With TGS temporarily on hiatus with no new episodes due for a while (until "Dark Ages" comes out with its second season), I thought that this might be a good time to bring up a not quite Gargoyles-related thought that I've had for some time.

One of the popular roads to world domination that your average cliched mad scientist embarks on is the old "turn everyone on Earth into mindless zombies under my control". But for a while now I've found myself wondering: would this really be a good way to world domination? There's one flaw in the plan, you see. What sort of servants would mindless zombies make?

Here's the creativity demon that I have as to how it would go. The cliched mad scientist actually, by an utter fluke, succeeds in making everyone else mindless zombie slaves. Then he decides to order them to fix him a meal and serve it to him. When the meal comes, it's almost inedible. Astounded, the scientist discovers that, in their mindless zombie state, his servants have lost their cooking skills; they simply pluck things off the shelves in the kitchen at random, mix them up sloppily without measuring them, and serve them to him as a mess. With their intelligence gone, they've also lost all their skills, which need independent thought to be able to make use of. Every task that the mad scientist sets them to work on fails because in making the population mindless zombies, he has also made them completely incompetent, nothing more than bungling idiots. Finally, in increasing despair at this sort of future, he frantically returns them all to normal, even though it means that he won't be able to rule them or the world any longer; world domination simply isn't worth it if it means dominating a world filled with utterly incompetent help.
Todd Jensen - [merlyn@ninenet.com]
St. Louis, MO
Sunday, July 25, 1999 10:02:02 PM
IP: 205-242-93-93.dialup-stl.primary.net

Whoo, top ten!
Steve Gooch - [Erebus642@aol.com]
Malverne, NY
Sunday, July 25, 1999 09:59:26 PM
IP: 98cc7f7e.ipt.aol.com

Seventh (or eighth, if I'm slow). Night all!
Mandolin
Sunday, July 25, 1999 09:54:19 PM
IP: p1-13.netgsi.com

TOP TEN!!!
Peter - [peter_bijl@hotmail.com]
Kamloops, BC, Canada
Sunday, July 25, 1999 09:51:33 PM
IP: kam-53-0218.direct.ca

**Glimmer is running around trying to catch up**

Top Ten?
Wow. That's a first for me.
Real post after I finish reading.
Welcome back Wilek!!

**Glimmer continues to try to catch up**
Glimmer
Boulder City
Sunday, July 25, 1999 09:39:34 PM
IP: 155.los-angeles-04.ca.dial-access.att.net

Suppose it would be easier to send me an e-mail with your votes if I included my e-mail address...
Robby - [MrNoying@aol.com]
Sunday, July 25, 1999 09:38:06 PM
IP: spider-tj031.proxy.aol.com

That was cute, Kitainia. By the way, I'd love to hear what you though was inconsistant between Freelance 1 and 2. Some of it is no doubt because I'm holding back information now, but sometimes I don't make myself clear. I mean, if I know it, then obviously everybody else should... E mail me, if it's not too much trouble.

Oh yeah, Top Ten!
David G - [david_goodner@yahoo.com]
Arlington, TX, USA
Sunday, July 25, 1999 09:37:14 PM
IP: pppa13-fortworthb16-3r662.saturn.bbn.com

Banzai! :)
Kit - You guys forgot to put on your AOL again ... *shakes a finger* :)
Toku Kaioto
Sunday, July 25, 1999 09:36:05 PM
IP: 1cust153.tnt2.brockton.ma.da.uu.net

Top Ten!
Kitainia
Sunday, July 25, 1999 09:32:14 PM
IP: pool-207-205-236-214.dlls.grid.net

Wiping a bit early tonight. Why? Basically because there's no reason to hold it off since there's no new episode being released. And the room freezes up before a wipe because people don't want their messages erased. And no one has a reason to stay up and compete for top ten without a new episode as added incentive. Hence, an early wipe. The wipes will likely stay early until new episodes start coming out, which may not be that far off...

Anyhow, remember to vote for the fandom top five by writing me an e-mail with your picks. This only works if a lot of people vote, so don't hesitate to vote now! The categories again are

FAVORITE WRITER
FAVORITE ARTIST
FAVORITE CYCLE
FAVORITE INDIVIDUAL STORY
FAVORITE INDIVIDUAL ARTWORK
FAVORITE MALE CHARACTER
FAVORITE FEMALE CHARACTER
FAVORITE VILLAIN

And remember, all TGS work counts!
Robby
Sunday, July 25, 1999 09:31:09 PM
IP: spider-tj031.proxy.aol.com