D&D Demotivators II: Return to Unnormal

[The Rose Dragon]

German: we'll be damned if we ever let it get as horribly debased as English.

[Eldan]

Well, I still think "Death Corps of Krieg" is totally correct English, if you accept that Krieg is a place name.

[dsmiles]

Don't worry, English isn't my native language. American is.

[The Rose Dragon]

Don't worry, English isn't my native language. American is.

And hey, German is not my native language either. But still, I like it and I will protect with my non-dying breath.

[Eldan]

Meh. I prefer English, really. It's much better at making things sound dramatic.

[Flickerdart]

German is a beautiful language. Confusing, difficult and horribly complex, but still beautiful. Especially when spoken by a beautiful woman.

"I speak Spanish to God, Italian to men, French to women and German to my horse."

[Morph Bark]

I've never thought of German as an elegant language when spoken, but dammit it makes me feel home. (Or well, close to home. Even when I'm really not.)

That and every movie character I've seen speak German automatically becomes more sophisticated in my eyes than those speaking posh British.

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Meh. I prefer English, really. It's much better at making things sound dramatic.

With the use of words, yes. English just has that grand vocabulary that makes a lot of things work. When spoken aloud though, English requires more effort to make it also sound dramatic in how it is said rather than just what is said. Large Hams not included. (It'd be unfair to have a German face BRIAN BLESSED for instance.)

[The Rose Dragon]

So, not to burst the collective bubble of all us German lovers, but maybe we should post more posters and talk less about German in this thread.

[Morph Bark]

So, not to burst the collective bubble of all us German lovers, but maybe we should post more posters and talk less about German in this thread.

Oh nuh-uh!

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I'm doing both at once!

[Eldan]

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With the use of words, yes. English just has that grand vocabulary that makes a lot of things work. When spoken aloud though, English requires more effort to make it also sound dramatic in how it is said rather than just what is said. Large Hams not included. (It'd be unfair to have a German face BRIAN BLESSED for instance.)

Not sure on that one. I mean, I know English speaking people claim that German sounds harsh and so on, but to me, most spoken German sounds too soft to be really dramatic.

[The Rose Dragon]

Sie können das nicht fühlen!

((I'm sure I'm atrociously wrong here, but it felt appropriately German.))

[Miscast_Mage]

Right, my first batch of home-made, freshly baked demotivators;here goes!

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Gah! Holy mother of kakspoosh, I honestly didn't not intend to make that many...

[Eldan]

Huh? Who can't feel what?

[Morph Bark]

Good going, miscast mage! I especially like the one with the centaur and the hilarity of the fantasy armour for females one. And archery does need some love.

Huh? Who can't feel what?

My sentiments exactly.

Also you two should have posted a poster in German like me.


EDIT: That makes me think though... that archery chick's bow looks kinda like Secret's to me.

[Hawkfrost000]

I love it! i must have one!

[Fox Box Socks]

On the language thing.

As a native English speaker that took German in college, I can say with great certainty that it sounds harsh, if only because it's a very throaty (and somewhat guttural) language.

Two people trying to be romantic in German sounds kind of silly.

[Eldan]

That's mostly because in many dialects (certainly Swiss ones) the word "Liebe" - Love is not really used traditionally or doesn't even exist outside of being a loanword. So, just directly translating "romantic" things sounds really silly. Especially if the translation doesn't even fit the metrum anymore.

Off-topic: I like this "sketch". German Songmaker singing the same love song in a dozen languages. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOb0bErcDyg There should be a much longer version somewhere ,but I can't find it. Ancient Greek is awesome.

Edit: here's the generator: http://www.bodowartke.de/liebesliedg...flash_2008.php

[dsmiles]

That's mostly because in many dialects (certainly Swiss ones) the word "Liebe" - Love is not really used traditionally or doesn't even exist outside of being a loanword. So, just directly translating "romantic" things sounds really silly. Especially if the translation doesn't even fit the metrum anymore.

Off-topic: I like this "sketch". German Songmaker singing the same love song in a dozen languages. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOb0bErcDyg There should be a much longer version somewhere ,but I can't find it. Ancient Greek is awesome.

If you think that's bad, you should watch this. The guy (Adriano Celentano), in a later interview, said that this is how English sounds to people who don't speak it. Speaking of which...

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[The Rose Dragon]

Off-topic: I like this "sketch". German Songmaker singing the same love song in a dozen languages.

I can say for a fact that his Turkish is awful.

Might have to do with the fact that he used non-traditional synonyms to allow for better rhyming, but still, it is simply atrocious.

[Eldan]

It *does* sound English.

Edit: pretty much all his foreign languages are awful. His Swiss dialects are laughable. It's still fun to watch.

[Fable Wright]

We're getting pretty off-topic here... We need more posters.

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[dsmiles]

It *does* sound English.

Edit: pretty much all his foreign languages are awful. His Swiss dialects are laughable. It's still fun to watch.

I also play that as an .mp3 when I cast Otto's Irresistible Dance.

EDIT: @DMoD: Really? The process he underwent would have led me to Half-Golem over Warforged.

[Fable Wright]

EDIT: @DMoD: Really? The process he underwent would have led me to Half-Golem over Warforged.

Alternatively, there's no evidence he leveled before becoming what he is now- a warforged using human flesh as the base material. Plus, he's immortal; half-golems do not get the increased life span, to my knowledge.

[Eldan]

I also play that as an .mp3 when I cast Otto's Irresistible Dance.

EDIT: @DMoD: Really? The process he underwent would have led me to Half-Golem over Warforged.

Renegade Mastermaker.

Now we need a Professor Krauss psi-forged.

[balistafreak]

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Okay, so I've seen this guy twice now. Maybe these aren't the same guy, one has hair.

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Can someone tell me who he/they are?

[Flickerdart]

TinEye tracks both pictures to somewhere called SankakuComplex which seems to be an anime site, and calls the demotivator pic "Matataku". If that helps.

[TheGeckoKing]

LESS CHAT! MORE POSTERS!

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{Scrubbed}

[Miscast_Mage]

Okay, so I've seen this guy twice now. Maybe these aren't the same guy, one has hair.

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Can someone tell me who he/they are?

They're from an artist on danbooru(or at least, that's where I got those pics) called matataku. Just google "danbooru matataku" and it'll be the first site to pop up(word of warning, danbooru tends to have NSFW ads). He does some very attractive older men, some slightly odd stuff, and the occasional d'awww piece of work too, usually involving cats. I'm actually planning on putting his stuff, along with some other hunky daddies and grandpas up in the dungeons and dames thread soon. Never heard of this "SankakuComplex" before, though. Shall go rumaging through it for more mature eye-candy soon enough, though.

[Marnath]

Alternatively, there's no evidence he leveled before becoming what he is now- a warforged using human flesh as the base material. Plus, he's immortal; half-golems do not get the increased life span, to my knowledge.

Isn't he really more a steampunk lich?

[Miscast_Mage]

Because i'm a masochistic workaholic, and to make up for last posts natter, I present even moar demotivational posters, and I still have to go make my round in the dungeons and dreamboats thread, yaaayohgodsomeonepleasekillmenow.

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