LaLa's Laughably Silly Random Banter Thread - RB #158

[Borgh]

It does not help Borgh is old-dutch for Burcht, castle.

in other words, Im don't show up on the web-radar

[LaZodiac]

Well obviously watch Nightmare Before Christmas, is amazing. Then Pan's Labyrinth.

After that watch them in any order, possibly by using a die to determin which comes next.

[HalfTangible]

I only just learned that the song 'And then there was silence' by blind guardian is about Troy...

[Thufir]

And that would be wrong?

Well, it would take a number of hours which could be more profitably spent.
If people want to read the full text of the book really they should read the book.

[The Rose Dragon]

I only just learned that the song 'And then there was silence' by blind guardian is about Troy...

Well, Troy is mentioned by name about a dozen times, and both Iliad and Cassandra are sung of in the song. The lyrics can be hard to make out sometimes, but Cassandra and at least one of the Troys are quite easy to hear.

[CurlyKitGirl]

Well obviously watch Nightmare Before Christmas, is amazing. Then Pan's Labyrinth.

After that watch them in any order, possibly by using a die to determine which comes next.

*is actually doing her FANGIRL thing over Hunchback at the moment*
Those damnable gargoyles!


Why invite their calumny and consternation?
Just do as I say, and stay in here (I'll stay in here)

Oh Frollo, you horrific man you.

Then it'll be Nightmare, El Fauno del Labyrintho, Princess and the Frog, Basil and Hot Fuzz.
Because I feel like topping off the marathon with hugely funny subversions of cop films and murder scenarios.
Oh! And I may throw in a re-watch of The Doctor's Wife before it comes off BBCiplayer.

(I'm almost reciting the dialogue along with the characters. Sad sack, thy name is Koorly.

Speaking of self-Googling.
CurlyKitGirl is all me.
Only two results on the first page for 'Koorly' are me.
And all the results for Koorlyshtka come back as about me, or by me. Same for Koorilithulu.

[Rawhide]

CurlyWhirly: Was it the group you were looking for?

[The Rose Dragon]

Basil? Basil, the Jared Leto & Christian Slater movie? I thought I was the only one who ever watched it.

[CurlyKitGirl]

CurlyWhirly: Was it the group you were looking for?

Yep.
Both of them to be precise, Mediaeval Babes and the other band whose name I've forgotten so it's a good idea I've favourited it already.
*hugs for finding of said band. Again*

ION:
Argh. Self-Googling lead to me archive binging. Am now feeling nostalgic even as I - oh my.
I'm running late for a meeting.
Curse you nostalgia binges of the written and DAC sort! CURSE YOU!

And someone remind me to go food shopping tonight please, I know I'm going to forget.

[MoonCat]

Ohdearohdearohdear.

I have discovered fanfiction.

It's rather like being drunk, isn't it?

[Rawhide]

Ohdearohdearohdear.

I have discovered fanfiction.

It's rather like being drunk, isn't it?

Best fanfic ever. Now voice acted and animated.

[The Rose Dragon]

Ohdearohdearohdear.

I have discovered fanfiction.

It's rather like being drunk, isn't it?

There are some very well written fan fics out there, despite the assortment of utter crap alongside them. You just need to know where to look. Preferably with names.

[grimbold]

Ohdearohdearohdear.

I have discovered fanfiction.

It's rather like being drunk, isn't it?

yes pretty much
fanfiction
it can be disturbing

[HalfTangible]

Well, Troy is mentioned by name about a dozen times, and both Iliad and Cassandra are sung of in the song. The lyrics can be hard to make out sometimes, but Cassandra and at least one of the Troys are quite easy to hear.

*shrug* i never heard the words very well... and while i heard Cassandra, i don't know who that is...

[MoonCat]

So much Discworld fanfic. And oots fanfic. And more fanfic.

And the wierd thing is, it's incredibly fun while you're reading it, and when you're done it feels totally dreadful and you rue the day you clicked the link.

[The Rose Dragon]

*shrug* i never heard the words very well... and while i heard Cassandra, i don't know who that is...

Cassandra is the person who "Cassandra truth" is named after. It is a pretty iconic name, and in the legend, she is cursed by Apollo to predict the future but never to be believed. She foretold the fall of Troy, but obviously no one thought she was accurate in her prediction.

[MoonCat]

Cassandra is the person who "Cassandra truth" is named after. It is a pretty iconic name, and in the legend, she is cursed by Apollo to predict the future but never to be believed. She foretold the fall of Troy, but obviously no one thought she was accurate in her prediction.

She was cursed because Apollo promised her divination if she slept with him, but then, after he had given her gift, she changed her mind and so he cursed her, being unable to remove the gift for some reason.

Has anyone ever heard of a mili-hellene?

[The Rose Dragon]

Has anyone ever heard of a mili-hellene?

It's a unit of beauty, enough to sail one ship.

[Coidzor]

Ohdearohdearohdear.

I have discovered fanfiction.

It's rather like being drunk, isn't it?

Wizard people, dear reader. '

And if you really want some fun, there's a comic being made of the most epic of trollfics(?), My Immortal.

And the wierd thing is, it's incredibly fun while you're reading it, and when you're done it feels totally dreadful and you rue the day you clicked the link.

I've never really had that problem. But, then, most of the fanfic I've run into have been yaoi slashfics that had been sent to me in order to try to troll me or similarly abhorrent doggerel that wasn't interesting enough to read past the first two sentences.

[MoonCat]

Ooh, I've heard about My Immortal. Was that a real thing, or did someone make it to piss off everyone is the world?

[Coidzor]

Ooh, I've heard about My Immortal. Was that a real thing, or did someone make it to piss off everyone is the world?

I believe in it being a trollfic in order to preserve my humanist leanings and stave off misanthropy. It's wide open to interpretation though, which is why I put the "(?)" in there.

[MoonCat]

I believe in it being a trollfic in order to preserve my humanist leanings and stave off misanthropy. It's wide open to interpretation though, which is why I put the "(?)" in there.

I'm going to avoid it for at least a little while, I tend to rage at idiotic writing, and I'm supposed to be getting calmer these days.

And most of the fanfic I've seen has been okay, just not interesting enough to waste my time on. Some stuff really impressed me though.

[LaZodiac]

Speaking of fanfics, anyone here ever read Twilight? Can you believe the gall of that lady, thinking she can get that published?

It's a good thing no one is dumb enough to actually take her up on that offer though.

[MoonCat]

Speaking of fanfics, anyone here ever read Twilight? Can you believe the gall of that lady, thinking she can get that published?

It's a good thing no one is dumb enough to actually take her up on that offer though.

Can you believe the gall of that lady, wrecking a place that was so beautiful with crass commercial tourism. I loved the beaches, now I can't even go back there without being mistaken for a fangirl.

[HalfTangible]

Can you believe the gall of that lady, wrecking a place that was so beautiful with crass commercial tourism. I loved the beaches, now I can't even go back there without being mistaken for a fangirl.

"I burned a copy of twilight and all i got was this lousy t-shirt!"

[Pentachoron]

Can you believe the gall of that lady, wrecking a place that was so beautiful with crass commercial tourism. I loved the beaches, now I can't even go back there without being mistaken for a fangirl.

To be fair, it's not her fault that her series took off. She just knew how to market to teenage girls and middle aged women (it's pretty easy, actually. Have an empty, descriptionless, weak character as a woman so that any lonely girl/woman can pretend it's her, and then have a caricature of what those women think they want in a man as the male and you'll sell millions every time.)

I don't care for the series, but I also think it's a little silly how so many people apparently froth at the mouth over how much they hate it.

[MoonCat]

"I burned a copy of twilight and all i got was this lousy t-shirt!"

I am extremely opposed to burning a book because we dislike it, the least reason being that you have to but the books first, which gives the writer money.

[Coidzor]

Can you believe the gall of that lady, wrecking a place that was so beautiful with crass commercial tourism. I loved the beaches, now I can't even go back there without being mistaken for a fangirl.

The Pacific Northwest having beautiful beaches? This does not compute. The only stretch of their coastline I've seen that was beautiful could not be defined as a beach due to the massive chunks of rock forged in the fires of the belly of the earth that were strewn about after being forcibly disgorged when the earth was yet young or made up the entirety of the land abutting the water.

Clambering over the rocks and avoiding the massive amount of mussels had its charm, yes, and the seaspray was pretty awe inspiring at times, but not really what would be classically classed as beautiful either, though I certainly found it to be so. Most of the beaches seemed depressed by the weather and unable to muster up any kind of quality sand whatsoever.

I don't care for the series, but I also think it's a little silly how so many people apparently froth at the mouth over how much they hate it.

I mostly just froth at the mouth over how much I hate vapid women who insist they have a right to my time when they do not and rail about how I'm not like a fictional account of some idealized abusive man when I have no interest in them and I just want to purchase my lunch and eat in peace.

Also, why should we be fair? Life and people are not.

[LaZodiac]

I froth at the mouth at the books because of how poorly written they are. She has trouble keeping her canon strait, she's geniually bad at writing romance, and she takes an established mythological creature to a new place that unfortuantly does not work as well as it could of.

And that's not to say I don't have GOOD things I can say about it. As much as I hate it, the whole "Spirit Wolf" thing is kinda cool. They aren't werewolves, they are apparently native american wolf spirits. Or something like that. I also think she'd be a great Gore writer. You don't get better then spines crushing to dust and fountains of blood. Just..not in a birth scene, please.

[MoonCat]

The Pacific Northwest having beautiful beaches? This does not compute. The only stretch of their coastline I've seen that was beautiful could not be defined as a beach due to the massive chunks of rock forged in the fires of the belly of the earth that were strewn about or made up the entirety of the land abutting the water.

Clambering over the rocks and avoiding the massive amount of mussels had its charm, yes, and the seaspray was pretty awe inspiring at times, but not really what would be classically classed as beautiful either, though I certainly found it to be so. Most of the beaches seemed depressed by the weather and unable to muster up any kind of quality sand whatsoever.

Those rocks create the most beautiful tidepools filled with slimy and many armed things, all if which are brightly colored. The rocks are so craggy no one goes climbing all over them (because it really hurts the hands to try), so they retain a beautiful majesty while standing out against the landscape. On windy days there is always the crashing of the surf, and at sunset the sky is blood red with deep shadows cast by the rocks across the sand. The sand itself is either a muddyish flat that goes out as far as you can see at low tide, lightly covered by a centimeter of water that smooths out ugly holes dug by children, or a beach of rounded rocks that crunch as you walk on them.

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