LGBTAitP - Part 21: BLACKJACK!

[Triscuitable]

I will offer you tea, bangers, and mash, while the American side gets hammered on store-brand beers and recently brewed redneck red-wines!

MURRICA 4 EVAR

[Lea Plath]

Thanks. I'll stick around and drink tea.

And I do recommend hot mead if you need both heat and alcohol, pffh. Goes nice with meat and and cheese :P. Or if you are agaisnt drinking, hot apple juice with a bit of honey in it is nice too.

[Cobra_Ikari]

Oh, please don't just pop in, stay a while. It's fantastic to see a friendly new face, and we're glad to have been able to help. Stick around, we're in the middle of brewing some coffee for the Americans here and TEA for the non-American/Canadian types. Weirdos .

Hey! I'm American, and I drink tea, too! Ice cold and saturated with sugar, but still tea!

(Welcome, Tril. *snuggles*)

[Lea Plath]

Hey! I'm American, and I drink tea, too! Ice cold and saturated with sugar, but still tea!

(Welcome, Tril. *snuggles*)

That isn't tea! It is juice with a hat on! :P

And can you please call me Lea on the internet? Thanks ^.^

[Kneenibble]

Oh, please don't just pop in, stay a while. It's fantastic to see a friendly new face, and we're glad to have been able to help. Stick around, we're in the middle of brewing some coffee for the Americans here and TEA for the non-American/Canadian types. Weirdos .

And I'll bet I drink classier coffee than you.

I offer icewine, the true nectar of Canada for those weaned from maple syrup, to all interested adults -- newcomers, intermediates and veterans alike.

[pffh]

That isn't tea! It is juice with a hat on! :P

And can you please call me Lea on the internet? Thanks ^.^

I hope you don't mind me asking but how did you decide on Lea? It's a pretty name and I'm a curious fellow.

[Cobra_Ikari]

That isn't tea! It is juice with a hat on! :P

And can you please call me Lea on the internet? Thanks ^.^

Juice? Tea leaf juice?

I was about to be like "I'll try, but I'm really bad with names and will probably forget" aaaaand then I saw your signature. Sorry, Lea! *hugs*

And I'll bet I drink classier coffee than you.

I offer icewine, the true nectar of Canada for those weaned from maple syrup, to all interested adults -- newcomers, intermediates and veterans alike.

You make being classy a work of art. *swoon*

[Coidzor]

That isn't tea! It is juice with a hat on! :P

And can you please call me Lea on the internet? Thanks ^.^

Namechange thread time?

[noparlpf]

The person Rappy mentioned a few pages back was me and I just popped in to say thank you for your advice. I'm trying to be Lea Plath on the internet from now on.

Thank you again.

Welcome, Lea!

Oh, please don't just pop in, stay a while. It's fantastic to see a friendly new face, and we're glad to have been able to help. Stick around, we're in the middle of brewing some coffee for the Americans here and TEA for the non-American/Canadian types. Weirdos .

I'm American. And I loathe coffee. I have never tasted a coffee beverage I liked. I can eat coffee ice cream and espresso chocolate and raw coffee beans but for some reason the brewed drink tastes disgusting to me. When I want caffeine, I brew a nice cup of black tea, sometimes Earl Grey. (My cup is really, really big, just so you know. It's about a liter. And then when I finish it I brew a few more.) Boiled with the leaves in for five or ten minutes, no milk or sugar (ew--I love milk, but not in my tea). It's lovely. And I occasionally drink other teas, but not really for the caffeine content.

This is on topic because my tea is all homosexual. Yeah that must be it.

[Triscuitable]

Welcome, Lea!

Another new citizen? Brew more coffee (WHO DRINKS THIS GARBAGE?)!

I'm American. And I loathe coffee. I have never tasted a coffee beverage I liked.

The best part? I do too. I can't drink that stuff without a bigger mint-creamer-to-coffee ratio.

This is on topic because my tea is all homosexual. Yeah that must be it.

Queer tea. We've gotta patent that.

[Astrella]

Hai Lea~ (that's only one letter different from my name. :O ) *hugs*

*snuggles Cobra*

[Heliomance]

This is the same thing I went through. Just be warned, you want the last route to be Lilly's or Rin's. The ending certainly has more impact than the other three. I abandoned a lot of what I was doing to finish the game, including my Deus Ex (ampersand) Human Revolution playthroughs. It is easily my favorite game ever, next to Viewtiful Joe and Human Revolution.

Welp, those are the two I've got left to do. Just finished Hanako's. So far, Emi's my favourite route. Wasn't particularly impressed by Shizune's - the relationship progression seemed far more artificial than Emi's. Hanako's was marred by Hisao being a moron at several points and the fact that, until the very end,

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it wasn't a relationship of equals.

The Emi relationship seems by far the healthiest of the three, although the Hanako path gets there in the final two minutes or so.

Think I'll probably do Rin next, though I really do need to take a break. It's hurting my work a bit

[noparlpf]

Welp, those are the two I've got left to do. Just finished Hanako's. So far, Emi's my favourite route. Wasn't particularly impressed by Shizune's - the relationship progression seemed far more artificial than Emi's. Hanako's was marred by Hisao being a moron at several points and the fact that, until the very end,

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it wasn't a relationship of equals.

The Emi relationship seems by far the healthiest of the three, although the Hanako path gets there in the final two minutes or so.

Think I'll probably do Rin next, though I really do need to take a break. It's hurting my work a bit

Exactly. I picked Hanako on my first play because I thought she looked like a cute story, but Hisao was a dumbass for half of it.

[Cobra_Ikari]

Hai Lea~ (that's only one letter different from my name. :O ) *hugs*

*snuggles Cobra*

Enter thread, get snuggles from adorable Lena?

I need to come in here more often. =3 *snuggles back*

[Arachu]

I wanna snuggle... D:


Welcome to the thread, Lea! I'm Bianca.

Tangential note: Weiner Strikes Again! SMBC keeps throwing in LGBT couples where the fact they are LGBT is unrelated to the joke.

I approve of this.

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As do I.

Well I was kind of confrontational about it. I heard that guys were getting kicked out, didn't have the full story if there was one, and went in to call BS. But before I got further than that I was beset from all sides by people attempting to explain to me why I couldn't be there. Mostly that I don't have a vagina. But anyway I never got a chance to explain my objection, which was, "Sure, I don't have a vagina and can't experience female sexuality firsthand, but that doesn't mean I can't be interested and want to learn more so I can better understand and empathise. And yes, I understand the concept of a safe space, but I'm asexual, and I try to be polite and mature during discussions like this, and quite frankly I have probably talked about subjects like this more than some of you." So among getting called an ******* and being told to leave, I stood there for five minutes waiting for them to finish so I could leave without seeming rude for walking out while somebody was in the middle of a sentence, and eventually I did anyway because they didn't seem likely to give me a chance to say anything.

Edit: And as for "young", I'm probably older than a good number of the kids there. This is an "early college". I'm actually one of the few kids who graduated from high school before coming here; I just graduated at a younger age because I started school early. And I definitely look older. The guy at CVS didn't even ask for a card when I gave a birthday that pegged me at twenty. Anyway, I'm nitpicking. Relative to this group, I'm not that young. In general, yes, I am.

Edit: And to top it off this morning my hair won't behave and I feel like butt. And not the good kind of butt.

*Hugs*

*falls over with a nosebleed* squeee

@Shiro: ... I think you broke him.

[Astrella]

Welp, those are the two I've got left to do. Just finished Hanako's. So far, Emi's my favourite route. Wasn't particularly impressed by Shizune's - the relationship progression seemed far more artificial than Emi's. Hanako's was marred by Hisao being a moron at several points and the fact that, until the very end,

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it wasn't a relationship of equals.

The Emi relationship seems by far the healthiest of the three, although the Hanako path gets there in the final two minutes or so.

Think I'll probably do Rin next, though I really do need to take a break. It's hurting my work a bit

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Hm hm, that's sorta the underlying thought in Hanako's path; Hisao being a white knight. (Also if I remember correctly, the name of Hanako's act 1 is a chess move that uses the white knight. Well, and the chess motive in general off course.)

Oh, I agree about Shizune's path. Her whole path felt more like friends than actual romance overall, but that makes sense considering Shizune. Sidethought: Shizune's father: Yakuza or not?

[turkishproverb]

Oooh tea discussion. I prefer black tea myself.

[Coidzor]

Hmm, I just got a notice that the local college radio station's queer talk, news, and music show just got a soundcloud.

Now to figure out what those are.

Apparently it's been going for the past 7 or so years now, though. Nifty.

[Qaera]

I love black tea. My blood tea levels are at a consistent .42

I've been trying to drink more green tea because it's healthier but blech

~ ♅

[Triscuitable]

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Hm hm, that's sorta the underlying thought in Hanako's path; Hisao being a white knight. (Also if I remember correctly, the name of Hanako's act 1 is a chess move that uses the white knight. Well, and the chess motive in general off course.)

Oh, I agree about Shizune's path. Her whole path felt more like friends than actual romance overall, but that makes sense considering Shizune. Sidethought: Shizune's father: Yakuza or not?

Jigoro is more ******** than Yakuza, but still, more Yakuza than Akira.

[Viera Champion]

We were just video chatting for 2.5 hours.

Also, I just realized my date is on Saint Patty's Day. My therapist warned me to be careful around all the drunk Irish Catholics (I actually added the catholic bit from my own knowledge of my Irish heritage) especially with my homosexuality.

[Astrella]

I wanna snuggle... D:

*sneaks up to Arachu*

*stealth-snuggle*

[Triscuitable]

We were just video chatting for 2.5 hours.

Also, I just realized my date is on Saint Patty's Day. My therapist warned me to be careful around all the drunk Irish Catholics (I actually added the catholic bit from my own knowledge of my Irish heritage) especially with my homosexuality.

Drunk = Wild Card, personalities can be 200% more fun, or -200% more fun. 50% violence is also possible.

Irish = Not going there, I'm Irish m'self, but you get what I'm implying. Same for Catholics.

Drunk + Irish + Catholic = Keep your distance, and a bottle of Jack Daniels (BAIT!) handy. I call them "Jack-of-all-'nades" .

*sneaks up to Arachu*

*stealth-snuggle*

But I... And... Lonely...

[supernerd]

We were just video chatting for 2.5 hours.

Also, I just realized my date is on Saint Patty's Day. My therapist warned me to be careful around all the drunk Irish Catholics (I actually added the catholic bit from my own knowledge of my Irish heritage) especially with my homosexuality.

Dude, I really hope that your date doesn't turn into a cliche gay romance, where hate crime **** goes down in order to provide conflict. But the odds of that actually happening aren't that high. You're going to the aquarium, and most people are drunk around 7+pm

Edit: also, what'd you talk about? Spill if it's not private!

[Qaera]

*sneaks up to Arachu*

*stealth-snuggle*

What if you're too stealthy and she doesn't notice D:

*joins*

~ ♅

[Astrella]

But I... And... Lonely...

*lightspeed-glomp*

[Triscuitable]

Sometimes I'm awestruck that I can't bother to make a new avatar. I've had this one for a year now.

Now I just want to change to Inspector Cabanela...

*lightspeed-glomp*

Good lord! *Hits ground faster than ground ever has been hit*.

[Viera Champion]

Dude, I really hope that your date doesn't turn into a cliche gay romance, where hate crime **** goes down in order to provide conflict. But the odds of that actually happening aren't that high. You're going to the aquarium, and most people are drunk around 7+pm

Edit: also, what'd you talk about? Spill if it's not private!

Actually, we are going to a new Entertainment museum, not the aquarium.

Anyways, he read his speech for his Mock Trial competition tomorrow for me, and then the rest of the night we just talked about random shiz.

[supernerd]

Actually, we are going to a new Entertainment museum, not the aquarium.

Anyways, he read his speech for his Mock Trial competition tomorrow for me, and then the rest of the night we just talked about random shiz.

He's smart and a good conversationalist? Dayum, with the looks and romanticism, you got a dream guy right there! So what makes him interesting and unique? I've learned that perfect usually connotes to boring. But you two are so great!

And in a museum, if anyone fusses, the curator will be after them!

[Viera Champion]

I'm gonna force my brother to take at least one picture of Andrew and I kissing.