Cearmaid
responded to PlasmaCutter01
on Friday 23 December, 2011 at 07:02
where are you from?
If you mean genealogically, all over the United Kingdom and apparently, Greece before that. More immediately my great-grandparents came over to America in the post-war reconstruction.
Cearmaid
responded to PlasmaCutter01
on Friday 23 December, 2011 at 07:19
What does that shield mean?
The shield is the symbol of the family name of Carmody - which is the modern derivation of the Gaelic name Cearmaid. Which, it turns out, was the name of the ancestor of mine who is the son of, if I understand this correctly, an ancient Greek device designed to kill gods.
Cearmaid
responded to PlasmaCutter01
on Friday 23 December, 2011 at 07:26
so is that where they all went? Your family killed them all? and here I thought they just went out of style.
I don't think it was a family business. According to the history books, several of the Cearmaid-related individuals were, themselves, gods.
Cearmaid
responded to PlasmaCutter01
on Friday 23 December, 2011 at 07:35
you mean gods as in very powerful metas or magic users from way back in time where people thought they were gods?
Everything I know about this comes from old books, and while I have some personal experience and the presence of Statesman and Recluse indicates otherwise, I can't say for sure if there's some genuine, honest distinction between the two, or even if there's a third category of things that might well be gods. I try to be pragmatic about it.
Cearmaid
responded to Solypsos
on Friday 23 December, 2011 at 10:35
Hello. How are you today?
Two feet and a heartbeat - I can't complain.
Cearmaid
responded to PlasmaCutter01
on Saturday 24 December, 2011 at 12:09
A former working-class poor
what does this mean other then the obvious.
It means I was working class poor, from a poor neighbourhood, in a poor area, and now I'm not any more and none of has changed was in any way my fault. So I'm not sure what I am.
Cearmaid
responded to PlasmaCutter01
on Saturday 24 December, 2011 at 12:26
So this is a recent thing. How recent?
August. And a lot of it has been paperwork.
Cearmaid
responded to PlasmaCutter01
on Saturday 24 December, 2011 at 05:14
Did you inherit?
Yes, against my will.
Cearmaid
responded to PlasmaCutter01
on Saturday 24 December, 2011 at 05:39
Sorry to hear that. Family is very important to me. I don't know your relationship with them but I know how I would feel.
It's a little callous, but the death that led to my inheritance was far up the chain to me. And after being orphaned it's kinda hard to feel bad for an old man who died at the age of ninety surrounded by three ex wives gunning for his stuff.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Sunday 25 December, 2011 at 03:32
What do you like to do on long road trips?
Crawl the walls and wonder why the hell I got talked into going on a long trip.
Cearmaid
responded to PlasmaCutter01
on Sunday 25 December, 2011 at 06:46
were you a busy person before you inherited? How about after?
I dunno, it's kinda hard to call it busy. I didn't have much of what you'd call free time, though. Honestly, being rich is really fucking weird, people expect you to come up with your own stuff to do.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Sunday 25 December, 2011 at 04:53
What do you do on really cold days?
Not notice.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Monday 26 December, 2011 at 02:59
So what did you pick up anyway from the Indian place? Not Tikka Masala I hope.
They did a sampler deal with what they call Junior curries - most of the spices toned diluted. Butter chicken, lamb rogan josh, khorma, and I just went back and picked up some vindaloo for myself and some of the parents. Also, I bought all their naan bread.
Cearmaid
responded to Tenebraxa
on Monday 26 December, 2011 at 05:04
I don't mean to presume, but I do want to wish you luck with your legal and financial situation. I imagine it's been a kind of crazy year now!
Thanks for the good wishes, but really, the biggest 'huh' of my financial situation at the moment is trying to find some way to make this money problem someone else's. The reason I asked about conspicuous giving is because I'm already matching four charities for the month of december, and, according to the accountants, that's practically MAKING me money.
I never had much respect for the rich, and now I am rich and I see how hard it is to stop being rich, it makes it even sillier.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Monday 26 December, 2011 at 06:26
Who is making all that noise down stairs?
Five kids convinced they can start a band because they've played a video game about it. If you want I can head down and tell 'em to knock it off.
Cearmaid
responded to Tenebraxa
on Tuesday 27 December, 2011 at 12:20
You don't have to live rich (it's alright if you do, a little!). But, I wouldn't just give it all away. You'll fix a lot of problems today, it's true. And have nothing left to fix the new ones tomorrow. It's a responsibility, but an opportunity, too.
Well, just giving it away is hard, too, because nobody wants it like that, and as it turns out, my pile of money is one in the scope where several people's jobs are predicated upon its continued existence. It's not like inheriting a value and more like inheriting a machine, a machine that I have a responsibility to keep operating as cleanly as possible. It's just daunting, that's all.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Tuesday 27 December, 2011 at 05:23
How do you define 'love' ?
I don't think I can. I love you, Sander, and I love my parents, I love cooking for people, but in completely different ways. It's such a big word I get lost in it.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Tuesday 27 December, 2011 at 05:29
You just realized you have become everything you hated as a child. What do you do?
It's this kind of thinking that's why I never got a tattoo. What opinion could I ever hold that, ten years later, I didn't think was stupid?
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Tuesday 27 December, 2011 at 05:56
What is your favorite kind of plastic?
Action-bac.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Tuesday 27 December, 2011 at 04:35
Who's your favorite movie star?
Who can pick one? Should I name someone obscure enough that people won't recognise the name immediately, like Carla Gugino or Jennifer Beals, or do I go for the artsy-fartsy angle with Shigekatsu Katsuta?
Cearmaid
responded to
on Tuesday 27 December, 2011 at 06:30
I hate to be a downer during the holidays but... When was the last time y'all felt like a third wheel, and how did y'all deal with it?
Honestly, what I do is I do my best to befriend the party I know the least - and if that doesn't work, I just go. I don't need everyone around me to like me all the time, and sometimes folk just need their space.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Tuesday 27 December, 2011 at 06:31
Zex wanted a cheery secret. I will try and indulge her, yes... tell me about something viewed as childish that makes you irrationally exuberant. Sunday paper cartoons? Plastic toy guns or dolls? Comic books?...
Burger King collectables.
When Mom was alive, when she was coming home late she'd swing through burger king and buy herself a meal for dinner. She'd get a kid meal, and eat the burger on the way home - and I'd stay up late to say goodnight to her, and she'd give me the fries and the toy.
Cearmaid
responded to MidnyteFlare
on Tuesday 27 December, 2011 at 06:32
(( What kinds of things do you like to do for your birthday? ))
((My own birthday falls between the birthdays of two of my best friends, and right next to a public holiday here. So I am typically just plain busy, and spend my birthday proper just chilling of an evening.))
Cearmaid
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Tuesday 27 December, 2011 at 06:46
TMI Tuesday, Holiday Edition: Based on your behavior on Christmas, were you good enough to get a gift, or naughty enough for a lump of coal?
I got a plate of homebaked gingerbread from one of my tenants and a kiss on the cheek from someone's aunt. I also got a carpet square. Interpret the naughtiness as you will.
Cearmaid
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Wednesday 28 December, 2011 at 12:32
TMI Tuesday: If you could take your partner to any one place in the world for a wild and passionate night, where would it be?
Used to be I'd dream of being one of those guys who could take a girl in a limousine to a fancy hotel with room service and wine and cheese and such and we'd spend the evening doing whatever we liked. Now, turns out I own two of those hotels and I have no girls who want wooing.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Wednesday 28 December, 2011 at 12:50
We haven't done it in a while but...once I get back from the store, wanna build a fort with me?
And now, thanks to a kid looking at my phone at the wrong time, we have the commons room forming up into upholstery based factions. Pity the kids who are on Team Bedpillow.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Wednesday 28 December, 2011 at 05:05
Can you dance?
Yes, but strangely, not with people. I'm good at morris and Celtic dance.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Wednesday 28 December, 2011 at 05:06
What is your preferred method of transportation?
I like to walk.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Wednesday 28 December, 2011 at 05:06
Do you like animals?
Oh, a lot. It's taking a lot to resist the urge to buy one of every animal that I've wanted and a property big enough to house them.
Cearmaid
responded to SovereignFist
on Wednesday 28 December, 2011 at 04:18
((OOC: Is the concept of a villain being a hero in Paragon without some form of legal agreement silly to you? Do you consider the possibility of a black market counterfeit mediporter ring and fake hero IDs laughable? Is the opposite (h to v) the same?))
((I don't consider it laughable but I do consider that unless it's handled well it diminishes the competence and heroism of everyone around them. Characters like Paul Ocean who effectively plan on being one-man walking apocalypses coming back and 'working to redeem themselves' trip well past my believability scale because at a certain point, you have to recognise you don't neuter a rabid dog, you shoot it.
The villain-to-hero flip has plenty of precedence in legal grey areas that I can be okay with it, you just have to make sure the character's of a scope that doesn't make every hero around them a laughable joke for not saying 'To heck with the law' and doing what's right.))
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Wednesday 28 December, 2011 at 06:07
Do you have a favorite sport?
For some reason, I find myself massively interested in surfing now.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Thursday 29 December, 2011 at 07:45
What is your favorite and least favorite smell?
My favourite smell is probably cheap fast food. Something that makes your arteries go clang when you get near it. My least liked smell is chardonnay - it just smells like pretension.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Thursday 29 December, 2011 at 08:54
What do you know about "dark matter"?
If nothing, what do you think of when you hear it?
I know what scientists mean when they talk about it, and don't get scared or imagine crazy nonsense when it comes up.
Because I read.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Thursday 29 December, 2011 at 04:48
Do you like fast food?
Didn't I just answer this?
Cearmaid
responded to SovereignFist
on Thursday 29 December, 2011 at 04:49
So, for those of you that have had a first job, how did you eventually lose it?
Yes. I lost/quit mine, so this is a rather self centered question, sorry.
Got too old, so I got too big to get under the railings.
Cearmaid
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Thursday 29 December, 2011 at 04:51
Do you have a favorite novel? If it's too hard to pick just one, how about a favorite author?
I don't have a favourite, because there are lots and lots of great books. I'm a fan of Stanislaw Lem, Terry Pratchett, Phillip K Dick, and Kate Beaton though.
Cearmaid
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Thursday 29 December, 2011 at 08:21
Do you have plans for New Years this year?
Probably do the same thing I did on Christmas - use the common space to bring some families together.
Cearmaid
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Friday 30 December, 2011 at 01:01
What is your favorite thing to drink? Or favorite things if you'd rather talk about different kinds of drinks.
It's a little odd, but I've found that some flavours get better if you starve yourself of them for a while. I often go five, six days at a time without touching anything but cold water, just so that I have a contrast with the flavours of drinks I try at the end of that period. Of course, that was a habit originally born of necessity.
Cearmaid
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Friday 30 December, 2011 at 01:01
What's something new you've tried recently? Did you like it?
I tried on the shoes of Ebenezer Scrooge - at the end of the book - and the coat of Walter Mitty and found they both fit quite nicely.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Saturday 31 December, 2011 at 01:49
What are you looking forward to in 2012?
The end of 2011.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Saturday 31 December, 2011 at 04:11
Will you stay up 'till midnight tonight?
((I stayed up until midnight LAST night. Stop living in the past!))
Cearmaid
responded to
on Saturday 31 December, 2011 at 08:26
Has anyone ever flown first class? I had no idea it was this nice. My chair turns into a bed!
Weirdly, no. I haven't flown since I came into money - and beforehand when I had to travel it was sardine-stuffed into a bus.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Saturday 31 December, 2011 at 10:57
Why are so many gorgeous women so mean?
They're not. Mean people are a minority, they just don't stand out in your mind.
Or I could say something misogynist, if you really want, but I wouldn't believe it.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Sunday 1 January, 2012 at 04:47
So, exactly how tired ( or hungover ) are you this morning?
Hangovers are for the weak.
Cearmaid
responded to Tenebraxa
on Monday 2 January, 2012 at 04:33
Some of us make New Years resolutions. Typically, these are things we want to change, or do differently. What's something you wouldn't ever alter or give up? Big or small, it doesn't matter. Just something non-negotiable when it comes to resolutions!
What I'll be doing on three particularly depressing days of the year.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Monday 2 January, 2012 at 10:43
What's the last thing you watched on TV?
Last thing that was broadcast on TV that I watched was middle-of-the-night broadcasts of Japanese ice hockey. And we bet on it. Because we were goddamn drunk.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Tuesday 3 January, 2012 at 04:36
Would you rather text or talk?
I didn't have a mobile phone until September. Soooo...
Cearmaid
responded to PaulOcean
on Tuesday 3 January, 2012 at 07:30
((I just noticed a week or so ago you mentioned Paul as being an example of a villain who would be executed, not redeemed. Does that take into account he has an extreme personality disorder?))
((That absolutely does! The character you have chosen to create is one who poses an existential threat to humanity and whose stability is a tenuous thing. You do not keep a nuclear bomb with an erratic trigger around because it might do some good.
I get the allure of playing that kind of character and I even get the allure of redemption stories. But you have a character who has transcended thoroughly the possibility of redemption in life - you can't shake the devil's hand and say you were only kidding.
In the nicest interpretation, Paul Ocean is a man whose life is connected to the life of a mass murderer, and the latter cannot be killed or imprisoned without the killing or imprisoning of the former. The most heroic - indeed, the only truly heroic - act that Paul can therefore commit is to remove himself and the possibility of his existential threat from the world. Anything else is selfishness. ))
Cearmaid
responded to SovereignFist
on Tuesday 3 January, 2012 at 07:31
Maybe not TMI Tuesday: What's something you learned about yourself in the past year?
I learned that I'm really easy to goad into things I never thought I'd do. More competitive than I thought.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Tuesday 3 January, 2012 at 07:44
People go on and on about what heroism means, but what does it mean to be a villain?
To be a villain, to truly be a villain, is to be selfish in a way that ruins others and never to notice it. The most deranged of all villains have been absolutely certain that their aims were being done for good.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Tuesday 3 January, 2012 at 07:49
Since I'm out of town looking for a couple of important people in my life, figured I'd ask, what drives you to keep fighting?
There's an alternative?
Nothing worth having comes without struggle.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Tuesday 3 January, 2012 at 07:52
I invited the new @AnbaricAmber to join us here on Formspring. She's very new to this kind of technology being from 1984 and all - so like - no spoilers for the past 28 years!
She doesn't want to know that after Reagan we elected Feldman/Haim in 1992 with their Party On platform?
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Wednesday 4 January, 2012 at 02:33
How do you deal with fear? What's a fear that you've overcome recently? Could you do so again?
I haven't ever had a hard thought about it. Even the idle fears I've had I haven't realised until they're in my face and there I am, dealing with them.
The most recent fear I had was that I'd spend Christmas on my own with a can of beans and a snarling attitude that was going to get worse year after year.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Wednesday 4 January, 2012 at 03:31
Do you remember your dreams?
Only a particular subset, and they tend to work as rich fields for my imagination when I'm awake again.
Cearmaid
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Wednesday 4 January, 2012 at 03:32
Do you like playing card or board games? Any particular favorites? Why are they your favorite?
They didn't require power, the equipment was usually cheap and if you bought one once you could use it again for years and years without it needing regular updates. Yeah, I collected them - slowly - when I was younger, until becoming good at poker was a good way to augment my income. Then I got really good at poker.
Cearmaid
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Wednesday 4 January, 2012 at 03:34
WYRW: Have a big house or an apartment?
A big house is at its best if you intend to fill it with kids. As it is, right now, I have an apartment.
Cearmaid
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Wednesday 4 January, 2012 at 03:34
WYRW: Live in the city or the country?
City. Not that the country isn't nice, but I was raised in the inner city, so I don't trust air I can't see.
Cearmaid
responded to MonkeyLass
on Wednesday 4 January, 2012 at 03:34
Sun Wumei shall ask another question before afternoon nap: What is your favorite animal? Sun Wumei warns that there is a correct answer to this question and those who choose incorrectly shall have their tails cut off.
Ferrets.
Bring it on, sister.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Wednesday 4 January, 2012 at 03:35
How much do you hate these stupid advertisements on FS with the sound that you can't turn off!?!?
I... I don't ever see them. Do I have an ad blocker or something? I don't know. I bought this phone from a fairly tech-savvy guy.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Wednesday 4 January, 2012 at 03:36
Have you ever felt pressure not to date outside your race?
Not literally. When my mother was alive, she had a very negative stance on me dating or even befriending girls who either weren't Catholic enough, or were 'too Jewish,' which is really, really awkward to hear her say in front of strangers.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Wednesday 4 January, 2012 at 03:37
WRW: Would you rather have a big front yard or a big back yard? Why?
I'm still tripping up on what these WRW/WYWR/WRRRYYY acronyms mean.
I'd rather small yards because someone has to mow them. I'd rather a big back yard, of those options, because I could keep a big dog there and he wouldn't bark at the passers by.
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Wednesday 4 January, 2012 at 03:39
So, at the risk of being rude....who're you? You dropped some cool q's but I don't think I've met/know you yet. Where are you from? You know, all the usual info. :)
I don't think we've met either. I'm a guy who was looking up girly pictures on his new phone, typo'd the name, and wound up reading @PlasmaCutter01's Formspring. Realised she was semi-local - or at least has an interest in our local affairs - and that got me asking anonymous questions.
I met her in real life, coincidentally, and she told me to get on Formspring so she could ask me questions, which she, by and large, doesn't do because I picked the Christmas period to join up.
I'm from Paragon City, and I'm not sure what else is usual info.
Cearmaid
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Wednesday 4 January, 2012 at 03:44
WYRW stands for Would You Rather Wednesday. TMI Tuesday stands for Too Much Information Tuesday. Those are the only two we use regularly, I think.
It was the extra W in WYRW that was tripping me up. Especially since Eiko marked it as WRW at one point.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Wednesday 4 January, 2012 at 04:32
True. But you know I can be....persuasive.
There's something super-creepy about a telepath saying this about high school girls.
Cearmaid
responded to MonkeyLass
on Wednesday 4 January, 2012 at 09:33
Sun Wumei's nap lasted for eight hours. Sun Wumei must ask this: Do you know where to find an alarm clock that puts up a better fight? Morning brawls are always great! What time of day do you have most energy at? Two questions, yes, but see it as 50% off.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Wednesday 4 January, 2012 at 10:24
Best 5 dollars you ever spent?
Got me arrested in Maryland.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Wednesday 4 January, 2012 at 10:25
Worst 5 dollars you ever spent?
Half of a drink at the D during an event.
Cearmaid
responded to MonkeyLass
on Thursday 5 January, 2012 at 08:04
Sun Wumei is going to bed and has this question for those of you who have enemies most underhanded: What precautions do you take to sleep at night? Sun Wumei sleeps with her big bad person wacking stick and has finely honed alarm clock breaking reflexes!
I don't really take any. Huh. That's a thought that's going to fester.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Thursday 5 January, 2012 at 06:24
Lunchtime Poll Topic: Your favorite chinese buffet dish is---
Fried rice.
When I turned... I want to say nine, dad took me - just me, because we couldn't afford to all go - to a chinese restaurant, and we got the buffet. I tried everything on the menu, but he showed me that you always use a bit of fried rice as a base for the saucy dishes, to hold them together. I thought it was really neat, and told mom all about it when I came home.
The next night, she cooked fried rice for dinner with chunks of ham in it and peas and onions. And the next night, she taught me how to cook it.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Thursday 5 January, 2012 at 06:24
What's your favorite ice cream flavor?
I'm partial to chocolate, when I have ice cream.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Friday 6 January, 2012 at 12:25
This has been on my mind a lot this week. How different are you now as an adult than you were as a kid?
I'm physically broader and bigger. I was a really skinny, whiplike kid. I eat and drink things I used to think were disgusting, like bitter lemon or chilli sauce. I stopped thinking of my parents as people who I needed to care for me and started thinking of them as people I needed to care for. I stopped caring all that much about... well, look, what I think you might be getting at is this:
I have not said a single word to a single person I went to school with, and I probably never will.
Cearmaid
responded to MonkeyLass
on Friday 6 January, 2012 at 04:06
Sun Wumei has a question for you all: What is the most expensive gift you ever gave to another? Sun Wumei would like to note that bribes, while technically gifts, are not a part of this question.
I matched three shelters' december donations, which is not quite the same thing, but it did translate to three quarters of a million dollars in a single signature.
There's been another gift but I think it's probably close to 'priceless.'
Cearmaid
responded to jillwilliamson
on Friday 6 January, 2012 at 05:19
((Okay, so, ooc question time. Praetorian books: Exactly the same as Primal ones, with minor spelling difference? Totally opposite plotlines? The same, with a slightly 'eviler' bent, like the Praetors? What's the deal?))
((I would assume given that there's a totalitarian government involved that the vast, vast majority of Praetorian literature is lost to the mainstream, and has been destroyed and driven into underground sources. Particularly old books of significance from before the 'break' point with our world, like the Koran and the Bible.
I would therefore assume, in the same way Stalin did and the way Turkish Koranic fundamentalists, that there was a revisionistic movement that went back through books, claimed they were 'older' maniuscripts, and let these 'sanitized' or 'Cole-ised' books into the public eye.))
Cearmaid
responded to
on Friday 6 January, 2012 at 09:20
So like hey, yo! What's up? Since I missed all of it. What is your favorite album from like the 80s and 90s and 00s? Super thanks fer sure!
My favourite album of the 90s is Less Than Jake's 'Hello Rockview.' First thing I bought with my own money that I can remember.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Friday 6 January, 2012 at 09:25
Hypothetical situation, for the heroes: In one of the reclaimed hazard zones, city council drafts up a proposal for a new statue in your honor. One that looks just like you, yes. How does it make you feel?...
I know this wasn't addressed to me, but if it was a statue of me I'd demand they not do it and instead spend the money on reclaiming it a little faster.
Baumton's been on fire since I was fresh out of high school, I mean, christ.
Cearmaid
responded to watchouthoney
on Friday 6 January, 2012 at 09:29
Have you ever inherited anything or do you own something that one belonged to parents/grandparents and so forth?
Rather a lot of stuff at the moment. It's been, to an extent, the driving force of my life of late.
Cearmaid
responded to watchouthoney
on Friday 6 January, 2012 at 09:31
What has nature or instincts told you lately?
That I should stop asking questions.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Friday 6 January, 2012 at 09:41
FML Friday: What was the worst possible moment you ever got the least appropriate song stuck in your head, and what was the song?
Kung fu fighting.
My great-uncle's funeral.
During the euology.
That I was delivering.
With his three ex-wives glaring at me.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Saturday 7 January, 2012 at 12:16
What's your thoughts on jails, what they do, and how they do it?
In some cases they're part of the half-measure we've embraced as a culture that venerates justice but lacks a sensible moral standard. I can appreciate someone's principled stance of 'we should never kill people,' but if you put me in a room with a member of the tonton macoute, I'm not about to hold to that principle, sorry.
More and more these days, a jail is a business, designed to keep a corporate entity in money and cheap labour, and they're becoming remarkably big business. This helps to put weight behind some really nasty parts of our culture.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Saturday 7 January, 2012 at 12:17
((This is another foreign language thing I don't get.))
Cearmaid
responded to watchouthoney
on Saturday 7 January, 2012 at 12:17
How often do you volunteer?
Pretty often. I have a fair bit of free time right now and employment is more because I want it than need it.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Saturday 7 January, 2012 at 12:20
((I had a plotline planned where a villain stole a powerful weapon from Zex, and it ended in a lot of chaos and character development. But my RP group left game, and now I am without a villain. What do you recommend? Finding others, or using AE?))
((I actively *avoid* the use of AE, and I don't think this idea would work on FS either. As an example, many heroes would not have the time or interest in dealing with FS' format of communication when there's big things at stake. The AE idea I would only use if it was a small, specific group idea - so you could tailor the dialogue, and use the one 'hidden' window of text to coordinate things with the person running the team.))
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Saturday 7 January, 2012 at 04:05
Do you think that dreams can be like a prophecy? Like maybe seeing the future?
I think there are enough psychics, ghosts, time travellers and methodists around that it'd be silly to say that they /can't/.
Cearmaid
responded to MonkeyLass
on Saturday 7 January, 2012 at 10:31
Sun Wumei ponders the following: There are lots of flashy ways to blow up the bad people and cause lots of collateral damage, but which is the most cool way to win a fight?
With a single word. Not with a magical curse or a bluff but with but. one. word.
Cearmaid
responded to PlasmaCutter01
on Sunday 8 January, 2012 at 12:04
is it still considered sushi if it is california rolls? Or doesnt' actually contain fish.
Sushi is at this point an English loanword, whose origin point in Japan more means that there's rice involved. What it means nowadays is 'Japanese food.'
A california roll is served at a sushi restaurant or part of a sushi platter. If people know what you're talking about, then it doesn't matter if the definition is technically the most accurate.
Cearmaid
responded to MonkeyLass
on Sunday 8 January, 2012 at 11:04
Sun Wumei has collided violently with a conundrum while plotting to devour dinner: What cheese is the best cheese for use in a sandwich, and what condiments would best enhance it's greatness?
Sun Wumei awaits your answers with a rumbly tummy!
I'm fond of a bit of french mustard on classic tasty cheese. I also find that diced onion and tomato works really well with mozarella.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Sunday 8 January, 2012 at 11:06
OMG! Every Vahzilok is a murder victim?!?!
This isn't going to reassure you much, but bear in mind there's a certain amount of recycling going on there. So when you beat up victim a, b, and c, then d and e, chances are that d and e are made up of what was left off a, b, and c. They're not exactly worried about long-term organ failure.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Sunday 8 January, 2012 at 11:07
Hey! Unless you're a reformed villain who is planning more villainy - I ain't talking about you. But I been being dogged by a reformed villain lately so it's been on my mind. Lemme lend you some of my invulnerable skin. Srsly!
I... I don't know, I really don't know, what this question is. And 'lending you some of my skin' sounds like something I shouldn't be accepting from a high school girl.
Cearmaid
responded to Ultimogirl
on Sunday 8 January, 2012 at 11:11
Thank you for the cute little gift, I love them! I'm going to torment the hell out of my roommate with them!
Pay it forwards. Get something neat and little, based on what you know of them from formspring, and give it to someone else on formspring. And hopefully they'll do the same, and so on.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Sunday 8 January, 2012 at 11:19
Technically, junior high. And I didn't mean "skin" like in that way. I meant it...oh...nevermind.
When I was finishing up high school myself, we had /a/ teacher who had a mobile phone. This isn't because I'm old, mind you, it's because I was frigging poor. The way you communicate is a little alien to me - so I'm gunna ask questions when I'm confused as heck. Can you run the question past me again?
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Sunday 8 January, 2012 at 11:27
Sorry. With my other question, I was saying that some reformed villains, offended by something I said, might need a thicker skin. Since my skin is invulnerable, lending it, metaphorically speaking, would make them immune to my commentary. Yes?
Makes sense.
I think around the point you get called a 'villain,' which, usually is around the point you've killed someone, you lose the right to whine about it when people bring up the fact that you've killed people.
"Oh, you WOULD bring up THAT murder. You're never talking about all the NICE things I do."
Well, pfft, I don't give the Catholic Church breaks. To hell with them, and don't sweat what an idiot has to say.
Cearmaid
responded to MonkeyLass
on Monday 9 January, 2012 at 01:01
Sun Wumei likes spicy food, but sometimes something she expects to be merely very hot turns out to have been designed as a chemical weapon. What food suprised you the most, be it spicy or otherwise?
First time I drank beer it was with my dad, and I didn't taste it. The second time, I was alone, and realised it tasted like nothing in particular. The third time I drank it, it was at my dad's funeral. It surprised me all three times.
Cearmaid
responded to jillwilliamson
on Monday 9 January, 2012 at 01:16
I think I might be in some sort of media rut. I'm happy with my enormous collection of Kung Fu movies, but I can't help but think that maybe I need something new. Recommend me some movies!
The Second Civil War, Schindler's List, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Tangled, The Transformers Movie, Disney's Hunchback Of Notre Dame, and let's say The Prestige because Bowie's neat.
Cearmaid
responded to MonkeyLass
on Monday 9 January, 2012 at 09:05
Sun Tzu said many intelligent things, even though Sun Wumei has trouble understanding their full meanings. Do you have any people who's works you hold in the highest regard, although you doubt you will ever be able to fully apprecate them completely?
Bertrand Russel. Principa is a trip.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Monday 9 January, 2012 at 09:13
If you could time-travel to the future and talk to your future self at 40 or older about...stuff. Would you? What would you ask?
I'd ask him what he did wrong. Who he should have cared more about. What he should have done better. And then I'd write them down and make sure to do them. And he'd tell me, because screw destiny.
Cearmaid
responded to TheNoisebomb
on Monday 9 January, 2012 at 04:38
so like do you shoot fireballs but searmaid was already registered so you put in an c because of words like cent where C operates with the traditional S sound........
what is this i dont even
Cearmaid
responded to totallywitchin
on Monday 9 January, 2012 at 04:39
What was the worst date you have ever had?
You know that sitcom scenario where a guy tries to date two girls and keeps running from one date to the other, changing his tie and making up outlandish excuses to explain why he's sneaking away?
It really sucks to be one of the girls in that scenario.
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Monday 9 January, 2012 at 04:40
Music Monday: What genre of music do you feel 'speaks' to you and your life the most? Why?
Less than Jake, pretty much, because nobody sings about being poor and hating it quite the way they did. Plus I was highly emotionally susceptible when I heard Hello Rockview and now it just reminds me of being fifteen.
Cearmaid
responded to TheChthonian
on Monday 9 January, 2012 at 04:40
As a famous playwright once wrote, "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself." Tell me, which do you associate yourself with? The reasonable, or the unreasonable?
"Fuck you, I want a better world."
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Monday 9 January, 2012 at 04:42
So basically some of you are saying you don't trust me because of stuff I've done in the past or mistakes I've made or things that I might do in the future? That I'm more of a so-called hero than true blue? Skeptical even? Interesting.
Don't take this the wrong way but I wouldn't trust you because you're a teenager. I remember being a teenager. I was a frigging idiot.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Monday 9 January, 2012 at 04:42
What did you have for dinner last night?
Bring-home Chinese with Torn and Sander, then some fancy French thing for dessert.
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Monday 9 January, 2012 at 04:44
Movie Monday: If you could replace the starring actor in any movie, what would it be? Why that movie? How do you think you'd do?
I kinda like the look of Snow White and the Huntsman, and I could pull off the Huntsman role since I look the part. I'd try and pull the movie more towards the Neil Gaiman 'Snow, Glass, Apples' take though, because it'd creep the hell out of people.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Monday 9 January, 2012 at 08:34
So Eiko took off all crying and left her phone behind. So, the question is: Should I ya know, go through her phone and post interesting pictures and messages?
Don't be a dick.
Cearmaid
responded to Tenebraxa
on Monday 9 January, 2012 at 10:55
I'd be curious to know how you define these things. We've got our issues, but the overall standard of living and such in the US remains pretty high, statistically. You talk about manufacturing, for example. Is self-sufficiency part of your equation then?
Literacy, child poverty, opportunity for vertical advancement, the likelihood that a person unwillingly will die in a gutter destitute, widespread advancement and a common zeitgeist of scientific and cultural awareness.
When I first went to ask you about Lima, I was sitting in a bar in downtown Steel, with my mobile phone in my lap, and as I was thinking, I glanced around the room and asked 'The capital of Peru is Lima, right?' Half the room didn't know what I meant. Of the remaining half, half of THEM were at least willing to admit that they didn't know. In the remainder of that, one guy claimed absolutely blind that Peru was a *city* in Brazil, the other that the capital of Peru was Peruvian and the third guy didn't have an opinion, but was absolutely sure the first guy was right.
I don't think we're a first world nation any more. I think we lost our golden age and we're sinking into decline and I think the fact that we have two third world countries right next door that we routinely treat like hell and who are political punching bags any time a major party needs to cover up a domestic bungle just makes things worse.
We're culturally illiterate, feel we're morally superior, enormously smug and in many cases embrace the idea that our ignorance is as good as any other person's intelligence and it means that since about 1990, every major thing we've contributed to the world has been the result of a lone, remarkable individual's idea, like TCP/IP or the like, rather than any kind of communal, massed effort. We're not building the Hoover Dam any more, we're not educating the whole nation, we're not vaccinating en masse, and our middle class is crumbling and shrinking.
Then you get these... what's the word, these black swan moments with guys like me who become rich out of nowhere and that, apparently, is the American dream. I'm really not happy about it but not so unhappy that I'm going to give the money back, you know?
Cearmaid
responded to
on Tuesday 10 January, 2012 at 12:57
Okay, okay. So, I like feel kinda bad for being so mean to the indestructible blockhead. What's one (or more) like ways I can make it up to her?
Write a diary of what you did today, what you think, what you were thinking, then give it to her to read. And then, because it's Eiko and she's not going to give the faintest skerrick of a damn about it, go buy her some meat.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Tuesday 10 January, 2012 at 01:10
Hot or not? The british realised this portrait of the ideal woman.
Not like I'm in her league, but I couldn't date a woman whose face constantly reminded me of three other hotter women.
Cearmaid
responded to MonkeyLass
on Tuesday 10 January, 2012 at 02:14
Sun Wumei finds that today has contained far too much drama! Allow her to remedy this with a lighthearted question:
What is your favorite form of comedy? Sun Wumei enjoys dry british humor!
...Sun Wumei lied, however. She prefers slapstick.
I know it's kinda pathetic given how much time I spend in pubs and bars, but I'm really not into Bro-style and Hurr-style loud-and-bawdy humor. I like satire.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Tuesday 10 January, 2012 at 08:16
Have you ever neglected formspring only to discover almost eighty messages in your inbox? Lock.
I have never found that many questions in my inbox, but by my observations, I ask tons more questions than anyone else does.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Tuesday 10 January, 2012 at 04:07
No TMI Tuesday today for obvious reasons but I'll still ask questions to the masses. When was the last time you were overwhelmed by something and you had absolutely no idea what to do?
Did you know that rich guys - I mean, really, really rich guys - don't spend any of their money? They invest it all, and then they 'live' on the money that that money makes, as interest. The really, really rich guys do this in multiple funds and they buy yachts with the interest. At a certain point the money just waterfalls and unless you put it in a great big pile and set it on fire, you'll never get rid of it. If you give it to charity, you get tax deductions which have a knock-on effect in the investments and you wind up making more money if you just wait around for it to arrive.
I found out this around the time I found out I *was* one of those guys.
I have no idea how to react to it.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Tuesday 10 January, 2012 at 04:13
Do you trust your friends?
This is the kind of question that drives me nuts because the words imply the answer and therefore, any difference from the expected answer is either being done for pretension's sake, or you get the expected, short, glib answer that generates no thought, no inspiration, no ideas.
That said, I remembenr reading in a Japanese... I want to say novel but I'm not sure, that if you truly /respect/ your friends, you should always doubt them. You should always be willing to listen to what a friend says and ask 'What if you're wrong?' and that this is how we all come out ahead stronger.
So I trust, but verify.
(From America to Japan to Russia, go me.)
Cearmaid
responded to
on Tuesday 10 January, 2012 at 05:12
Something we do far too often. How do you feel about people who don't answer questions directly? (Yes, I realize I'm not exempt from this, but this isn't about me. It's about you.)
Constantly. Always. It's part of what made me stop asking public questions because it was just an exercise for people to generate massive amounts of white noise.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Tuesday 10 January, 2012 at 07:38
Have you ever enjoyed lying?
Yeah, a few times. It's not something I should be proud of, I told someone 'I wasn't expecting THAT to happen,' while soaking in schadenfreude.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Tuesday 10 January, 2012 at 08:01
Cearmaid
responded to
on Tuesday 10 January, 2012 at 08:32
((OOC: I think this has been asked before, but I can't remember. If you have multiple characters, do they know each other? Or know of each other? What's your opinion on one person playin' characters that interact with each other regularly?))
((If you can't write two characters having a conversation you don't really have characters.))
Cearmaid
responded to
on Tuesday 10 January, 2012 at 08:35
I swear I've been absent for a good reason. I've been working on opening a bakery since I'm not the sort to run a club. Can some of you guys tell me what kinds of pastries you like? I'm a pretty capable baker. I'd just like some ideas.
If you are anywhere near Talos, I have five tenants who seem to exist to generate pastries and who need to have their abilities turned towards the forces of good and away from giving their landlord a poor-self-control guided heart attack.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Tuesday 10 January, 2012 at 10:28
Any blemishes on your soul?
Blemishes are imperfections, and minor ones. In which case inasmuch as anyone has a soul I'd say we'd all have blemishes on them and anyone who fancies otherwise is selling something.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Tuesday 10 January, 2012 at 11:34
If you could ask me anything, what would it be? Oh my, a self centered question.
Why should I ask you any more questions?
Don't take that confrontationally. I'm curious to see what you think of yourself.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Tuesday 10 January, 2012 at 11:51
(( OOC: I hate retroactive continuity - it's so comic book! ;-) But I've adjusted Amber's age a little and included song to go with it. I really do want an answer to this one: How do you feel about retroactive continuity? IC or OOCly don't matter))
((I think it's far better for players to acknowledge mistakes and change them to make things better than to try and slavishly serve the writings of their older self, who was almost without fail, less skilled.
I don't think you should ever have to retcon - I think that good planning and a good sense of self-awareness is important in writing. I also think that it's better, when you feel the need to fix things that are too fundamental to be fudged details - like, yes, ages, because let's face it, your age doesn't really determine your behaviour, it just determines how excusable it is - to break the character down, give them an end and start something new.
Broadly speaking, though: I would rather deal with a character with a short story that had been retconned to make it less grandoise than a character with a massive sprawling continuity full of excuses, explanations and justifications.))
Cearmaid
responded to Tenebraxa
on Wednesday 11 January, 2012 at 02:07
I share some frustration! But, I think you're being a little hard on us. Consider how much more unequal our society was for any category I fit (woman, homosexual, ethnic minority) during any "golden age" last century. We lost some steps, but took others.
Sure. But as you noted, the first/second/third status indicates positions. It's nicer in America than it is in, say, Rwanda, or Somalia, but just because our poor people are fat doesn't change the fact that they're poor.
I won't deny that we make some progress, but we're not making it fast enough. This is a country where fundamental scientific truths are held in doubt because of religious belief, where politics get played around things that are actually happening and where we enslaved superpowered individuals - disproportionately, blacks and minorities.
I don't think the United States is a first-world nation any more. It was at its finest when the rest of the world sucked worse, then we exported our ideals and like every other outsourcing effort, they use it better than we do and now we're just sadly waving little flags.
Cearmaid
responded to MonkeyLass
on Wednesday 11 January, 2012 at 05:17
Sun Wumei finds smiles to be an odd thing on formspring. What makes you smile at an answer most often? Funny, insightful? And how often do you give them out?
I don't give them out because I rarely remember htem. I think they're a way to keep score, I guess?
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Wednesday 11 January, 2012 at 03:26
(Only because I know you all are dying for a cute bunny pic.)
((One of the few things about having ferrets that I regret is that they don't comingle with herbivores like bunnies very well. But I wouldn't trade the boys for anything.))
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Wednesday 11 January, 2012 at 03:43
Hey wait. I was born in 1967. So...so technically I'm going to be 45 this year. How does the law here treat time travel and dimensional displacement?
If you push the issue, a bartender has only one obligation: Proof that your ID shows 1991 or earlier. If you want to avoid the worst of it, just don't get drunk in public. You might get some lip about it from a liquor store owner, but this town has some jaded-ass sales staff.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Wednesday 11 January, 2012 at 07:32
If you're in the US, are you following the presidential primaries? And if you live outside the US, do you ever pay attention to American politics?
((Yes, I'm paying close attention because nothing is ever so fascinating as the retardapalooza that is US politics. It's a spectator's sport of Duh.))
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Wednesday 11 January, 2012 at 07:48
What do you do to stay fit?
I don't know, but I somehow manage it. Guess walking as much as I have helps. Plus I used to eat like a sparrow so I never got the whole 'three whoppers and a diet coke' thing going on.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Wednesday 11 January, 2012 at 08:17
[OH FUCK YOU! I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THIS WAS YOU ALL ALONG BUT ONLY PIECED IT TOGETHER LAST NIGHT CAUSE THE STYLE OF WRITING THREW ME. SO MAD RITE NAO. WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?!?]
[BECAUSE OF THIS MOMENT. THIS. MOMENT. RIGHT. HERE. :D
YOUR DELICIOUS RAGE]
Cearmaid
responded to
on Wednesday 11 January, 2012 at 09:54
So like, if I manage to make it back to my own time and parallel world, should I warn the heroes and other people about the Rikti Invasion?
Sure, but they'll think you're nuts. And you'll tell them anyway. And then when it happens the crazy lady on the street corner who's been selling pencils out of a cup will throw off her cape, shake her fist and marshal all those people who are stunned to realise she's right. And that crazy pencil lady... COULD BE YOU!
Cearmaid
responded to MonkeyLass
on Thursday 12 January, 2012 at 03:29
Your guilty pleasures! Share them with Sun Wumei (and subsiquently everyone who follows you)! The golden monkey eyes see all!
Sun Wumei shall reveal one of hers to start things off: Sun Wumei finds internet memes hilarious! Double pony friday rainbow!
Inflicting irrelevant shame on harmless monkey girls who double-post questions and misspell the word 'subsequent.'
Cearmaid
responded to MonkeyLass
on Thursday 12 January, 2012 at 03:29
Your guilty pleasures! Share them with Sun Wumei (and subsiquently everyone who follows you)! The golden monkey eyes see all!
Sun Wumei shall reveal one of hers to start things off: Sun Wumei finds internet memes hilarious! Double pony rainbow on frida
I dunno. I kinda like buying ridiculous gifts for people now that I can.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Thursday 12 January, 2012 at 03:31
((A internet blackout is being planned for January 18 to show opposition to SOPA and PIPA. Reddit is confirmed and Wikipedia may be joining them. I am considering doing a blackout for Virtueverse and Unionverse in solidarity. What's your opinion?))
((This is going to make the 19th a bloody boring day for me.))
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Thursday 12 January, 2012 at 07:52
What is the difference between "tits" and "breasts" ?
oh lords sander you don't have to ask everyone
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Thursday 12 January, 2012 at 04:56
Do you have a good singing voice?
I've no idea. I've never heard anyone complaining, but I don't think I've sung much in public around sober people.
Cearmaid
responded to Zarpd
on Thursday 12 January, 2012 at 04:57
How would you describe your style? (interpret however you want!)
I wear a hoodie that's probably as old as I am and a shirt I got when I was nineteen with the kanji for 'fire' on it because I thought it looked cool. I don't think I have a style.
Cearmaid
responded to Zarpd
on Thursday 12 January, 2012 at 04:57
What's something that makes you feel alive? Kinda gets your blood pumping?
The thrill as they open the box.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Thursday 12 January, 2012 at 04:57
Hey. I'm an only child but i was thinking about how many of you have sibs? Do you have the same powers?
No siblings, so the power question kinda answers itself. In fact, I'm kinda depressingly alone here in the relative stakes.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Thursday 12 January, 2012 at 04:58
(( so...like I found out I'm gonna be a big sister so gratz Mom! Do you have sibs? How many? ))
((I have one, who is four years older than I am. She is herself, now in the process of reproducing, meaning I have two nephews.))
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Thursday 12 January, 2012 at 11:17
...ridiculous gifts, huh? :D
It's really, really not hard to do that kind of thing and now a bunch of artists have found work for a while.
Cearmaid
responded to watchouthoney
on Thursday 12 January, 2012 at 11:18
Modern or classic romance?
Call me uneducated...
Cearmaid
responded to PlasmaCutter01
on Friday 13 January, 2012 at 04:40
when you were poor and dreamed of having money, was it like it is now?
No. I kinda dreamt I'd be rich and famous because of something I did, like I'd discover something amazing in a book somewhere. Plus I imagined I'd have to do something to maintain it, and now I kinda have to actively try to get rid of it.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Friday 13 January, 2012 at 04:59
I hear you. It's probably the most unfair thing in the world: Money always begets more money. Once you surpass critical mass and don't fuck up, shit breeds like rabbits. Tried using the cash to change the world yet?
In little bits, but even if I burn it by donating en masse to charities, it generates more money in tax breaks. Plus, there are entire cadres of people whose livelihood is predicated on my money being there to sustain their businesses, meaning that throwing it away is really selfish.
The worst part of it is just getting to the point where you're treading water is such a hard slog. I cleaned gutters in a fucking abbatoir for god's sake. I welded pipes in sewers, sewers that periodically had zombies in them. And that wasn't worth as much, apparently, as knowing to hire a few good accountants.
It really is like coathangers. You put two in a closet and walk away long enough and when you come back there's a thousand of the fuckers.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Friday 13 January, 2012 at 06:43
Aim higher? Bankroll someone sane to campaign for congress, or a lobby group to push a law that makes gun ownership mandatory, or some mad scientist trying to clean up the atmosphere. Declare war on fossil fuels or so. That should keep you busy, no?
Re: Government, the whole notion of it intimidates the hell out of me. You can't fix things with one guy in congress, and if I buy even one, I'll know he can be bought by someone better.
The alt-fuels thing is funny, the genesis of the money was a coal and natural gas empire by my great-uncle's father.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Friday 13 January, 2012 at 07:27
You seriously believe there's a single politician out there who's not in some way in someone's pocket? Okay, maybe on like a communal level. You don't really need to grease a training wheel, do you?
I think that there's no politician who could handle the job who wouldn't be corrupted by the money. Anyone who I could use money to get in would be buyable by someone else, and anyone who wasn't buyable would be sinkable by other people more dirty.
I'd basically need that 'virgin whore' dichotomy that idiots want of their girlfriends. And even if I find it, that's one vote. I need like, twenty, thirty, to make a difference in politics en masse. And even then when I'm done, congratulations, I've sunk lots of money into showing even worse people with as much money as me that it can be done.
I dunno, it seems like a bad way to solve the problem. Of late I've started buying businesses with proactive hiring policies and financing scholarships. So far, it just seems to people that I'm crazy.
Thankfully, I've avoided a lot of public scrutiny. Even those people who connect what I'm doing with who I am aren't likely to recognise me on the street.
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Friday 13 January, 2012 at 09:14
Hey, nicely done. :) Yeah, it's a lot of questions, but I bet they'll get some pretty interesting answers too. So, what's something you wish more people would talk/ask questions about?
Things that would normally be out of their grasp for some reason. Things that they want in the world around them. Things they can't make for themselves. Big problems they want to solve. Why you do things the way you do them - how many people have really considered the ramifications of their lives? Apparently, a lot of you guys are supers: That opens a huge amount of moral and social implications and that's fascinating.
And - no offence meant directly - a little less wub wub wub my wubby lambkin schnookums stuff. Trust me, I can imagine how that's like, the best feeling ever, but I just don't have any way to talk to it and it feels almost like you're talking a different language in front of me. You know? "This conversation is not for you, and I'm going to carry it on right in front of you." So any time the discussion gets too heavily romantic, or a dozen answers in a row which could be read leaning against a rain-slicked window with a rose between lips, I just zone out.
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Friday 13 January, 2012 at 09:25
Well...I could, personally anyway, address some of that, but the question space isn't really enough room. But hey, you're welcome to toss a few Q's my way.
That's fine. And like I said, I don't mean offence. I imagine if I'd found the one I'd be insufferable, considering how I treat word counts.
Cearmaid
responded to jillwilliamson
on Friday 13 January, 2012 at 05:33
((Shameless plea for views! I just finished what I think was a decent overhaul of Jill's VV page. Anyone mind taking a looksee for obvious crap I need to fix?))
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Friday 13 January, 2012 at 05:34
Where are all the arcades?! That's where almost all the young Metas used to hang out in my world.
Arcades these days are where thirty-year old guys who remember the first run of Tron hang out. Or Japan. Most people use home consoles or portable consoles.
Cearmaid
responded to watchouthoney
on Friday 13 January, 2012 at 05:36
What cuts you to the quick?
I'm really not fond of being treated like money makes me different to the people I know and worked with.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Friday 13 January, 2012 at 05:36
It's Friday the 13th! What will happen today?
My naturally skeptical response is 'Nothing you moron,' but @Ladydarkhealz 's conversation has me suspicious there might actually be something to Hebrew numerology.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Friday 13 January, 2012 at 10:04
Where's a great night-spot in the city that I can like hint around for "ice-man" to take me our date tonight?
Given your age, there's a pool hall that shuts at eleven across from the Steel Canyon police station. Pretty safe, off-duty cops, and the food's good.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Friday 13 January, 2012 at 10:37
What's wrong with antlers? They make great handholds.
Tell me how common they are and I'll tell you what's not normal about them.
Cearmaid
responded to watchouthoney
on Friday 13 January, 2012 at 11:11
There is some fun to be had in sneaking around harmlessly. Have you ever trespassed where you should have not?
I was told by an old British immigrant who grew up in our area that sneaking into apple orchards and stealing apples, if you were underaged, was a crime specifically called 'scrumping.' When we wound up on a bus trip out to Croatoa, we scrumped pretty hard.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Friday 13 January, 2012 at 11:51
FML Friday: What was the best thing that happened to you on the worst day of your life?
I have the chest of the nurse who injected me with the painkillers burned on my memory.
Then I remember why I saw it, and goddamn if I don't feel terrible.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Saturday 14 January, 2012 at 12:00
FML Friday: Have any songs that you associate with bad memories? Do the memories ruin the song for you, or does the song make them easier to bear?
Kung Fu Fighting is darkly hilarious to me now.
Cearmaid
responded to MonkeyLass
on Saturday 14 January, 2012 at 07:14
Tell Sun Wumei: What is something that you hate that many people you know love? Sun Wumei says the video games in which you drive race cars on a track. If Sun Wumei is going to play a video game with cars she wishes to run everyone over!
Beer. I drink it all the time because of the memories, I don't drink it because I like it.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Saturday 14 January, 2012 at 05:30
Are you afraid of spiders?
hurrr I'm not afraid of anything hurrrrrrrrrr
I've seen whitetail necrosis. I'd say I'm cautious about spiders.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Saturday 14 January, 2012 at 11:49
[http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/news/news_archive/new_tier_9_vip_paragon_reward_fire_and_ice_costume_set_now_available.php -- Is it just me or do they look really low rent compared to the Celestial stuff? Especially the ice looks like plastic.]
((It's worse than you think. I have them and they haven't even bothered to give them a costume option in the c-gen. You have to select every bit individually. Ah well.))
Cearmaid
responded to
on Sunday 15 January, 2012 at 12:25
((I'm about to make my THIRD dual pistols character. >.< Any concept or themes you find yourself revisiting?))
((I play with fire. A lot.))
Cearmaid
responded to
on Sunday 15 January, 2012 at 12:47
((Out of curiosity and OOC: What methods do you find yourself most often using to set up RP plots or stories or interaction? Especially with people you haven't gamed with before? ))
((I've been experimenting with google docs as a way to supply people with ideas or the starts of RP seeds. So far, 0% success rate. But still!))
Cearmaid
responded to
on Sunday 15 January, 2012 at 02:51
(( How do you handle things when there's a big difference between your feelings toward a player, and your character's feelings toward theirs? This could be like or dislike on either part. ))
((I make a rule of thumb, as RP is a social game, to not RP with *people* I wouldn't want to socialise with. This has had some major impacts in the past, including my departure from more than a few SGs, but I have made a point of removing myself, rather than trying to damage the other person.
If my character hates theirs, it's just fodder for RP.))
Cearmaid
responded to
on Sunday 15 January, 2012 at 03:53
(( Here's the first TV Tropes Thursday question! (T3!) Does your character fall into any of the Five-Man Band roles when they're in a team or group? Or maybe they become a Sixth Ranger? ))
((I naturally craft characters who gravitate towards the Lancer, because I've internalised that it's a sign of good RP that you never put *yourself* forwards the way I feel leaders and The Chick and The Smart Guy do. But then, this rule - always put someone else forwards - tends to fall apart in larger group scenarios.))
Cearmaid
responded to
on Sunday 15 January, 2012 at 03:55
((What sort of RP-related things would you like to see more of on Virtue?))
((More RP that are about who characters are than it is about what characters do.))
Cearmaid
responded to
on Sunday 15 January, 2012 at 11:37
Tell me I'm crazy? I want to adopt Jax.
I don't know him and I don't know you but I know people who needed adopting and I know some who got adopted and I'll say that it beats the shit out of the alternative.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Monday 16 January, 2012 at 04:28
((Just got back from 7(!!!) hours of D and D. When's the last time you did something so nerdy you felt kind of guilty?))
((I felt jealous of someone talking about a seven hour D&D session!))
Cearmaid
responded to
on Monday 16 January, 2012 at 04:59
What does TechnicallyEva mean when she says that today is not the Superfriends era that I'm used to? How has the hero/villain thing changed since 1984?
The casualties of the Rikti invasion have been estimated by some sources as 3% of the total population of earth. That's 180,000,000 people. That's more than half the population of America in 1984. That's fifteen million tons of people. Gone.
Most every hero you know has experienced part of this. A large number of them don't talk about it, and even more don't think about it. It's too big to think about.
The tale of modern heroism in Paragon City is of a community of superheroes with a massive communal scar, who would rather forget, and the few, the rare, who will not, who cannot. There's a reason Baumton's still burning, and it's not because it's expensive to fix. It's because the people who could fix it know that when they start fixing it, everyone's going to remember it. Faultline opened as many wounds as it healed.
So yeah. I'm not in that particular strata of society? I don't hobnob around wth superheroes, myself. But after that day we needed symbols and we needed stories and we needed heroes because we had just watched our world get torn apart by people who could come from anywhere, who could be anyone, and who could take away EVERYTHING.
Dorks like the Hellions can scare most people because right now, most people are easily frightened.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Monday 16 January, 2012 at 09:04
((OOC: So like, it's going to be 70 in Bugtussle this weekend and I'm picking out swimsuits already. What happened to winter? Where's the snow? Is it crazy warm where you are? ))
((No. It's crazy cold - like, 25 degrees. Bearing in midn that's celsius, not farenheit, and it's meant to be THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER here.))
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Monday 16 January, 2012 at 02:19
How do you get through Mondays?
By not getting pissed-drunk on Sundays?
Cearmaid
responded to jillwilliamson
on Monday 16 January, 2012 at 07:05
Ho-ly-COW.
If any of you are responsible for sending me this awesome Bruce Lee flipbook, THANK YOU! There was no address on the thing, but wow - I've never seen one in person before, only heard about 'em!
Whoever you are, you made my day! Thank you
What, a flipbook? Like this?
Cearmaid
responded to Whowherewhat
on Monday 16 January, 2012 at 08:03
Dear Lock, Your insightful questions brought joy to my otherwise bleak and meaningless existence. The opportunity to watch others struggle to formulate anything other than an inane response is one that I hold dear. I must thank you for giving me that.
Wait, this isn't a question!
Also, I suspect I'm being ridiculed somehow.
Cearmaid
responded to Whowherewhat
on Monday 16 January, 2012 at 09:35
I should apologise, Lock. I never meant to send you anything other than questions. Henceforth, every sentence shall end with a question mark? Additionally, please do not take any perceived ridicule seriously? Are you reminded of a Valley Girl? I am?
God help me, I laughed my ass off.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Monday 16 January, 2012 at 09:39
In what ways has your reputation proceeded you?
Mercifully it hasn't. There's a certain joy to being so plain and uninteresting in person - it lets me exercise the mind and gather insights into my fellow people, to explore the human condition, in a way that I don't necessarily have to make obvious.
Plus, I can just sit around watching things.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Monday 16 January, 2012 at 09:40
[[What major ideas for your character ended up cast aside?]]
((He was originally a chaste succubus and a teenager. The whole style blew up in my face a few timse so I just hijacked it and used it to pick up a different narrative thread, the one I'm using now, as it very well fits the Formspring style of RP.))
Cearmaid
responded to
on Monday 16 January, 2012 at 09:42
To what degree do you agree with the statement, "Political correctness is ethnocentric"?
I am slightly inclined to agree; there is a problem with any intellectual pursuit that a too-intense focus on its implementation can lead to mistakes. On the one hand, it's rare to see, say, a black hero kicking ass and teaching white people how to gather food, but on the other hand, that sort of story needs to be handled very sincerely or it just comes across as condescending.
Of course, these days, the phrase 'politically correct' is seen as a sign of weakness, just like 'progressive' and 'anti-war.' So the language of our language has changed.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Monday 16 January, 2012 at 09:43
What is something you would never say in seriousness?
'Take me Gideon, take me now.'
For more squick, consider replacing Gideon with Delia.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Monday 16 January, 2012 at 09:44
What is the worst thing you have ever said to one of your connections? Who were they? Did you mean it?
I unconsciously bullied @AnbaricAmber about her veganism and didn't consider how it came across.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Monday 16 January, 2012 at 09:49
Anyone with more familiarity with normality than I want to crash @AnbaricAmber's place with a stack of DVDs to give her a crash course in 1985-2012?
By the way: 1992 has to be Sidekicks. Just saying.
Cearmaid
responded to jillwilliamson
on Monday 16 January, 2012 at 10:19
Yeah, one of those, only with stills from Bruce's action scenes. Kinda like this!
http://imprint.printmag.com/wp-content/uploads/Bruce-Lee-Flipbook-Lo.mov
So is this something you like because it's Lee-affiliated, or is it neat in its own right? I really don't mean to sound like I don't get it, but I kinda don't.
I guess I'd ask: Would getting Lee's tracksuit from Game of Death generate the same kind of buzz, or is it more like the reaction you'd give if you got a big collection of his DVDs (if you don't already, you know, have them all).
Help me out here. It's clearly got you jazzed and I don't quite get it.
Cearmaid
responded to jillwilliamson
on Monday 16 January, 2012 at 10:24
As for the 'getting the tracksuit'? That thing is practically the Holy Grail for fans! All I have is a replica, and it's enough to make me giddy.
Yeah, it just occurred to me as a good example of one-of-a-kind movie memorabilia, unlike, say, the Bride's Sword (17 used) or Garth Brooks' Piano in Red Strokes (3 used) or even Jason's mask from the original Halloween (113 'used'). Kinda strange given that they were mucking with live blades on that set, but apparently? Only one of that tracksuit.
Google makes me sound so damn smart.
Cearmaid
responded to jillwilliamson
on Monday 16 January, 2012 at 10:25
Hm. Explaining this. Okay, here goes. I'm super-hyped because these things are rare - I've only read about them until now, and now I own one. It's Bruce, which is even better. It's a flipbook, which is dated and funny. And someone I don't know sent it!
If I spy a Viewfinder of Romeo Must Die, I'll be sure to bear you in mind :D
Cearmaid
responded to jillwilliamson
on Monday 16 January, 2012 at 10:28
Wait, wait.
Did you do this?
What, who, me?
Cearmaid
responded to jillwilliamson
on Monday 16 January, 2012 at 10:34
Yeah! You're definitely up on the whole 'movie memorabilia' thing, you know about those viewfinders, you're really the only one who's said more than 'hey, cool' when I posted that...I dunno. Maybe I just jumped to conclusions or something. :)
Kangaroos are good at jumping!
Viewfinders: I was trying to come up with a cute-seeming example of something like what you mentioned.
And re: movie memorabilia, it really was a few seconds with google looking for high-end ebay property. :D But I'm super flattered.
Cearmaid
responded to jillwilliamson
on Monday 16 January, 2012 at 10:38
Yeah, if there's one thing I know, it's jumping. I figured that might be the case, but I had to ask!
It's super sweet of you to think that of me. And I think whoever did it did a good thing - heck, based on what they did, I'm going to try and find something kind I can do for someone I've never met today.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Monday 16 January, 2012 at 11:58
Vegan...? Why would you do that? What manner of foul-hearted villain are you?
The kind who accepts challenges.
Honestly, I could almost cope with it except what you have to do to get a milk-like substance, and I use a lot of milk cooking.
Cearmaid
responded to watchouthoney
on Monday 16 January, 2012 at 11:59
Divulge to me the last romantic thing that happened to you?
A cute stranger asked me to do something so she could get to know me better. That was pretty neat.
Cearmaid
responded to Zarpd
on Tuesday 17 January, 2012 at 01:17
Do you have a cause?
I'm not sure, but I strive to have an effect.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Tuesday 17 January, 2012 at 08:22
I have no idea what 'Let's Friday' expresses, and I know that jump cuts can cover a multitude of sins, but supposedly they can do that routine live. And that's pretty impressive.
Oh, no, no, I know; the last thing that impressed me was a deliberately minimalist answer to a question which was clearly designed to yield more than a 'No.' in response. I know that when people do that I'm always super impressed.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Tuesday 17 January, 2012 at 03:14
Do you think people can be too noble, or too kind?
No.
These are virtues that are part of a mature view on things; it is, for example, not kindness that makes you give too much food to a kitten, it's a projected form of greed. It's a desire to have more, or a desire to have a particular reaction that leads to an obese pet.
There is no virtue that can be overdone because if too much of it is bad, it's not really a virtue - it's just a reasonable facsimile.We are to at all times, temper our desires to do good with our awareness of what is good.
Re: Nobility, eh, not as strong a thought on that.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Tuesday 17 January, 2012 at 03:17
Do you believe in magic?
Do I believe in a capricious force that does not follow rules, that does its own thing, that says that two and two can be sometimes five? No. Do I believe in a source of power that's hard to tap and hard to understand and we haven't done a lot to study it since the period in history where we were burning witches, and we're therefore only now doing en-masse study of it? Yes.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Tuesday 17 January, 2012 at 03:19
TMI Tuesday: Have you considered phone sex? For those of you that have done it before, when was the last time you did it? How does it make you feel afterwards?
Yes. And I have done it, and it was several years ago, the last time I had a girlfriend.
The way it made me feel was like I had just had someone write for me an amazing erotic novel, who knew me well, who knew my tastes, who was enjoying the writing of it, and who was reading it to me phrase by phrase and getting my input at every word.
If you can't enjoy any experience whose primary method of engaging you is your imagination, you're half-dead already.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Tuesday 17 January, 2012 at 03:27
Think back to the worst thing anyone has ever done to you. Could you ever forgive them? Have you yet? What would it take for you to do so? Do you believe in second chances? Even for that person?
Forgiveness is the luxury of the morally unslighted. I don't believe there's some great cosmic force of karma taking care of the universe, and I don't believe that my moral choices end at my edge. The mugger I 'forgive' is not going to, because of my forgiveness, stop mugging people, and his next victim might not be as aware, as alert, as cautious as me.
I can take, however, great comfort in knowing that the worst things in my life have been the fault of no intentioned force, and that there's no forgiving rocks and trees for being rocks and trees.
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Tuesday 17 January, 2012 at 06:55
Since there's a couple of them floating around...what do you think the next 'theme' day on FS should be? Do you think you'd participate (ask and/or answer questions)? Feel free to suggest more than one.
Books, aspirations, questions that make you uncomfortable, a ban on glib evasions, wonk-flag stuff.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Tuesday 17 January, 2012 at 09:07
Did you know that there's a Chipmunks cover of Bad Romance?
Annoyingly, this was meant to go directly to Ani.
I know of this cover because there's a kid out here standing on a street corner, barely nine years old, with an mp3 player, with that song on loop. What the hell is he doing in Kings anyway. :|
GO HOME KID YOU GUNNA GET MUGGED.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Tuesday 17 January, 2012 at 09:35
Do you ever look up old boyfriends/girlfriends and think about like trying to start things up again?
Strangely, this was on my mind last night.
I don't think I can. I'm too different.
Cearmaid
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Wednesday 18 January, 2012 at 01:16
What is your favorite meal? Do you prefer it prepared a particular way or by a particular person?
You just can't wait to answer this one yourself, can you.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Wednesday 18 January, 2012 at 01:41
What is your favorite meal? Do you prefer it prepared a particular way or by a particular person?
There's a meal I really like but it can't be made any more because what made it what it was was that it was a three-person job and two of them aren't around to make it.
I'll always associate that thick-cut bacon and really cheap ground beef, slathered with barbecue or hot sauce, that mustard and onion style of general cooking, with the walk home from work, though, the dinner on the go, and it'll always make my load feel lighter. It's terribly unhealthy and should go, by and large, unrecommended to all.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Wednesday 18 January, 2012 at 03:01
What was your favorite book as a child?
My mother read me a chapter of Lord of the Rings before bed most nights when she wasn't working. She'd sing the songs, too.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Wednesday 18 January, 2012 at 03:08
Would You Rather Wednesday: Let's assume none of us have any powers whatesoever. Someone's out for your blood and you have to defend yourself. What weapon would you rather have? Sword, club, axe, or guns? (Your fists are not an option.)
Swords and guns have no purpose beyond hurting people. I'd rather an axe, a thing which can be put to some useful purpose when it's done.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Wednesday 18 January, 2012 at 03:11
Would You Rather Wednesday: Planes, Trains or Automobiles.
Trains! It's an industrial machine and a tribute to the vast infrastructure network we spent years crafting. You ride the rails and you ride in the shadows of Hickock, Grant, and a thousand other cowboys.
Which I suppose means they're probably haunted by Native Americans, but hey.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Wednesday 18 January, 2012 at 04:43
I know someone that is disgusted by fish. What disgusts you?
In a visceral food sense, I have a really hard time with turned meat. I've had to eat it a few times in my life when it's on the edge of being bad, but I hate the smell so much I tend to never that meat unless I'm going to prepare it straight away.
In a moral sense, I'm disgusted by a fair few things, but the hurting of children and the abuse of power are top of my list.
In a social sense, I'm disgusted by people who would rather whine than act. People who will stand around and whine about how nobody wants to date them or who will complain nobody approaches them or offers them something personal, only to offer nothing in return. It's a mild disgust, though.
In principle, I'm disgusted by the incurious. We live in a world that gives us so much we can understand and puts so much information at our fingertips and to hear people say 'whut?' or blink dumbly when they're asked questions about something as near as the edge of the next town bothers me on a fundamental level.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Wednesday 18 January, 2012 at 07:03
http://jalopnik.com/5877178/man-crushes-friends-car-with-a-100+ft-axe-in-epic-prank
You should be thankful that I'm not this dramatic with my revenge.
Man, Australians sound weird.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Wednesday 18 January, 2012 at 11:34
Natural, Landing Strip, or Brazilian?
Brazilian.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Thursday 19 January, 2012 at 06:48
Special guest question from Naomi in the D: Two men are in a fist fight and for reasons unknown, one of them punches the other right in the ass. If his hand goes in, is it gay even though it was done in anger?
Just because you can use Francisco in public does not mean you should.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Thursday 19 January, 2012 at 07:38
I can almost never think of anything to ask you all. Is there like anywhere you tend to get the inspirations for your questions? This one just randomly popped into my head and I don't know from where. Isn't that weird? Or is that normal?
I sit down.
I close my eyes.
I stop thinking about all the people who will disappoint me.
And I think about things about myself, or things about others, that have taught me things. I think about stuff my dad said. I think about stuff my mom said. I think about stuff the guys I met recently have said. I think about what I might like to learn about something, something that might surprise me. I think about what kind of answers might offend or upset me, and wonder what kind of questions might earn that. I think about how many questions I have asked recently. I think if there are questions I'm still waiting to see answered. I make sure I'm not questionbombing for @Ultimogirl's sake.
And then I write out a question.
Cearmaid
responded to ceruleanvenus
on Thursday 19 January, 2012 at 04:46
Testing turnovers today. Can I get a poll of which people prefer more: Sweet like chocolate or sweet like fruit glaze? I am going to be incorporating this for Pastry Day Friday, so it's important.
It might be tilting at windmills, but I'd rather give people more opportunities to eat fruit than chocolate.
Cearmaid
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Thursday 19 January, 2012 at 04:47
Wow. Thanks, Lock. That's one of my favorites. What inspired you to send this to me?
You see a pair of guys arguing with Eastwood and Wayne pictures and the idea just strikes you.
This gift-giving malarkey is pretty tricky, so I'll take the really easy ones when they come by.
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Thursday 19 January, 2012 at 04:50
Thanks for the poster! And hey, that 'pet project' you mentioned is mine. It's a bit more than a pet project now, for what it's worth.
Oh, sweet! I was actually down in Kings the other day - you might have seen the video I took - and checked it out. It's pretty astounding the speed you got it working. I mean, there are revitalisation projects in Kings from time to time, starting up, shutting down, like a sort of cycle. The Galaxy shelters, for example, are being pulled down as they become less necessary.
Tell you what, though, it's a big place. The building's easily as long as the basketball court, and probably twice as wide, and two stories - I think I remember a shootout there when I was a little kid.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Thursday 19 January, 2012 at 04:50
If you could fly, where would you go?
Man, you know the guy who wrote this question was all 'This will get a lot of whimsical, interested responses!'
Cearmaid
responded to
on Thursday 19 January, 2012 at 04:51
Can a crime against an unliving thing ever warrant capital punishment?
When I said 'unliving thing,' I really was meaning things like works of art, pieces of infrastructure, nations, cultures. We live in an era of strange crimes; would it be a truly dreadful crime, for example, to somehow destroy all copies of The Monkey King that existed?
Cearmaid
responded to
on Thursday 19 January, 2012 at 04:52
Fill in the blank: Politicians are generally _______.
decent enough people trying to stick elephants into sock drawers.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Thursday 19 January, 2012 at 04:57
((I'm sure we all have different costumes that we use for our character in different situations, but how do you feel about people that make 5 seemingly unrelated costumes where you can't really tell it's the same character? Does it bother you?))
((Just as if someone has a character who cannot maintain a distinct voice for ten minutes, or who cannot hold to a moral compass that's meaningful or has an internal consistency, I assume they're just not very good at character design.
By and large, people do things deliberately. In my case, I have the full five extra slots unlocked, which is great for some of my characters, but for others is far, far more than I need, so I get creative with the extras. An example is my mastermind, whose first four costumes are him, but the other six are the if-I-could-customize-them examples of his pets.
Another example is I have a pair of ninja twins who are one character. Costume 1-5 is the sister, 6-10 is the brother.
And then we throw in that I have a few characters who have been asked to do 'extra' or stand-in roles for NPCs in other people's RP. When you have a lot of costume slots, some characters can just throw on a costume and say 'Okay, I'm the shopkeeper.'
Another final note is that I have the Freakshow Costume temp power; I have yet to have a *character* who has a reason to use it, but I've used it from time to time to sneak through an area without 'revealing' what I look like, to preserve things in the minds of other players, to keep them from forming assumptions ahead of time.))
Cearmaid
responded to
on Thursday 19 January, 2012 at 05:00
((Follow up: what's your approach to your alt costumes? How do you design them? Do you have any guide/rules when you make them?))
((Costume slot 0 is the characters' 'main' outfit. If we're talking Superman, it'd be the blue bomber outfit with the red undies and the cape. That's a given. I typically then position costume 1 as a downtime/casual outfit.
With a large number of slots available to me, I've taken to making in and out of combat variants of particular outfits. Matching outfits where a character, say, takes off his jacket or pushes back his hood.
As far as costumes go, I sadly do have a 'rule' in that my hair and face options are very limited. I quite like the bishounen/biseinen style, and quietly aspire to make my characters look good in that vein, with my very limited tools in the game. This means I tend to stick to... four faces, more or less, and three hairstyles.
This informs my characterisation aims; every character needs to, as much as I can, be distinctive in how they think and how they interact with others, because I cannot make them nearly as visually distinguished from one another as others can.))
Cearmaid
responded to
on Thursday 19 January, 2012 at 05:13
(( So, how do you all feel about power justification? Are you all, "Whatever," when someone asks you where you got your nemesis staff, or do you go to great lengths to justify every power, strength, and weakness IC? ))
((I have almost always been a superhero powers wonk, and I hvae a completely, completely unreasonable hate-on reaction for when superhero powers are explained in a way that my delicate sensibilities find inadequate. It's a reaction I swallow 99% of the time and just deal with it, and it's never my business.))
Cearmaid
responded to
on Thursday 19 January, 2012 at 05:34
Testing turnovers today. Can I get a poll of which people prefer more: Sweet like chocolate or sweet like fruit glaze? I am going to be incorporating this for Pastry Day Friday, so it's important.
((Also, help a foreigner out here. There are apple turnovers, there are peach turnovers, there are pear turnovers, and sometimes they have cream. Surely people don't... what, dip the whole thing in chocolate? D: ))
Cearmaid
responded to ceruleanvenus
on Thursday 19 January, 2012 at 05:43
( A lot of the turnovers have their filling on the inside, so they fill them with fruit fillings like apple, cherry, lemon, et cetera. They do also fill the inside with chocolate and other goodies like that. It sounds like they're made differently all ove
((Well, remembering that any US Citizen is closer to outer space than they are to where I live, I suppose the gulf isn't surprising. It just seems whenever we hear about 'American food' it's always... well, and don't take this the wrong way, but it sounds like something really fat people would make up. Like making a burger out of a donut does not sound like it would *taste* nice, but if you wanted to get fatter it would probably be really effective, you know?))
Cearmaid
responded to ceruleanvenus
on Thursday 19 January, 2012 at 05:50
( Haaahaha. ā„ I hear you. That's a lot of the impression we've been given and I don't know where the majority stands on it, but I don't disagree with you at all. For what it's worth, I think a burger made out of a donut sounds terrible. )
((Also, so as to not seem like I'm just doing the typical foreign thing of 'americans are fat and don't know food lololololol,' I have read the website of a steakhouse, which may be a chain, in the US, which you need to order when you reserve your seat, because your food is marinated and prepared to spec for you, including a slow-roast that can be up to ten hours long. *THAT* is impressive stuff, and I like the sound of what you could get at a restaurant like that.))
Cearmaid
responded to watchouthoney
on Thursday 19 January, 2012 at 11:49
If you were in trouble of any sort, who is the first person you would call?
I have a tenant and an employee who I wouldn't even need to call. Which is both heartwarming and kinda sad.
Cearmaid
responded to watchouthoney
on Thursday 19 January, 2012 at 11:49
If you were to write a looking-for-romance ad for yourself, what would it say?
I really want to be part of the discussion, but I just got nothing. Sorry.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Friday 20 January, 2012 at 04:15
((OOC: So, how about a couple of weeks moratorium on Statesman so that everyone can play the arc? I don't want to ignore it, but... acting like it just happened the other day would be a big deal and would spoiler it for others. Is that reasonable?))
((As far as anyone knows on Formspring, Lock is disconnected from the hero world and all the Statesman malarkey is flying around over his head. I haven't personally done the arc and seen it yet, either. I'll be keeping my trap shut on the subject - maybe that'll change when they yank the guy's model from the game, but for now, yeah.))
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Friday 20 January, 2012 at 04:17
So like hey. I got a phone call from a friend, I guess an old friend now. Phy Nygn is now like some Captain in the PPD but he was my lab partner in science class last November! Should I ya know, call him back and see what he wants? Why or Why not?
It's been half a lifetime for him. Call him, see what he wants. It's not like you rise to Captain in the PPD without some maturity. For all you know he wants to double-check on rumours regarding your reappearance.
Rule of thumb? Help police with their inquiries.
Cearmaid
responded to totallywitchin
on Friday 20 January, 2012 at 04:18
How do you feel about the military/military type organizations ?
Hard not to respect the dedication and the service. Even harder to respect some of the decisions that the command structure have overseen. Like so many things, they're a half-measure, neither all savage nor all civilized.
Cearmaid
responded to totallywitchin
on Friday 20 January, 2012 at 04:22
Is there ever a right time to say goodbye?
Yes.
Almost every author in the world is bad at this; almost every partner is uncertain of it. Things end. Things have to end. I have come to terms, personally, with the knowledge that at some point this party's going to end, but well before that, someone's going to tap me on the shoulder and say 'Sorry, you have to go now,' and I leave knowing the party's going to be going on without me. This truth is the truth that underscores all the little ones: We are expelled from our mothers as if shot from a cannon towards a barn door studded with hooks and nails, and the only thing that matters is how we spend the time between the launch and the landing.
Everything ends. Everything has to end.
There's an art to ending things; less so a science. There's a skill acquired in knowing when you've done your best, when you've had your most; knowing when you won't have a chance to make it better, when you won't have hope to give someone yet more joy; when you won't be able to rush back for one last hug or listen to one last bedtime story.
Everything ends. Everything has to end.
You have to be willing to say goodbye, you have to learn to recognise the times, and all that recognising the times can do is make it easier on you. You are going to lose some people, and you'll never get a chance to say goodbye, and if you're lucky, all you can say about those people is that you don't remember them or their leaving didn't impact you much.
Everything ends. Everything has to end.
And if you're talking about say, TV series, every single one of those bastards could be cut in half without losing anything of importance, sometimes a great deal more.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Friday 20 January, 2012 at 04:23
If you had a million dollars, what's the first thing you'd buy?
The first thing I bought was controlling stock options in a car company whose name I have no intention of releasing.
Cearmaid
responded to WhatAccent
on Friday 20 January, 2012 at 04:23
If you could meet one fictional character, who would it be, and why?
Four days ago, all of you people were fictional to me. It was the best phone app game ever.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Friday 20 January, 2012 at 07:19
Flirting with a teacher?!
Is it unreasonable of me to be utterly, utterly creeped out by that?
Cearmaid
responded to
on Friday 20 January, 2012 at 10:21
Do you believe in redemption? That one who well and truly fell can once more soar unburdened by the past?
This is an enormous question and answering it would take more than anyone would really read, so I'll summarise and say 'Yes, I believe in redemption,' and then, 'At a certain point, fuck your personal feelings about atonement, there's a whole world of people who matter more.'
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Friday 20 January, 2012 at 10:33
Do you snore?
Don't know, nobody's mentioned it to me, haven't checked. Hell of a followup to 'Do you believe in redemption,' though, god, I'm getting a workout today.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Friday 20 January, 2012 at 11:59
Do you believe that "with great power comes great responsibility"? Why or why not? Also, if so, what do you think that responsibility is?
With all power comes responsibility. Most people don't exercise it - they're too focused on the idea of rights.
Our responsibilities are threefold; our responsibility to respect and regard the past, to recognise the things that have happened, the way things have been, and for that understanding to inform us. We have a responsibility to learn from the mistakes of others. To gain from the knowledge of others. To remember good examples of others.
The second responsibility is our responsibility to the present. Everyone who is here right now is all we got. The reasons to nonconsensually hurt people are vanishingly small, the reasons to hurt knowledge are few, and thus, we have a responsibility to one another to take care of each other, to not nonconsensually hurt one another, to not lie unreasonably, to not cheat one another, to in our dealings with other people create the kind of society we want, a world that's fair and reasonable and has useful, human-created things like kindness and justice and hope and art.
The third responsibility is to the future. Now, I said earlier that nobody gets out of this game alive and that's true, and one day the party's going to shut down for good. That's no reason to not want to bestow this gift we have; the gift that one day we will die because one day we were born. Life. Life in a world that is better than the world we got when we were born.
Those are the rules that underpin everything. If you have the power to provide for one family and protect one life, then that's enough. If you have the power to protect a city, then you can choose to not exercise that power; you can even have your own reasons for it. That's fine - I can't make you, after all. But that's selfish, and you should recognise that it's the case.
You don't have to live in every minute for other people, but you do have to bear in mind that we are all products of this world, and dependent on the web of nature. We should all act accordingly.
And I checked, I don't seem to snore.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Saturday 21 January, 2012 at 12:02
FTH Friday: How often do you piss people off without even trying? Does it happen with your words, your actions, or simply who and what you are? Do you regret it or relish it?
I'm a bit too cautious of it. Considering my background, I know that there are people of tender sensibilities who I would offend, and can't offend any more, but less so.
I actually wish I could whine more. There's this... plainitive helplessness about it, I imagine it's very cathartic, but every time I mentally approach it I just rankle and want to punch myself in the throat seven or nine times.
Cearmaid
responded to PlasmaCutter01
on Saturday 21 January, 2012 at 01:43
Do you ever drink so much beer for the memories you lose some?
Sometimes I drink so much beer I lose the memories I was trying to lose. For a bit. Doesn't really take, though.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 21 January, 2012 at 01:45
What's your favorite crayon?
The only answer I can offer is more about caring than about learning.
Cearmaid
responded to PlasmaCutter01
on Saturday 21 January, 2012 at 01:52
Do you drink by yourself or get carried away at a nice pub?
I drink socially. I get drunk alone.
Cearmaid
responded to nigredofist
on Saturday 21 January, 2012 at 02:21
Why should anyone care what you have to say?
Because I listen to them; because I am engaged; because I seek to learn about the world around me, and because I seek to offer up my thoughts on a question that are designed to promote a conversation rather than end one. Because I'm well read, interested in topics related to issues of superhero ethics, world politics, social sciences, fiction, and the development of Kings Row. If any of these is a good reason to listen to me, then there you have it.
You seem to answer in a way that would be best offered by not answering at all. Why answer? why not just lurk, anonymously? You present a place for people to ask you questions, and then answer them with nothing. It's like the guys who will aggressively chase away every girl that gets close, then whine about not having a girlfriend.
You asked me for personally-directed question, and I asked. I have no idea what to ask you because I have no idea, reading your history, what topics could possibly get you to say more than a single glib, short response, what you'd care to talk about, what you'd care to be known for. So I had to ask: What should I ask, and why should I bother?
Cearmaid
responded to PlasmaCutter01
on Saturday 21 January, 2012 at 02:22
Have you ever ridden a motorcycle? Not a scooter an actual motorcycle.
Yeah, a couple of times. The scooter question makes me curious, as if I project the air of a person who'd own a scooter - and then be ostentatious enough as to call it a motorcycle.
I haven't owned one, but I did borrow one for a few weeks for a series of odd shifts when I was housesharing.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Saturday 21 January, 2012 at 02:24
We live dangerous lives. So tell me, why are you not already dead?
The casualty rate for people living in Paragon City is astoundingly low. There are a lot of superheroes averting bad things before they happen.
Don't get me wrong, I still grew up in an armpit and I've been mugged multiple times growing up, and I know three people who went to prison for felony possession with intention to distribute, BUT, mostly life is not short and brutal for people in Paragon City.
Least, as far as I've seen.
Cearmaid
responded to PlasmaCutter01
on Saturday 21 January, 2012 at 02:25
When i said scooter I meant those old honda double digit cc things that sorta look like a motorcycle from far away.
Oh, sure, I know what you're talking about. The Italianannies around the Garmentworks call them motor-buzzi, and once a friend of mine was ecstatic to learn he was getting 'a motorcycle' for his 16th only to find out he got his grandmother's old scooter.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Saturday 21 January, 2012 at 03:01
For what it's worth, I'da totally taken you for the kinda guy rides a scooter. Like a restored vintage one but still. Happy?
With a little beret and a baguette in a paper bag out the back.
And close enough, for government work.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 21 January, 2012 at 03:21
GUYS I CAN'T BELIEVE I JUST THOUGHT OF THIS. Who wants to play Assassin? I'll act as host if there are enough people. Acitve residents of Paragon/Rogue Isles only. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassin_%28game%29 )
No point. Christian would win.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Saturday 21 January, 2012 at 03:21
GUYS I CAN'T BELIEVE I JUST THOUGHT OF THIS. Who wants to play Assassin? I'll act as host if there are enough people. Acitve residents of Paragon/Rogue Isles only. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassin_%28game%29 )
((I do think it's a neat idea to be held IC and I think it'd be funny to see it happening. I naturally shy from such things myself.))
Cearmaid
responded to MrZeroPercent
on Saturday 21 January, 2012 at 04:01
If the moped isn't your thing I might have something more your speed.
I'd look like a guy who wanted to be the guy who made his own tron suit.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Saturday 21 January, 2012 at 05:15
Are you looking for one to help with a specific super-project or to fund super-research? Is it a super-emergency? I mean super-scientist is super-broad. Do you not want to talk to a regular scientist, in case they be lying and getting you pissed?
It's just a really random idea, and I think a normal scientist would give me a flat look. I bumped into a deaf kid out in Kings the other day and it got me wondering if you can use a drug to stimulate synasthesia - in which case, would it be able to overcome a damaged sense.
Don't worry, a few hours from now I'll work out on my own why it's a stupid idea, but it was just a thought.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Saturday 21 January, 2012 at 04:56
((OOC: Really movie theater?! Gum on the seat? What is one of your afternoon movie date fails?))
((I've never been to an afternoon movie. Typically when I'm going to a movie, it's the Unimovies here; which is, about a month behind schedule of the main theatre, but the ticket is about as much as you'd pay for a can of soda. It's a byproduct of the University's music/video facilities, and has one of the best sound systems in the area. Plus, the chairs are actually chairs, moved into a big hall for the purposes of showing.))
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 21 January, 2012 at 04:58
Did you figure out why chemically based synesthesia is a bad idea, yet?
Not a bad idea, just not going to do what I wanted. I had fanciful ideas of seeing if someone could synthesise together a temporary way for say, a deaf kid to sit in a concert hall and 'see' the colours dancing over the orchestra, or for my blind friend to sit back and 'feel' colours in her clothing before she put them on.
Obviously, it doesn't work that way and I'm glad I didn't waste too much time or anyone else's effort on the idea.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Saturday 21 January, 2012 at 05:01
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 21 January, 2012 at 06:03
On the topic of needless elegance that sacrifices functionality: why are you trying to emulate synesthesia in people without senses?
I'm not really. I just have a blind friend, and met a deaf girl and thought that maybe synasthesia could let them experience something beautiful they have to miss out on, like symphonies and sunsets.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 21 January, 2012 at 06:14
Is there a reason you haven't investigated corrective surgery or cybernetics for your friends?
One of them is a supersensate; I shudder to imagine what surgery would be like for her. The other is a total stranger in Kings Row, and you can't just be a wandering -illionaire dropping miracle cures on individuals. If the synasthesia drug idea worked, it'd be a really neat way to help out lots of people with the same problem, could be mass produced and distributed, and would have positive knock-on effects.
It's one of those great power/responsibility things I believe.
Cearmaid
responded to ceruleanvenus
on Saturday 21 January, 2012 at 06:17
Socially Curious Saturday: Why do male mammals have certain body parts identical to female mammals, but that lack function? Is this an aesthetic or simply a part of genetic structure? (I'm asking this as tactfully as I can.)
Men have nipples because every male, biologically, is a retrofitted female. The penis is a retrofit of the neural design of the clitoris, for example. The nipples are functional, and can be induced to lactate, it's just not very efficient and the structures required are small and underdeveloped.
The reason this is is because all biologically developed life that came about on this planet did so through a process that is inefficient and wild and tries everything. Whales and snakes have hips, despite having no need for either.
If you want, I can put together some videos/tapes for you to listen to/watch that go into this, but I suspect you're more asking out of a casual, nagging curiosity and to watch Gideon make nipple jokes.
Cearmaid
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Saturday 21 January, 2012 at 09:23
You bought me and Ice Cream Truck in space? Very cool, man.
Yeah, but you're going to have a heck of a time checking it for Double Fudges. Of course, a Rocket Pop would be damn useful.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Saturday 21 January, 2012 at 10:12
A little similar to my previous questions, but I am curious. How much of your identity is tied into how you look? Could you still be who you are in another shape, or form?
Matter flows from place to place, and momentarily comes together to be me. For as long as I am, I am meat, and one day I will not be. My brain is meat, my heart is meat, my hands are meat. I can't rise above what I truly am, and to act as if I am inherently numinous and transcendent is to give myself airs. Part of the meat is an ethereal thing that I've heard can be a energy source, like meat, can grow and split, like meat, can be destroyed, like meat, and can be eaten, like meat.
Transhumanists and I may have words with one another about a whole host of things but they're the only game in town as far as trying to change what it means to be meat.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 21 January, 2012 at 11:11
What words would you have with transhumanists?
I have no problem with singularity study. I am absolutely sure that we will one day hit a point where our models for representing technological progression are going to go out the window and we'll just be winging it. I'm fine with that, particularly because in a lot of fields of study, we already are.
What I'm not comfortable with is the transhumanist idea that we'll all be able to be immortal and that that's a good thing. Immortality is a dangerous idea because mortality brings with it a drive to accomplish. Death is important, death needs to be respected and remembered and used and I think it's better that death comes randomly in ways that we can't currently control than it be in the hands of any number of individuals. I don't like when one person nonconsensually chooses when another person dies, so I'm no more comfortable when there are ten people's hands on the blade.
This is assuming, of course, that transhumanism comes with functional immortality. We're not well-wired to the notion of living forever at this point.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Sunday 22 January, 2012 at 03:33
It is the melancholic midnight hour, and I have a hypothetical for you: The world and all life on it is coming to an end, and you are unable to prevent it. You have one day left. What do you do with the time left to you? Would you be there for the end?
I'm not one of you people, but I think no-win scenarios are for sissies.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Sunday 22 January, 2012 at 04:34
How long do you sit at a restaurant without being served before you leave?
I've waited tables too much to be a prick of a customer.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Sunday 22 January, 2012 at 04:35
((WYRW: BioWare or Bethesda))
((Planescape:Torment. Case closed.))
Cearmaid
responded to
on Sunday 22 January, 2012 at 04:35
What's the one word someone can say that just really irritates you?
'Bro' bugs me.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Sunday 22 January, 2012 at 04:36
Sometimes I wonder what life looks like from another's perspective. If you could view the world through the eyes of three different people on your FS list, who would it be?
Sander, Christian and Delia
Cearmaid
responded to
on Sunday 22 January, 2012 at 04:36
WYRW: Murder an evil person or mercy kill a child?
Evil person.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Sunday 22 January, 2012 at 05:23
[Isn't Planescape: Torment a Black Isle title?]
((It's the dawn of Bioware.))
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Sunday 22 January, 2012 at 05:26
What is bromance?
It's an emotionally supportive relationship between two men, that, because right now the vast majority of people with a Y chromosome are, in fact, mentally twelve years old, they have to make it a bit of a gay joke. Because the idea of supporting one another, being open with one another, being honest and being willing to talk about one's emotional and sexual boundaries has to be considered either female, or gay.
I'm not saying everyone who uses the word is mentally twelve, it's just oh god so many of them are.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Sunday 22 January, 2012 at 05:53
[Does that mean ME2 and DAO's DLC, Awakenings and 2 are their dusk then? Or is that just the generally malign influence of consoles rearing its nasty ass head?]
((That's a very good summary, yes. I am not too malicious towards ME2, because it's filling a niche - space adventure - that's pretty much non-existent otherwise, and therefore filling it in even with spackle isn't too bad - but yeah. I see it as one continuous arc, with evolving names, while they do things like Jade Empire, too, which was also pretty damn awesome on to eventually TOR.))
Cearmaid
responded to
on Sunday 22 January, 2012 at 07:20
What's the geekiest thing you do?
Research my data before I answer questions on formspring, including double-checking papers in case someone needs a citation.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Sunday 22 January, 2012 at 08:30
Describe colour to a blind person.
First, think of the last time you felt sand. Think of how you could close your first tight around it, and it formed a hard shape; think of how you could relax your hand and it would flow through your fingers. Think of how individual crystals sometimes feel like they'll break if you press them together, and how some feel like they can't be moved at all.
Every single grain of sand could be a color.
Next, think of the last time I cooked. Remember how your body reacted to the last few scents and tastes you experienced. Some made your heart speed up; some made your heart slow down. Some made you feel at ease, some made you feel interested, and some gave you a shape in your mind of things you don't know, and made you curious.
This range of things; this set of triggers, this notion, is something every individual colour can do.
To describe colour beyond that I have to tell you what it's not; I know that when I close my eyes and push on my eyelids, I get flares of not-black, of deep purples and blacks with tiny white stars. I know that with my eyes closed, lying in the snu, I see a dull red; I know that because my eyes work. I don't know if that would work for you.
I know that colour is wonderful and beautiful and I want to find a way to let you feel it, one way or another.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 22 January, 2012 at 04:19
Have you ever won a fight just to lose more because of it?
Every time I got into a fight in a bar. Paragon cops really don't take risks like that, and it's into the drunk tank with you.
Cearmaid
responded to watchouthoney
on Sunday 22 January, 2012 at 04:21
A form of proper etiquette that you follow?
I make a point of being polite; derived from 'polis,' meaning 'city,' implying behaviour appropriate to a person who lives in a city, a person connected to other people, a person whose behaviour impacts those around him or her, and pays attention to that.
Cearmaid
responded to Coryismedamnit
on Sunday 22 January, 2012 at 04:22
(( Really, one must distinguish developer from publisher. The only influence Bioware had on Planescape: Torment and Baldur's Gate was to feed them money and rubberstamp them when they were done. ))
(( If all they had to do with the best rpg ever made, the highest form of art that the genre's touched, is sponsoring it and getting out of the way, then I'd say it still puts them clearly ahead of the guys who wrote Fallout 3.))
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 22 January, 2012 at 08:33
I'm getting tired of answering generalized questions. Watch this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkP7l78r9TM -- second paragraph in particular.
No need to respond to this. I like your specific questions, but your general knowledge can't just be from me.
Just so you know, when I ask you obvious, general, basic questions, I'm not doing it because I don't have an answer of my own. I'm doing it because I want *your* answer.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Monday 23 January, 2012 at 12:00
Do you ever Formspring while in the bathtub?
I don't actually use the bath for much. I've got one, but bathing in my mind always feels like a luxurious thing you do to relax and I never connected with it, or a romantic thing you do with a wub wub wub lamby schnookums.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 23 January, 2012 at 01:20
Have you ever been in a situation where getting what made you happy would make a friend unhappy? What was the last time, and what did you do?
Five times! And yeah, pretty much. I grew up in the crab bucket - too many people tearing one another down. I committed to put other people first after a few times, and since then... yeah, I've been the unhappy friend. But I don't think I could be that happy knowing I'd hurt a friend in the first place.
Unless we're talking like 'Oh, I really wanted to go for Thai, not Korean tonight' in which case, christ, you should have spoken up when we were in the car, you whiner.
Cearmaid
responded to ceruleanvenus
on Monday 23 January, 2012 at 01:34
What do you do when you see two people kissing and one of them is supposedly in a committed relationship? (Notably, the kiss shared isn't with the one they're in the relationship with.)
Depends on how consensual the kiss is.
Presuming we're talking about what might be a cheating scenario, it depends on how well I know them. But I'd like to think if I had the opportunity, I'd approach them both, at the same time, tell them I know, tell them that I'm not going to facilitate, and that they'd best get all this stuff sorted out toot sweet or I'm going to start throwing buckets.
I'd like to think that that's what I'd do.
Cearmaid
responded to LadyDarkhealz
on Monday 23 January, 2012 at 01:37
Much as I'm sure you're just delighted to drop tidbits and clues, I have other fires to put out as well. If you seriously want to discuss this material, I'll be in Paragon on and off (evenings) tying up some things.
I'll make myself available.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Monday 23 January, 2012 at 02:28
What famous person would you like to meet?
Richard Feynman.
I'd like to sit back in a battered easy chair with a notepad and a tape recorder, and include the world in the conversation as he sits and talks to me about the inconceivable nature of nature. I want to hear anecdotes about solving the math behind nuclear reactions in a nightclub because he wanted to break eye contact with a stripper. I want him to have lived another hundred years.
There are a handful of others but they might not count as famous. But surely, SURELY Feynman counts.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Monday 23 January, 2012 at 04:08
Do you have a lot of friends?
No.
I have two friends. I have maybe four acquaintances.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Monday 23 January, 2012 at 04:19
Is there any rule of etiquette you consciously, maybe even pointedly, violate or ignore? Why doesn't it agree with you?
Treat women as lesser than men.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Monday 23 January, 2012 at 07:02
Is there any rule of etiquette you consciously, maybe even pointedly, violate or ignore? Why doesn't it agree with you?
Treat women as lesser than men.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Monday 23 January, 2012 at 01:41
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Monday 23 January, 2012 at 01:42
You are interested, Lock. What are your "turn on's" ..4%^$@ Is that correct? Stop recording.
Pretty easy to find out, but I suspect this is another victim of the Stranglephone's rein of terror.
Cearmaid
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Monday 23 January, 2012 at 01:45
Motivational Monday: When was the last time you needed a pep talk? Who gave it to you? What did they say?
Those things are always really, really hard to land well. It needs to be from someone you can regard as very genuine and sincere. I remember once one of the workships played a video by this Tony Robbins guy, who would talk about how he was making millions telling people he made millions and not once did the video point out that that was something of a niche market nad maybe just got lucky.
I haven't had a pep talk in a while, so I might be forgetting one, but I think the last one that really stuck with me was a foreman on the floor back in ... heck, I think it's 2009 or so? Who said, "I may not be much of a foreman now, but I've had your job and I've done it better." Kinda hard to disrespect a guy in that situation, promoted to the point where he was uncertain.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Monday 23 January, 2012 at 01:46
When you want to be alone, where do you go?
Any bar. Very, very easy to be alone when you're surrounded by people with something better to do.
Cearmaid
responded to ceruleanvenus
on Monday 23 January, 2012 at 06:18
Musical Monday! Can you tell me a little something about the first song you ever remember hearing?
The song 'Brendan Behan is Dead' was written upon the pasing of Brendan Behan, the Irish poet. The song is mournful about the amazing talents of the man who it mentions, and fails to point out that, as a member of the IRA, he was a terrorist in a terrorist organisation. In modern days, the IRA and Sinn Feinn have become something of a rallying cause for conservative American politicians who respect their religious and cultural heritage, never once thinking that that's what all the brown terrists are doing too.
It's a pretty song, and it was sung interspersed with a verse from the Auld Triangle.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Monday 23 January, 2012 at 06:33
Morbid Monday: When you die, how do you want your remains handled? Where would you like your final resting place to be or your ashes scattered?
Just leave 'em in the crater.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Monday 23 January, 2012 at 11:07
If Code Blue and The Noisebomb had their own advice and self help TV show, what would be a good name?
Blue 'N Clueless?
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 24 January, 2012 at 12:31
What did you hope to learn from people when you first joined Formspring?
How people handle responsibility. How different perspectives inform simple ideas. New types of music. New ideas for things people wish could be made but don't know how to make. New terrains for people who don't necessarily have to know much to trust. People I could disagree with or agree with, people whose ideas might make my ideas stronger, people who might make me consider things I hadn't.
Cearmaid
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Tuesday 24 January, 2012 at 12:48
I wanna meet some of you folks! Introduce yourself to me in no more than one sentence (sure, you can cheat the grammar to fit in extra if you want - that alone might tell me more than the sentence would). So, who are you?
Boy in a bar with a beer.
Cearmaid
responded to parkourblades
on Tuesday 24 January, 2012 at 01:06
What's your favorite sandwich?
Semi-dried tomatos, ham with a smear of pesto, wholemeal bread, and a bit of mozarella cheese, but not too much.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Tuesday 24 January, 2012 at 05:00
She's doing fine and sleeping it off now, thanks for being concerned. :)
Sh-shut up. It's not like I care or anything. :|
Cearmaid
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Tuesday 24 January, 2012 at 05:17
Did you seriously just /type/ a stutter?
Son, that's adorable.
Performance art.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Tuesday 24 January, 2012 at 03:23
What's the last movie you saw in a theater?
Went to see Watchmen. Noteworthy because the guy and the two girls in the seat behind me didn't seem to watch a single part of the damn movie. How the hell is Watchmen a makeout film?
Cearmaid
responded to totallywitchin
on Tuesday 24 January, 2012 at 03:24
I'm heading to India in a few days, what's the word on Mumbai?
There are lots of people there.
And if you think you have an idea of what that means, you don't. There are only three cities in the world with more people living in them.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Tuesday 24 January, 2012 at 03:24
If you stumble over something you really like, do you want to share it immediately or do you become absorbed by it? Yes, you can make your answer TMI since it's Tuesday.
This is more about a personal tendency than about a principle stance, I think, so I'm inclined to become absorbed. It's that inclination that has me sharing as much as I can so I don't wind up depriving people of something.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 24 January, 2012 at 03:27
Can you describe the emotional feeling of lust? What about the feeling that follows, when you do not act on it? If no: can emotion be described at all?
Emotion can only be described in contrast to and comparison to other emotions. Writers use metaphor for several types of emotion ("the cold, wet, feeling of disappointment") because they need their readers to have pre-connected with the feeling and associate the feeling with other, vaguer, feelings.
I can't tell you what the feeling of lust is like, but I can tell you what it's not like. Imagine if you wanted to complete a single game of minesweeper, and doing so would interrupt your research. Imagine if you found your mind constantly telling you that it's not really that bad to interrupt. You find as if a passenger in your mind, a person that's you finding excuses and ways around your justifications for not doing what it is you really want to do.
Cearmaid
responded to ceruleanvenus
on Tuesday 24 January, 2012 at 03:27
TMI Tuesday! Lots of foods are said to have aphrodisiac qualities about them from culture to culture. Are there any foods of love that you have a fondness for, or would like to try?
I haven't tried enough music.
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Tuesday 24 January, 2012 at 03:28
TMI Tuesday: Give an insight about yourself that most people wouldn't know.
The accent is unaffected and I can't help it. :\
Or in the vein of TMI Tuesday, I have found that I'm easily challenged into doing things I thought I wouldn't do.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Tuesday 24 January, 2012 at 03:28
So hey. My past/future friend Phy Nygn wants me to join up with the Hero Corps when I graduate and so like what are like the advantages or disadvantages of doing that? Anyone have experience with Hero Corps they wanna share?
You're a teenager. Go have fun. Do things that you don't want to talk about on formspring. There's no rush on this question. Answer it in four years' time when you've got some more education under your belt.
Cearmaid
responded to totallywitchin
on Tuesday 24 January, 2012 at 03:31
TMI Tuesday: If your sex life was a song, which one would it be and why?
Cearmaid
responded to Zarpd
on Tuesday 24 January, 2012 at 03:31
When the odds are stacked against you, do you get worried or do you get excited?
Nothing worth having comes without struggle.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Tuesday 24 January, 2012 at 03:42
TMITuesday: We are surrounded at all times by acronyms these days. What's the last acronym that had an innocent meaning that you interpreted as something vulgar?
The UFIA group who were paying to sponsor stretches of highway founded their organisation for Uniting Friendships In America. Not, as I thought, Unrequested Finger In the Anus.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Tuesday 24 January, 2012 at 03:46
How would you describe grilled cheese to someone who does not even remember owning a sense of taste?
The experience is a mix of contrasts; for a start there's the agency of biting, where you can consciously choose to manipulate and enact your will on the cheese sandwich. Your eyes closed, no longer seeing the sandwich, you press your teeth to the bread, which is crisp, and firm. That's the sensation you get at first, with the faintest feeling of structural weakness, as the bread leaves a few crumbs into your mouth.
When you bite down, there's a yielding there, as the sandwich is weaker than you; it resists, but it cannot resist much. Within, the weakest part surrenders and the cheese starts to ooze. Not too much, as the cheese is still one contiguous piece.
The bread breaks, the teeth are victorious. You can tear into the sandwich, feeling mixing between the chunks of bread and the soft, sticky cheese. There is a moment where you reflect that, in human aeons past, men did this with animals, that the surrender was not of bread and cheese, but of bone and sinew, and you consider that, really, I, who conquers the grilled cheese sandwich, am I truly a man? Can I survive in this harsh, impossible world, which has guaranteed unto me some undesired end?
And then, you swallow and do it all over again.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Tuesday 24 January, 2012 at 04:41
Have you ever been fooled into doing something you normally wouldn't do? Did you regret it?
Torn has incredibly fast hands and knows what happens when you mix beer and spirits. And while I didn't personally regret it, I'm fairly sure the staff at the bar did.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Tuesday 24 January, 2012 at 04:54
I have thirteen questions. I will ask another one. Do you prefer shoes or boots?
Wearing boots always made me feel like I was working. These days I wear shoes a lot, because they're easier to slip off and not damage the carpet.
Cearmaid
responded to TheChthonian
on Tuesday 24 January, 2012 at 05:18
I notice that publicly following whoever you like on Formspring has become something of a default option, yes. How many of you click that little arrow on the side to "privately" follow others? Mm? I know that I do it, *religiously*. What about you?
I want the consequences. I don't think it's a bad idea for my opinion to be attached to what I look at, and I don't feel the need to hide what I look at.
Cearmaid
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Tuesday 24 January, 2012 at 05:31
Are you the kind of person to make assumptions? Are your assumptions more often right or wrong?
My assumptions are almost always wrong. So I don't make them. The reptile brain that lurks behind the monkey brain is kinda stupid and reactionary, and I haven't much use for it.
Basically, there is a point in your life you have to ask yourself if your assumptions govern you, or if you can govern your assumptions. When you do that, the only result that leads to a civilized sense of self is to challenge your intuition and assumptions at every turn. To always doubt, to always want that proof, to always want to stand at the cusp of a great harvest of knowledge rather than in smug certainties and 'acting from the gut.'
Worked for me, at least.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Tuesday 24 January, 2012 at 05:31
It is very cold in the apartment, Lock. I know that is not a question.
First, put some clothes on.
Second, if that's not an option, I'll turn up the heat but it'll be a while before that kicks in and I'll have to let the other tenants know.
Third, I'll bring some blankets up when I get there.
Four, seriously consider putting clothes on.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Tuesday 24 January, 2012 at 05:44
Ok, you join a group. Everyone accepts you into it. They tell you that you have to wear the teams suit. They show it to you, and it's covered in pink frills. But this is the best group around. Do you stay? Or quit immediately?
Why the hell would you have a problem wearing pink frills? It's a uniform, it's not there to express you, and there's no inherent property to pink frills.
Cearmaid
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Tuesday 24 January, 2012 at 06:20
Is it annoying when somebody responds to your question with another question? More or less so if it's rhetorical?
It bugs the snot out of me when that's all they do. If the question is rhetorical, it's fine, but if someone wants to ask me a question, there's this neat interface for doing that.
Cearmaid
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Tuesday 24 January, 2012 at 06:56
Do you feel a sense of loyalty/possessiveness to the place you grew up? I mean, not just the country, but the specific area?
Find me a person from Kings who doesn't and I'll show you a prat who likes the View.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Tuesday 24 January, 2012 at 08:00
Where you from?
Kings Row. Pretty obviously.
Cearmaid
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Tuesday 24 January, 2012 at 10:13
Okay. Had to steal this one, just 'cause. Hypothetical situation. You and I rent a hotel room together. Why?
Because when you're running from suited people who refuse to yield up even the faintest hint of information that they've got, what you really need is a Blue Psychic Cowboy. That'll really help you blend in. So while we're laying low - and damnit, I need to get you in behind cover while we tend to that gunshot wound, christ, you had to let them hit you - we pull into a terrible little hole-in-the-wall motel where I find myself irritated to find I can't pay with my credit cards without giving away our position, and of course, you don't have any cash on you because of the Moldovian.
So I wind up trading the motel manager an extensive oration of Russian poetry while I hope for the telltale buzz in my back pocket that indicates Zex has finally cracked the cipher and we can start making our way back to the Canadian border without fear of the killing symbol being flashed onto our car by passing police helicopters.
Humiliated and irritated I stalk into the hotel room, throw the overnight bag full of lire into your lap, in which we hid the REAL Wayne Revolver (having traded the convincing fake to the Eastwood Cultists), and tell you to sit tight while I go get us some medical supplies and some whiskey. You insist - INSIST! - that you have to call Rose, AGAIN, even though every time you do it we KNOW there's a chance we're going to be discovered, but you haven't told her you loved her in two HOURS, so I grit my teeth and stalk out into the starting rain to look for a drug store that's open this time of night.
Then up the path comes a police car. It's battered and it's old and the lights aren't on the ceiling but it's a full-blown oldschool desoto. And behind the wheel, wearing a bright yellow RIP uniform is a familiar looking bat, who peers over his sunglasses and says, "I hear one of my bros needs help." but he says it with bad punctuation and spelling because that's how he rolls.
We pull you into the back of the cop car, doped up on ibuprofen while we get ourselves ready to go. Chad has, as he always does, a first aid kit, and I'm reaching over the seat trying to bandage your shoulder while you try to tell me you'll do it yourself, you big baby, as if you can bandage the back of your own shoulder.
It's three hundred and six miles to Paragon, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses.
Hit it, bro.
Cearmaid
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Tuesday 24 January, 2012 at 10:24
We had a helluva time last weekend, didn't we?
What happens in Buffalo stays in Buffalo.
Cearmaid
responded to TheNoisebomb
on Tuesday 24 January, 2012 at 10:27
why didnt i bring the bomb wagon
You were in disguise.
Cearmaid
responded to watchouthoney
on Wednesday 25 January, 2012 at 12:19
(I did, purchased it, aaaand... it's still now showing up in my selections. FREAKING OUT, MAN. FREAKING OUT.)
((Back out of selection, restart. That worked for me. Stalker, tanker, scrapper and brute, are all the same.))
Cearmaid
responded to Coryismedamnit
on Wednesday 25 January, 2012 at 12:31
(( As you seem the best informed, is there any chance you could provide a brief description of the current staff-fighting models? ))
((All models scale with character size. There are five in total.
There is a plain staff, slightly taller than the character, with a bound section in the middle, basically a third of the staff.There are two colours, the binding and the staff.
There is a 'tech' staff, which has a transluscent vanguard-style energy field set inside a riveted head on one end. The staff has some mechanical parts to it. Two colours, one for the head, one for the staff.
There is a broom.
There is a pool cue.
There is a trident, which has a very spear-like head with broad, flat blades on it. It doesn't spread much and almost looks like a fleur de lis.))
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Wednesday 25 January, 2012 at 12:48
[A broom? I smell an alternate Delia... Coming to hit me in the head with said broom.]
((I was considering the idea of a badass witch, yes. Though I would make it a boy witch, which isn't the most hetero of concepts, not that I'm bound by that. Still.))
Cearmaid
responded to ceruleanvenus
on Wednesday 25 January, 2012 at 03:01
An inquiry inspired by a conversation I had... What are your thoughts on 'virtue' versus 'sin'? How do these two concepts play a role in your life? Would you change anything about their influence if you could?
Once upon a time, we thought the world was made up of four (or five, or six) things. Earth, fire, water, and air. That turned out to no longer be right. There began a theory that the whole world was made up of... I want to say nineteen elements, and living creatures were made up of... six. I'm not THAT well versed in this parable's subject matter.
We found that the numbenr was more than sixteen. We found that living creatures were made of the same thing. We found some things we were sure had to be there weren't there. We found some things we were sure were different were the same. We peered deeper and deeper and deeper and we got a table of elements that's... something like two hundred and sixteen items large.
And that isn't enough. So we kept going. We found that when you break each of them down, they're the same bits, in different arrangements. We found that when you're done, when you're down to the base of things, everything in the world is made up of twelve particles of matter, stuck together with four fundamental forces.
Things were very simple; then more complicated; then much more complicated; then simple in a way that allows for that complexity.
...Once upon a time, we thought that morality was about 'right' and 'wrong.'
Cearmaid
responded to ceruleanvenus
on Wednesday 25 January, 2012 at 03:13
That was a very, /very/ long way of skirting around my questions onto an entirely different subject. But it was interesting, though not what I'd inquired about at all.
I'm at least effusively evasive.
I guess I get what you're asking. I think the point I was trying to make is that words like 'sin' and 'virtue' are old terms. They're from that period just after 'right' and 'wrong' and are archaic, unuseful in many contexts.
There are days with rights and wrongs, but they either involve body counts or peer review, and the rest of the time we're all grappling for middle ground. So I don't think they have influence. I think that people who think they do run the risk of missing something more fine.
Cearmaid
responded to SovereignFist
on Wednesday 25 January, 2012 at 03:24
"...Once upon a time, we thought that morality was about 'right' and 'wrong.' "
These are monstrous words. I only know you from your FS postings, but Im surprised to hear you say them.
What is morality if it's not about right and wrong?
Morality is not about these hard-line simplistic approaches. Theft is not always wrong. Lying is not always wrong. Murder, as nasty a thing as it is, is not always wrong.
I still think there are acts too black to be considered anything other than wrong; but to think of actions as having fundamental properties is to surrender necessary rigor.
I'm sorry if the parable was hard to follow, so let me try again: Right and wrong exist, but they have to exist in a way that allows for more complexity and nuance than /just/ right and /just/ wrong.
Cearmaid
responded to ceruleanvenus
on Wednesday 25 January, 2012 at 03:27
I assume when you use phrases like "unuseful in many contexts", you are speaking of your personal opinion and not 'factual' information, for to claim that as fact would render you a bit foolish.
I guess? I mean, do you think there are contexts where simple terms aren't useful? Wouldn't that indicate what I said is true: that there are contexts in which the simple terms aren't useful?
Cearmaid
responded to ceruleanvenus
on Wednesday 25 January, 2012 at 03:29
I was simply ensuring you weren't saying something that could be contrived as a bit narrow-minded and rude. That was all, and nothing more.
More and more I've come to learn that my manner of communication is infuriating, in one fashion or another.
Cearmaid
responded to ceruleanvenus
on Wednesday 25 January, 2012 at 03:44
It's often not what we say, but rather how we choose to deliver our words. As there are right and wrong ways to do things, there are right and wrong ways to word things. But it's unrealistic to expect others to take interpretation into account.
I suppose that's true. I did get too caught up in the little parable of how we transitioned from elemental concepts to quantum physics.
In issues of morality and social interaction, we need all the words we can get our hands on.
Cearmaid
responded to SovereignFist
on Wednesday 25 January, 2012 at 04:01
Morality -is- about hard, simple, choices. Choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil. Do you really think that justification for a wrong act, makes it right?
It's reassuring that you've thought so much about this topic.
I'd have to know what you consider 'wrong' acts. Wrong is in many cases defined by context. Do you think that working on the Sabbath is wrong? What about the consumption of pig's meat? Sharing your food with a person born of a lesser caste?
Cearmaid
responded to SovereignFist
on Wednesday 25 January, 2012 at 04:26
Wrong is any act that brings harm to another person. None of those examples qualify in my opinion, but also, in my opinion, they're not moral issues, they're "religious" issues, and that's something I can't answer with the char limit on questions.
And yet, once upon a time, they were just wrong. We have since progressed to the point where you can talk about blanketing ideas like 'bringing harm' to another person. Vaccines occasionally hurt people; surgeries occasionally end with deaths; these are things where we have all come to terms with the moral best scenario, even though in some cases they bring a little harm.
Unless you think vaccines are bad, in which case, just wtf.
Cearmaid
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Wednesday 25 January, 2012 at 04:28
Would it be best to say that no action, /genuinely/ bereft of context and reasoning, can be evil per se? No reasonable person would contest that killing for no reason is wrong, but killing just by itself cannot be said to be wrong or right.
Well, an avalanche kills for no reason. So we need some agency. When you have agency, With that included - agency, context and reason, and there's no good or evil at all, yes. There's also very little that goes on in that scenario except rocks moving in circles.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Wednesday 25 January, 2012 at 08:12
What are your opinions on my new image?
It looks really nice, Sander. I'm going to guess this is why Torn wanted to borrow my camera.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Wednesday 25 January, 2012 at 09:00
((Is there anything about CoH's Character Creation that you feel ultimately prevents your character from being what they really should be? IE, if you could just toss together whatever for your character, how would you build it? For Concept, not Power))
((I'd like a storm/dark assault defender; I'd like more male/female symmetry; I'd like more hair options for males; I'd like more faces that I intuitively like.))
Cearmaid
responded to TheNoisebomb
on Wednesday 25 January, 2012 at 05:14
would u rather wednesday: visit jamaica or hawaii?
After the few I visited, I'm not much for islands. Jamaica's culture has some interesting conflicts to it, and could probably use the tourism money more. On the other hand, Hawaii offers up a culture that's more remote. I guess on a pure trivia level, I'd go to Hawaii, so I could fill in my US States card, and also 'Places with the British Flag in Their Flag' card.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Wednesday 25 January, 2012 at 05:14
Rain?
I thought the sex questions were being asked yesterday.
Cearmaid
responded to TheMirrorShade
on Wednesday 25 January, 2012 at 05:16
((OOC: New Years Party, my house. Only sober man present crashes into a wall while playing Kinect leaving hole. What was the last small project you finished which after you realized somehow turned into a monster job. Say renovating half a room? >.> ))
((Friend of mine's moving house ( :C ) and he's wanting to make the move easier by selling chunks of his property. So he started by going through his video game collection and finding everything he's either never played or has finished and wants no more, and gave it to me and Fox to sell on ebay. And so far he's twice come back with 'Oh, here's some more.' I'm not even involved in the ebay side of things and it's a huge task, bagging and sending easily forty and probably more soon, video games.))
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Wednesday 25 January, 2012 at 05:16
How do you find new music to listen to?
I ask people questions about their musical tastes and look into the bands with attractive women in their video clips. That may be a half-truth.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Wednesday 25 January, 2012 at 05:53
Thoughts?
People see steel as very strong; it is, and it isn't. What steel is, is elastic. It'll resist attempts to change its shape. It requires enormous amounts of heat, intensely focused, to make steel change, and when it's in the process of changing, it's terribly dangerous to get near. We pour it into ceramic beds, these days, things that can handle the heat, to get smooth, clean bars of steel.
People see steel as pure; it is, and it isn't. Steel by definition is a blending of iron and carbon, and the carbon is what makes it so much stronger than iron. It's the little mix of extra someting else, in slightly erratic patterns that make crystals, that means what causes stress there won't cause stress here. What could be a problem there is not a problem here. So when working with steel, you have to respect that the ways in which it's inconsistant are ways in which it's strong.
People think of steel as clean; it is, and iti sn't. Steel's full of tiny pockets of material when you first start working with it, turning it from iron to steel. One of the dangers of the older days of ironworking is that if the iron had a small - and I mean 'smaller than humans can see' - pocket of oxygen in it, when the iron was subjected to the heat and the pressure of a forge, instead of just burning oxygen, you'd get /compressed/ burning oxygen. Explosions in forges were not uncommon, leading to myths about 'bad iron' that would kill people randomly while it was worked.
In Japan, the iron was remarkably bad quality; the land is not well-suited to the kind of mining that say, Europe could do. Much fuss is made about the folding of katanas, and the way in which it 'purifies' the metal. It does. The metal is bent, and at the bend, there is more heat; that heat gives imperfections a chance to rise to the surface.
Steel, when first forged by an apprentice, was tested with a hammer. The master would consider the work they'd made, and, with a stone hammer, raise it in on ehand and just drop it on the device. Almost always, the steel would not break, not dent, but would shatter. The task of making steel of iron is one then that teaches you to take the shattered pieces, gather them up, and start again, from nothing, over, and over again.
I like steel a lot. There's wonderful poetry in the history of it. There's metaphor for humanity. In our humble working of iron, we learned secrets that drove humankind into space.
There's nothing humans have made that can't be remade. Trust is a human thing, relationships are human things, and love is a human thing. I don't know the guy that well, but even a quick read of newspapers shows that calling Max a Man of Steel wouldn't be inappropriate; but there's iron in all of us, blended with carbon. You don't come through traumas, the knocks and blows of life - especially those that come up when I googled your name - without some form of imperfections that make you strong, without a bit of steel in your soul.
I barely know you and I barely know him, but I do think that you're both strong enough to forge something together. And I think that it'd be impossible for anyone to consider either of you inhumane.
Cearmaid
responded to TheNoisebomb
on Wednesday 25 January, 2012 at 06:31
would you rather wednesday: have something extremely embarrassing happen when you're out with a friend or not go out at all?
It may be a few years since I did it last - a few years? Christ, yes, it's been a few years - but this was pretty much tradition in Kings. If you didn't have a shift coming up on payday, you went out with the boys - and a few of the girls - and got hammered. The next morning was a game of remembering all the blackmail material.
Just because it doesn't matter any more: The night Ernie came out to us, while pissed drunk, we convinced him to head up to the police station and make a pass at Blue Steel.
Shortest trip to the drunk tank we took in a while, erally.
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Wednesday 25 January, 2012 at 06:51
Wow...seems I've got something else to thank you for. That was...something else. Not really sure what to say.to it, honestly.
I don't get to really stretch my brain much. Really, she just stuck a dollar into a talking machine. Hope there's something useful in all that.
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Wednesday 25 January, 2012 at 07:13
Well, maybe. Either way...you didn't have to say anything about me, but thanks for the comparison. It applies to a lot more folks around here than just me though. Maybe even the majority of metas?
The majority of people.
We're all better than we think we are, we're all capable of more than we think we can.
The comparison to iron is apt; iron and flesh carry potential in their veins. When called upon to bend, under heat, and pressure, the potential rises, and the creation of something amazing can begin.
Cearmaid
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Wednesday 25 January, 2012 at 09:53
Mmmm. Whiskey ice cream. Good stuff.
Honestly, I've rarely drunk anything you can't buy in bulk, so I figured I'd get some insight on the topic and you can tell me how it works out.
Cearmaid
responded to Whowherewhat
on Thursday 26 January, 2012 at 01:32
Dear Friends, I intend to fully participate in the Zexecutioner's game of 'Assassins.' However, as she has not provided further information, I have taken it upon myself to choose my own target, her. Please share all you know on Zex so that I may find her.
The first thing you have to remember about Zex is that the pronoun difference is complicated considering her home planet. When we say 'her' and 'she,' we're talking about the gender they use on her planet.
In our world, Zex would best be described as male, six and a half feet tall, with a distinctive goatee and mustache, long brown hair, and broad shoulders and a barrel chest. She has very long, dancer like legs, and a very oversexed demeanour when you encounter her in person. She occasionally responds to other names, but it's all part of the cultural gap between her and us.
It's also worth remembering that she is constructed entirely from fondue.
Cearmaid
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Thursday 26 January, 2012 at 07:59
What about you? Any favourite visual artists or styles? You talk about growing up in Kings Row, but you also sound like somebody who thinks about these things beyond a highschool level.
I tend to notice artwork that's connected to narative fiction. I know about Bosch thanks to the Divine Comedy, I know about Geiger thanks to Alien, I know about Sonada thanks to Evangelion, and you can almost do this straight point for point.
When the artwork lacks a story, I don't appreciate it less, I just have a harder time attaching a name to it. There are these beautiful, beautiful watercolours that I saw one year at the Founders university as part of a collection on display. If you look at it up close it's nothing but blobs, but when you stepped back it was all these beautiful fields of lillies on a pond, or people talking at a party. I really liked it, but I have no idea who did it.
Kings Row you see a lot of highly stylsed graffiti? But these days most of the really good stuff is gone, covered with gang tags. There was a period in the 90s where there were these... four guys, I want to say, who would make these big collaborative artworks, and pretend to be one person, called Do. Usually kinda creepy - they'd play with the 'big brother is watching you' theme a lot - but I liked their work.
That's all that springs to mind, though.
Cearmaid
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Thursday 26 January, 2012 at 08:04
Fireworks - borderline magical, or only good for distressing your house pets?
Short, sharp sensations, bright lights that you see when you close your eyes, you go and see them as part of a show put on by professionals and sometimes you sneak out to see them with your best friend's sister in the backyard.
Fireworks are basically sex except you need a lighter.
Cearmaid
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Thursday 26 January, 2012 at 08:05
Do you perhaps mean Sadamoto Yoshiyuki?
I mean - I don't borrow cartoon shows from my firends or anything. That would be silly.
Iiiiiiii do. Sonada's Gunsmith Cats. That's super embarassing.
Cearmaid
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Thursday 26 January, 2012 at 08:10
Dammit, I want pizza now. Can I have the last slice of yours?
If you're at the bar like I think you are, open up for me. I'll knock 'Life's Been Good.'
Cearmaid
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Thursday 26 January, 2012 at 08:14
Oh, balls. So, how long was it before /you/ accidentally asked one of your Formspring questions to everybody, rather than just the person it was intended for? ^_^;
I went one worse, I had a conversation with someone - and he was asking questions in his answers, and I was answering in the 'public questions' area.
If Tammy's following you, you have contributed one click to her OCD, and for that, she will extract a tax of a sandwich, a picture of a narwhal, and I think a fudgsicle.
Cearmaid
responded to TheNoisebomb
on Thursday 26 January, 2012 at 03:19
throwdown thursday: you vs. lord recluse. be honest!!!
About as well as normal guy vs not-normal guy goes.
Cearmaid
responded to ceruleanvenus
on Thursday 26 January, 2012 at 03:19
I have a bit of a silly question. What are we calling Thursdays? Like Thoughtful Thursday? Thrusting Thursday? Thirsty for Knowledge Thursday? Or am I just rattling off nonsense here?
Thursday.
Cearmaid
responded to TheNoisebomb
on Thursday 26 January, 2012 at 03:19
throwdown thursday: fml friday vs. friendly friday
FML friday thinks it wins, but only because Friendly Friday knows everyone needs time to vent.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 26 January, 2012 at 03:21
What's something you find yourself interested in lately?
Talking to you. How I express myself.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 26 January, 2012 at 03:22
((Inspired by @PaulOcean 's question, do you get a lot of art for your character? Who draws it, if you do? Would you recommend them, for someone looking to get art?))
((I'm married to an artist who is far better than me, and good friends with an artist who is almost as good as her, and I draw myself. The idea of comissioning art of my characters is kinda alien to me, but at the same time I draw so poorly by comparison to those I mentioned that it's very easy to be discouraged.))
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Thursday 26 January, 2012 at 03:26
((OOC Thursday! What's a story, large or small, that you'd like to do with your character? What's stopping you? Does it involve any FS folks? Here's a chance to throw out hints.))
((Right now I can see four plots I'm using FS to run, since it's the first stable RP platform I've had in some years, though they're not really 'plots' and more 'verisimillitude.' We're dealing with wholly virtual lives, and these RP plots I'm putting together and throwing at people are there to influence the way they answer things in FS, without trying to coerce anyone into anything.
((As far as plots I'd LIKE to run, I'm not sure. The closest I have gotten so far is that my attempts for Lock to subtly tip his hand about who he is has only gotten noticed by one player who kinda is massively cheating because he knows me pretty freaking well.
((I'm a naturally drawn DM. I like using the tools I have available to me to give people a world to enjoy. It gets wearing if I do it too long without some feeling of give and take, but what doesn't?))
Cearmaid
responded to TheNoisebomb
on Thursday 26 January, 2012 at 03:27
throwdown thursday: music monday vs. would you rather wednesday
Would You Rather Wednesday is usually full of questions that should get long answers full of thought-provoking explanation and instead gets someone picking one of the two answers and moving on. It's like Word Association Wednesday. Music Monday people seem to bother to express.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Thursday 26 January, 2012 at 03:54
Thoughtful Thursday: What was the last thing someone said that made you smile?
Torn told me that you're as strong as him and I should remember that. That was neat, since ever since we met he's been passive-aggressively telling me that you're made of porcelain.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Thursday 26 January, 2012 at 04:58
Throwdown Thursday: @MaxImpact vs @HiroAntagonist
Whoever set up the fight, because that's not happening without some serious cajoling and both of them suffering a case of the Duhs.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Thursday 26 January, 2012 at 06:54
Where do you like to hang out with friends?
Of the, what, five friends I have, three are diagnosed sociopaths. One is blind. One doesn't seem to care all that much about anything in the universe other than his sister. One has a buzzer she uses to tell me when I'm boring her.
I don't have a lot of 'hang out' people around me.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Thursday 26 January, 2012 at 07:21
What is your personal method for stopping Big Brother from brainwashing you?
Partly by regarding every person who asks a question like that as a complete idiot.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Thursday 26 January, 2012 at 07:30
(( You ever imagine your characters being in epic fight scenes? If so, give me an example of one. I want to know what you all think of. ))
((Regularly, and other people's characters, too. Rather than fill this space with an example that's ambiguous, I want to chip this in for anyone who's thinking about writing such scenes.
This question wasn't directed at me, and I'm not sure if its original asker gets to see my response, but I heartily recommend he investigate the TV series Young Justice, which is available in parts on youtube. The character design crew did a fantastic job in that the characters fight as if they have their powers.
Most of the time when you write a conflict you use your own familiarity to express it. This creates room for error when you're writing super-powered individuals. Look at how Superboy fights in the series; he plants himself, he steps very deliberately, he's not very spatially aware, he doesn't bend much. This simple bit of body language does a good way to make him express not as a normal person who is strong, but as a superhuman who is incredibly strong.))
Cearmaid
responded to TheChthonian
on Thursday 26 January, 2012 at 08:10
Alternate Hrowdown Thursday (thank you, Mazzo): Your sense of self-worth versus every single one of your personal failings. Who wins~?
Orz *dance* with the *campers* from *outside.*
Cearmaid
responded to
on Thursday 26 January, 2012 at 08:10
Alternate Hrowdown Thursday (thank you, Mazzo): Your sense of self-worth versus every single one of your personal failings. Who wins~?
Alternative response: It's not Friday.
Cearmaid
responded to TheChthonian
on Thursday 26 January, 2012 at 08:22
Are you making obscure references at my expense?
Little bit!
Cearmaid
responded to
on Thursday 26 January, 2012 at 10:49
So... y'all know I've been quiet lately, well... there's been a complication with m' powers an'... The best way t' explain it is I'm gettin' hard. Skin's turnin' hard an' cold like marble. Anyone got any ideas, I'm kinda stumped... an' really scared...
I'm no expert, but if something weird like that happened to me, I'd probably ask Delia or Zex, depending on what it seemed like.
Cearmaid
responded to TheMirrorShade
on Friday 27 January, 2012 at 12:28
((***In the News: Lilith Hawkins was taken into custody by The Guardian Force late Thurs the 26th of Jan.*** Which means I won't be posting from here for a long while I imagine. I shamelessly plug @Agreendragon for you all to follow ;) ))
((Will do... iffff I can make it work. FS has been shite today.))
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Friday 27 January, 2012 at 01:09
Ever get hit with random urges? For some reason I just felt like doing a cartwheel.
I REPEAT. GUY WITH A NARWHAL TATTOO.
Also, I tapped @Zexecutioner on the nose today.
Cearmaid
responded to TheNoisebomb
on Friday 27 January, 2012 at 01:16
what do you do when you can't get to sleep (besides get on formspring)
Get drunk, if that doesn't work I find someone I can help. Often if I do it this order I have a bad habit of hurfing on someone's shoes, which is a suboptimal way of helping.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 27 January, 2012 at 03:17
What do you think of doctors who specialize in metahuman patients? Would you go to one, when you could find someone with supernatural healing abilities? Do you favor one with official transcripts and documentation, or experience?
Seems a good thing, though I imagine it's easy to overspecialise.
Cearmaid
responded to parkourblades
on Friday 27 January, 2012 at 06:38
FMF Friday: Have you ever flaked out on your friends? Why?
There were a few times when you have to put the long-term good of emergency shift work ahead of your friends. Most of the time, everyone gets it, everyone's reasonable. No specific incident back at the abbatoir - and considering how young I was when I started there, they kinda figured one day I'd just stop turning up.
Since my uncle's funeral, I don't think I have, because I have so few friends now.
Cearmaid
responded to parkourblades
on Friday 27 January, 2012 at 06:40
FMF Friday: If you had the opportunity, how many of your friends would you have sex with?
There are so many glib answers. Some samples:
"If I had the opportunity to have sex with Delia, I'd be Carmen."
"Sixty, and all of them are Gideon."
"How do you define opportunity."
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 27 January, 2012 at 09:18
Regarding http://www.formspring.me/r/fmf-friday-if-you-had-the-opportunity-how-many-of-your-friends-would-you-have-sex-with/287183212482920714 : Without using their name or giving away identities, what's stopping you?
One, tinyurl is your friend.
Two, means, motive, or opportunity. And the fact I've met two of the female people on my friend list doesn't help.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Friday 27 January, 2012 at 09:24
Regarding http://www.formspring.me/r/fmf-friday-if-you-had-the-opportunity-how-many-of-your-friends-would-you-have-sex-with/287183212482920714 : Without using their name or giving away identities, what's stopping you?
Addendum: I actually forgot for the purpose of my earlier comment that Delia is female. On the other hand, saying I'm sexually attracted to Delia just seems like asking for trouble.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Friday 27 January, 2012 at 09:51
Max is actually about my height and size I'd gauge. Maybe an inch or so taller. He's not *tiny* by any means. DBF?
Ah, so he's a bit taller than me. Next thing you know you're going to tell me that he doesn't sweat beer and doesn't use a moon laser to shave.
This maximpactfacts site is USELESS.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Friday 27 January, 2012 at 10:04
Trying shit out. Is everyone getting this one too? Cause I did the exact same thing as last time. Fuck You Friday: Fuck you Formspring.
Hey, fuck you too, buddy!
Cearmaid
responded to
on Friday 27 January, 2012 at 10:13
Do you have any idea how to FIND an experienced meta doctor? One that may have experience instead of transcripts?
It depends heavily on what you need experience at. A quick search shows there are three surgeons who specialise in pyrokinetic tissue grafting, but that's not necessarily the same as the Brazilian doctor who's three times performed a bone marrow transplant on the same regenerator.
I'll see what I can find poking through cites on PubMeta.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Friday 27 January, 2012 at 06:48
Screw-Your-Theme Thursday. What's a song a band you follow does that's created in reference to another song they've done, and which do you prefer?
Just off the top of my head, Reel Big Fish did "one hit wonderful,' which was about their other song Sell Out. Maroon 5 included 'She Will Be Loved' as a clip in one of their other songs. Zappa did Part 1 and Part 2 of all sorts of stuff. Is this question REALLY that damn hard?!
Cearmaid
responded to
on Friday 27 January, 2012 at 06:55
No. I formspring on my phone. I have very, very few people who call me, barring for a pair of employees who aren't exactly good phone conversationalists.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Friday 27 January, 2012 at 06:58
I want to move beyond my comfort zone. Humor me, please send me a question that will encourage that?
Alright.
Cearmaid
responded to totallywitchin
on Friday 27 January, 2012 at 07:00
(( OOC Question: I just changed my Global Name for the first time in three years. How often do you change yours? ))
((Never. When I started playing, I was writing for a website and I had a very strong, principled view about ensuring my opinion and my behaviour backed each other up. I didn't ever want to be the kind of guy who was unwilling to back up what I said if I was asked about it later, so I used the same handle on the forums, as well.
Since then, there's just been no reason. I see people changing their globals a fair bit, often in dramaswarm stuff like during the Run Riot fiasco, but it always just sweeps on past me. I can imagine I might have a different mindset if I'd chosen a very difficult-to-spell handle, for example, and found it impractical, but it's really quite good for me.))
Cearmaid
responded to TechnicallyEva
on Friday 27 January, 2012 at 07:00
(( I guess everyone is getting spam now? It must mean that FS is getting popular. I've had to spam block 5 today. What's your score? ))
((None yet, but the night is yet young. I wonder if feminine names get more spam.))
Cearmaid
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Friday 27 January, 2012 at 07:09
Friendly Friday. Look at your connections. Pick three or four (or however many you want) people that you think could use some encouraging, kind, or comforting words. Talk to them, here or on the phone or in person. Let them know you're thinking of them.
Pfft, like I don't do this all the time. For 'however many I want' I'm going to go with all of them.
@ISpyThighHighs: Whatever you're doing, I can still vote, so keep doing it. @BackAlleyBeats: I saw you at the Project helping with the basketball pole. Thanks on behalf of dozens of kids who aren't going to think of saying it. @MrZeroPercent: Dressing like a douchebag is not BEING a douchebag. You're your own person. @MonkeyLass: Thanks for always making me smile. ALWAYS. >:| @SanderWilson: You're so much more valuable to the world than you think. @JillWilliamson: Thanks for helping me widen my horizons with films. @Zexecutioner: You're good. @watchouthoney: I'll get answers someday, and I'm still waiting. So don't feel you shouldn't bother because it's been too long. @TheNoisebomb: Recognise how hard it is for me to say this, but you're a good bro. @LadyDarkHealz: Every morning I kick out one Y chromosome from my body in a laborious effort to make the world a better place, thanks to you. @Letitglow: Remember the steel. @TrulyKazeno: Don't be lonely. Lots of people around to help. @Tenebraxa: Thanks for the cooking advice, and the insight into Peru. @PlasmaCutter01: dbf gbtw @MaxImpact: Be the steel. @HiroAntagonist: Bet you're regretting this by now. Trust Zex, she's terrible at being a person but she's a really good person. @totallywitchin: When you visit Paragon I'm going to want you to QE me so I don't look like a refugee from a grunge band. @ceruleanvenus: If you were a guy, everyone would notice, and we'd still all want to jump you.
Then the interface bugs out on me.
Cearmaid
responded to ceruleanvenus
on Friday 27 January, 2012 at 07:13
Are you saying I'd be a handsome guy?
I'm saying personality comes first.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Friday 27 January, 2012 at 07:20
Write a slogan or tag line for someone else on FS but don't mention who its for. See if they can guess.
1. "What light through yonder window makes?"
2. "I'm gunna punch him. Then I'm going to smack him in the face with my cock. Then I'm going to punch him again. Time to be a fucking superhero."
3. "If this was between you and me? I'd just let it go. But you had to bring my city into this, didn't you."
Cearmaid
responded to
on Friday 27 January, 2012 at 07:21
What is the most important thing you have ever lost?
Also? Forget getting over it. You'll never get over your mother. Trust me on this one. It sucks and it hurts and the best thing you can know at the end of the day is that the hurt is the shadow of the love, reminding you and keeping you from ever forgetting them. Not a question, I know.
Cearmaid
responded to ceruleanvenus
on Friday 27 January, 2012 at 07:24
That's a /really/ good answer. I hope you have a wonderful day, Lock.
I always have wonderful days, I'm a goddamn job creator.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 27 January, 2012 at 07:24
I liked that. A lot.
That was a really bad time to almost hit the 'ask this question to your 63 followers' button.
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Friday 27 January, 2012 at 07:25
(( New account on FS for one of my characters =D Most of you know me as @Midnyteflare. Please feel free to follow them! Thanks! ))
((Since I see this coming up a fair bit: If you're having problems adding people to formspring, there appears to be some problem with addons in Firefox. The only one I can see that's widespread is adblocker, so try loading FS without your addons, and you should be able to add people.))
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Friday 27 January, 2012 at 07:35
Thanks...reminded me that I should probably try to meet Backbeat, too. Dunno if I told you before, but my dad used to work in a steel plant. I visited it a few times while I was little and...I never thought of that comparison. Especially to myself.
There's a certain kind of man, forgive me for going off on a tangent about this, for whom the metaphor is very apt. They like to imagine themselves as strong, firm, unyielding, unbreakable, and that's a good place to start, but you can't end there. You have to remember the stages of things, the way steel changes.
Steel doesn't easily break, but it's worth remembering that sometimes, it bends.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 27 January, 2012 at 07:36
Don't think you realize what you got yourself into.
If I'm wearing my hi-vis and steeltoes, then I'll care about foresight. Out here? Might as well just roll with it.
Cearmaid
responded to teacuppartisan
on Friday 27 January, 2012 at 07:40
Friendly Friday: Go through your connections and make your own Formspring band. Who would you pick for the following? A) Lead Singer, B) Lead Guitarist, C) Bass Guitarist, D) Percussion. Bonus! Pick 3 people to be the band's groupies.
Sir, I protest this gratuitous lack of violin, piano, flute, horns, double bass and triangle.
A. @teacuppartisan because front men need to be prettyboys and not sleeping in their mom's garage. B. @SanderWilson Give her a guitar and explain the technical way it's played and I am certain she'd be amazing. C. @PlasmaCutter01 because bassists get all the girls D. @EikoMagami because Eiko smash.
Groupies are about intuitive, deep-seated emotional reactions and a lust and throwing underwear, so I'm going to say the groupies are: 1. Gideon 2. Gideon 3. Gideon
Cearmaid
responded to
on Friday 27 January, 2012 at 07:48
Do you believe in karma? In other words, do you believe that people will someday get what's coming to them, both good and bad? What about reverse karma? In which people who do bad get good things coming to them, and vice versa?
I don't believe in karma. I don't believe there's cosmic justice. There's just us. Which is partly why I have no problem occasionally slapping someone who's being a dick.
Cearmaid
responded to jillwilliamson
on Friday 27 January, 2012 at 10:35
((Sorry for double picspam. Somehow turned around and deleted the first one...no idea.))
((I don't know about how anyone else has their FS set up, but I don't notice, honest to betsy, if there's a double-pic-spamming.))
Cearmaid
responded to
on Friday 27 January, 2012 at 10:44
What's rugby?
Two teams of... I want to say eight guys, with minimal padding and shin guards making a competition out of getting a ball across a field. Way easier to do pick-up games and casual stuff than football. Less money in it, though, and it looks kinda stupid on TV.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Friday 27 January, 2012 at 11:29
You don't have powers right? Since you might have a better perspective than me I'm curious if you've noticed anything....aside from maybe that our problems are because of our powers a lot. So have you noticed anything particular?
The main thing I've learned watching supers is that the only truly unique problems you guys have is a loss of perspective. I understand it's not something that can be helped, but lots of you guys operate on a scale that's so far beyond normal people that you just lose track of things that matter. It's why it's so amazing to see things like Max's project, how a guy who can... fly? I think he can fly. And throw tanks and stuff walks the earth amongst normal people, and without letting anyone know he's anything but another guy, pitches in on something that's going to help so many people despite seeming like... well, 'just' a gym. Stopping crime is great and all, but Max is damming a river at its source, which isn't something you can do by just punching it in the face.
Another example is that say, Gideon, who has, by public record(!) more kills on his belt than more than the two highest-tallied non-meta serial killers in US history, but I wouldn't hesitate to call him a decent guy. Well, decent-ish. Anyway, the point being that he exists in a place where due process of law and morality of killing - two things we normally are very careful to institutionalise - are not options. You have to meet lethal force with lethal force, and while there are some supers who can step outside that, but they're usually the guys who are so damn powerful they're not threatened by lethal force in the first place, or, the guys like Eddie who are smart enough to not bring sticks to gunfights.
The final thing I've noticed is that nobody normal becomes a superhero. Superpowers just seem to automatically bring with them an element of being screwed up. Some of you let them screw you up, some of you use them as an excuse - and they're a good one, in a lot of cases - but how many times do you reckon a cape's stood up a date, or left an argument with his wife, because 'people need me right now' that couldn't stand to wait a few moments more, or couldn't be left to someone else.
Then there's the fact you're almost all good looking - even the 'ugly' guys like you are exotic looking, intense, and I *know* there are people who have the hots for almost all of you, you're almost all fit, very, very few of you are fighting for work, and so many mundane concerns like getting a job, paying for health insurance, raising kids, teaching your little brother meaningful moral lessons adn the like, just go away.
I'm not saying this as a way to judge you guys, I really am not. I grew up in this town, and I've waved some flags and clapped as I see you guys walk by. But every time I hear a superhero say 'I'm just a normal guy like you' I want to throw up in his shoes.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Friday 27 January, 2012 at 11:46
(( ZOMG! CoH is too laggy to play. SW:TOR is updating for a million years. TV is awful. Nothing good to read. What do you do when your technology fails you? ))
((I RP using other programs like messenger, formspring, or google docs. I write. I read books. I draw. I cook. I get to housework. I dance if I want to. I leave my friends behind. Because if my friends don't dance, well- wait, where did I come in on this?))
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Saturday 28 January, 2012 at 01:08
The people who "have the hots" for me are creepy. I might agree with most of that stuff but....mundane problems don't go away. Ask around you'll find a lot of people having to try hard to balance this kind of work with normal things. No room to say more.
The joy of my changing lifestyle has been that I have seen life from the streets of the very poor, and the very well-off. So here's some insight from the bank side of things.
You know how you guys talk about things like insurance and loans? The wealthy LOVE you guys. Even the big building-wreckers. Because you come with deferred value. You bring metahuman research projects. You bring holy hell, emergency recon work. Do you know what those contracts are like? Every time Tammy tears up a building, three insurance brokers jizz their frigging pants because they know that that's work, that's work that they can defer costs across. And do you know how businesses compete for that kind of work?
There are some real reptiles - and I mean that perjoratively to them, and no slight against you - working in this industry, but the way money works in this world, I really have no doubt at all that there are some of them who are utter bastards, too.
And I've MET fans of guys like you. I've seen girls that look like Abby from NCIS who have waxed erotic about the notion of feeling scales rather than skin. So you can call 'em creepy, I suppose, but that's your problem, not theirs.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Saturday 28 January, 2012 at 01:33
The people who "have the hots" for me are creepy. I might agree with most of that stuff but....mundane problems don't go away. Ask around you'll find a lot of people having to try hard to balance this kind of work with normal things. No room to say more.
You know what? Here's an example.
There's a building company that produces reinforced concrete ("rio") for foundations in three cities. Washington DC, New York, and Paragon. Three cities, one business. You probably have never heard of them.
They do not advertise. They have a contract with three major insurance networks that relates to 24-hour turnaround and replacement of destroyed buildings, a contract they bid for damn hard through an independent party. That is all they do.
When a building is wrecked, they have assessors on-site in one hour. That's part of why they're positioned where they are - big cities, close together (relatively). They have a volume turnaround quote in half an hour. They have the factory spinning up during this assessment period because if it gets anyone to notice, it's going to need it.
They can have boots on the ground laying concrete and reinforcing steel in within two hours of a building being gone. They can have it setting within six. They can do this because it's all they do and they are very, very good at it.
You have no idea who these guys are because they don't advertise. And as an example of how prestigious these guys are, there are companies - including the company that makes and presses park benches in Paragon City - who pay a fee to Entlemeier for permission to stamp their name on the steel they buy from them. They pay them to advertise their name. Because having people know it's Entlemeier steel is a meaningful piece of information to industrial operatives.
This kind of industry could not survive if there wasn't what they blithely call 'regular unplanned urban restructuring.' And they're a business that's so successful that the ten guys who oversee the whole operation are millionaires. Stock in Entlemeier is insanely valuable. I know, I have some. I'm going to bet that so does every other investor who's spent time in Paragon. Because we can guarantee it will always be worth something and it will give returns like clockwork.
Cearmaid
responded to watchouthoney
on Saturday 28 January, 2012 at 02:50
Should Carmen San Diego date Waldo, the star of Where's Waldo? books?
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Saturday 28 January, 2012 at 02:56
Did that make sense?
Sure, it makes sense.
It's also only part of what I was talking about.
You are giants that walk in a world of mice. A lot of those concerns you mentioned are because you're trying to fit in doing them. If one of you guys snap and decide to simply take over an African nation, the only things to stop you are other people like you.
You have mundane concerns. That's true. And some folk - yes, like Jill - are much closer to the flow of normal life than others.
I guess the other thing is: So fuckin' what? Normal is neither better nor worse. A brain surgeon isn't a normal guy but if I'm going under the knife I don't want him to be. That guy does not have to stress out about what he's going to do if the pin falls out of the stunner under the killing grille again and I really would rather he not HAVE those concerns while he's busy making my great-aunt able to see again.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Saturday 28 January, 2012 at 03:07
Are you ok?
BUSTAH WOLF.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Saturday 28 January, 2012 at 04:03
I finally "officially" broke it off with the ex. Again, I'm not asking for any fucking advice to pick myself up and keep on going, but have you ever had someone who impacted you THAT much that you don't know what to do without them?
I'm assuming this doesn't count the time my parents died.
Not really. That level of emotional dependence I always figured was for people with more time to dedicate to one another. Not that I have gone without girlfriends, it's just that when they ended it was always with a sort of whimper.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Saturday 28 January, 2012 at 09:01
Tonight, I played the start of a game of twenty questions with a stranger in the D, and thought I'd pass on the questions. So here we go: How old are you?
I'm twenty-seven. Old enough to see a lot of big changes in Paragon. Reared in Kings Row, went to primary school in Galaxy city, went to high school in Steel, dropped out at seventeen and started working.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Saturday 28 January, 2012 at 09:01
Do you dye your hair?
Nope. It was brown when I was younger, but it's gone gold since.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Saturday 28 January, 2012 at 09:01
What's your full name?
No laughing.
Lachlann Anise Piers.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Saturday 28 January, 2012 at 09:02
Did you get all your piercings at once?
Technically yes, but I only had one.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Saturday 28 January, 2012 at 09:03
Tell me about your family?
My immediate family is all gone; my parents died in 2011, and my sister died before I was born. I also had a great uncle, but that really is all that is left.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Saturday 28 January, 2012 at 09:47
Anise? No wonder you're all over the ouzo stuff. That said, what were your parents thinking?
They were thinking about my stillborn sister, who had been named Anise.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Saturday 28 January, 2012 at 04:46
Are you a good swimmer?
I wasn't, but since December i've been practicing more and trying to learn to surf.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Saturday 28 January, 2012 at 04:47
If you could go back and forget anything from your past, what would it be?
To make the joke Ani would get: The lyrics to Kung Fu Fighting.
But in all honesty, I can't think of much that's not just... silly little things. I guess I'd like to forget just how much it hurt the one afternoon I stupidly took one of the stunners from the abbatoir, put it on my hand and pulled the trigger, thinking 'how bad could it be.' That was stupid.
I drink sometimes to forget, and it works for a while, but I never think I could handle losing the memories for good.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Saturday 28 January, 2012 at 04:48
I only disagreed with the stuff about not having to worry about normal things. Even though we sort of live in our own world a lot of us still have to live in this one too. I guess I just don't like generalizations. Is that understandable?
You choose to live in this world with mundane concerns. People like me have to. I hope that summary makes some sense?
Cearmaid
responded to ceruleanvenus
on Saturday 28 January, 2012 at 04:51
The kitchen is finally all clean from yesterday's pastry fiasco. I am in need of some ideas. How do you like to spend your Saturday?
First and foremost, based on the taste, your pastry was no fiasco.
These days, my saturdays are spent volunteering, either at Max's project, talking with investors, analsying venture projects, or, if I've got something 'big' in my mind, I tend to make it an all-day project.
And sometimes I just wind up being trapped in the bedroom, which is a rare incident but not one I mind.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 28 January, 2012 at 04:55
What branches of metahuman research to you find most interesting? (pluralism is not an answer)
Pluralism's a mental mode, really, or a philosophical principle, not a research field.
I'm personally very interested in biology, since it was one of the few subjects at school where I was pretty comfortable. Chemistry and physics were weak areas for me as well, so I don't identify nearly so well with some of the groundwork involved.
When we're talking about metahuman research, I have to kind of pole-vault that gap in my knowledge and take advantage of having smarter people around me who can give good, clean explanations or assessments of subjects. I hire consultants for investment plans.
I have a very ferret-like interest. I tend to get interested in lots of things at once, and want to jump between them quickly. The last big project to pique my interest was a quantum computing system which relied on making a neural network that emulated the brain - a process the developer called 'patterning.'
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 28 January, 2012 at 04:57
If you suddenly developed super powers for some reason, do you have a cool superhero name ready to go? (You can choose what powers you'd get, if it helps)
Going by myth, if I suddenly gained the ability to throw a spear with my foot, I'd name myself Cearmaid. If I became invulnerable I'd name myself Chu Chullain. If I became colossaly egotistical and lost my sense of boundaries, I called myself Gideon. And if I suddenly gained the power to set fires, or something, I'd probably just use one of those three because I'm not very creative.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 28 January, 2012 at 04:57
Why do you think people of King's Row have such a strong bond to the place?
Because when all you have is nothing you hold onto it with both hands.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Saturday 28 January, 2012 at 04:58
What's your opinion on saltwater?
In sex, it's not as fun as it sounds. It's just water. In cooking, it's essential. I had a fish broth once which was boiled in a cup of actually-from-the-sea seawater, and while I wasn't crazy about it (because the back of my mind would not shut up about what WAS in there), it was still tasty in an exotic way.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Saturday 28 January, 2012 at 04:59
And you don't think she would have minded being named for a condiment? Naming your kids after food is just inviting them to become strippers.
I think my mother liked the sound. I never really had it in me to say 'Mom, remember that first child you had, who died and you and dad cried over for so long you almost got divorced? Well, I just want you to know, her name was kinda silly.'
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 28 January, 2012 at 05:02
Who's your favorite author? You only get to choose one.
Fffffffffffffffffffffffffff.
That's really frustrating. Since his work heralded lots of other work I like and kicked off a genre, I have to say Albert Machen, but that's having to apply some arbitary rule to make him a 'favourite.' I really, really am good at saying 'This one thing is something I like more than any others.'
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 28 January, 2012 at 05:05
How do you feel about the continual > fight > arrest > watch enemy escape > repeat, cycle that happens in a lot of meta human activities? Would you change any of it if you could?
It's fine.
It seriously is. I know I hear people complain about it, but that's because they think they got into this to fix things. They're not. They're containing something. Some problems can be solved by that cycle, some things can be worn away like that. I mean, the skulls and hellions go through a natural wax/wane cycle.
@MaxImpact got me thinking about it recently, but what metahuman heroes really do is not /repair/ things, but rather create a safe place for others to repair. You can't fix every problem by punching it in the face. And like specialised organelles in a cellular design, those people whose only skill is punching things in the face have to be respected, and directed towards areas where face-punching can do the most good. Sometimes that's just rolling rocks up a hill time and time again, no matter how helpless it may seem.
Cearmaid
responded to FoxyFerret
on Saturday 28 January, 2012 at 05:14
Within the last year what has changed to make you a better or worse person?
You know all that advice your mom gives you, about being kind, about being good to people, and when you ignore her she rolls her eyes and says 'You'll miss me when I'm gone!'
Yeah.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Saturday 28 January, 2012 at 07:08
How do you imagine you would act differently if you had super powers?
Probably cling to my normal life with both hands, lie about it a lot, establish a secret identity that any experienced searcher could bust through and humiliate myself publically when it all came out.
More broad than that, it'd depend on what powers I got. There really is nothing that can't be put to some use. I worked in rendering, there's really nothing, NOTHING, that people can't get use out of.
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Saturday 28 January, 2012 at 07:26
For what it's worth, that's exactly what I've pretty much done with my normal life.
One of the nasty truths of our society: Black, white, meta, non, what really matters is whether or not you've been really poor.
(I am kidding there, there's obviously tons and tons and tons more than just that.)
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Saturday 28 January, 2012 at 07:57
What do you think of those of us with superpowers that keep doing normal things even though you think we don't have to?
Because you don't want to be different. You want to feel connected to the people around you. You want to remember the time when you were part of the web of nature, not above it, beyond it.
If you don't WANT those things... well, like I said, you can just go take over a country somewhere. Fear of reprisal might slow you down, but look at guys like Ray and Max and Matthew. The thing that stops Ray from going out and busting banks to make his rent is not fear of other metahumans.
Everyone knows about those tales of the heroes who were too disconnected. The Watcher. Operation Starburst. The Martian Restore. They're the cautionary tales that you have to remember what you're bothering to save. If you don't, you wind up going a bit mental, and try to change things in ways that the rest of the normal people don't like.
It's worth remembering that (almost) no 'villain,' does stuff thinking they're doing the wrong thing. They're uniformly doing things for their own benefit, and that's their 'good.' Socialisation is good for the moral senses.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Saturday 28 January, 2012 at 08:37
Sometimes starting over is harder than starting from scratch. Would you agree or disagree?
You just get so used to the tools you made on the way.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Saturday 28 January, 2012 at 09:21
You said you collect -among other things- bird cages and skeleton keys. Don't you think Freud would have a field day with that?
I'm sure Aristotle would be fascinated by our drosphilia studies, too.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 29 January, 2012 at 12:43
How does romance play a factor in your life?
Romance as a world view that prefers to see things as resolving in ways that are idealistic and teach lessons, not at all.
Romance in that way of creating love between two people, and making things resolve in ways that are idealistic and teach lesson, it plays more of a role.
I like romantic stories. I like helping people find their romantic stories. Avoid coming to me for advice in relationships if you want anything other than the kind of story that results in wub wub wub lovey schnookums and me pretending to gag.
Cearmaid
responded to NemesisLives
on Sunday 29 January, 2012 at 12:49
That question had no reference to Zex, directly. :C
You understimate her cleverness. And my intentional stupidity.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Sunday 29 January, 2012 at 01:00
My ears were /ringing/ -- what's the old myth, that it means someone is speaking about you? My, what type of superstitions do you have?
In Japan, the belief is that when you sneeze without being sick, it's a sign that someone elsewhere has just said your name. A case of the chills means someone is walking on the place you'll be buried. And a hot flush is a sign that your true love thinks about you.
Not that I'm Japanese. Or all that superstitious.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Sunday 29 January, 2012 at 02:17
Just starting out with the hero thing. How do you all stay up all night battling villainy? Do you miss sleeping?
Not really a question directed at me, but I know that starting late-night shift work, you learn to make use of time you'd normally forget.
Also, Gideon's going to crow about how he doesn't need to sleep.
Cearmaid
responded to LadyDarkhealz
on Sunday 29 January, 2012 at 03:23
For people who seem to want my help, you two are REALLY pushing it.
It's not me, miss! I swear it's all his idea!
I seriously have no idea what you mean, but you're welcome to provide me with a due kicking. I'm certainly not above admitting I screwed up, and I'm definitely inclined to apologise.
Cearmaid
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Sunday 29 January, 2012 at 06:07
Wow, Formspring will just take as much time as you give it huh? What or who are you avoiding right now?
Sleep, sobriety, quiet. And despite being three quarters into a bottle of something without color I can still type just fine on this tiny screen, even when there are two of them. The heck.
Cearmaid
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Sunday 29 January, 2012 at 06:26
What's your role in your team? (Leader, snarky offsider, emotional support..?)
If you're not in a team, what about with your social circle?
If you have no social circle, we should meet up sometime, Lock. I bet you could use a drink you didn't buy.
I'd feel bad getting free drinks.
I'm not in any kind of team, and honestly, I'm kinda surprised to find this wasn't a public question.
I don't really know what my role is. I guess what I do for most people I know is being the Second Guy. You know, not the guy who gets the girl, but the guy who encourages the girl to try for it. The guy who makes stuff happen, the guy who tries to set things up, even I'm never the guy getting the win, and all that.
Cearmaid
responded to ceruleanvenus
on Sunday 29 January, 2012 at 03:20
Goodness, if I'd known you so often did what you did last night, I wouldn't have said a word. I'm sorry.
Well, getting drunk's not something everyone's cut out for. Some men choose drunkenness; some men are born to drunkenness; others have drunkenness thrust into them. All I can say is, I'm sober now, and not certain it was a good idea to let that happen.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Sunday 29 January, 2012 at 03:22
How do you feel about Britney Spears?
It's weird how I know the words to a bunch of her songs despite having never paid a cent towards anything she made. Cultural osmosis!
Cearmaid
responded to ceruleanvenus
on Sunday 29 January, 2012 at 03:28
Your drunkenness is not what I meant. For being drunk, you didn't exactly seem to be, and you were pretty big on the words of wisdom.
That's sweet of you to say, Sunrise. Thanks for the kind word, it makes waking up a little easier.
Honestly, ever since my great-uncle's death, I can't think of the last time I got drunk in a way that didn't just impair my judgement. The stuff that arrives in the dead of night when I have a bottle in my hand, I probably answer slightly differently, but I haven't noticed that I slur my typing the way @TrulyKazeno or @CareAndControl do.
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Sunday 29 January, 2012 at 04:08
....very smooth, Lock. Very smooth. So, sounds like you kept drinking after I left then?
If I'm in the D, chances are I'm four bottles down at least. I've got a lot of reasons to drink right now. Also, it's a great nexus to meet and talk with people.
And I don't think I've /ever/ been accused of being smooth except sarcastically.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Sunday 29 January, 2012 at 04:08
wait what's happening with the narwhal?
I don't know, but let's save it anyway.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 29 January, 2012 at 04:20
Pick any topic at all. Talk about it, as briefly or as lengthily (?) as you please.
The 'Iron Tyrant' is an internet meme first observed by the poster Zexecutioner on Formspring. Taking a number of questions to which there was no answer of meaning to her, Zex seems to respond to them with the two-word answer 'Iron Tyrant.'
This answer is designed, it seems, to confuse her friends, one of whom prides himself on knowing at least a little about how Zex thinks. This friend has taken to researching the topic, trying to work out what he's not getting, before he obliquely gives up and opts to try asking her in a way that he recognises isn't going to be treated as necessarily giving up and asking for help.
Cearmaid
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Sunday 29 January, 2012 at 05:21
How about you? Do you cook?
Absolutely. It started out as a matter of principle - my parents needed to be able to come home and get some rest, so I learned to cook that way - but it wound up becoming a real bugbear of mine, how cooking is really quite easy, it's productive, it's useful, and it's, and I hope @MaxImpact doesn't take this as me being critical of him, but it's part of being a man, of being an adult. It's a way you can provide for people and for yourself.
Plus, you can play with fire and knives; there's something primal about it. And honestly, 'Come on back to my place, I'll cook you something' has a very different impact to 'Wanna go to McDonalds?' It's cheaper than eating out, and that really used to matter.
It's up there with laundry, cleaning, grooming and reading, things that I just feel make you a rounded person.
Cearmaid
responded to TheChthonian
on Sunday 29 January, 2012 at 05:33
A multiple-choice question: Describe to me the most romantic act you would ever wish to inflict on someone... or, alternatively, the most romantic you would ever let someone get away with before being tempted to inflict physical harm on them.
There is no 'most.' If I come up with a 'most romantic' gesture, and hit that point and do it, I'm going to come up with something more, better, nicer, more enjoyable tomorrow. Always strive! Always seek to do better than you did, always seek to be more than you are.
Also, having showered with other guys in work situations, I get automatically combative if there's an unsolicited hand in my junk-al region. It's not a homophobic thing, it's a my junk thing. I like to think I'm pretty easily read, especially on when I don't mind my junk being touched.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 29 January, 2012 at 05:34
Wtf are you going on about, "iron tyrant"?
You're serious? Read back over your own stream the past few days, you've been messing with me on this for ages.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 29 January, 2012 at 05:35
You got bad drunk?
Oh, yeah, but not so bad I couldn't type or anything. It's getting to be a bit of a hobby for me, honestly.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Sunday 29 January, 2012 at 05:54
What do you think the ideal figure for a woman is?
Lords, I don't know. I mean, personality's a really big seller for me so I tend to look at that first.
I /think/ I'm probably one of those 'bad' guys who likes the body image that women hate to live up to and then I get to feel guilty about it later. I mean, I like girls with long legs and curves, which I understand can be the subject of unhealthy body image issues.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Sunday 29 January, 2012 at 08:09
Next time, don't run away so quickly will you?
I have four modes right now. Drunk and talky, drunk and unconscious, charming, and Zex. You guys didn't need any of those, and so I recused myself.
It's going to be very hard to maintain my mystique though. I fear I'm noticeable nowadays.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Sunday 29 January, 2012 at 08:13
I noticed you and despite having never met, I knew who you were.
That's a little creepy, hon!
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Sunday 29 January, 2012 at 08:21
Sayeth the man who was able to aptly apply the comparison of steel to man. Perception can be scarily true.
I talk like a shotgun. I throw the words out, some hit.
Cearmaid
responded to WhiteShader
on Sunday 29 January, 2012 at 10:11
What would you do if you were in a conversation with someone and a third person came over (with friends) and very rudely interrupted?
Hi Gideon!
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Sunday 29 January, 2012 at 10:38
I know I'm a vegan and thus, don't eat sea critters. But I was flying through IP and saw this sign and wondered if anyone had any reviews they'd like to share of this place?
Not a super big fan of it. I mean, they're trying to be open to everyone, but there's some stuff that doesn't sit right with me about it. We don't have THAT MUCH megafauna and they're eating some of it without knowing how sustainable that is. Worse, they sometimes sell non-jumbo things in big (wasteful) servings to play to their theme.
I quite like a bit of battered flake, fries, with some tomato and lettuce on the side and some tartar sauce. I don't need the whole damn shark.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Sunday 29 January, 2012 at 10:39
What does your name mean?
My real name means, pretty much 'The dry place in the land of lakes.'
The handle I use is, Cearmaid, is the name of a Gaelic Sun God, which is the primitive form of the surname Carmody.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 29 January, 2012 at 10:39
Be advised: messages from me may not be FROM me. I have NOT been typing "iron tyrant" for the past three days. Either my FS account or computer has been compromised. I'm already investigating -- just wanted people to be in the loop.
Contact me if you need me, Zex.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Sunday 29 January, 2012 at 10:39
There are so many movies to choose from now. Did you see any movies this weekend? If so, what did you see? Was it good?
This weekend, no. But I did see a playbill that made me sit up straight. On that note...
Cearmaid
responded to totallywitchin
on Sunday 29 January, 2012 at 10:58
You don't happen to own a group or a company.... ?
The Carmody group...? Yeah. That'd be me. I have a couple of guys who work for me, one of who me is terrifyingly, TERRIFYINGLY efficient at sifting through data. They haven't bothered you, have they?
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Sunday 29 January, 2012 at 11:00
So like I heard through the grapevine that like you wanted to ask me something about something?
Yeah, well, I was checking with Blue about it - but there's a concert in Boston tonight, I'm going to. Opening act is called Zappa To Now, and they apparently are doing a full set of songs from 1980 to 2010. If I can get Blue's sayso, wanna come with?
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Sunday 29 January, 2012 at 11:04
Why would I ask Blue? He ain't my Dad. He's like a personal trainer and he's my neighbor. Yeah, I'd love to go! Sounds totally tubular! I gotta find something to wear, where can I meet you?
Check with Blue anyway, y'know. Or leave him a note, or tell him you've become a Jesuit or something. I'll be leaving Kings in... five minutes.
Cearmaid
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Sunday 29 January, 2012 at 11:15
Keep an eye on her, keep your hands off her, and have her back before dawn, please. Buzz me if anything happens and you need backup.
Step ahead of you, nosir, no problem, will do. You're being a good guy.
Cearmaid
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Sunday 29 January, 2012 at 11:28
Was that a "No sir I won't keep my hands off of her" Lock?
Dude, I'm almost /thirty/.
Cearmaid
responded to totallywitchin
on Sunday 29 January, 2012 at 11:29
Uh, Yeah. They sent me this request about a book, but I was already on my way out of the area.
I'll have a word with Acquisitions about it.
I don't do a lot too directly. I have a department who I mention Objects of Interest to, they take note, and they sift through data that's within their purview. I'm told that a lawyer double-checks and scrubs statements I make online just to check I don't slip a trade secret or the like, but I don't risk it, so he's got to have a boring job.
Sorry if it was a bother, Jayden! Hope it wasn't something weird.
Cearmaid
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Sunday 29 January, 2012 at 11:34
Just makin' sure, Lock. Thank you for takin' her. And be careful.
Well, as careful as you can be at a Bosstones concert. Don't sweat it, these are Ska Against Racism guys, you're not going to hear about flying hypos and gun violence.
I'll send you a message when we're coming back, okay?
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Sunday 29 January, 2012 at 11:40
What does your company do?
Everything.
I'm not being flippant, the Carmody group's original genesis is oil and natural gas in the 1910s. Being positioned to shift into manufacturing, with a resource that didn't really get hit by the depression all THAT hard, they were a company that bought companies, incorporated them, handled their process through before being broken up, and moved on. When the rules were changed so a corporation could exist indefinitely, it stopped buying companies and started buying corporations.
After oil and gas made the company bulletproof, they started buying up military contractors, and they started going international in the nineties. There's a plant in South Korea that provides the world with 80% of its laptop cases - and the Carmody group owns the company that owns them.
The thing is, my Great-Uncle, who was really the guy who made it from 'business' to 'big business' to 'Holy hell', he had an attitude that if you had a lot of thing going on, it didn't matter what the world economy did. So we have toy prototypers, steel mills, fashion accessories, phone parts, library science research, scuba gear development - heck, I can probably name you a product we've been involved in in any field you care to mention.
Oh yeah, you know the post office, those little sponges that you use to moisten stamps? Back when they were new, Carmody made the bakelite dishes those rested in.
Cearmaid
responded to totallywitchin
on Monday 30 January, 2012 at 01:11
It was only weird because I didn't know who the hell was asking.
Yeah, I really am sorry about that. This might not make you more comfortable to know, but lots - and I mean LOTS - of businesses exist that do this kind of thing. I'm sure that as a mage, it's even weirder, but for example, if you fill out the feedback form on a... carmody-owned brand of diapers, it gets filtered to another part of the group who send you information about saving for college.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Monday 30 January, 2012 at 01:13
(Spinning off on another question. Does your character have a 'face claim' or an actor/actress? If so, do you think that your character genuinely resembles that person with what we're given in character creation?)
((Lock has a voice-claim; Ewan McGregor, when he's not in-character. Face-wise, I have a clear-ish mental vision of him, but more of a vision of what he's /not/. He's more toned and taut than burly, he's got hair that's more fin than thick, and very bright, very clear eyes.
The strangest part of this is that I know he's *meant* to be attractive, and I *play* him like he's attractive, but I ultimately, am not good at determining male facial features. I'm actually slightly impaired at recognising faces; I can pick voices, hairstyles, familiar behaviours in the eyes and eyebrows, but you can hide in a crowd from me by shaving your beard or wearing your hair remarkably differently.
Because of this, I just kinda have to deal with hoping that I can make do with words what I can't do with pictures.))
Cearmaid
responded to
on Monday 30 January, 2012 at 02:16
((I heard it said Veronica Mars was like Jesus. It had three great years, and then was brutally killed before the world knew what it would lose. I'm still hopin' for a movie.))
((I haven't seen it, but when it was airing, I was actively trying to reach out into SGs to establish a RP community where I wasn't just the weird outsider guy. Every single 'What actor/actress' thread, EVERY SINGLE ONE had three people fighting over who 'was' Kristin wassit.))
Cearmaid
responded to
on Monday 30 January, 2012 at 04:38
((You are the only person i know that mourns all the same TV shows as me. Thank you for helping me feel like not such a loser. Browncoats forever.))
((I'd like to go on record as really, really liking Firefly and *really* liking that it ended where it did? I think Joss Whedon does better build-up than resolution, and the story was still about Everyone on the ship and not just Magical Space Pixie.))
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Monday 30 January, 2012 at 07:15
Did you change my carpet?
To everyone reading this: This is a completely literal question with a completely literal answer.
Yes.
Cearmaid
responded to Whowherewhat
on Monday 30 January, 2012 at 04:35
[Do you have a template for writing your news stories? I have one in mind but I'm not sure how to approach it.]
((Might as well touch on this here, since it's a bigger field than the question one.
The template for the news stories is the same as I use for the template for all my RP-tool text pieces. Some of you have gotten Google Docs about specific things, but everyone's gotten the news broadcasts because they're meant to be, well, news, stuff that's appeared on the TV.
I'm using Google Docs to make these posts because that allows for after-the-fact editing and formatting. They're very quick and easy to generate, and I've got all the commands for a word-style wysiwig editor ingrained in my brain since I was like, eight. The other thing is, Google Docs allows people who are watching the same document to chat, and, if I've enabled it, comment, which can be super useful for offering up input on RP. I haven't made any definite statement on this before, but if you comment on one of the stories you get, I'll try to provide the details.
The structure of the documents - "Summary, Found, Description," is based on the SCP wiki project, full of wonderfully creepy nonsense that I browse from time to time for inspiration for stories and game concepts. Once you get past that structure, you just have to think of it as if you were writing the closed captions or summary for a TV program.
The Summary needs to be two, three words long, the way a person might refer to it casually. 'The front door key.' 'Auroral's Panties.' 'Reporter Swears At Cop.'
Found should be technical information, short and sharp and quick. If it's a TV broadcast or a newspaper cutting or the like, just name a source. Also make mention here if it's widespread information or if it's narrow. How many people are saying a thing is important as well as what's being said. It can make a news story seem more intimate, more obscure, more likely to be noticed by a clever person who reads a lot, or a fluke from someone who doesn't.
Description is where you go nuts. With a TV news spot, they're written in what's known as reverse narrative. Narratively, it's good form to start with a simple situation, then complicate and resolve it. News is handled the exact opposite way because people stop paying attention after the initial shock. So you go HEADLINE, most important part of the interview, then trickle down to the details.
I hope this has been useful!))
Cearmaid
responded to totallywitchin
on Monday 30 January, 2012 at 04:38
...you make diapers... ?
We own the company that owns the company that makes the glue that makes the adhesive tabs on the diapers. We also own a company that owns a company that does baby formula research on - and I am serious - Stool Convenience, which is about making baby food that's baby-safe and also makes parents' lives easier.
There are more than a few groups like Carmody, they just reach out and touch a lot of things. Some of them are very much focused in one area - chances are, if you've bought any pharmaceutical products while you were (are?) in India, you bought a Squimm Group product (tagline: "We Keep You Alive.")
Cearmaid
responded to totallywitchin
on Monday 30 January, 2012 at 04:39
Question for all the techies... How do you make a Japanese phone work in the US? Is there something special that needs to be done? Hell, is there anyone who can do it for me?
I know it can be done remotely. In my case, when I change nations - and carriers - it's handled for me. But some of the hardcore techheads here should be able to do that kind of thing relatively easily.
Do the guys who set up the telephone towers a favour, though, and buy a local carrier they can transfer you onto, rather than pirating signal.
Cearmaid
responded to MrZeroPercent
on Monday 30 January, 2012 at 04:52
So is Zex still doing that "Assassin" thing? I think I found my weapon of choice.
Dude, that was you at the Paulson fire in Steel?
You want to feel like a big man, head over to the firezone tonight and ask to see how 'Milly' is doing and her kids. No, she's not hot, unless you like four-legged three-year old mothers.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 30 January, 2012 at 04:52
What's your favorite thing?
I am very very bad at having answers for questions like this. And this is going to be harder because I'm trying to answer this in the manner you best read.
I really like my car. It's a not-as-cool model of a car a friend of mine (@BackAlleyBeats) owned back when I was poor and I envied her so much. When I could buy anything, I wanted to buy a car that was like hers, but wasn't 'upstaging.' So I got the Challenger, and I'm now very fond of it.
I really like my Xbox 360. I own one game for it, and no headset or mic. It reminds me of a fiend of mine (@Zexecutioner) who told me how to get better at it - heck, how to get good at anything. Practice more. More than that. No, more than that.
I really like my hoodie. When I bought it it was two sizes too big for me, and it has been patched and repaired many times. I got it when I started working at the abbatoir, and it's red, because I was afraid of getting stains on it when I put it on at the end of work.
I really like my smartphone. It's a way to contact every friend I have. It lets me look up everything I don't understand, except magic. It keeps my mind active. It is the one sign of status I don't mind having on me at all times. I sometimes lie to people and tell them it was a gift from a friend, because it stands out against my poorer-seeming clothes.
I really like sex. It's life-affirming. It reminds me I'm alive. It lets me show the person I'm with that no matter how rubbish they feel sometimes, there is some legitimately great stuff in the world. It's the simplest, most base expression of humans contacting other humans, and is the seed from which our ideas about love have grown.
I really like music. All kinds of music. I love mondays now.
I really like making people happy.
I like poetry. I like reading. I like that there is a constant crop of human thought, of endeavour, of ideas, that have been committed to paper so I can learn about them. I like that I can spend my whole life learning and never learn everything.
I like being corrected. I like knowing better than I did.
These are not answers to what you asked. They are as close as I think I can get. I hope this is not frustrating.
Cearmaid
responded to TechnicallyEva
on Monday 30 January, 2012 at 04:57
NOTICE: The criminal version of Anbaric Amber known as Avenging Amethyst is set to be released from prison this Friday due to overcrowding. The WOJ oppose. Statements for or against early release for those we attempt to incarcerate may be left below.
I haven't googled Amythest yet, but having seen a surprising number of black friends get put away for having a small amount of drugs on them because of 'intent to distribute,' for more time than white rich boys get for murder, I am going to reserve judgement on this topic until I know more.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 30 January, 2012 at 05:02
What's your favorite song? Got a favorite one from a game?
I have mentioned I am bad at favourites.
These are the two songs that are driving me at the moment. They are my favourites right now.
I don't know how @LadyDarkhealz and @CareAndControl attach multiple songs, so here's a hope these work:
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 30 January, 2012 at 05:04
How often are you unsure of yourself? What was the last thing that made you feel it (if ever)?
Either always, or never. Doubt - self-doubt, self-analysis - is either my constant companion or an irrelevance. I am a skeptic. I look at everything as closely as I can and I test what I can. I don't like taking anything on face value. I don't like 'faith,' at least when it comes to me. I don't want to think I'm a good person - I want to point at proof. Yet, so far, I have never had a feeling that the person I am is somehow not the person I am.
This is me being very unromantic, and stealing Delia's speech pattern.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Monday 30 January, 2012 at 05:04
What's your favorite color?
We carry red with us, and red carries us with it.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Monday 30 January, 2012 at 05:07
What's your favorite color?
Ugh, glib for glibness' sake. This is what I get for reading a poem from Gideon about blood. That's great stuff.
As far as the actual colour I like the most, like, a colour that I find the most asthetically pleasant, there's this very distinct gold you can get from older liquid-burning lighters. Take the lighter, hold it up to a black background like the night sky and look in the middle, just above the light source. That gold there is my favourite colour.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Monday 30 January, 2012 at 05:29
Squimm? Seriously? The same Squimm Group that produces chemically cauterizing bandages for the Indian army?
Yeah, Squimm make everything in India. I mean, well, okay, there's Squimm and there's Althauser, and there's... I want to say it's a name like Salud, and I think Golden Lion has some territory there. But I'm pretty sure every shelf-purchased pharmaceutical in India is Squimm. We have a box factory somewhere there that makes packages for them.
Bit of skullduggery tells me, yeah. Chemical cauterants and 'Hot pack' medical products. They're also apparently working on tech to reconstruct bullets from wounds, reversing the path to pull the bullet out.
Jesus, you could get lost reading the Squimm patents.
Cearmaid
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Monday 30 January, 2012 at 05:51
Music Monday! Pick a song and play it for someone you're close to. Say why you picked it, if you want.
I could answer this question a dozen times. But for now, here's three.
Tammy - Still Alive. Gideon - I Wrote It Zex - Hell March
Cearmaid
responded to totallywitchin
on Monday 30 January, 2012 at 05:52
Sounds convoluted.
You have no idea. Bonus, for tax purposes, parts of the company are considered separate, and have invested in one another.
It's a rabbit warren, a spider web, and it's all made out of money. It is complete bullshit, in my opinion, that situations like this can exist. The amount of money I have access to in *immediate cash* is absurd. The amount of money I have access to if I tell the guys to pull it all out is the kind of money that can't be easily imagined.
It is at the same time awesome - inspiring awe - that I can stand from here and see this whole... other world, a second place, the industries that drive it. I can't give it all away or break it up, because there are *jobs* connected to this. 'Carmody Group' is a business - there's a business of a few hundred guys whose /direct job/ is to make sure that the whole place is still there in the morning. I have to employ dozens of people to tell me *where all the money is.*
At first I just wanted to run away from it, but I've had it pointed out - by Carmen and Gideon - that I can do more good with it, with the perspective of what it means to be poor - than I can by avoiding it. It's just a little mind-boggling.
Oh, here's a new fun one. There's a type of traditional glue that's guaranteed free of impurities that's popular in England to bind spellbooks, because apparently purity or tradition matters when you're mucking with magic. And the Carmody owns the company that owns the company that makes it.
On the one hand it's kinda creepy knowing about the web under the world. On the other hand, it's a little reassuring. I mean, we're not a single-purpose multinational like Exxon or PhenAR, we're making stuff and giving people jobs and we're trying lots and lots of new things.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Monday 30 January, 2012 at 05:53
Small world, innit?
It's a huge world. It's just that it's easy to look at all of it when you're sitting atop a pile of money.
That reminds me, I need to find more people with dream businesses.
Cearmaid
responded to WhiteShader
on Monday 30 January, 2012 at 10:14
If the grass is supposed to be greener on the other side, what color green do you first think of?
There's no grass. There's just what's in your head.
Cearmaid
responded to NemesisLives
on Tuesday 31 January, 2012 at 04:55
Lilah answered this already, but what force drives you to do what you do and be who you are? Emotion? Passion? Logic? Forgiveness? Love? Hate? Apathy? Self confidence? Self loathing? Self denial? Self aggrandization? Pride? Prejudice? Money? Altruism?
The second I stop trying to making the world better is the second I give up. And of course, I am a massively stubborn jackass, so, nuts to that action.
Cearmaid
responded to AGreenDragon
on Tuesday 31 January, 2012 at 05:22
What's the most heroic thing you feel you've done? Lots of times it isn't the swooping in to stop the world conquering bad guy (though that's important too!), it's the little things we've done that stick out in our memories!
Single most heroic thing I've done recently? I've put an enormous fortune to a good end; I've started creating jobs in three different countries. I've been busting my ass to get a project off the ground that's going to do amazing things. I guess my heroism isn't anything single and big... just lots of little, possible things.
Single most heroic thing I've done personally? @Zexecutioner knows about it. I think I'll leave that one secret for now.
Cearmaid
responded to AGreenDragon
on Tuesday 31 January, 2012 at 05:23
I have 69 followers and I keep seeing people make a public note of this. So I'm doing the same. For simplicity sake though wouldn't it be easier to make notes at every 50th number or something? 50, 100, 150, 200? 69, 138.. seems weird.
It's because 69 is a common sexual term, and we're all ten here, except Delia, who is the mother figure who follows along behind us, shaking her head and clucking her tongue at our idiocy.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Tuesday 31 January, 2012 at 08:07
Hey! Apparently, in Pennsylvania, it's National Cowboy Poetry Appreciation Week. So, what Poetic National Cowboys do YOU intend to appreciate this week?
It barely counts, but any excuse to post this and crow about seeing them live with @AnbaricAmber:
Cearmaid
responded to PlasmaCutter01
on Tuesday 31 January, 2012 at 08:11
If you were trapped forever in a world created exactly from any movie ever made, Which one would be your first choice and which one would be your last?
Superman, maybe? A world with only one superhero? That's a total trip.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Tuesday 31 January, 2012 at 08:25
If you were trapped forever in a world created exactly from any movie ever made, Which one would be your first choice and which one would be your last?
Ugh, this is what I get for answering after spending six hours scrubbing ceramics with sugar soap. YES I know that's not the best thing to use, I know NOW. Anyway.
My first choice for living in the world of a movie would be a world like Snatch. Because... things worked together in a real tragic-comic way to make things make sense, and in the end, work out as pretty fair. There are some guys who get screwed, but all the things that go really wrong go wrong for really bad people. Bad things get punished but it's not all shiny and sparkly.
My last choice for a movie world in which to live is easier, because there are lots and lots that I hate. I can't remember the Bond Movie, but there's one where Teri Hatcher is in it, and she's dead *the morning after* he has sex with her. I'd hate to live in a world where women were tokens to be traded around, lost, and fiddled with like poker chips.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 31 January, 2012 at 10:14
((Incidentally, that meme came from the show, Community!))
((Ffff. Okay, yes, I have to watch this show. Wtf, man.))
Cearmaid
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Tuesday 31 January, 2012 at 04:33
((Well great. Now I'm a spammer like Gideon. Lord help me...))
((If it helps, people making mistakes when fiddling with this technology is easily enjoyed as IC.))
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Tuesday 31 January, 2012 at 04:40
When you help/harm someone do you think āWhatās in it for meā?
When I was younger, and I did things to help people, I occasionally wondered if I was doing it for the sake of doing it, or if I was doing it for that rush of joy I got when I saw some proof that I'd made someone's life better.
When I did something that had some significant consequence for my own personal well-being, I considered that it didn't matter. The end result - that people got helped - was so much more important than the seconday question of 'what got done.'
Nowadays, sometimes I get things out of it, but really, whether or not I do never influences whether or not I do something. It may influence my method, but never my agency.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Tuesday 31 January, 2012 at 04:49
TMI Tuesday: So here's a thing that wasn't a thing in 1984. When did, uh, "basement grooming" become such a big deal? And why is it that so many people (guys) on the internet want to know about it? How'd that even get started?
Okay, first and foremost, this is not a purely sexual question. Body hair, particularly on guys, is something over which we have control, and we should know, one way or another, what we want.
The main argument against not shaving/grooming/shaping your body hair is 'I don't have to.' Which is stupid. I don't have to shower every day, but personal hygiene should be based on what gives the best impression, not on what you can get away with.Body hair has an impact on how you interact with the world. It matters to your clothing, it changes how you smell, it makes hot weather hotter and cold weather less cold. Basement grooming is part of that.
Now, I can have someone professionally take care of the annoying bits of tending to *my* grooming, but that doesn't mean any boys reading this can't just, the next time they're in the shower, take stock of themselves. You can easily, with a pair of nail scissors, trim yourself down to only one finger's width, without running the risk of hurting anything, and the impact it has on how you smell when you get worked out or sweaty will be distinct.
As far as you go, I don't really know what's going to work best for you. I can tell you why boys want to know about it, because well, boys will want to know anything sexual or sexual-ish you have to say.
Cearmaid
responded to totallywitchin
on Tuesday 31 January, 2012 at 04:51
What is one food that you like that you think no one else does?
Most of the food I ear I was introduced to around Kings Row, and always by someone else. I mean, I wish I could say SOMETHING so I'd introduce other people to something interesting and see what they like, but I honestly don't think anything I like to eat is unique.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Tuesday 31 January, 2012 at 04:53
How was the first month of 2012 for you?
I got involved in competition, I got involved in reconstruction, I got involved in formspring, I got involved in home decoration, I got involved in headbutting destiny, I got involved in saving the Narwhal and I got to feel what it was to have some friends again.
I call it a win.
Cearmaid
responded to NemesisLives
on Tuesday 31 January, 2012 at 05:16
TMI Tuesday: How much time, approximately, do you spend thinking about the needs of others? Do you try to tread (proverbially) as lightly as you can, or are you ok with making a huge impact (positive or negative) in the lives of others?
It's probably more of my mental space than it is for many others.
One problem I've found today is that sometimes my being kind and listening and honest with people creates too strong a bond too fast. I had a friend tell me that because she's fallen in love with me, we'd best spend some time apart. It was a totally reasonable thing to say, and I am glad that it worked out this way, instead of, say, her pining over me for months before eventually telling me? But it's a bummer that I somehow... over-engaged her.
I'm not used to having impact like that. I'm used to being a boy, in a bar, with a beer. I'm used to having a few guys around me who are all slightly drunk, hardscrabble guys - or girls, really - in boots and work clothes, busted filth still on our clothes. I'm not used to considering how I dress, or how looking good and being kind can influence people's minds. I'm not used to it.
Cearmaid
responded to AGreenDragon
on Tuesday 31 January, 2012 at 06:58
How is someone who does bad things all the time not a villain? Ali said that a villain we recently stopped wasn't a bad person, but they did horrible horrible things to people a lot and I'm glad we stopped them.
Chances are, Ali was wrong; but Ali might have had some insight to which I'm not currently privy.
It's possible that the 'villain' was somehow coerced, which doesn't make them a villain, but a tool, but that just pushes the villainy further up the chain of command.
There are some common bad things we accept in our society. I don't know if you know about him, but during WW2, there was this Russian-American citizen that we deported over there, the Black Bear? The guy's powers were... let's just say he wasn't a 'claws and tough' kind of guy, but did something far worse. We airdropped him on a building in the Russian-German part of the conflict, and just left him alone.
From what we can tell, the guy never did anything wrong, never stopped being loyal to America, worked his ass off to keep that boundary safe, avoided civilian targets and resources, and tried to focus on armor units. Reading about him in hindsight, he was just basically 'a good guy' with 'a really nasty power.' And he killed /thousands/ of people.
I'm sure to the people whose dads and brothers he, uh, removed, the Black Bear was a villain, and you're not going to see him in history books these days because, well, we don't like talking about any part of World War 2 except D-Day. But holy hell do we owe the guy.
If you're curious to know how that story ends, when we'd gotten into the area with spy troops, we found the Black Bear's body. He'd killed himself because his powers had accidentally clipped a civilian outpost. We brought his boots and tags back and I think you can see them for yourself. I'll have to look up the museum holding them though.
Cearmaid
responded to AGreenDragon
on Tuesday 31 January, 2012 at 09:36
A formspring question. As a dragon I don't smile. I physically can't. I have a smile button but I'm not sure when to use it. I mean I understand what a smile means. Happy. I may use it so much it might seem fake though cause I'm happy a lot. Ideas?
Use it. Use it as much as you like. Everyone uses that button differently.
Cearmaid
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Tuesday 31 January, 2012 at 09:59
Is there anything you consider an essential fashion accessory? Aside from Gideon, I mean.
Someone called my smartphone a fashion accessory, if that counts.
Prior to this week, I didn't even really think much about how I dress, how I interact with fashion.
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Tuesday 31 January, 2012 at 10:02
What do you think your clothes, your typical attire of choice, say about you?
Three weeks ago: It's Lock. It's the same Lock I saw six months ago before he left town for a month. Same battered pants, same hoodie, same stupid Japanese Kanji shirt. It's Lock!
Today: Dear god, I dress like a homeless person.
Cearmaid
responded to FoxyFerret
on Tuesday 31 January, 2012 at 10:05
If I held another Halloween party this year would you attend? Thinking possibly the 27th this year which is on a Sat.
I don't tend to plan ahead that far, but sure, pencil me in?
Cearmaid
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Tuesday 31 January, 2012 at 11:40
Also what does that Greek stuff in your profile mean?
It's Latin, and it means "I do not trust the man of only one book." It's a quote from Thomas Aquinas, and it's heavily interpreted.
Cearmaid
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Tuesday 31 January, 2012 at 11:54
I can't be the only person who does this... what was the last thing that made you think "man that would make a great name for a band!"?
Pastry Fiasco.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 12:06
I am really interested.
Pfhoo, okay, this one might be a bit like your Street Fighter answer.
Very briefly, my father served in Vietnam. My parents are both a bit older, by the standards of people my age. It's part of why I have a lot of old-fashioned habits, like how I kiss hands, and call people madam and sir and lady and lord if I feel it's appropriate. I'm a Kings boy, but I'm kinda stranded between generations.
Anyway, he refused to talk about it much, but when I was old enough to wear them as hand-me-downs, I got some of his old greens. I wasn't too comfortable wearing them all at once - I didn't want to give people the impression they were 'mine,' as it were. Anyway, I know they were Gunnery Sergeant - Gunny - wear, but Vietnam was kinda a crazy time. They might not have been 'his' and only been hand-me-downs he got on his way out the door. Lords knows lots of stuff went missing during Vietnam.
Dad never told me, one way or another, if he was a sniper. I like to imagine he was, because if he wasn't, whatever he did was so damn scary as to make him never talk about it, and to wax poetic about snipers.
When you snipe a person, you are watching, in close detail, literally the last seconds of their life. You are seeing them as they, unexpectedly, end their life. Cutting short a long line of poetry, making the thing that is a person into a thing that is meat. Your field of vision is nothing but the lens. You see the world like this, and in the seeing, you basically become the hand of god. At one point alive... then dead. Alive... then dead.
You get to be very, very good at it. There are no mediocre snipers. I know that sounds like typical marine bullshit, but I'm serious, mediocre snipers get one or two chances and then they're killed in action or they're kicked out so hard they bounce.
You have to be able to bear that burden; to have it in your mind the knowledge that it's your job to not fight soldiers who are trying to kill you in an immediate sense, but to end lives that are, as it were, in progress. You're not sniping down people who are running at you with a gun, that's when survival instincts come in.
It is probably the most intimate way the military orders a killing. It's murder of a kind and it's not always bad. Many, many bad people were killed by snipers. And according to snipers? The only people who really understand it are other snipers.
Vietnam had Gunny Hathcock, the hero sniper. He crawled a mile on his face over two days, moving that slowly, without any support, to get into a kill position. And then, while people were looking for him, at the same speed, he crawled back over an open field. He always looked upon it not as killing enemies, but as protecting allies. He hated the age of his compatriots - he hated that he had 'boys' working alongside him, and felt that he had to protect as many of them as he could by ending fights that had never begun.
The Finnish-Russian war had Simo Hayha. He's the highest kill count of any sniper that's lived, and he was not only a totally totally non-meta human, but he did it with a hunting rifle without a scope. Why without a scope? Because a scope could glint in the sunlight on the snow. Simo Hayha has over seven hundred kills to his name. That's the highest single person tally for a non-meta, and it beats even several metas deployed in war time.
These guys were amazing humans, and they were murderers for the state. I don't know if my father was one. He refused to tell me, and I can't find any proof one way or another in the few times I've looked. When he died, I decided to stop looking, because if he wouldn't tell me, he didn't want me to know. It was one of very, very few things my father never budged on, and I'm willing to let him have this secret.
Some snipers might be sociopaths. But considering what they do, and how well they do it, and how amazing the impact they have is... I say sometimes the world needs sociopaths.
Oh, and Paul Ocean? Gunny was Hathcock's title. You fucking rube.
Cearmaid
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 12:07
In adition to the smile button, could this site use a "FUCK YEAH" button?
This is about Pastry Fiasco, isn't it.
Cearmaid
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 12:18
My grandpa served in 'Nam. Met Hathcock one time. Said he was a real nice fella, til it came time to work. Then he got dead serious.
Yeah, he apparently was the sweetest damn guy. I think you have to be to do that.
On the other hand, Hayha was basically a grumpy old man when you poked him, and was otherwise really quiet.
I know when you can make people's brains pop from what, a quarter mile without a gun, it's hard to ... think like these things, but wars give us far more scary non-metas than metas.
That reminds me to ask:
Cearmaid
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 12:35
No, I can...understand the sentiment. Watchin' someone's last moments of life, seein' them alive one second and dead the next. I can...sympathize, in a way. It's difficult to block things like that out.
This incidentally, is a good place to follow up on that thought, because one thing that I have had thrown around a lot lately is that some people are 'broken' or 'wonky' or 'weird' or 'wrong.' Don't get me wrong, different mental modes are sure as heck odd to look at, but that doesn't mean the people are.
We are part of a massive web of life. It is not being guided by some force, or if it is, that force is horribly inefficient and quit stupid. Because it tries EVERYTHING. It will try everything it can. Mutations don't get sifted through a hopper before a fetus starts on it. Some people are just born wired differently in the head and in the heart. That's not wrong, that's just different.
If anyone wants to call my friends, the people I love, somehow 'wrong' because of the way they see the world - or don't see it - we're going around and around, because that is just bullshit. Every one of us has something to offer: The failing is in all of us to not find the best way to share that gift. Not all gifts are exciting and not all gifts are nice. Nobody likes getting their rehab paid for, but it's a gift anyway.
As for you, I don't imagine your powers let you do much... nicely. I can't imagine it's nice to be in contact with a person when you do what you do. I've done some rough stuff myself, but... I've got to admire the strength that comes from being willing to do what you do agian.
Cearmaid
responded to Coryismedamnit
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 01:12
Except it pointedly is guided by a force, or collection of forces, many of them at odds with one another. Like any business, really.
Okay, yes, it's guided by the environment in which it finds itself. But everything in that environment is part of it. The real point is: No god designed us.
Cearmaid
responded to Coryismedamnit
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 01:24
That's not what Prometheus says. Go ask him sometime.
I've heard this trotted out a lot. I've met, in the time since I started associating with Gideon, avatars of major Deities of multiple pantheons. And the one thing I keep coming back to is this:
They can all lie.
There's no way I'm going to trust guys who have a vested interest in convincing me that because they're older than me they're more right, more trustworthy. Especially since I've also seen guys who became gods. They're too manmade, too human.
So, point me to where I can find this Prometheus guy - the one you mean, not the others I've bumped into - and I'll see what I can learn. But the universe makes a ton more sense if you think the crazy shit that's going on is undirected and and wild, and if anything is in control of it, it's terrible at its job.
Cearmaid
responded to Coryismedamnit
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 01:32
... You've seen people become gods, but you don't believe I can be redeemed. Yeah, okay.
I don't remember saying I don't think *you* can be redeemed.
I don't know a damn thing about where *you're* coming from. I know that if you put me in the same room as a member of the Tonton Macoute and I've got a way to end him that isn't sadistic and terrible, I'm going to pop him and that night I'm going to sleep like a baby. But fortunately, that's not going to be a problem.
I have no idea if you're redeemable or not. I don't even know if I've got the position to say one way or another.
Cearmaid
responded to Coryismedamnit
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 03:22
What were you going to say?
First and foremost, I've been to prison. I spent a year inside for an act of violence upon interrupting a sexual assault. I also didn't take well to being attacked inside. Fortunately, I didn't get involved in anything that led to an extension of my stay, and I wasn't in a super-secure facility - I was released under the CCA, after pleading guilty.
I plead guilty because the charge was assault and battery, and it's entirely true. I touched the guy without his permission and I hurt him. Maybe with a better lawyer I could have avoided it entirely, but at the time, I didn't want to, and didn't think I should. I committed a crime, I am subject to the law, I follow the law. I've seen the inside of drunk tanks, but nobody ever whines about that. You make an ass of yourself in public where you might cause a problem, you get inside. It just happens.
While inside, I met three basic types of people. Guys who had no idea what they were in for, who had started out with a whole group of people, usually. Lots of drug 'dealers' who were caught holding a bag when their friends ran out. Lots of guys who started a fight and didn't think before they swung. Those guys, sure. Redeemable. Probably, really, not even bad enough to merit the term.
There were the other guys, the ones who insisted they didn't belong ther,e had never done anything, were screwed by lawyers, and who would swear black and blue that nothing was their fault because they were somehow not beholden to what happened around them. This type... well, redeemable, I guess, but at what cost? How many people were they going to hurt on the way?
Then there are the third group, who were the real scum. I'm not going to elaborate. I am sure you know what I mean. Some of them weren't even violent criminals per se. One was a con artist who'd attacked a police officer during his arrest and they'd drilled him on that to get him in the harder quarters.
The thing that struck me while I was inside is that the guy I assaulted and battered didn't wind up in prison. I got to know some really nasty pieces of work, and that's where I came to be of my opinion that there are some lives that need ending. Given enough time and enough chances, anyone might be 'redeemed' - and I'm using your definition of redemption by the way - but that there are some processes so heinous on the way that I am not willing to give them any more chances.
I guess the issue here is one of probability. I think you'd like to play the very long odds, where you give everyone chances until they take them. Indefinite containment. Infinite option. That's fine. I respect that. I even like that. I know that if not for that, I'd be in prison still. I'm grateful for that mercy.
I, on the other hand, look upon the scenario as being one where I risk - and remembering I'm not a policeman or even... really a crime-fighter despite that one incident - letting something *worse* than what I'd *do* happen by staying my hand. That possibility bothers me a great deal. The mugger I scare off because I'm tough isn't necessarily going to stop mugging people: he's going to start mugging frailer-looking targets.
Oh, and by the way, every year I get a card, on Christmas, from the mother of the man I assaulted, telling me exactly what her son's life is like now, and how terrible a person I am. And when I moved, I let her know. Because I did do something wrong there. I can sleep like a baby knowing that the outcome was good enough, but that doesn't mean I don't believe in an alternative.
You said a lot when you said you accepted punishment. That's something that matters a lot to me. Punishment isn't necessarily good unto itself, but complete evasion of punishment bothers me a great deal. Knowing that there are mass-killers whose 'parole' amounts to a new career as a superhero who gets to go to night clubs and pick up girls and paint and travel freely about the world bothers me no end, and part of why I hold this issue so close to my heart. I have yet to find a true incident of that, but I've also found lots and lots and lots of Closed Arbitration cases, where a /supergroup/ handled a form of criminal proceeding, and kept the records closed. That bothers me a /great deal/.
Finally, I know you don't like the idea of Gideon liking you, but I like you, too. And I'm going to like you no matter what you say about it. I'm not going to lie, it matters to me whether or not you like me, but I'm not going to let whether or not you do change how much I like you.
I apologise for any typos. I am a little bit drunk.
Cearmaid
responded to Coryismedamnit
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 03:35
... If you sent a question, I accidentally deleted it while clearing my backlog.
It wasn't very important. Rar rar rar iredeemable. Rar rar rar.
Pretend I said something about how policework is a higher calling. Pretend I said something about how externalising your moral compass is not better or worse than anything but it's certainly harder. Pretend I said that I didn't resist arrest when the time came. Pretend I was respectful and apologetic. Pretend I mentioned that I always liked cops. Pretend that I said something about how superheroes are there for super problems, and for non-super problems we have every day heroes, like cops. Pretend I said all of that, because it sounds much better than just saying I'm drunk and mopey and may get myself tossed in the drunk tank again just out of nostalgia.
Cearmaid
responded to PaulOcean
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 03:46
Wow. Some people who's lives just "need ending" huh? That's an impressive power you have there, the ability to judge mankind.
Everyone's got that ability, Ooshun. Nobody's guaranteed to be right. I mean, I, for example, don't think you keep a nuclear bomb around in the backyard with a loose pin because it might be handy. I think you contain it forever or you get rid of it. On the other hand, I'm one guy, that's my opinion, whatever.
Second to that, even if we assume the best-case scenario, that nuclear bomb - which you know, is you in this metaphor - shows colossal lack of gratitude and good taste to respond to people who may be its former victims or friends and families of the same - yes, the metaphor breaks down here - with anything other than *at best* silent contrition.
You don't like what @PlasmaCutter01 has to say about you, just don't say anything. You don't look like a moral paragon when you denigrate a third-world country because you don't have to go to prison forever, you look like a smug dick.
By the way? I want you to know the jab over Gunny Hathcock had nothing to do with moral judgements of you at all. That was because I think it was ignorant and disrespectful of you.
Bring on the excuses and justifications.
Cearmaid
responded to PaulOcean
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 03:59
Too much for me to address in the question space, so how about I just suggest you go to bed and I hope you're less arrogant when sober?
No, I'm exactly this arrogant when sober. When I want your opinion I'll send you a question with a youtube video of me murdering someone to make sure everyone involved knows how ridiculously eeeevil I am. Now fuck off, Ooshun.
Cearmaid
responded to Coryismedamnit
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 04:10
... So nuclear weapons cannot be redeemed. I see.
I don't like storing them in playgrounds.
By their fruits you shall know them. If I had a murderer in my head who could wipe out everyone on earth, I don't think my primary thought would be 'how can I use these powers to Save The Day and yak around on formspring as a free individual.' I'd be kinda more interested in getting myself the biggest, deepest darkest prison possible, if I wasn't already considering kissing a bullet.
There are far worse things to be than dead. And if in dying, I were to remove the possibility of omnicide, I would hope to do it with a smile. And if I was too weak to do that, I would hope that what I did didn't incarnate itself as making fun of people from a third world fucking country.
With great power comes great responsibility. Being the jailer for one of the worst things that a person can be is a power. I think that power comes with a responsibility, and that's a burden.
By their fruits you shall know them. I'm not judging Ocean for Ooshun. I'm judging Ocean for Ocean, and what he hasn't done.
The good news is, my judging, as just some boy in a bar with a beer, means less than nothing, and I'm sure in the morning he'll shed a tiny tear into his corn flakes about how hard done by he is in this world before he goes out to fly around and live his life and flirt with girls and tell people about his dark tortured past and save all the whatevers, head to bars, have nice meals, listen to new music and experience the world that every one of his victims no longer gets.
Knowing our different positions on killing; knowing my view of the odds versus your view of the odds, I think my stance on the possibility of Nearly Everyone dying vs One Guy dying is a pretty reasonable position.
If Paul were the only hero in the world, if he had some truly unique capacity, I'd be a lot more willing to hear this out. But he's not. He's one in a hundred thousand. Maybe one in a million.
I know your principle is ironclad: It has to be that all are redeemable, and not just for your own sake: You believe the principle unto itself. It's not a selfish belief; it's a principle for the sake of a principle. I don't agree that that's true, but I respect that you believe it and fight for it.
By their fruits you shall know them.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 06:14
Mars Day Musing meets TMI Tuesday: How close, in your mind, are combat and sex to one another?
Sometimes you just ask a question to watch one person's opinion differ. That said, I really liked what Kazeno, Ani and Tammy's answers.
For myself, the main thing they have in common is the guilt that tends to follow. There's a lot of metaphor to be had between the two. I do think of them as parallel and unconnected - though I also think there are people who could connect them in a meaningful way. That just seems to be a different mental mode.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 06:14
Mars' Day Musing: Do you believe in purism in combat? Consider boxing-oriented styles versus full-body fighting.
There's an adage about hedgehogs and foxes; that hedgehogs know one big thing, that foxes know lots of things.
I'd like to think that defence has a lot to value about purity of purpose and purity of form. But I'm not seasoned enough to say.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 06:16
Mars' Day Musing: Have you ever considered what you'd do if you had to fight a whole army at once?
I've thought about it, and really, the main things that would bother me are things like endurance. People don't fight like gingerbread men - there's bending, moving, flexing. I can't help but be fascinated by the idea of if I could last for five times my number, ten times, twenty times. How much could I use their numbers against them...?
Of course, in my case it's highly hypothetical.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 06:18
When you hear someone say 'people like you,' what's your intuitive thought of what that phrase means?
I loved the reactions to this one, because the phrase has two interpretations, but it's short and quick as a question, so there's not al ot of reason to re-read. If honest, it's interesting see who thinks they're told they're popular, and who thinks they're being called part of a group.
Me, I tend to hear 'obnoxious' or 'stupid.' in the phrase a lot.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 06:19
Are scars best hidden, or shown?
Mine's on my hip, it's nothing too nice to look at, and I can't dress to really show it off. And a few burn scars on my hands and forearms, but still.
I intuitively shy to hide them. They're not marks of things I'm proud of, or really like being reminded of.
Cearmaid
responded to TheChthonian
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 07:19
Do you remember the moment you stopped feeling like you were a child? A specific moment that contributed to your loss of innocence? How old were you, when it happened?
The first time I picked up a dropped stunner from under the grille in the killing floor. I picked up the simple small device, which is no good as a weapon, and held it carefully, knowing what it could do. I'd been there for an hour, watched the work, and been thinking about it non-stop. They weren't showing me much, but it was work, and the money was going to help pay rent in my home.
I remembered holding it in one hand, not by the handle, looking at it, and the blood on my fingers from crawling under the grille, and thinking to myself, that as death feeds on life, so life feeds on death.
I was fifteen, and that day, I realised, one day, I was going to die.
It wasn't a great day, but I got it done. And I started to think more. About everything.
Cearmaid
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 07:25
You know what's coololer than a fox OR a hedgehog? Or even like a fox with hedgehogs straped to it? A HONEY BADGER. Fuck yeah. Porcupines, snakes, they don't give a shit - they'll take ya. Also this is not yet a question so, are honey badgers awesome Y/N?
Okay, they're awesome, but how the hell do YOU know about them?
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 08:07
So is your problem with Ocean specifically or with anyone who happens to be a walking nuclear bomb?
There's lots of powered individuals. I mean, Positron could probably wipe out a city. I don't ever remember him making a point of being about to do it.
It's not a matter of what you can do, it's what you choose to do. It's in who you choose to be, how you choose to conduct yourself. It's that power:responsibility thing again.
In my opinion of course.
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 08:28
Can someone who has committed truly atrocious crimes ever redeem themselves in the eyes of the public?
I'm going to look up Atrocious for this one.
Well, it's 'bad' but a high degree.
Using Kazeno's definition of redeem, yes. But the person should never expect the crimes to be forgotten. i met guys who found Jesus in prison, we didn't let them out because of that.
Basically, it's going to depend what you mean by 'redeem.' If you mean you'll be the guy whose conscience is clean, then no. Because atrocities shouldn't be forgotten, they shouldn't be glossed over. History need to remember these things so we know they shouldn't happen again.
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 08:31
Ahh, so Ocean represents a known threat due to his past actions? He does seem sincere in his attempts to change though the idea that Ooshun is in there with him appears to make people less trusting?
That hinges on the best-case scenario that Paul Ocean isn't a good liar.
There's also the fact that if he truly is in control of himself, and he has that moral imperative to improve society, isolation or self-termination seem to me to be far better options. I mean, it's what I'd do, but that's an empty sentiment since I haven't had to choose between self-termination or isolation. I'd like to think I'd be strong enough to sacrifice myself for the greater good of all.
Honestly, I'd rather not talking about it. Mentally unstable people with self-image issues who can turn into homicidal maniacs are the kind of bears you don't poke.
Cearmaid
responded to PaulOcean
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 08:51
"the best-case scenario that Paul Ocean isn't a good liar." - Talk all the shit you like about me. Call me a coward. I'm fine with your desire to see my cold corpse on the floor. But don't you dare disparage Rose's abilities.
The supermodel who tells me that her powers tell her she's not attractive?
K.
Oh, you're a weak coward whose every breath is a selfish denoument to murder and mayhem.
By the way, this behaviour is totally comforting! I'm super glad to know that someone else says you're totally fine!
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 09:05
Indefinite containment is worse than death.
Okay, fine. I haven't dabbled in much either way. I'd probably try self-termination.
Cearmaid
responded to PaulOcean
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 09:09
Yeah you might want to start rebuilding that lack of education by beginning with how to read. Rose didn't say any such thing. She said the majority of people she meets don't find her attractive, and - nevermind, go back and try reading it for yourself.
And again, you're dreadfully upset that I don't immediately accept the word of someone who says things that I find tricky to believe as totally true, all while... posting fruit and frothing at the mouth?
Look, if you're going to go all Ooshuny now and show us all how we should have trusted you more, and you start on killing my friends to get back at me for saying hurtful, hurtful things to you on the internet, can you hurry it up?
Is it that hard for you to handle being doubted? Is it that unique an experience that someone who can write a long sentence doesn't trust you? What is so unbelievable about that? Did you think it was going to be 'Pop! I'm good now! Honest!'
I don't trust you, and I don't trust Rosie, partly because I havent' got a good reason to. If it helps, I don't believe in homeopathy either. I'm also not sure that I Can't Believe It's Not Butter Tastes just like butter.
As it is, it really looks like you're throwing a tantrum, and... yeah, really comforting behaviour from superhumans.
Cearmaid
responded to PaulOcean
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 09:13
"I'd probably try self-termination" = Quitter.
Okay.
Unkilled anyone yet?
Cearmaid
responded to PaulOcean
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 09:14
Really, you think this is throwing a tantrum? Sorry I missed which fairytale you grew up in again, can you remind me? Cinderella, was it?
Is that a threat, or just a nonsequitir?
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 09:17
You know I am on parole, right?
I'm aware.
I've also spoken to you at length; I've listened to what you have to say, and i've learned a lot about morality from your perspective. I also know from experience that crime comes in many shades.
The problem this whole discussion provokes from me is that people seem to really want a nice, hard, comforting rule, something that is always true and always will be true. I can handle that people want that and have that in their worldview. I even respect Kazeno for sticking to it.
I don't liike the hard rules. I don't like the idea that everything has simple things to it. It's never been simple in my life, it's never been easy. And the ability to make those hard decisions, to reason things out, to judge from time to time, and to sometimes let things go, is really important to me.
I don't think it's that simple. I'm willing to doubt, and be doubted. And I'm willing to change my mind - as i did talking to Kazeno tonight.
Cearmaid
responded to PaulOcean
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 09:21
Again, work on the basics of reading first, it'll speed this whole thing up. I am implying: if you think my TYPING is throwing a tantrum, you've led a sheltered life. Especially since your beef with me is that I can endanger the whole planet.
This is totally non-threatening word use?
And I dunno, you're throwing words at a stranger who isn't following you and far as I know has never asked you anything, or answered any of your questions. Heck, I think this is our first contact. And I gotta say, you're making a really interesting first impression.
Cearmaid
responded to PaulOcean
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 09:23
((I'm arguing how he'd view his moral position etc. etc. but I do have a spin off in mind, later down the line, although not really involving Lock. I suspect Paul and Lock will not be having tea parties together sure, but uh, that's IC, not OOC, yes?))
((It's all IC. You know my OOC opinion of this whole thing - and I'm fine with it - but honestly, this kind of back-and-forth clogs people's streams and isn't all that interesting to me after the first exchanges. So, wanna call it quits here?))
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 09:28
Keeping an open mind is truly a good thing. I just wonder how anyone is supposed to pay for killing someone else. Being locked up seems devoid of purpose, being killed in retalation seems very old school. What is the right method? I do not know.
Me neither.
It sucks.
I don't think prison works in a lot of cases to 'pay' for it. It's just one of the best options we have. On the other hand, if I remember correctly, the guy who invented the novel did it from a prison cell.
I think the important thing is to always keep questioning it. The word 'kill' is such a big word, with so many meanings in it.
That said, lex talionis is generally untidy, unreliable, and doesn't necessarily help anything. It's not something for which I have an easy answer.
Prisons and containment while we work it out is a bad solution but it's better than the others we've developed so far. But I'm no expert, certainly not at the metahuman level of ethics.
Who knows? I might be going to hell for beating a guy up. If I do, I guess I'll deal with it when I get there.
Cearmaid
responded to PaulOcean
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 09:34
Someone else mentioned you so I Followed. But yeah as first contact goes you leading with "You should kill yourself" and then belittling Rose, her trustworthiness and abilities... Great meeting you, but don't you have an anti-mutant fundraiser to go to?
Okay, I guess I'm a bigot for not trusting someone who can kill everyone based on hearsay. You take care now.
Cearmaid
responded to parkourblades
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 09:48
Guys WYR: Go out on a date or go out and try your luck?
Dates. Plan ahead, have an idea, make someone happy, have a nice evening even if it doesn't have the end goal you necessarily desired when you left the house.
The last time I went out to a bar to randomly meet people, I bumped into Hurricane Gideon and we see how THAT worked out.
Cearmaid
responded to parkourblades
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 09:49
WYR: For snacking purposes only. Jello or Pudding?
I'm really, really fond of jello. I'd rather not say why, but it's nothing sexual, it's purely an appreciation for how things work.
((Curse this cultural gap that I'm still not sure what 'pudding' is beyond Sugary And Desserty.))
Cearmaid
responded to parkourblades
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 09:50
WYR: For everything else: Jello or Pudding?
Jello has a few things I can do with it. Like you can make fun frozen desserts with jello. You can make trifle. And you can turn old black coffee into these amazing little black cubes of Oh My God I Will Never Sleep Again.
Cearmaid
responded to parkourblades
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 09:51
WYR: Backpacking trip or Cruise?
If backpacking is walking around in the woods with a backpack, I'd prefer that to being on a boat. I don't like being in a vehicle for a long period of time. I rather be able to get up and get off. I might be able to treat a cruise ship like it's a train - I know I liked riding trains.
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 09:58
Alright...you have powers?
Huh?
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 10:04
...you don't call a guy right the next morning and they give you crap right away. What is the world coming to?
I demand cuddling afterwards.
Cearmaid
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 10:06
He tries to use the "you're drunk" defense to win arguments a lot. You bring up some...interestin' view points. Gave me some stuff to think about.
To be fair, I think I broke Oliver Reed's record for gin. Christ on toast.
Also! I know your time is super super limited. I know you got a lot of important stuff on your plate. If you can find, like, ten, fifteen for a phone call sometime today I'd appreciate it.
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 10:18
Now for an actual question of sorts. I've also been referred to as a time bomb on more than one occasion. I'm sure if you look, you can find the most recent one. So, I'm curious...where's that put me, in your mind, on the scale between say, Ocean and Kaz?
The only time I've ever doubted you, based on the pinhole window I've seen of you is when I walked in on you drinking during Hurricane Gideon. And even then, I just imagined you might go try and kick someone's face in - not that I know anyone.
I dunno. It's probably because I've seen you do physical labour. This is going to sound positively narcissistic, but when you see a man work, when you watch how he solves very mundane problems, what order he approaches problems, when you see him mention to people what he's going to do so they can get out of the way, when you see him move tools not for his sake but for others, it gets very, very hard to think too ill of him. It's these moments where the unconscious mind acts.
It's an old quote, but 'character is who you are in the dark.' It wasn't dark, but I doubt you felt like you were being watched. I mean, before we spoke at the bar, you probably could have missed me in a line-up, am I right?
I think my opinion of you is a bit more informed. I think if anything's going to get you going all mustache-twirling, it's going to be because you cared too much about something.
'Course, there's a non-zero chance I am completely full of crap and you're way, way better at hiding what you are than I thought.
Cearmaid
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 10:20
((I have very little to do today, so if you'll give me about an hour I can hop in. Or if you need longer, just let me know in a ? ))
((I'm in Australia, staying up late because FS RP is addictive. Just go about your day as normal and I'll be around in your evening.))
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 10:24
Hey. You. Shut it. LOL.
Who, me? I'm innocent, I swear. Well, okay, no, I smell like a distillery. A /drunk/ distillery.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 10:32
Now for an actual question of sorts. I've also been referred to as a time bomb on more than one occasion. I'm sure if you look, you can find the most recent one. So, I'm curious...where's that put me, in your mind, on the scale between say, Ocean and Kaz?
Also, because I didn't think to say it: I have absolutely no fear whatsoever of Officer Kazeno defying her principles. Even to smack Gideon.
Cearmaid
responded to FoxyFerret
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 10:40
What is your hangout/relax song?
A song that inspires thoughts and ideas, that puts me in mind of what the person who sent it was thinking, even though it has no words. A song that makes me think what I said over, and makes me doubt myself in the right way.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 04:45
If you could be one age forever, how old would you be?
Fourteen was a pretty good year. Nineteen was pretty good. Twenty four also had some chops to it.
Cearmaid
responded to AGreenDragon
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 04:46
Which hero do you most identify with? Are they famous like Hero One or your friend you patrol with, or anyone! Have you ever thought about meeting them if it's someone you don't know personally? Mine is Allastor Darkflame but we've barely met.
His name is - or was, I'm not sure - Troy Stratus, and I've thought about meeting him a few times since he was mentioned to me.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 04:50
What's the most recent thing you've purchased? Bonus points for pictures!
Stuff, and things. This is technically the most recent.
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 04:53
Are you satisfied with the majority of choices you have made in your life? I am sure everyone occasionally wishes they could revisit a choice and change it. Would you if you could?
Oh god, no. Maybe when the majority of my life isn't being a teenager, but right now? God no. I'm more often than not wrong, I made people cry, I got into fights over stupid stuff - the vast majority of my decisions have been with so little responsibility that I can't just sweep the little things under the rug and figure 'oh, they were no big deal.' Breaking a vase because I was too impatient to move it when I tried to get something out from under the vanity, for example, is not the kind of decision that would weigh on your mind, i imagine, but it's been driving me nuts all afternoon.
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 04:53
Alright... now for something less heavy... If ghosts can walk through walls and glide down stairs, why don't they fall through the floor?
They remember the floor?
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 04:56
((OOC: Did the SA arc last night, and dunno how to RP it. The story is personal and each toon witnesses it. How's that work? We can't all have been there. Kinda sad that [spoiler] has to [spoiler] for each player. Poor [Spoiler]. How will you RP it?))
((I'm very prosaic about this. If you want to bring it up with me (or a group I'm in) in RP, I'll usually acknowledge it, regard it as a point in 'your' continuity, and then move on. It's not something I'd then tell other people about, fixing it to mine. In a lot of ways, I play like it's comic books proper: Where there are bits of conflicting continuity and writing mistakes in dialogue, because it's really not worth it in my mind to get too hepped up about it.
((It helps that I'm very judgmental. I tend to regard writing with a very critical eye, especially when it's trying to do something 'big.' If I encounter bad writing I tend to just discard it rather than dwell on it. Not that all the arc is bad, just that some of its fundamental points are not handled very well.))
Cearmaid
responded to totallywitchin
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 04:57
I'm staying awake for the next seven hours so I can sleep on my flight back to the US. What do you do to keep yourself awake when you're tired as hell?
I used to get drunk, smoke cigarettes and deliberately hit on girls badly so I could get shot down. These days, not so much.
Cearmaid
responded to seancasus
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 05:14
LOL you bought a beetle??
Yep. It's very safe, it's cheap, it's good for scudding about in a built-up town, and it's cute and girly.
I'm tying up some funds and blind-trusting some other funds, so I'm trying to get some things sorted out today. That's one of them.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 05:23
(( Do you keep notes for your characters? ))
((This is another good use for google docs.))
Cearmaid
responded to seancasus
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 05:27
You wanted it to be cute and girly??
Ayyyep. Don't worry, I bought something pretty manly, too.
Cearmaid
responded to Disheartener
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 08:42
Do you play any instruments? If so, what? If not, do you want to learn one?
I sing. When my financial circumstances changed, I dedicated time to learn how to play the guitar, because it was one of those 'one day, man, when I can afford it' wishes. I'm not great, but I can play, and it makes me happy to play.
Really, the thing I took away from the experience that I like the most is that there's pretty much nothing that can be learned that I can't learn if I try for it.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 08:43
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Cearmaid
responded to
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 08:47
Just letting people know...
I registered today.
I don't think anyone here who cared to think about it is surprised, but I have been tacitly lying these past two months. Whenever I say 'people like you,' or 'powers like you,' I was excluding myself, because I was scared shitless of the reality of my situation.
A few days after my uncle's funeral, one of my much older relatives also passed away, or disposed of his powers or something - and in doing so, he left me with them. I've been spending these past months researching what it means to be a hero, what it means to /be/ the superman, rather than to just watch him fly by.
I said what I said with a lot of sincerity. This time last year, I was one of the normal people, and I thought about it a lot, and you guys scared the shit out of me every day. I wasn't alone in that. But... I've been listening to you guys, hearing what you have to say, asking you questions when I didn't know...
I'm gunna give it a shot. Hopefully, I'm not going to be too disappointing. And there's a contingency plan in place to kill me if I fuck up.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 08:47
So....glowing eyes?
Yeah, I'm a terrible liar.
Cearmaid
responded to Coryismedamnit
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 08:57
I'm watching you.
Your copy of the plan is in the mail. I trust you to use it only when it's necessary.
Thank you, by the way.
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 09:00
Dude no offense but "a contingency plan in place to kill me" seems a wee bit extreme. Why the hell would that even be needed?
Because I didn't grow up with these powers. I didn't have an 'oops!' moment when I did something terrible, and everyone - EVERYONE! - has one of those moments. Plus, the powers we're talking about are not... they're not powers that easily translate to safe handling.
I'm being cautious. I am taking precautions. The one thing I've learned in this moral study is that I cannot be certain, and that there aren't any hard rules that I can rely on. I'm going to need to plan ahead.
Don't worry, I'm not saying *people* should do this. I'm saying *I* wanted to do this. *I* want to know that if I ever start to think I don't have to follow the rules, there's a bullet tip to remind me I'm wrong. Carrots and sticks. I'm hoping it's never necessary.
Cearmaid
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 09:00
Woah, you're out!
I guess that solves your fashion problems, huh?
Yeah, sparkly firey eyes do a lot to distract from a tatty shirt.
Cearmaid
responded to ControlAndCare
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 09:01
Wait, so you're gay?
For @CareAndControl, maybe.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 09:04
This raises a question you'll probably be asked a lot. What can you do?
It seems to come in two parts. The first is I seem to respond to existential threats with adaptation. I drank a lot and now I can't get drunk any more. Still can taste it, still can drink it, but my body just doesn't respond to it well. I've been shot at a few times now, and while the first bullet hit, and hurt like hell, the second and third less so. I've been quietly testing my limits in various ways.
The second part is fire. From the hands, from the eyes, from the air around me. I don't know where that specifically comes from, but it seems a lot like there's some sort of forge thematics going on - my body reforges and reshapes, and I can burn and heat things. I guess I'd suggest Amber's style, but I don't feel natural standing at a distance. I stand in the middle of things. And so far, I don't die.
Cearmaid
responded to ControlAndCare
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 09:05
Oh oh oh! Can I be your contingency plan?! Pleeeeeeeeaaaaaaassseee?
Can't do it, sunshine. I'm sorry. If you were my contingency plan, it might interrupt with your pick-up games, and that would just be terrible.
Cearmaid
responded to Disheartener
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 09:23
You came into your powers by chance? I thought your being here meant you'd already been a hero, as most people on Formspring are. Are you nervous about it all?
Oh I am terrified.
I haven't tested their limits except in Dark Astoria. The place calls to me. And it's been kinda terrifying what I've been able to do to packs of zombies. It's... reassuring to know that what I'm doing there is burying what has been left unburied for too long.
It isn't 'chance' per se - according to my research, this is a pure lineage thing, and when my forebear passed, his power should have gone to every one of his descendants. But I'm it. I'm the only one. It was kinda sad to realise that I'm an orphan of the most permanent kind - the only relatives I have left are his two siblings, and one of them isn't exactly stable.
But it's effectively chance. One day, boom, magic lottery. And now I have the whole power:responsibility matrix to solve every day. The closest I've got to 'being a hero' is committing an act of unreasonable violence in an alleyway. Now I'm just... working things out and trying to find stuff I can do.
In the mean time, what do you think about waterparks?
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 09:27
I'd offer to go on patrol or something but leaving the hospital right now would be a bad idea. It sounds like you've tried out your powers some so what have you found most exciting about it?
Flying.
Oh, it's such a cop-out answer but holy shit.
Don't get me wrong, one of the other things is that I seem to be... tough. I mean, really really tough. I mean, there's something astounding at seeing something coming, realising you can't dodge it because of what's behind you, standing, and /taking the hit/... and then wandering over and manhandling whoever started it like nothing happened. There's something fundamentally heroic - in the classic Greek sense - about invulnerability.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 09:27
Welcome to the club. I thought there was something about you. A pryo can always spot another pyro.
Well, it's the universal tool. Everything burns, eventually.
Cearmaid
responded to Disheartener
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 09:28
They're wet? Regardless, if you ever need anyone to go out with you, I know how it feels to have a power you can't control, especially fire wise, so I wouldn't mind tagging along. Just don't let me touch you if my hands are bare, yes?
... I know I'm going to sound like Gideon when I say this? But honest to god, I wouldn't mind seeing what would happen, even if just once.
I'm registered under Cearmaid, and this standard device has me hooked up to all the typical channels. Talk to me any time.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 10:06
What was the act of "unreasonable violence"?
I interrupted a sexual assault. After successfully stopping the act, I didn't stop hitting the perpetrator. He spent a year in a coma, and is now able to walk, having learned how to speak again. He is, apparently, a very different person and highly dependent on his mother, who is very un-fond of me.
There's a certain irony in that I guess he could be seen as redeemed, but I don't know, he doesn't even seem to be the same person.
Cearmaid
responded to MrZeroPercent
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 10:16
Is this guy who was talking trash about my outfit wearing the same shirt?
Hipocrisy is an art, my friend.
Cearmaid
responded to laylaward
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 10:48
You ARE a guy!... A feminine guy! But still!
Know any girls named Lachlann?
Come to think of it, that'd be kinda hot.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 10:59
I can't say anything ever happened to me like that which I know about but I hope neither you or the people you fight have to go through it again. What was it that made this seem like the right time to really start? Just learning more about everything?
Well, obviously, there's been a lot of talk about morality around here lately.
I knew I'd have to make the decision at some point. I just wanted to make sure I had a good mental headspace for it. I mean, it's a big responsibility, and I wanted to have a good idea of what it actually meant.
So? I came, I observed. Honestly, the real thing that kicked it off was Max asking me in private if I was powered. I figured I'd let it slip, and I had to do my last things to arrange for myself, which, well, people involved know about it.
Oh, and by the way: Don't take teleophase reinhibiters that weren't made for you! They are super specifically keyed!
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 10:59
What's the last thing that made you really happy?
Answering a question.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 11:06
Teleophase reinhibiters? The stuff Noisebomb gave me?
If they're what I think they are, yes. They work by appending an extra sheath of teleophase to your cells. They go through your whole bloodstream, they rest in lymph notes and in important marrow strains to improve on replication. If you're sore around the neck and hips, that might be why. It's meant to slow the rate at which the cells replicate, improve fidelity in cellular reproduction.
Of course, it could be one of a thousand other things. There's a lot of medical science about which I don't know dick.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 11:23
It either wasn't that or it just doesn't work the same way on me because I'm not really human now. The doctors think I have a mild case of acute hepatitis. I already know it was stupid. Following medicine with alcohol isn't the best idea is it?
Oh, man, oh man. Following anything with alcohol's not a good idea. Following alcohol with water, not so bad, but still.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 at 11:28
So. Zombies. What say you?
Pretty unfortunate situation. There's nobody there any more, so... stop them moving and try to make it tidy.
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Thursday 2 February, 2012 at 12:33
What happened to wait one more day? Couldn't help yourself?
The time was right. I thought I'd need a full day to talk to everyone and get the contingency in place. Turns out, I didn't. Why gild the lilly?
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Thursday 2 February, 2012 at 12:44
Well, I didn't hear anything about it during our lil meetup today so I take it I won't be needed in this plan of yours either. Course....I'll be keeping an eye out and helping if I can.
Thanks. Chances are there are going to be a lot of training wheels moments.
Cearmaid
responded to MonkeyLass
on Thursday 2 February, 2012 at 07:22
What is the secret to your happiness?
Would. Not telling Sun Wumei break the secret?
Honestly, the more I think on this topic, the more certain I become that the secret of happiness is that there is no secret - you have to create it yourself, for yourself. For me, it's making others happy, or at least trying. I doubt, for example, I've ever made @kazeno or @cthonian actually any happier, but I have to try, and will continue trying as long as I can.
Some people don't work this way. Feynman for example, was driven by a desire to understand. Some people are even more self-oriented and just need a canvas, paints, and maybe some mescaline.
Me, I had my time living selfishly. Time enough - now, I live for others.
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Thursday 2 February, 2012 at 08:17
Have you ever forgotten to do something only to remember like two hours too late?
When we swapped from punchclocks to written time sheets, yeah. And you had to have some verify you were there, and guess what? If you got into the front office to fill in the time sheet two hours later, the floor manager wasn't going to give you those two hours back.
Pain in the ass.
Cearmaid
responded to Whowherewhat
on Thursday 2 February, 2012 at 05:17
What is your preferred method of manipulating others?
Since I try to manipulate people into being happy, to doubt themselves less, and to want to improve the world, I give them things. Lighters, movie momentos, orgasms, jobs, questions, my time.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Thursday 2 February, 2012 at 05:17
Throwdown Thursday: This one is for Eiko where ever she is: @EikoMagami versus Lusca, The Giant Squid of Independence Port.
You know, I had no idea that squids and schoolgirls was a thing until I saw everyone's questions about it come up. Good grief, Japan.
Eiko, anyway. Because you gotta believe in heroes.
Cearmaid
responded to totallywitchin
on Thursday 2 February, 2012 at 05:19
What do you do to combat jet lag?
The closest I've come to having jetlag is bussing across the country for work engagements on a project when I was younger, and I don't think the problem there was the California-Providence time difference, but rather the time spent sitting on my ass in a transit without enough books to keep myself distracted.
What I imagine I'd do is just sleep. You don't need to fix it all at once, so have a few lazy days, sleep in more than normal, go to bed a little earlier, until your sleep pattern lines up.
Cearmaid
responded to TheChthonian
on Thursday 2 February, 2012 at 05:21
Is there any particular skill that you have no aptitude for, and yet have struggled to master anyway?
Changing my mind. I don't know if I've mastered it, but I'm getting a workout.
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Thursday 2 February, 2012 at 05:25
Ever done something really really stupid as a way to impress the opposite (or same) sex?
Lots of things! You might consider the term 'preferred.' I'm kinda a sucker for this one, and I wish it wasn't true, but I used to be more confrontational and aggressive with other men than I am, and more flirty and open with women. I'm also assuming this is in a romantic or sexual fashion, and that assumption probably says something about me.
'Really really stupid' is hard to gauge for normals, but, I came close once. I almost picked a fight with an un-masked metahuman because I was with a girl who got turned on by seeing me fight. Now that was not the most sane relationship I have had, but if the other guy hadn't left, I'd probably have been on the receiving end of a rather savage beating, and I didn't find that out until a day after when I saw the guy's face in the paper.
Since becoming powered? Nah. I've been too scared of all sorts of things to even get close to hurting my surroundings. I did buy some pretty odd gifts for some people, but so far the most expensive things I've bought for people were for other men. Strangely, they're both made of cloth.
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Thursday 2 February, 2012 at 05:27
From one 'fire' user (of sorts) to another....it's not always it's cracked up to be. I try to keep from having to use that just because of what it can do to people.
So far, the thing I focus on is the old adage 'when all you have is a hammer.' I know there are going to be things I'm no good at. I really, really do. So I have to - and will - make a point of /not/ bringing my powers to bear in a lot of situations.
I think it's gotta be harder for you, certainly growing up with these powers, because at a certain point, you're going to feel that need to demand respect, like every, EVERY teenager gets. When I was a teenager and I wanted respect, I had to take a swing at things, and Zex knows how well THAT worked out for me. Now...
Well, anyway, yeah. Not every problem is a nail. Not every problem can be solved by my powers. That's why I'm not going to forget other things I know how to do. And sometimes I'm just going to throw my arms up and ask for help from people who can do what I can't.
Cearmaid
responded to AGreenDragon
on Thursday 2 February, 2012 at 05:30
Throwdown Thursday: Beef vs Pork?
I can do more things with beef, I don't need to care about the costs any more, and as much as I love a lot of pork dishes myself, between Islam, Judaism, vegetarianism and just plain taste differences, there are plenty of people who won't eat pork. If I'm cooking for the gym, I'm bringing beef, not pork.
For personal tastes, I dunno. Pork meat in general doesn't do much for me, but I ate it a lot and chicken, growing up, because it was cheaper than beef. Beef became 'the special' meat.
Cearmaid
responded to AGreenDragon
on Thursday 2 February, 2012 at 05:30
Throwdown Thursday: Good vs Bad?
Good.
Cearmaid
responded to AGreenDragon
on Thursday 2 February, 2012 at 05:31
Throwdown Thursday: Ice cream vs Chocolate bars? Now I'm hungry!
I've taken to chocolate bars lately because I'm doing work with devices that you can't drip ice cream on without problems.
Cearmaid
responded to AGreenDragon
on Thursday 2 February, 2012 at 05:31
Throwdown Thursday: Turkey vs Chicken?
Chicken. When most people eat turkey, it's Thanksgiving, and well, we had to skip on a turkey a few years. So it never was part of my growing up. Plus, it's easy to overdo serving size on turkey meat.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Thursday 2 February, 2012 at 05:32
I was faking it.
Everything I know about myself is a lie.
Cearmaid
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Thursday 2 February, 2012 at 05:33
When's the last time someone said something to you that changed the way you think about situations in your life? Was it a positive or negative change? Who said it?
The last single thing that happened was @TrulyKazeno who changed my mind about redemption, and I'm pretty sure it was a positive change, but we'll have to see.
Talking with @Zexecutioner has been a process of thinking about thinking. Metacognition is very hard, and very rough, but I wouldn't have it any other way, even if I feel sore afterwards.
Cearmaid
responded to TheChthonian
on Thursday 2 February, 2012 at 05:39
Throwdown Thursday: You versus an unrelenting horde of brainwashed children, no older than nine years old. How many you would be able to take down before being overwhelmed, or succumbing to guilt, horror or madness~?
Great thing about being one guy in a city of heroes is that I don't need to think of my powers as the solution for everything.
I *can*, I am sure, vaporise children. I can kill a normal human without any pain at all, knowing what I do about steel mills. But that doesn't matter, because brainwashed children are very limited in what they can do.
Assuming I was still in possession of my moral senses, I am still a six foot tall man, I am still quite strong, and I have babysat. It is not a pleasant job, and it would take me a great deal of time, but I think that I would be capable of subduing an indefinite number of children, just very slowly. This is assuming they are just children; and knocking out a child by breath control is something you have to do very, very carefully. When I was, myself, fourteen, I knocked out a twelve year old with a sleeper hold - I do not imagine too much changes, just a matter of remembering what not to do, and when to stop holding the button down.
I am coming to think of myself, in terms of my powers as either a carpetbomb, or a big game hunter. My experience dealing with Council and 5th Column takeovers of boroughs around the surrounding city area has shown me that that much.
If the children are somhow strong enough, en mas, to pin me down, which I doubt or we're not really talking children any more, then this might constitute an adequate Containment Scenario for me. On the other hand, they'd also need to be sustained for as long as possible.
Alternatively, I'd call for help, probably @TheNoisebomb.
Cearmaid
responded to parkourblades
on Thursday 2 February, 2012 at 05:40
Throwdown Thursday: Ronald McDonald Vs The Burger King.
What? The Burger King never gave me nightmares. That's stupid. Why would you even bring it up?
Cearmaid
responded to parkourblades
on Thursday 2 February, 2012 at 05:41
You win a free boat ride for three. Who do you take?
@Zexecutioner and @TheChthonian. Because it's who Zex would want to bring and I'd spend the whole time wondering who to give *my* ticket too.
Ugh, boats.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Thursday 2 February, 2012 at 05:46
So here's a thing. If like someone you barely know just came up and said "I bought this car for you and you can have it." Would you like take just like that? Or what? Would you be like worried about owing that person a favor?
Food for thought.
You're living in, I assume, a two room or three room apartment, if you're sharing it with someone. If it's your own apartment, I'm guessing one bedroom, one bathroom. There's rent on that.
You're eating every day, and you're eating vegetarian at least. That has some special needs, like avoiding cheap brands to get more expensive ones. I'm also guessing it needs some multivitamins, and some dietary balance issues. An example is salt - cheap products use tons of salt to preserve themselves, even things like tomato paste and beets, so you can't get too many of them without it impacting your salt intake.
You're also wearing clothes. Fashion for a girl your age isn't too cheap these days. If you have pricey tastes, a shirt can run up to sixty dollars. That's before we talk about metahuman fabrics.
Nobody is tallying what these things cost. You don't have to worry about those things yet. Providing for the youth is what people /do/.
Also, if someone gives you a gift, remember that they're part of this, too. It's understandable that you have to turn some things down. It's fair. But don't forget that the person giving has a reason to, and it might just be to make you happy. Not everything has an ulterior motivation.
Anyway, I think I would have. One of my best friends - @BackAlleyBeats - apparently just got given the clickest Dodge Charger - not Challenger - from her dad at some point, but he gave it to her in a completely ratty state, so she got to spend ages fixing it up. That's very cool, and I was very, very jealous of her for that.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Thursday 2 February, 2012 at 05:47
If you could turn into an animal for a day, which would you choose?
Hm. Does Bulbasaur count?
Cearmaid
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Thursday 2 February, 2012 at 08:35
WITHOUT telling me your broader moral stance on the issue, how do you personally approach killing in the line of duty? Do you try to avoid it at all costs? If so have you succeeded? Or is it something that you don't really lose any sleep over?
My main activities so far have been for portal corps, and in Dark Astoria. It's very, very easy to not care much about what happens so remotely. I've collected dog tags.
I try to make sure I either play gentle or very rough, there's no half-measure. If I'm going to kill someone it's going to be over in a few seconds and there's not going to be any malarkey about it. And so far, lethal force has to be employed.
Thing is, a lot of these guys, these people we meet, they play for keeps in a very big way. I can't in good conscience come to the table without a willingness to meet that sort of problem head-on.
It'd be nice, I guess, to live in that world, but I don't. And not every person is a superhero, so if I end a guy who could go to prison, get tested, claim redemption, lie convincingly, and get out to hurt other people, I'm not going to be too bothered by it.
It's all just messy and imperfect and uncertain and I'd rather than the alternative.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Thursday 2 February, 2012 at 08:55
Hold up. Major misunderstanding. I live in a huge luxury apartment. I have a billionaire heiress as a benefactor, she gives me an ample allowance, and I basically want for nothing as long as I stay out of her hair. How'd you think I was poor?!
I don't think you're poor. The point of outlining those things is not to tell you that money is important, but that when it comes to young people, we old farts basically say 'Oh hell with the costs.' Does that help?
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Thursday 2 February, 2012 at 09:12
Being in your twenties makes you an old fart?
I was born made of shoe leather. I dunno, think about normal kids, what age they start working. Then remember I started working at about a third of that lifespan earlier. Then remember that the work I started on was not very pleasant and involved a lot of hard work and manual labour.
I'm almost thirty, which isn't all that old, but most mornings I wake up feeling like I'm fifty. Call it premature farthood.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Thursday 2 February, 2012 at 09:14
(( Why do you roleplay? ))
((To create stories. I'm driven by a desire to create, and I get a much faster feedback/turnaround time on this than I do on the short stories and the like.
Also, for e-booty!))
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Thursday 2 February, 2012 at 09:33
You started at a third of that lifespan? What happened to child labor laws?
I was fourteen; I believe most people start working at 21, right? A third /less/. I did odd jobs around the house and trimmed lawns for older ladies, but that was for spare change. When I started working, leaving the house to work for the day to pull in what I consider a salary to help pay the rent, I was fourteen. I wasn't even technically employed, and I had to work outside of school hours. But I did get twenty-five bucks a day for three hours of work, nasty as it was, cash in hand.
Cearmaid
responded to Coryismedamnit
on Thursday 2 February, 2012 at 10:31
(( The three rules totally have to do with fighting witches and getting bitches, right? ))
((I wish!
No, the three rules that are pertinent to writing are the rules that most roleplaying does nothing to refine.
1. Verisimillitude. That which goes on, goes on; things that happen while you're not there to see them still happened, and they influence events. The chair that was moved stays moved until acted upon by an outside force. A lot of this get swept under the rug of 'not very important,' but the vast majority of character interaction people do tends to focus on the one or two people who see it. Many, many things go into a day, many many things go into a person's life and their changes. A few conversations may drive it, but really good writing has things that anchor events together.
I have a Kings Row supercop who is meant to be a loose canon and renowned amongst his unit. He's from Michigan. Prior to this sentence, you had no idea he existed and wouldn't unless I *told* you. But Lionized is roleplayed as if that's the case, and until I spoke to you here I had no idea about Kazeno. Roleplayers can get away with these things bumping against one another, but a writer can't. A writer has to know he has Lionized and Shiro in the same location, and can't just produce one out of nowhere when he needs or wants to.
2. Realism. You can tell the reader any bullshit you want to in the first five, ten pages of the story, and they'll swallow them. But you have to stick to that bullshit. If you tell a reader 'the genie will grant you three wishes,' and you grant them a fourth wish later, the reader will rightly have a very world-shifting reaction. You can do anything in a story, but you shouldn't. Now, the most important example of this is not in the magical bullshitty stuff, but in the mundane stuff. People should still be people.
I can't draw a specific example without offending anyone, but here's the big one: People are going to be people. In every context. This was one of the things that murdered Death Note's hopes of being good for me; the opium-farmers in Afghanistan live with the threat of dying all the time anyway. They are not going to shit their pants and give up the life of crime because the death rate in japan increased a fraction of a fraction of a percent.
You need to make it so people, especially populations of people, behave and react realistically. Magic is another one. It's either a secret or it's not. Conspiracies can strain the edges of disbelief, too - so you need to make sure the world is one where that sort of thing works. Basically, people need to still be people, and that's an area most roleplayers fall down. Most characters aside from their own are shallow, transient, or one-dimensional expressors there to say something.
3. Demonstrate, don't tell. This is a huge one. You can't tell me your character is ugly, you can't tell me your character is charming, you can't tell me he's clever, if you then don't do anything to show it. You have to show a character following through on what he can and can't do in a way that is demonstrative and meaningful. You don't have to show me all the steps - for example, I don't need you to explain how Kazeno looks at a vinyl record and can immediately tell what it plays - you just have to leave me with that impression of how she did it. I can think of all sorts of Uberdetective abilities and What The Fuck things you can /indicate/ without just having a character say 'Oh, she can do this and this and this.'
A few examples of this - negative examples - in writing are Dan Brown's books, where he tells you his protaganists are geniuses (and then show them barely managing to get ciphers many cipher fans bust in a short amount of time). Another example of a writer fucking this up is the Witcher Novels. Geralt is described as basically looking like shoe-leather and the guy gets tail up and down the coast. SOMETIMES that makes sense - women drawn to his power and to his being clean, in a world full of shit
Sherlock Holmes was regularly shown to be the smartest man in the room because Doyle did a good job of actively surrounding him with /clever/ people, rather than dunderheads, and that made a large number of his reveals much more meaningful.
I can't say Lock *is* hot. I know he's *meant* to be hot, I try to *make* him hot. But I can't make him hot. I can't just say 'He's a sexy guy' and then describe him with negative terms all the time, or conflicting terms. The words I use ahve to have some connection to one another, they have to build as part of a whole.
These are the three skills at roleplaying does nothing to improve. I think that if you integrate these things into your roleplay, well, shit, you'll improve your quality of RP and enjoy it more. But RP does not encourage or provoke improvement in these fields AT ALL, and they are common pitfalls that everyone falls into.
Oh, and Agony was a fucking hack.))
Cearmaid
responded to AGreenDragon
on Thursday 2 February, 2012 at 11:42
I got 5 caps so far! What made you think of this idea?
This show. I grew up watching this, and I didn't grow up far.
Cearmaid
responded to AGreenDragon
on Friday 3 February, 2012 at 12:19
It seems like a lotta people don't like this comment bar thing. Why? Is it bad? If so, why again?
I don't know.
(( People are worried it's going to consume more time and we might lose the short, sharp responses we get. Right now, if you want to *really* keep a conversation going, it's hard to do because you *have* to know you're only getting 255 characters to really shoot back a retort. It means that conversations run their natural course really quickly. It's hard to really froth up someone's stream without a lot of aggressive attempts. Comments? They might remove that.
Personally, I don't see myself caring that much.))
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Friday 3 February, 2012 at 05:37
What the bajeezus Insomnia? I have school tomorrow! How can I get to sleep?
I know what works well for boys, less aware of what works well for girls. Chances are if you can't sleep, it's something you ate, something around you, or something you're thinking about. You can't help what you ate, and my immediate thought of 'a glass of milk' isn't an option. You can check your environment for sounds that are bothering you. And if it's something you're thinking about...
Well, ask someone to talk to you.
Cearmaid
responded to TheChthonian
on Friday 3 February, 2012 at 05:48
Do you believe it is possible for a single being to completely understand you; to know who and what you truly are? And if yes: Does the thought reassure you, or terrify you?
Yes. I believe it is completely possible. Yes, it reassures me. Yes, it terrifies me.
Cearmaid
responded to MonkeyLass
on Friday 3 February, 2012 at 05:48
It's time for a boasting contest! What's the most badass and impressive thing that you have done so far this year? Don't worry about seeming rude, Sun Wumei is giving you an excuse to show off how much better than everyone else you are!
This year, so far...?
I tested out that army question. I know, so passe.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Friday 3 February, 2012 at 07:16
Do you feel you state things authoritively when you sometimes shouldn't?
... Ouch.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Friday 3 February, 2012 at 07:17
Do you consider your knowledge of science and technology very deep?
Nnnnot really. I have a bunch of people who work for me who break things down for me, and whenever I come across someone using a term I don't understand, I bust out the phone and google it. Because it's better to learn than not to, right?
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Friday 3 February, 2012 at 09:47
Would you prefer people be surprised by what you know, or be surprised at who it is telling them what you know?
Fuck.
I guess I do get a thrill as people see a welder reference quantum physics. I know I don't know that much, but I do know more than people think I know.
That's a bit pretentious when I say it like that. That's going to fester.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Friday 3 February, 2012 at 10:38
Is falling in love with someone's story the same thing as falling in love with the person?
Nah. Storybook romances last until the book's closed. I've had a few, even. Never work out. The wrong-side-of-the-tracks working-class boy does not get the girl in the end. Heck, I'm *white* and it didn't work out for me, it's gotta be harder still for others.
No, love takes a lot of work, it takes paying a lot of attention, and the story it is is a mixed genre work that has in it whatever you want, the pacing is all wrong, and it features a lot of pornography if you're lucky.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 3 February, 2012 at 10:49
What's your stance on narcotics?
Meh. Never did much for me, was never fond of what it did to the people who did it too much, but I'm even less of a fan of what it did to the people who couldn't get a better job than 'drug dealer,' because they were born into a community with a name like Tyrone or Jamiq, and therefore weren't going to get looked at for even retail positions.
I guess I don't like the laws; I don't think the laws are reasonable, and I personally am going to stick by the law on this one. On the other hand, I don't *want* to do drugs, so it makes it meaningless that I have such a stance. I'm also not going to kick up a fuss myself on the subject if I see someone doing it. I think the cops have a lot bigger problems than most recreational drugs.
Drugs are, by and large, a cop problem, and there's a reason a lot of cops don't give a crap if you /do/ drugs, but do care if you peddle them, because the guys who /distribute/ them tend to be complete jackwagons who want to manipulate their marketplace.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Friday 3 February, 2012 at 11:17
Your best friend says 'Oh, you, you're such a -' How does e end the sentence?
He? "Weirdo." She? "Weirdo." E? "Weirdo."
But the thing is, I'm the normal one.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 3 February, 2012 at 05:11
Would you say the idea of having a wish fulfilled worries you?
In my lifetime, I have wished to be left alone, I have wished to not have to work, I have wished for power enough to vaporise people who annoyed me, and I have wished for my mother to have a speedy death. They've all come true. It's not a super-nice way to look at the world.
The idea of having one of my current wishes fulfilled doesn't worry me so much; in no small part because I've learned what to hope for.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Friday 3 February, 2012 at 05:12
Do you like your name?
Yep! Lachlann has a classiness to it, and Lock is simple, short, and evocative of something technically-crafted that's made out of metal. I like it a lot.
Cearmaid
responded to TheChthonian
on Friday 3 February, 2012 at 05:13
Let us retry a game we played last year. Tell me two truths about yourself, and one lie. Others are encouraged to guess the lie, using the comments section. Responders, do remember to recognize the first one to guess your lie correctly. Go to it~
I am jealous of you. I have an enormous amount of faith in individuals of all walks of life. Once, my father punched me out hard enough to knock me unconscious.
Cearmaid
responded to AGreenDragon
on Friday 3 February, 2012 at 05:14
I feel a little silly but every time I see someone smiled at one of my answers I get really excited and happy. Do smiles mean a lot to the rest of you when you get them?
I don't smile a lot, but I do notice when some people smile at things.
I'm a little worried about what's going to happen if something gets @MaxImpact to smile at it, but not @HiroAntagonist - those guys are quite thick together, and it'd be weird.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 3 February, 2012 at 05:16
Fuck My Friends Friday: Pick 1 - 3 people from your contact list and invent a sexual act befitting of their name. What is it? (Recycled question, but it was funny last time)
Oh good grief, this is going to be a bit tricky.
@CareAndControl - Gideonry is already in my mind a form of homewrecking, but I guess I'd say alternate to that, it's sexual acts with a mirror. @Ultimogirl - Causing intense arousal in an audience by doing things that are utterly nonsexual. @MaxImpact - It involves a harness made from bungee cord and a high ceiling.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Friday 3 February, 2012 at 07:53
@Innocuus is playing a trick with her words. The lie is that the US government didn't /try/, they succeeded!
Aaaand you're not telling /her/ this why?
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Friday 3 February, 2012 at 10:10
Give it time...I'm sure me and Blue can come up with a way to make fun of your name. >:D
Noisebomb already DID.
Cearmaid
responded to innocuus
on Friday 3 February, 2012 at 10:41
Have you ever been to a wedding where they placed disposable cameras on the tables? If so what did you take pictures of?
Nope. I didn't get invited to a lot of weddings. Marriages in Kings tend to be super cheap and super private.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Saturday 4 February, 2012 at 03:23
I asked this before but it's been about six months now so..it can't hurt to ask again. And if you answered before has your answer changed or is there something you want to add? The question is: How has fighting, or committing, crime changed you?
Committing crime showed me what happens, and how variable criminals are. How different a person can be after a year in a system that's trying one large solution to a problem, how simplistic moral judgements can cause harm, and how they can be useful.
Fighting crime, on the other hand, has taught me that there is simply nothing that helps the world as much as empowering women over their reproductive cycles, and I'm not even vaguely being glib there.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Saturday 4 February, 2012 at 03:53
You choose to say you do not trust a man who only reads one book; do you consider therefore any expert on a topic to be untrustworthy?
Well, no, of course not.
The point of the original quote is that it's about not trusting a person who only knows a lot about one thing, that's not the same as trusting an expert. Most experts know how to dress themselves and the like.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Saturday 4 February, 2012 at 04:08
So is the quote flawed, or does it express something fundamental about you? You did comment once that you'd rather brain surgeons not consider themselves 'normal,' after all.
You're kinda breaking my balls here, aren't you?
Look, yes. There is a lot of value to being expert in a field. There's probably no expert who is an expert on only one thing within his field, though. And I mean, really, I just mean I wish I had a better education and lots of people around me had better education. That's not a big deal, surely.
I guess what I really mean is, I don't trust anyone who thinks all their answers come from just one book. There. That's probably all there is to it. Is that a little clearer?
Cearmaid
responded to
on Saturday 4 February, 2012 at 04:19
[What do you think of dual-part character archetypes? Characters who are designed around a shared contrast? Batman/Catwoman, Superman/Lex Luthor, Robin/Nightwing kind of thing?]
((On my server of choice, I have a full page of character selection determined to characters who are there to be played as part of pairs. Some came about at the same time as the other player's character, some didn't - Fox and I made a delinuent youth and his parole officer together, for example, and a pair of shamans who have a common interest in Paragon City's districts.
I don't really have anyone with whom I have ever played the Catwoman/Batman relationship, unless you mean it as a romance, in which case I played it once, loved it to bits, but it was unsustainable due to the other player's friends preferring she not spend time talking to me at all. Bit of a bummer, but it was still a lot of fun to play with those themes.
The Robin/Nightwing dynamic is one I have quite a bit of fondness for, and I have at least one instance of characters directly inspired by them.
Superman/Lex Luthor... I've never given that one a trial. It's just a bit hard for me to maintain that tension as it often relies on a very patient set of players. It can be done - even as I say it, I'm imagining the central conceit being they don't know each other's 'true' identities - but it's not something I've played with. I've been the villain in other people's RP a few times - even creating, levelling, and playing a character for a few key scenes, then deleting them once they weren't necessary any more - but that's my pushy DMing streak coming to the fore again.))
Cearmaid
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Saturday 4 February, 2012 at 03:38
What's your idea of a romantic date?
I haven't got the faintest clue any more.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Saturday 4 February, 2012 at 03:55
That you say you don't have a clue about how to be romantic is soooooo romantic based on all the fun we had in Boston. I'll never think of tacos the same away again! Any more last minute trip ideas? We can take my car! ;-)
Well, the thing with that is, it's the kind of thing I always wanted to do. I always wanted to be able to say to a friend - male, female, whatever - "Hey! There's this really great thing going on. C'mon. Let's go!" and just be able to go.
The other stuff, like bullying Taco Bell staff at 4am? That's just what you do. That's just the right way to take care of your friends.
I fear I may have made it awfully tricky for your future boyfriends to compete.
Cearmaid
responded to MerelyMia
on Saturday 4 February, 2012 at 04:57
Do you derive pleasure from bullying fast food attendants, sir?
Not at all. I derive pleasure from having my friends getting to eat what they like, and it's not like 4AM is a time when there's a lot of business to distract them from a specific order.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Saturday 4 February, 2012 at 04:57
Do you realize that there are only 86 days until I'm 18? I'm just putting that out there. Ya know, like an FYI thing.
what is this I don't even
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Saturday 4 February, 2012 at 04:57
Would you like having a digital brain?
It might be considered a fashion accessory in the future, I'm told.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Saturday 4 February, 2012 at 04:58
I'm sorry if this is unpleasant questioning! I'm not trying to be rude, it's just an idea that interests me. I think you and I read a lot of similar web sources, so: Do you have a favourite reference site?
Mostly, I just punch into google and follow the first link. Which is, 99% of the time, Wikipedia.
And that's the secret of how I look like I know shit. :|
Cearmaid
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Saturday 4 February, 2012 at 07:28
Is there something that all of your friends/family seem to believe, that you simply can't?
A lot of my friends believe in absolutes, I don't really have that kind of strength in myself.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Saturday 4 February, 2012 at 08:03
What's something new you learned about a word today? :D
I learned that homomancer doesn't mean 'turns you gay.'
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Saturday 4 February, 2012 at 09:37
So like, hey. This is just for the guys. How much time do you put in to your looks, like ya know, hair, body, clothes? Do you like feel a lot of pressure to look hot and all?
I feel no pressure that I don't put there, but I try to put a lot on myself.
I like looking at attractive women. I think it'd just be rude of me to not try and repay the favour? But I'm also not very insightful on the topic, so a lot of the time I just have to flat-out ask.
On grooming, well, living is just nicer if you groom yourself well. I can afford to pay someone to take care of my body hair, and I do, but even normally guys need to know what they want their body hair to say about themselves and take care of it.
Summarised: Make sure you look how you /chose/ to look, not how you wind up looking.
Cearmaid
responded to Disheartener
on Sunday 5 February, 2012 at 01:11
(( http://artgutierrez.deviantart.com/journal/Devious-Journal-Entry-283312574 Art has opened his commissions again, and we can't really afford it right mao, but I thought some of you might be excited, so yay. ))
((Well, that's cool. Hooray for the beautification of the world.))
Cearmaid
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Sunday 5 February, 2012 at 01:26
I hate to bother y'all with this, but has anyone seen Rose? I ain't seen her since this mornin', and I'm startin' to get concerned.
Saw her earlier tonight in the downstairs bar in the D, didn't recognise who she was talking to. Sorry I can't be more help.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Sunday 5 February, 2012 at 05:02
I've had enough of watching Pink and Purple argue over me and am going to bed. If you think Pink is being a cooze, Press 1). If you think Purple is being treated unfairly, Press 2) If you think this poll is biased, Press 3).
Seriously, let 'em yell at each other. Sometimes people need to yell. Fear doesn't really have an 'inside voice,' and they're afraid.
Then sneak out and do donuts on the lawn.
Cearmaid
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Sunday 5 February, 2012 at 05:43
Can you describe who she was talking to? Did she look okay?
I had the wrong Rosie, Blue! I'm really sorry.
Cearmaid
responded to AvengeAmethyst
on Sunday 5 February, 2012 at 05:14
Does your reputation precede you? Does that reputation ever cause you problems? Does it create benefits for you? How do you handle it?
I have a reputation that extends to one cop who gives me the stink-eye every time I go for a walk in Kings. She's also psychic, I think.
Cearmaid
responded to ControlAndCare
on Sunday 5 February, 2012 at 05:14
Leave Ani alone! You are lucky e even performed for you BASTARDS! Leave Ani alone!ā¦right now!ā¦.I mean it!
Oh I am so confused right now
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Sunday 5 February, 2012 at 05:14
Sorry my question was dumb last night it was the middle of the night. TechnicallyEva doesn't want me hanging out with AnbaricAmethyst and thinks she's still a villain. Have you ever been in between two people fighting over you? What did you do?
My parents fought over me a little.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Sunday 5 February, 2012 at 05:15
What do you like to do when you are feeling sick?
Get up, slug coffee, go to work anyway, hope nobody notices.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Sunday 5 February, 2012 at 05:16
I support Ani Hess. Things for mutants are way better than they were in my 1984 but they still aren't as good as they should be, especially for those who cannot "pass." Why should I have to suppress my fire aura when it is only light and not heat?
Jesus christ, this is what happens when I'm welding in the pipe work all morning under the gym, then go patrolling straight afterwards.
I guess, Amber, I'd suggest you read up on how well segregated schooling worked out for black people.
Cearmaid
responded to Whowherewhat
on Sunday 5 February, 2012 at 06:20
You are faced with a situation in which there are /only/ two options. A ne'er-do-well has hijacked a weapon. The choice of whether 140,000,000 Evolved die or the remainder of the inferior population does is in your hands. Your choice is?
Find a third option, because ra ra ra hero hero ra ra rah.
Far more sensible hypotheticals have gotten far less substantial answers.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 5 February, 2012 at 06:29
B)
See, this was a good day so far, and then I turned on my phone and it was full of crazy.
Thanks for this, Zex. Made me smile.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 5 February, 2012 at 06:41
:D
coming over tonight
K. Bring some casual feet.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Sunday 5 February, 2012 at 07:10
Doesn't getting powers from your bloodline just mean your ancestor was an evolved
My ancestor wasn't human. He was a hecatoncheires. My DNA counts as 100% human, there's no fancy stuff, I can give blood, I don't get sick if I take hetereotretazine, all that 'normal person' stuff. I'm a normal human, annnnd I'm also empowered to kill gods. Which is not... very normal.
I really, really want to wiki 'evolution' just to double-triple-check my understanding of the word but I don't want @pressdotexe kicking me in the balls for it.
Cearmaid
responded to TheChthonian
on Sunday 5 February, 2012 at 07:29
Hmm. I am in a prickly mood this evening. Let us discuss tangential hypotheticals: A rogue of artificial intelligences band themselves under one banner, requesting sovereignty from other nations. Should they be accepted? If yes, under what conditions?
I think so, but this is one of those Kazeno issues where I'm willing to be argued around.
The needs - both social and fundamental - of an AI are very different to that of biological entities. They're going to need very different infrastructure, they're going to want very different things in their socialisation and community? So I think I'd be fine with letting them have their own place to be, to set up and to become established members of the international community.
I guess I'd just want them to not be dicks about it.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Monday 6 February, 2012 at 01:32
For those who wanted an answer box to respond to something, or missed it and have no idea what @ControlAndCare was just fussing about, or want to comment or tell me at length how much they don't care (hi mob): http://tinyurl.com/6ra7jof
I'm saving the original until I really am sure what I think about this, but this one phrase is rattling around and I think it summarises what I think you're doing, Hess:
Your desire for redemption is not served by your attempt to redeem a stupid idea.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 6 February, 2012 at 08:09
When a friend is feeling down, what do you do to cheer them up?
Anything. Everything. It depends on the friend.
Sometimes gifts work, sometimes conversation, sometimes a fist fight in a back alleyway, at least once welding their front door shut until they couldn't stop laughing, and it's always worth the effort even if I lose contact with them later.
Making people happy without harming anyone is one of the ways we create very human things, like love, and hope, and friendship. It's a way to play with our junk... DNA.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 6 February, 2012 at 03:38
What do you think of the evolutionary ladder?
Ffffffffffffffffffffffffff
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 6 February, 2012 at 03:40
How much control do you have?
More than I'd feared. Testing my limits, showing what I can and can't do with the powers I have, it's a lot more intuitive than I thought. There's no sudden, rising urge to burn things, it's just there when I ask for it.
The only thing about me now that kinda bugs me is the word 'god' seems to make my head turn like a dog whistle. Which is weird. I was listening to some people talking about Emperor Cole and all I could think about was plans for his removal, which seemed to make a lot of sense and involved using my powers. It's kinda ... weird, to have a whole section of my brain suddenly start thinking intuitively about something that I'd normally have to study.
Cearmaid
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Monday 6 February, 2012 at 03:40
Just by the by, doesn't anybody know that Antarctica isn't available for this theoretical AI nation? Just because there's no major civilisation there, doesn't mean it's up for grabs. Most of it belongs to Australia.
It's also pretty important for research purposes.
Cearmaid
responded to AvengeAmethyst
on Monday 6 February, 2012 at 03:41
Speaking with @KyleSands inspired a question. What powers or abilities, if any, do you possess that are uncategorized or have gone unrecorded by the powers-that-be? How often do you make use of them?
Based on the paperwork currently in @TrulyKazeno's hands, should know everything about me, even stuff that's probably utterly tedious in its application.
Typical Kings Row guys think I'm just your typical flying brick. Flies, can't be hurt, punches and kicks relatively hard but not that hard.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Monday 6 February, 2012 at 03:42
What is your favorite dessert?
These past few weeks have featured so much research into desserts and dessert prep I am kinda done with them for now. Not that they're bad, it's just I have personally cooked nine strawberry cakes and you can't do that in the course of two weeks without either having a fetish for them, or a short-term aversion.
Cearmaid
responded to Coryismedamnit
on Monday 6 February, 2012 at 05:42
So. If you have the option, and outclass your opponent by a great enough scale... do you kill? It seemed as though your own opinions on the topic were congealing, when last we spoke.
Ran through a tunnel, lost a bigger reply.
When I outclass opponents? What are you, nuts? Mercy is the luxury of the powerful, and 99% of the time, I have that luxury.
It's that 1% of the time when I don't want to give up all the tools in my box. I recognise there are some even nastier tools that I'm also willingly surrendering, and yes, I know that's a judgement call, and who am I to make it?
Well, I'm me. And I might be wrong, and that can be dealt with, too.
Honestly, officer, it seems to me our major disagreement is where on certain spectrums 'black' falls. And that's a disagreement about which we can be reasonable, I think.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 6 February, 2012 at 05:43
I'm not familiar with what "Hatefuck" means. Explain?
I know you know how to google. And like messing with me.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Monday 6 February, 2012 at 06:35
((An idle thought, as I think before going to bed: How do you /want/ your character to be perceived by NPCs? We know players can perceive how and what they like, and that's fine... but are you famous? Feared? Loved? I wonder.))
((Lock's got three very clear separations in my mind. There's how he's regarded by most of the public, the Kings-Row level guys he deals with. They'd see him mostly as your typical flying brick superhero - he can't be killed, he hits decently hard (but not roof-breaking hard) and he busts 'crooks' in a very classic way.
When he's deployed by Portal Corps or Vanguard, he's a LOT scarier - tank-meltingly dangerous. Not a lot of heroes would get to see him like this, because he's very guarded about it, and he wouldn't get called out to that kind of thing often. I don't like the 'saved the world from existential threats seven times before breakfast' plot thread, and prefer for those big-scale things to be rare and spread out.
When he's out of uniform and associating with people normally, I kinda like imagining that most people see him as a boring welder's son with scars on his hands. He works as a building super, turns up at Max's gym and spends the morning working, and cooks people lunch before going out on patrol in 'secret identity.'))
Cearmaid
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Monday 6 February, 2012 at 08:01
What song has your favourite riff/refrain/baseline? Pick one or answer all three, whatever you like.
I am really bad at favourites. My memory leaps around a lot, things I like become things I love, and it's hard to rank them.
It's super lazy, but I really, really like the opening out of classical gas. I learned how to play it, and it's just there at my fingertips whenever I pick up a guitar.
Baseline - bassline? nvm, not sure - is a bit more ambiguous. The one that really sticks in my head is Call Me Al's, but I suspect that's like a beauty queen naming her favourite person as Jesus.
And refrain, right now it's: "Years of lifting cinderblocks, stacking bricks and mixing mortar/ gave this man his crooked walk, and made his lifetime shorter."
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Monday 6 February, 2012 at 08:41
What's something January brought you that you expected to hurt more than it did?
Giving up on a crush I had on @PlasmaCutter01. Fishes and birds, I'm told. On the other hand, what I got instead of what I was after was one of the most hardworking, badass and stubborn people I've ever seen working on this project in the Etoile.
I've had something February brought me that I expected to not hurt much at all but beat the shit out of me, but we'll wait a month to see what tops it on the way out the door. :|
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Monday 6 February, 2012 at 11:30
What's a good college/university for metahumans or is metahuman friendly that isn't anywhere near Rhode Island? Any recommendations?
I'll have a guy ask a guy, but off the top of my head there's a group in Texas, and there's another one out in Oregon. There's also that group that came up in the Rathen story in Hawaii, though I'd need to double-check the story to find out their name.
Cearmaid
responded to ceruleanvenus
on Tuesday 7 February, 2012 at 01:42
I've heard that there's a time and place for things to be said. I'm beginning to think there's sometimes never a time for some things. Is it sometimes better to say nothing at all and just keep your feelings to yourself?
Oh just say it for fucks sake already I've had enough horrible today
Also you're awesome and that poem was brought to my attention by someone just as awesome who is going to start getting the same treatment if she doesn't start noticing it
Cearmaid
responded to SudiNim72
on Tuesday 7 February, 2012 at 01:53
I sent one to Zex; I'll send one to you, too. So, if you don't mind, I'm curious: How would you answer this question? http://www.formspring.me/SudiNim72/q/291049395967754337
I look at a person giving me bullshit hypothetical game theory fuckwittery and vaporise him on the spot. And then Kazeno chucks me into space while I say 'worth it.'
Cearmaid
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Tuesday 7 February, 2012 at 02:42
Fill in the blanks with the first thing that springs to mind: "The _____ of _____".
Life of Brian.
Cearmaid
responded to Coryismedamnit
on Tuesday 7 February, 2012 at 03:02
I will be out of the office for some time. Normally, I would not bother to inform, but with my recent argumentative nature, I would just like everyone to know that I was not killed by Whore Wheat assassins. Have a nice... week? Few days?
Stay safe, officer.
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Tuesday 7 February, 2012 at 03:25
I'm open to suggestions on what to call the gym, anybody got any good ones?
Guys, try to remember this is a building being put together in Kings Row, to appeal to people there. They're not some yuppy marketing-force-driven pack of Founders Falls guys who'll smile dopily at a pun and think they're clever for getting it.
I like Max's, and I like Lilah's.
Gideon is taking that sentence out of context as we speak.
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Tuesday 7 February, 2012 at 03:26
On the topic of redemption... is forgiving yourself a necessary part of being truly redeemed?
Nah. I know everyone defines redemption really differently, but forgiveness is a very empty thing from a pragmatic position. You should, in general, because guilt just makes you shitty and useless and tends to make worse decisions more likely.
Cearmaid
responded to shockhazard
on Tuesday 7 February, 2012 at 03:28
Hey it's TMI Tuesday! So... Foreplay: Is there such a thing as too much?
Normally I just delete TMIT questions, but:
How can there be? There's no special 'main event' status for penetrative sex. It's just sexual contact. It's getting your partner off or enjoying them getting you off and it happens at the same time or not.
If I want to go down on the girl I'm with for the three hours we have to spend together, and do nothing that, just making her get off again and again and again because I don't *need* to get off to enjoy myself, then how is that 'foreplay' and not just 'the sex'?
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Tuesday 7 February, 2012 at 03:30
TMIT: Inspired by Paul's Q, kinda. How many partners have you had? How many good? How many bad? Any that you miss? Any that you seriously regret? How many were Norms? How many were Metas? Were any robots? How was it?
I'm going to tell myself I'm answering this to make a useful point.
A large number. It is not a very useful number to have specifics on, but let's say 'more than fifty.' Most were good. Almost none were bad. I miss about half of them, moreso now. Seriously regret, one or two. All of them were norms, as far as I knew, but if I was with someone's secret identity that adds a whole new layer of kinky. None were robots or metas as far as I know. And it was sex, it was fine, it was fun.
I did find out that one girl I went out with, when we'd broken up, became a lesbian, and started a punk band. I am really not sure how I feel about that.
Cearmaid
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Tuesday 7 February, 2012 at 03:30
So, even though I'm not in the Northern hemisphere right now, for some reason it's cold and wet. Thus, hot drinks! What do you prefer - tea, coffee, hot chocolate, other?...
Coffee like my women. Hot, dark, bitter and prone to keeping you up all night.
Cearmaid
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Tuesday 7 February, 2012 at 03:30
TMI Tuesday: We all did stupid things as teenagers. What's somethin' idiotic you did?
Unprotected sex. :|
Cearmaid
responded to AGreenDragon
on Tuesday 7 February, 2012 at 04:29
I saw a show called "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" on television the other day. The bad guys faces get all weird. Do you think it would be good or a bad thing if you could always spot an evil person just by how they look?
If it was 100% reliable, sure, I guess. I don't think that kind of idea should get too much traction with you, though. Bad people don't look different, and if you think they are, you're going to wind up making mistakes.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Tuesday 7 February, 2012 at 07:01
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Tuesday 7 February, 2012 at 10:32
Is it bad to want to change something of your own if no one else wants you to?
If people actively want you not to, like, they prefer the A to B, while you prefer B, you gotta decide how much it bothers them.
If they don't care? Fuck 'em, do what you want.
This is me channeling Gideon.
Cearmaid
responded to TechnicallyEva
on Tuesday 7 February, 2012 at 11:57
What techniques do you use to help you make painfully difficult decisions involving close friends and family? I find myself quite desperate for suggestions about what I should do about Amber.
Remember that she's a fuckin' teenager?
My main suggestion would be letting her do a job of some sort, because I remember really liking having that feeling, but I'm not bloody normal.
Cearmaid
responded to AvengeAmethyst
on Wednesday 8 February, 2012 at 12:09
You would do well to remember that she is a teenager as well. Offering her a car, a place to stay, with the reputation you claim to have with women, you're even into fire just like little Amber. I'm sure you mean well, though. Very. Sure.
Giving her a car with permission from Blue and Eva.
Making sure that if she runs away from home she'll wind up somewhere with a bed and without drug addicts.
And my reputation with women!? Ick, the poor girl's TEN YEARS YOUNGER THAN ME. What the fuck is wrong with you?
Jesus christ.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Wednesday 8 February, 2012 at 02:28
What is the last thing you prayed or wished for? Something meaningful.
One less year.
Doesn't work that way, but what I got worked out okay. Roses and violets.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Wednesday 8 February, 2012 at 02:52
If you believe in reincarnation, what do you hope to come back as? Respond with a .gif if you'd like.
Time to time, I think, it wouldn't really be all that bad.
There's no .gif that would really make me look good and hot and deep and all that stuff here. Plus, honesty and shit.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Wednesday 8 February, 2012 at 03:30
(Alright, kiddos. My turn! I'm going to be letting out some short stories slip out once in awhile of Lilah's struggle and hope that it begins to clue some in on what she's going through! Read if interested, if not, well... have some milk and cookies.)
((Just a note to make it known I read it. I know it sucks to put effort into writing things and having them go disregarded, so yes! I have looked upon it, and read it all. I also encourage you to write more.))
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Wednesday 8 February, 2012 at 06:00
WYR Wednesday: Say you have a beloved friend with inoperable throat cancer. Would you rather he look unusual and be immune to the cancer, or take pills to be pretty that let him slowly die?
Doesn't matter what I want.
I have a dear friend who is blind. I could be dedicating gigantic - and I mean gigantic - sums of money to helping her see. She doesn't want me to. I'm not going to.
I have a dear friend who is going to cease functioning soon. I could be dedicating gigantic - and I mean gigantic - sums of money to reconstructing her technology, retrofitting it and finding some way to let her persist for at least a normal human lifespan, or even transfer her digitally into a biological shell so she can enjoy being alive. She doesn't want me to. I'm not going to.
I have a dear friend who has a completely different mental mode. I could be dedicating gigantic - and I mean gigantic - sums of money to let her reconstruct her brain structure, or digitise her brain so she could use software to emulate emotions. She doesn't want me to. I'm not going to.
So I guess what I'm saying is, I want what that beloved friend wants.
You pair of girls.
Cearmaid
responded to jillwilliamson
on Wednesday 8 February, 2012 at 06:47
So, um. I went through some magical ritual work with a friend today. I came out the other side a little different than I'm used to, but it's exactly what I wanted. Have you ever risked your life for something that might not have worked? Why'd you do it?
HOLY CRAP
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 8 February, 2012 at 03:15
What's the last thing YOU learned just by listening to someone?
Everything about Star Wars.
EVERYTHING.
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Wednesday 8 February, 2012 at 03:17
You're so smooth with the ladies, Lock. Have I ever told you that?
A week ago, I had three, in all seriousness, three women approach me, tell me that they'd fallen in love with me, and that they had to spend time away from me because they didn't want their hearts broken.
Three.
If I'm smooth with women I would really, really appreciate some way to STOP. Or maybe the 'I like you too much to be around you any more,' line is really easy.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Wednesday 8 February, 2012 at 03:19
(( OOC: So...OBVIOUSLY the yogurt and Yum Yo's was tainted with evil spirits. What's the last thing you ate that made you sick. How long before you tried it again? ))
((Actually sick? Probably something back before I moved out of home. I'm pretty careful with what I eat if it smells or looks suspect, because I cook for someone else and I don't want to risk her health.))
Cearmaid
responded to jillwilliamson
on Wednesday 8 February, 2012 at 03:20
Hey all, I see there's a bit of (rightful) concern goin' round about my human-ing. Lemme assure you all I had reasons, it isn't permanent, and I'll be 'roo again soon. :)
Whatever makes you happy. Business can wait.
Cearmaid
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Wednesday 8 February, 2012 at 03:25
Travelling seems to be on my mind right now. How many different timezones have you ever visited? And has it mostly been for work or fun?
How's this? I'm so prone to staying in one, I can't remember if it's Pacific, Mountain, East Coast, or if it's East, Central, West.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Wednesday 8 February, 2012 at 03:25
What animal do you think is scary?
Humans.
I'm so glib and clever and now you all think I'm very insightful.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 8 February, 2012 at 03:32
Do you enjoy it when people ask you your own questions?
Whenever I ask a question, it's been inspired by something. It's either a question that I would have asked someone specifically but I think opens up interesting possibilities if I ask it to everyone, or a question that I'm asking myself. I try not to answer my own questions too much because it feels narcissitic.
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Wednesday 8 February, 2012 at 03:52
((OOC: Sometimes comic companies give the fans a story they really want to see ("Because you demanded it!"). What's a story with our/the community's OCs that you'd like to see happen? What about that story idea interests you?))
((In the comic book /Darkchyle/'s editorial section, one of the writers made a point that you can't just do event to event to event to event in a comic medium without it losing its meaning. You had to have these periods of downtime, these lulls and transitions to give people time to unwind. I like that stuff, I like sequences and exchange that show who a person is, not necessarily in the big tense character moments, but just in the more normal stuff. How they accept gifts, how they handle themselves in their day to day life, how they've changed since last time.
Another thing I almost think I'd like is a Baccano-style 'culmination of threads' style story, where you have this one large chain of events that can leap from characters like Max and Blue punching dragons in the face to characters like Gideon and Lock dealing with Very Unpleasant Things, Delia over in San Fran solving some mystery and investigating its components along with Carmen, ground-level stuff like Kazeno hunting say, Eddie while they both try to get to the bottom of a mis-identified crime - I'm not going to try and fill this out with everyone, though I *could*
The point is, you have all these people of disparate and interestingly different power levels, which most comic book writers handle stupidly by having superman and batman both take swings at Darkseid. The solution is to have different people handle different things, and have them all come together. Max doesn't need to know that the reason they know the Dread Foozlewrangler's secret phobia is word word 'Tim' written in red paint is because Eddie broke into his house and found the threats left by his former lover. But it makes Eddie part of taht story.
Baccano is really a good example of this, as is 20th Century Boys or Monster, but in all cases, those stories are from Japan, so I know they're not great examples for some people.))
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 8 February, 2012 at 04:47
Do you ever feel like you are not a part of the world? That you are disconnected from it?
Yeah.
When I'm working on something that doesn't require any interaction, anything that distracts. Best comparison is that sometimes, when I'm welding, the thing I'm working on, the metal, the torch, it all works. It just clicks.
In those moments, I'm not in this world, I'm not of this world. I'm a god, and the work is my creation.
Then some jackass up the corridor drops a hammer and it hits the pipe and nobody can hear themselves think.
Those moments of focus are beautiful and rare. And like all things, should be enjoyed in moderation.
Cearmaid
responded to MrZeroPercent
on Wednesday 8 February, 2012 at 04:50
There's a lot of negativity going around so let's try something! Can I trust you guys to answer the next few questions unironically,non-sexually, and unsarcastically? Of course not, but here goes! =)
These might take a while, Chase. I'm dictating to my phone under a f ing heat hood here so and I want two hit it out of thepark on these
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 8 February, 2012 at 07:01
What excites you?
The act of creation. Fixing things. Helping other people fix things. Killing gods. And it's well-past me now, since I'm never going to feel it again, but that moment of righteous rage when someone pushes you too far and you're totally in the right to raise your fist and put their teeth down their throat.
Cearmaid
responded to MrZeroPercent
on Wednesday 8 February, 2012 at 07:02
People with super-powers, who's your favorite non-super-powered hero?
People without, who's your favorite meta?
I'd mention Ray just to make him feel better at this point, and you want me to be positive, so I will spare you how much I *hate* Batman.
I'm bad at favourites, I think I've mentioned that. So while I'm keeping true to that: Backbeat, Sander, Torn, Chance, Zex, and pretty much every Angry Eagle I've read about so far, particularly the red feathers - the guys who died in the line.
Cearmaid
responded to MrZeroPercent
on Wednesday 8 February, 2012 at 07:02
People with powers, tell me something(good) you've learned from someone without them?
People without powers, tell me something(good) you've learned from someone with them?
The way this one is worded, it's very easy for me to say 'my parents,' or something like that. I learned how to take a hit from dad, how not to back down from mom, and so on. But I said I wanted to hit this one out of the park.
Zex has taught me how to think through what I feel. She doesn't have much fondness for emotional thought, but talking with her has taught me how to reason out what I feel. I'm always always more certain in my positions for it (such as say, my position on eating meat), but talking to Zex gives rigor and sinew to my ideas.
There's this cranky ass old black guy from Kings who keeps coming around the gym while me and Max are working. I have never heard his name, and nobody seems to know it, but the guy's like a fricking genie. He's like what I figured I'd end up being but never had to find out - wispy white hair, mad dark eyes and all, but he's done /everything/. The guy was a kid and was apparently part of the March on Washington with MLK? Not sure, he gets rambly. But the other thing is, he's laid mortar, he's worked with metal, he's done carpentry, concrete work and big scale gardening. He never pitches in, just shuffles around with his cane and yells at people when they're doing something 'wrong,' but he's right a LOT of the time. The guy has a real thing against proud nails, lots of attention to detail. I think he's even called Max 'Son' a few times, but I might have been mishearing the guy.
I actually met the guy the Bricklayer's Song is about, or, at least, I'm pretty sure it was him. He was a bit of a storyteller, but he knew Dicky Bartlett's name, and described him pretty well. He taught me how to juggle cinderblocks - which is, I kid you not, a real thing, and a real trick we used on construction sites. It's a great thing to see - we're not allowed to do it around urban areas, so it's for industrial projects only, but envision a chain of seven guys, each about six feet apart, swinging a cinderblock from hand, to hand, to the next guy's hand. The block never stops, it's not set down, until it gets where it's going, where you need two guys doing catching. But when you're moving two hundred cinders up a ladder, you find ways to make it go shorter. Guy was... sixty, sixtyish, when I met him and made out of leather. Never spent a day out of the sun, never went to bed sober, and he had all the bricklayer scars and marks. And he killed us all laughing one day after shift with a game around the fire barrel up on a rooftop. Some jobs need to work overnight, and sometimes you need to keep bricks hot for the mortar in the morning, and you can get in for work early if you just nap up there. Totally illegal, but we did it anyway.
Anyway, the game was called 'Truth or Brick.'
Cearmaid
responded to MrZeroPercent
on Wednesday 8 February, 2012 at 07:03
People with powers, what's the coolest thing you've seen someone without them do?
People without powers, what's the coolest thing you've seen someone with powers do?
Might not count, because I wasn't powered at the time, but once some friends and I had to 'assist police with their inquiries.' Dabby had been beaten up by some blue on a power trip, and the next morning this lone cop turned up at the worksite with a pad in hand and no gun.
Now, I don't wanna make a stereoytpe, but Dabby looked like hell and he'd come into work anyway. Dabby's Irish. Dabby's two brothers and his cousin were on that worksite. I was there. We had Onlaughn, whose brother was in prison for holding someone's backpack while the cops chased him, and /his/ brother. We had Ernie, who had a thing for boys in uniform and a bad habit of admitting it at inappropriate times that made us all laugh. We were not, by and large, a group of kids who were prone to taking shit from the cops, and Dabby's family had a bunch of old, Boston mob ties. Again, not trying to make stereotypes, just trying to paint a picture.
This cop walks in, looks at us for about ten seconds, and he just knew EVERYTHING. I mean, we're talking details like when Dabby got dumped, what we were working on, what we'd been doing that morning, what I had for lunch in my box, everything. Not some psychic juju either - he made a point of that, because, apparently, it's not legal for police officers to use psychic powers for 'invasive scans' without a waiver or some special events like a bank raid. Anyway.
Guy then sits down and explains it all to us. Dabby's ring finger showing a bit of a tan. A of mustard under one of my fingernails. Mud on shoes. Tidy hair. Untidy hair. Stepped on shoelaces. I mean, it was amazing, it was like a circus trick and he'd just pulled an elephant out of Ernie's hat.
Anyway, thing is, the guy told us he was a registered hero, a normal human, and a cop, and then asked us if we knew anything about the Blue who'd beaten on Dabby, and we told him.
So this guy, far as I know, without powers, was able to look at a scene of ten day labourers having a coffee and know every single thing you could possibly know just by looking.
Time to time I think about the guy when I'm sitting down to study something. I'm not nearly as good as he is, but christ, it was amazing stuff.
Ernie asked for his phone number.
Cearmaid
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Wednesday 8 February, 2012 at 07:05
Do you like "ballad" type songs that tell a story - like 'Spanish Train' or 'What Made America Famous'? If yes, name one of your favourites I should go listen to.
Oh, heaps and heaps and heaps and heaps. You've got a Chapin song already in the list, and I don't want to take up lots of space, so I'm only going to place one, because it's nine goddamn minutes long.
Cearmaid
responded to jillwilliamson
on Wednesday 8 February, 2012 at 08:46
Hey, um. Thanks, everyone. Really. You've given me a lot to think about over this whole human vs kangaroo thing. It's given me something to do, and a lot of ideas about this thing I've done. Appreciate it.
Ah, there's the guilt, rushing on back.
Cearmaid
responded to TheChthonian
on Wednesday 8 February, 2012 at 09:45
Few people are wholly unique. Can you name names to those who are just like you, in genetic code or origin, or augmentation? How does the knowledge of their existence affect you? Does it make you feel less special, or less alone?
I'm the orphan son of a lineage that has lost every other member except me. At the top of that tree is a sun god from a culture who upon seeing an island populated with vast, shambling gods, decided to saddle up, make iron, and kill the fuck out of them.
That god was himself, a creature that had assisted Zeus in killing the Titans along with its two siblings. They're both still alive. They are the closest thing I have to 'people like me.'
I feel pretty alone in that front, but how many god-eating predators does a world need? Natural selection dictates we'd be rare.
Cearmaid
responded to WhiteShader
on Wednesday 8 February, 2012 at 09:50
Why are you so quick to find fault in others? Are you seriously doing this just to be a complete and total douche?
Huh?
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Wednesday 8 February, 2012 at 10:39
Cearmaid
responded to MonkeyLass
on Wednesday 8 February, 2012 at 11:01
Booze! Everyone loves booze! What's your favorite one? A cocktail? A beer? Sun Wumei demands answers!
Can't get drunk any more.
Kinda miss it, really. Not in a big way, just it makes me feel a bit of a fraud sharing wine or booze. Now to be nature's designated driver.
Cearmaid
responded to Disheartener
on Wednesday 8 February, 2012 at 11:43
Define love.
The numinous human quality we created to delinate the point where we can no longer simply use superlatives for joy, happiness, or like. The point where we can look at the thing and recognise it as something that we are willing to give ourselves to, whether a study, a craft, or a person, or a people.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Thursday 9 February, 2012 at 12:20
Srsly stop being a cunt.
Yr yse of that wyrd yffynds wymyn yvrywhyr.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Thursday 9 February, 2012 at 12:38
No, you're the one offending women everywhere by having a Y chromosome. Have you learned nothing from Delia? Gods, I can't believe you're such an insensitive prick of a cunt.
I have learned pretty much nothing from Delia, actually. I mean, not for lack of trying, mind you.
Anyway, your technique of turning your chromosomes into ammunition to be fired from the Shecannon at people who dare to speak when they should listen worked out well, but I'm not as adept as you when it comes time to spatter my DNA all over the place.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Thursday 9 February, 2012 at 05:15
Famous poem:
I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.
What are your opinions?
That I'm like, the worst person in the world.
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Thursday 9 February, 2012 at 09:34
How do you find the strength to do what you know in your heart is right?
By and large, I grab a hold of hope with both hands and run with that. So far, it has steered me wrong in four different instances and will probably wreck some more.
I'm not great at knowing what's right. My heart is not reliable. Use some rationality to go with it, come up with a plan, work out what's best. Don't trust your heart, your heart will break someone else's.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 9 February, 2012 at 09:44
What do you feel you deserve?
Yeeeesh.
So, answering honestly because it's you.
Answering because it's you.
Aaanswering.
Right now I think I deserve to stop interacting with other people and be pointed at powerful things that need to be dealt with and just deal with them. I really don't like hurting people emotionally and I've done it a lot recently.
In a greater scheme of things I think I deserve a life of working my ass of in hole-in-the-wall jobs that will shorten my life, sexual encounters with little meaning or greater poetry, and every bad word my parents said about me.
Right now I have the power to shift the world on its axis and all I can do is make it lean a little. And doing what I'm already trying to do is wrecking so much stuff.
I do not deserve to be a giant.
I do not deserve to be wealthy.
And if you ask me this in a few hours I will probably change my mind. Honest answer.
Cearmaid
responded to Zarpd
on Thursday 9 February, 2012 at 09:57
How do you deal with fear?
I wait to see how Ray answers, then copy that.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 9 February, 2012 at 05:39
How do you deal with EMOTIONAL fear?
I'll let you know when I know.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Thursday 9 February, 2012 at 05:39
So hey. On my psych quiz there's a moral choice Q. So I thought I'd throw it out to my friends. Say that you find this baby who will grow up to be super evil and could kill millions. Do you try to raise it to be good and hope? Or end it there? Why?
That's when you get to point at yourself and say 'Suck it, teach.'
Seriously, you of all people should be able to say that.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Thursday 9 February, 2012 at 07:25
Do you get lonely?
Pretty regularly. There's a certain sweet loneliness that comes in some of my work - a feeling that I wish other people were around to talk to - but then I realise how dangerous it is and I don't want it any more.
When I'm at home, or meeting with people with lots of money, definitely.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Thursday 9 February, 2012 at 07:26
What is your greatest regret?
Not going with dad.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Thursday 9 February, 2012 at 07:26
Which do you rather, the feeling of warm sun or the feeling of warm water?
Something about the sun has always been special for me. I guess I associate it with working out of doors.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Thursday 9 February, 2012 at 07:29
Can someone who is physically extremely ugly be beautiful?
Yeah.
Someone who's physically really pretty and has some odd quirks like a plate around the eye or messed up hands or a blindfold can also be really beautiful.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Thursday 9 February, 2012 at 07:31
Define beauty.
Something that touches the soul and draws up its expression, something that makes the mind sing, that inspires and drives, something that you get from a thing without ever taking from it but simply by being exposed to it. A taste can't really be beautiful - the act of experience beauty cannot diminish from the beautiful thing. Experiencing an act, a feeling, a song, a series of words, that can all be beautiful, and it does not diminish any of those things for what they are.
Beauty is transitory, but that's not the same thing as consumed.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Thursday 9 February, 2012 at 07:33
Where do you see yourself in five years?
In a portal corps pocket dimension doing something terrible to something terrible, coming back and hearing about how the Midian institute has successfully decreased AIDS spread in Africa by 35% ahead of their projected goal, going home to the super's room, playing video games with a friend over the net while she talks about her kingdom in Canada. Then I talk to Torn who says he still can't find the book, but that's okay because it's just a silly thing for me, and then I get a note from one of the accountants complaining that we somehow have even more money than when I started trying to burn it all slowly.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Thursday 9 February, 2012 at 07:33
What is your favorite month of the year?
October. Of all the months there are, I've always liked that one the best. Even after August.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Thursday 9 February, 2012 at 09:26
So hey. I like got my first job. Awesome. What was your first job? Did you like it?
This isn't going to make you very happy, but my first job was cleaning under the grills at an abbatoir. And I really did like it a lot. I liked knowing I was help provide food for people, I liked knowing how the process worked, I liked the poetry of life and death dancing between one another.
I think I kinda liked feeling a bit bad about it, too. Like it was worth remembering that it didn't make me happy to actually kill animals, which I didn't really do very often. But I was part of it, and the whole process was humane and quick when it happened.
Cearmaid
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Thursday 9 February, 2012 at 09:28
You got a nickname, aside from your hero name/formspring name? If not, do you have a special nickname for anybody else?
Aggie's Sunrise. I tried that for a bit, then I fell in amongst people who hate poetry and metaphor, and realised I needed to be more careful with what I said and to whom.
Cearmaid
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Thursday 9 February, 2012 at 10:26
Hey Lock. As part of my deal with Amber, I'm tryin' to teach her some financial responsibility. So if you could do me a solid and hold back with the gifts, I'd appreciate it. I'll handle her basic needs, but the rest is up to her. Thanks, man.
I've stopped giving gifts, period.
I don't mean it in a meanspirited way. The whole fun of it was these big anonymous things, things that were meant to inspire joy in people from random events. I really liked knowing that someone, somewhere, was going to have something nice happen to them during their day, no matter how rotten the rest of the day was, and that when they were done with their day, there'd be some reminder there that the things they liked and enjoyed and hoped for were known to people who were willing to do things for them without any kind of need for response or reward.
Now everyone knows it's me, everyone knows it doesn't cost me anything to do it, so I'm not doing it. Christian made the point that it's really condescending, too. I like the idea of doing good with my money, and I really think creating and spreading hope is important, but all that hope and idealism doesn't really do much but spread suspicion and paranoia.
Don't worry, Blue. The car was a one-off because I think it's an important part of being a teenager and best to have something that is safe when you're talking about driving. The eyepatch was the last gift.
Most of the operational funds I have are directed towards small acquisitions and business promotion. I'm investing in things that people can use to make things, in the states and elsewhere, and hopefully that'll improve things for people without making me into a swaggering jackass with a big wallet.
Cearmaid
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Thursday 9 February, 2012 at 10:42
You're a good man for givin' the gifts you did, Lock. You made a lot of people happy. If I had the ability, I'd do the same thing. I thank you for all you've done for me, Amber, Rose, all of us. You're a good man, and a good friend.
Thanks.
I'm really just in a rotten mood lately. I really do appreciate the desire to cheer me up. I just... I didn't want it to be 'Lock, the guy who does nice things.' I wanted it to be 'life, the thing that occasionally has nice surprises in it.'
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 9 February, 2012 at 10:51
Cearmaid
responded to jillwilliamson
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 12:48
This has been a -great- day. I can change back and forth now, there's no problems, AAAAND I have someone special in my life. And I may have helped Vince, too! Today deserves a parade. Have you had a great day recently? What happened to make it that way?
I've had a better day than I had a morning. I was asked something three times.
Cearmaid
responded to TheChthonian
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 02:36
Do you have a secret that you would take to the grave, if you could? If so... how heavy is it upon your heart?
No. I have a few tidbits I don't want to actively share around, but I've promised a number of people my complete honesty, which means I had to undo those chains.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 04:38
Do you have a default homepage of choice, or do you leave it on google? =D
My phone?
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 05:01
Some people can hurt one another really well with words - can you? Do you have a friend who's very good at it? Do you worry about using words carelessly?
I have a friend who prides herself on it.
And I worry about carelessly using words ALL THE DAMN TIME now.
Cearmaid
responded to jillwilliamson
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 07:01
Should I just go ahead and start calling you Mr Secretary now? Because Ms. Andrews, my actual one, said she had nothing to do with this...
Ugh, sorry about that.
You seemed a good person to consult with. I had some people who wanted to talk to you about a thing, which is why I asked you about it - but you have the medical stuff to deal with. I called ahead and told them I'd reschedule it.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 08:04
I intend to force my brother into doing something "fun" this weekend. Any suggestions?
This being Torn I'd suggest taking him to a symphony to listen to the music, or a street party or something.
Then again, the lack of exits and controlled choke points might drive him batty.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 04:19
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAkhyks0uRs lol I dunno
Is this the one about a pusher?
Cearmaid
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 04:20
Valentine's Day is just around the corner. How do you usually celebrate? Do you get gifts for your friends? Or just your SO?
Weird thing? I'm always single on Valentine's. It's like a curse or something. Always on that one day.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 05:28
So hey. Like what should I wear to the job tonight? I have like these overalls with pockets and stuff and hiking boots would that work? I only have winter gloves and like my costume gloves, should I pick up some work gloves?
Well, we're not going to get you near a welding torch, the kitchen, or anything with live power any time to start with. If you can take to it well, we'll get you vis and safety gear, but don't go holding your breath.
Try to keep a lid on the powers around the guys at the gym, too.
I'm mostly welding in pipework and making security grills and stuff. There's also fencework that needs handling.
But wear shoes you can wear all day.
Also? There are lots of kids your own age outside the fence watching us, especially if we're working in the yard. So don't dress so you'll distract all the boys of KR. Think of it as a public service.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 06:27
What's something you can talk about that nobody you know really understands?
Nothing. I'm pretty sure I'm not very complicated or difficult to understand at all.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 06:38
Schoolteachers, firefighters, policemen and more - who are your favourite people who get paid thanks to your tax dollars? =D
Everyone's going to say cops and shit here but I really like the guys who made Sesame Street.
I like learning but I never got along well with school.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 06:43
There are a lot of costumed sorts here, so here's a question for you: Do you ever go to those places like Baumton and Astoria, on your own accord, when nobody sends you there, to clear out activity there?
Yeah, Astoria. Which is pretty much the definition of pointless, but they've got to run out of zombies eventually, and the jackass thorns need to be shooed out to let the dead rest.
Fire isn't much company but it can at least respect the dead.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 07:05
It's Friday. Can you reach out and pay a compliment to someone?
@AnbaricAmber surprised me with how she /doesn't/ use her smartphone except when she's on a break.
@MrZeroPercent broke my heart with the change of icon, but he's never not trying to make people's lives better.
Annnnd oh let's say @totallywitchin has expanded my music horizons and I thank him. Even if it's entirely expanded to Billy Idol.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 07:10
A big-ass fight breaks out! You're there with all your best friends, the camera zooms in on you and the music starts up! What do you yell? =D
Watch everyone say 'Oh, nothing, I'm very serious in combat.'
I don't get that. I mean, I get that some people need to focus, but surely the ability to talk in the middle of a fight shows that your mind can work just fine while you're doing things? Demonstrates an ability to think on your feet, maybe? I probably am overthinking this.
BUT since the concert I've had it in my head:
"Hand me a brick, a stick, a picket, Rock, axe or cobblestone If I'm going down, Well, I'm not going down alone."
Cearmaid
responded to TheChthonian
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 07:46
Friendly Friday-related question: How much friendliness can you take from someone, before you start getting uncomfortable?
Ffffffffffff Morgana
I am verrrrry bad with sexual boundaries. I think that's the most polite way I can say that without offending the hell out of people.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 08:52
I liked the response from this question so much, that I wanted to ask again. If there is any advice you could bestow upon me personally - what would it be?
Stop thinking so much about what people will think of you before you speak.
Cearmaid
responded to WhiteShader
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 11:34
Yeah, I figured that was you. Had to think about it for a minute.
I'm serious, though.
You might be projecting it this way on the internet because it's how you feel whenever you flip open the phone, but you don't have to. It's a site for questions and answers, and every answer you give is really like hearing Eeyore. I'm not saying 'Don't be sad' - you can't help how you feel.
But when people ask you 'how are you feeling' or 'what do you think,' answering 'Nobody cares' is calling them a liar. So come on, open up a little.
There are people here who want to hear what you actually have to say, and they're not all sanctimonious douches like me.
Cearmaid
responded to WhiteShader
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 11:56
So why is exactly is a sanctimonious douche telling me all of this. (Notice how there is no question mark on this Q.)
Because we're part of a community. We're people who can do more for other people than those people can do for themselves. Because we need to support one another, we need to help one another, and we need to take care of one another just as we take care of others.
And because I dunno, emo prettyboys get on my nerves. Pick one.
Cearmaid
responded to WhiteShader
on Saturday 11 February, 2012 at 12:00
Semi-facetious here, but now you're starting to sound like me. What gives.
You think I hang around here, asking questions and answering them, of superheroes, and don't learn ANYTHING? C'mon, SOME credit, please.
Cearmaid
responded to Disheartener
on Saturday 11 February, 2012 at 12:19
Have you ever found someone on your formspring account, not doing anything malicious, but smiling at things they think you should like, including their own answers? :|
No.
But uh, nice work there?
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 11 February, 2012 at 12:30
I must be naive or truly blind. Is racism really still that much of an issue? I've never been subjected to it until I began dating Max. I think I could find worse things to be upset over than a biracial couple.
I've been thrown out of bars for being the wrong race and I'm white and blonde, for god's sake.
Racism is an issue. Racism is always going to be an issue. Your idea that somehow a pretty girl being with a guy isn't going to generate irritation of some variety is naive, and if the thing they can use to delegitimize him is the fact he's black, fine, that's easy. But if he wasn't black they'd tell you he's a thug and if he wasn't a thug they'd tell you he's dumb and if he wasn't dubm they'd tell you he's weak and this is what they'd do and my god do you seriously not know how this works.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Saturday 11 February, 2012 at 04:07
Have you ever seriously considered suicide?
Yeah. Well, I've also seriously considered assisted homicide targeting me, in case I get out of control as a superhero. It's not really the same thing, but I had a good long think about it. What I'd do if I ever became more danger than good.
It's part of why I have to be willing to kill.Because what if there's someone like me who has to be stopped like that?
Life ends, life begins, we don't get much say in it. We can have a say in when our own ends, and I think people have a right to choose the time to end their own lives. I'd rather they don't, but I'd rather nobody die, which is a stupid proposition to start with.
Cearmaid
responded to LadyDarkhealz
on Saturday 11 February, 2012 at 04:15
I'm hoping to get to Paragon some time over the weekend. You wanted to talk?
Yep. I'll park in the D. You have my numbers, contact me whenever you want and I'll make time and space.
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Saturday 11 February, 2012 at 04:21
Speaking of, while I'm up and about...are you off your kick you've been on the last few days?
Just before I registered I spent sixteen hours in a room with a psychic psychologist working for the police being completely honest about, amongst other things, my sex life. Plus, some things I tried to do fell through.
Also, Portal Corps sent me to a world where one of the gods got it in his head to become a VERY SUCCESSFUL serial killer. It was not a good week, arright? I'm fine. I'm fine. Just doing the best I can with what I have.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 11 February, 2012 at 04:26
Lock, tell Max my idea is amazing.
There's one room where Max listens to me and this ain't it.
Look, I think it'd be neat. I love the row. BUT.
You are going to cop an earful on every street. Not 'superhero rarr' stuff, but 'attractive white female.' You are going to hear it all the time. You are going to have to head to Founders or Steel for arts supplies. You are going to have to learn how to scrub coal dust off the windows, because if you don't in a few days, it forms a glue and that glue is, itself, combustible. If you want a nice, clean, good apartment with say, two rooms, consistant running water and the like, you are going to have to go for one of the most expensive ones in the area and you'll probably have a dickbag for a super. If you want to walk Rowdy, you're going to have to do it in the mornings unless you want to interrupt a normal thing with hero work.
I want to help fix the row, I want to improve it, and I'm not ashamed of growing up there. But I don't think anyone should go there to raise kids.
I guess what I have to say here is: I don't think you should. You're going to convince him anydamn way because I know how this relationship works.
So I guess I'll start talking to building supers.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Saturday 11 February, 2012 at 04:27
Don't be such a sissy. Contingencies are nice to have, sure, but where there's a will there's always a way. Only ever a question of whether you got the stones to walk it.
The one thing I'm *not* worried about is going bad as a hero. I'm just worried about being a shit boyfriend, for example.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 11 February, 2012 at 04:32
I understand your concern, however I do not have children and they are not... likely to happen. I just cannot help but think it'd be beneficial for us to be closer. I can deal with having less than what I do now in order to make this work.
Oh, you're going to raise kids. Max practically clucks when he walks.
Like I said. Every bit of advice I can give you is 'Nooooo.'
You're going to do it. And you're going to move the mountain to make it happen.
Call it an intuitive sense.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 11 February, 2012 at 04:33
And to be fair to Max, usually our major decisions are handled by both of us. There are few things neither of us will budge on and as you can imagine, Max is about as movable as a brick wall.
Yeah, but convincing him to be able to shoot hoops at 7 in the morning with totally normal kids who have no idea who he is beyond 'the awesome guy who runs the gym?' and still be back in time to cook you breakfast?
Yeah, that's not a fight he'll win because both of you are going to be arguing against him, even if not out loud.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Saturday 11 February, 2012 at 04:38
I know this is utterly silly sounding coming from me, but... Grow up! Things WILL go wrong. You will hurt people, you will fuck up, you will fail. Sooner or later. All you can do is NOT let shit get to you and do better next time around.
I'm still here, ain't I, mom? I just normally used to get shitfaced and forget about this stuff for a while instead of let it get to me on the internet.
There are four people who will get a 100% honest answer when they ask it, which wil mean you get some rotten moments from inside my psyche. Don't sweat it. I'm not going to stop moving.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Saturday 11 February, 2012 at 04:41
Since people keep asking...I'm not going to commit suicide. Really. I'm sorry I probably should have asked a better question.
It's fine. People get twitchy about that kind of question.
It's a good question to consider, but from a good mental state rather than being, as it were, in it. Annoyingly, considering suicide is seen as one of the signs that you're not in a fit state to consider suicide.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 11 February, 2012 at 04:50
No, Lock... you see. I /can't/ have... well, Max and I are not to that point yet. I'm also more than capable of cooking my own breakfast. It's a Christmas Miracle every time he's in the kitchen and our place doesn't burn down.
We beat biology all the time. Adoption, fostering, whatever. Anyway.
Even if you're not in that place, even if you're not going to BE in that place, plan for it anyway. because how much would you kick yourself if, what, next year you want to adopt and suddenly you've got to commute the poor kid all the ass-way-off to say, north Croatoa for Introductory Esoteric?
And like I said, there's only one room where Max listens to me.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 11 February, 2012 at 05:04
What room is that?
You'll find out when we meet.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Saturday 11 February, 2012 at 03:44
Do you like tattoos?
Yes, and at the same time no. Tattoos were really common in the work yard, so I have memories good and bad associated with them of all stripes. Some remind me of dickheads, some remind me of great people, some remind me of hot, sweaty mornings waking up and getting laid before going to work, some remind me of nintendo DS games, and some remind me of old, bitter eyes staring at me out over the floor of a work yard.
Of late I've been musing on the topic of brands, which is probably creepy as hell, but it's there in my mind and I can't shake it. You can't live with fire the way I do and not find yourself wondering how it restructures people.
I considered geting ink done after the funerals last year, but I couldn't afford anything after the first one and couldn't think of anything after the second. Really, all it would have taken is a cleavagey girl with a tongue stud with a needle in her hand to get me marked though.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Saturday 11 February, 2012 at 03:44
Speaking of which. Baby names. Assuming you have or plan to have kids. Have you/are you planning to look at the kid and get an inspiration on a name? Or are you more guided by some cultural compass as to what'd make for a good name? Use other methods?
Anise, if it's a girl.
Fuck you.
I'd probably look up Greek or Latin names.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Saturday 11 February, 2012 at 03:47
When was the last time someone did something nice for you?
Max cleaned up.
Someone left a padlock under my door, later a key. I don't really have words for this one. I've taken to wearing it on a beltloop.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Saturday 11 February, 2012 at 03:49
So hey. Heroes (or Villains) without costumes. Thoughts? (Either in street clothes or nude, I guess)
It's interesting and it can work out well. Some folk want to be the guy who looks like a normal guy. The more I read this magical textbook, the more I think that tapping into an existing mythos and reshaping it in a modern way is /the/ way to go, though.
Be a symbol, be a brand, be a torch, stand out and burn bright, and let people who see you recognise your whole self rather than your eyes, your mouth, your smile. Some people are cut out to be the street-clothes heroes, but not us pyros. I think people would be more comforted to find out that the people around them who can BURST INTO FLAMES are nice and clearly marked.
If I was more clever and manipulative I'd namedrop Milo in a way that'd make you smile at this point but the poor kid practically killed himself tripping over that broom this morning so I'd feel bad for him.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 11 February, 2012 at 03:50
Picking a FS'er of your choice and without naming who, you have 24hrs to do whatever you wish! Be it going to Disneyland, having a all-out fight, or rap battle, etc... tell us what you'd do.
I'm tempted as hell to see how easily I can shut down Disneyland for a day right now.
Anyway. Okay, something the two of me and Someone can do together... hmm hmm hmm.
She's going to wake up and have a fantastic set of meals. She's going to get laid. She's going to play with her family and she's going to get laid again, and then have more great food. and she'll go to bed with a big smile on her face. And she'll never see me, no matter how much of her great day is my fault.
Cearmaid
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Saturday 11 February, 2012 at 05:05
If you have them, do you know the upper limits of your powers? Have you ever tested them?
I've tested and failed to find them. There are places my powers don't do anything, like I can't, say, create tofu out of thin air or anything, but it really does seem that if I'm willing to keep pushing, they're willing to keep ahead of me.
Fortunately, that's not proven necessary.
Cearmaid
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Saturday 11 February, 2012 at 05:05
Do you know someone with powers similar to yours? Have you ever seen powers like your used in ways you haven't considered before?
There's a registered villain and a hero who are also hecatoncheires like me. They're much older and much more comfortable with their power.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Saturday 11 February, 2012 at 05:31
What are your favorite and least favorite sounds?
I don't know.
I'd really like to be able to say, but honestly, I can't really think of any that are favourites. There are sounds I like a lot, like the growl in the back of my throat I know I make when I'm about to swing, or the sound of someone giving up and giving in... but I dunno.
I don't even mind a lot of destructive sounds. Breaking glass is pretty, for example.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Saturday 11 February, 2012 at 05:35
Since we're talking about powers. I have to use like a specific movement, almost like a
T'ai Chi kind of thing in order to call up a certain power. Do you have any moves like that or is it like a more mental thing?
I reach out for it. It's there. It's eager, it dances, it wants to be used. It comes to my fingertips, it dances between my hands, and it dances back again, like it's a distracted child. Back and forth, back and forth. And that's 99% of the time.
If there's a... particular type of target around, it doesn't /dance/, it /flies/, and it doesn't ask to be used, it begs, it pleads, and it threatens.
This is how wolves feel, I'm sure of it.
Cearmaid
responded to hexthief
on Saturday 11 February, 2012 at 06:54
Is knowledge power?
No, knowledge is knowledge. Power is power.
I may just be being glib. Being knowledgeable can help you become powerful, but they're not the same thing any more than a seed and a flower are.
Cearmaid
responded to MrZeroPercent
on Saturday 11 February, 2012 at 07:21
((This is a thing beast MMs can do....http://i568.photobucket.com/albums/ss121/thrythlind/rodanhawk3.jpg is that not the most beautiful thing?))
((They can also make their opponents COVERED IN BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES))
Cearmaid
responded to innocuus
on Saturday 11 February, 2012 at 08:19
What is the scariest sea creature?
@ceruleanvenus
I'm also told that Narwhals actually do keep Cthulu at bay, so I'm going to go with them.
Cearmaid
responded to AvengeAmethyst
on Saturday 11 February, 2012 at 09:21
@TechnicallyEva said something earlier that I found more disturbing than her usual utterances. She mentioned the profit her company hoped to make with any conflict in the Middle East. Is this any way for Woman of Justice to behave?
Capitalism happens. It's going to happen if a Woman Of Justice is supplying them with hardware or if a Dickbag Of Dirtholeness supplies them with hardware, and the former gives Eva some method of control, some opportunity to change things, and lets her bias the market towards what she wants to provide.
I'm fine with it. I wouldn't do it, but there's nothing wrong with it.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Sunday 12 February, 2012 at 03:03
Is 'lost' a thing?
Yes. You can attain it, you can have it, you can even lose it. You can take it away from someone else.
It's a thing.
Cearmaid
responded to SovereignFist
on Sunday 12 February, 2012 at 03:27
Don't answer questions with a question and leave comments disabled. Cmon. Dont be that guy. K?
Just a general, public-service announcement?
Cearmaid
responded to SovereignFist
on Sunday 12 February, 2012 at 03:28
What would you do for 1000 dollars? :D
Um.
Just contacted a guy, and he tells me, at current rates, I think the answer is 'exhale.'
D:
Cearmaid
responded to totallywitchin
on Sunday 12 February, 2012 at 03:46
What is your favorite alcoholic beverage? I feel like trying one of everything...
Cheapest beer available for me. Unfortunately, now, it's just not doing anything for me.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Sunday 12 February, 2012 at 07:52
Does your work require much paperwork? If it does, how assiduous are you about doing it?
Tons and tons and tons and tons. So much I hire two people to do it for me while I sneak off to have wild fun CLEARING OUT A BASEMENT FLOODED WITH WATER THANKS FOR ALL THE HELP GUYS
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Sunday 12 February, 2012 at 07:54
Name your favourite body part, but don't tell us what it is. Just the name.
The Wielders.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Sunday 12 February, 2012 at 07:55
Cheap thrills! You've got ten bucks in your pocket, and two people to entertain! What do you do?
Give them ten bucks and then go sledding down a hill in stolen shopping carts.
You heard me, @TrulyKazeno. I'mma lawbreak.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Sunday 12 February, 2012 at 07:55
What's the last thing someone made just for you? Dinner? A drink! A subroutine for correcting spelling errors on remmed text? A photo of your own bicep? Go on, tell me about it! =D
A beautiful black feather.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Sunday 12 February, 2012 at 07:55
Does malt liquor taste better when you have problems?
How do you know that song what the hell stop that.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Sunday 12 February, 2012 at 07:56
Think of your favourite song title with the word 'heart' in it. Replace the word 'heart' with the word 'dick.' What do you get?
A more honest view of pop music, I guess.
I'm bad with favourites. But it did conjure to mind 'I left my dick in San Franscisco,' which makes it sound like Delia has a pair of shears.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Sunday 12 February, 2012 at 07:56
Do you ever get the feeling your boss gets you to do menial things because he doesn't have any better idea for what to get you to do?
You're going to miss that feeling, son.
Cearmaid
responded to TheNoisebomb
on Sunday 12 February, 2012 at 07:57
ever nearly get something you really wanted, only for it to turn out to be different than what you thought it would be? tell a bro about it.
Yeah.
No more nagging parents, money, and superpowers.
Pretty sure you know how this story goes.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Sunday 12 February, 2012 at 03:53
Today is the anniversary of my mother's passing. I hate to be selfish, but does anyone have any kind words?..
"I'm glad I get to miss you But you don't have to miss me."
It's not selfish. It's also never going to go away. Sorry, Ms Bass. But the hurt is worth the hurting.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 12 February, 2012 at 03:59
How much do you worry? What do you worry about? What recently?
Lots of things. Weirdly, the only thing that doesn't really worry me is work. And almost all the time.
I worry about my ability to maintain fidelity in relationships. I worry a LOT about whether or not that matters to me, and I'm not sure why. I worry about what my mother would think. I worry about why my dad wanted to keep secrets from me. I worry about a rusty lead on someone else's hardware because I don't want them to get hurt. I worry that one day I'm going to forget to answer my phone and wind up hurting someone emotionally.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 12 February, 2012 at 03:59
<3
Hey there, Zex.
See, Sara has good ideas.
Cearmaid
responded to TheChthonian
on Sunday 12 February, 2012 at 04:00
Do you feel that you need others to be as smart or as intelligent as you, in order to enjoy their company?
No. I actually spend a lot of my time with my phone in hand looking up things and concepts that came up in the last conversation because I know most everyone I know is way, way more well-read and well-versed in ANYTHING than I am.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Sunday 12 February, 2012 at 07:37
What kind a fortune is this?!
The guy who okayed that thinks he's hilarious.
Cearmaid
responded to TheChthonian
on Sunday 12 February, 2012 at 11:28
Said Voltaire: "Doubt is an uncomfortable emotion, but certainty is an absurd one." Do you agree with this? Or disagree?
I agree heartily.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Monday 13 February, 2012 at 01:47
If you could visit someone's dreams, who would it be and what do you imagine you'd find there?
Gideon's.
Something I could kill.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Monday 13 February, 2012 at 03:38
Do you kiss your mother with that mouth?
I kiss yours.
Dustily.
Cearmaid
responded to shrikespikes
on Monday 13 February, 2012 at 04:44
What was your "highest" level of education--and what was your most interesting?
I dropped out of high school at seventeen, to work full-time to help pay down rent. I left home shortly after that particular financial trouble resolved itself and had to pick up another job.
The most interesting education I have is finding experts here and bothering them until they tell me really fascinating stuff I can research later on my phone. Which is, I am led to believe, very creepy.
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Monday 13 February, 2012 at 08:02
Do you save money or does it just seem to fly through your fingers as fast as it comes in?
Here's the big secret of money. After a certain point, it stops being spendable.
I don't 'have' money. Money has me. I can't even just give it to someone else, because there are now moralities involved when you're talking about money that compares to the national operating budgets of countries, and I don't know anyone well enough to trust them with those moral judgements.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Monday 13 February, 2012 at 08:57
Are you more prone to nightmares or dreams? What did you last dream about?
I had a very, very odd dream where I was falling.
No sense of fear, not flying - I can DO that now - but just falling, falling, falling.
At first, I was scared, then I just got bored.
It was very strange.
I'm more prone to dreams, and not very safe-for-work ones.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Monday 13 February, 2012 at 08:57
(( OOC: SNOW DAY!!! What do you like to do during unexpected days off? Besides CoH of course! ))
((Il neige!
Honestly, I don't tend to get them! Our weather is less extreme beyond getting too hot to comfortably work.))
Cearmaid
responded to totallywitchin
on Monday 13 February, 2012 at 03:26
Does anyone else here have a touch of the ADD? I can't be the only one, right? If you do, how do you deal with it?
It was suggested I had it at one point. Turns out I was just a little kid who hated school.
((My mother's a teacher who specialises in what our government tastefully calls IM students, and I've been in position to meet and deal with genuine cases of conditions like ADD, OCD, OCPD, ADHD and the like. It sucks to know that there are a lot of OTHER kids who are being diagnosed with these conditions who are just being given the wrong environment for learning or behaviour, rather than genuinely suffering a mental condition.))
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Monday 13 February, 2012 at 03:28
Do you finish your vegetables?
If I cooked it I'm going to eat it. I don't have a problem with any vegetables in particular, but in the row, vegetables tend to come in the form of tomato, peas, corn, carrots or potatoes. Unless you're around an Italiannany's district. Anyway, the point being I haven't had a lot of exposure to exotic vegetables.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Monday 13 February, 2012 at 03:28
"The unexamined life is not worth living." -Socrates
How much do you agree? Do you examine all bouts of feelings or emotions, or leave them be to for your own safety?
I think I've said in the past that my heart is an idiot and that it should always be tempered with rationality.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Monday 13 February, 2012 at 03:31
If you could see any two FS'ers brawl for charity; who would it be?
I think I technically sponsor something like this already.
I don't know. Charity fights should be either evenly matched and fun or subject of strong rivalries... and evenly matched. The only people here I've worked with at length don't have family-friendly or presentation-interesting powers, so I guess I'd say... @LetItGlow vs @MaxImpact? Because we could trust you guys to make a show of it and you're both very visually impressive?
Plus, the 'two hot girls wrestling' answers make me feel uncomfortable, like Delia's going to glare at me.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Monday 13 February, 2012 at 03:40
What do you like most about your own body?
My hands.
I've always been a bit rangy. I used to be skinny, when I started to 'fill out' I was soft around the midsection. Decent shoulders, okay hips, maybe a nice butt, I don't know, since I never look at it. I started working, and as a byproduct, I started working. Chest toned up, and thanks to some of the tricks we use working to save space and time, so did the rest of me. So at my peak I had a body kinda like Mickey's from Snatch (he tells himself, hoping like hell it's true). Then when I inherited I started to spend money to make myself look better, started doing physical activity for its own sake and now I kinda look just a bit more like a classic gym rat, body wise. Which bothers me because I once had a body that was hardened by doing, not by wanting.
But my hands are big - slightly bigger than my arms suggest. They're warm. They're marked with scars and nicks and marks of things I've done. I'll always have those busted knuckles, always have that one finger that's a little bit shorter at the tip because of how I cut wire that first month at the garmentworks, and I'll always be able to look at them and think about what I've done.
They also serve to put paid to that sentiment 'more than a handful is a wase' because a handful of mine is probably uncomfortbale for most women.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Monday 13 February, 2012 at 03:40
If you could give one thing to another person without repercussion, cost, etc - what would it be and why?
Tried that, doesn't work.
I guess I'd give everyone in the world a job doing something they love for five years so we can all see what life would be like if opportunity really was equal.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Monday 13 February, 2012 at 03:41
What is something you were forced to give up? Something you willingly gave up? Be it material or inanimate.
Poverty, parents, and powerlessness were given up unwillingly in a very short period of time.
Willingly, I've passed up on jobs. It's always seen as a dick move to take a health-insured job if you don't need it, and instead let one of the guys with a sick kid or wife or self take it.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Monday 13 February, 2012 at 03:42
Musical Monday: Post a song spooking around your head today.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Monday 13 February, 2012 at 03:47
What do you like about your home town?
Nobody gets out unscarred and knows better for it.
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Monday 13 February, 2012 at 03:48
If a complete stranger gave you a million dollars what would you do with it?
Want to find out?
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Monday 13 February, 2012 at 03:52
Stupid Random Game Time: Nickname another Formspringer without telling us who it is.
Butterbutt.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Monday 13 February, 2012 at 03:53
Now, what is something you admire on a fellow Formspringer?
I think the term for what @NemesisLives has is pluck and she's got lots and lots and lots of it.
It's that, or I namebomb this one and tell everyone something that I admire about them, which I doubt popular demand will ask.
Cearmaid
responded to shrikespikes
on Monday 13 February, 2012 at 05:52
Misunderstanding Monday: What's something you'd like to (or frequently find yourself having to) clarify about your job?
Heir: When I registered I put large portions - (98%) - of my money into a variety of trust systems. I'm a singular heir - no shareholders to respond to, no board to approve my ideas - but because I might die any day, the whole Carmody group is set up to run without me and has a number of regional directors. I like giving people gifts but I LOVE giving people jobs, because work is great.
Welder: The black thumbnail is from a hammer drop, not a burn. You can't just brute-force heat onto metal, you have to work it bit by bit and make the steel come around to what you're trying to make it do. Also, if I tell you to put on closed shoes and a vest I fucking mean it.
Hero: I do get paid for my Portal Corps work. A tiny stipend - something like 5k a year - because I want to pay into payroll and income taxes.
Cearmaid
responded to shrikespikes
on Monday 13 February, 2012 at 06:31
To broaden a question Aglow asked earlier: forget your own, what's the weirdest superstition you've heard of?
When you work down in the sewers, one thing you always have to have on you is a small, non-sparking lighter, for starting up the torch clean. These little white sticks with hi-vis strips around them and a lanyard.
One guy I worked with /insisted/ he couldn't carry his own. He carried mine, and I carried his, but whenever he needed to use one, he didn't use the one on the lanyard around his neck. Whenever I went to use the one around my neck, he got mad because I was using his.
Pretty weird.
Cearmaid
responded to TheNoisebomb
on Monday 13 February, 2012 at 06:38
cutest picture you've seen today, GO!
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Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Monday 13 February, 2012 at 08:47
Have you ever lost control to later regret it?
Yes, and at the same time no.
I regret going to jail for a year, but I think I owned that. I regret going as far as I did in the violence - but at the same time I think that the loss of control made me stop something far worse than it could have been. I fear that if I'd been in control of myself I might have been the guy that walked away. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9cgqNFQgOc
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Monday 13 February, 2012 at 08:49
What is the first thing to your right? The last thing you held? The last thing you let go? Last person you texted? The first person you wanted to speak to today?
It's a small spigot from a broken welding torch. It's designed to keep the flow of gas constant, and catch sparks that come near it by using very fine vents. Someone got mad and smacked the torch against something much stronger than it - probably some cold steel - and found the torch gave. I have to replace it before we can use the torch.
The last thing I held was a plastic bag from the depot over in Founders, which stays open late.
Last person I texted was Gideon. We're not gay, honest.
The first person I wanted to speak to today... well, shit. If you mean the first time I said consciously 'Oh, I need to talk to-' I think it'd be you, actually. But the first person I thought of this morning was to check on Sander.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Monday 13 February, 2012 at 09:07
Wait, we're not gay? That's not what you told me when you put your hand on my ass!
It's not gay in a 3-way.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Monday 13 February, 2012 at 09:15
Seen anything strange lately?
What the watting wat
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Monday 13 February, 2012 at 09:33
Duuude. Like anybody would buy that. Who'd want to be stuck between... ah hell I'll forego the pun and just say 'there'?
Three names spring immediately to mind.
(Lock and a hard place, right?)
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Monday 13 February, 2012 at 09:45
Yes. Also, the three pet names you give your right hand don't count.
I need both hands though.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Monday 13 February, 2012 at 10:41
On an unrelated note? If there's at least three, why not move to a fivesome out of the gate? Is that even a word?
Because two of them don't know about the other, and they're both the jealous type. Plus Jayden probably doesn't like girlybits around.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Monday 13 February, 2012 at 11:11
Jealousy is good though. Angry sex is the best, no?
There's something to be said about illicit, inappropriate engagements.
not that I need to tell you that.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Monday 13 February, 2012 at 11:32
What's an innocent or mundane phrase you use commonly that sounds very unpleasant out of context?
There are a few parts of a welding torch that are given very crude names because most welders are men. It's not at all uncommon to hear 'get the vaj into the brass' when you're talking about repairs.
That might just be a Kings row thing.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Tuesday 14 February, 2012 at 12:57
With regards to Valentine's Day: do you believe it to be possible to love more than one person at a time in the same way? How do /you/ differentiate?
Sure.
These past six months have taught me that just because lots of people do things one way doesn't mean it's the only way to do things. And there's no shame, nor hubris in trying for a lot of things. Ambitious ideas are worth having and...
I think the phrase is 'We all like big dreams, don't we?'
Anyway. Yes, totally, and I don't know.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Tuesday 14 February, 2012 at 04:31
How important is Americanized English vs Anglicised English to you? Do words like 'colour' and 'gaol' stand out and confuse you, or do you just gloss over them?
I think I speak for everyone with 'wtf is gaol?'
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 12:32
Where lies the line between girl and young lady?
Jesus christ, this is apparently a terrible thing to say. I'm super glad I didn't have a chance to answer this one on time.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 12:33
Assume for a moment you actually need protection from another figure in your life. Assume there's no perfect mean. Would you rather they provide too much, or not enough?
I notice 'being a brother' on your profile. Soooo, not enough because I guarantee even then it'll be too much.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 12:34
Is there something you leave broken because you want to come back to fixing it more than you want it fixed?
No. I like fixing things. I like making things fixed. It's not like I'm going to run out of them.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 12:34
How many hair colours - at once - is too many?
I've got one and it's always worked. Never really been that phased by others'.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 12:34
(stolen from @skewerstrike ) What does it take to be happy? Do things have to be good, or is it enough for them to just not be bad?
I'd say the latter.
I don't know what it takes to be happy.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 12:36
Post your love confessions! It's TMI Valentine's Day Tuesday! Secret crushes, late night rendezvous, long lost loves, and my personal fave - new flames! Confess. Confess! :-)
Here's one for you.
Portal Corps techs are fucking dicks if they screwup your coords and you have to sit in a blasted ziggurat for eight more hours than your projected extraction. They get mad at ME about being impatient.
I don't think I have any secret crushes, my last late night rendezvous was totally unromantic and with you, my long-lost love dumped me for another woman, and as far as new flames go, doesn't flame imply some element of burning out?
Cearmaid
responded to shockhazard
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 12:37
TMI Tuesday... So... you and your partner (or an imaginary partner of your choice) are doing bondage play. Whoās strapped down and who has the riding crop?
I'm not holding a crop, but I'm not strapped down.
Cearmaid
responded to totallywitchin
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 12:37
Happy S.A.D everyone. XD
Steaks & Dos Equis?
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 12:38
Did you know one month from today is Steak and BJ day?
I feel enlightened and informed. My world has expanded a little more. And as a male I am clearly 100% in favour of this.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 12:38
Are you a secret admirer or do you have one?
I used to like the idea, but right now it seems enormously selfish.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 12:39
If you do not have a Valentine, do you wish you did? In someone particular or in general? If not, how will you be celebrating the Hallmark holiday?
I celebrated sitting on my ass on a thirty-foot ziggurat with a smoking corpse at the bottom of it while waiting until PC could get me out of there.
How was YOUR day?
Cearmaid
responded to PlagueOfWasps
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 12:40
Oh man, this is the best thing. Your go-to favorite on this list? I totally need to try out the Straight Jacket.
Knowing my luck I've completely fucked that up too.
Cearmaid
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 01:14
Is there a personality trait of yours that is technically a flaw, but you're still secretly (or overtly) proud of?
I think we can file this one under 'I work too hard.'
Cearmaid
responded to WhiteShader
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 02:14
What was that for?
I spent eight hours on a beach today. I had a lot of sand and a lot of time to fiddle with things.
According to this textbook Delia gave me, music, particularly older forms of music, is one of the most common forms of magical tulpae - centers magical energy can form around. The iconic item of black magic is a drum, and apparently, the iconic item of white magic is a pipe or flute.
WELL, after a dozen attempts to make a flute that worked I gave up. I know how to make an ocarina, so you get an ocarina.
Cearmaid
responded to Ultimogirl
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 02:34
Yeah, um we have to like talk about this....but when I'm sober, alright?
I'm suuuure you've done stupider things drunk.
What's the worst that can happen?
Cearmaid
responded to Whowherewhat
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 02:36
In spite of all of your flaws, most of you have friends. Why do you believe this is?
Different mental modes.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 04:22
Well, this is an easy one considering the subject's been flying around, but who's your favourite Knight? =D
I'm a smartass.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 05:16
Compare three people you know to addictive substances and explain why!
This has to be rich. Methinks I'll finally use that 'ask followers' button.
Cearmaid
responded to TheNoisebomb
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 03:26
when was the last time you had the stuffing kicked out of you? i got beat up on my way home from the d last night, tell me about the last time you got taken to the own zone
Last time I copped a serious beating was St Patricks day in ... 2004. Singing the wrong song down the wrong alleyway.
That said, where'd it happen, Chad? You know, for scientific and not retributive purposes.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 03:27
Do you believe in anything you know isn't true?
No.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 03:27
where is the limit, of what I can ask of you?
I think as a friend of Gideon I'm obligated to say What's a Limit?
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 03:27
i'm losing my connection
Tunnel?
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 03:28
Alright....there's been no sign yet. Has anyone seen Lilah?
I arrived too late for all the fun and festivities, I see. Glad to hear things are okayish.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 03:28
Are you happy?
Little bit. It's hard to stop being happy when you live a life like mine.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 03:39
I don't know who's responsible, but if you sent a candy-striped red-and-white wig to my house as part of a one-wig wig-bombing, I want you to know Chell loves it, and I want to say thank you.
Not it.
What the hell is a wig-bombing?
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 03:55
High-heel boots and crime-fighting. Can one be both stylish and effective at the same time? What's the inspiration for your look?
My appreciation for women who wear high heels in ANY situation is just another brick in the vast anti-woman conspiracy that is the male-dominated hegemony and I should be, and am, ashamed.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 04:47
Who sent me the "bouquet" of lollypops?
Not it. I'm going to guess it's the lightning.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 04:48
Annnnd the second wig is also quite nice, though I think the bubblegum pink is a bit much. Did I go about giving people ideas? She's now complaining that she can't decide which to wear to school tomorrow.
This sounds like something I'd do, if I'd had a clue what wigbombing is, but uh, I got nothing. Seriously, not it.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 07:32
Is there anyone out there who can teach me to walk in heels?
For some reason I imagine Torn knows how?
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 07:36
So hey. Like you know that I missed like the last 27 years but @Ultimogirl posted a clip from Doctor Who. Has this show been going on the whole time? Or is this like one of thsoe reboot things people seem to love. How do you feel about reboots?
Hell, I dunno. I really didn't like the Michael Bay transformers, and for the rest of the stuff I didn't really have enough experience with the pre-booted version.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 07:36
(Also, permission to possibly use character in upcoming installments?)
((Erm, I guess I'd have to know more. Like if this question was meant to be public, or if I'm someone chosen? Because if it's just a general politeness, or if you broadly speaking want to keep your options open, I'm okay with not being included. If you have something specific in mind I'd like to know, I guess, but there's the fussbudget snob part of me talking.))
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 07:37
I... Apologize for making anyone worry. I am not sure what happened. Thank you Rosie and Gideon. Chad, I owe you breakfast.
It was the Noisebomb! He's a menace, I hear!
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 07:37
What IS "special Zex treatment"?
Catching a shell while it ejects. In a non-vulgar way of meaning that.
I dunno what special Zex treatment is, beyond that.
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 07:38
That's where you're wrong. If it's going down, I'd much rather kick the shit out of both of you myself.
And my immediate reaction is a grin and wondering about it. We are a bunch of little boys.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 07:39
Who's your favorite doctor? C:
Trying to be different.
Cearmaid
responded to PlagueOfWasps
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 11:47
So, this question's for the hero types. (Sorry, arbiters and doomsday weapon builders!) What makes a better day for you? Convincing a good, or an okay person from doing something bad? Or stopping a really bad guy/gal from doing something REALLY bad?
Killing a god.
It's true. Alright? It's more common than you think.
Cearmaid
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 01:20
(( What's the best name you ever scored for a character? What about the best name you missed out on? ))
((To start with the simple, short answer: The best name I have is Tradewind. The next best is Drawforce. The next best is Bec Querel. There is irony in that these are three characters I do not play very often.
I'm generally astounded at some of the names I've scored for other people. I have a friend who has the names Coil, Checklist and Lockstep thanks to me pestering other people. I tried buying the name Iron Angel for a few billion the other night for another friend. I'm STILL hoping the player of Macavity comes back into the game so I can offer him filthy lucre. Similarly, a friend got the name Crowfeathers for me, and that's waiting until I can do it justice. She also is camping Dovefeathers, I think.
As for names of my own that I'm proud of, I'm also surprised at what I can get, what is available. It helps that I seem to have an obscure taste. Some names like D-38 has been available everywhere I've looked for it, even though it's of a term that has meaning in both the military and the sciences. Swivel was an odd pickup that I love to bits now because an engineering friend referred to a swivel chair as representing in a design 'a point of flexible instability.' On the other hand, names like Prior, Wayworn, Downplay and Battlebriar are ones I like, but aren't the real hit-out-of-the-park awesome.
Often all it takes is a tense change and a word becomes available: Emblazoned, Enraptured, Snared, Reforged, Lionized, Snowblasted, and until recently, Divided.
I gave a relative stranger the name Vandalous, once, which wound up apparently flaming out - I knew someone who knew the character, and apparently there was bad blood around the name, which bothers me because I fucking LOVE that name, and I can't help but imagine any woman that wears a name like that's got to be scary-hot in a very 'fire and boots' way. Kinda sad that I never got to really know.
At the same time there are two names I have that I owe others for. Mu'rder came from Fred, and Rough Hex came from @CareAndControl, and, along with Saxon Valiant, represent 'pun names nobody notices.'
I'm very very jealous of a few that were grabbed during the great name reboot - Flashfire and Firelight significantly, though I know the owner of Flashfire is an absolute darling and my only regret there is never being able to live up to her needs as a player. My one most-desired name is impossible, and I know it's impossible because I've proactively pestered a dev for it - the name 'Knight of Long Knives' is one character too long.))
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 09:55
Is it better to be above the fray, or beneath notice?
Sounds like they both suck based on a cute bit of poetry. I guess I should undergo an overhaul?
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 09:56
What is the biggest motivator in your life right now?
Everything.
That's right. Everything. Gunna fix it all, but it's a bit queue, so some things have to wait.
Cearmaid
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 09:56
What would you do if you suddenly woke up the opposite gender one morning and stayed that way for 24 hours?
Avoid Gideon out of spite.
Cearmaid
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 09:56
If you had the choice between flying and going invisible, which would you choose and why?
I can do one, not the other, and I'm not giving up flight for anything.
Cearmaid
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 09:57
What do you do for fun during a power outage?
I work. There's almost nothing that needs power, and sometimes you have to cut power to get good work done.
Cearmaid
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 09:58
What's your favorite flavor of popcorn?
There's this stand near Founders U that does these coloured mix sets. They taste like jellybeans and come in a dozen colours. We used to drop quarters on them back in aught-three. I sound like a grizzled old prospector, consarnit.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 09:58
How good are you at identifying what's really wrong?
I'm not. that's why I test everything. I keep trying and then I test it again. And then when I think what's wrong, I try to find the thing that would prove my idea wrong, and I test that. Because I'm fixing it once and I hate wasting effort on cutting that could have been more easily spent measuring.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 09:59
What's worth getting hurt? What wound could possibly make you walk away?
Lots of things could get me to walk away. If a friend doesn't have a good way to get out what he's got in him except kicking the shit out of someone, then I can take a hit and walk away from it.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 10:01
You've been given something handmade you really appreciate, not because of what it is, but what it's made out of. What is it?
A lot of my interests are hard to handmake. I can hand-make an anvil, after all, but fat chance you could do it.
I think I'm going to say a ceramic kitchen knife. I bought myself a set of these things and they're like black magic.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 10:01
Do you look for who's to blame, who's responsible, or who's ass you get to kick?
FOOOREMAAAN
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 10:02
What are the tools of your trade?
Stacks of bricks, mortars, mud, trowels, steel rods, welding torches, oxycetaline, hydrofluoric acid, plastic bags, lye, diamond-tipped drill bits, hammers, screws, nails, whips, chains, hand grenades, and Hugh Jackman.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 10:03
Your life story's been made into a book by someone you don't know. Do you care about the things they got wrong?
if the book plays up the big central sex scene as a good thing I'm gunna commit some hate crimes
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 10:04
Well, it's Friday here, so let's be friendly. Name someone you've met recently who you look forward to doing something nice for.
Met recently, met recently, met recently. Still haven't really met Ms Brenner, met Chad a while back and - oh, Rosie.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 10:05
If your little sister was bullying you to learn one of flute, bass, drums or violin, which would you choose, and why?
You mention big hands so I'm going to recommend away from drums and flute. The viola suggestion is not bad, but it is a ton of practice and you don't have that kind of time, plus, there's no such thing as a cheap second-hand viola. Bass is the only option, as a matter of exclusion.
It's not very hard. Bass was invented so the lead and drummer could carpool.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 10:06
What's your advice for finding your way in a new high school?
The vast majority of my advice regarding school is about fights and fucks and I recommend them in no way to anyone.
Cearmaid
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 10:06
Do you have different modes/mindsets for when you're on or off duty? Do you seem like a different person in costume? Or are you just you all the time?
I don't think I seem different enough. I do a lot to avoid being recognised in day-to-day but the costume isn't a great 'anonymity' thing unless I go full Celt.
Cearmaid
responded to MrZeroPercent
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 10:06
Ever have a hard time getting out of an awkward situation?
Sorry about that, Chris.
Cearmaid
responded to TheNoisebomb
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 04:37
describe the last three months of your life with a song!!!!
Cearmaid
responded to totallywitchin
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 04:37
By doctor's orders I'm supposed to lay off the Red Bull. So, can someone suggest something else to drink for energy?
Coffee. Spiked with bawls.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 04:38
Last time, this gave me the ability to return the favor to those who responded. So here goes again: if you could ask me anything, what would it be?
Don't we just ask you questions when we think of it?
I mean, I guess I'd ask why you even bother allowing anons to ask you questions. I've never seen you answer a question from an anon that isn't some race-baiting knucklehead, why not just turn them off and let them stop bothering you? It can't be that you actively enjoy answering their questions and bringing up the same issue again and again.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 04:39
So, what /did/ you get for Valentine's Day?
A long wait on a beach, a strip of red silk, and time to consider the unpleasantness of isolation.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 04:39
What's wrong with the big central sex scene being a good thing?
Because the central sex scene in my life is the rape I interrupted.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 04:40
What is your favorite thing about winter?
Misting on metal. It's so juvenile, but I love that feeling when you're out on a rig and it's so cold the devil stops chewing Judas and your breath makes a pattern on the metal. It makes me feel really tough and cool for working even in those circumstances.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 05:01
What is your favorite kind of ice cream?
I'm bad with favourites. I really like how whiskey ice cream made my friends feel.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 06:00
Someone on the front-page question ticker thing claimed that they have 'pj jeans.' Does this sound odd to you?
Not too odd.
I know I had a pair of jeans that eventually lost all the metal around the hips. They were great when I was doing soft work. I could just fall down into the cot while wearing them and not get anything prodding me in the morning. Then it was up, cigarette, coffee, shoes and I was back on site.
Not going to recommend it, mind you, but I ran on fumes those days.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 10:34
So hey, like is someone made an animated series for like TV or that D.V.D. thing - which voice actor or like regular actor would play your voice?
I dunno.
((Lock's voice has undergone some major changes in his life time and he doesn't know why. Ever since inheriting the power of Cearmaid, he's sounded like Ewan McGregor.)) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUy8kQJIrek
Cearmaid
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Friday 17 February, 2012 at 09:43
How many beers before you're under the table? (If you don't drink you get a 0!)
All of them.
I'm not saying that because now, thanks to this power thing, I can't get drunk. I'm saying this as a Kings Row boy who had an effectively unlimited budget of sorrow and cash.
If I ever get suppressed, bring on all comers. I will drink you under the table and I will dance on it, then sing Danny Boy, punch a door, smoke a cigarette and turn up for work at seven the next morning.
Because that's how I roll.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Friday 17 February, 2012 at 09:43
When you use an escalator, do you stand there and let it carry you, or do you walk with it?
You actually thought of this, didn't you. This is actually something that occurred to you wonder about.
Cearmaid
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Friday 17 February, 2012 at 09:44
Fashion Friday: Which piece of clothing have you owned (or used, if you like) for the longest?
The red hoodie, the thing that makes me look like a homeless person, was bought with some of the first money I earned at the abbatoir. I think I was about fourteen, fifteen? So easily twelve years, change.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Friday 17 February, 2012 at 02:41
What's your favorite pair of shoes?
Don't know how to work the camera on this thing or I'd just take a picture of MINE. These boots will outlast ME, I swear to god. They're taped and scuffed and one has a pin in it. Love these boots so much. They're the ones I wore to the concert I went to with @AnbaricAmber. And the other concert I went to with @PlasmaCutter01.
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Friday 17 February, 2012 at 02:41
Do you have any personalized ringtones on your phone? Why? Give an example of one (or a few).
Cearmaid
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Friday 17 February, 2012 at 02:42
Fashion Friday! - What was the craziest outfit you ever wore? (Halloween doesn't count!)
I think @Zexecutioner said I looked like a thug, but tight white tank top with a bulldog on it, two sets of chains at my hips, chains tied around my upper arms, baggy jeans and the docs.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Friday 17 February, 2012 at 02:43
It's Friendly Friday: Say something pleasant to a FS'er who you butt heads up against the most.
@CareAndControl, you complete me.
Wait, we don't butt heads at all. And Max is my boss. And...
Hell, do I actually butt heads with anyone?
Cearmaid
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Friday 17 February, 2012 at 02:43
What do you get a technophile that has everything for his birthday?! Gaaaah I have no ideas. Ohhh he's also like huge into crossdressing, total up the frilly lolita dresses and heels. He does "girl" better than I do! ;_;
Do you know what pegging means?
Cearmaid
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Friday 17 February, 2012 at 02:43
Cearmaid
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Friday 17 February, 2012 at 02:50
When you see a girl in a short skirt, what's your first thought?
I don't know. I'll start paying attention to what I think and we'll see.
Cearmaid
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Friday 17 February, 2012 at 02:51
I'm coming to visit Paragon from May to August, who wants to paaartay when I come?!
You're, like, seventeen! Christ
Cearmaid
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Friday 17 February, 2012 at 02:51
What's better, heavy eye makeup or heavy lip makeup?
Depends on if it's done to look like a panda, or look like a duck.
Cearmaid
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Friday 17 February, 2012 at 06:57
In the next couple of weeks I have a few milestones/special days/everwhat you wanna call 'em. Some happy, most sad. How do you remember important occasions from your past? Do you only try and remember the good times? Or do you remember the bad as well?
It used to be drinking. Not really an option any more.
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Sunday 19 February, 2012 at 12:45
(( Thanks for all the google docs =D they are awesomesauce and really add to the rp! ))
((No problem. They're not perfect for everything - but I love set pieces, I love verisimillitude, and I love being able to help people's stories drive along.))
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 12:16
So what'd you do at work today?
I crawled across the moon before a human tooth, I shit you not, alerted me to the presence of a 5th column base. Then I did some welding, and THEN I gave my girlfriend a call to discuss my sudden expulsion INTO SPACE.
I've got like, two days of space flight before I do a HALO drop back home, SO I might as well answer these. And if anyone's in position to do it, can someone give Zex her phone? If she's in prison, she NEEDS to be connected to a society right now.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 12:17
Any great plans for the weekend?
Oh, no, not me. Just staying in, cosy little room, playing around on the internet a little, catching up with some friends, watching the stars.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 12:25
Where is your place of serenity in the city?
My building. There are many that I own, but that is the one that is mine. It has a basement apartment and it's my apartment. It has a superintendent and he is me. The pipes need fixing, the sidewalk outside needs salt to keep it from icing. And it is my job to do so.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 12:25
I'm thinking of like, when I figure out this whole evil Amber thing, of hanging up my "cape" and just going back to like a "normal" life, whatever that is. Do you ever think of quitting or retiring? What keeps you going?
Stubbornness. I do think you owe it to yourself to take as much time being normal as you can, at this point in your life.
Cearmaid
responded to SovereignFist
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 12:26
Follow my girl @RosettaStone2, she's kinda awesome. You can ask her questions about how she puts up with me.
((THATS RIGHT, I DID MY FOLLOW THING IC, IM THAT HARDCORE AN RPER))
Okay, Ray. Good to see you're still you.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 12:28
If you were a sin, which would you be?
Lust, as defined as 'too much' of it. The others? Fuck it, those are basically virtues.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 12:28
Ever been reminded that other people have way, way cooler lives than you?
I'll give you this much for free: Being stinking rich and going to space needs to be done under very controlled situations or it sucks all kinds of ass.
Cearmaid
responded to MonkeyLass
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 12:33
Do you have a big focal goal in life? What is it? And how much would you give up to achive it? Would you give up everything else you want and believe in to achive your biggest goal or fulfil your core belief perfectly?
I'm going to fix the world. So far, it's a process that involves water parks and DNA tests.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 12:33
She's off to school, and I wind myself down, a night's labours past. The question that nags at my mind as I slouch towards bed is this: What advice would you, as a mentor, want to offer, to extol, to the next generation who do your work?
Beware being one that loved not wisely but too well. Trust, but verify.
Cearmaid
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 12:34
Is being a leader better than being a follower? Are you more successful if you reach a position of command, or are leader/follower roles "equal but different" in your mind?
Leadership is the term for the point blame lands. There's nothing special about it but bearing that brunt.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 12:39
Is it nice to be carried, from time to time?
It's not so bad. The road is long, and all that. We should all be willing to carry one another from time to time. But don't try to carry people who don't need it, that's just fucking insulting.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 12:39
Friendly Friday: What was the last nice thing you did for someone?
Curiously, it was Friday. I brought a friend breakfast so she didn't have to.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 12:40
How do you condole need?
I have learned quite a bit about what it is I truly need in life, and uh, yeah, you kinda just deal with it.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 12:41
Why am I getting ads for mail order brides? One was for a specifically muslim mail order bride no less. You think Formspring's trying to tell me something?
Buy them all. Then when they're in a first-world country, annull all the marriages and let them do what the hell they want with their lives.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 12:41
Polygamy. Is it possible for it have existed in a time where infanticide was practiced: primarily killing off female infants and thus, making women scarce?
I don't know if they follow. But polygamy was mostly about controlling women. I'm remembering something about the Gaelic myths featuring a lot of it.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 12:47
I miss you.
I'm sorry, Anise.
Cearmaid
responded to TheNoisebomb
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 12:47
how the heck did you make it home so fast
I'M NOT HOME. The internet is half in space as it is, and there's basically no interference up here. Honestly, it's scary how fast stuff streams off the internet. Bounced to a satellite, then bounced to my phone. I just needed... the weirdest wi-fi point I've ever seen.
Cearmaid
responded to shockhazard
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 12:49
It's "OMG so tired Thursday". When was the last time something interrupted your sleep?
Was it work or personal related?
I really hope I go back to a normal sleep schedule. I went without sleep for... well, hell, it's pretty much a whole week now, and I still feel worry that I'm not going to be able to go back to it. Last thing I want to lose is traces of what makes me normal.
Cearmaid
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 12:50
Has anybody ever given /you/ advice, only to prompt you to do the exact opposite?
This just made me consider that someone might have thought I was being sarcastic earlier.
I really, really, am not.
LET ZEX FS FFS
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 12:51
So like check out the link. What if male costumes were designed like female costumes? What would that look like?
Gideon wouldn't get a goddamn thing done. He has enough problems with mirrors as it is.
Cearmaid
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 12:55
Have you ever given advice to somebody, only to prompt them to do exactly the opposite?
The same Zex thing I already mentioned. She needs to maintain contact with other human beings or she's going to feel helpless. She needs to be able to apologise.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 12:58
Do you move too fast or too slow?
Oooh oooh, I missed these questions. Lemme answer your question designed to make me think in a way that makes me sound as if I'm clever!
Fast /enough/.
Hurrrrrr.
I am going to be very bored these next few days.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 12:58
What's a movie you already know but feel like seeing again? Now or 'always'.
Boondock Saints. Yes, yes, I know, but still. Love that movie. Willem Defoe is fantastic.
Cearmaid
responded to PlagueOfWasps
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 12:59
So, I have a problem. This friend of mine's in a committed relationship. They seem a cute couple, but the guy keeps trying to flirt with me, or kiss me. He's not my type, but I like him as a friend. Any way of getting out of this situation without drama?
Has anyone suggested kicking him in the nuts?
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 01:00
If you had a fanclub what would it or its members be called?
Paddies.
Cearmaid
responded to RosieVision
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 01:00
Anyone interested in discussing Iron Tyrant please contact me directly. ((The 'Cips and 'Gers are going to be having a strategic conference in the 'Cip SG at 8pm EST tomorrow. Gotta be on a blueside toon to get in!))
WHOOPS I MISSED IT
Cearmaid
responded to TheNoisebomb
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 01:00
:( sime1 i thpught qas my friwnd just kivked mt in the chwst, ever hav 1 of those dsys?
Yes.
Yes I have.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 01:02
A stranger just asked me to smell her. What's the weirdest request you've had today?
"Bitte tƶten sie uns nicht."
I've no idea what it means, but man, they really, really meant it.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 01:03
Someone mentioned to me today that he used black eyeshadow with his helmet to keep light reflection off his hud down. You wear makeup? For any reason other than the usual?
You wear lip gloss when you're working on high metal, so you don't get windburned.
Cearmaid
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 01:03
I figure most of us break stuff pretty well. Can you build stuff too? If so, what kind of stuff do you make?
Welding, woodworking, waterparks, meals and messes. And apparently, craters!
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 01:05
What are you thinking now?
About that skydiving question. Also, looking back on the stream, Tammy and you really need to hang out more.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 01:06
I know a lot of people are recovering right now but for those of you with PPD contacts, can someone check up on this girl's dad? Profile is @Murermaster.
Imma get right on that. Soon as possible.
Cearmaid
responded to WhiteShader
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 01:08
Where do you draw the line between being blunt and being a douche?
When you're used to clean a vagina, you're a douche. Prior to that point, you're something someone called a douche, which is a private school boy, around-the-shoulder sweater yuppie insult. I'm not going to give much of a shit about the kind of people who think like that.
Cearmaid
responded to TheNoisebomb
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 01:08
brpetry cuz im dpwn, gyess the aivject: crpwned by fone powder / hwr smile is like springs furst lofgt / hwe toich is haunting
Christ, Chad.
Rosie?
Cearmaid
responded to WhiteShader
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 01:08
In comparison to being here on FS and being in person, how many people do you all think are pretty much two different people? How many do you think aren't too different?
I have an accent when I speak that I don't have when I write.
Cearmaid
responded to AvengeAmethyst
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 01:08
WYRW: Get a tax refund at tax time or have a little more in your check each payday?
Tax refunds are generally a better thing. They can be used to coordinate an economic stimulus, I think.
Cearmaid
responded to AvengeAmethyst
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 01:21
WYRW: Would you rather have a million dollars or a guarantee of great health for life? Why?
I have a million dollars, and I seem to have a guarantee of great health for life. If I didn't have either, I'd want the latter. The former is a lot of work and you can easily make enough with the latter. Health insurance is the thing that crushes families in this country.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 01:21
What would you do if an animal destroyed your brother's favorite pair of shoes?
I'd try and rescue it. Torn's scary when he's cranky.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 01:22
Would you ever have children?
I seem obligated to, at least as far as this hecatoncheires thing goes. I'm figuring that's a decision for quite some time later.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 01:22
Are waistcoats a way to hide looking fat, or do they serve a legitimate purpose on fit young men?
My waistcoat is made of nylon and glows in the dark.
Cearmaid
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 01:25
Is it really the effort that counts?
That it got done matters more than how it got done.
Cearmaid
responded to FanTheFlames
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 01:25
Question of the day: What's the Biggest Lie you ever heard?
For god so loved the world blah blah blah.
Cearmaid
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 01:25
Missing persons update for those who missed it: we talked to Harlem (he's a shaman and can talk to the City and stuff) and he thinks @AnbaricAmber is still in Faultline someplace. Lock isn't in the City anwhere - he's alone in someplace Harm can't hear.
I couldn't hear either. I was nailed to the damn sky.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 01:27
What bothers you more; a missed opportunity or a break-up?
I'd rather avoid break-ups more than missed opportunities, I think.
Cearmaid
responded to NemesisLives
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 01:28
I met @backalleybeats today. Has anyone else meet a fellow formspringer for the first time lately? :D
Lemme check.
...
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...
Nope, none of these guys even know what formspring is. Very web 1.0 up here.
Cearmaid
responded to totallywitchin
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 01:28
What is your favorite fashion trend? Least favorite?
The current wave of baggy, acid-washed jeans. I finally look like I belong in a crowd and not a homeless shelter.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 01:29
Help! I left the st. james building and tried to track down that new Amber and it it looks like she's working with arachn
AAAAAMBER YOU GOT SOME SPLAAAINING TO DOOO
Cearmaid
responded to Whowherewhat
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 01:30
TMI Tuesday: What is your opinion on @CareAndControl's cock?
[Those] that one best remembers are not necessarily the finest that one has ever tasted, and the highest quality may fail to delight so much as some far more humble drunk in more favorable surroundings.
Cearmaid
responded to TheNoisebomb
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 01:31
in hpspitsl; pls font worry
Okay!
Going through these backwards is a trip. Did you piss on a leprachaun or something, Chad?
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 01:33
Hey Eiko! You need to come home. Blue's been hurt. If you love him you'll quit messing around in Praetoria and come home now. His friends could probably use your power! (I hope she reads this. Does anyone else think she could help?)
I don't know how important this is, now, I don't know if she did, but please, Amber, please be really careful with that phrase. 'If you love him."
It hurts a lot, even those who it's not directed at. It's a reminder that sometimes we have to order priorities and it's one of those adult things that sucks.
I'm not saying you're wrong to do it, I don't know, I don't know how it works out, but seriously - please be careful with that phrase.
Cearmaid
responded to TheChthonian
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 01:34
Apologies in advance, for this is not a question. I would like to have a rough assessment on all available canine, or lupine humanoids currently in the field of mercenary or vigilante work. Dog or wolf-people, or dog handlers. Thank you, in advance.
Remind me to never annoy you, Morgan.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 01:34
Anyone got any news about what happened today? Anyone who's in a state to say?
The weather in Shanghai is a gigantic brown-grey cloud. It looks like someone took a crap on china.
Cearmaid
responded to SudiNim72
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 01:37
((I love the docs. You've got a great worldbuilding thing going on. Please write forever. Thank you. ;) ))
((... Daww. Thanks!))
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 01:37
Say hello to "Firebert" my new special little friend! Thanks to Sander Wilson for giving me the kitten and super thanks to Code Blue for letting me keep him! What was your first pet? What did you name them?
Oh, wow, that is just stupid cute.
I don't think I've ever had any pets. They're always things that cost money. Maybe I should get some.
Cearmaid
responded to TheNoisebomb
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 01:38
(('Sup. This part of Chad's story gets pretty gruesome at one point, so if that squicks you, please don't read this. :( ))
Cearmaid
responded to MagnusTorentsa
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 01:42
Weapon of choice? Shield of choice?
Fire and eternity.
Cearmaid
responded to MagnusTorentsa
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 01:44
Who on FS do you think would be a least likely candidate for you to hang out or work with? I'm thinking because of lifestyles and work ethic here so be nice to one another.
I'm not sure that Solypsos guy actually exists. He's probably some kid with a keyboaard writing a character like in an RPG or something.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 01:44
Musical Monday: What's a song you sing in the shower?
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 01:47
āIf death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character... Would you slow down? Or speed up?ā
This question is pretty interesting when you contrast it with your too-fast/too-slow question.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 01:54
Do you ever find yourself longing for something, but unable to figure out what it is you long for?
I really am so damn sorry.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 01:54
I've come up with a new costume design for Impact after deciding he needed an update. Max, of course is nitpicking at it. What do you think?
There is a small shuttle with like, six 5th guys and me giggling at that right now.
We're not sorry.
Cearmaid
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 01:55
Just a quick check, have any of you folks who know Lock spoken to him since that garbled text message? It scans an awful lot like "Something's up with Zex, LOOK OUT, effing speech recogn[al]ise." Which is a bit worrying.
I completely messed up that one. I was trying to tell it to go into speech rec, my phone was in my pocket and I wasn't able to grab it. So I was just repeating myself over and over again. Glad it took, I guess. Sorry people worried.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 01:59
A scent that haunts or comforts you?
Air. Even from a bucket, you have no idea how good air smells.
Cearmaid
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 02:39
Let me clarify that (#1): Have you ever given advice that prompted the receiver to do quite the opposite of what you intended?
I don't think my advice prompted her to do it, but I'm pretty sure Max and Lilah are moving to Kings Row even if I say they shouldn't.
Cearmaid
responded to Zarpd
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 02:40
Ever make yourself sad by answering a question?
I made myself sad by screwing up an answer to a question.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 02:40
What is the most prolific thing someone has said or told you in lately?
The most... widespread, or common, or easily reproduced thing someone said to me?
"Bitte, bitte, bitte," I think.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 07:40
What's your favourite animated Disney film?
Pocahontas.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 07:57
Last thing you touched? Last thing you ate? Last song you sang?
The fucking FACE OF GOD, dinner on thursday night last week, and this horrible Pink song I only know as 'na-na-na-na I wanna start a fight.'
KUNG FU FIGHTING WOULD BE SWEET RELEASE.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 08:05
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 06:32
Suck it up Saturday: It's not Monday but I'm posting a music Q anyway. A convoluted one at that. What's a song you'd want your (possibly idealized or even fictional) partner to post to describe your (their) relationship (to you)?
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 06:34
How do you prefer to wake up? Slowly drifting to wakefulness? Snapping to awareness in a split second? Other?
Consistantly, every morning, six AM. Even when I don't sleep, I feel the tickle in my brain, saying 'It's now.' Funny thing is, there have been jobs where I've had to hit it earlier than that, and those mornings are hell on earth.
I can be swinging a hammer at six-one, but ask me at five-fifty-nine and I'll look like a corpse.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 06:35
What do you have to lose?
At least one friend who needs people around her who can communicate with her.
Cearmaid
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 06:35
Is there something everybody else - even non-metas - seems to be able to do, that you simply can't?
Die.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 06:36
I have decided to invest in a pair of dark sunglasses with the hopes that they will make me appear more "normal" than I do with my visor or my blindfold. Can anyone recommend a good brand?
I'm looking forwards to seeing them, Sander.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 06:41
To know great happiness, one must also experience great sadness. Speak of one sad thing and one happy thing that have happened to you recently.
The earth receding, the earth ... aceding? What's the alternate form of it coming towards me?
Cearmaid
responded to MagnusTorentsa
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 07:33
Pretend for just a moment that you trust me. If I promised I could make you faster, better, stronger, and smarter using a method only I knew... would you go for it? Why or why not?
No. The only way you say that is if you don't really know what I am. I trust you, but nobody knows everything.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 07:33
Can you place a quote, lyric, or excerpt that makes you think of a fellow FS'er without naming who?
You don't have to grow up on your own
Cearmaid
responded to MagnusTorentsa
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 07:34
Is it true you can not make your enemy able to be defeated? That you can only make yourself unable to be defeated until your enemy screws up and leaves you an opening?
Interesting philosophy, but it seems a bit normal.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 07:34
Any of you ever heard PPD mentioning your 'Godzilla Threshold?'
No, but reading about it, I imagine mine is quite low. Portal Corps pass notes on to the PPD, but I doubt my files talk all that much about what I do when I'm in a city.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 07:35
Are there people you feel you cannot do without in this world?
There were, then I had to, and now there are again. Isolation is horrible.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 09:52
There are too many people named Rose. Who is named Rose here?
Don't try changing that, please.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 09:52
Describe an average meal for you. Now describe your perfect meal.
WILL YOU PEOPLE STOP TALKING ABOUT FOOD
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 09:53
How do you like your showers? Hot, mild, cool? Short or long? Do you mind sharing the water?
I'm usually showering to get clean because I am covered in nasty. Nobody wants to share that. And the group showers I have done? Nobody wants that shit repeated.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 09:53
Anything you want to say?
Don't make me come down there.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 09:54
If you were a virtue, which would you be?
Whatever lays in 'No god, no king.'
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 09:55
Besides voice, what other means do you speak through? Body language? Art? Touch? Music?
Through not saying anything and getting back to work. That one, overarching, most important message that seems lost so easily in the city of heroes: Even the people who care have better things to do.
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 09:56
Now I am curious... in the course of stopping someone collatoral damage is often sustained. Who pays for that? If the stopper was directly responsible for some of it should they be held accountable?
Nobody's invoicing me from the temple of Aha'ta'la'teulpe, so I'm going to assume they're going to fix it themselves.
Cearmaid
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 09:57
Ryker's sister got me thinking about the big changes in our lives. Have most of yours been gradual processes, like getting older or growing bored of TV? Or were they sharp and distinct, like a sudden mutation or a bus crash?
Funny you mention car crash.
There hasn't been a single gradual change in my life. I hit the ground running and I deal with it. My dealings with FS, as I came to terms with the greater morality of power and the responsibility I have to the people of this world is the closest I've had to a gradual process, and all that was jerked into action because of an argument and a question.
No, it's all sudden. Roll with it, and rise with a fist.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 09:59
Chell Question #4: Do any of you have official fanclubs?
No, I don't, but I know Max does. I know this because I've had a junior reporter from their newsletter come pester me while I'm trying to wire up a fence.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 10:00
Does war have rules?
Inasmuch as any human endeavor does. Yes, it has rules and we should stick to them, but we don't, because something something in times of war.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 10:45
Is there truth in the saying 'hotter fires burn quicker'?
I close my eyes and feel the sparks that fly Through a brilliant solar breeze Like fireflies of eternal flight, Above the grass, the clouds, the trees
Beneath there's soil and souls and roil And think of fires unseen Worms red whole, burn trees and coal In furnaces and seams
A mountain stands with flames its brands The truth of fire I yearn Of heat and light and steel's dread bite This is it: Everything can burn.
Cearmaid
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Sunday 26 February, 2012 at 07:35
Am I basically the only person here who doesn't like spicy food?
Sorry, you've got to put me in the painful category. I think subtlety in art, food, liquor and sex are things that I just never learned.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Sunday 26 February, 2012 at 07:39
How dangerous is it really, to visit the Etoile Islands?
I've been there a few times. It's not so bad, but you have to wander around being Gideon. You have to act like you're the biggest dick in the room and then prove it the second someone asks. Have a plan to run.
You'll do fine.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Sunday 26 February, 2012 at 07:45
Are you back on earth yet? Your friends miss you.
No, still flying my way. They're talking about doing what they call a 'skip drop', where they fly close enough to the atmosphere that anything dropped from the vessel would be pulled into the gravity well of earth, then use that gravity to slingshot their ship back towards the moon again. It's very impressive. They have a chart.
At this point I'm close enough to earth that I can feel the magic in the atmosphere again. It's very, very strange to go without that feeling and then get it back. So I might have just reappeared in some people's magical super senses. Hi!
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Sunday 26 February, 2012 at 03:52
So like hey. Has anyone seen Code Blue? He didn't come home last night and wasn't here this morning to make breakfast and it's almost lunch time and he still hasn't been around. There like no note or anything.
I'm going to guess something important came up. Just because someone's missing doesn't mean something terrible has happened to them, especially when we're talking about blue psychic cowboys.
What you definitely shouldn't be afraid of is one of them people he was talking about punching him into the floor, because in the context, I don't think they'd be hiding it.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Sunday 26 February, 2012 at 06:17
What is the most unique gift you've ever received? Given?
I made a thing of this, but I think the most unique gift I've ever given is the worst business day ever.
The most unique I've received was a feather and a padlock.
Cearmaid
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 06:02
Blowing bubbles or blowing dandelion fluff?
Well, now that I can blow things at all I'd blow a gasket, I'd blow a seal, I'd blow Blue and call it smurfberry ice cream. Holy hell, you have no idea how good air tastes when you're not drinking it out of a can.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 06:38
What gets your heart racing like no other?
Sex, steel, singing. I can't play favourites.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 06:39
What surprised you last?
A human tooth. One in a holy-hell chance, a tooth, maybe from some Cosmonaut who died twenty years ago, or some 5th trooper who got punched by Tammy too hard or some freaky laser-beaming disintegration teleportation accident gone wrong, whizzed through the air and broke a camouflage projector. Surprised the living hell out of me.
Still have the tooth, too!
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 06:42
If violent behavior promotes other violent behavior... then how will "heroing" ever solve anything? Most of the time you have to stop the alleged criminal using force after all.
Do you try to talk them into stopping first? Is non-violence possible?
The first and foremost thing is that violent behaviour does not promote violent behaviour. Being alive promotes violent behaviour. We are fundamentally built by definition to take a toll on our environment. It's systems and anti-systems, diseases and cures. Gideon knows more about antibodies and shit than I do, but I am dead certain that heroes are just the latest antibody to the latest disease.
All life is destruction, death feeding on life as life feeds on death. Violence is the sex of reality.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 06:47
Chell Question #1: Should I tell Ryker that I've alredy done phys ed classes and used an encyclopedia and he doesn't need to try and give me 'the talk'?
Wow, you're a dick, kid.
I like it!
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 06:47
What's something you have more of than everyone else you know?
Money. And I know Chance and I know Gideon.
I also have more desire to be very poor than everyone else I know /put together/.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 06:48
What do you want?
For sharing to be easier, a handful of phonecalls, a bacon clanger, a deep fried mars bar, a handjob, the return of my hoodie, fourteen cigarettes and a bottle of jack.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 06:51
So, beards. I'm not gonna shave mine off, but I was considering a change of style. I'm undecided, so I wanted to take out a poll. Any faves? Input from people who've kissed beardy guys would be especially welcome. Don't wanna run anyone's lips raw. So?
The real thing you want to watch for is rubbing someone's thighs raw, you selfish ass.
No homo.
(Spade, tight, with mustache, cheeks relatively clear, trim every two-three days. Practical, tidy, frames your face well, draws out the eyes, contrasts black hair with white skin, and it's good for work jobs and you can't lose anything in it.
Still no homo.)
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 06:59
How high are your walls built?
Not so far, and not so high For I'm not so old And I'm not so plain And I do not shirk At sights of work So be thorns and pain Or howling cold I'll climb, for you and I
Cearmaid
responded to shrikespikes
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 06:38
I can always ask what I tried asking Gideon at that milestone (I think): 1000 questions later, what have you learned?
Ffff. I wanted to give Zex my 1k, as a show of respect, because she needs to be reminded of things like that right now. But this is the best one.
I found the site by accident. I asked a lot of questions of @PlasmaCutter01, who did me the respect of showing me parts of the world I'd never really gotten to know. This was after my powers elicited, when I was quietly using them to do things like sneaking to the Etoile to try and fix problems there by destructively dealing with threats like Mako and the like. It didn't work out, and I have no doubt there's no fondness there.
I started asking questions around morality, around not just what superheroes do, but who they are, what they think about.
I think I'm wiser. I have cemented a lot about myself. I've found people I trust, people I love (no homo), things I thought I couldn't stand that now warm my heart (bro), and places to sharpen my ideas. I've learned how to push countries, I've learned how to fight gods, I've learned how to fight armies, I've learned how to quench suns and how to see history. I've learned what it is to be different, truly different, and I've learned how similar that is to everyone else. I've learned about whiskey, and women, and songs.
I've learned enough to say that the past 1,000 answers have been far less than the things I learned reading the thousands or more from others.
I've also learned that some people like to be underestimated, some people like to seem weak, and some people like to collect information about other people's weaknesses. I've learned I'm okay with that, because all of being alive is existing in opposition to death.
I've learned what air tastes like, what silence sounds like, and what death feels like.
Not a bad three months.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 06:40
Why are there so many songs about rainbows?
I'm answering so I can smile at the question.
First of the next 1k, Zex.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 06:41
How are you going to fix the world? If someone else decided they wanted to, what would you tell them?
If someone else wanted to fix the world, I'd tell them to stick near me and Gideon. I'd ask them what they think of sunny beaches and waterparks. I'd hope they didn't mind scraped knuckles.
It's a big world. It's going to take a lot of fixing. We're not building the things that fix the world. We're building the things that will build the things that will build the things that will fix the world. It's a long process, frought with struggle and shaped by hope. And some people are going to have to keep the wheels spinning while we're reshaping it.
All hands on deck. It's going to take your best. It's going to be hard. It's going to be fun. Nobody will cheer when we're done and nobody will notice what we did until we've done it. It's going to get bloody and it's going to involve headbutts and hardhats. It's going to take switchblades and swansongs. And it's going to take the best of us on our worst days.
You ready?
Unleash the beast.
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 06:41
Weaponizing metas... it has been tried before. I may have even been a part of such an effort (an unwilling part).
Is it ethical to try and create supersoldiers? What about trying to actively recruit people with "powers" over "normal" people?
This argument runs into human arrogance. You'll see people who insist that weaponry doesn't make them super, and other people who insist that being mutated doesn't make them special. They're both wrong, of course, because technology is how we even the odds in all situations. The real special thing soldiers bring is discipline, control, and a willingness to kill, a skill that simply does not exist in the vast majority of humans.
I say skill because it can be trained, even if the price of that instrument is PTSD.
China has projects, I know, as does India and Australia has the XASR, just off the top fo my head, who all buy a brand of Carmody-owned testing equipment.
Should we be taking people who have powers that make them capable of killing people easily, and teaching them discipline, control, and willingness to kill when appropriate? I guess there are far worse things than putting safety catches on things. I'm assuming that you're talking about the doomsday scenario of kids plucked from their beds and raised in camps with barcodes on their asses, which sure, is a dick move, but the problem there isn't weaponising metas but rather being complete cockrags to your own citizens.
Too many metahumans like to make metahuman issues special, like there's a degree of separation when it comes to kidnapping someone and training them against their will to do things that makes it more heinous when the person is a metahuman. Wrong's wrong, stupid's stupid, and I don't have a lot of patience for poor-me crap.
If a person has a built-in, non-evolved state that makes them more likely to commit violent crimes, we let them walk free, then when they commit violent crimes, we put them in prison. It sucks for them to get the bum genetic lottery, but they don't get to walk out of prison because they have a tumor or something. They have to deal with consequences. Same thing for metahumans.
Now, I don't think the military is the best option for this, and I don't think there's a one-size fits all category. I'm not so stupid.
Is it ethical to create supersoldiers? In a world with superopposition, doesn't it seem positively ridiculous not to? If soldiers are ethical, so to are supersoldiers. Is it ethical to try to recruit powered people? We discriminate for the military on the grounds of having asthma and shortsightedness for god's sake. You take on a hard job, your requirements might be higher.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 06:42
What's next?
Entlemeier Steel. A museum of martial arts. The entire Texas state school system. Northern Georgia's outstanding warrants. A snack. Sweat. Grease. Blackened nails and bending steel. Portugal's drug laws.
What's next is what's next. All of it at once. I will fix this shit myself if I have to.
Cearmaid
responded to shockhazard
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 06:42
So now that you are less dead than everyone thought... what's the first thing you are going to eat (or ate) when you get back planetside?
Arriving back on earth, I took a long moment to spit out seawater. I had a parachute for the HALO drop - and yes, Kazeno's right, they're a fricking blast, Gideon has to do one sometime. I didn't have a pickup, but I could fly again, so I picked up, and made it to Rhode Island in about an hour. Swung through Kings, found a food cart with something disgusting for sale, and ate it. There was bacon, sausage, and there was I think a deep-fried, battered potato mixed in, wrapped up in a roll. There was barbecue sauce and there was sour cream. There was diced jalapeno and there was ground chili flakes.
It's not the best thing I ever ate, but holy hell it came close.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 06:42
Do you wear any jewelry or other accessories? What are they and their meanings?
Jewellery's dangerous around current and it's more dangerous around nails, steel and solder. I'll wear jewellery when it's safe for me to.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 06:43
What do you worship? Or who?
Worship what you like, let it grow strong, let it grow wild, and if it grows too much, I can kill it anyway. Not a thing that lives can't die, and worship is just another form of breath. Take a thing, a moment of its fear, a thought of its hopes, a pang of its guilt - in these ways you will see the ways in which it can die. Immortality is just a word - death comes to all things, an end to all that can be, and all that will be. Everything has something that can kill it - time, rust, guilt.
Cearmaid
responded to ControlAndCare
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 07:07
Just so you all know, 1k took so long because dingus here decided what I really needed was a literal nine hundred and ninety-nine fucking questions of THIS and Will You Marry Me.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 07:08
Really, what do you do? Break it down for the rest of us?
I'm a welder, bricklayer, roofer, tiler, cabinetmaker from six to noon most days. I've done plumbing but I'm mediocre at it.
In my afternoons and evenings, I'm a superhero. I don't need a lot of sleep, I don't mind staying up late, and I can always get work done even when I look like I need to be poured into a bucket. Usually in the evening I'm working with Portal Corps dealing with existential threats to our world, usually solo.
I also have a side job, but I don't like it much.
Cearmaid
responded to totallywitchin
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 07:09
What... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?
I had to look this one up, Jayden. Nice, looks like a funny movie. I'll check it out later.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 07:09
Are we there yet?
We're not there yet, Ani, we're never going to be there. It's always one step up, one step in. You stop moving when you're dead, and even resting is a step. every second forward in time is a memory in vitro, and you're making them even when you're lying on the sofa watching cat videos with a helmet in your lap.
Also, I didn't see your new place when I was in the neighbourhood. I thought about dropping by, but I didn't have anything to bring and I didn't want to be that guy.
(Also, having gone through my own Godzilla Plan, I'm willing to stand by it, as much as it sucked.)
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 07:09
Where would you like me to come at you, bro? ;)
Amber, if I was seventeen, you are the kind of girl I'd have gotten into a lot of trouble for, with, and over. Don't ever lose that little bit of crazy, okay?
Cearmaid
responded to MazzoGrave
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 07:09
1000? What is your favorite preposition.
My favourite preposition would probably have to be 'without.' And thank god for Wikipedia to explain that shit to me, because I thought this was a wedding question.
Cearmaid
responded to parkourblades
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 07:10
((Can you count to potato?))
((As in, do I read and follow Fark? Yeah, I do. Not reddit, though.))
Cearmaid
responded to totallywitchin
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 07:11
Do you consider yourself a flirt?
I don't, no. If anyone disagrees I'd trust them before me, though.
Cearmaid
responded to TheChthonian
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 07:38
When you have been proven wrong, what do you do?
Shut up, get my head down, get back to work. The world's a wonderfully straightforward place if you don't make a fuss.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 07:54
Have you ever stayed awake all night?
Yes.
Cearmaid
responded to GraveyardBaron
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 09:02
What do you do when someone questions your motives?
Ask myself why they'd do it, consider if they have a point, reconsider what I'm doing.
Nobody's fuckin' perfect.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 12:43
999 - Why haven't you fixed Detroit?
I keep looking at this question and can't help but wonder what you're talking about. I asked Gid about Michigan yesterday. He hasn't responded, due to, no doubt a bevy of Stranglehos.
Short answer: I dunno. Long answer: It's not quite my problem to fix, and why's it matter to you so much?
Cearmaid
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 12:47
999 questions huh? Hmm... okay. You have dirty great amounts of money, and you clearly want to get rid of it. How do you choose which charity projects to support? Do you just say yes to everything that's worthwhile? If so, you are still rich how?
It's key words. Someone puts a little kid in their ad, they get nothing. Someone comes to me with a plan, with a business, with an organisation and a structure and shows me what they want, then we talk.
I don't say yes to everything that's worthwhile, but there's this notion that while you can do big, sweeping things, people connect more and are more charitable themselves (and improve their own lots in life more) if you give them things that they can feel connected to.
It cost me ... let's say two days' worth of earnings to pay out a bond that is going to give every single neighbourhood watch member in New Jersey a mobile phone that can call one another, and the police for free. That seems worthwhile, it seems useful. It'll get abused, but everything will. On the other hand, that might work.
In general, I have the kind of capital where what I can do is, rather than just buy things fixed (which is beyond my scope to do regularly), I can buy ideas and test things. This is part of why I'm looking at georgia. It's smaller than Texas, but it has a lot in common. A lot of the problems with education in the US are centred around Texas. So Georgia might be getting some interesting grant proposals, you know?
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 12:48
Thoughtful Thursday: A quote or motto you love by?
I only have so many hours in my life, only have so many opportunities, so make sure you leave a mark.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 12:49
What is your favorite dessert?
I'm partial to milkshakes. And ACAB seems to have all these fantastic dessert talk. I may have to find a way to steal them from him without asking.
Cearmaid
responded to MagnusTorentsa
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 12:50
This is a little black and white I know but just for kicks... Favorite Hero? Favorite Villain? Least favorite Hero? Least Favorite Villain? Why?
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Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 12:51
Chell Question #2: I need to catch up on a lot of reading and one of the things I need is a book series for young adults. What would you recommend?
You like Delia, right, kid? The Handmaiden's Tale.
Never trust priests.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 12:52
Chell Question #3: When do you know if you might be gay? Is it like knowing you're a mutant, you wake up one morning and can just, like, like girls?
I see pretty much everyone else has this covered, but man, this is just a screwed up question.
Cearmaid
responded to GraveyardBaron
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 12:56
What do you do when you feel you have been disrespected?
Who fuckin' cares?
Max pretty much nailed this one down. There are a lot of Kings boys who are all respect this, respect that, gimme respect, but it's a little boy thing. The sign of being a man is not caring.
Big dogs bark once.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 01:04
How do you really see yourself?
You're in the Zex/Morgan/Delia box for this one. By the way, do Delia the respect of apologizing to her.
I see myself as a guilty young man who feels bad about the things in my life. I think the worst things that have happened to me are things that aren't my fault, and aren't anyone's fault, a victim of the terrifying randomness in the world.
I ... never really got along well with my parents. My mother actually really hated the ways I interacted with women. These short, sharp encounters of hot, intense sex without much conversation, and I think that factored into how I interact with women now, trying to be this... perfect romantic partner. I think I went a bit Othello there with Zex - trying to love too much, too well, too romantically, too dramatically, and I think it led to me doing something unwise that put a lot of people through a lot of anguish. Plus, the way women and I interact, when we do, is... I'll say it's atypical.
Anyway, my father might have been a sniper, might have killed people without caring, and wanted to keep that a secret from me. Or he might have been something worse, I don't know. Either way, he and I fought - and I don't mean yelling, I mean a grown man with army training trying to stop his idiot son from beating him up without breaking his neck.
My parents loved me, but I don't think they liked me very much. I was a bad son. I am a bad son, because my last memory of them is the first time I almost said something nice, but held it back out of pride.
I am the scion of random chance. I have done nothing to earn the embarassment of riches I have. I have a responsibility to the world to work to make what I have been given worth the giving. And I want to fix things, the whole world. Part of that is going to involve a lot of destruction, is going to involve old guards, old wards, old gods, being toppled.
I see myself as a very, very flawed man who needs to stop trying to be what he's not, and stay with what I am.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 01:04
My trip with Tammy to India for the Holi festival is fast approaching. What else should we do while visiting the country?
Based on the stream, get each other drunk. That was a riot.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 01:05
Do you find yourself lying to protect someone else very often?
Not really. I lied to turn someone on.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 01:06
How do you show someone that you love them?
Either at arm's length with gifts that can be anonymous, for all I care, or a hand's span too close, thoroughly, extensively, and for hours.
Cearmaid
responded to KattyKlepto
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 01:07
I couldn't comment on your response thingy because it wouldn't let me, but big dogs don't bark once they keep barking when you're up on the lamppost cause they're stupid and chase you and think that just cause they're barking at you, you'll come down.
Woof.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 01:07
What are your words of the moment?
Home Sweet Fuckin Home
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 01:08
What are you doing right now? Do you wish you were doing something else?
Soaking in a hot bath. I dunno about something else, but the lack of company is a bit dull.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 01:11
Musical Monday: What's a song you like to dance to? Slam dancing and striptease songs totally count.
Cearmaid
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 01:12
Pick somebody you know. What sort of drink would you choose to share with them, and why?
A cold beer.
First time I remember getting a serious bruise on my face, dad sat me down with two beers. One to drink, one to put on the bruise to help the pain. I deserved the beating, mind you.
I know a guy who got a beating he deserves, but now he needs to cool off.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 01:12
Chell Question #5: What is a more reasonable responsibility, caring for a pet, or controlling my own education?
I get the impression you're trying to fuck with your brother here. No, you can't have a pet.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 01:13
Do you ever wonder if the world would be better without you in it?
No, I've never wondered if the world would be better without you in it. In fact, I'm certain it'd be worse.
Cearmaid
responded to MonkeyLass
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 01:14
What is it that makes you ask a question? What spurrs you to do that?
Boredom, resentment, a desire to annoy, sex drive, interesting 'give me questions' fields.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 01:14
Who is your FS opposite? Example: You are bubbly, this person is brooding. You are shy, this person is outgoing. My own would likely have to be my sister @intothedarkness.
This is far more fun a game to play with other people doing the picking.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 01:14
What's something you like to eat that's normal for you, but everyone around you seems to regard as odd?
Brown bread. You'd think I'd spat on somone's mom.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 01:15
What is it you did with me that was unwise? What do you regret, with me?
I regret giving you a plan to shoot me into space /quite/ so early on in the relationship. I still think my reasoning is sound, but I put a lot of faith into your mental state when it wasn't something I understood. The gesture and the trust were something I wanted to do.
Cearmaid
responded to innocuus
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 01:16
The world would be a better place without _______ in it.
Question inspired by @SanderWilson.
There's no answer. I don't want to fix 99% of this world. I want to fix the world. So leave it in, if it's rusty or pockmarked or terrible, and we'll fix it.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 01:22
If you were going to get a house built, what would it be like?
Huge, and with rooms for everyone who needed a place.
I have one of those, if Tammy ever signed her lease. I swear, I'm going to hire a forger at this rate.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 01:23
It is perfectly fine to chatter on about intimacy on TMI Tuesdays then when we go a step further to share a picture of our favorite thing about ourselves -- we paints ourselves in a negative light. What line doth have crossed?
So what you're saying is, posting pictures of your hips is a blow against racism?
Don't get me wrong, I was thinking about this the other day, but I had a lot on my mind that morning. It doesn't seem very important, now.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 01:38
Zex/Morgan/Delia box?
Absolute honesty.
Feel privileged.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 01:39
I feel bad. I want to get out.
You will get out. But the path is going to be something you have to work on, Zex. This is something worth building, and /you/ control the rate at which it builds.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 07:03
What is the last spontaneous thing you have done?
Bought a clothing store in Massachussetts. I hope that's the right number of doubblle letters.
Cearmaid
responded to PlagueOfWasps
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 07:05
So, I like horror movies. REALLY BAD, b-movie style horror movies. They're all super terrible, but I'm addicted to them. Is there any specific movie or movie type that you love, that everyone else hates or is kinda "meh" about?
You know those really god-awful action movies that inevitably include a pair of evil lesbians who get away at the end?
Yeah, those. But only if the lesbians get away, because 99% of the time, the guys in those movies are assholes who deserve it.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 07:07
Up late on emergency call. What do you do to fill in time when you might be called away at any minute?
Here, obviously. Reading up on proposals. There's this neverending queue of people interested in me giving them money.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 07:07
So I'm building a trebuchet! What's something cool you've done with your best friend?
Sleeping in.
Cearmaid
responded to TheChthonian
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 07:08
Mostly for the human-born, yes. Do you ever feel as if your abilities, training, or gifts/curse divorce you from being part of humanity? Or at least, feeling as if you are part? How do you compensate for it, if at all?
They distance us, they do not divorce us. It can only be a divorce if we let that relationship grow apart.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 07:09
How do you battle addiction?
With fire.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 07:09
Name a shot after one of your fellow FS'ers.
The Tammy is sweet, sugary, makes you incredbily easy, but you don't notice anyone making passes so you go home alone.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 07:11
What is your saving grace?
Occasional streaks of good luck and good people around me.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 07:14
What do you look for in a man?
For him to be a man. For him to be able to provide for himself, for him to be able to take a joke, take a hit, take time to think; for him to be able to entertain himself, entertain a guest, and entertain an idea.
It's not hard to be my friend, and it's not hard for me to consider you a man, it's just that so many people see that low bar and don't try.
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 01:50
That was an interesting set of folks to compare. How do you think yours, my own, and Kazeno's approaches to control are the same? How are they different?
The issue we all have is that we all seek to control something about ourselves. Your temper, Kazeno her instinctual pleasure at killing, and me, my image of myself.
The ways they differ are in how extreme we are. If you had the same approach as Kazeno, you would be adamant about never ever losing your temper again, which I think is a tool you don't want to take out of your box. If you were like me, you'd seek to control your temper by making sure even strangers knew how nice you were.
Cearmaid
responded to totallywitchin
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 02:30
You want to seduce that sexy someone.... what is the sweet-nothing that youāll whisper into their ear?
Deeds, not words.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 02:30
What are you obsessing about?
Fixing things.
Cearmaid
responded to totallywitchin
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 02:31
TMI Tuesday: Name one thing that will always turn you on.
There's a catch in the breath, just before. It's a sudden arrest as the body decides it has more important things to do.
Cearmaid
responded to WhiteShader
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 02:31
I asked this question before and I think it's worth asking again. Can you be your own savior? Why or why not?
Most people, no. On the other hand, we're heroes and stuff, we do what most people can't.
Cearmaid
responded to totallywitchin
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 02:32
TMI Tuesday: Being spanked or doing the spanking?
I can't think of many people who could make me hurt with a spanking and it'd be an even shorter list of people who could use it to turn me on.
Cearmaid
responded to trydying
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 02:33
http://tinyurl.com/7jjz28p
You really like talking about shit you don't know anything about, Huh?
I like researching things, but the wikipedia page on Supersoldier Projects stops sometime around Project Alpha was discredited. So:
Cearmaid
responded to RosieVision
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 03:25
Is crying a sign of weakness? Why or why not?
I'd like to say no, but I still can barely ever do it. I think it might be a problem I have, though. You let people see you bleed, but you don't let them see you cry.
Cearmaid
responded to RosieVision
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 03:25
What is "strength" to you?
The ability to stay your hand.
Cearmaid
responded to RosieVision
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 03:26
If you have one, do you talk about the future with your SO?
Are they realistic/meaningful plans, or are you just promising sweet-nothings?
I don't have a significant other.
On the other hand, I plan to fix the world, which is 100% realistic, 100% meaningful.
Cearmaid
responded to RosieVision
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 03:27
Excluding the last two weeks, what is your most vivid memory?
Sitting down in my parent's kitchen with the phone in my hand and not crying for eight hours.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 03:27
What do you look for in a woman?
Intensity and an active mind. Everything else works itself out. I mean, there are some acessories that sure don't hurt, but that is the gist of it.
Cearmaid
responded to RosieVision
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 03:28
What are you most looking forward to this spring?
Max skydiving in to a ribbon-cutting ceremony and Declaring This Gym Open or somesuch.
Cearmaid
responded to RosieVision
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 03:31
What limitations do you put on yourself? Why?
I don't use the powers of the sun when I fight guys on the street in Kings Row. Drug Dealers don't deserve to be blind because they piss me off.
I don't buy people big, extravagent, ridiculous presents any more, because it makes them uncomfortable and unhappy.
I don't sleep around right now. I might go back to it, because man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upwards.
I don't get involved in other people's love lives. It's not my business, I don't much care, and there are much worse things to be in life than a cuckold, single, or an ex. One of those things is a busybody.
Cearmaid
responded to RosieVision
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 03:32
When was the last time you felt jealous? Why did you?
When I saw Tammy's new profile picture.
I got over it. You can't sing to mountains and expect them to hear you.
Cearmaid
responded to RosieVision
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 03:32
If you could have just one selfish dream for yourself fulfilled, what would it be?
Man, FUCK cancer.
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 03:55
Alright, I saw the gate. What prompted it?
Stuff you said, stuff about mercy and respect in the Row.
Nobody who learns to box in your gym is going to learn to box because he wants to hurt people. That I'm sure of.
Cearmaid
responded to RosieVision
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 05:00
How did you know it was love?
What did you do about it?
It always is. It lasts, it burns, sometimes it burns out. Sometimes it burns forever.
Love can last a minute or a lifetime. It's still love. Even if it just lasts long enough to get off on getting her off.
Cearmaid
responded to RosieVision
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 05:02
How did you know it /wasn't/ love? What did you do about it?
It's not love when I don't care. Love is about intensity, and if I don't feel it, it's not love. I love Max and I love sandwiches and I love seeing Tammy gush over hot boys, and it's all totally different to the kind of love that ends with a sigh fo exhaustion, mostly in degrees of intensity.
Cearmaid
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 07:08
Do you prefer a partner who shares your traits/interests/style, or is it "opposites attract"?
I'm a little messed up.
Cearmaid
responded to SabrinaSaint
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 08:20
Hi, everyone. I'm new here. I don't normally do this kind of thing but a friend of mine keeps telling me I need to meet people. This seems the least intimidating to me. I'm wondering if anyone has any advice?
Dive through someone's public questions, see if there are any that give you ideas for things to say.
Cearmaid
responded to TheChthonian
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 08:46
Oh, and that reminder you asked for, Lock: *Don't.* *Annoy.* *Me.*
I may just be saying this after being flung into space and making my way back, but I'm not quite so easily rattled.
I saw what might have been something I didn't understand. I tried. And if it's about trying to make things better for my friends, I'll try again, and keep trying.
Take care, Morgan. You'll have peace from me.
Cearmaid
responded to TheChthonian
on Wednesday 29 February, 2012 at 07:24
Who are you, at your best? Who are you at your worst?
A hard working welder by day, a masked crime fighter at night. A predator of gods. Best and worst are labels you can arrange as you like.
Cearmaid
responded to WhiteShader
on Wednesday 29 February, 2012 at 03:20
In your personal opinion, do you think it's okay to think about revenge but never actually acting upon it? Why or why not?
I think there are plenty of formats revenge is entirely appropriate. Sports teams, board games, prank wars, that kind of thing. I assume you're talking about the big bad important kind of revenge, in which case I'd say it's fine to think about it if you're one of those guys who can entertain a thought without acting on it. There are some folk who can't - for them, there's no line of self control between 'I want to' and 'I will.' Those guys, yeah, should hold back from the thoughts. On the other hand, I doubt guys with real self-control issues listen to me or even post on sites like these.
Cearmaid
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Wednesday 29 February, 2012 at 03:24
Hello everyone. I know a lot of you are probably still hurt or angry or confused. Some might even be a little worried about where I've been or what's been going on. I am truly, sincerely sorry, and I ask you to please read the attached letter. Thank you.
Would it hurt your feelings to know that I didn't really take anything you said as being hurtful?
It's words. You shout, you yell, you think what you like. I doubt you have a magnificent opinion of me, for example (hell, I doubt you think much of me at all), but it doesn't matter. Some people need to blow off steam, some people need to say things. It only hurts me if I let it.
Anyway, glad you're back and okay. Glad your spacewalk was nicer than mine.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Wednesday 29 February, 2012 at 03:26
People have been asking odd questions lately. I will ask a normal question. If there was someone that you had to kill, how would you do it?
I know Sander asked me to delete this one, but I don't want to and I won't, because I think it needs to serve as a contrast point.
There is not a single person born in this country who does not owe their lives to a person who was willing to lower a gun and fire it at another human being .Whether wars are right or wrong, there is still the truth that at some point, in some way, someone killed and now other people are alive, or free, for it.
Not everyone can kill, not everyone can bring themselves to kill, but the ability in the mind to kill is in no ways a moral failing. It is just different.
Cearmaid
responded to AvengeAmethyst
on Wednesday 29 February, 2012 at 03:30
As "heroes" we think nothing about sending people to jail when they break the law. But what about when heroes break the law and people get hurt. What will be our response? Have you read the paper today? What say you? Equal justice or not?
I haven't read the paper today. I put my head down and I got back to work. So you got me to bust out the googles.
I'll check that fourteen people were actually hurt, in which case, jesus christ, what the hell. Annoyingly, every paper I've seen has the same story verbatim, with a little editorialising, which says this is the AP or Reuters copy and they're just pasting it... which means a lot of the emperical facts and quotes are legitimate.
Well, that sucks a little. Jesus christ, Max and Blue just can't keep normal for a week. Max, if you're reading this, I'm going to look into covering the uninsured there, but yeeesh, what the hell.
Cearmaid
responded to WhiteShader
on Wednesday 29 February, 2012 at 03:59
How are you doing, by the way? You disappeared for awhile there and I stopped seeing you in the D.
I got into a fight with my girlfriend, which led to us deciding to try out being signle for a while because she shot me into space with a cannon. So I spent a little time just wandering around, checking out the new neighborhood, seeing if there was any kind of community outreach center in the area. Then I hit the moon face-first, decided that what I needed was some space, found it - all of it - then got obscenely lucky and hitched a lift home with some very nice space nazis who hadn't seen a non-5th person since 1997.
By the way, 5th column moonbase? Not terribly threatening.
I'm doing okay. I'm back, I'm okay, things are going to be fixed.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 29 February, 2012 at 03:59
I want to fix everything.
Do you wanna know how you fix everything?
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 29 February, 2012 at 04:10
Have I ever scared you?
No.
Never.
Everything you've done has been rational based on your understanding of your needs and desires of that moment. It's input, output. Control the input, control the output.
Cearmaid
responded to AGreenDragon
on Wednesday 29 February, 2012 at 04:52
Are you really ok now? What happened?
I'm okay, I'm okay. I went to space for a while, but I'm back now. I'm sorry I didn't bring you a bottlecap.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Wednesday 29 February, 2012 at 08:26
Name a woman who deserves enormous respect because of an accomplishment she's made that changed or changes the world. Tell us everything you want about her. Bonus points for not naming a superhero, or a relative!
Nobody's taken Marie Curie yet? She and Nikola Tesla, who was really a woman who disguised herself as a man to hide their love from society's prying eyes, were the first people to make a steam-powered electromagnetic rail gun that was then used to launch the first ever Aethernauts beyond the phlebtonium limit.
And now if this IS for a book report, you're fucked.
But seriously, Marie Curie was the woman.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Wednesday 29 February, 2012 at 10:37
Ouch. In the ER. nothing serious just got shot a little. More info later. Don't worry. Srsly. So like, a question: uh...when we're you last in the hosp?
Can people go like, three days with nothing going wrong?
Cearmaid
responded to totallywitchin
on Wednesday 29 February, 2012 at 10:37
How do you deal with abandonment?
STFU, GBTW.
It's worked for me in an astounding number of scenarios.
Cearmaid
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Wednesday 29 February, 2012 at 10:37
Wasteful Wednesday: When was the last time you made a hugely overpriced, totally frivolous or otherwise foolish purchase?
Me? Never.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Wednesday 29 February, 2012 at 10:37
What have you sacrificed?
Sacrifices are the result of choices. I don't think I've ever sacrified anything, if that's the case.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Wednesday 29 February, 2012 at 10:38
How long were you doing your job before people started coming to you asking for advice on how to do their jobs?
Depends from job to job, but about a week to an hour.
Cearmaid
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Thursday 1 March, 2012 at 02:32
((OOC Question: What do you have trouble RPing? Is there a particular type of scene, action, attitude that you find challenging? That you don't like? That you try to avoid?))
((Since this is phrased as a thing I have trouble RPing, I have to say almost nothing. There really isn't anything that I have a hard time RPing, or that I find troubling. More often than not, the thing that stops me from RPing an idea out is a lack of interest. There are plenty of things that fall under that umbrella.
Things I don't like? Interpersonal drama, hight tension, being the butt of everyone's jokes, hipocrisy without a point, will-they-won't-they romance plots, badly written technical things, text fighting, things that damage verisimillitude. I also have some boundaries set up between me and groups I've left; I have no interest or desire to even go near those fences based on the past and I am very much annoyed when other people pull me towards them. It's annoying mostly because there's no reasonable way to say it: 'I don't want to RP with that plot line because it involves X, who is in Y, and I don't want to to interface with their lore,' just looks pretentious and stupid.
Another thing that's getting on my nerves lately because EVERYONE is doing it, is the I'm So Great guy. The guy who talks about how great he is, because that's so hilarious and cocky and confident. It's become up there with The Arrogant Natural as character archetypes that drive me nuts because of saturation. When there's one of those guys, who keeps it down, it's not so bad, it's a funny contrast, and the attitude can put a surprising twist on dialogues. When it's seventeen people all standing around gladhanding themselves, it bugs me a great deal, and I excuse myself and leave. Again - I don't want to infringe on their fun, but I don't find it fun. I have one of these characters, and I play him very rarely and I gave him that twist because he's gay, and that gives the character a twist I find very endearing. When you're standing out from the norm, it's a different thing to be arrogant.
As for what things I prefer not to RP, what things I would prefer to RP more, well, that's a far more interesting discussion. A good RP environment is, after all, composed of contrast, connection and intersection.))
Cearmaid
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Thursday 1 March, 2012 at 06:42
Monday AND Tuesday: Do you have a favourite makeout/mack-on song?
Some of the first money I ever earned that didn't go to helping out went to buying me this CD.
Fifteen year old boy with this CD in a school situation where girls have the player, but no CDs?
Cearmaid
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Thursday 1 March, 2012 at 07:49
If you could have any animal as a pet, regardless of cost/danger/feasibility/legality, what would you choose?
I am this damn close to buying a zoo.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Thursday 1 March, 2012 at 04:44
How would you summarize yesterday in one word?
I-Beam, if that's one word.
We're going to run out of excuses not to open this place at this rate.
Cearmaid
responded to TheChthonian
on Thursday 1 March, 2012 at 04:45
The biggest lie you have ever told yourself.
"Remission's the same as cure, right?"
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 1 March, 2012 at 04:46
What are your thoughts on psychologists and/or therapists?
Don't actually know. I've spoken with one in total, and the net result of that was the file you and Kazeno have. It was not a very comfortable experience, especially considering how honest I was.
I can't imagine going back to him and talking more. And god help me if I see him on the rail, that guy knows shit about me that even I don't want to know.
Cearmaid
responded to RosieVision
on Thursday 1 March, 2012 at 04:46
What brings you hope?
Big flat brooms clearing space.
I've run out of care for the big things. Everyone notices the big things, people fall over themselves to fix the big things around here. Lemme be the guy who cleans the floors for a while.
Cearmaid
responded to TheChthonian
on Monday 12 March, 2012 at 10:09
Tell me how you express your love. Or fondness, if you prefer.
Demonstratively. Words are nice, but I do things. I make things. I fix things. I fuck things. Let there be some monument.
Cearmaid
responded to KyleSands
on Tuesday 13 March, 2012 at 04:25
Thank you.
I don't mean to sound callous here, Kyle - I mean, I know I already did since I called you whiny when you misinterpreted my offer of help - but it wasn't so much for you as it was the joy of kicking a bully in the teeth.
Don't let this go to your head. Your posting tenor has changed but there's a middle worth remembering. Whining against the front door is one thing but if you run outside and start shitting on the lawn it's just as bad.
Anyway, good for you. And this is, incidentally, a show of why it's good to have public record. Longbow trying to clamp down your account was technically account-sharing and a violation of the EULA and that made it pretty easy to wedge in a lawyer.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Tuesday 13 March, 2012 at 04:26
Perhaps that should be amended.
Perhaps if I ever invest in a mast to which I can be lashed.
Cearmaid
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Tuesday 13 March, 2012 at 06:53
I just wanted to say thanks, everybody.
So we're all part of this, then?
And what am I looking at?
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 13 March, 2012 at 07:51
Do you have a favorite Pokemon?
I don't really. I will research and find out and decide.
Cearmaid
responded to Hellwhip
on Tuesday 13 March, 2012 at 04:30
Bath or shower?
Shower. Short, sharp, fast, get in, get out.
Cearmaid
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Tuesday 13 March, 2012 at 04:31
TMI Tuesday!: Have you ever had a sex-dream about a fellow formspringer?
Not /a/ fellow formspringer.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Tuesday 13 March, 2012 at 04:31
TMI Tuesday: Have you ever unintentionally ended up naked or partially naked in front of someone that you would rather not see you in such a manner?
No. I mean I've been naked in front of people I never played to be naked in front of, but I don't care if people see me naked. I don't have a lot to be worried about.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Tuesday 13 March, 2012 at 05:10
ALL IN AREA: Tall, stone-covered grey man, seven foot or more four hundred pounds or more suffering from the visible signs of a large dose of rad pois.. Responsible for an atk against @FaigeHarrison. Atlas or surrounds. ENGAGE WITH CAUTION.
I'm in Peregrine right now. I'll keep an eye out though?
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Tuesday 13 March, 2012 at 05:41
If it pleases you to do so, some of us are a glutton for punishment. I will not retract the offer.
Oh, I didn't think you would. I'd expect no less from the female Gideon - or is the masculine Aglow?
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Tuesday 13 March, 2012 at 08:41
That made me laugh. Would you and Zex like to get together once I get back? I wouldn't be adverse to this portal jumping if I'm allowed to partake in it.
I guess we'll find out. Zex is Zex, I'm me.
I'll see how you fare on a k1-class world and we'll step it up if you take to the work. But really, as long as your powers are useful and safe for use in cities, it'd almost be a waste to take you to places like these.
There was one world where the air had bleach in it. All the grass, the trees, all transluscent and pale as glass, a dread rune crafted by something very, very old, that wanted very, very much to escape a world of seething air.
I'm actually a little nicked that Gideon didn't hang around longer. The mask protected him fine, but he'd look hilarious surfer-blonde.
Cearmaid
responded to Demongelica
on Wednesday 14 March, 2012 at 04:33
How do you tell someone you don't want to have anything to do with them?
Don't know, I'll let you know when it happens. It's been the other way around for me.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Wednesday 14 March, 2012 at 04:36
Lunchtime Poll Topic: what are you doing to help with the Praetorian War?
Nothing.
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Wednesday 14 March, 2012 at 04:36
Have fun in Vegas, I hope you hit it big too. ;)
Vegas?
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Wednesday 14 March, 2012 at 04:38
Wishful Wednesday: If you could make a wish for one of your friends, what would the wish be? You need not name the friend.
I can't wish for just one. I'd want you to be happy and in love, I'd want Torn to be less feared, I'd want Zex to be able to touch things with her hands and feel grass with her feet - however she'd rather - I'd want Max to find his yang, I'd like for all the people who've exploited you to get a good hard kick in the ass...
Cearmaid
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Wednesday 14 March, 2012 at 04:39
What would I get if I made your psyche into a video game level?
A burning cathedral. When you got near the end the roof would collapse and an old-school rendition of god with the wheels and the inverted faces would appear and you'd have to kick his ass.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Wednesday 14 March, 2012 at 09:41
...sneaky, aren't you?
I'm also a remarkably talented liar. You two can owe me the other half I suppose.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Wednesday 14 March, 2012 at 09:42
With all this talk of Steak n' BJ Day then Pi Day, what did you end up having?
Black bread, a small steak and this assortment of green, red, orange and white stuff that I've been assured is good for me, tempered slightly in a pan to make nutrition better and with a dash of palm oil because Gideon espouses the stuff. Worked out okay. Seared one side of the bread, too, makes it nice and crispy.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 14 March, 2012 at 09:43
What methods do you best learn from? What are you in the process of learning now?
The defiance of people who get what they want.
Cearmaid
responded to SovereignFist
on Wednesday 14 March, 2012 at 09:47
Ever get to do something you'd been looking forward to for a long time, only to wind up disappointed? Did it make you rethink the things you want in life?
"One day I'll be rich and mom will stop bugging me."
HMMM
Cearmaid
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Wednesday 14 March, 2012 at 09:47
Water Wednesday!: What's your fave thing to do in, on, around or with water?
Quench steel.
It's not that swimming, drinking, or showering aren't nice, but hey.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Wednesday 14 March, 2012 at 09:49
I suppose I owe you some pie as well.
Is this flirting and innuendo? I really have no idea at this point.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Wednesday 14 March, 2012 at 10:28
...no, Lach. I truly meant an offer of pie. Do you have a favorite?
Spin the wheel. I'll try something new.
Cearmaid
responded to Ultimogirl
on Wednesday 14 March, 2012 at 11:01
Hey, thanks a bunch for dinner, I'm really sorry nobody was here, we had the whole day pretty much planned out already. =(
It's okay. I understand you wouldn't want to celebrate that sacred day with me anyway.
(I may be awful at this game.)
Cearmaid
responded to Ultimogirl
on Thursday 15 March, 2012 at 03:48
You get a chance to start over from scratch. You're stranger to the area, no friends or local contacts, no roof over your head, no cash or credit to your name. What's your plan to get yourself on setup and on your feet?
The world always needs ditch-diggers.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Thursday 15 March, 2012 at 07:10
I would really like that, Lach. Thank you. If you would like to meet before then, please let me know.
We'll see how the world spins.
Hm. On that note, since I'm looking at finishing up a project...
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 15 March, 2012 at 07:11
Not for just content, but for happy. -Happy-. The Unown isn't that big, Lock. It's only a lileep to get from you to me. So much to gain and so little to lose. Wynaut go for it?
Cute.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 15 March, 2012 at 07:11
I know you're a Weedle bit nervous about "us." You see me, you see you, but you're worried about the Unown in between us -- what if someone gets hurt? What if there's unhappiness? ... But what if everything is right? There's so much potential. (cont)
So
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 15 March, 2012 at 07:11
Babe you're so Tentacool, and you're hotter than a Cyndaquil. I dream and hope that we can get to Smoochum, and maybe later Lickitung. You'd have to be pretty Slowbro to not see how much you Blastoise me away.
Are
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 15 March, 2012 at 07:11
I'm pretty sure that you're the Mankey of my dreams and I know we'd make a good Doduo. You've struck me like a Spearow through my heart, and when you're around I try to Pikachu.
These
Cearmaid
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Thursday 15 March, 2012 at 07:49
Throwdown Thursday: Cake or pie?!
Both, sure, whatever, whoever. I'm in a good mood. Where's a cake store.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 15 March, 2012 at 04:37
So... is "feed the ducks" some sort of analogy?
No, I really did just mean, let's go feed the ducks at the park. It's something that you see some people do. It's a safe way to spend time with one another and probably the definition of not rushing things.
Erm.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Thursday 15 March, 2012 at 04:41
Share a beautiful picture with me. I'll do the same.
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Cearmaid
responded to innocuus
on Thursday 15 March, 2012 at 08:57
Drama whores. Annoying or entertaining?
Price of doing business. STFU, GBTW, it'll sort itself out and invariably need 0% input from me.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 15 March, 2012 at 10:36
I just wanted to let you know that I think you're very generous.
What, really?
I almost am expecting a punchline here. You can call me if you wanted to talk, you know?
Cearmaid
responded to innocuus
on Thursday 15 March, 2012 at 10:36
Seeing red, Is this literal or figurative? Has it ever happened to you? What caused it?
It's more of an effusive gold. It's handy - red is Gideon's colour, like blood. Contrasts well, so it makes it easy to see him when we're working.
Cearmaid
responded to innocuus
on Thursday 15 March, 2012 at 10:36
Zombies are overrunning your location, would you trip an acquaintance to guarantee your escape?
Let's assume they are actually a threat and could kill you.
Hilariously, this has happened on some portal jaunts.
And no, I didn't trip anyone, jesus christ. Have a heart.
Cearmaid
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Thursday 15 March, 2012 at 11:43
So it's possible my dad actually gave me a name, and I can probably ask him what it is. Ever have the opportunity to find something out, then not be sure if you wanted to know?
Yeah.
I have been informed I could be told exactly what I'm worth at any given point in time.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Friday 16 March, 2012 at 02:10
What's the question you're really waiting for?
"Lock, will you hold the ring? Torn is giving me away."
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 16 March, 2012 at 08:02
B)
Good to see you too, heavyfoot
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Friday 16 March, 2012 at 08:05
Do you sing in the shower?
Most songs are too long.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Friday 16 March, 2012 at 08:05
What is the best thing about night time?
The cold. It's an excuse to do things to get warm. Blankets, socks, slippers, sex, heaters.
Cearmaid
responded to PlagueOfWasps
on Friday 16 March, 2012 at 08:18
This whole mess in Dark Astoria has left me really frazzled. Was there ever a time you felt completely out of your depth? Stuck in a situation that you've had no experience with before?
Came up once or twice.
It's kinda terrifying how quickly this stuff became routine for me.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Friday 16 March, 2012 at 08:19
What is your favorite kind of textile to wear?
Not to sound all snobby and stuff but there's this Daleson brand fabric that literally forms an air pocket over your body as it settles in and as you roll over it gets out of the way. It's like sleeping under a cloud. I'm a little interested to see if you can get shirts made out of it.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Friday 16 March, 2012 at 08:20
How are you feeling?
I'm better, Sander. I'm really anxious about you - like, sick to my stomach hoping you're okay, you're doing well, you're happy, did you smile today, did you eat well, is it okay for me to send Torn assignments or or or or or or - all that. But... I'm better. I'm sorry if I worried you and I'm sorry for everything I did so wrong.
Cearmaid
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Friday 16 March, 2012 at 10:18
Best kind of milk, white, chocolate or strawberry?
Chocolate milk, ideally dark and shot with that cheap, nasty, not-really-espresso you get from corner stores at midnight. Mmm.
Cearmaid
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Friday 16 March, 2012 at 10:18
What's the best present you've ever gotten?
Hi! We haven't met, so here's a thing: I suck at favourites.
Possibly a black-and-white picture, possibly a small lock.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 16 March, 2012 at 10:19
Do you actually have other nicknames?
I cannot lie, I do.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Friday 16 March, 2012 at 10:19
What do you do when it won't stop hurting? I am happy otherwise, but this one thing just... will not stop hurting. I do not know how to make it stop.
I can't help here.
I want to.
I can't.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Friday 16 March, 2012 at 10:19
Would you give if you knew you would not receive in return?
IT MAY HAVE COME UP.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Friday 16 March, 2012 at 10:19
What is your favorite flavor of hard candy?
Caramel.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Friday 16 March, 2012 at 10:22
What is your favorite piece of classical music?
I don't know. I went looking for pieces I reconised, but all the answers just felt pretentious and like lies. I just need to be honest and say I have no idea.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Friday 16 March, 2012 at 10:22
Do you like bananas?
Yep.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 16 March, 2012 at 05:54
Does your hoodie have less sentiment to it now that all but one square of it has been replaced?
It's my hoodie. Sometimes the zipper had to be replaced, sometimes the hood has to be replaced, sometimes the sleeves need to be replaced, but the hoodie that I have now is the same hoodie I had when I went to work in the abbatoir. It's the same thing.
It has all the more sentiment because I thought I'd lost it forever, now.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 16 March, 2012 at 05:55
Is sending you pictures similar to blowing a whistle? I do not want it to be.
No, it's not. Besides, you can blow all the whistles you want - whether or not I react is what makes me a dog.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Saturday 17 March, 2012 at 04:03
You get home, what's the first thing you want to do?
Fall face-forwards on the fouton, tell my phone to call someone and have an exhausted chat with someone.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Saturday 17 March, 2012 at 09:30
So what's something new you learned yesterday?
That we can, in fact, hang an elephant's worth of weight from the upper story rafters. I'd like to thank @BackAlleyBeats for helping us make sure there was an elephant's worth of sandbags in the upper-storey area, too, and I'm sure she won't mind cleaning them up after her hilarious divebomb stunt.
Cearmaid
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Saturday 17 March, 2012 at 09:31
Any plans for St. Patrick's day?
Head down, ass up, working. I'm such a joy.
Cearmaid
responded to teacuppartisan
on Saturday 17 March, 2012 at 06:04
Ever worked so much that you forgot about something important? Anything from grocery lists to meeting someone somewhere? I realise I completely forgot about my birthday over a month ago. I think it's too late for me to celebrate.
Why, are the birthday police going to come and beat you up?
You're just looking for excuses to be pitiful. Go out, have fun, get a nice meal in you, invite a cute girl, do something for your birthday.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 17 March, 2012 at 08:19
I start on Monday. I am unsure how this happened.
That's fantastic!
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 18 March, 2012 at 05:39
how wash patty day for vryone?
Fun. I hid something somewhere and now someone's going to find it.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 18 March, 2012 at 05:41
Why do I see so many handcuffs in pictures? Is this a common thing?
They're attached to themes of authority and restraint. It's not uncommon for people to find uniforms and expressions of authority to be appealing. Look at @SnaredJr's interest from older women, for example.
((Fun anecdote. Yesterday I went to my sister's to pay respects to my nephew's third birthday, so the place was crawling with kids. One of the presents was a police dress-up costume for the li'l tacker, and his cousins were running around trying to cuff each other. One of the mothers plucked the handcuffs from the kid and said 'Now now, handcuffs are just for mummies and daddies.'))
Cearmaid
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Sunday 18 March, 2012 at 08:24
OKAY I'M GONNA DO IT. Imma find out what my dad named me. Anybody wanna bet on what it is? The I can pick one of yours if his is totally la - I mean ALL IN GOOD FUN. Yeah...
Ceilidh.
Because why the fuck not that's why.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 18 March, 2012 at 04:57
god dammit I had the camera backwards.
Was someone a lildrunk?
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Sunday 18 March, 2012 at 09:32
So like, I'm minding my own business waiting to watch a movie and all and like this commercial comes on and got me curious. Would YOU drive yourself and your friends 965 to get some tacos? Ever take a road trip otherwise?
In celebration of the question of the day, no, never, not done this once, not ever, and certainly were no tacos involved.
Cearmaid
responded to Hellwhip
on Sunday 18 March, 2012 at 11:58
Ran into an acquaintance of my former keeper today. Talk about AWKWARD! What's the most awkward thing you've experienced this week?
Well, it was kind of awkward when my girlfriend turned up at my ex-girlfriend's place to have sex.
Works out okay, and I'm weirdly alright with it.
Cearmaid
responded to Hellwhip
on Monday 19 March, 2012 at 04:04
How do you get people to stop seeing you as "the kid" of your group?
Wait until all the old ones die.
Cearmaid
responded to MsRepresntation
on Monday 19 March, 2012 at 04:04
Are there specific issues and problems you would like the senator to look into? What are they? What suggestions do you have to resolve these obstacles?
The disproportionate effect that Texas's state board of education has on the textbook design of all schools nationwide.
Cearmaid
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Monday 19 March, 2012 at 04:05
Is it cool to get people presents for no reason?
I hope so.
Cearmaid
responded to Hellwhip
on Monday 19 March, 2012 at 04:05
What's happening tonight? Anyone feel like hanging out? ((Should be around from 9-11:30 PM EST))
This is it.
Fuck it.
It is what it is.
((If I have my times right, I'll try to be around.))
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Monday 19 March, 2012 at 04:06
An act or thought that has brought you comfort today or recently?
A handful of questions from Zex. A smile at my smile.
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Monday 19 March, 2012 at 04:06
I tend to be a bit of an introvert. So sometimes I find myself needing a break from social interactions.
Are you more of an introvert or extrovert? Ever find yourself needing "alone time"?
I think this past month has been a lot of 'alone time' for me. I'm pretty comfortable with how things panned out but I did spend a good part of february sulking.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 19 March, 2012 at 04:47
I'd like to visit after work.
Sure. I'll be around. Portal Corps had me doing environment testing all weekend, so I haven't touched the ground since. Hell, they had me going through a different doorman, which means Gideon was busy in Primal.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Monday 19 March, 2012 at 04:47
When do tattoos and piercings become too much? When are they just right?
Nobody can say that but the person getting them
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 19 March, 2012 at 04:49
I feel warm, and taken care of. Thank you.
These are things we do for one another. Mutualism.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 19 March, 2012 at 04:51
Say anything you want, in this response.
I'm not as good at it as you are, but I do know how to make plans, and I do like seeing those plans come to fruition. So while it may not be nearly so deep or as wide-reaching as your clever ideas and your structured plans, I hope you're enjoying being caught in this part of my web. The warm, comforting thing that it is.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 19 March, 2012 at 04:54
What does it mean to be human?
I don't know.
I hate answering questions like this - because I always figure if I've got nothing to say I should just delete the question and move on - but I always make a point of answering your questions (as well as the questions of a few others).
I can't really say what it is to be human though because there are people I know who aren't really 'human' and aren't really not-human either. It's a huge world and I'm not even vaguely sure how to encapsulate the person-ness that we all share.
I guess I'm going to say it's got something to do with having inherited the DNA from another human, and then doing our own thing with it.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 19 March, 2012 at 04:55
It makes me happy when I see you smile. I feel like I have done something right.
A lot of the smile-spree last night was about realising points where you had exhibited emotional reactions, developed or practiced, and things that made me laugh. Which was tricky to manage with you on my chest, because you're not the heaviest sleeper in the world, even after such exertions.
Cearmaid
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Monday 19 March, 2012 at 09:02
What are the best kinds of "I'm sorry" presents you can get?
I don't know. I don't tend to buy presents because I'm sorry. I buy presents because I'm happy. When I'm sorry I hate the idea of throwing money at things because I have so much, any expenditure seems worthless. I try to give of my hands, of my sweat, of my blood.
I bought an ironworks in Sharkhead and pushed its economy into overdrive as an apology for being lucky enough to get rich, though. That's not quite the same thing though.
Cearmaid
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Monday 19 March, 2012 at 09:04
Why are men so hard to understand?
Dunno. Have you met any?
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 19 March, 2012 at 11:15
What is "to corrige"?
As relates to the word incorrigible, it is to take a thing a thing that is incorrigible and seek to make it more corrigible.
I do not know if this makes sense.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 20 March, 2012 at 05:19
Do you know Chrono Trigger?
You asked this three ho\urs ago. Then, it was 2AM.
I have a Nintendo 3DS in my hands and I'm playing it now.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Tuesday 20 March, 2012 at 05:20
What part of your home is most lavishly decorated and what do you like about it most currently?
None of it.
No reason to have anything decorated yet. Pretty things should be displayed. My home is small, snug, secure and safe, and anyone there is there to see me, so I don't need pretty things to display.
Cearmaid
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Tuesday 20 March, 2012 at 04:34
Need some advice from someone who's done it, looking at buying some residential property in Steel.
There's a lot of current development going on up the northern end near Baumton. If you get in the ground floor there you can use your funds to goose the reconstruction, get it done faster, and that can cement you early on in the area.
Cearmaid
responded to MsRepresntation
on Tuesday 20 March, 2012 at 07:52
((I've gotta say, folks, this character cracks me up sometimes. Thanks for asking some awesome questions and welcoming me into your circle))
((We're a weirdo welcoming bunch. They put up with /me/, after all, and I'm basically trichlorine fluoride to RP.))
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Wednesday 21 March, 2012 at 07:14
Share with me an anecdote from your life of the first time you really realised that you were different from the people around you. Even if you're a white blonde girl from Kansas realising that there are, in fact, non-white people in the world.
First time I really remember realising that there was a difference between me and Tori was when I was about nine. He and I had snuck out of class to go get snacks and we're sitting there with food we'd bought from a 7-11. Cop comes past and I don't even notice him, but Tori just VANISHED. He'd fallen down the alleyway and hid behind the trash.
Cop just walked on past, shrugged and moved on.
I remember talking to him afterwards, saying, you know, 'why did you do that?' and he said because, me, being white, playing hooky with some food was just nothing special. For him, being black and playing hooky with food was clearly a sign that he'd stolen something.
Really creeped me the hell out. Was friends with him for a few years, but he stuck school out and I lost contact with him. But I remember him saying that one of the rules he grew up with was 'never run when you're in public.'
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 21 March, 2012 at 03:28
I was not fired. I am confused.
Well, that's good news. Give me a call and talk to me about it.
Cearmaid
responded to Hellwhip
on Wednesday 21 March, 2012 at 03:28
Is there such a thing as acceptable losses?
Sure, but I bet there are going to be a lot of people arguing otherwise.
Cearmaid
responded to Hellwhip
on Wednesday 21 March, 2012 at 03:29
For those of you with abilities or technology that go beyond the norm, did you deliberately gain your powers? To what lengths would you go to improve your abilities? What would you sacrifice?
My powers of resilience and survival improve and reinforce every time I die.
I don't exactly go out and hunt out ways to improve them, you know?
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Wednesday 21 March, 2012 at 03:30
What do you know well enough to teach to others? If given the chance, would you teach me?
Metalwork, I suppose. And I've no idea if I would, it'd depend on how interested you would be to learn.
Cearmaid
responded to totallywitchin
on Wednesday 21 March, 2012 at 03:30
Describe your worst breakup.
It's very hard to do, but it involves me being shot into space by a cannon.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Wednesday 21 March, 2012 at 03:40
Greetings to all the citizens of Paragon City and Terra. I am the physical embodiment of the Sun sent as a means to understand that to which I support. What is the best way to worship the me in return for my gifts ?
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha.
Oh wow.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Thursday 22 March, 2012 at 02:17
Do you hate anyone?
I hate bullies. I know that's ridiculous, because I'm basically the only person in the world who can push around most things that can be considered deities, which makes me a bully, but I can leave people alone - I mean, the Senet, for example, have an entirely pleasant relationship with (most of) their deities and I don't get itchy knuckles around them.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Thursday 22 March, 2012 at 02:19
What was the last thing that made you cry? Was it sadness or happiness?
You.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 22 March, 2012 at 02:21
I just had a thought I want to express about you, but I am unsure how to do so. Realized I have a favorite part. Surprisingly non-erotic.
How is it surprisingly non-erotic? I'm a person, not a sex-doll. I'll be glad to hear it, however you decide to express it.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Thursday 22 March, 2012 at 02:26
My name is alliterative. If your name had to be alliterative too, what would it be?
It probably is, in Scotland.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Thursday 22 March, 2012 at 07:32
Are all cops bastards?
Probably!
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Thursday 22 March, 2012 at 07:53
What's your opinion on really fine fretwork or decorative ice sculpture?
It's not something I can do well, and so my natural inclination is to regard it at a distance. I'm very practical though, so I often get too hung up on how things work than how they look.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Thursday 22 March, 2012 at 07:58
What's your favourite kind of business name?
I can't think of any, but any that try to be cute tend to be ass. Places like the Thai Tanic and the Fretting Work, those look like ass.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Thursday 22 March, 2012 at 04:28
What are your top three priorities?
1. Today 2. Tomorrow 3. The world
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Thursday 22 March, 2012 at 07:26
@SnaredJR seems to have gone a bit crazy and asked everyone individual questions. Do you ever imagine yourself doing that? Why, or why not?
He's just copying me. Though I did it when Lilah got snotty about not getting enough individual questions.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 23 March, 2012 at 01:25
Are there any actions you like to take during or after a music box moment?
Normally, I relax, wipe my eyes, take a deep breath and enjoy the moment as long as it lasts, like the last note echoing in my ears of a song. Like watching the credits of a game as it spirals past me, as if their end signals an end to that sentiment.
Then I tend to get all huggy.
Cearmaid
responded to innocuus
on Friday 23 March, 2012 at 01:28
Is it possible to be in love with someone yet not attracted to them?
Ask the wife or husband of a burn victim.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Friday 23 March, 2012 at 06:12
Do you remember your dreams?
Now I'm going to sleep sober all the time, I do, and mostly? My dreams are boring. I was expecting some sort of terrible series of night terrors as a byproduct of the sudden shift in my life, or dreams of the places I've been in the past few months. Not really, no. They're mostly just odd and boring.
Cearmaid
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Friday 23 March, 2012 at 06:14
Do you know an artisan skill like woodworking?
I do. I know a lot of artisan skills, like woodworking, bricklaying, metalwork, ropecrafting, sailmaking, masonry, carpentry... that's all off the top of my head.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Saturday 24 March, 2012 at 12:22
What are some of your favorite power perks? The little conveniences your powers/gear/training allow you, ones most people without your specific abilities wouldn't think of.
There's nothing my powers bring to the table that is not incredibly obvious. I suppose I can stub out my cigarettes on my skin, but I don't smoke often these days.
Cearmaid
responded to MsRepresntation
on Saturday 24 March, 2012 at 05:34
How do you take your coffee? And if you don't like coffee, what do you prefer? How do you enjoy it?
Blacker than a moonless night, hotter and more bitter than hell itself...that is coffee.
Cearmaid
responded to NemesisLives
on Saturday 24 March, 2012 at 05:35
Anyone else think Elliot's new BFF Tinkerbell is adorable? We're going to have to make new words that help explain just how cute and spunky she is. Anyone have any suggestions? :D
Knowing what I do about the original Sidhe I don't imagine I'm a good person for that job. Chances are I'll scare the fairydust out of her.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 25 March, 2012 at 02:48
Can I watch you play the new Angry Birds?
Sure?
Cearmaid
responded to KyleSands
on Monday 26 March, 2012 at 12:35
Anyone know the going price of a cargo ship?
If you want it now now now, here here here, you're going to be looking at 20 to 25, easily more if you want to invest in safety measures, registration, maintenance, people to stock it and set it and sail it. If you're willing to stick close to a shoestring budget and want a fixer-upperer, the Chullain Ironworks gets its wrecks mostly-functional from Zhefang province in China - there's a two-week turnaround while we move the (empty) ships and then usually strip them down, which would add another two weeks on top of that while we get your rig functional. One of those, you're talking in the district of three (small) to seven (bigger).
Cearmaid
responded to KyleSands
on Monday 26 March, 2012 at 01:08
What about a refurbished ship with up-to-date safety specs?
What I think you're looking at here is a home on water, with a lot of room for say, exercise room, storage compartments, scientific labs?
If you sign a contract with me for when I do the next purchase you could get a pretty outrageous discount, if you're willing to wait for it, but we're still looking at something like sixty to seventy.
If you were buying one, on your own, you couldn't do it in cash. Sorry, just no. Nobody will sell you that. These things are so big and have so much deformation and maintenance on the world around them that they simply put are living, moving drifting sections of liability and legal structure. You cannot own one free and clear, you have to have legal structures around it to handle all the liabilities.
If you established a business, things get a bit complicated, but that's a better compromise if you don't want my help.
Cearmaid
responded to KyleSands
on Monday 26 March, 2012 at 01:24
Well, I'm not thinking a floating home so much as--and this was inspired by Tammy--a floating rec center for powered types. No labs, but gym equipment, restaraunt, impervium X-Boxes...
I have some bad news for you, Kyle.
If you want to do this, it's going to make you money, probably quite a lot of money, and it might wind up making you rich.
Get a lawyer. If you don't have one, I'll get one for you. I'm going to need a new project soon.
Cearmaid
responded to KyleSands
on Monday 26 March, 2012 at 05:18
So... I've got the cash to fund everything, I think; but I'm kinda at a loss how to even start. I'm definitely open to suggestions.
Get your business suit on. Tomorrow morning, ten, Founders, we're going to sit obnoxiously expensive coffee and listen to two suits being handled by guys who may or may not be named 'Tevin' as they try to make us care a great deal about our financial underplay outlay contragrand.
I may be inviting Zex along so she can talk at these people in their own strange moon-language.
Cearmaid
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Monday 26 March, 2012 at 05:24
What's something you do without even thinking about it? Not breathing or whatever, but something special to you?
Literally without thinking about it? Snuffing the divine spark.
Contact with me, with my powers, my blood, my body, apparently even items that matter to me, if my forebears is to be believed, temporarily shuts off the element of the divine that says 'this is a thing that is unassailable, connected to the divine, and unkillable.'
That stops being true.
Apparently, I'm not even unique in being able to do that.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 26 March, 2012 at 06:27
I am pleased that my comment induced such an emotional response from you (it was the highlight of my day). Do you think you could help me understand why it did so? Can you help me see it from your perspective?
The first thing to remember is that different people are going to inspire a different type of emotional reaction, even different things. Sometimes a thing can inspire because of what it reminds me of - and it makes me re-examine an old idea. An example would be that Reed yesterday mentioned showing a movie that had made me happy, to Sander, and that reminded me of how I had felt with that movie, and how it might well make Sander feel in a similar way. And that multiplied it.
You do not have normal or intuitive emotional responses. You do still have emotional responses - I've seen you angry, for example, and I've seen how your anger turns itself into the same primal reactions it does with other people with whom I've had that interaction.
The incident that most recently caused this reaction ( http://4ms.me/GRUrN3 ) is helped and heightened by your use of irony and simile. You did not let their inexact nature intimidate you. You tried to express yourself in a way that would earn that reaction from me. It's very hard for us to talk about things we do not have words for - we have 'love' and we have 'like' and no matter how precise or cautious you are with your word choice between those points, all that does is try to point at a specific grain of sand.
What our word choice tries to do is induce in another person's mind the same experience and the same sensation that we feel in our selves as we say them. It is playing another person's emotions in a sympathetic way, rather than a manipulative way; you are not seeking to make them feel what you don't, but what you do.
For you, these notes, these vibrations, are still there, they are just so very, very quiet, and so I listen for them all the more keenly.
What I'm saying is, come around and I'll pluck your brains out.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Monday 26 March, 2012 at 06:57
Do you approve of Reed?
Some things he says bother me because I don't understand him. Where he called all heroes manipulative bastards, for example, and when he talks about lying. Those things disquiet me, because I don't know how honest he is with you - and that's an idea that obviously matters to me a great deal.
But... he makes you happy. Hell, he makes Torn happy.
If Torn can trust him, I can trust him.
I'm really glad you're happy.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Monday 26 March, 2012 at 09:06
I'm taking off on my longest flight ever. Heading down to Florida for Spring Break. How far have you ever flown under your own power?
I own a 1970 Dodge Challenger.
Basically, not much more than a city block.
Cearmaid
responded to shrikespikes
on Tuesday 27 March, 2012 at 03:21
What piece of advice/word of warning/offer of help did you turn down, and later regret?
"You can come with me to pick her up, if you want."
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Tuesday 27 March, 2012 at 06:38
Do you forgive me?
I can scarcerly think of a single thing you've ever done wrong to me, Sander.
If you want to hear this digital voice say it so you can hear it, yes, I forgive you; but I also want you to know I do not think there is anything to forgive.
I love you, and I love you as the name I said when I returned from the dust of the moon. I am so glad you are happy.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Tuesday 27 March, 2012 at 06:41
What was the last thing you bought for yourself?
Well, I guess a Nintendo 3DS which I bought to play a game that Zex recommended, so I suppose that's both of us. But still, that.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Tuesday 27 March, 2012 at 06:41
Can you juggle?
Not balls, but bricks, yes. Which is odd, but it's all about timing.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Tuesday 27 March, 2012 at 06:43
I left bubble liquid by your apartment. It is for you to share. That is why there are three containers of it.
I hope you'll come by sometime. It must be really interesting to listen to the bubbles as you do.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Tuesday 27 March, 2012 at 06:46
What is your favorite colour?
This has come up before.
Take a zippo lighter. One of the old, hard, metal ones, the ones that rattle a little when you shake them when they're new. Get a completely black background, and flick the lighter on in front of it, and just below the light of the fire there's this golden orange red. I love that colour.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Tuesday 27 March, 2012 at 06:47
What is your favorite season?
I like the winter. I like the biting cold, I like the freezing wind, I like being up on the ass of a scaffold with the snow starting to fall and the hot sparks making little icicles underneath me.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Tuesday 27 March, 2012 at 06:48
Do you like spiders?
Hadn't thought much about it. I don't like giving non-answers, but 'spiders' doesn't bring any strong emotional reaction, not even thinking about Arachnos or the actual bugs.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Tuesday 27 March, 2012 at 06:50
What is your favorite taste?
I really, really like the way bacon tastes.
Yeah, that is the sound of @AmberAblaze unfollowing me.
Cearmaid
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Tuesday 27 March, 2012 at 07:21
I'm a natural blonde, should I let it grow out?
Well, remembering that I have a girlfriend who crafts her own limbs, and that my idea of beauty often stems from large pieces of metalwork, but I think you should keep coloring it as long as you feel that itch. It's part of yourself, something you can express, am I right?
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 27 March, 2012 at 08:27
You mentioned that I am creating what people call a soul, and I do not understand. Explain?
First and foremost bear in mind that I am typing this on my phone and therefore there is a chance I lose track of what I've said because of the character limit.
Second, remember that I am not an actual expert in souls and human soul theory as magically endowed people practice, but I also tend not to give two flying fucks about what most of them have to say because most of them regard the stories of Cearmaid and the Tuatha De Dannan (including our regimented deicide across an entire country) to be nothing more than exaggerations and fairy stories, and they'd much rather cling to archaic traditions and hopeless 'well you can't change anything' mindsets, than to actually try and approach what we can observe and test with a clean slate and see what works. Possible due to squeamishness at the possibilities these theories open up.
What I understand of 'soul' is that it's something that people have, but nobody can be certain of where we get it. It clearly fuels and powers magicaly effects and it even more clearly has some value to creatures and can persist beyond our life, sometimes in very ornate ways and sometimes in very simple ones - drifting shades and images that don't have much consciousness in some cases, and in other cases, enormously complicated entities that are sometimes even more 'whole' than the people they were when they were alive.
Ghost Widow insists the dead never change, which has to be a lie she tells herself to feel better about her failure to change in the ways she thinks she wants to, because she remembers who I am when I go to talk to her, meaning that her memory, at least can be changed.
Anyway, from what I can gauge, souls are not things that people inherently have, but things that we create for ourselves as we grow in the same way we create cardiovascular and immune systems. They aren't divine little bits of fluff granted from some external situation, they are some form of the life cycle that, good or ill, that we can shape, consume, control and even create by shared conjunction.
Now, that's not what I was referring to, though it might be connected.
When writers talk about 'raising the soul' or 'giving the soul wings to soar,' what they are saying is that they believe there is some fundamental, un-intellectual component of each person who can read or experience the text that responds in a way that 'feels' lifted and 'feels' buoyed, or can at least understand what 'direction' that is. Something that intuitively grasps these metaphors and feels good because of it. In my somewhat meat-driven worldview, I think that this is true, and the 'soul' they speak about is our intuitive emotional reactions.
We think of things in the sky as free because as long as we have had monkey brains, things in the sky have been beynod our grasp. Therefore, it is easy to look at a wheeling bird and imagine that that serves as a useful metaphor or simile for freedom. This language underpins our emotions and it's why certain ideas are cultural and some are biological.
To simplify: You are creating in yourself a language for the expression of emotions to yourself and subsequently to others.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 28 March, 2012 at 03:54
I don't know what the situation will be like in a few months, but I'm going to Vegas early July. This is me inviting you to come as well.
Shit, I can take time off work for that, if the man doesn't ride me hard about it.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 28 March, 2012 at 03:57
You asked me how my priorities of things I feared and desired has shifted "aside from the obvious." ... How do I know what is obvious? Everything is obvious.
I imagine that you have an impression of what I do and do not know. You have some secrets from me, after all.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 29 March, 2012 at 02:47
What about a bigger project? Bigger than you're thinking right now? Bigger than anything you've ever done before?
This is going to have to be good.
There are some pretty amazing projects I've been working on recently.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Thursday 29 March, 2012 at 02:49
So hey! Whhaat is your favote color of drink? I like amber. Get it? Srsly!
(( OMG! Did you know there was a movie of Josie and the Pussycats?! I must see this! ))
Well, around about now you're only going to see this because you're waking up. And you're probably hurting pretty bad, so here is your first piece of advice for dealing with hangovers. Raise two fingers and point at your eyes, close your eyes, then lean into those eyes. Lean a little more, until you feel some pressure. And then draw a big, long breath.
You will now notice that this hurts a hell of a lot, you will gasp in pain and then you'll poke yourself in the eye.
You have now been duly punished for being an ass. People care about you, do this sort of stuff in your own backyard where people can take care of you if things go wrong.
Cearmaid
responded to KyleSands
on Thursday 29 March, 2012 at 09:57
So, you said you knew some good lawyers?
I do. Sorry I wasn't around earlier - Portal Corps had me doing what we call a Deep Dive. Not fun stuff! Anyways, yes. There is a gaggle of lawyers with your phone number. You should be getting a call sometime soon from a liability professional who I understand is named Monny, and he's quite nice and helpful.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Friday 30 March, 2012 at 03:21
What was your last breakup like?
She stuck me in a cannon and shot me into space. It was at that point I felt there may have been some issues the relationship hadn't properly addressed.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Friday 30 March, 2012 at 03:51
FML Friday: Admit something you dislike or detest about yourself. Is it something you're working on, or have you accepted it?
I feel guilty about everything, in particular things that aren't my fault, can't be fixed, and shouldn't matter. My mother's opinion is just that - an opinion, and as a dead person, it's not going to change by anything I do with myself in my life.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Friday 30 March, 2012 at 03:52
F***-My-Friends Friday: Admit something you dislike or detest about an FSer no-one would expect you to say something negative about.
Max has no idea what a happy medium is.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Friday 30 March, 2012 at 07:13
I am disgusted by the lack of respect that people here have.
I'm sorry, Sander.
I'm going to head to work early today, okay? If you want me, you can contact me, and I'll see if Torn's interested in helping out today.
Cearmaid
responded to AGreenDragon
on Friday 30 March, 2012 at 06:18
I want to ask this one to! Inspired by Kyle Sands. What formspringer am I most like, and most unlike? This is one that I couldn't think of an answer for myself when asked.
You're most like Sander in that neither of you lie at all, you're both very strong of character, you're both pure of will and other people don't realise how pure you are.
Most unlike? I don't know, High Score or something, or Let It Glow.
Cearmaid
responded to AGreenDragon
on Friday 30 March, 2012 at 06:24
"The Grass is always greener on the other side" I know what this means but do you think it's true at all? Cause I look at the evil side and it doesn't look any better to me.
It refers to how human minds work by comparing things. The things we don't have, we're not sure about, so we tend to make them look better in our minds.
Cearmaid
responded to SovereignFist
on Friday 30 March, 2012 at 06:26
Assuming you've seen the gym today. Any ideas or thoughts on what to do?
You know Max's social circle better than I do. You take the note, and the other bits. I'll get a work schedule up for the repairs and I'll stick around to fix it, and you see who in Max's circle of friends knows what to do with the rest.
Cearmaid
responded to Hellwhip
on Friday 30 March, 2012 at 06:26
Any good tips on an all-nighter study session? I'll be studying in my room until Sunday. Try not to get into too much trouble without me!
I flunk upwards, so no idea.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Friday 30 March, 2012 at 06:27
From Chell: "The lighthouse, the houseboat, the palace, the forge, the den of thieves, the temple; in which do you live, and why do you say it so?"
The forge, the place where work gets done. The place where things are made and tools - things that do other things! - are distributed to those that need them. The place where weapons and armour can be forged and passed on to protect homes and lives. The place where I can work without a shirt and people can peek in on me being all sweaty.
Cearmaid
responded to earthborn
on Friday 30 March, 2012 at 06:28
Tell me about your favorite outdoor activity!
I like going for drives. I have a convertible. It counts.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Friday 30 March, 2012 at 06:28
Do you wake up early?
Yep yep.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Saturday 31 March, 2012 at 12:52
F***-My-Friends Friday: Admit something you dislike or detest about an FSer no-one would expect you to say something negative about.
I have no fucking clue why the hell anyone would bother criticising @TheAndrogyne in the first place, given that ey won't change one way or another regardless of what's said.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 31 March, 2012 at 02:43
If you could realisticly automate the work force, would you?
I think that some fields of work? Definitely. Certain types of labour should not be being done by people, they should be being done by machines. Picking fruit and the like? But for craftsmanship, I think that's a level where you want a human mind engaged in the project the whole way.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 31 March, 2012 at 02:45
If I was in opposition to something you felt very strongly about and the only way to ensure that it happened was to kill me, could you?
Could I? Sure. You're 72% of a half-asian human.
More appropriately, though, I would reconsider my goals and my aims. You are rational. You oppose things for rational reasons. I therefore would have to come to terms with why I was doing what I was doing.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 31 March, 2012 at 02:47
If you had the option to die permenantly, would you take it?
Sometime in the future.
I have since been informed that it's an option for me, but I'm not sure if I want to take it any time soon.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 31 March, 2012 at 02:48
I intend to dye my hair. Is there any color you would like to see on me for physical/sexual preference? Your decision is not the verdict, but something I weigh in decision making.
I think the thing I like the most about hair is length rather than color. Color tells a host of things - redheads come across as fiery, blue as cool, purple as having some sort of deliberate art to design, and so on - but really, long enough to tug on and stroke my hands through is very appealing.
Cearmaid
responded to Tenebraxa
on Saturday 31 March, 2012 at 04:09
I don't mean to pry, and please don't reply publicly. But, I saw your message about Max and the gym? Is he alright?
At this point, Max is missing. There's been a maxnapping and, while I know he mainly focuses on punching faces, Ray is handling that.
What I'm focusing on is repairing his gym, making sure that things stay stable. I don't actually know Max's personal life all that well, so I'm hoping Ray can get the information to the people who can do something with it.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 31 March, 2012 at 06:30
Interesting. That about Max.
Sorry I don't have more info. Ray's got all the evidence from the scene. We cleared what we could, some cops took pictures, and we've been trying to repair. Thanks to the rain it could have led to big structural damage, and I figure the last thing Max needs in addition to being kidnapped is having his gym fall down.
Cearmaid
responded to SetLotus
on Saturday 31 March, 2012 at 06:23
Set has discovered that it likes music. Recommend some music for Set to listen to. Preferable music Set can DANCE to but any will do!
Cearmaid
responded to SetLotus
on Saturday 31 March, 2012 at 06:24
Do you like fire?
Even if I didn't, fire loves me.
Cearmaid
responded to SetLotus
on Saturday 31 March, 2012 at 06:24
How many teeth do you have?
Normal adult set - wisdoms came out in prison, lost one in the side and have a cap from a fight.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Saturday 31 March, 2012 at 06:25
Did you know that the public library has computers and Internet?
Amber, Amber, Amber, Amber.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Saturday 31 March, 2012 at 06:26
Check your callsign. Or your Formspring name if you wanna. Do you really do what it says or are you taking poetic license?
I am, very literally, descended from the Gaelic figure, believed to be a god, named Cearmaid, who helped lead charges against the Tuatha De Dannan of England in a deicidal campaign that apparently was too important to write down because they disliked written language. I mean what the hell.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Saturday 31 March, 2012 at 06:26
Hands. Probably because of my upbringing I've always had an appreciation for their work which has only ever increased. What's your take on hands, be it practical or metaphysical or whatever else you got?
These hands are small I know, but they are mine - wait, no, my hands are pretty big. I'm like an alsatian puppy.
Cearmaid
responded to earthborn
on Saturday 31 March, 2012 at 06:26
It's gorgeous out. How would you spend an ideal Saturday?
Thanking god that when Max decided to dodge through a wall, he dodged through THIS one and not THAT one.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 31 March, 2012 at 10:45
Does the hekatonkheires part of you react to the incarnate thing at all?
Yes, but really, deific hubris is what gets me going rather than the actual presence of deities. When you were Iron Tyrant, for the brief time I was exposed, I wanted to wholeheartedly throw myself into the process of tearing you apart.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Sunday 1 April, 2012 at 02:25
If a person who commits a felony is a felon, what are you?
An iron.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Sunday 1 April, 2012 at 02:26
What's a song you just wish people would stop doing?
My Way. Piano Man. Fffffffffffffucking really really bad renditions of Hot Blooded. If you're good enough to do them well get up on stage and we'll all shut up, but if you're not, just shut up, pleeease.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Sunday 1 April, 2012 at 02:26
When you communicate here, is there something textual people do that you don't understand?
I get the impression that for some people, emoticons are just intuitive, you :) when you're feeling :) and you don't :B until you're feeling :B, or whatever, but it looks like gibberish to me.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Sunday 1 April, 2012 at 11:23
Post an image that shows how you see yourself.
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Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 2 April, 2012 at 01:58
What will you do if you lose access to your money?
Get a job. It's one of the perks of knowing what it is to have nothing, you always have a fallback.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 2 April, 2012 at 01:59
Do you revere or detest the religious lore in your background? Or are you indifferent?
Well, I looked into it, and from what I can see, the religious lore in my background that led to the creation of England as a place human beings lived involved a bunch of humans with stolen weaponry, and at least one hecaonkheires, storming the island and waging a multi-generational deicidal war.
I'm kinda pleased about it.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 2 April, 2012 at 02:02
How do you feel about personal space? Shared space?
One of the stranger things I've noticed is that I actually like laying on top of, or around you. I'm used to being bigger than the girls I date, and that's... typical, in this town, it seems, but you're the first one who has been desiring of having my presence at your back when we're at rest. So that closeness, that absolute proximity, is something I've come to really appreciate because it's nothing I've had before.
As far as my personal space goes, until I give people permission to, I'm not fond of having my junk touched, but beyond that I mostly don't mind. People need space, after all, but if someone steps into mine it's not usually because they're a dick.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 2 April, 2012 at 02:03
If you had legal rights to an island completely outside any government jurisdiction, what would you do with it?
Who's been telling you tales?
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 2 April, 2012 at 02:08
Why do you feel guilt?
I think it's because I've spent my whole life doing things people have been telling me I should feel guilty for.
I was poor. Well, the culture has spent years telling poor people that it's our fault for not pulling ourselves up by our fucking bootstraps.
I did badly at school. Well, we all know the reason you do badly at school is because you don't try.
I worked in an abbatoir killing pretty lambsies and cowsies and well, that makes me a terrible person, doesn't it?
I was a labourer. I tried to join unions, and as we know, unions wreck everything in this fucking country.
I had sex with women, and it wasn't in your standardised missionary-style g-rated sexcapades that included six months of dating and a promise ring, and well, that was bad. And you can see how sometimes that blew up in my face.
My mother and I didn't get along. And have you ever heard of a person who had problems with his mother where the problem is the mother's, not the man's?
I don't feel bad about killing bad people. I don't feel bad about killing people who ask to die. I instead feel bad about not feeling bad. Because as Kazeno would point out, that sort of thing is terrible. No crime is unredeemable or something, and I'm like, cutting the threads of destiny.
My father was in the military and I didn't join up. Well, you can imagine how well that goes, because the first question is 'Why didn't you?'
And now I'm filthy stinking rich because of a random piece of luck and a bit of spite. And that is, itself, terrible because you never ever ever get anything you don't deserve in this life and I clearly don't deserve this, so... bad me.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 2 April, 2012 at 02:12
I have heard it said that the world is run by the unremarkable. Do you agree or disagree? Why?
the thing that most people want in the world and that they confuse with 'safety' and 'peace' is 'could tomorrow be mostly like today, but maybe a bit nicer.' They don't want the big fixes, they don't want the big overhauls, they don't even really want the fixes that they don't have to pay for or work for. Big changes of almost all variety get resisted very hard.
by and large, the world operates within these parameters. A little bit of change from time to time little by little. Look at politicans and you'll see it. Nobody's proposing we do something outrageous (and sensible) like discard the fucking penny. They're all arguing about HOW we rearrange the chairs.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 2 April, 2012 at 02:17
Do you balance rationality and emotions well? Does one carry more weight than the other?
I don't really, I just have to hope I can fake it. It's why I admire you and Sander, you can both be so rational.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 2 April, 2012 at 02:18
Against all conceivable logic, I have obtained 200 followers. Why are you following me?
Zex appeal.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 2 April, 2012 at 02:19
Should craftsmanship be compromised to placate mediocrity?
The more I look at this sentence the more annoyed it makes me.
Craftsmanship is about constructing a thing with a purpose. It's not about artwork, it's not about artistry, it's not about evocation. Yes, you can argue that art has a purpose (to be art), but craftsmanship is about things that DO things, that ENABLE things, that ACT and change the world in ways that aren't inside people's heads.
The quote about placating mediocrity is frustrating to me because one of the things that craftmanship has to do is recognise the limitations imposed on it. When you think of meeting a need (a cost, a design aesthetic of others) as 'placating mediocrity,' you're putting your craft in the realm of art, and that's when I have to stop giving a fuck about how important you think your expression is.
This, incidentally, is why I want to hire people to support art talent. Because I know fuck-all about it.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 2 April, 2012 at 02:22
If you were in charge of a city that was completely isolated from the rest of the world, how would you run it?
I'd call up my friend Zex and then my friend Gideon, I'd get them to argue and I'd see what came out of the middle.
I really would, I'm not trying to abdicate responsibility like a dick here, I just know this is the kind of scenario where I'm flat-out not equipped to consider.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 2 April, 2012 at 02:24
Is there anything you'd like to teach me?
I'd like to teach you what happy is, and why it's a neat little trick to know how to do. Because it is.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 2 April, 2012 at 02:26
Is there anything you want me to teach you?
How to compete like you do.
How to reconsider like you do.
How to drop rage like you do.
Pokemon.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 2 April, 2012 at 02:27
What's something I do that turns you on or excites you?
Surprising me is one of the big things. It's things like turning up at my office in disguise.
Being yourself - not feeling you have to lie or feign around me is nice.
Getting excited is a thing too. I don't do it often, but when I can tell I've aroused you, and damn if I know how I do it half the time, it's pretty astounding.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 2 April, 2012 at 02:28
How do you decide what projects to pursue in your personal life?
That's a great question. I should figure out an answer to it.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Monday 2 April, 2012 at 05:04
((Do you have something against Soly's player?))
((No? I don't know them at all.))
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Monday 2 April, 2012 at 05:06
5 years ago, where did you think you'd be today?
Some ass-end job, turning Old and hating my parents.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Tuesday 3 April, 2012 at 04:03
Can you flare your nostrils?
Wow, ain't everyone here looking to make me feel like a mutant freak.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 3 April, 2012 at 04:04
Do you ever question whether or not you are truly alive?
So this is solipsism. I don't really have a lot of use for it. I'm one of the boring natural pragmatists of the world.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Tuesday 3 April, 2012 at 04:04
How do you introduce yourself to new people? Do you have some kind of interesting story you always use or what?
Ugh. /New/ people.
Cearmaid
responded to SetLotus
on Tuesday 3 April, 2012 at 05:37
Set has a moral dilemma. Set was asked today to mimic someone's ex girlfriend and seduce him only to turn into a large man half way through intercourse and thereby humiliate him. Set's friend asked Set this to get revenge. Should set do this?
Sounds like Set's friend is a moron. It also sounds like Set's friend likes to encourage irresponsible use of powers.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Tuesday 3 April, 2012 at 05:37
TMI Tuesday: Have you ever experimented? It's a TMI question. You know what I mean.
In that my balls have touched another set, yes, but not really the way you mean.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 3 April, 2012 at 05:39
I think I could get along better with a lot of people, and generally fit in if I was to lie more often. I am conflicted. Do you have an oppinion on this?
It depends on how you define lies, really. An example.
"How are you?" "I'm fine. You?" "Oh, the same."
Which is seen as a normal social grace and it gets people past that stage of the conversation and on to the point where they're willing to talk about what's actually on the person's mind. On the other hand:
"How are you?' "I have no feet."
That can kinda make the brains skip a track.
We lie a lot. Most humans do. We're pretty prone to a lot of social lies, lies that are about keeping a guarded self. You're more honest than most people can handle. That said...
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 3 April, 2012 at 05:40
When you're done, I'd be interested in knowing what you thought of the story.
Still not done, but my, it's dystopian. The idea of humanity as cattle before the machine really resonated with you, didn't it?
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Tuesday 3 April, 2012 at 06:34
Alternate version of previous question: Do you consider yourself softhearted?
Just as a heads up, posting dog pictures could be considered kinda a dick move.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Tuesday 3 April, 2012 at 06:56
TMI Tuesday: What was the last thought or deed that made you feel like a pervert? Is it a shameful or delightful feeling for you when it occurs?
Pfft, anything. I feel guilty about stuff like people breathe.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Wednesday 4 April, 2012 at 07:24
If you have not noticed, I decided to return. Are you happy to see me?
Very happy to see you back. In fact, if I'd known you were back, I might have gone up to ask for a pillow.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 4 April, 2012 at 07:26
I was going to say something I perceived as romantic, but then realized you would not get it. http://lyrics.wikia.com/The_Protomen is to be read alongside http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cnYvMC2fCo&feature=BFa&list=PLAEA7E785BE41B987&lf=results_main
Like I said, it's an interesting story.
The delivery medium is odd - I'm not used to reading as I listen to the lyrics of a song, and I'd normally just read the lyrics and liner notes as like, poetry or something. But it was interesting, and now I'm glad you showed it to me.
This is, as I understand it, the narrative of the video games it mentions, dealing with things like sentient tools, the right of life and death, and the ultimate responsibility for our own salvation and creation. I think if it's a good idea, I'd like to try these games.
If you'll open the door, at least.
Cearmaid
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Wednesday 4 April, 2012 at 07:30
It'll be time for summer clothes soon! What's your fave item of summer clothing?
Rolled up sleeves.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Wednesday 4 April, 2012 at 07:37
Do you like fish?
I think I do, but I mostly like cheap fish, battered and served with fries.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Wednesday 4 April, 2012 at 07:38
Have you faced a moral dilemma recently, what was it?
Whether or not it is appropriate to break my own door. I decided against it, because it's very important that people in this building feel safe, and the superintendent's door being broken seems to me to be an exact sign of what not to do in that kind of circumstance.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Wednesday 4 April, 2012 at 07:41
When is your birthday?
August 19, 1985.
Cearmaid
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Wednesday 4 April, 2012 at 07:54
"Once you start loving someone, you'll never stop loving them. Even when they're a thousand miles away". - This was something my dad told me, do you find that it's true?
Even from 406,700 kilometers, I didn't stop loving Sander, and Torn, and Zex - though I was a bit sore at her at the time - or Gideon.
Cearmaid
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Wednesday 4 April, 2012 at 07:55
You love lots of people, have you ever felt like your heart is so full it may explode?
It's strange, but I always felt like loving too much made my heart feel like it was going to cave in.
Cearmaid
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Wednesday 4 April, 2012 at 07:56
Do you prefer to wake up alone or with someone in your arms?
I can't think of many things I prefer to do alone these days.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Wednesday 4 April, 2012 at 07:56
I would like to see you through Reed with your permission.
Of course. After I've had some sleep.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Wednesday 4 April, 2012 at 07:57
What is your favorite firmness of pillow? Do not answer "anything more comfortable than stairs."
this one under my face is quite nice
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 4 April, 2012 at 09:33
What do you take pride in?
I take pride in tangible, pragmatic things. I take pride in things that I can measure. I have a hard time taking pride in people's feelings or reactions, because those often feel like they're going to vary from day to day. Someone has a crap day, they're going to have a crap reaction, most of the time.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Wednesday 4 April, 2012 at 07:22
Does your belief really matter, in the grander scale of things?
Given that one of my core beliefs is that immortality is but a word, a word wrought by hope and trends and not by facts, that to everything that lives there is an end - whether by blades, rust, time, or guilt - I'd say that my beliefs matter a hell of a lot, especially to the immortal beings that have tested it against me.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Wednesday 4 April, 2012 at 07:23
Thinking of taking up surfing as a hobby. Want to join us if and when you get some free time?
Sure!
Cearmaid
responded to rnaway
on Wednesday 4 April, 2012 at 08:28
When you define Immortality, is it just that someone has not found a way to kill someone, or is it something else entirely?
Without going into too much detail - because the last time I gave too much information to someone I got my ass shot into space - I regularly am sent to Portal Corps universes where there is what they consider an immortal existential threat, or a fundamentally hostile environment. There's no good unifying example of immortality, but to put it delicately, there is something divine in our worlds, some kind of shard of something that spreads out. Some entities have a lot, some have a little. Chances are, I have some and that's why I'm so damn hard to kill.
Either way what I do seems to turn off that 'immortal' thing.
Cearmaid
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Wednesday 4 April, 2012 at 09:49
Let's talk costuming! Assuming you've had some input into you own costume, if not those of others, are there any rules that simply cannot be broken?
It has to annoy Chance somehow.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Thursday 5 April, 2012 at 12:56
(( I'm just an idiot and took things too personally. I TOOK them too personal. Get it? I'm the one to blame, okay? I get bullied at school and so any TINY whiff of it in my perfect fantasy life kinda gave me a FREAK. So I WANT this DROPPED right now!
((You know what makes me feel a bit of a dick? Realising that Lock's not following all the Amberkin.))
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 5 April, 2012 at 08:50
Would you consider living in a shared space without a set time or prerequisite for either of us leaving? What conditions would be important to you?
The first question is: Would this need to be a space separate from the existing space I have, which I am already willing to share with you?
And I am certainly accepting of considering this idea. It doesn't hurt me at all to consider it. I have a slight concern that I am attached to the place I have because it's also attached to an official role, one of the jobs I enjoy doing even though I don't need to do it.
Cearmaid
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Thursday 5 April, 2012 at 08:56
Throwdown Thursday: Boiled eggs versus poached eggs
I don't get poaching. It's like, if you want the inside to be runny, fry it in butter and die young like the rest of us poor people.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 5 April, 2012 at 08:57
The last question is one typically asked in longstanding relationships. Are such questions appropriate for us/you? What are appropriate times for such questions in this relationship? I am trying to understand how this works.
Knowing you're basically a fatalist, this may sound like a short-term plan to you, but I'm looking at this relationship in terms of as long as you'll live.
Cearmaid
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Thursday 5 April, 2012 at 08:57
Throwdown Thursday: Sexy sandals versus thigh high boots
MY GIRLFRIEND HAS NO FEET
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 5 April, 2012 at 09:23
What is pride to you?
I don't think I have an interesting answer to this one, Zex.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 5 April, 2012 at 09:24
http://tinyurl.com/755vlxl , also my most smiled response. Early july.
Well, guess we're going to Evo then.
Cearmaid
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Thursday 5 April, 2012 at 06:14
You ever get so used to rejection that you kinda come to expect it? I wonder if I set myself up for it now...
For a time there when the economy dipped pretty hard, yeah. You'd apply for a dozen jobs a week doing stuff like scraping sewer vents and get rejected from every one. Then you'd go home and start trying to grow tomatoes in a cardboard box because it beat starving.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 5 April, 2012 at 09:48
Is there anywhere you would like to take a vacation to at some point?
What's this 'vacation' thing people talk about?
Cearmaid
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Friday 6 April, 2012 at 11:25
What should I change about myself?
You should stop looking to people outside yourself for validation.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Friday 6 April, 2012 at 07:18
Do you practice schadenfreude?
Probably, but it's not like I grade my performance at it.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Friday 6 April, 2012 at 07:19
Do you find holiday customs silly?
I kinda do. I remember once I claimed I was catholic because they had like,six more religious holidays a year and no foreman had a problem with it.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Friday 6 April, 2012 at 07:19
What is the best remedy for neck-ache?
Heat.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Friday 6 April, 2012 at 07:19
Do you trust doctors?
I do, but this is a town with people who are sometimes quite nutty working in the medical field.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Friday 6 April, 2012 at 07:21
Do you like chocolate?
Yes.
Cearmaid
responded to notthatElmo
on Saturday 7 April, 2012 at 08:02
((I'm looking for a fun magic/arcane themed SG. Anyone know of one? If not, how about one that would like/has a use for magic based characters?))
((The two names that spring to mind are the Dauntless Reverie, who I haven't seen or spoken to in about four years, and the Codex, who I think you already know.))
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Sunday 8 April, 2012 at 02:20
What's your opinion on Vanguard? Why?
Middlespace solutions.
Cearmaid
responded to notthatElmo
on Sunday 8 April, 2012 at 02:21
Do you have a favorite legend or tale?
I'm partial to the story of Cearmaid and the deicides of the Tuatha de Dannan
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 8 April, 2012 at 02:50
How many fucks do you want and when?
Let's just start the count and see how many is a good amount for future reference. When you get home.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 8 April, 2012 at 07:50
Do you have The Final Countdown stuck in your head?
No.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 8 April, 2012 at 07:58
Does you have any sort of emotional response when I talk about you on this site?
Depends on what you say. It's never not yielded a positive emotional response - pride, happiness, laughter - so far.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 8 April, 2012 at 09:22
Do you have a consistent emotional response when I send you personal questions?
It makes me smile. It also makes me think, since most of the time they're complicated questions or questions where I feel a desire to make really good responses.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 9 April, 2012 at 04:46
Do you keep track of the ways you've died?
I do. Intuitively more than consciously, but every time I feel a type of pain that I know should or would be lethal, it brings to my mind the event that caused me to die like that.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 9 April, 2012 at 04:47
Have you ever died a specific way on purpose, to prevent it happening in the future?
Once at Portal Corps, I doused my head in bleach to make sure I would do the repair here in this world than on the other one. And yeah, dousing head in bleach? Not so fun.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 9 April, 2012 at 04:48
Are your abilities potent enough to put an end to the rikti war? If so, why don't you?
Nope.
Or rather, I might be able to do so but in the process I might cause a tailspinning break in the global warming cycle that would break down the flow of water all around the world.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 9 April, 2012 at 04:48
What do you think about humanity VS other species, as far as conflict goes? How should those battles be handled?
Case by case. No hard rules.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 9 April, 2012 at 04:49
I want to get you a gift that you would appreciate, but I can think of nothing. Do you have anything that would spark my imagination?
Something you can do, rather than something you can hand over. An experience, a sensation, a performance or a demonstration. Play through a game while I watch, for example. Though that might not be the best example, since obviously, you could do that any old time.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 9 April, 2012 at 04:50
Would you ever like to return to space under different circumstances?
They'd have to be very much less lonely circumstances.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 9 April, 2012 at 04:55
Would you rather an experience you can enjoy and remember, or an object, a thing, you can have for as long as you can hold it?
Anything that money can buy is not meaningful. I can imagine things that are created or shared as having some meaning. I do not know how time will affect my memory.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 9 April, 2012 at 04:55
Have you ever had a pet? Would you ever want one? If so, what would you want?
No.
I don't know.
I also don't know.
This might need a practical experiment.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 9 April, 2012 at 04:57
Why do you think you enjoy working with your hands so much?
Because I grew up feeling powerless and helpless. Creating things with my hands is the most singular and direct way I can demonstrate power and the ability to help.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 9 April, 2012 at 04:57
How do you like to decompress after a hard day's work?
I think you call it the superman?
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 9 April, 2012 at 04:58
Do you want to know more about your powers? Why/Why not?
Not really, no. Because I have two hekatoncheires in close reach who I can speak to. One of them is, apparently, an ass who makes Gideon look sweet, the other is apparently a terrifying fake-angel.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 9 April, 2012 at 04:58
Do you think you have changed during your "heroic" career?
Yes. I care more about how my actions are perceived.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 9 April, 2012 at 04:59
Is there any behavior of mine I could change that would make you happier?
No. I find you being yourself makes me happy. That sounds empty, but the idea of asking you to change or suggesting you should change feels to me as something that I find unpleasant.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 9 April, 2012 at 05:00
What is "Sza"?
I found this out recently. It's apparently a bit of mu language. @SnaredJr said something about it.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 9 April, 2012 at 05:00
How does it feel to be Q-Bombed?
It's strange, hasn't happened before. Any suggestions of things I should do? Q-tips, as it were?
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 9 April, 2012 at 09:44
How would you recommend I start fixing the world?
The education and empowerment of women in all countries over their reproductive cycles.
This is literally the single most important thing. This is where it all starts.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 9 April, 2012 at 09:52
I feel I have increased my sexual skill greatly over the past few months. If I wanted to learn more, or increased further, how would you recommend I do it? Can I be able to ask you for guidance about increasing ability with specific acts? Like a tutorial?
Practice springs to mind. Yes, I believe so, but only in areas where I have some expertise or can do research I trust. And yes, like a tutorial.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 9 April, 2012 at 09:56
Is there anything you would feel awkward or nervous about discussing with me?
No. I am bothered by the way questions are asked, not questions themselves. The therapist set me on edge quite a bit but I'm not sure why, and I assume it's only a matter of mode.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Monday 9 April, 2012 at 09:58
When have I ever not been sweet to you?
You don't cuddle afterwards. I have emotional needs.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 9 April, 2012 at 10:02
What's the monument to you?
A silent testimony shared amongst only those people who care enough to really know about those people who sought to move the world, and who can look at what I could do with my money and sought to make the world better.
I do not need to be remembered for much, but it does need to be remembered that the things I do, the actions I have taken have been for a reason and for a purpose and that all I am doing is more of them, not something unique that only wealthy people can do.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Monday 9 April, 2012 at 10:02
Wait, wasn't it YOU who insisted on no cuddling after? Could have sworn it was.
No cuddling HER. She got all the attention she wanted during the main event.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 9 April, 2012 at 10:03
How are you bothered by the way questions are asked?
I think it's even about more body language, tone and inflection. Also trust. you're never going to use my words and answers to make me feel uncomfortable intentionally, so I trust you.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 9 April, 2012 at 10:03
Do you trust people easily?
You shot me into space and I still trust you with my life. I trust well and perhas not too wisely.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 9 April, 2012 at 10:05
What are you afraid of?
Having to work with people who know imperial but not metric. Early on i did bricking for an engineer who showed me the math in metric and I've hated imperial since.
Honestly, though, harm to you, harm to Sander, harm to Max, harm to Gideon. I have fears that are fortunately not easily realised.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 9 April, 2012 at 10:06
Who is someone you respect or admire? Why?
I actually have the 'be verbose' question here waiting. But still:
Bertrand Russell. He wrote this essay about how it's impossible for us to consider ourselves a free society while we socially chain females. The guy raised a child who was a byroduct of an adulterous relationship - his wife's with another man - and waxed eloquently about how conventional views of sex and commitment were themselves damaging to human endeavour.
He also proved that 1+1=2 in a logical framework, which is, apparently very very hard to do.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 9 April, 2012 at 10:08
Is there any way you would change humanity as a whole if you could?
I would put the lizard-brain pattern-recognising part of our mind more subordinate to the rational information-gathering part. We're not even good at recognising patterns, we recognise changes in patterns, and it causes a lot of the mistakes and problems we have socially.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Monday 9 April, 2012 at 07:36
What is the most spontaneous thing you've ever done? Were there any repercussions for your actions? Example, you got married in Vegas without a prenup and two weeks later, divorced and lost half your estate.
I randomly turned up at the hotel room of two people I knew with steaks for them to have for dinner. No big deal but they were like, thirty thousand miles away from where I'd started that morning.
They were also not there.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Monday 9 April, 2012 at 08:02
Do you know a martyr?
Gideon's okay, yeah.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Monday 9 April, 2012 at 08:03
It's Musical Monday and Gideon hasn't done a thing about it. Share with me a song to describe your past weekend, if you'd like.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 9 April, 2012 at 08:15
I'm starting a playthrough of Azure Dreams if you wanna watch. Maybe a less conventional game too
Sure!
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 9 April, 2012 at 08:16
What are your thoughts on the current crime/punishment system?
I posted this a while ago, but to summarise: It's a bad system but there are systems a lot worse.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 9 April, 2012 at 08:17
What's something about yourself you wish you could change?
I used to feel short thanks to guys like Gideon and Max, but nowadays, eh. Wouldn't mind being able to do something nice with my hair.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Monday 9 April, 2012 at 08:18
By popular demand, Musical Monday: You go to heaven (or are just really high or having a spectacular orgasm) and hear the angels singing. What do they sound like?
If I go to heaven, the only thing I'm going to hear from angels is screams of fear and footsteps.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 9 April, 2012 at 09:57
I do not think I am suited to fix the world.
It's a really big task and it needs to be compartmentalised, with people who can see interactions and interrelations. It needs the work of a million specialists and rationalists. I think you can do it, but I don't think you can do it alone.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Monday 9 April, 2012 at 11:19
I'm a martyr? Lawl?
Hahahaha jovial bullshit repsonse so nobody knows what we really mean and think it's macho posturing.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Tuesday 10 April, 2012 at 05:03
Do you think metahumans who pursue careers such as police offers, nurses, doctors, teachers, etc, should undergo more rigorous training or schooling? Should they be held to higher standards?
Let's start by holding metahumans who don't to some standards.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 10 April, 2012 at 06:02
Is there anything you want to teach me?
How to be happy.
How to deal with things beyond your scope.
How to aspire.
How to make things you appreciate so deeply and thoroughly the only word for it is love.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 10 April, 2012 at 06:06
What's something you've always wanted to do, but haven't yet?
Lots of answers to this, ranging from the flippant (sex with power girl), to the fearful (give away all my money and run away). I do think that the best answer I can concoct to this, in that I know you will take this as a suggestion, is I would like to touch those places where your cybernetics and skin connect, or touch the places where your limbs end. I have assiduously avoided this on the basis of believing it to be a point of discomfort.
I like to imagine that if I touched these places with my hands, while holding you and making you feel comfortable and secure, you might somehow view this contact and these places as not so bad; that there may be some element of acceptance and self-forgiveness; that perhaps you might even see the helplessness you learned as that, and that you might have some sort of emotional reaction that breaks down a barrier and puts you one step further on the path towards being happy.
I like to imagine that. I don't think it's true, and I think that it's a fantasy, based on stories of wounded limbs, stories written by irrational people about irrational people. This is why I've never broached the topic with you.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 10 April, 2012 at 11:49
What is the cutest thing you have ever seen? Or one of them?
Your new profile picture made me smile. Did you do that yourself?
Cearmaid
responded to shrikespikes
on Wednesday 11 April, 2012 at 12:12
Why do some people dislike you?
Well, because I'm poor, and that means I'm shifltess and don't work, because I'm white and poor, which means I'm a racist and stupid, because I'm a labourer, which means I'm a union thug, because I work with my hands which means I'm ruining the environment, because I have sex with people, which means I'm contributing to the moral decay of society, because I'm rich, which means I'm a gluttonous fatcat who is ruining the world with my greed.
Cearmaid
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Wednesday 11 April, 2012 at 08:58
It's another Google game! What does Google "suggest" you might be searching for if you type in "is " and the first few letters of your name?
Lock Island, Mildura, and "is locked for editing by 'another user'"
Cearmaid
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Wednesday 11 April, 2012 at 08:59
Does it bother you when people just assume they can call you by your first name/a nickname? How close do they need to be before it's acceptable?
I'm always a little weirded out when someone calls me by a specific variant on my name. It generally makes me wonder what they're trying to say.
Cearmaid
responded to shrikespikes
on Thursday 12 April, 2012 at 04:12
What happened the last time you let your guard down?
Got myself shot into space.
Cearmaid
responded to shrikespikes
on Thursday 12 April, 2012 at 09:37
When did you realize you'd become who you are today?
August last year I owed a quarter of a million dollars in medical debt and was seriously considering suicide as a way out of it.
Last night I drove to a building I owned that's made to house a piece of computer equipment I barely understand in the name of giving free internet access without interrupted service and at high speeds to schools, poor neighbourhoods in Rhode Island - not Paragon City, the whole state - and I took my armless, footless girlfriend there in a car I bought for myself because I wanted her to feel connected to millions of lives. While we were there, I talked about Sherlock Holmes and the education system of Georgia and about the way we teach ourselves things.
On the drive home, I looked at myself in the rear view mirror and blinked, and realised that I had just done all that.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 12 April, 2012 at 08:41
Why do you think you enjoy sex the way you do?
I have no idea. It's something I've been reluctant to think about because I'm worried that there might be some sort of unpleasant truth at the root of it. On the other hand, it might well be that knowledge of my own deeper fears might make me more assiduous, more careful with other people.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 13 April, 2012 at 02:22
When do you believe ignorance is acceptable? For yourself, and for others?
For others? Eh. It doesn't bother me. I can't control or guide them. There are some kinds of ignorance that bug me a lot, like when people assume their unawareness of human sexuality, basic biology, scientific method, or even the broad platforms of the politicians that they support, but mostly because that kind of ignorance hurts other people.
In myself, there are points where things seem to vanish back up into infinite regression. Like the sexuality question you asked me earlier; at a certain point I just have to say 'because my brain is wired that way,' and it ties back into ways that my moron monkey mind tells me are most optimal for ensuring that my seed is well distributed.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Friday 13 April, 2012 at 02:22
How high profile are you?
I walk down the street and nobody cares outside of Kings Row.
Cearmaid
responded to AGreenDragon
on Friday 13 April, 2012 at 02:22
My hoard consists of six thousand two hundred and twenty five bottle caps PLUS one Neoprene flame proof stuffed dragon the commander gave me! What do you own that makes you happy?
Nothing. But that's great to know.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 13 April, 2012 at 02:23
Do you value metacognition in yourself? Others?
Myself, definitely. To the point where getting an unhappy response from you sends me back to a drawing board.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 13 April, 2012 at 02:29
What clasifies as a fetish? I am unsure the line between one, and general interest. Any relevant?
Generally speaking a fetish is seen as a sexual interest that is different enough that conventional norms that people associated with it have some reason to think of themselves as sexually deviant, and fetishizing it puts it into a mental box. That way people can feel okay about it because it compartmentalizes it from their day to day life. Of course, separating it like that just makes it more likely to strengthen itself, and to build in itself, and to grow, and hey, like you need to be told about the risks of compartmentalisation.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Friday 13 April, 2012 at 05:06
You don't really have a lot of free time when you visit Paragon, do you?
If you're going to send out public versions of private questions, make them juicier.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 14 April, 2012 at 12:55
Do you ever get jealous? Of what/why not?
Ever? Maybe. Yet? No.
Nothing that matters is worth being jealous over. You grow up with nothing you stop caring about stuff.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 14 April, 2012 at 02:43
Do you think your life would change in a significant way if I was to vanish?
There would be a smoking crater around whatever it was that caused you to vanish, and a testimony to the world to know that what is now missing is a rational mind the likes of which it has failed to appreciate time and again.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 14 April, 2012 at 04:26
You make me feel like this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3j7rvNfvTU
.. resilience distilled into brilliance. All I need now is something to resonate through. Will means nothing with a challenge.
Do you mean without a challenge?
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Saturday 14 April, 2012 at 07:30
(( squee!!! ))
(( Anyone seen this in the Beta yet? ))
((I'm weirdly angry about beta. I put a lot of effort into I23 beta and got completely ignored, so I kinda just sulk away from them.))
Cearmaid
responded to jillwilliamson
on Sunday 15 April, 2012 at 07:55
I had a thought the other day. I hold back a -lot- when I'm fighting people, because I don't want to cripple or kill them. I easily could if I let loose. How about you? Any special considerations your powers force you to take to avoid damage?
My powers are basically inhospitable to civilised territory. So I keep a lid on it when I'm not playing for keeps.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 15 April, 2012 at 07:56
Do you consider yourself rebellious, or do you have rebellious tendencies? Why do you think you are/are not?
Yes.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 16 April, 2012 at 12:47
bored to unhappiness. Not enjoying the emotion. Going to brb a day or two to scratch something off the bucket list. Comm should still work
Okay.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 16 April, 2012 at 08:52
Do you have a list of things you want to accomplish, see, or experience? Besides fixing the world.
Of late, yes.
I want to see you happy. I am coming to be of the opinion that your differences have left you convinced that there are things that you cannot have and I am sure that you can.
I want to see Gideon's project take shape. I want to slough money into it and make it work and I want that one to happen for its own sake.
I would really like to travel a bit. See places like Vegas and I think there's this place called Halifax. Hearing Reed and Sander talk about travelling even for a week was nice.
I want to see you laugh. Not because you're manipulating me, or because you know you want to see it, or because it's habit. Those moments where you do laugh - they're rarer these days - are still so amazing.
I also want to have sex in the back of your car.
Cearmaid
responded to Hellwhip
on Monday 16 April, 2012 at 08:53
How do you stay in shape? Running? Dodging bullets? Bench-pressing trucks?
I don't. I'm one of the big cheaters. I don't even try.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 16 April, 2012 at 05:23
What are things you think I am convinced that I cannot have?
A lasting feeling of connection to the rest of the human race.
A feeling of peace and security.
A sense of purpose and drive predicated on things other than fear.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Monday 16 April, 2012 at 07:43
How often do you use the delete-all function in your inbox?
I don't. I'm sitting on some questions that I can't not answer. They're just hard to answer, hard to give a satisfying answer to.
Cearmaid
responded to KyleSands
on Tuesday 17 April, 2012 at 08:21
I thought you might appreciate an update. Let me know when you'd like to see where that grant money's going, I'd be glad to have you in for a visit. I think we're pretty close to opening, honestly.
I've been mostly talking to lawyers about your liability shields, which is embarassing, but worth having. Looks good.
Cearmaid
responded to KyleSands
on Tuesday 17 April, 2012 at 10:44
Liability Shields?
To put it as simply as I can, anything over a certain size imposes on the world around it. Buildings, for example, alter wind currents and traffic flow. The ship has an environmental impact. It has a potential impact if it crashes or sinks. It has impact as an investment for others to sink money into.
What the lawyers do is construct around it DEAR GOD sorry, I just got a picture sent to my phone and now I don't care about this. Just trust me, good stuff is being done for your ship. Back later.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 17 April, 2012 at 10:52
Has someone's actions ever inspired you? Be verbose.
Four weeks, far too long.
I don't have a little personal anecdote to offer here, because most of the inspiration I've drawn from people around me has been to do things for one more day, to endure, to tolerate, to toil and to bleed.
I almost wanted to cite @TrulyKazeno, saying that her absolutist stance has inspired me to wield my responsibility all the more carefully. I could say @Zexecutioner, who has inspired me to be rational and sensible. I could even say @CareAndControl who inspired me to always approach problems form angles others haven't used.
None of these feel quite like the right thing.
At this point I have come to realise that there is a man who inspires me, in his actions. He has stood up to defend the innocent against crime. He has worn punishment and he guides my actions in his own. He has inherited power and he has learned how to use it, and he has worked tirelessly to make good on the promise of tomorrow. He has issues with his mother, but he has done what he can to overcome them. He does not regard the role of a woman as to be chattel to men, and he doesn't care about who screws who. And through this all, I know this man would not appreciate being spoken of like this, because it's me, and yet, if I had seen me from the outside, I would have no option but to accept that that is a man who I can respect and admire.
I do not feel worthy of even my own respect or admiration, because I know what I am like in the inside. I know the moments of disrespect I haven't voiced, the moments of jealousy and the moments of anger. I know that when I slay a god in a realm that never will ever reach earth, it is done in the name of safety and protection and to curtail the natural life cycle of the greatest of bullies.
What inspires me then, is the knowledge that every hero I have ever had has been flawed, weak, bent and poor, in his own spirit, and those people who are not willing to admit that of themselves with a rational mind are inevitably not worth admiring.
I am inspired to be pragmatic. To care about what happens rather than the mind behind the happening.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 17 April, 2012 at 10:54
Is there ever a question you've wanted me to ask you?
I can't imagine a question no matter how many times I see this. The surprises are always peerless.
I do want to hear you say to me, "I am happy, Lock," and mean it. But that's what great projects are about.
Cearmaid
responded to KyleSands
on Tuesday 17 April, 2012 at 10:55
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Wednesday 18 April, 2012 at 07:42
If you were a taste, which would you be?
Classless and cheap.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 18 April, 2012 at 07:56
Can you explain the crystal further? Seeing it in text might help. My memory of last night is fuzzy.
That's probably my fault.
The crystal that we found appears to serve as a form of echo chamber for the sympathies of the person who handles it. It's basically an emotionally chargeable object. What this means is that most of the scientists who are studying and handling it are winding up completely obssessed with useless aspects of the crystal.
As it stands it might be able to turn even the most minor emotions of a person into an enormous amount of energy or force, and it seems to cut through to the normally disconnected dimensions like whatever it is ghosts and souls do.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 18 April, 2012 at 05:17
You mentioned something about superheroines the other night, but my memory is fuzzy. Expound please.
Probably just a byproduct of growing up where I do, but I've always had an appreciation for classic superheroine looks. You know, the tight outfits, the bold colours.
The sound you hear is Delia's eyes rolling.
Cearmaid
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Thursday 19 April, 2012 at 10:00
Do you trust me?
You're a teenager.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 19 April, 2012 at 10:24
What is important to you?
You are.
I recently slipped up and answered another question, because I saw a handful of them from someone else. Regarding them a chore to be brushed aside, I answered one in a glib way, then deleted the rest and moved on with intention to review yours.
I had noticed the quantity and scope and fascination of these questions and had found myself as if in a game store with a catalogue of rentals and a generous returns policy. I wanted to sample them all, to take my time on them all, and in doing so, I forgot the significance of what it was I had asked for.
You do not believe in sorry, you do not believe in apologies, you do not believe in should.
I made a mistake. I answered another question, forgetting the significance of this one, this 1500, that I had asked of you. I can point at my tiredness but that is not significant. I made a mistake, and I seek to fix it, to correct this record.
You have not given me a good 1500 Zex, you have given me an amazing set of 30 and I long to make their answers enjoyable for you. If forgiveness was something you could give, I would beg you to give it to me.
Cearmaid
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Thursday 19 April, 2012 at 10:27
How easily is your trust broken?
My girlfriend shot me into space in a cannon, then when I was emotionally recovering, had riotous sex with my ex-girlfriend while freezing me out, and leaving that ex-girlfriend's bother to come bother me by sleeping in my bed.
I apparently trust very hard, or I'm an easily emotionally abused moron.
I'm sorry about deleting the previous example of this question. I had forgotten the significance to which I had attached the 1500 question. On the other hand, I doubt you much care to hear me make glib jokes about my sex life, Faige.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 19 April, 2012 at 11:15
Do you think working on the crystal helps fix the world at all?
Not necessarily. I do not imagine that the work on the crystal will have any direct, absolute, guaranteed effect on humanity.
What I do know is that the principle that derives the MRI machine with which we have redefined modern medicine and our understanding of the brain was not the byproduct of a scientist looking at a magnet and saying 'okay, we're going to build this thing.'
Discovery is a wild, open place and a large portion of the time we learn nothing useful. But this cause-effect attitude towards research seems to ignore precedent in that our exploration of the world will lead to creations that improve the world, it is not a slave to those creations.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 19 April, 2012 at 11:21
Do you know the time?
So the reason I suggested this is because of something one of my lawyers told me. He asked me "Do you know the time?" and I looked at my watch and said "It's eleven thirty."
He then told me that that is not what he asked, and that, as long as I was dealing with issues of liability and responsibility, I would do well to be in practice of never answering a question with more than was asked of me.
When I asked you "Do you know the time," it was a very simple, binary-answer question. You did not answer it as such. You considered what I might be asking rather than what I was asking. Your answer indicated that you suspected there was a pun, a joke, or a twist to be seen, and that's fine.
I wanted to show you that you and other people do occasionally think similary. about things that could be very simple.
Cearmaid
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Thursday 19 April, 2012 at 07:40
If you and I were gonna go do something fun, what would we do?
Shopping cart bobsledding down a hill.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Thursday 19 April, 2012 at 07:40
Long hair or short hair?
I like long hair, by the precedent of the girly pictures I saved in my phone.
Cearmaid
responded to innocuus
on Thursday 19 April, 2012 at 09:25
Once you become so wealthy it is beyond most peopels comprehension, Can you ever really go back and be who you were before it happened? Will you ever trully see things the same way again?
No. You really can't.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 20 April, 2012 at 01:03
What do you think of the character's from Dragon's Crown?
The character is what?
I will look into this and answer this question again when I know that it's not a trick question.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 20 April, 2012 at 01:04
I could REALLY go for Hot Coffee.
I think I see what you did there.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Friday 20 April, 2012 at 01:21
How many video games have you played?
I think nine at this point? Chrono Trigger, Street Fighter Four, Angry Birds, Knights of the Old Republic... there have been others. They're in a stack in my room.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 20 April, 2012 at 01:27
What do you think of the characters from Dragon's Crown?
Without much more than the pictures go on, the barbarian bothers me a little. I know a male barbarian would be just as naked, but her job involves getting in melee and being hit at. Knowing that the design is meant to be sexy, I'd be more comfortable with a design that was fully clad but still emphasised shapes, such as using buckles and ties. Exposed flesh is not the soul of sexual allure.
On the other hand, the witch is surprisingly appealing. I mean, there's a stylisation and all the characters are over the top; I imagine if I met her, she'd be far too uncomfortable for me to find her attractive. On the other hand, bare shoulders, exposed leg - and her job doesn't make me look at her and say 'that outfit is bad and impractical.'
It's deliberately designed to make us think of sex. I think the barbarian's design is diminished by her role, while the witch's is enhanced.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 20 April, 2012 at 08:02
I want to watch you play Shadow of the Colossus.
I'm told there's this thing called a 'nerd night' where you stay up all night to play a video game to completion. I think this will be a fine game to do it with. Pick up something you'd like to eat on the way home and we'll stay in on the futon.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 20 April, 2012 at 09:21
Can you explain all of Gideon's powers? I've been trying to ask him, but he doesn't know how to speak Zex.
All of Gideon's powers: He is a battery capable of absorbing emotional energy connected to negative emotions. That is his unique hardware.
The rest - the lightning, the teleporting - is all conventional magic, executed in an unconventional way. That is his unique software.
Cearmaid
responded to TechnoPepper
on Friday 20 April, 2012 at 09:25
Would you ever go base-jumping?
I dived from low earth orbit into Independence port once. That was a bad week.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 20 April, 2012 at 10:14
Bite me.
B)
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 20 April, 2012 at 10:49
One of the most important things to know is that the English natives had written text, but deemed the writing of religious information down to be a form of sin. Therefore, until the advent and invasion of Christianity - and its subsequent corruption and consumption of the culture - there was no written record, and there was not a tradition of perfect memorisation as you would see in Talmudic traditions.
As best I have been able to piece together from my forebear's siblings, in the conversations with them, is that the Hekatoncheires Cottus, along with them, were awoken and brought out to fight older, more powerful gods. They were not created; they simply were there when Zeus woke them up, suggesting an even more primal origin.
Whenever they were called upon to fight a god, they did so, and killed many of the Greek Pantheon. They are not clear as to how that ended - it seems that over time their memories have faded, and in the case of one of them, he is quite mentally ill. It is likely that this is due to dying curses put upon them by Greek deities that they claimed, leading to them falling into disarray. Each time they 'died' and were reborn, they were reborn in a 'more perfect' form - which is why they all transformed from inhuman forms to very human forms, as a person is a very useful form to have in a world dominated by them.
The Hekatoncheires were broken up as the Greek pantheon fell, and it seems likely to me at some point that they either turned on or were subjugated and contained by their masters. One of them was duped into believing she was an angel, the other thinks he's just a mortal man. One of them became the man known originally as Cearmaid and took part in the journey from Europe's mainland to England, where he was a major general in a deicidal campaign humanity waged against the Tuatha De Dannan, which seems to be, at the time, an entire race of deities or demideities that had claimed England as their holy land.
The Tuatha that we see in CroaTOA are it seems almost completely disconnected. They are fey, which seems to suggest that they derive from beings that were created in the campaign. One hypothesis is that there was an ur-mother of all of the Tuatha, who was killed, and her body torn into pieces; in the doing so, the fey realms and the parallel worlds that they represent were created and overlaid themselves onto the world, spreading like a blanket of moss over time.
What led to Cearmaid falling unconscious is ambiguous, though some legends report a war with his son, who might well qualify as near-deific. It seems unlikely though, because the line of descent that traces its way back to Cearmaid is the Carmody family, which supposedly includes the first historical king of Scotland. Either way, Cearmaid was disabled, fell unconscious, and woke up many years later thinking himself a man. He travelled the world and kept forgetting who he was when he died.
He eventually made his way to the United States, where he took up residence in Astoria, under the name Troy Stratus. Basically a homeless person at this point, when the CCFA passed, he registered, died, and 'stole' his own registration under the title of Reforged. He met another hero by the name of Solar Witch who, it seems, had signed a pact with an outright Old God in her family lineage, which just seemed perfect for him.
Reforged killed the old goddess Melora (I think that's the name), and, as part of his pledge to do so, and in order to live a normal, mortal life with his lover-and-wife Solar Witch (whose name I embarassingly cannot find, indicating she had enough money that when she moved to New York, scrubbed her old records), surrendered his immortality to his next of kin - which means the power would pass through all of the descendants of Cearmaid. He imagined this could create a thousand fire-based superheroes.
It created one.
It's just coincidence that every one of Cearmaid's descendants had small families, and those times where large families were made, deaths followed. But here I am. The only vessel of the Hekatoncheires Cottus' power, the inheritor of the legacy of Cearmaid, and apparently, immortal. I hope this answer is informative and straightforward.
Cearmaid
responded to Demongelica
on Friday 20 April, 2012 at 11:33
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 20 April, 2012 at 08:13
I want a lot more hot coffee lately. Not continously, but things you have done or said recently make me crave it spontaniously. I'm not sure what this means.
I imagine this relates to comfort with me, and trust. It also, I feel, is related to your body reacting to me and to the things I do. That is: There is a connection between your unconscious mind and me.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 20 April, 2012 at 08:17
If you could change one PHYSICAL thing about yourself, would you? What would it be?
I am thinking about my former body image issues. Thanks to you, most of my concerns about how I look have become very minor, to the point where I barely consider them issues at all. I look at, for example, the scar on my cuff, and think "That's a bit ugly," then think about what you said about my hands.
At this point, I think the thing I would want to change is that I have a hard time making other changes. If I wanted to have a different hairstyle, it would be challenging.
Cearmaid
responded to R1062
on Saturday 21 April, 2012 at 03:08
If you suddenly came into possession of more money than you could imagine, what would you do with it?
Working on it.
Cearmaid
responded to LadyDarkhealz
on Saturday 21 April, 2012 at 06:25
If you are approached by Carmen for some crazy Indiana Jones type of project, PLEASE say no. You are putting yourself (and potentially others) in very real danger.
Yeah, because we never do anything dangerous.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 22 April, 2012 at 03:40
How do you feel when you try to elicit a specific feeling or connection in me and fail?
Like it's worth trying again.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 22 April, 2012 at 07:36
If you could have the entire world's attention - every single person on it - for five minutes, what would you do with it? What would you say?
Stop being dicks.
That's what every religion, at their core, wants to think their message is anyway.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 22 April, 2012 at 07:39
Do you ever doubt that you will be able to fix the world?
No.
This is an issue where time is on my side. Humanity has inevitably marched away from bad ideas - slavery and religion both are on the decline as you look at a map of human history.
The problem we have is that humans, in general, are not good at adapting. We naturally crave stasis. So people try to keep the world from changing for the better just because they're scared of change itself.
All things succumb to those who wait.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 23 April, 2012 at 01:48
Do you have any desire to travel? Where to/why not?
I do not have a desire to travel for its own sake. The world is small enough to a person of my largesse that I can function very happily with the internet bringing things to me.
I do have a desire to do some travel to gather information. The situation in Georgia might well warrant recruiting someone.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 23 April, 2012 at 02:02
What does the situation in Georgia refer to?
Right now the US education system is fundamentally broken. Part of this is that the states of California and Texas hold so much of the population that their state education boards determine the textbooks that will be used for all schools across the nation.
California as a state has recently bordered on bankruptcy, and reduced its order of textbooks - which means textbooks are now being manufactured wholly to comply to the Texas state board of education. That is to say, to comply with the ideology of utter fuckwits who do not understand history, science, or in some cases, math.
Georgia is a smaller state with a similar politically-meaningful demographics that determine their political scope. What I mean to do is explore the state of Georgia's education ystem from top to bottom and use that information to formulate strategies to help make Texas less of a moron-ridden backwater.
This kind of project needs someone who has a very analtyical eye but an appreciation for social problems. I obviously can't employ Torn in this task, because while he would be thorough and scrupulous with details, he would obviously not necessarily work out what root problems really are there.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 23 April, 2012 at 05:24
Do you ever think about raising children?
Yes, occasionally, though generally not my own.
Cearmaid
responded to laylaward
on Monday 23 April, 2012 at 09:48
How do you deal with break-ups?
STFU, GBTW.
Cearmaid
responded to MrZeroPercent
on Tuesday 24 April, 2012 at 02:29
What was the coolest thing you learned this morning?
WELL IT WAS YESTERDAY NOW, SLOWPOKE.
You remember that human tooth that came up two months ago, back when I took my trip out of town, before we went to RIo? the DNA testing for it just came back. And the resultant information is kinda interesting. Maybe you can help us find the guy?
Apparently, the tooth came from a human male, about six years old, who is in the police database due to an incident where a luxury yacht was used to jump a police blockade. Guy goes by the name Chris Chance.
Cearmaid
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Tuesday 24 April, 2012 at 09:14
TMI Tueday! What's the grossest thing you've ever had to see a doctor for?
My psychological profile and my sexual history.
Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Tuesday 24 April, 2012 at 09:17
Inspired by @Solypsos of all people... Show me your fight face.
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Cearmaid
responded to CareAndControl
on Tuesday 24 April, 2012 at 09:21
Musical Monday: What's your lullaby of choice?
Warm, satisfied, breaths at seventy-eight percent of a normal person's volume, backed with a contended hum.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 24 April, 2012 at 09:34
How do you think it ends?
With a bang.
So this one took some research. There's this principle of uncertainty that is involved in the creation of this stuff called Einstein Condensate, which is, basically, fluid that hovers and teleports. Seriously. As matter approaches absolute zero, it starts to fluctuate in its position in the universe.
When the heat death of the universe occurs, that's where we will be, again. Every particle in the universe will steadily leech down to a point of zero temperature, and that will lead to every particle changing its quantum position. In essence, everything will be in the same place as everything else.
If all matter and all energy are simultaneously in the same place, that's a singularity. And in that, we have the beginnings of a new big bang. And the cycle begins anew.
This universe is, to hear tell of it, mostly made of the debris that formed in the antimatter/matter collusion at the beginning of the big bang. That one percent of one percent of one percent of matter, probably caused by something making that explosion of an inequal balance.
I wonder if that's what the first hekatoncheires was.
Cearmaid
responded to WhiteShader
on Tuesday 24 April, 2012 at 07:33
Pretend you're an empath for this question. If you and another person were having a serious conversation and they suddenly draw a blank slate on their emotions after you said something, what do you think your initial reaction would be?
I'd wonder why my suddenly gained empathy powers didn't work.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 24 April, 2012 at 07:33
Can you teach me to give better head?
I think we've handled this topic in person. Moving on.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 24 April, 2012 at 07:35
Do you ever think of politics/government?
Yes, often in fits of rage.
Right now the most fundamentally wrong thing about America's political structure is that it's deisgned for a twentieth of the population with communication that moves about a billionth of the speed. We have a winner-takes-all voting system that relies on a small core of appointed officials to delegate the authority conveyed by voting populations, rather than just a direct voting system. In essence, our system is terrible and will eternally be terrible until we can instate something like instant runoff.
Oh, and compulsory voting.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 24 April, 2012 at 08:40
Can you think of a realistic way to influence or change the current political system?
Fundamentally, no. The United states has a conservative design to its systems; every single change has to go through multiple layers of ratification, and the system pulls all authority to the centre on essential and structural matters.
On the other hand, periods of enormous instability and collapse can lead to the creation of major systems (such as the New Deal). Really, we need a major economic collapse and a Teddy Roosevelt figure to make that happen.
More practically, it's easy to just bolster the economies of other countries, improve the developing world, work on the education system at the ground level, and wait until the opportunity presents itself to pull this country's head out of its ass.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 24 April, 2012 at 08:43
Do you think the current political system is worth improving? Or are there more significant yields to be granted from spending energy elsewhere?
Carmody at this point spends a lot of money in the developing world (well, relatively; the actual funds are quite minor, really, because those countries have such a different need in terms of currency). It's easy to focus on those problems first, because it doesn't matter at all to me if some first-world Americans are having a crap time of it in the long term because their idea of a crap time is not having access to youtube. Polio, smallpox, malaria - fucking malaria! - they are the big deals.
Of course, time is on my side, so i keep my eyes open for opportunities.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 24 April, 2012 at 08:44
What do you have faith in?
Nothing. I don't have faith in you, for example. You are not an untested hypothesis I choose to believe will act in a particular way without proof. You are a theory - the best explanation for the facts I have at this point. You are evidenced, you are tested, you are proven.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 25 April, 2012 at 07:03
What are your thoughts on marriage? Why?
Useful legal social convention. I'd check how many fucks you gave, and I predict zero.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 25 April, 2012 at 07:19
Why do you smile everytime I answer one of your questions? http://www.formspring.me/Zexecutioner/q/317081076881166065
I think my comments here helped highlight this answer. But to be more honest, it's because rarely, if ever, do your words fail to elicit a smile from me. I look deeply at your words, I look at the words you choose and the methods you choose. Often when I'm answering these questions, browsing your answers, you're waking up, you're warm at home, and I think of you in that state while I'm out here repairing a wall.
I smile at your comments because you have become so dear to me it is easy for you to make me smile.
Cearmaid
responded to Hellwhip
on Wednesday 25 April, 2012 at 08:12
When someone betrays you, revenge or forgiveness?
STFU, GBTW
Cearmaid
responded to Hellwhip
on Wednesday 25 April, 2012 at 08:12
How do you handle the death of a friend? Are you ever just grateful it wasn't you?
STFU, GBTW
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Wednesday 25 April, 2012 at 08:17
If you were forced to leave everything and everyone you currently have behind, what or who would you miss the most and why?
Can't answer this. Just cannot say anything 'most.'
Cearmaid
responded to rnaway
on Wednesday 25 April, 2012 at 10:24
If you could teach the world just one thing, what would you try to teach them?
Respect women.
This isn't a sexist sentiment, by the way, I don't think women deserve more respect than men. I just think the natural state of almost all societies on the planet, particularly the one I'm in with its Bro Dude Chill She Was Asking For It Sluts Take Birth Control Whoo Yeah attitudes needs to learn how to respect women because they don't. They just don't.
Cearmaid
responded to rnaway
on Wednesday 25 April, 2012 at 10:25
Does the good ever outweigh the bad? Is it something that can be settled like a karmic scale, or are all deeds judged by their own merit and not by what was done in the past?
The good always outweighs the bad. How am I to look upon one child, raising its arm in joy at a soap bubble that drifts past it, a smile on its face, and say that that joy that the child is feeling is not worth, say, the sack of carthage? I can't. Joy and pain are not polar opposites, they are not on a continuum. The taste of broccoli does not change the taste of ice cream.
Cearmaid
responded to rnaway
on Wednesday 25 April, 2012 at 10:28
I've noticed you're willing to help people as much as possible and spread your money around, but are they any specific criteria one must meet to merit this response? Or is it just something you do because you are who you are?
When I was in the Row, people of wealth very, very rarely reached out to those around them and did good. They would often choose ethereal ways to 'improve the world' and make themselves feel good, like hosting million-dollar brunches where they gave to a charity that was Doing Some Good.
Mostly, these days I have been restraining myself from going all Oprah on people and saying EVERYONE GETS A NEW CAR! because when I preferred my gift-giving to be anonymous so as people instead of imagining one central figure doing something nice, would imagine a world in which random nice things can happen - and therefore, it's worth doing random nice things.
That said, I AM interested in people who have dreams or business ideas that nobody will back because it's amazing what a genuinely small business can do with a sum of money that is to me negligible. Particularly if these people are skilled in areas where I consider myself unskilled - I know labour, I know metalwork, I know construction and I know demolition. Arts? Sciences? God help me, music and opera? I know NOTHING.
Indeed, do you consider yourself artistic, or interested in the arts?
Cearmaid
responded to Crowsflight
on Thursday 26 April, 2012 at 07:33
Thoughtful Thursday: Pick someone from your formspring list and send them a hand written letter or note. Sometimes hand written things can mean much more than something typed.
It's on @MaxImpact's desk.
Cearmaid
responded to rnaway
on Thursday 26 April, 2012 at 07:33
Are you happy with where you are today?
Yes. I can imagine ways it would be better - you don't get over what I've been through - but I don't re-experience it every time I think about it.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 26 April, 2012 at 08:38
Going out of town for a day or two or three to knock off something on a bucket list. Last time I was interupted. Still in comm range if you want to talk to me ever -- not dangerous.
I suspect my desire to call you and recent qbomb may result in me seeming clingy. I'll try to call you around normal wakefulness times.
Hope there were some good questions in that barrage.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 26 April, 2012 at 07:46
Are you concerned with appearing clingy?
No. I am concerned with BEING clingy. You do not have conventional social boundaries. It is not easy to make me skip work, especially with a project like I have right now - some mornings I wake up next to you and just want to stay there, hugging you.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Thursday 26 April, 2012 at 07:47
How big is your family?
Me, a distant ancestor, and his brother and sister.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 26 April, 2012 at 08:02
Why are you concenred with being clingy?
Because it might be that you have an amount of attention you appreciate, and there is such a thing as 'too much.' If I provide too much, it will make you disconent. Nothing more specific than that.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 26 April, 2012 at 11:37
I know I have asked before, but what are your thoughts on the current crime/punishment system? I am trying to read it reworded to help form a stance.
It is a flawed system that beats the alternatives and must be changed by degrees to keep the system operating.
The human eye is an imperfect design but the solution is not to tear out our eyes while we make a better one.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 26 April, 2012 at 11:40
If you stop a criminal from commiting a violent crime, what do you do afterwards? Turn him to the authorities?
Yes.
I don't do this very often - I do some beat work in the Row, but more and more I've become aware that my powers beyond being very tough are very dangerous for population centres and that the types of crime I can solve without them are better suited to other heroes who are more flexible and less prone to collateral damage.
Cearmaid
responded to rnaway
on Thursday 26 April, 2012 at 11:41
Is the world a place that can be saved? Is there a common ground that people can find where you think the world will meet what it's supposed to be and it will finally be Utopia? Why or why not?
Even if it was not, I would act as though it were.
I don't think we'll ever have a monoculture. I think in general, though, we're going to get smart enough that we stop doing things like blowing each other up over hobbies. Scarcity breeds tension though.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 26 April, 2012 at 11:42
If you did not have the ability to help the world like you do, but still had powers, what would you do? Would you apprehend more criminals?
Probably. But I'd also engage my powers to make money enough that I could start affecting change in other fields than crime. People are so terrible at turning their powers to some sort of financial gain.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Friday 27 April, 2012 at 12:20
What is fame in Paragon City?
Avoided.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Friday 27 April, 2012 at 12:22
What is your stance against bullies?
null
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Friday 27 April, 2012 at 07:56
Why all the money questions?
Couple of reasons.
First, people in the united states don't save enough. Even within a class bracket, people don't save any money. 2.5k is a value chosen by one of my accountants because it represents one major problem or two less-major ones; a relative across the country needs medical assistance, a major or total car failure, a house fire, etcetera. This is why I was thinking about how easily the heroing community can muster up that kind of money.
Second, financial reform is just a no-brainer way to save money in the national budget. Pennies cost more to make than they're worth, and they have so little buying power as to be useless. Canada, New Zealand, Denmark, Finland and Australia have all discontinued the use of their one-cent or one-hundredth-of-a-euro coin and had no ill effects.
Third, income over the past thirty years has stagnated while inflation has not; in almost all situations, the thing that has filled that gap in needs for most Americans has been credit. This leads to more personal loans, more general debt. The two most significant answers to the debt question to me were from you and Elliot - both very young and yet still carrying significant debts. These are big problems, because they impede the long-term growth of your economic bracket.
I've been thinking about this a lot, while Max is away, and I can't talk to him about it. Wealth however, creates wealth. If you have a house, you can mortgage that house or use it as collateral for better rates on a loan, and use that to pay for things like student loans and education and it saves you money in the long term.
There is a cycle in America where it is hard for a non-moron who is rich to stop being rich, and hard for a poor pereson to become even middle-class. This is bothering me, and it is bothering me more when we consider powered individuals. By definition, the powered represent a disproportionate effect on society. How many thugs and crooks are there in the Zig whose problems started because they couldn't make rent, but COULD throw fire?
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Saturday 28 April, 2012 at 10:52
If you were to commit suicide, how would you do it?
Becoming a new star.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 29 April, 2012 at 01:11
How do you justify incarcerating people with the current state of the justice system?
We have no perfect solution. Incarceration is the gentlest method we have of ensuring that punishments and prevention ensue at the same time. The system is to be fixed.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 29 April, 2012 at 03:42
Do you think I can be a "hero"? Knowing my issues with crime and punishment?
Yes.
The term hero derives from Greek myths. about people who changed the world, who were unfettered by the rules of convention. You have it in you to be a superhero, to be the person who can oppose threats that have no meaningful opposition otherwise. Alien invasion. Deicide rampages. Nemesis troops.
You are the perfect kind of person to stand up and make rational, sensible judgements during these periods, and to raise your hand and change the world. Let those who are weak enough to be paralysed by their fear, indecision and uncertainty, wanting to worry about the best possible course of action in times of crisis.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 30 April, 2012 at 07:49
Are you still sitting on any questions from me?
I am sitting on nineteen other questions from you.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 30 April, 2012 at 07:49
What do you think of America's criminal justice system?
Been inside it, been outside of it. Kinda shit.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 30 April, 2012 at 07:49
I like the pictures by the way.
The phone was REALLY HARD.
Cearmaid
responded to shrikespikes
on Monday 30 April, 2012 at 08:55
What was the most intense exertion your work ever forced you through?
Walking on the moon barefoot.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 30 April, 2012 at 08:55
So yeah now I'm back hi. http://www.formspring.me/acerbate/q/321407418326060491
Well, hello.
Cearmaid
responded to totallywitchin
on Monday 30 April, 2012 at 08:55
Name a pet peeve you have that seems really silly.
'Bro.'
Cearmaid
responded to
on Monday 30 April, 2012 at 09:17
((For my first real OOC question: What reference materials or characters did you use to help define your character?))
((Cearmaid doesn't owe a lot to other famous characters. He owes much more to my own older idea, the notion of the Hekatoncheires, which I got from a D&D sourcebook.
In december, Check, a player who I am very fond of, despite all our bickering, tried to get me into FS. I started out by just anoning PlasmaCutter, and then got the notion of what kind of character would be defined by questions; what kind of story could I play out here, without further coordination, in-game?
Now, I already had decided to tie Cearmaid to Reforged, a character that I think only Andy ever met. The tale he's told is in my mind true; the idea of this ancient god-killing device that reconstructs itself whenever it's rendered inoperable, repairing and replacing itself so that it's more surviable next time, eventually developing to share a shape with normal people in the day to day world. The character played out his existence, never really got the community I was trying for, and Andy moved past the character she played with him.
I still liked the concept, though, and it really is an unutterable quantity of power. So it made him a perfect place to start for this character who had nothing but big, important questions. What do I do? What is moral? What matters to you? What's ethical in your eyes? What would you work for? Would you be willing to change?
It's no coincidence that since his signing onto Hero Corps, Lock's role has diminished; I feel that ultimately he is now best served as a background element or a secondary character in other people's stories. Zex's journey of self-discovery, for example, is one where Lock reflects her, and it would not well-serve that story to have His Own Shit going on. It is going on, but it's all off-screen, it's all less important.
Simply put, Lock references Formspring's fundamental design; he is a character designed to answer a question.))
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 1 May, 2012 at 12:45
Write a letter to your future self.
Dear Lock
Hey, scroll back to when this letter was written and check out Zex's new profile picture.
Am I right?
Yeaaaah.
-Lock
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Tuesday 1 May, 2012 at 05:22
What is the difference between an assassin and a serial killer?
They're non-exclusive sets. Assassins who kill three or more people in three or more different locations are by technical definitions serial killers.
Not all assassins are serial killers, not all serial killers are assassins.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 1 May, 2012 at 07:59
What's next?
You and I are going to go to some place terrible, and we are going to spit in the face of one of the dreadful fascists who would seek to make the world a tiny and petty place, and we are going to give voice to the sigh of those who are oppressed by them.
I cannot imagine a greater revelation than I have had this week.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 1 May, 2012 at 08:00
Do you think you will ever adjust to the idea of your immortality?
I do not imagine I will adjust to it properly. I imagine I will start to find a way to function despite it, pretending it doesn't exist so I can repeatedly throw myself into a situation of relaxation and relief. In the same way one deals with a terminal illness, just less bleak. I will always have more room for more ice cream, more good experiences. And when those lose their charm I will start to worry.
Cearmaid
responded to shrikespikes
on Tuesday 1 May, 2012 at 08:58
They say no man is an island. What about you?
A rock feels no pain, and an island never cries.
I'm neither.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Tuesday 1 May, 2012 at 11:21
what's better than sex?
Love.
With sex.
Cearmaid
responded to MsRepresntation
on Wednesday 2 May, 2012 at 12:46
What is the hottest thing a lover has ever done for you? (or to you!)
Launched me through the troposphere.
Man, that's a joke, but really, it's all about individual moments, surprise, expectation, caught breaths, sudden stops.
Cearmaid
responded to MsRepresntation
on Wednesday 2 May, 2012 at 12:46
Let's say you've just won a legitimate ticket to go anywhere in the world with one other person. Where would you go and who would you take?
I flew to India to drop off two steaks.
Kinda good on this one.
Cearmaid
responded to SetLotus
on Wednesday 2 May, 2012 at 09:12
What is your favorite of your own physical features?
My hands.
Cearmaid
responded to MsRepresntation
on Wednesday 2 May, 2012 at 11:48
Have you ever killed another person? If so, how did you feel about it after? If not, do you think you ever could? How do you think you would react?
Are gods persons?
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 2 May, 2012 at 05:22
If the right person for a job is the one with the best ability - regardless of class/race/gender/ect - what do you think will happen when cybernetics/genetic therapy are made available to the public, but are expensive?
Your question assumes that the right person for a job finds that job and is trusted enough to do that job. These things are very rare.
Cearmaid
responded to totallywitchin
on Wednesday 2 May, 2012 at 05:23
...Is anyone else about to slap a ho? This new Formspring layout is getting on my last nerve...
Make a noise if you care. I find myself not.
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Thursday 3 May, 2012 at 02:18
What do you know about the Senet?
Personally? Almost nothing. I know of a single Senet and I know that she's hot?
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Thursday 3 May, 2012 at 02:18
If you could kick a famous person in the face, who would you kick?
I'd kick Shia LeBouf, if only to help Officer Kazeno.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Thursday 3 May, 2012 at 02:19
What's something exotic you like?
Playing video games on the sofa WITH MY GIRLFRIEND.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Thursday 3 May, 2012 at 02:19
What's something ordinary you like?
Playing video games on the sofa
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 3 May, 2012 at 09:51
Why does a superhero style turn you on? I am neither wearing spandex nor am I revealing in my armor.
It's an expression of power. It isn't being powerful by being a man, or by being revealing, or by being sexual. It's being powerful by being powerful, in a way unshaped by societal elements. It is very appealing.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 3 May, 2012 at 09:51
Make time to talk tomorrow or the day after. Important.
I will clear the schedule with 15 minutes advance warning whenever you call me with availability.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 3 May, 2012 at 06:36
What is a man?
I am resisting the urge to use google. I cannot shake the feeling that this is important, and I'm about to fail at it.
Is it someone who walks down roads?
Cearmaid
responded to MsRepresntation
on Thursday 3 May, 2012 at 06:37
Religious question: If you eat soup, do you eat it with bread or crackers? Is the bread homemade? buttered? Are the crackers crumbled? Dipped?
I make sure that when I have tomato soup, I dip crackers that are already sanctified by a catholic priest. Mmm, Jesusy.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Friday 4 May, 2012 at 03:57
Is anyone familiar with ancient Greece?
Hi.
Cearmaid
responded to jouleaux
on Friday 4 May, 2012 at 09:10
Public question time: Pick one word to describe yourself. Now take that same word and apply it to someone else from your connections without changing the definition of it. Who was it? What was the word/definition?
Learning.
@Zexecutioner
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Friday 4 May, 2012 at 09:10
How do you handle intense freak-outs?
STFU, GBTW
Cearmaid
responded to jillwilliamson
on Friday 4 May, 2012 at 09:27
Ever feel like you're not being taken seriously sometimes, kinda like you're a comic relief character in your own life rather than someone who really cares and wants to help? What'd you do to fix it?
I stand up and get back to work.
People who don't take my offers of help seriously don't get it. It's happened before, it'll happen again.
Cearmaid
responded to MsRepresntation
on Friday 4 May, 2012 at 09:28
Do you tip? What are your thoughts on mandatory gratuities for large parties?
I like @MrZeroPercent's stance on this one.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Friday 4 May, 2012 at 11:07
Tell me your life story in 10 words or less.
Born poor, became rich, died, came back, connected to Zex.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 5 May, 2012 at 01:25
Can you explain why asymmetrical relationships are good again?
Because not everyone can do the same thing. A parent has an asymmetrical relationship with their child, for example.
You have very few things that make you animated. To cut any of those off because of convetion or mores seems irrational to me.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 5 May, 2012 at 07:28
Do you have any opinion on Paragon's War Walls?
VERY HARD TO THINK OF ANSWERS RIGHT NOW LASS
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Sunday 6 May, 2012 at 07:32
What's new in Lock-land?
Walls. Lots of walls. Supports in the walls at the Gym, supports in a wall down in the arse of Kings, and working on the walls of a different project again!
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 6 May, 2012 at 08:13
Do you have a method in answering questions from me? I understand you are sitting on several.
I open up the questions, every day, and I look at them. I will often scroll through them, back and forth on my phone, pick one at random and write an answer. Then I look at the answer again and decide if it is interesting or engaging enough to let it go free.
Would you like me to answer more quickly?
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 6 May, 2012 at 08:13
What do you value?
The time of brilliant people.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Sunday 6 May, 2012 at 08:14
Got to go to a review board shortly - any advice?
STFU, GBTW?
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 6 May, 2012 at 08:22
Are you interested in a three(+)some? In what conditions if so, why not if not?
This has been on my mind lately. It's an interesting fantasy, and I do find the idea appealing, but I'm not sure it wouldn't complicate things further.
In this case, my interest is present, but not large; it would have to be free of emotional anchors and restraints - the last thing I want to do is break someone's heart, for example - and it would have to be a mutual thing, where you desired the third party as much as I did, and he or she desired both of us just as much. Though my taste for men is pretty much nonexistent.
I answer this question despite how embarassing I feel it to be because I like showing you that I will answer you honestly, no matter what my conventional comfort zones are. This is a way I can show emotional strength, and a way I can share it with you. This is a strength I did not have before - it is something that you have instilled in me.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 6 May, 2012 at 08:34
What's something you'd like us to do/try together?
Place at EVO. Work on a car. Build something, a building, a lab, and I mean literally do it together, with us positioning hardware and working on walls. Lots and lots of sex. Reconstruction of the Nazi black book hardware. I want to see the look on your face when you fire a hand rifle gun that was impossible to make when it was designed but designed to launch a shell a mile.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 6 May, 2012 at 08:35
Do you like swimming?
Not especially.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 6 May, 2012 at 08:36
Have your feelings about me changed over the past three months?
Three months ago, I was drifting through space, rather cranky and unhappy with you.
Now, I wake up, and kiss you on the forehead while you sleep, and smile when I see your eyes flicker under your eyelids, indicating restful REM sleep.
This is a very distinct change.
Cearmaid
responded to shrikespikes
on Sunday 6 May, 2012 at 08:42
What sets you above your peers -- and what sets your role models above you?
Most of my peers, superheroes, lack my moral sense and grounding, my background as a poor person, and my means to change the world at large.
My role models have cleaved hard to ideals. Jim Hensen, for example, did not regard any of the barriers people imagined were around him, but he didn't let that lawlessness become mean or cruel. Stephen Fry is amazingly intelligent and does not use it to be meanspirited. Bertrand Russell swung massive ideas in the room around him and didn't care who he shocked with his ideas. Delia would make fun of me for naming three men, and then make fun of me for naming her.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 7 May, 2012 at 12:07
What do mean by recreating "Nazi black book hardware"?
Oh!
There was a set of rather outlandish designs that the Nazis were developing during the 1944-1945 period, trying to turn the war in their favour permanently. Some were impossible to develop, some were impossible to make worth making, like a flamethrower that used trichloride flourine. They include things like a tank that was literally big enough to carry other tanks, and handguns that were impossible to make with metals they had available which were designed to hunt metas.
Remind me of this when I get home. I have a book and I have a single slug from one of these designs.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 7 May, 2012 at 02:23
How tempted are you to buy people's dream cars, now that they're being posted?
A little bit. But I wouldn't want to play favourites with people, and of course, Katty would want all of them.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 7 May, 2012 at 02:24
Where do you hope to place in EVO? Will you be competing solo in any games?
I want to impress you.
I have been looking for things that might serve that aim.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 7 May, 2012 at 04:32
Is there any habits of mine, small or large, that I could change to please you?
No. I do not want to change things or mannerisms you have or do. I love Zex, I do not love the person I imagine I might make Zex into.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 7 May, 2012 at 05:12
Are you ever concerned or worried about asking me something?
No.
I am interested in optimising my questions to you. When you see a question is just as important as what you answer, or how it makes you think.
Cearmaid
responded to tarawc
on Monday 7 May, 2012 at 06:36
Up early, and cleanup started. I figure I'll take a break when Rachael gets up. Did anyone else have a lot of cleanup after the worst of the strike hit?
I've been moving on the outskirts, busting up temporary factories used to mass-produce large amounts of autamaton.
Ever smelled /boiling/ molten brass?
Cearmaid
responded to MonkeyLass
on Monday 7 May, 2012 at 06:49
((Unfortunately due to various reasons, Monkey Lass The Formspring Account is being discontinued. However, you can follow my latest project at @StrongPretty! See you there, folk!))
(( @StrongPretty you say.))
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Monday 7 May, 2012 at 10:13
How well do you know your greatest enemy?
I think that's up to Gideon to say, really, but it's just because he doesn't cuddle enough.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Monday 7 May, 2012 at 08:18
Would you ever jump with a parachute?
Heck, I've jumped without one.
Cearmaid
responded to Pathrunner
on Monday 7 May, 2012 at 08:19
How well do you know your greatest allies?
I have three people in my life I trust with my life, and the lives of those I love. They are all of different mental modes and have almost no ability to trust. They trust me.
That is enormous.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 7 May, 2012 at 08:19
When is your birthday? If you do not know it officially, do you hate a date you celebrate anyway?
August. Normally I just got drunk.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 7 May, 2012 at 08:20
Just thought this might interest you.
http://kotaku.com/5908087/child-soldier-goons-are-being-undone-by-video-games
That's just fantastic.
Cearmaid
responded to shrikespikes
on Tuesday 8 May, 2012 at 12:29
How much of your focus does day-to-day operation of your business require?
It could take up none. Carmody is basically a money-making organism. I periodically turn up to make sure nobody's being evil and it works from there.
It's quite scary, honestly.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Tuesday 8 May, 2012 at 05:57
How well do you know @Sanderwilson?
Rather well. I consider her one of my dearest friends.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Tuesday 8 May, 2012 at 05:58
What are your strengths and weaknesses?
My weaknesses are peanut butter and I'm deathly afraid of mice.
My strength is not answering anon questions with things that might endanger myself or my friends.
Cearmaid
responded to jillwilliamson
on Tuesday 8 May, 2012 at 05:58
Good news, that place is -awesome!- And the guys in charge really love it, too - everything in there says they were in this for the arts and a love of 'em and not just quick money. Thanks so much for putting them in touch with me!
That's great to hear. Obviously a place like that isn't going to turn amazing profits, but it was cheaper than I thought it'd be for them to set up - some of the things like the dispensers and the flat-screen TVs are really cheap when you buy them in bulk.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 8 May, 2012 at 05:59
What is a fond memory you have?
Standing in Pocket D, next to Alex, across from Agenla and Gideon, when you reached down, jerked my hands out of my pockets and corrected my thumb movement. It was very you, and it made me feel like I was something very noticeable to you.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Tuesday 8 May, 2012 at 05:59
Do you prefer to hear the worries of those you love? Do you feel it makes them relive the experience, or does it diminish the pain a little?
I do prefer to hear them. Those I love do not have very normal emotional reactions to memories.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Tuesday 8 May, 2012 at 06:00
How do you overcome communication barriers?
The major barrier I deal with is people drooling over my inherited accent, which is one of the weirder things I've been dealing with since August.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Tuesday 8 May, 2012 at 06:00
How do you tell someone you appreciate them?
I listen to their ideas and their dreams and then I make them come true. I try to put them in contact with things that make their lives wonderful.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Tuesday 8 May, 2012 at 06:01
Cute, adorable, handsome, dark - we all use terms to describe people that we're attracted to. What terms do you imagine you'd like to use for the partner you have or wished to have?
Reed stole the best one of these by just naming his partner. Zex has a great many elements about her that appeal and I'm not sure 'cute-arsed' is one word.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Tuesday 8 May, 2012 at 06:01
Ever had a crush on a teacher or authority figure?
Yes.
Cearmaid
responded to jouleaux
on Tuesday 8 May, 2012 at 08:49
I think your girlfriend is great - this isn't a question, just thought you ought to know.
She is.
At times I frustrate her. She's used to an unreasonable world that does not fit her, an environment that does not connect to her and leaves her angry and frustrated. I grew up with nothing and anything I did get was small and appreciated. So she adapts the world around her and wants to change things that are, to her, wrong, or optimise things that can be optimised.
This is a source of irritation for me. I do not want her to feel as though her /desire/ to do things for me is unapperciated; I love that she wants to, that she imagines these things, that she teases me and tries. I am a little frustrated that I cannot make things more clear to her, that I cannot concoct a suggestion of things she could do that make me happy, because there are some things she has done that make me amazingly happy.
An example; a few weeks ago, she asked me a question about childbirth. I commented that it's an unpleasant process I'd never want to inflict on someone I like enough to have sex with. She responded with 'You say things that make me love you.'
That one line of dialogue, phrased and stated in my mind in a way unlike other people's words would, was a ray of sunshine in my mind. It made me really, genuinely, wonderfully happy and left me smiling for days.
I don't know how to tell her she can do that kind of thing more and more often.
Cearmaid
responded to hexthief
on Tuesday 8 May, 2012 at 08:54
So-called "natural" mortal heroes who try and rub shoulders with the "super-powered" community without any powers of their own. Who do they think they are? What do YOU think they are?
I owe my life to one, and regularly consult with another about morality, so... neat folk?
Cearmaid
responded to jouleaux
on Tuesday 8 May, 2012 at 08:55
Over the years what's the best lesson you've learned?
Nothing can prepare you for this You were way off of your guard Like it or not, that's how you were caught So try not to take it too hard.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 8 May, 2012 at 08:59
Is there anything mundane that never fails to distract you? How do you retain focus?
Yes.
There are moments where, without meaning to or realising it, you show a connection between you and me, you and others, you and the culture, you and your history. The moments of preference and the moments of irritation that the world is not as sensible as it should be. I find I do not need to regain focus there, because you are almost always more important than anything else on my mind, as far as time sensitivity goes.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 9 May, 2012 at 02:20
Have your feelings towards anything changed in the past three months?
I used to think a threesome, or a sexually open relationship would be neat. As it is, I just don't find myself wanting to get anyone into bed unless you want them too, and I keep finding myself wanting you more.
I fear I am becoming domestic!
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 9 May, 2012 at 02:21
What is a major regret? Do not say "not going with him."
Not realising what I was doing to Sander. I was very thoughtless to her and it hurt her a great deal.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Wednesday 9 May, 2012 at 08:05
I want to know. Are you happy? Genuinely happy? Why or why not? If yes, what brought you to this point? If not, what can and are you going to do to achieve that happiness?
Yep. I really am.
I'm happy because I think of other people, and I'm not satisfied with what I've got. So I can look at the world and think of things I can do to make it better. My basic needs are met, and now it's all discovery, exploration, and excitement from here.
Plus, you know, outrageous sex with a superheroine. That's, surprisingly, something I never even realised I liked as much as I do.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Wednesday 9 May, 2012 at 08:09
Have you ever had to walk away or get some distance to clear your head and take time for yourself? Did it do you any good?
Yeah. I didn't realise I was, basically, leading someone on. Ended with heartbreak, and thank god for @ColdReading. If he hadn't arrived when he did, I was afraid I'd never see Sander happy again.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Wednesday 9 May, 2012 at 08:10
What flavor milkshake do you like best? Tyler, yes, you can only choose one!
Does whiskey count? we used to do that.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Wednesday 9 May, 2012 at 08:11
Tell me a thought, fleeting or not, that make you smile?
I've got 10 questions in my inbox; one from Max, which I'm saving for a time I can use it, and at this point, nine from Zex. Each one of which is fun, in and of itself, to answer. Connections waiting to be lit up.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 9 May, 2012 at 09:08
What sort of questions do you wish people asked more of on this site?
Targeted individual ones whose answers are meant to generate some thought and meaning. You have done much for this.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 9 May, 2012 at 09:11
What is something I can do for you that would be special? That you would appreciate? The last time you answered this, you said "a performance or experience." It was too vague to act on.
You did something very special for me with this, by the way, this bushel of questions. It made me feel very special, and very connected to you as I looked at what you asked, the way you asked it.
Introducing me to things you love, no matter what others have said of it.
Creating things with me, repairing things with me. I love making things that don't work into things that work. I love you. I love seeing how your mind is working, and in the same way the 'rules' of street fighter force an equal interaction, the end-goal of making a device function to a parameter brings out a common ground, and a way I can watch your mind working that I understand.
Sex. It is very, very comforting to me that you regard my sexuality as not a thing of shame or fear.
I will try to think of more answer I can give.
Cearmaid
responded to jouleaux
on Wednesday 9 May, 2012 at 11:14
Public question time: Do you ever feel underappreciated? Why?
No, I don't.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 9 May, 2012 at 11:19
Is there specific types of things you would like to build together? Specific sex that you find more enjoyable? Specific things that require equal interaction?
I like the idea, with you, of crafting something that others have regarded as impossible. Not scientists discarding an idea as theoretically impossible, but something that engineers and machinists have considered, many times, and said 'nobody could do that, nobody's that good.' I like the idea of you seeing me at work and seeing things you admire and of being able to see you while you work and see the things of you that I admire. I like this idea because I feel that if you see it in me, you'll realise what I see in you.
Specific sex, I don't know. I might have to research that one at some length.
Equal interaction ,equal interaction. There are some video games where you know my strategic thought is not up to my tactical thought. There are some projects in the city, such as the cleaning of Crey's Folly that might serve as other ideas.
Cearmaid
responded to jouleaux
on Thursday 10 May, 2012 at 01:38
Public question time again, two in a day! When you reach for a beverage, what is your beverage of choice?
These days, coffee or water. Since alcohol lost all its means to affect me, I've been trying to find some drink that hates you as much on the way down.
Cearmaid
responded to letitglow
on Thursday 10 May, 2012 at 01:42
Using a .gif, show me how you are feeling.
One day I swear I'm going to get this. I thought you were blind?
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 10 May, 2012 at 07:29
If you could change one thing about yourself, would you? What would it be?
At this point, I do not know. I think I would live with what I have, because...
Actually, no.
It would be nice if my breathing was more efficient, and didn't use the same hole as I use to eat, talk, and go down on my girlfriend.
Cearmaid
responded to GageTroubleClef
on Thursday 10 May, 2012 at 09:35
Do you collect anything? What's your favorite piece in the collection?
Friendships.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 10 May, 2012 at 10:52
The questions please me.
This pleases me greatly.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 11 May, 2012 at 01:02
None of this diminishes my desire to do something specifically for you.
That's fine. We'll find something.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Friday 11 May, 2012 at 01:03
Do you believe in free will?
I believe anyone who says he's given it to me is learning what can end those things convinced over their own immortality.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Friday 11 May, 2012 at 05:37
I am confused. Why is everyone ending their questions with: I'm not taking a political stance but gays feel free to answer too. ?
Because we're all silly little boys. :D
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 11 May, 2012 at 08:04
Would you like to get a pet? Why not/What kind?
There is that place that does specialised summons and miniaturised specialised bio-life forms. I have considered getting something interesting and tiny. Like a perpetually kitten'd liger.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Friday 11 May, 2012 at 09:57
If my bio-dad is an alien, why does he look EXACTLY like people? (Strange Visitor came to Praetorian Earth in the 1950s with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men.)
((Shit writers.))
Cearmaid
responded to rnaway
on Friday 11 May, 2012 at 09:58
How do you feel about the idea of marriage? Is it the ceremony or the symbolism, or do you truly feel there's a necessity for the paper work in case of division of assets? Why?
A very normal human ritual, an excuse for a party, a day that's entirely about the people's love. Should be easier, should be more common, shouldn't be so easily rushed into.
Cearmaid
responded to rnaway
on Friday 11 May, 2012 at 09:58
In our lives there are defining moments, whether big or small. Tell me one of yours, please?
I looked at three letters and replaced them with three other letters and made someone feel loved.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 11 May, 2012 at 10:13
Wanna get married? Is that important to you, by chance?
Not really, no. It doesn't seem to be a thing that fits you, to me. It is just a social nicety, but I see how it improves other people's lives.
You and I don't have a family live around us that pulls us away from one another. We don't need a special commemorative date for our love, a day to remind everyone around us, 'Hey, fuck you, we love each other.' We are transcendant of these norms.
What about you, you like the idea?
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 13 May, 2012 at 06:01
How do you "speak Zex"?
I minimize my use of metaphor and simile. Simile is powerful but they have to be used very carefully. I need to be technical, clear, and never assume postulates. I need to avoid the word 'feel,' because even if it is appropriate, you often shut down and get annoyed at me assuming or asserting about your feelings.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 13 May, 2012 at 08:21
I would like to play Portal with you.
Sounds good. I want to stay in today anyway.
Cearmaid
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Monday 14 May, 2012 at 10:22
Hit "profile shuffle" and say something nice about the person that comes up.
I'm in love with her.
Cearmaid
responded to notthatElmo
on Monday 14 May, 2012 at 06:56
Oi...been a long few weeks. What'd I miss?
Nothing I can remember.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Tuesday 15 May, 2012 at 08:16
What is your favorite room in your house?
Bedroom.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Tuesday 15 May, 2012 at 08:16
What are your favorite and least favorite household chores?
Cooking/horizontals.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Tuesday 15 May, 2012 at 08:16
Describe yourself in one word.
Zex's.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 15 May, 2012 at 08:20
What's your favorite picture that I've sent you so far? What sort of things would you like to see more?
It is fascinating to see the black-and-white pictures you send with coloured highlights. In particular, the times you pose yourself to emphasise a position that you enjoy, after I've learned you clearly enjoy it. This is particularly meaningful to me because as you know I have some doubts about my sexual preferences and their appropriateness.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 15 May, 2012 at 08:30
Is there anything you have not experienced, but want to?
I can check off a train ride.
Something I really enjoy is experiencing something WITH someone, and seeing how our experiences differ, what we remember about it.
I want to go to Scotland with you. I want to see if I sound like them, and if I sound like them to you.
I want to walk through limestone fields that haven't tasted industry in years.
I want to visit South Korea, not Japan, with you, and see a technologist, educated society with very different sexual and cultural mores. I want to see what it's like to stand out in a crowd.
I want to win Evo, and I want to win it with an arm around your shoulder. I don't imagine that one will happen any time soon, mind you - time is pinched for both of us.
I want to take a long train trip with you to a lot of different locations and not be sure where we're going.
I want to wander alongside you and just watch what we think of the places we get to be.
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Tuesday 15 May, 2012 at 05:34
Have an hour or two free tomorrow? Let's grab lunch and chat.
I'm sitting in Detroit central station right now watching Zex looking around at the place. I'll be back home in... fifteen hours or so, based on the train ride.
Gimme a call when I'm back in.
Cearmaid
responded to Pathrunner
on Tuesday 15 May, 2012 at 10:14
"By letting it go, it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. When you try and try, the world is beyond winning." Thoughts?
STFU, GBTW?
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Tuesday 15 May, 2012 at 11:17
A hero has been infected with whatever it is that turns people into Devouring Earth, they claim it is too late to cure them. They beg you to finish them off. Do you? Why or Why not?
Don't they have the right to determine when their life should end? It's unpleasant, but I don't think I have the right to say they don't have the right to choose their death.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 17 May, 2012 at 03:59
What will you do if I decide to go rogue one day?
Reason with you.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 17 May, 2012 at 04:07
Are you proficient with any instruments? I may have asked this already.
Not really, no. When I was a kid, I tried being in a band for a while, but pffft to that.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 17 May, 2012 at 04:09
I've been telling people that I proposed to you and you said no. Their reactions have been entertaining. What are your thoughts on this?
Bitches don't know my Zex.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 17 May, 2012 at 04:10
What would you do if you were spontaneously turned into a woman for no particular reason?
See how much I could look like Curie, then jump you.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 17 May, 2012 at 05:08
Do you have a list of the ways you have already died?
Not written down anywehere. Or would you like me to try and enumerate them here?
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 17 May, 2012 at 05:09
Do you have access to a piano?
Yeah. Every bar in the row has a piano.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 17 May, 2012 at 05:10
Does it ever bother you that you do not know my age?
It would bother me if you might be, like, six,, but no. You are old enough and clearly mature enough to make rational decisions for yourself, you recognise many of the same cultural input I do, and you appear to be physically matured roughly equal to me. Precision in that measurement seems unnecessary.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 17 May, 2012 at 05:11
Are "firsts" important to you? What are a few, if so?
I don't really think I've ever been involved in any. Mostly it seems like something people would like to crow about but they fail to resonate directly wtih me. I imagine if someone I knew cared deeply about a topic, cared deeply about a first, then I would care more about them.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 17 May, 2012 at 05:11
Would you like to go to space with me sometime?
Sure.
Cearmaid
responded to MsRepresntation
on Thursday 17 May, 2012 at 07:18
When was the last time you kissed someone you care about? Be they a spouse, a boyfriend or girlfriend, a sibling, or a younger relative?
She woke me up this morning.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 18 May, 2012 at 12:18
Hey what's the difference between Scottland and Ireland?
Similar to the difference between Johto and Sinnoh.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 18 May, 2012 at 04:48
Ok really though?
Broadly speaking, they derive from two majorly different root cultures, one the Celts, one the Gaels. The Scots are part of the mainland of England, and have a history that's a lot more about marching and making war on the British and the Romans to the south, and tend to win. Ireland is a small island off the coast, where invasion had to be at the behest of larger populations making a naval effort (like the Romans and the British).
Culturally, they're both similar in that they love liquor and fighting and hating the British.
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Friday 18 May, 2012 at 10:45
I don't entirely get your question. Should I know the answer now or am I waiting for it to hit me? I have an idea, mind you. Just curious.
It's a cosmetic issue. Talk about anyone. But it's gotta be someone, it's gotta have a name, and ideally, it's not going to be anyone powered.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 18 May, 2012 at 10:50
You should take a break and come home for lunch or something.
Sounds good. Fuck this mechanism.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 19 May, 2012 at 03:38
I keep thinking of shit I want to talk about and then I never do.
Should we start making a list?
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Saturday 19 May, 2012 at 12:39
So I've been barfing all day since my father introduced his new girlfriend to me. She's 22. People that's 4 years older than me. Just how gross is this? What horrible gross stuff have your parents ever been into?
This question makes me all sorts of uncomfortable.
Cearmaid
responded to MsRepresntation
on Saturday 19 May, 2012 at 12:44
Have you ever had a secret crush? What did you do about it? Do you have a secret crush right now? What do you plan on doing?
I had one, on Plasma Cutter. When I decided that I couldn't enter a relationship with her because she'd never be happy with it, she insulted me. On the other hand, she works like a horse and she seems to genuinely be happy with the Chullain ironworks, so that's a win.
Cearmaid
responded to MsRepresntation
on Sunday 20 May, 2012 at 09:08
Have you met the one? If yes, when did you know he or she was the one?
I don't think there is a The One. I've met The Zex.
Cearmaid
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Sunday 20 May, 2012 at 05:37
If you really wanted to be with somebody but knew it was a bad idea what would you do?
Be punished for my hubris.
Cearmaid
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Sunday 20 May, 2012 at 05:38
Have you ever been intimidated by the sibling of somebody you have a crush on? What did you do about it?
Weirdly, I've never found Torn that intimidating. It might be because he's never really threatened me where I can see?
Cearmaid
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Sunday 20 May, 2012 at 05:41
Have you ever had a crush on more than one person at once? What did you do?
Resolved it, dealt with the heartbreak I caused, and maintained my friendship with both.
Cearmaid
responded to MsRepresntation
on Sunday 20 May, 2012 at 05:42
Are you okay with who you are? Or, would you rather be like someone else?
No matter how bad things are, it isn't better AND they it isn't worse. They are what they are: so quit bitching, shut the fuck up, and get back to work.
The original core philosophy has been influenced by Zex.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Sunday 20 May, 2012 at 08:39
When was the last time you really underestimated a villain and found yourself having to ask for help? Who'd you call?
Iron Tyrant?
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 22 May, 2012 at 10:13
What is your favorite way to wake up?
With a task to do.
Cearmaid
responded to SanderWilson
on Tuesday 22 May, 2012 at 10:13
Hindsight is always 20/20. - If you could go back in time and redo something what would you redo? How would you change things?
Be more clear to you.
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Tuesday 22 May, 2012 at 05:17
When you came into money, what was the first thing you did?
Freak the unholy fuck out.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Wednesday 23 May, 2012 at 07:18
How are you remembering May 23rd?
Work.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Thursday 24 May, 2012 at 02:54
Are your parents, or would they be, proud of the person you are today?
Probably not.
Cearmaid
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Thursday 24 May, 2012 at 08:18
[OOC question! I'd love to see you be able to select one aura for out of combat and one aura for combat only. What is one thing you wish the game would add? ]
((More diverse male hair options.))
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Thursday 24 May, 2012 at 08:50
What's the most offensive word you've been called that made you smile?
Cuntfluff. I was the new guy.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Thursday 24 May, 2012 at 08:56
Do you smell smoke, or do you taste it?
I feel it.
Cearmaid
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Thursday 24 May, 2012 at 08:56
Nomnom - What's for breakfast today?
Putting it off. I had a plan, but not any more. Brunch-ish maybe?
Cearmaid
responded to juusan
on Thursday 24 May, 2012 at 08:56
You're doing something else right now; you're thinking of work, or standing in a queue, or waking up with your coffee in hand. So what are you doing?
Welding.
Cearmaid
responded to juusan
on Thursday 24 May, 2012 at 08:56
Do you carry a lighter? Cigarettes? Both?
Yes, no.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 24 May, 2012 at 10:38
Do you become immune to effects after you die? As in, if someone electrocuted you to death, would you be immune to harm from electricity, or would still be harmed but be unable to be killed?
More the latter than the former. I only suffocated in space once.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 24 May, 2012 at 10:38
Have you ever considered killing yourself through specific methods so that you will not suffer them later?
I toyed with the idea, and for a particular portal corp job I did it - submerging myself in bleach and inhaling.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 25 May, 2012 at 08:15
I feel a little mad at Portal Corp for killing you, even though I have considered it before.
That's not a question.
Also, that's fine. The atmosphere in the world was, itself, basically bleach, so it was a way to be prepared and do the recuperation here, somewhere safe.
The techs were all deeply disturbed.
Cearmaid
responded to ironphilanthrop
on Saturday 26 May, 2012 at 08:11
"Nothing is stronger than habit." What is your worst habit?
Avoiding addressing my emotional responses.
Cearmaid
responded to ironphilanthrop
on Saturday 26 May, 2012 at 08:11
Describe your personality in paragraph. Be truthful.
Stubborn ass.
Cearmaid
responded to ironphilanthrop
on Saturday 26 May, 2012 at 08:11
"All I can say about life is, Oh God, enjoy it!" What do you think is the key to a happy life?
STFU, GBTW
Cearmaid
responded to ironphilanthrop
on Saturday 26 May, 2012 at 08:12
Have you any distinguishing features?
Not really. I'm one of a ten thousand number of generic scarred bricklayer looks in the Kings Row district.
Cearmaid
responded to ironphilanthrop
on Saturday 26 May, 2012 at 08:12
What are the biggest drives and motivators in your life?
Fixing the world and Prototyping happiness.
Cearmaid
responded to ironphilanthrop
on Saturday 26 May, 2012 at 08:12
What education do you have? Have you any degrees/diplomas?
Dropped out of high school.
Cearmaid
responded to Vertigirl
on Saturday 26 May, 2012 at 08:12
((OOC question time! It's been asked how much of you bleeds into your character, but what about the reverse? Are there any of your character's traits you've picked up? I've started saying ain't a lot more since playing Vertigirl, much to my chagrin.))
((My characters all seem to share my scientific outlook on life, and most of them share my views on foreplay.))
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 27 May, 2012 at 03:00
Do you consider me parasitic?
No.
I saw what he said. Forget what he said, it's drawing parallels that demonstrate how he thinks. There's self-loathing there lacing his words.
Cearmaid
responded to TheChthonian
on Sunday 27 May, 2012 at 06:41
Alcohol can turn the nicest man into a slavering beast, yes? So, what sort of drunk are you? Or, without proper experience, what sort of drunk do you *think* you are?
Cranky.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Sunday 27 May, 2012 at 06:47
You know how when you were a little kid and you got lost, there's that real terror of feeling connected to nothing? Ever felt that as an adult?
From time to time, and the strange thing is, the thing that makes me feel this way is Zex.
I am connected to so many things, I am safe, I am resolute, I am moored solidly in time and space. I have no reason to feel worried at all. But when an ass like you says something that upsets Zex, and she starts to feel disconnected from the world she lives in, I feel that distances that grows. I reconnect, I recover and connect to her, but in that time, she is given a feeling of disconnection and loss, and I feel that. I hate it, I hate when she's upset, because she's not so familiar with how the rest of us just get past it.
So I guess what I'm saying is: Shut up. Your words have a lot of weight and stop throwing them around carelessly.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Sunday 27 May, 2012 at 06:47
If you felt what you did to people, would you still have the will to do it?
Would YOU?
Cearmaid
responded to ironphilanthrop
on Monday 28 May, 2012 at 10:46
Inspired by a question my girlie asked, what particular song lyrics inspire you? Share them.
Hand me a brick, a stick, a picket Bottle, axe or cobblestone Riot down on Broad street And if I'm going down Hell, I'm not going down alone
āŖā«āŖ
Go and get your riotgear, swing your girlie all around, we'll be dancing on the cinders, as the town is burning down.
āŖā«āŖ
Have you been half asleep And have you heard voices I've heard them calling my name Are these the sweet sounds that called The young sailors I think they're one and the same I've heard it too many times to ignore it There's something that I'm supposed to be
āŖā«āŖ
Hulking, smashing, I come crashing, nothing like when I was small. I am unstoppable, I am the cannonball. That feeble coward that you knew, has undergone an overhaul. I am unstoppable, I am the cannonball. Thirty-two feet per second I increase, as the exponents will multiply. I'll never stop to look back behind me, cutting through the bright blue sky. And this is how it's meant to be, untethered I will soar. I'll barrel towards the earth below, it's what I was made for.
āŖā«āŖ
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 28 May, 2012 at 11:22
On that same train of thought: also considering implants. Thoughts/opinions?
I'm reluctant to comment on this topic carelessly, and I am assuming that in this context you mean breast implants.
On the one hand, I am fully in favour of people augmenting themselves in any way that they see as appropriate. Your body is your own, and provided procedures can be done safely and sensibly, the right to self-definition trumps any concerns about anything else.
We do not see anything wrong with people wearing glasses, which is a form of alteration of the human frame in order to improve operations for the user. We don't even see a problem with people wearing glasses that they don't need in order to look smarter, or to make themselves feel more comfortable.
The main arguments against implants are the inherent danger of surgery (which is less of a concern in our context) and social stigma. I am very angry about the social stigma; for the most part, I see those men who criticise breast implants as having no clear idea what they dislike, and often just disliking them on the basis of somehow being unnatural, while I have never heard a woman criticise the outcome of breast implants that wasn't criticising either badly implemented implants, OR, engaging in slut-shaming.
I like larger breasts; I think that's been pretty easily gleaned from my tastes and interests. On the other hand, I also think that I've never been disappointed by the breasts of my partners, so I don't think that I'm pushing you to this direction.
Basically: I think I would like the result.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 28 May, 2012 at 11:28
I am considering getting a tattoo. Either beneath my collarbone or on my back. Nothing specific. Do you have any input or thoughts on this?
You mean another tattoo.
I think that I like your skin. I like the idea of tattoos as expression, of them being emblems and artwork that mean something. I think I understand your first tattoo - finally - which serves as a monument to one thing (and I will not say what, because It's a secret). I think a second tattoo or any other tattoos you have in mind should be similarly multilayered in their meaning.
Cearmaid
responded to ironphilanthrop
on Monday 28 May, 2012 at 11:29
Share a song with me. Maybe I'll discover something new.
Cearmaid
responded to ironphilanthrop
on Monday 28 May, 2012 at 11:29
What's your genre of music? Share an example of it.
Apparently, lower-class punk ska from the 90s.
Cearmaid
responded to ironphilanthrop
on Monday 28 May, 2012 at 11:29
Do you dance? If so do you have a particular type of dance that's your favorite?
The kind where you keep your elbows at your sides and don't upset the beer in your hand.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 28 May, 2012 at 11:30
Have you considered cybernetic augmentation for yourself?
No.
I wonder why.
Cearmaid
responded to Vertigirl
on Monday 28 May, 2012 at 11:30
spit 2 me about the most creative takedown u pullt
I have found of all the gifts my powers have brought to me, that creativity is not one of them.
I have also learned that everything, EVERYTHING burns, eventually.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 28 May, 2012 at 11:43
How are you finding not sleeping at the apartment?
Now that the Forge is done, I can say I didn't like it. I was cutting my sleep even shorter than normal just so I could get more work and head home sooner.
Cearmaid
responded to ArielAblaze
on Tuesday 29 May, 2012 at 02:21
To what extent should an employer be able to dictate your private behavior or what you can talk about on social media sites like Formspring?
Something about this question makes me feel very sad and like I lost something.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Wednesday 30 May, 2012 at 09:50
Does waste make you angry?
More than you know.
Cearmaid
responded to ChargedWolf
on Thursday 31 May, 2012 at 02:52
I'm a little curious. And it randomly came up.
If you could engage in sexual relations with @laylaward, would you? I wanna see how many yeses this can score.
Assuming you were both available and there were no negative reactions. Be honest.
Yes.
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Thursday 31 May, 2012 at 06:43
What do you like most about yourself?
My hands.
Cearmaid
responded to MajorHastings
on Thursday 31 May, 2012 at 10:02
Throwdown Thursday: Who on Formspring do you think would give you an evenly matched fight?
Nobody.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 31 May, 2012 at 10:02
Can I borrow your hoodie? The red one.
Absolutely.
Cearmaid
responded to ironphilanthrop
on Thursday 31 May, 2012 at 10:03
Give me the story of your life in six words.
Unworthy inheritor strives to fix world.
Cearmaid
responded to ironphilanthrop
on Thursday 31 May, 2012 at 10:08
Have you ever laughed uncontrollably when it was socially inappropriate? What was it over?
Everybody was kung-fu fiiiighting Those kicks were fast as lightning
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 1 June, 2012 at 12:22
You have expressed pleasure at a thong being visible above low cut pants. Does the same apply for a bra being visible with a low cut shirt?
Somewhat, yes. Your bust is not the feature on you I notice the most, so I don't usually look to your neckline or cleavage.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 1 June, 2012 at 12:22
I have a riddle to ask. "A brass orb with a hollow center is dropped on the street. When it hits the cobblestone, the sun breaks through the clouds. What am I?"
Zex.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 1 June, 2012 at 12:23
How did you figure out my tattoo?
The latin phrase took a while to understand because it doesn't make much sense or have common parallels to phrases in classic Latin that people learn. When I worked it out, I started patrolling gamefaqs for games that had been made in that same time frame which used the phrase, of which there were none.
I eventually found it by pressing ctrl-f, ctrl-v on a lot of forum posts.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 1 June, 2012 at 12:38
I have expressed many times the things you do before or during sex that excite me and make me happy. What do I do, that excite you or make you happy?
Absolutely above all else, you respond. You are interested, you are engaged. You are a very careful and calcualting person much of the time, patterns driving a lot of social interaction that can make some behaviour seem out-of-normal. You are absolutely not out-of-normal when we have sex. You express with your throat, with your eyes, with how you swallow and how you breathe. There is no need to be an intense rational actor - you can tell when I do something if you want more of it or less of it, and there's rarely overcorrection.
You never make me feel like I'm genuinely dangerous. You don't give me passive-aggressive ideas and you don't offer sexual types or favours to me that you don't, to some extent, enjoy for their own purpose. You don't make sex into a chip with which to bargain with me. These don'ts make me happy.
You become turned on SO easily. It never cuts through greater intense focuses; I can't suck your neck to get you to stop worrying about something. But when your mind is clear, you can jump from normal to horny in time that astounds me, and I'm male. That's very very appealing, it makes it evident to me that you are a sexual creature, tha you want me, that you want the type of sex we have.
You send me dirty pictures, and those make me happy not just because they are arousing but because you often make individual changes to the pictures, which requires skills that most girls who photograph themselves on the internet don't actually have.
In every way, the things you do that make me happy are things that are stamped with the signs of Zex. With being the not-standard woman I love. You may not even realise how NOT doing what many other people do is incredible.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 1 June, 2012 at 12:41
Do you have the equivilent of a bucket list? What's on it/Why not? May have asked this already... not sure.
I don't. Since I got this question I've tried to make one, but the more I try the more it looks like a list of things I simply will do, because I have a lot of time and resources.
I think this has been enlightening though: What I want to do is make bucket lists come true. I want to go down to the boardwalk and listen to a random stranger as they say 'I've always wanted to do X' and then grabbing them and doing it. I think what really fascinates and interests me is outside myself.
I've come to think that, of late, is that dreaming and hoping and wanting is something that can be beaten out of you. Look at that Carceri kid - he doesn't make wishlists. He just sulks his way through life in a downward spiral. I have met plenty of kids like that. I don't even really know how to wish for things. I tend to look at other people's stuff and decide if I want it.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 1 June, 2012 at 12:43
What are your thoughts/possible preferences on porn?
It needs to be more socially acceptable to use and create, because the social shame attached to it is what creates the environment where it becomes exploitable and people become manipulatable.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 1 June, 2012 at 12:44
Do you ever think of GƔe Bulg? What if it was found?
A lot of these legends have been warped by time. The lack of written records make it harder to check, too. Was the Gae Bulg an item? Was it a person who was interpreted in time to being an item? Is it multiple things, in different stories exaggerated together? Was it invented wholesale?
It's tricky to say. The main thing I know is that if something has a celtic-sounding name I should investigate it, just to make sure it's a dead end.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 1 June, 2012 at 12:47
Why do you think you could not sleep?
At the time you asked this, the answer was clearly: Getting the Forge up and running. I did not like the idea of this project taking too long, because it pulled me away from physical comforts I was used to. I could do a weeklong block of work in a jamjar situation like that before I had a home I really loved and someone I really loved coming home to.
Cearmaid
responded to ironphilanthrop
on Friday 1 June, 2012 at 07:33
Witnessed one of our receptionists being harassed by her ex husband today in the lobby. He's a notorious wife beater. I had the guy booted from the premises. What is your opinion of men who hit their wives/girlfriends?
I went to prison for a year over it.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 2 June, 2012 at 12:57
Do you know any gaelic?
No.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 2 June, 2012 at 05:30
How can Carmondy help fix the world?
I have been sitting on this now for over a month, which is too long.
There are thousands of ways, and ways they're doing. This has been one of the many things I do on my days out of the house, the days where I'm making sure pumps get made in countries that need them, microfinance gets moved into locations where the corruption can be kept down. We're purifying water in India, we're shipping contraceptives around the middle east, we're sponsoring vaccination efforts, we're sloughing money into off-the-wall projects like Gideon's caffeine-viagra-and-sterilisation pill. Ever since SnaredJr mentioned them, we've been dumping cash in wads into this PTSD drug.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 2 June, 2012 at 11:34
How do you balance your confidence, so it does not become arrogance?
The very real consequences of what I can do if I'm not carefully monitoring what my powers do. I probably don't handle it well.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 4 June, 2012 at 01:15
I found a game you might be good at. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IcMTlwUwC4
Good grief, these things cost how much?
For things you piss on?
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 4 June, 2012 at 08:43
What's the last significant wound you sustained?
I crashed into the moon, flipped over and skidded a third of a mile over what I've since learned is called regolith.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 4 June, 2012 at 09:08
What is something I could do, wear, habit I could attempt or alter, or change about myself that would turn you on or please you? I know you're shitty at answering this, but here's the question if you ever get around to it.
1. Black underwear, contrasting well against your pale skin. 2. Don't put any food in the fridge uncovered. 3. Pillow forts are adorable. 4. The games are not currently sorted, nor are the books. There is no pattern to be found and no reason to return them to their order when you move them. 5. Chip clips. Open chip packets on countertops, not on floors. 6. When you play a game all night, please do come to bed near 5 AM just so I can wake up next to you.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 4 June, 2012 at 09:10
What's something that made you laugh really hard?
You talking about how the songs about riots made you laugh. When we came back inside, I thought about it for a minute, about how ridiculous the songs are - about how different a song is to a fight, and how to you, the things they fought about must be so ridiculous - and I couldn't help myself.
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Monday 4 June, 2012 at 09:13
What do you powers do against not-deities?
There's a lot of tiers to it.
The core power that I have is that I turn off the 'impossibles' of deities. A deity in my presence is still what it was, but it's now killable, fightable - there's no 'absolutes' around a deity.
The other power - of restorative immortality - is that I find ways to overcome things that kill me. I fought a deity of words once, who could kill someone by saying their name, just one word and boom. It said my name, I died, I got back up and it said my name again and nothing happened - at all.
So if you want to kill me as a combat trick? Different techniques required every time.
The OTHER part of it is supposedly something to do with helios and haephestus and I don't even know, which is just the, uh, rather ridiculous amounts of fire.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 4 June, 2012 at 09:15
How do you deal with confusion?
I stew over it for a while. Often I'll push it to the back of my mind whie I STFU and GBTW. Sometimes, no such luck.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 4 June, 2012 at 09:15
What's the worst lie you ever told? (Do not count ones to yourself)
Generally, I'm a pretty bad liar. I don't think I fooled anyone here into thinking I was non-powered for a second.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 4 June, 2012 at 09:16
I have been thinking and feelings things about you that I have not done before. They are positive. I know that this is not a question.
It's still fascinating.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 5 June, 2012 at 07:11
Where's the most unusual place you have had sex? What's the story behind it?
Back-alley doorway of a Kings Row eatery. There's not a great story behind it, beyond the fact that it was the first time I'd had sex with a woman before either of us had said even hello to one another.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 5 June, 2012 at 07:12
Can you narrate to me your proudest moment?
I'm a little disquieted that two weeks of thinking on this has yielded literally nothing for me on this one.
I just don't feel that surge of pride, I guess. I dredge my memory and nothing stands out. Little moments of pride as I sat back and looked at some freshly flattened steel, some pressed rivets, some well-cemented bricks... it's all little things.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 5 June, 2012 at 07:21
Do you have a song you like? Or a few with significance or something?
We've discussed this, but for the record, Riot on Broad Street, Go and Get Your Riot Gear, Cannonball, and the Route That I Took.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 5 June, 2012 at 07:21
When's your birthday again?
August 16.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 5 June, 2012 at 07:22
What makes you angry?
An enormous number of things, in a variety of ways and depending on the way they're handled.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 5 June, 2012 at 07:22
What makes you happy?
An enormous number of things, in a variety of ways and depending on the way they're handled.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 5 June, 2012 at 07:22
What makes you excited?
An enormous number of things, in a variety of ways and depending on the way they're handled.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 5 June, 2012 at 07:22
Are you well?
I really am.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 5 June, 2012 at 07:23
What makes you happy?
An enormous number of things, in a variety of ways and depending on the way they're handled.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 5 June, 2012 at 07:23
Do you have an opinion on divine beings? God/Gods? Why do you believe this? What separates them from mortals?
Targets.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 5 June, 2012 at 07:29
Do you appreciate celtic music?
Somewhat. I think I mostly like yelling loudly.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 5 June, 2012 at 07:29
What is your current goal?
Fixing the world.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 5 June, 2012 at 07:31
Do you value physical affection very much? Why?
Enormously. I used to just value physical affection - sex - just as a way to feel better about myself. Now I feel that it's a way of connecting myself more to you, which creates a new layer of intensity to it.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 5 June, 2012 at 07:34
What's the worst thing you've done that someone can hold against you?
There are several communities that were very heavily focused on their worship and community religions who are kinda ticked off at me for wiping out their gods.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 5 June, 2012 at 07:39
You said you don't normally look at my neckline or cleavage. What do you look at? Why? What do you think when doing so?
In front? Your eyes. You have amazing eyes. They don't look at what people think is important, they look at what's important. They focus. You're willing to stare. You have a brilliance and a color to them that doesn't pay attention to the conventions and rules of mortal men. I tend to think of what might be going through your head.
In behind? Your arse. You have a cute arse. When I look at it I think of grabbing you by your hips, yanking you backwards and making you scream.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 5 June, 2012 at 07:41
Do you multitask well? Can you provide an example?
Nope. I focus very intensely on things, one at a time.
My multitasking is really just focusing on things until I can't keep them going, then moving onto something else, you know?
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 5 June, 2012 at 09:05
Do you identify with your heritage much? I realize now that I have asked you questions about it that I would not enjoy if you asked me.
I grew up in Kings Row as a poor person. There isn't a heritage there unless you fake it. The guys who swagger around saying 'I'm Irish' are making it up. They are just flat-out idiotically making it up. They're not Irish. They're Americans, whose great grandfathers were Irish. The Irish know what the Troubles are. The Irish know what it's like to form a squad around your kids as you walk them to school in case a bomb goes off so you'll save their lives at the costs of your own. No, the guys saying they're Irish here are really saying 'I'm white and a fan of Flogging Molly.'
The heritage I have goes back one generation and it's Kings Row, dirt poor. That's the real culture, the real heritage. It's working your arse off to cover medical bills for a person who died a year ago and knowing you will never be free because you wanted even one more day of life with them. It's getting paid terrible wages and still wasting most of it on liquor because it eases the pain. It's being nice to the drug dealers because they at least give kids some kind of opportunity to feed their families.
I'm as Scottish as a made-in-china stuffed dog.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 5 June, 2012 at 09:26
What are some examples of things that make you angry?
Waste.
Abuse of women.
Sexual assault.
Sexual assault by registered heroes, which, I have learned, happens at all and that's one of those real rage-outs for me.
Indoctrination of children.
Disrespecting safety regulations. Seriously, closed shoes for a fucking reason.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 5 June, 2012 at 09:30
What are some examples of things that make you happy?
You.
Fried food that's tasty and rich.
Engines, big engines, things that are designed to work non-stop.
Hotpluggable hardware. I love being able to repair a thing while it works.
Undercoating work I've done. I don't paint it - that's left to the people who do interior dec. But you leave an undercoat because it shows the rest of the work's been finished.
Cearmaid
responded to jillwilliamson
on Tuesday 5 June, 2012 at 05:22
You serious? For my birthday? BEST PRESENT EVER.
I figure your birthday proper you'll have stuff to do. But it's just a trip out to Seattle.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 6 June, 2012 at 08:36
Do you still have any questions in your inbox from me?
At this point I have six questions left from you.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 6 June, 2012 at 09:15
How did you piss of Mako?
When I first came into my powers as a heckatoncheires, without a clear goal and with some incentive to investigate the Rogue Isles - Plasma Cutter - I went to the Etoile and Sharkhead to see how it reminded me of my youth in a poor community.
When I was there, I quickly gathered attention of Patron's scouts. Without giving dull details away, it became a choice between Balck Scorpion's offers and Mako's. I opted to see what Mako had to offer me - which was fascinating, because he ascribed to me a level of lethality I hadn't demonstrated. I fight like I'm willing to kill, which, more often than not, makes it unnecessary.
After earning his trust, I listened to his plans, called him a lunatic and walked out on him.
Simply put: I lied to him. I lied to him very well.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 6 June, 2012 at 09:15
Is there certain ways I express myself that you would like to see more?
Your smiles are rare. I like them. I will strive to make them happen more often.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 7 June, 2012 at 08:25
Have you ever been presented with a situation where your thoughts were similar to "I don't know how to respond to this." If so, what was it? What did you end up doing?
You, regularly.
I wait, and I listen and then I see what ideas come to me as you speak.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 7 June, 2012 at 08:26
What things do you find significant? Physical things. Like a robot or a wrench would be something people would associate with me.
At this point, my phone, because I use it to connect myself to that vast brooding network that is Carmody, and I can become 'old Lock' just by turning it off. I like welding but I don't attach a particular meaning to an actual individual welding torch. Fire and stars are also strongly significant in my mind, because, well, I've been quite hot in the past. Hmm.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 7 June, 2012 at 08:34
What are some examples of things that make you excited?
Fighting. Those moments where even though it's a seven-storey tall beast from a world that encroaches ours, It'sjust like a back alley behind a Kings Row bar and I'm bringing down a bully, and making use of my gift for violence
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 7 June, 2012 at 08:35
Do you feel anything when you see me walk away?
I tend to feel like looking at your backside.
I don't feel I need to be all over you all the time. You are a very driven woman, you have a lot of motivation to do the things you want to do. When you want to be close, you are close, and we practically wear each other. So when you walk away, I just enjoy the view.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 7 June, 2012 at 08:37
You have mentioned before experiencing love so much that it hurts. Can you expound on this sensation?
In some ways it's because love magnifies the way I feel about other things. I love Sander, so when I felt her sadness at my betrayal of her trust, it magnified that sadness, and made me feel like I had done something so much worse than what I did.
In other times, love seems to fill me up, leave my breathing slow; it tightens the chest and it fills me with awe. It is in these moments that smiling is all I can do.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Thursday 7 June, 2012 at 11:44
What medium would your life story best be told in?
null
Cearmaid
responded to lasentinella
on Saturday 9 June, 2012 at 08:14
How many hours a day is too many to work?
As a long-term thing, twelve hour days are too rough. I don't mind going up to fourteen, even sixteen for crunch times? But ten is a good average.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 10 June, 2012 at 07:05
Your pattern for smiling at answers has changed. Is there a reason? Should I worry?
They changed the way the app works. Half the time when I smile at something it shows me who smiled at it.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 10 June, 2012 at 07:14
Think of a any happy memory. What is it?
Two days after the crash, I got into a brawl in a Founders Fall college bar. I was there because I was looking for trouble.
Six college wrestlers said they'd be my worst day ever.
I walked out of there with their fucking shoes.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 11 June, 2012 at 02:53
You make me spinda 'round each time I see you. You give me such a mandibuzz every time we togekiss, it makes me wand to regirock out and exploud with There is no Pokemon that sound like "happiness"... oh well. Can't wingull them all.
Done looking these up. That's adorable.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 11 June, 2012 at 02:53
What is your favorite non-physical feature about yourself?
I'm very patient.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 11 June, 2012 at 02:53
Do you think the way in which somebody dies is important?
Some people, yes. Me, not especially.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Monday 11 June, 2012 at 09:15
Hey, people who've more culture than me; do the names Asha, Nel and Mislea mean anything? Faeries and drow things?
Well, I'd suggest googling it, but apparently, it thinks 'mislea' is a misspelling of 'mislead', and 'nel' is a character from an anime and 'Asha' was the most prolific voiceover musician in bollywood's history, so yeah, I think you're SOL on conventional searches.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 11 June, 2012 at 07:08
Are teachers important?
You should know. You've taught me plenty.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 11 June, 2012 at 07:08
We have to leave in two weeks.
Arrright.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Saturday 16 June, 2012 at 12:46
Anyone in paragon, patient, know how to cook on a budget, and willing to teach me?
I've done you enough fucking favors today.
Cearmaid
responded to ironphilanthrop
on Saturday 16 June, 2012 at 12:48
I've had to block a lot of people on here. Anyone else have a problem with people being either idiotic or just plain anal?
Well, I've had this question now for a day or two. I didn't answer it when it arrived on my phone because it's not very high priority, and it smacked of other stuff, other stuff that includes interaction with my girlfriend. So I did some research and had a look. I am, after all, a patient man who seeks to understand things.
First and foremost, a quick bit of background, which you will need, because you aren't very well-informed as to your surroundings. This time last year I was in more or less the same financial situation as Carcer, with mounting medical bills to pay for my mother's cancer treatments. Then, in a short span of months, I lost both my mother and my father in a car crash on the way home from the hospital. Over a month after that, living in that place of extreme poverty and debt, I was the beneficiary of a massive inheritance.
And yes, I mean massive. Like, buy-and-sell-your-company massive.
So I can see the world from your place, and I can see the world from his place, and this isn't going to be an attempt to point out that he's right when he's right, or that he's a cunt when he's a cunt, because he sure as fuck is. It's not going to point out you're a narcissist. No.
What I'm going to drag your attention to is that you, Tony Stark, the self-styled tech-savvy billionaire philanthropist, when a nineteen year old pauper tried to engage you, was to act like you were the one who was hard done by. Rather than seeking to learn, to use that mind of yours of which you're so proud, you just clapped your hands over your head and went 'me me me me me.'
You're not a philanthropist. You're just not; you're a bully, wielding your money like a club, and you give the impression that you really wish you could use your intellect the same way.
The really weird thing is that whenver I've seen Tony Stark in media, he's urbane, he's smart, he's witty, and he's an intellectual, capable of rapid-fire smartassery, meeting minds quickly, endlessly tech-savvy and amazingly sophisticated when it comes to charm and wit. I think that illusion that you clearly construct for yourself in public - which, I guess is the fault of some PR managers or personal scriptwriters you have who are much, much better at making you look good than you are - is probably why so many people doubt you are who you say you are. Tony Stark before congress? Sharp witted, acerbic, quick-thinking. Tony Stark on formspring? Dunderheaded and bumbling, demonstrating a lack of awareness of social etiquette and leaping up and down for attention.
What's also weird is the way you describe alcoholism as something you can step down, calling yourself an alcoholic, then saying now, you just drink socially. That rings very odd to me, because alcoholics who stop drinking that I've dealt with - actual AA meeting atendees - know full well that they have to stop drinking entirely, that there is no such thing as 'a few drinks with friends,' because you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you. That's alcoholism. If you can step it down and 'just drink with friends,' then you weren't an alcoholic, you just overshopped a lot when you bought booze.
You don't seem to understand how the formspring interface works, or how internet culture works. You use emotes like a seventeen year old girl on an anime forum, which seems really out of type for Tony Stark, who again; very smart, very sharp guy.
And when this supposedly smart, erudite guy gets into a conversation with a nineteen year old high school dropout, who was oppressed and outcast, rendered an outsider in a modern classroom, and that kid can hang with the concepts that you're throwing around, what do you, Mr Philanthropist, do?
Ignoring how you belittle this kid for being poor, because that's definitely appropriate behaviour from any adult, you send out a question wherein you - without the faintest lick of self-awareness - rudely declare your distaste for other people's comforting lies ('bullshit'), then collapse in metaphorical tears when someone points out you doing exactly that same thing. And then, when that's not enough, you run off and publically tout to your friends - and his! - how 'haters gunna hate.'
Ie: You threw out a boast touting honesty, and when someone responded with anything other than mewling adoration and amusement at your not-wit, you ran and hid like a little boy, behind a comforting lie. Basically, you just smeared yourself with the bullshit you say you're allergic to.
If you're not clear on this yet? I don't like you. I don't like him either, but I can look at him and say 'sure, he's a cunt, but he's a cunt with a point.' You're just a spoiled kid living in a reputation that's clearly been generated by some very talented writers on your behalf. But whenever either of you opened your stupid fat mouths and let the durrrrrr flood out, I didn't throw my boots in and call you idiots. No, I put my head down and got back to work doing things that will improve the life of the poor, things that will assist the income inequality in this world in which we live. But now you two have had enough of a tiff that I'm going to have to get around to doing something a little more visible.
You have 605 public questions, and he has 956 responses. Since your questions are obnoxious and his answers are obnoxious, that seems a good place to start. Multiplying those together we get 578,380 which let's say I'll dial up to 600k, and then I'll throw on an extra 65k for operations and management based on a real quick google search about . I've had an accountant put that money aside, in three grants - the Shut Up Tony And Carcer Grant for the nurturing of intellect and the arts, or SUTAC which is far nicer in public. Six 100k grants a year, which I'm going to be sending to the Gaspee Community Shelter, with a 65k administration fund. That adminsitration fund means that Ms Ward can just hire a full-time social worker to work with the homeless, looking for people who would make good recipients of the grant.
The grant will be designed for youth in the homeless and poor areas, who demonstrate intellectual or artistic ability above and beyond the norm. How many Einsteins, Bachs, and yes, Tony Starks, have never been able to demonstrate their genius, never been able to shape the world, because they weren't lucky enough to be born to the middle or upper classes with wealthy patrons taking care of their needs? Even one is too many. So. Six 100k grants a year to find these kids, these gutter intellectuals, these lost and helpless and hopeful.
You two squalling idiots have successfully motivated me to do this. Now your idiotics has had some positive impact on the world, motivated entirely by spite and disdain. Now Tony, would you kindly engage some of that vastly tech-savvy brain of yours and stop sending me questions when I'm not following you, don't want to hear from you, and don't care about anything you have to say? And Carcer, watch your fucking mouth?
Brilliant.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 16 June, 2012 at 07:04
Contrary to my expectations, my desire for you has only increased since I learned of attachment. Is there anything I could do to strengthen our bond? I often feel that wrapping around you is not enough.
I don't know, I've been told that you wearing my boxers is apparently cute. Given the awkwardness of putting on shorts, in your case, I don't think that's true.
We should make something together. I like my phone a lot now because it represents something I changed for your sake. Maybe little totems from one another like that can help.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Sunday 17 June, 2012 at 07:03
(( OOC: THEN SUDDENLY! Please play along if you will - like Galaxy City. This event and the one following is going to change little Eiko (& CoH) forever!*** This marks the beginning of the end for Tyrant's arc. MEGATHX (***a while)
((In deference to your desire to have a guiding influence on our local canon's progression through the canon lore, I will never IC trial again.
I mean, I only ever IC trialled once, and that was with Slip, and it was a TPN...))
Cearmaid
responded to TheChthonian
on Sunday 17 June, 2012 at 07:35
Tell me of something pleasant that you can no longer enjoy.
Alcohol. Without the chemical reaction of inebriation, it really doesn't taste all that remarkable.
Cearmaid
responded to TheChthonian
on Sunday 17 June, 2012 at 07:35
Tell me of something unpleasant that you have become numb to. An activity, or a thought.
The news.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 17 June, 2012 at 07:36
Have you ever considered filling in a section on your profile page that says what you are interested in answering questions about?
I hadn't. Now I am.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 17 June, 2012 at 07:51
Do you take any pleasure from pain?
I was thinking about this one a lot, which is why it's been almost a week since I got it.
I think the answer is yes, I DO. When I get punched and I get back up from it, there is an incalculable pleasure, a thrill that comes from being alive. If the hit didn't hurt, then there's nothing about it that I really notice - I'm just embarassed for my opponent.
I don't really like pain in a sexual context? I mean, being bitten, shoved, and getting some bruises, those are nice? But they're a very small surfeit of spice atop a larger dish.
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Sunday 17 June, 2012 at 09:14
Go big or go home on metahuman ethics. Explain and defend your stance on lethal force as a metahuman?
I don't have to; mine is the null hypothesis.
I don't have the view that a human being who has the ability to throw fire at people is somehow under a higher standard of the sanctity of human life than a police officer with a gun. The officer can put his gun down. I can choose not to use my fire, but my powers are, mostly, fundamentally destructive. The police officer has a responsibility to use that gun in his own defence in as minimal a way as possible, and that's where I land too. I don't kill without reason and I don't kill without responsibility - the death of those people who I may in the future kill is something I have to take seriously.
Now, remember I was willing to kill a man when I wasn't metahuman - I overdid it there, but I entered a fight with a man with a knife. I was willing to die, and in turn, willing to kill. I was lucky and didn't have to, but you don't get into a fight with a knife involved without risking an accident.
Whenever a metahuman says 'heroes don't kill,' he is saying 'police officers, military officers, and yes, doctors, can't be heroes.' What they mean, what they truly have to mean to be morally serious, is 'for myself, I cannot bring myself to kill; I do not think I should kill; my symbol is worth more as someone who chooses not to kill,' for example. But the blanket 'heroes don't kill' is disrespecting the millions of people who came before them who didn't share that conviction.
All I'm doing is falling alongside the spectrum of human history; that ending of a human life is not a nice act, is not an act to be glorified, but is an act like any other act, and I am not so arrogant as to say that at some point, in the future, that particular act might not be my only option to save a great number of lives.
Now, I have killed numerous things. Numerous numerous things. I worked in an abbatoir, killing the meat that these peaceful heroes will happily eat. I was in prison, where I had to be prepared to fight for myself. And then when I came into my hekatoncheires power, I've killed numerous god-level entities that posed real and present threats to external dimensions. I fought them, and I gave them a chance to stand down, and when they didn't, I killed them. And they were trying to kill me, sure, but if I hadn't done anything, if I'd just stayed at home and waited for them to come through our walls, invade our people, kill thousands and THEN get 'driven back' so they could kill thousands all over again later, I suppose that could let me feel a little less like a mean person.
Basically: Lethal force is an option. It's an option for the un-supers. It's an option we should take with responsibility, not hide behind childish hard rules.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 17 June, 2012 at 09:16
How would you react if you enabled the next great villain?
Law of unintended consequence. I can't talk about what did or didn't happen, I can only contend with that which has happened, and that which is before me. If I've got a responsibility because of how I enabled them, then I think I'd take that responsibility upon myself to pull them back down and stop them - but I wouldn't agonise about it, because I can't control other entities. I don't have agency over other people's lives.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 17 June, 2012 at 09:16
How would you react if you enabled the next great hero?
On my smuggest days, I like to think I did. And I nibble her neck.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 17 June, 2012 at 09:20
Do you find it difficult to let other people do what you know YOU could do, in the workplace?
INCREDIBLY.
This is why the FOREST of tags, tracks, qualifications, and licenses we have in the labourer environment is SO NECESSARY. We need to have a piece of paper that says 'okay, look, I can do THIS.' And even that doesn't cover tricks. I've worked with welders who move at a tenth of my speed, and I've worked with a brickie who was ten times faster than me.
It is incredibly hard to prove your abilities. This is why the character of these communities is actually entrancing. Because everyone here, broadly speaking, knows a guy who can do a thing, and they care about what's demonstrated rather than what's proven.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 17 June, 2012 at 09:24
Do you ever worry that opportunity you create may be exploited?
Well, yes. And it has been, and it's been disrespected in the past. It's why I've been using such small funds to get to know people - the funds behind the Forge represents a very, very serious amount of money compared to the 250k grants.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 17 June, 2012 at 09:24
What's an example of an unviable development that produced something negative, OTHER than a money sink?
The Catholic church!
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Monday 18 June, 2012 at 07:33
You consider yourself well-motivated by spite, right? If there's someone who needs help who's being ignored by the hero community and her friends, would you have a measure in place?
I'm listening.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 19 June, 2012 at 07:16
Do you have an opinion about Nation?
Good idea, terrible execution.
As long as people can be born from completely 'normal' wombs who have the ability to defy conventional human limits regarding property, privacy, and safety, there will be a need for a service that can help people from the family level, to the local municipal level, to the state and national level, with the challenges this presents. A forefront study department, with trained therapists, experts and a safe location for those individuals to work with, etcetera? That seems really good and a good idea. What's more, it's entirely reasonable to just buy territory, incorporate in that territory, and petition for the same status Vatican city and Tibet have.
What I wouldn't do, however, is take on anything to do with Nation, who have a history, and there's no reason to take on that history. It gives you nothing EXCEPT the title in some registration handbook somewhere, and I wouldn't also head it up with a registered metahuman who has a public persona prone to bitchiness, and a known major event where children were killed.
Good idea, terrible execution. It's practically geared up to fail at this point. Even if they never do anything wrong, it's not like you can get an 85% rating just out of nowhere.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Tuesday 19 June, 2012 at 11:26
How do you take your coffee?
Dark than a moonless night. Hotter and more bitter than hell itself, that is coffee.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Tuesday 19 June, 2012 at 11:27
Would you have sex with your arch-enemy? What if it would save the world? Not because they'll destroy it if you don't, but because doing it is a key ingredient in a ritual GUARANTEED to avert the otherwise INEVITABLE apocalypse.
I don't have arch-enemies. This is one of the joys of doing what I do, nobody who really hates what you do lasts.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 20 June, 2012 at 01:25
I am currently sitting on 10 good questions from you. Not a question -- just wanted to let you know that I am happy. Feels like a very puffy bed. Makes me want to tilt my chin and show my neck.
That's what I call heartwarming. I wanted to make sure they were very good ones.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 20 June, 2012 at 01:26
I'd like to get to LA on July 4th or 5th, and if possible I'd like to get their in your car. You drive. Can you foresee any complications with this?
Nope. Just that you're so excited you used the wrong 'there.'
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 20 June, 2012 at 01:28
How do YOU aid public services?
I used to contribute work, a weekend a month, back when I was poor. Now I tend to treat charities as good ways to vent my irritation and frustration. If I have a shitty day, or if someone bickers on the internet in a way that annoys me, I smash my wallet into some business or foundation or other and suddenly you have someone like Layla Ward wondering what she'll do with a hundred thousand dollars worth of blankets.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 20 June, 2012 at 01:30
Do different races/skin colors feel the same?
I don't really know. I've had experience with a very small number of them in skin-to-skin contact. I could tell you more about what they DID than their genetic history.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 20 June, 2012 at 01:34
Have you noticed any universal difference in sex (the act not the classification), depending on race?
The closest thing I can give to an answer to this is that I've noticed that my asian girlfriends were, by and large, shorter, which meant that I had to be more careful with regards to depth of penetration and at speed.
Giving this answer makes me feel a bit uncomfortable because I feel like something about it could be perecieved as being racist.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 20 June, 2012 at 07:46
How quickly do you revive?
I had no precise method of timekeeping for any of my deaths so far. The times I've died on portal words, I've come back with very little amount of time passing - 3-4 minutes, maybe.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 20 June, 2012 at 07:48
How do you let loose, in a non-destructive manner? Most people party and drink, but I know you cannot become inebriated.
I come home to my superheroine girlfriend and have sex until she threatens me with a taser.
I find something big and mechanical that needs no other people to work on and I ignore the clock and my tiredness until it's fixed or I feel better or both.
I go for a fly, cutting a single white line across the sky. I try to make sure I do it over a contrails conspiracy theorist too.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 20 June, 2012 at 07:49
I wanted to go to Los Vegas a lot when I lived on the Rogue Islands. I have only been there twice since legally being allowed into America, and both times I was on a "leash". Not a question. I just wanted to convey its significance to me, to you.
It's like the shadows cast by two big ideas intersect.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 20 June, 2012 at 07:51
What do you think about capes?
I'm assuming this is the costume piece, not slang.
They can look nice, and they're often a useful boast. A cape projects an air of an individual who cannot be easily bothered by wind forces, or people yanking on the cape. A cape when attached to a costume badly can be a sign of an idiot or someone who doesn't think things through. For a hero who is super-strong, the cape serves as a sort of expression of motion against their body's expression of permanence.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 20 June, 2012 at 07:53
Why would you commit to an unviable development if you knew it was unviable in the first place?
Because there are a lot of ideas that aren't going to work right the first time. Because in the history of everything that's ever worked, there was a time when it didn't. Because some businesses have to take it on the chin. If not for government investment in the internet, we wouldn't have an internet. Industries are good at maximising profits - not at creating new things.
Someone has to take that hit. Now, all it takes is for one of those losses to work out and you're back in the money, but you have to take a lot of bad ideas first.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Wednesday 20 June, 2012 at 09:43
Hey, how would you tell someone you love them if you're not good at saying that? Practiacl suggestions, people. Bonus if it involves books or something
I have a really, really good idea for this, actually. I mean it, properly good idea and everything. Not going to tell you, but I'm also going to stop giving you a hard time at this point, and consider your general cuntiness to Zex to be in the past. Try to keep your head straight.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 20 June, 2012 at 10:40
Do you pursue your business aggressively? Why?
I don't think I do, though that's for others to say. The issue with Carmody is that being of its scale, it just moves with a certain momentum most other businesses can't match, let alone resist.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 20 June, 2012 at 10:52
Why are you more interested in hand craftsmanship than machine manufacturing?
It's a purely romantic thing; when it comes to a handcrafted item, I can look at it and say 'I could do this,' which is fanciful. I know I can't - woodworking is something too delicate for my hands, for example, and leatherwork typically requires a finer touch than mine too. But machine manufacturing doesn't stamp a device as individual - when I crafted a weapon (which, oddly, I haven't done before), it's for the one specific task I have in mind, and that impresses upon it some of who I truly am. It is a form of expression.
Machine-manufactured things are beautiful too, but in different ways. The thing that machine-crafting shows you is a mind and a plan. It's much more Zexian.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 20 June, 2012 at 10:58
I know you dislike favorites, but do you have a favorite handcrafted thing? One you created, or someone else? Or one of each?
The favourite thing I've ever made is the case for your lighter, purely because the vast sea of consequence that I never expected came from it.
There's another thing that comes close to it, but it hasn't arrived properly yet.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 20 June, 2012 at 07:32
Have you ever crafted something that served no function?
No. Everything I've ever crafted has served, at the very least, the function of getting someone to stop bugging me for it.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 20 June, 2012 at 07:32
Is your favorite feature of mine still my eyes?
Yes.
I feel a pattern coming on.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 20 June, 2012 at 07:33
Did you ever talk to Hewa?
I haven't had a chance yet. I have a meeting with his girlfriend this week, regarding some construction work of a studio - it's possible they'll be able to work with the SUTAC grants - and I will schedule time to talk to him. Let me know if you've more specific questions than I'd use.
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Wednesday 20 June, 2012 at 07:36
Who's your favorite Street Fighter character? Least favorite?
Actual favourite character is Blanka. I used to play that guy when I was stuffing quarters into a machine near the abbatoir, and I'm really fond of his ridiculous design. I've not touched any iteration of him since then.
I PLAY Ibuki, which was the result of reading a bunch of strategy guides, deciding that she was a good place to stay if I was going to focus on one character.
Least favourite would probably - in this same research - be the Shotokan guys. I get making a flagship entryway for design approachable, but I feel the characters are so damn boring and don't need four slightly different versions.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Friday 22 June, 2012 at 10:46
Why is it that there are 30 minutes of commercials at the movies before 15 more minutes of commercials (in the dark) before the trailers even start?
Money, my dear girl.
Money.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Sunday 24 June, 2012 at 11:38
Everyone says they remember their first time doing something. What was the very last first time thing you did?
Planned an itinerary.
Cearmaid
responded to Vertigirl
on Monday 25 June, 2012 at 11:08
Sure, I could, but I wouldn't. This is the joy of being rational. No, killing is a tool, killing is something that has to be considered, it has to be something we are willing to court and understand, and to have a reason to say 'no,' but it's never well-served in the lap of rage.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 26 June, 2012 at 12:45
What do you think of tattoos? Have you ever considered getting one?
I have considered it, but not gone through with it. I fancied getting Anise's name tattooed over my shoulderblade, for example.
Cearmaid
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Tuesday 26 June, 2012 at 02:06
What is your opinion on education, in general? Do you think we could design a better system of education? What sort of changes do you think would be most useful and why?
In general, Education is the silver bullet. It is the solution to all of our ills, it is the bedrock that makes everything work. It will counter AIDS, it will push us to the stars, it will resolve wars and it will break down social and cultural barriers. Every single human failing we have has been a failure of human imagination, a gap between what one person sees and what the other person sees.
Education is something that all human beings can benefit from. It has universal application, and opportunities for education will improve the lives of everyone, even those people who 'don't do well in school.' I have worked with enough labourers, with enough illiterates, with enough drop-outs and hard-nailed people that I am sure, sure, sure that the conflation of education with school is one of our first errors we need to eschew.
What we need in this country is for teachers to be paid like athletes. We need for schools to be financed like military bases. We need for people to react to the idea of a single F-18 and say 'Wow, that could buy us an awesome school.'
We need for people who are stupid to actually feel bad that they ARE stupid. We need for smart to be seen as appealing and admirable. Now, America has what, 4% of the world's population? Well, given our anti-intellectual and nativist behaviour here, and our counter-culture, I'm okay with just jettisoning it as a lost cause if I can do something to improve the other 96%. Because, and since you asked /in general/, the answer is that America's educational system, subsumed by America's materialist capitalism, religious projective causal worldview, and its deeply-sodden racism, is something that could be discarded and left to wither on the vine over the next hundred years. The baby boomers need to die, and then the scars they left in the educational system need to be healed.
Beyond that, I think the biggest sickness in the United States' educational system is the lack of control the federal department of education is willing to exert over the states, meaning that Texas can tyrranize the people of Wyoming with their educational standards through the power of the purse.
(I can't help but feel I'm going to hear a pundit whining about me on Donnie Deutsch's show after that comment gets taken out of context.)
Cearmaid
responded to lasentinella
on Tuesday 26 June, 2012 at 09:32
How would you take a step upwards in your income?
Jesus christ.
What scares me, thinking about it, is that there probably is some way I can pursue greater profits, but all I can think on that topic is WHYYYYY.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Tuesday 26 June, 2012 at 09:32
From whom do you learn?
Everyone.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Tuesday 26 June, 2012 at 05:33
Do you play any musical instruments?
I have a basic acquaintance with the piano. That is to say, I can play two songs.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 27 June, 2012 at 07:33
Do you feel you invest anything of yourself in your work?
No.
I think the most amazing thing about work, about creativity, is that it doesn't invest something of yourself, but rather, duplicates it. It's giving birth through your hands, it's making the world have more of anything than it had before, and having it in your image. There is no investment, there is instead a creation. It does not diminish me, I do not lose something, with the way I weld a pipe or install a fixture, that I expect to mature and return value in time. It just is.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 27 June, 2012 at 07:47
Are you interested in recognition for your work? Why do you think others are/aren't?
I think others aren't interested in recognition for my work because they didn't do it, though I have heard there are some people in business who try to claim connection to Carmody that they don't have.
I kid. I don't really need it, because I don't like unguided opinions and uniformed praise. I don't mind that most heroes don't know me, or that my handiwork isn't recognised, because things like good welding and good brickwork, or good social policy or good educational imposition, these things are things that most people do not understand. What do I care if someone who doesn't understand me has an opinion on me?
The number of people who can appreciate what I do from an informed position are very few and far between, and therefore, I don't bother hoping for widespread recognition. I ask the opinions of those who matter, when it occurs to me to want it.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 27 June, 2012 at 07:53
How have your thoughts about Street Fighter changed since we met?
No.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 27 June, 2012 at 07:53
How would you describe yomi?
Yomi is the mental state of trying to be a step ahead of your opponent, while they strive to be a step ahead of you. This includes things like escape clauses and emergency contingencies, and the ability to scale a plan up AND down.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 27 June, 2012 at 07:54
What makes you settle on a character in Street Fighter?
Entirely arbitary selection based on reading informative FAQs. I might as well have thrown a dart. Nonetheles, once I was decided I made sure to focus.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 27 June, 2012 at 07:56
Do you still feel "pervy" about playing Ibuki? http://tinyurl.com/ch83cqw
No, but I am endeared a great deal by your manipulation here. It makes me smile because it's nothing I would have thought of - and it is definitively of gamer culture, of the culture I have entered to be closer to you.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 27 June, 2012 at 07:58
Our skill level is not equal in Street Fighter. How do you deal with defeat? http://tinyurl.com/brvxzf8
I hope, graciously. I don't usually lose in a way that teaches me nothing. Sometimes it's just a matter of rational proceses, of committing to the right decision at the right time - errors in information and errors in judgement. By and large, you don't make the same level of errors I do.
At my best, I'm able to touch your face, and that seems an admirable pursuit to chase. I will improve. And of course, competition and human interaction on a more social level adds a dimension to the game that shouldn't matter, but definitely does.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 27 June, 2012 at 07:59
Do you understand why I was initially not interested in helping you play Street Fighter? http://tinyurl.com/bst9oav
Because you thought I wasn't actually interested in it. You are interested in passion, not in passing fancies of bored rich boys.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Saturday 30 June, 2012 at 07:41
Cliff diving: have you ever? How high? Ever been hurt?
Dived from low earth orbit into Indy Port.
Could have been worse.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Saturday 30 June, 2012 at 07:41
Favorite beverage on 100+ summer face melting days?
Diet soda, out of a silly paranoid belief that I'll get fat.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Saturday 30 June, 2012 at 07:44
Skinny swimming. Opinions? Yes/No? Indifferent?
I got caught up wondering about 'skinny swimming' vs 'skinny dipping' and why the former sounds incorrect to me. Weird. Anyway, I've done my share of stripping down and diving in, regardless of who's around. You work your ass off and don't carry many valuable things on the way home from work and you might as well.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Saturday 30 June, 2012 at 07:45
Beach wear: do you have it? What's ur pref?
Nah, I don't.
My preference for beachwear is bikinis, but not on me.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Saturday 30 June, 2012 at 07:45
Ever feel like our ability to have serious conversations are pretty much completely ruined by the mere implication of those conversations?
Serious conversations are hard to have based entirely on first impressions. You have to look past other people's, and learn to deal with the fact that some people who could give you interesting discussion on a topic just don't want to.
Cearmaid
responded to shrikespikes
on Saturday 30 June, 2012 at 07:46
How goes the road trip?
We have gotten some truly weird looks from room service. But it goes well!
Cearmaid
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Cearmaid
responded to ironphilanthrop
on Monday 2 July, 2012 at 12:20
Is anyone interested in joining 'The League of Extraordinary Bibliophiles'? If so, leave me a message here.
You know, for a multimillionaire technologist, you are just terrible at using a very simple website. Just terrible.
Cearmaid
responded to ironphilanthrop
on Monday 2 July, 2012 at 12:21
Is anyone interested in joining 'The League of Extraordinary Bibliophiles'? If so, leave me a message here.
I mean, seriously, just AWFUL.
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Monday 2 July, 2012 at 11:57
What do you do to relieve stress?
I work. Now it's not directly connected to my means to live, it's quite enjoyable.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 3 July, 2012 at 09:49
Do you think I'll ever be less afraid?
Yes.
Fear is something you practice. You've practiced it a lot.
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Tuesday 3 July, 2012 at 09:56
Any suggestions on coping with feeling angry all the time?
Do exactly what Max says.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 5 July, 2012 at 08:31
Is there anything in Vegas you think you'd appreciate, once EVO is over?
I know this is closing the gate after the horse has bolted, but not really. Maybe meet Shock-Hazard, but really, it's just another big city.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Friday 6 July, 2012 at 08:45
Are you the center of your group of friends or are you more of a "serial sidekick?" Why do you think that is?
I am one of a binary star system.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 6 July, 2012 at 10:44
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 6 July, 2012 at 10:44
When something you normally enjoy becomes boring, or slow, what do you do about it?
I bite your neck. That tends to change the subject.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 6 July, 2012 at 10:44
How would your perfect society operate?
Hell if I know. I'm not much of a leader.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 6 July, 2012 at 10:44
Why is it people idolize other people?
I hate to say it, but I think @WithoutI gave the right answer.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 6 July, 2012 at 10:44
How many people do you trust with your life?
Four. Curiously, evenly split between genders.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 6 July, 2012 at 10:44
What gets you excited about life?
Your neck.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 6 July, 2012 at 10:44
What are you afraid of?
The disapproval of certain people I respect.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 6 July, 2012 at 10:44
What do you create?
Opportunities.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 6 July, 2012 at 10:44
What was that about a "disabling noise" a while back?
Honestly, can't remember. I'll dig through the files and see if I can find it again.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 6 July, 2012 at 10:44
What's something you'd like to see more metahumans do in general?
Learn.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 6 July, 2012 at 10:45
What is your opinion on transhumanism?
We've discussed it before, and you've asked me before, but basically, I think it's interesting, but I'll need someone else to advance the tech to the point where I can easily understand its functional interface with humanity.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 6 July, 2012 at 10:45
What do you think will change about society in the next 50 years?
I don't know. It's very easy for me to imagine it'll all be more or less the same, with every trend towards good getting lurched back towards bad.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 6 July, 2012 at 10:45
I've come to realize that I enjoy your affection on my neck much more than I could have thought. Is there anything I do that pleases you greatly? Anything you did not expect before?
If you look at the historically interesting women to me, you'd see you're not very much in that type at all. You're almost completely unlike all of them. Yet I love you, and I love you physically as well as emotionally.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 6 July, 2012 at 10:45
Can you think of anything else that I could do for you?
You can remember what I wanted to do after Evo. I think the death of Cyberette is reason enough to abort those plans, and we will do them again later, once we've returned to Paragon and resolved that issue, and how you feel about that issue.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 6 July, 2012 at 10:45
Do you have any advice for others who want to create opportunity like you do?
First and foremost, have an idea for your scope. I have a ridiculous sum of money that lets me exert a lot of pull all over the world all at once. There are a number of shelters and charities in Paragon City, and those places create opportunity by relieving stress.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 6 July, 2012 at 10:45
I have kept careful track of your "musicbox" moments. Have I ever done anything to bring you -close- to one, but not quite?
We were in an unsecured location and you accepted the offering of my home space. You were cuddled up in blankets and looked like a great big plush grub. It was adorable. You spoke to me of your fears, and you wanted me near you, against you, to make you feel safe. It was a very meaningful, sonorous moment.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 6 July, 2012 at 10:45
What is your favorite unviable development so far? Or one you like a lot. I know you dislike "favorite."
I really like solar power. I particularly like solar power, because get this, a failed solar plant has been employed to blind spy satellites. I mean, I'm just a fan of solar power for other reasons - since apparently, fucking with the sun is in my family history, and one of the other Hekatoncheires caused a fuss with some ancient Hebrew war-and-sun god?
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 6 July, 2012 at 10:45
What's the most you have ever gained from pursuing an unviable development?
Personally, I gained a job. More than a few building projects put people like me up on the scaffolds, and that got me a lot of money. Then the company overseeing it fell apart and we got paid to pull the building down.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 6 July, 2012 at 10:45
Do you believe that metahumans should be held to a different ethical standard?
Yes.
@WithoutI can experience other people's feelings. For him to disregard other people's feelings hsould be seen as a less ethical behaviour than someone who just doesn't realise how they feel. @TrulyKazeno can perceive the future. If she sees, say, a car hitting a child and chooses not to do something about it, that should be considered unethical.
(There's a challenge that arises where we obviously can't perceive how these individuals experience the world, so obviously we don't KNOW if either of these two are doing things like that, but the idea is still there.)
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 6 July, 2012 at 10:45
Do you feel all current public services are worth while? Why/why not?
I think that we don't need as much military as we have, because the military is now so immensely large that it's disconnected from normal people. Aside from people who directly know a military operative (Hi @MajorHastings), most people do not experience any connection to our country's massive military-industrial complex. This means we're content to let our government bomb hospitals in Pakistan because hey, it's not like we can even find Pakistan on a fucking map, let alone care about pregnant women being blown into pieces there.
Teachers are worth more than they're getting paid. Policemen and firemen need to be paid well enough that corruption is harder to cause. Sewer workers do shit none of the rest of you want to do, and we don'y pay them nearly as much as you'd think we should.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 6 July, 2012 at 10:45
What's something you think metahumans can do to become more involved in helping public services?
Well, given we live in a country which shits on public services - filthy teachers, firefighters, policemen, all of those shitheads - unless they're in the military, I think metahumans can get involved in public service by literally signing on and trying to raise the profile of those public services. Some of us have public identities, and surely we can use those to remind people to actually respect the functions of the public sector?
I mean, look at @SnaredJr. Boy's a policeman and I bet you he can give you a huge number of stories about metahumans showing no respect for policemen, even when policemen did, in fact, poll quite well here when the question of 'what public services do you like?' came up.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 6 July, 2012 at 10:45
I can't pretend to think of any more ethics questions. What's a question about ethics you WANT someone to ask you?
I had a list here, but I think I won't, because I don't want to receive them all at once. Ethical questions are best thought on, over the course of time. But I will say, the topic of the moral implication of being ale to do great things; whether or not it's right to force change on the world; the role of destructive metahumans; the fetishisation of 'naturals;' and the rationalisation of forgiveness. Bonus for questions about redemption or the moral responsibility of power, because that's not a hot button topic at all.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 6 July, 2012 at 10:45
What is "aggressive competition" to you?
Aggressive competition is the kind where you're expected to advance the game. It's not enough to meet your opponent and be better than them in that forum, it's about putting new things out there, new ideas, and trying to best your opponent wholesale. In a somewhat nasty turn of phrase, it'd be the kind of play where you want to win in a way that can guarantee your opponent can never come back into the game. Of course, you're both trying it.
There's a couple of people reading this I bet are going 'Well, yeah, I know what this means.'
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 6 July, 2012 at 10:45
Do you ever find you have a particular craving for something in a sexual sense? A body type, or a specific tempo or place? Something besides your usual desire.
Sex is like food. Most people will have fantasies about it, elaborate desires about it, and some people will collect books of guides about it, about ways to do it well and more enjoyably. These same people will, nonetheless, happily settle down to the same meal over and over again.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 6 July, 2012 at 10:45
What does the pale blue dot make you think about?
It's a wonderful, magnificent icon that serves to tell us the importance of what it is to be isolated in space. Not alone - isolated. We are separated from others, and we are all unique. The pale blue dot makes me imagine the importance of both claiming the space around ourselves - because NOBODY ELSE is using Mars AT ALL - and it also makes me care about the way we treat one another en mass, the examples we set to other people. I had no idea who Carl Sagan was while he was alive, but I can learn so much about how to be a good person and a good communicator from looking back upon his works.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 6 July, 2012 at 10:45
What makes you angry, and why?
Unfairness, unreasonable behaviour. Also, I get too defensive towards you from people who are more emotionally attuned. An example would be Torn. If Torn wanted to hurt you, I imagine he could, and that would upset me a great deal. @WithoutI is similar - he can manipulate a person, and that means I am more inclined to view what he does with the expectation that that's what he's trying.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 6 July, 2012 at 10:45
How do you believe metahumans should be treated differently than most people?
In this culture it's hard to say. America has a strong independence, pro-freedom fetishisation which tends to work against the idea of personal responsibility. That 'personal responsibility' requires a person to have internalised and consciously recognised the ideas of interconnection.
In my research, in Norway, in Sweden, in Switzerland, in Australia, there's a generally ambivalent attitude towards taxation, for example. They're okay with it because it's part of how they pay for their own society. Here, in America, the word tax is a dirty word.
Now, why I bring up this idea is because these ideas are very, very important as to how I view metahumans. It should not be a terrible thing, it should not be an onerous thing for us as a society to consider the woman who can fly and throw trucks as a different person to the poor girl who can't fly. These are very real, very widespread ideas, this fetishisation of 'equality,' which often involves leaping off the slippery slope with both feet.
Should a metahuman have the same legal rights under the law? Yes. Should metahuman powers be usable in a court of law, if they can be corroborated as forms of evidence? Yes. Should metahumans consider their obligation to the world around them? YES. And this attitude of 'me and mine' that you see is disgusting. Look back at when Max - and I'm sorry for bringing this up, Max - got into a bar fight that injured fourteen people. Look back at the reactions people had to that.
There was at least one registered 'hero' who proudly proclaimed he would violently assault anyone who wanted Max to face the law.
Think about that kind of attitude? That's the new overclass, that's the new gods. Right now, the metahuman community is following in the footprints of the Greek Pantheon, becoming an insular, petty, childish group. Apparently, there are at least two infinite-energy source people in this community who spend their time NOT doing anything for, say, providing massive amounts of power and infrastructure to African nations, but instead wandering around in Paragon City acting oh-so-bored about the alien invasions. Think about the 'superheroes' you see jumping into bed with not just known murderers, kidnappers, and mercenaries (which is a really nice way to call 'murderer for hire,' as if somehow it's more moral to kill someone for someone else's reasons). Think about the people who when Layla Ward came up thought it would not only be funny to say that they'd rather fuck a horse, or lick a dollar, and then the 'heroes' who thought that was hilarious enough to smile at. These are the signs of a pantheon, not a brotherhood, but a pantheon. The 'We are better than they,' and 'our problems matter so much more than those other people's problems,' along with 'I can do more good here, with my vast powers, hanging out in a nightclub and making fun of how unimportand unimpressive the Council are while they're kidnapping people and forcing them into supersoldier programs.'
This is where it becomes a big social problem.
Metahumans need to be treated differently because we are different, and we need to have that treatment be a way to remind us of our connection to humanity and our responsibility to the society that lets us exist, and that society does not end at the edge of our cities or even the edge of our country.
There are some of us who can exist and work on a city scale. Some of us can't reach out beyond that. Some of us SHOULD be here, fighting on these defensive beachheads. Some of us on the other hand? Should probably look at the vast galaxy of things we CAN be doing, the things we can be BUILDING, and get onto that.
I'm lucky, in that I've got one of the best superpowers ever - money. At the current rate of projected development, we'll have an area of land the size of Oregon in South Africa completely malaria-free (as a test) by 2016. So I know that even though it turns slowly, I can be putting things forwards. I can enable other people to put things forwards and improve the world.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 7 July, 2012 at 02:44
Why do you think "naturals" are fetishized? Besides that they bounce more.
Because every single person, in their heart of hearts, thinks that it's them. They all look at the world around them and fantasise about how they could be Manticore. They like to close their eyes and think, oh, sure, if something took away my job or my wife or whatever, and if that guy was a bank robber, and so on. They create these fantasies in their mind as if they can, somehow, be THAT guy. And not in the same way that people fantasise about being Max or being Gideon, but in the idiotic way that the fantasy tastes more real because it could just happen FOR REAL, no REALLY.
It's why Grave, for example, is so adamant that he's 'just a guy.' That he's 'not super.' The nuclear arsenal jammed in his spine doesn't count. It's because it matters massively to his ego that he be just a normal person, so he can look at all of us superheroes who got where we were without drugs, without massive surgery, without a weapon that's considered a mobile warcrime stuffed up our asses, and try to look down his nose at us.
This isn't unique! It's not unique to him, you can even find whole cliques of them, groups full of heroes who will endlessly tout to one another how important and impressive THEY are because their million-dollar technological safehouses, their super-powered high-powered rifles, their anti-meta tech and their godbuster mines have NOTHING TO DO with their ability to take on superpowered threats, and it's ALL THEM and it's ALL SKILL.
Max and I - man, it's just Max-Max-Max with me today - were both born with our powers in our DNA, the DNA that says 'I am descended from Troy Stratus.' I didn't do anything to get it, but since getting it, I've worked to use it well. I'm more 'natural' than most - because my power is inherited. You tested my blood. But I don't run around making a point of just how ostentatiously UNspecial I am while I'm busy sailing through the skies in a million-dollar helicopter.
We fetishise 'natural' heroes because they let us simultaneously claim arrogance and false humility at the same time.
Cearmaid
responded to JusticeStrikes
on Saturday 7 July, 2012 at 03:12
How's that apply to me, then?
Hell if I have any idea. You don't wander around saying 'Oh, sure, but I DO IT WITHOUT POWERS,' so I have no idea.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Saturday 7 July, 2012 at 10:37
Why is it in horror films and such, people try to escape by going upstairs or getting up on the roof?
Because it builds dramatic tension for them to trap themselves.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Saturday 7 July, 2012 at 10:37
If one replaced all the hate and violence on TV and in movies with love and sex, would the world be better or worse?
Check out Finland?
Cearmaid
responded to laylaward
on Sunday 8 July, 2012 at 01:50
Anddddd @chargedwolf and I have a new baby! Her name is Hayate, a four year old Samoyed~ She's a doll. Lance has also convinced me to try and go back to school. Are you in school? If so, what classes do you take? What classes should I take?
Is it racist of me to wonder if Lance can talk to it?
Cearmaid
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Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Sunday 8 July, 2012 at 12:32
Are you spontaneous or a planner?
I am a planner. When I couldn't afford to plan more than a day ahead, I planned a day ahead. Now, I can plan further.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Sunday 8 July, 2012 at 08:52
How could you use your abilities to help people outside of fighting other people?
Grants, investment, philanthropy, listening, learning. I'm pretty sure I haven't made a secret of that shit.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 9 July, 2012 at 03:39
What are your thoughts on metahuman "redemption"? Is there a point where someone is too far gone to come back?
Yes and no.
The most pertinent thing in this is that any person who partakes of redemption, any person who goes from villain to hero, needs to be humble, need to maintain themselves with respect and with dignity, and with gratitude. Even when confronted by the spitting face of a rageful victim's family.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 9 July, 2012 at 03:41
Do you feel it's ever right to force change on a person or persons?
Regularly and often. We force change on others. It's often change we get along with. We act as if it's something we resent, but nobody is claiming that doctors, fireman, or advertisers are actually evil.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 9 July, 2012 at 03:48
Do you think people have a responsibility to act because of their power? Does it matter if their power was given to them at birth, or something of their own making?
I think the world would be a better place if those people with power viewed their world around them as their responsibility, rather than as their privilege or their luxury. I mean all kinds of power.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 10 July, 2012 at 04:29
I've been very firm in my beliefs about Shrike, but I am now rattled after not finding a -single- person who sees things my way... I know my perception can become warped: do you have any thoughts on all of this?
Well, part of it is that a lot of people aren't very moral. Indeed, some superheroes are flat-out immoral. Remember what I said about the new pantheon?
If you want to treat Shrike like a naive and well-intentioned idiot, then he is very forgiveable. If you want to treat him like the assassin and mercenary he's claimed to be, then he's not. You aren't willing to make that assumption.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Tuesday 10 July, 2012 at 04:31
Internet Dating: Ever done it? What site did you use? Did it work out?
Seems to have worked out okay.
Cearmaid
responded to lasentinella
on Tuesday 10 July, 2012 at 05:07
Have you ever tried both honest, and dishonest work?
Yeah, I like honest work beter. Gives you, if nothing else, a sense of smug superiority.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Tuesday 10 July, 2012 at 08:12
So. I guess it's not enough that they fired me. Now they want S'TEVE back. He was a gift! Even been accused of something you didn't do?
You could claim hero status?
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 31 July, 2012 at 09:29
You set up a lot of grants. How have they come along so far?
Answering this in depth could be done with twenty pages of text print outs and accountancy. The SUTAC grants have already had their first successful applicant, which is nice, too.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 31 July, 2012 at 09:42
What was the first dimension you went to for Portal Corp?
I'm afraid this, and many questions similar, are proprietary information to Portal Corp. I can confide to you directly, but I shouldn't put it in the public record, okay?
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 31 July, 2012 at 09:43
What the heck is an "outnry"? http://www.formspring.me/Cearmaid/q/353520726860387287
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 31 July, 2012 at 09:46
Have you always stuck to the ethics that you often speak of?
No. While I strive to be consistant, there have been times where I've lost my temper, times I've made the wrong call at the wrong time, and times when I've done things I can regret having done. I'm not so narcissistic as to look back on my life and assert a freedom from introspective regret.
As far as killing? Never killed anyone in rage. But there's a rapist whose mother sends me foul letters every Christmas because of how badly I mauled her son. Even if you say 'he deserved it' he's a living death now, and I know I kept beating him after he'd stopped and couldn't get away.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 31 July, 2012 at 09:47
Do you ever think "them versus us" is justified?
The days when that's reasonable are very rare, and feature body counts and usually the lives and well-being of children. The rest of the time, it's a sacrifice of necessary and due mental rigor.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Tuesday 31 July, 2012 at 05:12
Is this heat a sign of global warming or just a fluke of the natural cycle of such things or whatever?
Oh, this isn't going to go badly.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 31 July, 2012 at 07:34
Are you ever concerned that a wild idea you have will make you appear foolish or not respected? What do you do in these cases?
It is said inside every man there is a voice, his conscience, that offers him guidance and insight, that has judgement that the conscious mind stormed by emotion and buffeted on all sides by doubt, does not say.
In these situations, that voice said "Fuck it."
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 31 July, 2012 at 07:39
What would Carmondy do without you? What do you think of this?
They'd cede to your wishes and add an N.
Carmody is designed that I can go missing for up to seven years and the functions of the business remain as they are. It would probably grow at the same steady rate unless there's another global economic collapse, at which point Project ThisShitAgain would kick in and probably take a big bite out of its basic operating capital.
It's like a clockwork. They want me there to occasionally wind it up, but it runs fine without my hand on it.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 31 July, 2012 at 08:11
What are True Silence Rounds?
Prospective weapon tech that we were approached over. The rounds are ludicrously expensive in prototype form - even optimal costs for the rounds has them over $20k for a single round.
Without getting into how they do it, the rounds create a bubble for an instant around the firearm and its wielder that mimics and hides the sound of the round firing, as well as the sound of the firearm's mechanism.
It's disconcerting to watch, and according to the tester we hired, it's even more disconcerting to feel. You still get the recoil, the buck, the movement of the fire, but no sound at all, not even of the shell casing hitting. About four seconds of dead silence around the person firing.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 31 July, 2012 at 08:17
Have you ever considered renaming Carmondy?
No.
It's an old name, it's a family name, and it's a name that means something. In particular, Carmody is Gaelic in origin and refers to the hunting animals used to track gods as they were pushed out of the Isles. Carmondy is a masculine form of Carmindy, which is both the origin of the name Mindy, and means 'garden.' It's also English, not Gaelic.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 31 July, 2012 at 08:18
What is the Revenge Fund?
To not give too much away, it's basically sending out a call to a number of individuals I trust in ability and loyalty to money and professionalism, then giving them a not-insignificant sum of money to find me and restore or repair the situation that led to my absence for seven years.
Cearmaid
responded to Pathrunner
on Wednesday 1 August, 2012 at 07:39
In a matter of hours, I should be back on U.S. soil again. Have you ever been outside of the country? (The Etoile Isles aside, of course, given their proximity.)
I've been to Detroit, which should count.
Cearmaid
responded to ChargedWolf
on Wednesday 1 August, 2012 at 08:37
(( So. Character names. Have any that you're proud of? Any that hold a special value to you? Ever hunt or post names on the Virtue Name Watch? I'm all curious, and what not. ))
((The only name of mine I have from the name thread is Drawforce. It's a name I like a lot - and I only know it because Foxadon posted it. The character is also exceptional for me, in that he's been kicked out of an SG, twice, before he ever joined it.))
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Thursday 2 August, 2012 at 12:02
((OOC: Storytime! Featuring guest-appearances by Iron Angel, Crux Enigma, and Wave Break!))
((There is only one Wavebreak and she doesn't have to suffer a space.))
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 2 August, 2012 at 05:17
How many girlfriends have you had? Not necessarily meaningful or long relationships. Just people you would use that word with.
One.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 2 August, 2012 at 05:17
How many women have you been in a committed relationship with for a significant (to you) amount of time? "Serious" relationships.
One.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 2 August, 2012 at 05:18
Do you know (very roughly) how many people you have had sex with?
Assuming that when I was fall-down drunk I didn't add to the tally very often, it's something in the district of fifty to sixty partners.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Thursday 2 August, 2012 at 09:13
I sure wish that the lines at volunteer agencies and organizations dedicated to helping the less fortunate were as long as the lines at Chick-fil-A. Jus' sayin'. When was the last time YOU volunteered and what did you do?
Who, me?
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 2 August, 2012 at 10:30
Does it concern you that Portal Corp has access to an infinite amount of problems?
Nope. I'm creating a larger and larger zone of safety around our world. It's a form of control and containment: While there are an infinite number of possible problems, they are not all equally capable of encountering us in a meaningful time frame. I am making the truly terrible options no longer an option.
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Thursday 2 August, 2012 at 11:28
Any idea what type of time frame we're looking at?
Go check your basement, as of three pm this afternoon.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 2 August, 2012 at 11:32
What do you think of having me study your abilities?
I'm okay with it. I don't think it will yield too much of interest, because the magic that makes my body what it is is very old and not very well-understood. The fact I can set things on fire that we can't otherwise burn, and can cause fire in a vacuum should be real head-scratchers.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 2 August, 2012 at 11:41
Ok it's just easier to ask you like this: do you have plans on your birthday?
Didn't it pass already?
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 3 August, 2012 at 12:08
What makes a country interesting?
These questions make me regard what I said to provoke it. Simply put, all countries are interesting because pretty much everything IS interesting. I just need a good look at it. Data is data and even if all it does is fill in parts of curves or confirm trends, that's worth doing.
Not the answer you wanted, but you did change the way I think about things.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 3 August, 2012 at 01:23
Are there any accents you like?
Russian, Quebecois, Irish, movie French.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 4 August, 2012 at 09:36
Have you ever regretted investing in anything?
Not since inheriting Carmody. The nature of the business is that very few investments can ever be said to ultimately yield nothing in exchange for the money.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Saturday 4 August, 2012 at 02:12
So hey. What's more fun than helping someone you love move super far away? :/
Lots of things.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Saturday 4 August, 2012 at 02:13
I have a superhuman mope planned today. Followed by a soak in depression and a cucumber and tears facial. What's your Saturday looking like?
I'm going to do things.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 5 August, 2012 at 09:58
Do you believe Portal Corp has a right to intervene in other dimensions?
Yes. There's nothing inherently special about a border or boundary, and unless both parties agree on its meaning, there is no line at all. The dimensional barrier is breached by other parties regularly - it's a natural effect, especially in areas of dimensional flux. In that regard, while it's a surprise, it's still effectively the same as having a natural event occur that needs physical manpower to deal with it.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 5 August, 2012 at 10:36
What is the wildest idea you have had?
This is a pre-Carmody idea, but we had a Quebecois girl named, as far as I know, Kimi, working with us once on-site, and we were all trying to impress her. We also had Olaf - I kid you not, his name - who was Swedish and had a bunch of this stuff called Dubble Zoot from Sweden, which is salt-laced licorice.
We were out post-work, we couldn't go off site, and we had a washing machine and a chiller. Olaf had us dissolving this salted licorice - ghastly shit - in vodka and taking shots. Kimi was clearly impressed with high alcohol tolerance, sitting there eating these Canadian cinnamon candies that are hard little beads.
So I took three of these dubble zoots, which are like little quarter-sized cakes of salt with licorice in the middle, and a fistful of these candies; I smashed them between two bricks and poured them into a flask of vodka. Then I threw the flask in the washer for ten minutes to get it all agitated, THEN I threw it in the fridge to chill.
Nobody but me had the balls to drink any, and I did three shots.
It wasn't a very good idea, but uh, yeah.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 5 August, 2012 at 10:43
Are they any countries that are just "doing things right"?
I'm not sure! I think that, for example, Australia's unemployment system seems to be good - rather than get fussed about the abuses, they focus on the economic value of it. America's ideals of free press, very good (even if it's all arsed up by the economical scale), and as much as the country's a shitheap, the Etoile has an amazingly progressive attitude towards women in power.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 5 August, 2012 at 10:47
If you were not living in Paragon City, where would you like to live?
Seoul.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 5 August, 2012 at 06:11
Why would you like to live in Seoul?
High tech society, a subsidiary of Portal Corps, national service so they've got a good attitude towards public responsibility, an active movie industry so special effects departments are available, a progaming scene so you can get involved, and it's not Japan so you wouldn't be quite as cranky at it.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 6 August, 2012 at 03:27
How did things turn out with Kimi?
Very well. I actually think I got pictures somewhere.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Monday 6 August, 2012 at 03:28
Have you ever felt that there's something inside your head that's conspiring to make you crazy?
I've formed the opinion that yes, there is something inside your head that's conspiring to make you crazy. It's called being a teenager. Don't worry, you'll get tired of it eventually and stop.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 6 August, 2012 at 05:25
Are you concerned that - with Carmondy being so big - there are projects going on that are counter-productive to your goals?
Yes. I have a few employed parties whose job it is to manage that information. Of course, I have to trust them, but that's how it flows.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 6 August, 2012 at 05:31
How involved are you with Carmondy projects?
I'm not directly involved with any of them. Carmody is itself massively distanced from its own projects; setting up subsidiaries that set up subsidiaries that do everything. It's interesting to me to note this but a number of my uncle's business decisions were remarkably ethical; companies set up in various locations are so positioned so they have to pay the local taxes properly, in first world countries.
It interests me because the man was really a bit of a rat bastard with competition, but seemed interested in playing straight with the government. Sure, he claimed legitimate-seeming (as far as I can see) tax exemptions, but he seemed perfectly happy to pay into public funds. On the other hand, given the costs involved in providing some of the road projects in the near East, I imagine that he liked the idea of someone else building infrastructure.
This is to say: Carmody is of such a vast scope that there are people who have degrees in managing its interests.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 6 August, 2012 at 09:46
Why are we in a romantic relationship instead of being fuck buddies? I prefer it, but why do you?
Because you asked. That's why it started. Remember? You specifically asked for a romantic relationship.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 6 August, 2012 at 09:52
Cearmaid
responded to MagnusTorentsa
on Monday 6 August, 2012 at 11:29
A pole for the super hero community. Do you think Ani is guilty regarding the death of Midnyte Flare? Explain your positions. I'm not making a political statement but evolved feel free to answer too.
The important thing, the most important thing, is that a US citizen has been subjected to cruel and unusual punishment without a trial for the crime of being accused of the murder of another mutant that those same courts would have happily wrapped in lead and thrown in the ocean if he'd so much as missed a parking ticket.
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Tuesday 7 August, 2012 at 09:47
Has all the official paperwork and such been finished up for the construction?
Shooting back a quick answer: I don't know. Calling someone. Let me know if it's time sensitive, you got my number.
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Tuesday 7 August, 2012 at 11:27
Better use of our time: Any suggestions on a plan to get people where they need to be in a short amount of time? Other than general panic, that is. And any ideas how to get the word out?
None that don't infringe massively on people's sense of freedom.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 7 August, 2012 at 11:27
Are you satisfied with how humanity and/or society is progressing?
No. The arc of history curves towards justice, but there are still these embarrassing lurches in the opposite direction. Did you know 40% of polled people in Mississippi thought interracial marriage should be illegal? Not /gay/ marriage, /interracial/ marriage.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 7 August, 2012 at 05:59
I sort of want a pet, but I don't think I can find anywhere that sells Sandshrews.
These are things that make me wonder about how Portal Corps probabilities work.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 7 August, 2012 at 08:50
Do you think more metahumans should assist Portal Corp? How?
Some metahumans have extraordinary ability at math and probability - people like Chris - who could be predicting worlds to analyse. The more research we do before we put a foot on the ground the better, saves lives and saves money.
The probe work is done well by people who fit in the 'tough guy' set like myself; but people more like yourself are better for second and third arrivals on a planet. And I really do mean normal people with a dedication to preparation and a sharp mind. There are plenty of metahumans who are limited to the application of mathematics or anagramatics or something, and those people have amazing uses in the places we have no common language.
Portal Corps is the shore of an eternity. Right now, I am wading in front of people, making sure anything dangerous bites me instead of them - but I need people behind me, building sandcastles and looking into the water to make the excursion worthwhile.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 8 August, 2012 at 10:49
You don't seem to mind my cybernetics right now, but one day I could look significantly more machine than human. At what point does this stop being sexually appealing?
When it passes into the uncanny valley hard enough and deep enough to be recognisably abnormal. One day you might be a voice that emanates from the building around me, a digitised thought that runs through the wires and encircles the world. Don't get me wrong, I imagine at that point the sex will be a bit less exciting, but I imagine I'll have plenty of time to talk through it with you.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 8 August, 2012 at 10:50
Up until now, I have only integrated cybernetics into myself to repair damage. What is your opinion of me integrating cybernetics for improvement, instead?
I'm pro-glasses, I'm pro-bionic limbs (which are at the point where athletes WITH bionic limbs have unfair advantages over those without), and I'm okay with people grafting in weapons systems and actuators. All you're doing is redefining the acceptable parameters for your 'fix.'
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Wednesday 8 August, 2012 at 10:44
When was the last time you took a break? What did you do? Where did you go? Was it worth it?
Last month. Went to EVO and the troll A platform with Zex. Spent time not doing things I had to do because I had to do them. It was worth it.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 9 August, 2012 at 12:22
I wanted to do something really special for my 200th question but then I accidentally sent this one instead.
Hey, Zex. I love you.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 9 August, 2012 at 08:28
How do you oversee Carmondy?
Like a remote-install system admin. I handle everything from one end of a very large infrastructure.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 10 August, 2012 at 06:01
When poured onto cereal, what is milk? A: A beverage. B: A Sauce. C: A broth
Broth,
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 13 August, 2012 at 02:06
How many questions are you sitting on from me? Do I need to restock?
41. I've been distracted from formspring these past few days, which has kept me from answering much of anything.
Cearmaid
responded to Vertigirl
on Monday 13 August, 2012 at 07:00
wuts carmody
Carmody is a multi-national corporation that has more money than you think it does, which gives it pull comparable to some governments. It's why I throw money around like I do - I have more money than I know what to do with, and that's after telling R&D departments crazy things like 'I want cheap, healthy fish and chips.'
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Monday 13 August, 2012 at 07:01
Lunchtime Poll Topic: What's the most embarrassing or strange thing to ever happen to you in front of a class?
Embarassing, nothing really. Strange? I got into a fistfight with a teacher once.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 13 August, 2012 at 07:03
If you could write a few go-to rules for metahumans to follow, what would they be?
1. Appreciate scale 2. Ensure more than half your friends are non-metas, non-registered, normal people. 3. Contribute to society positively. Not just by punching people. You can get paid for hero work, which gives you free time. Go to a shelter and help out. 4. People are going to be upset with you, no matter what. Deal with it. The second you act like you're hard done by when you're a superpowered god/dess with the means to reshape the world, you've taken your first step away from being human. 5. You are not above the law. Face it when it comes for you.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 13 August, 2012 at 07:06
Where do villains fit into your metahuman ethic rules?
Thankfully, someone else's bailiwick. I'm not the guy you get to go bring in criminals in one piece, I'm the guy you get when everything is so utterly messed up as to ruin everything if it's not addressed in a terminal way. I'm basically a godzilla threshold. Most villains are, basically, just criminals. Conspiracy to murder, treason, all that stuff, no matter how impressed with themselves they are, no matter what fancy label they put on themselves, it's really just purse-snatching dialled up to the nth degree. Contain and control.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 14 August, 2012 at 01:08
Have you ever sent out questions or answered questions in a specific way on Formspring, and expected to either gain or lose followers because of it? Elaborate if so.
Not since I started. When I started I asked a lot of questions in the hope it would grow a lot of connections. During Hurricane Lilah I scaled the list of people I"m following down rapidly, and thereafter stopped caring about whether I was followed or not.
Right now, my stream looks like you and Max and that's pretty much it. I don't see the responses of people I don't follow, I don't branch out a lot unless someone does something to get my attention.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 14 August, 2012 at 01:09
Sex and physical affection leave both parties vulnerable. Humans generally dislike being made vulnerable. How do you make this exception? Do you have any thought on the matter?
We make this exception because sex and physical affection feel really, really good, and indeed, being so guarded against vulnerability that we forgo these two things that feel really good is generally used as a conditional sign that something is wrong. And here's a second sentence in one paragraph so I don't just sound like @Withoutle.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 14 August, 2012 at 01:10
How often do you play off a serious question on Formspring with an answer you feel is clever? Why?
I very rarely do. If I don't have anything interesting to say, I delete the question. If the question makes me think the person asking it is an idiot, I will usually delete the question. I don't expect Formspring to generate interesting discussion nearly so much as I expect it to reinforce existing connections.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 14 August, 2012 at 01:10
How important is respect when it comes to sex or similar physical affection? Why?
Prior to you I'd say it wasn't. I had sex with some people I really disliked, and sex with more than a few girls who I knew only were interested in me because I was lower-class trash.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Tuesday 14 August, 2012 at 01:11
Have you noticed that the mobile version of FS has somehow become vastly superior to the iPhone ap?
Yeah, same's true of the Android app.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 14 August, 2012 at 01:11
When given an option between two or three things on Formspring, why do you make up a new option? If you do not, why do you think others do?
Because I'm such a special fucking snowflake. And because they're special fucking snowflakes.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 14 August, 2012 at 09:00
How do you decide what to invest in?
I ask an expert. I find people who are good judges of characters and ask them a bunch of questions.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 14 August, 2012 at 09:03
Do you ever consider the danger of wild ideas? How do you balance embracing them and keeping them at bay?
Carmody has such enormous bulk in financial terms that I can take entirely reckless risks without any true endangerment. Then these investments themselves represent a long-odds, lottery-style chance at generating even more money.
In the end, a lot of investments Carmody are doing are basically playing with petty cash. A quarter of a million bought a property in Kings Row, and day labourers sufficient to doll it up and now we have Boomers - which is a damn sight better use of this little bit of fiancial detritus than if I'd spent the money on a set of rims for my yacht.
No lies, I have my vanity investments, but I'm not a collector of them.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 14 August, 2012 at 09:26
What has playing video games so far taught you?
* That videogame developers have issues with women. * That having a limited method of expression to an audience creates a more interesting form of expression. * That people are easily led by trends. * That as economies get larger, larger amounts of crap get produced. * That idealism withers under money. * That communities built out of outcasts are the strongest and fastest adapting.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 14 August, 2012 at 05:38
What stops you from asking more questions?
I ask questions when I don't know the answers. A lot of the time, I go to ask a question, realise there are what, two people whose answers would surprise me, and then I just ask them directly.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Tuesday 14 August, 2012 at 07:47
What did you do on your summer vacation?
Vacation?
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Tuesday 14 August, 2012 at 07:55
Ever taken the blame for something you knew you weren't responsible for? Why?
This is about Chad and you fighting over cookies, right.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Tuesday 14 August, 2012 at 10:34
What was the most inopportune moment you ever realized you needed to fart?
Everybody was kung-fu fighting...
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 15 August, 2012 at 12:16
What would you do without Carmondy?
I'd STFU, GBTW.
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Wednesday 15 August, 2012 at 09:09
So, about that trip? Got a particular day in mind? What should I wear?
Monday night's the next paired dive I'm at. Come in to Portal Corps - you'll want to turn up around ten, with a dive at twelve. They're going to orient you, no matter how seasoned you are, and they're going to give you your own wear. So turn up in civvies and nothing that'll embarass you. They wash them while we're in-realm.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 15 August, 2012 at 07:24
What video games have you played?
Street fighter 4, SF Vs Tekken (cross, seriously?), Super Mario Bros, New Super Mario Bros, Shadow of the Colossus, Angry Birds, Knights of the Old Republic 1 and 2, Infamous, Prototype. I may be forgetting one.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 15 August, 2012 at 07:25
What's a trend in the video games you've played that you dislike?
Morality systems that cast decisions in very, very simplistic ways. Games that have morality systems that identify some things as 'bad' that I don't think are bad, and that identify some things as 'good' that I don't think are good.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 15 August, 2012 at 07:28
Who is your favorite protagonist in a game you have played so far? Why?
The guy in Shadow of the Colossus. Because he's killing gods.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 15 August, 2012 at 07:35
Do you have a favorite genre of video game?
At this point, I find I really like the linear, older RPGs. The truly open-world ones, like Prototype and Fallout, tend to be a bit aimless and you don't have the same discipline to make a really tight story.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 15 August, 2012 at 07:35
Have you ever found a video game character that you find very attractive?
Yes. I can provide more information if you want.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 15 August, 2012 at 07:35
Why are you so persistent in playing video games?
I'm persistent in most things I do, I thought.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 15 August, 2012 at 10:47
Do you see any habits on Formspring that bother you? What are they if so?
My initial response was 'None; if they bother me, I just stop paying attention,' but that cedes that yes, there are things that bother me. The A-or-B-but-C structure bothers me, for example, because most of the time what it means is that rather than make a choice between two hard things, a person will opt for a third option that's usually superior to both. This is vexing because people never accept the possibility that they're going to have to make decisions where neither outcome is what they'd like.
On the other hand, this place gathers to itself idealists.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 15 August, 2012 at 10:47
Sex or physical affection comes in different "flavors." Speed, strength, position, gender, ect.. Everyone has preferences, but have you ever thought about WHY you enjoy these things the way you do? What do you think it says about you?
I think if you took all my preferences - the broad stroke preferences I've said I like - and just put them on the cover of a magazine, you could sell that magazine to most men my age and background.
I think I think the way I do because I was raised in a culture that had that strong attitude of promoting certain looks. I might be a bit simple, though, but really? I'm okay with it. My society also taught me to read and do math, and I was okay with how that worked out for me.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 16 August, 2012 at 12:45
What will it take for you to rest peacefully?
Work. I think I'm pretty easy to get to a peaceful sleep.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 16 August, 2012 at 12:45
Do you feel you have something to prove? To who?
No.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 16 August, 2012 at 12:47
How do you decide which Carmondy projects to green light?
I find people I know and trust - I have a cloud of experts around me, now, if you haven't noticed - and I talk to them about related projects. I talk to them about ideas that connect to those ideas and I see what I think. It makes the process of greenlighting slow. I have delegated some to funds that are themselves capped. People can apply through the process for a Directed Interest opportunity, which means I go over it personally. I throw out a lot of them - and I have an assistant whose job it is to go through the grants and find those that are time-sensitive.
Cearmaid
responded to lasentinella
on Thursday 16 August, 2012 at 12:47
Do you volunteer at the refugee shelters?
Not in a conventional way. Mostly I play tag with @laylaward and make her make this face :x
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 16 August, 2012 at 09:17
You know what's the real killer about this? The Japanese investors who own controlling interests in Capcom are so fucking avowed about ideals and history that I can't just buy Capcom outright. I was planning on getting it for you for my birthday, honestly, but there are four investors who own something like 38% of the controllable stock, and those guys are not only long-haul investors, they have contracts drawn up requiring their GRANDCHILDREN not sell it. It's AMAZING.
Sorry, Zex. This sucks.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 17 August, 2012 at 12:01
Do you realize how hard it is for me to come up with questions about ethics?
Not hard at all. Coming up with targeted, deliberately interesting ones, on the other hand, must be dreadfully challenging, which is why you don't do it. Most of your ethics questions are broad, general styled questions designed to give me a platform to speak my mind, which, in turn, lets you discern a pattern.
You are clicking the corners of the minesweeper game at this point.
Cearmaid
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Friday 17 August, 2012 at 10:59
Is there a negative character trait you tend to write off as an acceptable flaw? If so, are the flaws you find acceptable in others different to the flaws you find acceptable in yourself?
Yes and yes. I wouldn't put up with my pigheadedness.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 18 August, 2012 at 08:57
Have you ever found a video game character that you find very attractive?
You have no idea how challenging this was to do on a fucking phone.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 18 August, 2012 at 09:33
If respect, intimacy, or trust is important to you in sex and physical affection, are you capable of partaking WITHOUT any of these things? Why is that/Why not?
I am, and, thinking on it at length, it's because my sex drive is high and my standards for baseline contact were very low. This is probably linked to feelings of low self esteem and subsequent shame taboos.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 18 August, 2012 at 09:57
How do you respond to metahumans who justify their moral stance with nothing more than, "It is that simple"?
I usually don't, for the same reason I don't respond to children saying 'But I wannniiiiit.'
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 18 August, 2012 at 09:58
You talk a lot about a "pantheon of bullies" when you describe the "them versus us" scenario. What can people do to fix that?
The price of this freedom is eternal vigilance. In my case, I'm nervous about it because I know I'm geared to look for these problems and fix them in a violent, terminal way - I am hardwired to be predatory towards these ideas. I know I look for us-vs-them when that may not necessarily be the case.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 18 August, 2012 at 10:09
What interests you about video games?
It happened in layers.
* This is something that my pocket change can turn into enjoyment. * This is a field of competition where the rich kids and I have the same equipment and the same opportunities. * This is an experience that enthralls Zex. * This is an experience that changes as I interact with it. * This is an entire culture that has completely come into existence in my lifetime. It's as big as movies and it's as enduring as television, and it is entirely owned by my generation.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 18 August, 2012 at 10:17
Have you even taken inspiration from a video game character?
Possibly. For all my metacognition, I know enough about how interconnected and interrelated my ideas are that I own are probably linked back to all sorts of other things. My competitive streak got fed back in my teens playing Street Fighter 2, for example.
As for specific characters, specific incidents, no clear moment springs to mind.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 18 August, 2012 at 10:17
What do you think of gamer culture?
It is a masculine culture in its infancy and is therefore fascinated by breasts and utterly terrified of cooties. In time, it will mature into something worthwhile as a culture, but right now, it can be utterly revolting.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 18 August, 2012 at 10:20
After familiarizing yourself with Mario, try Super Mario RPG. What do you think of the drastic change of pace?
I found the anarchic sense of humour far more striking than the change of pace. The shift is fantastic, but the humour is even more excellent.
((No lies. Play Super Mario RPG. You will laugh your balls off. Even if you don't have balls.))
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 18 August, 2012 at 10:31
When people post youtube links in their answers, how often do you honestly look at/listen to them?
Very rarely. If the preview image appeals or if it's a music track I'll open it in its own tab.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 18 August, 2012 at 10:31
What do you strive for?
I'm going to fix the world.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 18 August, 2012 at 10:35
Do you feel trust is important when it comes to sex or physical affection? Why/Why not?
For me personally, yes, now. It didn't use to be. I was much more immediate in my wants, and I was willing to rely on my instincts more.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 18 August, 2012 at 10:36
Do you feel you connect with people or better understand them through physical affection or sex? Do you think many other people feel the same way?
Not really, no. It's just really nice and we convince ourselves that it's something greater than the experience, in the name of justifying having more of it.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 18 August, 2012 at 10:43
How important is intimacy to you when it comes to sex and physical affection? What separates an act from being pure lust from one that is emotionally moving?
A variety of factors. Prior to my relationship with you, most sex was not emotionally moving.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 18 August, 2012 at 10:46
I understand that in some cases it is done for the privacy of another, but sex is often not talked about. When privacy of someone else is not in jeopardy, what is it that makes this topic off limits or taboo?
Social expectations and cultural background. This topic is, by and large, taboo to us because it has been taboo. This is a circular argument and I can recognise its strangeness, but it's true. It is an irrational behaviour with which we have become very comfortable.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 18 August, 2012 at 10:48
No cop out answers. If you give one, I will re-ask the question.
There's a question or two I am trying to time out so they land in the time when nobody's really paying attention. I imagine this is some lasting feeling of embarassment that will fade once I give it a shot.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 18 August, 2012 at 11:04
What are a few of your favorite video games so far? Why?
Leading at this point is Street Fighter 4. I share it with you as an experience, down to the ground. That is separate to its purpose and role as a game.
The game I have enjoyed the most as an experience is Shadow of the Colossus. I remember what it was to feel weak, and I remember what it was like the first time I used a bolt-gun, which is, basically, a very tightly wound spring and a metal plug. Killing someone with a bolt-gun is about as hard as killing someone with a sword. Wander's frailty and his physical ability to strain, whether or not it is realistic to how I used to be, perfectly FEELS as though it was something I could do. It makes Wander feel like I could be him, and that makes his achievements feel like powerful examples of how I feel I could do in his place.
Also, I really enjoyed watching you play Dark Souls. It was like watching a very well-oiled clockwork. I wish you'd been in a better mental state to enjoy my admiration when it happened though.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Saturday 18 August, 2012 at 07:23
Do you know how to change a tire? Even better - what's the limit of your mechanical skill?
Yes, I do, and the limit of my mechanical skill is the point where mechanics becomes engineering.
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Saturday 18 August, 2012 at 07:25
If I got you the name of at least one company that I KNOW is run by a super villain, what could you do with that info?
Depends where he's based. If we're talking 'a company' like a typical business operator, then I could have him replaced in about a week, assuming he's publically traded or taken over an existing company. Sole inheritor on a non-public company is much trickier.
If he's a 1% owner then it gets trickier but public listings and investigations are doable. If he's a typical business owner in that category then I can make him pretty miserable but it'll take some time and he won't likely feel an immediate pinch.
If he's one of the rarified few who exist at my tier, then I might not be able to do as much through Carmody, but that's when I go talk to Acquisitions and Zex.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 18 August, 2012 at 08:21
What makes a country uninteresting?
I imagine having nothing there, but there's no country like that. In fact, a country with literally nothing remarkable about it would, itself, be remarkable.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 18 August, 2012 at 08:22
What countries have you visited personally? Are there any you WANT to go to?
Visited: India and the Etoile at the moment.
I'd like to vist south Korea, Singapore, Norway and Australia.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 18 August, 2012 at 08:49
Some wild ideas progress humanity. Are you ever concerned that some will set it back?
Mostly, but we have such momentum that the ideas that set us back tend to do so mostly by slowing our rate of progress, rather than by actually pulling us backwards, and there's a natural lifespan on most ideas. Case in point, the baby boomers will die out eventually.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 19 August, 2012 at 12:33
What is the wildest idea you have had with regards to sex? What is the most recent wild idea?
The absolute wildest idea I've ever had involved talking to a Magi practitioner about turning myself female for a short period of time so as to let you experience what it would be like to have a partner who was like me, but female.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 19 August, 2012 at 12:35
What classifies an idea as "wild"?
Civilisation is about communication and trade; everything in a civilised situation is about the transfer, regularly, of common units between one another. This means that someone gets an idea, it's usually going to be an idea that's inspired by the stuff they've personally dealt with, and that means, usually, the ideas everyone else has. Most people come out of a superhero movie thinking thoughts about 'if I were that superhero, in that situation, I would...'
A wild idea is one that is not worn so smooth, one not so commonly held. It's about bringing together ideas that are not so obviously connected, like primary schoolers and sumo wrestlers.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 19 August, 2012 at 12:36
What is something that Carmondy is working on right now that you are pleased with?
Our N-removal program.
Cearmaid
responded to Tenebraxa
on Sunday 19 August, 2012 at 07:36
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Sunday 19 August, 2012 at 07:38
Do you like classic cars or classic retro designs from another era? For 100 internets, please supplement your answer with a photo.
Modern cars speak of a time when the person who makes a car work again is a computer technician, classics are from a time when that person was a mechanic.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Sunday 19 August, 2012 at 07:38
What is it exactly that takes so long at the pharmacy?
Checks and double checks.
Cearmaid
responded to cynicalblossom
on Sunday 19 August, 2012 at 10:17
I have a particular like for comparing living beings to wild animals. We hunt, we kill, we protect, we adapt, and we die. Would you consider yourself to be an animal at the very base of your core? If not, how do you define who you are?
We're all monkeys.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 19 August, 2012 at 11:09
What do you think about your Portal Corp work in general?
I am the watcher at the gate. I am the man who stands in the way. I am the one whose wakeful violence lets others sleep easy. I will hold this border if I have to stand over the struggling remains of a thousand supposed immortals for an eternity.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Monday 20 August, 2012 at 05:22
What was the last unexpected gift you received? Did you like it?
A performance; and I did.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 20 August, 2012 at 08:22
What am I supposed to ask you again? If there is anything I can do for you?
In my acquisitions list, there's a book I've wanted for some time. It's a copy of the Great God Pan, which was owned by - and scribbled in - HP Lovecraft. Torn, despite his resourcefulness, hasn't been able to find it. I think however, given that it's a social thing, that Hewa might be more adept at it. Alternatively, there may be some other way to find a little-publicized book that you could know that I wouldn't.
This is a thing that I originally wanted on a whim, but now find I want very much as it's been almost eight months since I first started looking for it.
I appreciate the pictures a great deal. They are erotic and in a way that shows me more of your mind - you do not have the ability to empathically project into what I might enjoy, so you posit things based on experience, and on your own body. That makes them very special indeed.
An exceptional thing you can do with me is cannonball an entire series, or an entire game with me. Ideally, a game I don't know, with a narrative or some visually spectacular things, or a character or voice element I should enjoy. Examples would be Spider-Man 2, Muramasa, and Devil Survivor. TV series would depend on your tastes, but they seem rare.
In existing patterns, I will consider purple or red underwear to be an exception to the pattern that signals gratitude.
Also: Thank your friend Swivel for me.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 20 August, 2012 at 06:24
What do you think about the entire private company vs government scenario/struggle? Are there any countries that you feel are handling this well?
It's not something that should be thought of as a struggle. Germany, Austrlaia, Canada and Norway are all governments which have non-identical, positive relationships with private enterprises. Japan too, but Japanese culture itself is very, very different, making it much more of a social pressure thing.
Cearmaid
responded to Cearmaid
on Tuesday 21 August, 2012 at 07:02
At work today, I described one of the money guys as 'a complete reptile.' Without knowing if I meant it as a compliment or an insult, what does that phrase make you think I meant?
Dammit, should have thought to tag this one.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 21 August, 2012 at 07:53
What is the wildest thing you have done?
Does the LEO drop into Talos harbour count?
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 21 August, 2012 at 09:44
What do you think about Oprah?
On the one hand, she's a successful businesswoman by selling a product nobody else was selling as well and making a very solid brand. On the other hand, the product she sells is lies, bullshit and gets babies killed. Did I say that obviously enough? Oprah kills babies.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 21 August, 2012 at 11:08
Which country's educational system do you have the most respect for?
This is hard to say.
Germany has consistantly high results, and handles boarding schools and socialisation in a generally okay way. Japan also has great academic results, but it also has a hugely socialised culture element, running six days a week and having very high expectations and demands.
I'm not sure. I think for example, teachers should never be lower class - the work should be something we, as a society respect and regard so well as to invest in the lives of those people who try it.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Wednesday 22 August, 2012 at 12:46
How far have you come from where you started?
This one's missing a tag.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Wednesday 22 August, 2012 at 12:50
Where you from?
Kings.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Wednesday 22 August, 2012 at 12:51
What do you miss the most about where you grew up? What do you miss the least?
I miss the fighting. I don't miss the losing.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Wednesday 22 August, 2012 at 12:52
How much further do you have to go?
There is at some point in the future, going to be an end to this universe. Not from some big gibbering threat, not some end of the world as you understand it. There is going to be a point when the last star winks out, the last photons land, and the entire mass of this rising dough of bread starts to tumble back into itself and begin the long, slow progression back into the heat-dead core point that will be another world's big bang.
I'm going to be there to see it.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 22 August, 2012 at 12:53
When I talk about you in an emotional capacity - remain with forever, significance of relationship, ect. - what is your reaction? Is this a thing I should repeat?
It is something you should never shy from repeating. Do not deliberately bring it up to provoke reaction, as that risks dulling the reaction. But when the terms seem the best fit for what you mean, please use them. They are very lovely.
Cearmaid
responded to laylaward
on Thursday 23 August, 2012 at 09:14
Layla's in the hospital. -Lance
Send the insurance information my way.
Cearmaid
responded to Coryismedamnit
on Friday 24 August, 2012 at 02:30
There has been a recent rash of people responding to questions from Ani, dating back months, and it has me thinking. Who (besides yourself, you narcissists) provides the highest-quality questions on the site?
Zex. Hess just provides lots of them, and Max just bores through his inbox like it's spring cleaning.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Friday 24 August, 2012 at 06:20
Lunchtime Poll Topic: Some sage looking old wizard comes up to you and says: EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRONG! What do you say in response?
Clearly my understanding of the word 'poll' is wrong.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Friday 24 August, 2012 at 06:20
So hey. Say that you've ended your last relationship. So how soon is it too soon to start another one?
In your case, six years.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Friday 24 August, 2012 at 06:21
So long-distance relationships? Have them? Do they ever work out? What's your experience.
I went to the moon?
((In all seriousness, my dad and my mother, married 35 years+, were a long distance relationship carried on by letters while dad was at the barracks.))
Cearmaid
responded to Coryismedamnit
on Friday 24 August, 2012 at 08:17
(( So. Who's your favorite superhero, superhero-alike, or associated character? http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/08/24/ask-chris-118-whats-so-great-about-jimmy-olsen/ ))
((Hard to say, given that overall the superheroic genre is one that's defined by thousands of hands working on similar projects. I quite like, for example, Power Girl, but I can recognise that 99% of what's been written about PG is god-awful. I really like Nightwing and Robin, but by dint of association to the Batfamily, they're going to be eternally flawed in my mind. Young Justice's Superboy, also, I quite like, but it's not like that one character is ever free of the shadow of the other versions of Superboy that exist. Similar with the X-Men characters, where while I love Psylocke, Revanche (remember Revanche?), Nightcrawler, Emma Frost and Wither all have things about them I love, they are also passed through so many writers with equal canon rights that there's stuff about them I don't like and wish wasn't true. Then there's characters like Elsa Bloodstone, Grace Choi and The Captain, who I have a deep love for but they're basically parodies riffing off the existing network of heroes. Note that in their cases, the elements that set them aside from the superhero style are made more interesting, because they exist in universes where their anti-super style is anachronistic, rather than a pervading norm.
Favourite superhero-like it gets a bit easier because Deadpool and Agent X are definitely there. Then you can throw in characters like Oracle (is she a full-fledged superheroine in her own right?) and antagonistic characters like Taskmaster.
My favourite character associated with superheroes is Alan Moore.))
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Monday 27 August, 2012 at 07:21
Sometimes it takes a significant event (Like nearly dying) to make us realize we need to reconsider things. When was the last time you really looked at things and what prompted it?
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Cearmaid
responded to MsRepresntation
on Tuesday 28 August, 2012 at 12:19
Do you want to have children one day? Or would you prefer to be child-free by choice?
Not really. The life of a father seems nice enough, and it's fraught with romance, but I don't feel the urge yet. I have time enough to change my mind.
Cearmaid
responded to MsRepresntation
on Tuesday 28 August, 2012 at 12:19
How old were you when you moved away from home?
Seventeen. Lied on a rent agreement.
Cearmaid
responded to MsRepresntation
on Tuesday 28 August, 2012 at 12:19
What is your fondest memory of where you grew up?
Cooking dinner with my family.
Cearmaid
responded to MsRepresntation
on Tuesday 28 August, 2012 at 12:20
If you had the option, would you settle down where you grew up? Or somewhere else?
There's a lot of world to compare it to before I decide that.
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Tuesday 28 August, 2012 at 07:10
I think things are as settled as they can be for the time being. When're we up for that trip?
I just came black from a glass op in a contaminated world. It's going to be a three day cooldown, no more portalling to keep me sterile, and to keep that world exposure to a minimum. Actually, I could have really used your help. You're basically fireproof, right?
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Tuesday 28 August, 2012 at 07:12
By the way, the pantheon question doesn't have to be negative by any means. I'd actually rather see it used positively. OR you could go for both.
I'm going to try, but you have to remember that I'm from poor Kings stock, descended from the warriors who ousted the Tuatha, and a Greek monster that was rallied to fight the Titans. The word 'god' rolls off my tongue as a pejorative by default.
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Tuesday 28 August, 2012 at 07:38
About how much insurance does your company usually keep on investments?
As a point of cartel policy, we cap the insurance value at 100% of the net investment, calculated for danger and risk. It's one of our little luxuries, though. At the scope we're at, we can afford to design our projects that way - most other businesses operate with a win/loss ratio that means the insurance on losses have to compensate between the wins.
If we're talking domestic investments within the USA, it varies from threat to threat. The Oregon Black investments, for example, are very cheaply insured (11.25% of the net). On the other hand, Detroit Restructural is currently insured for 65% of its net investment across a variety of possible problems).
Planning on climbing up to this rarified air, are you?
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Tuesday 28 August, 2012 at 07:52
What was the last thing that made you stop and think?
Just finished a glassing op on a world which doesn't have a name, just a number. The name's not classified, mind you - it's just that I don't know it off the top of my head and it might as well be the Hallelujah Chorus for all the good it'll do you. I understand Gideon can 'read' dimensional coordinates, but that might just be techs bullshitting me.
Anyway, neuroparasites, airborn, in big clouds, like schools of fish, controlling an area about the size of Massachusetts. So the op was to spook them and get them chasing to a central location - a chunk of desert-like territory, then go nova hard enough to clean the area around me of airbornes.
I melted a six-mile diameter sphere of sand and rock and air in thirty five seconds. When you get a liquid like that, it's smooth, it takes a perfectly smooth top - so imagine that. A six-mile wide disc of pure, flat glass, reflecting the sky perfectly. Perfect, absolute reflection, swirling lights and colours, a sun reflected through the dust of a dead world. I stopped, I called in a visual rig, and I took a picture, with my hand in the shot.
It was thinking about how much it reminded me of Zex.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Tuesday 28 August, 2012 at 09:01
Who gives you the best advice?
I resist the term best. I listen to Max, Kazeno, Zex and Curie, for different things at different times. I also connect myself to people who I can clearly see as having valuable opinions, like Runaway, on particular topics.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Wednesday 29 August, 2012 at 09:25
Who gives you the best ideas?
Spite.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 30 August, 2012 at 09:57
Assume you have no powers and lack excessive martial skill (if you have either of these). Would you rather be attacked by a horse sized duck, or 50 duck sized horses?
Without martial skill and powers I was dropping horse-sized HORSES. Assuming no peace deal could be brokered, you'd be eating crispy duck for a month.
Cearmaid
responded to Pathrunner
on Friday 31 August, 2012 at 09:04
(( Okay, this is ... kind of stunning. And out of nowhere. http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/news/news_archive/thank_you.php ))
((Is a bit of a surprise. Oh well, nothing lasts forever.))
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Saturday 1 September, 2012 at 04:09
(( When the day comes - are you going to wrap up your character and move on? Or will you try to make a go of it on FS and RP that way into the future? ))
((Honestly? I kinda like the idea of it being 'Cities' of heroes, the notion that we all do what Carmen's been doing for a while now.))
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Saturday 1 September, 2012 at 07:21
Do you like Kim Kardashian?
Who?
Cearmaid
responded to laylaward
on Sunday 2 September, 2012 at 03:45
Lance and I are leaving Paragon.. We heard some news.. Shelter is evacuating. Contact me if you wish. I am unsure where we are going.
Let me know if you need funds to cover the move.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Sunday 2 September, 2012 at 03:48
((Check my own response to this question in a few minutes, random thing that just occurred to me. ...unless I need someone else to answer it to make a question page I can answer on, I forget how it works. So okay, someone answer this first.))
((Hey there, you fabulous-American you.))
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Sunday 2 September, 2012 at 04:49
Is the term 'fabulous-American' condescending or hilarious or other?
What the fuck are you babbling about?
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Sunday 2 September, 2012 at 06:06
You're pulled in for a lineup and asked to repeat a phrase to prove who you are. What phrase do you say that everyone knows you for?
Shut the fuck up and get back to work.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Sunday 2 September, 2012 at 06:07
What's the sexiest food?
What the hell?
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Sunday 2 September, 2012 at 06:08
Ever wanted to be adopted?
I did when I was a young idiot.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Sunday 2 September, 2012 at 06:08
What's the best gift you've ever given?
The cigarette lighter I gave Zex. I had no idea how perfect it would be.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Sunday 2 September, 2012 at 06:52
Do you create art? What is it?
Metalwork.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Sunday 2 September, 2012 at 06:53
Who do you think hates you?
Pretty sure Lilah's never going to forgive me for my views on her calling herself blind. Or the fact I avoided her while she and Gideon were dating on the assumption they were temporary.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Sunday 2 September, 2012 at 06:53
Whose answers have most changed the way you communicate?
Zex.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Sunday 2 September, 2012 at 06:58
What would you to do to help a friend fulfill their dream? Specific friend, specific dream. No copout bullshit.
I'm still in negotiations to buy the original Game of Death tracksuit. I wanted to get it for Jill Williamson's birthday, but it wasn't something where I could rush the purchase.
I threw some money at Boomers to get the whole project started. I threw some money at some people's college funds - there's a blind trust college fund I was going to spring on @Tarawc for her kid's college/health insurance at the end of the year, even though we're not really friends. Hmmm, what else is there...
It's a little tricky to say, come to think of it, because I tried to stop with the big gifts after I was outed as their cause.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Sunday 2 September, 2012 at 06:58
What's the best gift you've ever gotten?
A secret.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Sunday 2 September, 2012 at 06:59
Whose powers would you least want to have?
Pinkie Pie's.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Sunday 2 September, 2012 at 07:04
How well do you understand yourself?
I am relatively comfortable saying 'very well.'
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 2 September, 2012 at 08:56
Prefer an older or younger partner?
Typically older, but I'm getting to the age range where most of the women I liked are my age, so.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 2 September, 2012 at 08:57
What are your thoughts on underpants?
Going commando is asking for trouble.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 2 September, 2012 at 08:58
What is your favorite terrain type for a vacation? Mountains, beach, forest, ect..
Cities.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 2 September, 2012 at 08:58
How do you define honor?
I pretty much don't.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 2 September, 2012 at 08:59
What would you do if you spontaneously changed gender for 24 hours? I don't know how you know it's for 24 hours -- you just know.
Not sure, now that you've suggested it would be unwise.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 2 September, 2012 at 08:59
Have you ever feared your own power?
Yeah, it's why I don't do hero work in the city any more.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 2 September, 2012 at 09:00
What is the most selfish thing that you have done?
Probably the wallowing I did after the death of my parents.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 3 September, 2012 at 06:48
What are a few interesting dimensions you went to for Portal Corp?
A few interesting ones: * A world where the air was heavily chlorinated. The life forms there were slightly airborne. No kills here - just a ridiculously hostile environment where I could record information even when the machines and probes couldn't. * A world completely depopulated of all /life/, sometime around 1947. There was one 'thing' there, that seemed to be, well, a deity serial killer. Speculation relates it to the Shoah. * A world where the Civil War never happened but a massive slave revolution did. I haven't been there much - there's a time dilation there, meaning that a few hours there only takes a few seconds here - but it's pretty eye opening. When I went there to pick up library books about their history, I remember someone saying 'No way a whitey can read.'
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 3 September, 2012 at 09:01
What country interests you the most?
Too hard to say. There are a number of places I'm curious about, but it's hard to make them into a list. For example, Finland is near a number of other nations that are kinda interesting, so maybe I'd start there. Australia is, it seems, the arsehole of nowhere, so visiting it is a real challenge.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Tuesday 4 September, 2012 at 01:49
How much do you enjoy "old friends" dropping by unexpectedly?
They don't. I don't have old friends. Max and Zex are pretty much my oldest friends now.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Tuesday 4 September, 2012 at 08:21
((If anyone's still wondering about the Perfect World/Cryptic licensing rumor, Back Alley Brawler got some answers. This was all NCSoft.))
((Not to sound overly cynical, but it looks like a decision from a majority shareholder designed to tweak short-term gain in the stock price so as to further cement their position for other investments. It's burning the furniture for fuel, just not as desperate.))
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Tuesday 4 September, 2012 at 08:28
Ever been excluded from something for being too good at it?
Not by my choice. When I was able to feel liquor, back in the laborer days, nobody would get into a drinking fight with me after St Pat's ... 05, I think. I literally drink-for-drinked the whole bar and walked out of there pissing liquor. But I walked.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Tuesday 4 September, 2012 at 08:28
Friend of mine just got adopted. Do you think a gift would be appropriate? And what tone should a gift set?
This being you, I'd suggest telling her you're happy for her without also telling her she's a terrible person for not separating her recycling. That truly would be the greatest gift.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Tuesday 4 September, 2012 at 08:29
Where you gunna spend Christmas?
Depends on how Zex feels. Could be nice to swing south of the equator and have a summery Christmas, sitting on the porch of some beach resort with a bottle of white wine on the table and a pretty girl's head in my lap as she tells me all about midichlorians again.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Wednesday 5 September, 2012 at 05:23
Lunchtime Poll Topic: On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the most, how hot do you like your curry?
13. I've never been one for subtle.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Wednesday 5 September, 2012 at 11:19
So hey. Levantera called me up ( I know, right?) and she's all "you gotta find this Arnold Decker guy - he's been kidnapped by Arachnos." I thought I'd try some crowd sourcing. Anyone seen or know this guy?
Don't worry, Arnold Decker's doing fine.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Thursday 6 September, 2012 at 05:07
Tips for psychic defense or resistance? What do you use?
STFU, GBTW.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Friday 7 September, 2012 at 09:34
Always yelling, or never heard?
I don't think there's a person who knows me who'd ever call me subtle.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Friday 7 September, 2012 at 09:35
Ever wished to no longer be useful?
The day I'm no longer useful is the day when bullies stop getting more powerful and when money stops being useful.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 7 September, 2012 at 09:55
Did you bug out the other day or can you smile at something twice somehow? You asked a good question.
I don't know. I smiled at something going into a tunnel, and I think it sent the message in a buggy way. That's not a euphemism.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 7 September, 2012 at 10:46
Who is your favorite antagonist in a game you have played so far? Why?
I just finished it, so I'm going to say The Transcendant One, because of the story he lets the protagonist tell.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 7 September, 2012 at 10:48
What bothers you most about metahuman "ethics"?
Most metahumans don't have them. And I don't mean 'villains,' I mean heroes. Look at how many people will happily hang out with a punchclock murderer like Shrike, reasoning 'he's not bothering me, personally, right now.'
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 7 September, 2012 at 08:03
What's the worst thing you've ever done to someone but you DON'T regret it? Like they had it coming.
Work stuff is pretty much the definition of 'they had it coming.'
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 8 September, 2012 at 01:21
What question did you ask that you thought upset me? I want to pay it special attention.
The question about the erosion of the line between being organic and being an AI.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Saturday 8 September, 2012 at 01:21
Blow my mind.
There's a world where you are ultimogirl and aglow.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 8 September, 2012 at 04:35
Are you well?
Yes? This is an odd question in the context.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Saturday 8 September, 2012 at 07:44
(( Would you watch a "Smallville" style Wonder Woman series? Obviously I would since that's basically what I do everyday already with Eiko. Thoughts? ))
((You think that Eiko's like a young Wonder Woman?))
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 10 September, 2012 at 02:24
Play Deus Ex. Latest one is most relevant.
As you wish.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 11 September, 2012 at 01:01
What do you let your best friend get away with that you would not tolerate from other people?
She behaves in a way most people would consider rude. If I didn't know her well and know why she behaves in those ways, I'd tell her to stop it and correct her social mannerisms. As it is, it's totally understandable.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 11 September, 2012 at 01:04
What do you think about leaders who make their decision based on public opinion?
Tricky.
On the one hand, there are societies where that works out fine - Finland and New Zealand, for example, were very progressive about representing as much of the public as possible and use referendum aggressively on major points of policy and law. On the other hand, Italy's financial crisis came about, in part, because any politician who enacted the moves neeeded to make the necessary corrections to the economy would be so hated because of what they'd done (in practical terms) they could not be re-elected.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 11 September, 2012 at 06:12
What do you create?
I create solutions to problems and the tools for people to help themselves.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 11 September, 2012 at 06:13
What was the most recent dimension you went to for Portal Corp?
The most recent dimension I've been to is what we call a probe stop to check out a world in what we call a Fifth Set world. That is to say it's 99.99999% like our own world. A sixth set is 99.999999%, for example. This Fifth Set world is... well, it's like here. Just there was no civil war - instead there was a massive slave revolution. Also, all the style is very Roaring 20s, it's kinda weird.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Tuesday 11 September, 2012 at 06:48
(( So hey - If you intend to or was ever gonna make a "Ultimate" version of your character ala Marvel's Ultimates series, in what ways would they be similar or different? ))
((I don't think I could do another version of Lock, this character. The themes of his character are the eternal question of 'And Now What?' and the truly unreasonable scope of power superheroics offers any individual.
The Ultimates versions always felt like an excuse for writers to do what they really wanted to do, which is give the characters a continuity enema, divorcing themselves from accumulated bad decisions usually made by other writers, and then scrub the characters off to make them both more marketable (hi, Spiderman) and a better expression of that author's individual escapist fantasy (I SAID HI SPIDERMAN.)
It might be an interesting alternative take on Lock to instead make his story all about exploring Celtic myth reimaginations; to divorce him from his Greek myth past, and remove the Carmody group as a component of his life. Instead it's just 'Cearmaid, junior sun god,' fighting against various elements of the Tuatha, possibly crossing over into a less-super, more-gritty version of Mhairi's story.
Doing so would strip a lot of what makes Lock Lock, so calling him Lachlann at that point would just be a joke.))
Cearmaid
responded to MazzoGrave
on Tuesday 11 September, 2012 at 07:45
(( Any character concepts you were playing around with still that will never be realized? How about ones for upcoming powersets we knew of? ))
((Of the top of my head, I had the following plans:
* GIoomy, which I'm still camping, was going to be a psi melee stalker, with darker tinged powers, who was @CharcoalFeather's praetorian brother. I was planning on sampling Psi Melee on both a brute and a stalker to see which gelled for me best. * Extinction Burst, again, which I'm still camping, was going to be a Super Strength/Bio Armor brute, the praetorian of Ryker. His little sister died in the collapse of Praetoria. If Ryker was Terry Bogard, the plan was for Burst to be an Andy Bogard - more driven, with this long, persistent ache of sadness about him. I was hoping that since people had been heavily exposed to Ryker, it would be easier for them to recognise what was wrong and missing in his life. * Firewater, a fire control/martial assault/ice mastery dominator, was going to be the Praetorian of my friend's character Joe Tensou. * Thunderhorse (I am not kidding) an electrical blast/martial assault blaster, who was going to be a young man who found in his family lineage prayers his great grandmother made to Odin in World War 2, because she believed it was Ragnorak, and wound up uh, well, let's just say Odin's one eye was involved. * An Iori Yagami/Kyo Kusanagi pairing of oppositional bio armour/fire tankers, who hated each other and tracked each other, but had never met - not realising that they were the same person, and that really, they were both victims of a consuming chunk of DNA. Basically kinda a cross between Alex Mercer and Momento.))
Cearmaid
responded to MacTaggartMD
on Tuesday 11 September, 2012 at 10:37
I have a break in Elly's case. I've been looking at this completely wrong. Now all I need is a chemist. A very good chemist. When's the last time irony struck?
I'll ask at the Forge if they have a chemist on deck.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Wednesday 12 September, 2012 at 09:54
Who and what do you consider elite?
She be beating scores and winnin' wars Not sweet On the street She's a one-woman riot with a brain fulla beats. She's Elite No feet
I don't know where I was going with this.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Wednesday 12 September, 2012 at 10:11
Okay seriously what?
I wanted more room to smile at what Zex said. You have proven very helpful, thanks.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Wednesday 12 September, 2012 at 11:19
How much of what you do is prevention, and how much is repair?
I prevent problems in this world by repairing similar problems in others.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Wednesday 12 September, 2012 at 11:20
"Kids these days are spending more time on videogames than they are on television programs." What's your reaction to this information?
"I wonder if that's true."
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Thursday 13 September, 2012 at 09:05
((Looking back, what was the best idea for a character, group and/or storyline you never followed through on (that you don't intend to pull off in the next 2 and a half months)?))
((A super speedster who wasn't a complete douche canoe. It was fucking revolutionary.))
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Friday 14 September, 2012 at 07:41
What's your favorite physical state? (Think physics)
Solid.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Friday 14 September, 2012 at 07:42
What's your favorite state and/or country?
I don't do well at picking favourites. Right now my home's in Talos, so we'll say Rhode Island, but you can ask Zex for an accurate summary of how interesting Rhode Island is when you're not doinking a superheroine.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 17 September, 2012 at 10:30
What are a few topics that you're interested in, right now?
Right now, I'm interested in the idea of core programming, the idea that human minds have an individual, fundamental manner of operation that's deeper than the personality. Your friend Swivel seems likely to know about this.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 17 September, 2012 at 05:43
Do you stand in or blend out?
Pretty sure I stand in the way. Not very noticeably, but still.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Monday 17 September, 2012 at 05:44
(( OOC: Lunchtime Poll Topic: Are you going back to the game? If so, when was the last time you were there? Are you still actively playing? Feel free to elaborate. ))
((I'm logging in most every day. Playing for a little bit, rounding out XP, and heading out to other games when I'm done. Activity is a useful thing - even if all I'm doing is a little token arrival, anyone considering the game's long-term life has to see that even without long-term availability, people still played.
Look, I guess what I'm saying is, I'm active enough that I've pissed people off. ))
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 17 September, 2012 at 05:44
What do you think about the Congo?
It's like some sort of 'most horrible ever' competition entry.
Cearmaid
responded to MaxImpact
on Tuesday 18 September, 2012 at 09:14
You've mentioned a 'new pantheon' a few times before. Let's run with the idea for fun. Name 12 members of the pantheon and what they stand for, if anything.
Let's see if you can see the pattern:
Stheras God of Magic There's a lot of symbolism and imagery associated with magic. Often it's just that being smart is, being wise, pulls you in to the ideal of magic. But magecraft is a study, and it's a challenge. Still, it's an energy, it's a warmth, and it brings in a scholar - who is also, coincidentally, such that he would try and cow other gods in the name of that magic.
Chris Chance God of Action Yeah, you're not going to get a simple 'luck' answer here. He's not luck; luck is simply a matter of good fortune. Have you ever seen him acting, and reacting? It's this non-stop action, it's never standing still. Sometimes he's surprised, sometimes he's in the wrong direction, but I've never seen Chris go in a direction that wasn't forwards and at speed.
At his worst, he's stubborn. At his finest, he's a raw catalyst.
Hess God of Greed If anyone on this list has it in them to be the one that goes off the deep end and starts an apocalypse, it's this one. It wants everything. It wants to spread, it wants it all, and it wants it now. This idea is the most insidious, because there's nothing wrong with wanting, there's only something wrong with excess. It wants to be, and it wants to be two things at once, at least. The irony of it is that most of the time, that sort of thing is often seen as being contented because it's unified, but what it really tends to result is a form of folie au deux, where both parts of the whole egg one another on.
Kazeno God of murder I use this term specifically to refer to the willful and definite ending of another sentient being's life with intention. Note then the power that such a god has in merely being willing to say her hand. At her worst, she's a psychotic killer who respects life, but is addicted to the kill. At her finest, she is the perfect judge, one who knows absolutely what a murder is, and what's involved in it - and that insight makes her perfectly positioned to confront that same state in others.
Max God of Valor In this context, Valor refers to the intention to fight; it's not the same thing as bravery, but rather about the importance of opposition of /anything/. Can be directed well, can be directed badly - you no doubt can appreciate that regardless of your current attitudes and perspective, that confrontation and resolve has been a constant.
Eiko God of Simplicity For an infiltration expert, I've never seen someone more obvious, uniform and absolute in her dedication to singular things. Most of the time, you can forget she has superpowers at all - she behaves exactly as you would expect a teenager to, with a lot of her problems seeming to be singular, simple entities that she interacts with, then sets down.
You can't fight this - it's just the way of things. Sometimes you will encounter people who are exactly what they seem to be. Some gods, I wouldn't mind them being like this more - but there's something to be said for being purely and indilutedly focused on being.
Backbeat God of Rhythm A lot of this is stream of consciousness, and it's tapping a part of my brain that I don't think existed last year. There's justice and there's fairness, and both are important - and rhythm brings with it that fairness. One two, one two, one two. The universe works on rhythms and patterns - it moves in cycles and it dances back and forth. Whether in battle victorious or in peace so glorious, there are always going to be people who ascend, without aid, to the lofty height of the gods, who stand in their midst and who cow them. We know this, because this is how it /works/. It has happened before and it will happen again.
Gideon God of Self You may hate the guy, but you can't deny that he was true to himself in all ways. He espouses that everyone embrace who they are, and he sure as hell goes with it. It's actually part of what to my eye seems to be the main conflict between him and Kazeno. I disagree with her on many major moral and philosophical points, but her reaction to Gideon is the closest to honest hatred I've seen from her, while he actually revels in it - because it's one aspect of herself that is absolutely and completely honest about who she is. He's the kind of person who'd set himself on fire for a win, and he plays that selfish willingness to the hilt.
Zex God of Reason There needs to fucking be one.
There's nothing about Zex that lacks for a rationale. She is without a doubt, absolutely careful about reasoning through all information and details she has available to her. Even her indulging of imagery - like capes and masks - is done with a solid rational and reason to it. This means that she is, in ways, a sniper of the hardest targets, a sniper of ideas. She is capable of striking down arguments with a long-term solution-based mindset.
Delia God of Resolve This was a hard one to pick, but I think this is the best place for it. You could make a laundry list of things that are conventionally considered wrong, and dangerous and even evil about Delia, but she'd not change any of them. This attitude brings strength, but it also brings rigidity. It makes it hard to help. Gods of this ilk have proven to be remarkably easy to take out, and remarkably hard to recruit for assistance in environments where they need it.
Carmen God of Transition From one thing to another; flowing from place to place, never once sacrificing what it is, yet always taking on its new form in its new place. Like a river, like blood, like wine. Fluid and even to some extent formless, to hear tell of how her powers work, she adapts and shapes. Deities of this ilk are often nightmares to work against because change as part of their portfolio makes them unlikely to be fixed by any single solution. I've had to confront a few - and the best times I've found are the times when your first strike is the last.
I think Bruce Lee said something about 'be water.'
There's also something about vessels and transitions here, but whatever.
Agenla God of Oceans The ocean is a fascinating thing when you look at it in metaphor. Almost every culture looks at the ocean as another place - in all mythological writing, if something comes out of the ocean, it means it comes from elsewhere. It's the great unknown, too. We recognise that we have something in common with it. We KNOW the oceans have things like us in them - old school names like the Pearl Diver, or the Tideward, if you remember him. Still, it's there... seemingly wild, seemingly tempestuous, but that's all surface impressions.
It's deep; it means life; it's older than us, and we owe it our respect; and it deserves to be treated well.
My head aches after all that.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Tuesday 18 September, 2012 at 09:39
(( OOC: so this happened ))
((Can you provide more explanation?))
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 19 September, 2012 at 08:53
((Whenever we got missionaries from the states, we'd see how many of these we could have them believe. The hit rate was disturbingly high. Even the ones who'd been here for a few weeks and, you know, ridden on the roads and such.))
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Wednesday 19 September, 2012 at 08:37
How many tracks should there be on your favourite band's 'greatest hits' albums?
God, I'm bad at favorites. Can't even think which one band's my favorite.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Wednesday 19 September, 2012 at 08:38
Rate yourself 1-10 on: Looks, Personality, Intelligence, Creativity, and how many useful skills you have. Add up all the numbers and share how awesome you are.
I don't know how anyone got the impression that Paragon heroes are arrogant and self-centered.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Thursday 20 September, 2012 at 08:19
When are you definitely not angry?
Lying with my arms around Zex's shoulders and my DS in front of her face so we can watch the screens together.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 20 September, 2012 at 07:15
What was your reaction to seeing the things I did while high?
Relatively ambivalent. I don't know what I was expecting to feel, though.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Thursday 20 September, 2012 at 07:15
Are you a good dancer?
I put my foot down on the beat, that's about all you're getting out of me.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Saturday 22 September, 2012 at 02:19
How has your understanding of your powers or skills changed since you first discovered or developed them?
It's one thing to know you can't permanently die, it's quite another to know what it feels like to die. And die again. And die again. And die again and again and again and again.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 22 September, 2012 at 02:22
I'm fine. Don't want to talk. Be back later.
I'll wait up for you. Even if you tell me not to.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Saturday 22 September, 2012 at 11:42
When was the last time you died? How was it?
Stabbed in the ribs in a shower in a portal jaunt world. Prison time sucks.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 24 September, 2012 at 10:45
Would you ever oppose me? At what point?
Yes. I can and do and will. You sometimes make opinions and decisions based on incomplete information. When you do that, I oppose you, and bring new information to light, and you handle it rationally.
When you stop being rational, something is wrong.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 24 September, 2012 at 11:23
Can you think of a scenario in which you would oppose me, if I was behaving rational and had all the information? A case where I simply had a different opinion of how things should be done?
Yes, I can think of a few. An example would be the appearance of a rogue AI that had no interest in destruction or conquest, but genuinely was befuddled by the existential question of why. You would likely see it best that it be turned off or eliminated, while I think such an entity might be safe if monitored.
Cearmaid
responded to Cearmaid
on Monday 24 September, 2012 at 01:02
What's something you got very wrong, and you're now glad of it?
Just to jump in here: Gideon and Agenla. Max and Agenla are just frigging adorable.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 25 September, 2012 at 06:34
What advice would you have for someone who planned to set up shop in international waters?
Talk to Kyle, or call me.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 25 September, 2012 at 06:34
Coming home tonight. Or soon. So much work done and thoughts processed.
Welcome home.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 25 September, 2012 at 06:35
I have come to realize I enjoy it when you challenge or tell me things I am not skilled at. Most people avoid that honesty.
This is related to the sex questions? I figured. Honestly, though, it's not something that bothers me. You can't handle work sites and high-level hero work if you have an inflated idea of what you can do. The boxer mentality works for competitive sports, but in this business, you try to punch above your weight and people will die.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Tuesday 25 September, 2012 at 06:41
Pumas or Adidas?
"She told me not to mention Nazi Gold, and of course if you tell a comedian not to do something, they'll immediately go and do it. So I went out on stage on a giant, neon Swastika, and sang
"Gold, gold always believe in your soul you're indestructible-like the Third Reich!""
"So go into your local branch of UBS, and say "I'd like to open an account please.", and when they say "What with?" take out a loud hailer and say "NAZI GOLD! Just like you did!"
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Wednesday 26 September, 2012 at 08:08
Do you have more than you need?
No.
I have more than any normal person needs, more than any sane person needs. To do what I'm going to do? I have barely enough.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Wednesday 3 October, 2012 at 08:36
Is 'equal representation' actually fair?
Equal representation in anything is biased towards the status quo.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 4 October, 2012 at 04:39
What's your favorite part of Formspring?
Trolling you.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 4 October, 2012 at 04:40
If you could live in a simulated reality of your choosing, would you? Why?
I don't think I would. I don't ever want to live my life knowing that I've hit the limits of what's what. I want to always be standing on the precipice of being wrong, and therefore, being on the edge of an enormous harvest of what was once unknown.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Thursday 4 October, 2012 at 05:23
Do a search for yourself. What's the first thing that comes up? What do you think of it?
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Thursday 4 October, 2012 at 05:24
What kind of liar are you?
Pretty unremarkable.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Thursday 4 October, 2012 at 05:24
What kind of dictator would you be?
Pretty unremarkable.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 4 October, 2012 at 05:58
What defines a clone? The moment one is created, is it as legitimate a form of life as any other?
I don't believe all life has an inalieable right to live. I, for example, try to kill bacteria all the time. When a life form is capable of surviving independently of the source that created it, though, I am pretty sure that's when it's 'alive.'
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 4 October, 2012 at 06:40
Would you live any differently if you were not immortal?
Yes. I am assuming at some point in my middle life I would experience a feeling of rising mortality, and a terror that comes with it, and start changing my diet and my lifestyle, and striving to save money.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 4 October, 2012 at 06:41
If a machine could copy your EXACT thought process (down to the fine detail of how you would think differently in the future), and digitally uploaded that process to an AI, would you consider that AI a clone? Where do the lines blur?
Sure. The lines don't blur, there's no line. It's a spectrum, and at one end we have 'definitely a clone' and on the other, 'definitely not.' Things can move through that spectrum as they change.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 4 October, 2012 at 06:42
How's it going?
Feelin' fine.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 5 October, 2012 at 08:39
What started it off? What got your relationship going?
I say 'she asked,' but it's actually more that 'she intrigued.'
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 5 October, 2012 at 09:58
What are some things I can do to show my appreciation of you?
Recommend to me shows I can watch that remind you of things you like.
Introduce me to the icons of your culture - gaming culture. I don't want to look up Daigo's wikipedia page, I want you to tell me who he is and why he matters. People you respect who you haven't met, people you like who you have reason to think of as important.
Share secrets with me, even little ones about you. I am sure there are still plenty.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 5 October, 2012 at 10:27
Assuming you aren't frothing from the mouth or calling people RIGHT NOW: what feelings do you experience from my Maika comment?
I'm not calling people right now. I don't even know if I remember her last name right - but my reaction was amusement, arousal, and happiness. It was nice to imagine for a minute.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Friday 5 October, 2012 at 10:18
What didn't we know about you?
Zex has me tripping down memory lane. People didn't know I was powered for a while there.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 5 October, 2012 at 11:07
What's the geekiest thing you do?
I've had sex with someone who pulled my hair and said "stop playing with the water temple and pull out the master sword already." And I understood what she meant.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Friday 5 October, 2012 at 08:22
Have you ever witnessed an act of charity or kindness that actually made you feel kind of bad, because it made you realize you didn't have it in you to make so selfless a sacrifice yourself?
No.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Friday 5 October, 2012 at 08:22
What do you need to make right?
Everything.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 10 October, 2012 at 05:24
How easily could you pack everything up and live on the road?
I think exceptionally easily.
Cearmaid
responded to WhiteShader
on Wednesday 10 October, 2012 at 04:15
Landed in London Heathrow Airport not too long ago. I'm not sure if I like it here yet. Question: Is there a city or other place in the world that you never thought you'd find yourself in? And how did you like/dislike it?
Never thought I'd go to Mumbai.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 10 October, 2012 at 04:16
Do you know how to play any instruments?
I do.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Wednesday 10 October, 2012 at 05:02
How fastidious are you with trimming your nails and hair?
Hair, not at all. It was my big vanity, in that most guys that worked in the abbatoir didn't want anything loose or flowing that could get matted with blood. My fingernails I always kept trimmed right down - I also used to shave my forearms and legs to keep the hair from getting caught in anything or, in the case of a high-heat environment, melted against my skin.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Wednesday 10 October, 2012 at 05:02
Do you ever get hungover?
Nope.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 10 October, 2012 at 05:04
Why is a high class woman seducing or engaging or something a lower class man an appealing thing?
Because our society is one of social classes, where we have rigidly defined barriers between people's levels of success. High-class women are usually able to make themselves a more aspirational form of beautiful (expensive clothes and hair treatments, jewellery, etc.) and therefore are very visibly in how conspicuously they are successful. An encounter between a high-class girl and a lower-class man plays with violating those barriers.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 10 October, 2012 at 08:46
What's the point of keeping secrets?
To use them when they are useful, and to share them when they would make you happy.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 10 October, 2012 at 08:47
How do you decide which secrets are worth keeping?
It's like fistfighting. I tend to know which ones will land and have their most effect.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 11 October, 2012 at 12:24
Can you learn better guitar stuff so you can teach it to me?
Yes. Will do.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Sunday 21 October, 2012 at 04:37
Just testing, Formspring appears to have lost my friends list.
You too? Pain in the arse.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 25 October, 2012 at 04:19
I really like that I know why you smile at things I say, even when smiling seems inappropriate.
It's a secret.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Thursday 25 October, 2012 at 06:20
Comedy or Drama?
Porn.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Thursday 25 October, 2012 at 06:27
If something kept you from handling a crisis situation, who would you trust to handle it for you?
If I've ever tapped you for doorman duty, that means I think it's you. Now, that's not to say everything I do is as simple and as easily transposed as that. @CareAndControl and @MaxImpact have both done doorman jobs for me - and I'm sure they'll tell you this shit isn't easy. It's not uncommon for me to be trapped, separated or, by the rules, otherwise kept from interacting with a problem, and I mean, we're talking about the ultimate in big game hunting. I've torn up city-sized stretches of land fighting creatures made up of the screaming dreams of dying children: that Max, for example, can hang in those leagues even for short-term fights, is absolutely astounding.
The other thing is, a Doorman needs a lot of skills. Their job isn't to pick up if I fail - it's to get me and them right /out/ of a portal situation so we can regroup. A few times that's involved dropping the primary target, and sometimes that's involved literally bailing us out. That's where Gideon excelled - Portal know they can throw him into any universe, and time is the only factor. He'll be able to 'make his own way back,' which is what makes him so fantastic a doorman. He's also a stubborn cuss, which helps - but you also need to be resourceful, able to adapt to a variety of social situations and the like.
Off the top of my head, I've had a doorman hotwire a car, cook a three-course meal of fish, seduce a male high priest, impersonate a trial lawyer successfully, and burn down a KKK Cathedral without causing any deaths. There have been some targets my doorman can't handle on his own - I mean, they send me for a reason - but I've seen a man who doesn't hang in my league wind up and punch a T-rex inscribed all over with blood runes and with the intellect of a thousand-year old digital intelligence, right in the face, and stun it long enough to bail us back out.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Thursday 25 October, 2012 at 06:28
Who do you think you should show more appreciation towards?
Young kids like you working on becoming next generation's blah blah blah.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Tuesday 30 October, 2012 at 07:32
What ever happened to predictability?
My god you're deep, clever, fascinating and mysterious.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Tuesday 30 October, 2012 at 07:33
Some times the world looks perfect, nothing to rearrange, but do you ever just get a feeling like you need some kind of change?
Turn the damn radio off.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Tuesday 30 October, 2012 at 07:35
I selected everyone manually this time. What's you plan for Hurricane Sandy? The surf is already pretty extreme at Talos Island. It's finally gonna rain in Paragon City - I wonder if that's a sign. (( 5 ))
Glassing sections of beach to provide wavebreak against stormsurge. Reinforcing levees with riprap. You run out of things to do, get down to the docks and start smashing unimportant things to dump near the edge of the water to defray impact. Lobbying NYState to replace the fucking pump system in the subway, which is as OLD AS THE PANAMA FUCKING CANAL. Trying not to make the situation worse.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Tuesday 30 October, 2012 at 07:36
If you're leaving town or whatever will you keep the same hero identity? The same look? The same name? Or will you like change things up to maybe fit in better? I imagine @Stheras is wearing a lot of Hawaiian print. (( 4 ))
I lost track of your question thinking about the last bit. That's awesome.
I'm me. I always will be me. Anywhere else, I'm still me. If I leave Paragon, well, I'm still me.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Wednesday 31 October, 2012 at 05:04
How do you say goodbye? (( 3 ))
I didn't get the chance.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Wednesday 31 October, 2012 at 06:36
Where are you?
Brooding deep between cold unfeeling waves, in depths so vast and empty as to express nothing but absolute indifference for the machinations and movements of those mortal men who envision upon themselves such relevance and importance, standing as they are in the warm little candle of light that bobs, errant and helpless, upon the most passive ripples and gyres that move the surface of this vast, unlit, black sea.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Wednesday 31 October, 2012 at 06:36
So, six months on, I'm wondering what did I get right?
You were usually right when you argued with Tony.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Thursday 1 November, 2012 at 04:22
If you were leaving and knew you weren't likely to ever come back, what's the one thing you'd want to take with you to remind you of where you've been? (( 2 ))
A single stone. Every stone tells a story of where it came from.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Friday 2 November, 2012 at 05:09
If you were a news network, what would your slogan be?
"You resort, I deicide."
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Friday 2 November, 2012 at 07:26
Any words of wisdom or advice before I go? (( 1 ))
You are, no matter how you want to think otherwise, bound by cause and effect. The terms you use to refer to yourself are dangerous terms: Demigod, invulnerable, unstoppable. You're going to a world just next to ours, without a legal system, and you lack the maturity to really create a society.
Find people who are very good at what you can't do. Find people who disagree with each other. Your job is not going to be making them work well together, your job is going to be clearing space so they CAN. You don't have the luxury of spending years learning how to be a better leader; all you have right now are practical skills, and you're going to want to put them to work. You will clear brush, you will collapse caves, you will lay foundations and you will do it all while people don't really understand what you're doing, and come to no longer appreciate you. Find a leader you can follow and respect, or, god help you, find people who can advise you to becoming that leader, because what you're doing is not something you can just EIKO SMASH MEAT RAR your way out of. You are starting a process that I've seen end before, on the top of Zigurrats, with chanting cultists and bloodstained knives. Don't let it end like that.
And young lady, if you get too big for your britches and cross that threshold from 'almost a god' to 'a god,' and start being a threat on my reality, Reciprocator or not, I will end you.
Good luck.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Friday 2 November, 2012 at 08:29
What expression do you use a lot?
stfu, gbtw
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Sunday 4 November, 2012 at 01:53
What three songs have you been listening to most lately?
There's a more fun answer to this, but then I got the news, and my lover started to shut down; twisting into a spiral I'd seen myself walk before.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Tuesday 6 November, 2012 at 06:18
Do you make your bed every morning?
There's usually someone IN it.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Wednesday 7 November, 2012 at 05:22
Do you have big feet?
11 mens'. Don't know if you consider that big or not.
Cearmaid
responded to MagnusTorentsa
on Thursday 8 November, 2012 at 04:15
Do you think the Paragon City Formspring community is done? Or close to it?
Some people are moving away, some people aren't talking, and so, their part of the community dies. I think it was march when I started to unfollow people just because I found their contribution to my experience on this site minimally interesting - or was it April? Around when Aglow and Gideon began their inevitable collapse. Either way, I still ask, I still answer. I don't get asked much, but that's just how it was this time last year.
((No, it's not. At least, not the community that matters to me. People who cared about the stories I was telling, or telling me their stories, are still checking in and talking. In time, it'll end, but that's what happens. One of my personal gripes with this sort of conversation is the eternal 'Is this dead?' question - if you can ask that and expect anything like an answer, chances are it's not.
On the other hand, if the community becomes nothing but me and Ani sniping at each other, then that's fine with me, too. I drum up attention and interest with my extra accounts, and if nobody appreciates it or wants to respond to it in a way that furthers the conversation, then so be it. Things end, after all.
To simplify: It is, but I don't mind as long as at least one person is enjoying what I do. I may have a denoument project for my cast, but I'll save that for when I feel it's time to end it.))
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Sunday 11 November, 2012 at 05:53
Strawberries, blueberries or cranberries?
Fond of cranberries, but mostly mixed with things.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Sunday 11 November, 2012 at 06:15
Do you recycle?
Like you wouldn't fucking believe, kid.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Sunday 11 November, 2012 at 06:15
Do you watch foreign-language TV?
When I was trying to learn Spanish and Japanese, yes. Not recently.
Wait, does Iron Chef Japan count?
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 11 November, 2012 at 06:16
Have I said what my favorite part of Formspring is? Ask me if I haven't I forget.
Just smiling at this.
Cearmaid
responded to
on Sunday 11 November, 2012 at 11:39
How about you? Are you with your sister in Canada?
What?
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Monday 12 November, 2012 at 05:59
Is there any actor who makes you want to see what they do, just because it's them?
null
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 12 November, 2012 at 06:20
What do you think of uniforms?
I'd like some time to consider their application in macking scenarios. I may require visual aids.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 12 November, 2012 at 06:22
What makes you lie?
Surprisingly little. I think the main thing that makes me lie is being able to see some use out of the reaction it gets me.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Monday 12 November, 2012 at 06:34
How many state capitals can you name?
I just tried and didn't get Rhode Island's right. Thankfully, with the invention of the internet, being intelligent is not a function of your ability to memorize lists.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 12 November, 2012 at 11:34
Sometimes I wish I was crazy hot - perhaps for the attention - but I think I have too much pride and am too easily reminded of how inconsequential vanity is to act on it.
Beauty is a mask you can put on any time you like. Putting it down again is the tricky bit.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Monday 12 November, 2012 at 11:37
Which sport do you wish you were great at?
Something that requires a deft touch.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Tuesday 13 November, 2012 at 06:02
Is there any TV show that's older than you are that you like?
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Tuesday 13 November, 2012 at 06:02
Let's say you've been asked to help design a uniform for a new branch of the FBSA that's more focused on direct action. What do you think should absolutely be included?
Pouches, pouches everywhere.
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Tuesday 13 November, 2012 at 06:03
Are you prepared?
That's a bit of a portal corp joke.
"You ready?" "No." "Okay, let's go then."
You can't really get ready for this shit.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 13 November, 2012 at 06:10
At what point do you desire privacy in your sex life?
Almost all the time. I surrender that desire because I find it quietly thrilling to see you sexually energised, making dirty jokes, or being naturally interested yourself in sexual topics. If left to my own devices, I don't think anyone would know much about my sexual interests, in no small part because there's a lot of shame in place there thanks to my upbringing.
Answering questions that make me uncomfortable or embarassed is a way I can show you that you matter to me more than social disquiet.
There's another element, which is that most men I know are like me. Showing I'm willing to be honest about these things despite embarassment or shame is a sort of power or strength.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 13 November, 2012 at 06:12
Why do you fight?
Because I want to. It's in my knuckles, it's in my eyes, it's in my blood and my bone. I can't not fight - the fire is there whether I stoke it or not, and it's going to destroy no matter what I try to change about myself. In recognising this I accept the fundamentally dangerous nature of what I am, and direct that violence towards places where it can do some good.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 13 November, 2012 at 06:16
How are you?
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Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 13 November, 2012 at 06:18
Is there a song that you just really want to share?
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 13 November, 2012 at 06:32
What sort of questions do you enjoy answering the most, or topics you enjoy discussing? If there is no universal answer, what about just -lately-?
Right now I'm involved in three major purchasing projects and one fairly in-depth portal dive. I have at the moment three different doormen and the zone we're striking is pretty ridiculously dangerous. So work topics are a bit off-the-table for me.
On the other hand, one of the purchase projects is trying to acquire a good idea for what country I should first start setting up a cybernetics hospital-factory setup, designed to teach unskilled laborers how to construct the physical components that go into the devices, with a small group of doctors, nurses and physiotherapists to install them. It seems to me that Korea and Egypt are two of my best options, but I have reasons against both nations, making it tricky to work with.
One of the other purchase projects is a research group that are trying to come up with a minimalist tablet that can be used as a mobile library. Only a tiny amount of storage on the tablet will still store multiple books, and it means we can just drive into towns, and drop off thirty-dollar tablets to strangers that can charge solar.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 13 November, 2012 at 06:36
Is there anything you'd like to see me wear?
Some things. This one is just on my mind thanks to the song.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Wednesday 14 November, 2012 at 12:16
Have you ever had to sneak inside of a fortress of some kind? Did you stay undetected for as long as you needed to? How did you do it?
That's what doormen are for. I don't sneak, I make doors.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 14 November, 2012 at 12:27
So I think I have a problem that you normally go to psychiatrists about, but I really dislike them and don't want to do that.
Come talk to me, dear. I'll see what I can do.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Wednesday 14 November, 2012 at 05:48
Do you think it's reasonable to just see 'Isles life' as an automatic mulligan on life?
That's weird coming from a row kid.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 14 November, 2012 at 07:01
Why are Korea and Egypt your best options for a cybernetics hospital-factory?
Land mines. Those are the thing that seem the most likely cause of lost limbs, so I'm starting by following the land mines. Egypt is a bit of a shithole, but thanks to militarised history and generally fractured culture, it's got a lot of explosive ordinance in the ground and lots of people - kids and otherwise - losing limbs thanks to it. It's terrible and with a large workforce, the plants could start getting people engaged early and fast.
The thing is, the country treats its women terribly, is incredibly unstable, and doesn't have a good solid hero community to do stabilising work. The supers of Egypt are more likely to have moved overseas to focus on global threats (Soulburn Sands, for example, or the Final Pharaoh), or are just another type of asshole working with other assholes.
Korea's the opposite angle, though; great infrastructure, very stable (even with North Korea right fucking there). Still tons of landmines - not even in the top ten, but still - but it also is a country that has an existing tech strata and hospital infrastructure.
Basically, one country would be incredibly difficult to set up inside at the moment with a decent payoff, the other easy with less of a payoff. I'm not sure if the real solution is to stabilise Egypt first, then start working on the medical angle. I don't want to jump through too many gates to get this idea off the ground.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Wednesday 14 November, 2012 at 07:02
What's a problem that you see in the 'super' community which you don't think gets brought up enough?
The massively misogynistic culture.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 14 November, 2012 at 07:03
What are your reasons against Egypt?
It's a fucking dump. There's still a borderline religious conflict in the country; when democratization hit recently, all that really changed is the four or five religious groups got a political group, and those political groups resumed the same antagonism, just without guns. There's not consistent power infrastructure. Women aren't equal citizens. The culture is anti-science and anti-education.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 14 November, 2012 at 07:04
What are your reasons against Korea?
You don't like it. They already have major tech companies working in the area. They already have hospitals and the like working on the problem.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Wednesday 14 November, 2012 at 07:48
What example of that kind of misogyny sticks out the most in your mind?
Nothing you've been around, but I've heard two heroes claim that by allowing a hero into her house, a young woman gave consent despite telling him three times she didn't want to have sex with him. Therefore, it's her fault when they had sex, and he can't be blamed.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Wednesday 14 November, 2012 at 09:57
What's the most glaring error you've ever seen a hero make?
Max poured milk directly into a hot pan, before melting the butter.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 14 November, 2012 at 10:11
How goes the tablet research?
The biggest challenge we have right now is getting the base costs per unit down low enough. Software's cheap, but the hardware is the pricey part. Helium and lithium are fundamentally expensive, though of course, it's ironic that those things are both in fairly large supply down underneath the African subcontinent.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 14 November, 2012 at 10:12
What CAN you say about your "in depth portal dive"?
It's cosponsored by an Australian mining interest.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Wednesday 14 November, 2012 at 10:12
What's the most glaring error you've ever seen a villain make?
Believing his own hype.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 15 November, 2012 at 03:14
By the time you read this, I'll be in Brazil - or close to it. I'm not leaving you or something dumb like that. If you want to come too, I'll give you specific coordinates. Figure it'll be a week or so. Just have some stuff I want to do.
I'll try and disentangle myself from the op early and meet you down there.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Thursday 15 November, 2012 at 06:13
Do you like getting or giving gifts?
Gifts I receive inevitably tell me something about the person giving them. I try to make sure that the gifts I give are just as much an expression of what I know about the person to whom I give.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Thursday 15 November, 2012 at 07:36
Can you think of anything that's highlighted your career so far? If so, what was it?
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Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Thursday 15 November, 2012 at 08:14
To word that last question better, what's been the highlight of your career so far?
The career I have is one that's been in multiple phases, including abbatoir work, welding, bricklaying, cooking and yes, fighting gods in other dimensions. Throughout them all there is a common theme of going where other people shouldn't, and marking the distance between us. It was a reminder that I was the man that went places other people couldn't go, to do work they weren't willing to do. I was the one who stepped over those golden lines, the man whose work was something that not everyone could do, because the will to work was what divided me from the others around me.
I used the tape as what I thought was a potent visual metaphor with a lot of fucking meaning to it.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Friday 16 November, 2012 at 08:53
What's your favorite euphemism for "having sex"?
Looked at these questions a lot, and ignoring my problems with 'favorite' I just realised I don't have euphemism in my blood.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Friday 16 November, 2012 at 08:57
What's a mundane inconvenience you wish your powers or training helped you with?
The middle stuff.
I can fix problems on a very mundane level. I can repair broken steel, I can patch holes in walls, I can turn meat into meals, I can keep a family fed and I know how to learn a new skill. I know how to put my hands to work and I know how to listen and I know how to think.
I can fix problems on a much much bigger scale. I can free areas of malaria. I can slay gods. I can power generators that will keep powering rural areas for years. I can rearrange economies and I can overhaul education systems.
It's the shit in the middle that I have no idea about. Does this shirt go with these pants? Do these boots fit in at that location? Is my hair nice? Is that air conditioner going to look ugly in six months' time? Do I really want to make friends with this doorman knowing he's probably going to bail in three months? Etc. etc.
It'd be nice to have my powers just take that shit away, but obviously, they don't and can't. Mostly I can just hire people to answer those questions for me, but I don't like doing that when it's matters of my own life. I try to live as disconnected from Carmody as I can in my normal life.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Friday 16 November, 2012 at 08:58
When is pity condescending?
This looks like a question about the intent of the pitier to me.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Saturday 17 November, 2012 at 05:49
When must you act?
I know, I'm reading newsfeeds.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Monday 19 November, 2012 at 06:53
Well, how do you feel about someone else speaking for you?
Hey, I vote.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 19 November, 2012 at 03:22
What do you think of Walmart?
Henry Ford would have laughed in their faces. Then probably taken a swing. I'm not a fan of their business model, but that may be resentment from before.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 19 November, 2012 at 08:05
Do you like Henry Ford?
Not particularly. Never met the man.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 19 November, 2012 at 08:06
Why would Henry Ford laugh in Walmart's faces?
Henry Ford made a point of selling his product so cheaply that his own factory workers could afford to buy them. This had a side effect of ensuring that their pay stayed relatively decent, ensured he had an audience for his purchases, and was a mindset that helped explode the American middle class and economy. Wal-mart are trying to pay everyone involved as little as possible despite being one of the largest businesses in the world, and maximise their profits through monopoly-seeking measures and destructive labour practices.
To quote a rounder: "You can shear a sheep many times, and skin it only once." Walmart skins the sheep. Henry Ford was willing to feed the sheep so he could shear it again.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 19 November, 2012 at 10:02
I often think that you are an added bonus in my life. That you are an enjoyable addition, but not one that I require. I believe that this outlook is flawed.
You would not die without me. You would definitely exist without me.
Would the Zex that is still be, though?
Cearmaid
responded to Pathrunner
on Tuesday 20 November, 2012 at 03:12
(( Hey, guys? I OOCly messed up lore on a response to @WhatAccent.
I'll ICly roll with what I said retroactively, but I'm going to take fault for mixing up the names of certain events. For some reason, I mixed up the OHW with Brass Monday.
I'm sorry
(('Sall good. I'm willing to wipe my comments and forget it if you'd rather.))
Cearmaid
responded to pressdotexe
on Tuesday 20 November, 2012 at 08:23
How should the transformers swear?
I think I get what you mean. They don't have sex, so words like fuck and fucking and cunt and dick are all meaningless to them. They don't have a religion - do they? - so god, goddammnit, that sort of thing aren't going anywhere. I suppose they'd swear by waste, wouldn't they? Shit and piss are still on the table. Or whatever their equivalent is.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Wednesday 21 November, 2012 at 01:10
Do you have any superstitious habits? If you do, what are they?
I try to stay to the worshipful trends of my Celtic ancestors. Mostly, deicide.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Wednesday 21 November, 2012 at 06:15
What company that's owned by your corporation group or whatever you call it are you most interested in seeing expanded?
The term for Carmody is 'Group.' It's so big that there's no good word for it otherwise. And honestly, right now, it's contraception/women's health care and education. There's this farm school in Michigan that interests me, but it also works well to combat AIDS in Africa, so that's where I've been looking a lot.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 21 November, 2012 at 06:41
What's the most powerful weapon you know of?
Your mind.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 22 November, 2012 at 08:03
Have you ever considered cybernetics for yourself? I have asked this before, but you gave a very non-committal half-answer.
I have considered it. At the moment, I can't see any need for them, and there are challenges in implanting them in myself. If you have suggestions, I'll listen.
Cearmaid
responded to TheChthonian
on Thursday 22 November, 2012 at 08:04
What does your version of insanity look like?
It's been sitting in a box for about ten years though. Trying to branch out in musical tastes.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 22 November, 2012 at 08:06
Would you like to get married?
Legally, no. I saw the nightmare of paperwork that my uncle went through for Carmody's upkeep, and I don't want to risk putting you in the position of running Carmody.
Emotionally, I've toyed with the idea. It's sweet, but I don't know what the idea means to you.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 22 November, 2012 at 08:41
What do you mean by "Emotionally, I've toyed with the idea"?
I mean that marriage is a public declaration to people around us about the permanence of a thing. It's saying 'hey, I'm going to make this thing last as long as I can,' and really mean it. In my case, I can make a thing last a great deal of time - far as I know, I'm going to outlive this planet.
You're connected to me. I figure if I say to you 'This love is going to last forever,' it might resonate with you. So it's been something I wanted to try, but... legal side.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 22 November, 2012 at 10:25
How do you refer to me when you talk to others?
I use the term 'lover' most of the time. I've used 'partner' quite a few times as well, which makes the lawyers nervous because they know there's a de facto aspect to the whole situation. But in my portal corps docs for contact information, where it's Partner/Spouse, both are crossed out and 'Lover' is written in its place.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 22 November, 2012 at 10:25
How do you refer to me when you talk to others?
Zex.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Friday 23 November, 2012 at 05:00
Do you still live with your parents?
Ha. Hah.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Friday 23 November, 2012 at 05:00
What are you thankful for today?
Shit n'stuff.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Saturday 24 November, 2012 at 12:56
Following Stheras' question, what if you WERE you, back then, without the flaw that put you on this path. What would you tell yourself? What information would you send back to the you to keep them from getting it all wrong in a new way?
I don't know if I could cut away all my flaws and still have enough of me left to be worth anything. They're only flaws when they get in the way, I guess.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Sunday 25 November, 2012 at 03:45
Did you work Firday?
I work every day.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Sunday 25 November, 2012 at 08:15
What're you thinking over right now? Tell us about it.
That somewhere along the line, I lost any sense of proportion. I'm either down in the mud fine tuning pins, or I'm standing a mile above everything turning asteroids into UN observers.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Sunday 25 November, 2012 at 08:16
Alright, few days out now, what'd you do for Thanksgiving?
Sat, played video games, did some work, got my ass kicked.
Cearmaid
responded to EikoMagami
on Sunday 25 November, 2012 at 06:58
What do you do when a lie was the truth all along?
I put down the quantum physics textbook and ask Zex to explain it to me.
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Sunday 25 November, 2012 at 07:21
Whatās been on your mind most lately?
Three words.
If you'd asked me yesterday, how I was going to put my elbow against a particular set of necks. It's tricky business, this politics shit. I'm out of it the second I can be.
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Sunday 25 November, 2012 at 07:21
Which activities make you lose track of time?
STFU, GBTWing.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 25 November, 2012 at 07:23
If you have additional ways I could express my affection to you, I would like to hear them. I think I've forgotten a lot of them.
You could marry me.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 26 November, 2012 at 05:12
What do you think of Melissa Debling?
At first I thought she was a generic pretty blonde who showed her breasts, but then I found her twitter feed and she made me laugh. Mild fondness.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 26 November, 2012 at 05:13
Recent developments lead me to believe I may have a new body in the distant future. What are your thoughts on this, or your reactions? If it was non-human? If it was identical to my current? If it was ideally sexualized?
My main thought is that yes, it's inevitable that you achieve a new body, because you're too smart to find permanent impediments to your studies. Roadblocks are temporary - the only thing that will keep you from eventually solving this problem is a premature death. It's something I've just expected.
Non-human? Slightly disappointed, but you're Zex.
Identical? I don't know. It almost seems like that's needlessly complicated (appendices).
Ideally sexualised...? Well, I guess I'd have to see. I'd like to pretend I wouldn't care one way or another, but I'm pretty sure I would care.
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Monday 26 November, 2012 at 07:58
(( So I decided to attempt NaNoWriMo this year. Goal = write 50k words. I made it! I should have asked earlier.. .but was anyone else trying it this year as well? ))
((I wasn't! But congratulations in a big way. I understand it's very challenging.))
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 26 November, 2012 at 07:58
You said you would be disappointing if a future body was non-human. Why?
Because I like cuddling you.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 26 November, 2012 at 11:43
Do you ever get whims like I do? I am uncertain if you do not experience these, or do not bother expressing them.
Dreaming - the ability to think about things you want and to continue to want them even when you can't have them immediately - is a skill. In some cases, it drives the truly ambitious. I don't think I am that ambitious - I just have a good idea of how much stuff I have at my disposal, and therefore, don't want to waste the opportunity. I have whims occasionally, but it's so easy to just ignore them, because I have that skill.
Carcer, incidentally, seems to have almost none of that ability. Or if he's got it, he's forgotten it. I think it's part of why he's such a cunt, he doesn't realise how different it makes him.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 26 November, 2012 at 11:48
What do you consider real strength?
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Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 27 November, 2012 at 03:35
What do you think of the model Bryci?
There are times when she wears tight pants and bends forwards in a way that reminds me of you. The illusion doesn't work when she's facing the camera, though, she's much chestier than you.
Beyond that, she's just generically cute, with a nice body and hair.
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Tuesday 27 November, 2012 at 08:11
(( Alright I set up an acct for my fire mage/biker chick. @StormFurie should work for her. =D Follow if you like! Oh and bonus art! ))
((@stormfurie you say))
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Tuesday 27 November, 2012 at 08:13
What do you see when you look to your left?
A retaining wall.
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Tuesday 27 November, 2012 at 08:14
Ever watched a movie that was supposed to be serious but you found it to be more a comedy?
Had a friend get me to watch 2012 and I found it so ridiculous that I was snickering the whole time. (Which got me smacked a few times...)
The cast of Armageddon made me want to wrap their photogenically ugly faces around a pole.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 27 November, 2012 at 08:15
I am happy.
This notaquestion makes me so happy I don't want to keep it a secret.
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Tuesday 27 November, 2012 at 08:16
What makes you flinch? I recently discovered that seeing electrical sparks will do this to me, possibly an after effect of having been tasered.
Stuff that shouldn't. I keep a hold of that reflex because once I start acting like normal things don't bother me, I stop remembering that they bother someone.
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Tuesday 27 November, 2012 at 08:20
Ever taken a leap of faith? How'd it work out?
I took a shot on dating a girl who had no feet and now she shows me how she dances.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 27 November, 2012 at 11:37
What do you believe in?
I believe everything can die.
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Wednesday 28 November, 2012 at 01:01
When faced with an important decision do you tend to go with your gut or logic?
My gut has started fights, broken hearts, brought forth a mother's tear and caused three specific deicide events. I'm not saying it's bad, but there's a lot to logic.
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Wednesday 28 November, 2012 at 01:06
What is the most recent dream you remember having while sleeping?
Zex can know but she has to ask by whispering in my ear.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Wednesday 28 November, 2012 at 03:44
((Any secrets left unrevealed about your character(s) you'd like to share?))
((Yes, I just wrote 90+ pages of turgid fanfiction to leave secrets still up in the air. Actually, I did:
Bec Querel was not gay, or straight, or asexual. She was a teenager. Apparently skinny girl geniuses are a fetish now, and I know two players who were always a little :< that I never provided a definite answer on this one.
When Alexia and Carrie were both left defunct, Carceri took over their patrols. This led to a period of terrifying violence against Tsoo and Fifth Column forces in Talos Island that scared them so much that they were literally GLAD when Carcer was replaced. Neither Carrie nor Alexia know this IC.
Carcer is good with kids as a byproduct of his abusive environment; one of the hallmarks of heavy childhood abuse is a hypersensitivity to others. He sees how children are being bothered, and feels an automatic desire to protect them, usually with violence. He has a control on this mechanism.
Juusan is the son of one of the Kageko, the strange leaders of the Ko. She believes him dead, he doesn't know she's his mother. The interest in him from his biological mother, now he's grown up, is creepy. It's meant to be.
The Rose Paladin literally never broke a law. Never. When he was asked to by Codex and suggested to by Cips, he refused. When the machinations of Codex RPers meant that he was given the choice of 'Work with Codex or die,' he chose the latter (and it was more of a living death). He never trusted Alarcity, and he was right not to do so - no other player in that group seemed to appreciate just how utterly manipulative she was. So brilliant.
Snared's father was finally spurred to action by Arachnos suggesting experimenting on his daughter. This is after he had already experimented on his son.
Swivel was not a nerd with a death-robot bolted to his bones, he was a serial killer with a robot control mechanism bolted to his skin. There was no greater moral purpose to the research - it was an attempt to create remote surgery drones for deployment in long-range use. Yay corporate Michigan!
Testu-Jin got hit on by Meghan Duncan once in the most oblique fashion possible during an event. More interesting because it wasn't as a reaction to a pass. Can't even remember what was said.
New Disaster's cthuloid creatures that he was meant to deal with were ur-gods, things created between universes, that hated sentient life and feared us because our imaginations gave us ways to hurt them.
Lionized existed.
Fifth Force was absolutely as naive as he looked. His attempts to be a hero were entirely and absolutely based on observation: Heroes win all the time. In particular, exceptional heroes win against exceptional villains very consistantly, for more than any single reason. Therefore, he felt it was the most optimal situation for his own long-term survival to become a hero. Without any clue how to do this, he researched everything, from the mediums of popular culture and scientific papers. I think in hindsight, this is almost like a Zarp reference.
Skyrend's martial art died out in 1066. His sensei was a coworker of Anise Soriyama who mastered the art of time bending to travel back in time and bring back people who could eventually teach Anise's best friend how to bend air and earth.
Downplay, like the rest of Calibre, was not America. They were a Commonwealth Initiative, deliberately trying to make sure that America stopped shitting its pants and invading people. Calibre were invented as a concept back when the Iraq War was relatively fresh and there was talk of invading even more places. It's why Calibre members are typically non-American.
Battlebriar cheated on Soubrette once with Auroral, and was so unimpressed he never felt any need to do anything about it, even confess.
Elhanan was a plant sent to Nation by Battlebriar, to keep an eye on Eisregen, and keep Briar informed if the old man was failing. His eventual devotion to the cause was secondary. It's also why he avoided Twofold and Sychosis. He wasn't black, either - he was the younger brother of the leader of the 98% movement, and white as snow. His power absorbs light and makes him look dark.
Raubtier's grandmother founded Entlemeier steel.
Saxon Valiant is the big one. In Saxon's personal canon, Jesus Christ was a mutant who ran a surprisingly potent personality cult, using mutant powers that made people believe him, even if he told them things that contradicted their memory. He was a heavily bipolar delusional who thought he heard God's voice, and was killed for all the sensible political reasons one might off a successful cult leader. The subsequent cult of personality that followed was quickly overtaken by a conspiracy in the early Church leaders (hence the conflicting reports amongst the many different Gospels, Marcione, Marken vs Lukan priority, etc, the Q Gospel), and started a generation-long intercenine war in the vein of the Assassins vs Templars which was settled at the Diet of Nicea. Throughout this whole time, the lineage of Jesus was preserved (and sparingly 'used' to empower individual church leaders, eventually becoming a tool of many popes, the father of Lucrezia Borgia), but so was Judas Iscariot's.
Judas was part of a pre-existing conspiracy; he was a low-level flunky in the Sicario anti-Romanist movement (Sicario being Latin for Dagger), and an influence only by accident on early Church myth. The Conspiracy as it unfolded brought in the Judas Myth, claimed he had been possessed by Satan personally (I think it's Luke 14), then kept THAT bloodline alive in a secret family, hiding from it its position as a tool of the church. Much like the Mark of Cain, this idea became strong that the weapons wielded by the hand of Judas were godkiller weapons - tools that would end the immortal. Until the modern era, the church's influence became about trying to recover those grails; the Crusades weren't about establishing church power (they were more economic and relic based), but they WERE an exampl of what happened as the various hands on the grails got lost. The Children's Crusade an example of a lone deranged child, believing their mutant power to be a sign of divine authority, lead thousands to their deaths. This also brought about the creation of the Brotherhood of the Sword - the group who saw it as their responsibility to train the Sicario line for the world in which they lived.
Throughout history, turf wars within the church unfolded about control over these men and women (The Blood Grails), before being lost during the Reformation thanks to Zwingli and Calvin (who were both fucking crackers). The Jesus lineage went to the Orthodox, and the Catholics fought hard to restore the Sicario, thanks to the Brotherhood of the Sword ('Saxons') becoming more autonomous, like the Templars did.
Without going through the long line of history, eventually both churches were making large and elaborate schemes to keep, use, and HIDE their grails. The Catholics had the Saxons, and the Orthodox had a Russian word which I can't remember which meant 'Cup' but sounded totally badass. The thing is, by this stage, the mutation had been diluted to nothing: The main power that existed in these grails was in fact large magical circuits that were created by the church themselves, outlined unconsciously in ritual circles across the whole worlds' cathedrals. The Grails were now magical entities, not mutants - and after all, Judas had no original mutant power to begin with.
Roaming across Greece was a young woman, known as the Atavism, who had some of Jesus' original mutation, at full strength. Imagine the Preacher, with a messianic streak coupled with a Orthodox view of sin and punishment. Her guards were all deaf mutes in steel helms, who were permitted to 'empty the grail' to keep her in place. Meanhwile, over in Canada's wilds, a fake Irish village was created with the most backwards of technology and a lot of manipulating in the Canadian version of the FAA to keep the skies clear, and there, the last Saxon group raised Judas' descendant, a magically empowered man who was one part Goliath, one part Folk hero, and one part Biblica Judge (complete with the whoring).
Needless to say, this sort of thing simply could not fly in the greater world. My friends may accept it, but there's no way for it to be accepted by the game at large. Moreso when you consider that the idea is explicitly kiboshed by the FUCKING IDIOTIC WRITING that claims there are no mutants from before 1945. All of this stuff was written down before I ever played Assassin's Creed and before there was ever a DaVinci Code movie. My point is: This kind of turgid shit is very easy to project on even the most basic view of early Christian history.
Yes. Ani is the second coming of Evolved Jesus.))
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Wednesday 28 November, 2012 at 04:25
((If you're going to be there when the lights go out: on which character and why them?))
((Probably won't, depending on the time. Probably on Lock because he's my contact to you guys, or Tsujin because he's the best intersection between all the parts of the game I love. Even though he's fkn willpower.))
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Wednesday 28 November, 2012 at 05:18
Do you donate to any charity?
hee hee hee.
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Wednesday 28 November, 2012 at 05:18
I've been feeling kind of reflective today so I have been hitting profile shuffle and reading my old answers and realizing how much my life has changed this year. What will define 2012 for you the most?
There was the time I got shot into space by my girlfriend.
Oh, wait, no the time Mobilise said 'Lack.'
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Wednesday 28 November, 2012 at 05:19
What confuses you?
Nothing, really. Confusion's a byproduct of inadequate time to understand. The only thing that can really confuse you is being asked to work something out in too small a window of time. The only other cause of confusion is giving up and saying 'I don't understand and won't.' In which case, I can understand why people keep saying 'the other gender.'
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Wednesday 28 November, 2012 at 07:58
Brave New World establishes itself very effectively. Discuss.
In the first sentence it describes a building that's ten stories tall as 'squat.' That requires the mind to reorient to a way bigger world, and a more industrialised, heavily built world. Easy. Pay attention to that kind of detail, you'll probably gloss over them.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Wednesday 28 November, 2012 at 07:58
In Hitch Hikers' Guide to the Galaxy, characters are very rarely comfortable with their surroundings. What are some common symbols for this?
I... don't know, beyond the general fact nobody is near all their friends at once. I haven't read this one in too long.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Wednesday 28 November, 2012 at 07:58
Explain and outline the important plot points in the great gatsby.
Everyone is a pack of racist assholes.
I think that's all I remember of Gatsby.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Wednesday 28 November, 2012 at 07:59
the fuck was that in aid of?
What, you don't think your friend appreciates having another pair of eyes on her homework?
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Wednesday 28 November, 2012 at 11:34
Do you have any charities you can recommend?
You got a phone number I can call?
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 29 November, 2012 at 03:48
Can I borrow your special phone? The one with the touch screen that I can actually use? Megaman Xover just came out.
Absolutely.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 29 November, 2012 at 03:49
What do you think of Brody Dalle?
A google image search indicates a young lady who is pretty and aggressively seeks to hide that fact. Nothing exceptional beyond that, I knew a lot of girls of that vein when I was poor.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Thursday 29 November, 2012 at 03:49
Is genderlessness clue specific?
Carcer, what the actual fuck.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 29 November, 2012 at 04:29
What IS your sexual ideal? Skin tone? Weight? Hair color?
I have a hard time nailing down this kind of question, but I'm pretty sure it hovers somewhere between Scarlett Johannsson, Denise Milani and Bianca Beauchamp.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 29 November, 2012 at 04:34
I broke your phone.
Okay, so we need an alternative approach.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 29 November, 2012 at 08:33
Is there anything I can do to please you or show appreciation?
Recommend to me shows I can watch that remind you of things you like. Especially if we can watch them together.
Introduce me to the icons of your culture - gaming culture. I don't want to look up Daigo's wikipedia page, I want you to tell me who he is and why he matters. People you respect who you haven't met, people you like who you have reason to think of as important. Do you remember when I mentioned mitichlorians and you spent six hours talking to me about how they did work and could work and should? That was very nice. I liked that, and I liked it because it wasn't something you had to plan. You did not have to create a thing for me, you just had to show me of yourself.
Acquire underwear that works in a colour scale that loops around. Say, starting with white underwear, move to a light lavender to demonstrate a small amount of happiness, then a darker one from there to represent more happiness, etcetera. There is a system there that is intuitive in my head.
Play games through for me to watch, in a mental space where you can talk about what you're doing or what they remind you of.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 30 November, 2012 at 04:27
Should we honeymoon or something?
I dunno. You want to?
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Friday 30 November, 2012 at 07:17
(( If you answered this one, has your answer changed? http://www.formspring.me/r/say-the-game-shuts-down-right-now-what-do-you-say-happens-to-your-character-after-the-credits-have-rolled/294755400236938686/top ))
Cearmaid
responded to Anamnesia
on Friday 30 November, 2012 at 08:38
(( This isn't some kind of coup de grace is it?))
((Those can only be performed while target is helpless, in some way restrained and bound, paralysed; ideally you want to do it with a wepon that has a large crit multiplier, like a scythe or a handpick, depending on proficiency, for that tasty *4 (the *5 weapon in Sword and Fist being discarded for being BROKEN). Then the subject takes automatic critical damage, and if they live through it, they then have to save-or-die vs the DAMAGE DEALT. But then, you're currently not helpless, so it can't be that.
Where did I put my scythe...))
Cearmaid
responded to Pathrunner
on Friday 30 November, 2012 at 11:08
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Saturday 1 December, 2012 at 03:11
(( )))
((Mine's better.))
Cearmaid
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Saturday 1 December, 2012 at 03:12
[[ I didn't want to be in the crowd this time. ]]
((I want my city back, back the way it used to be...))
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 1 December, 2012 at 03:47
How do you deal with a setback?
I call upon smart and resourceful people around me.
Cearmaid
responded to CharcoalFeather
on Saturday 1 December, 2012 at 04:55
I'm out near the donut place in faultline. It's pretty cold so i thought I'd be the angel these guys see in the dark and drop them some food and blankets. Anyone hurting for some donuts or coffee? I can dump it off on my way back home after I'm done.
Swing to the southern Skyway rail, I'll get you some stuff you can use.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 1 December, 2012 at 04:57
Do you have a favorite quote? (You can pick a few if not)
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 1 December, 2012 at 04:34
What's the biggest hit you've taken?
Probably the cannon that shot me into space in February. Or was it January? Either way, that one.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Saturday 1 December, 2012 at 04:37
Does it snow where you live?
Rained in Paragon last night, first time in ages. Probably part of why the crime rate dipped - apparently weather like that always comes with a depression in the activity on the streets.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 1 December, 2012 at 07:03
Do you put much stock/faith in dreams?
Not in the sleeping sense, but yeah. People's ambitions can drive them to do big things, and sometimes they can chase a bad idea a long way because they see some great outcome at the end of it.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 1 December, 2012 at 07:03
What are your three best qualities?
Patience, ambition, circumspection.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 1 December, 2012 at 10:05
If you were FORCED to change your name, what would you change it to?
Lock.
Cearmaid
responded to Cearmaid
on Sunday 2 December, 2012 at 05:30
Just a heads up, matching donations 2:1 for Hurricane relief. Not being picky about proof.
Formspring says absolutely nobody responded to this.
Hah.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 2 December, 2012 at 07:59
Do you think you'd get along with an exact copy of yourself?
I don't think so. I've noticed I'm very fussy and particular about things - an exact copy of me would probably be just as much, and with differences in perspective come differences in desires. Basically we'd probably wind up fighting.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 2 December, 2012 at 07:59
A lot of people are against body modification for cosmetic purposes. What is your stance on this?
Fuck 'em.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 2 December, 2012 at 07:59
Why do people like scary movies?
Fear's fun.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 2 December, 2012 at 08:01
What sound do you love?
I'm fond of a flame igniting and your hum.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 2 December, 2012 at 08:02
What is your favorite body part?
Your cute arse or your eyes. Pretty close contest.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Sunday 2 December, 2012 at 08:02
Do you have any pets?
Trying to find some place to get a Sandslash.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 2 December, 2012 at 08:06
What are three qualities you would like for your ideal partner to possess?
Ontological certainty, breasts, an appreciation of you.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 2 December, 2012 at 08:10
If you could throw any kind of party, what would it be?
A 'Hooray for the Exterimination of AIDS' party.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 2 December, 2012 at 08:12
How many people would you invite to your ideal party?
Like, four people.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 2 December, 2012 at 08:12
What is one thing you would like to learn to do?
The viola.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 2 December, 2012 at 08:13
What would you do if you very suddenly got a incomprehensibly large amount of money?
Cope.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 2 December, 2012 at 08:14
What would your autobiography be titled?
Now What?
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 2 December, 2012 at 08:14
What is the hardest thing you've done?
Get out of bed the day after my parents died, and go to work.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 3 December, 2012 at 11:52
If you could pick anyone as a mentor, who would it be? (if anyone. If no one: why?)
Liam Neeson has a great voice for Mentorness.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 3 December, 2012 at 11:53
If you were omnipotent for a day, what would you do? Any supernatural effects you put in place do not persist beyond 24 hours. You cannot change this.
Lay very, very low. I am not unique.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 3 December, 2012 at 11:54
If you could know the answer to any practical question (No "meaning of life" bullshit), what would it be?
How do we solve the structural flaw in humanity - specifically, its habit of bending at the knee?
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 3 December, 2012 at 11:55
What was the first time (you remember) being really really excited?
I skipped school one day, and found that it was closed for a massacre, so I didn't get in trouble.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 3 December, 2012 at 11:56
What is the most recent thing you remember that made you really really excited?
My wife screwing an adorable redhead senseless and umming and aaahing about how to involve me.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 3 December, 2012 at 11:56
What is the best gift you have ever received?
A dance.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 3 December, 2012 at 11:58
What relaxes you?
A glass, a flame, a knife. Drinking quietly helps me unwind - more when I could be drunk. Cooking helps me. Fighting, always, fighting always has this wonderful serenity when it's over.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 3 December, 2012 at 11:59
What is the worst gift you have ever received?
When I was in prison, a friend seriously tried to smuggle me a nail file in a cake.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 12:01
Do you think you could make me smile on demand - with just one FS answer?
I don't think I could. You're not a monkey; you're not a skinner box, you're not a game achievment. You're Zex, you're my wife, and you're far more ornate, more complicated, more wonderful and more unfathomable than any small text field could ever encapsulate. You're not Zelda in her castle waiting for me to finish four temples and then kick a boss in the face, you're Curly Brace, riding alongside me as we both push into something more dangerous and more wondrous. And there's bragging rights for doing it under the timer.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 12:03
Follow up to one of Zex's questions. Who's invited to your ideal party?
Her, whoever else she wants along. I'm not a party person.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 12:04
Changed my mind. You should prolly definitely meet @Swiftgear. She is connecting to me much faster than I expected.
Mkay.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 02:42
If you ever want a big smile, tell me and I will send you a specific nonquestion. I will save it for such an occasion.
I'll save it for a day I need it.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 07:52
What sort of questions can I ask you?
About video games I've played, about video games you want me to play - like 'go play this game, and tell me what you think about this thing in it.' About things you don't understand that you think I do understand. About Carmody projects, or ideas you have for things that I should make into Carmody projects. About things you like that relax me, about Forge projects you want me to be curious about.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 08:08
Did you do anything on December 1st?
Portal work.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 03:29
Blonde or brunette?
I'm blonde, and have been my whole life.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 03:29
What's Carmondy up to?
I have no idea.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 03:29
What friendships have you been strengthening lately?
Gideon and Max have both had their own stuff lately - it's been tricky to find Doormen that I click with in the same way.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 03:33
Can you explain to me what this song is about? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMwxzSg25Uo
"Here is a girl that does not behave like the people I normally meet, and I find myself drawn to her. I will use the glory of space and the exultant vastness of our universe as a rather hackneyed metaphor to talk about how different she is and fit it to a standardised pop song structure in the hopes of making money."
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 03:34
What did you mean "things you like that relax me"?
Remember explaining mitichlorians to me?
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 03:36
What games have you played? I need fuel for questions.
Not an exhaustive list, but: * Bastian * Assassin's Creed 1 and 2 * Bioshock * Analogue: A Hate story * Braid * Cave Story * Costume Quest * Psychonauts * Darksiders * Deus Ex (the oldest one) * The Dig * Fallout 3 * Half Life 1, 2, and episodes 1&2 * Halo 4 * Some Tomb Raiders * Limbo * Portal 1 & 2 * Several Prince of Persias, hard to know how to differentiate them * Uplink (didn't finish, v hard) * VVVVVVV (didn't finish, v hard)
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 03:37
What's Carmondy up to?
>:(
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 03:42
What are things you think I am passionate about?
You're passionate about very big and very small things. Servermotors small enough to replicate knuckles or a sling strong enough to fling rocks into orbit. Technical challenges are what excite you the most - which is why I think you love games so much, because in the context of a game's success/failure metrics, doing well or doing poorly is another form of technical challenge.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 03:43
Do you have any Christmas traditions?
Last year I set up a party in the common room. I was still feeling really raw after the loss of my family and the arrival of the Carmody funds in my life. I might try to do something like that again.
Cearmaid
responded to SnaredJr
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 03:43
What's the most recent piece of art to catch your attention?
It's on Zex's hip.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 04:04
I am doing or getting something for you for Christmas. This is inevitable. Would you prefer a gift/demonstration for just you, or something for many people that is vaguely dedicated to you?
The former. Then tell me what you'd have done for the latter, and we'll do it together for everyone.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 06:28
Play X-Com (new one). What do you think about permanently losing people when they die?
It's a good idea. It makes death feel like it matters, and it makes the resource represented by any individual unit even more important.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 06:28
Go play Mega Man.
Fine, fine, fine.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 06:29
What do you think of Double Fine in general?
I really, really like this Tim Schafer guy. Reading his blogging, his writing and the way he approaches business. I want a dozen of him doing different things that I can hand parcels of money and let them make crazy things that may or may not work.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 06:30
Without googling it, do you know why she is called GLaDOS?
Without googling it, I'd say it's because the creators wanted to evoke a computer part (OS is Operating System, yes?) and a feminine name in the same way that labourers like making up familiar names for tools and devices like a Jenny.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 06:32
How is Analogue: A Hate story? Haven't played it.
It worried me that I was able to effectively cheer for a massacre. It's good to me that I'm human enough that I can have that reaction, but I looked back on my reaction and went 'Oh hey, I just was willing to genocide people.'
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 06:40
What do you think of Braid?
It's relatively easy to finish, interesting ideas, and I liked how it cast a conventional story in a way that highlighted how creepy the simplified storytelling of videogames can get.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 06:41
What do you make of Lara Croft's personality?
Seems to shift a bit. The one that I like the most is the slightly acidic, slightly flirty British aristocrat. She's not a remarkably good person, since her primary interest is breaking into old people's homes and taking their stuff, but I bet I'll get some weird hobbies in time too.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 07:48
Why did you finish the Dig?
I'd been told it was very professionally made and avoided a lot of the problems of its genre. It was pretty enjoyable and I liked its characterisation. When I was done I read up on it, and now I feel bad that I somehow sent money to that relic of a homophobe. Why must our artists be fallible assholes?
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 07:48
Why the fuck did you wind up playing Limbo?
Came to the top of the XBox live dash. I get advertised at, I might as well trust that advertisers get paid for a reason.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 07:49
If you could get the best steak every day, would you ever want to go out for a cheeseburger?
Yes. I like variance. I don't have single favourites.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 08:28
Why are high heels considered sexy?
They present the chest and rear. Standing in them changes the way the feet are, which changes the way the thighs and rear are tensed. This is, of course, totally meaningless to you.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 08:32
Why are maids outfits considered sexy?
Images of subservience and vulnerability, typically. Also, there's something very French about them - I'm not immune to Curie's accent.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 08:33
What's the purpose of levels?
They're ways to separate things, aren't they? In multiplayer games, they're a way of keeping player A and B from behaving exactly the same or going to the same places.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 08:35
Why is French considered sexy?
I think it's a cultural connection thing. I mean, supposedly they're responsible for inventing lingerie, sex during the day, writing about sex and kissing with tongue.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 08:49
Why is subservience and vulnerability considered sexy? I thought that would be dumb.
Because the sexual mores of the culture in which we both currently live are defined by frightened stupid little boys. Subservience and vulnerability aren't, to me, sexy. But for your consideration, when Swivel's sister @spitefire turned up, she was criticized by an anon for being 'too sexual' in her pictures: Ie, someone saw her pictures and said 'this is bad.'
It's pretty revolting.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 10:50
Go play the old OLD Prince of Persia. What do you think of the contrast between where the franchise is, and where it was? What do you think about the game on its own?
That was relatively quick. I think it's interesting - I think it's interesting the way the controls give you the illusion that the game isn't made up of distinct tiles, when it is. By not using squares, too. Also, it's very sparse and a lot of the challenge is about working things out for the first time. I'm really impressed and surprised. Also I imagine playing through it quickly is where the real challenge comes from.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 10:50
What do you think of GladOs?
I think when you sing you sound a bit like her - no sound of breathing mid-line.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 11:13
What did you think about Alyx Vance?
I liked her. Very good example of a character I wanted to help but didn't make me feel like I was trying to protect her. I did shoot her in the face in Episode 2 when she made the 'hrrrgh' sound though.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 11:13
Are you looking forward to the upcoming Tomb Raider?
No, really not. The trailers make me feel creepy.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 12:08
Would you kindly tell me what you though about Bioshock in general?
It felt like a really good 90 minute movie that hit its really clever conclusion, then had to spend an extra 20 minutes before it was allowed to run its credits.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 12:14
Would you kindly tell me what you thought about Andrew Ryan/The Great Chain, in Bioshock?
Typical objectivist bullshit. The story shows people who any truly purist ideal fails, and how purists most common solution is to become even more pure. I don't think any purist ideal can work - there needs to be some tempering, some acknowledging that not everyone is as pure or as absolute in their ideals, and that somewhere along the line, there is a cost to embracing ideals. No matter what you think, there's always a price.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 12:17
When you did the tutorial of Psychonauts, did you try to hit the cheerleaders?
Is that tracked on my gamer profile or something?
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 12:32
Why haven't you played Assassin's Creed 3?
The sequels to Assassin's Creed 2 felt cluttered. AC3 there's no ambiguity over who's the good guys. It's going to play out with Native Americans > American Revolutionaries > American Royalists > Filthy British > The French as the clear hierarchy. There's nothing interesting or exciting there, either - I mean, I was raised in this country, I know pretty much the whole story of the revolution over and over again. It's not going to enlighten me, and the conspiracy isn't going to do anything interesting because there's no way a western game developer has the balls to suggest that the Founding Fathers are anything but saints sent from heaven.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 12:58
Why is social/economic status a factor in sex appeal for some people?
Social and economic boundaries tell you things you can't have. When I was poor, I couldn't eat at fancy restaurants, even if I had the actual cash in my hand to do it - I'd be better off spending that money on bills, and also, I wouldn't have appropriate dress to eat at those places. So these cultures become things you Can't have, or things you Shouldn't want.
Upperclass people tend to like lowerclass people (generalising here) because they're more primal, brutish, unfettered by the rules and strictures on the upper class; the lower class tend to like the upper class because they're unattainable or untouchable.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 01:02
I want to get you things. Maybe not expensive things or elaborate things, but things. When I do so, I'll mark them by putting a blue ribbon on them. Do you have any objections to this?
No, that sounds lovely.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 02:33
Do you notice the music in games you play?
Not usually.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 02:34
Has Carmondy ever looked into starting alternative education methods?
We're currently working on a plan called Project Socrates. Students have a tablet, and are schooled through standardised classes and tests by programs in the tablet.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 04:57
I don't know how to ask you about things I've done with the Forge.
Alright.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 05:04
What kind of character did you play in Fallout?
Small arms, thievery and stealth. Any time a game gives you the option of choosing to steal things, there will be things worth stealing. High karma because apparently, not treating people like shit is all it takes to be a moral paragon.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 05:08
Fallout 3, your first weapon choice was small arms, right?
You've got a few questions like this in the list, Carcer. I'm not sure why you decided to ask me about videogames, but yeah - you picked my fallout skill right, and some other things I've done.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 05:10
Why is asking questions for you so hard?
If you compare your question output to mine, then it's going to be hard in particular because I have a really fast speech-to-text program and I tend to think of related clusters of things.
As far as asking me questions go, it's not that hard, I just tend to answer them a lot because I have a lot of free time.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 05:10
Do you still feel like you've been domesticated?
No, I'm more happy that I've been able to call a very dangerous force under control, and I'm not wasting my time replicating the efforts of another hero.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 05:14
What's your favorite off-hand insult?
What's the point of an offhanded insult? I craft mine.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 05:14
Would you rather an experience you can enjoy and remember, or an object, a thing, you can have for as long as you can hold it?
I can't believe I only just realised what you're doing.
I would have said the latter. I am much more inclined towards the former now, after you've shown me things.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 05:16
How did you KNOW what women wanted?
I don't know how I knew it. I knew it; it was there under my skin, and it just happened when I got close; the tilt of the neck, the look in the eye, a dare in expression, with no words being exchanged. I barely understand it - but it's something about how I know how to fight now, it's there when I swing a punch. I KNOW the course of action I should take.
What's weird is that even when I noticed things - like at least twice I remember a wedding ring being flashed at me - I still knew that it wasn't meant to dissuade me.
It's really odd to describe.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 05:16
Can you rent a public space for recreational activities? If so: the plaza/urban park/whatever on the north side of Talos for the 22nd?
Yep.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 06:06
What does "Sza" mean? Can you provide an example?
It's a mu word that seems to mean something generic like 'is that so?' Sometimes used as a sentence unto itself:
"We're going to build the ironworks here." "Sza?"
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 06:07
Have you ever had the desire to live anywhere else? Not necessarily out of town.
I occasionally fancy the idea of living on a helicarrier or something neat like that for the show-off points. But I like my rent-controlled apartment superintendent room better.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 06:07
How do you define 'love'?
I don't.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 06:07
When Ni no Kuni comes out, would you like to sit with me whenever I play it (50+ hours) and explain all the depth that I'm missing as I go?
Absolutely.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 06:08
In about a month Ni no Kuni is going to be localized. The mechanics are fun and it's a long ass RPG that I kind of want to make time for (don't do that much lately). But I'm pretty sure it will also have a heavy emotional storyline. (continued)
.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 03:13
Do you think much on Finland's educational system?
They pay their teachers well, which incentivizes people to become teachers, and they don't use standardised testing like we do. You and I both have suffered in systems that were too standardised, and I don't think either of us are stupid. It makes me wonder about what could be done with Finland's system and the US' high-level tech R&D infrastructure.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 03:16
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 03:17
When a game forces you to lose, what do you think?
I'm not usually very happy with it. It's usually very artless, too.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 03:17
You rename your characters when you play a RPG?
No, it's usually too much bother.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 04:56
What do you think the weaknesses of Assassin's Creed 1 and 2 are?
The biggest weakness of Assassin's Creed 1 was that Altair was a bit of a dick. There's the problem that there is barely one female character - so while I was fascinated by the execution of the missions and by the world as it was constructed, trying to find out just what the Animus was directed towards, I did still keep resenting the people I was dealing with. Yes, I know history was sexist, but there were ways to avoid that. Hell, who says Desmond had to be male?
The biggest weakness of Assassin's Creed 2 is that actually being a sneaky, stealthy assassin wasn't nearly as useful or as easy as just getting into massive street brawls with the counter button held down. Similar problems with women, but it was better than AC1.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 05:10
What do you think the strengths of Assassin's Creed 1 and 2 are?
Assassin's Creed 1 was focused on a period of history about which I knew very little and I had no clear idea of who was and wasn't the good guys. That meant the conspiracy was more interesting. Also, it felt a lot like an actual mission - you could do a lot of extra work to make it easier, or you could try to act on minimal information and get things done quickly as you could. Also, assassinating targets like the templars was legitimately hard, and really made you feel like you worked for it.
Assassin's Creed 2 was frigging GORGEOUS. I mean holy SHIT it looked good. Ezio was a likeable character at first (he wore on me by the end), but because he demonstrated some interest in non-assassiny things (assy things), he felt like more of a person. I did like Federico a lot, to, which meant when he died (it's in the first ten minutes of the game, people), I did feel some genuine desire for revenge.
Plus, you fist-fight the pope.
I'm not sure how I feel about how the end of the game can't be an assassination, though. It's a problem the first game had, come to think of it - the 'need' for a boss fight seems wrong.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 06:15
I thought suggesting Ni no Kuni would get a big reaction. 2 things you like are explaining things I don't get, and me explaining important things. So should you explain why it wasn't an awe-dropping suggestion, or should I explain why I thought it would?
Get within arm's reach and you'll see what kind of reaction you got.
Cearmaid
responded to posthumanism
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 06:37
what's your favorite sense?
I use my eyes the most.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 06:44
Go play Defcon. What do you think?
Well, that was depressing.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 06:47
How important is feeling good when you land after a jump in a game?
Okay, so here's something you asked and I didn't really know what you were getting at, then later on you asked: Why don't you like War?
That got me thinking about the games where jumping feels weightless, and your character's movements don't feel like they have impact. That, I think, is important. The Prince in Prince of Persia lands lightly, so it feels right that he's nimble. Samus lands in a very stable way, but without a lot of weight or impact. And War feels like he should land with some weight, and he's animated like he has a lot of weight, but he moves and hits things - like the ground - without that feeling following through.
I guess I'd say it's important.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 06:48
Why don't you like War?
He feels like he's a very elaborate, heavy-looking helium balloon and like he was designed by a twelve year old boy. Everything he could bolt on to look BADASSSSSS is there. I've seen far too many heroes running around with the same motif - bolt on more MORE MORE! and try to pull it off as if it looks badass. It looks terrible.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 08:10
What are a few models you really like?
Well, Curie, for a start. I like Bianca Beauchamp, Denise Milani, I think Mila Kunis is really very pretty, as is Ancilla Tillia. I really like Jordan Carver's face (though she's a bit top-heavy). Something about her nose, looks very noble. Similar to Denise MIlani, though.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 08:13
Who's the main character in Bastion?
It's Rufus, isn't it?
I would have guessed the Kid, but the fact you asked made me double-check. The characters that actually go through changes are Zolf and Rufus.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 08:20
Cave Story was all by one guy. Does that change how you feel about it?
Yes. It was nice enough to think of it as a small project, but that level of control over the whole project makes it more appealing to me.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 08:28
You meet a man with battered shoes, a man with a battered suit, and a man with a battered face. Which do you trust the least?
It's the man with the battered suit. Why does he care about how he looks so badly that he'd still want to wear a suit, even a battered one? What did he get up to that got his suit in that state? Shoes and face make sense.
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 10:53
The approaching holidays making anyone else feel kind of sad?
Anniversary of my parents' death was a bit over a month ago. This time last year I was telling you people I was a normal and flirting with Plasma Cutter. If this time of year is anything to blame, then yeah, I guess, but it might just be the rest of the stuff getting at me.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 6 December, 2012 at 05:52
Why are thigh-high things appealing?
After much analysis, it's because it shapes the legs in a particular way; it means that instead of bare skin, you're given a place for a design (which is often very form-fitting and designed to emphasise a particular shape).
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 6 December, 2012 at 06:02
What kind of projects is your business working on?
* A test project in Kings Row for purchasing accommodation near the public transport lanes, then building a daycare centre in the bottom storey. * Farm school in Michigan (fucking Michigan, holy shit, man). * Malaira countermeasures in Mozambique * Supplies into Gaza and Myanmar. * Workshare programs in Georgia. STILL haven't had a good opportunity to try and experiment with the GA education system. * SUTAC grants.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 6 December, 2012 at 07:13
Would you drink something called "Liquid Donut"?
I'd give it a shot. Sounds like something from Starbucks.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 6 December, 2012 at 10:40
How did things go with Abbey?
She's a really sweet kid, and I think we had fun.
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Friday 7 December, 2012 at 08:01
What's a downside of the modern world? Upside?
Downside: Not everything is perfect.
Upside: YOU DIDN'T DIE A FEW DAYS AFTER BEING BORN, JESUS CHRIST, DO I NEED TO MAKE AN ITEMISED LIST, HOLY FUCKING SHIT.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Friday 7 December, 2012 at 06:22
Do you have a big family?
Me. One aunt. One uncle.
That's everything.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Friday 7 December, 2012 at 06:26
Do you name all your pokemon?
No, I name the ones that I keep around. The rest just get thrown in a box based on their level so I can find them if I have to.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Friday 7 December, 2012 at 06:26
Do you organise your pokemon in boxes?
... yes
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Friday 7 December, 2012 at 06:47
When you let Curly Brace die, did you finish the game?
I did. I didn't know I could rescue her - I thought the game only had one path through it. Then when I saw the choices you could make about the guns later in the game I realised there was a chance I'd missed something. I finished the game, since I figured I'd find out otherwise, and then saw the ending you get with a dead Curly Brace.o
Real kick in the dick.
Cearmaid
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Friday 7 December, 2012 at 07:26
Before they know for sure, how old do people assume you are?
I haven't got the faintest clue.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 7 December, 2012 at 10:47
Go play Fallout 2. What do you think about the shift in tone/difficulty from 2 to 3?
Okay, that one took a few days.
The difficulty shift is really quite comforting. Fallout 2 feels HARD - really hard. Saving is less convenient and slower, too, which means you want to resist doing it - which encourages you to be more precise with your choices, to plan a bit better.
On the other hand, I only put up with that level of difficulty to give meaningful responses to you and to measure up to the standards of Swivel and you.
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Saturday 8 December, 2012 at 06:59
Why do you ask?
Mostly because if you're doing research in an EU country and still have outstanding warrants in the USA, your assets and finances in those countries can be a bit of a problem. If you financed your work the way Old Nation did (you know, bankrobbing), a lot of your informational assets could be seized under international finance law.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 8 December, 2012 at 05:23
@ISpyThighHighs posted this a while ago. I like it.
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Saturday 8 December, 2012 at 10:41
A while back I struggled with the idea of redemption. How do you define redemption? What would lead you to believe someone was sincere about trying to redeem themselves?
I don't live in a world where we have the luxury of a moral society. Pragmatics is about the only thing we have going for us. There's also the number of psychics and telepaths, who are completely unreliable and prone to doing stupid things that indicate they have no idea about the morality and function of the human mind, so I suppose if you want you can go to one of them.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 9 December, 2012 at 05:51
Why are you never intimidated?
Thought about it a lot, simple answer: Because I don't react to fear. Fear cannot make me do anything.
Before I was as special as I am, though, I couldn't be cowed. I know I faced down moments when things went very wrong, and I'd taken moments where I'd worn a billyclub around the head, too.
I remember talking to Torn once about this topic.
It was when we were setting up the Chullain Ironworks in Sharkhead. We were dealing with Family operators at the time, when he told me as we prepared for negotiations, "I don't care if anyone in this room lives or dies." And he said it so that I knew he meant me, but he also meant HIM.
It was a moment that made me consider the differences between us. Torn could be completely fearless, because the only thing in the world that matters to him is Sander. In my case, the whole world matters, so it's not that.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Sunday 9 December, 2012 at 06:14
Games have war cries. What're your favourtes?
I'm not sure it counts for what you mean, but 'The monument to your sins' is the sort of thing that should inspire terror.
"You organics do not choose to fear us. It is a function of your hardware."
"I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh. I have been called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the world goes dim and cold. I am hero."
"Sigma, you should have studied the blueprints closer. There is only one Zero!"
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 9 December, 2012 at 06:15
Why is shame a thing?
The human conscious mind primarily developed in response to rapidly increasing social cues and tricks. We developed a lot of rules and games to teach ourselves how to identify 'our' group as separate from other tribal groups. 'Shame' is the wah-wah-wah sound effect you get when you make a mistake in the game.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Sunday 9 December, 2012 at 06:15
What did Portal 1 get right?
It was short.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Sunday 9 December, 2012 at 06:17
What did Portal 2 get wrong?
It bothered explaining things that weren't necessary. GlaDOS made plenty of sense as a dickish, out of control AI (omg spoilers). It didn't need some grand rationale to make sense of itself, nor a tragic backstory. It didn't even need some explanation - she was a dick plain and simple. Plus, the bigger world and the attempt to make you feel connected to the outside made the scope of the laboratory a bit too much for me. I mean, I'm probably overly sensitive to it, but I know how hard it is to hide even a warehouse sized space underground. Hiding that sort of industrial infrastructure for as long as it was is ridiculous.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Sunday 9 December, 2012 at 06:19
Celes opera makes you feel...
Yes.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Sunday 9 December, 2012 at 06:27
in a game, what's more important, choice, or a realistic illusion of choice?
The latter. Grey vs Brown lasers is a choice, but it doesn't make me feel like I made any kind of choice.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 9 December, 2012 at 07:03
Go play Orcarina of Time. What did you think? Do you recognize why it was revolutionary for the time?
Context-sensitive buttons, no jump button, world designed to create the illusion of open space.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Sunday 9 December, 2012 at 07:05
What catchphrases take you to the place you heard them, in game setting terms?
Would you kindly.
What can change the nature of a man?
Nothing is true, all is permitted.
Trust is a weakness.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 10 December, 2012 at 12:50
How many questions do you have left in your inbox?
Directed ones, 11. Some of them are taking a while to do - Xenogears is a dense game and I'm having a hard time sitting down and really getting into it. Maybe over the Christmas period?
Cearmaid
responded to shockhazard
on Monday 10 December, 2012 at 06:06
You are just too cute! Thank you. You two planning on wandering out this way again anytime soon?
Wasn't planning on it, but it's not like Vegas is lacking for incentives to visit. Does make me wonder though.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Monday 10 December, 2012 at 06:07
Are you afraid of thunderstorms?
Hah!
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Monday 10 December, 2012 at 07:08
Can there be happiness without sadness? Pleasure without pain? Peace without war?
This question sounds like it was asked by a sleep-deprived father with one thumb on his phone and the other arm holding a kid hoping, hoping against all hope that it pleeeeease go to sleeeep so he could get some rest for god's sake.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 10 December, 2012 at 07:08
Is there anything bugging you that you'd feel better venting about? Go on if so.
It is very, very frustrating to deal with African governments. I keep wanting to walk in, vaporise all the armies and say 'ALRIGHT, NOW I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION.'
(obviously, that's a terrible idea)
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 10 December, 2012 at 07:26
If you could turn into an animal for a day, which would you choose?
Charmeleon.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 11 December, 2012 at 08:52
What is Suburban Rhythm?
Suburban Rhythm were a ska-punk band that formed in the 90s that lasted for about three years (ridiculously short time for a band). They had a hard time finding a consistant lineup, because everyone in the group was highly strung and kind of dickish, and there were lots of arguments and fighting going on. They released one album - and it didn't come out until three years after the band broke up.
Nonetheless, despite this, because of where they were positioned (Long Beach California) and an absolutely titanic effort to keep performing, they had a HUGE influence on almost EVERY SINGLE band in their genre since them. It's very hard to find a band that started around that time or came after them that didn't point to Suburban Rhythm as one of the great titans of the musical style.
One album, three-ish years, and yet, most every single band that played with them or was inspired by them went on to be part of a major revival of the style in the 90s, and influenced even bands that started after the band fell apart.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 12 December, 2012 at 06:43
What is your greatest accomplishment so far?
Well, I think I got your 'direct' to show (69), so I'm feeling kinda smug about that.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 12 December, 2012 at 07:40
What would you write in a letter to your future self?
Pretty sure you topped the lighter.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 12 December, 2012 at 07:42
How important do you think competition is?
It's the only game in town.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 13 December, 2012 at 05:39
What do you think of Soul Kitchen?
The movie, the book, or the song? I'm afraid a quick google search yielded nothing.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 13 December, 2012 at 05:40
If you could sleep with any one pornstar, who would it be and why?
Probably Denise Milani, Jordan Carver, or Bianca Beauchamp. Though I don't think of them as porn stars.
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Thursday 13 December, 2012 at 05:40
Where do you spend most of your time while youāre awake?
The majority of my hours, home.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 13 December, 2012 at 05:41
Are there more things you'd like me to ask about? Or should I refer to the last time I asked this?
Questions are hard! That's why I deliberately sought to drop tons of them on you in a joy-to-the-world kind of cavalcade.
Refer to last time, but you don't feel you have to.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 13 December, 2012 at 05:44
What's the last thing that pleasantly surprised you?
The burst of energy listening to a Christmas punk song that yielded a wealth of question ideas, reminded me of Suburban Rhythm, and reminded me of what life was like when all I needed to solve my problems was my pride and my knuckles.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 13 December, 2012 at 05:44
What's a fond memory that you have?
Opening my phone and seeing a picture of the earth from space.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 13 December, 2012 at 05:45
What is your current goal?
Complete eradication of AIDS by 2020, Malaria by 2040.
It's a little easier for Malaria, I'm allowed to just kill the carriers.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 13 December, 2012 at 05:46
What would you write in a letter to your past self?
Stop worrying about topping the lighter. You're going to manage it. And remember the older comments, the older answers. They matter, still. Review your own work from time to time. Oh, and you're going to fall in love with a girl with no feet and hands and you're going to deck a guy for calling her 'flipper,' and pay the fine in full. No, seriously, that's a thing that's going to happen.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 13 December, 2012 at 05:55
What do you hate?
There's a lot spoken about the power of love in our circles, and about how hate is a purely destructive force. Recently Leo talked about hate and love as parallels, and the response from others made me think about this question more.
Something that our circle seems to like, is the ideal that hate is *bad* and love is *good.* It's an interesting idea, and one that I think I reject. I have met dreadful villains capable of love; I have met admirable paragons who could only be said to hate injustice. Hate, like love, transpires beyond good and evil, and our enshrinement of those emotions in moral directions serves to weaken our dialogue. It means that a monster capable of love would be seen as more worthy of sympathy than a man who hated his attacker.
Hate's not something you should treat as a steady diet, but it's as good a fuel in the tank when you need it. I don't get out of bed for hate's sake, but hatred of bullies, of the entities outside, of those that would consume for no reason but TO consume, of those that would make horror into their weapon, is what keeps my fist held high, my unbloodied head straight and my eyes focused on my target.
There are very few things in this world like me. There are billions of people who can hate like me. And those who do can bring that energy to bear, that fire within the spirit, and smash the chains and the rules of those who say /women can't/, or /god said/, or simply /thou shalt not/. Hatred can unite us, in our darkest of hours. It can put fire in our hands and steel in our spine.
It is a tool to be used. Let us not reject a useful tool because there are those who cannot use it.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 13 December, 2012 at 06:00
Have you ever done anything dumb in an attempt to impress someone? What was it, if so?
Well, there was all the goofy stuff I did to get Maika's attention. MANY times I did something stupid on a worksite to earn respect from more senior workers. I once blew myself up in a room full of fireworks to get Max's attention on a door mission. And there's also the pawing through a French-language phonebook I did earlier this week.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Thursday 13 December, 2012 at 04:59
Would you wear your pajamas to the grocery store?
I don't wear pajamas to bed.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 14 December, 2012 at 05:14
What are some of the stupid things you did to impress Makai?
Things like mixing very cold vodka, caffeine and cinnamon and drinking it in big glasses.
Lugging bricks without a stoop - she had good hands and could hold a number in her grip, easily, and she liked to taunt those of us who weren't as strong in the hands.
Playing with the fire in a late night barrel - cooking the bad brick offcuts and then tossing them back and forth. So throwing a hot rock at one another to catch.
Cearmaid
responded to Withoutle
on Saturday 15 December, 2012 at 08:13
When you last gave up on a video game, what was it?
Came damn close with Deus Ex Human Revolution. Seven kajillion buttons? My arse. Ocarina of Time had about the same gameplay depth and it was all context sensitive.
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Sunday 16 December, 2012 at 05:19
What's your favorite holiday memory?
I think I made it last night.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 16 December, 2012 at 05:26
What the actual fuck?
Yeah, Merry Christmas, Zex.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 16 December, 2012 at 05:26
How did you WOO someone? Like that?
Well, I'm apparently kinda a cool guy.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 16 December, 2012 at 05:30
Now that you have the smug answer out of your system, answer for real: How did you WOO someone? Like that?
But in all seriousness, I contacted her at first to look for an autographed picture. Because I'm who I am I was able to get a meeting, and it wasn't very hard to read body language, signals and interest.
Honestly, it was a bit of flying blind, because I was trying to suggest something I'd never had to suggest before. As it so happened, the taboo coupled with the style coupled with the people on offer convinced her.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 16 December, 2012 at 05:31
What did YOU think of all of it?
You look amazing when you're overwhelmed with happiness.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 16 December, 2012 at 05:31
I know I passed out earlier than you two. Did I miss anything?
A little bit. Some conversation and coffee and a promise to meet again sometime soon.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 16 December, 2012 at 05:31
Why would anyone like that want anything to do with someone like me?
What's this 'like me' business?
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 17 December, 2012 at 08:18
If you could sleep with any one pornstar, who would it be and why?
Oh you're not getting this answer any time soon.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 17 December, 2012 at 05:29
Why is lingerie preferred to nudity?
Because secrets are fun.
Cearmaid
responded to swiftgear
on Monday 17 December, 2012 at 06:39
Have you ever become part of a group in a non-traditional way? How?
I was poor by birthright, accepted by violence, wealthy by spite and inheritance, and married by being asked. I don't think I'm very non-traditional - I'm probably the most boring part of my circle of friends.
C'mon around, we have marshmallows.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Monday 17 December, 2012 at 07:07
What's your favorite snack?
@Zexecutioner
Cearmaid
responded to posthumanism
on Tuesday 18 December, 2012 at 07:02
anyone ever tell you that you have an odd way of walking? did they describe how?
"Like the world's in your way."
Cearmaid
responded to swiftgear
on Thursday 20 December, 2012 at 06:05
( internet is out for about a week so I'll be scarce. Happy Holidays, guys. <3 )
((Bad times!))
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 20 December, 2012 at 06:06
Why do some people try not to be attractive?
I'm having a hard time parsing the question.
Do not try to be attractive? They prioritise other things.
Try to be unattractive? They want to defy expectations.
Is either answer appropriate to the question?
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 20 December, 2012 at 06:00
Go play Deus Ex (new one). What do you think of the class discrepancy issues? Do you think they'll be relevant in a standard lifetime?
The story uses resentment as a major theme; not actual anger, but resentment, a sort of whiny, passive-aggressive snideness that pretty much every single character directs at other people. It speaks of a future when the existing American structure (and it IS American, to be sure to be sure), where everything is someone's fault, and everyone wants someone to look down on, gets exaggerated upwards and where when someone gets shot in the face and loses the love of his life, the immediate reaction is to be snide at him because he gets some sweet-ass robotic arms. Then there's the other side of the coin, where the guy with the sweet-ass robotic arms is morose, not because of the loss of his girl but because of the damage to his central identity.
There's an irony that Adam clearly thinks of himself as a badass, and whose augs have diminished the purity of that, yet in the opening mission he plays like a kitten made of porcelain.
The story uses its framing devices to boil it all back down to haves/have-nots. It talks about a future where it will be even better to be a rich, white male, which is the greatest weakness of transhumanism (not an insurmountable one, but still). What's interesting is that the 'standard' lifetime now is seventy years - so I think it's likely we're going to have people who are already adults seeing the world they live in transform into a world where prosthesis and cybernetics are as widespread as smartphones are.
Right now, having a smartphone is a sign of status gaps - poor people will buy one even if they can't afford it, and it does nothing to assuage their poverty. Cybernetics is going to make this worse. America is an aspirational society, and Deus Ex outlines a world in which that aspiration is thwarted by a too-high barrier, which leads to people making excuses and blaming others. It's a little like the fears people have over the protesters who complain about the economic disparity in America, made real.
And yes, they will be relevant, because they are, currently relevant. The issue is that the downtrodden aren't throwing bricks and building guillotines.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 20 December, 2012 at 06:04
Any opinion on Chun Li's thighs?
They're there, they seem to be useful enough to connect her to her feet.
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Friday 21 December, 2012 at 10:30
Happy holidays to you all! And be safe if you are traveling!
(( IC and OOC! =D ))
You're right, it's not a question.
Thanks, though, Leo. You're doing alright for a dead guy.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 22 December, 2012 at 10:54
Play Space Marine. What are your thoughts on the hyper-violence/religious themes? (just about any 40k game works, but play Space Marine)
It felt very loose, like the whole game was wearing big easily-smashed duplo blocks, but that's okay. It was a lot like chucking bricks at things rather than using precision military equipment; things exploded in a really satisfying way but I didn't feel like it was particularly hard - a fascinating thought to me as I played it, wading through an army that I could only defeat because I, as a marine, was clearly playing with a stacked deck, is that this is what religion does to you. It makes you a king in a land of mice. If you are chosen by your god - and you can get that just by believing enough, if the god's smart enough to feed that symbiosis, you can be as scary as your god. Hell, I've dealt with portal worlds where the chosen of the deity is, without any irony or realisation, more powerful in an immediate sense than the god they worship.
It's a good game, I was impressed. It was a weird feeling to put the controller down and feel a sort of phantom itch in my knuckles, like I had been near enough to some form of threat that I should be wary, knowing it was all a digital construction.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Saturday 22 December, 2012 at 09:33
What three words would you use to describe yourself?
Some Guy, Trying.
Cearmaid
responded to Watchdogblack
on Sunday 23 December, 2012 at 06:30
Is the "Lego Thing" a new holiday tradition that I missed or a terrorist plot I need to diffuse?
Also, try not to send the same question twice.
Cearmaid
responded to Watchdogblack
on Sunday 23 December, 2012 at 06:30
Is the "Lego Thing" a new holiday tradition that I missed or a terrorist plot I need to diffuse?
Your position as an official watchdog will work a lot better if you spell the word 'defuse' correctly.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Friday 28 December, 2012 at 03:34
Do you ever talk back to the screen when you're on the Internet? If so, what are the most common words out of your mouth when you do?
"Hee hee hee hee hee."
Cearmaid
responded to swiftgear
on Sunday 30 December, 2012 at 05:39
Describe a part of the best night of your life. I had a pretty big one last night so I want to hear it from others!
I'm bad at favourites. This year has featured three nights I've had sex with two women, and in each situation I couldn't tell you what I had for lunch that day. Getting married was pretty awesome, because it reminded me of how great Zex is - and also reminded me of the way the guys at Carmody are actually quite conscientious and will try to help control for as many problems as they can.
Cearmaid
responded to posthumanism
on Sunday 30 December, 2012 at 05:41
do you put any kind of product in your hair?
Pfah!
Cearmaid
responded to posthumanism
on Sunday 30 December, 2012 at 05:41
what messenger programs do you use?
Zex said this phone has a trillian application.
Cearmaid
responded to posthumanism
on Sunday 30 December, 2012 at 05:59
any particular smells that remind you of the holidays? like christmas trees or cookies or whatever
Building sites use firebarrels during the winter a bit more. Typically hobos will use kerosene to start that sort of thing, while a worksite usually has diesel lying around. So burning wood, diesel, and snow. The delicious scent of double time and privacy.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Sunday 30 December, 2012 at 06:06
What will you always pay full price for?
Everything I buy hand in hand from a person. When we're talking about boats and land I'll haggle, but in my situation, haggling makes me the asshole.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Sunday 30 December, 2012 at 06:07
What will you only buy when it's on sale?
Dubai property, and even then only when it's on fire.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Sunday 30 December, 2012 at 06:07
What was the best $5 you ever spent?
Huh, tags sort alphabetically.
Cearmaid
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Sunday 30 December, 2012 at 06:13
What do you think of as "your problem"? Something you not only don't seek help with, but refuse it when it's offered. Are you punishing yourself, reserving a privilege, or shouldering a burden?
The long-term economic health of Kings Row, since for all the heroes giving a shit about it, most of them have not had any way to effect long-term change in any way that wasn't just punching bad guys in the face.
This is part of what makes Max such an amazing hero, by the way. When I approached numerous heroes of the Row, people who claimed to be of that place, people who claimed to know it, and asked them to describe to me a big idea, a dream, something they wanted to do with a large sum of obligation-free money, the vast majority of Rowers just said 'give that money to charity,' which may help - I say may - but doesn't show any kind of insight into the base problems. Funnily enough, most of them had gotten OUT of the Row, too.
Max looked at the Row, looked at the offer, and stated flat-out what he'd do. And then HE DID IT. Which is the thing that still makes me smile. Walking out of the train station and looking up at Boomer's looming over the statue, seeing the way the street lights around the building are all always completely safe? That's something that really makes a difference.
Everyone spent their time looking for the catch, looking for the trick, or wanted to palm the work of having ideas to IMPROVE the world onto someone else. Max thinks in the ways to make things better, and he does so with the courage to take opportunities.
What I'm saying is, Max is great.
Oh, the actual question. Not really, no. There's at least one other hero I know personally who exists in my league, and I know I can reach out to her if I need help with my specialised work, but thankfully, I haven't needed it yet.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 30 December, 2012 at 06:22
How has your past week been?
Finishing Fallout:New Vegas. Also, the Unbound Zodiac in a low-keldec world that included a god who could travel back in time. That fight was... awfully amusing.
((I keep finding things to do other than playing Deus Ex: Human Revolution.))
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 30 December, 2012 at 06:23
How was this Christmas for you compared to others?
I had every material need met, most of my emotional ones and I got into a massive fight the morning beforehand. Also, kids got lego and my wife revealed her secret identity of the Love Spider, which was all pretty great.
Last year I was buying food for the families in the building who couldn't afford a big Christmas meal and eating in the common room so I didn't feel so fucking lonely.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Sunday 30 December, 2012 at 06:24
What was your favorite thing about 2012?
Zex.
Sorry, y'all, but seriously.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Monday 31 December, 2012 at 06:06
What are you looking forward to the most about 2013?
Fights, inevitably.
Cearmaid
responded to fightingwofle
on Thursday 3 January, 2013 at 03:17
am I evil, or am I just free?
I've never heard this question or its variants coming from someone who wasn't dribblingly evil.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 9 January, 2013 at 12:02
Thought you might appreciate this. http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/why-you-should-have-paid-attention-in-science-clas
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 10 January, 2013 at 08:07
What is something(s)/someone(s) you truly love? Why do you love it?
'True' love interests me. It's like a fantasy videogame keyword, where there's a silver knife, which is okay, but then there's a Truesilver knife that's much better.
I love you. You can test that as hard as you want and you will see its truth. To be a scientist is to test ideas.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Friday 11 January, 2013 at 06:27
If you had one extra hour of free time a day, how would you use it?
Working.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 15 January, 2013 at 05:56
Some people view the creation of life as special or sacred. What are your thoughts on this?
Formspring isn't telling me when I have new questions any more. This irritates me, a great deal.
Assisting life in its own reproduction is generally something unspecial, especially because everything alive does it. Thinking of life as 'sacred' is one of our shared illusions, like money.
Cearmaid
responded to laylaward
on Tuesday 15 January, 2013 at 05:57
Check out this photo and respond!
Huh, I thought he only did anal.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 15 January, 2013 at 05:58
Do you get to decide the size of our building? And if so, can you add on another floor?
It's a fixed-rent building, which is an artifact of the old laws of the area - we're only able to make a certain value of changes to the building every year without breaking that agreement with the government. If you want we can look into it - but I find people are happier to pay low rent when it's Rent Control doing it, rather than a benevolent landlord.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 15 January, 2013 at 05:59
What would you do/how would you react if you found out that you were artificially created and the vast majority of what you thought was your life consisted of artificial memories planted by someone else?
I think I'd be confused as to why, but I'd look into that.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 15 January, 2013 at 06:00
Follow up to my last question: what if you found out the person who did it did so for no real reason? They just wanted to see if they could?
That would be congruent with what I currently know of gods that create life. Very few do it for a purpose, they just do it because they get bored.
There'd be fire in my fingertips.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 15 January, 2013 at 06:00
How would you react/what would you do if you found out a large portion of your memories had been altered?
I'd try and avoid obssesssing about those altered memories, but I would try and find a way to recover them.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 15 January, 2013 at 06:01
Is there anyone that you appreciate getting smiles from more than others?
You, of course. It usually leads to discussion, which usually leads to more happiness.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 15 January, 2013 at 06:10
Why would you instigate violence on someone who created you?
Because it would be, from my perspective, a god, and I am wired that way, I think.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 17 January, 2013 at 01:21
What would you do if you were temporarily the opposite gender? Or if you have no gender, what if you gained one?
Call up Mika, Vivre, and you and show you how it's done.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 18 January, 2013 at 05:30
Go play Alan Wake. What?
It's a game about a writer written in tribute to a writer written, I am going to assume, by at least one writer. Therefore a lot of its shortcomings are the sort of things I bet writers can identify with. By and large its weaknesses are trying out an idea and failing to make it work.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 21 January, 2013 at 06:42
Do you understand why me playing Ni No Kuni with you is significant?
Yes.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Monday 21 January, 2013 at 06:43
What does your name mean?
Lachlann means a place of lakes. My surname means 'a thing you stand on, to stay out of the water.'
Cearmaid
responded to IamEvolved
on Thursday 24 January, 2013 at 11:52
Do you feel that the Mediport system should be available to everyone, not just superheroes?
Sure.
I think the idea that because it's not, shut it down and don't let anyone have it at all is fucking mental. Right now, the mediport system can handle the strain of a few hundred people at a time - more than that and it gets overloaded. Therefore, you need to find the group of people that can have the maximum impact with the support. That type of person is a superhero, who can represent the work of a dozen or more cops.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 24 January, 2013 at 11:53
What would you do if I somehow became a god? At least enough so to trigger your senses. What would change?
I don't know. This is a very muddy area with a spectrum on it - I know what happens when there's definitely 'godlike' involved - Iron Tyrant triggered it. Anyway, I imagine I'd deal with it the way I deal with gods I meet now; the desire to kill and destroy is there, but I am not its slave.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 24 January, 2013 at 11:54
You said that if someone genetically created you that it would make them appear as a god to you. How is that different than natural birth?
It's a conscious action and almost every single person I know was created with a natural, messy, untidy system involving evolved subsystems. To circumvent that system would create an impression like that in my mind, I think.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Thursday 24 January, 2013 at 11:55
What's your favorite quote?
"Elle a un joli cul, fait-elle pas?"
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Thursday 24 January, 2013 at 06:43
Who was your hero when you were a child?
I didn't have heroes as a child. There were vanishingly few of them who could identify with my way of life or try to help it, and when I was born we'd only just come off the conclusion of the Might For Right act, so half the supers in the world were suffering from PTSD after being kidnapped by the government.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 24 January, 2013 at 06:43
Isn't natural conception (usually) a conscious action? Is godhood the act of improving an existing system
I'm afraid that godhood is much like pornography, in that I cannot provide identifying parameters for it, but I know it when I see it. It's an extra sense I have.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 27 January, 2013 at 05:31
And yet, despite it, a lot of those looks were pretty damn cute.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Monday 28 January, 2013 at 01:30
If you were God for a day, what would you do?
oh lords.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Wednesday 30 January, 2013 at 04:32
What would you get a world record doing?
I'm not sure I can top the actual invasion of England personally, but I think I'm gunning for deicide.
Cearmaid
responded to BabyDollyxo
on Thursday 7 February, 2013 at 01:39
PAP of your first ever profile picture on fs
Tony, I thought I told you to stop sending me unsolicited messages.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 7 February, 2013 at 01:42
What's something that you have higher expectations for me than I do?
Your emotional spectrum and capabilities.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 13 February, 2013 at 10:42
Do you consider us friends?
Yes.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Wednesday 13 February, 2013 at 10:43
If you could be on any TV show, which one would you pick?
Evidence indicates that none - I COULD be on any TV show, after all.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 16 February, 2013 at 04:54
Roses are red / the hulk is green / I want to smash you / if you know what I mean
B)
The curse continues. I'm sorry, Zex. In my defense, I was technically semi-dead.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 24 February, 2013 at 12:53
What do you think of rap?
Like most forms of art, the worst 90% of it is pretty fucking terrible.
Cearmaid
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 24 February, 2013 at 12:54
What do you believe in?
The transformational power of art, the inevitability of science, and the occasional necessity of violence.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Sunday 24 February, 2013 at 12:56
Who do you miss seeing replies from here?
Delia. I'll always feel guilty about having been born into this imperfect world that meant I grew up without the pre-existing architecture to speak to her.
Also, Gideon. You'd think he of all people would be more philosophical about being cheated on, but I suppose that's how it goes.
Cearmaid
responded to Stheras
on Sunday 24 February, 2013 at 12:56
It's been a month since the beginning of the new year. How does yours look so far?
It's raining in Shanghai.
Cearmaid
responded to swiftgear
on Sunday 24 February, 2013 at 12:57
I kicked the ever loving shit out of something I was tasked with a few days ago. What's an accomplishment you've had recently that made you incredibly proud?
Recently?
GDP in Kings Row amongst people born into homes making <$10k/pa is up 230%, even after ignoring me as a statistical outlier.
Cearmaid
responded to Formspring
on Sunday 24 February, 2013 at 12:57
What's the weirdest gift you've ever received?
The whatever the fuck it was Swivel got me for Christmas.