What in your opinion ought the oppressed or mistreated meta-humans of the current world do while this ideal one is being worked toward? Even if this Nation end up being not the ideal choice, is there genuine harm in attempting a new approach?
What does this sentence look like if you replace 'meta-humans' with 'Mexicans'?
SnaredJr
on Monday 6 February, 2012 at 10:49
Do you trust your friends?
Absolutely! If you can't share a secret or two - and keep them - what's the point of having friends?
SnaredJr
on Monday 6 February, 2012 at 11:38
I say, professor, doesn't this remind you of a puzzle? :D
I get this!
SnaredJr
on Monday 6 February, 2012 at 11:42
When a friend is feeling down, what do you do to cheer them up?
Right now, 99% of the time, it's the same friend and usually I listen to her talk about school and try to give good advice. Not a lot of connections at work yet.
But what I used to do tended to be playing games of some variety. Street hockey was popular, basketball if there weren't enough of us.
SnaredJr
on Monday 6 February, 2012 at 11:42
In your professional capacity would you put greater priority on being feared, or loved?
Serve and protect, citizen.
Don't see why anyone would fear that.
SnaredJr
on Monday 6 February, 2012 at 11:44
Alright, I figure SOMEONE wants to answer this and might well give 'em a place to say it: Wo saw the game? And who wants to talk about it?
It's a cultural thing for me, but I cannot care. I know, I know, I should, but I just... don't. It's such a pain to walk through the office and hear people talking, betting, joking, planning, uniting aronud it, but I don't have it.
And now is not the time to ask questions like 'Okay, so the quarterback does what?'
SnaredJr
on Monday 6 February, 2012 at 11:45
What do you like most about yourself?
I was able to set aside being a boy.
SnaredJr
on Monday 6 February, 2012 at 11:45
Bond, Bourne, Jones, Maltese, Powers... Waldo? Who's your favorite international man of mystery?
Pete Ipcriss.
SnaredJr
on Monday 6 February, 2012 at 11:50
What's a phrase in a non-English language that you recall and can repeat off the top of your head? Multilingual people, don't worry about being considered to cheat.
I know a few languages - but because I learned them Etoile, they're basically 'dog language' - I'm capable of being generally understood in French or Italian by a native speaker, but anyone formally trained, or who learned without the Etoile slang and influence is going to think I sound like an idiot.
As far as one phrase that is in none of those languages? "Fiat justitia ruat caelum."
SnaredJr
on Tuesday 7 February, 2012 at 03:25
Fill in the blanks with the first thing that springs to mind: "The _____ of _____".
The Discovery of Home.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Tuesday 7 February, 2012 at 07:06
I seeeee you Ryker!
Heyhey, Faefae! I'll ask you questions about how Tokyo's going when I get off shift, okay? Taking Chell to the Founders university pool because we can't swim in the water when it's this cold out here.
SnaredJr
on Tuesday 7 February, 2012 at 09:41
What do you think about banned books? Is there ever an instance where you believe a book ban is needed?
Non-magical books? No. Information can be wielded dangerously, but so can rocks. No, I think the solution to dangerous information is more information.
Magical books, particularly self-aware ones, fall under special evidence laws, and are outside my wheelhouse. I'll trust experts on that.
SnaredJr
on Wednesday 8 February, 2012 at 01:35
Do you like children?
Absolutely! The age gap needs to be big enough that they recognise me as an adult and not just a really big child.
SnaredJr
on Thursday 9 February, 2012 at 04:39
Define love.
Love is that feeling inside yourself that's capable of giving up on something and being happy because it's happy, not because it makes you happy. It's standing still when everything in you screams to run. It's wiping cheeks and picking out wigs. It's being yelled at because peas are icky and smiling anyway.
SnaredJr
on Thursday 9 February, 2012 at 04:40
Booze! Everyone loves booze! What's your favorite one? A cocktail? A beer? Sun Wumei demands answers!
There's this stuff that they used to brew in Sharkhead called Oozo, pronounced the way it's written, rather than like the greek drink. It practically had rocket fuel in it.
SnaredJr
on Thursday 9 February, 2012 at 04:41
What excites you?
I don't get excited about a lot, actually. I mean, there's stuff I enjoy and look forward to, but there's just something about that very visceral feeling of having your heart leap that I don't feel very often. I find I'm much more often just relieved.
SnaredJr
on Thursday 9 February, 2012 at 04:43
Do you ever feel like you are not a part of the world? That you are disconnected from it?
Um, from /humans/, occasionally. Work is an odd thing and it sometimes involves very long periods 'on' while I'm not contacting other humans or hearing anything but listening in to radio chatter - and that is sometimes very, very complicated when Rikti are involved.
I can have these moments where I stop and remember that you know, I have fingers and toes and might have left the ice cube trays empty this morning.
SnaredJr
on Thursday 9 February, 2012 at 04:45
What were you like in high school? And for those of you who are IN high school, do you fit a role?
Funny story, I was tall enough that in my school they put me in the 'possible metahuman' bracket. So I grew up thinking any day now my mutant powers were going to come to life. I was the weakest kid in that group - so the meta kids would beat me up because I was beneath their notice. The normal kids would gang up and beat me up, because, well, I was 'weird' and the easiest one to attack.
Kinda stopped around the start of high school when I started growing my hair out and my dad leant on the school though.
SnaredJr
on Thursday 9 February, 2012 at 04:46
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?
Hypothetically, Chell could host the symbiote.
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
SnaredJr
on Thursday 9 February, 2012 at 04:48
What's the last thing you learned just by listening to someone?
私の名前はRykerだと私はお会いできて嬉しく思います!
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Thursday 9 February, 2012 at 05:42
What would you say if I told you I want to come visit this summer?
That'd be great! I'm going to be busy as heck though, so you and Chell are going to have to find ways to fill in time while I'm running around a lot. I would appreciate a minimum of secret womyn's business and conspiracies.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Thursday 9 February, 2012 at 05:43
What have you and Chell been doing in your spare time?
CHELL has taken up swimming, dance, fencing, boxing (!!!) and a foreign movie club.
I have been working my pretty behind off. Mostly I get free time when she wants to send me away while she does things and I can pick her up afterwards.
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 05:07
What is your favorite month of the year?
One of the things I really like about the end of winter is around the old Port Oakes ferries, when they get juuust cold enough with wind down from Canada, you can hop from drifting chunk of ice to chunk of ice. I used to love doing that in January.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 05:09
Can someone who is physically extremely ugly be beautiful?
I sure as hell hope so, I look like I'm made out of angry dinosaurs when I'm working.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 05:13
Where do you see yourself in five years?
I guess it'd be optimistic to consider a Special Offender, and maybe with a few nice friends and a cool partner. And a motorcycle and Chell will have decided what she wants to do with her life is a dedicated existence of university study and research in a dungeon.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 05:13
Do you get lonely?
Sometimes. It's a bummer when it happens, but it really is better here for both of us, and the friends I used to have are really bad influences.
SnaredJr
responded to Zarpd
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 05:14
How do you deal with fear?
Head down, eyes narrowed, fists gripped, straight ahead. There is no alternative. I face the future with my eyes wide open and I take the hit, one way or another. The worst things that could happen to me pretty much already happened, and I'm still here.
SnaredJr
responded to Disheartener
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 05:15
Define love.
If you can give me a bucket of ideas, a yard of smiles and a pinch of song.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 05:15
Do you ever feel like you are not a part of the world? That you are disconnected from it?
Angry. Dinosaurs.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 05:17
What excites you?
The word 'tremble,' and seeing it happen. Sometimes it's a tremble of caution as a target realises it's not alone. Sometimes it's a tremble of anticipation as a math problem stops being a problem, watching the pencil wobble and hearing an ostentatious 'Eureka!' or 'Objection!' Or other times.
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 05:18
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?
I'm told that the Etoile shares a time zone with Newfoundland, which is different to Paragon, so.., two!
SnaredJr
responded to IamEvolved
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 05:22
On the topic of redemption... is forgiving yourself a necessary part of being truly redeemed?
Not really. Redeeming is making things equal, and I'm not sure it's a good idea to think in terms of redemption. Don't think in terms of things you do making up the things you did in the past. Think of the things in the past as things you don't want to do again, and think of the things you can do that are good.
You can't measure ideas, you can't count righteousness, you can't unlose dreams and you can't unbreak hearts! So do the best you can at all times and recognise that your actions have consequences. A lot of us are lucky enough to have very gentle consequences arrive upon us, so we should be grateful for that.
SnaredJr
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 05:28
Are you more likely to trust your head or heart?
They can't be equals?
SnaredJr
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 05:28
If you could be on the cover of any magazine, which would you choose?
Playgirl, because I'm narcissitic?
SnaredJr
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 05:29
What did you have for dinner last night?
I got home late. Chell had reheated pasta, and I had a grilled cheese sandwich with thick-cut tomatoes, a dash of salt and pepper on some brown bread. It was really quite nice.
SnaredJr
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 05:30
Do you consider yourself a good dancer?
Short answer: No.
Long answer: Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnno.
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 05:31
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?...
Hot chocolate with a dash of cinnamon and apple.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 05:35
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?
Oh, definitely.
I really love Faige. I really will always love Faige. She's the sweetest person I know, she's kind, she's funny, she's interested in the world. When she and I parted ways, it was really sad, and I felt like I should have somehow... changed everything to make it work.
But now, after that, with that whole story behind me and her? She's learning about the world. I'm providing for Chell and becoming a citizen. What we both have is better, and we still have each other.
The love of a friend is still love. And the love of a memory is still love.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 05:36
Noooo promises on the minimum of secret women's business.
I'll have to get you fitted for witch hats in preparation for the formation of a coven.
SnaredJr
responded to IamEvolved
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 05:39
How do you find the strength to do what you know in your heart is right?
You draw a breath.
You look inside yourself.
You think, seriously, if you ever want to be the person that ran.
You ask yourself if you can stay your hand.
You ask yourself if going to sleep in a world where someone with the opportunity to do what you're going to do stands and does nothing is worth it.
You ask yourself if someone else was in this situation, and you'd be the person affected, if you'd ever be happy if they passed the opportunity to do the right thing.
And then you open your eyes and you make it happen. You change the world. Even if what you're doing is refilling the coffee pot but you really, really don't want to do it.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 05:40
What do you feel you deserve?
A wage, a home, my sister's healthcare, an opportunity to become a citizen and the chance to determine and pursue my own destiny.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 05:40
What is your greatest regret?
I really regret starting medical school in the Isles. It's pretty much the most worthless and unethical stuff I ever learned.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 05:41
Define beauty.
Something getting dangerously close to my little sister and inevitably predicating a lot of arguments about boys.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 07:35
I intend to force my brother into doing something "fun" this weekend. Any suggestions?
Cook with him!
SnaredJr
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 04:17
Valentine's Day is just around the corner. How do you usually celebrate? Do you get gifts for your friends? Or just your SO?
Metaphorically, I'm going to be sitting on the porch cleaning my shotgun.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 10:44
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?
Why would you ask strangers for their advice?
I think that's the advice I'd offer, really. There can't be that many people whose opinions really matter to you.
SnaredJr
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 11:01
Schoolteachers, firefighters, policemen and more - who are your favourite people who get paid thanks to your tax dollars? =D
Call it a vested interest, but I'm very fond of police officers, particularly those in heavy-meta areas.
I mean, no ulterior motive there.
*cough*
SnaredJr
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 11:05
Sza.
Ie. Myoden Sza-tra-ie-chen.
It's Mu. Not a lot of people speak it, less in public. You learn the swears, you learn what gets yelled at you if you go to the wrong parts of potter's field, you remember it and you run from it.
What you're saying is basically 'Is that so.' It can be declarative, like, say, the French expression 'Mais non' or the Japanese 'Sou Nan Desu Yo.' It can be interrogative - 'Is that so?' - or it can be exclamatory. When used as an exclamation it usually means 'This conversation is over.'
You don't hear it a lot.
What I said in response is "No; for I stand not near the prince." Which is a common 'swear' - an oath, basically, saying 'No, definitely not.' Standing near a prince is considered dangerous to Mu, and bodily contact with a member of royalty is considered a capital offence.
The more you knooooow. Etoile questions are fun.
SnaredJr
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 11:06
What's the worst question your family's asked you this Christmas period?
'Why can't we keep a pony in the broom closet.'
Seriously.
SnaredJr
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 11:09
Do you give blood?
Yes. It started when my sister needed transfusions and now it's a habit. So far, it hasn't worked as a way of meeting people, but apparently some folk find having a needle in your arm a good conversation starter.
SnaredJr
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 11:11
Could you drop all your pretensions and say what you think, honestly, without even the common, polite lies we all use, for one day?
Oh hell no!
How many times do you think 'Well, thank you for telling us that ma'am' could be translated to 'You're an idiot and I don't care' when I'm investigating something? Almost all of them!
SnaredJr
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 11:12
In terms of tactical skill, would you rather have perfect insight on when to commit, or when to expand?
Expansion. Committing is about finishing, expansion is about being ready to finish. I would rather have it within my means to have many chances to finish a fight than just having the knowledge of the one perfect time to finish it earlier.
SnaredJr
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 11:14
Pluto, the celestial body. Do you have an opinion on this? Do you consider yourself well-informed on it?
Ever since I told Chell there were nine planets while she was doing her homework I haven't stopped hearing about it.
SnaredJr
on Friday 10 February, 2012 at 11:14
How are you checking and answering formspring at the moment?
A smartphone, a gift from @FaigeHarrison.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 11 February, 2012 at 02:11
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'm going to guess you've got educated parents.
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Saturday 11 February, 2012 at 06:07
Have you ever seriously considered suicide?
No, not at all. I unseriously considered it when I was a fresh teenager, and convinced No Body Under Stood Me!
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Saturday 11 February, 2012 at 07:01
I talk a lot about workplace stuff. What about you? What's something funny or sweet that's happened to you in your line of work that sticks in your memory?
I think that story you told about a cop doing a Full Sherlock on everyone was one of my coworkers in the Special Offenders Unit. Officer Leander Callum, hero ID Lionized.
Funny story, he had to take some time off because his medication provoked a full mutation in him and now he can't claim he's 'totally normal' any more. Oh, he was cranky.
SnaredJr
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Saturday 11 February, 2012 at 07:02
Do you know someone with powers similar to yours? Have you ever seen powers like your used in ways you haven't considered before?
My father could also host the symbiote. I never got to watch him work. I also turned up in Pocket D to meet several people just in time to hear someone threaten to 'tear that symbiote off you.'
Thankfully, it wasn't me, but hey, it shows someone else is out there with a symbiote.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Saturday 11 February, 2012 at 07:03
Who pronounces your name correctly? Everyone? Nobody? Real name, hero name?
They're all really easy, and very intuitive. Ryker is basically the Finnish version of Richard. The tricky thing is getting people to spell it correctly.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Saturday 11 February, 2012 at 07:04
When was the last time someone did something nice for you?
After reading all your answers, the next time I came home late, Chell had left 'dinner in the fridge' for me and left a post-it note on the door telling me such.
There was a box of Applejacks inside next to the milk.
SnaredJr
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Saturday 11 February, 2012 at 07:04
If you have them, do you know the upper limits of your powers? Have you ever tested them?
The energy absorption has a cap - I've suffered a major plasma burn from a Rikti device called a Solar Cannon, that unloads enough energy quickly enough that the symbiote can't absorb it.
The other parts of my powers, they're very hard to test, and awfully mundane.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Saturday 11 February, 2012 at 07:04
Your friend's being bothered by something. What do you do: get them to talk about it, or get them to talk about anything BUT it?
The direct approach never works on little girls.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 11 February, 2012 at 07:05
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.
Oh, heck, I don't know, I just got here. The only person here I really know is @FaigeHarrison and she and I have pretty much done everything with 24 hours to do with as we wish, just before she moved.
A traffic cone was involved at one point.
SnaredJr
responded to innocuus
on Saturday 11 February, 2012 at 09:35
What is the scariest sea creature?
Sharkhead!
SnaredJr
responded to SovereignFist
on Sunday 12 February, 2012 at 04:42
What would you do for 1000 dollars? :D
I might get a haircut. You know, down from long. Okay, maybe more than just that. Maybe marathons? Maybe some kind of physical endurance test, like staying in a bubble? A hundred guys' extra paperwork that they don't want to do?
SnaredJr
responded to TheNoisebomb
on Sunday 12 February, 2012 at 07:03
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.
I'd really like to hear your take on this, too. It's a really interestingly phrased question, makes me wonder what's on your mind.
I thought I wanted to be a doctor. I started schooling in a St Martial university-like arrangement, with some courses over in Cap Au. It had a lot of travel, and it was hard work, but I was very focused and wanted to be a doctor because I always thought it was an admirable goal. A good way to improve the life of people around me, because everyone in Sharkhead knows a doctor.
If you get hurt in Sharkhead, you don't go to the hospital unless you're an actual Arachnos operative. What you do is you run down to a corner and you try to get seen by the guy who lives there, the sawbones, the doctors of the street. I thought this was a really admirable arrangement, a sort of small-town kind of professional, pulling with the community.
Didn't really work out like that. Most of the 'training' was just basic surgery, and most of the 'professionals' I was learning from were pretty terrible. When I came to Paragon and started working on seeing what I thought I'd known, it turned out that my four years of training was not just not worth much, but it was worth basically nothing. That was disquieting - and it made me realise those nice guys on street corners were often doing really nasty things in their home surgeries, we just didn't realise it.
SnaredJr
responded to pressdotexe
on Sunday 12 February, 2012 at 07:35
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
This is a very odd set of examples.
Henderson made a gigantic pile of paperwork for me, because Officer Callum refuses to do his and with a certain person not clocking in regularly everyone else's paperwork slides. That wasn't very nice.
Chell 'made' me dinner for when I came in at midnight last night, but I've shared that story.
And Chell made me a piece of artwork made out of braided string which is apparently part of her crafts at school. They're getting Valentines Day-ey at school, but she wanted to make something for me instead.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Sunday 12 February, 2012 at 08:04
Guys: Have you ever worn a dress or a skirt on purpose? (kilts don't count) Girls: Have you ever dressed like a guy on purpose?
I have.
It was a production of Pride and Prejudice and I was the only person over the age of twelve involved. And Chell wanted to be Mr Darcy for some reason.
It was not very fetching.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Sunday 12 February, 2012 at 08:04
Do you like Valentine's day?
It's not celebrated on most of the Etoile in the same way. You're actually more likely to go to church to celebrate the actual saint, which is pretty weird if you know about the background.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Sunday 12 February, 2012 at 08:06
What's your favorite kind of soda?
I hate to be boring, but I live on a coke drip these days. So much need for caffeine.
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Sunday 12 February, 2012 at 04:05
Do you like donuts?
I am reasonably certain that this is a racist question and that I am allowed to punch you.
SnaredJr
responded to TheChthonian
on Sunday 12 February, 2012 at 04:06
Do you feel that you need others to be as smart or as intelligent as you, in order to enjoy their company?
You need a common ground, but smart is really a matter of perception. If I spent the whole day speaking German and Italian, I wouldn't have many conversations, and I might seem very clever - or very stupid, depending, I suppose - but it wouldn't really give me much company.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 12 February, 2012 at 04:06
How much do you worry? What do you worry about? What recently?
My little sister's well-being mostly. It's very easy to be confident about my work.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Sunday 12 February, 2012 at 04:06
How many people have you kissed?
Let's say a few more than you.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Sunday 12 February, 2012 at 04:38
Hey Ryker, are you gonna follow me publicly or am I going to have to post those pictures I have of you?
That'd get *me* more followers, surely?
SnaredJr
responded to TheChthonian
on Sunday 12 February, 2012 at 11:49
Said Voltaire: "Doubt is an uncomfortable emotion, but certainty is an absurd one." Do you agree with this? Or disagree?
I don't know. There are some things in which I feel certain, but if I sat down and really thought them through I guess I'd have to be willing to accept that there is some extremely narrow situation in which I could be proven wrong. In that case, I guess I'd have to say that my certainty is not, in fact, certain.
So for 99% of the time, sure, I'm certain and believe that the alternative is absurd. But if a scientist wanted me to get all definey I'd have to admit that, no, I'm not certain. Just very very very close.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Monday 13 February, 2012 at 05:21
If you could visit someone's dreams, who would it be and what do you imagine you'd find there?
I'd like to visit Ghost Widow's dreams. Because she says the dead never change, while changing so much herself, it seems to me that she's got to have something very strange going on up top.
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Tuesday 14 February, 2012 at 03:46
What do you like about your home town?
I'm going to claim Atlas for this, okay? Okay.
It's clean! There's a park on top of our building. There's a police helicopter around that doesn't have bullet holes on the underside. The air is really clean and sweet. And the elevators are reliable and spacious for wheelchairs. They take into account other people's needs.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Tuesday 14 February, 2012 at 03:46
What's the worst book you ever finished reading? Not just got sick of and threw against the wall in disgust.
Nobody will believe Atlas Shrugged, but I did finish it.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Tuesday 14 February, 2012 at 03:48
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?
Love is a seed whose flowers spread and grow; Love is not water that fills a cup; Love need not be without, and when within Love, best know when to shut up.
It's snappier in Italian, but I think I got the scan.
SnaredJr
responded to pressdotexe
on Tuesday 14 February, 2012 at 03:54
What's an innocent or mundane phrase you use commonly that sounds very unpleasant out of context?
When I was investigating schools here in the states, I hear a guy say that as a quarterback, he 'really wanted a thick deep threat in the end.' And nobody in the room thought that was funny.
Some common sentences are also odd, because I speak a few languages. Like 'gift' is German for 'poison.' 'Fennel' is Italian for 'queer.'
Still, a common phrase I use is 'Strip bare' which is used to refer for a lack of enemy signatures, rather than 'I'm naked.'
Also, at the pool today, a diving competition was going on, where I heard someone use the phrase 'A jacknife to a swan,' which made me whip my head around. It's a horrible sounding phrase and terribly violent towards something we normally associate with innocence and purity. It's just a diving term.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Tuesday 14 February, 2012 at 03:59
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?
My alarm clock. It's flashing at me and if not for this phone I wouldn't be sure what the time is. I had to get in late, and I'm always too tired to feel like I should bother fixing it.
The last thing I held - since I'm still holding the phone and held indicates past tense - was my sister. She's fretting about a swimming competition, she's upset that she might have to go back to a wig - the two things together are a frustrating possibility.
The last thing I let go of was my boots. Thump thump. Onto the floor, laces undone, feet wriggling out of plain white socks, pulled off with big toe in the top, pull down, then mirror the gesture and kick the ball into the hamper in the corner.
The last person I texted was Commander Heavensrun. I had to explain my lateness when I woke up, but fortunately, it was all understood. I made up the time tonight, which is why I'm siitting here, still awake, at 4 in the morning.
The first person I wanted to speak to today was Chell, of course. I wanted to hear her talking about whatever was bothering her, about school, about swimming, about fencing. Heck, she asked me some questions, and I think I'll pass them on myself.
SnaredJr
responded to TheNoisebomb
on Tuesday 14 February, 2012 at 04:01
cutest picture you've seen today, GO!
Chell tells me I'm not allowed to post the picture I have on my phone of her, because she doesn't like wig pictures.
So here! This is a picture I saw today, and Chell said reminded her of someone she's seen posting here. So there's a little mystery for you.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Tuesday 14 February, 2012 at 04:02
A friend has used public space to comission graffiti artists to depict you punching out a dinosaur. Is this awesome, y/n?
I guess it would be awesome, if that's the word I'd have to use. I'm going with 'nice.'
SnaredJr
responded to IamEvolved
on Tuesday 14 February, 2012 at 04:02
If a complete stranger gave you a million dollars what would you do with it?
Pay off every medical bill I had. Invest it in medical research.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Tuesday 14 February, 2012 at 04:07
Now, what is something you admire on a fellow Formspringer?
I've met, I think, three of you, and @LadyDarkhealz doesn't have much about her body I could recognise appreciating in myself.
On the other hand! Gideon! Fair skin, hard body, dark hair. He wears his beard really well. Clearly works out, he has a very top-heavy frame. I prefer to evoke a shark, but I guess I'd put it to any ladies who've met him: Is not Gideon's shoulder breadth, coupled with the way he stands, seat of power in his thighs, alluring?
I'm going to say that. I wish I could stand like he does. On top of a mountain even when he's following and asking for help.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Tuesday 14 February, 2012 at 04:08
What is something you were forced to give up? Something you willingly gave up? Be it material or inanimate.
Four years of medical schooling. It's worthless in Paragon and full of errors so I'd really have to learn from scratch if I wanted to be a doctor here.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Tuesday 14 February, 2012 at 04:08
Have you ever lost control to later regret it?
No. Raise your voice, not your fists.
My father was a hard man, but he had a lot of wisdom.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Tuesday 14 February, 2012 at 04:11
What do you like most about your own body?
Narcissitically, I look great from behind. It's the shoulderblades into back into legs that works really well, with a really well-defined, hard-worked midsection and sides. I've only seen it on surveillance videos, but it's more on show than it would be normally, so I've had moments of looking at myself on a video and thinking 'Damn, I look pretty good!'
I wonder if this is how ladies feel in changing rooms.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Tuesday 14 February, 2012 at 04:16
Musical Monday: A song you associate with someone? No names needed.
What with all the questions and reading your own stream, I guess I'm at FOUR people I know here, which makes any random guess 25% more likely to pick who I mean. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhqDFMow20g
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Tuesday 14 February, 2012 at 04:17
If you could see any two FS'ers brawl for charity; who would it be?
My limited pool of information says @LadyDarkhealz and @CareAndControl. Which is to say, pretty much exactly what I saw when I met them both.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Tuesday 14 February, 2012 at 04:17
"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?
Some days are to be savoured, some days to be rushed through. I think I have enough of a handle on the idea of a miserable wait to know that I don't need to double-check Tuesday against Monday, for example.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Tuesday 14 February, 2012 at 04:19
Are you more prone to nightmares or dreams? What did you last dream about?
I last dreamt of marshmallows. I was investigating something, wound up in a strip club, where everything seemed to be about marshmallows. Marshmallow-themed strippers, marshmallow drinks being served, and the crime boss I went to see was an enormous marshmallow in a tuxedo.
I'm more prone to nightmares, but I understand that's a byproduct of what they call Adult Fear.
SnaredJr
responded to IamEvolved
on Tuesday 14 February, 2012 at 04:19
Do you save money or does it just seem to fly through your fingers as fast as it comes in?
Limited budget. I squeeze every franc.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Tuesday 14 February, 2012 at 04:21
If you could give one thing to another person without repercussion, cost, etc - what would it be and why?
Without repercussion...
Without repercussion...
You ask what, not who.
I guess that it would be nothing.
I want to give nothing without repercussion. I want to give nothing without cost. I want to give nothing without the others.
Let me be a man that sacrifices, that provides, that struggles.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Tuesday 14 February, 2012 at 05:30
((Who do you like to imagine opposes your character? Single opponents of a particular style? Armies? Major NPC groups? What would round out your character's personal rogues' gallery?))
((Ryker is a rikti-mulching machine. I don't envision him having specific, targeted opponents or rivals, or opponents of that nature - I see him instead opposing whole groups of enemies and the like, winnowing them out, ripping through huge fields of bad guys as a sort of force of nature.
In a lot of ways, Ryker informs more when he's 'out' of costume than in, because his characterisation is driven by a duality. He doesn't need a rival or partner to push his plot along, though I imagine he could make some sort of foil for others.
Ryker doesn't need a rogues' gallery. He probably is one footnote in a villain's rogues' gallery, as a silent, slashing whirlwind of Ohfuck that they avoid for the duration of an issue, while they try to focus on doing other things.))
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Tuesday 14 February, 2012 at 03:57
Who's your Valentine?
I don't have one this year, really. I sent a card to @FaigeHarrison because she's lovely, and because I don't think her boyfriend (boyfriends?) will mind. I was told by one of the officers at the precinct I should give one to Chell but that feels so very very creepy.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Tuesday 14 February, 2012 at 04:00
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Tuesday 14 February, 2012 at 04:04
Write a short and sweet poem to a person you admire. If your talents not lie with poetry, perhaps a small doodle to let them know you're thinking of them today.
Bella donna di molte spine, In land of sandals and cappoucini Ask I circumspect Woman's fair respect Even though that she is teeny.
This is really hard in English. It's easier in Italian, almost everything ends the same way.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Tuesday 14 February, 2012 at 04:07
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 do a little bit, but I almost feel like I'd be disrespecting all the people around me by spending today thinking 'poor me.' Some people need a good excuse to throw their hands in the air and act lovestruck for a day,right?
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Tuesday 14 February, 2012 at 04:07
Are you a secret admirer or do you have one?
Someone else took the 'I admire secrets' angle.
No, I am not, no I don't think I do.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Tuesday 14 February, 2012 at 04:07
Did you know one month from today is Steak and BJ day?
Hopefully not at the same time or things would get unpleasantly messy.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 14 February, 2012 at 04:08
(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?
Incoming Big Brother Crap:
Just a single person's smile.
The guys at the precinct HATE when I say things like that.
SnaredJr
responded to Disheartener
on Tuesday 14 February, 2012 at 08:33
Happy Valentine's Day to all the Formspringers that have touched my life.
I doubt I've touched your life, but I want to say thank you to youl, and all the friends you have, who've done your part to improve the city, and the country, and of course, the world.
It's not very Valentiney, but hey, any opportunity, right?
SnaredJr
responded to TheNoisebomb
on Tuesday 14 February, 2012 at 09:05
whats the most important quality you look for in a [ man/woman ]?
Flexibility. I have a pretty tight schedule. Some days I just do not have the option of being there. Some days I will have to say: No. You are not more important than these things I have to do.
Man, it sucks to say that aloud.
SnaredJr
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Tuesday 14 February, 2012 at 10:26
What's your favourite driving song?
We use public transport. For a little while, Chell couldn't hear out of the hospital. I learned a little bit of sign language to communicate with her.
One thing I did learn is how to 'sing' in sign a few songs, including some old chant songs from the Etoile - you know, like 'What do you do with a drunken sailor.' The 'hoo rah' is made by holding your palm up and swinging it slightly - so when we're on the train together, we sit across from each other, and we sign the song at one another in rhythm. On the 'Hoo rah,' my left hand claps into her right.
It passes the time.
SnaredJr
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Tuesday 14 February, 2012 at 10:26
If you were drawn one one of those trippin balls type heavy metal album covers, what would you look like/be doing?
I would look exactly like I do in combat and people would be convinced the artist was on drugs.
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 01:29
Is there a personality trait of yours that is technically a flaw, but you're still secretly (or overtly) proud of?
Apparently my fascistic mysoginistic politeness!
Honestly, not that. I've been trying this 'observational awareness' one of my coworkers has, and my first attempts to use it in public creeped people the hell out. I can see why Leander hasn't got any friends.
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 01:32
Is there a common "dichotomy" question (Coke vs. Pepsi, Dog vs, Cat, etc.) that annoys you because you always want a third answer?
Bedtime vs Curfew.
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 01:57
C'mon sweetie, don't take it personally... it's just that people thought you were either calling some random woman "young lady", or else checking out jailbait. Surely you can appreciate the misunderstanding? <:)
I can.
I'm grossed out by the implication.
I'm REALLY grossed out by it in light of Chell.
But it's what people were thinking, it's my fault for not being clear.
SnaredJr
responded to Coryismedamnit
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 02:10
Yeah, I've only heard those from people without my best interests at heart, so I was projecting a bit... Sorry.
It's okay, it's okay. This is really an issue where I touched on things that actually matter. And I'd rather not introduce Chell to concepts like this where I'm telling her the wrong thing without realising it.
Best to avoid getting bad habits than have to break them, right?
SnaredJr
responded to pressdotexe
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 04:09
Well, this is an easy one considering the subject's been flying around, but who's your favourite Knight? =D
SnaredJr
responded to TheNoisebomb
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 03:31
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
I got caught up in one of the Sharkhead riots on the way home from class once. Left Shoulder, collarbone, two ribs, left forearm and left leg. The Scrapyarders do not play nice with Arachnos kids.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 03:31
Are you happy?
I work hard, I come home, I help Her High Holiness Thane Chell of Chell The First, and I go to bed.
Yeah, I'm happy.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 03:31
Do you believe in anything you know isn't true?
Is this a trick question?
SnaredJr
responded to MaxImpact
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 03:32
Alright....there's been no sign yet. Has anyone seen Lilah?
Don't know her, I'm afraid. I can check any immediate incident reports, but this is all sorted out, isn't it?
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 03:44
What the hell is a wig-bombing?
A few charities exist that create and distribute wigs cheaply to patients who have lost all their hair - allopecia, radiotherapy, etcetera. Wigs are actually really expensive to make, especially good ones that ressemble proper hair, because, well, you have to do it manually.
Thing is, even with these shops offering their wigs very cheaply, some people don't like going to get the wigs because it still involves leaving the house while looking in a way that makes them unhappy.
So other charities will buy four, or five wigs at a time, of various styles, bundle them together and anonymously drop them off at the patients' houses so they can choose a wig without having to go without a wig in public.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 04:54
I started this to one of you but fuck it, you all need to hear this: YOU ARE NOT BROKEN. You are NEVER broken. People are people and godfuckdammit if I hear someone else call someone else broken I'm going to get all Sam Gravano on people.
Chell says thanks.
I say lay off the coffee.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 04:54
Who sent me the "bouquet" of lollypops?
It's a good idea. I should steal that.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 07:41
(Also, permission to possibly use character in upcoming installments?)
((Ah, so it was a public question. Well, yeah, since I assume you'd run it past anyone. I don't imagine I'll be of any use. :p ))
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 09:09
Most people like to indulge in some first-world depression now and then. Do you have a favourite tactic (sad music, standing in rain, Inspector Morse) to use when you feel like being pretend miserable for a while?
Smell fire.
Galaxy was still burning, Chell was in a hyperbaric chamber, dad was dead, and I was wearing clothes from a homeless shelter.
Brings me right the hell back to it.
SnaredJr
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Wednesday 15 February, 2012 at 09:10
Do you have a dream car? Do you HAVE that dream car? If you don't have/want a car, what kind of car would be best for trying to pick you up?
Am I weird for digging girls on motorcycles? I don't even mind riding sidecar.
SnaredJr
responded to MrZeroPercent
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 02:16
Ever have a hard time getting out of an awkward situation?
Yep!
Someone asked if Chell was hot when I was at work today. They didn't quite realise the age gap between me and my sister. That was not a pleasant silence and I couldn't think of a good way out of it.
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 02:16
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 can't TALK when I'm in costume.
SnaredJr
responded to pressdotexe
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 06:17
Your life story's been made into a book by someone you don't know. Do you care about the things they got wrong?
I care very very deeply if they try to sugarcoat it. I care a great deal if they get my father's identity wrong. I care a great deal if they try to rewrite Chell in any way at all.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 08:01
If you had the choice between flying and going invisible, which would you choose and why?
Everyone talks about flight like it's sex 2.0, so that.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 08:02
What do you do for fun during a power outage?
A game called 'No you can't have the lighter.'
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 08:02
What's your favorite flavor of popcorn?
It comes in flavours now?
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 08:04
What would you do if you suddenly woke up the opposite gender one morning and stayed that way for 24 hours?
I would get a lot more guff at work, I would get a lot more attention in Pocket D, I would still chicken out of conversations with Chell about Womyn's Special Concyrns.
And... yeah, I'd probably take some pictures because I can't help but think I'd make a kinda good looking lady, if a bit ripped for some people's tastes.
SnaredJr
responded to pressdotexe
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 08:05
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.
Honeytrap did something very nice for Chell, so we're going to make some cookies for him. Shhh. No telling.
SnaredJr
responded to IamEvolved
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 08:35
What is the biggest motivator in your life right now?
She's five feet all and currently wearing a dinosaur hoodie while demanding I serve her fresh meat despite what the dietician said.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 10:23
What is your favorite thing about winter?
In sharkhead, when it gets really cold you get these days where everything glass frosts over and can't open. You get, effectively, stuck indoors. They're known as rime days. I liked rime days.
The water's too warm around Paragon to have that happen here. Shows what effect a city can have on the water, huh?
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 04:24
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?
You mention you can't have kids, you seem to like getting your hands onto things that are creative. So I'd ask:
What advice would you have for a fourteen year old girl whose only guardian is now her big brother?
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 04:26
So, what /did/ you get for Valentine's Day?
A guy at the office bought me a SAD beer, but I passed on it, since it didn't seem right for me. I also had a Longbow liaison offer to buy me a drink if I had time after work, which I didn't. So, for Valentine's day, I got the potential of two drinks. Quantum drinks.
I did get a card and a nice chat with @FaigeHarrison the next morning, but that's delivery time for you.
SnaredJr
responded to TheNoisebomb
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 04:28
describe the last three months of your life with a song!!!!
Slightly reluctant, because what's far more important to me is the two people helping each other handle something dreadful, rather than the romantic implications of the song. But they don't make that kind of song about family, at least not that arrive in Etoile fairs on bootleg CDs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3U6BCUQqG8
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 04:47
What is your favorite kind of ice cream?
French vanilla. I don't even know what about it is French. I just enjoy it. It helps, too, because when I order for Chell she inevitably wants something exotic and interesting, and I can always just throw my order on at the end.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 05:45
Rainbow hair! You guys like?
Yep. Individual expression, and it says a lot.
SnaredJr
responded to pressdotexe
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 05:51
Someone on the front-page question ticker thing claimed that they have 'pj jeans.' Does this sound odd to you?
I've slept in my pants, sure, but I don't imagine having jeans set aside as pajamas.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 05:58
Gah photo gallery is nuts! Anyway check it out, Takushi is doing the same look
STOP GIVING HER IDEAS
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 08:00
Dosey doe, pick your FS partner. Who are they and what song do you dance to with them?
I can't dance. It gets called the White Boy Shuffle. I've got very big feet and I'm very, very tall, so I don't feel very graceful on land.
SnaredJr
responded to SovereignFist
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 10:48
((Hey guys. Ive got an old AE arc, but I realized I never promoted it here, and wouldn't mind people poking at it and giving me feedback. It's meant to be a rogue to hero "Redemption" arc, but anyone could play it just to bash things. ID: 452331))
((Do you want feedback or a review, or just people punching things in the face?))
SnaredJr
responded to ArielAblaze
on Thursday 16 February, 2012 at 10:58
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'd imagine I would. I don't think anyone out there can get an Etoile accent aside from an Etoile, and we're not a country that's prone to having a strong voice-acting community. We're not Canada or something.
((I really can't think of ANYONE who could effortlessly signal-shift between the four languages Ryker speaks, show the accent in English and isn't fifty years old. I know he has a deep, rumbly voice, but the only two names that spring to mind there are Kevin Michael Richardson and Keith David, neither of whom I think could shift language very gracefully. ))
SnaredJr
responded to innocuus
on Friday 17 February, 2012 at 03:24
What's up with the ppd!?
Well, we're spread very thin.
We have superpowered threats to deal with, and the vast majority of us are trying to maintain unit safety and cohesion. This leads to tribalism, an us-vs-them mentality that gets worse in the poorer regions. Bricks and Kings, for example, you have open street battles between literal supersoldiers, and we're kinda ill-equipped to handle that. So PPD in those precincts tend to be... dicks.
A real problem is that we're also, almost all, punching well above our weight. When a villain goes on a rampage and you get news statistics like 'XXYY blew up a building, 4 injured, 1 dead," that one dead is almost always one of us. We're the tissue paper a lot of statistics get packed in, and it's a real burden to deal with on a day to day basis.
Plus, all the heroes and super good guys? Kinda hate us. Because they never deal with the ten tons of paperwork I have to do, they get to look cool, they get to do neat stuff and so on.
Being a member of the PPD is not something I ever aspired to, but it's my road to citizenship, it's a way to provide for my family, and it's a way to put my gifts to good use. I can't say I'm proud, but that's because it sucks to have a job where people dump on you.
Oh, there's also the fact that if I'm derelict in my duty - like associating with a known criminal in an area where I have juridstiction and not informing on him or her - I might get kicked out or thrown in prison, neither of which are very warming ideas.
But I dunno, what do you want to know? We're a big organisation, we have a lot of interesting stuff we do, and we have a lot of things we can do, we have outreach programs and we have a command structure. So I guess I owe you a question now.
SnaredJr
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Friday 17 February, 2012 at 05:53
How many sets of handcuffs do you get? Does your car have a siren? How many punches before it's police brutality? Do you have bike cops? What about dog cops? What about horse cops?
I get one set of handcuffs. I'm proviso - I don't have a gun, or a nightstick, and I don't have a car. I'm deployed on-site by monorail and personal movement.
Police brutality is determined by resistance and need. Basically, if someone is being a threat enough to endanger you or innocents, you can keep hitting them until they go down. So, in your case, infinity minus two punches.
We do have bike cops, mostly for areas like Founders, where it's necessary to keep quiet ,and cars aren't very mobile around the canals. Unlike most cities, if you see a cop on a bike around in Paragon, he's probably metahuman.
We have two types of dog cops. Metahuman werewolf troops, occasionally nicknamed the Eclipse Guardsmen (I am not even kidding), and the guys who work with dogs. You see them around airports and docks. If you see the dogs, keep an eye out on the guy with them. If he or she has their hat off, the dog's not on duty and you're not distracting go go over and look and talk to the dog. But if the hat's on, work's done, so leave them alone, please.
Horse cops, common in Croatoa and Founders, again, are good for areas where you can't guarantee a car. They're also great symbolism and do a good job of supplying people with a visual presence. Also, for riot suppression but that's more often than not psi-cops work.
SnaredJr
responded to seancasus
on Friday 17 February, 2012 at 09:32
(( Say the game shuts down right now. What do you say happens to your character after the credits have rolled? ))
((So, Fox said she was disappointed that she didn't get to see any of mine, and so, well, here we go.
The Rose Paladin continues to liaise between the Canadian consulate and the Paragon Police Department for reasons that do not need exploration at this juncture. Also, outrageous and extensive but totally legal sexcapades with the hot angel godkiller girlfriend that I still don't know where she came from
Bec Querel winds up dabbling in other stuff Carl Sagan did, tries pot, learns to relax, learns to socialise, gets herself a cute lab assistant who she summarily talks nerdy to and probably jumps the heck out of on a regular basis while occasionally developing new, exciting, nuclear-powered outboard motors.
Reforged remains the big sister of Vanguard, bosses people around, saves asses, punches faces, survives apocalypses and eventually confrotns the demonic hordes who want to beat up Parias. The end shot of her story is her with her arm around her demon's shoulder with a smug 'Who's my bitch' grin and a cheerleader in the background who may, in fact, be a boy.
Snowblasted is under rework, but he probably dies to motivate his sister and gets stuffed in a fridge.
Drawforce is also under rework. Let's say he finds, like, an awesome dog to sidekick for and spends his time travelling the earth with it solving mysteries.
Saxon Valiant, Swivel and Downplay continue saving the world on the Commonwealth dime and nobody notices that none of them are technically American citizens. They each continue to be jealous in some way of the others' romantic lives.
Enraptured, I dunno. Finding out the name has a past has had me reconsider this guy, maybe he needs an overhaul. I can't seem to stick to him.
Snared spends two years working his ass off, helps Chell graduate, sees her begin her career as a doctor, an engineer, or a dinosaur, passes his citizenship exam, and goes right back to doing what he was doing and fighting internal corruption. He also probably has an epic final scene where he lets Gideon go rather than let Kazeno take him in during some other, far more important event that leads to Gideon saving the day. Commander Norrington style. To continue the cycle of tragedy, he probably dies to further Chell's story.
Cearmaid stands in cold silence as he watches the atomic bonds yield and give way, the final heat death of the universe beginning a big crunch, alongside his aunt and uncle, sighing heavily as they wonder how long it'll take before they meet one another again after the NEXT big bang...
Recall goes where Sander goes.
Tradewind marries Wavebreak. His mother is annoyed he's only marrying one girl. He stays firm on this one, then marries her public identity too, because hell, why not. His mother is convinced he is a smartass. His herculean status is rounded out with a series of trials, one of which is the one-on-one wrestling of a huge sea beast like a kraken (a kraken? a kraken!) in the depths of the ocean, in a way that I can't pull off with his particular type of dominator.
Lionized winds up falling over a waterfall and dying on the rocks beneath while being terribly annoyed at the irony, high off his face, and probably choking someone.
Knight Rain and Laurel have wub wub lovey schnookumsness as only prettyboys can. Achilles eventually learns to do what he's told.
Prior becomes police comissioner. And married.
Prodigal Sun at some point considers, considers that maybe there is more to life than glorying in being himself, and briefly has this flash of non-narcissism to consider his li'l buddy. Moves to Washington to get gay-married to Sorrel, who probably cheats on him a lot, but that's fine because he was probably there when it happened. Is it cheating if the partner's okay with it? Whatever.
Downplay saves world, remains short.
Living Liberty would have to hit 50 and continue her supergirl-powergirl dynamic with Living Justice. She would kick bad guys in the face and no longer wear a skirt.
Emblazoned would start hunting out battles at the root, and in a climactic final issue find that the powers that drive the Warriors and the magic of the hellions stem from the same mid-level demon, who would revoke all his magical powers and his fire armour, and then somehow deprive Note and Caer of theirs. And then Blaze would beat the shit out of him with a table.
Wayworn and Kate continue to take care of the city, until someone else has to, gets to, or wants to. The final issue features no climactic battle, just a long barefoot walk from a pair of seventy-year old shamans, with no dialogue, just narration text blocks containing the lines of 'Old Friends' by Simon and Garfunkel, with a final panel that implies they die together.
Battlebriar and Soubrette are censored.
Kanpekina rescues the last teddybear from Grandville, then finds that one of them used to belong to a little boy who mises it. He spends the rest of the last issue finding people whose teddies he has and returns them. And then he murders Westin Phipps.
Mu'Rder and his sister continue their intensely, intensely fucked up relationship, just, oh god, I don't even. I really don't know what's going on there. But it's weird and involves chain.
Operative Gallows hates and hates and hates and hates-
D-38 never successfully crashes the stock market, but he does wind up causing major destabilising actions in various first world nations, attempting to force the EU to kick out countries like Greece and take other countries like Turkey. His final appearance in the comic is the issue where he's interrupted by Red finally using him as a projectile.
Rough Hex has a whole genre of doujin dedicated to him in Japan.
Niryu both show up in the final episode of Keiko's anime to defend lady Kage-ko, only to be defeated in the fight that eats the whole episode's budget.
The rest...? Dunno!))
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Friday 17 February, 2012 at 09:32
Fashion Friday: Which piece of clothing have you owned (or used, if you like) for the longest?
I arrived in Paragon city effectively naked. I have nothing from before September in my wardrobe.
SnaredJr
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Friday 17 February, 2012 at 09:33
How many beers before you're under the table? (If you don't drink you get a 0!)
Don't know, can't push it. Don't need a D&D on my record. But it's not 0. I cook with some liquors from time to time, and I'm not against sipping while I work.
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Friday 17 February, 2012 at 02:26
What's your favorite pair of shoes?
No. I have only a few, though, and my feet are very large, so I don't have a lot of selection. I never really look at or see my feet, so how they wear is important but how they look, isn't. I realised this morning that I could be wearing any one of my three pairs and I wouldn't be able to tell which one I was wearing without looking.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Friday 17 February, 2012 at 02:27
It's Friendly Friday: Say something pleasant to a FS'er who you butt heads up against the most.
You, and all the people I met yesterday, don't worry about it, and Noisebomb's lucky to have people like you around him.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Friday 17 February, 2012 at 02:28
Fashion Friday! - What was the craziest outfit you ever wore? (Halloween doesn't count!)
If Halloween doesn't count then I think the craziest thing I've ever worn was back when I was a kid and I got into the cupboard and wore dad's spare uniform. The littlest Spider.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Friday 17 February, 2012 at 02:28
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! ;_;
I haven't got a clue. I guess @Zexecutioner is in the right ballpark?
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Friday 17 February, 2012 at 02:28
Murals: tacky or awesome?
They're great. I like how you can't just glance and see, you have to take in the whole thing in pieces.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Friday 17 February, 2012 at 02:29
What color are the walls in your bedroom?
Taupe. I am told this. I am told it is soothing. I don't think I've ever consciously looked at it.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Friday 17 February, 2012 at 02:29
If you could dance with anyone living or dead who would it be and what song would you dance to?
Well, you've seen me dance.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Friday 17 February, 2012 at 02:30
When you see a girl in a short skirt, what's your first thought?
My first thought was probably had ten thoughts ago when I noticed her eyes. By the time I notice the skirt I'm probably making notes about how she walks, what footwear she's wearing, that kind of thing.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Friday 17 February, 2012 at 02:30
I'm coming to visit Paragon from May to August, who wants to paaartay when I come?!
Have I ever demonstrated ability or skill at partaying?
SnaredJr
responded to ArielAblaze
on Friday 17 February, 2012 at 06:52
(( please take moment tonight and pray, if you believe in such stuff, for my grandma Eva. She's had a heart attack and we're on our way to St. Louis right now. ))
((I don't, but can people stop getting sick? It's against the rules. I said this very clearly.))
SnaredJr
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Friday 17 February, 2012 at 06:53
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?
Hah! Etoile upbringing, if we don't remember the bad we don't remember anything.
SnaredJr
responded to TheChthonian
on Friday 17 February, 2012 at 08:11
((Morgan won't tell you what he/she does on escalators. Gwen won't tell you the name of her hometown. And Cosmo will never explain how he types. Is there anything about your characters that you keep deliberately vague, unexplained, or only hinted at?))
((I dunno. Lock's pretty much an open book, and has, frustratingly, determined it a rule that there are some people who will always get a 100% honest answer from him. Frustrating because *I* don't particularly want to write out an epistle on, say, his kinks and fetishes.
Ryker doesn't have a lot of room to be evasive, nor a lot of things to be evasive about. Don't get me wrong, after his experiences meeting a lot of Formspringers, he's becoming quietly convinced that these people are all nuts, but still.
And Swivel's operations and crushes are generally censored because I find it funny. Curiously, whenever you see censor bars, chances are it is actually a word behind it - I make a point of trying to make the bars fit to actual words. When he talked about crushes, for example, I tried to make sure that all the names he gave were different lengths, so people who cared enough could actually work out who it meant.))
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Friday 17 February, 2012 at 08:57
What is the last spontaneous thing you have done?
Tried to talk to someone about something that worried me.
SnaredJr
on Saturday 18 February, 2012 at 04:46
What's something you like to eat that's normal for you, but everyone around you seems to regard as odd?
I learned to cook in Etoile, and what I've learned from that is that NOBODY, and I mean NOBODY cooks like we do. Lots of homegrown herbs, lots of dishes you can turn into two dishes, lots of spices and fruit - because you can't rely on good, fresh fruit and vegetables - and of course, almost everything is fused of two different cultures.
I don't know anyone who puts fried egg on home made pizzas, I don't know anyone who dices sausage and stirs that into rice, I don't know anyone who uses whole cloves like bay leaves.
One thing I make basically every morning because it makes a fantastic mid-day or late-day meal, is several large cuts of apple, rolled in shredded cayenne and coconut. Sweet, sharp, kicks you in the eyes, keeps you awake and gets the blood flowing. Also, light enough that you can have it as a snack, and doing it with the golden delicious apples you can get here in Paragon is amazing compared to those tiny reds we used in the Etoile.
SnaredJr
responded to TheChthonian
on Saturday 18 February, 2012 at 05:39
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?
Honestly, yes.
I'm host to a symbiote that's incapable of amongst other things, human speech, and a number of human behaviours. It's capable of emotional reactions, and it's quite primal and intuitive, which can be a bit scary. Most of the time it sleeps, but I have to remember it's always there.
I'm very tall! Naturally that way, not a mutant or anything like that, just the son of a tall father and a tall mother. So growing up, I was regarded as a freak and a weirdo, since I was in the metahuman classes (because my parents couldn't afford tests to prove I wasn't).
When I'm working, I can't talk. Which is very unhelpful. It makes me seem standoffish and distant to other metahumans.
When I'm not working, and have the symbiote hidden, I'm a cop, a position I chose. That comes with its own distance. Like I said: People respect the police, but they hate individual policemen. And it seems to be deserved in a lot of places, making it worse.
So, my gifts from my father, my DNA, and my training all set me apart from normal people.
Mostly I compensate, I think, by not caring too much? I can't make the world like me, and I can't make humanity accept me, so all I can do is do my best to improve the world as best I see it. I follow the rules because it's the best way to provide for me and my family, and that sometimes sets me apart just as much as all the other stuff does. What are you going to do? Good friends will understand, bad friends won't, and people who didn't like you in the first place are going to do it anyway.
Heck, my accent gets me an occasional squirrely look from sailors in Indy port. And I'm not an odd guy, really. Not in that situation. I'm just a tall guy with an accent.
All sorts of things can divorce you from humanity if you let them. So don't let them. One part of being part of humanity is saying hell with hate and do what you were going to do anyway.
I'm going to say the word 'cock' here and hope that makes Gideon smile.
SnaredJr
on Saturday 18 February, 2012 at 07:52
Schoolteachers, firefighters, policemen and more - who are your favourite people who get paid thanks to your tax dollars? =D
I'm pretty fond of law enforcement officers, myself. And thankfully, so to are plenty of people here, it seems.
SnaredJr
on Saturday 18 February, 2012 at 08:05
The noisebomb has an 85% approval rating, and any idiot can tell he didn't blow up that building. ACAB.
I spoke to him once, and people who weren't immediately there know about it?
I don't know who this is, but I really didn't mean anything by it. And I don't know where this 85% number comes from, but the Noisebomb does have a reputation and I haven't had a chance to get to know him well enough to know how true that reputation is.
I'm sorry I asked rudely, and I'm sorry I didn't make an official approach of it, but I don't know if it's unfair of me to at least want to find out things for myself.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Saturday 18 February, 2012 at 05:17
Do you ever wonder if the world would be better without you in it?
No. I don't think you're asking this because you're considering yourself as someone who shouldn't exist. I think you're asking this because you heard someone say it and now it's bothering you.
I don't know much but I am sure that as long as there's one person in the world who cares about you, that's enough reason to work to make the world better. Even if it's just by making them smile.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 18 February, 2012 at 05:22
Over a year ago, where were you? What were you doing? Today, are you still holding on to some of the things you were at that time?
Sharkhead Island, the iron bitch-mother. I was studying 'medicine' in Cap Au university through correspondence, doing courier work in Sharkhead for the Cage, and editing of all things the Union Gazette for the steelworks.
And I absolutely am. Why would I let go of the past? It's part of what put me here. It's full of interesting stories.
People make a big fuss about letting go of the past, about making it matter that they're not affected by their past any more, but I just don't see that myself, and it seems like such a waste. We only get so many years - why pretend some of them didn't happen?
SnaredJr
responded to KyleSands
on Saturday 18 February, 2012 at 05:24
Totally self-centered question (I know, what a shock). Which Formspringer do you think my opposite? Which is the most similar? Why?
Looking at your FS, I'd say it's someone who looks fine but is convinced he's hideous, someone who's quite morally upstanding but is convincd he's on a tightrope, someone who's surrounded by friends and convinced he's alone.
So I'd say your opposite on Formspring is yourself, because the person you think you are and the person everyone else thinks you are seem to have nothing in common but the name.
SnaredJr
responded to MonkeyLass
on Saturday 18 February, 2012 at 05:25
What is it that makes you ask a question? What spurrs you to do that?
A desire to further the great conversation. Practicing conversational English. Filling in time when I can tell there are people around and using the site, but not saying anything that stimulates my mind.
SnaredJr
responded to AGreenDragon
on Saturday 18 February, 2012 at 05:44
Ever see something like this that makes you feel bad?
Sure, I do, from time to time, but this isn't one of them. I'll explain.
SnaredJr
responded to AGreenDragon
on Saturday 18 February, 2012 at 05:54
Ok tell me more about Bail Bondsmen!
Okay, a bail bondsman is someone who offers up a loan, with collateral to a criminal who wants to make bail. It is a short-term legal contract designed that the criminal can have a large sum of money up front, then pay it back over time (often with interest). So: It's like a tiny bank.
Hm, Dragon. To explain: It is borrowing a bit of the Bail Bondsman's hoard because it is necessary for the criminal.
Obviously, lending things to criminals is dangerous! So bail bondsmen have to be very, very good at what they do. They have to be able, when a criminal decides to run away without returning the bit of the hoard, be able to hunt them down, find them, get back their hoard, and then collect some of the criminal's hoard as well!
BUT! That means that suddenly, the criminal might look at the Bail Bondsman and think 'Wow, he's scary. If I trust this guy, he could beat me up and take my stuff.'
SO! they advertise like they are the best friend of criminals. They pretend to be very mean, to be anti-hero. And criminals trust them, and in a lot of cases, the bail arrangement happens just fine without any problem. But when they don't, suddenly the criminal has a very angry person who is owed a lot of money, and whose reputation is based on being able to recover them.
So a bail bondsman is like a very clever, very subtle form of superhero, who /cannot/ ever make a mistake, cannot slip up and let a criminal get away. They are the ones who make sure that the criminals that get caught stay caught. And they do it while pretending to be the criminal's best friend.
And of course, there are plenty of bondsmen who are also legitimately nice guys, and who offer up bail to criminals who are completely nice people and the whole transaction is tidy and none of this is necessary. But they need to always have that bit of steel in their back pocket.
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Saturday 18 February, 2012 at 05:59
What's something your parents said a lot?
"Raise your voice, not your fists."
"Fear is the price of your instrument."
"A lie can run the world before the truth has got its boots on."
"Always shoot twice."
"Run towards a mace, run sideways to a gun."
"All Arbiters are," and I don't want to finish that one.
"Look at the feet, the hands, the eyes. Where they've been, what they do, what they are looking at."
"There are worse things to be than a whore."
Etoile life, people!
SnaredJr
responded to CareAndControl
on Saturday 18 February, 2012 at 07:02
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?
Okay, in light of the kids thing:
Leave your cheeks and cheekbones clear. When father had a full beard, and I kissed him on the cheek, it was itchy and irritating for days. That, or go for a chinstrap, or a... what's the word, the mutton chops that leave the base of your chin clear.
SnaredJr
responded to innocuus
on Saturday 18 February, 2012 at 07:14
The world would be a better place without _______ in it.
Question inspired by @SanderWilson.
Unintended consequence.
SnaredJr
responded to ArielAblaze
on Saturday 18 February, 2012 at 07:27
(( It was a horrible thing to see but she is feeling a lot better right now and they say if Grandma makes it through the weekend, she'll make it long term. I hope so. Thanks for all the nice words and thoughts. ))
((It sucks. Hope you're doing better, but hey, at least you can say you've got a nice, clear end point for when things can relax.))
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 18 February, 2012 at 07:36
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 a question that requires a person belong to the community, know people, and have a great deal of insight into others. I really don't think I can answer it, but I like a clean inbox and don't like deleting messages as though I hadn't read or considered them, so there you go.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 18 February, 2012 at 08:30
Something on your mind?
Always. Wouldn't it be dull if there wasn't?
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 18 February, 2012 at 09:33
Define want versus need.
Needs are things that, without which, you cannot continue in your current state. Wants are things that will change your state to one you prefer it to be.
Some people need attention, even though without attention they won't die, for example.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 18 February, 2012 at 09:34
Where do you want to go?
Scarborough fair.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 18 February, 2012 at 09:41
How high are your walls built?
I like to think I have ladders.
I also like to think you only care about one person's responses.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 18 February, 2012 at 10:22
What is your saving grace?
That I have a shot for immortality. That I will never be a doctor, that I will never save a life from a disease, that I will never use peace to cure a person rather than violence, and that all of those things do not matter at all, because my little sister is brilliant, wonderful, and that I am going to make room in the world for her to become the artist, the musician, the fencer, the dinosaur, the doctor and the trapeze artist that she wants to be, possibly all at once.
I do not need to live forever. I just want to live long enough to give her the chance to do what I'm doing now.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Sunday 19 February, 2012 at 02:34
A scent that haunts or comforts you?
Smoke haunts.
I try to be careful with cooking bacon. I love the taste, but it does elicit some unpleasant memories.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Sunday 19 February, 2012 at 02:39
Can you pin a song to what's on your mind right now?
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Sunday 19 February, 2012 at 02:40
What speaks louder? What is said or what isn't?
Well, until I met the @TheNoisebomb, I'd have been artful about this answer.
What is said is louder. It's the utterance that has artifice. It is the thing that actually speaks. Anything unsaid that rings in the mind is just that - it's in the mind. It's your supposition, your fear, your paranoia, your doubt, your concerns. Some very astute people can get a lot out of that. I work with one. But not louder - it's just closer to your ears.
SnaredJr
responded to Coryismedamnit
on Sunday 19 February, 2012 at 02:44
So, what's a neat thing to do with Longbow's coffee? Also, have we met? In Paragon, I mean. Etoile kinda all blends together into a blur of misery and depression.
I don't think we've had the chance to meet. I think I'd need to see your hands or hips or legs to really be sure. And post-Etoile... I don't know. I'm not very recognitable when I'm working.
What we used to do in the community centre in Sharkhead, when the time came to make coffee is, in the early part of the evening, you'd fill up the boiler with water, you'd stir in coffee, and you'd get the mix right. As the night went on, you'd pour in a bit of water, and then add a bit more coffee. The problem is, you'd be tasting from the top, but the coffee would be settling on the bottom. Upshot is that the last third of the boiler is inevitably this monstrous, dark stuff that has all the coffee in it thoroughly dissolved but at the same time, is basically battery acid.
Loved that coffee, just loved it.
Anyway, at the end of the night, what we'd do is get a cooking pan and fill it with gelatin powder, then pour in the coffee, then throw that in the chiller to set. A few nights later, we'd pull out the tray, and while it was cold, cut it into cubes. If you got the mix of the powder right, what you wind up with are these hard, dark cubes of... well, caffeine jello, and they're delicious. You serve them with a little dash of cream, or a sprinkling of powder sugar.
I had my first one when I was seven? I did not sleep all night. But when I was older, bigger, and my constitution could handle it, those things were the best thing about finishing a long day in the centre.
SnaredJr
responded to ceruleanvenus
on Sunday 19 February, 2012 at 06:21
( S-so I did this writing thing! It doesn't have anything to do with Zex or Iron Tyrant (sorry!), but it's more or less some background on Agenla within the recent couple of weeks. Feel free to read or dismiss! )
((THERE WILL BE AT SOME POINT FICTION THAT RELATES NOT TO GIDEON.
I kid - Interesting stuff!))
SnaredJr
on Sunday 19 February, 2012 at 06:42
You are a brother. I understand that we should hang out.
My time's really limited. I'm afraid that it would be difficult for us to necessarily find that time, and since you're a stranger I'm not very comfortable offering you contact information. I hope you don't mind, given the reactions I've gotten on this site already from things I thought that were quite innocent, but I'd like to, if I can, wait until I have more information.
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Sunday 19 February, 2012 at 07:53
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.
Not I.
If he's missing for twenty-four hours I can file a normal report for him, if he's missing for twelve and there's a credible metahuman threat related I can send a report to Longbow.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Sunday 19 February, 2012 at 05:25
I found three kittens in a box in the foyer. Does anyone want a kitten?
That's very, very sweet, and I'd like to, but I think I have to put my foot down for Chell and say no, at least until she finishes ISN13. Okay? Thank you, Sander.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Sunday 19 February, 2012 at 11:49
If you were going to get a house built, what would it be like?
It'd have a prow and a stern and a bell.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Sunday 19 February, 2012 at 11:50
What do you want?
A little moderation in all things. Senses of proportion I can give people. Understanding by the gallon and sarcasm by the pinch.
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Monday 20 February, 2012 at 04:54
What was the best thing that happened to you this weekend?
Best thing I care about was a doctor's report. Best thing anyone out there cares to hear about was a nice conversation I had with some other formspring users, including @SanderWilson, who is a real sweetheart and shouldn't dislike herself so much.
SnaredJr
responded to CareAndControl
on Monday 20 February, 2012 at 04:55
Musical Monday: What's a song you sing in the shower?
SnaredJr
responded to MrCrimsonAce
on Monday 20 February, 2012 at 04:56
Uh so just starting out here? How's everyone doing today? Good I hope!
Walking and waves - world's still turning. Can't complain!
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Monday 20 February, 2012 at 04:58
What is your favorite fable or fairy tale? Does this time of your life relate to it? How?
I'm assuming operetta doesn't count as a fairy tale.
It's very short, but Aesop's fable of the cowardly nettle seems to be most appropriate.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Monday 20 February, 2012 at 04:58
“If 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?”
I'm not the only person wearing a costume. I don't know how long it would take me to find the same cast if I changed costume.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Monday 20 February, 2012 at 04:59
Can you place a quote, lyric, or excerpt that makes you think of a fellow FS'er without naming who?
"As I reach for the edge of the universe, I do so knowing that along some paths of cosmic discovery, there are times when, at least for now, one must be content to love the questions themselves."
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Monday 20 February, 2012 at 05:06
What is the last book you read?
Last fictional book I read was read in a hospital chair, into a speaker, and it was a book called Only Begotten Daughter. VERY good, very engaging.
Last NONfictional book was a stack of paperwork that I asked Longbow to send me for Point Review. That was not a good idea, though I think it achieved the aim I had.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Monday 20 February, 2012 at 05:06
What surprised you last?
That once again, an attempt to do something nice for someone who had expressed a desire for that thing on a public forum got me grabbed by a hero who's concerned about his reputation and shook.
SnaredJr
responded to IamEvolved
on Monday 20 February, 2012 at 05:07
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?
Didn't that @Cearmaid guy answer this a while ago?
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Monday 20 February, 2012 at 05:08
Do you ever find yourself longing for something, but unable to figure out what it is you long for?
Oh, painfully often. I hated the place but I find myself so often fumbling for things that were just there in the Etoile and not realise why I missed them. The sound of a hundred stomping boots as I walk home, for example.
What I found best is to see what makes me long more, and do that as much as I can.
SnaredJr
responded to IamEvolved
on Monday 20 February, 2012 at 05:08
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?
I reject your postulate.
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Monday 20 February, 2012 at 05:08
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?
Most of the big changes in my life have been short and sharp. In fact, the thing I tried to change about myself are long, and slow grinds. The things that other people changed about me? Short, sharp, and brutal.
SnaredJr
responded to MrCrimsonAce
on Monday 20 February, 2012 at 06:07
How did everyone get started in the biz? Do you still like it?
You ever gotten a new job, and when you turn up expecting to start with some basic training, they hand you a mop and say 'Okay, now you need to exturbiran the flestuzio, in the next hour, OR YOU'RE FIRED,' and then they walk off?
Kinda like that.
SnaredJr
responded to ArielAblaze
on Monday 20 February, 2012 at 06:15
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?
Firebert is just a terrible, terrible commando name.
I don't think I've ever had a pet, come to think of it.
SnaredJr
on Monday 20 February, 2012 at 06:24
So, I'm back in on the hunt. Anyone got any leads?
After Noisebomb whispered at me, I've tied up the Longbow paperwork. I didn't know @Cearmaid was a Reciprocator when I informed them of his status. So you should have a clear playing field there.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Monday 20 February, 2012 at 07:19
Musical Monday: The last song to bring you comfort?
No idea. I haven't any experience with these. So I guess I'll keep an eye out on all this stuff that's getting posted to answer this one.
SnaredJr
on Monday 20 February, 2012 at 11:05
Any of you ever heard PPD mentioning your 'Godzilla Threshold?'
For those who haven't heard this term, the Godzilla Threshold is the point at which the authorities recognise that any threat's expected damage outweighs any potential collateral damage generated by the opposition of that threat.
I found out today that some registered heroes, like @ParkourBlades and @BackAlleyBeats have really low Godzilla Thresholds - the points where we reach for a phone and say 'Hey, come over here quick as you can' are really low, like 'possible destruction of a car.' Of course, those two examples have a pretty low callout rate, but it's still interesting to find on the files.
SnaredJr
responded to MrCrimsonAce
on Tuesday 21 February, 2012 at 01:14
Everyone survive the fight tonight? Looks like I broke an arm and a rib.
I got the net down, then before I could go help, I got traded over to the midnighters. Weird fricking day. Hope everyone else is fine, though.
SnaredJr
responded to MazzoGrave
on Tuesday 21 February, 2012 at 01:26
So, I've never gone skydiving, but I got slammed hard enough to go high enough to make it FEEL like skydiving! Anybody ever get hit so hard they went really really far?
So you got fresh with @Ultimogirl?
SnaredJr
responded to TheChthonian
on Tuesday 21 February, 2012 at 04:21
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.
If you can give me a clear reasoning I might be able to deploy the K9 unit? That's... like, twenty-five metahuman handled german shepherds?
SnaredJr
on Tuesday 21 February, 2012 at 09:36
My schedule's pretty odd. What's yours like? When do you get up? When do you go to sleep? Do you have breakfast? Do you HAVE a schedule?
If anyone's curious?
I get to sleep around 9AM most mornings after getting Chell to school. I'm up again about six or seven hours later. I can handle short wake-ups in case of emergency, and I sometimes wake up around noon to spend lunch with Chell, on weekends.
Around 3pm, I wake up, head out, pick up Chell at school, bring her home, and depending on her schedule, I have about two hours of time to spend socialising. Then I'm on call for the PPD, starting at six PM most days, and I don't officially finish until six AM. If you see me in Pocket D that's because I'm officially on redeploy - a kind of 'free time' arrangement in case something big needs me that other cops aren't in a position to handle. There are a few redeploy zones - Pocket D and Vanguard's HQ in White Plains.
SnaredJr
responded to ArielAblaze
on Tuesday 21 February, 2012 at 04:28
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?)
Reading these reports, and I don't want to be mean, it seems that Zex has kinda planned for a lot of flying bricks.
SnaredJr
responded to ceruleanvenus
on Tuesday 21 February, 2012 at 04:30
I received a fortune today. "Be careful in whom you share your confidence." There is odd truth in those words. Have you ever found an ominous and yet relevant fortune bestowed upon you?
The day we left Sharkhead, I got a fortune that said 'A ogni uccello il suo nido è bello.'
Well, no, but wouldn't that have been neat?
SnaredJr
responded to TheNoisebomb
on Tuesday 21 February, 2012 at 04:30
in hpspitsl; pls font worry
Font u tell me what to do!
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Tuesday 21 February, 2012 at 04:31
(Alright! Gonna tentatively share contact info. Gmail and gtalk: dayblush@gmail.com, AIM: prettysomething. I'm using Nimbuzz on my phone which consolidates all my msging services into one. Use the force wisely? XD)
((I don't want to be mean, since I have email, YIM, and MSN and AIM, but I'm super reluctant to drop them in public...
Tell you what, my global in-game is @TalenLee. Fling me a tell and I'll tell you what you want to know.))
SnaredJr
responded to Whowherewhat
on Tuesday 21 February, 2012 at 04:32
TMI Tuesday: What is your opinion on @CareAndControl's cock?
It was better when it was underground.
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Tuesday 21 February, 2012 at 04:32
Have you ever gone on a double date?
Been on a date with two guys and one girl. Weird one, that was.
SnaredJr
responded to MrCrimsonAce
on Tuesday 21 February, 2012 at 06:13
Are you doing your dream job? If not what is your dream job?
No. My dream job was doctor. In the Etoile, it's a sort of hybrid job, surgeon and diagnostic doctor, the two all blurred together. But then, they also have a tenuous relationship with germ theory.
Now, I don't really have a dream job. I liked the idea of being a doctor, I found the idea of fixing problems in such a complicated system with a few cuts of a knife as being fascinating and entertaining, even with all the problems and difficulties. And now, well...
SnaredJr
responded to Coryismedamnit
on Tuesday 21 February, 2012 at 06:56
Almost all Arachnos operatives that are still mostly human are tracked by the FBSA as 'naturals', despite implanted weaponry, combat drugs, artificial musculature, and usage of highly advanced equipment.
Oh, sure! I know. Also, the ones who can read people's minds. And I'm sure there's tons and tons of respect for the FBSA, too.
SnaredJr
responded to parkourblades
on Tuesday 21 February, 2012 at 08:13
((what is true justice? I get Eddie sent to the hospital for lols and two days later I'm in the hospital myself :/
Not as serious though. Just tenosynovitis.))
((I thought I put out the order. Nobody is allowed to get sick. You hear me?))
SnaredJr
responded to shockhazard
on Wednesday 22 February, 2012 at 01:34
Alright so I filled you in on Vegas... What was living in the Isles like?
First things first, it's dark. I know there's a body of people in the US who don't like the EPA and clean air laws, but live in Sharkhead for a month and you'll forget that skies are blue. It was one of the strangest things, growing up, listening to bootleg pop and rock, which mentioned 'the clear blue sky.' Sharkhead, clear blue days are so rare, I was ten before I consciously remembered seeing one.
The smoke is thicker in the afternoon, so you get these blazing, gorgeous, astounding sunsets because the light's scattered over this huge amount of stuff in the air. So you'll get these... purples and violets and golds, and because the horizon is nothing but sea, you see it for a good long time. Sunset in the summer takes forever to get there, too - it's like, seven PM before the sun starts to set and it's not done until nine, some nights.
It is humid all the time. There aren't many mountains and in Sharkhead particularly, every big construction is made out of metal, which means the sunlight gets reflected all over the place throughout the day. It cuts through the smog and the smog blankets it on. A cool spring breeze just does not happen.
I know there's another Etoile citizen here and I pretty much guarantee she's going to hate on me for this, but I was pretty much a member of the Etoile's tiny middle class. My father worked directly for Arachnos, which meant perks like fresh food and water regularly, we got to eat meat most days of the week, we were pretty well-privileged and nobody serious messed with us in a way that could get us in trouble. I wasn't pampered - I still walked everywhere, I still had afternoon jobs, I still put in time at the steelworks and community centres - but I never had to be frightened of being disappeared by meat doctors in the middle of the night, I never had to create my own house out of driftwood.
You run EVERYWHERE. You walk where you can, you get to a ferry, you ride it, then you walk or run again. If you're really good you learn shortcuts. If you learn a lot of shortcuts, you wind up leading what we call tag strips, where a couple of guys will mark shortcuts with a visible mark. You chain tags together, on a strip, to get where you're going safer. You have to keep an eye out for fresh tags because gangs will mess with them, but if you're, say, commuting from Sharkhead's far end to the ferry to the Cap Au, a tag strip is a lot safer than just walking on the main routes where there's riots or suppression fire. So you'll sometimes see this chain of guys wearing backpacks jogging down the way, hoisting over fences and the like.
One of my favourite tags was marked with two marks - that is to say 'bring a friend.' The fence was wobbly on its axis. If someone leant on it, the whole thing was an easy angle to flip over. So you'd hold it while your friend ran over it, and then he'd hold it from the other side and you'd run over it.
There's not a lot of cooperation, not a lot of affection. Everyone likes to divide into groups. Very tightly knit groups, and people don't volunteer a lot of themselves. Dad was an Arachnos operative, but the Widows would still potshoot at me if I walked past after curfew. If I was in St Martial after noon on a Thursday, you'd still have to play dodgems with Crabs who were looking to pick on people. Mostly, the people who would become friends were the people who had no alternatives.
Christ, this is a long answer. I... guess I'd say it was tribalistic, dirty, violent and with these remarkable bright spots of hope.
I don't want to run into the character limit, or spend all the stories at once, so I think I'll just leave it at that for now.
SnaredJr
responded to totallywitchin
on Wednesday 22 February, 2012 at 01:36
What is your favorite fashion trend? Least favorite?
Powered armour. Big chunky everything. Templating. I hate that as a guy, everything I wear, more or less, comes out of two or three moulds and everyone can identify which group you're in based on it.
SnaredJr
responded to NemesisLives
on Wednesday 22 February, 2012 at 03:38
I met @backalleybeats today. Has anyone else meet a fellow formspringer for the first time lately? :D
I met @TrulyKazeno for the first time today. @TheChthonian too. And I had the first hint of a conversation with @MazzoGrave.
SnaredJr
on Wednesday 22 February, 2012 at 04:20
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on Wednesday 22 February, 2012 at 04:20
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on Wednesday 22 February, 2012 at 04:21
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on Wednesday 22 February, 2012 at 04:21
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on Wednesday 22 February, 2012 at 04:21
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on Wednesday 22 February, 2012 at 04:22
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responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Wednesday 22 February, 2012 at 05:16
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've been down spiderholes all night. It sucks - I've been squashing bugs all night, and half of them seem to think that I'm shooting over their heads. Nobody's talking about Ambers of any varieties. They're more concerned with some sort of archaeological find thing, some sort of dimensional collapser.
I think Amber's been grabbed by a small group acting independently. That's going to make it really hard to find the right guys. So be thorough with your investigation.
By 'thorough' I mean, don't assume a runner doesn't mean anything. It takes a lot of shaking to get these guys to realise you're there for beat work.
SnaredJr
responded to pressdotexe
on Wednesday 22 February, 2012 at 06:06
What's your favourite animated Disney film?
Oh here is a riddle, to guess if you can ~ Sing the bells of Notre Dame ~~ Who is the monster, ~~~ And who is the man? ~~~~Sing the bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells of Notre Dame
I just checked on Youtube. I got the right number of Bells from memory.
SnaredJr
responded to FanTheFlames
on Wednesday 22 February, 2012 at 06:08
Question of the day: What's the Biggest Lie you ever heard?
"Now even the mighty Statesman will bow down before me! Bow down before my POWER! You heroes will not save the world this day. You shall merely be the first sacrifices on this, the altar of my victory!"
Wanker.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Wednesday 22 February, 2012 at 06:58
I love your new pic, Rykes! It's awesome that you're showing people Snared now!
Thanks, Faefae. It's hella hard to get good footage of me like that, I tend to mess cameras /up/ if I'm around them too long. Fortunately, had a drone in the right place at the right time.
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Wednesday 22 February, 2012 at 07:42
As a former Etoile resident, do you think it appropriate for Longbow and similar hero groups to have a presence there? Is it unacceptable for them to breach sovereignty, even if it is corrupt? Did they affect you personally?
Personally, yeah. I did try to learn a bit from the doctors in Nerva once, and it took two rough patdowns from Longbow who were convinced my book bag was holding ordinance to put me off that idea.
The big problem isn't Longbow as an entity, but Longbow's people that get sent there. I have heard people yelling, in all seriousness, at my running back in Mercy 'Being evil is NOT COOL!' which is just retarded. The guys there, the skulls, for example, are not roughing up contaminated because 'being evil is cool.' They are roughing up contaminated because they have basically no control over their lives and they have to assert it SOME way.
You get this army of jacked-up guys whose entire world is built around shooting at anything that doesn't look like them. They're not very experienced, they're REALLY not very well-trained, and they're not very smart, because the smart, good, well trained Longbow are all pushing at places like the Shadow Shard, Grandville's occasional sub excursions, shit like that.
I have no problem, again, with Longbow as a group. Some times you DO need to bring a chaingun to stop some of these people. The problem is that the whole command structure is militarised and rather than do things like serve as a police service or a wetworks group dealing with very serious threats out of my homeland, who I want to make clear, are also prone to producing weapon-toting crazies who are intent on attacking major population centres for stupid reasons.
The problem areaslike Fossburg and Agincourt are even more problematic because they were established well in the past, and now neither side is going to give because of sunk costs. Longbow can point to every single lost soldier - and they are NOT a police service, they are an ARMY - and say 'Look, do you want him to have died for nothing.' And this makes it even WORSE when you get gangs like the Tsoo involved.
In the end, Longbow involvement in some cases is totally justified. The vast majority of Longbow I met in the lower-end regions like Mercy and Nerva were power-tripping paranoid dicks who were convinced that the only way to light a candle was to set fire to the darkness.
I recognise there's no small irony in this stance, considering how I notice that capes tend to hate cops but like 'the police,' but I'd like to think there's a distinction between one group that can literally declare invasions and one group that can declare bake sales.
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Wednesday 22 February, 2012 at 08:31
Is it really the effort that counts?
I think as a big brother I'm obligated to say yes. It'd be nice if nobody ever misdirected their effort, but I'd much rather know I'm surrounded by the well-intentiond making mistakes than by the mendacious doing it on purpose.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Wednesday 22 February, 2012 at 05:07
Are there people you feel you cannot do without in this world?
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Wednesday 22 February, 2012 at 05:12
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.
If september is recent, I lost my father in Galaxy city, and watched my sister lose all her skin, having to carry her screaming and crying form to a shelter, terrified that she'd die and the last thing she'd feel is my fumble-fingered touch.
More recently than that, I spent the night with my hands in action, fought and kicked and punched and bled amongst spider holes, only to hear for the hunrdedth time 'I have no idea what you're asking.'
One happy thing? I came home. Chell was awake. We watched cartoons.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Wednesday 22 February, 2012 at 05:13
What is your favorite dessert?
For all the sweet foods I cook with, I don't have that sharp a sweet tooth. I tend to prefer very plain cheesecakes, for example, maybe with a little ball of french vanilla ice cream and a strawberry. I'm no good at actually baking most of the time - I forget the oven timers sometimes - but I'm learning.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Wednesday 22 February, 2012 at 05:14
Would you ever have children?
I sort of already have. And I know enough about pregnancy and childbirth to feel horribly, horribly guilty at that idea of inflicting it on someone.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Wednesday 22 February, 2012 at 05:15
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?
It'd depend on your budget, but get a set that match the width of your face well, and make sure they're at least two thirds the size, or large,r than your eyes are naturally. That way when you 'look' at someone straight-on, it's a clear black sheet and they won't see around them. It does wonders.
Alternatively, a pair of wrap-around can work fine, but you seem the more classy type who'd want a more elegant design.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Wednesday 22 February, 2012 at 05:18
What would you do if an animal destroyed your brother's favorite pair of shoes?
I'm assuming this is Rip and Torn.
I don't think he'd mind that much.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Wednesday 22 February, 2012 at 05:20
Besides voice, what other means do you speak through? Body language? Art? Touch? Music?
I wish I could speak through more means. The most important moments of my life since September are marked by my no longer being able to speak.
More frustrating than you think, especially when you notice just how much talk in combat is building comraderie, making friendships, and flirting.
SnaredJr
responded to MrCrimsonAce
on Wednesday 22 February, 2012 at 05:21
Today's a new and exciting day! What adventures will you be on today, friends?
Still untangling this paperwork knot and completing a torrent more. And then it'll be on my feet on the street.
SnaredJr
on Wednesday 22 February, 2012 at 05:56
Let's be honest, violence is almost always the answer. Right?
Violence is not the answer, it is the question. The answer is how much, and when.
SnaredJr
responded to IamEvolved
on Wednesday 22 February, 2012 at 06:06
Why can't you speak?
When 'wearing' my symbiote, my entire lower jawbone has lanced strands of bone that punch up into my upper jaw. It's quite exquisitely painful when it happens, so I'm reluctant to change back and forth flippantly. All I can say his the symbiote's voicebox, which comes out as a variety of hisses and unmouthed roars. Worse, our systems are shared, so most of my ideas and notions become much more primal, more basic, and that makes it harder to think clearly. I can keep a goal in mind, I can keep a priority ahead of all others, but it's very, very hard to even compose hand-gestures to a meaning.
The symbiote eats through absorption of ambient energies, which means it lacks a need for a proper mouth/jaw structure.
Couple that with my natural habits that make normal conversation tricky - like my habits of mixing up English sentence structure and drifting off conversationally - and it further compounds things. Thoughts of 'be careful, young lady, I'll take point' becomes 'protect.' It's a little embarassing to fall into cromagnon status on a daily basis.
SnaredJr
on Wednesday 22 February, 2012 at 06:26
((For each character, do they have a main badge, or title, that you feel is essential to projecting their first impression?))
((I asked this because I do it a lot. I have a friend who is literally in that top 5-10 of all badges acquired, and I have a huge respect and love for him that means I read up on a lot of badges. I try to do the badge system some sort of respect, like, making sure that even though I'll never 'catch 'em all' I'll still have the ones that really matter to the character. The examples that relate to FS, though are
SnaredJr
responded to ArielAblaze
on Wednesday 22 February, 2012 at 06:55
((uh...computer is FUBAR at the mo - so I'm just gonna say "hey thanks for the epic rescue" and we can all pretend it was all a fun mission and I'll RP Amber as having learned another important lesson. Good news? Going to BestBuy tonite!! :) ))
((You piker!))
SnaredJr
responded to CareAndControl
on Wednesday 22 February, 2012 at 07:59
If you had a fanclub what would it or its members be called?
@FaigeHarrison
SnaredJr
responded to PlagueOfWasps
on Wednesday 22 February, 2012 at 09:01
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?
Kick him in the junk.
Seriously, get your head right, man.
SnaredJr
responded to ArielAblaze
on Wednesday 22 February, 2012 at 09:05
(( Oh yeah! ASUS G74SX 16GB, 1 TB HD, 2Ghz i7, 17.3", no blu-ray sadly, NVIDIA GTX 560M, backlit keyboard, and the usual stuff. I was hoping they'd have something Alienware. What was your last major tech upgrade? ))
((Dinosaurs roamed the earth, little one. We made our computers out of rocks.))
SnaredJr
responded to ArbiterSteve
on Wednesday 22 February, 2012 at 10:35
Faultline Tunnel Complex, dam side. First excavated abandoned base.
Thanks.
SnaredJr
responded to TheNoisebomb
on Thursday 23 February, 2012 at 01:37
:( sime1 i thpught qas my friwnd just kivked mt in the chwst, ever hav 1 of those dsys?
Yeah. Hang on though.
SnaredJr
responded to MazzoGrave
on Thursday 23 February, 2012 at 04:34
Throwdown Thursday: Famous Meta-Vision Part 2! Xanatos vs Synapse!
SnaredJr
responded to MazzoGrave
on Thursday 23 February, 2012 at 04:34
Throwdown Thursday is back again if you like it or not! This time in 'Famous Meta-Vision!' (( Semi-famous Player characters, as vague as that is vs Lore NPCs )) First up: Positron vs Ascendant.
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Thursday 23 February, 2012 at 07:12
Do you like making music mixes?
I don't think I know what this question means. If it's like those video-clip mash-ups , then I have no idea, since I've never tried it. If it means mix tapes, we used them a lot back in school in Sharkhead. Though I have been led to believe that it's, uh, quite 80s.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Thursday 23 February, 2012 at 07:12
Where is your place of serenity in the city?
The kitchen, first thing in her morning, last thing in my night.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Thursday 23 February, 2012 at 07:13
Any great plans for the weekend?
I work. I work and I work and I work, and some of that work is going to feature grateful people, and most of that work is going to feature ungrateful people, and more of that work is going to go towards paying off debts. And at the end of it, I'm going to fall down in bed, facedown and think 'that was a pretty great weekend.'
What else is there? It's as great as you let it be.
SnaredJr
responded to MrCrimsonAce
on Thursday 23 February, 2012 at 07:14
Anyone up for working together regularly? I'm thinking a once a week patrol? ((FS Team Night? Maybe Saturday nights? Who's in?))
((So can't turn up reliably, especially with my moods.))
SnaredJr
responded to ArielAblaze
on Thursday 23 February, 2012 at 07:14
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?
Wouldn't your retirement just shanghai another Amber from wherever in to do the same job?
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Thursday 23 February, 2012 at 07:14
Thoughtful Thursday: A quote or motto you love by?
I quoted my father a lot. I guess the last one - 'Keep her safe.'
SnaredJr
responded to jillwilliamson
on Thursday 23 February, 2012 at 07:15
(( Just wanted to heads-up everyone: I'm gonna be sparse in game for a bit; just got a trainer and I'm learning how to box. Spending a lot of time at the gym and whatnot. If you need me, FS might be faster. :3 ))
((Wait, you're ever available in-game?))
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Thursday 23 February, 2012 at 07:22
Thoughtful Thursday?: Quote me something on how you feel about recent events in your life.
I seem to spend a lot of time sifting through the detritus of other people's lives, which are, I'm sure, much more interesting than mine.
'The sheets show their struggles, the glasses their fears The ashtrays, the hours passed, the towels their tears.'
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Thursday 23 February, 2012 at 07:24
Present for Chell incoming! You want one too Ryker?
I think I'll have to pass on this one, but you had to include a picture, didn't you? She wants me to have one now. Her hair's coming back now, she's even got a bit of a ducktail going on, but noooo, it's all wigs, all rainbow.
I fear I'm going to need a how-to guide on how you get your hair the way you do.
SnaredJr
responded to Hellwhip
on Thursday 23 February, 2012 at 07:26
Piercings, tattoos or both?
Huh. My very first thought was about them on myself. Which might be an interesting expression about me. Anyway, I don't really know. You need to be able to maintain professionalism in this job, and I guess anything that might make people double-take when they look at me is a bad idea. I'd check the uniform code if the idea occurred to me again. I know Longbow can have them, but I'm pretty sure we can't. Hell, you're not allowed facial hair until you make detective.
In other people, well, hey, it'd depend on how they look. There's always an awkwardness about girl who has, say 'Chuck' written on her forearm flirting with me. Though it might be an instruction.
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Thursday 23 February, 2012 at 07:28
Is there something everybody else - even non-metas - seems to be able to do, that you simply can't?
Care too much about what other people's love lives are all about. Makes sense, but about the time someone tells me something about Kim Kardashian that isn't 'look at how she wears this tuxedo' I just switch the hell off.
It's worse when it's superheroes, because it just looks like high school all over again, but the people who get all upset and stagger around in the rain drunk and crying Debby's name are capable of knocking over buildings and we're meant to feel sorry for them.
SnaredJr
responded to MrCrimsonAce
on Thursday 23 February, 2012 at 07:30
What has been your defining moment?
Taking my father's hand, feeling the symbiote puncture my skin, hearing his final words, and watching him die.
It's on me, now.
SnaredJr
responded to shockhazard
on Thursday 23 February, 2012 at 07:31
It's "OMG so tired Thursday". When was the last time something interrupted your sleep?
Was it work or personal related?
SOMEONE'S principal called because they wanted me to translate something she'd written on her teacher's card on Valentines. They thought it was a threat.
It wasn't, but it was a stream of cusses which ended with 'man hating dyke,' so I'm figuring it was a win.
SnaredJr
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Thursday 23 February, 2012 at 07:32
I figure most of us break stuff pretty well. Can you build stuff too? If so, what kind of stuff do you make?
Paper mache volacnoes.
Not a science project, they're just fun.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Thursday 23 February, 2012 at 08:05
What is the most prolific thing someone has said or told you in lately?
I am going to assume I'm just not well-educated enough for this sentence, because it doesn't look like it makes any sense to me.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Thursday 23 February, 2012 at 08:05
How many hours of sleep a night do you get? How many do you need in order to function? How/when do you sleep best?
I get no sleep at night. I get two chunks of about three hours each in the day.
SnaredJr
responded to SovereignFist
on Thursday 23 February, 2012 at 08:54
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))
The only joke that springs to mind suggests domestic violence and I'm not cool with that.
SnaredJr
responded to Zarpd
on Friday 24 February, 2012 at 12:18
Ever make yourself sad by answering a question?
No, but I sure can see how you did.
SnaredJr
responded to CareAndControl
on Friday 24 February, 2012 at 12:33
Were your parents married?
Of course not.
ACAB.
(Yes.)
SnaredJr
responded to Coryismedamnit
on Friday 24 February, 2012 at 01:31
So, why can't you? I now surmise it has something to do with the terms under which you're working for the PPD?
Pretty much.
The three forms of arrest that can be conducted are when a policeman observes a crime and can make an arrest on the spot. I'm not allowed to do that because part of that involves mirandising a person, and that means you're conferring onto the person rights, granted to the person by a representative of the state. I'm not a citizen, I can't represent the state.
Second, you can arrest someone by bringing to bear an extant warrant. Again, mirandising. Again, not a citizen, can't confer those rights.
And third there's a citizen's arrest. Well, guess what?
What I can do is contain, control, and operate as a non-party. That means I can tackle a guy and pin him down while we wait for a badge to show up, I can investigate and ask questions, but there are very distinct limits to what I can do and can ask. I can't compel anyone anything, and I can't request a judge's authority directly. I can't ask for warrants - others can, but I can't.
As a member of the SOU, it gets even murkier because there are basically five people in authority over the whole division, each of whom are equals. The majority of the time, the SOU just says 'heck with it' and sorts it out in paperwork afterwards, but I have to walk a very fine line, so they don't ask me to take many risks with protocol.
What this means is, I do a lot of heavy lifting and get deployed to very 'safe' tasks in legal terms. Most of the time, that means I get traded time to Vanguard in exchange for equipment. I am a student exchange program where the exchanged item is a nice lawnmower.
Of course, if I'm travelling w/ith another hero, they can do the arresting, which is generally good because it's not like I'm in any state to handle the proper protocol of a Miranda while I'm working.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Friday 24 February, 2012 at 03:45
If you were a sin, which would you be?
Invidia.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Friday 24 February, 2012 at 05:03
Do it. Come over.
"Yes, I have done my best for you - and why? It was my duty under my indentures - I was formally apprenticed to your band - it was through an error - no matter - the error was ours, not yours, and I was in honour bound by it."
No. Thank you for the briefest moment of amusing fantasy. May you have at least a little more fun than you deserve.
SnaredJr
responded to CareAndControl
on Friday 24 February, 2012 at 05:15
No srsly. Come over. We'll get you drunk and coax Lilah into tattooing AHAB on your butt while you're passed out. It'll be tons of fun.
I have a breakfast date at seven AM. Go. Have your fun. There will be other chances. Spontanaeity is not a luxury with which I am gifted at this time in my life.
Still, I do appreciate it.
SnaredJr
responded to MonkeyLass
on Friday 24 February, 2012 at 05:26
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 do, but it's a slow process of creation and operation. It's not something I can do with one big swing. It's something I have to do bit by bit, every day.
SnaredJr
responded to Hellwhip
on Friday 24 February, 2012 at 08:55
What's the best way to hunt a super-powered demon hunting your friends? This is TOTALLY a hypothetical question...
I am going to guess Ray's going to say 'punch it in the face.'
I agree wholeheartedly with Ray.
There's not a power that can't be met with power, and some things need to be pulled to the ground before they can be otherwise handled.
Make some tough friends, get together, get organised, and then send a hunter to take the big guy out while he's trying to work out his way into your fort.
I may have built a pillow fort this morning. This may be on my mind.
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Friday 24 February, 2012 at 08:56
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?
Hell, I don't know. I know that not everyone leads and not everyone follows. I know that guys who wear those t-shirts that say 'lead, follow or get out of my way,' tend to be the kind that holler How Dare I as I hold them chest-first onto the hood of a cop car while they're cuffed.
It seems one of those questions where lots of people have very certain views but most of them haven't ever really thought about it.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Friday 24 February, 2012 at 04:43
How do you condole need?
I don't. You shouldn't, either. To feel sorrow and mourn for your needs is to put yourself in a position where you're at least a martyr and at worst justifying dark deeds.
Is there some sort of word game theme going on that I don't get?
SnaredJr
responded to CareAndControl
on Friday 24 February, 2012 at 04:44
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?
You have money, you mention having money, the site is pegging its advertisements at your price range. The muslim thing is a little weird, but hey.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Friday 24 February, 2012 at 04:49
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?
This question presumes that infanticide was making a bigger dent in the infant mortality rate than being born was.
Yes, these two practices exist side by side quite well, insofar as either can be tolerated easily. In fact, they still do in nations like Angola and Afghanistahn, where children born are ridiculously likely to die just by dint of being born.
Most examples I can give are quite disgusting and involve topics that are not appropriate, even medically, for public consumption. So I will summarise:
It is possible, it did happen, and the primary reason for it not producing a large social imbalance was the extant infant mortality rate.
SnaredJr
responded to MrCrimsonAce
on Friday 24 February, 2012 at 04:52
Would should be my next Acevention?
It would depend a great deal on the needs you encounter.
SnaredJr
responded to TheChthonian
on Friday 24 February, 2012 at 04:53
The most terrifying advertisement you have ever been subjected to. Tell me, yes.
How wonderfully related In the Etoile, there was a short-lived ad campaign that tried to raise money against a particular practice that's uncommon in the Etoile but still common enough that some people were trying to raise money against it. The ad included video - from a distance - of the victim of the practice being held down in preparation for the event.
If that feeling was terror, it's the kind of terror that makes men kill.
SnaredJr
responded to ArielAblaze
on Friday 24 February, 2012 at 04:53
So like check out the link. What if male costumes were designed like female costumes? What would that look like?
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Friday 24 February, 2012 at 04:56
Friendly Friday: What was the last nice thing you did for someone?
I feel it wouldn't be appropriate to talk about it here - just doesn't feel right. So I'll just let you know, I kept this question in my mind as I went about my day and used it as a reason to be kinder to strangers.
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Friday 24 February, 2012 at 04:56
Have you ever sent flowers to someone?
No. I've brought flowers to someone, though.
SnaredJr
responded to Hellwhip
on Friday 24 February, 2012 at 06:48
Is it always darkest before the dawn?
You know, I keep reading this question and can't work out if I'm just not clever enough to answer it. I thought so, but now I'm trying to wonder why I think that.
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Friday 24 February, 2012 at 08:23
Have you ever given advice to somebody, only to prompt them to do exactly the opposite?
Despite what TV shows would have you believe, reverse psychology does not work on teenaged girls.
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Friday 24 February, 2012 at 08:24
Has anybody ever given /you/ advice, only to prompt you to do the exact opposite?
No, I've generally been the recipient of very direct orders.
SnaredJr
responded to Tenebraxa
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 02:14
You work with the PPD, don't you? Do you think you could check with them (especially the Steel Canyon precinct) and see if everyone's accounted for? Possibly an officer named Murer? @Murermaster is trying to get in touch with her father.
I'm on it. For everyone sending me messages about this one, seriously, I'm on it, I'm trying. This one is close to the bone. I'm not ignoring anyone's suggestions or questions.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 08:43
Ever eaten anything just because you're bored?
There's a crabapple tree growing by the wall that leads to Potter's Field. We'd sneak over the fence, steal the crabapples, and come back.
It wasn't until we were like, fifteen that we realised it's much better to just throw them at people than bother to eat them.
SnaredJr
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 08:58
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.
Skipping sleep to get onto this. This is like nailing fog to a wall, by the way. I had to take a break to get Chell to school, but I'm back on it now.
SnaredJr
responded to Murermaster
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 08:59
has anyone seen my Dad? he was supposed to have been home by now and hes not answering his phone...
I'm asking around the precinct, sport, okay? We'll see if anyone knows who you mean.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 09:23
123 questions? Now I know how you guys feel. Also, I'm fine, I'm coming home.
I thought my thirteen was bad. Try to space them out, or people will start burning you in effigy.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 05:43
(Nimbuzz took away AIM from their all-in-one messenger service. :( So I was wondering if anyone had another all-in-one service they use and would recommend.)
((Miranda. It's got a tiny ram footprint and it strips 99% of the functionality out of most messenger programs, which for me is a bonus. I have a list of contacts. I can send them files, I can send them messages and I can receive those messages. That's ALL it does, and that's all I WANT it to do. Rarrararargh damn kids.))
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 05:44
There are too many people named Rose. Who is named Rose here?
Someone is going to make a Spartacus joke.
SnaredJr
responded to CareAndControl
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 06:04
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)?
Okay, gotta get into a mindset narcissistic enough to manage this.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 06:07
Describe an average meal for you. Now describe your perfect meal.
Typically, it's spicy, it's sweet, and it involves ingredients that never grew on the same continent back when traditions were formed. It's... unhusked brown rice, cooked absorption-style with diced chillis and sundried tomatos in the pot so that it goes pink and soaks up the flavour, with a diced sausage, red onion, and red bell pepper stirred through. It's a red creamy gravy made with big chunks of chicken floating in it, seasoned with butter. It's curry made with mayonnaise. It's stuff that keeps getting me weird looks when I eat at the office.
My perfect meal is the one I prepare without having to double-check a dietician's notes and isn't taken with any pills.
SnaredJr
responded to CareAndControl
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 06:08
How do you prefer to wake up? Slowly drifting to wakefulness? Snapping to awareness in a split second? Other?
Remember that 'blue skies' thing? I don't think I know anyone in the Etoile who's a heavy sleeper who isn't also a drunk. You wake up fast and you wake up ready, it's just how we are.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 06:10
How do you like your showers? Hot, mild, cool? Short or long? Do you mind sharing the water?
I like long, hot showers. I have long hair, I have facial hair, I have a fairly broad body, and I tend to work long, sweaty hours. I like feeling thorough, I like softening up my beard for when I shave it so I can avoid shaving soap - shaving cream, by the way, I'm pretty sure is a scam. I like stepping out feeling like I'm finished, like I'm a glowing brown statue outlined in reflective sheen of water, rather than getting out of the shower because I've run out of things to keep myself from getting bored.
I haven't shared one. In Etoile, we used baths, and we did share the water, because it was generally safer. It was a superstition that boys bathed before women, but when I looked into that, I started to break the rule on principle.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 06:12
Spring break is near upon us. Do you have plans or desires?
Less stress. There are a lot fewer people on the road, a lot less general traffic, during Spring Break - unless one of the black weekends fall there, but I'm still not clear on how those work out.
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 06:12
Do you like bacon?
I do, but not nearly as much as this country does. Bacon on donuts? Really?
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 06:13
Let me clarify that (#1): Have you ever given advice that prompted the receiver to do quite the opposite of what you intended?
I reiterate: Reverse psychology DOES NOT WORK on teenaged girls, at least ones smart enough to read.
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 06:13
Let me clarify that (#2): Have you ever received advice that prompted you to do quite the opposite of what the giver intended?
Well, an example came up after you asked this question. I was off-duty, interrupted something unpleasant, and one of the civs on-site told me, "Run."
I did, but not in the direction they planned.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 06:14
What are you thinking now?
Russian accents are way hotter than I remember. Or maybe it's the person speaking.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 06:18
Last thing you touched? Last thing you ate? Last song you sang?
An acquisitions confirmation report, of which I have... seventeen to finish. They are four pages long each, at minimum and require what we call Corroborating Detail. That is, any hero mentioned needs a page verifying their ID, their status, and their time and place during the incident. I swear, training to be a doctor prepared me for the paperwork, but not for the mundanity.
Last thing I ate was a... christ, I had a snack when I picked up Chell from school. We swung through this, I want to say balinese, place in Founders when I dropped her off for fencing? Pilaf rice with these very hot beef skewers, in this thick gravy with, I want to say it's got rosehips in it.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 06:19
What do you have to lose?
My life, but that's the least of it. Chell's life, which is everything else.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 06:20
If, for a day or a week or a month, you could pretend to be someone else without the responsibility of your powers: who would you be? What would your name be? Where would you go?
My powers aren't my only responsibility. I'd get back to work.
These flights of fancy are nice - we all have them, though I suspect mine are very different to yours - but nothing will ever make you happier than meeting the challenges you actually have.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 10:39
Is there truth in the saying 'hotter fires burn quicker'?
No.
Hotter fires burn different things. Fire is the great illusion, the thing everyone is sure is universal, showing how little they understand fire. Some fires burn so very hot and bright, we're sure, sure, that they'll do anything, they'll leap rivers and they'll destroy homes and they'll wreck cities in their passions.
But the hottest fires, you can't even see. Well, you might be able to. God knows I don't know what YOU can see.
Fires burn different things at different rates and have different outputs, different smokes and leave different marks. You can compare fires, but you need more information than people ever want to bother. They see fire and are sure they know.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 25 February, 2012 at 11:32
Anything you want to say?
Time and absence are to passion as wind is to fire, snuffing out the small ones and giving greater life to the large ones.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Sunday 26 February, 2012 at 12:02
How dangerous is it really, to visit the Etoile Islands?
It depends which isle, depends for how long, depends on if you're invited and it depends on what you're doing.
Grandville? If you're not a representative of a government, a major multinational corporation or macking an arbiter, forget it.
St Martial, for an artist of ANY stripe, is very easy to visit. It's actually a bit like the Dominican republic in that there's a steady stream of American tourists visiting there because the high life is cheaper and you can do certain things there, as a thousandaire that you need to be a millionaire to do. Forgive me for bringing it up, but a guy can hire six or seven prostitutes in St Martial, and fly over there, for the cost of bussing to Vegas and hiring one.
Mercy, forget it, Mercy's a ball of razors. Normal people get stranded there, and it's never good.
Sharkhead has occasional visitors from industrialised locations, hiring consultants and the like. The Cage can afford to hire out-of-country talents, the way ghana does, for example. It's not the nicest place in the world.
On the other hand, the absolutely easiest way to visit is to put on a skin tight outfit, jump into a Longbow Sub and pop out to go beat the living hell out of some people. Hell, do it the right time of day and you'll be pretty much unopposed. And you can do things like whomp on strikers and their passersby and pretend you're doing the right thing.
(I may be speaking from some experience there.)
I guess I'll throw this back at you so I can know:
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Sunday 26 February, 2012 at 02:10
Am I basically the only person here who doesn't like spicy food?
It's really in the upbringing, I'm afraid. Most of the food we cooked with was terrible quality. When you're making 'beef' 'soup' with horse ankles, there's little that a fistful of cayenne pepper can do to make things worse.
We also preserve a lot of foods, and well, yeah, spice is a good way to keep that stuff entertaining when you're eating it for six months.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Sunday 26 February, 2012 at 07:59
We all know so much can happen in 24 hours or less. What's something that has changed for the better or worst for you?
There's still six hours on this as one, so I'll throw this one out there. I have now introduced myself to every Longbow personnel officer, and every police personnel officer in Paragon City. They all think I'm nuts for bringing them a FS post. I don't have authority to just acquisition records based on the child's name, so that's all I can do.
On the other hand, it's a very well-shaken tree and hopefully someone will contact me soon.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Sunday 26 February, 2012 at 08:01
Tell me about your happy place?
Sofa, blanket, hand in Chell's hair, listening to her prattle over the cartoons she wants me to watch with her. We can all talk about how little good we do in a day, but ... it's hard to believe it.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Sunday 26 February, 2012 at 05:51
Did you have dolls when you were little? Who was your favorite doll?
I had some old, early 90s Gi Joes.
They're basically dolls.
I think my favourite was Annihilator, even though I didn't realise until I was like, 15 that it wasn't a 'he' but rather one of a large number. The name was such a complicated word.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Sunday 26 February, 2012 at 05:51
What gets your heart racing like no other?
You'll not know till Tuesday, and even then, I doubt you'd really know.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Sunday 26 February, 2012 at 05:58
What is the most unique gift you've ever received? Given?
I was given a home. I gave someone my services as a boyfriend for a day.
SnaredJr
responded to ArielAblaze
on Sunday 26 February, 2012 at 05:59
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.
You'd think 'blue psychic cowboy' would be even easier to find, but you're not going to find him if he doesn't want to be.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Sunday 26 February, 2012 at 05:59
Blowing bubbles or blowing dandelion fluff?
Is this a Tuesday question and I don't get it?
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Sunday 26 February, 2012 at 05:59
Makeup on guys? What do you think?
Well, normally I'd say I don't think of it at all, but I met @ISpyThighHighs last night, and he wears makeup quite well.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Sunday 26 February, 2012 at 05:59
What's your favorite color?
Green. This is a blessing.
SnaredJr
responded to MonkeyLass
on Sunday 26 February, 2012 at 06:00
Who is your favorite mythological figure? Why?
All the answers except 'Sun Wumei' are the wrong ones, right?
SnaredJr
responded to FoxyFerret
on Sunday 26 February, 2012 at 08:40
(( If someone says something IC don't get mad OOC by it. That's childish for one. Two one person does not represent all of us. We're adults can we act like it please? If you have an issue with a person take it up with them or ignore them. Thank you.))
((If it helps, I haven't the faintest clue who the Challengers, by and large, are. I was invited on to FS RP by a friend. I saw people whose names I recognised, followed them, and got to know them. I read older archives, decided people I didn't want to interact with, and avoided them.
Now, there is a tension that can arise when say, I interact with person A, who is part of group B that either do not want to be involved with me, or worse, actively dissuade A from doing so. That can be a source of tension.
I don't particularly care to hear anything about this dark matter stuff, I really don't care that much about the little I've seen of Challenger stuff, but I'm not about to beat anyone up over it. Nobody asked me for my opinion, after all. I've seen a very small hint of things, a hint of the style, and I've decided I don't want to be involved.
But, and I say this as probably /the biggest snob/ on this site, in this circle, so what? Put up a fence and leave people alone. From the pragmatic side, as a snob, I will never make everything up to my standards. Simply can't be done, won't be done. So rather than waste time trying to fix things that can't be fixed, just let people be, and politely - but firmly - keep that distance. From a more idealistic standpoint, let them have their fun. This goes both ways - I've seen a lot of snobbiness about some RP topics (relationship drama, sex, sentai), which is completely ridiculous. We'er all playing pretendy fun time games.
I want to keep those boundaries up. I want to give everyone room to play, room to do their own thing. I know full well that I have a reputation and that there are people out there with a problem with me. I have left... six RPsgs in the past year or so, off the top of my head, and in every case, I made a point to recommend those SGs to people I met later who I thought were both good RPers and could benefit from the environment.
Other people can have their opinions of me, or of what I'm doing . They don't hurt me, they don't affect me, by and large. It's surprising sometimes to be told 'I was warned about you,' but that just gives me an opportunity to defy expectations. I know at least one FSer here who was directly wanted against talking to me, and she's one of my best friends and one of the best people I know.
So, even if you don't like people, respect the boundaries. Put up the fences and leave them alone. There will be moments when common acquaintances bring up something from one or the other, but judge those ideas on their own merits.
I am completely ambivalent to 'Challenger Lore.' I'm pretty ambivalent to Challengers as individuals, and not even sure if anyone out there I know IS a Challenger. I'm pretty sure my ambivalence doesn't bother anyone, and I think that's the way it should be.
I'm re-re-re-repeating myself, at this point, but I couldn't let this point drift past without throwing out there my opinion. Because I am a snob, and an opinionated ass.))
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 07:55
Let's pretend you invited me over for dinner. What do I get?
Pestered by the most adorable little rainbow-haired urchin on the planet to show off all the fantastic things you can do, asked to share stories about saving the world, about beating the bad guys, about what it's like in Belize, in Tobago, in Peru, in Scotland. An evening singing songs by candlelight. A dolce cena - that's a dinner made up out of desserts, probably a cream soak dish, a peach dish and an apple dish with chocolates and black coffee for afters. A drive home, a hug, and a kiss on the forehead, gratitude for bringing a little more light and sharing the evening. Called miele bella. A smile.
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 07:59
Pick somebody you know. What sort of drink would you choose to share with them, and why?
There's a drink in St Martial, which I did not have very often.
After you get into a fist-fight with someone, as a show of respect, you share a drink. Two shotglasses, each full of vodka. If you're dealing with the family, they'll put a lump of cinnamon, sugar, or coffee in the bottom, depending on what group it is, or, if you're really lucky, a slice of a citrus fruit, usually a lemon or an orange.
You spit your blood into the glass, colouring it red, slug the vodka, then hold it in your mouth for a few seconds - it's believed to disinfect any wounds in the mouth. It tastes, well, like vodka and blood and whatever else was mixed in..
It's called a St Martial Red, and it's a sign of respect. I can think of five names I'd want to share it with, but let's start with @MaxImpact, because I think he's a man who can appreciate shows of respect after bouts of violence.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 03:24
Sorry, let me re-phrase that. I have 999 RESPONSES. So if anyone's got a doozy for 1k, come at me, bro.
I will mail you a little package of all the care I have.
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 03:32
Have you ever stayed awake all night?
I stay awake all night most nights and sleep during the day. One of the parts of my situation where I was asked to lift a load that most people can't. Honestly, it's only awkward if you can't make your schedule fit with other peoples'.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 03:36
My trip with Tammy to India for the Holi festival is fast approaching. What else should we do while visiting the country?
First and foremost, be careful what you drink. Hilariously, you are better off drinking liquor than local water.
Second, there's a library in Bombay that the British built during the colonial days. It's more a museum than anything else, really, since you can't take the books out. There's an illuminated copy of the baghvad ghita there, created by a catholic monk who was trying to mythologise the belief system so that the natives could get it out of its system. This book is about three feet high and it moves on wheels. The edges of the pages are lined with gold. Every page features an enormous picture of the events written on the facing page.
I've only seen pictures of it. It's gorgeous.
The library, I can't remember its name, but there's an arcway out the front which doesn't have a title on it, but three large metal discs that look like coins. One is pressed with a tiger, another an elephant, another with... I want to say it's brahma? But I'm not certain.
Go. Look. You can't take pictures, flash photography's bad for the books. Come back and paint what you saw. For everyone who can't just go to India and see it for themselves.
SnaredJr
responded to CareAndControl
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 03:41
Musical Monday: What's a song you like to dance to? Slam dancing and striptease songs totally count.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 03:41
What do you worship? Or who?
I revere family. I do not worship, which is an unreasoning behaviour that feeds things that don't need more feeding.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 03:43
Do you wear any jewelry or other accessories? What are they and their meanings?
No. I have considered it, but when I tested by leaving a coin on my bare skin when I snared out, it was completely wrecked by the process. Any jewellery that matters to me will have to be left someone I can see it and don't have to endanger it.
SnaredJr
responded to MazzoGrave
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 03:47
Music Monday, what song best describes how you've been feeling as of late?
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 06:55
Really, what do you do? Break it down for the rest of us?
First and foremost I'm what the PPD SOU consider a Detective, but to every other policeman on the planet I'm a Junior Officer. I have to listen to every other officer for orders, and my orders always go straight up the chain. The SOU exists in a well of authorities, meaning that many other superior officers can call upon us for particular tasks, but we're still part of the police force at large.
I'm a 'special offender,' which mean I'm designated to target metahuman threats. I'm a policeman, so I am required to follow protocol, proper procedure, and language and safety guidelines. As a Special offender, there are several rules that are part of it. For example, a police officer is never meant to brandish his weapon unless there is an immediate lethal threat against himself or the life of a civilian. Check out how often you'll see cops idly tossing their nightsticks around like it's a game, though.
I wake up, I do my home life stuff, I'm sure nobody cares about that. Then I go to work.
First and foremost there is about a full hour of time spent handling paperwork. Everything has to be handled technically, all information needs to be presented. There's a truism of government work: If it's not on paper, it didn't happen. So I put it on paper. I have to handle throughput reports, answering requests to corroborate collars in which I assisted. If I was an arresting officer (I never am), I'd have to follow up on lineups, suspect identity and further investigation like that.
Once the paperwork has been pushed back (it's never done; a lot of paperwork has to wait on other paperwork), I hit the streets. There are three major arcs of patrol, and the actual route isn't appropriate for public information. Not trying to be snotty, it's just better if people don't know to expect me. Plus the route changes from time to time, making sure no single location gets ignored and we don't get a build-up there.
Superhero patrol is like flying between targets. You see something bad happening, you leap down, beat guys up. Some conscientious heroes call on us, some really nice ones make sure that the mediports all work and beam them into the cells. I have to cover a lot more: broken windows, possible compromised points of entry on public buildings, graffiti and roadwork damage. If I see a crime in progress being handled under the CCFA, I'm obligated to turn up and ask for ID, and let me tell you, NOBODY likes getting asked that. Thankfully, that's rare - since I can't arrest anyone, those kind of moments are a real legal black hole. I have to stop being snared to talk to the person, and then if they tell me they're not a crimefighter, I have to call for backup, and either wait there with them or, if they're pugnacious or run, I chase.
Tip! Running is basically the worst possible thing you can do. It opens up Hot Pursuit law. Under hot pursuit, I can pin you down, tackle you, even drag you back to a police officer. If you fight back while under hot pursuit, I can /hospitalise/ you as a form of containment. Taking a hostage is equally stupid, because then I get to act under Lethal Force, which means I can kill you. If you're threatening someone, and I'm involved, chances are we're not talking a jittery kid with a handgun, in which case I'm not going to blink. I can't, because when I'm snared I don't have eyelids, but whatever.
So, I have to take in a lot of information, have to remember and record it, then I have to provide that information later if other police want it. This is Corroborating Detail, something that the police reports require, along with Longbow reports. If Longbow get involved it becomes a big fight over who's more important, too, which can be even more tense. Fortunately, as the lowest rung on the totem pole, I usually have very little responsibility to the beaurocracy at this point, and most senior officers are pragmatic enough to not care.
These patrols are spaced out, usually with on-call periods. That's when I sit around waiting for the PPD to assign me something. They'll often loan me to the Vanguard Sword (I think? the guys who hit things), and I spent a few hours of every night rescuing soldiers, spiking out bad guys and pushing back against encroachment. It's not the most fun work, but I think it's how I've met most of you guys. Worse, I can't talk, so people just talk around me, often about what we're doing. I also can't think super-straight then - so it's all hisses and roars.
Then I come back to base, I do more paperwork, I wait on-call for a little while, in case something needs to be double-checked. I'm not a full blown detective, so any errors I make have to be corrected very, very quickly, and that means I have to be on site within half an hour of an error being found. Someone checks my paperwork, I wait, and if the waiting's good enough, I go home.
I make breakfast, I take Chell to school, I come home, I waste an hour or so winding down, showering, grooming, all that stuff. Then I get some sleep.
SnaredJr
responded to totallywitchin
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 08:48
Do you consider yourself a flirt?
Yes.
It's a little bit of grace we can spread around. It's something that can put people at their ease. People are who they are when they laugh, when they smile. A little flirting makes everyone see a little of ourselves, and hurts nothing if it's done carefully. Plus, it feels nice to get attention.
SnaredJr
responded to TheChthonian
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 09:00
When you have been proven wrong, what do you do?
Watch Hunchback of Notre Dame again.
SnaredJr
responded to MrCrimsonAce
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 09:00
Great, I just got held up while out of costume. Now I'm out $30 until I can track the guy down :( . Anyone else ever have a day that just isn't going well?
Time to time, it seems all that that's people doing.
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 10:10
Do you find yourself lying to protect someone else very often?
Yes. It's in the job - police work requires, from time to time, judicious aversion to true things. Mostly things like "he's over there."
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 27 February, 2012 at 10:45
You talked about the Skulls on the Rogue Islands commiting cruel acts because they had no control in their life. Could you talk more about that?
I've seen it now from both sides.
The skulls in mercy, just like the skulls in Paragon, the Hellions and even the Lost give people a feeling of identity, of community, and of control. Those three things are pretty important, they drive people together and they drive others away. It makes the world smaller, but it makes the world small enough that you can have a hand on it.
A typical person has a limit to how many people they can really regard as people. It's usually around a hundred. This number can be a lot bigger if you're exposed to a large number of people growing up, and if you learn easily how to make good connections. Suffering betrayal can actually be useful in these situations, to teach you how to trust, but basically, the more associations you make early on, the better you get at them. This is the 'monkeysphere.'
A gang fills that monkeysphere. It gives you a unified identity. It gives you a world of people you can rely on, people you can talk to, people you can interact with. The gang will limit your options - it'll say don't talk about this, don't do that, always do things this way, but that's good. It reinforces on you the limits you want (and people want limits - look at how jarring people regard people like @letitglow and @careandcontrol who do not have limits), and it lets you control the environment around you.
So what do gangs do, as an entity? They establish more control. They get a place. They make a face. They build and they try to construct something for themselves, and usually the most successful ones will stop there because they don't need to get too grand. They don't need to exert too much control because that'll keep you from getting anything done.
I think the issue is that these people are still people. A lot of skulls live with their mothers. A lot of them aren't just poor, but sub-wage poor. The meth-selling dealers aren't doing it for fat cash and mad money. Most of those guys are making LESS than the guys working in McDonalds, no joke. What's more, ignoring superhero and cop activity, they're doing a job where you can get randomly shot. So why do it?
Because it's a game.
Imagine if you will, a gang structure. You have at the top, a kingpin. This guy does not ever do much illegal, really. He's so far removed from it, he has guys who have guys who have guys who take falls for him. He manages people. He moves stuff around. There's one of him. There are people below him who do things like coordinate supply, or handle distribution in an area. And those guys have people below them - guys who manage distribution, who handle the particulars of a single location, who recruit the guys who can make it, the guys who can sell it.
This whole thing is a tournament bracket. The guys at the bottom aren't doing this because they like being drug dealers. They're doing it because they want to climb that ladder and become the big guy at the top. And the vast majority don't. Gang membership fades after a few years when people realise it's not advancing them. It's not changing their situation.
It's not about control; it's about the ILLUSION of control. The gang gives you more strength than you had, and the symbol of what the gang means makes it dangerous to hit you. And that gives you control, power, over others. You can beat up a homeless man, and even if he's your equal in strength, if he hits you, he hits all your friends. You are never alone when you wear a symbol.
This is something I know of @MazzoGrave. There is nothing short of stripping his backpack that will stop people like me, who grew up where I grew up, from looking at him and NOT seeing the arms first. It sucks for him, it really does, especially when people react to that unthinkingly. That symbol is branded on him. At the same time, look at @Careandcontrol, who dresses in the way he does when he fights to be a blatant, obvious symbol. Very, very few people look like him - if you recognise him, you recognise what he represents. He has made his symbol, he has given it meaning.
A gang gives you that meaning out of nowhere. And that meaning gives you power. And once again, that power gives you control.
The unpleasant truth of life is that in a lot of ways we're shot into this reality like bullets from a gun and all we can really do is waver a few inches before we hit a terminus, whether early or late. We don't have control, we have influence. Gangs are just another thing we call being utterly, utterly lost, struggling to put some pieces together, and managing something in the mean time.
I think I rambled off my point here, a bit, but I also would like to point out that my ability to manage this sort of structure is unexceptional in English. I apologise, and would welcome any clarifying questions you seek.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 01:27
What are your words of the moment?
Whispered into an ear and drowned out by a giggle.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 01:30
What are you doing right now? Do you wish you were doing something else?
Right now I'm in the office waiting for a Tertiary Domain 15:C template and fooling with my iphone while I do it. And yes. I wish I was... oh. I'll probably spare you the vulgarities of my imagination.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 01:30
How do you show someone that you love them?
Every day, forever.
SnaredJr
responded to MsRepresntation
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 01:30
Hi everyone! There's a new person on Formspring who needs a little love! Please spread the love to my lovely friend, Oougel!
Done and done
SnaredJr
responded to WhiteShader
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 04:05
Hey. Uh, sorry about earlier. I was spacing out a bit and didn't notice that you had left. Hope everything's going alright with you, that's all.
It's okay. Duty is as duty does. You two have fun!
SnaredJr
responded to WhiteShader
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 04:29
Nah, we both went home. You're doing alright, I take it?
Oh, yeah. Often when I'm idling around I'm waiting on someone to clear my paperwork. Gotta go at a moment's notice, kind of thing.
SnaredJr
responded to KattyKlepto
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 05:05
My leg hurts but the doctors wouldn't give me any more painhelpy stuff cause they're not sure about it cause I'm a cat. Does anyone know what to do if you're hurting but you can't take stuff to make the hurty stuff stop being hurty?
Well, I think you know about this now.
SnaredJr
responded to pressdotexe
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 05:06
What do you look for in a man?
Where he'll bend.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 06:44
Until I go to sleep, it's still monday for me. So, a music question to consider on Tuesday. A song you thing represents what someone /else/ wants.
A cowgirl and a cowboy, hearing the voice of the barefoot madonna.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 06:48
Another last-minute-monday one: Pick a song for someone where the /title/ makes you think of someone on FS - even if the song itself isn't appropriate.
Think of the word 'hit' literally. Then tell me it doesn't bring to mind a beautiful blonde punching the Kronos Titan so hard it bounces. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dZtBNo7Fzs
SnaredJr
responded to totallywitchin
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 02:10
You want to seduce that sexy someone.... what is the sweet-nothing that you’ll whisper into their ear?
It depends wholly on the someone. I mean, for example, were it you, 'E 'sfortuna per questo gatto nero da seguire a casa?'
Seems silly to have one pre-packaged line.
(Just wait, someone who learned proper Italian is going to point out how silly I sound. Etoilian, I can't help it.)
SnaredJr
responded to totallywitchin
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 02:11
If you could change the tune of the ice cream truck to any song, which would you change it to and why?
Dead silence, and it would come only when called. Oh, the arguments that song starts.
SnaredJr
responded to totallywitchin
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 02:12
You know, that's an random question to ask....
Not at all. You'd said 'punch him in the face' two times in a row. Once is happenstance, two is coincidence. I was wondering if three was a pattern.
SnaredJr
responded to Hellwhip
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 02:13
Has anyone been to that new club, Bliss, yet? Is it any good? I want to get my rave on!
Take your ID, go with a friend, drink responsibly, and remember to go for the eyes and throat. Dealing with a minor assault charge is better than dealing with being the victim of a more major one.
SnaredJr
responded to WhiteShader
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 02:13
I asked this question before and I think it's worth asking again. Can you be your own savior? Why or why not?
Only if you're egotistical enough that you can be your own hero.
SnaredJr
responded to KattyKlepto
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 02:16
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 02:26
What are you obsessing about?
Nothing. You keep the plates spinning, you're prepared to change them. I may not be able to dance very well, but I can certainly indulge this day-to-day performance without letting any of it become an obssession.
SnaredJr
responded to MrCrimsonAce
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 02:34
If you were a Megaman villain what would you be called?
Snake-man if I'm snared, Dad-man if I'm not.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 02:43
Safe, or sorry?
I can't make the world safe, but I can sure make it sorry.
SnaredJr
responded to RosieVision
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 03:12
When was the last time you felt jealous? Why did you?
Oh, all the time.
I enjoyed the feeling. Thought about it for a bit. Then I discarded it.
Almost all of our vices are perfectly normal, even fun reactions. The trick is to keep them from building up.
SnaredJr
responded to RosieVision
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 03:16
What are you most looking forward to this spring?
The sun rising earlier, setting later. It's nice to have an hour or two in the morning where the sun is up and I can pretend my schedule's a little normal. Standing in the line at the bakery in slacks and a tee, newspaper under my arm, wondering if maybe I should pick up something sweet as a treat when I get the bread.
((As I write this answer, outside, it is pissing down rain, the weather starting its shift from seething, humid summer into rainy, autumn, in the last day of February. Trying to remember what important holidays are 'in Spring' for Americans. It's one thing to pretend to live in another country, but it's remarkably hard to get all these little, day-to-day things right. It's like the uncanny valley - you LIVE these details, so when someone gets one wrong, it stands out more than you'd think...))
SnaredJr
responded to RosieVision
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 03:37
If you could have just one selfish dream for yourself fulfilled, what would it be?
I'm not sure that selfless people can have selfish dreams, bianca.
SnaredJr
responded to RosieVision
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 03:41
What limitations do you put on yourself? Why?
I don't think I can socialise and fraternise - certainly not as conventional people do - as long as Chell's in school. It's a bit of a shame, as relationships and friendships are looked upon very favourably in review by the ICE, but I don't have a lot of time to make friends or with-benefits.
SnaredJr
responded to RosieVision
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 03:45
Excluding the last two weeks, what is your most vivid memory?
Most vivid was Chell's first day at school. I was fourteen and she was four. I remember dad getting ready for work, telling me to talk to her teacher, telling me to get her name right when I filled in the form. Taking her hand in mine and walking down the street, crossing the road when we saw a strikebreaker squad moving.
It was the first time I'd ever been trusted with her wellbeing, honestly and wholly.
Vivid; from vividus, vivere - /full of life/. Had the Greeks a V, it'd be there in their word, too - Vios, rather than Bios.
SnaredJr
responded to RosieVision
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 05:12
What was the last thing that made your heart (metaphorically) ache?
Watching @FaigeHarrison speaking to Chell on the phone a few nights ago. I was sent out of the room - it was time for Girl Talk - and it all seemed very serious.
SnaredJr
responded to RosieVision
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 05:13
Is crying a sign of weakness? Why or why not?
Oh goodness no. Crying is one of the universal expressions, along with smiling and arousal. We can't help being who we are when we cry.
SnaredJr
responded to RosieVision
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 06:51
What is "strength" to you?
Strength is within and without; strength to change myself, and strength to change the world. Where the world inconveniences me a little, I will move from it; and when the world inconveniences me much, I will move it. Not one jot, not one tittle, shall pass from this law unto the passing of the sun from the sky.
The future is a thing we hold in our hands, and the will to change it - with steel, with blood, with love, with mercy - is our strength.
You are stronger than you think, bianca.
SnaredJr
responded to MsRepresntation
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 06:55
Is there a food that you love above all overs? A food which gives you comfort and a feeling of belonging? A food that you turn to when the world feels like it's crumbling around you but eating this dish makes you feel all that much better?
Sliced apple rolled in coconut and cayenne.
It's horrible, I know, I keep getting weird looks on the subway.
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 06:55
Do you prefer a partner who shares your traits/interests/style, or is it "opposites attract"?
I think anything I could say could be disproven if I give you enough information. So we'll say I'm flexible.
SnaredJr
responded to SabrinaSaint
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 08:17
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?
My natural inclination is to say 'Relax, you'll do fine.'
Put up some things you want to be asked about. I like using those fields for ideas.
SnaredJr
responded to pressdotexe
on Tuesday 28 February, 2012 at 08:29
What did you have for dinner? =D
I won't have dinner for anohter... eight hours? Depends on how busy work is. I had a pretty nice breakfast, though.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Wednesday 29 February, 2012 at 12:58
What have you sacrificed?
My home, my career, my education, my love, my life, my father's, my free time.
Nothing that matters, by comparison.
SnaredJr
responded to totallywitchin
on Wednesday 29 February, 2012 at 01:10
TMI Tuesday: Name one thing that will always turn you on.
Oh, look, it's not Tuesday any more. Oh well, guess this'll have to wait.
SnaredJr
responded to pressdotexe
on Wednesday 29 February, 2012 at 01:13
What do you look for in a woman?
A variety of things, of flavours, of possibilities, of options, of virtues and vices.
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Wednesday 29 February, 2012 at 04:31
Wasteful Wednesday: When was the last time you made a hugely overpriced, totally frivolous or otherwise foolish purchase?
1998...?
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Wednesday 29 February, 2012 at 06:58
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?
Operant 'had to.'
Without a moment's hesitation or a pang of guilt. There are unpleasant things that must be done from time to time. If I was certain of the need, it would be done.
The need is very rarely ever certain.
SnaredJr
responded to TheChthonian
on Wednesday 29 February, 2012 at 07:05
Who are you, at your best? Who are you at your worst?
I wish it were 'who' at the first, 'what' at the second.
At my best, I am but me. I work hard, I strive, I do my best to make the world better for other people.
At my worst, I'm a jerk who doesn't consider ice cream and m&ms a good breakfast food.
SnaredJr
responded to AvengeAmethyst
on Wednesday 29 February, 2012 at 03:49
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?
Well, aren't those answers from other heroes something. That's definitely a thing.
I read the paper, I read the story, I read the details, and I read the editorialising.And then I read a bunch of heroes immediately defending someone from the consequences of their actions. And then I remembered the time when I tried to ask a hero about the newspaper last, and had a bunch of heroes leap all over me demanding I justify myself for having the temerity to want to know 'Is this true?'
Whatcha gunna do. ACAB, I guess.
Oh, and if you use this as justification for so much as pinching milk I will have you back in a box so quickly your makeup will still be outside.
SnaredJr
responded to WhiteShader
on Wednesday 29 February, 2012 at 03:50
In your personal opinion, do you think it's okay to think about revenge but never actually acting upon it? Why or why not?
Some forms of revenge can be alright. I mean, sometimes someone just needs a kick in the butt, you know? And in those cases, the 'revenged' person will say 'yeah, I deserved that,' and everyone can move on.
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Wednesday 29 February, 2012 at 03:50
Do you chew gum?
Never, no.
SnaredJr
responded to KattyKlepto
on Wednesday 29 February, 2012 at 03:50
Guys I got out of the hospital but they wouldn't let me have my backpack back cause they said it was destroyed in the explosion.
Has anyone else ever contemplated suicide? :<
If you commit suicide, there's lots of stuff out there that will never be gotten.
SnaredJr
responded to beatmyhighscore
on Wednesday 29 February, 2012 at 03:53
You ever feel there's more to yourself even you can't see or comprehend?
Oh, god yes. A million times a million times yes. There's more a blink than I will ever really truly understand. Even ignoring how I was changed by things outside the form, my DNA is a long roadmap back along a pathway of millions of years and along those paths, it's swam, crept, crawled and ran, and it's still not done. Organelles and hormone markers, the unconscious computing of the brain and the helpless slavery we have to our emotional responses and highs that make the world worth living, they're all astounding, and we can't actually comprehend it.
We comprehend the tools we made to see them. In some cases, we comprehend the tools that are made to comprehend the tools.
So... if you feel this feeling, excello, and if you feel that it disquiets you, then I suggest you create some tools with which to see yourself.
SnaredJr
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Wednesday 29 February, 2012 at 03:54
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.
This means I have to take the evil >:| eyebrows off the blue psychic cowboy plush doll, right?
SnaredJr
responded to Demongelica
on Wednesday 29 February, 2012 at 08:53
Do you think it's possible for someone to become addicted to using their powers?
If you mean 'addiction' the way people mean 'addicted to sandwiches,' then sure.
Actual addiction is a matter of changing the homeostasis of your body - it's a matter of inducing a state so constantly that your body becomes reliant on it for function and compensates in its other functions. You can be addicted to caffeine, nicotine, adrenalin, cocaine and oxycotin. You can't become addicted to shoes, sex, or The Music.
So, if your powers alter your body chemistry, cause withdrawl when you go without it, and if the need is physiognomic rather than psychological, YES, those pwoers CAN be addictive. Heck, there are some people who probably have very addictive powers by this standard, but are just functional addicts.
My symbiote alters my body chemistry - I don't suffer from the side-effects of teleophase damage thanks to nuclear radiation, even UV. Because of this, I'm always tanned, and also, my body is producing more melanin, in general, to react. Now, I haven't tested it, but I imagine I might have a physiological response - blotches or a sudden, marked skin tone change, or maybe even a toxicity issue - if I stopped using the symbiote and my body overproduced melanin in the absence of its need.
Now, addiction also has a psychological component, because we're monkeys and our bodies aren't great at explaining to ourselves what's wrong. So we get an association, a cause-effect relationship between The Thing, and The Relief. That's what most people think of as addiction.
SnaredJr
responded to MrCrimsonAce
on Wednesday 29 February, 2012 at 09:01
What's the most dangerous situation you've ever been in?
Galaxy, September '11.
Mercy, October '05.
SnaredJr
responded to ArielAblaze
on Wednesday 29 February, 2012 at 09:11
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?
Assisting @MrZeroPercent against some Arachnos. Annoyingly, they've got some very good countermeasures against me.
SnaredJr
responded to totallywitchin
on Wednesday 29 February, 2012 at 10:25
How do you deal with abandonment?
I swear, I've been looking at this question since it arrived and I cannot come up with a good answer. I don't know what I'd do to deal with abandonment, because I don't think I've ever experienced it. I've never had a moment in my life where I feel someone just dropped me, set me aside, cut off all ties. It's always been by the impassioned actions of people who care that my life has changed for good or for ill.
SnaredJr
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Thursday 1 March, 2012 at 06:30
Monday AND Tuesday: Do you have a favourite makeout/mack-on song?
Okay, okay, I had a hard time with this one, because I can't find the version I liked on Youtube. But that version was sung by a german artist in English that had ties to the 5th. So here's a different cover of a song that I remember making out to. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKK1oz-FUiI
SnaredJr
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Thursday 1 March, 2012 at 07:19
ALSO post a cover of a song you like (you like the COVER, I mean, not the original. well you can like both but the cover HAS to be good.).
Last time I got angry -
I mean REALLY angry -
was at the hospital in September. I was sitting there in a waiting room, with two needles in my arm dosing me with antibiotics so I could preload the transfusion for Chell. I was a bit tripped out - Faige can tell you what I was like.
And this Catholic lady came wandering over and started trying to tell me that no matter how bad things seemed, God had a plan.
I think that if there's a god whose plan involves stripping the skin off my little sister, I think I'd like to meet him. And I'd like to punch him. And I don't imagine I'd ever, ever, ever stop.
Let the world be an unfair place guided by fumbling hands. That's so much more reasonable.
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Thursday 1 March, 2012 at 07:42
If you could have any animal as a pet, regardless of cost/danger/feasibility/legality, what would you choose?
Me, personally-
Okay, no, I'm not allowed to answer this question. Her high holy thane Chell Chell of Chellness has demanded that she be allowed to answer this one.
So there's this thing called a Pine Marten. And a Pangolin. And a Polar Bear. It's part of my 3P Election Strategy. They will be called Roland, Fat Tony, and Tortuga. And we will ride around the city. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8kLJdZ6CtA
SnaredJr
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Thursday 1 March, 2012 at 07:44
Think back to when you were a teenager (if you were never a teenager or you still are, just go back like ten years). What's a song you really loved back then?
SnaredJr
responded to Demongelica
on Thursday 1 March, 2012 at 09:52
Who is your favorite Muppet?
Hiho, Kermit The Frog here, here bringing you the latest update on what's going on here at the scene of the crime, the house of sticks.
SnaredJr
responded to RosieVision
on Thursday 1 March, 2012 at 09:53
What brings you hope?
Knowing that I interact on a daily basis with basically the worst humanity has to offer. The nastiest, pettiest, most selfish, idiotic, asinite worthlessness of first world scenarios, and that there's seven billion people, give or take, who are, in fact, quite nice.
SnaredJr
responded to AGreenDragon
on Thursday 1 March, 2012 at 11:20
What's the most heroic thing you've done that didn't require super powers or extreme skill? You know kinda like something just anyone could probably do if they wanted.
I give blood.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Friday 2 March, 2012 at 06:16
What was the most disgusting thing you have ever eaten?
There's a sicilian family in sharkhead. When the granddad passed away, they prepared a traditional casa marzu. I had some to help them while they were mourning and...
Ugh.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Friday 2 March, 2012 at 06:42
Red or blue?
Green's not an option? It constrasts well with both. I hope.
SnaredJr
responded to Demongelica
on Friday 2 March, 2012 at 06:44
What is love?
Love is getting up, dusting yourself off, and getting back into it, every single time. It's working at it, it's pushing harder, it's standing still. It's a million things and it's impossible to express. I'm not a poet, but there are millions of words written on this topic and there's no way I could be saying the best of them.
SnaredJr
responded to MouseMcCulloch
on Friday 2 March, 2012 at 08:34
Its been pretty cold the last few days... what's your favorite cold weather food?
I've been indulging in mexican food a bit lately. Chilli is easily made, can be padded out with economy-friendly beans and isn't all that bad for you. Also you can adjust it for the guests so it doesn't make their ears fall off.
SnaredJr
responded to jillwilliamson
on Friday 2 March, 2012 at 09:44
Okay, think about yourself when you were younger, maybe in your teens or earlier. If you could send that person one song from any time period that they would listen to and learn something from, what would it be?
The far-off countries like America and Japan do not really care all that much about you except as a topic that they can say is 'so sad.' So get hard, fix things, and if you can get a better option, take it and take it with both hands. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI_LZuyJgOg
SnaredJr
responded to Demongelica
on Friday 2 March, 2012 at 09:56
(( What situation do you find works best for character development? ))
((Character development is all about the points where things turn, where lines are shifted. The action is where you watch those lines arc, see where they land. Character development is therefore best done where you can be contemplative, where you can be quiet, where new ideas can be introduced, and where conversations can be considered over time.
FS is great for it with my schedule, and because if I sit in the game RPing for, say, four hours, I start to chafe at the used system resources that could be doing other things, and the text limit and lack of tools for highlighting text start to really get on my nerves. I really like using text messenger programs for RP that doesn't need to/mean to involve other people, like philosophical arguments or private lessons or the like, and I've used google docs for that, too.
Anything where the important focus is on who your character is, rather than on what they do is where development can happen. I'm not fond of big, dramatic scenes and events. I'm one guy, I can only exert so much influence, and I have a strong desire to control and direct narrative, to give pathways to the lost. I have, for example, had characters of mine deliberately slip up, or enter a social circumstance just to give a foil to another - look at Snared and Chad. the player of Chad told me that he wished Chad had the reputation he was meant to have - and so, I biased Ryker towards having that natural mistake, of wanting to ask about the newspaper. It has led to some wearying moments, but I think it served to enable what Chad's player wanted. So for me, that feeling of 'who we are' is the essence of development. Some people can get it from the world in which they exist, some people can get it from explaining their backstories, and some people want sparks.
Anyway, I'm tired enough that I think I'm straying from my point, which is: think the best place for development to happen is in non-combat, non-dire circumstances. Slow-release stuff, things which can be as mundane as talking about your day or sandwiches or fixing bikes.))
SnaredJr
responded to BlueRosebush
on Friday 2 March, 2012 at 05:03
Do I need spelchek
If we can't understand you, that'll be enough. You're not getting grades on this.
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Friday 2 March, 2012 at 05:04
Your blood is normal enough to donate?
If I don't have the symbiote out, yes. I also produce blood at a higher rate than normal. I have to take a small dose of a preloading drug to keep the symbiote's presence separate, but it's not like I'm talking to any nurses when I've got the symbiote out.
SnaredJr
responded to russianjgrnaut
on Friday 2 March, 2012 at 05:05
What's your favorite fun stereotype?
The Prussian-Italian slavedriver. It's hilarious, because I know three guys who insist, INSIST that all the stories are about them, personally.
SnaredJr
responded to russianjgrnaut
on Friday 2 March, 2012 at 05:12
Your favorite awful movie?
Ever seen The Star And The Spider?
Films in the Etoile are all awful, mind you.
SnaredJr
responded to russianjgrnaut
on Friday 2 March, 2012 at 05:14
Are you concerned about American politics?
I have to be. When there's a strong anti-immigration lean in the political spectrum, it worries me. I can't influence it, of course, so it's like watching the thermometer. I just need to know when I need an umbrella.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Friday 2 March, 2012 at 05:17
Today is a good day. I feel happy today. When was the last time you felt really, truly happy?
I feel really, truly happy a lot of the time. It's not hard to be happy when you're surrounded by so many wonderful things. Even a crappy day has wonderful things in it. Sitting down on the sofa to listen to book summaries, for example.
SnaredJr
responded to russianjgrnaut
on Friday 2 March, 2012 at 05:28
Do you have a preference between hot and cold beverages?
Yes, but it's based on mood. Cold drinks are for relaxing, hot drinks are for exciting.
SnaredJr
responded to MsRepresntation
on Friday 2 March, 2012 at 05:29
Do you have a weakness? I don't mean, as far as superpowers go. Your personal weakness. What is the one thing that will make you drop everything and take/do/indulge in?
There's a tiered hierarchy for me, and some people here have suffered it. If work calls, I am running and out the door before I've said goodbye. If Chell calls, I'll drop even work.
SnaredJr
responded to ArielAblaze
on Friday 2 March, 2012 at 05:31
Please. If you like see an Anbaric Amber or Electric Electrum running around, could you please intercept them and direct them to the Kings Row Police Station? There's a debriefing area there. At this moment, there are now 11 Ambers and 3 Electrums.
I'll say hi if I spot them, but since I'm currently stuck IN the Kings Row Police station - the vehicle unit, rather than the big building - I doubt I will.
SnaredJr
responded to ArielAblaze
on Friday 2 March, 2012 at 05:34
((OOC: The end of the line is coming soon for 1984's Amber or is it? When her and whoever wants to join us destroys the time-travel gear, all the other Ambers go back to their timeline. Does this mean 1984 Amber too? Chose my adventure! :) ))
((On the one hand, there's the inherent sadness to her story of her family missing her. On the other hand, you've got a strong, recurrent mytheme here of the Amber Assonance - that there's a shape in this universe of an impression of Amber, and pulls her into it.
I guess what I'd do is I'd send 84 Amber back. Go, be with her family, be happy, and take with her the lessons of our world, of our strange future. Remember the bosstones and loud songs and maybe leave a pinhole method she can send back letters from the front.
But she's been here too long, she's made too much of an impression. And one girl from this world - who /doesn't/ have anyone, start shaving dreams of closing her eyes, of feeling the pressure of tourmaline, of feeling her world shifting as if she was not afraid of the fire, but part of the fire... and she starts making herself a costume that looks very, very familiar.))
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Friday 2 March, 2012 at 05:36
What hours do you typically sleep? Are you a light sleeper or a heavy sleeper?
Very light sleeper. I'm usually asleep from nine to three. But I hit REM about the second I put my head on the pillow - so it's all very restful.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Friday 2 March, 2012 at 05:37
How many ordinary human beings could you take in a ranged combat situation?
An arbitary number. I don't get engaged at range unless I want to be.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Friday 2 March, 2012 at 05:37
How many ordinary human beings could you take in a melee combat situation?
It depends on how ordinary.
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Friday 2 March, 2012 at 05:47
Which Formspringers would you be a fan of even if you didn't know them personally?
When I see @russianjgrnaut posting, it does put a big grin on my face, and I haven't met her. I might be over-identifying with an immigrant's tale that's only in my mind, of course.
SnaredJr
responded to Demongelica
on Friday 2 March, 2012 at 05:51
(( One last from me for a bit, What character have you run into that just made you say "Wow that is awesome" It can be that they had an awesome costume or they had an amazing bio. What wowed you? ))
((I get amazing name envy. Never 'That person doesn't deserve that name,' but 'Oh god, what would *I* do with THAT name!? I've met personally Beatdown, Mask, and Half all of which had me seething with jealousy.))
SnaredJr
responded to russianjgrnaut
on Friday 2 March, 2012 at 06:03
Do you celebrate your birthday? Why, or why not?
I do, but it's not a big deal. You know, slightly special dinner, someone else does the washing up, kind of thing.
SnaredJr
responded to russianjgrnaut
on Friday 2 March, 2012 at 06:07
Who's your favorite mundane celebrity?
I've no idea. I guess I should try being a bit more plugged into the culture.
SnaredJr
responded to beatmyhighscore
on Friday 2 March, 2012 at 06:27
What's the one thing you've always wanted to say, but could never bring yourself to say it?
"Wow, dad, so you were okay with me being thrown into the grinder, but Chell's a bridge too far?"
I get where he was coming from, now, it doesn't matter to anyone who can hear it.
SnaredJr
responded to nigredofist
on Friday 2 March, 2012 at 08:04
(( Double XP boosters are being sold on the beta market. I think this is a very bad idea because I'm almost certain the devs do not want us going from 1 to 50 in a few hours. Thoughts? Opinions? ))
((The devs have never had a problem with levelling fast. If they did, they'd have banned me for Rose Paladin and Conspyre. The Devs have an issue with player-behaviour deformation. They have a problem with a single route to 50 being so fast, and so efficient and so easily done that all players gravitate towards it, displacing all other content and other behaviour.
As it stands, you can go to 50 in a few hours. The ways in which you do it are not widespread, they are not remarkably easy, and they take some time and effort to set up. They are not something players can spam in Atlas chat and just do. And if people pay real money for it? They're now subsidising development time for all of us guys whose way of playing the game still works just fine.))
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Friday 2 March, 2012 at 08:58
This is especially for Ryker and Gideon, but I thought I might as well throw it open to the general public too: How would the current political/economic landscape be different, if there were no such thing as supers (of any kind)?
Oh, I haven't got the faintest clue. I mean, if you get rid of supers, you're probably losing huge hunks of technology. Does that mean no Rikti invasion? Does that mean World War 2 went worse than it did? I hope not.
I'm pretty sure the Roge Isles would be some tedious little protectorate of Canada or America though. An abnormal metahuman presence is all that keeps its (not irrelevant) resources in its own control.
SnaredJr
responded to ArielAblaze
on Saturday 3 March, 2012 at 01:32
Hey! I totally didn't die! Quelle surprise, I know. If you wanna know what happened I made a page in my journal public. But what should be done with Amethyst now? She hasn't actually done anything yet. But in the future, it seems she will.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 3 March, 2012 at 02:46
What was the last thing that blew your mind?
Listening to @totallywitchin talk about shoes. Just because it's this whole... wing of reality that I did not know existed. I thought that this was a stupid hollywood joke, like Greek mothers having forked tongues.
SnaredJr
responded to ArielAblaze
on Saturday 3 March, 2012 at 02:53
So hey. Time-travel question: If you met the past or future version of a friend who had been killed and could warn them about their death and possibly give them the chance to avert it, would you? Why or Why Not?
I grew up in a country where one of our most defining fears was governmental abuse of time travel. There was a very persistant rumour that the arbiters could reach back in time and kill you before you were born. Of course, the claim was that maybe we HAD known someone who had pissed them off and been 'unmade.'
That's what we called it.
Then we got old enough to see the sorts of things that DID happen, and it became a little more clear that any destiny or time travelling powers that did exist or did work were totally not being used in that capacity, or if they could, they weren't. It got a lot easier to live your life. But the fear was there. Don't mess up, you might mess with destiny.
This kind of mindset treats destiny as a like bird crap on the gutter. It's there or it's not, and if it hits you, well, you get hit.
Tell them. If nothing else, do you want to live in a world where you've got a friend with that kind of secret, and they don't tell you?
SnaredJr
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Saturday 3 March, 2012 at 02:54
Who here would like to go to a Browncoat Convention with me sometime? Or at least some convention where they'll be there. Any takers?
Help me out. Point me at a place I can learn what the devil you're talking about.I get that bugs are involved, and the uniform.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Saturday 3 March, 2012 at 03:40
What is your favorite sort of lingerie?
You know, I've been thinking about this one for a while, and I have come to be certain that I don't know. I just guess I need to try out more kinds. I'll be on the lookout for future opportunities to know more about what kind of lingerie I like. It's just another way in which formspring has given me reason to expand on my education.
SnaredJr
responded to beatmyhighscore
on Saturday 3 March, 2012 at 04:53
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Saturday 3 March, 2012 at 05:16
This is especially for Ryker and Gideon, but I thought I might as well throw it open to the general public too: How would the current political/economic landscape be different, if there were no such thing as supers (of any kind)?
Cutely, I got two of this question, which is appropriate, since I have been thinking of it almost all of the day.
First, World War 2 gets much, much nastier. Without metahumans, fights get longer, war tech gets nastier. There are some truly astounding weapons both sides were developing, and neither were playing nice. There were attempts made to weaponise chlorine trifluoride. Costumed icons had a polarising effect on those battlefields - it stopped being about stamping out whole squads of people en masse and became about taking out Their Guy. It almost made battlefields polite for a while there, with a certain capture-the-flag feel to them.
Second, most international relationships would boil down to the big three instead of all these diverse nations we have. While we can't be too sure, but the USSR's relationship probably got a lot nastier. More proxy wars, probably in areas where there were common enemies. Call me paranoid, but I imagine that if they didn't have their own internal problems like the Ukranian Supermen and the Lysenko Uprising to contend with, the USSR would effectively be starting in places like Norway, Germany and probably the Middle east too.
China's own superhuman projects have been a huge part of its development - they've been able to promote their own government internally through these sorts of things, and that helped them keep North Korea in check for a while. Of course, when North Korea gets its own metahuman projects finally off the ground, the Grand Eternal Leader Il is probaly going to declare an attack on his own oatmeal.
Africa would be... you know, the more I look at it, I cannot imagine a single way in which Africa would not be a total mess. Industrialisation is like a drug, it makes you fly high and crash hard. Africa is crashing and will continue to crash for a long time yet. What we're doing right now is usually making it worse. There are what, four hundred different 'countries' in Africa now, some no bigger than a town because some metahuman doesn't want to pay heed to the government?
Mininations, like the Etoile, wouldn't exist as they are. The force of arms of the Rogue Isles means it could defend itself from (imperialistic?) American incursion and subsequently develop better defences, then industries. Sharkhead does produce good steel, after all, and there are factories in Grandville and St Martial that produce consumer electronics that compete on the international market. Port Oakes will repair a boat as well as Mobile Alabama and for a quarter of the cost. If it wasn't for metahuman strength, they'd be another shitty little tourist area that doesn't even get to send congressmen or senators to Washington DC, as opposed to a country that had its own (shitty) culture, its own (terrible) art, its own (horrible) government and its own (respectable) scientific pursuits into timetravel, quantum mechanics, portal technology, cloning and metasynthetics.
Third, I imagine you'd get more nation-sized coalitions. LIke, say, Japan, Singapore, Indonesia, Timor and the like might form a commonwealth to protect their shared interests (and keep China and India from going crazy). You'd probably have an even stronger Commonwealth between the British colonies. I can't imagine Pakistan and India liking each other, but maybe one of them would have developed conventional nuclear technology and blown the other up. Of course, if they both developed nuclear arms around the same time, that might stop one from turning the other into a glass-bottomed sea.
Fourth, technology would suck ass. Hate on the Rikti all you like, but clean energy, global worldwild teleportation technology, metanoculations, twenty-four hour DNA tests for minor ailments, retrometatelophase cancer therapies, excelsior antirejectors, laser scalpels and regenerators for organ donations are all almost exclusively linked to the aftermath of the Rikti War, and THAT wasn't the biggest technoogical push we had.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Saturday 3 March, 2012 at 06:36
Please send... whatever you send. Thoughts, prayers, whatever. My parents are in the hospital.
If you call, you might get Chell. She's been told that you need support, okay? We're... familiar with how to deal with rough spots like this. Call if you need us.
SnaredJr
responded to Whowherewhat
on Saturday 3 March, 2012 at 06:37
Are you something special?
I'm a big brother.
SnaredJr
responded to Demongelica
on Saturday 3 March, 2012 at 07:01
(( In your time in CoH, What has been your favorite RP moment? ))
((I've sat here trying to come up with even a short list. I don't have one. I don't have any favourite RP moments where I can look at myself and think 'that was cool.' I have a huge number of moments of watching other people in the spotlight, often when I thrust them there, and watched them rise to the occasion. There are a lot of key moments for some characters.
There were moments of personal despair when I deleted some. Certainly, the finale of the first Carceri's arc, which was not very well-handled, but whose conclusion I wrote anyway, was something I felt was very pretty. When Briar helmed Nation for a month and I watched people working in that fostered environment, that was pretty nice.
The entirely-solo story of Kanpekina, which ended with Kina successfully assassinating Lord Recluse (in the future) and then retiring on a giant pile of money, followed by the quest to collect every lost teddybear in Grandville made me happy, even if it was a little pathetic.
Rose Paldin unflinchingly informing a membenr of his SG that he'd arrest God, and then citing chapter and verse where God was shown in conspiracy to commit crimes was pretty cool, even if it was just one more brick in a giant wall of alienation. But I got intense satisfaction out of being able to play him as being technically correct on the matter. It was very much a nerd fight though.
I guess I haven't had that happy a RP history. Most of the best moments of RP I've had have actually been in the last six months, and finding FS was a big part of that. I'm a lot like the cautionary tale of @Ultimogirl and @CareAndControl, in that the connections you make are what makes things great. I didn't make the connections, I walked away from things because I couldn't handle them, and as a net result, I have this miserable pockmarked hsitory of places I can't go and people I can't talk to, and this stable of high level characters with elaborate backstories and such about whom nobody sensible should care.))
SnaredJr
responded to pressdotexe
on Saturday 3 March, 2012 at 07:04
((Pick a fellow FSer. Pretend that their current name isn't available, and for some reason, a capricious GM has asked YOU to give them a name. You want to encapsulate their current feel, a good name, but every OTHER name is available! Whattya pick?))
((I think that you could get almost all of the Predacons ull up in this. Shame about Razorclaw.
Backbeat - Headstrong Max - Rampage Zarpd - Divebomb Victoria - Tantrum.))
SnaredJr
responded to Demongelica
on Saturday 3 March, 2012 at 07:07
(( What is your biggest hang up when it comes to RP? ))
((I'm a snob.))
SnaredJr
responded to Demongelica
on Saturday 3 March, 2012 at 07:23
What has been your favorite moment of 2012 so far?
Answer called on account of excessive big brotherly fawning.
SnaredJr
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Saturday 3 March, 2012 at 03:34
Five years ago today I asked someone a question that would change my life. I didn't realize the changes I was in for. Is there something you did in recent years that set off a chain of events you didn't expect?
Man, it would just be fantastic to have that kind of agency in my own life.
SnaredJr
responded to ArielAblaze
on Saturday 3 March, 2012 at 03:49
When was the last time you changed your code name and why did you change it? What might get you to change it again?
I never have, but I haven't been code-named long.
SnaredJr
responded to parkourblades
on Saturday 3 March, 2012 at 08:31
What's something you do whenever you start feeling indifferent about everything?
I imagine I'd talk to Chell.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 4 March, 2012 at 04:13
What is hate, to you?
Hate's the finest venom you can ever craft and swallow all by yourself. I've not a lot of use for it.
SnaredJr
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Sunday 4 March, 2012 at 06:08
Do you think it's possible to move on completely when a relationship ends? Does how it end matter? What if the person dies? Does it dishonor them and their memory to move on with someone else?
It varies a lot.
I will never have another father, or another mother. I might have someone in my life who gives me advice, who gives me counsel, who helps support me, who loves me and shares with me stories about growing up, who plays sports with me, and who yes, pressures me into things I don't want to do but are for the good of all of us. But that guy will never be my father. That's not true for some people. In the Galaxy shelter, I was able to watch as a boy who'd lost his parents found a man who'd lost his son, and since that day, I've checked in. You'd think a fifteen year old boy might not 'need' adopting, being so close to adulthood as it is, but he did, and it worked. Well, works. It's only been five months.
It's the same with romantic love.
There are some loves that take a part of you, forever. There are some loves which don't feel complete without that other person. There's a captain at Kings, whose wife passed on when he was thirty and she was thirty-five. This guy looks like Sean Connory, he's really quite good looking for a guy in his near-fifties. He's never dated, he's never been interested in it, and when I asked him about it after getting this question, he told me, 'I'm married.'
Some loves are like that. They live past the living.
On the other hand, some loves are bountiful. Some loves are made stronger by the merging. You've hinted at losing this person before, and I don't know the guy who she loved all that well, but I can see who he is now. While death is one way a relationship ends, there are others, but to stay with death for now: If I was with a woman, and I died, I would want her to move on. I would want her to remember me, and remember how good it felt to be in love, and how happy I made her, and I want to make sure that that love became part of another love. That she found love again, and was able to feel like that.
I don't want her laying in bed, a dozen years after I'm gone, making love to a ghost.
I'm young to be dealing with thoughts like this, and there are many kind of love, many kinds that I haven't mentioned, but the same holds true for all of them.
Like many voices raising in a chorus, the song will keep being sung. One person's part can end, but until there is silence, the song goes on.
Endings give us meaning, they give us urgency, they give us drive.
I really, really wish I wasn't thinking about this so much.
SnaredJr
responded to MazzoGrave
on Sunday 4 March, 2012 at 06:12
(( FINALLY got the name change and the character is now named 'Mazzo Grave' instead of 'Webmaster Grave'. Do not be alarmed! ))
((Were you waiting to have enough free transfers saved up? =D ))
SnaredJr
responded to MazzoGrave
on Sunday 4 March, 2012 at 06:12
So, I just saved some Cabal witches, expecting to get paid. They gave me a bunch of stupid little trinkets instead! Does anyone want a charm that makes you immune to sunburns? Or a crystal that protects against headaches? First come first serve.
Witches ain't nothing but tricks and hose.
SnaredJr
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Sunday 4 March, 2012 at 06:13
Five years ago today I lost someone that meant the world to me. What do you do to honor the memory of loved ones you've lost?
We used to keep a candle burning for mama, after she passed giving birth to Chell. It was a little shrine, with a photo of her face, and things that reminded us of her. A mix tape, some plastic flowers, her knife and her leash, things like that, with the candle in the middle. We always transferred the flame from candle to candle, day after day, for three years.
When she was three, Chell knocked it over and it went out. I freaked out, father didn't. Three years was an awfully long time for one flame to live.
I still keep those things around the house. Mother's knife is in the drawer, though there's really no reason to have it there. I see it when I cook. Father's symbiote is a little more of a presence in my life, of course.
SnaredJr
responded to KattyKlepto
on Monday 5 March, 2012 at 01:13
Guys I found another ticking shiny. I made sure it was ticking by putting my ear next to it and it was so I ran away and threw rocks at it until it explodeded like the other one, but it destroyed the rocks I was throwing at it :<
So who's making these?
Filing a report on this.
SnaredJr
responded to TheChthonian
on Monday 5 March, 2012 at 03:35
Music Monday? Give me a sample of something that you listen to when it is very quiet, and no one is around. Night time, perhaps.
You never saw long boats coming in to Sharkhead. Occasional tourist cruise vessel in St M. But at night on Port Oakes' coast, you could watch the ghosts of sails, dancing back and forth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtxmgBYlrTs
SnaredJr
responded to pressdotexe
on Monday 5 March, 2012 at 04:50
Inspired by @TheChthonian, how do you hold a grudge?
I was going to write a short, dismissive answer to this, but I've realised that I can't and be honest. I know that when I'm operating as a combat agent, and someone I regard as a friend or uninvolved party is hurt, I will intuitively chase down whoever or whatever is responsible, even if they're nonessential targets. Some entities, like Zeus hardware has been shown to be quite extensively damaged thanks to this behaviour. Afterwards, I don't feel anything of it, but there's a very clear violent retaliation instinct I have in combat situations, and one I do my best to keep under control.
So that short, dismissive answer is really still quite true: Gingerly, and only long enough to throw.
SnaredJr
responded to Demongelica
on Monday 5 March, 2012 at 03:15
(( Who's getting ME3 at Midnight? ))
((Not I. I couldn't get into the first or second, and I still can't. It's going to be one of those extensive periods where I sit out of the conversation and half my friends vaporise again. :P ))
SnaredJr
responded to Hellwhip
on Monday 5 March, 2012 at 03:15
My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Johnny Turbo pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it's pretty serious. Has anyone heard anything yet?
At the end of all that, the only thing I'm certain of is that you didn't say you weren't single. What?
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Monday 5 March, 2012 at 03:38
Money Monday: What do you do for a living?
I work for the Paragon Police Department as a special offender. That is to say, I'm an dogsbody who gets called in if I can be, quickly enough, to deal with superhuman threats, out of control superhumans or something of that ilk like a doom laser or a nanite bomb. Often when Vanguard are short-handed I'm asked to work with them.
It's a job that's about secure, contain, protect, and that calls upon a lot of skills at once. Thankfully, not all of them are combat skills, and I can sometimes do things to keep an incident from becoming combative.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 5 March, 2012 at 03:38
Most of you know my situation. If you were confined for an extended period of time, what would be the FIRST thing you do when you gained freedom? Or the first few things?
Find whoever I hurt and apologise?
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Monday 5 March, 2012 at 03:42
Do you ever wish there was a "frown" or "thumbs down" or "dislike" option?
I've occasionally wanted a 'whack this user with a stick' button, but that's what too much paperwork will do. If I get a misfile I have to come in from home to fix it. These guys just don't give a damn and they get to sail on through. Oh, brave new world that has such people in it.
SnaredJr
responded to Demongelica
on Monday 5 March, 2012 at 03:45
Has a hero of the city ever let you down?
The glib quip is 'No, because if they let people down, they're not really heroes of the city.'
Hero of the City is a badge that you get for doing a lot of work, no matter how quickly, or how slow. It's part of the infrastructure, part of the network, one cell in the organ that is Paragon. Thanks to the heroes, we have better medical technology, better support for the homeless and the poor, better management options for fights and better sensors for external threats.
I'm not saying those people that wear that badge have never let me down, because the only thing I think I've ever had for them is expectations, rather than promises. But even the most selfish and whiny of all Heroes of the City still contributed in part to my lot in life now, which may not be the nicest, but is definitely better than living under an arbiter's heel.
SnaredJr
responded to MsRepresntation
on Monday 5 March, 2012 at 03:46
What's for dinner today?
Cold cereal. I was too damn tired. I don't know about breakfast yet.
SnaredJr
responded to totallywitchin
on Monday 5 March, 2012 at 03:46
There's a huge disturbance in the force right now. So, what do you do when you know that the shit is about it hit the fan?
Wince because I'm about to put two chunks of bone through my own jaw, usually.
SnaredJr
responded to RosieVision
on Monday 5 March, 2012 at 04:07
((Plugging this event for interested persons: Pre-Issue22 RP event! Tonight, March 5th at 7pmEST, help rally with heroes and villains in one final effort to push back Mot from destroying Astoria! Check out http://tinyurl.com/AstoriaEvent for more info!))
((*bloo bloo bloo bloo bloo bloo bloo*
I had no idea this would make me feel so genuinely sad.
You kids have fun storming the castle, I'll be off up to my wrists in third-hand computer bits.))
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Monday 5 March, 2012 at 04:22
Do you like holding hands?
Yeah.
SnaredJr
responded to MrCrimsonAce
on Monday 5 March, 2012 at 04:45
So if you were going to impress someone of the opposite sex how would you go about doing it? Don't worry I'm not taking notes (Maybe I am)
Be patient, be honest, listen. That's it, that's all you have to do.
SnaredJr
responded to Demongelica
on Monday 5 March, 2012 at 04:57
(( So here's the opposite of Paul's question. What do you really enjoy RPwise? ))
((A feeling of agency; a feeling that I can take the role I want, and that it's going to be respected and regarded by other players; the feeling that effort I put into making characters, writing narrative, writing corroborating material, playing people as part of other peoples' stories, and the research I've put into making sure all of the above is done well is respected and appreciated; a feeling of interaction, where both I and the other people are providing input to one another, and everyone is working with the stuff other people are bringing; being wanted to do things but not so much I narratively carry everything; moderation in obnoxiousness; a feeling of comfort and connection; romance storylines that don't leave me hating myself again and again and again; an escape for a while from the unpleasant realities of life; a feeling of community and connection.
If I took as long as this question really wanted, it wouldn't be done until this time next year.))
SnaredJr
responded to russianjgrnaut
on Monday 5 March, 2012 at 05:11
What do you see in front of your fist?
A problem solvable by mortal means; a drunk taking a swing at an officer, a recalcitrant vending machine; a friend in a ring; I see the kind of fight where nobody dies, where it's about feeling of the fight, and the joy of being alive, and I can laugh while I'm doing it.
I wish I saw things in front of my fists more often, really!
SnaredJr
responded to russianjgrnaut
on Monday 5 March, 2012 at 08:40
What's your favorite song from a movie soundtrack? I recently rewatched "Inglorious Basterds" and this got stuck in my head. Besides, David Bowie is not unlike a small god, I think.
I haven't had a chance to see many movies. Notre Dame has some wonderful songs, but I have no desire for god to help the outcasts - I will help them myself, and I will ask others to help me help them. I fear no fires of hell, nor do I see lust as a sin. And we all know that sometimes a monster can be a man and vice versa - so for all that those songs lift my soul, I cannot call them as my favourites.
Perhaps a better answer will come to me.
SnaredJr
responded to PlagueOfWasps
on Monday 5 March, 2012 at 09:36
Ever run into a situation where "doing your best" just wasn't good enough?
"Losers do their best. Winners..."
Yeah, no. Yes, there will be those situations, because nobody's best is everything. You're not everything, you can't be everything.
Taking up a cape and cowl means you have to be sure - SURE! - that YOU'RE the guy (girl/wasp/whatever) that can look at what's messed up in the world and fix it, that YOU have that judgement, that YOU have that responsibility, and with it, that POWER. You can do that! And lots of the time that's heaps. Natural selection keeps the Dingus Hero population down.
Some days, your best isn't enough. That's why you never do it all alone. Because if your best isn't enough, what about your best and his best? And her best and her best and his best and his best?
Many hands make light work.
(by the way, the smart rejoinder to that is 'many hands have many elbows.')
SnaredJr
responded to shrikespikes
on Monday 5 March, 2012 at 09:43
Hindrances: What do you find is often getting in the way of doing your job?
An inability to talk. A lack of trust from others. Both of these are totally reasonable, though. I mean, consider this:
I'm the son of an Arachnos superweapon soldier, conveniently arriving during the Galaxy fracas. I have a symbiote that makes me statesman-level tough. I'm an immigrant working for the police department, giving me possibly confused loyalties, no strong reason to hold to them, and very little money and time to entertain myself.
If I AM a sleeper agent, it's a very good reason to be cautious of me.
I have done major ops with a number of heroes. I've seen a lot of what they do, how they solve problems, how they act. It hasn't always left me with good impressions, but I can't just ask them questions at the time. Some things are as important when they happen as what happens. Heck, I know there are a few heroes who don't even realise who I am when I see them.
So there are those barriers. I can't coordinate effectively in combat, or out of combat. A lot of the time I just have to rely on the fact that I'm unkillable and hope that I can catch the balls that come at me.
SnaredJr
responded to russianjgrnaut
on Monday 5 March, 2012 at 10:35
What movie quote would you probably say in your day-to-day life? Me, it's "You wanna feel how hard I can punch?", Zombieland.
Well, why limit this to just myself? After all, I've so little chance to tell people what I think of them when we're near.
For myself, there's always the hissing from Anaconda, and the roar from Journey to the Centre of the Earth. And from time to time, I've found myself thinking, "I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career, skills that make me a nightmare for people like you."
Here, one for some of the heroes I've worked with. Unfortunately, I've not seen all these movies - just snippets. And hopefully, the people work out who they are.
"Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc." - The Addams Family.
"Would you taste the bella donna, Cruce? Would you give your life, your wit, your future, to but one touch of my tongue? Love makes fools of men, does it not?" - Starfolden
"I'm not a smart guy. So when I need to know something, I find someone smart, and I ask them. Sometimes I ask pretty hard." - Sin City
"If you were me, you'd be good-looking." - Six String Samurai
"I can starve your kingdom, Marchand, by killing its subjects - but o! More terrible a blade is my mercy. For I can starve your kingdom, Death, just by staying my hand." - The Leviathan's Gift
"I'm the woman that broke Recluse's nose! You're going to be lucky to RUN!" - Wax Spiders
Hm. Come to think of it, Etoile cinema is very, very bad to use for examples.
SnaredJr
responded to shrikespikes
on Monday 5 March, 2012 at 11:19
How much faith do you have in the agencies that watch over you?
Unfortunately, only a bit. I've been called in when heroes have pushed against their limits too hard, I've done clean-up for them, and they're not particularly auspicious.
There's a very real corruption issue in amongst other wings of the PPD. I don't think there's a strong corruption trend here in the SOU, but there are barely twenty of us.
I don't have much faith in any of them, so I have to make sure I can verify things. Paperwork is important for that reason. Longbow agents go bad, cops go bad, heroes go bad. It's just the nasty reallity of where we live.
Still, faith is putting trust in things you can't verify. Can't see any use for that. I trust, but verify.
SnaredJr
responded to ArielAblaze
on Monday 5 March, 2012 at 11:26
(( Hey! So if you'd like to read the press release all about the return of The Anbaric Amber, I've attached it and like ya know, totally feel free to concrit or like let its power flow thru you and inspire your RP w/ her or whatever! Thanks! ))
(( But PonyAblaze, it tells me that I don't have permission! You probably want to fix that up, so you don't get a lot of requests to deal with.))
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Tuesday 6 March, 2012 at 04:32
Time-Warp Tuesday: How long until your home country has its first metahuman leader/ruler? How will they come into power? Apologies in if you are from the Etoile and this is a very boring question.
It's too late for forgiveness! >:|
SnaredJr
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Tuesday 6 March, 2012 at 05:27
Musical Morbidity Monday! Late because I was asleep. Name one song you want whoever is left to play at your funeral.
SnaredJr
responded to Demongelica
on Tuesday 6 March, 2012 at 05:51
Thoughtful Tuesday: You can change one thing in your life with no negative consequences. What would it be?
Just one?
I guess it'd be Chell's medical problems.
The other night, I got to talk with someone wonderful, and she gave Chell some encouragement. She listened to it, and for the hour I had awake with her, she went to her room and started painting.
She started to get the shakes - as she does by the end of a cycle - and when her easel fell over I heard it, got out of bed and went to check up on her. She was crying on the floor because she'd done this great slash of purple across the whole piece, the painting on the ground.
I can do a lot with my hands, but I can't help hers be steady. If I get one thing, that's it. Hell with any problem I have.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Tuesday 6 March, 2012 at 06:36
There are people trying to kill me, Rykes... I need somewhere safe to go.
Come here. Now. Your parents' funeral is a target. Please. There are people here who can help you, who can protect you. You can put off a funeral and a memorial until you're safe.
If nothing else, I suspect Backbeat will get all Mighty Boot on anyone who raises a hand against you.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 6 March, 2012 at 03:28
Do you have a favored sexual position, or do you just roll with it (pun intended)? Why/why not?
Yeah, Chell's not getting my phone today.
SnaredJr
responded to Hellwhip
on Tuesday 6 March, 2012 at 03:41
Tomorrow, I'm heading back to Ohio for a week to see the fam. When's the last time you went home?
It was a directed strike with seven heroes.
I got to see the guards at the fab, guys like my dad, being smacked silly by people who were doing it to blow off steam and cracking jokes about it.
Eh. Good guys, bad guys, I suppose. It's like doctors with their gallows humour.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 6 March, 2012 at 03:52
What's new with you lately?
Well, a friend of mine is dealing with having been orphaned a thousand miles from where any of her remaining relatives and friends can help out, Chell is mad at me for hiding tuesday answers from her, Detective Greer has hurt his leg and can't come in to clean up his paperwork, which sounds suspiciously like he's going to play golf, and I'm being called in early to compensate.
Nothing really new, just little transitory variances from day to day.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 6 March, 2012 at 03:54
How would you describe what you are feeling, right now?
SnaredJr
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Tuesday 6 March, 2012 at 06:52
I've been told my whole life that I never smile, I smirk, and when I do I look like I know something no one else in the room does. Do you have a distinguishing facial expression or physical characteristic?
No mouth, no eyes, low, guttural hisses, roars made with my whole chest. Stands out a little.
SnaredJr
responded to MsRepresntation
on Tuesday 6 March, 2012 at 06:56
Have you ever lied to yourself? If yes, have you ever lied to yourself for so long that you've come to believe your own lies?
Quite a lot, when I was younger. Life's not so bad, I'm sure those people deserved it, Arachnos really are better than the alternative, etc. etc. etc. See a blue sky and all the toromerda kinda goes away though.
SnaredJr
responded to russianjgrnaut
on Tuesday 6 March, 2012 at 07:06
Do you tend to give your friends nicknames? Are they generally embarrassing?
They're memory anchors. It's an old habit. I use other languages and usually with characteristics of the person I think of very positively. Spalle, bianca, rosa, rabbiosa, spine, nocche, onesta - stuff like that. I don't think anyone much cares one way or another.
SnaredJr
responded to russianjgrnaut
on Tuesday 6 March, 2012 at 07:10
Which post-apocalypse scenario movie is your favorite?
Answering this so I'll have an easy way to find it when other people give answers I can look into.
SnaredJr
responded to russianjgrnaut
on Tuesday 6 March, 2012 at 07:17
What period in history would you like to visit? Just, visit, not have to stay -- sort of like a vacation?
There was this Opera singer and duelist, who was apparently also absolutely insatiable and had multiple male and female lovers, and refused to accept the rules of what society said she could do, in I want to say Rennaisance Italy.
I'd like to go hear her sing.
SnaredJr
responded to Tenebraxa
on Wednesday 7 March, 2012 at 01:16
You forgot Subarus!
Just so I can smile at the question.
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Wednesday 7 March, 2012 at 05:22
What is something you tend to overthink?
Parenting decisions. I'm not even a goddamn parent!
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Wednesday 7 March, 2012 at 06:24
Are you monogamous? Why or why not?
You know, it figures in this town, even considering where I grew up, that it's not until this question landed in my inbox that I even considered that there's an alternative to monogamy.
What the hell, Ryker.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Wednesday 7 March, 2012 at 06:24
Do you prefer to pursue or be pursued?
A mix of both. Nobody likes to do all the work, and if you meet with someone halfway, you find more of what you have in common.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Wednesday 7 March, 2012 at 06:25
Do you like the idea of romance? What about the practice? Does romance feature in your life heavily?
Oh, absolutely - my borrows from the library suggest that trend. The practice... is time-consuming, challenging, and often runs head-long into the problem that any woman interested in me has to know that she is not just second place, but third place, and that's not very romantic. And unfortunately, no, it doesn't. Which is a bummer, because it's nice.
SnaredJr
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Wednesday 7 March, 2012 at 07:42
Do any of your weapons/props/whatever have names?
Hell, the only name we have for the symbiote is 'the symbiote.' I've been told I should name my truncheon, but I don't get to carry a truncheon yet.
SnaredJr
responded to MazzoGrave
on Wednesday 7 March, 2012 at 03:04
(( So thanks to i22, my alt-o-holism has flared up again, and I have a new character in mind, a Ghost/spirit that is bound to some object, and i can't settle on a secondary. He's a Dominator, what secondary? Dark/(Fire, Elec, Psy, Nrg)? :( ))
((Fire's cone meshes with dark's cone immobilize, and gives you a full attack pattern at range along with build-up. You miss incinerate and that sucks, but eh.
Elec has knockback that I dislike, but it has build-up and a pet set slot. I'd pass on it, though.
Psi's powerful, with the slog up to 40 for slotted PSW, but it's quite good.
NRG has the best early-blooming ranged attack pattern, if you can tolerate the knockback again. If you don't, you still get a very nice attack cycle which has bonesmasher, total focus and then energy transfer. ))
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Wednesday 7 March, 2012 at 03:04
It is 10:17 am. I believe that I may be drunk.
You need someone to help you home?
SnaredJr
responded to Hellwhip
on Wednesday 7 March, 2012 at 03:04
Not a question, more of an FYI. But these have to be questions, so I'll do it Jeopardy style: What is "I'll be in Ohio for a week... try not to miss me too much!!"
We'll strive, dear.
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Wednesday 7 March, 2012 at 03:05
What's the title to the TV show about your life?
It Ain't Easy Being Green. Or Teen Dilf.
SnaredJr
responded to Demongelica
on Wednesday 7 March, 2012 at 03:05
So my friend told me I can't play xbox anymore because the last time I lost I melted my controller :( Anyone's powers ever accidentally do something dumb like that?
I used to be pale and have more vibrant hair until I started literally eating UV radiation.
SnaredJr
responded to rnaway
on Wednesday 7 March, 2012 at 08:12
Does the Government serve the people, or do the people serve the Government?
The government is people. The people who serve the government serve the people, and they are, themselves, the people.
I've lived in a society where the government was a protected class separate from normal people. It does not work.
The political atmosphere here is one where everyone's drawing lines between themselves and the other people, and considering themselves Real Americans. Poor people, rich people, government, mutants, white, black, brown, whatever. It's not a good way to go, and surely the Etoile just over there should serve as an object lesson.
SnaredJr
responded to KyleSands
on Wednesday 7 March, 2012 at 11:52
(( Kyle's been kinda quiet recently, and we have only Ballista-13 to thank it seems... or do we? STORY TIME. :D ))
SnaredJr
responded to Whirlydervish
on Thursday 8 March, 2012 at 02:13
were can someone get a bunch of that acid the guy used in fight club?
I could tell you but I'd be lying.
SnaredJr
responded to MazzoGrave
on Thursday 8 March, 2012 at 02:47
Flight is so overrated. For those of you lacking powers that assist in travel (or just don't have powers), how do you get around?
You sound jealous.
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Thursday 8 March, 2012 at 03:35
I know it was tough, but is there anything of the Isles that you really miss? Like if money and practicality were no object, something you would "port" to your life in Paragon?
I keep thinking about this question and there are some things I liked. I liked not being considered an outsider.
When I was in the Etoile, if I extended aid to another person, I would probably get yelled at, insulted, and exploited.
If I attempted to help when I was asked to help, I would definitely have someone I was trying to help demand I stop helping, lying to me about why.
If I brought up a news story with someone who was there, I would get a room full of people whirl on me, act insulted, act offended and demand to know what right I had to asking a question.
Everyone around me would make jokes about what I was trying to do for a living, insulting my competence, despite my having been responsible for saving their lives, the lives of people they cared about, and providing an essential public service for little compensation.
There was a protected overclass of people who, due to powers or good luck or an accident of birth, could do what they wanted, could get away with what they wanted, who could act childishly, irresponsibly, and endanger other people, without really much fear about what would happen. Who could let their petty problems escalate to a point where people were getting hurt over Who Didn't Refill The Coffee. Who could beat up and hurt people who were just doing their jobs because they felt like blowing off steam.
The only difference between that and Paragon is that here, somehow it's my fault that the world is like this. That of course nobody would trust me, I was born over there, and I signed on for public service, and I did what was asked of me.
I can't say there really is anything there that isn't here, in some form of another except for the giggling, cackling crazy person on top of it. Food, drink, culture, those I brought with me in my mind and my heart, and the quality of all of them seems to generally be better here. The schools are better here, the markets are better here, the normal people are kinder, the work is easier and the world is safer here. I can't imagine wanting what I had back, no matter how comfortable I was with it.
SnaredJr
responded to GraffS
on Thursday 8 March, 2012 at 03:35
People don't fucking change. Does anyone honestly believe they do?
You're toilet-trained, right?
SnaredJr
responded to jillwilliamson
on Thursday 8 March, 2012 at 03:36
Okay, so I know some people literally put their heroing or villaining or whatever down for a few days when this got released, but man, this version of the trailer cracks me up. Anything come up in your life lately that made you happy to backbench work?
I did take a personal day yesterday to give a friend some company when she really, truly needed it. Sleeping at night is weird.
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Thursday 8 March, 2012 at 03:37
Who deserves your applause?
Staff Sergeant Milton D'abney, who came back from his first break today with a white patch on his arm and a sucker in his mouth because he gave blood for the first time.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Thursday 8 March, 2012 at 03:39
What is "saving the world" to you?
I'm not sure. It's hard to say because people talk about it like it's happening all the time, but usually it seems that what most people mean is 'I dealt with it so the next people in line didn't have to.' Which is good, which is good, but it does seem to put a lot of weight behind the individual's contribution, rather than the contribution of the people who made it possible.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 8 March, 2012 at 03:40
Where do you think society needs to go from here?
It'd just be fantastic if people could stop blowing up other people over what ideas those other people have. I think that would be the first important step.
SnaredJr
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Thursday 8 March, 2012 at 03:40
Is "Rogue Aisles" a cool name for a convenience store Y/N?
Yeah. Though I'm not opening it - an immigrant with superpowers opening a convenience store sounds like a terrible formula comedy construction.
SnaredJr
responded to ControlAndCare
on Thursday 8 March, 2012 at 03:41
What's your favorite Nyan Cat video?!?!?!
The one where the cat has eight legs. I can't find it on youtube.
SnaredJr
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Thursday 8 March, 2012 at 03:41
Brodown Thursday! Pretend you're staging a friendly competition between two FS peeps. What's the event and who competes?
@BackAlleyBeats and @jillwilliamson.
SnaredJr
responded to shrikespikes
on Thursday 8 March, 2012 at 03:42
What's the worst someone's ever crossed you - that you forgave?
I had a suspect try to stab me when we brought him in, because he was terrified that we were members of the family come to take him out. Turns out he had a rock solid alibi, too, so it's not like I was dealing with a hardened criminal. Just a desperate, scared man.
SnaredJr
responded to PlagueOfWasps
on Thursday 8 March, 2012 at 05:44
So. What gets you the most anxious in your day-to-day life? This is excluding the big, apocalyptic emergencies as they happen. (Unless that IS day-to-day.)
You know how rough it is hitting that 13-15 age range and suddenly there's all this... stuff you need to know about and school and friends and marketing and such?
It is even WORSE when you're standing right next to someone going through that and CANNOT HELP.
SnaredJr
responded to TheChthonian
on Thursday 8 March, 2012 at 05:46
When you're young, a popular question is, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Conversely, was there something you wanted to avoid growing up to be? At all costs?
A Grandville resident. Sharkhead is not where most of Arachnos' stuff gets posted, and whenever they had a trish event, they'd bring in staff from the outer islands. Never us. Thank whatever.
SnaredJr
responded to Wingmate
on Thursday 8 March, 2012 at 05:49
I notice you have "followed" this account although it was not announced. Is this because you believe you know the individual? Or is this merely by chance?
I saw 'paragon city' and 'Australia' when I was browsing idly, so I assumed you're an immigrant. I wouldn't mind hearing more of your story and what your experiences have been like.
SnaredJr
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Thursday 8 March, 2012 at 10:45
Brodown Thursday! Pretend you're staging a friendly competition between two FS peeps. What's the event and who competes?
There's this show, called Iron Chef, I don't know if it's a thing here, where you compose a whole meal in a short window of time, against an expert. And then they're tested and tasted and the better one wins. It's very, very hard to beat the best.
I'd like to see that, except instead of a meal, it's a compilation CD of music and songs expressing a major theme. And I'd want to see @laylaward against... well, hell any challenger who could handle it. Because I get the impression music is her everything, and I'd love to see what competition could create.
SnaredJr
responded to Snaerr
on Friday 9 March, 2012 at 05:03
((Alright. I haven't been active in forever, my CoX account has lapsed. I gotta bite the bullet on this one. I'm deleting this account, because right now it's just taking up space. Y'all have been awesome, and it was a lot of fun. Thanks. <3))
((You can always go home.))
SnaredJr
responded to WhatAccent
on Friday 9 March, 2012 at 05:06
Why are so many people scientifically illiterate? How can you not know what radon is!
America as a culture venerates ethereal concepts, has a strong religious culture, doesn't recognise cause and effect and spends most of its time worshipping people rather than respecting their work.
People are scientifically literate because there's no clear cultural reward for it. I can speak four languages and talk intelligently on biology, chemistry and physics and none of that impresses anybody over here.
It's a shame. If you're scientifically literate, the world looks very different, and that knowledge empowers you.
SnaredJr
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Friday 9 March, 2012 at 07:11
I'll talk about Iron Mix but first I need a Secret Ingredient!
...If memory serves me correctly.
Well, anyone got an idea?
SnaredJr
responded to beatmyhighscore
on Friday 9 March, 2012 at 05:07
What's a song that best expresses how you feel right now, at this very moment?
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Friday 9 March, 2012 at 10:20
Friends and Family Friday: Grab somebody else in your house (either resident or guest) and get them to answer the last question you answered. Or if you like, the last question you asked.
Well, I guess you knew what was coming. Chell's taking the wheel on these once I set up the field
Ryker: The last question I asked was 'What's your favourite colour?'
MB: I don't have a favorite color. They all are different. yellow is a hospital ceiling and knowing that I can change it for black. Purple is the prince of the sunset. Red is blood and tears and knowing Ryker will come back for me. White is the sun on the face of a building made out of glass and steel in a city where women can fly and there's no barbed wire. black is my socks all of them of a morning in a drawer. Blue is a smurf's face, and deep blue is a smurf when you punch him. Green is Ryker and dinosaurs and macaws. I don't have a favorite color. I want them all.
Ryker: The last question I answered was 'What's a song that best expresses how you feel right now, at this very moment?'
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 10 March, 2012 at 03:29
What's YOUR problem?
I was born in the wrong place, and chose to serve the community that was giving me opportunity rather than my own selfish ends.
These are pretty unforgivable things, really.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 10 March, 2012 at 03:30
What comes to your mind when you hear "Lasersaurus"?
"That person has never actually read the story of Lazarus."
SnaredJr
responded to TheChthonian
on Saturday 10 March, 2012 at 07:05
What do you feel is your most unattractive quality? Pick only one, yes.
I think it's the whole look I have when I'm working. I have vices, and I have failings, but it's hard to run past that in terms of 'things that are unattractive.'
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Saturday 10 March, 2012 at 07:27
I can't go out of the house without being attacked or followed. This sucks.
I'm really sorry, Faefae. But this is kinda what we have to do. I've filed all the paperwork I can - if anyone out there in Paragon is willing to help, I'm sure they will offer.
SnaredJr
responded to Wingmate
on Saturday 10 March, 2012 at 08:46
What is your impression of Australia?
The etoile is a small nation full of things that make its people feel small.
The united states is a big nation full of things that make its people feel big.
Australia is a big nation full of things that make its people feel very, very small.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 10 March, 2012 at 05:08
Here's a challenge: send a personalized question to 20 of your followers. This doesn't happen enough.
Woo, I'm a trend-setter.
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Saturday 10 March, 2012 at 05:28
Are you clumsy?
No. I'm afraid of being clumsy when I move though, which I believe contributes to my lack of ability to dance. I do live in a world that's scaled ever-so-subtly down from me.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Saturday 10 March, 2012 at 05:29
Since I'm stuck at home I'm working on my new magical girl persona. When I get out I'm gonna totally get the gear for it. What should I call myself?
The Spirit of Nagasaki?
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Saturday 10 March, 2012 at 05:29
Do you like snow?
Definitely. The snow you get here is a lot more like movie snow than the snow you get over there, which is like heavier soot.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Saturday 10 March, 2012 at 05:31
I have a date tonight. I do not know how to dress for a date. Suggestions would be welcome.
Well, having met you, I'd suggest it depends on what you want to communicate. Pants are always a good option - even if it is a formal place, you have a suit that looks amazing and it's not very challenging to make look good. If it's more downscale than that, jeans, a shirt. If you want to show off, a midriff top.
If you want him to go away, wear the suit to a downscale environment with a badge that says My Brother Collects Knives.
SnaredJr
responded to Wingmate
on Saturday 10 March, 2012 at 05:32
What do you imagine when you picture a man named William?
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Saturday 10 March, 2012 at 05:34
Are there any pictures hanging in your room/house/etc? What are they?
There are. Everywhere. This place has a number of hooks. Chell paints and collects. So every time she visits the library there's a new high-res print-out, a new picture, a new handful of stickytac on the wall.
The most recent one is the one that fell over a few days ago. The purple slash is still across it, but now that's the line of an opening eye.
SnaredJr
responded to pressdotexe
on Saturday 10 March, 2012 at 06:56
Why do you use that picture and not one that will let people recognise you if they see you when you're not working?
Because when I'm working is when I most need people to recognise that the howling, roaring, hissing creature which can twist the top off a titan like it's a jar of advil is in fact, a person who can think and feel and care and has a lot of stuff going on upstairs.
So far? Not worked.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Saturday 10 March, 2012 at 06:58
Do you think it's reasonable to get defensive about hero behaviour when there's a real corruption problem in the PPD?
I'm not defensive about hero behaviour. I'm honest about the hero behaviour I've observed, but for the most part as long as people get saved and nobody's a dick to normal people I'm fine with it.
It's BECAUSE of the police corruption that I don't really mind that people get merd with me. They have no reason to trust me, and trusting a badge is not a good thing as a rule. I just hope they're better people to other people in general.
SnaredJr
responded to XanatosMail
on Saturday 10 March, 2012 at 10:34
Listen up all yall. It's ya boy Duggy McFresh up in dis bish straight up out the gish. You know how we do. (It aint crime til we fighting it.) So listen check it: My man 'Tos is too busy saving white folks these days. I got your questions instead. 1
Okay. This is a joke, right?
When exactly am I meant to laugh?
SnaredJr
responded to AvengeAmethyst
on Saturday 10 March, 2012 at 11:55
I see you often writing long responses and commentary. Is this because you wish to make clear that your mind is separate from your rather beastly form?
Perhaps, unconsciously. Far, far more likely is that I think a lot, I have an expansive education - if shoddy in places - and I like to write what I think. Plus here, I'm typically answering these questions during an interminable, tedious downtime where I have no control over the things for which I must wait. So why not take my time and answer them well?
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Sunday 11 March, 2012 at 12:11
Well, what heroes can you think of that left a positive impression on you?
I could list a lot of specific ones, but I don't want to do that in a social situation that can seem like I'm calling out specific people. So here's a big one, maybe the biggest one.
It was five years ago, so picture me fresh-faced and nineteen. No tan, hair's darker. I'm coming home from studying at Cap Au, and the ferry halts in the water, swaying back and forth because there's this... thing going on over on the island.
A DNA research lab for Arachnos had worked on synthesising something on the island and it had connected to the coral underneath. So envision if you can a tumor with arms and a very angry face, hauling around the water as it tries to get to the Hellforge, waddling around in the shallows and bellowing as it consumes and corrodes things. I could do nothing - it was basically one of the many powerless moments you get, as a teenager, when you witness something important.
Anyway, it's hard to see at first, but this figure zips out of nowhere, and from the distance it didn't look like anything at first. I got a pair of binoculars off a guy on the ferry and watched as this woman - you know the type, classic kind of hero? - tore the main steel smokestack off the helforge in the middle, swung it around and beat this thing into unconsciousness with it like a club, the whole thing like twenty times as long as her.
It was pretty amazing, and I don't think I've ever forgotten it. Because that feeling of relief, that feeling 'Someone has my back,' that 'someone with power to affect the things I don't is going to do things that help me, even though I can't do anything for them,' is very very rare back there.
As I understand it, the ground it up into nutripaste.
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Sunday 11 March, 2012 at 01:24
(( Would anybody be interested if I were to create an index of FS RP documents? We have plenty of them now, spread across quite a few different players. My inner librarian is getting antsy. Likely it would be on VV if I did it. Good idea? Bad idea? ))
((I'm fine with it. I'm easily the most prolific producer and that can make giving you the URLs very easy.))
SnaredJr
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Sunday 11 March, 2012 at 07:36
Hey so what I gotta do to become a Knight of Chell? :D
Apparently, just ask.
SnaredJr
responded to MilesBenny
on Sunday 11 March, 2012 at 07:11
I can touch my nose with my toe. Any particular strange talents you've got?
I read toe as tongue for the first few parses of this question and wondered what exactly, was the big deal.
I can't touch my nose with my toe, but I can do a standing hand-stand, draw blindfolded, roll a coin across my knuckles and know a few card tricks. Little bits of flotsam from an earlier life.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Sunday 11 March, 2012 at 07:27
Do corsets look good on women?
Purely visually, they're very appealing. But knowing what impact it can have on a person internally makes me uncomfortable suggesting them. They're like high heels - a sacrifice a person has to choose of their own free will, and not because they want other people to appreciate them.
Ugh. This is one of those unfortunate things where my tastes run headlong into what I know about human anatomy.
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Sunday 11 March, 2012 at 07:27
It's always time to __________ ?
do better
SnaredJr
responded to lumi11
on Monday 12 March, 2012 at 12:04
Would you be willing to fight a member of your own family if they chose to support a cause that opposes you?
The only family I have left is Chell.
I think that if Chell decided to 'go bad' I would oppose her wholly. And I might hurt her in stopping her. And that would make me ache inside in wholly terrible ways... I'd be reconsidering myself every step of the way, making sure that I was the one in the right and not her, and I would be kicking myself over having not had a hand to prevent this from happening...
But I would be willing.
This is all assuming that this cause was anything but right, and justice, and truth, then I would be willing to cede. This is the kind of thing that they break up soccer clubs over.
SnaredJr
responded to rnaway
on Monday 12 March, 2012 at 04:36
For all of you who have full hero personas, do you ever feel like you've lost who you are in that persona?
Despite how it feels, this doesn't apply for me. I have to have a lot of my life on public record, despite the safety risks.
SnaredJr
responded to TheNoisebomb
on Monday 12 March, 2012 at 04:41
BTW bro, I wasn't trying to scrub the record. I felt it would be more beneficial and less chaotic to have one thought be finished in the comment feed before another was added. Text limits, you know? Sorry you got caught in the crossfire.
It's not a crossfire. It's just words. You're wrong, she's wrong, you're both being dicks. It doesn't affect me any at all.
I have far, far more important things to deal with. I'm not being dismissive of you, or of Ani, or of Kazeno. But you gotta remember, no matter what fuss this place drums up, I'm going back home, every night, to someone who needs me, and matters more to me than anyone else does.
So yeah, say what you like, it's all good. You're not the kind of person who's ever going to agree with me about what you say, or how you should say it. Just be careful how you treat people when it's not just words.
SnaredJr
on Monday 12 March, 2012 at 05:03
SnaredJr
responded to Wingmate
on Monday 12 March, 2012 at 08:34
What is the earliest memory you can recall?
Brown framed by the walls of a grey crib, a hand reaching down to touch my face. I don't know whose. I like to imagine it was mamans.
SnaredJr
responded to ceruleanvenus
on Monday 12 March, 2012 at 04:37
Music Monday: Share a song with me that's not in English. Preferably one that you like. (Brownie points to anyone who picks a song in Greek.)
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 12 March, 2012 at 04:43
Have you ever competed against someone that did not know they were in a competition? Or had a rivalry going that the other person was not aware of - like I have with Blue?
So I have this friend. She's an interesting, artistic young woman who happens to have a habit of breaking people's faces with her fists. Really, really sweet girl who I think you met, actually, if you remember.
She's gone through some trash lately, and so I've taken to giving her hugs and being kind to her, giving her attention as she likes it and just giving her something in her life that's not all hassles and pains in the ass.
The guys who are interested in her are apparently bothered by this, as if they have some stake in who she hugs, as if my hand on her shoulder means my hand's been in her pants. I had no idea until yesterday when apparently, my attempts to offer emotional support to my friend led to a chain of boys running up to talk to her, then being direly hurt and running off to feel hurt in private.
It's strange, too, because Alex is really so honest, I don't know why they'd imagine her hiding something like a boyfriend from them.
SnaredJr
responded to PlagueOfWasps
on Monday 12 March, 2012 at 04:59
Outside of work clothes (you know what I mean) how much thought do you put into what you wear? Do you decide what to wear on what looks good, what feels good, or what gets you the most (or the least) attention?
I'm seven feet four and don't make a lot of money. What I do make goes towards a little sister's artistic pursuits, medical needs, and dietary habits.
I wear things that last forever and can fit. Once those two things are out of the way, I'm fine. Mostly this means cheap, thin t-shirts and a pair of black acid-washed jeans.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 12 March, 2012 at 06:42
Do you have a favorite Pokemon?
SnaredJr
responded to TheChthonian
on Monday 12 March, 2012 at 07:49
Tell me how you express your anger.
When I'm able to, I consider how fruitful my anger could be. I decide whether or not it's worth being angry, and, when it isn't, I set it aside. When I have that luxury, of course, it almost always seems petty, venal and unnecessary. Very, very people at all are doing what they do because they think they're the bad guy, and most of them are well-intentioned, if lacking in options and choices.
When I'm wearing the symbiote, it's a matter of much more primal instincts, and I tend to only get angry about being hurt (no big deal) or an ally getting hurt (big deal). It tends to be a violent expression then.
SnaredJr
responded to TheChthonian
on Monday 12 March, 2012 at 07:50
Tell me how you express your love. Or fondness, if you prefer.
I can't give you an answer here that would be engaging, or interesting to your tastes, Morgan. It's just going to be the same stuff I seem to say all the time.
SnaredJr
responded to CareAndControl
on Monday 12 March, 2012 at 08:41
Musical Monday: Post a song that describes how you relate to another Formspringer without naming them. Bonus points if you can do more than one person.
Most, if not all, of my relationships here are purely observational.
SnaredJr
responded to Cloudcollision
on Monday 12 March, 2012 at 09:12
You know about Evolved?
I know about evolution.
The term 'evolved' as it's being used is just flat-out wrong. Mutant is closer to correct.
Evolution is about the distribution of genetic information across populations over time. Noisebomb, for example, unless he's been even less repsonsible than I fear, has not passed on his DNA. Hess, at last check, lacks the ability to, through sexual reproduction, pass on his DNA.
The way these mutations work is not that they have mutations. It's that these large, elaborate chains of random information sifted in the junk DNA of humans. The people who have the 'mutant power' are those whose DNA tries to turn that chain of possible DNA on.
Simply put: Nobody on nation is 'Evolved,' unless that term applies to 100% of not just humanity, but all life on the planet. They can call themselves 'Ducks' but that doesn't mean they'll grow feathers.
It's creating a perjorative and it's then going to be used to complain when it's used perjoratively.
SnaredJr
responded to Demongelica
on Monday 12 March, 2012 at 09:23
(( Alright who broke the servers ))
((It gives you all time to revel in my answers.))
SnaredJr
responded to MazzoGrave
on Monday 12 March, 2012 at 10:11
(( 138 of 449 in the queue. For at least 15 minutes ))
((Go do something else. Chill on FS. Write something. Have a shower. Have a wank. It's really nothing you can rush at all.))
SnaredJr
responded to KyleSands
on Tuesday 13 March, 2012 at 12:49
What the hell did Longbow do to my account?
Nice photo.
SnaredJr
responded to laylaward
on Tuesday 13 March, 2012 at 12:55
Do you have any tattoos or piercings? What/where are they? Do they have meaning?
No. I have a chest bigger than some people's beds and it's all unmarked, uncoloured, uninked.
SnaredJr
responded to CareAndControl
on Tuesday 13 March, 2012 at 08:28
Musical Monday: What's a song you'd want to dance to at your fictional wedding? Or DID if you're married -- in case of Delia and Carmen and any other married couples I'm unaware of.
I can't think of anything. I can't imagine myself getting married. I can imagine Chell getting married. I can imagine giving her away. I can imagine a single slowdance. I can imagine going back home in a plain taxi in a tuxedo with my bowtie undone. I can imagine laying down on my bed, looking at the ceiling and asking an empty room:
What next?
Such songs and rythm as are made by deeds.
SnaredJr
responded to MsRepresntation
on Tuesday 13 March, 2012 at 08:28
Hey! I found some more people from Paragon City who seem to be new to Formspring. Warm welcomes to @JeffTheSchneid @ResonantCrash @Virfortis and @RoseHoroko
In case nobody else has done this: @JeffTheSchneid @ResonantCrash @Virfortis and @RoseHoroko
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Tuesday 13 March, 2012 at 04:48
Ice cream - cone, cup or milkshake?
I like those little paper cups. They remind me of zoos, of waterparks, of the little stand outside the fencing school.
SnaredJr
responded to Hellwhip
on Tuesday 13 March, 2012 at 04:48
Thanks to @Blastcycle, I realized I forgot to say I'm back. Well, I'm back, yo! Was I missed terribly?
Hell, of course I was!
Considering the picture you just distributed I think a lot of boys are going to say they missed you even if they didn't.
SnaredJr
responded to Hellwhip
on Tuesday 13 March, 2012 at 04:48
Do folks from FS hang out often? If so, where?
When I'm on call and not physically patrolling or being traded to Vanguard like a stapler, I'm in Pocket D. I often have to leave at a moment's notice though.
SnaredJr
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Tuesday 13 March, 2012 at 04:49
Another year and a day older. Things have been so crazy lately, I almost forgot. What's changed for you since your last birthday?
My nation, my family, my sister's needs, my view on my father, my community, my peers, my work life, my career, my eyes, my skin, my hopes and my dreams.
SnaredJr
responded to Hellwhip
on Tuesday 13 March, 2012 at 04:50
TMI Tuesday: When you're in a relationship, how bad is your PDA?
I apparently upset people with PDAs I was doing with a friend who is not, in fact, in a relationship with me just yesterday. So I am apparently very huggy in a way people misinterpret.
SnaredJr
responded to Hellwhip
on Tuesday 13 March, 2012 at 04:50
Bath or shower?
I don't fit in our bath.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Tuesday 13 March, 2012 at 04:50
TMI Tuesday!: Have you ever had a sex-dream about a fellow formspringer?
Fishing for compliments, Faefae?
Yeah, I have.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Tuesday 13 March, 2012 at 04:52
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?
Faige was meant to be out and I'd left my fresh underwear in my bedroom after my shower. So yeah, it was a towel shot, but it was still a towel shot.
SnaredJr
responded to MsRepresntation
on Tuesday 13 March, 2012 at 04:52
TMI Tuesday: Ever had an injury or growth in a super embarrassing place? What was it?
I have this green growth that punches up through my jaw and covers my face, neck, shoulders, chest, back, midsection, arms, hands, crotch, inner thighs, down to my knees, down to my feet, and is completely unkillable. Fortunately, it comes and goes.
SnaredJr
responded to Hellwhip
on Tuesday 13 March, 2012 at 05:30
Does anyone else have their friends bug them while studying? Dipstick and Lefty decided to photo-bomb me! ((A new Hellwhip commission))
Pretty sure I know why they want to bug you.
Me, I was bugging someone else TO study last night.
SnaredJr
on Tuesday 13 March, 2012 at 06:15
SnaredJr
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Tuesday 13 March, 2012 at 07:24
((We always link characters from one medium to another. What characters from books/TV/movies/games do characters you know from here make you think of? List as many as you'd like.))
((Yeah, nobody wants me to do this.))
SnaredJr
responded to Coryismedamnit
on Tuesday 13 March, 2012 at 10:26
(( To one-up all these 'influence' questions, it's time for MADE SEEN PLAYED. See my last response for an example. Template included. Quality not a relevant factor. ))
SnaredJr
responded to scribblerrigby
on Tuesday 13 March, 2012 at 10:35
What does Google say about you?
Sorry, Google doesn't know ryker baptiste
SnaredJr
responded to MazzoGrave
on Wednesday 14 March, 2012 at 01:05
(( Anyone's character have experience with spirits or ghosts or with the current Dark Astoria problem who wants to help introduce my new spirit character? Blue-side preferred ))
((Gideon and Rosie, though they're both already in the middle of everything.))
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Wednesday 14 March, 2012 at 01:54
What would I get if I made your psyche into a video game level?
An escort quest with an uncooperative NPC and a lot of 'allies' who spend their time making your progress more difficult.
SnaredJr
responded to Tenebraxa
on Wednesday 14 March, 2012 at 07:04
Just received word a colleague of mine in Seattle caught up with someone connection to the attacks on Faige there. He's in police custody there right now. Says he was sent there from Paragon by a man named Armstrong. Does this mean anything to the PPD?
I'll know in a few hours, I'm putting on some extra time. Hopefully Jake Love will have found enough of him that we can get some more hunting done.
I'll do some digging with Armstrong. In fact, perfect opportunity.
SnaredJr
responded to Tenebraxa
on Wednesday 14 March, 2012 at 07:28
I'm in town now if you want some help looking after Faige. Just tell me where I need to be.
How are you so nice, seriously.
SnaredJr
responded to shrikespikes
on Wednesday 14 March, 2012 at 04:41
I've figured out how to get comped almost anything, thanks to all the hotel-hopping I do for work. What's one skill you never thought your job would teach you?
Multiform longhand.
SnaredJr
responded to Demongelica
on Wednesday 14 March, 2012 at 04:41
How do you tell someone you don't want to have anything to do with them?
First I make sure I know the facts of the situation.
Then I tell them about themselves from my perspective. That seems to take care of it.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Wednesday 14 March, 2012 at 04:44
Water Wednesday!: What's your fave thing to do in, on, around or with water?
Big brother stuff with Chell at the waterpark. You know, sitting still while she draws a dragon on my back in green zinc or guiding her while she swims in an area she's not so confident.
SnaredJr
responded to laylaward
on Wednesday 14 March, 2012 at 10:17
[[ <3 Feeding Tuhttle a mealworm while daddy cleans his cage. ;3 Anyone have videos of their pets? ]]
((No videos. They're ferrets, do you know how tricky it can be to get even just pictures of them?))
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Wednesday 14 March, 2012 at 10:18
What's your attitude today?
Relieved, in that I suspect we've headed off further attempts on Faefae's life by dragging the right suit into an interrogation room, but very very annoyed that it seems corrupt cops were involved.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 14 March, 2012 at 10:20
What methods do you best learn from? What are you in the process of learning now?
I'm learning how to look like I don't read public messages.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Wednesday 14 March, 2012 at 10:21
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 wish he'd look at himself a lot more honestly.
SnaredJr
responded to KattyKlepto
on Wednesday 14 March, 2012 at 10:21
I'm bored. What's something to do when you're bored and want to talk with friends but you don't have any around?
I dork around on formspring or wait in Pocket D for something. Alas, I can't always rely on boredom to be filled by fun.
SnaredJr
responded to Ultimogirl
on Thursday 15 March, 2012 at 03:51
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?
Without getting maudlin, I don't know what I'd do, because this happened to me last year in the ruins of Galaxy City, and I had a little sister to care for. I literally had no idea what my long-term plans were until a stranger gave me a chance to stand still for a bit and realise what I was doing. I really do owe her, and all she did, in her mind, was buy a boy she thought was cute a slice of pizza.
I don't say thank you enough, @FaigeHarrison, and according to her medical records - unless I'm misreading - she turned eighteen about... seven minutes ago.
Anyway, more interesting than that: What's this 'get a chance to start over?' Starting over SUCKS, @Ultimogirl. It really, REALLY sucks.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Thursday 15 March, 2012 at 07:21
Throwdown Thursday: Cake or pie?!
You have to choose one or the other? I thought this was one of those situations that everyone could just get it on.
SnaredJr
responded to ColdReading
on Thursday 15 March, 2012 at 08:24
What's something in your home you're so familiar with you don't even look at it?
I just had a really good look at my housekeys thanks to this question. Good grief, they're disgusting.
SnaredJr
responded to ColdReading
on Thursday 15 March, 2012 at 08:25
Which are you; the moth, or the butterfly?
I'm still a grub, if greenness is any hint.
SnaredJr
responded to ColdReading
on Thursday 15 March, 2012 at 08:30
When's the last time you went out drinking with a friend?
Wow, like, eight years ago.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Thursday 15 March, 2012 at 07:25
Thank you to The Noisebomb for the best present ever!
Yeah, many thanks to Chad for that.
SnaredJr
responded to innocuus
on Thursday 15 March, 2012 at 10:25
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.
You're not going to get many interesting answers. And no.
On the other hand, I'm coming up on a round number, so from 595 to 600 I'm going to let Chell choose what to answer. Hopefully it's far enough from a Tuesday nobody will be crass.
SnaredJr
responded to ColdReading
on Thursday 15 March, 2012 at 10:27
For those who can see, close your eyes and name items in your room, then open them again and see how many are really there. How many items did you get right?
I got to about twenty-four items, but I was trying to be detailed. Seems my memory's not particularly amazing. I can manage details with my eyes open, but hey.
I think part of it is made more challenging that I don't get much practice at all in combat!
SnaredJr
responded to innocuus
on Thursday 15 March, 2012 at 10:30
Drama whores. Annoying or entertaining?
I have no taste for that kind of entertainment. But it's like embarassment-based humour in TV and movies. I just don't find that sort of thing funny.
That's 594...
SnaredJr
responded to innocuus
on Thursday 15 March, 2012 at 10:34
If you were to be re-incarnated into any species other then the one you presently are. What one would it be? None humans can choose human. Shape changers will lose all ability to shape change!
Any species at all? Probably a Senet, if I understand the line of speciation here.
And that's 595. No more answers out of Ryker tonight.
SnaredJr
on Friday 16 March, 2012 at 07:57
Would you give if you knew you would not receive in return?
Chell Answer, #5. Okay, saw this one and knew I had to answer it, so here it is, number 600.
Yes. Absolutely yes. The most important words in my life are public domain. I want to be a doctor and find a cure to something horrible that becomes public property. I want to be an artist and want people to create things because I inspired them. I want to when I'm well enough, help out at the shelter I hear about. I want to work not for the rewards but because I have gotten so much from people who could afford to give. Being able to give shows you're strong, and by that metric, I want to be the strongest girl in the world.
I owe so much to people. I owe my home to Faige. I owe my school life and activities to the teachers and tutors who are helping me catch up from all my study in the Isles. I owe my hope to you people and you didn't even realise you gave it to me. I owe and you gave and there's nothing I can do to repay it. So I owe. And one day I will give to the world.
Also, thanks for letting me do this, Ryker. I know you give a lot to me and I'm sorry for all the times I'm a pain.
SnaredJr
on Friday 16 March, 2012 at 07:57
Share a beautiful picture with me. I'll do the same.
Chell Answer, #4. Ich bin kein Opfer. Zur Hölle damit.
SnaredJr
on Friday 16 March, 2012 at 07:57
What would you trade your good looks for? I mean like you'd be ugly but you would gain what?
Chell Answer, #3. I traded a lot of my good looks. I was pretty cute back before. Apparently my nose is a different shape now, and uh, my growth was stunted in some ways and accelerated in others due to all the medical treatments. So I guess I'd say I traded those good looks for being alive.
But they came back! I mean, Fae tells me I'm pretty cute, and while I keep hidden pretty much at school I still know some people see and look. So I didn't really trade them forever. I didn't KNOW they'd come back - ficken, I was really scared for ages there that I'd never get hair again and I'd go through my life as a cueball girl without a nose that only got the really creepy pervs who would tell me 'I love you for who you are!' while they jerked off to licking my head or something gross.
Knowing that, I still would trade my good looks for peace and love, real love. For me, for Ryker, for everyone I grew up with, for all the great people I read about here, even the dicks. If I could have that if my appearance was to be nailed to a cross, then hand me a hammer.
SnaredJr
on Friday 16 March, 2012 at 07:57
If you were to be re-incarnated into any species other then the one you presently are. What one would it be? None humans can choose human. Shape changers will lose all ability to shape change!
Chell Answer, #2. Well, obviously, I'd be the only rock-and-roll playing velociraptor doctor, or doctoraptor. I also wouldn't mind being reincarnated as like, some suburban family's pet cat, because that way I wouldn't have to worry about ladyparts toradmerd and could just spend all day lounging around doing nothing. Which is pretty nice, but you get bored of it. And you can't draw or paint with paws. Monkeys don't make great art and they have ugly faces. Octopi and chameleons can treat their whole bodies as a canvas though, so there's that. That's pretty neat.
Sticking with dinosaur.
SnaredJr
on Friday 16 March, 2012 at 07:57
Drama whores. Annoying or entertaining?
Chell Answer, #1. So I didn't realise it, but apparently here in America there's this whole culture of just doing stupid stuff so people look at you. You lie about being gay, talk about your eating disorder or how you have sex, you dress like a laundry soap advertisement and then you whine and stamp your feet and pout when people pay attention to you. So I have been thinking about this and the more I do the more I think of monkeys throwing poo. I am no monkey, and I do not throw my poo.
Turning up at school without a bra and a tube top when it's a cold day is not 'artistic expression.' It's standing on your hands and saying 'LOOK AT MEEEEEE.' That's just expressive expression and it's just the same old monkey poo. I got better things to do with my time at class, because one day I'm going to be one of the people who rock this world rather than rock a tube top. So nyeh.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Friday 16 March, 2012 at 10:26
Best kind of milk, white, chocolate or strawberry?
I'm fond of plain milk these days. I get stinkeyed at the precinct when I have cup of milk instead of a cup of coffee though.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Friday 16 March, 2012 at 10:28
Bunny / cat ears on a headband, yay or nay?
On me? Oh lords no. No, I have done my ridiculous head-state stuff this week.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Friday 16 March, 2012 at 10:29
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.
Sometimes it's worthwhile talking to someone about these things. I'm not sure what the source of this problem is, but maybe Delia can help you with it?
SnaredJr
responded to PlagueOfWasps
on Friday 16 March, 2012 at 10:29
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?
I started up work as a superhero who couldn't talk in November. Hard to explain what you're doing, eh what.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Friday 16 March, 2012 at 10:29
Would you give if you knew you would not receive in return?
I'd like to think so. I think I would, I don't know if I've ever had the chance to give selflessly.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Friday 16 March, 2012 at 10:30
What is the best thing about night time?
Sunrise, a sign I can get some dang sleep.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Friday 16 March, 2012 at 10:31
Back in paragon, it's my birthday TOMORROW. Party at Ryker's house!
Oh hey, here's this thing alll the way down at the bottom of my inbox! However did I miss this.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Friday 16 March, 2012 at 07:49
Uhh Rykes? Something happened today and I kinda need to talk to you about it...
Hey there. Glad you got to talk to me.
Also, heads up to anyone else ogling profile pictures? Show some damn respect.
SnaredJr
responded to ThunderSurge
on Friday 16 March, 2012 at 07:50
Would you all mind giving me your thoughts on The Cabal? I'm sure some of you have come across them, yes?
Outside my juridstiction, sorry. I don't know much about them at all.
SnaredJr
responded to EikoMagami
on Friday 16 March, 2012 at 07:54
Friendly Friday: Dedicate a song to your secret crush! Here's mine...
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Friday 16 March, 2012 at 08:17
Are you a good speller?
Not really. Four languages, two sets of English spelling - it's very easy to slip up.
((Curiously, I am an insanely good speller; my typos derive from my typing speed. As I become more comfortable with a keyboard, I speed up, and as the keyboard gets older, its reactions change. I'll often have words that come out the wrong way around because for example, the keys under my left hand (which get more work) are slightly 'slower' to react than the keys to my left. This is mostly notable in the use of words where say, the letters o or i are followed by the letters r and e. ))
SnaredJr
responded to beatmyhighscore
on Friday 16 March, 2012 at 09:36
Being selfish, is it really that bad?
Not at all.
It's the balance that's the problem.
There are some people here who haven't mastered the art of being selfish enough. Too many people who are too selfish, or not selfish enough, and rarely close to the happy medium.
SnaredJr
responded to beatmyhighscore
on Friday 16 March, 2012 at 11:03
Friendship, what does it mean to you?
So much, everything, I suppose. Friendship built my home. Friendship saved me from starving. Friendship is why I could open up my home when I was needed. Friends helped save Faige's life.
I don't HAVE many friends, but I'm glad for those I have.
SnaredJr
responded to pressdotexe
on Saturday 17 March, 2012 at 09:25
So what's something new you learned yesterday?
Yesterday afternoon, I learned that turning up, in-uniform, to pick up Chell from school has a direct effect on the times other kids' mothers leave the parking lot. Which is pretty gratifying, and yet, at the same time, I can't help but imagine I'm doing something I shouldn't when I notice all the thirty-five-to-forty women are dressing differently when I'm there.
Still, apparently they think I'm Chell's dad.
Kinda funny, really.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Saturday 17 March, 2012 at 09:26
Any plans for St. Patrick's day?
Working my rear off. I'm already green, after all, and it seems that lots of crooks are doing 'special celebrations.' There's talk of off-duty assignments and pulling me onto day tasks too.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Saturday 17 March, 2012 at 09:28
How much of an age gap is too much between people that are dating?
Yesterday, a woman twenty-one years older than me made a pass and I didn't think anything of her age until I got home. At the same time, if someone twenty-one years older than Chell made a move on her I would probably buy her a pet attack dragon.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Saturday 17 March, 2012 at 09:36
What do you consider "dressing up"? What about "dressing down" ?
Dressing up? Uniform, or a suit.
Dressing down? Getting yelled at by someone in authority over me.
I just had the image of @TrulyKazeno holding up a sequence of flash cards at me.
"YOU'RE A GOOD" next card "COP BAPTISTE BUT" next card "YOU NEED A" next card "PARTNER WHO" next card...
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Saturday 17 March, 2012 at 06:15
Do you remember your first kiss? What was it like?
Yeah. I was twelve, she was fifteen. She thought I was older than I was because I was so damn tall and she wanted to make her boyfriend jealous. Sharkhead romance, kids.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Saturday 17 March, 2012 at 06:17
If you could have any skin colour what would it be? And I mean ANY colour, blue and pink and purple and stuff included.
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Saturday 17 March, 2012 at 06:18
What motivates you?
SnaredJr
responded to PlagueOfWasps
on Saturday 17 March, 2012 at 07:50
You're the best at what you do. And what you do is... what?
... whatever it is that Wolverine guy does.
SnaredJr
responded to WhatAccent
on Saturday 17 March, 2012 at 09:05
Ever been sure you closed the front door, only to find it wide open the next day?
If this is a metaphor, yes.
If it's not, No, and that's scary.
SnaredJr
responded to WhatAccent
on Saturday 17 March, 2012 at 09:13
What do you do when you find out something got in? Metaphorically.
I get every friend I have, make sure they know, I look at my stuff, I make sure it's in place, and I get a new lock.
SnaredJr
responded to WhatAccent
on Sunday 18 March, 2012 at 12:06
What is the loudest thing you've ever heard? Noisebomb does NOT count.
About once every seven or eight years, the miners in Sharkhead would hit something, something whould shift, and there'd be this amazing... shift in the island. The geography would change a little. Out where nothing is built, these cracking yawnings as chunks of earth are moved like clay.
Happened once in the middle of the night. I was awake and I just felt it. You didn't /hear/ it, but you couldn't hear anything else. You just felt it, down in your guts. You couldn't talk when it happened, you couldn't really hear much of anything. Just these almighty yawning, creaking, and then a pop...
SnaredJr
responded to WhatAccent
on Sunday 18 March, 2012 at 12:12
What's the worst sound in the world?
I can't describe it and I don't even want to tell you what was involved, but it was in Galaxy City in september.
SnaredJr
responded to WhatAccent
on Sunday 18 March, 2012 at 12:13
Have you ever walked alone at night, and heard footsteps following you- Except there's nobody there?
I'm normally the nobody.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 18 March, 2012 at 01:41
how wash patty day for vryone?
To quote the Australian who ran around behind me today, "We're up to our arses in shovelfaces."
It was work. It was more work, it was more work than that. Things are nuts out there today.
SnaredJr
responded to shrikespikes
on Sunday 18 March, 2012 at 02:14
(( Supergroup Sunday: Plug any RPSG you like--big or small, strict in concept or lax--open to new members, regardless of whether they're actively seeking them. ))
((Okay, off the top of my head:
There's Nation. Conceptually, Nation has gone through three major deaths and rebirths. Right now, @TheAndrogyne is trying to rebirth it, and that's going to need people to help. E wants people involved to get the story going, so throw concepts at it. The worst thing that can happen is it just withers because only the old guard like me are involved.
There's the Reciprocators. They have people in their ranks like Graff, Zex, Sean Casus, Shockhazard, Bolty, Rosie, others, and have a strong affiliation with the group the Challengers and their lore, as well as a connection in the past to Ani. If you've hung around here much at all, chances are you know these names, chances are they are meaningful, and chances are they're names you can recognise as being worth interacting with. They proactively encourage that you involve one another, they strive to foster a RP environment that encourages you to look to your fellow cips for company and narrative, and they have a very large base.
There's SCORPIO. This group is a paramilitary super-spy kind of arrangement with a delibrate eye towards a sort of We-Save-The-World Metal Gear Solid air. It's bitter and it's gritty and nobody knows or respects the work they do, but damnit, son you best step to because you owe them big. I am sure that they are still a great home for any character who's from that genre.
There's the Codex, who are similar to Scorpio in that they have a narrative direction towards a large shadowy conspiracy, but a much less singular, cohesive theme. Codex still has that large base, group-inwards attitude and promotion, but it also has a much more varied userbase. It's a window into some of the newer FS crowd as well - @MsRepresentation, for example, is involved in the group, and she's a great person.
So yeah, there. None of my characters are in these groups, by the way; I'm not blowing smoke up my own SG's asses here.))
SnaredJr
responded to MrCrimsonAce
on Sunday 18 March, 2012 at 04:22
Oh man, I just got awarded the hero of the city badge. I know I'm not the first but I'm pretty excited! What are you guys and girls proud of?
Congratulations.
There's no answer here. There's nothing that should be being said except that.
This is your moment. Focus on that.
SnaredJr
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Sunday 18 March, 2012 at 08:07
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...
Probably something lame like Patrice. I mean, by all accounts, your dad is an old, conservative gentleman from immigrant stock, he'd probably choose a name he felt had vertical mobility.
Kind of like naming your Sharkhead-born daughter 'Michelle.'
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Sunday 18 March, 2012 at 04:50
[Who does all your art?]
((Nobody, which is why I have basically none. :P The few drawings of my own I've done I don't show, and Fox is very busy, so the art she's made of my characters has been rare.))
SnaredJr
responded to WhatAccent
on Sunday 18 March, 2012 at 06:53
Are you afraid of the dark? Or, more accurately, what hides within it?
I'm not afraid of the dark; the dark's afraid of me. I'm not the thing that goes bump in the night; I'm the thing that hunts those things.
I'm a big brother.
SnaredJr
responded to PlagueOfWasps
on Sunday 18 March, 2012 at 08:09
I was reading up the other day about objectumsexuality. Do you think it's possible to love something without sexuality, gender or even sentience, like one would with a partner? Do you think YOU could be capable of that?
Me, no.
On the other hand, by definition they're not hurting anyone, so what does it matter?
SnaredJr
responded to PsychAtrophy
on Sunday 18 March, 2012 at 08:17
Objectumsexuality can matter a great deal. A person able to form that kind of emotional attachment with something truly inanimate often show a tendency towards extremely 'antisocial' behaviour.
Okay, but then isn't the problem the antisocial behaviour, rather than the thing that signalled it?
I may be a pragmatist here, but when a kid picks up a rock I don't tell him off because he might one day break a window.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Sunday 18 March, 2012 at 09:01
Whose word?
I don't like being commanded to love, not by anyone.
SnaredJr
responded to KattyKlepto
on Monday 19 March, 2012 at 06:21
Hey does anyone know where to get burn lotion stuff from?
I do. Are you okay? Do you need someone to come take you to the hospital again?
SnaredJr
responded to beatmyhighscore
on Monday 19 March, 2012 at 04:34
This is something that has always made me curious. Why such a strong desire to be loved? In the romantic sense, of course. Why do we have that need to wake up next to someone, or the desire to spend one's life with another? Is there even an answer?
When you bore down underneath the human mind you find a monkey's mind. We are wired to enjoy things because that encourages us to do them. The same instinct of a hunter-gatherer is tripped playing video games, the same feeling of success given to us in short, sharp bursts, like shots of a drug.
We developed a mental mode that identified a partner arrangement as very desireable; it means someone can look out for you, it means you can share things very closely, and, often, it means breeding is made easier.
The breeding situation gets more complicated, because our brain chemistry can identify this pairing mechanism very reliably but not always the desire to breed. We've also unshackled ourselves from our biological cycles with things like the pill and our understanding of actual reproduction.
So we don't need to have kids, but the instinct and desire to still pair up is still there. It can vary in its orientation and its direction, and its intensity, but the majority of people have this space in their mind where 'someone else' fits.
Basically, I think it summarises as: We're monkeys.
SnaredJr
responded to TheChthonian
on Monday 19 March, 2012 at 04:36
It has been fun, my followers. I thank you all for the attention, and your answers. This may well be my last question: How ready are you to accept death? Do you wish it to be meaningful? Is it better to plan ahead, or wiser to go with your basic impulses?
My own? I have been willing to accept my death since I was about eight. Etoile childhood. Then I turned fourteen, Chell was born, and I will fight death tooth and nail on every front step and every rooftop I find it.
SnaredJr
responded to PlagueOfWasps
on Monday 19 March, 2012 at 04:37
Who loves you, really?
Chell, Faige, Chell, I think Alex. I don't know, I don't have a lot of friends in Paragon.
SnaredJr
responded to Hellwhip
on Monday 19 March, 2012 at 04:37
How do you get people to stop seeing you as "the kid" of your group?
In my case, I stand up. Sorry that doesn't work for you.
SnaredJr
responded to MsRepresntation
on Monday 19 March, 2012 at 04:38
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?
Universal health care/single payer healthcare system.
Just saying.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Monday 19 March, 2012 at 04:38
Do you like cucumbers?
Why does this question always look dirty when you ask it?
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Monday 19 March, 2012 at 04:38
I have a benefit coming up and need to dress like a grownup, what kind of dress do you think I should wear - FYI I am short and slim with a small chest and an awesome ass.
Don't have many good insight here, but make sure you're wearing flats. You probably would give guys a heartattack if you wore heels.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Monday 19 March, 2012 at 04:39
Is it cool to get people presents for no reason?
Like a slice of pizza? Yes.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 19 March, 2012 at 04:40
What does it mean to be human?
To be a monkey that knows that it thinks.
The rest is details and fuss.
SnaredJr
responded to WhatAccent
on Monday 19 March, 2012 at 04:40
Nobody needs to be worried about me. For the first time, I'm hearing the world clearly. It's a little depressing, that's all.
Yes, I know, lol not a question, you're so funny.
A sudden, marked shift in mental mode with bouts of anger and depression is going to worry people anyway. Let people worry. It might lead to them catching some details you missed.
SnaredJr
responded to Hellwhip
on Monday 19 March, 2012 at 04:41
What's happening tonight? Anyone feel like hanging out? ((Should be around from 9-11:30 PM EST))
I might be stuck in The Realm Of Paperwork early on - this last weekend was an absolute bomb for criminal activity and commensurate hero activity, and that means lots of incomplete paperwork.
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Monday 19 March, 2012 at 04:42
Who are you thinking about today?
How very, very challenging it is to get off sharpy pen.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Monday 19 March, 2012 at 08:38
Why are men so hard to understand?
Because we're dumb, territorial, arrogant dorks. Because we don't believe what we're told, and we don't listen to the things when you tell them. Because we'd rather say 'Huh?' and 'Yeah?' than admit we don't know things. Because because because.
What's up, Faefae? I'm not at home, so you can call Chell there. She's up for an hour or two more.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Monday 19 March, 2012 at 08:40
What are the best kinds of "I'm sorry" presents you can get?
I'm fond of handcrafts. I make meals when I can, but the people who like etoile food are not exactly widespread, even if I get to live like a king these days.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Tuesday 20 March, 2012 at 04:47
What part of your home is most lavishly decorated and what do you like about it most currently?
Chell's bedroom.
Paintings, sculpture, the wall of trophies, the ceiling, every flat surface is decorated by an artistic pair of hands.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Tuesday 20 March, 2012 at 07:28
Would anyone like to go bathing-suit shopping with me?
Chell is saying yes. I am not sure this is a good idea. I'd want Faige to chaperone.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Tuesday 20 March, 2012 at 07:31
What is your favorite sight? I recently learned what sight is.. Mine is the way sun glows on skin.
It changes, from day to day. A while ago, it was a robot, made out of twigs and sticks and bits of found metal and rubbish with a single, cycloptic eye made out of a button that was a gift from @Zexecutioner. A few days before that, it was a set of toes painted as Nyancats, which is ridiculous, but still. A few days before that, it was a photograph made with flecks of discarded crayon. I've been showing the last one to everyone who gets close with my phone, in fact.
I live with an artist. Every day has new sights.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Tuesday 20 March, 2012 at 07:33
What is your favorite thing about spring time?
I don't know. The seasons in Etoile are really all about how cold the slurry on the streets is, not about any kind of major identity of the environment. So I'm going to learn this Spring Time.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Tuesday 20 March, 2012 at 07:36
What is your favorite breakfast item?
For me, my dinner is had around breakfast. I really like hot food after a long night working, though, so it's mostly about things like folded pastries, buttery cakes, or these types of pancake we make that don't seem common here - you get a pat of butter and you whip it like you're @TrulyKazeno the Crab with a point that needs to be shshshshshshshaken. When it's about the consistancy of whipped cream, you spread it across a really thick, finely sifted wheat cake, made fresh.
Chell has hers with maple syrup, but I'm a sucker for the buttery part. Which is, I'm sure, going to kill me.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Tuesday 20 March, 2012 at 07:39
What is the last thing you saw before you fell asleep last night? What was the first thing you saw in the morning?
Controlling for my schedule, the last thing I saw before I fell asleep was as I rolled over to get comfortable in my bed, a bird came streaking out of the sky and went BONK on our window. It flapped around dazed for a bit, then flew off, which reminded me to close the blinds.
when I woke up... it was just gone three PM, and I woke up looking for my keys.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Tuesday 20 March, 2012 at 07:40
Need some advice from someone who's done it, looking at buying some residential property in Steel.
So very out of my league. I think @KyleSands lived there for a while though, he might know some.
SnaredJr
responded to ceruleanvenus
on Tuesday 20 March, 2012 at 03:46
As a friend, to a friend, can you do anything for someone who feels like their significant other often casts them aside to collect dust?
Be a friend, suggest they get a better significant other, wipe off dust.
SnaredJr
responded to IamEvolved
on Tuesday 20 March, 2012 at 03:47
Ever had something you carried that felt like a bazillion ton burden? Did anything help you deal with that feeling if you had it?
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Tuesday 20 March, 2012 at 08:42
Can Chell come over tonight? I wanna order Thai food and build a fort in the living room.
Yeah. I'll take a break fro mwork and swing around to drop her off, okay?
Don't stay up too late, and I'll pack her meds and some spare clothes in case there's any problems.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Wednesday 21 March, 2012 at 03:05
I may have in a fit of pique purchased all of National Geographic's DVDs. Several Times, accidentally. Does anyone want a set?
That would be really nice, if it's not rude to ask.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Wednesday 21 March, 2012 at 03:06
So, what would you do if you found a salesman told you somethg that was wrong, didn't diminish your enjoyment of the item you bought, but still nagged at you as you touted the information and felt like an idiot?
I'd kick him in the nuts, then spit on him as he fell over.
It's the Etoile way.
(I am, in fact, kidding, Kazeno. But you have to recognise the cultural background of the sentiment.)
SnaredJr
responded to WhatAccent
on Wednesday 21 March, 2012 at 07:07
I'd be happy to throw out some more sound facts tomorrow, if people enjoy them. :D
My poison's biology. If you've any of those you'd like to share of the morning.
SnaredJr
responded to WhatAccent
on Wednesday 21 March, 2012 at 07:07
Did you know that 90% of modern construction can be destroyed by something as 'simple' as sound? Same with the human body!
Very Teslan.
SnaredJr
responded to ColdReading
on Wednesday 21 March, 2012 at 07:08
A priest, a magician, a medium and a politician saunter into a bar; the most honest man steps forward. Which is he?
I'm not sure, but I want to stick them all into a sack and hit it with sticks.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Wednesday 21 March, 2012 at 07:08
Which do you think would be more likely to motivate you to giving: Seeing a big business give a huge amount to a needy charity, or seeing a huge group of people each giving a tiny amount?
I keep coming back to this question because I want to give more but my options are painfully limited.
SnaredJr
responded to WhatAccent
on Wednesday 21 March, 2012 at 07:25
A lot of Tesla's work is sound. Sound as in "True." The earthquake machine was reported to have been a failure just to prevent terrible things from happening.
Handily preventing the proliferation of earthquake creating devices, I suppose. Of which the PPD confiscates, far far too many, really.
SnaredJr
responded to ArielAblaze
on Wednesday 21 March, 2012 at 03:52
OMG so sore and tired, who knew spending the day battling villainy could be so exhausting? What's your fav way of recovering from overuse?
I'll let you know when I get around to recovering.
I eat healthy - if odd - I take care of Chell's medical needs, I stay up all night and sleep for six hours during the day, I take her to her various extra classes and tutorials, I have no sex life and I help other friends with their medical problems when they come up, and occasionally like when we get a distress call here, as we did a month ago, or when paperwork needs to be finished en masse to acquire a pack of dogs, or when longbow paperwork needs to held up so that a supergroup can handle a matter internally, I work through the day as well.
So far I haven't collapsed, and I'm too big for a bath.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Wednesday 21 March, 2012 at 03:55
What do you know well enough to teach to others? If given the chance, would you teach me?
Italian, French, German, English, Etoile cooking, Etoile street marks, butchery, boxing, hero-policing best practice, oragami, pillow fort construction, advanced memory techniques, situational observation and how to do your damn job even while the people around you regard you as creepy and weird.
And surely whether or not I'd teach you depends wholly on if you have any thing to learn.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Wednesday 21 March, 2012 at 03:58
What’s the most sensible thing you’ve ever heard someone say?
"Ich bin kein Opfer. Zur Hölle damit."
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Wednesday 21 March, 2012 at 04:01
What questions do you often ask yourself?
"What did I mess up THIS time."
I am sure as an artist you're familiar with the feeling that those around you are making your life difficult on purpose when they're just not realising that of COURSE the lighting needs to be like THAT or it's ALL WRONG.
Of course, I'm big enough to alter the lighting in a room, apparently.
SnaredJr
responded to totallywitchin
on Wednesday 21 March, 2012 at 04:03
Describe your worst breakup.
I haven't had that many really horrible breakups, though I did have a girlfriend whose parents were transferred to Grandville while we were dating. I was about fifteen, I think. Apparently her father's project wasn't faring very well, and she just disappeared. Her parents couldn't tell me what had happened, and I was told when I asked an arbiter that she wasn't a person of concern.
Pretty rough stuff, having a person you love just ... go missing like that.
SnaredJr
responded to Hellwhip
on Wednesday 21 March, 2012 at 04:04
Is there such a thing as acceptable losses?
Yep, sure. Often they're in the police force. Makes bad guy threats seem scarier if he kills a bunch of uniforms that don't get headlines on their own.
SnaredJr
responded to totallywitchin
on Wednesday 21 March, 2012 at 04:05
Should someone be judged by the company they keep?
Sure. They choose it one way or another. Even if the result of my judgement is 'I don't think this person has very good judgement,' it's still worth keeping in mind. Of course, it goes the other way: A person's company should be judged by the person, too. If I know a smart guy who hangs around with what appear to be a pack of ninnies, I'm going to ask myself if I misjudged the ninnies.
SnaredJr
responded to totallywitchin
on Wednesday 21 March, 2012 at 04:06
How important is someone else's opinion to you?
I'm a big brother.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Wednesday 21 March, 2012 at 04:34
What was the last thing that made you cry? Was it sadness or happiness?
"Sharks don't cry."
I've come pretty close recently. Especially with all the losses people have had recently.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Wednesday 21 March, 2012 at 04:35
Do you hate anything?
Mostly things. Injustice. Rudeness. Disrespect. Unfairness. I think I can say I hate those things.
It's a romantic notion to have the idea that you're incapable of hating, but in my case, hate was a mechanism that was instilled in the brain, deep down, growing up, and it doesn't go away. I know some musicians are fond of saying 'you've got to learn to hate,' but it's dreadfully easy to learn.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Wednesday 21 March, 2012 at 04:35
Do you hate anyone?
No, I love you all. Except that guy.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Wednesday 21 March, 2012 at 04:36
What is your favorite fizzy drink?
Soda water.
SnaredJr
responded to rnaway
on Thursday 22 March, 2012 at 01:10
Fight or Flight? Why?
You do what the dikdik does, and the dodo didn't. Me, I have two MORE responses, as appropriate.
Because I'm a big brother.
SnaredJr
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Thursday 22 March, 2012 at 01:32
(Chell you can call me Sir Alberic if you like. Or Sir All Brick, even better! :D)
So you sent this an hour ago.
Chell sent me a text a few minutes later, informing me that the correct title would be Ritter Brick.
But to me it's far more important that it's one thirty AM and WHAT ARE YOU DOING AWAKE AND ON THE COMPUTER YOUNG WOMAN.
SnaredJr
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Thursday 22 March, 2012 at 01:46
Okay so... I did it. The name my dad gave me is Aubrey. But it's the male version cus he DID think I was a boy, so technically Alberic. I am supposed to use this space for a question so here it is: WILL YOU ALL TOTALLY CALL ME BRICK FROM NOW ON? :D
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Thursday 22 March, 2012 at 01:46
Tell me about your Formspring account name. Is it your hero name? Your real name? Something else entirely?
Simple derivation, because Snared wasn't available. Snared JR. Junior.
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Thursday 22 March, 2012 at 01:54
Tell me about your (hero/villain/code/etc.) name. Do you have one? If so, why did you get one - because you needed it? Because you thought it would sound cool? Because everybody else had one?
I didn't get one, really. I had it thrust upon me by Longbow, because my father's work wearing the symbiote was referred to as 'Snared.'
I came to the city, I started working in 'costume' and they thought I was the same person, meaning I got his threat identification.
Net upshot, you know how most guys in town start with the Hellions and the Skulls and then wind up swinging with the Devouring Earth? My first encounter with metahuman calibre threats was six Longbow Wardens with a squad of nullifier eagles.
THANKS DAD.
SnaredJr
responded to ArielAblaze
on Thursday 22 March, 2012 at 01:54
My name is alliterative. If your name had to be alliterative too, what would it be?
I was almost dubbed Brechtart. Maman felt the alliteration was ridiculous.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Thursday 22 March, 2012 at 06:27
When was the last time you went swimming at the beach?
You were there. This was around when I was wearing that amber shirt from the shelter, with the hard on the front.
I can't swim at the beach any more - uncontrolled environment, too big a risk for Chell. So we go to pools and parks.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Thursday 22 March, 2012 at 06:28
When was the last time you saw a movie?
Oh good god, I don't know, actually. It's all half-hours of ponies these days.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Thursday 22 March, 2012 at 06:28
When was the last time you got a professional massage?
Hahahahahahahahahaha.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Thursday 22 March, 2012 at 06:28
What do you think about when you lie awake in bed?
I don't have the luxury of lying awake.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 22 March, 2012 at 04:46
How is that physiognomic? I thought it was biological.
Physiognomics are a subset of biology. Your psychology, your social behaviour, the way your brain evolved, the box we sort your DNA into are all parts of biology. Physognomics is just a more specific part of it.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 22 March, 2012 at 06:08
What provokes you to ask a barrage of questions to so many, like you just did?
Sad to say, boredom is the most common agent.
Really, though, time to time, I like to remind people that they're not throwing words into a void. That even though I'm not great at it, I still pay enough attention to them to have an idea of specific questions I can ask them, as individuals.
SnaredJr
responded to rnaway
on Thursday 22 March, 2012 at 06:17
Why did you join Formspring?
I overheard it being mentioned between people in Pocket D. I have a twelve-hour shift overnight with random holes in it during which I have nothing to do, can't schedule time to interact with people, and don't get to meet or deal with the hero community all that much. So I wanted something I could use, and Chell installed the app on my phone.
SnaredJr
responded to pressdotexe
on Thursday 22 March, 2012 at 06:54
@SnaredJR seems to have gone a bit crazy and asked everyone individual questions. Do you ever imagine yourself doing that? Why, or why not?
Crazy?
SnaredJr
responded to TyRicci
on Thursday 22 March, 2012 at 07:03
What is something you are NOT?
For example! I am not intentionally cruel.
I'm not married, I'm not socially awkward, I'm not short, I'm not lawless, I'm not irresponsible, I'm not a woman, I'm not tibetan, I'm not a yak, I'm not sixteen feet tall, I am not in possession of razor-sharp teeth, I'm not illiterate, I'm not a pokemon, I'm not patient to the point of fault, I'm not a little sister.
This could be done for hours, though, and I'm sure others will have much more deep-sounding answers than me.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 22 March, 2012 at 08:12
How would you describe your job within the PPD?
There's a military phrase that 'life is long periods of intense boredom interspersed with bouts of terrifying excitement.'
I by and large live that life. Twelve hour shifts, with the possibility of emergency callout during the day, starting at 6pm most nights, until 6 am the next morning. I often do the uniformed beat, too, though my lack of gun and nightstick can be giveaways. These are called 'ghostings,' where they put a metahuman cop in a normal situation so as to make all cops more dangerous seeming, to make sure there's less risk for normals. They do this to me in Swat as well, which is even more awkward, because I'm still not given a gun on those operations.
What's not uncommon is for some extraordinarily mundane things to come up and for them to become my duty. A recent scuffle over some underground fight clubs led a number of detectives to talk to an attache who worked for the Italian Ambassador who is here in Paragon on a fact-finding mission. Her English is passbale, but she refused to be interviewed in English because there was the chance she'd be misunderstood and her words would be misinterpreted.
So at one in the afternoon when I'm happily unconscious, I get called in to conduct an interview with a bud in my ear and a recorder between me and a woman who is quite attractive, in a bad mood, and technically doing us a favour. She opened by insulting my Italian - which is fair, because I learned Etoile - and after I established some basic trust, proceeded to ask me what we were doing. I told her that we were just conducting a basic interview, and that when we were done, as the only Italian speaker on staff at my pay grade, I would type it up into an English report.
She then spent the next hour reciting the history of Carthage to me.
No real reason, I think she was just having fun.
That is my job in the PPD. I am not respected by my peers, I am not respected by the people I help, I am not respected by the people we suspect, and I am periodically yanked around by people who just think it's funny to screw with me.
It's still interesting, and when my mind is engaged, I find it enormously enjoyable. I also find the few times when I get deployed to beats like Astoria and White Plains to be fascinating, as well as retrievals and searches in areas like Baumton to be liberating because I feel a bit more free.
SnaredJr
responded to innocuus
on Thursday 22 March, 2012 at 08:49
Is it possible to be in love with someone yet not attracted to them?
Yep. I've even got an example that I'm not going to share because it's someone else's private life. But it's very true and very possible.
SnaredJr
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Thursday 22 March, 2012 at 08:51
Question for people who prefer either men or women: you're not attracted to ALL men/women, right? Have you met people who are so sissy/mannish that they don't have the traits you like about men/women in the first place?
More and more I'm finding I am attracted to people and their genders aren't as important. It just so happens that most of the people I find myself attracted to have breasts, hips, and vaginas - well, I assume on the vagina front, having not checked in all cases.
SnaredJr
responded to WhatAccent
on Thursday 22 March, 2012 at 09:19
Can anyone guess why I'm sharing all these wonderful little factoids with you? :D
You're bored to tears.
SnaredJr
responded to MagnusTorentsa
on Friday 23 March, 2012 at 01:22
Does it make sense for people to hide an object that everyone already knows they possess? For the spirit of this question lets assume the object hidden can't be stolen.
1. How is this hard to understand? 2. How is this hard to answer?
Yes, of course it does, jesus christ.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 23 March, 2012 at 01:52
Do you ever wish you had more independence?
Oh, sure. It would be nice to have an ability to choose my own times, to be able to determine what happens with my free time. But I can't do that, so I try not to think about it too much.
SnaredJr
responded to WhatAccent
on Friday 23 March, 2012 at 06:54
You know a great way to be reminded of your FEEBLE POSITION on the MORTAL COIL? Mess with an elemental.
Does it bother you, I mean, ever really bother you, to realise that no matter what it is you say, no matter how hard you gloat, for all your bluster and your pride and your exultation, nobody here is ever going to give you credence or respect, no matter how desperately you pine for it?
Approach the table like an adult and you might get treated like one, but no matter how impressive you want us to regard you as being, it's just not going to happen.
You want to speak of your power? You want to be respected and feared? We spray poison on our food and on our children. We flavour our foods with toxins that cause pain. We sing songs about losing limbs and we exult those who die. We stand under a sun older than you and we treat it as a luxury.
WE NAILED A GOD TO A TREE.
We're not impressed.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Friday 23 March, 2012 at 07:04
It's warm out today, can you and Chell duck out for picnic supper in the park with me?
Sure! It's a training day, so there are a ton of beats out right now, PLUS they're ghosting. There's this tech group who are doing trials from Detroit, so we have basically some really scary guys over here, along with a few ghosts from San Fran. Basically, I get to relax today.
We'll get some stuff together.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Friday 23 March, 2012 at 07:09
What's the best thing about having a little sister?
The absolute best thing about having a little sister is that it means I can not care.
If I'm at work and they have me moving the coffee machine around, doing paperwork, ghosting beat cops who spend the whole patrol talking about how terrible people from the Etoile are, and then spend my time investigating with superheroes who want me to justify how DARE I ask them, how DARE I, about the enormous crime scenes AT WHICH THEY WERE, if I didn't have Chell in my life, I might let that stuff get me down.
But I don't, I can't. No matter what happens, it's always there in my mind: There is always something in my life I care about more. There is always something more important than anything nonsense and silly. My sex life is nonexistant? So what. I wake up with pink hair? So what. I spend a hundred bucks on canvas a week? So what.
Chell is the most important thing in the world. I am sure this is true for any other big brothers around here; I don't mean any disrespect to anyone by it, and I'll help in any way I can... but nothing is ever so important as that. Love in the home makes the world a stable place.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Friday 23 March, 2012 at 07:36
When you think "I want to do something fun today", what comes to mind?
Sleep!
Okay, no, not quite.
Touch football in the park, which I can't play that fair. I wouldn't mind a chance to cook a bit, maybe make up some parts of a dolce cena. Books, it'd be nice to just chill on the sofa with a book. Piggyback riding Chell in the sunshine. Going to the pool during the day. The food barn. The Kings Row bus depot has this thing where you can go and join in painting the bus, and like graffiti it up. A long shower.
I really have very mundane interests, don't I?
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Friday 23 March, 2012 at 07:49
Does Snared think different to you?
It's hard to say it/he thinks differently. The symbiote isn't a truly independent creature to me - it lacks a nerve system and a brain the way I have. Mostly it has a lot of hormone and electrochemical riders, and when it covers me, it alters my thought process.
I am Snared; Snared is me. The personality I exhibit AS Snared is me, but without the same controls. I am not the sort of person who leaps on someone who offended me and beats them senseless - I have learned self control. On the other hand, Snared is, and can, and will, which is why giving it out is a controlled experiment and something about which I have to be cautious. I don't just idle around as Snared explicitly because of it.
The differences between me and Snared is that a lot of what we do as humans in conscious thought gets in the way of bodily action. We think, then we double check, then we double-double check. And then we act. Snared doesn't. It's want-take-have. it's instantaneous. There's no hesitation. In some moments it can be very scary, because, for example, I've become very, very good at physically severing people's hamstrings to immobilise them on the battlefield. To make that cut myself - something I've done on practice cadavers - it's always multiple attempts. Snared just does it, instantly.
See-know-do. Want-take-have. Feel-move-hurt.
The difference between me and Snared is that I show restraint and I prioritise things differently.
This is why I have to be careful. I know that Snared, for example, invades some people's personal space. If, say, Kazeno was in the wrong place at the wrong time, and needed to be moved because of something her foresight hadn't warned her about (impossible, I think, but still), Snared would just bodily grab her and haul her out of the way, possibly even pinning her somewhere to keep her out of danger. Given how she reacts to being touched, that is a Very Bad Thing, and not every person wants a quarter ton of green-and-hissing in their personal area. Heck, even out of danger, Snared sniffs at people and hisses a lot, that's just generally creepy. Because it's when my mind is thinking something that it can't turn into words - it's odd, like little germs of ideas.
Communicating as snared is very hard. I can manage numbers and sometimes concepts like protection and defence and waiting.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Friday 23 March, 2012 at 07:54
Do you remember what Snared does?
Yes. Snared knows it, I know it. Snared feels it, I feel it. I am Snared, Snared is me, and the difference between the two of us is a bit of a haze. I mean, I don't remember individual acts of violence, sometimes identities are blurred, very high moments of adrenalin are often diluters of the memory. Snared doesn't have 'eyes,' for example - it can identify people by odour, by taste, by their thaumic resonance and by any other distinct energy signatures they have.
I think I can remember what Snared does, but the more I think about this question the more uncertain I have become. I mean, I assume I can remember what Snared does, but how would I know if I didn't remember?
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Friday 23 March, 2012 at 07:54
Do you get any vacation time this summer?
I'll talk to my supervisor.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Friday 23 March, 2012 at 09:35
What do you look for in a woman? What makes you just stop and stare.
Wow, I hope I don't stare. I almost think I don't go looking for it, either. I mean, I don't want to be rude, or objectify.
I can't lie and act like curves don't get my attention. The portion of the legs and rear can be an astounding impact on my attention. Shoulders, neck. And yes, bust and waist as well. So on those purely visual elements, they stand out to me.
It's partly because of my height, too. They're elements that stand out. Short women, for example, with a lot of curve are very, very noteworthy in my eye. A smooth back with a distinct shape of backside can also grab attention, though again: I try not to stare.
Beyond that, personality traits can do a lot. Dialogue. Lines of expression, too. People can say things that make my head turn, and that's a lot easier. Heck, sometimes it can just be body language or expression. Heck, admiring me - if I notice it, it does give me this nice tingle up and down my back. Which is really arrogant, I know.
SnaredJr
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Friday 23 March, 2012 at 09:36
Ever had to turn down somebody you thought was really cool, but didn't like in THAT way? Is it worse than being rejected yourself?
I have. I have been rejected myself, but I'm kinda indestructable in that regard. I hated having to do it, and if I could wear the hurt instead of those hurt by what I don't feel, I would.
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Friday 23 March, 2012 at 09:36
Hats: interesting fashion accessory, or total waste of time?
Look at @totallywitchin.
Case closed.
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Friday 23 March, 2012 at 09:36
Is there any action you consider unforgiveable?
I'm a big brother.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Friday 23 March, 2012 at 06:31
Are you any good at air hockey?
Byproduct of the symbiote, I'm pretty much unfairly good at geometric games of reaction time.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Friday 23 March, 2012 at 06:31
Can you ice-skate?
Yes. Chell can't, though - she still gets dizzy spells and is frightened of hurting herself on the ice.
SnaredJr
responded to rnaway
on Friday 23 March, 2012 at 07:55
If you were to change your name, what name would you choose?
I really like Ryker, though. The Star Trek references aren't that annoying.
SnaredJr
responded to WhatAccent
on Saturday 24 March, 2012 at 02:36
Please don't hate me, it's not my fault :(
Pretty sure nobody hates you.
SnaredJr
responded to Cloudcollision
on Saturday 24 March, 2012 at 03:55
(( If you're recieving this, one of your characters has been invited to the gallery opening for Sean Hays, which is on April 6th/7th/8th at god-knows-when o' clock. I need to know people's availability, and whether they're going since, 8 slots. ))
((If it can fit my time I will happily come along.))
SnaredJr
responded to TyRicci
on Saturday 24 March, 2012 at 05:29
Do you think heroes have too much authority in Paragon? Or not enough?
I think heroes think they have too much authority.
SnaredJr
responded to rnaway
on Saturday 24 March, 2012 at 07:52
Go to your profile and use the profile shuffle button. Pick a song for the person who asked the question you landed on. Even if you don't know them that well, go by whatever impression you have so far.
SnaredJr
responded to MsRepresntation
on Saturday 24 March, 2012 at 10:46
A good friend of mine, @GiantBane just signed up on Formspring. HI MUPPY!
@GiantBane you say.
SnaredJr
responded to WhatAccent
on Sunday 25 March, 2012 at 03:29
Almost forgot: Mutants, like the platypus, is a mistake of evolution and should be sold in pet shops nationwide, when they're not too unstable.
These things work way better when people have some reason to take you serious, schnookums.
SnaredJr
responded to MonkeyLass
on Sunday 25 March, 2012 at 06:49
Salsa! You like it hot, spicy, mild, chunky? Impart your culinary wisdom upon your peers!
I tend to have it with a very thick sauce, so I'm a little surprised when I buy it at restaurants. I also tend to make it with a very thai sense - lots of big, chunky vegetables which are designed to blend the flavour as the salsa sits over time.
SnaredJr
responded to rnaway
on Sunday 25 March, 2012 at 08:28
What happens in those rare moments when no one needs your attention and you can just relax all for yourself?
I'll let you know when I find one. I've been busy as hell since maman died, and before that point I barely recognised what it was like to not be busy. Maybe one day I'm going to slow down, sit back, relax and this almight GDOINGGGGGGG will echo around and I'll pop apart like a really clever clockwork.
(I'm not making a Nemesis joke)
SnaredJr
responded to rnaway
on Sunday 25 March, 2012 at 08:29
Do you ever walk out of a place and feel like you've forgotten something, but even though you wish to go over everything with a fine toothed comb you cannot spare the time to actually worry about it?
The Etoile scratch? Yeah. You don't go back in, if you can help it. You leave, you leave for a day.
Has made me look like an ass when someone borrows my stapler at work though.
SnaredJr
responded to rnaway
on Sunday 25 March, 2012 at 08:36
Pick something you feel you cannot live without. Tell me about it/them/etc.
Formspring.
The nature of this site is that it's a tiny window into the minds of people around me. It's a way to communicate with adults about adult topics, to have tiny, short sharp conversation sabout philosophy, about morality, about art and science and war and peace and love. It's a way I can watch people flirt and laugh and giggle. It's a social outlet that works at midnight when I'm stuck in Founders patrolling past the fountain and have to wait for catchup.
It gives me a window into the world that Chell can explore, that she can enjoy and indulge herself in, and it gives her friends who can engage her mind. Icons she can paint, stories she can respect and regard because they're real, things that have that added depth because there isn't a Happily Ever After And Everything Is Fixed, but because they reflect the struggle and transition she goes through herself. Even if every week it seems a new person goes crazy.
Of course, that's my tastes. Let's see what Chell has to say.
"Ryker. He's Ryker. You all know."
Well, that's helpful.
SnaredJr
responded to KattyKlepto
on Monday 26 March, 2012 at 04:05
Hey guys I found a biiiig shiny that isn't ticking but it has a strange picture on it and it's covered in other shinies like the exploding shiny that I found a while ago did. What should I do it's very confusing.
@NemesisLives you got this?
SnaredJr
responded to shadowandspines
on Monday 26 March, 2012 at 09:27
So, serious thought time. Kid I used to know kept thinking I was Spider Man. Did some research, read a bit and came across an interesting ideal - With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility? Do you think this is so? If so, why? If not, why not?
I do, because I think we owe it to the world around ourselves to accept that we who have power, no matter how arrogantly we assume otherwise, are recipients of enormous amounts of luck and good fortune sufficient to exert our will on the world around us. Therefore, accepting that random chance gave us this ability to exert ourselves on the world, we should seek to enact and enable a world that both has moral stories that encourage further behaviour like ourselves (self-replicating ideals, memestates), and has people and agents within it who act on behalf of those of us who do not have power in a way that would make the world better, assuming and hoping we would all act in the best interest of life and society and the culture as a whole.
Or maybe I'm just a cop and my life is easier when people aren't dickheads.
SnaredJr
responded to ArielAblaze
on Monday 26 March, 2012 at 09:28
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?
Can't fly. Can jump. Can't fly. Assuming that jumping from flier to flier is cheating, my jumps are not very impressive.
SnaredJr
responded to DubstepHalfLife
on Monday 26 March, 2012 at 04:09
So I found out that there's a sledge hammer brand carrying my name (Gabriel's Hammer). Ever find something interesting bearing your name?
There is, apparently, a character named 'Ryker' in a TV show.
SnaredJr
responded to MsRepresntation
on Monday 26 March, 2012 at 05:05
Welcome, welcome, @FishandFire
There's going to be a bunch of fish jokes here. @FishandFire
SnaredJr
responded to FishAndFire
on Monday 26 March, 2012 at 08:36
Any other Crabs out there? Just... just wondering. Haven't seen many who got out...
Son of an Arachnos operative. Not really all that close to what you're talking about though - check out @MazzoGrave though.
SnaredJr
responded to Hellwhip
on Monday 26 March, 2012 at 10:26
Holy crap, what a turnout tonight! Thanks to Maria, THE Noisebomb, Blue, Stan, Mene, Sarah, Nate, James, Johnny Turbo, Run, Graf, Erin, Zeal, the Original Amber, Voltium, the book club, all the rest I'm forgetting and Joe! Oh wait... I see Bass, too!
There's a book club?
SnaredJr
responded to WhatAccent
on Tuesday 27 March, 2012 at 04:14
OKAY, LET ME PUT THIS MORE CLEARLY. IF I DON'T GET MY FOCUS BACK, THE LAWS OF NATURE ARE GOING TO START MESSING THEMSELVES UP. MOLECULAR MOTION COULD STOP. THE WORLD COULD FREEZE. AND IT'S ALL THAT CAT'S FAULT.
You want us to believe that the entire universe is so fragile that one elemental in one spot could mess it all up by losing a small piece of matter from this plane after making a point of how transcendant it was?
Come on, relax.
SnaredJr
responded to WhatAccent
on Tuesday 27 March, 2012 at 05:14
Okay so saying the world could freeze was pretty stupid but I'm panicking here. Someone please get my focus back from that cat? I'll be good!
That puts into my mind a question.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Tuesday 27 March, 2012 at 05:22
I have something to ask Snared, can I talk to him later?
Well, sure though you're the first person who has ever asked.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Tuesday 27 March, 2012 at 05:23
I just passed 1000 answers without the obligatory "ask me a good question" begging. Do it now.
I'll see what comes to me, Sander!
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Tuesday 27 March, 2012 at 05:24
What's your favorite way to eat eggs?
Boiled, curried, diced and served in a leafy salad.
SnaredJr
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Wednesday 28 March, 2012 at 01:34
3 questions to 5,000. Bomb my box with your best!
Nah
SnaredJr
responded to PlagueOfWasps
on Wednesday 28 March, 2012 at 01:46
When you're dating someone and getting to know them, are there any subjects that are definite deal-breakers to you? Disliking the Hunger Games, for example. Or having a smoking habit.
Oh, tons. I'm not fond of fascists, for example.
SnaredJr
responded to Zarpd
on Wednesday 28 March, 2012 at 01:48
What is courage to you?
Being scared as hell and doing it anyway.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Wednesday 28 March, 2012 at 02:24
If you could pick anyone, living or dead to screw with no consequences who would it be? Also if it's a dead person it wouldn't be a corpse or a zombie or anything it would be the person as he or she was in his or her prime.
Zex has a pretty cool answer, but honestly, I don't think about this kind of thing enough to have an entertaining answer of my own.
SnaredJr
responded to rnaway
on Wednesday 28 March, 2012 at 03:13
What would you consider the biggest hindrance in your life? Is it something you can overcome or do you feel it's just something you've learned to live with?
The twenty-four hour day cycle. If I had an extra three, I could, I imagine, have a social life, be able to relax around my friends, make more friends than I have - right now I wind up in just the social shamble that Pocket D Genpop puts me in - and maybe even pursue some hobbies. Hell, I could consider resuming my interest in medicine, or maybe just work on remedial classes with Chell so we could patch our common failings.
Beyond that? Not really a big deal. All the little things are bit by bit. It's interesting to me that those things that we show about ourselves is how we react to hindrances. When Chell's thumbs didn't work well, for example, she insisted on trying to open things for herself. It came up today - one of the guys at the firing range -
By the way, if you haven't fired a gun in six years and have avoided all your firing range tests through skullduggery, we will find out -
put his thumb over the back of a slide-loading gun and broke his thumb, then cut his hand. He then attempted to act like he was fine, and INSISTED on trying to load, cock, and holster his gun while I was getting a first aid kit and all his pals were busting guts laughing.
It was strange to me because it brought to mind the image of Chell in a hospital bed trying to open a milk cup. Two very different situations and two very similar problems, and they both showed that human anger and embarassment.
SnaredJr
responded to rnaway
on Wednesday 28 March, 2012 at 03:14
Do you take an offered hand for help up or try to pull yourself up on your own at first instinct? Why?
I put one hand behind me, and will often take the hand to guide me upwards, but don't let the person try to pull. I'm pretty heavy, and I don't want to overbalance or hurt someone who's just trying to offer me help.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Wednesday 28 March, 2012 at 03:15
What's your least favorite smell?
September, Galaxy City.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Wednesday 28 March, 2012 at 03:16
What was the last dream you had like?
Dirty.
SnaredJr
responded to rnaway
on Wednesday 28 March, 2012 at 03:39
Do you ever feel that your fellow officers don't get the big picture when it comes to serving and protecting the city? Do you feel that you get it more than they do because of where you've been and how far you've come?
Well, yes.
Police work is a job. It's not a very fun job, it's not a very nice job, and it's not even a very rewarding job. If you're a policeman, you're a public sector employee, which in the United States means every place they can be squeezed in order to make life easier for a politician, they will. They can't strike either, so there's pressure against unionisation there, too.
I mention this because it means that even the most knuckle-dragging power-abusing asshole I interact with in my workplace environment still signed on for a pretty rotten job.
Lots of these guys love A thing out of their job. Some guys are gearheads who love controlled courses and safe driving, and they get to share that love AND that's what hooked them in. Some are really just... face-busters like @SovereignFist - and honestly, I don't mean anything insulting to him by that. There are some guys who work riot whose only job is to get punched and to punch back when an inhuman threat or riot breaks out, and those guys may be dumb, but they're still putting their asses on the line.
So there are angel's feathers amongst the crap.
But... no. Few have big-picture ideas. A lot of them are fatalistic and have an idea that all they're here to do is stem the bleeding. A lot of them are bullies who just externalise the power structure so while they might WANT to abuse their power. Hell, there are worse things than externalising a part of your judgement! Some people in some works externalise their mathematical mind, for example - so what's so bad about eexternalising the permission on your temper?
I do think that because I've seen what I've seen that it makes me a little ticked about things. Like I don't react well when I hear the detectives whining about the coffee machine, because they can walk down the hall and try the coffee in the break room for the beats, and that's even worse.
Still: I get to see the world with what I know. And when you are literate about history, about culture, about science, about your geography, that informs and illuminates your everyday.
SnaredJr
responded to WhatAccent
on Wednesday 28 March, 2012 at 04:22
I've tried to be nice about this. I have. But now Dischord has to choke a bitch. I will have that resonator back within 24 hours, or I will set Elliot's apartment on fire. Then I will compell her to jump into a vat of hydrochloric acid.
She'll survive, you won't. Which reminds me:
SnaredJr
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Wednesday 28 March, 2012 at 08:03
Pick any two people you follow on FS and dedicate one song to both of them. For a challenge, hit your Profile Shuffle twice and find one song that fits both the people who asked the questions it gave you.
I walk in the fore, that I carry light and a sword. I am making a path and a place that is safe.
SnaredJr
responded to Hellwhip
on Wednesday 28 March, 2012 at 08:05
It's humpday. What's everyone up to tonight?
Had to get up and make Chell her breakfast. Tonight? Sufficient unto the night is the evil thereof.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Wednesday 28 March, 2012 at 08:05
[Lol for those that have formsprings for multiple characters, ever answer a question in the wrong character then be like "oh god lol" when you re-read it?]
((I haven't had any big slip-ups yet. But there have been times where I've commented on one character, then looked at it and went "Nope, that can stay."))
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Wednesday 28 March, 2012 at 08:07
What is the most unsual name you have ever given to a pet/child/item/etc?
Verspritzen.
SnaredJr
responded to CinderPhoenix
on Wednesday 28 March, 2012 at 04:10
In three words or less, can you tell me what you do (I'm talking about your powers, your career, your social life, your art, or anything else)?
I Need Four.
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Wednesday 28 March, 2012 at 04:10
Are you bossy?
That would imply some sort of authority on my part.
SnaredJr
responded to PlagueOfWasps
on Wednesday 28 March, 2012 at 04:14
Said this to Ani and Brick, so I'm saying this to you too: If you guys made the wrong decision in giving Tink amnesty... if Elliot's irreparably hurt by this, I'm not letting this go. I'll do everything in my power to ensure no one trusts you ever again.
Yes, because I'm so very, very well-liked and trusted in the hero community.
I assume you also sent a threatening note to everyone who seemed willing to let Tink throw Elliot into a vat of acid, too, or the people who were trying to make war on her plane, or the people who just plain out didn't care.
I'm also going to guess that you sent this same threatening note to all the other people in Elliot's circle of friends, people who had met her, spoken with her, knew who she was and knew what she was like, and who could recognise shifts in her behaviour, who thought that the best thing to do in a hostage situation was to stick their heads in the sand.
And there was probably another threatening note sent to all the heroes you know who are following Elliot, who recognises the clear and obvious pattern of behaviour of Dischord, since she is, basically, a teenager on the run from an abusive father, because they failed to pay attention and were almost willing to let a cry for help go unheard because it was being said with capslock on.
You like Elliot. You care. I get it. That's wonderful. Just have some perspective. You're an American and a hero, so act like it.
SnaredJr
responded to WhatAccent
on Wednesday 28 March, 2012 at 04:25
I think I need a real formspring handle instead of my real name. Any suggestions?
I tried to come up with some and none of them were particularly useful or easy to type when you'd want to log in. "The Smarter Sister" is even too long, I think.
SnaredJr
responded to WhatAccent
on Wednesday 28 March, 2012 at 04:25
How do you say "I'm sorry I was being corrupted by an emotion vampire" to 140 people? Somehow 'sorry' just doesn't seem to cut it. I can't thank everyone enough for being patient and understanding, and still willing to help me.
I'd just delete this, because you don't need to apologise - but then you might feel I was ignoring it.
SnaredJr
responded to shadowandspines
on Wednesday 28 March, 2012 at 04:26
I have discovered where Ferret has gone missing to! This is a sign. I believe we need to round up all the badger-types for she may have been forced to mass produce ale.
Herding mustelids is a fool's game.
SnaredJr
responded to earthborn
on Wednesday 28 March, 2012 at 04:27
When you're 'new', usually the first step is to introduce yourself. So hi, I'm Charlie. Who are you?
Hi there, Charlie. I'm a police officer, I'm a big brother, I'm boring, and I'm often green. But more importantly:
SnaredJr
responded to SovereignFist
on Wednesday 28 March, 2012 at 04:27
Can you judge a person by the company they keep?
Yep.
SnaredJr
responded to TSyiel
on Wednesday 28 March, 2012 at 04:28
I was just invited to clasp hands with a stranger and execute a brief up and down motion, for no apparent reason. What strange rituals have you seen or took part in lately?
I hugged @teacuppartisan the other day, if that's strange.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Wednesday 28 March, 2012 at 04:49
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Thursday 29 March, 2012 at 01:16
What was your last relationship like?
Brief.
(We had resolved that we were IN a relationship in September last year.)
SnaredJr
responded to rnaway
on Thursday 29 March, 2012 at 01:17
Random question. If you could give me a name that wasn't Run, what would you call me and why? I'm just curious.
Kasia, or Ziven.
Why? Because I like naming things what they are.
SnaredJr
responded to earthborn
on Thursday 29 March, 2012 at 02:33
Spring happens to be one of my favorite seasons with all new growth and life. It is spiritually uplifting. How do you celebrate spring?
Spring is a totally new thing to me. Where I grew up, between pollution and the weather, there wasn't any strong difference between the seasons. Hell, if you see flowers blooming in the Etoile, chances are it's because they've been doused with effergreen.
SnaredJr
responded to nigredofist
on Thursday 29 March, 2012 at 03:30
Would You Rather Wednesday: Modern Family, Big Bang Theory, or How I Met Your Mother?
Decisions, decisions, I'll just have to flip a coin and hope it explodes on the way down, destroying my TV.
SnaredJr
responded to rnaway
on Thursday 29 March, 2012 at 03:52
Would you choose the PPD if you were able to shift positions? Does the PPD mean something to you beyond a means to an end? Do you feel that you're able to do the good you want?
It began as a means to an end. When I first arrived, I assumed that the PPD was to the US as Arachnos was to Grandville - a control mechanism that kept the masses in line.
It's been three months now doing full-time PPD work, and it's not as hard as I feared. It's not as difficult as I had imagined. It has a lot of drudgery to it - I walk amongst bullies and thugs and they know I'm a shackled beast so they will push me around, and that's not even talking about the criminals.
But it's hard work. It's a two year slog and at the end of it lies my citizenship. At that point I can do things like buy insurance for Chell. At that point I can vote. I can weigh in on the political process. I can try to get things changed.
I guess if I could get this doing something else, I'd want to see what it was. They're all going to be hard. They're all going to be messy. They're all going to involve people that don't like me much and don't respect what I do. So in the end, I take the good with the bad and throw my lot in with the cops. At the very least, if I get shot, someone else didn't.
SnaredJr
responded to rnaway
on Thursday 29 March, 2012 at 04:28
What biological differences do you have from other people around you? What makes you unique in your make-up?
Surprisingly little.
I have what's known as a non-mutated deviation, which is a fancy way of saying a family trend. My father was six foot eleven, and of his brothers that reached majority, there was one seven foot tall and one six foot ten, making a nice distribution which turns into an average. His parents were short, but they also were malnourished.
I'm just big. I'm big, in a way that doesn't connect to acromegalacy (which causes abnormally large growth), and that means I'm standing at seven four, two forty, and that that is completely and utterly ridiculous for interacting with anyone normal.
Beyond that? There's a sequence of junk DNA my father used as a templating signal code for some of his work - so it only works if I, or he, or Chell, try to use it. This has been a source of some familial disquiet.
SnaredJr
responded to WhatAccent
on Thursday 29 March, 2012 at 05:57
You guys keep asking for science questions and I'm going to ask them.
Quelle horreur, petite fromage.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Thursday 29 March, 2012 at 06:16
Say hello to Fallout Pug, AKA Monday. I him from the local pug rescue!
Do those dogs always look worried?
SnaredJr
responded to KattyKlepto
on Thursday 29 March, 2012 at 06:57
HSSSSSSSSS >:\
Found one you didn't want, didn't I?
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Thursday 29 March, 2012 at 07:07
What's YOUR favourite field of science, and why? What can you tell me about it that most people don't know?
Biology's my gift. This is partly because the experiments you can do and the way you can study it in the Etoile is a lot more feasible than chemistry and physics. You can just look at bugs and animals and of course, there's overlap when you're dealing with metahuman medicine, which I was also studying.
What I can tell you about biology that most people don't know is that pretty much every single thing you think people don't understand about their bodies is completely understood, completely understandable. The stuff that's genuinely unknown about biology is things like evolutionary development, about deducing information in species that don't exist any more from the mitochondria of creatures that live now. We analyse epicyon by looking at dogs, for example.
I also can say that any given American has no idea what 'evolution,' and 'mutant,' and 'adaptation' mean. While we're at it, 'theory.'
SnaredJr
responded to shrikespikes
on Thursday 29 March, 2012 at 05:32
Hey science-minded people, what's your favourite _____ology?
Probably biology.
SnaredJr
responded to jillwilliamson
on Thursday 29 March, 2012 at 05:32
@JohnCraine just called me a guy in a response to someone, and I'm totally not offended by it. In fact, I kinda liked it. Anything that most people might consider insulting that you take as a compliment instead?
ACAB
SnaredJr
responded to NemesisLives
on Thursday 29 March, 2012 at 05:40
Amber's in Atlas Park; I've got a trace that says she's in the St. James building. It's possible my trace has been misdirected or spoofed.
Anyone on good terms with the Women of Justice and Sandwiches mind giving a call?
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 29 March, 2012 at 05:42
Why is ACAB a compliment?
It's not.
But it says more to me about the person saying it than it does about me.
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Thursday 29 March, 2012 at 06:29
For those with powers, non-humans and those with unusual body shapes: is it hard to find casual/fashionable clothing that fits you and isn't destroyed by using your powers?
Yes.
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Thursday 29 March, 2012 at 06:30
If you answered "yes" to the previous question, how interested would you be in a new store that specialised in metahuman fashion (perhaps on scale of 1-5, if you're feeling helpful)?
3, because while it sounds nice, I can't really afford to buy at specialty stores.
SnaredJr
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Thursday 29 March, 2012 at 09:53
What's your favourite movie/game soundtrack?
Does Ruddigore count? Ruddigore should count. Ruddigore.
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Thursday 29 March, 2012 at 10:29
Do you know any metahumans who aren't combatants or combat-affiliated, but rather use their powers (whatever that may mean to them) only for civilian purposes? I'm thinking like, say, how DJ Zero uses his powers to maintain Pocket D.
Fewer than you'd think in the PPD. Aside from cases like mine, mostly these mundants tend to wind up working private-sector jobs and being generally disaffected with their lives. No specific examples leap to mind but I believe there's a glass company that uses an telekinetic whose powers can only interface with glass.
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Friday 30 March, 2012 at 03:06
What was your last breakup like?
The last break-up I had wasn't about a relationship, but about a possible relationship and didn't go very nicely. It was an odd feeling, like I was on eggshells. I was a pre-ex-boyfriend I think.
SnaredJr
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Friday 30 March, 2012 at 04:12
F***-My-Friends Friday: Admit something you dislike or detest about an FSer no-one would expect you to say something negative about.
We like our friends for their virtues but we love them for their vices. I think. Still, I'm pretty sure if I had enough friends who had traits I disliked, I could just flat-out say so without a problem. I'll let you know if it comes up.
SnaredJr
responded to WhatAccent
on Friday 30 March, 2012 at 04:23
If you could trade powers and/or skillsets with anyone else on Formspring, who would it be, and why?
Nobody deserves my malarkey.
SnaredJr
responded to JusticeStrikes
on Friday 30 March, 2012 at 07:53
Ever start talking about, say, a group of people only to realize you're talking to someone in that group? How did it go?
I saw this happen to a detective today, who decided to mouth off about IA. In front of me, and our newest detective. From IA.
SnaredJr
responded to JusticeStrikes
on Friday 30 March, 2012 at 08:36
If you spent the night beating up and Insulting Praetorians and Praetorian robots alongside a praetorian cyborg. What part of all that would have most offended her?
I don't know, I'd ask her. I'm going to assume it's some lack of individual respect to her. Tribalistic behaviour is very forgivable.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Friday 30 March, 2012 at 08:50
Starting tomorrow morning I will no longer be available for contact on Formspring. This will last indefinitely.
You have my number. Use it if you need it, and tell Torn the same goes to for him.
SnaredJr
responded to ColdReading
on Friday 30 March, 2012 at 09:12
Just as a heads up to anyone who wanted me, I'm going to go quiet for a bit too. I think it's time I started spending some of the money Longbow's been giving me on a holiday.
Boston, Denver, LA.
At least if the song's to be believed.
Have fun. Share love. Make joy.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Friday 30 March, 2012 at 09:18
What do you like better from those you love; something you've always wanted, or something you never realised you could appreciate?
I live with an artist, it's mostly all the latter and I have no idea about the former. When you grow up in the Etoile you either dream big or you have it beaten out of you and my ability to want things was very solidly trod on at an early age.
SnaredJr
responded to Hellwhip
on Friday 30 March, 2012 at 06:11
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!
Have a beer.
I'm not kidding - just one beer. Then, just before the test, have another beer, same brand, same serving size.
You should find this gives you brain chemistry a baseline - without tiredness or caffeine or other elements. Beer has a lot of long chain carbohydrates so you will be energised for a long test. Beer also has distinctive taste and scent that are powerful memory triggers.
Just one, drink it slow, enjoy, relax. It will help.
SnaredJr
responded to beatmyhighscore
on Friday 30 March, 2012 at 06:39
An act of betrayal, large or small, is still just that. What are your thoughts on the subject?
I think that unreasoning absolutism in adherence to rules is what separates modern humans from the days when we stoned people to death for back-chat.
SnaredJr
responded to totallywitchin
on Friday 30 March, 2012 at 06:45
How about those Dodgers....
Oh not you too, when will I be free of this culture of shibboleths
SnaredJr
responded to earthborn
on Friday 30 March, 2012 at 06:45
Tell me about your favorite outdoor activity!
No, miss, I'm afraid that would be inappropriate.
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Friday 30 March, 2012 at 06:47
Do you wake up early?
Three PM most days, so no.
SnaredJr
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Friday 30 March, 2012 at 06:59
Friendly Friday: Admit something you admire or respect about an FSer no-one would expect you to say something nice about.
From what I can tell, she's had to struggle with her personal identity; with her identity within society; with her identity with her own sexuality; and with her identity within the hero community. To have stood where she is, to have managed what she has, and to go out there doing things that shorten her life every day in the name of making the world a better place, and she could be doing it for glory, for smug points, for cheerios, it doesn't matter. She's making life better for other people, she's caring about other people, she's improving the world and she's trying to leave the world a better place than it was when she started.
So thank you, @PlagueOfWasps.
SnaredJr
responded to MsRepresntation
on Friday 30 March, 2012 at 08:34
((I JUST GOT MY NEW TABLET! Wacom Bamboo Create. Can any artists recommend any decent software for drawing? Or should Photoshop be okay? ---DOWNLOADS NEED TO DOWNLOAD FASTER, OMG!))
((Sounds odd to say, but we use GIMP here.))
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Friday 30 March, 2012 at 09:15
Pick a song for someone on your list and explain why you chose it? The beat, the lyrics, what made you think of them with that song?
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Friday 30 March, 2012 at 09:38
Do you molt?
Not quite. I do sometimes leave behind scattered bits of 'bone spur,' which are growths caused by the symbiote shedding energy. They're actually crystaline structures comparable to glycogen in that they're there to give an easy, short sharp burst of energy - you'll see in any high-energy environment where I've fought for a long time, a carpet of these little easily crushed sparkles. They burst very easily when they're crushed and it gives a short sharp burst of energy - sound, light, kinetic force. Not enough to so much as inconvenience a rat, but I can run through - or roll - through it to get a secondary intake if necessary. But that sort of thing isn't very necessary.
It's like a very typical organism; there are points of feast and famine, and it tries to 'store' during feast, and gets by in famine. Of course, being a symbiote, during periods of famine, it just leans on my system.
SnaredJr
responded to EikoMagami
on Saturday 31 March, 2012 at 02:18
"Let me formally reintroduce myself to you for those of you who dont know. The new me's back to the old me and homie I dont show no signs of slowin up, pullin up, all over My life is no longer a movie, but the shows aint over homies." Eminem
There are a few earlier posts I've said, if that helps? I'm not entirely sure how to approach this question otherwise.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 31 March, 2012 at 03:33
From where does your symbiote originate?
It was created by my father, using hybridisation DNA acquired from human stem cells irrigated with a variety of other cultures acquired in Grandville and in other environments. I can't pin it to a distinct specific DNA lineage, but basically, it's a Arachnos tech, gleaned from non-human sources. It's thaumophagic, too - it consumes energy on a broad number of possible wavelengths.
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Saturday 31 March, 2012 at 03:35
Well...how about where you got Snared?
I got Snared from my father in Galaxy City. He was dying. It wasn't very pleasant as experiences go.
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Saturday 31 March, 2012 at 03:43
And you said you can kind of separate from Snared? How separated can you be?
It's a mental compartmentalisation thing. Snared functions on a much more basic level than I do. It's intuitive, reactive, it doesn't second guess, it doesn't overcorrect. It's part of why I'm not comfortable, for example, idly spending time as the symbiote, because it makes it harder to come out.
Extremely long periods as snared, it becomes harder to remember specific details; I'll come out, and forget how to use my housekeys and the like. I'll not be certain about what happened while I was snared.
Another part of it is that Snared ultimately has its personality from mine, but with a lot of the 'monkey' parts stripped away. People stop being full-blown people who can exchange ideas, they become my territory, they become things I protect - even if they don't need it. Kazeno probably has seen me freak out fighting things that she has well in hand because I perceive them as trying to endanger her, for example. And when someone gets seriously hurt, knocked unconscious, or winded, I have a bad habit of uh.
Well, I get violent.
SnaredJr
responded to rnaway
on Saturday 31 March, 2012 at 03:45
What would you do if you and Snared were able to become separate beings? Would you accept it, or have you come to count on the power he provides?
I don't know. I'd have to meet him. As it is right now, Snared might seriously hurt someone if it's 'always around.' The fact I can put it away and keep it from endangering someone... that's a real concern.
I don't really rely on 'the power' of Snared. Snared is a tool that I can use and gives me more utility to the PPD.
It's certainly something I think I'll have to think about.
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Saturday 31 March, 2012 at 07:00
We never got to the guy stuff. Oh well next time right?
Next time. Maybe in the time I'll do enough reading to work out what, exactly, 'guy stuff' is and how I can help you with it.
SnaredJr
responded to SovereignFist
on Saturday 31 March, 2012 at 08:01
((Stopping use of this site indefinitely. If needed, contact me IG on CoH through global email/messages. If you need an Out of Game method, currently using skype/msn, send a question here. Disabling the acct monday))
((Tata.))
SnaredJr
responded to SetLotus
on Saturday 31 March, 2012 at 08:17
For people without tails, would you have a tail if you could? For people with tails, do you like your tail?
Hey, I can answer this on both fronts.
My tail serves a useful purpose when I'm in the water, and it also helps keep my spine straight when I'm running.
When I don't have my tail I have thought at times it'd be handy, such as having it on hand to pick up things that I've dropped.
SnaredJr
responded to SetLotus
on Saturday 31 March, 2012 at 08:19
How many teeth do you have?
Forty, because damned if those wisdoms haven't come in yet.
SnaredJr
responded to SetLotus
on Saturday 31 March, 2012 at 08:19
Set wants to meet someone with physical mutations!
I don't actually have any of those, beyond just being tall.
SnaredJr
responded to SetLotus
on Saturday 31 March, 2012 at 08:22
How much distance can you fall before you are injured?
Kinetic impact feeds the symbiote, so if that's out... I think I get to terminal velocity and the problem is how the ground around me handles it, not me.
SnaredJr
responded to SetLotus
on Saturday 31 March, 2012 at 08:23
Can Set have a female volunteer for... something?
Wow, that's a... rather creepy question.
SnaredJr
responded to earthborn
on Saturday 31 March, 2012 at 06:10
It's gorgeous out. How would you spend an ideal Saturday?
An ideal one would be one where every criminal in town just decided, you know, goshdarn it, it's too nice to cause a fuss today, the bank job can wait, maybe I don't want to thump anyone, and hey, maybe I'll just stay in and have a baloney sandwich.
In which case I'd go home early, get some extra sleep, and play with Chell in the park a bit.
When the enterprising burglars not a'burgling When the cut throat isn't occupied in crime He loves to hear the little brook a'gurgling And listen to the merry village chime
When the coster's finished jumping on his mother He loves to lie a'basking in the sun Ah, take one consideration with another A policeman's lot is not a happy one
SnaredJr
responded to shadowandspines
on Saturday 31 March, 2012 at 06:10
So...anyone happen to have like, enough spare tomatos and cucumbers to cover me in? I got the lettuce. I'm sure Mot won't eat a plain salad. And this is the best plan ever to gib something.
What interests me more than this is - where did you get that much lettuce?
((Snickering like mad.))
SnaredJr
responded to Pathrunner
on Saturday 31 March, 2012 at 06:15
What's the craziest idea that you've had? If you followed through with it, did you regret it?
I really am not a 'crazy ideas' man. I'm more an executor than a planner. I am surrounded at all times by other people who want to point me at dangerous things, and that's what I take care of - as best I can.
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Saturday 31 March, 2012 at 06:16
Ever been on a skateboard?
Yes, but not for long. I'm big and bulky, don't have the normal centre of balance. I could probably manage it, but it's like dancing - something I was never confident enough to really try.
SnaredJr
responded to ArielAblaze
on Saturday 31 March, 2012 at 06:16
Did you know that the public library has computers and Internet?
Did you know that the Jesuit principle is that it's better to ask for forgiveness than permission?
SnaredJr
responded to EikoMagami
on Saturday 31 March, 2012 at 07:30
April Fool's Day. What are your plans?
This is a thing?
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Saturday 31 March, 2012 at 09:56
Are you bothered when somebody who is obviously attractive/talented/smart/etc. insists that they are not? Is there a point where it stops being modesty and starts being self-harm?
I had someone offhandedly comment about my weight and it made me selfconscious for a little while. Now, I think that's pretty ridiculous for me to worry about, but I did.
So I recognise that everyone out there has some natural worry about themselves. And it's worse for women! It really is, since we live in a culture that says too much, not enough, less of that, more of this, not her, not her, not her, no, now her. And then you get to the problem of is it bad to care about what other people think, is it GOOD to care, etcetera.
It's a fifty-thousand year culture of bad self esteem and emotional suffering and it's across all the spectrums. And that's why when I hear a woman claim that she isn't attractive when she is, she knows she is, and she dresses, acts, and flirts as if she is, it makes me want to vomit on her shoes for having the temerity to turn the real self-esteem issues of people not like her into a fashion accessory.
SnaredJr
responded to shadowandspines
on Saturday 31 March, 2012 at 09:57
Fine, you all win. I wasted like, hours sat up there not being eaten. I think it was the lettuce. It was a noble cause though, right? Also, anyone know a good taxidermist?
Are you planning on getting your costume stuffed?
SnaredJr
on Sunday 1 April, 2012 at 03:17
Love or Sex?
I think Zex is with Lock.
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Sunday 1 April, 2012 at 04:28
Ever made a pretty good pun that got ruined by your/your audience's accent?
I've made puns that fell flat because my audience don't know much about anything that didn't come on the placemats at Stuckeys.
SnaredJr
responded to Coryismedamnit
on Sunday 1 April, 2012 at 04:43
... I would amend that comment, but this blasted site seems to assume I would spam you. Such is life. I suppose it must remain where it lies.
Or is pinned.
SnaredJr
responded to SonnovaWitch
on Sunday 1 April, 2012 at 06:04
Do you regard yourself as a follower of a tradition, or a rebel? Do you wish you were more of the other?
Oh lords, it would be wonderful if there was some sort of traditional set of rules, habits, guidelines, people who I could look to and respect for their insights into my situation.
SnaredJr
responded to WhatAccent
on Sunday 1 April, 2012 at 06:05
If you were a pirate, what would people call you?
Rykerrrrrrrrrrr.
SnaredJr
responded to WhatAccent
on Sunday 1 April, 2012 at 06:05
If you were a ninja, what would people call you?
Nothing. Because they wouldn't know I existed.
SnaredJr
responded to WhatAccent
on Sunday 1 April, 2012 at 06:07
If you were a gangster, what would people call you?
Big Green.
SnaredJr
responded to WhatAccent
on Sunday 1 April, 2012 at 06:10
If you were Amish, what would people call you?
Das Rumspringen
SnaredJr
responded to WhatAccent
on Sunday 1 April, 2012 at 06:15
If you were a shark, what would people call you?
Snared.
SnaredJr
responded to WhatAccent
on Sunday 1 April, 2012 at 06:15
Okay, after the shark one I'm out of ideas there. Sorry!
Get some sleep.
SnaredJr
responded to WhatAccent
on Sunday 1 April, 2012 at 06:24
I'm going to bed, but I wanted to say before I do that you are all wonderful individuals and I'm enriched for knowing and being able to talk to every one of you, even if you don't always get along with each other.
Except Solypsos. No offense.
Codladh go maith, aisling te.
SnaredJr
responded to SonnovaWitch
on Sunday 1 April, 2012 at 05:02
If the world began with a word, what word do you imagine it was?
"Now."
SnaredJr
responded to SonnovaWitch
on Sunday 1 April, 2012 at 05:03
Where do you think you'd draw more power; in the city, in the woods, or in the desert?
I represent the law; the law derives its authority from all of us. There is no 'more' or 'less' - there is, simply put, a law that I carry with me wherever I go.
SnaredJr
responded to pressdotexe
on Sunday 1 April, 2012 at 05:03
If a person who commits a felony is a felon, what are you?
I'm a big brother.
SnaredJr
responded to pressdotexe
on Sunday 1 April, 2012 at 05:04
What's a song you just wish people would stop doing?
The Ostrofs Happy Birthday song. It's funny once.
SnaredJr
responded to pressdotexe
on Sunday 1 April, 2012 at 05:13
When you communicate here, is there something textual people do that you don't understand?
Still not familiar with all the emoticons. I never feel like I'm using them appropriately.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Sunday 1 April, 2012 at 05:34
What's the monument to you?
I'm a big brother.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Sunday 1 April, 2012 at 05:34
What's one part of your reputation you wish you could reinforce? You wish people could have spring immediately to mind when they think of you?
I'm a big brother.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Sunday 1 April, 2012 at 05:35
When something you were working on gets knocked back ten steps, what's your immediate reaction?
I throw a tantrum, whine on the internet, and give up forever.
Seriously, what do you think you're going to see as answers here?
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Sunday 1 April, 2012 at 06:10
When is your break?
It's Sunday, they gave me the day off.
SnaredJr
responded to WhatAccent
on Sunday 1 April, 2012 at 09:18
Thank you, Solypsos (And Mr Sands) for showing me how bad an idea that was.
Deal's off.
Oh well. I hope I wasn't rude in any of my questions.
SnaredJr
responded to PlagueOfWasps
on Sunday 1 April, 2012 at 10:23
Tell me something about you! Something that you don't feel comfortable bragging about. Can be good or bad.
In my attempts to be kind, to be patient, to listen, and to be nice, I have broken far too many hearts.
SnaredJr
responded to Coryismedamnit
on Monday 2 April, 2012 at 03:23
... Baptiste?
How risky do you have to be with this shit, damnit?
Captain Breighden said that he'd put in a good word with me with immigration if I would take on the extra assignment. As it turns out all I had to do was turn up ghosting at the end. Max did all the work, seriously.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 2 April, 2012 at 04:06
What is pride to you?
See, I'm a big brother.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 2 April, 2012 at 04:06
Against all conceivable logic, I have obtained 200 followers. Why are you following me?
You know how I know you don't really understand people?
SnaredJr
responded to PlagueOfWasps
on Monday 2 April, 2012 at 04:58
Has there ever been a time you "broke character" and did something that no one expected you to do? Maybe something that goes against what you stand for, or acted like a better person than you think you are? Something that's significant to you?
I've got no idea. I'd have to see what everyone else had to say about how they expected me to act.
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Monday 2 April, 2012 at 04:59
5 years ago, where did you think you'd be today?
Cap Au university, still studying to be a doctor.
SnaredJr
responded to IamEvolved
on Monday 2 April, 2012 at 04:59
If you watch TV do you tend to like certain genres? Cop shows? Sitcoms? Dramas? What's the "darkest" show you like? How about the "lightest"?
The only show I watch consistantly is My Little Pony, because Chell likes it and wants me to watch it with her.
SnaredJr
responded to IamEvolved
on Monday 2 April, 2012 at 05:00
You stumble across a lamp with a genie who will grant you one wish. What do you wish for? Would you immediately make it or spend time making sure the wording was "just right" to avoid complications?
I think I'd free the genie, if I only had one. Injustices are injustices, and slavery is slavery.
SnaredJr
responded to IamEvolved
on Monday 2 April, 2012 at 05:02
Ever actually "facepalmed" in public?
SnaredJr
responded to shrikespikes
on Monday 2 April, 2012 at 10:56
Fill in the blanks: _______ is my business, and business is _______.
Mercing is your business, and business is relatively low-key, which I find quite nice.
SnaredJr
responded to rnaway
on Monday 2 April, 2012 at 11:03
Songs are all well and good, but finding the part of one that fits perfectly is harder! Pick a lyric and apply it to someone on your connections, but do try to be somewhat polite!
And the desert is calling to me Run, before the final trap is set.
And:
The lady lays out the pattern With the parts of her body that seem tame
You.
SnaredJr
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Monday 2 April, 2012 at 11:19
You found what may be a severed pinky finger in your food! When you see the chef later, which scenario is creepier, and why? 1) He has nine fingers and a bandaged pinky stump, OR b) he has ten fingers, and a bandaged lump on the side of one hand?
You didn't eat out often when you lived in the Etoile, did you?
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Monday 2 April, 2012 at 11:23
What part of Etoile life do you miss the most?
I miss the fact that when a swaggering overpowered douchebag abused his power he didn't do it pretending he was the good guy.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 3 April, 2012 at 12:27
Do you ever question whether or not you are truly alive?
No.
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Tuesday 3 April, 2012 at 01:34
What surprised you the most about the PPD when you first joined?
I was buying a little into the idea, after I read about it, that the vast majority of cops are a pack of swaggering jerks. They'd behave just like the TV shows suggest, you know, with this agonising sort of put-upon hardness, boastful, swaggering, ostenatious.
And lots of them aren't!
They're just guys. They're guys who do paperwork and watch desks and repair cars and for the most part, they're all about as typical as typical guys. Yes! Guys in vice, detectives, or god help you, the IA guys who have to interface with the upgrade path into Longbow? Those guys are going to be hard, bitter and mean but they really are doing hard work and it's more understandable.
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Tuesday 3 April, 2012 at 03:26
Do you have a lot of experience with epigenetics yourself?
Yes, and at the same time, no. My family history of size is almost definitely an epigenitically tuned difference, where the sudden introduction of high-nutrition food into my grandfather's family, subsequently resulting in my father and his brothers' marked increase in physical size.
Broadly speaking, we have two fundamental parts to epigenetics; you have methyl groups (carbon-hydrogen molecules) which rest on cites on the cell to enable certain reactions, and histones, which are the spools, which determine how tightliy the dna is wound. So you kind of have switches and knobs, in addition to your basic DNA structure.
Obviously, I have epigenetics, because we ALL do, but if our genes are the fancy little smartphone you use, your epigenetic information is the apps you run. And some of those apps you get from your parents - and some of those, they got from theirs.
We didn't really know that epigenetics even existed until around the 1970s. Since then it's been mad science's favourite field of Who Really Knows A Damn Thing. It's ways you can induce hormones into the context of the DNA and change how things were expressed. Hell, you know those Chickens With Teeth? They're genetically engineered, but those engineering steps were done on an epigenetic level.
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Tuesday 3 April, 2012 at 03:38
From @ElliotMacTagart: What would you say qualifies as a physical mutation? Does genetics have to be involved?
Well, in order for it to be considered a genetic mutation, yes, genetics would need to be involved. But anything changing would be a 'physical mutation,' a deviance from the norm, and since you were in state A, and now are in state B, it's certainly not a wrong term to use.
Of course, the term in this context is so broad as to be useless - because I'm not the same as I was six years ago, that could also, in the same spectrum, be considered a physical mutation.
The trick here is heredity. If Elliott's change was something that hypothetically could be passed onto her gametes (and, being female, almost certainly won't be, because all of her gametes were packed in and prepped when she was in vitro), then it really could be considered a genetic mutation. If they can't be, then it's probably not.
I say probably, chances are, could be, etc. Because of course, I'm not a scientist and I'm not all that well-versed in the topic as I'm sure even a low-level authority on the matter would be.
SnaredJr
responded to rnaway
on Tuesday 3 April, 2012 at 06:05
If you were stranded on a deserted Island, and could only have three things/people with you, which would you choose? You can have things, people, or a mix of, but not three of each!
A satellite phone, Chell, and a knife.
SnaredJr
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Tuesday 3 April, 2012 at 08:22
HEY RYKES here's that mix tape :D http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA7C39D9261D65A66 But track 4 is missing because people have lamely never uploaded Welter's 'Poor Man's Bed' to YouTube. Have fun!
Well, before I listen to the whole thing I'm going to respond so anyone else who wants to listen along can.
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Tuesday 3 April, 2012 at 05:47
Which are scarier: bats or rats?
I've seen Chell kill both with a frypan.
(Etoile life!)
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Tuesday 3 April, 2012 at 05:48
TMI Tuesday: Have you ever experimented? It's a TMI question. You know what I mean.
I'm a little surprised by how little experimentation happens in the United States. I thought this was a libertine country of FREEDOM, but apparently everyone's scared of Jesus watching them masturbate.
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Tuesday 3 April, 2012 at 05:51
Where would I go for the epigenetics testing?
Well, you're going to want a laboratory that can handle testing at that level, which is not too hard given the industry of scientific research around here, but finding a science laboratory with people you trust with your genetic information is a bit more tricky.
I know that there's a research wing to the Steel Canyon hospital? Do you have any contacts in the hero scene who you consider adept and trustworthy, medically?
Looking at your epigenome is almost like a guilt memory lane, though. "Here's how you're letting yourself get too stressed, which is why you're shorter. Here's how the cigarettes you smoked are neutralising this sort of genetic expression, which is why you can't play the flute as well as you could. Here's..."
SnaredJr
responded to SetLotus
on Tuesday 3 April, 2012 at 05:52
Set is learning that many human like creatures would use it for less than honourable things. Set finds this upsetting. How can one tell when someone has good intentions or bad though, people keep telling Set to trust them.
You can't.
You can only become relatively certain. There's a Russian expression I learned from @SanderWilson - doveryai, no proveryai.
It means "Trust, but verify."
SnaredJr
responded to DubstepHalfLife
on Tuesday 3 April, 2012 at 05:52
I was thinking of registering something more impressive than just "Gabe from Utah", like Raven, because it sounds like raving. How do/did you all choose an alias?
I had mine chosen for me, actually.
SnaredJr
responded to Hellwhip
on Tuesday 3 April, 2012 at 05:53
Starting to think it's time for a costume when I go on patrol. Namely, something more fireproof and something I can fly in without having to worry about people looking upward. Do you all wear costumes? Yes, no?
There are these shorts cheerleaders wear, I think they're called Spankies or something equally ridiculous?
SnaredJr
responded to Luvncupcake
on Tuesday 3 April, 2012 at 05:53
Ack! Easter's almost here!? I barely got a chance to get my son anything! Um... Quick! What's a great Easter present for an 11 year old!? ((OOC Q: Whats your favorite Easter candy? :P ))
You guys get presents at easter?
Christ.
((The cheap stuff, three days afterwards))
SnaredJr
responded to pressdotexe
on Tuesday 3 April, 2012 at 06:18
Do you consider yourself softhearted?
You just wanted to see people's reactions to the puppy picture, didn't you?
SnaredJr
responded to pressdotexe
on Tuesday 3 April, 2012 at 06:18
Alternate version of previous question: Do you consider yourself softhearted?
You just didn't want KattyKlepto being all hisssss at you, didn't you?
SnaredJr
responded to aquariusacqn
on Tuesday 3 April, 2012 at 06:49
Anybody wish they didn't get or have powers?
More than a few do.
Not me.
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Tuesday 3 April, 2012 at 07:34
Gideon's answer to softhearted made me think; how closely do you watch yourself? I have the impression that some people, like Kazeno and Snared, observe themselves so carefully that they're almost like two people. Do you analyse your actions very much?
Three people.
The one that does, the one that watches the one that does, and the one that watches the one that watches.
SnaredJr
responded to SetLotus
on Wednesday 4 April, 2012 at 07:05
Set wants to learn a non-English language. Which language should it learn?
Mandarin is useful if you want to interact with the Pacific rim, Italian opens up a lot of art and literature, Greek opens up a lot of archaic science and Spanish is very handy for living in America and communicating with anyone who does work white people consider too hard.
SnaredJr
responded to ColdReading
on Wednesday 4 April, 2012 at 07:15
Do you ever get over heartbreak?
I hope so.
I'd like to imagine that heartache is really just our memories struggling as we get used to them. I know I have negative memories that are never going away - memories that hurt every time they surface and sometimes they'll surface over the weirdest things, like a smell or a sound, unrelated in my conscious mind to the memory, and then I'm back with my teeth set tight.
I haven't had my heart broken, really. But I've seen so much heartbreak - so many dashed hope and dreams, so many broken ideals and idols - that I can't help but hope for those who suffer it to be able to one day walk away from it and treat it as something they remember, but don't re-experience.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Wednesday 4 April, 2012 at 08:09
If you could be shorter, would you be?
A few times, yes. There are some people who I know feel really selfconscious about how tall they are, and I make that feeling worse. Being as big as I am doesn't have any real advantage beyond people regarding it pleasantly.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Wednesday 4 April, 2012 at 08:17
Do you prefer to wake up alone or with someone in your arms?
Sometimes Chell has nightmares. I don't like waking up like that, because it means she had a bad night. I like that she trusts me enough and that I make her feel safe.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Wednesday 4 April, 2012 at 08:25
Three AM, fog drifting through the buildings obscures the streelights and makes them glow like close-up stars. You're sitting on a roof because your shift has been stupid-quiet. While the city sleeps, what do you think?
It's 3AM, and I must be lonely, lonely.
Mostly I think about how the quiet nights are nice. About how the boredom of my work is a sign that people aren't being hurt, killed, stolen from, maced or beaten. It's a sign that the worst things that are happening are happening in hospitals, in operating theatres, in places that I can't control and so I have to deal with them. It's moments like that that make me glad that for all there are problems I can't fix by getting shot at and punching guys in the face, there are teachers, philanthropists, doctors, late-night shelter workers, even just businesses that give over their excess food and stock to people who need that extra help, and that at least at that moment in my life, I can just sit back, relax for a few minutes, and let the people like you help save the world.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Wednesday 4 April, 2012 at 08:41
"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?
There's something about island life that creates such a feeling of separation. Even if the ferries are running all the time, it still is this incredible feeling of alienation when someone moves. They could only be over on Mercy - and I mean, a really strong swimmer could probably clear Sharkhead to Mercy when the currents' going their way, and you could do that on a houseboat - but there's still this moment where you're off the shark and you're not ... anywhere.
It's only a few miles' distance, but it feels like forever. And it's scary. And you ache like hell because they're just there and yet they're definitely not, and you're left feeling like everything you experience is just... waiting for someone to take it away.
It's different here.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Wednesday 4 April, 2012 at 08:42
If you could have a magnet that attracted anything, what would the magnet attract?
Romantic partners, with a knob on it so I could tune it to find all these people I know who so thoroughly deserve love the right person for them. I mean it, some of the boys at the precinct are really quite nice guys, but they're never going to be able to find people right for them.
(Mostly because they're looking for other men, and good luck trying to fly that flag in a police environment, even here in New England.)
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Wednesday 4 April, 2012 at 08:43
You love lots of people, have you ever felt like your heart is so full it may explode?
Sometimes. Not because of the pressure, but because of damage.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Wednesday 4 April, 2012 at 08:47
You go to bed as the sun rises, do you ever miss going to bed as it sets?
In Sharkhead, you'd get whole stretches of time when the furnace was in high production where you didn't see sunrise or sunset. Just this sort of dark cloud of brooding nothing with light behind it, like an angry redness that was reflected back and forth like the eye of sauron.
I haven't really gotten used to the clear distinction, the blue skies, the white clouds. I do kinda miss being able to just walk down the street and see people doing their day-to-day stuff, make me feel connected to the society I'm in, you know?
SnaredJr
responded to Withoutle
on Wednesday 4 April, 2012 at 08:49
Are asymmetrical relationships bad? You know, one where one person in the relationship gives much more than they receives?
Not really, no. Some people have more to give than others. Some of us can't support ourselves. Some of us need the help. Some of us can help. And I don't think anyone should be ashamed of it, and I don't think anyone should feel that they're a bad person because they have to ask for help.
Asymmetrical is not the same thing as unfair.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Wednesday 4 April, 2012 at 08:50
If you have not noticed, I decided to return. Are you happy to see me?
Hope you had fun. Sounds like you did some interesting things.
SnaredJr
responded to rnaway
on Wednesday 4 April, 2012 at 09:21
Define Etoile life and all its trappings, especially for those down on their luck.
The term 'define' has had me squirming here. It's something that should be succinct, something sharp and formal. Something that can be applied to all sorts of different takes on the situation.
I guess I'd say, Etoile life for the poor is about having nothing, and sharing everything you have.
SnaredJr
responded to SetLotus
on Wednesday 4 April, 2012 at 09:43
What are your opinions on slavery. Set is a slave and it is constantly judged and berated for it's station. Is that right?
If you chose it, then that's fine.
It's a concept that has a history. People have been enslaved against their will and that's pretty terrible. For myself, I believe there is no price too high to pay for the privilege of owning oneself.
But that's not what Set feels about being owned, is it?
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Wednesday 4 April, 2012 at 05:17
Does your belief really matter, in the grander scale of things?
No. That's the joy in being pragmatic and observation-driven. The mountains ask not for my belief, just my eyes.
SnaredJr
responded to DubstepHalfLife
on Wednesday 4 April, 2012 at 06:56
So I heard today is Would-you-rather Wednesday. Let's start simple. M&Ms, Skittles, Reese's Pieces, or Spree? You can only pick one.
Well, I've had M&Ms, so let's say them.
SnaredJr
responded to rnaway
on Wednesday 4 April, 2012 at 08:05
This is more of a curiosity. Why doesn't Chell have her own Formspring? She's not like to use it outside of when you're around her anyway and it seems like something she might enjoy! If you don't want to answer publicly that's fine!
You know, I thought about it for a while there, but I didn't want her to have access to it when she was at school (using their computers) to distract her, and on some days (like Tuesday) I don't like her having unfettered access at all.
I guess I should think more about it. I mean, it's something I'm basically refraining from because I'm uncertain. As she grows in responsibility it seems to be the most reasonable thing to do.
SnaredJr
responded to rnaway
on Wednesday 4 April, 2012 at 08:13
Let me know when you want me to start teaching Chell. We'll start at your place so she can learn the balance and what have without any real danger. Are you worried about what might happen to her if I teach her? Be honest.
One of the things she told me about when we first started to live in Atlas was that at night, she'd wake up, afraid, and feel the need to run. And she'd try to run away. A few times, before I started working the shifts I did, I'd catch her and it'd be okay, because she wasn't really awake. It was one of those inexplicable fears, in a lot of ways.
There's a tiny part of my mind that fears that if that fear comes back, she might run, and finding her, catching her, keeping her safe, might become harder. But I also think that that's not a reasonable fear - that you're teaching her a discipline, an art, and part of that brings with it responsibility.
SnaredJr
responded to rnaway
on Wednesday 4 April, 2012 at 08:14
If there were something you could change about the way the PPD works, what would you change and why? Do you think it's possible to see the change you want happen?
A more egalitarian spread across races, cultures and genders. It's very easy for a drug squad that is 99% white to act like of course beaners and the blacks are making and selling all the durgs, and it creates an us-vs-them mentality.
No, I don't, because it would require basically firing everyone then rehiring everyone and the lines aren't blurred enough yet.
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Wednesday 4 April, 2012 at 09:36
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?
I can't not be green, eyeless, mouthless, shirtless and seemingly constructed of angry dinosaurs.
SnaredJr
responded to aquariusacqn
on Wednesday 4 April, 2012 at 10:28
Magic: Mumbo jumbo or real solution to life's problems?
Tool.
SnaredJr
responded to Cloudcollision
on Thursday 5 April, 2012 at 12:47
the lizard lord!
Yes?
SnaredJr
responded to WhatAccent
on Thursday 5 April, 2012 at 01:33
Concerning the Dischord situation, I've posted a video on Youtube...I guess just summing up my thoughts and giving out some apologies on the whole subject.
You're a good one, Elly. I can only hope Chell grows up like you.
SnaredJr
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Thursday 5 April, 2012 at 02:18
((So is anyone else having problems getting their questions? Mine aren't coming in right. I just got one that was asked 9 hours ago, right after I got one that was asked 4 hours ago...))
((Mine are being a bit spastic.))
SnaredJr
responded to rnaway
on Thursday 5 April, 2012 at 04:12
Everyone is afraid of something, whether they want to believe it or not. What is your most mundane fear?
I'm a big brother.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Thursday 5 April, 2012 at 07:56
My big news of the day... I'm gonna be a side-kick! I met a mentor through Hero Corps named Radiation Lass! Squee so excited! I know this isn't a question but pff whatevs.
Hey, congratulations, Calce. I'm really glad to hear it. You're going to keep us updated on all your sidekickery and exploits, right?
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Thursday 5 April, 2012 at 09:27
Throwdown Thursday: Sexy sandals versus thigh high boots
I feel almost like I shouldn't pass an opinion on this, but assuming we're talking about things to look at on other people, thigh high boots.
SnaredJr
responded to ColdReading
on Thursday 5 April, 2012 at 09:28
What do you consider the thing that regulates your day? Do you react to the time on a clock, the position of th sun, the routine of a workday, the whims of a friend?
A work schedule, a school schedule, a medical schedule and a circadian rhythm.
SnaredJr
responded to shrikespikes
on Thursday 5 April, 2012 at 09:28
What's the strongest power?
Apathy. It wins a lot.
SnaredJr
responded to Hellwhip
on Thursday 5 April, 2012 at 09:53
Heading back to Ohio on Friday for Easter. Anyone else have plans for the holiday weekend?
Don't get one.
SnaredJr
responded to Cloudcollision
on Thursday 5 April, 2012 at 08:42
What do you do when your head gets stuck and you can't do what you have to do? I have 49 hours to do it right.
I hope this works
I bought a watch from a crazy man floating down the canal it doesn't use numbers and moving hands it always just says now now you might think that I was had but this watch is never wrong and if I had trouble the warranty said breathe in, breathe out, move on.
Whatever it is, you can get it done. Don't focus on how long it'll take or on how long you have. When you start to get worried about those things just breathe in, breathe out, and move on.
I'm sorry if this doesn't help.
SnaredJr
responded to Luvncupcake
on Thursday 5 April, 2012 at 08:45
Do you think true love exists out there? Why or why not? No simple answers! Tell it straight.
I don't believe in eternities or absolutes or some cosmic force. I think that everything that exists is enough, and so there doesn't need to be some vast destiny for a thing to be beautiful or wonderful.
The idea of True Love is frustrating to me because man, I wish it was true. I wish I had some proof, I wish I had that big buddy idea backing me up so that I could look at these people who I love and who I want to be happy and could say they WILL find what they want, that they WILL get the joy that they think is what's missing in their life.
I can't do that, though, because I don't have any proof of it, and that sucks for me. It can mean that I'm just flat-out wrong about some things. Who's to say that someone I reject doesn't wind up becoming so heartbroken that they never try again and that I really was the last chance they had to be happy?
It's a rotten subject, just like death and I wish I didn't think about it much.
SnaredJr
responded to SovereignFist
on Thursday 5 April, 2012 at 11:39
Have you ever helped a person, just to have the situation return to normal within a short time? Did this frustrate you?
Yes.
Regularly.
It's part of the job. And the life. And of growing.
SnaredJr
responded to ArielAblaze
on Thursday 12 April, 2012 at 06:18
(( Lunchtime Poll Topic: Should CoH make more use of the utility belt as a plot device? It's hardly ever mentioned in the Lore. Or is it too played a concept? ))
(("And with a jump, Jack was free."
I don't see why not. CoX already copies most of the stupid and bad ideas from comic books.))
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Thursday 12 April, 2012 at 06:18
(( In your RP, how effective is the medi-porter system? ))
((Effective enough.))
SnaredJr
responded to Luvncupcake
on Thursday 12 April, 2012 at 06:19
((Welp. Funny how someone tells me of a heating pad for my cat. He's 15+ and has bad arthritis in his hind legs. This should oughta help the poor fella out. Do you guys have any pets? Show a picture if you can!))
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Thursday 12 April, 2012 at 06:20
Marriage. Has it lost it's meaning? Has divorce become too easy to obtain? Should marriage mean forever?
I don't understand why this country fetishises a promise to one another quite so much that you have people assuring one another that it is, in some or many ways, responsible for the breakdown of the moral fabric of society.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Thursday 12 April, 2012 at 06:21
What do you know, but cannot prove?
"A great deal more is known than has been proved. " - Richard Feynman
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Thursday 12 April, 2012 at 09:33
How high profile are you?
I have no idea.
SnaredJr
responded to Coryismedamnit
on Thursday 12 April, 2012 at 11:29
How or why did you find that? Honestly.
I have a little sister who fancies herself an artist, who occasionally do things like draw on superheroes, take pictures with her phone, then upload them into a gallery. Apparently, part of this involves googling the names at school, and THATbrings to her attention fan websites. And fan websites bring about what it was you saw.
SnaredJr
responded to shrikespikes
on Friday 13 April, 2012 at 04:30
Are you impressionable?
You tell me.
SnaredJr
responded to CareAndControl
on Friday 13 April, 2012 at 03:14
I gotta ask this. Why would you have a military force under the control of outside forces (no matter how benevolent NATO or the UN are on paper) overseeing US policemen? I may not be the PPD's biggest fan but if anything, shouldn't they do the watching?
I wouldn't.
It came up in conversation with Kazeno that everyone's IA is terrible. The suggestion of EA was tabled.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Saturday 14 April, 2012 at 01:31
(Real quick q! I have a claws/ea stalker in mind, Vanguard blades = psionic. I am however, conflicted that it'd be 'too much' considering I play Aglow who is already a psionic type. Would it be too repetitive, you think?)
((We all evoke themes we like, we all have things we like. I play almost exclusively romantic males, for example. I regularly play with themes of surprisingly intellectual people without educated backgrounds, too.
'Psionic'? Christ. You're talking about a power origin. Trust me, you'll be fine. The trick is not in how she is similar to Aglow but in how she is different. And there is where character is found.))
SnaredJr
responded to Crowsflight
on Saturday 14 April, 2012 at 09:10
Hello. I see that you're an immigrant as well. Is there any special red tape or procedure that metahuman immigrants have to follow? I'm new here in Paragon and want to make sure that I do things by the book.
In my case I'm something of a weird special case because I'm an immigrant from a country that's technically at war with the United States. Or isn't. It's very, very thorny and for further discussion as to the legal state of immigration between the US and Etoile, I can direct you to myself and @TrulyKazeno. For the better part with ourselves, the US has a stance that they don't WANT us coming over here, but now that we're HERE, they might as well have some procedure for how to handle us.
Under the CCFA, though, there's clause for what they call an Expidited Green Card, a utility effect that indicates if you're willing to do crime-fighting work, and if you're not under any outstanding warrants, then they give you a green card.
The nastier part of it is that as long as you're white, you're probably never going to be bothered by this at all. In my case, my immigration status was finally called to a head when a blood test showed my sister hadn't been immunised - it would be very, very easy to just pass, if you don't need to explicitly interact with government services that ask you to check. And even then, a white, fluent person will just coast on by just fine.
Obviously I'm not in favour of illegal immigrants because, well, you know, cop, but if I have the right read and you're from England, you should be fine. Emigration forms are available from a number of places near the airports and docks, being a coastal city and all. I think the hotline is in the front page of the phonebook.
If you have your own means, if you're educated or employed, you should be able to emigrate very quickly, and citizenship can be earned very easily after that point as part of the legal process of immigration. It's not like Texas or Arizona where the porous border has the immigration department tightly monitoring every single extra legal immigrant.
SnaredJr
responded to Crowsflight
on Saturday 14 April, 2012 at 09:26
Why do you like the summer? (Even if you hate the summer, you must think of at least ONE thing you like about it. No cheating!)
I'm only just becoming acquainted with what summer IS!
SnaredJr
responded to Crowsflight
on Saturday 14 April, 2012 at 09:26
What's your favorite kind of non-alcoholic drink?
I really like the taste of clean cool water.
SnaredJr
responded to Crowsflight
on Saturday 14 April, 2012 at 09:27
What's your favorite kind of alcoholic drink?
Don't know, haven't sampled. I figure I'll have time enough for that when being drunk might not lead to me being thrown out of the country.
SnaredJr
responded to Crowsflight
on Saturday 14 April, 2012 at 09:27
What is your favorite musical instrument?
They're all wonderful. Chell is still trying to get me to learn the bass and the flute.
SnaredJr
responded to Crowsflight
on Saturday 14 April, 2012 at 09:29
For those of us with extraordinary talents - metahumans and the like - When did you discover your talent? How? What was the first thing you did purposefully with it?
Galaxy City, 2011. I got Chell to a shelter.
SnaredJr
responded to Crowsflight
on Saturday 14 April, 2012 at 07:05
Is there a way to upload more pictures to one's gallery without making it one's profile picture?
The way I did it was I uploaded all the pictures I wanted to have in my gallery, then re-uploaded the one I wanted to be my profile picture. THEN I went back and deleted the original profile picture, because there were two in the gallery.
SnaredJr
responded to Crowsflight
on Saturday 14 April, 2012 at 07:05
I have a lot of people on my friends list that I added because they are from Paragon and the Rogue Isles. So, new friends, tell me an interesting fact about yourself. It can be anything!
I'm a big brother.
SnaredJr
responded to Crowsflight
on Saturday 14 April, 2012 at 07:06
I heard about Galaxy City on the news when it happened, it was one of the things that prompted me to come to Paragon. Today, however, I learned that the entire place is on lockdown and it's very difficult to go in and help. Is there anything I can do?
About Galaxy City?
You can volunteer at shelters, you can contribute to reconstruction, you can work to clear out the refugee criminal problem that's cropping up in Atlas Park.
SnaredJr
responded to Crowsflight
on Saturday 14 April, 2012 at 07:07
Where do you see yourself in ten years?
Attending Chell's graduation and glaring stonefacedly at the gaggle of boys and girls who sigh longingly after her when she gets up on stage to receive her master's.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Saturday 14 April, 2012 at 07:12
How would you describe the sound of your own voice? Alternatively, is there anyone that you know yourself to sound like when speaking? If someone were to impersonate you, in voice alone, who would it be?
Apparently, I sound a bit like Goliath from Gargoyles.
SnaredJr
responded to someusernameher
on Saturday 14 April, 2012 at 07:12
So a spider just landed very very near me and naturally I threw a fit ((and knocked poor lappy on the floor )). What has been your worst encounter with a spider? Why are they so damned scary anyways?
((Hey, Eva, google 'Australian Huntsman Spider' sometime. =D ))
SnaredJr
responded to MonkeyLass
on Sunday 15 April, 2012 at 05:29
Sun Wumei plans in advance! This tuesday, she shall go out and clobber the evil out of countless villainous types! What are you planning on doing this tuesday?
You're not the real Sun Wumei!
SnaredJr
responded to jillwilliamson
on Sunday 15 April, 2012 at 06:41
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?
I mostly fight with a set of claws made out of bone that are about sixteen inches long.
Yes, I do have to be careful.
SnaredJr
responded to SabrinaSaint
on Sunday 15 April, 2012 at 11:09
Did you go to college or university? Are you currently enrolled in post-secondary education? What is your major?
Nope. I was a few years into a broad 'medical' degree in the Etoile when we moved.
SnaredJr
responded to SabrinaSaint
on Sunday 15 April, 2012 at 11:20
When you were a child, what did you aspire to be when you grew up? What do you do now? Do you have any regrets?
A doctor.
I'm a big brother.
No.
SnaredJr
responded to SabrinaSaint
on Sunday 15 April, 2012 at 11:27
When you finish reading something you loved, do you pass the book on to a friend? Or do you keep it in your personal library?
I don't have the time to read a lot, unfortunately.
SnaredJr
responded to SabrinaSaint
on Sunday 15 April, 2012 at 11:27
What are you reading right now?
Not enough!
SnaredJr
responded to beatmyhighscore
on Monday 16 April, 2012 at 03:59
Right now, do you feel like you're more the predator or the prey? Interpret this how you like.
Never prey.
SnaredJr
responded to shrikespikes
on Monday 16 April, 2012 at 06:30
Who's someone in your life--anyone--who doesn't use this service, but you wish they did?
Occasionally, VERY occasionally, I will think it'd be nice to let Chell have her own voice here.
Then Tuesday arrives.
SnaredJr
responded to WhatAccent
on Monday 16 April, 2012 at 06:31
To whom it concerns: Dischord is ready to speak and answer any questions you have, assuming that her show of good faith has been noted, and her focus has been retrieved from Katty--Who really needs to give it to Ani or Mr. Snared if you haven't already!
That is strange, I had all those things set up for Katty to do the trade. I could have sworn we took care of that.
SnaredJr
responded to Hellwhip
on Monday 16 April, 2012 at 07:59
How do you stay in shape? Running? Dodging bullets? Bench-pressing trucks?
I'm required by physical duties to put in an hour every day at the PPD gym. Fortunately, they have things that can be dialled up to meet my needs.
SnaredJr
responded to Crowsflight
on Monday 16 April, 2012 at 05:05
I have only been in Paragon a few days and I've already suffered a break. I guess now I understand why my family is so protective. Have we got any other metahumans here with hollow bones? How do you deal with it? How do you prevent it?
I don't and I haven't, but I do understand protective family.
SnaredJr
responded to StanSadosky
on Monday 16 April, 2012 at 05:13
It is a really beautiful day outside. Would you rather wake up to sunshine and singing birds, or rolling thunder and pattering rain?
I wake up in the midafternoon most days. Sunlight is fleeting and unnecessary for a day to be filled with joy.
On the other hand, beat work in the rain can be awfully annoying.
SnaredJr
on Monday 16 April, 2012 at 07:48
I'm curious as to how many of my followers are truly bi-/multi-lingual. (Ability to speak, read, and write; not merely speak a few words here and there) If so, what is/are the other language(s)?
Ich spreche Deutsch, obwohl ich gesagt, bin ich wie ein alter Mann klingen. Sono un po 'più fluente in italiano.Française était en fait une étude plus classique - il ya beaucoup de monuments anciens et des ghettos à Cap Au où il est parlé en tant que deuxième langue commune, pour séparer le à partir du dehors.
Of course, I'm told I speak all languages in a way that would make the native speakers of their countries blush. Overtly formal and proper, and prone to mixing synonyms. I figure it's just Etoile corruption.
SnaredJr
responded to pressdotexe
on Monday 16 April, 2012 at 07:48
How often do you use the delete-all function in your inbox?
I don't. I delete every question individually, as if to do them some more respect.
SnaredJr
responded to pressdotexe
on Monday 16 April, 2012 at 07:53
You're coming up on 1,000 responses. Did you plan on asking everyone for memorable questions?
I wasn't planning on it, because if you plan on it, you wind up getting a thousand questions of AveMaria.
That said, this is 990. So I guess, I hope people can send me ten really good ones?
SnaredJr
responded to KattyKlepto
on Tuesday 17 April, 2012 at 02:48
I don't have a very fixed schedule or routine, but some people do! What are your schedules or routines? Be as detailed as you can be, including times if your routine or schedule is regular enough for that!
I've given you enough clues.
SnaredJr
responded to juusan
on Tuesday 17 April, 2012 at 06:22
What would make you change your place in the world?
Last time, it was an Arachnos flier and my father, hand on the door, saying 'Now.'
SnaredJr
responded to Crowsflight
on Tuesday 17 April, 2012 at 08:01
Sorry for all the questions about dating, I'm just sort of find out things are rather different here...
That puts me in mind of a question or two.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Tuesday 17 April, 2012 at 11:54
I imagine most of us are indebted a great teacher at some point during our lives. If you had to pick one, who was that person, and what did they teach you? What made them so great to you?
I'm a little ashamed to say that I don't really have any teacher in my life to whom I can point and talk about what positive things they did. It just seems like I should be able to, given how much education is important in my life.
SnaredJr
responded to Wingmate
on Tuesday 17 April, 2012 at 10:31
What is a smell that brings back a very strong memory for you?
Burning bacon.
SnaredJr
responded to Withoutle
on Tuesday 17 April, 2012 at 11:56
what does the term 'established hero group sponsorship' mean to you?
I'm wondering if there's a trick question here.
It's about having sponsorhsip from an established hero group.
SnaredJr
responded to Luvncupcake
on Wednesday 18 April, 2012 at 01:36
Who would you sacrifice your life in order to protect them?
I'm a big brother.
And you mean 'for whom would you sacrifice your life in order to protect?'
SnaredJr
responded to CareAndControl
on Wednesday 18 April, 2012 at 07:40
If you were a taste, which would you be?
Bittersweet and salty.
SnaredJr
responded to Crowsflight
on Wednesday 18 April, 2012 at 08:42
Bad girls or good girls?
Women.
SnaredJr
responded to jillwilliamson
on Wednesday 18 April, 2012 at 08:42
People ask a lot about costumes or regular outfits around here, and I think today's my day to do that: Do you have a style you stick with in your looks? Are you form over function, or do looks not matter so long as you can wear the utility belt and armor?
I really don't have the option.
SnaredJr
responded to Withoutle
on Wednesday 18 April, 2012 at 10:03
what's something I do I shouldn't be doing
I'm looking at this question and more and more I think you're asking it because you think it's the question you should always be asking.
SnaredJr
responded to beatmyhighscore
on Wednesday 18 April, 2012 at 05:29
Love or sex, which one do you think is more important?
Your question leaves me convinced you've never felt loved, AND never masturbated.
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Wednesday 18 April, 2012 at 05:30
For the less heroic people on here...what do you think of the heroes that won't kill? Why?
To summarise what I said to you: I do not mind heroes who refuse to kill. I mind heroes who regard killing as something antithetical to the idea of heroes.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Wednesday 18 April, 2012 at 05:30
To ask something slightly less philosophical and more physical:
In a pitched battle, where do you prefer to be? Why?
In the middle of it all, a hissing, unkillable wrecking ball that's being shot so others don't have to be.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Wednesday 18 April, 2012 at 05:33
Most questions here are devoted to interests; turning that on its head is there anything that you are thoroughly disinterested in? If so, what is it?
Well, if something doesn't interest me in a question I just delete it. More broadly, though, I'm not particularly interested in arguing religion with people. I'm not very interested in listening to people who don't respect women. I'm just not very interested in football or baseball and I still don't know why, because those sports are utterly impenetrable to me.
SnaredJr
responded to Luvncupcake
on Wednesday 18 April, 2012 at 05:34
I think its very important to love and to be proud of yourself in order to pass that love onto others. Is there something about you that you hate? If not, what is it about yourself you can be proud of, despite your own personal flaws?
I'm a big brother.
I also apparently need to make my 'No' louder and clearer and more prominent.
SnaredJr
responded to KyleSands
on Wednesday 18 April, 2012 at 05:35
As the counterpoint to Stheras' question: What do you think of heroes who do kill?
I think it's not a simple issue and anyone who says 'never' or 'always' probably is trying to sell me something about their own emotional state.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Wednesday 18 April, 2012 at 10:57
You going to make a habit of these kinds of gifts? I could get used to it.
I bring my friends meals, I listen to their woes, I share with them the tiny amount of free time I have. When I find gifts that a person would like, I give them.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Thursday 19 April, 2012 at 08:40
I have only been here a short time, so I apologize if this is a repeat question. What's the nicest thing anyone has ever done for you? Or, if you prefer, what is the nicest thing you believe you have done for someone else?
Emperically, the single nicest thing that's been done for me is a friend bought me a home.
The nicest thing I think I've ever done for anyone else? I don't even know. It's hard to know what's actually nice. I mean, am I actually nice to people? Am I just sticking with some imperative? Am I just trying to manipulate people into THINKING I'm nice? Am I really being mean to people by being nice?
I don't think I can say. I have done some things for people that I think of as nice. Hopefully they have worked out okay.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Thursday 19 April, 2012 at 10:05
Do you trust me?
Yes.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Thursday 19 April, 2012 at 10:05
Do you prefer to blend in or stand out?
I'm seven feet four with white-blonde hair and a voice that sounds like Thor gargling a hammer. How would I know what blending in is like?
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Thursday 19 April, 2012 at 10:05
If you could change one existing law or pass one new law, what would it be? Why?
The filibuster.
SnaredJr
responded to someusernameher
on Thursday 19 April, 2012 at 10:55
Lunchtime Poll Topic: Long-Distance Relationships? What do you think? Can they work? (( a little early today cause I have a thing I gotta do over lunch ))
Yes.
((My father and my mother were a long-distance, pen-and-paper relationship, and they've been together for some forty-five years.))
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Thursday 19 April, 2012 at 07:52
If you and I were gonna go do something fun, what would we do?
Hang out with Chell in the park.
Yes, this is me relying on Chell to provide fun.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Thursday 19 April, 2012 at 07:53
If you had to pick one of the 22 major arcana cards from a Tarot deck which one do you think would represent you best?
Temperance.
SnaredJr
responded to innocuus
on Thursday 19 April, 2012 at 08:24
Being very hard to kill, do you think that puts a wall between you and the more fragile physically vulnerable side of the species?
Only if I make a point of it.
On the other hand, I'm absolutely confident I could give you a hug and be completely safe. So in other ways, it tugs down other walls.
SnaredJr
responded to R1062
on Friday 20 April, 2012 at 12:15
When you're afraid, what gives you the strength to get through it?
I'm a big brother.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Friday 20 April, 2012 at 01:18
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Giving blood's pretty rewarding, isn't it?
SnaredJr
responded to R1062
on Friday 20 April, 2012 at 01:41
Do you ever have problems with your symbiote? Does it ever want more control than it has?
I guess I'd have to explore what 'problems' are. It inhibits my communication when it's active, but it doesn't really ever want anything. It just exists, and when I'm wearing it, it inhibits my mental function. It hasn't gotten to the point where it's trying to encourage its own use.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Friday 20 April, 2012 at 06:30
Can you do me a favor? There's a kid named Carcer that's been in lockup for like a week. Aren't there laws that dictate people must be given a speedy trial and not held without reason? Can you look into this for me please?
Sure, will do. I think @TrulyKazeno can help me out about this one, Calce.
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Friday 20 April, 2012 at 12:09
Do you tell your best friend everything?
No, I'm afraid I don't. Which is mean, but so much information is in my life that is confidential, and I know she wouldn't want me breaking the rules for her sake.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Friday 20 April, 2012 at 12:42
When was the last time you made a major change to your hairstyle? Why did you decide to change it?
The last time I made a major change was never. It's always just grown to a length that was tolerable then gotten cut off.
The last major change someone else made was April 3rd when my little sister and Faige took advantage of my sleeping form and dyed my hair powder blue.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Friday 20 April, 2012 at 12:53
Assuming they exist and are viable options for you, would you rather go to heaven or hell? Where do you think you would end up? Why? Serious and silly answers are equally appreciated.
Well, I can't arrest god without going to where he lives.
SnaredJr
responded to jillwilliamson
on Saturday 21 April, 2012 at 04:29
Just listened to this song and realized how funny it is - not because of the jerk that the guy is, but because he reminded me of who I was before I grew into the changes that happened to me. I was this bad, and it's silly. Any songs like this one for you?
This, incidentally, is why I'm against Chell getting a tattoo. Because I think about what I was like ten years ago, and I was a moron, so I can't imagine me, in ten years, is going to think too highly of me now.
SnaredJr
responded to shrikespikes
on Saturday 21 April, 2012 at 04:31
How do you deal with people trying to take advantage of you?
I'll let you know if I find any of them.
SnaredJr
responded to ColdReading
on Saturday 21 April, 2012 at 10:24
Have you encountered any of your fans, your interested parties? Do they bother you? Have they ever done anything that you've felt proud of, or interested in?
I don't think I've ever met anyone who knew of what I did. Ever. Kazeno's fan-site has some stories that feature me, but really, I think by definition those are Kazeno's fans, not mine.
SnaredJr
responded to ColdReading
on Saturday 21 April, 2012 at 10:24
How many people can enter the room before you get uncomfortable?
When I can't move without putting my foot on someone else'se or my hand near someone else's butt.
SnaredJr
responded to ColdReading
on Saturday 21 April, 2012 at 10:26
What's so unfair?
From time to time I reflect that I'm not only healthy, despite all the things I've done that are mean, petty, selfish and spiteful, and healthy beyond all normal human means of health, and that my sister who is by all accounts a pretty fantastic person still has to measure out syrup before she sleeps. That doesn't seem very fair.
SnaredJr
responded to ColdReading
on Saturday 21 April, 2012 at 10:28
Do you tip much? By what metric do you tip?
I am not very good at this which has made eating out with a friend super useful. I mimic their tip.
SnaredJr
responded to ColdReading
on Saturday 21 April, 2012 at 10:29
Do you consider yourself a romantic, believing in a true, singular love that you're waiting to find, or have found?
No.
I think that romance, love, true love, is something we create within ourselves and share with the people we know and meet. I think that most people know what true love is because they see two other people in love and realise 'that, that, I want that.' And that's how true love shares and spreads itself.
But it's an idea, something human, something internal and created. It's the ultimate and most pure gift.
SnaredJr
responded to someusernameher
on Saturday 21 April, 2012 at 11:21
OMG!! It'll be Prom Night in just a few hours! What was your Prom like? What was the theme? Did you have a totally amazing time?
This is an American thing. Didn't have one, sorry.
SnaredJr
responded to someusernameher
on Sunday 22 April, 2012 at 03:59
So Prom was super mega fantabulous spetaculamongo!!! I'm back home, safe and sound so don't nobody worry. So tired tho and my legs are sore from dancing so much. So, what's a really great way to wind down?
Work for twelve hours!
SnaredJr
responded to rnaway
on Sunday 22 April, 2012 at 04:00
Is there something I can do for you (and Chell, she can answer separately if she wants) to thank you for offering us a place to live? Can we still come visit, too?
Of course you can come visit, that's a given.
And honestly, you can't 'do' anything for me, but offer a space for those who will need it in the future. Pay it forwards, you know? Faige helped me. I helped you. You'lll help everyone.
Chell wants to draw on Hewa.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Sunday 22 April, 2012 at 07:26
What's the coolest thing about your powers?
I tan completely evenly?
I mean, that's the thing I think most people would recard as 'cool.' Some folk dig the hissing scaly thing though.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Sunday 22 April, 2012 at 07:26
If you and a group of your friends were gonna go on a road trip, where would you go?
A responsible trip down to the library, where we can return in time to attend all work-and-school related obligations tomorrow without concern!
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Sunday 22 April, 2012 at 07:27
If you could send a year in any country of the world, where would it be?
Hopefully, America, followed by many more.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Sunday 22 April, 2012 at 07:27
What's your favorite fairy tale.
St George and the Dragon.
SnaredJr
responded to Crowsflight
on Sunday 22 April, 2012 at 08:39
If you had the ability to turn invisible, what would you do with it?
I do.
I mostly use it to hunt in combat scenarios and make sure engagements happen directed away from friendly targets.
SnaredJr
responded to Crowsflight
on Sunday 22 April, 2012 at 08:39
If you could have one of your senses be a "super" sense, which sense would it be?
One is. My sense of smell. This never ever ever comes up.
SnaredJr
responded to Crowsflight
on Sunday 22 April, 2012 at 08:39
Do you have any irrational fears?
No, wholly rational ones.
SnaredJr
responded to Crowsflight
on Sunday 22 April, 2012 at 08:39
If you have a pet, what would you ask your pet?
Chell can ask Dario anything she wants.
(This is me, getting an evil look from Dario's sister.)
SnaredJr
responded to Crowsflight
on Sunday 22 April, 2012 at 08:53
You seem like someone who would move the world for those you love. That's extremely respectable, but does it get tiring?
Well, sometimes, but there is a secret. There's this trick to how I'm able to do it, how I'm able to keep coming back, to keep trying, even when I'm getting ground under.
See...
I'm a big brother.
SnaredJr
responded to Crowsflight
on Sunday 22 April, 2012 at 08:53
What's the funniest colour your hair has been?
Pink.
SnaredJr
responded to Crowsflight
on Sunday 22 April, 2012 at 08:53
I would like to meet you in person some time. Is that doable?
Sure! My schedule is a total mess, but I'm sure I can find some time.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Sunday 22 April, 2012 at 07:52
Do you think that there are questions that exist that we are better off not seeking the answer to? If so, why?
The cure for ignorance is never more ignorance.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Monday 23 April, 2012 at 08:08
Meetings this morning... blaaah. Someone give me something to make me smile!
You left with my sunglasses.
SnaredJr
responded to Crowsflight
on Monday 23 April, 2012 at 08:15
It was a pleasure meeting you in person. We must do that again some time.
Was a pleasure. And do take that advice! A broken bone is no fun.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Monday 23 April, 2012 at 09:07
How long can you go without sex?
How long CAN I? probably forever.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Monday 23 April, 2012 at 05:28
What's the best thing about where you live right now? What makes it so great to you?
The art on the walls, the tabletops, occasionally the floor.
SnaredJr
responded to aquariusacqn
on Monday 23 April, 2012 at 08:18
How well do you need to know a person before you're comfortable with taking them to bed?
I'm very flattered, but you're not my type.
SnaredJr
responded to laylaward
on Monday 23 April, 2012 at 09:57
How do you deal with break-ups?
Generally speaking I make a point to not change. I have work to do, a sister to take care of, and a life to lead. It's painful, sure, but you can operate despite the pain. If you can't, if a person's affection is so important, so vital to you that it does shut you down, then you have a bigger problem that you'd need to deal with.
So I'm still there. I still see them, I still hang out with them. I help, I laugh, I share my life. Because the only result from that change should be an autumnal sadness at what could have been, rather than a wracking pain at what is not any more.
SnaredJr
responded to someusernameher
on Tuesday 24 April, 2012 at 01:32
So a morality question: Your bank accidentally put $718.92 in your checking account. Do you tell them? Why or why not?
You tell them, because it's the right thing to do. More banally, because they'll cornhole you when they notice.
SnaredJr
responded to Enerjack
on Tuesday 24 April, 2012 at 04:05
When's your bed time? Are you a morning, afternoon, or evening person? What's the best way to signal to yourself that you want to go to bed, many read and doze off?
Up at three most days, nap if I can get one, work till six, home at seven, breakfast with Chell. I feel like I've said this a lot.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Tuesday 24 April, 2012 at 08:37
TMI Tueday! What's the grossest thing you've ever had to see a doctor for?
Suspicion of an STD.
I didn't have it, and neither did she. Turns out father just wanted to freak me out into using protection so he planted pectin in my dinner.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Tuesday 24 April, 2012 at 09:52
Do you consider yourself a good judge of character? Why or why not?
No, I don't, I really don't. I'm too suspicious of people, I'm too trusting with women, I am very, very bad at recognising the signals I put out for people, and I think every fourteen year old is just waiting to do something terrible either to or with my sister.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Tuesday 24 April, 2012 at 09:53
Yesterday's question on admirable qualities brought a lot of answers, but honesty was the most popular answer by far. What do you think makes it so admirable a quality to so many?
It's one of the three keys to getting girls to like you. Be patient, be honest, listen.
SnaredJr
responded to someusernameher
on Tuesday 24 April, 2012 at 07:43
Lunchtime Poll Topic: Home Schooling - Pro? Con? Why?
(( this can be for Metas only or not, feel free to interpret. If I don't get into the charter, I'm prob getting the home school so I've heard. TMI? It /is/ Tuesday! ))
((I'm nominally against homeschooling, because parents aren't capable of creating an acceptable reaction to a curriculum - the educational standards they had when they were of education age have moved on. And my mother's a teacher. On the other hand, the public education in your state routinely scrapes 49th out of 50, doesn't have microscopes or biology, and is only slightly less Texan in its politicisation, so...))
SnaredJr
responded to pressdotexe
on Tuesday 24 April, 2012 at 10:35
So I'm in Australia right now for a stopover, and it's Anzac day. That's basically their Memorial day. I'm thinking about our Australian friend Wing, and how I miss him. So here's a song and a question too; what do you think of other country's traditions?
SnaredJr
responded to WhatAccent
on Wednesday 25 April, 2012 at 07:33
Dischord has her focus back, and now I'm feeling pretty great. Ever felt like an unidentifiable piece of you was missing, only to get it back and feel complete?
I wish I could give you a meaningful anecdote. I can't. Everything I've lost, every hole in my life, I know what's missing and I know why I can't have it.
SnaredJr
responded to WhatAccent
on Wednesday 25 April, 2012 at 07:36
Bacon and cheese omelet with bacon on the side and a big glass of orange juice! What'd you have for breakfast today?
Roast beef, peas, carrots, corn and some potatoes.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Wednesday 25 April, 2012 at 08:19
If you were forced to leave everything and everyone you currently have behind, what or who would you miss the most and why?
The only possible way this happens is for Chell's sake. And then, Chell.
SnaredJr
responded to Hellwhip
on Wednesday 25 April, 2012 at 08:20
When someone betrays you, revenge or forgiveness?
You can't do both?
SnaredJr
responded to Hellwhip
on Wednesday 25 April, 2012 at 08:21
How do you handle the death of a friend? Are you ever just grateful it wasn't you?
When it was one of the random deaths in the Etoile? Yes, gratitude was it. You couldn't get revenge. In some cases it was just like being struck down by the damn plague. It just happened.
SnaredJr
responded to WhatAccent
on Wednesday 25 April, 2012 at 08:21
And now we're crashing because we've run out of energy. What time do you go to bed?
Usually eight thirty, nine AM.
SnaredJr
responded to Crowsflight
on Wednesday 25 April, 2012 at 08:33
I'm booked to play an open air concert with the quartet in May, would you and your sister like the two free tickets I have?
Oh, you're a cellist, yes? I imagine that'd be quite appreciated.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Wednesday 25 April, 2012 at 05:39
Do you prefer to work solo or work as part of a team? Why do you feel that way?
My typical position is in the front of a group; sometimes protecting it, sometimes distracting fire from it, and sometimes just dragging it behind me like a tractor. As for why, because Snared is not well-suited to delicate work.
It might surprise people, such as Kazeno, just how stealthy I can be if I have an infiltration target, though.
SnaredJr
responded to someusernameher
on Wednesday 25 April, 2012 at 10:53
My favorite "Up and Away Burger" is the veggie delite. Which one is your favorite?
That is just adorable.
SnaredJr
responded to rnaway
on Wednesday 25 April, 2012 at 11:04
Tell me something about people you've met recently. Something that made you happy, or confused, or just more Ryker! It can be more than one person if you don't wish to single out one.
First, I think that you could sell bumperstickers that say 'Just More Ryker.'
Recently, I've met @acerbate and @Crowsflight, and curiously, the thing that they both made me think was how nice they were, and how much like who they say they are that they are. Acerbate is as Acerbate as she could possibly be, and Amelia seems to lack all guile and deceit.
SnaredJr
responded to KattyKlepto
on Thursday 26 April, 2012 at 12:52
I went to Rome and found all this stuff and more! And now I'm in this place with all these alien thingies and it all looks so awesome and great and I can't wait to find it all. What's the best thing that you found on holiday? People don't count.
What's a holiday?
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Thursday 26 April, 2012 at 12:54
How easily can you come up with $2,500 in two days?
I'd have to beg all my friends, and I'd have to put up the apartment as collateral, but I think I could do it. Just barely. I don't think I could do it twice.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Thursday 26 April, 2012 at 02:21
Do you vote?
Can't. Not a citizen.
SnaredJr
responded to Crowsflight
on Thursday 26 April, 2012 at 08:04
If you could take me to one of your favorite places on Etoile, where would you take me?
There's a place they call the Volkswagon, out in St Martial, which is an old 5th column land-tank that was too big to move. They abandoned it a while ago and it's mostly just a landmark. It's very impressive and I remember visiting there with people in the past, making our way through family territory and just walking casually up to this enormous, festooned device, enormous and hewn in steel, as it's slowly reclaimed by the moss and the rust and the grass.
SnaredJr
responded to Crowsflight
on Thursday 26 April, 2012 at 08:12
Do you ever feel selfish? Why?
Sometimes. I feel at times that it would just be the best job in the world if there weren't assaults, battered wives, confidence trickers, drunkards, embezzlers, fraudsters, grifters, hucksters, idiots, jailbreakers, killers, lechers, massacres, organ-thieves, pedophiles, quitters, ripoff-merchants, scheisters, thieves, usurpers, violence, wankers, xenocidals, yahoos and Zex. Well, okay, no, Zex is actually quite cool. But still. The rest of them.
The thing is, I can't change any of those things.
Sometimes, when it comes to my tastes? I feel very selfish. I know there are people who wished I liked things differently - Chell hates how much salad I like, for example - so I try to make concessions. But really, when someone says to me 'tell me what you like' I can't think of anything. I wish I could. It's such a pain because it makes me feel like I'm wasting their effort, their care.
SnaredJr
responded to Crowsflight
on Thursday 26 April, 2012 at 08:16
Do you consider yourself to be one of the good guys?
The last time I crashed on a friend's couch, I brought my own shampoo and conditioner and cooked them breakfast.
I don't know if I'm quite Good Guy Ryker. But I am trying to be as good a person as I can be.
SnaredJr
responded to Crowsflight
on Thursday 26 April, 2012 at 08:16
If you could have anything, what would it be?
Health and safety for everyone.
SnaredJr
responded to Crowsflight
on Thursday 26 April, 2012 at 08:17
What do you miss from Etoile?
Clear lines. You really know where you stand in the Etoile. Scrapyarders don't go sneaking around pretending to be family. Arachnos don't pretend to be fifth. Oh, some people try, but it always ends badly, and quickly.
SnaredJr
responded to Crowsflight
on Thursday 26 April, 2012 at 08:17
Are you happy?
Oh yes. I'm a big brother.
SnaredJr
on Thursday 26 April, 2012 at 08:27
SnaredJr
on Thursday 26 April, 2012 at 08:28
SnaredJr
on Thursday 26 April, 2012 at 08:28
SnaredJr
responded to AGreenDragon
on Thursday 26 April, 2012 at 09:33
I was at a construction site and they were digging up a road and there was so much stuff under there! Did you know underground in cities was so complex and interesting?
I did. There's actually a sewer network you can investigate if you're curious.
SnaredJr
responded to someusernameher
on Thursday 26 April, 2012 at 10:10
How much allowance should a very smart and responsible teen girl get to help cover minor personal expenses every week? Do you think an allowance is a good idea at all?
(Exactly what your parents say it should currently be )-$5
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Thursday 26 April, 2012 at 07:33
How big is your family?
Two, five, seven or seven billion.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Friday 27 April, 2012 at 03:54
After your forced term, do you plan to continue to be in the PPD, or are you moving onto something else once you see your Citizenship?
This is a topic they don't like me talking about in public, but as it stands, I'm going to have to evaluate it based on Chell's school needs. In two years' time she'll be planning on colleges. Chances are, we might move to San Francisco or the like? But I don't know.
Currently, I want to keep my plans flexible.
SnaredJr
responded to WhatAccent
on Friday 27 April, 2012 at 08:00
On May 4th, one week from today, we're going to call a meeting at Studio 54 in Praetoria, at 9:30 PM. We'll be discussing the Dischord situation and the Plane of Sound, for anyone who wants to help. Thanks in advance!
I think this is outside of my juridstiction, Ms Mctaggart, but if you want me, just ask.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Friday 27 April, 2012 at 09:56
What do you think is your best non-physical quality? How does it help you get through the day? Do you find it useful in a crisis?
I'm a big brother.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Friday 27 April, 2012 at 12:08
What is your stance against bullies?
I'm a big brother.
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Friday 27 April, 2012 at 12:09
Do your socks always match?
Five pairs, all black, so maybe they don't and I'd never know.
SnaredJr
responded to letitglow
on Friday 27 April, 2012 at 12:25
Is fame self-claimed or given?
You tell me if The Situation has done anything emperically worthwhile.
SnaredJr
responded to rnaway
on Friday 27 April, 2012 at 07:37
Being a big brother obviously shapes how you treat people, but do you feel it shapes how people see you? Is there a deviance between the big brother and what's beneath?
I don't really know if anyone treats me differently when they find out about Chell, except maybe for soccer moms.
And... I don't know, I don't think I'm very different.
SnaredJr
responded to Crowsflight
on Saturday 28 April, 2012 at 07:47
Do you like public displays of affection? If someone puts their arm around you in public how do you politely tell them it's not wanted without seeming rude?
You tell them it's not wanted. You say it clearly. And then when they don't do what you tell them, when they demonstrate they don't respect your personal space, then you kick them in the crotch a few times.
SnaredJr
responded to rnaway
on Saturday 28 April, 2012 at 11:19
Do you find yourself thinking about the future at all? Yours, not Chell's. I know you think about hers, we all do, but do you find yourself thinking about what could be for you after all is said and done?
Of late, yes, because I have to.
I find myself wondering about the men and women in my life, the people who I need to keep at arm's length. I find myself wondering about how people in this town can need so much emotional help, and what it would mean if I wasn't there. It's not that I'm the only person who can offer a shoulder to lean on, but so many people seem to feel so lonely even living in a city of millions.
I find myself thinking about what things I am abstaining from because Chell's in my life, because I have my work schedule, because I'm focused on making sure I don't slip up an dlose my chance at citizenship.
I find myself scared - yes, scared - that politicians have talked about repealing the Paragon DREAM act as a way to drum up support in the primaries, talking about how terrible a thing it is, incentivizing immigration as it does. What happens if after a full year of being good, of doing the right thing, because of a political football, the whole act gets repealed and suddenly, Chell and I are looking at being thrown back into the shark's teeth?
I fear, god, I fear love at this point. I have had people ask me to love them, and I do, but... not the way they want. If I actually reach out, if I take someone, if I claim one person, I know that I'll have other people wondering /Why her and not me/? And god, the things that could do, the ways that could spiral out.
I try to think about plans for having fun, in the future. Things like a boat or a studio for Chell to work in. It is so much easier to give to others than to think about what I can use for myself. I know this bites back, though, because it's like I'm selfish by NOT being selfish, making it hard for my friends who want to do things for me.
I think the single plan I have is: Citizenship. Chell's graduation. And then I will reorient my axis then. She's fourteen now. I can handle that plan.
If my future is to be nothing but Chell's supporter, to be a public servant, to do nothing but give, I can handle that. It is hard, but it's meant to be hard. Nothing worth having comes easily.
SnaredJr
responded to rnaway
on Saturday 28 April, 2012 at 11:21
What is something you wish to change in the world? Is it something you feel you can attain, or is it just something you wish you could?
Reading @Cearmaid talking about the scope of problems in the financial system of the US makes me want to do something to help.
Something, something, something. Well, I wish that bad things didn't happen to people who didn't deserve it. The question of theodicy is big and fundamental though, no?
SnaredJr
responded to rnaway
on Saturday 28 April, 2012 at 11:22
Has work with the PPD gotten any easier, or at least more interesting in the last few weeks? Does it feel like you're sliding more into a place where you feel comfortable with your work and what they expect of you?
It's become easier and more tedious. A month or so again, Longbow had an internal shake-up, and that led to the PPD being sent into arrest some of them. Upshot is that we immediately started to panic that our house wasn't clean, so we started doing in-depth IA studies.
These in-depth IA studies are exquisitely annoying because what they usually mean is me following around a boy in a suit while he asks officers questions that upset them.
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Saturday 28 April, 2012 at 11:23
Are you friends with your neighbors?
I'm never awake when they are. They don't make noise while I'm sleeping.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Saturday 28 April, 2012 at 11:23
What kind of tastes have you acquired in the past three months?
There's this thing Faige does with leftover pizza and eggs in the morning.
SnaredJr
responded to ColdReading
on Saturday 28 April, 2012 at 11:23
Do you ever gamble in completely non-skilled ways? I refer to lotteries and the like.
No.
SnaredJr
responded to ColdReading
on Saturday 28 April, 2012 at 11:24
What's a word or phrase that's fallen into common usage that you really dislike?
'I could care less.'
SnaredJr
responded to ColdReading
on Saturday 28 April, 2012 at 11:24
Do you consider yourself to have a diet?
Yes. With a dietician and everything.
SnaredJr
responded to ColdReading
on Saturday 28 April, 2012 at 11:25
What do you do to prevent illness?
Stick to the dietician's recommendations, take prophylaxis when it's available, exercise at the gym.
SnaredJr
responded to ColdReading
on Saturday 28 April, 2012 at 11:25
With the rash of superhero films going around, has anyone been approached to be made into a movie?
I'm not considered a superhero. I'm a police asset.
SnaredJr
responded to lasentinella
on Saturday 28 April, 2012 at 11:26
What's a hobby you think would be interesting to a young adult male from the Etoile?
You need to learn
Well, whatever idea I had is gone now, your girlfriend just tackled me.
SnaredJr
responded to SonneForce
on Sunday 29 April, 2012 at 09:30
I may as well ask this to everyone - What do you want to be when you grow up?
I'm a big brother.
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Sunday 29 April, 2012 at 05:10
In the morning: tea, coffee or juice?
Usually something substantial like milk, or soda with caffeine but no sugar. Assuming my breakfast is the meal I eat when I just wake up.
SnaredJr
responded to SonnovaWitch
on Sunday 29 April, 2012 at 05:33
How dangerous do you feel your most important skill is?
My most important skill is the ability to, when feeling tired, weak, broken and poor, stand up and keep going and come back to do it again, to take another hit.
It's the emotional ability to do what I do.
It's not dangerous. It's amazingly liberating.
SnaredJr
responded to SonneForce
on Sunday 29 April, 2012 at 06:36
I'm stealing that one - describe your sex life with a movie title.
Girl, Interrupted?
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 30 April, 2012 at 02:15
What do you think of America's criminal justice system?
I'm not against it.
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Monday 30 April, 2012 at 03:24
How meaningful do you find food usually? Do you put much thought into it?
I invited you and Kazeno to Chano's because I knew you'd both love it.
I pay a great deal of attention to Chell's diet.
So yes, I guess so.
SnaredJr
responded to aquariusacqn
on Monday 30 April, 2012 at 07:45
Chivalry (opening the door for women, pulling out their seat, offering them a seat on a crowded bus, etc.) Considerate or misogynistic?
Misogynistic. Because you need a special word for being nice for people that implies being nice to women. Because you choose to bring back a word that echoes of a time when women were literally property. Because no person has ever felt the need to defend themselves for being nice when they were just being nice. It's misogyny and no matter the straw feminist you break out for it, it's wrong because you describe it as "opening the door FOR WOMEN."
Be nice to everyone, or don't. But don't give women special treatment then try to claim it's not special treatment.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 30 April, 2012 at 09:15
Have you ever felt bad for arresting someone?
I've never arrested anyone. I'm not allowed - it's a states right/citizenship issue.
Have I ever felt bad for being involved in someone's arrest? No. I was raised in an environment where the authorities might kill witnesses because they were annoying. This is much, much better. To spurn the device because of its imperfections is to deny the value of prototyping.
SnaredJr
responded to shrikespikes
on Tuesday 1 May, 2012 at 03:44
TMI Tuesday: Deodorant or Antiperspirant?
I use a hybrid.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Tuesday 1 May, 2012 at 04:03
((For my first real OOC question: What reference materials or characters did you use to help define your character?))
((I first made Ryker for a supergroup that was oriented around a teen, high school theme, and it was really made almost all at random. I created him knowing I'd be heading into a school environment and that 99% of the time when someone says 'teen superhero' what they mean is 'pathetic whining angst,' coupled with 'being cunts to other people and saying it's just playing my character,' so I wanted to imagine my way into creating a character who was an adolescent, but one who was very much grappling with and claiming his responsibility. Someone who could be serious, someone who could be the guy who would rise to the challenge; worldly, in a lower-class way, but who had a reason, some great reason, to NOT give in to normal teenage angst bullshit.
I thought about my own school environment, and I remembered the one guy, the ONE GUY who wasn't a complete twattering douche in hindsight was the guy whose mother was sick and whose little brother needed him to keep an eye out for him at school.
So! What did I look to? Well, I looked to one of the greatest video games I've ever played. Garou: Mark Of the Wolves. That was a fantastic game, just fantastic, and I went on a little project to try and recreate the characterisation of the game, reimagining all the cast I thought of as cool. And who gets star place? Terry Bogard, the adopted dad of Rock Howard; responsible, cool, always easygoing, and capable of laying down some serious smack.
Thus: Ryker. He's many things; a beast, a warrior, a policeman, and of course, a Big Brother.))
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Tuesday 1 May, 2012 at 07:55
Do you regenerate?
This is a safe question to answer!
Yes, I do. The more energy I absorb the more quickly my symbiote can repair my bodily structures.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Tuesday 1 May, 2012 at 07:56
Do you have any scars that are not usually visible?
This is ALSO safe to answer.
I have a rather large scar on my hip from Galaxy City. I have a fairly unpleasant scar under my right arm from Mercy Island.
Annnnd uh, thank you very much for the other one, but thank you. I think your boyfriend might be concerned about such things.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Tuesday 1 May, 2012 at 09:07
Under what conditions do you get the best sleep? Is it difficult for you to create them?
I find working twelve hour shifts overnight does a marvellous job of making the inevitable face-vault into bed really quite long-lasting.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Tuesday 1 May, 2012 at 09:08
Do you prefer to take proactive action or react to circumstance? How well does this work out for you?
I'm very reactive and defensive in the long term, but very proactive and aggressive in the short. This is somewhat helped by the fact that when I'm ready to fight, I have the attentino span of a gecko on PCP.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Tuesday 1 May, 2012 at 09:12
In general, do you prefer to make complex plans, simple plans, or improvise? Are you comfortable with that, or would you prefer to be more deliberate/more spontaneous?
Plans, complex; in-combat, plans are someone else's problem for lizardy reasons.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Tuesday 1 May, 2012 at 09:13
When working through a complicated problem do you prefer to rely on your logical mind or your intuition/instinct? Does this strategy work well for you?
Wow, aren't I an indecisive berk? I have a very strong sense of dualism, as it pertains to this sort of thing.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 1 May, 2012 at 10:40
At what point do you feel a question is asking for "too much" information? What separates TMI from I?
It's a feeling.
Typically it involves regarding an individual's idea of sex and what they think of what other people will think.
A rule of thumb is that Etoile people will happily tell you who they had sex with and why, but don't you dare ask them when they did it, because that might get them in trouble with the spiders.
SnaredJr
responded to SonneForce
on Tuesday 1 May, 2012 at 10:41
Do you believe that the USA has a hypocritical view of sex or violence?
Not necessarily hypocritical. Strange, though.
SnaredJr
responded to shrikespikes
on Tuesday 1 May, 2012 at 09:11
They say no man is an island. What about you?
I'm a big brother.
(Oh, come on, this is an easy one.)
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Tuesday 1 May, 2012 at 10:51
Back atcha, champ: Are Nerd Girls the greatest untapped romantic resource?
Should America, as a culture, embrace women who are actively interested in intellectual pursuits, and have the gall to say that, "Okay, yes, this woman is pretty, but she's an idiot, so I don't care what she has to say?" Should it? Well, yes.
I'd argue that I'm doing my part to tap this resource.
SnaredJr
responded to MsRepresntation
on Wednesday 2 May, 2012 at 12:48
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?
Rome.
And I give my ticket to Curie so she can go with Chell and tell me about it when they come back.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Wednesday 2 May, 2012 at 02:41
What's a song you could listen to over and over again?
It's one note long and it plays for hours.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Wednesday 2 May, 2012 at 02:48
Tell me something beautiful. Tell me something true. Tell me a lie.
There is nothing I'm afraid of telling you.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Wednesday 2 May, 2012 at 02:53
When's your next break, and can I come by and see you when that is?
I've got my 3AM break coming up in seven minutes. If I smoked, it'd be fifteen minutes shorter. Out in Talos today.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Wednesday 2 May, 2012 at 09:30
Tell me something you've dreamed about doing, whether literally or just in the sense of thinking about it a lot. Why that thing?
Literally, I don't dream. I just sleep far too heavy.
Less literally, I want to send Chell to all these galleries and universities so she can come back and paint me what she's seen.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Wednesday 2 May, 2012 at 09:31
Do me a favor. Describe me using as few or as many words as you want. I never know how to answer that shit other than just 'Curie' and you kind of fucking know me, so.
A brilliant, brutal, bite; the best of bruses; beautiful.
SnaredJr
responded to Withoutle
on Wednesday 2 May, 2012 at 09:32
what's better than sex?
Sex with Curie.
We're all thinking it.
SnaredJr
responded to SetLotus
on Wednesday 2 May, 2012 at 09:32
If you were going to dress up in a costume for a costume party, what would you go as?
I would drape a leafy blanket over myself and go as a hill.
SnaredJr
responded to SetLotus
on Wednesday 2 May, 2012 at 09:33
What is your favorite of your own physical features?
My back! It seems to get a very positive reaction.
SnaredJr
responded to Withoutle
on Wednesday 2 May, 2012 at 09:33
What's a flaw, a scar, a mark or an injury that you find attractive?
The scars I received defending myself, as a normal person, then rescuing Chell, as a superhero.
SnaredJr
responded to Withoutle
on Wednesday 2 May, 2012 at 09:34
Should Abuse Of Powers be a unique category of criminal prosecution?
Probably not. I think I know what you mean, that the involvement of inherent powers muddies the water (such as telepaths in date-rape cases), and it might be nice to have a catch-all that says 'you have this power, you need to be responsible about it' for prosecutors.
SnaredJr
responded to MsRepresntation
on Wednesday 2 May, 2012 at 11:42
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?
No. I probably could; I'd probably have PTSD like 97.5% of all human beings that have killed a person.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Wednesday 2 May, 2012 at 10:29
I got punched in the mother fucking face by a Lord Nemesis who wasn't even the real one. How's your work day going so far, mon chéri?
Emergency extraction and retrieval. Over and over again.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Thursday 3 May, 2012 at 02:25
What's an area of Science you feel people aren't spending enough time researching? If I manage to get a lab, what would YOU want my focus to be?
There's this phenomenon known as the Dunning-Kroeger effect, where someone who is bad at something don't have a very good reasonable grip on what it is that makes them bad at things.
I know biology fairly well. I know you can push hard into the fields of biology and watch it splinter, and see where it overlaps with chemistry and with medicine and with breeding. Those fields are somewhat heavily studied.
I guess biochemistry is what excites me. It's when we reach into the machinery of our bodies and start turning the knobs.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Thursday 3 May, 2012 at 02:25
What are of Science would you say you know the most about? Want to sit down with me one night and geek out? I promise to wear pants.
Biology! I was training to be a doctor, you know. I was even in a swanky fast-track system in high school.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Thursday 3 May, 2012 at 04:27
Going to have any time for me tonight, mon chéri?
Not so tonight, but definitely this morning.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Thursday 3 May, 2012 at 04:32
What was your favorite part of living in Etoile, if you had one?
SnaredJr
responded to shrikespikes
on Thursday 3 May, 2012 at 04:54
How was your weekend?
Really enjoyable. Chell loved the Roller Derby, though she did keep talking about how people she knew could perform even better than the people we were watching. I actually nodded off during it.
As for the rest? Emotionally draining, then strangely satisfying.
SnaredJr
responded to SetLotus
on Thursday 3 May, 2012 at 06:39
Different people prefer Set to be in different forms, what should it do if the opinions of the group contradict one another?
Whatever makes Set happiest.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Thursday 3 May, 2012 at 09:36
Summarize yourself in a few words that aren't "I'm a big brother." Possibly challenging, yes, but you'll survive.
Resilient and resolved, Ryker.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Thursday 3 May, 2012 at 09:37
You were going to be a doctor, right? Did you have a specified field you wanted to go into as far as that went? Not just study, but what you wanted to do AFTER?
There's a sort of mixed-bag study for the morally-ambiguous doctorates of the Isles, but my general intention was to get a degree as a general doctor, and find a few specialised meta cases to really get in-depth studying. There are a few doctors who focus on this here in the states now - for example, there's the Heisen papers on Heather Landen, the regenerating mutant in France? That sort of thing.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Thursday 3 May, 2012 at 09:37
This one's for Chell: Do you have a specific area of Science that interests you so I can grab you some reading materials and shit? Anything at all, I can cover everything.
She says optics.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Thursday 3 May, 2012 at 09:38
I recognize that most of us do both (and find satisfication with both), but If you were to pick one do you find it more fun to compete with others or cooperate with others?
I try to cooperate. I am a a little difficult to cooperate with, though.
SnaredJr
responded to SonnovaWitch
on Thursday 3 May, 2012 at 09:38
Of the list of things you want, right now, what is number three?
Sleep, sleep, dear god, sleep.
SnaredJr
responded to aquariusacqn
on Thursday 3 May, 2012 at 06:39
(OOC Question: Is there any person (fictional or otherwise) that you model your character's /personality/ after? Aquarius is somewhat inspired by:)
((We just did this, didn't we?))
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Thursday 3 May, 2012 at 07:53
Is it all right if I bring you some lunch later? And if so what do you want that I can pick up from the store because you do not want me in a kitchen.
I would say no. I brought myself some lunch to work.
However, upon review, it seems, despite my having been at work for two hours, my lunch has vanished from the fridge.
I also would like to note that Longbow squaddies have been coming and going.
I am just saaaaaying.
(Anything you like, seriously. I'll just be glad to see you.)
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Friday 4 May, 2012 at 03:06
Want to make some plans? I know there'll be a lot of Chell time, but we could do something at some point! Any ideas?
Sure, if you'd like. On that note:
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 4 May, 2012 at 09:12
What ever became of Chell's interest in Pokemon?
I didn't want to make much fuss of it, but it's been stagged by an accident with the DS. She wont' tell me what happened, but it was damaged at school. She had beaten the Elite 4, though, she claims, and was about to take on the champion, trying to formulate a good way to deal with his Cradily.
I am not sure what that means.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Friday 4 May, 2012 at 09:15
Do you play video games at all? If not, I'm going to make you play mine when they get here, if so, which do you like?
I haven't personally played much. Chell's tried to get me interested in them, but it really is a time concern for me. I'm happy to look into it, as my schedule relaxes?
SnaredJr
responded to ColdReading
on Friday 4 May, 2012 at 09:16
Ever woken up and can't walk?
I have woken up with someone who couldn't walk.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Friday 4 May, 2012 at 09:23
You know, I realized that I like that you challenge me, that you call me on my shit and won't let me run. Is there anything about me that you found yourself liking you didn't think you would?
The time crunch.
I've spent a lot of time avoiding relationships, even ones that would really make my life a lot easier. I honestly thought that being with you would be another strain, another thing I couldn't quite manage to give the time it deserves. I just feel like there's an extra hour in the day these days.
SnaredJr
responded to lasentinella
on Friday 4 May, 2012 at 09:31
How many jobs have you had in the past year?
One!
SnaredJr
responded to someusernameher
on Friday 4 May, 2012 at 09:31
(( OOC: First, lemme say you all have been great helping me get thru this latest psycho thing. But it's time to retire. I was never meant to stay long. Be sure to follow @AnbaricAmber @EikoMagami @TechnicallyEva and @ArielAblaze Thanks!!! ))
((Honest, I thought the perspective of a ground-level normal person was potentially really interesting. Still: Glad you solved things.))
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Saturday 5 May, 2012 at 08:07
Who would you give up everything to save?
Chell.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Saturday 5 May, 2012 at 08:07
Do you find letting go difficult?
Yes and at the same time, no. I have never in my life had a point where I cannot point to a higher priority and say 'This. This is worth what I am giving up.'
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Saturday 5 May, 2012 at 08:22
"Common sense is in short supply" - Do you agree or disagree with this statement, why?
I'm not inclined to agree with it. It's mostly used by people who want to give 'common sense' some sort of special status.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Saturday 5 May, 2012 at 07:29
Do you have any opinion on Paragon's War Walls?
The tombs between them are very odd.
SnaredJr
responded to SonneForce
on Saturday 5 May, 2012 at 07:30
What's the weirdest animal you've ever eaten?
Anglerfish!
SnaredJr
responded to shadowandspines
on Sunday 6 May, 2012 at 04:43
((Computer has died. Trying to see if can get something sorted as a temporary measure. FML))
(( :< ))
SnaredJr
responded to shrikespikes
on Sunday 6 May, 2012 at 04:44
Shopping Sunday: What's your all-time favorite commercial slogan?
Nutripaste Fischken! It's Fish, It's Chicken, It's Fischken, it's our gift to you!
It's funnier if you speak german.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Sunday 6 May, 2012 at 06:09
I am somewhere in the house and you'll have to find me!
This house is three rooms and a kitchen.
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Sunday 6 May, 2012 at 06:29
Would it be awesome if animals could talk?
Birdsong becomes much less interesting when you know what birds are talking about. Amelia has told me how boring bird conversations are.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 6 May, 2012 at 06:29
Is there anything mundane that never fails to distract you? How do you retain focus?
The closest answer I can give to this is 'Chell,' but she's not mundane.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 6 May, 2012 at 06:29
What do you value?
I'm a big brother.
SnaredJr
responded to shrikespikes
on Sunday 6 May, 2012 at 09:37
How did it go?
My immigration status has been upgraded. They don't think I'm a likely Arachnos agent at this point, and this means Chell's been upgraded too. We're able to claim food stamps (which is going to help a lot), and I am getting a sideways promotion at the PPD. I'm on rolling shifts now, meaning I'll have more time off and I'll actually get to operate at normal-people time.
So, you know, I can actually visit people after school and have dinner at dinner time.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Monday 7 May, 2012 at 12:12
What do you feel the best thing to come out of Etoile was? Besides Chell, because that's an obvious answer. Think deep here, beau.
Absolutely the single best thing that came out of the Etoile? Movies books, food, culture, etcetera?
I hate this, but the attack on Mercy Island gave way to the sudden and immediate development of the mass-produced chambered teleporting system that people currently use to access some supergroup bases and off-world presences like Nation. I hate that day, I really do, but there's no lying that the development of base technology has been a fantastic boon for industries and medicine.
SnaredJr
responded to Withoutle
on Monday 7 May, 2012 at 07:06
Does the etoile have like, movie theatres and plays and concerts?
I'll go you one better. Cap Au has a SCA.
SnaredJr
responded to Withoutle
on Monday 7 May, 2012 at 07:08
Talk about etoile weather
If you're in Sharkhead, which I was, you can at least rely on it to be the same general form of dismal.
SnaredJr
responded to ArielAblaze
on Monday 7 May, 2012 at 07:09
How well do you know your greatest enemy?
What Eiko doesn't realise is that I am the mountains, and all my time following her has been gathering information.
SnaredJr
responded to Withoutle
on Monday 7 May, 2012 at 07:10
what's your favourite place in the etoile?
Is it cheating to say the ferries? I loved being on a ferry. The ride, the illusion of control gone.
SnaredJr
responded to Withoutle
on Monday 7 May, 2012 at 07:27
I was there for a week, but you lived it, so talk about etoile food.
I was in the class of people who had access to a decent supply of contraband, which meant I ate meat regularly, I had fresh fruit and vegetables. So I cooked and prepared food in a way that is described as 'fusion' here. And that's why I cook what I do - which is, I'm told 'weird.'
SnaredJr
responded to Pathrunner
on Monday 7 May, 2012 at 08:22
How well do you know your greatest allies?
They wear uniforms.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Monday 7 May, 2012 at 08:23
Does "Fucking Baptiste" bother you?
It's a little embarassing. I don't mean to be something special, but it seems I've done something to upset or annoy a large number of people, and it wasn't ever with malicious intent.
It doesn't really bother me in one case - Zex and Curie - because I like being reminded of how amazing my girlfriend is.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Monday 7 May, 2012 at 08:24
Do you like Torn?
Sure! Decent guy, laughs a bit nervously, but he's a nice person and he knew the better course of action was to care for you than to try hurt others.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Monday 7 May, 2012 at 08:24
Do you like Reed?
I've only met him once, and it was brief, but he seems nice enough.
He shouldn't try to hide the accent, though, his American sounds slightly more artificial than mine.
SnaredJr
responded to juusan
on Monday 7 May, 2012 at 08:24
Can you forgive those that hurt your sister?
No.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Monday 7 May, 2012 at 08:26
I got you for profile shuffle - Being a big brother? What does it mean to you?
It means that no matter what else is going on, I have something that is more important. There is a life that relies on mind. There is a person, a whole person, for whom I am responsible, a person for whose life I owe. I am, I imagine, too proud to beg. Recently for a case, I needed eight hundred dollars quickly. I couldn't afford it and asking Faige for it hurt and I was dreadfully embarassed.
When it was for Chell, though, I asked, I asked, hat in hand, and head bowed, and I would never hesitate.
When a man's family is at stake there is nothing he can't accomplish, nothing he won't suffer.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Monday 7 May, 2012 at 08:26
Would you rather work day shift or night shift? Why?
I liked the night shift, but I'm looking forwards to the day shift because it means I can spend more time with the friends of mine who like to do that crazy thing known as sleep.
SnaredJr
responded to aquariusacqn
on Monday 7 May, 2012 at 08:28
(I realize this has probably been asked a million times in the past, and some people have already done it with their profile pics, but which actor/actress would best portray your character?)
((For perspective, Paul White is slightly SHORTER than Ryker, and weighs slightly less at his fighting weight.
I don't know. I think he's a bit too big, a bit too exotic.))
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Monday 7 May, 2012 at 08:30
((What's something about your character that connects them to someone else's character, some backstory or thematic element you can point directly to someone else? A race another player invented, a place or event another character's story started?))
((Ryker and @acerbate went to the same high school, but that's it for backstory stuff. Everything else has formed as he's been played.))
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Monday 7 May, 2012 at 08:31
What do you hope for most about the future?
I've used my 'I'm a big brother' for this week. But really, come on.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Monday 7 May, 2012 at 08:32
Looking back on your life, do you have a favorite memory? If so, can you share it?
Chell talking to Faige for the first time. Talking to Faige about her school problems, trying to help her. On her back, half-out of it on sedatives, skin regrowing, and what she was doing was reaching out to help someone.
It is in helping one another that we show we are strong.
SnaredJr
responded to shrikespikes
on Tuesday 8 May, 2012 at 04:27
How's your new-found freedom tasted so far?
Did you know that there's a two PM? And stuff happens then?
SnaredJr
responded to shrikespikes
on Tuesday 8 May, 2012 at 09:05
Which of your skills would you say is your single best?
I'm a-
No.
My single greatest skill is one barely anyone knows I have. I know where my hands are. I know where my hands are with such precision I can write, draw, cook, and even do fine work like threading or sewing without looking.
Try doing that sometime. Try drawing a straight line on a piece of paper without looking at it, and do it slowly. You will be stunned at how hard that is.
A byproduct of exercises done to prepare myself for life as a surgeon.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Wednesday 9 May, 2012 at 01:33
I love you. Just thought you ought to know.
Come around, Chell's in bed and I'm still adapting to a day schedule.
SnaredJr
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Wednesday 9 May, 2012 at 01:34
((OOC: What's the strangest or most unexpected bit of information you've ever had to look up for RP? How about that you've had to look up recently?))
((Hm. Unexpected...
I guess what Savannah Georgia is 'really like.' Mostly I EXPECT to look up crazy stuff like a lion's digestive chemical composition.))
SnaredJr
responded to rnaway
on Wednesday 9 May, 2012 at 01:35
Does Chell have any pet allergies that I should be worried about, should I decide to get a pet for Hewa and I's place? Like... guinea pigs, for instance?
It's not allergies, it's immunocompromisation. I'll check with the doctor next time we're in for a checkup, see if it's likely she'll need to go on IC meds any time in the future, okay?
SnaredJr
responded to EikoMagami
on Wednesday 9 May, 2012 at 01:36
So, does it really matter where your powers come from? I'm maybe some alien/goddess hybrid and my adoptive mom is an Evolved, should something like that matter? Why?
Hell if I know, I have a symbiote that needs my DNA to work. It's not quite being evolved, now, is it?
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 9 May, 2012 at 02:47
Explain to me what you think about Curie.
I don't think.
I don't think about her because the part of Curie that touches my conscious mind would just paralyse me. It would stand and be stunned, it would be in literal awe at the experience of existing alongside this woman, this woman who loves science and life and music and sex and dance - good god, dance, something I've never been good at - and who walked the streets of Sharkhead at the same time as me, in the same lives as me, whose life was parallel to mine and yet I somehow avoided her, somehow I MISSED her, and that thermodynamic miracle of another good, clean person inside living in Sharkhead is made all the more poignant by the disappointment of missing her.
I instead make do with feeling; I feel her under my skin, I feel her in bruises, I feel her in my head as I act; I feel her eyes on me and I feel her energy, her verve for science, for life, for music, for sex, for dance, all as she answers questions on this site.
I believe in no gods as gods, but if there's ever a touch of the numinous and the transcendental in my life, it comes first at the smile of Chell, my heart walking around in another's body, and second in the laughter of Curie.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Wednesday 9 May, 2012 at 05:43
Public question time: Do you ever feel underappreciated? Why?
How could I, between Chell, the city, and you?
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Wednesday 9 May, 2012 at 11:49
I got called a sinner today: Wanna come over later and help me better my chances of getting into Hell?
Chell's visiting Faige this afternoon; I'll see if they want me around or if it's Girls time. I love you, I just don't want to make my friends feel unwanted because of us, okay? Faige's going through a rough spot.
That said, thank the world that love has no weight, for what you have created in me would throw the earth off its orbit and send us a tumble free and lost; thank the world that it has no depth, for what rises within me at your words could drown the deepest of oceans; thank the world that love has no height for I would have to find you by celestial navigation alone, tethered between stars.
I love you, Curie. I'll see you soon.
And heck with that guy.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Wednesday 9 May, 2012 at 11:50
If you were forced to lose one of your senses, but you could chose which one to lose, which would it be?
Sight. Then I'd get you to teach me to be a badass. And then I'd be all Rutger Hauer.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Thursday 10 May, 2012 at 01:50
Public question time again, two in a day! When you reach for a beverage, what is your beverage of choice?
I've become fond of plain water and diet drinks. I'd like cranberry juice but you might as well snort sugar.
SnaredJr
responded to GageTroubleClef
on Thursday 10 May, 2012 at 07:33
Do you collect anything? What's your favorite piece in the collection?
If not for the changes in my life recently, I'd have a very grim answer here.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Thursday 10 May, 2012 at 08:26
What is the most beautiful phrase you can think of in Italian? German? French? English?
Language, phrase, meaning.
Italian; A ogni uccello il suo nido è bello; to each bird, his own nest is beautiful. German: Ich bin kein Opfer; I am not a victim. French: Je n'avais pas besoin de cette hypothèse-là; I have no need of that hypothesis. English: Hi there, Curie; I am communicating with, and connected to, a thunderbolt of raw science and sexuality, a woman who does not shirk or hide or pause, but who does what she does as hard as she can, who longs for me, who lusts after me, and who meets my mind in every moment, who makes me think and makes me work and makes me love and makes me take care of myself, /and/ take care of Chell with the intensity with which the sun can not scarcely manage in all of its days of burning.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Thursday 10 May, 2012 at 08:30
Pensez-vous qu'il est plus facile pour nous de communiquer parfois dans notre langue maternelle, respectivement?
Onestamente, mi sento un po 'in imbarazzo a farlo. Mi sento impacciato quando la gente intorno a me non necessariamente mi capisce. Italiano era la nostra casa-lingua.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Thursday 10 May, 2012 at 08:06
What do you know right now that you wish you knew ten years ago?
Your father's not perfect, and yes, he can be a bit of a prick. That doesn't change what else he is.
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Friday 11 May, 2012 at 01:03
Do you believe in free will?
In a grand cosmic sense, no, but in any practical sense, we have something that looks so much like free will as to make the difference angel-counting.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Friday 11 May, 2012 at 05:12
Back at you: What's something I could change, to do more, to do better, to do for you that does it for you?
Change? Get this project going. Do more? Study around me. Do better? What's that song again?
Because you really are amazing.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Friday 11 May, 2012 at 07:34
Have you ever been out of control of your own actions? How did it make you feel?
I'm somewhat in control most of my time, but Snared is basically a feral version of myself.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Friday 11 May, 2012 at 09:59
What's in a name: What is your first name, and what language or culture does it come from? What does your first name mean? If you would prefer I do the research for you, just respond with your first name and I will respond in a comment.
My first name is Ryker, which is the Finnish variant on Richard, which means ' the king who rules with a Rod of Iron.' In some Finnish translations it is 'The king whose authority stems from the slaying of dragons,' but that might be bad information.
Baptiste is Hatian in origin and obviously French before that and of fairly obvious meaning.
SnaredJr
responded to rnaway
on Friday 11 May, 2012 at 10:00
How are you, Ryker? I feel like we haven't sat down to talk in ages! We should meet up soon if you have some time?
If you're still doing volunteer work at the food rescue making meals for the shelters, I might be able to catch you sunday morning, in fact.
SnaredJr
responded to rnaway
on Friday 11 May, 2012 at 10:00
In our lives there are defining moments, whether big or small. Tell me one of yours, please?
I ran away from danger in Mercy.
I ran towardsit in Galaxy.
SnaredJr
responded to rnaway
on Friday 11 May, 2012 at 10:00
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?
Shhhh jesus christ I only just got her comfortable with /girlfriend./
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Friday 11 May, 2012 at 10:01
What's in a name: What is your codename, if you feel like sharing it? Did you come up with it or was it given to you? Do you think it is a good label for who you are and what you do?
Snared; it was the name the symbiote's prior pilot had; I don't really know if it is or it's not. I can't speak to other people's impressions or reactions to it.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Saturday 12 May, 2012 at 04:41
Do you want me to come over tonight?
Absolutely.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Saturday 12 May, 2012 at 10:50
What are your favorite activities to do by yourself?
Used to be long showers, like, ten, fifteen minutes. Now, not sure.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Sunday 13 May, 2012 at 08:21
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCNOmy-RU2I This makes me think of you. I'm going to crash out now, if you get lonely the door's unlocked.
I'll call you before I go to sleep, okay?
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Monday 14 May, 2012 at 05:45
I have some research I might need to do soon on Mu. Do you know of any good source of knowledge in that area? It might help me map out some things about my genetics without involving my father.
Stheras and I were talking about epigenetics recently. He may have some people who he spoke to about it.
Beyond that, most of what I know and learned is actually from sources in the Isles. There is a Mu sorcerer here, but he's an outcast, and apparently he's avoiding FS right now. I guess I'm putting this one out on the floor and hoping someone has more info than I do.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Monday 14 May, 2012 at 05:46
Tell me something about yourself that's true now, but wasn't even a few weeks ago.
I'm a boyfriend.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Monday 14 May, 2012 at 05:46
Want me to stop imposing on your personal shower time? ;D
Even if you're not physically there, you do.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Monday 14 May, 2012 at 05:47
When we're sleeping together, do you prefer me nude, in PJs, or something else entirely? I do mean -sleep-, by the way.
Hnnn. Hard to say. I mean, wearing one of my shirts is the cutest thing in the world, but I own like six total.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Monday 14 May, 2012 at 05:47
If you were to give me a nickname, what would it be? Mary doesn't count. Dick.
Folto~.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Tuesday 15 May, 2012 at 04:36
I know music isn't as important to you as it is to me, but do you think you could find a song that reminds you of me? I want to add it into my lab rotation I'm making.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Tuesday 15 May, 2012 at 08:59
What did YOU get up to today?
Chell has an art project that's about gravity and paint. So I spent a lot of the afternoon holding my little sister upside down so she could walk barefoot across newspaper taped to our ceiling.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Tuesday 15 May, 2012 at 09:00
For Chell: Is there anything you'd want me to change so I fit more comfortably into your life as well?
When you and Ryker fuck in the shower, don't do it while I'm in my bedroom, because I can hear everything. He doesn't like me knowing he ever swears in English.
Oh, and you're doing fine. Stop looking at me like I'm going to burst into tears and try to throw you out.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Tuesday 15 May, 2012 at 05:12
If we were a field of study in Science, which would be? It could be more than one, but no more than three.
Fundamental physics.
Magnets, how do they work?
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Tuesday 15 May, 2012 at 05:12
Practice practice practice: What is a skill that you have that you have to practice continually to keep it sharp? Do you enjoy this practice?
Drawing blind.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Tuesday 15 May, 2012 at 05:12
Practice practice practice: Do you have a skill that you have no natural talent for that you learned entirely through practice? What do you do and how did you push yourself into learning it?
Drawing blind. It seemed it'd be useful in surgeries.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Tuesday 15 May, 2012 at 05:13
Practice practice practice: What do you wish you had more time to learn through practice? What is stopping you?
Musical instruments. Chell's still pestering me, and now my schedule's easier, It might become more of a thing.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Tuesday 15 May, 2012 at 05:13
"All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work." Do you agree with this? Why?
DIdn't Stephen Fry say that all human failings stem from a failure of imagination?
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Tuesday 15 May, 2012 at 05:14
Science is something I easily geek over, I get my nerd on and I act like a complete dork. Is there anything that does this to you?
You've seen me talking about biology and about Chell. I figure I get a little :B about that.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Tuesday 15 May, 2012 at 05:15
What's your favorite Chell memory?
Only because it's so recent, but emerging from the hospital for the first time in December. That... ragged but insistant independence, demanding she could walk and didn't need a wheelchair, spitting in German that she wasn't a victim and wouldn't let herself be seen as one.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Tuesday 15 May, 2012 at 05:15
What kind of things do you like, as in objects, that you both enjoy and/or find practical?
I like cooking utensils, if that's an example of what you're getting at.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Tuesday 15 May, 2012 at 05:19
What's something outside of the norm that you find exciting? Why does it excite you?
You.
You're a smart person from a city that expects to turn out stupid labourers who die young. You're a thick woman in a culture that demands that women be skinny. You're a sexual creature in a culture that tells us that we shouldn't even think about sex. You could almost create a checklist of what you're told you shouldn't, can't, or mustn't be, and then how you defy that.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Tuesday 15 May, 2012 at 05:20
What's the one thing I do for you that you wish I'd do more of?
Come visit. I know you need your own space. Some nights when you're sleeping next to me, though, I feel like the width of the bed's too far away for my tastes.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Tuesday 15 May, 2012 at 10:26
I was thinking about bringing over pizza tonight. Is there anything you like on yours? or that you DEFINITELY do not want?
I know it's weird, but I don't like fish on my pizza if there's other stuff? like, shrimp and fish and salmon and stuff? Like it just fine. But mixing in ham? Eeeh.
Also, not a fan of pineapple.
SnaredJr
responded to ArielAblaze
on Wednesday 16 May, 2012 at 12:06
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?
Unless my life or the life of another is in imminent danger and there is no nonlethal solution, I do not have that authority. I can be considered to be endangering my immigration status or my position in the PPD if I do.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Wednesday 16 May, 2012 at 12:19
PQ: Does the word 'drizzle' bring to mind good things, or bad things?
Honey on peach pastries.
I'm a cook, so...
SnaredJr
responded to shrikespikes
on Wednesday 16 May, 2012 at 01:45
What's your favorite kind of person?
Gutter intellectuals.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Thursday 17 May, 2012 at 09:36
I love you too, beau. I'm sorry. Just don't let me go.
Never.
SnaredJr
responded to MaxImpact
on Thursday 17 May, 2012 at 05:12
When're you free, Ryker? You're next on the list.
There's a list? I've been moved to more standardised work times, so I'm available around five onwards?
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Thursday 17 May, 2012 at 05:13
When you are speaking to me do you word yourself and present your inflection differently to when you are speaking to everyone else? Why?
I make sure that I avoid colored words or words that seem strongly visual, because you're blind. It seems useless to try and tell you about a white patterned ball when I could talk to you about a soring, hurtling sphere.
SnaredJr
responded to ShocknAwYeah
on Thursday 17 May, 2012 at 05:13
How much separation do you have between 'the costume' and 'you'? Is it a good thing to have?
Almost none, which is actually a little awkward. I'm quietly worried that as Snared I might wind up giving people the wrong idea about me.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Thursday 17 May, 2012 at 05:13
What qualities do you think make people good parents to their children? Why do you appreciate those particular qualities?
Patience. Because the alternative leads to violence.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Friday 18 May, 2012 at 10:12
Do your skills or abilities come with any complications that you wish you could do without? (This can even include the need for daily training.)
The bones that punch through my jaw, the inability to talk, the lack of fine control, the way that I've worked with heroes who talk complete idiocy around me who I can't talk to about it, and of course, the fact that I'm more or less stuck in this situation if I don't want to be deported can all be seen as complications.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Friday 18 May, 2012 at 10:12
What do you consider to be the greatest gap or weakness in your knowledge, skills, abilities, or powers?
I'm not very patient.
SnaredJr
responded to Withoutle
on Friday 18 May, 2012 at 10:12
What fundamental skills should every single citizen in a healthy society be educated to have?
Can you imagine if everyone in a society had strong familiarity with medical best practice for say, prevention of transmission of disease?
SnaredJr
responded to Withoutle
on Friday 18 May, 2012 at 10:13
Did Julius caesar deserve the stabbings?
That's such an odd way to phrase it. Are you trying to be cute?
SnaredJr
responded to Halfmine
on Friday 18 May, 2012 at 10:13
Do you like sweets?
Indeed!
SnaredJr
responded to Withoutle
on Friday 18 May, 2012 at 10:14
What's better: an empire that falls apart quickly or an empire that endures for ages?
The mongols fell apart fast, as did the Greeks, but the Persians lasted for ages, and were, by accounts, not as awful as they could have been. Not sure which I really would have preferred.
SnaredJr
responded to Withoutle
on Friday 18 May, 2012 at 10:15
Is there a place in the world you can imagine where you trust the crooks more than the cops?
Not even the etoile. The cops are very reliable if you paid protection promptly.
SnaredJr
responded to Withoutle
on Friday 18 May, 2012 at 10:15
Is there a place in the world you can think where you trust the paupers more than the priests?
Everywhere.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Friday 18 May, 2012 at 10:17
Sorry about the writing on your back, I woke up with an idea and lacked paper. It turned out fruitless, so if you washed it off it's okay.
I'm a little used to it. Every marker in this house paints on skin it seems.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Friday 18 May, 2012 at 10:17
If you could live forever, would you? Why or why not?
I'm going to.
I'm going to live on forever as a footnote in the memory of Michelle Baptiste, whose life is going to be a thing of legend. The girl who was not a victim.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Friday 18 May, 2012 at 11:17
Do you have a favorite quote (either by yourself or someone else) that you think accurately describes your life at the moment? If so, what is it?
Yes she loves to ride into town with the top down Feel that warm breeze on her gentle skin She is my next of kin Constantly amazed by the blades of the fan on the ceiling Those clever little looks she gives just can't help but be appealing I know someday she'll learn to make up her own rhymes One day she's gonna learn how to fly That I wont deny
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Saturday 19 May, 2012 at 12:32
Je t'aime, beau.
Ti amo.
SnaredJr
responded to MsRepresntation
on Sunday 20 May, 2012 at 09:27
Have you met the one? If yes, when did you know he or she was the one?
I met Curie fucking Maxwell.
I met this beautiful, effervescent, scientific woman, who as it turns out, grew up a few blocks from me, who had a crush on me in high school, who loved me then. I met her as she was asserting herself in Paragon, dealing with her mutation's after effects and convincing everyone around her that she was fine when she wasn't. I met her, and we hung out, and we were quite casually relaxed together. She made dirty jokes, and I, trying to avoid committing to a relationship by indulging sex - because no woman who ever says 'it's just sex' is telling the whole truth - I tried to give her things that reminded me of her, without committing myself to a relationship. She was a friend, after all. I didn't want to damage that. I didn't want to cause yet another, inevitable heartbreak, where I had to once again deilver a speech to someone who had fallen in love with me.
I gave her, as one of those things, a ribbon. A small black ribon.
And then things got tense, and despite my efforts, I had to give that speech, and in doing so, I broke a part of her self-image. She started to flee the city, preparing to leave. I watched as her formspring became a channel of answering random questions, as she clearly tried to distract herself from her feelings, constantly angry and annoyed. And then, eventually, I figured I'd go to the docks, and watch her go, see her off. She was on the boat when I got there.
When I saw her untie that ribbon from her throat and throw it into the ocean, that's when I knew she was the one. Because that's when something inside my chest died.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Sunday 20 May, 2012 at 09:23
If you really wanted to be with somebody but knew it was a bad idea what would you do?
I think you know what I'd do.
SnaredJr
responded to Withoutle
on Monday 21 May, 2012 at 06:57
Power dampeners in schools; assuming they don't cost a fuckton, yay or nay?
Yay.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Tuesday 22 May, 2012 at 04:33
I'm holding on, I'm holding on. I miss you, beau. I'm okay. I'll be fine.
I love you. Chell's keeping me posted about you.
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Wednesday 23 May, 2012 at 02:54
What are you unreasonable about?
Some might say the safety of my sister.
Those people who say that have never had a child dependent.
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Wednesday 23 May, 2012 at 07:27
How are you remembering May 23rd?
Standing guard over a memorial and sighing as I get spat on by protestors.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Wednesday 23 May, 2012 at 05:29
PQ: How do you feel about psychics or anyone who can get inside your head and fuck with your synapse responses?
People with the ability to do it? Nothing in particular. People who do it? The best comparison we have under law is rape.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Wednesday 23 May, 2012 at 05:29
What is your absolute favorite thing to eat?
Ask me in person.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Wednesday 23 May, 2012 at 05:29
Carcer's been asking a lot about voting; do you find it weird that people in this country sometimes don't vote when we would have killed for the chance back then?
I can understand the frustration but not share the apathy. It's very strange how people in this country will worship their own supposed freedom, never once considering what a government is.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Wednesday 23 May, 2012 at 05:30
If you could change one thing about the world, and only one thing, what would you change?
That evils seem to be fundamentally woven into human reality.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Wednesday 23 May, 2012 at 05:30
If you could fulfill one of Chell's wishes, which would it be?
A clean bill of health, of course. Then she could have a pet.
SnaredJr
responded to SonneForce
on Thursday 24 May, 2012 at 07:39
If you could take a class in anything, what would it be?
Chemistry. I'd like to be able to talk to Curie on a more pure level.
SnaredJr
responded to SonneForce
on Thursday 24 May, 2012 at 07:40
What or who do you wish you knew more about?
Chell.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Thursday 24 May, 2012 at 07:45
For metas: If you could have someone else's meta who's would you have? For non meta's - Same question just "someone's" instead of "someone else's"
If I could carry your burden, I would.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Thursday 24 May, 2012 at 07:45
Do you work better alone, with a partner or with a group?
Usually alone, or as a point man to a large group.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Thursday 24 May, 2012 at 07:48
What brings you joy?
So much stuff right now. My friends, my lover, my sister, my work. It reflects off all surfaces, it echoes through the halls, it resonates in my mind and it hums in my breath. Joy is everywhere.
SnaredJr
responded to SanderWilson
on Thursday 24 May, 2012 at 07:48
Are your nightmares always frightening?
Yes.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Thursday 24 May, 2012 at 07:49
[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? ]
((On-the-fly updating of .mnu files.))
SnaredJr
responded to beatmyhighscore
on Thursday 24 May, 2012 at 09:46
To be normal, no powers, no mutations. What would that mean to you?
I'm a big brother.
SnaredJr
responded to ArielAblaze
on Friday 25 May, 2012 at 09:36
Memorial Day Weekend in Paragon - Got any big plans?
Work.
SnaredJr
responded to LadyDarkhealz
on Saturday 26 May, 2012 at 07:19
What kind of limitations do you have on time off, exactly? I got the impression they're pretty picky about that, but can you do an overnight or a weekend in-state without the PPD freaking out?
I can arrange time off since the start of May.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Saturday 26 May, 2012 at 09:40
And the Forge goes live. Yay. Anyone wants me I'll be at home sleeping and showering and playing games.
And as Max said, Go Team Adventure.
SnaredJr
responded to TheChthonian
on Tuesday 29 May, 2012 at 05:42
Do you believe in mercy killing?
Yes.
SnaredJr
responded to MaxImpact
on Thursday 31 May, 2012 at 02:40
What do you like most about yourself?
Now you're just setting them up, surely.
SnaredJr
responded to ChargedWolf
on Thursday 31 May, 2012 at 02:54
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.
I remember when I first followed her, I felt very guilty that I was doing it purely because she'd posted a really attractive picture, and I was rather pent up at that time.
I've only met her once or twice, but I've donated at her shelter, and I've seen how she looks. I can't exactly work out why anyone would say no beyond base and simple aspects of not being sexually attracted to curvaceous women with colourful style.
SnaredJr
responded to TheChthonian
on Thursday 31 May, 2012 at 06:11
Tell me about: The last thing you tried to get out of your head.
The thing that moves in whenever I'm Snared.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Thursday 31 May, 2012 at 09:29
What's your favorite language to speak? To have spoken to you?
I actually really like speaking German because it's like playing with lego blocks. All the bits clip together and you can get fantastic examples of words like verganganhaitsbaerweltergung, which is a completely reasonable word with a sensible meaning and any German speaker - who isn't making fun of my pronunciation/spelling of it - would understand.
Spoken to me? English. It's a mongrel pig of a language, but I hear it all the time, it's widespread, it's part of America, and it's the language of Shakespeare, of Yeats, of Dylan and of Nash.
I like how some people's personality comes through in their language. You speaking French would not be the same as Curie speaking French, for example.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Thursday 31 May, 2012 at 09:31
Would you ever go back to Etoile? Why or why not?
I have, once, with Max Impact and a group of reciprocators. What I saw was thuggish, brutal and unpleasant as patrols and guards at the fab were treated as nothing more than physical therapy punching bags for people to work out their issues and chase glory. It was rather unpleasant to look at people with whom I could identify and hear 'the good guys' crowing about how badly they could hurt people and how it was okay and acceptable, because the other were 'the bad guys.'
I during this time, could and did, say nothing.
I wouldn't go back beyond very specific missions and task forces. I can't leave Chell alone for any length of time. I don't want to risk being caught by Arachnos and kept. And god help her if they capture the symbiote and kill me in the process.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Thursday 31 May, 2012 at 09:33
Who taught you how to cook?
Maman when I was very young. After that, I picked it up visiting the houses of the families around me. There's a strong, almost necessary feeling of community amongst Sharks, even though I was the son of an Arachnos agent. We could get people useful information, and people could use that information to (say) avoid dying. So we all banded together. And this meant when I visited homes, they'd break out the pans and make something special and that's how I learned about all sorts of food.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Thursday 31 May, 2012 at 09:34
Have you ever had a conversation with someone as Snared?
I can snarl, I can hiss, I can roar in a very unpleasant way and I can purr as Snared. So, no, I don't think I have.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Thursday 31 May, 2012 at 09:34
Have you learned how to dance yet?
Nope. Still a flagpole with blonde hair.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Thursday 31 May, 2012 at 09:35
Been a while since I poked you on FS. How you doin?
Better than you, I think. I've been getting into a normal work schedule, visiting Chell in normal hours and doing stuff like going to the park. Curie's got her work project up off the ground too, which means I've been getting wrapped up in my own work too, hence... kinda not talking to people much. I'm really sorry I've been a pretty blah friend lately.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Thursday 31 May, 2012 at 09:44
When's your birthday again? I think we should go bowling either the day before or the day after. And by "we" I mean a big group of people.
October 27.
Why... before or after? am I missing something?
SnaredJr
responded to MajorHastings
on Thursday 31 May, 2012 at 10:17
Throwdown Thursday: Who on Formspring do you think would give you an evenly matched fight?
I've actually had this one confirmed by government estimators, but myself and Max are considered to be included options in one another's Godzilla thresholds. I'm more defensive than he is, he's more offensive than me, though.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Thursday 31 May, 2012 at 10:22
How well do you handle being left completely alone for a long time?
My work tends to isolate me in-deployment. Sometimes sixteen, twenty hours of literally zero contact with anyone, hostile or friendly, and radio silence. I cope. I don't imagine this is nearly that scale.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Thursday 31 May, 2012 at 10:22
What would you do if there was the possibility that the majority of your lifetime would be spent completely alone? Do you think you could tolerate a thousand years of solitude?
Nope.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 1 June, 2012 at 10:46
Do you have an opinion on divine beings? God/Gods? Why do you believe this? What separates them from mortals?
Morte a tutti i fascisti, e che Dio sia il primo.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Friday 1 June, 2012 at 11:24
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?
The more I think about this, the more I wonder how I've so rarely encountered this. It was never 'I don't know,' but rather 'can I do what I really want to do?'
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Sunday 3 June, 2012 at 02:29
Better to give or to receive?
Ask Curie.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Sunday 3 June, 2012 at 02:30
When you get free time, come here, bring food, bring a blanket, and likely a change of clothes. I want you to watch me work.
On my way. If it's g-rated I'll bring Chell.
SnaredJr
responded to EikoMagami
on Sunday 3 June, 2012 at 11:45
I'm way too skinny for them but what do you think of the shorty shorts trend in civilian/hero fashion?
The agreement my girlfriend has with shorts is, itself, a pact the likes of which maintains peace in our time and spreads joy throughout the French countryside.
SnaredJr
responded to FaigeHarrison
on Tuesday 5 June, 2012 at 08:56
What do you think of me?
I think you're a wonderful, dear friend whose life has veered from dizzying highs to rather unpleasant lows, who's not yet learned that it's okay to just be sad, it's okay to be alone, and it's okay to be happy. You're a hero, and you're human.
I hope that doesn't sound condescending.
SnaredJr
responded to juusan
on Wednesday 6 June, 2012 at 03:12
If the most important person in your life, could you respect their leaving?
No, I'd go nuts trying to get either of them back.
SnaredJr
responded to juusan
on Wednesday 6 June, 2012 at 03:12
Is your weakness in mind, in body, or in how they connect?
In how they disconnect.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Thursday 7 June, 2012 at 05:27
I'm having trouble keeping control tonight, Ryker. I'll be on one of the Islands in Talos if you need me, I didn't want to risk Chell getting hurt if I just went home.
I'm back out of the caves and I'm coming to find you.
SnaredJr
responded to CobaltPhantom
on Sunday 10 June, 2012 at 01:03
Given the choice between saving one person you know, or ten that you do not, which would you choose? If it were necessary to kill those ten in order to protect the one would you make that same decision?
You know, nobody's thought of positing very basic ethical quandraries before.
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Monday 18 June, 2012 at 11:28
How trusting are you of your friends?
This had to be in my inbox along with a question about faith.
One of my biggest problems I have is that there are, at this point, three people I trust Chell with aside from myself - Run, Faige, and Curie. I know this makes me a stifling presence in Chell's life - it means she's always got to be near an authority figure, but I live in a spotlight fallacy, so I think I'm allowed to inflict this kind of bullshit without being unreasonable.
There is nothing precious you can truly have without it creating in you a seed of intense doubt and fear, and that burden makes it very hard for me to truly trust and relax. I'm okay with that burden. I can soldier it. I'm a big brother.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Monday 18 June, 2012 at 11:29
What do you think motivates you to keep going? Has it always been your motivation?
I'm a big brother; and yes, as long as I've been me.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Monday 18 June, 2012 at 11:30
When was the last time you made a serious change to your wardrobe/costume/look? What motivated the change at the time?
A sixty-pound symbiote burrowing its way into my arm. Galaxy City, September 2011.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Monday 18 June, 2012 at 11:30
What do you think makes a person brave or gutsy?
I wonder how many people will quote John Wayne here.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Monday 18 June, 2012 at 11:30
What do you have faith in? Can you explain why you have faith in it?
Nothing. Faith is by definition a belief without evidence.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Monday 18 June, 2012 at 11:31
What is your single favorite color? What is your single least favorite color? Do you think that your choices say anything about your personality?
Green! I don't much have a least-favourite colour. Probably not.
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Monday 18 June, 2012 at 07:37
Capes, Cowls, Tights, Norms, Mundies, Metas, Mutants, Evolved. What's a term you hear used in the super community that you hate?
Blues, Beats, Starfucked, Ripped, Roganjosh, Saintless, Bugbrain, Horned - you know what, pretty much every anti-Etoile slur.
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Monday 18 June, 2012 at 07:43
What's the worst danger you've ever been in?
I feel like these questions are put towards people who are far less active and communicative about their pasts. It was either Galaxy City, September 2011, or Mercy Island, October 2005.
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Monday 18 June, 2012 at 07:44
How do you defy, or follow, the label people have put on you? I mean 'hero,' 'villain,' 'vigilante' and things like that.
I'm a cop. I'm a big brother. I'm technically a registered hero.
There are people who seem to think that being a hero makes you rigid and inflexible, unable to respond to varieties of circumstances, but I don't find that myself.
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Monday 18 June, 2012 at 07:44
Is there anyone you tend to keep at arm's length?
I cannot help but notice that if this were an Eddings Novel, we'd skip ten years forwards and Dario would be screwing my little sister.
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Monday 18 June, 2012 at 07:48
Do you have a memory you like to replay?
Leaving the hospital with Chell for the first time. When she got up and stood and walked out of her wheelchair, refusing it.
I still took it with me. We did wind up needing it, but for that moment, for that pride, she was sure.
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Monday 18 June, 2012 at 07:48
How much of yourself do you let strangers see?
Hsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Monday 18 June, 2012 at 07:49
What's caused you to hide before?
Sniper fire? I hide a lot for my work. You wouldn't think a two-hundred pound pile of muscle and leather could do what I do, but I sneak up on people a lot. Honestly, I can't help but think it'd be spooky as hell.
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Tuesday 19 June, 2012 at 11:27
How do you take your coffee?
In a cup.
SnaredJr
responded to Withoutle
on Wednesday 20 June, 2012 at 09:54
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
You know, I feel a little embarassed that this question spurred me to answer. It says something about me that imagining hypothetical romance scenarios is something that engages my imagination.
What I'm going to recommend you do is first things first, head to Talos Island hospital, and, very politely, speak to the staff working physiotherapy. You don't seem the newspaper sort to me, but recently, the author Colette Foster awoke from a year-long coma, and is doing her physical therapy there. Write down a letter request: Say something like, "Dear Ms Foster; there's a woman I love, who loves books, and it would mean a lot to both of us, if you could write out 'Carcer loves you' on the inside page of one of your books."
I recommend this because, first and foremost, I was part of the interview group of policeman to talk to Ms Foster about the details of her publicist which was also in the paper, and so she's on my mind, but also because she's an avid mythicist and a child prodigy author as well. Her books are, I'm told, very dense and very challenging, but with a strong undercurrent of intellectualism to them, and quite a lot of sex and swearing. They're also very dark, and often disregarded despite their depth.
In other words: I think this woman writes books like you.
This is just going to get you in the position, though. You still have to commit to do it. And go through with it. And if Ms Foster tells you no, then you're going to have to suck it up and find another way. This is just an idea.
SnaredJr
responded to WhatAccent
on Thursday 21 June, 2012 at 01:59
I actually made a friend! Who's your first friend?
Chell.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Thursday 21 June, 2012 at 08:53
What is your profession?
I'm a police officer.
SnaredJr
responded to JusticeStrikes
on Friday 22 June, 2012 at 03:09
((Bio armor up on beta. thought ya might be interested))
((Yeah, already downloading.))
SnaredJr
responded to EikoMagami
on Friday 22 June, 2012 at 03:11
Ever have someone come along and ask you not to use a word that you often use to describe yourself because they find it offensive for whatever reason? What's your reaction?
Well, I've done this to Chell.
For a while there, she liked how shocking it was when she used the word cunt whenever she could to refer to herself. I didn't want her to do it, and so I had to talk to her about it. The big thing I did, and I think the most significant thing I did that led to a change, was that I approached Chell, directly, as an adult.
I asked her to consider that I don't like that word; that the word makes me uncomfortable, and I fear what people would imagine she meant, because it's not clear what she actually meant. The important thing, I think, was that I asked her to stop, rather than telling her to - and she considered what I had to say, and decided that my judgement and my feelings were worth considering.
Of course, she did claim that Delia swears all she wants and nobody here criticises her for it, but my rejoinder to that was that it doesn't matter what other people do. It just matters what she does, and that's why I was asking her.
SnaredJr
responded to WhatAccent
on Sunday 24 June, 2012 at 11:39
How do clothes work!?
If you're still having problems, I've got some free time, I'll see what I can do.
SnaredJr
responded to Hellwhip
on Monday 25 June, 2012 at 08:24
Have you ever cheated on a test?
I guess I have, technically, the medical school testing I did in the Etoile was sort of fulfilled by a lot of cheating. I learned things from outside the 'curriculum' and needed them to pass the tests.
SnaredJr
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Monday 25 June, 2012 at 11:55
So what do you think of this new tagging feature? Useful, or just another whistle? What do you think the odds are of it becoming something for people to use to shamelessly self-promote themselves?
I don't get what the problem is with people shamelessly self-promoting. They show you something of themselves when they boast, and you, like all consumers, are free to form an opinion based on that. It's one of those first-amendment ideals, no? Someone is free to say what they like, and everyone around them is free to regard them as a tool.
I don't actually know much about applications of the tag system, so I don't really know. But hey, self-promotion is what drives a significant percentage of the superhero community, and it seems like a fairly innocuous thing, though.
I do miss the 'interested in' field though.
SnaredJr
responded to shrikespikes
on Monday 25 June, 2012 at 07:44
How much input would you say you have in the PPD public relations process?
Practically nothing. We are told, and it's very much impressed upon us, that we represent the PPD to the public, and therefore, we need to behave ourselves accordingly.
SnaredJr
responded to WhatAccent
on Tuesday 26 June, 2012 at 06:20
Do people normally talk about fire all the time? She's just talking about fire. And dancing. And when I ask her about it she smiles in a way that makes the middle part of my body hurt and she touches me face and says stuff about us being safe now. Normal?
This sounds like something that the Reciprocators could help with. Don't worry - Elly is a friend of The Noisebomb, and he never leaves anyone behind. I'm sure that if you contact the Reciprocators at large, you'll get his hands-on guidance, and failing that, you could get Rosemarie Madden's assistance - she's apparently very skilled when it comes to confused mental states. Plus, as a psychic, she can probably assist you quite well in things you don't understand well in memory events.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Tuesday 26 June, 2012 at 09:00
Do you believe in an individual and eternal self or soul? Why or why not?
Yes, because we have testable, emperical evidence. We can interact with them - we can pull them out of crystals, we can channel them in magic, we can detect them, we can untether them, we can resurrect them.
SnaredJr
responded to lasentinella
on Tuesday 26 June, 2012 at 09:03
How would you take a step upwards in your income?
In my case, I can't. I've signed on for a contract to attain citizenship, which means for the next two years, I'm going to be a police officer on a fixed income. I am actually immensely lucky that thanks to @FaigeHarrison I have a stable place to live - this means that I have some baseline wealth, which means my somewhat limited earnings aren't split between paying for where I can live and my medical bills.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Tuesday 26 June, 2012 at 09:06
Open highway, nobody around, do you speed?
Yeah, people are going to answer this honestly.
SnaredJr
responded to Withoutle
on Tuesday 26 June, 2012 at 09:07
What's something you only ever learned by rote?
African countries. As it turns out, the map I used was wrong as well - but hey, that's Africa for you. The hell is 'Zaire' anyway.
SnaredJr
responded to Withoutle
on Tuesday 26 June, 2012 at 09:07
Do you ever find people making excuses to ignore your opinion?
Oh, regularly. I'm a police officer, I've had to give testimony in court. You know how often the fact I'm from the Etoile gets mentioned?
And you know how many times the judge rolls his eyes and practically spits at the lawyer doing it?
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Tuesday 26 June, 2012 at 09:12
Bad pop music lyrics aside, what do you find to be ironic? (In your life, or in general)
I don't mean to sound metatextually smug, but people's assertions about what is or isn't ironic is usually, to me, ironic, because their definition of ironic is (usually) not actually ironic. Therefore, the literal and practiced meanings of a thing do not line up.
Bear in mind, I do hang around cops, more than a few of whom DO subscribe to Ms Morisette's song.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Tuesday 26 June, 2012 at 09:20
If you were to raise a child (or are raising a child) which of the four major parenting styles seems to be the most natural fit for you? (Authoritative, Authoritarian, Indulgent, or Neglectful)
I have no idea, nor do I have the time to really look through these and provide an in-depth consideration of self-analysis.
If I had a vice in the guardianship I have of Chell, it is that I am too concerned of her safety, that I am too worried about things that can go wrong. I think, however, all things considered, I have some basis for that caution.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Wednesday 27 June, 2012 at 07:05
My thighs, my ass, or my breasts?
Your mind.
Everything else is just the iron filings dancing in the wake of the magnetic field that is your mind. You'd make a body that had any less of what you've got, or any MORE of what you got, the same diabolic lightning in a bottle.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Wednesday 27 June, 2012 at 07:09
Hand in my hand, or hand on my hip?
I read this, and immediately thought of holding your hand, vs putting my hand possessively on your hip, and both of those were appealing, but I couldn't work out which was more desireable.
Then I came back to it and read it, and I imagined you holding your own hand in your hand, or standing sassily with your hand on your hip. And I couldn't decide which I liked more out of those options either.
I propose a compromise, though; my hand on your hip, your hand on mine.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Wednesday 27 June, 2012 at 07:15
Do you feel that your new hours are allowing you more freedom to explore your life, and Chell's? Do you feel you've grown closer with either of us because of it?
I'm enjoying what's seen as 'normal' American culture and lifestyle. Going to the library, visiting the park; turning up to school to help out, baking for bake sales... all those things that I remember from movies and television. It's sweet, it's positively engaging, to become part of this social life, to live and enjoy time as part of this pattern of culture.
I think that being able to sleep while Chell's sleeping, to know that I WILL be there whens she needs company in the night, that I WILL be defending the house against boogeymen and closet monsters, that conects me more. I can be reliable, I can be more dependable, knowing that my schedule is no longer the midnight shift, and that I see the sun and moon the same way Chell does.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Wednesday 27 June, 2012 at 07:17
If you could choose to have my hair any colour, which would you choose?
Qu'est-ce l'orgueil, pour essayer apprivoiser l'arc en ciel.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Wednesday 27 June, 2012 at 07:18
Tell me something I can do for you and Chell. Anything at all.
You can tell her what you think of the most recent artwork she made. You saw it this morning, remember?
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Wednesday 27 June, 2012 at 07:18
Do you prefer me in skirts or shorts?
I favour shorts? But really, I just favour the look of something tight across your rather pleasant rear.
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Thursday 28 June, 2012 at 04:45
What is your favorite Formspring Tag to follow?
I don't. I don't like them and don't really pay attention to them. Maybe in time this new feature will grow on me, but at this point it is new, uninteresting, and primarily seems to be useful for a type of promotion I find odious and uninteresting.
SnaredJr
responded to EikoMagami
on Thursday 28 June, 2012 at 04:46
Settle a...spat...between me and someone: can men and women really be friends without it getting weird?
They can. If you don't think so, you're probably giving voice to a subtle desire.
SnaredJr
responded to EikoMagami
on Thursday 28 June, 2012 at 05:03
How okay is it to lie to friends to spare them bad news or make them feel better?
How well do you think you would appreciate being lied to?
SnaredJr
responded to MajorHastings
on Thursday 28 June, 2012 at 05:03
I spent enough time in the Middle East to get several burns on my scalp and swallow more sand than the average human eats in a lifetime. As a result, I prefer the cold.
Do you prefer hot weather or cold weather?
I grew up in the Etoile. What's this 'hot?'
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Thursday 28 June, 2012 at 05:04
Do you have to deal with imitators and frauds in your line of work? How do you prefer to deal with them?
No. Nothing dissuades imitation like wearing a uniform and doing hard work that involves a responsibility.
SnaredJr
responded to MaxImpact
on Thursday 28 June, 2012 at 05:06
How are you? How is Chell doing?
I'm good! I'm tired - oh lords am I tired right now - but that's a long day being called through the body, and being up early to do another one. But I'm well. Chell's well. She's responding really well to having a more regular schedule in her life, too, which is nice.
SnaredJr
responded to aquariusacqn
on Tuesday 3 July, 2012 at 03:28
I happened across this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g032MPrSjFA
Knowing the handful of women involved in science on formspring I'd say it was... unrepresentative to say the least. Thoughts?
SnaredJr
responded to IamEvolved
on Tuesday 3 July, 2012 at 09:27
Any suggestions on coping with feeling angry all the time?
Oh, feel angry. That's fine. Anger is useful - anger is something you can be intense about., it's something active and engaging. It's when you let the anger do nothing but fester that you've got a problem.
You're a father. There's a lot to be angry about. How unfair the world is, the ideas other people will throw around as advice, the education systems that you can be stuck with, and so on. Use that anger. Let it drive your hands to shape the world.
Men are like swords; when we lose our temper, we lose our usefulness.
SnaredJr
responded to aquariusacqn
on Wednesday 4 July, 2012 at 05:40
Have you ever denied something someone wanted really badly?
Yes.
SnaredJr
responded to DoctorDavidson
on Friday 6 July, 2012 at 04:58
How long has your longest friendship lasted? Is it still ongoing? What makes it continue to work/what made it work?
Twenty-four years. Yes. She's my little sister.
SnaredJr
responded to ScarletWarden
on Tuesday 10 July, 2012 at 04:37
Blackmail: It's legal (if perhaps immoral) to threaten to reveal a secret about someone. It's legal to ask someone for money. But it's illegal to combine these two things. Why, do you think, do two 'rights' make a 'wrong' in this situation?
It's weird, it's like how taking my clothes off in my bedroom is a different thing to taking all my clothes off in a schoolroom. It's almost like context is important when making judgements about morality.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Wednesday 11 July, 2012 at 12:55
What's the most memorable place you've ever been?
Now, now, Zex, I don't want to make you jealous.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Wednesday 11 July, 2012 at 12:56
What's the weirdest place you've ever sent a formspring question from?
I haven't sent questions from all that weird a place, but right now I'm answering this one as a test of this new phone. Apparently, my previous phone was found hanging by its cord in my closet, with a note pinned to itself saying 'I couldn't live as a corporate whore any more.'
So I guess I'm going android.
SnaredJr
responded to ScarletWarden
on Tuesday 17 July, 2012 at 08:09
I tried a new look today, but it didn't feel very... professional. What do you guys think? If I came to save your life would this style make you more or less stoked to see me?
If you came to save my life, would I be paying attention to what the person rescuing me looked like?
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Monday 23 July, 2012 at 04:38
Do you ever find yourself wondering what life would have been like had we not met?
I'd have done much worse in school. We shared a high school because of its scientific facilities - you know, bunsen burners and actual chemicals. The twisted views on health and safety was a bit of a thing too - it's funny that we had a small particle accelerator at school, because you know, you could jack one of those things pretty easily - but we didn't have frogs to dissect, because nobody ever tried fencing a thousand tiny green corpses.
I think mostly, I'd just have endured, as I was, a little lonely. Chell was instrumental in bringing us together; she clearly was looking for people to make me happy. So ... I don't know. I guess you'd probably be sick somewhere in the Isles, and I'd be lonely here, watching as Chell tried to find a perfect piece for a puzzle that didn't have its final piece.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Monday 23 July, 2012 at 04:40
Do you feel that, together, we make a better team out in the field than you do on your own? Or do you still prefer to work alone?
I find best with a partner. We can both move through crowds untouched; I'm tougher, you're faster. We're equals, infiltrators, and big damn heroes. It says a lot that you can be a walking thunderbolt one minute, and hide from the world the next.
SnaredJr
responded to ScarletWarden
on Monday 23 July, 2012 at 05:44
What type of bread do you prefer?
Etoile black ~
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Monday 23 July, 2012 at 05:50
When are you going to let Chell have her own Formspring?
Oh come on, this again?
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Monday 23 July, 2012 at 07:52
Have you been to your country's capital?
Would that be Washington DC or Grandville? Because no, yes.
SnaredJr
responded to shockhazard
on Tuesday 24 July, 2012 at 07:12
Ever meet someone who seems absolutely perfect yet you still have misgivings?
Yes. Turns out she was.
SnaredJr
responded to EikoMagami
on Tuesday 24 July, 2012 at 07:14
So hey. Anyone ever visit a prisoner at the Zig? Any tips for how to handle myself so I don't say or do anything stupid? Anyone want to volunteer to talk to my bio-mom instead of me?
You'll be going in there with a guard. You will be speaking through a telephone to a glass wall. In extreme cases, you won't be face to face, you'll be looking at a CCTV display and into a camera, like you're very short-distance webcamming.
Listen to the guards. Obey the guards. If they say 'keep away from,' actually do it.
SnaredJr
responded to Withoutle
on Tuesday 24 July, 2012 at 07:40
You got any memories of friends you had growing up?
Oh, don't start this, Curie will get up in my grill about forgetting her during high school.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Tuesday 24 July, 2012 at 07:41
What habits did you have before that you feel have changed since you and I started seeing each other?
I spent a little more time for myself. I'm a little more relaxed about Chell's medical situation, and a little less tense about her interacting with boys. It's helpful, I guess.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Tuesday 24 July, 2012 at 07:42
We need a handful of cameras so we can start documenting Chell's progress as an artist - not really a question, I know, but it seems necessary to keep track of these things.
This is a REALLY good idea. I'll see what I can find.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Tuesday 24 July, 2012 at 07:43
Would you be upset if I let Chell have some of my make-up to fuck around with? I don't even know if she wants to, but they're cooky colours and I think she might enjoy them.
Oh, definitely not. Chell can have makeup - if she's happy to play with it. When she was still growing back, we did things like draw on eyebrows, because it made her feel more normal. If she doesn't associate makeup negatively, then I'm totally happy with her having it. It's an artform, after all.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Tuesday 24 July, 2012 at 07:44
If I were going to bring a movie home for us all to watch together, what would you suggest? If I were going to also bring home a movie just for us, what would you suggest?
For us, anything from the Disney Canon (though pre-Beauty and the Beast is a bit dull for my tastes). For you and me, skip the movie?
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Tuesday 24 July, 2012 at 07:46
If you had the option to change anything about our situation, what would you change?
We'd both be citizens, already, not bound to the one city so we can take holidays elsewhere, and I'd be able to choose if I wanted to work for the police or not. I can't lie, some days I learn some things about my coworkers that make my stomach turn.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Tuesday 24 July, 2012 at 07:50
Would you consider yourself a hero, or just a man doing what's right? What about me? What about Chell?
I don't really consider myself a hero, at this point, because - remember! - this is in my line of work an actual legal term, something that means something. I'm not a hero. I have to do my own paperwork, I have to respond to the call of other officers, and evidence is important. I can't actually make arrests - because, ha ha, not a citizen - but still.
I DO consider you a hero, because of the same legal definition. In a broader sense, are you 'one of my heroes?' No, because that rarified air is reserved for people like Bertrand Russell and Marie Curie and Michelle Baptiste. But you're my lover, my love, and most of my life.
Chell, on the other hand, is one of my heroes, because she's normal. She's NOT superpowered, and she's still doing everything she can, struggling as hard as she can, to do everything. She wants to sample all the art, save all the ideas, hear all the concepts and introduce us all to love. She heard about Delia's sadness about not having a tattoo, and - before ever MEETING Delia! - she was sitting down working on sketches.
SnaredJr
responded to Tenebraxa
on Wednesday 25 July, 2012 at 08:33
((Something those who follow news in Paragon City may have come across. I'm sorry it's totally unrelated to Carmen and Delia, but this is easier than making a Twofold account and individually selecting recipients. Yay Nation tag. :P))
((Good thing we have Ani to help represent us in case of these inevitable mutant blowup- oh.))
SnaredJr
responded to EikoMagami
on Monday 30 July, 2012 at 12:56
It's official! I'm a Reciprocator! Now pick up your jaw and maybe tell me about the last time you joined up with others?
The last time I joined up with others it was to try and rescue Elliot McTaggart. You can go and consult history to see how well that worked out; Elliot's friends are, I am sure, working to help her out now, especially those who were so hurt and offended that I had insight enough to take care of and help a lost girl who was away from home. I'd recommend asking Gwen, the Plague of Wasps, given how hard upon she rode that thought.
SnaredJr
responded to Vertigirl
on Monday 30 July, 2012 at 08:18
when wus the first time u drew blood? how? y?
Bio lab, because I'd been told to. We were cutting up frogs.
SnaredJr
responded to ScarletWarden
on Thursday 2 August, 2012 at 12:45
When's the last time you had to work with someone you hated? I ended up having to help some D-list villains against an outerworldly threat tonight. Greater good and all, but next time I see that putrid fish woman I'm going to grill her ass like tuna. Ew.
Hating's bad for your health, I understand.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 7 August, 2012 at 11:31
Are you satisfied with how humanity and/or society is progressing?
It could be faster, sure, but I don't mind the pace. I haven't died of polio or tuberculosis or whooping cough, I don't have to deal with marauding gangs of murderers coming to my house in my sleep and I don't have to put out housefires on my own.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Tuesday 7 August, 2012 at 09:07
Do you trust a wealthy billionaire changing society more than you trust government doing it?
There's a difference?
SnaredJr
responded to EikoMagami
on Tuesday 14 August, 2012 at 07:02
Lunchtime Poll Topic: What's the most embarrassing or strange thing to ever happen to you in front of a class?
Being called up front because me and my lab partner were the only people to get an A in the class, in the history of the school.
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Friday 17 August, 2012 at 12:08
How would you describe your best friend?
She's not a victim.
SnaredJr
responded to ISpyThighHighs
on Friday 17 August, 2012 at 12:09
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?
Numerous times, Curie has shown me that I treat Chell with more care than I probably should.
SnaredJr
responded to HiroAntagonist
on Friday 17 August, 2012 at 12:18
((OOC: How much do you follow CoH lore? This has probably been discussed before, but I'm curious. Does impact your characters and stories directly? Or is it just something that happens in game, but not necessarily to your story?))
((Relatively closely, but not slavishly.
In my case, I resist absolutes. The game has, since I started playing, before we had safeguards and radio missions, been telling me 'you did this thing,' which, as an absolute, can't be the case. I can't be the one guy who did all that stuff, especially when it's done over and over and over again.
So when there's one path to Incarnate status, one lone justification for hitting a level of power that has also been attained by built robots and rock-throwing citizens, I resist that idea.
Dark Astoria claims that all deaths fuel mot. That's an absolute I also resist. Maybe it's a line of propaganda extolled by a god trying to stave off its end, or a misunderstood piece of magical lore. Maybe the person who tells us that is mistaken. The point is, that's another absolute that I will resist.
On the other hand, there's a point of canon that in recent days I've been finding myself more and more inclined to respect and regard, that is: The shit we're facing is actually meaningful. We're MMO players, and in many cases we've been at it for years. Characters who are arrogant and disrespectful are normal enough, and lords knows we're full up on super-powered demibeings who will treat even the things that matter the most to them flippantly (and it gets old fucking fast). That's how some characters are. I'm not talking about that.
I'm talking about groups like the Sky Raiders and the Council, who are regarded in conversation between heroes as total jobbers. Well look, we've been heroing against them non-stop for eight years and they're still here. So either we're useless, or they're a real threat. Treat them like one. If they're not a real threat to your individual character, imagine why they might still be around. The Sky Raiders, as a unit, are only a few hundred strong - so why are we still fighting them? To my mind, it's because they excel at hit-and-run. Take out a warehouse full of raiders, and they're not getting ported to prison, they're porting out, healing up, and coming back at you soon. I've spoken about Council recruitment in a similar vein.
The same time, Eiko's plot about fooling Malta with her rather simplistic gambits? It felt to me utterly disrespectful of the canon because Malta are an NGO who are meant to be specialised in taking out targets like her. They're meant to be GOOD at it. And the fact that Eiko has, for example, no psychic defences, and this being a point of public record, it seems really fanciful to me that a team meant to take her out wouldn't have come bristling with psychics.
Enemy groups, in game, are meant to be scary, threatening, and meaningful, and I will always strive to treat them as such. To make our threats meaningless is to make opposing them just as meaningless.))
SnaredJr
responded to EikoMagami
on Friday 17 August, 2012 at 07:41
(( I would like to formerly retract my previous question. I'm sorry (again) for unnecessary drama. I've been having a few bad days (weeks) and took criticism way too personally - way, way too personally. ))
((Reading your comments about your own work in this particular blowout, I don't agree with you that you'll never own Eiko. You DO own Eiko. The fact that she drew inspiration from an anime doesn't mean she's not yours, any more than the fact that A-ko drew inspiration from Superman and Wonderwoman means that Katsuhiko Nishijima has no claim to her.
That said, if offhanded comments that aren't directed to you, a month after you've done something, are upsetting you this much, and you're taking medication, at least let us know ahead of time, and talk to your parents about mood swings. It might be an unavoidable side effect, but it might be something that's a sign of something greater wrong.))
SnaredJr
responded to shrikespikes
on Sunday 30 September, 2012 at 10:26
How've you been?
Avoiding an inbox with 100+ questions in it.
How about you?
SnaredJr
responded to WhatAccent
on Thursday 4 October, 2012 at 10:34
I think I have something that belongs to you. You haven't been bleeding at many crime scenes, have you?
No, I haven't. I was asked to take a blood test recently, though, to do some exclusion testing. Why, what's wrong?
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Friday 5 October, 2012 at 07:09
What do you spend most of your money on?
Art supplies!
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Sunday 7 October, 2012 at 07:15
Are you athletic?
I can support my entire body weight off the ground with one hand. And remembering my size, that's not something you can do easily.
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Tuesday 16 October, 2012 at 06:30
Could you eat the same thing every day?
Oh lords no. I think I've been told I'm a foodie.
SnaredJr
responded to TheChthonian
on Thursday 8 November, 2012 at 04:45
Share with me a particular moment, when something important in your life ceased to matter.
When father died, giving me the symbiote, there was literally nothing in the world that mattered to me any more but Chell's well-being and safety. I had that responsibility and I still do, and ever will. There have been other things that have been able to raise up to the lofty heights of mattering almost as much, but no, nothing matters the same amount.
SnaredJr
responded to MazzoGrave
on Thursday 8 November, 2012 at 04:46
Everyone's gone.
Every time I patrol the city it seems like there's less and less meta's defending or attacking it. If there's anyone still in town say something, I'm starting to get a little paranoid.
If you'd like, you can come down to the station and work on these numerous instances of meta domestic abuse, date rape, insurance fraud and Praetorian hate crimes that 99% of heroes don't give the faintest shit about because you can't solve them by punching someone in spandex in the face. We'd appreciate the help.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Thursday 8 November, 2012 at 04:47
Why are you so quiet?
Because I'm sleeping with Curie, and she's not.
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Thursday 8 November, 2012 at 04:49
What three songs have you been listening to most lately?
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Friday 9 November, 2012 at 05:51
What word always deserves an explanation point after it?!
((FIFTH FORCE!))
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Tuesday 13 November, 2012 at 06:23
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?
The FBSA oversees every single costumed hero that runs around swording Hellions in the face for graffiti offenses.
What's this 'more' focused on direct action horseshit?
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 13 November, 2012 at 06:26
What makes you lie?
Surprise parties.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 13 November, 2012 at 06:26
What do you think of uniforms?
Mine gets me laid.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 13 November, 2012 at 07:14
How are you?
Trying to find time to help make a Thanksgiving Play costume while Christmas shopping and getting oh, yeah, work done.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 13 November, 2012 at 08:12
Why do you fight?
I'm a big brother.
SnaredJr
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Wednesday 14 November, 2012 at 03:40
Why were you evil and what made you stop?
Because I insisted on 7.30 curfews and 8.30 bedtimes. As Chell's health improved, I was able to stop that, and the smear campaign from the citizen uprising abated.
SnaredJr
responded to Withoutle
on Wednesday 14 November, 2012 at 06:33
Do you think it's reasonable to just see 'Isles life' as an automatic mulligan on life?
What the devil are you even talking about?
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Wednesday 14 November, 2012 at 07:24
What's a problem that you see in the 'super' community which you don't think gets brought up enough?
There's too much of an us-vs-them attitude. The number of supers who refuse to respect the police force's involvement in their job is too high.
Also, we're too prone to getting into arguments. Sorry about that, Vince.
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Wednesday 14 November, 2012 at 07:41
In what way do you think the police force is most complimentary to a hero's work?
We legitimise heroes. If there are no police handling the arrest, the evidence, the proof and the eventual due process of legal actions, a hero is just a bully trying to intimidate random members of the public into behaving a single way.
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Wednesday 14 November, 2012 at 09:07
In what way do you think heroes are most complimentary to the police force's work?
A lot of things the police need to do are very short term, painful, and risky. Things like containment operations on a building, say, or breaking up a riot, or solving a hostage crisis situation, or preventing a bomb explosion. For normal, trained humans to do these things takes enormous risks of multiple lives. For heroes, it's one person who can usually handle it.
Heroes can be the tip of the spear in those moments when the police need a spear.
They also serve as good moral examples and can help instil a positive attitude in the culture around them and bring more people to positive, optimistic outcomes for their life, but pfffft. Punching witches and chugging brews, amirite.
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Wednesday 14 November, 2012 at 10:02
What's the most glaring error you've ever seen a hero make?
I didn't see it personally, but I know of a few cases of date rape.
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Thursday 15 November, 2012 at 09:01
To word that last question better, what's been the highlight of your career so far?
Challenging question.
I don't think there's been anything more noteworthy than the time I was asked to do backup for Max and wasn't able to inform Kazeno or other people in positions of security around me. That was probably the most high-profile thing I've ever done.
SnaredJr
responded to pressdotexe
on Friday 16 November, 2012 at 09:02
Do you watch foreign-language TV?
I guess technically all the shows shown in American English are foreign-language to me.
Also, I'm not sure if I'm happy or not that my inbox doesn't tell me how many questions there are in it.
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Friday 16 November, 2012 at 09:02
What is something you used to do which embarrasses you now?
Live like a monk.
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Sunday 18 November, 2012 at 08:01
Do you still have anything from your childhood?
I'm a big brother.
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Monday 19 November, 2012 at 12:06
SnaredJr
responded to TheChthonian
on Monday 19 November, 2012 at 07:06
What is more true: That the ones you value help you see the good in life, or that the ones you value keep you from seeing the darkness of existence?
I am an ignorant, insignificant, irrelevant speck of carbon. The universe existed for billions of years - not millions, not thousands, not hundreds, BILLIONS of years, before I existed, and will exist for billions more after I die. Everything alive I know, is going to die, pass, and be no more, and not a single thing I have done will have mattered at all by then. I was dead before I was alive and I will become dead again eventually.
This is true. This is the reality of existence.
But when I'm sitting on the sofa watching the two women in my life drink jersey caramel slides from penguin mugs while Curie plays Assassin's Creed III for us to watch, it's very hard to let it bother me.
SnaredJr
responded to someusernameher
on Monday 19 November, 2012 at 07:11
(( So - hey! To all my CoH friends: this account is turning into more of a RL me account. So I'm gonna un-follow and stop RP'ing. My other accounts will keep going. U can keep following but it get weird. Bye and stuff! ))
((Can anyone tell me who the heck this was?))
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Monday 19 November, 2012 at 07:18
((What's an aspect of your character that you never expected to be as important as it is?))
((Ryker's attractiveness.))
SnaredJr
responded to Withoutle
on Monday 19 November, 2012 at 07:20
What would you to do to help a friend fulfill their dream? Specific friend, specific dream. No copout bullshit.
Forcing her to go to bed when she needs it, eat right, and focus on her schoolwork so she can go to college in a few years' time.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Monday 19 November, 2012 at 07:20
Ever been subjected to racism?
A little bit.
SnaredJr
responded to TheChthonian
on Monday 19 November, 2012 at 08:18
In a survival situation, what position would you be most comfortable with: The leader, or the warchief?
I'm afraid I really don't understand the distinction.
SnaredJr
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Monday 19 November, 2012 at 08:36
So how was your weekend?
I had an okay time. This situation in Palestine led to me and Chell going through history books and the museum to learn, then we spent some time working on Christmas presents for people.
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Thursday 22 November, 2012 at 04:22
Do you still live with your parents?
I live with Chell's.
SnaredJr
responded to TheChthonian
on Thursday 22 November, 2012 at 04:22
When was the last time that -you- were seduced?
Waking up. There's nothing quite like a lover like mine.
SnaredJr
responded to Anamnesia
on Thursday 29 November, 2012 at 01:13
What does Suzanne Venker mean when she says that women aren't women anymore? What makes a woman a woman?
I don't know what SHE means because she's an individual with her own opinions and her own great ideas. On the other hand, in this context, she sounds a bit like an idiot.
SnaredJr
responded to BackAlleyBeats
on Saturday 1 December, 2012 at 03:49
[[ I didn't want to be in the crowd this time. ]]
((I tagged and marked and bragged and barked
and I WAS HERE.))
SnaredJr
responded to Snaerr
on Sunday 2 December, 2012 at 07:52
I finally find a way to communicate and it's with the goddamn internet. LAUGH IT UP, SID.
So, how long has it been and what have I missed? Anybody significant die?
A few hundred million people over the past few months. And they were significant to everyone.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Sunday 2 December, 2012 at 11:24
What's the biggest hit you've taken?
January this year there was a closed operation for Vanguard which involved an antimatter cannon stolen from Portal Corps that involved using a whole planet's gravity whip to send a particle into its targets. I wound up caught in the barrel for a partial fire of that cannon, which thankfully stopped it working, but it hurt more than anything I'd ever imagined.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 3 December, 2012 at 12:04
If you could know the answer to any practical question (No "meaning of life" bullshit), what would it be?
How can we maximize efficiency in teaching?
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Monday 3 December, 2012 at 12:05
Do you put much stock/faith in dreams?
To live with an artist and a scientist, I'd be a fool not to.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 12:33
What are your three best qualities?
I give blood. I give gifts.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 03:03
Are you and Curie monogamous because of greed? I am trying to understand.
Talk to her about it. Who Curie sleeps with is her decision, not mine.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 07:20
So, assuming people will be busy over Christmas and the New Year: What're you expecting in the next month?
I took on a greater than normal schedule over the break, which frees up other non-powered cops to get some Christmas time off in. I live with everyone that matters to me - some of these guys have to travel to Baltimore or Oregon to see their parents or kids.
I'm planning a day-roast before Christmas, though. The plan is to make the whole house smell like roast poatoes, lamb, beef, and chicken, and do a three-day festival of feasting. Depending on what they're doing, we might invite Run's family over as well. Then I'll be off to work for the last part of Christmas day. Paperwork is still there, and we're not expecting multiple crime free days.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 07:21
What're you planning on doing before you take a vacation?
Another two years of public service.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 07:22
What's the best Christmas present you've already bought?
Chell still reads this, so no, you don't get to know.
But it's good!
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 07:22
What was the best thing about your Thanksgiving dinner?
Deep-fried cinnamon butter sticks.
And it was strangely comforting for Curie to just pay for it all. I may be able to deal with being a kept man.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 07:24
What was the SECOND best thing about your Thanksgiving dinner?
Washing up while Chell, Dario, and Runaway taught Hewa and Curie all the extra verses of Su Questo, Di Tutti I Giorni.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 07:25
((What's something someone else was going to do that you were looking forward to?))
((I was quite interested to see the conclusion to Omega Effect unbound by its problems.))
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 07:25
Do you save?
Now, yes.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 07:25
Do you invest?
Not yet.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 07:26
When someone says 'We're heading to the park,' what park do you think they mean?
The one on the roof of this building, which I believe is called the Harrison Memorial.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 07:26
In what medium do you work?
Justice.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 07:27
Who wouldn't you bother to help?
ಠ_ಠ
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 07:27
How secure is your workplace?
ಠ_ಠ
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 07:27
How well do you pursue what you want?
ಠ_ಠ
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 07:27
How many times do you see one of your idealistic answers and know you're lying?
ಠ_ಠ
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 07:27
Why do you tolerate the worst of your friends?
ಠ_ಠ
Okay, seriously.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 07:27
Your best friend is behaving irrationally. You suspect...?
She's a teenaged girl.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 07:28
How many people would you invite to your ideal party?
Nine, ten? I like it when there's enough people around nobody gets mad at me for being in the kitchen.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 07:28
If you could throw any kind of party, what would it be?
A dolce cena.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 07:29
What would you do if you very suddenly got a incomprehensibly large amount of money?
Be humble, grateful, and responsible.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 07:30
If you were FORCED to change your name, what would you change it to?
Reinhart Targen.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 07:31
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.
Is speeding a natural process supernatural? Ie, would anything I sped up revert back to where it was?
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 07:32
What is the best gift you have ever received?
Footsteps by mine last year, out of the hospital. Second to that was when Faige bought us this home.
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 07:32
Why is Reinhart Targen significant to you?
Targen's a nickname I gave Chell years ago - it means 'bear,' in German, but bear as in carry, not bear as in a fuzzy thing. Reinhart is a WHY AREN'T YOU IN BED?
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 07:33
Why are you SnaredJr now? I don't remember the Jr being there before but I guess I might not have been noticing it or something....
It's been there since I had the account. Snared was taken. SnaredJR wasn't. Elly brought to my attention that in the USA, you capitalise the J of Jr, not both letters. I realised I'd gone for almost a year with a silly mistake on my account.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 07:34
How do you deal with a setback?
I reconsider just how important that path was to me.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 07:36
A lot of people are against body modification for cosmetic purposes. What is your stance on this?
I think those people are ignorant and selfish. The issue should be social pressures or inappropriate dynamics leading to body modification, not to body modification itself. As with many social causes, the problems come at the point of stigmatization rather than the point of action.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 07:36
Do you think you'd get along with an exact copy of yourself?
Slightly disquieted by the thought of it. I suspect we'd come to blows. Shirtlessly.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 07:38
When you stand, you stand with...?
The weight and strength of every law that has so entrusted itself to my hand. I do not move with my will, but with the will of every person who seeks to have a society of laws, and of rules, rather than a plutocracy dominated by a tiny elite.
SnaredJr
responded to Stheras
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 07:39
Why do you think you would come to blows with a copy of yourself?
Chell has made it clear to me that I am a fussy person to deal with, and Curie has made it clear to me that I look good shirtless.
SnaredJr
responded to Formspring
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 03:20
Blonde or brunette?
Redhead.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Tuesday 4 December, 2012 at 03:21
Do you have any Christmas traditions?
Just a day for a big dinner and giving gifts to Chell. When I was the only child, my parents both gave me gifts; when Chell became the youngest child, I became a giver rather than a receiver. It's very different, here in America.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 03:02
I'm thinking of having Chell draw something on me, signing it, then having it tattooed. What would you suggest she focus on and where would it be best to have it?
Collarbone, back of your hand, left hip, I think?
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 06:12
Do you cut the crusts off your sandwiches?
Depends on the type of bread. For most, yeah, the crust is just more carbohydrates, so it's better to trim it off and make the whole sandwich experience nicer. In a poppyseed or linseed loaf, or maybe Etoile black, the crust is where you concentrate a lot of flavour and firm texture.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 06:13
What's something you want to MAKE into a Christmas tradition?
It has the tag 'justareminder' and you don't get to know.
SnaredJr
responded to jouleaux
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 05:13
I need Christmas lists from you and Chell. I might have already gotten some things that you both might want but I need more ideas.
It's the only face I have.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 05:15
What food are you looking forward to this Christmas?
Crispy Asian curry potato salad. Absolutely wonderful stuff.
SnaredJr
responded to Cearmaid
on Wednesday 5 December, 2012 at 05:16
How do you eat cupcakes?
You tear the bottom half off the cupcake, then flip the top of the cupcake over and eat it like a frosting sandwich.
SnaredJr
responded to Zexecutioner
on Thursday 10 January, 2013 at 08:10
How much power are you comfortable having?
I am not the law, but I represent justice so far as my feeble powers go.
SnaredJr
responded to TheAndrogyne
on Friday 15 March, 2013 at 07:02
((Time's come, retiring this account. Thanks for over two years of fun and enriched RP, City-of and other FSers. You can find me OOC at @AlwaysAPrice and IC at @AwfulGood, Ani's counterpart in the Champions universe. DBFBF.))
((Ani packs it in, three days later, FS itself shuts down. I hope you're happy.))