Kaymyth she/her Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 Rules as follows Spoilered for length. Take a drink when Frodo says 'Sam'. Take a drink when Sam says 'Mr Frodo'. Take a drink whenever anybody mentions the One Ring. If you have a death wish, take a drink every time there's a close-up of the ring. Take a drink whenever you see somebody's filthy, chewed finger nails (unless they're yours). Take a drink whenever a bad guy dies (good god). Take a drink whenever Gollum says 'my precious'. Take a drink every time somebody pulls out a sword. Take a drink every time you talk along with the dialogue. Take a drink any time Gollum hacks 'Gollum! Gollum!' Take a drink every time Legolas says something vague and portentous. Take a drink every time Legolas makes a Captain Obvious remark. Every time there is a close up of the Eye of Sauron. Take a (small) sip every time Frodo's stressed-out, ring-possessed face looks like... something else. If you feel like living dangerously, take a drink whenever a character says a line that was at worst unremarkable when the films came out, but has become Narm due to Memetic Mutation. WARNING: TV Tropes cannot be held responsible for any alcohol poisoning anyone got if they took this challenge. You have been warned Take a drink every time Frodo trips over his own feet. By the end, you should look as haggard and beaten as he does. Take a drink whenever Frodo and Sam have a bromance moment. Take a drink whenever the name of a person, place or thing is said in an ominous and portentous voice. Take a drink whenever someone repeats the name of something dangerous after the first person said it. Take a drink whenever Gandalf turns up and just makes things okay. Take a drink every time the opening line from "Dies Irae" plays in the music. Take a drink every time someone complains about what a different species did or didn't do several centuries ago. Take a drink whenever a hobbit screws up. Take a drink whenever a member of Boromir's family screws up. Take a drink whenever someone says "One by one" or "You know (of)..." in Fellowship of the Ring We watched them all at once and the next day was extremely rough. Even though we were only drinking beer. That is a lot more complicated than the Farscape drinking game: Take a drink every time Crichton makes a pop culture reference. And...that's pretty much it. (Anyone who is now saying, "Wait, that doesn't sound like much of a game!" has obviously and tragically never seen an episode of Farscape.) 2
Kobold King he/him Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 That is a lot more complicated than the Farscape drinking game: Take a drink every time Crichton makes a pop culture reference. And...that's pretty much it. (Anyone who is now saying, "Wait, that doesn't sound like much of a game!" has obviously and tragically never seen an episode of Farscape.) I literally cannot hear the name "Farscape" without hearing that awesome theme music wailing in my head. 1
Kaymyth she/her Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 I literally cannot hear the name "Farscape" without hearing that awesome theme music wailing in my head. That's fair. There's very little about Farscape that isn't awesome, really. 2
Orlion Blight he/him Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 Oh and.....is the Lord Sauron for creating the master ring? Or Frodo for destroying it? Sauron is the Lord of the Rings. In the first book, Pippin is announcing Frodo as "The Lord of the Rings!" To which Gandalf scolds him (and probably calls him a 'fool of a Took') and says that Sauron is the Lord of the Rings, and won't you (Pippin) take this seriously?!
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 Because it's a new day: www.gofundme.com/danipugfund (NOT "dark puffins," autocorrect!) Also, if you donate, would you mind saying so on here? Don't say how much, if you want to stay anonymous, but if it doesn't seem too weird, I want to thank everyone who gave once I get the pug. 1
Kobold King he/him Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 Because it's a new day: www.gofundme.com/danipugfund (NOT "dark puffins," autocorrect!) Also, if you donate, would you mind saying so on here? Don't say how much, if you want to stay anonymous, but if it doesn't seem too weird, I want to thank everyone who gave once I get the pug. ...Dark puffins? 4
Kaymyth she/her Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 Dear Woodwind & Brasswind, You are not helping my resolve to wait for getting a new flute. I still have a year of car payments left, and you are e-mailing me about this, "Buy a flute and get a piccolo free!" special. Seriously. Not. Helping. Sincerely, Me. 2
Orlion Blight he/him Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 ...Dark puffins? Funny thing is, he'll probably eat your soul anyway. Dear Woodwind & Brasswind, You are not helping my resolve to wait for getting a new flute. I still have a year of car payments left, and you are e-mailing me about this, "Buy a flute and get a piccolo free!" special. Seriously. Not. Helping. Sincerely, Me. Hey, you can't take your money (or your debt ) with you when you die... just your wonderful memories.....*cough* And massive amounts of guilt *cough*
Kobold King he/him Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 Funny thing is, he'll probably eat your soul anyway. All souls are consumed by the dark puffins sooner or later. But will you have yours devoured at the end of your existence, after a life of many decades, or this very week? 2
Kaymyth she/her Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 Funny thing is, he'll probably eat your soul anyway. Hey, you can't take your money (or your debt ) with you when you die... just your wonderful memories.....*cough* And massive amounts of guilt *cough* Heh. I might just have to mention this frustration to my husband tonight, if only because he made noises about thinking he knew what he wanted to get me for my birthday, but wasn't quite sure how to go about picking it out. Which I think means he might be thinking about a flute. He did the same song and dance before Christmas before finally breaking down and telling me he wanted to get me a serger.
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 What is even happening Apparently, the dark puffins were threatening people into donating to my Pug Fund before the flutes got involved. 1
Quiver he/him Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 Dark Puffin sounds like a good name for the pup. Maybe Dark Puggin? 2
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 Dark Puffin sounds like a good name for the pup. Maybe Dark Puggin? I'll add that to the list, which so far looks like…. Boy names: Obliteration ("Blitzy") Dark Puggin Kaladin Bruce Girl Names Fantomah Lagertha Dark Puggin Harley 2
Kobold King he/him Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 I'll add that to the list, which so far looks like…. Boy names: Obliteration ("Blitzy") Dark Puggin Kaladin Bruce Girl Names Fantomah Lagertha Dark Puggin Harley I like all of those names. Harley after Harley Quinn, or do you just like the name?
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 I like all of those names. Harley after Harley Quinn, or do you just like the name? Harley after Harley Quinn, Bruce after Bruce Wayne. Though for a boy pug, I'm seriously leaning toward Obliteration. 1
+Slowswift Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 I'll add that to the list, which so far looks like…. Boy names: Obliteration ("Blitzy") Dark Puggin Kaladin Bruce Girl Names Fantomah Lagertha Dark Puggin Harley Obliteration all the way. 1
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 Obliteration all the way. Plus, I can't think of a cuter nickname than Blitzy. (Though Brucie runs a close second. ) I want to post it to Facebook, but when I casually mentioned the possibility of crowdfunding to my mom, she acted like I'd just suggested writing DONATE PLZ in chalk on the street outside the house. 1
Kobold King he/him Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 I want to post it to Facebook, but when I casually mentioned the possibility of crowdfunding to my mom, she acted like I'd just suggested writing DONATE PLZ in chalk on the street outside the house. Why not do that too? * pointedly casual shrug * 3
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 Why not do that too? * pointedly casual shrug * Because there's a grumpy old troll man who lives a few houses away, and he'd bring the wrath of the HOA down upon us if I did something like that. (He once got them to call the storming cops because I had left my car parked on the curb across from his property—technically on land nobody really owned, but within sight of his house—overnight. Told them it had been there for days when it had really only been maybe eight hours.) Any way I can keep them from seeing it and make sure it's never ever shared with them? I know this sounds like a stupid thing to be worried over, but I can't help it. Maybe because my mom made a big deal out of telling me how she and Dad had decided to help me buy a pug, even though they were going to use that money to help me buy furniture, "but you can just get your furniture off Craigslist." Don't get me wrong, I'm happy about it, but I know there's a decent chance they'll renege at the last second. (And I'm trying not to remember that they told me two years ago that they'd take me to IKEA to pick out new furniture to replace the nightstand and dresser that are literally falling apart and were castoffs from my grandmother. Somehow, they remembered to get IKEA furniture for all of my siblings, but I don't even have a bed frame.) 2
Kobold King he/him Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 Any way I can keep them from seeing it and make sure it's never ever shared with them? I know this sounds like a stupid thing to be worried over, but I can't help it. Maybe because my mom made a big deal out of telling me how she and Dad had decided to help me buy a pug, even though they were going to use that money to help me buy furniture, "but you can just get your furniture off Craigslist." Don't get me wrong, I'm happy about it, but I know there's a decent chance they'll renege at the last second. (And I'm trying not to remember that they told me two years ago that they'd take me to IKEA to pick out new furniture to replace the nightstand and dresser that are literally falling apart and were castoffs from my grandmother. Somehow, they remembered to get IKEA furniture for all of my siblings, but I don't even have a bed frame.) Forgive me for asking for clarification, but I'm confused. Have they changed their minds and they're buying you a pug again? Either way... I don't know them, but I suspect you should go into this with the assumption that they'll find out eventually. If you hide the GoFundMePage entirely, they'll still want to know where you got the money, and even if you covered your tracks perfectly they could still find it somehow. They might be a lot angrier if they think you were purposefully trying to deceive them then if you simply did it without consulting them. Like I said, I don't know them or your situation as well as you do. Maybe I'm giving you a big pile of chull droppings disguised as advice. But I suspect you shouldn't devote too much energy into burying your deeds out of their sight.
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 Forgive me for asking for clarification, but I'm confused. Have they changed their minds and they're buying you a pug again? Either way... I don't know them, but I suspect you should go into this with the assumption that they'll find out eventually. If you hide the GoFundMePage entirely, they'll still want to know where you got the money, and even if you covered your tracks perfectly they could still find it somehow. They might be a lot angrier if they think you were purposefully trying to deceive them then if you simply did it without consulting them. Like I said, I don't know them or your situation as well as you do. Maybe I'm giving you a big pile of chull droppings disguised as advice. But I suspect you shouldn't devote too much energy into burying your deeds out of their sight. She said they'd be able to put "some" money toward helping me buy a pug, but they aren't going to pay for the whole thing, since she asked me how much money I'd be able to put toward a pug. She didn't give me even a ballpark estimate on how much they're going to give me, so I'm assuming they'll expect me to cover most of the expenses. That's true. And I know I have to stop caring what they think sometime, and this is a fairly small thing, but still. I can't shake the feeling that I'm doing something wrong no matter what I do. 1
Kaymyth she/her Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 She said they'd be able to put "some" money toward helping me buy a pug, but they aren't going to pay for the whole thing, since she asked me how much money I'd be able to put toward a pug. She didn't give me even a ballpark estimate on how much they're going to give me, so I'm assuming they'll expect me to cover most of the expenses. That's true. And I know I have to stop caring what they think sometime, and this is a fairly small thing, but still. I can't shake the feeling that I'm doing something wrong no matter what I do. OK, I kind of love how it says on the confirmation page that "This will show up on your statement as <blahblah> Danielle's Pug Fu." Pug Fu should totally be a martial art now. 3
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 OK, I kind of love how it says on the confirmation page that "This will show up on your statement as <blahblah> Danielle's Pug Fu." Pug Fu should totally be a martial art now. Like this? Or this? Thanks, by the way. 2
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