The Official Thread of Relationships

[marsoupial they/them]

Just now, Darkness Ascendant said:

What she sai-

“I am proud to be gay. I am proud to be a Republican. But most of all I am proud to be an American,” Thiel said Thursday, drawing Republicans to their feet in cheers of “USA, USA” on the final night of their nominating convention.

FATHER NO!

Well, I'm a dude, and I'm pretty sure I'm not Peter Thiel. 

I could be wrong, but I don't think so.

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

Just now, bleeder said:

Well, I'm a dude, and I'm pretty sure I'm not Peter Thiel. 

I could be wrong, but I don't think so.

I STAND CORRECTED> (I HAD NO IDEA SORRY)
 

FATHER NO!

[marsoupial they/them]

1 minute ago, Darkness Ascendant said:

I STAND CORRECTED> (I HAD NO IDEA SORRY)
 

FATHER NO!

It's cool.

Why don't you just change your signature to "FATHER NO"?

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

Just now, bleeder said:

It's cool.

Why don't you just change your signature to "FATHER NO"?

no father, FATHER NO! either, eit- When the day comes that the sister becomes the mother, the prophet shall cause a new fury and the overthrowing of royalty.

FATHER NO!

[marsoupial they/them]

Just now, Darkness Ascendant said:

no father, FATHER NO! either, eit- When the day comes that the sister becomes the mother, the prophet shall cause a new fury and the overthrowing of royalty.

FATHER NO!

What the chull?

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

1 minute ago, bleeder said:

What the chull?

I have no control over the hig-Soprano Winery incorporates lucid tang flavors and a sinful mustard aroma in their 1990 Bordeaux.

FATHER NO!

Edited September 6, 2016 by Darkness Ascendant

[marsoupial they/them]

2 minutes ago, Darkness Ascendant said:

I have no control over the hig-Soprano Winery incorporates lucid tang flavors and a sinful mustard aroma in their 1990 Bordeaux.

FATHER NO!

Yes, sir. *salutes*

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

Just now, bleeder said:

Yes, sir. *salutes*

no need to salute. Highstorm should be over s-For Man Ray, photography often operated in the gap between art and life. It was a means of documenting sculptures that never had an independent life outside the photograph, and it was a means of capturing the activities of his avant-garde friends. His work as a commercial photographer encouraged him to create fine, carefully composed prints, but he would never aspire to be a fine art photographer in the manner of his early inspiration, Alfred Stieglitz.

FATHER NO!

[marsoupial they/them]

6 minutes ago, Darkness Ascendant said:

no need to salute. Highstorm should be over s-For Man Ray, photography often operated in the gap between art and life. It was a means of documenting sculptures that never had an independent life outside the photograph, and it was a means of capturing the activities of his avant-garde friends. His work as a commercial photographer encouraged him to create fine, carefully composed prints, but he would never aspire to be a fine art photographer in the manner of his early inspiration, Alfred Stieglitz.

FATHER NO!

I once spent the better part of a year inside of a large stomach being di-

I must not fear.

Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.

I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.

And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.

Only I will remain.

FATHER NO

Edited September 6, 2016 by bleeder

[Delightful]

I am so confused. What in damnation is going on here?!

[Mestiv he/him]

8 minutes ago, Delightful said:

I am so confused. What in damnation is going on here?!

I have no idea. A brief conversation in Urdu is one thing, but what @Darkness Ascendant is doing is starting to sound like Trollish

[marsoupial they/them]

9 minutes ago, Delightful said:

I am so confused. What in damnation is going on here?!

I know right?

It's that feeling of cathartic confusing. 

Lovely, isn't it?

[Delightful]

In getting the father no reference but not anything anyone is saying beforehand. P

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

All will be revei- AND THEN THEY STOOD. HAND IN HAND, AS THEY LOOKED UPON THE END OF THEIR RESPECTIVE NATIONS. THEY STOOD LIKE THIS FOR A LONG TIME.

FATHER NO!
huh?
Pathetic
who you callen pathetic Sadeas?
*Sadeas walks out*
Dumbchull axehoundMakabaki little crem-filled storming bastard son of the Stormfathers left redacted I will Unite them
FATHER PLEASE

OK adolin, It's k, the storm of highness has passed, like that gas that just filled this room.

[Mestiv he/him]

Seriously, I don't want to be a stiff and boring adult here, but I ask you to stop. I don't think that's funny for anyone beside yourself.

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

5 minutes ago, Mestiv said:

Seriously, I don't want to be a stiff and boring adult here, but I ask you to stop. I don't think that's funny for anyone beside yourself.

There was a highstorm here, sadly I don't know any Stormwardens to predict them, so they can be quite random

[Magestar he/him]

The mind-killer thing Bleeder did was from Dune...  Bene Gesserit.

After that I got lost.

[marsoupial they/them]

1 hour ago, Magestar said:

The mind-killer thing Bleeder did was from Dune...  Bene Gesserit.

After that I got lost.

My reference has been understood! Praise be to the Stormfather!

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

1 hour ago, Mestiv said:

Seriously, I don't want to be a stiff and boring adult here, but I ask you to stop. I don't think that's funny for anyone beside yourself.

At the very least, could the memeing be moved to Random Stuff? It's derailing the thread. 

[Delightful]

2 hours ago, Darkness Ascendant said:

All will be revei- AND THEN THEY STOOD. HAND IN HAND, AS THEY LOOKED UPON THE END OF THEIR RESPECTIVE NATIONS. THEY STOOD LIKE THIS FOR A LONG TIME.

FATHER NO!
huh?
Pathetic
who you callen pathetic Sadeas?
*Sadeas walks out*
Dumbchull axehoundMakabaki little crem-filled storming bastard son of the Stormfathers left redacted I will Unite them
FATHER PLEASE

OK adolin, It's k, the storm of highness has passed, like that gas that just filled this room.

......why is makabaki an insult?

[Quiver he/him]

Hmm. Sort of a relationship question, but not really? Maybe more of a literary question, so... sorry if this is derailing the thread some:

Do you guys feel romantic relationships are necessary for books to sell these days?

I ask since... well, it's a topic I think about a lot. As a sad, single guy As a consumer of fiction, I kind of notice a trend where every book I read seem's to have some sort of a romantic plot... to the point where, when a character of the opposite sex is introduced to the main character, I immediatly start looking for any authorial cues that they will end up together, or forming a love triangle, or whatever.

(I'm saying "opposite genders" because I haven't really read any books with Queer leads or romances. I assume the same issue is present in those, where a guy meets a guy just to facilitate the romance plot, or a one of the girl's in the books gets pushed as being JUST PERFECT for the female lead... but that's speculation on my part)

SO... I'm wondering: is it just me? Am I just more aware of how much love in in books since I'm not in a relationship? Or is it genuinely a thing where every book these days must have a romance sub-plot, regardless of how it fits with the story or the characters involved.

[Delightful]

7 minutes ago, Quiver said:

Hmm. Sort of a relationship question, but not really? Maybe more of a literary question, so... sorry if this is derailing the thread some:

Do you guys feel romantic relationships are necessary for books to sell these days?

I ask since... well, it's a topic I think about a lot. As a sad, single guy As a consumer of fiction, I kind of notice a trend where every book I read seem's to have some sort of a romantic plot... to the point where, when a character of the opposite sex is introduced to the main character, I immediatly start looking for any authorial cues that they will end up together, or forming a love triangle, or whatever.

(I'm saying "opposite genders" because I haven't really read any books with Queer leads or romances. I assume the same issue is present in those, where a guy meets a guy just to facilitate the romance plot, or a one of the girl's in the books gets pushed as being JUST PERFECT for the female lead... but that's speculation on my part)

SO... I'm wondering: is it just me? Am I just more aware of how much love in in books since I'm not in a relationship? Or is it genuinely a thing where every book these days must have a romance sub-plot, regardless of how it fits with the story or the characters involved.

I'd say it's pretty standard. I'm not sure I can think of many books - or movies for that matter - without romance, particularly a lot where the male protagonist "gets the girl" after saving the world (blech). 

So civil war and ghostbusters weren't romantic.....I'm reading assassins apprentice which doesn't have romance....and I just finished another that doesn't end up with characters going out but there's hints at least to romance between two of them.....

thata all I can think of right now. 3 examples of recent media is all I can come up with. 

[Quiver he/him]

2 minutes ago, Delightful said:

I'd say it's pretty standard. I'm not sure I can think of many books - or movies for that matter - without romance, particularly a lot where the male protagonist "gets the girl" after saving the world (blech). 

So civil war and ghostbusters weren't romantic.....I'm reading assassins apprentice which doesn't have romance....and I just finished another that doesn't end up with characters going out but there's hints at least to romance between two of them.....

thata all I can think of right now. 3 examples of recent media is all I can come up with. 

Civil War wasn't a romantic movie... but it still had a shoe-horned in kiss sequence for the male lead with a female character. 

The Cap movies bring sup an interesting point though. I've said elsewhere, I find male-female friendships an itneresting, and unexplored dynamic. Does it feel like movies... don't know how to present male-female friendships, in a way that isn't coded as romantic?

Because... well, people were shipping Natasha/Clint back when Avengers came out, then Natasha/Steve when the Winter Soldier got released. So...

[Orlion Blight he/him]

It's part of the escapist nature of genre fiction. People want to get the girl/guy, they want to be incredibly important, they want to be able to effectively combat their tormentors.

Addressing those needs gives a work broader appeal. As a result, the protagonist tends to be an outcast because a lot of the audience feel outcast. The protagonist pursues a love interest because a lot of the audience want to pursue a love interest, and so forth.

[Delightful]

28 minutes ago, Quiver said:

Civil War wasn't a romantic movie... but it still had a shoe-horned in kiss sequence for the male lead with a female character. 

The Cap movies bring sup an interesting point though. I've said elsewhere, I find male-female friendships an itneresting, and unexplored dynamic. Does it feel like movies... don't know how to present male-female friendships, in a way that isn't coded as romantic?

Because... well, people were shipping Natasha/Clint back when Avengers came out, then Natasha/Steve when the Winter Soldier got released. So...

Er, I'd managed to block Cap/Sharon Carter from my memory. :/ 

i don't ship Cap/Widow at all - hell, she spends all of Winter Soldier trying to set him up with other women!

and Mariah Hill/Fury is strictly a working relationship. 

So we can add Winter Soldier to the list, but not Civil War....

@Orlion Determined but why aren't there tons of books and movies about strong friendships, family relationships? Those are also awesome and necessary yet we have the dead uncle Ben/hero is a loner aside from his girlfriend trope come up over and over and over again. 

I agree romance is part escapism but there's more to the answer than that. In fact, I'd be willing to bet less people, specially teens, would be all "I must have a significant other at 13" if that wasn't portrayed as the expected norm in all media. I mean how many people actually have romantic relationships as teens vs how many teen characters?