Random Stuff X: Something Weird

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

1 minute ago, Kaymyth said:

I still say that Shallan/Adolin/Kaladin should all hook up into a stable triad and live happily ever after.

#EndTheShippingWars

This would also be an acceptable ending, in my book.  

#DalinarAndNavaniAlreadyDefiedSocietyAndTheWorldDidntExplode

[Oversleep]

40 minutes ago, Kaymyth said:

I'll see your 7:30 lecture and raise you 7:30 college freshman chem lab.  Yes, someone thought this was a good idea to throw a bunch of sleepy college freshmen into a class module that involves playing with volatile chemicals under the tutelage of an elderly professor whose speech pattern was a cross between that of Elmer Fudd and Porky Pig.

It's a wonder that the Chemical Engineering building on that campus is still standing.

Hey, no fair! The most damage we can do is... get a few computers infected? You chemists mess something up and stuff's explodin'. We can't compare to that.

Unless somebody storms something up in security or databases and a lot can storm up.

 

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

eh, I'm not very interested in the whole "shipping" business (I find it stupid to worry about in-world relationships)

But I honestly wouldn't mind a Shaladin. Sure, Kaladin probably won't let it happen, but still, it would spice up SA a fair bit. And hey, Brandon could either have been foreshadowing it, or trolling us with their scenes.

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"shipping business"

heh.

Edited February 28, 2017 by Darkness Ascendant

[Oversleep]

I don't care much for shipping save for Firestick.

Spoiler

 

[Nashan’Elin he/him]

43 minutes ago, Oversleep said:

I don't care much for shipping save for Firestick.

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We cannot agree on this, then. Stick should not be shipped with anything, especially fire. It is a stick!

[Delightful]

1 hour ago, Darkness Ascendant said:

eh, I'm not very interested in the whole "shipping" business (I find it stupid to worry about in-world relationships)

But I honestly wouldn't mind a Shaladin. Sure, Kaladin probably won't let it happen, but still, it would spice up SA a fair bit. And hey, Brandon could either have been foreshadowing it, or trolling us with their scenes.

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"shipping business"

heh.

Particularly when Shallan discovers Kals connection to Helaran.....

19 minutes ago, Nashan'Elin said:

We cannot agree on this, then. Stick should not be shipped with anything, especially fire. It is a stick!

Excuse me, Stick can be strong and independent and still romantically involved with fire!  

[+Slowswift]

I have never been more confused or amused while reading writing advice.  

Be warned, though, that there is a bit of foul language. Not much, but some.

[Quiver he/him]

1 hour ago, Deliiiiiightful said:

Excuse me, Stick can be strong and independent and still romantically involved with fire!  

There's was a love that could never be!

[Hemalurgic Headshot he/him]

What is the deal with technology? Why does it have to be different from everything else, with its fancy  "n". It should just be techology.

[A Budgie she/her]

7 hours ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

I've never really been all that into shipping. I mean, there are certain pairings I like, and some I prefer over others—for instance, I like Shadolin better than Shaladin—but if Shaladin wins over Shadolin, it won't ruin the series for me? I'll be disappointed, but I'll still be interested in how the Shaladin ship develops. 

Same! I would prefer Shaladin, but I don't really care that much, as long as its well-written.

[Delightful]

I'm back to watching Game of Thrones now that I have proper wifi. Just finished season 5.

Jon Snow

 

I got used to the general death toll but this one has me sadz.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

1 hour ago, Slowswift said:

I have never been more confused or amused while reading writing advice.  

Be warned, though, that there is a bit of foul language. Not much, but some.

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24. You Must Join A Critique Group. Stories are best when they are formed by committee. A critique group is an excellent way to ensure that your story is something everyone agrees on. Many bestselling novels have maximized mediocrity, turning it into a bonafide art form, and a critique group is a very good way to achieve that weaponized cromulence quickly.

This explains so much. Especially about YA bestsellers, how they all seem like roughly the same three books told over and over, in the same underdeveloped worlds with—

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Bonus: a critique group, if given enough time, soon becomes a cult, and if you write really well, your story can become the cult’s holy book. And then one day you’ll be naked in the woods summoning LORD VURBILEX, THE RECONDITE SCION OF TURGID WORDSMITHY, HERETIC OF THE PROSELANDS, and he’s your god, now, so kill a goat and get to writing, you stupid vessel.

 

Spoiler

Somehow, this still also explains rabid fandoms.  

[Erunion he/him]

@Deliiiiiightful - Oh my sweet summer child. 


 

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" Margaret Atwood is also a lycanthropic bear-person, because she’s Canadian, and all Canadians are lycanthropes. "

This is false. As a Canadian, I can say this is categorically false. We are not all Lycanthropes. Obviously. Definitely, Clearly. Without doubt or hesitation.

Just.... uhh.... Don't come up here on Mar 12th, Apr 10th, May 10th, Jun 9th, Jul 8th, Aug 7th, Sep 6th, Oct 5th, Nov 3rd, or Dec 3rd this year. 
Ok? Just... Take it from me. That's my advice. 
That'll be just swell. 

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

In relation to the Stick shipping

"Ze was the stick, ze burned to keep others warm, even if ze never got anything in return"

[Sunbird she/her]

11 hours ago, Kaymyth said:

I'll see your 7:30 lecture and raise you 7:30 college freshman chem lab.  Yes, someone thought this was a good idea to throw a bunch of sleepy college freshmen into a class module that involves playing with volatile chemicals under the tutelage of an elderly professor whose speech pattern was a cross between that of Elmer Fudd and Porky Pig.

It's a wonder that the Chemical Engineering building on that campus is still standing.

Hahahaha. My grandpa used to teach geology at a local school, so he was friends with a bunch of other teachers in the science department. Well, one day the chem teacher was cleaning out some old beakers, bottles, and test tubes, washing them out with water in the sink. He came across a bottle that had something crystallized in it, so he set it under the running water so it could fill up. Took a few steps away and got a bad feeling like he should RUN NOW, so he followed the hunch and booked it out the door of the chem lab just in time to avoid getting flattened by the explosion of sodium metal in the bottle reacting with the tap water. All the windows in the chem lab blew out, but nobody was seriously hurt, thankfully.

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

32 minutes ago, Sunbird said:

Hahahaha. My grandpa used to teach geology at a local school, so he was friends with a bunch of other teachers in the science department. Well, one day the chem teacher was cleaning out some old beakers, bottles, and test tubes, washing them out with water in the sink. He came across a bottle that had something crystallized in it, so he set it under the running water so it could fill up. Took a few steps away and got a bad feeling like he should RUN NOW, so he followed the hunch and booked it out the door of the chem lab just in time to avoid getting flattened by the explosion of sodium metal in the bottle reacting with the tap water. All the windows in the chem lab blew out, but nobody was seriously hurt, thankfully.

Woah, that's intense, your grandpa's got a sick sixth sense.

[A Budgie she/her]

So I was looking through some stuff, and I found some pieces of infinite wisdom I made, after I discovered I was good at coming up with them. Read them, for they are inspirational and will provide a guide to life.

Life is akin to a radish. It is hard, and can be difficult to swallow. It’s also red, and has leaves.
Of course, even though a bird is meant for flying it may still walk.
As they say, even the wisest of men cannot always tell which way the clam opens.
Or, in other words, a cherry blossom always falls down, except when it doesn't.
One may only be one, but two is always two.
Even just half of a pie is bigger than half of no pie.
Life is like a book. It is round, and tastes of banana.
To have a life is like being given a length of time in which you may be born, live, and then die.

[Claincy he/him]

Baloo is a pet dog. Almost constantly happy, "bare necessities of life will come to you", generally lovable if a bit very silly. Pet dog

[marsoupial they/them]

We are all pieces of the universe, the cosmos incarnate, made alive to experience and to ask questions about itself.

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

We are all meta-physical incarnates of perfection. Each part is it's own variation, some haven't discovered their perfection, others deny it's existence. But it exists in each and every on of you.

You just have to find it.

[Oversleep]

Is it not kind of ironic that I'm staying up late because I'm reading Sandman?

[Quiver he/him]

There are two blogs that I really enjoy reading, both of which do analysis of A Song of Ice and Fire. They did a podcast where they talked with each other and their thoughts regarding stuff about the series.

I was expecting them to sound "different", of course. What I wasn't expecting was for them to sound like I expected the other person to sound.

In other words, Person A? Sounds like how I hear Person B's posts.
And Person B has the voice that I read Person A's posts in.

This is confusing.

[The Honor Spren she/her]

Agh. Reference photos for male body types are so hard to find! References for female body types are all over the place, because All Women are Beautiful™ but all the references for guys look the same.

I get the feeling this might say something about our society, but all I want is a reference for a guy who has a broad build without being fat. 

[Delightful]

2 hours ago, The Honor Spren said:

Agh. Reference photos for male body types are so hard to find! References for female body types are all over the place, because All Women are Beautiful™ but all the references for guys look the same.

I get the feeling this might say something about our society, but all I want is a reference for a guy who has a broad build without being fat. 

That's funny, I thought there was much more male body type diversity because girls are all Thin And Pretty while men can be human. 

Chris Evans? Chris Hemsworth? Dwayne Johnson? 

Also Okierete Onoadowan (sp?). 

Edited March 2, 2017 by Deliiiiiightful

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

20 minutes ago, Deliiiiiightful said:

That's funny, I thought there was much more male body type diversity because girls are all Thin And Pretty while men can be human. 

Chris Evans? Chris Hemsworth? Dwayne Johnson? 

….are all varying degrees of lean, muscle-bound hero types with six packs.