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On a scale of 1-..., how are you feeling today?
Kobold King replied to Silverblade5's topic in Entertainment Discussion
Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but if the leggings are so uncomfortable, can't the dress be worn without them? -
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Firefight's there, and
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"Either you will perish from lack of oxygen or you'll be incapable of sleeping tonight! Either way, my vengeance will be complete!"
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Quota's gonna get served a frappuccino... WITH EXTRA JUSTICE! ...OK, we may need to work on Mocha's catchphrase. Yes, but not caring what anyone else thinks is cool. Therefore, we can't allow Backtrack to do so.
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Technically, we don't know that Mocha Maxima didn't fake her own death and isn't currently scheming for revenge against Quota for killing her employees. The answer you or I would give is probably different than the answer he would give.
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There is substantial in-universe debate about whether Funtimes constitutes a "cool" Epic, though. (Though we on the Question thread know better. )
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That is cool. Thanks for the info! (Even though I was way off-base saying the word sounded east-European. )
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Calamity (The Reckoners #3) Takes Place in Atlanta
Kobold King replied to Argent's topic in The Reckoners
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That'll be cool to see. Unrelated open poll: is "kitty" a word that cool Epics use?
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The nice doctor smiled at Backtrack, kneeling down to look him in the eye. “I´m sorry you had to suffer through Reader. How about we go into my treatment room and I take a look at that gunshot wound. We can even bring the cat with us.” Backtrack hesitated in thought for a moment. He'd somehow managed to push his bullet wound to the back of his mind, but now that the doctor guy brought it up, it was hurting again. It was hurting so much, it was probably going to fall off. And then he'd die. So without any more hesitation, Backtrack nodded his head firmly. "Yeah. Uh, yes please. Let's do that. And let's bring the kitty." The cat mrowed for more attention, which Backtrack obliged with one hand while wondering whether "kitty" was a word that cool Epics used. And whether Koschei could reattach an arm after it fell off, because seriously, this is really aching right now and Reader's a terrible, brutish, inconsiderate slontze for doing this... Oblivious to Backtrack's internal diatribe, the kitty kept on purring.
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My best hypothesis for the origin of the word "slontze" is that it's derived from an eastern European word--it has the same general sound to it as a lot of eastern European languages, after all. Perhaps there were a few waves of immigration to the Americas after Calamity, perhaps as people fled a particularly heinous Russian Epic? "Sparks" has a very... action-oriented sound to it. Like a curse word you'd expect to hear develop from a society where explosions and collisions with fine-grade steel are a regular part of life. Do we hear any non-Newcagoans use the word? I'm pretty sure Megan uses it regularly, but I may be wrong.
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I can't speak for anyone else, but personally, I've always loved the cursing in Brandon Sanderson's works. ...Which is strange, because I myself never use any curse heavier than "drat," and I've been known to gasp and dramatically faint if even the mildest obscenities are uttered in my presence. But that is all beside the point. What I'd like to draw attention to is the fact that most of the curses found in the Bandersnatch's worlds are clearly connected to an element of the setting. People on Roshar say "storm it," people on Scadrial say "rust" or "Lord Ruler," and people on Nalthis will exclaim "colors!" In the Fractured States you can find many people cursing by the name of Calamity, but two other profanities we find in the setting are "slontze" and "sparks," which bear no obvious connection to the world or its quirks. So where did these words come from? In the case of "slontze" in particular, what is it's in-universe etymology, and how did Brandon come up with the word?
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Presumably he breaks backs. A lot of them.
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Mine's bubblegum pink all over, but I like yours better. Her parents are still alive after all the retcons, right? Because I was rereading some of her first posts earlier, and it mentions her waving goodbye to them as she rushed out the door.
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That's about what I figured. Also, I ponified Scribbler but am having a devil of a time figuring out how to incorporate her text tattoos.
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Out of curiosity, does Scribbler apply her own tattoos, or does she go to a tattoo artist somewhere in The Dalles?
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I can still do that, if you want to haul Florist into the action.
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I thought it would be fun to design an alien race with a social structure similar to Earth's gazelles. Boy was I wrong. The average herd of gazelles is filled with enough sex and violence to put HBO to shame.
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To be fair there's not much violence between the males besides a little headbutting and a lot of posturing. But since the Thompson's gazelle's entire social structure revolves around the males attempting to mate with as many females as possible... well, let's just say it'll be hard to tastefully adapt their behavioral attributes into a sapient species.
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