Kobold King

Granted. Your pizza arrives quickly, but you will never be capable of watching Lord of the Rings again. (Or The Hobbit movies.) I wish to no longer be insane.

Rust and ruin rusted and ruined rusted ruins in rusty and ruinous manners.

Has anyone here heard "The Smile Emporium"? It's an orchestral remix of Pinkie's Smile, Smile, Smile song, done in the style of contemporary steampunk music. I've probably listened to it a hundred times by now.

Your interpretation of Kaladin as an abusive boyfriend analogue relies on a few key suppositions: That Kaladin's killing of Syl was a willful action, in the same vein as a man slapping his girlfriend would be a willful action; That in a spren-human relationship there is room for neither repentance nor forgiveness; Than an individual is weak for the act of forgiving what was either an accident or a misinformed action. I will grant that it's been a while since I read WoR, and thus I may be underestimating the level of knowledge Kaladin possessed at this point in the series. If it can be confirmed within the text that Kaladin fully understood that his actions had the ability to kill Syl, than I will grant that you have a point, and would recommend bringing your opinion to a new thread where it can be more thoroughly discussed and analyzed by those smarter than myself. I did not downvote you, but I'll confess to have come close to doing so. Here's why. By stating from the beginning of the conversation that your opinion can not be changed by any means, it felt to me like you'd expressed a level of disdain and contempt towards those of differing opinions. It is one thing to state an opinion; it is another to offhandedly dismiss all differing ideas. Possessing a learned opinion is a sign of intelligence; dismissing your opinion's counters before even hearing them has a whiff of arrogance about it. And lest I sound like a hypocrite--everything I've written thus far was typed in a spirit of humility and meekness. Every word I hammered out may be completely wrong on every level; if so, all I can do is apologize and endeavor to do better in the future. Mutually beneficial conversation is my only goal.

Granted, but you will still feel pain in your omnipresent state. You are constantly shot, hit by cars, hit by planes, frozen to death, drowned, eaten by piranhas, crushed in black holes, bathed in magma, irradiated, and incinerated in the fiery depths of stars. I wish for the ability to drive any species extinct with my mind.

What kind of cross-referencing? I wasn't bemoaning the lack of fanservice. Rather, I was lamenting the number of times we've been forced to witness Nighthound without a shirt on. Epic Name: Remington Springfield. Powers: Instantly sensing when something creepy is going on. Weakness: Not wanting to kill Nighthound. Fortunately, this weakness will never be activated. Never in a million years.

Nathan doesn't strike me much of a sidekick type. He's arguably more of a main character than Funtimes is. I'll take a look at that sort of trope though. Added more tropes. Currently prowling the archives for more. (When do we get to add a WMG page? ) It strikes me that the RP has very little Fanservice (like, none) while having a disturbingly high quantity of Fan Disservice.

Large Ham: TwiLyghtSansSparkles, whenever she discusses expanding the RP into new territory. I'm compiling a list of tropes to add next time I edit. Thanks for the suggestions! Muahahaha! And all that's transpired yet is less than an in-game week.

Awesome. I made a few small additions as well, though I'm not quite as trope-literate as you are. When in doubt, live as far away from Calamityville as possible. (Does Mobius count as an Ensemble Darkhorse?)

Awesome! I made an account at TV Tropes. I don't know the first thing about editing there, but once I've educated myself on the matter I'll help out with the page. This is very definitely "how it should have ended." Upvote.

I've seen some of the early episodes with the First Doctor--and frankly, he was kind of a jerk. He was a bad-tempered old man with a raging superiority complex, topped off with a reckless disregard for human life. But the beautiful thing is... over the years, the Doctor has experienced the magic of character development. He's gone from a scrappy young teenager to a wise old man, right in front of the audience. He's learned valuable lessons, and has become a mentor to his companions. His development is far from over, but he's visibly further along the path to virtue than he was at the beginning of his journey. Or at least, he was before Twelve. Nine, like you said, was a step backwards. Heartbroken over the loss of his homeworld and wracked with guilt, he regressed to a more mean-spirited personality. It was tragic, but it was never held to be "right." He was a man who was suffering, and a substantial part of the series centered around his healing. The character arcs of Doctors 9-11 can be defined as a doctor in desperate need of a cure. Cut to Twelve. The actions and attitudes of the Twelfth Doctor are fundamentally at odds with the character development he's experienced for the past seven seasons. We saw him slowly, painstakingly learn to treat those around him with respect and kindness, suppressing his darker side to become a mad-but-kind man with a box. Then, in a single sneeze of regeneration energy... ...all that character development goes out the window, with no stated rationale. He's 2, 000 years old and is acting like he's 400 again. The Twelfth Doctor is brimming with personality flaws, to the point that in half the episodes I can't even find it in me to like the guy. Yet the writers not only fail to explain his drastic change in behavior, but also seem to be of the opinion that there's nothing wrong with the way he behaves. The Ninth Doctor was a man in pain. The Twelfth Doctor comes across like a self-centered slontze. The Ninth Doctor was a man in a slow state of healing, and was treated as such; the Twelfth Doctor, on the other hand, is presented as a new man altogether, whose personality flaws can be chalked up to "He's an alien, he doesn't have to be nice, if you don't like it than stop watching the show." (Which is an opinion I've found in disconcerting numbers amongst the pro-Capaldi fandom.) The doctor, we are told, is in no need of a cure. And as long as his hate-motivated behavior continues unchecked, I will be worried for the future of the character and the show.

Don't worry. I think we still have room to introduce "Royal Pain" and "Zack Attack." And in the worst case scenario, I can make Sam an Epic with the power to shapeshift into a guinea pig. Exactly. There's a growing trend in the entertainment industry that pushes for all shows to become "darker and grittier." Steven Moffat has spoken recently of how the entirety of Season 8 was meant to do this--to make the show darker, less friendly, and to inflict more "realistic" consequences on the characters. Moffat emphatically stated in an interview that he wanted to eliminate the fairy tale aspect of the series. This troubles me on a number of levels, as in my mind, Doctor Who is at its strongest when it embraces its whimsical side and accepts its status as a modern fairy tale. I may be in a minority here--plenty of people have applauded Capaldi's first series as a masterpiece--but personally, I found Season 8 to be extremely bleak and depressing in most episodes. Instead of uplifting tales like The Doctor Dances, where we see the majesty of the universe coming face to face with the beauty of humanity, we were given storylines like Kill the Moon... Kill the Moon spoilers In case you haven't seen the episode I refer to specifically, I'll summarize my point: Season 8 tried to inject as much bleak and hopeless material as it could into the show. While I enjoyed many of the season's episodes, there were a few that I found uncomfortably rattling. When I watch Doctor Who, I'm hoping to be filled with a child-like glee in exploring the universe and seeing fantastic sights and entities. I want to see sentient statues invading London, only to be thwarted by a clever young woman working with the Doctor. I want to see a race of squid-people who hold their brains in their hands and the Doctor's quest to save them. I want to see a ship full of clockword droids from the 51st century stalking Madame de Pompadour. I want to see a race of gas-mask zombies thwarted by a mother's love for her child in the middle of the Battle of Britain. I am not particularly interested in seeing the Doctor burrowing through every dimly lit corridor in the observable galaxy, reveling in grey morality while insulting every human being that crosses his path. I found his treatment of Danny Pink in this series especially reprehensible. ... Hmm. I flew off on a bit of a rant there, didn't I? I'll top it off by saying I harbor no ill will towards Peter Capaldi, Steven Moffat, any of the BBC employees who work hard to create the show, or any fans who have enjoyed the darker and edgier tone of the last season. I am merely saying that I enjoy the show most when it's embracing its whimsical, fairy tale side.

Use the Progression Surge to grow mistletoe in strategic locations.

So... is Altermind's high school going to have gravatonics installed? Because then we will fairly literally have "Sky High." Those episodes will, in my mind at least, always epitomize what the ideal Doctor Who story is like. It's set in a true-to-life historical setting, but has strange and fantastic elements that enrich the primary setting instead of clashing with it. We're treated to a wide array of diverse and fascinating characters, ranging from Nancy to Dr. Constantine to Captain Jack Harkness himself. And last but not least, the Ninth Doctor is simultaneously alien and likable, a combination that is all too absent from many Eccleston episodes (and I'm sad to say, from many Capaldi episodes of late.) All in all... those episodes are a piece of art, of a caliber seldom reached by family television.

I have absolutely zero experience with TV Tropes. I'm not even sure where the sign-up button is. That said, I'd be glad to help the project out in any way I can. Lightwards would definitely object to the Nighthound/Red dynamic. He has no moral compass to guide him, but Even Evil Has Standards.

A certain "SushiGirl500" is still rampaging the Fractured States in search of the guy who left mean comments on her YouTube channel. As long as we're likening Oregon characters to classic Christmas specials, Aldo's father was the evil magician from the original Frosty the Snowman. #headcanon.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Might I present to the sister queens a rewrite of "Let it Snow" of my own devising? Oh, the Alleys this year are frightful, But the Court's ruled by Delightful, Where's the thread where we all go? Newcago, Newcago, Newcago. This thread shows no signs of stopping The post count here is popping (To top Oregon you've got aways to go... ) Newcago, Newcago, Newcago. In Australia it's probably night How I hate sorting out time zones But since the forum binds us tight You'll see this tomorrow morn. I must say I suck at rhyming My friends say it all the... time-ing. But this thread's where the cool crowds go Newcago, Newcago, Newcago. Oh, at this point my song is dying It's about time I start goodbying But since I love this faction so: Newcago, Newcago, Newcago!

For me the answer is fairly paradoxical. While I generally enjoy Syl's banter more than Pattern's rambling, I'm far more interested in Pattern as a character. He's the only spren thus far that strikes me as actually alien in some respect. His motivations are nigh inscrutable to human beings, yet make some sense in their own way; his fascination with lies forms a backbone to his character and species that I love more than I can quite express. While Syl (and to a lesser extent, Wyndle) have far more human personalities, Pattern is a non-human sapient and his dialogue revels in this fact. I find him fascinating, and I look forward to finding out more about him in future installments.

I scream, you all scream, we all scream when Quota and Timeport hit the town. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, everyone. May Calamity bring you all bountiful gifts.

Merry random Christmas! Avengers spoiler, kind of.

I vote that Funtimes, Mobius, and Vondra team together to create an inescapable place where Epics can be put into indefinite time-out. We shall call this place "The Box of Shame."

Aw look, two buddies about to head out for a night out on the town! What a pleasant storyline... oh wait. It's Quota and Timeport. Never mind. My family and I headed out to the local theater to see Big Hero 6 today! I wasn't sure what to expect, but I found myself enjoying the movie quite a bit. My family insists on calling me "Fred" now, though.

Martyr's flames. Now I wish I'd created a human character just so I could use these in my posts. More seriously, I just want to say that you've really inspired me, Seonid. Your complex worldbuilding and cosmology has motivated me to create more in-depth rules and details for my own setting. My own worldbuilding is taking off like never before thanks to the positive example set by your spirits and magic. So I just wanted to say, thanks.