TwiLyghtSansSparkles

Mickey: You don't have a plan, do you? You just make it up as you go along! Doctor: Yep. But I am brilliant at it. Nice. I like them. Not in a "I'd like to get to know you over coffee and then take you out for texting and scones" sort of a way, but they're great characters.

How I feel when I look smarter than I actually am. And it would explain why the hunter kept so many unapproved and outright seditious comic books. Because Remington's Patronus is a honey badger, and honey badger don't care.

The more I think about the Remington/Sadry connection the more it makes sense.... That'll be the weirdest family reunion EVER. There will be many strange gifts given.

I had actually written something similar(ish) into his backstory, although Lightwards was not involved. Is her sister-in-law Voidgaze? Or pregnant? Or both? Or (gasp) is Funtimes' sister-in-law actually CorpseMaker, who is himself her sister-in-law's opposite-sex clone from another dimension who has forgotten his identity and can only regain his memory with the help of a unicycling kilted Darth Vader?

Still need to catch up on my Cosmere reading. Did I get Deathgale's powers right?

Up next in Shippersville: Will Voidgaze survive the cruelest of betrayals?

That's an interesting question, and the others in this thread have already brought up some excellent points, but I'll toss in my two cents. Racial stereotyping is clearly wrong. End of story, no more need be said on that point. However, I do think there is a point where the reader or critic becomes so zealous to expose and eradicate the stereotyping he or she sees in fiction that creativity and social commentary become stifled as a result. Tolkien's Orcs are a good first example. Orcs are portrayed in an unflattering light, allying as they do with Sauron from beginning to end. This has led to many fantasy imitators portraying their own Orcs as Always Chaotic Evil, most likely as an excuse (in my opinion) to provide the villain with cannon fodder that will not engage the reader's sympathy when they are mowed down in droves. However, Tolkien said that, as a Catholic, he would not create a race that was beyond redemption, and that had he the proper place for it, he would have created a sympathetic Orc character, or shown more Orcs in sympathetic lights. This becomes even more astounding (given the tropes his Orcs spawned) when you realize that the Orcs are a corrupted offshoot of Elves, a race hijacked by Morgoth (basically Middle-Earth's Satan) to be his servants. A great deal of social commentary can be found in those simple facts, and in my opinion, all of them cast Tolkien as an author in a favorable light. By claiming a race conscripted into the service of pure evil is not beyond redemption is tantamount to saying that any culture, no matter how depraved we might think they are, can be redeemed, that every culture has a reason for existing, and that every culture is capable of great good. Sadly, none of those facts made it into LOTR or his other works, so what we're left with is the trope maker for fantasy races that their authors see as beyond hope, beneath pity. Taking examples from Mistborn also yields more social commentary than racism. The skaa are, as many pointed out, shorter, poorer, and less healthy than their noble counterparts—but this is because of a poor diet and a thousand years of oppression, the physical differences are obvious. To me, this read more as commentary on how social and political oppression, together with poverty, change what could and should be a thriving people group into a group that is more easily oppressed, so they are oppressed, and their physical condition worsens, and so on. It felt, to me, more like a snapshot of how racism comes to be and festers in a society that denies its own oppressive laws until oppression has become so ingrained in a culture that the oppressors think it's the best and only way to do things, and the oppressed don't believe they deserve any better. In the case of Mistborn, it would be erroneous to call Sanderson's treatment of the skaa racist. He portrays them sympathetically, and doesn't gloss over their oppression. Yet in some cases, I think fantastic racism can rear its ugly head, even when the author is trying to subvert it. Take The Outcast of Redwall, as an infamous example. For the first part of the book, I think Jaques was trying to show how the abbeybeasts' treatment of Veil—their assumptions that he would be evil like every other ferret—became a self-fulfilling prophecy. Yet he's treated the ferrets and every other "vermin" as Always Chaotic Evil in every other book, so in Outcast, that fantastic racism becomes a part of the story regardless of his intentions. Yes, Veil does die saving his adopted mother from his biological father. But when he joins his adopted father, it's treated as him giving in to his nature, not the assumptions of the others at the abbey. And when Veil is dead and his adopted mother, Bryony, is saved, she is treated to a speech about how Veil gave in to his evil nature and became evil himself. Does she angrily shove the lecturer aside and give them a speech of her own about how they should have given Veil a chance to become good? No. She essentially says, "Yeah, I loved him like a son, but he was a terrible little guy. Vermin in every sense of the word. It's best for the world that he's dead." This is treated as Bryony leveling up in maturity and parenting skills—not as her embracing the erroneous assumptions of her culture. In short, fantastic racism is a difficult thing to pin down. The lines between fantastic racism and social commentary are very fine indeed, and it takes a skilled writer to walk that line without crossing it.

If she hates him badly enough, she might not be able to contain it. On the other hand, she might deliberately contain an outburst out of a strategic desire for revenge. So….yeah. Sorry I'm not more helpful. :S

How much does she hate that guy?

And there goes the universe.

I read that post at 7:36 AM. At 7:38, my brain exploded.

I don't think the question should be "What color would they be?" but rather "How long could you look at them before your eyes started to hurt?" Awesome! Glad to have you aboard If you'd like a plot summary, we'd be more than happy to give you one, too.

I'm not as inclined to come up with Epic ideas. My specialty is shipping the ones we've got.

Kobold: Yes. Voidus: Does his touch turn things bouncy, or do his feet just bounce off if it?

Double check with Joe about Mundivore, but since his only power is his prime invincibility, he'd be allowed. I first read "unkillable" as "unlikeable," which I found much more accurate. And before I forget, Kobold, here are the pony codes: Nightweilder: 2X3W0012001D27540F041603540D6FE08PN1837205000001F0CFCFCEFF7FFF0F107F3FCC004CB2 Megan: 302H0A0200E3AFEDBABABA021016EB24FQN183700402000041E8ED55F0FEC902117F3FCC004CB2

"Previously, in Oregon…" You would be able to join, although at the moment the only new characters allowed are minor to mid-range Epics (one or two useful but not super strong powers) and human characters working under and/or against the major Epics. The reason for this: There are already quite a few powerful, game-changing characters in play, and their alliances are already set, so having another powerful Epic join one of those would be awkward and a tad implausible, with tensions heating up. (But for human characters, something will be set in motion soon to keep joining as a human from being too depressing. ) And no, you don't have to read all 117 pages of this thread. Like Voidus said, it's mostly for shipping and planning. However, if you've at least skimmed some of the main RP thread, that would certainly help. If not, we could get you a summary of characters and alliances.

Nah, she'd just hug him while chattering happily about her new shiny.

And lo, Lightwards was left to the devices of Doctor Funtimes, for all who knew the good Doctor knew better than to deny her a hug.

Epilogue: One of the last surviving characters finds Funtimes playing with a bouncy ball. Lightwards is tied to a chair, staring off into space and muttering incoherently. His face has been kissed an untold number of times and is smeared with lip gloss. Funtimes smiles innocently and tells the survivor: "I just wanted a hug."

The definition of "treachery" encompasses quite a bit when one character is a prude and the other has no sense of personal space. Anyway, I like the change. It's less generic, and there's already a few teleporters in the game. But like Voidus said, I liked the limitation on it.

I can deliver them to your grubby little paws as soon as I get home. I'm actually quite happy with how Megan's turned out. Alice the bowler hat wearing reborn former zombie....whose death...um....allowed her to grow a beard? Eh, works for me. Her plan is working! Uh...I mean....I think I found another fossil! Look, isn't it pretty? Pretty, pretty fossil....

I don't think anyone else is capable of growing that beard.

Her enemy? You're kidding, right? I think Nathan has a romantic rival! Which, in fairness, is kind of a mixed blessing. On the one hand, being Funtimes' boyfriend is a good cover and good protection. On the other hand....things were getting weird.

YES. If SoulSwitch could stay that way for a while....yeah, that'd be great. I don't know how much longer it'll be in our town, but we might just have to wait for DVD. oh well.

I really want to see it, but I'm waiting for a day my siblings and I can all go watch it. Doesn't everything need more talking raccoons?