BenevolentTyrant

*reads thread title, becomes concerned for Delightful's sanity*

*realises it's the other kind of shipping*

*stays to complain about shipping prices to Australia*

Okay there's probably somewhere else I should complain about this but....

Why is shipping to Australia $100???? Dude I just want a $20 shirt!

i can apparently march for ten miles in the texas heat and not break a sweat. I even ran out of water at the end but kept going. What am i

A Pewterarm.

Or a llama in disguise

Or are you the Goat of Ages?

I do believe that's the sound the goat makes when it pisses itself

Many that live deserve death, and many that die deserve goat. Can you give it to them?

I am, unfortunately, the Hero of Goat

I write these words in goat, for anything not set in goat cannot be trusted

The enemy's gate is goat!

I'm going to show you a goat without sin

Angels and ministers of goat defend us

By killing me, you have goat yourselves

What goat through yonder window breaks?

"I swear by my pretty floral bonnet I will end you."

On that note (Serenity film spoilers, kinda)

Technically I don't have a major, but my degree is in Ancient History. It's awesome. Everyone has been really nice so far (I just finished my first semester), the lecturers are great, my classes are interesting ...

Basically I love it.

Oh man, Infinity blade? You're gonna stretch my character knowledge here.

 

Push off a cliff: Radriar (STOP BEING A JERK WHY DO I LOVE YOU)

Set on fire: Worker of Secrets 

Have a relationship with: ....Sssssiris?

Marry: That one desert level from IB3

Wrap a blanket around: TEL (how cute would that be)

Be roommates with: Isa, my bab.

 

Alright, let's be my regular flavor of garbage -- Dragon Age

Full disclosure: I've only played Origins (the first game in the series) so my answers will be kinda slanted. Having said that ...

Push of a cliff - the Archdemon. Mainly so that I'll be remembered as the guy who somehow pushed a dragon off a cliff.

Set on fire - Morrigan. Let's see how you like being at the mercy of a capricious and needlessly cruel adversary, you crem-filled slontze

Have a relationship with - Leliana. She's a little ... different, but she's full of enthusiasm for life and has an endless repertoire of anecdotes. It would be an interesting experience.

Marry - Lanaya, maybe? She was the First in the Dalish camp you visit during the werewolf quest. Not sure ...

Wrap a blanket around - Dog, the greatest party member. He needs emotional reassurance after he was forbidden from representing me in a trial by combat (the adjudicators said he "isn't a person" lalala not listening).

Be roommates with - Arl Eamon, one of the most casually awesome characters in the game.

Next fandom - Doctor Who

I can't see a single one of those...

That's weird. As you can probably tell, they're all links to imgflip. Is there any reason that site wouldn't work for you?

Um ... I don't really have much to say except that your writing is really, really awesome .

Shakespeare thread, yay or nay?

(Been considering it, and since ya'll were talking about him...)

YEA! ALL THE YEA!

Quiver, that would be truly awesome. Please do it.

P.S. Lark, I'm sorry that you're feeling down. I hope you can work things out with your friend.

Okay but I have to write eight speeches for my summer speech class (of the three categories persuasive, cause and effect, compare and contrast) and I can pick whatever topic i want so give me the weirdest stuff you can think of.

Persuade the audience about the benefits of education as if they were illiterate medieval peasants.

Cause and effect: explain how the existence of clairvoyance in the Star Wars universe has major implications for free will, causality, and predestination.

Compare and contrast Feruchemical and Allomantic pewter, and their advantages and drawbacks in combat.

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I put this on tumblr right

And

Not ten minutes later

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Long story short the tumblr cosmere fandom is scary as heck oh man

THIS IS AWESOME

the amazingness 

his face

I heard stories about tumblr but I didn't believe. I didn't understand. 

*turns to face the rest of the thread*

*waves nervously*

Um ... this is totally on-topic. I have no idea why you're staring at me like that.     

So yeah, casting choices. I love me some casting choices.

But seriously, I think Scarlett Johansson would be a great Shan Elariel (though I admit that's partly because I would find it funny to see her playing a subversion of her typical role)

Hero of Ages spoiler

And for Stormlight I imagine John Hurt as Taravangian and Chiwetel Ejiofor as Darkness because c'mon those guys are awesome and would absolutely kill their roles.

Yeah, I only dreamcast random minor characters. I don't know why.

What's the origin of this meme? I feel like I should know but i don't....

Okay but we're missing the big dream cast character here.

The Stick= Benedict Cumberbatch

But not just a prop stick

Oh no

We go the full nine yards

We have Benedict Cumberbatch in a stick suit.

Ok but

Benedict Cumberbatch performing motion-capture for the Stick in front of a green-screen.

Benedict Cumberbatch writing a diary in-character to help him prepare for the role of the Stick.

Benedict Cumberbatch living among sticks for a month to make sure his portrayal is sensitive to the real-life Stick community.

I love this

Soon after I got my first real job I had a vivid and disturbing nightmare. I was on the top floor of a large cement building that looked like a cross between a swimming centre and a school hall. Deciding it was time for lunch I went to the cafeteria, and as I was waiting in line a large queue formed behind me. I got to the front of the line and bought a pair of sausage rolls. The server wrapped them neatly in a bag, added tomato sauce, and then told me that rolls cost one hundred dollars.

Each.

I panicked. The price was clearly preposterous and paying it would easily empty my wallet. I wanted to return the sausage rolls and walk away, but there was an impatient line behind me and a glaring cashier up ahead. I was trapped.

So I paid. Two hundred dollars for a pair of sausage rolls. I fumbled around with notes and coins, struggling to find the cash, while the silent ire of my fellow customers made a burning itch on the back of my neck. My wallet felt dismally thin as I slid it back into my pocket. I trudged away from the cafetaria feeling confused and ashamed.

At least, I thought, I get to tuck into some delicious sausage rolls.

And then I woke up.

So ... yeah. I got overcharged for my meal and then woke up before I could eat it. It's far from a terrible ordeal in retrospect, but at the time it was very unsettling. That's the most recent of my dreams I can remember.

Public transportation is a joke throughout most of the United States.  And not a particularly funny joke.

This makes me sad. I live in Sydney (Australia) and public transport is my friend.

In fact, twice a week I walk to a bus stop to catch a bus to a train station to catch a train to another station to change trains to catch a train to my university's dedicated train station.

And Lark, I'm really sorry for what you're going through right now. You're awesome.

I acknowledge your hipsterism and I raise you:

Also, have some random Stormlight memes (with spoilers)

The last TV show I watched was The Flash, which was pretty awesome - although not quite as awesome as Daredevil, which you all HAVE to watch because it's AMAZING and the acting is WONDERFUL and it's gritty without being depressing and ...

*runs around waving arms aggressively*

The last movie I saw was Mean Girls on Netflix. I had somehow gone 18-and-a-half years without seeing it and I needed to correct this stain upon my honour. I feel much better now.

Supernatural did this to the max. Season 5's ending was amazing, and they have since gone another five seasons, none of which are very good. The thing with them is that they would have been significantly better if they had happened BEFORE that amazing season five finale.

I'm going to partly disagree with you, Nait. I think that what made seasons 1-5 so good was that they formed a single tightly-plotted arc. You can rewatch almost any episode from those years and see how the story beats and characterisation are building towards the season 5 finale.

Conversely, a major issue with seasons 6+ is that the writers/showrunners don't have an endgoal in mind: they seem to be writing season-long arcs that keep the show going without aiming towards a finale. For example (season 8 spoiler)

If the plot of one of the later seasons had been dropped into the middle of S1-5, it would have thrown the pacing way off and made 1-5 less awesome.

Or at least that's my opinion.

TLR on both points, he did his best to save the world even when it ended up vilifying him for it, he had to torment his own people and in the end he wasn't even a martyr. Also he was completely nuts and insane people are fun to talk to.

Interesting left-field answer   

Personally I'd love to talk to Jasnah or Shallan. Brilliant, cutting-edge scholars? Count me in!

Come to think of it, that makes me want to meet the ardent couple from the WoK  interlude. They seemed like really nice people who'd also be fascinating to talk to ...

Spoilered for size

So. Adorable. Must. CUDDLE.

Seriously your work is awesome, Lark