Elysienne

He was thinking "hurray, I get to script John Barrowman kissing more guys."

Honestly, I'm glad of Davies reviving Doctor Who, but the scripting really does suffer when he thinks with his ****

*Steps up to defend the British TV license fee, blinks and looks around.*

... Oh. Well, that was a well-reasoned debate that came to a civil conclusion and left me none of my cogent points to say. Well done!

But now I feel like this isn't the internet anymore. Better do something to drag it back down to the usual level of the 'net.

NO U!

My work here is done. *Walks off into the sunset.*

And remember, folks! Just because you've not RSVP'ed or just because our system fails as hard as a failing thing, that doesn't mean you can't just gatecrash. The more is always the merrier!

How to escape tentacle monsters.

Sigh.

I despair that the modern view of the British Man has deviated from the bowler-hatted gentleman of yesteryear to the skinheaded proto-nazi of today.

I know that I, for one, don't use That Word very often at ALL, even though I generally swear like a sailor. Its the one word that's still taboo (and therefore powerful) to me.

I'm British and I can say with authority that over here "C**t" is still by far the most grievous insult to inflict on someone.

Apologies for the delay in the aforementioned flyer. Pretty pictures will be resumed in a short while.

The sad truth is that when you enter the internet, much like entering the sea, you enter the food-chain.

Thick skins are recommended wearing. Don't take anything seriously, and feel sorry for the people that do. Life has so many more important things to concern yourself with than the idiot words of an anonymous stranger that lives a hundred thousand miles away.

As the old saying goes, it's a grand life if you don't weaken.

While not trying to be insulting or reactionary, good spelling is generally seen to be an indication of intelligence in an all-text medium such as the internet. How true this is, of course, can't be proven.

However, it's also partially an ease of communication thing. Personally, I would rather roleplay with someone who has good spelling and grammar, because it is easier for me to understand their posts. As with many things, taking that little bit of extra time to "self-promote" generally pays dividends.

And as an aside, I don't get people attacking my spelling, even though I'm English, and therefore place lots of extraneous "u"s in words that, according to America, don't require them. I take this to mean that the problem isn't that the people who are being complained about aren't spelling with acceptable social difference, they're simply spelling BADLY.

And if you want me to RP more with people with bad spelling, well...

STOP TELLING ME HOW TO RP.

That first paragraph, though? Yep, thats all fine. Thumbs up.

Then you're going to hate the next one they bring out!

... Wow, that was in bad taste.

Arrr!

My main character and handle namesake is practically neurotic about respecting other peoples' "headspace." It actually translated into some pretty good RP with another psychic who took a more relaxed attitude, where it was pointed out that she was tying herself in knots she was so cautious about it.

As to people RPing intrusive psychics... yeah, its crass and rude. The way i deal with it ranges from my other psychic characters going GET. THE F. OUT to people realising they were being spied on and leaving, to a character just thinking completely banal thoughts. Dry cleaning, shopping lists, etc.

See that? That post just above there?

Awesome.

Its like the "RP Guide for Idiots" stickie at the top of the forum renamed "How to avoid jerks."

I approve of this post.

I've only killed off one of my characters thus far. And, typically enough, it was for a very poor reason. I was going to retire from the game for a little while to concentrate on my studies, and so began thinking of ways to 'write out' characters for a while.

One of them, a baseline natural human, I could think of no better way for her to go out than to finally die while doing hero-work, as I (and she) always knew she would.
It was done with very little fanfare, just a fiction post of her last moments to the SG she was in and the board of an SG where she had lots of friends. I don't plan on bringing her back, but I haven't been able to delete her yet.

Typically enough, I returned to the game only weeks after making that post. Stupid addiction.

I feel like I really did badly by the character, in that I didn't really have her death give any greater impact to the RP world she was a part of.
On the other hand, the piece of fiction I wrote was generally well-received (even including the inevitable "!!!" factor) and well-written, and it seems to stand fairly solidly on its own.
And as a statement on the character itself... well, there were no great heroics, no overwhelming odds. Just a squalid little brawl where she ended up the loser, and that kind of works for how the character was written. I don't know, it kind of pulls me in both directions. Its fitting, but it was for the wrong reasons.

Ah, Bottom... now thats some pure-grade lowest-common-denominator right there. The creators (Adrian Edmonson and Rick Mayall) originally wanted to call it "Your Bottom" so that kids who saw it could go into school tomorrow and say "Did you see your bottom on tv yesterday?" ... that's about the level of comedy you can expect here.

Not to say that it isn't funny at times but... just don't go in there expecting clever wordplay and witty repartee.

I'd recommend the Young Ones over it, personally. There's roughly the same level of comedy violence, but with much more other stuff going on too.

That's why the "cultural differences" part of my post was only very minor. I've watched a lot of different shows and films in many different languages, and enjoyed a lot of them. It was more of a "this contributed to my lack of enjoyment" rather than "This is the sole cause and the writers should feel TERRIBLE for doing this!" (Yes, a lot of hyperbole there, sorry about that.)

I'm sure the show was written very well, or it wouldn't have had the longevity it did. I watched a couple of episodes and, while I found some parts amusing, I just didn't feel it was worth the investment of a few laughs per thirty minutes. I've made that call a couple of times over different shows.

As for my "rabid fanaticism" comment... yeah, that could conceivably possibly have been influenced by a few female friends of mine trying to actively strong-arm me into going to see the film with them. Possibly. Conceivably. So apologies there for the lack of objectivity.

Well, while I'm secure in my masculinity, I didn't enjoy Sex and the City. Not because I found it too "girly" but because I didn't find it funny. Partially its a cultural thing; as happens in quite a few American comedy shows, references are made that haven't crossed the pond, or refer to people that I'm unfamiliar with. But then, that happens far more often in Family Guy and American Dad and I find them to be fairly fun. So clearly its just personal preference.

Now, I have no problem with people liking the show, but what gets me is the fevered, almost rabid fanatacism that I'm faced with almost every time the show is brought up in the presence of women I know. Every single one of them. Its actually pretty creepy.

I still say it depends on how you DO antiheroes that decides whether they're FTL (Not faster than light, of course) in any given case.

What you really want, in my opinion, is an antihero with consequences. If you're going to play a character that acts like a jerk for no reason, expect for said character to be generally disliked. If you play a character that kills rather than arrests, expect more squeaky-clean characters to react negatively to your character. From avoiding teaming with you to perhaps trying to arrest with you.

Bed made. Sleep in it.

Oh, booze! I can definitely confirm the presence of booze.

But yeah, the "when and where" stuff was mostly just a setup for the notepad joke. 'cause it'd look like I was really interested in catchin' some porn, sorta thing.

As always, rule #2 of comedy comes into effect; "If you have to explain it, it wasn't funny."

Sigh. *hangs head*