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Here I will point out, once more, that your points would hold that much more weight if you'd bother with the basics. You know Punctuation, capital letters...all that good stuff. There is nothing wrong with that signature image and the people taking dire offence are just trying to find something in it. As he's pointed out - character = the devil, characters in the signature and avatar are the same, even if done by different artists and people aren't seeing the whole thing.|
Originally Posted by _____
here, i will share another thought you will not care about: you're too attached to your silly little drawing to actually discuss this and would rather cast any dissenters as stupid, prude children than actually consider their positions
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But this is wandering into the comfort zone of CoX. You do arrest and detain or does your hero or villain actually kill? I play a killer. I will admit that. Something that's either stabbing something up with souleating blades or stabbing them full of biotoxins is not likely to be bothering with the arrest bit. And in the genre those are called anti-heroes. Plenty of those about in all companies so it's not really that big of a shock...
Now! This is it! Now is the time to choose! Die and be free of pain or live and fight your sorrow! Now is the time to shape your stories! Your fate is in your hands!
Bill don't feed the troll.
No matter how "graphic" your sig is, it's still a very well drawn pic.
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Also to whoever gave me this little gem just because I said I hated school, I like you you're funny. 
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Originally Posted by Flea_Mark_Evil
Here I will point out, once more, that your points would hold that much more weight if you'd bother with the basics. You know Punctuation, capital letters...all that good stuff. There is nothing wrong with that signature image and the people taking dire offence are just trying to find something in it. As he's pointed out - character = the devil, characters in the signature and avatar are the same, even if done by different artists and people aren't seeing the whole thing.
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if you go back and suffer through all my punctuationless posts and then respond to the points raised we might just get somewhere
i will say that "dire offense" is, in all likelihood, not what anyone is actually experiencing
the actual emotion is probably closer to "distaste" which i think is a reasonable reaction due to the picture depicting a woman being graphically impaled
Well I just got one thing to say bout Bills sig pic... Man I wish I could draw that good, years of tryin n still no luck... Well anyway _____ Your high jinx n low grammer loving self is draggin down a perfectly good thread, your obviously unwanted n unmerited opinions is messing with the groove.... my suggestion would be, make your own thread on Bills sig pic and take your useless opinions on non-thread related topics somewhere else...
As for PK, sorry man, but something bout your type of demeanor is just in right now... I feel that somethings in life just aren't worth figuring out. Like Alt-ism
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Well... since you asked... and like the tags say... it makes you an "attention professional".
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So... what does that make me then?
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Have the rep boxes changed colors? Or is it just part of I16?
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here i will point out that you did not actually add anything meaningful to the argument
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i will say that "dire offense" is, in all likelihood, not what anyone is actually experiencing the actual emotion is probably closer to "distaste" which i think is a reasonable reaction due to the picture depicting a woman being graphically impaled |
That is tame. Tame sir. Considering the genre this game is based around, combined with the fact it's rated T for Teen anyway.....
If you can't handle a little gore you might be barking up the wrong tree.
Now! This is it! Now is the time to choose! Die and be free of pain or live and fight your sorrow! Now is the time to shape your stories! Your fate is in your hands!
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The fact that you're actually continuing a "discussion" about the pic in question, leads me to think that your "emotional response" goes beyond mere distaste.|
Originally Posted by _____
here i will point out that you did not actually add anything meaningful to the argument
if you go back and suffer through all my punctuationless posts and then respond to the points raised we might just get somewhere i will say that "dire offense" is, in all likelihood, not what anyone is actually experiencing the actual emotion is probably closer to "distaste" which i think is a reasonable reaction due to the picture depicting a woman being graphically impaled |
I find the picture distasteful, but I am not making a big deal about it. Therefore, my "emotional response" is merely distaste and not outright loathing.
It is difficult to offend me because I am fairly adept at ignoring what I find "distasteful". If I ignore something, I don't make a big deal about what I'm ignoring. And I've been ignoring BillZ's Sig Pic.
There I was between a rock and a hard place. Then I thought, "What am I doing on this side of the rock?"
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As opposed to a male being impaled?|
Originally Posted by _____
here i will point out that you did not actually add anything meaningful to the argument
if you go back and suffer through all my punctuationless posts and then respond to the points raised we might just get somewhere i will say that "dire offense" is, in all likelihood, not what anyone is actually experiencing the actual emotion is probably closer to "distaste" which i think is a reasonable reaction due to the picture depicting a woman being graphically impaled |
My distaste for general graphic depictions of impaling aside, the "woman" being impaled is a rather accurate depiction of the game's Lilitu... and pretty close to many of the generic succubi found earlier in the game. Because of this, I'm not reading much sexual innuendo into the act of "impaling" based on the female demon character's state of dress.
Sometimes we read in more than we should. You've jokingly referred to Freud and psychoanalysis in other posts. There's the anecdote of Freud being questioned about his own oral fixation with a phallic object- he allegedly responds "Sometimes a Cigar's just a cigar." You can take that as simple denial or a lesson in the limitations of psychoanalysis or even a warning that when you're looking for a particular message, you'll start seeing it in everything you encounter. Maybe there's a little truth in all three.
I'm of the belief that whoever left the rather extremely judgmental message for BillZ was a bit too quick to judge and attributed a great deal more emotional weight to the image than would be the norm.
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Based on her state of dress, no. But the original pic is positively dripping with sexual innuendo.
I am not offended.
Face it, comics, sci-fi, fantasy, heck, even those stupid reality shows are inundated with sexual tension.
Why?
Because it's an integral part of the human condition (and it's not limited to humans). In my opinion, an artist who neglects to portray the various aspects of humanity (or even inhumanity) would not be doing their job very well. I appreciate an artist or piece of art that makes me go "hmmmmmm".
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Ah, only in the CoH forums can a thread turn from a vanity post about someone turning off their reputation into a discussion as to whether female demon impalement is appropriate or not. I love this place! 
amitheonly1whojustlikesthewordimpale?
I'm confused. If people are flipping out at Bill's sig, why am I getting so much positive rep from mine? >_>
(You people really have no idea how hard it was to find something that tasteful to go with the quote.)
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Sex is more appealing than violence. Too bad the American entertainment industry and all the ignorant puritans in the country don't get that fact.|
Originally Posted by YuriFoxfirega
I'm confused. If people are flipping out at Bill's sig, why am I getting so much positive rep from mine? >_>
(You people really have no idea how hard it was to find something that tasteful to go with the quote.) |
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I'm confused. If people are flipping out at Bill's sig, why am I getting so much positive rep from mine? >_>
(You people really have no idea how hard it was to find something that tasteful to go with the quote.) |
Cuz dat butt is HAWT! A-hyuk!
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How dare you say nipple without saying p*n*s!
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Originally Posted by BillZBubba
Sex is more appealing than violence. Too bad the American entertainment industry and all the ignorant puritans in the country don't get that fact.
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Originally Posted by YuriFoxfirega
I'm confused. If people are flipping out at Bill's sig, why am I getting so much positive rep from mine? >_>
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And don't forget HAWT! Miniskirts on human wimmenz are HAWT.
Demon dancing cropped to unintentionally look like demon coitus... eh, not so much.
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And don't forget HAWT! Miniskirts on human wimmenz are HAWT.
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You're right. Some are saying BillZ's sig glorifies sexualized extreme violence against women. I disagree, but even if it did, it'd just be a drawing. Your sig, on the other hand, causes guys to bang their chins off their desks as they reflexively try to peek underneath. That's real violence against real people. |
Originally Posted by YuriFoxfirega
I'm confused. If people are flipping out at Bill's sig, why am I getting so much positive rep from mine? >_>
(You people really have no idea how hard it was to find something that tasteful to go with the quote.) |
Doesn't matter if it was self-inflicted- my jaw still hurts, dammit!
EDIT: That's not really true. Sure, some guys probably did reflexively look for the pantyshot. I did not. I'm better than that. I was contributing to the collective male subconscious that was trying to will a zipper to burst.
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Now THAT's a moral outrage I can support
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Originally Posted by BillZBubba
Sex is more appealing than violence. Too bad the American entertainment industry and all the ignorant puritans in the country don't get that fact.
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Originally Posted by BillZBubba
Sex is more appealing than violence. Too bad the American entertainment industry and all the ignorant puritans in the country don't get that fact.
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There's a nipple in your sig?
O.O
Where?
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amitheonly1whojustlikesthewordimpale?
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Hmm, multi-quote doesn't like too much multi-quote... all those things I wanted to say...
Anyway, big one is - if you want to report a bad rep comment (as in, personal attack) I click on the post the rep was off of, hit "report" on myself, and mention the issue is a rep comment and how/why it's a violation of policy (aka personal attack).
i think you feel threatened by the anonymous buzzing gnats that you can't directly address so you come out with all this bravado demanding the direct confrontation that you so desperately need for validation
the clique/circle jerk argument is something that gets tossed around without much evidence behind it but I'm guessing you're just using it as an attempt to put something empirical in front of your feelings of threatened masculinity
yeah, I'm armchair psychoanalyzing. don't like it? why don't you negative rep me over it
Art is supposed to create a reaction, this is true. However, to censor ANY art because of that reaction is the height of ignorance. I've seen works that made my stomach turn. I applauded it for the artist's ability to do his/her job. I didn't spit on the artist or the work.
EDIT: To put it another way, any drawing of any event, no matter how grotesque we may find the act it *represents,* is still nothing more than lines on paper or graphical representations of 1s and 0s. If you can't separate reality from fiction, there's no help for you.
I like your sig pic
your sig is, you know, more so
and i think extra context is needed to make that picture more than your character violently killing someone
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