Mar.4-Ocarina of....Rac'conan

Sariah · Post by **Sariah** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 12:50 pm

What about poor Nessie? If Quentyn and Kes hook up, who's she going to be left with?

EdBecerra · Post by **EdBecerra** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 1:23 pm

Madmoonie wrote:I know, but I want my heros to be happy. All my favorite heros always have to give up the girl they have had crushes on, for like forever, to save her or something. Heros need their lovin' to!

Heroes don't need loving - that's why they're heroes. To live - and die! - in heroic, suffering fashion. They are the sacrifices the rest of world puts forward. "Here, take this hero, and leave the REST of us alone, 'kay?"

It's shallow, pathetic and more than a little cowardly of us, but then, for a large chunk of humanity, that's "situation normal", don't you think?

Shyal_malkes · Post by **Shyal_malkes** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 2:19 pm

in that case I vode Ed here as our 'hero'

Doink · Post by **Doink** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 4:30 pm

I say he'd make a better antihero.

MAcbeth · Post by **MAcbeth** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 4:35 pm

Just a touch of rampent speculation here:
I think that the ocarina will be the final piece needed for the total download of the music. When he was in the ring before he was sleeping with a harp but now that he has an instrument which obviously means something to him his conection will be upgraded.

The JAM · Post by **The JAM** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 6:25 pm

[...unWARP!!!]

Good evening.

Ah, here we are. My brother is right here, and he thought it was a pennywhistle (Keltic). The ocarina--he insists--originated from the Incas, though according to the site, the Mayans used it as well.

¡Zacatepóngolas!

Until next time, remember:

I

AM

THE

J.A.M. (a.k.a. Numbuh i: "Just because I'm imaginary doesn't mean I don't exist")

Good evening.

[WARP!!!]

BlasTech · Post by **BlasTech** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 6:48 pm

MAcbeth wrote:Just a touch of rampent speculation here:
I think that the ocarina will be the final piece needed for the total download of the music. When he was in the ring before he was sleeping with a harp but now that he has an instrument which obviously means something to him his conection will be upgraded.

I dunno, it still looks more like just a gift than a modem to me

EdBecerra · Post by **EdBecerra** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 7:47 pm

shyal_malkes wrote:in that case I vote Ed here as our 'hero'

Nah. I'm no hero. I'm the cynical bitter bastard who goes around telling people "Damn it, mayor, there IS a SHARK in the water!" or "You fools can't TRUST the Umbrella Corporation!" or "The Union Aerospace Corporation is dabbling in things Man Is Not Meant To Know!", then die in a disgusting, agonizing fashion about 30 seconds before everyone realizes he was right all along...

Shyal_malkes · Post by **Shyal_malkes** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 8:02 pm

what do you think this is? a dictatorship? you gots to do what the people force, er vote for you to do. if they wanna use you as a human shield er hero then that's their bad, er right to do so!

Dapple · Post by **Dapple** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 8:13 pm

That Sweat I play the recorder. Nice sound to it.

Chaser617 · Post by **Chaser617** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 9:16 am

Hey, Alex the Dragonmaster got to hook up with a goddess, if that ain't scoring the girl of your dreams, I don't know what isn't. Also there is a lot of speculation that one of these days they're finally just gonna come out and say Link and Zelda are an item....

Oh... oh!!! Aragorn!!! the most recent axample of a hero, he gets the elf-babe of his dreams in the end....

Superman finally did marry Lois..... (and if Big Blue ain't a hero, I don't know who is)

Nothing saying a hero has to have a tradgic love life, heck, I'm all for the hero that has a love life that dosen't blow up in his face, but then again, I'm the romantic....

JakeWasHere · Post by **JakeWasHere** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 9:51 am

Re: RHJr's idea of obscure and unusual instruments...

These guys came up with a lot of interesting innovations...

Doink · Post by **Doink** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 2:28 pm

EdBecerra wrote:
shyal_malkes wrote:in that case I vote Ed here as our 'hero'
Nah. I'm no hero. I'm the cynical bitter bastard who goes around telling people "Damn it, mayor, there IS a SHARK in the water!" or "You fools can't TRUST the Umbrella Corporation!" or "The Union Aerospace Corporation is dabbling in things Man Is Not Meant To Know!", then die in a disgusting, agonizing fashion about 30 seconds before everyone realizes he was right all along...

Like Ian Malcolm from Jurassic Park (the book), eh?

EdBecerra · Post by **EdBecerra** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 4:25 pm

Doink wrote:
EdBecerra wrote:
shyal_malkes wrote:in that case I vote Ed here as our 'hero'
Nah. I'm no hero. I'm the cynical bitter bastard who goes around telling people "Damn it, mayor, there IS a SHARK in the water!" or "You fools can't TRUST the Umbrella Corporation!" or "The Union Aerospace Corporation is dabbling in things Man Is Not Meant To Know!", then die in a disgusting, agonizing fashion about 30 seconds before everyone realizes he was right all along...
Like Ian Malcolm from Jurassic Park (the book), eh?

More or less - altho Dr. Malcom was a HELL of a lot brighter than I'll ever be. I'm a grunt, and not afraid to admit it. My sweety was the brains in this outfit. One of her co-workers once saw her attending to three different screens, half a dozen open windows, chatting on IM and taking a phone call, all at once without missing a step.

Me? I trusted her to point me in the right direction, and say "Sic 'em, Kicky."

I miss her deeply.

As for the rest of it - well, years spent in West Germany during the early 80's tended to hone your paranoia and sense of self-preservation.

The JAM · Post by **The JAM** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 2:55 pm

Nobody wants to guess what the "C" in the ocarina stands for?

Maxgoof · Post by **Maxgoof** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 3:29 pm

Doink wrote:Like Ian Malcolm from Jurassic Park (the book), eh?

Ian Malcolm was not as bright as many would like to think.

He's going to a tropical location. Hot and humid. So, why is he wearing a long sleeved black shirt and long black pants?

Because he is harkening back to old lessons in thermodynamics, where the object that best radiates heat back out into space is called a "black body". The tropics are hot, he needs to radiate heat back out, so he dresses in black. Pure logic....and completely wrong.

Shyal_malkes · Post by **Shyal_malkes** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 3:50 pm

I thought it was because he liked black and thought it went well with anything.

I usually end up wearing gray or blue or black. I don't know why I just feel like wearing it.

and Ed, I think it's just the bitterness I disagree with, are you into anything else these days that helps with life? I was getting bitter and depressed when I discovered webcomics. I still get a little bitter and sometimes depressed but not as much anynore.

EdBecerra · Post by **EdBecerra** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 9:12 pm

maxgoof wrote:Ian Malcolm was not as bright as many would like to think.

He's going to a tropical location. Hot and humid. So, why is he wearing a long sleeved black shirt and long black pants?

Because he is harkening back to old lessons in thermodynamics, where the object that best radiates heat back out into space is called a "black body". The tropics are hot, he needs to radiate heat back out, so he dresses in black. Pure logic....and completely wrong.

“Logic is a system whereby one may go wrong with confidence”

-Charles Kettering

Heh.

EdBecerra · Post by **EdBecerra** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 9:19 pm

shyal_malkes wrote:and Ed, I think it's just the bitterness I disagree with, are you into anything else these days that helps with life? I was getting bitter and depressed when I discovered webcomics. I still get a little bitter and sometimes depressed but not as much anynore.

*shrugs*

I've watched people die on the Berlin wall while I was LEGALLY prevented from helping them escape or trying to save their lives.

I lost my first love to a collection of idiots who thought that forcing me into a political marriage was more important than my having fallen in love.

I watched my mother wither away from pancreatic cancer, and my second lover die of synovial cell sarcoma.

I'm cynical, bitter and misanthropic. It's that, or put a gun to my head out of despair. And I promised Aili I would not do that. One of the last promises I made to her.

No excuses, just explanations. I won't break my promise to her, and a daily dose of cynical misanthropy helps me get through the day without picking up that pistol and taking a .45 caliber pain reliever.

JakeWasHere · Post by **JakeWasHere** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 12:03 am

EdBecerra wrote:
maxgoof wrote:Ian Malcolm was not as bright as many would like to think.

He's going to a tropical location. Hot and humid. So, why is he wearing a long sleeved black shirt and long black pants?

Because he is harkening back to old lessons in thermodynamics, where the object that best radiates heat back out into space is called a "black body". The tropics are hot, he needs to radiate heat back out, so he dresses in black. Pure logic....and completely wrong.
“Logic is a system whereby one may go wrong with confidence”

-Charles Kettering

Heh.

Actually, if I recall the book correctly, he claims to be incapable of picking clothes in colors that don't clash; to simplify his choices, he just buys everything in monochrome. The entire contents of his wardrobe are either black, white, or gray, and it all matches.