Won't you give VU a call?
Hugo will tell you, grunting, "We'll help you, buddy"
As Fuuma acts like a fool
Dan his cultists keep screaming that OOSHA rules
The demon, he plots in the dark
Thinks of the mission Garuda is working on
Gouki has a joyous heart
While he maims with his Super Art, baby
Don't you Forget About Jae
Don't! Don't! Don't! Don't!
Don't you Forget About Jae
Would you meet Chang Koehan?
Look his way and buy him pork grinds?
Heart keeps giving, heart keeps giving
Out, out, out...
And what about Angel?
Causing Clay to have a migraine
Clothes keep falling, clothes keep falling
Off, off, off, off...
Jae! Jae! Jae! Jae!
Oooooohhh!
Battler Man and Bao Wonder too
Jae's brother Dong Hwan now knows what he now must do
Scorp tries to pass Quan's defenses
Moloch and Drahmin
Don't you Forget About Jae
He'll be with Girlfriend, kicking. You know it, baby
Abubo will tear you apart
While Jedah wants to chew on your heart, baby
Don't you Forget About Jae
Don't! Don't! Don't! Don't!
Don't you Forget About Jae
As you walk by Rock
While he hangs with Stone
And Skullo too
And his suit of bone
Will you remember Jae?
Or what about CJ?
Or that Driver guy?
Come on say Zabel's name
Would you repeat his name?
I say,
Laaa! La la la laaaa! La la la laaaa!
La la la, la la la la laaaa! (repeat and fade)
Gavok
"There needs to be a better word for weird."
Posted on Dec 18, 2002, 6:59 PM from IP address 24.59.187.219
Re: [RECBT] Right, so can anyone explain to me....
by OgOpOgO-
Rydia hanging with ninjas? Why not! I love Rydia lots, and I decided it was time for her to have a real part in an impro. This was selfish of me.
Much of 122 was about doing things for me... like Jhun's new characterization and his relationship with Athena. I didn't bother to explain it! It was just what I wanted. Is that blantantly evil or what? I just wanted to parody the beginning of RECBT, so I did. Ha.
And because I did things like that, I had a great time writing that chapter... and overall I'm most proud of it above all my other chapters. Although, way back when, I liked my Terry and Geese. I liked introducing Marie. I liked having Rock and Roll do the nasty.
By the way, is this board and the front page horribly disfigured for anyone else? For example, I don't see a button to push to actually send this reply (but I can tab to its invisible location... I think... lets see...)
Posted on Dec 18, 2002, 11:07 PM from IP address 130.245.220.47
Hello, folks. For the sake of clarity, even though I'm going to have to slide down the queue cuz of a trip (thankfully, Mervyn agreed -- hopefully this won't bother Black Dub too much), I have a couple more questions on RECBT... when I first found it, I skipped about seventy chapters in the middle, and reading the whole series is HARD... O_o;;
And besides, I'm new here. So I don't know any of the other fics, or inside jokes. ^_^
1) Who is Urd? An actual norse goddess? Actually in Twisted Metal? Actually related to Calypso?
2) Ex-President Grimm... where is he from?
3) As of the moment, why, exactly, does or would Clive want to kill Kim Kaphwan? Didn't Elza steal his guns?
4) When did Jhun mature from being totally reekazoid to being worthy of Athena's love, when all he ever wanted was the color of her panties anyway?
Thanks, folks. Just trying to make sure I do a good job this time.
Happy holidays, and, stuff.
Posted on Dec 17, 2002, 9:22 PM from IP address 12.228.78.84
>And besides, I'm new here. So I don't know any of the other fics, or inside jokes. ^_^
No excuse! Read!
>1) Who is Urd? An actual norse goddess? Actually in Twisted Metal? Actually related to Calypso?
Urd is from an anime called Ah! My Goddess. I personally have never seen it. So no, she isn't in Twisted Metal and the only reason she is connected to Calypso in RECBT is because they both have omnipotent power. The main difference being that Urd is good and Calypso is an evil bastard who gets off on destruction.
>2) Ex-President Grimm... where is he from?
He's Mr. Grimm from Twisted Metal: Black. His story is that he was in the Vietnam War where he and his best friend Benny were the sole survivors of an enemy attack. Benny was shot and they were taken to a huge hole in the ground as POWs.
The advisor there kept them in there with no food as a way of torture. When Grimm asked for something to eat, the advisor tossed in a knife and told him to make due. After five days, Benny finally died from his wound. Two days after that, Grimm's hunger got the best of him and he used the knife to help devour his best friend.
He took Benny's skull, stiched it back together and wore it as a helmet. He was saved days later, but killed the GIs when they tried to remove the skull. After that he spent 30 years in Blackfield Asylum where he constantly gets urges to eat human flesh again.
Finally he was released by Calypso (Different one. TM: Black is in an alternate universe from the other games) to join his tournament. If he won, he would get his revenge. He rode a motorcycle with his special weapon being an exploding scythe that does a ton of damage.
>3) As of the moment, why, exactly, does or would Clive want to kill Kim Kaphwan? Didn't Elza steal his guns?
You know... I have no idea. Why the hell does Clive want to kill Kim?
>4) When did Jhun mature from being totally reekazoid to being worthy of Athena's love, when all he ever wanted was the color of her panties anyway?
It happened when he got hit by Sweet Tooth's truck. Athena happened to be his nurse and the rest is history.
Posted on Dec 17, 2002, 9:39 PM from IP address 24.59.187.219
In the Ah, My Goddess series, the basic premise was that a nerdy short college guy named Keiichi accidentally dialed a wrong number while ordering take-out and connected with the Goddess Help Desk. A beautiful goddess (Belldandy) then appeared in front of him, and told him that he was entitled to one wish. Now, barring (or because of) the fact that Bell appeared coming out of his mirror, Keiichi thought it was a joke by his group's seniors and jokingly wished that Bell stay with him. The wish was granted.
Oh, yeah, Urd... well, Urd is Bell's older sister who first came into the series trying to convince Keiichi to make his move on Bell. She's a so-called Goddess of Love (or the carnal equivalent) and is predisposed to using potions and spells in her work. Later in the series, it was revealed that she was also half-demon, but that wasn't really important in RECBT.
More importantly, she's very manipulative and loves to observe situations go wrong around her... though not in a destructive way. As a goddess, she's also part of the system that maintains the Yggdrasil computer system (in AMG mythos, it's the computer that maintains the world... sorta like the Matrix ). I guess these characteristics are why W4 used her with Calypso... other than the fact that she's an... *ahem*, attractive woman.
Oh, and Merv's on target with the Norse influence so you check that out, too. Urd's supposed to be the past which is why she's the oldest of the AMG goddesses and uses old methods of magic (potions, etc.) as opposed to Skuld's (the future) penchant for new technology.
Mark
Posted on Dec 17, 2002, 11:57 PM from IP address 210.14.31.18
Urd really is an actual Scandinavian goddess, as well. She's one of the three Norns--Urd, Verdandi, and Skuld, just as A!MG claims--who roughly equate to the three Fates from Greek mythology. They also are charged with caring for Yggdrasil and slowing its inevitible slow demise at the jaws of the dragon Niddhog, who gnaws ceaselessly at its roots.
Not that that has a damn thing to do with RECBT.
Posted on Dec 17, 2002, 10:47 PM from IP address 68.35.208.116
But it does have something to do with Nightmare Fighter Yumeko! Urd is, in fact, mentioned in NFY #10 by Aaron Shattuck! (Of course, he's just quoting a poem...but still.)
John
Posted on Dec 18, 2002, 12:20 AM from IP address 24.47.110.241
>3) As of the moment, why, exactly, does or would Clive want to kill Kim Kaphwan? Didn't Elza steal his guns?
Because he's a crazy badass, and yes, he was hired to do it by Geese. As I recall, legally Clive is a Reformee of Kim's, added to the reformee list at the same time as Vice and Mature, but this detail is lost in time.
>4) When did Jhun mature from being totally reekazoid to being worthy of Athena's love, when all he ever wanted was the color of her panties anyway?
Pressumably, getting over a Tiff-milk addiction allowed him to regain bishonen status.
Posted on Dec 18, 2002, 12:46 AM from IP address 24.141.245.50
Crap. Sorry to throw you into that situation. Not much I can do, though... I have to go on a trip and won't have any access to the internet, so I can't write at that time.
>_<
Posted on Dec 18, 2002, 11:25 PM from IP address 12.228.78.84
The Howling Voice Guild is from the Suikoden games, just like Clive and Elza themselves. They're a secretive but powerful organization, based in the Holy Kingdom of Harmonia and devoted to the use of guns, of which only they know the secrets of using and maintaining. I'm not certain if they have the technology to make new guns or not. Storm is a sentient weapon which chooses its master and may or may not contain one of the 27 True Runes; the other two named guns to make an appearance, Moon and Star (or Mond and Stern, auf Deutsch), are ceremonial dueling pistols, but have no unique properties otherwise.
As for why Clive and Elza can see Stands, I'm guessing that Storm is being counted as Stand-like, or at least close enough for government work; it has recognized both Clive and Elza and will allow itself to be fired by either of them.
If you're making any plans involving Clive and Elza, though, I'll warn you now: you'll probably have to scrap them after tonight.
Mwa ha.
Posted on Dec 19, 2002, 4:25 PM from IP address 68.35.208.116
CHAPTER 72
/* Chapter 72 *\
/* Written by the King in Yellow *\
/* Reduced by MMK *\
JUDGE:
Kim Kaphwan, I sentence you to death for destroying the entire country.
KIM:
D'oh!
[Flashback.]
KIM:
Hey, there's Kyo!
[KIM accidentally destroys the entire country.]
KIM:
D'oh!
[End flashback.]
ADON:
These are our plans.
IGGY:
I hope nobody was around to hear them.
AKIRA, GAN, EDGE:
Oh no!
[AKIRA, GAN and EDGE, having heard ADON and IGGY's plans, run to save KIM so he can help.]
IGGY:
Oh, brilliant.
[HYO, as KYO, gets crushed by a 1978 Oldsmobile. And dies.]
IORI YAGAMI, KILTED ASSASSIN:
I'm tied up and Eiji Kisaragi's gonna kill me; time to wet myself in a manly first-person fashion.
KIM'S WIFE:
Aren't you going to try and escape?
KIM:
Nah. Someone will save me.
KIM'S WIFE:
That is really, *really* stupid.
[JOTARO breaks through the wall. Before you ask, no, he has no Kool-Ade.]
JOTARO:
Here to save you, dude!
KIM:
Got it in one.
KIM'S WIFE:
Ah, shaddap.
KRIZALID:
I'm in Planet of the Apes! ^_^
/* Chapter 73 *\
/* Written by Forrest Walker *\
/* Reduced by MMK *\
FORREST WALKER:
I like Author Segments!
JOTARO:
Here to save you, dude!
KIM:
No thanks.
KIM'S WIFE:
Okay, *this* is really, really stupid.
KIM:
Something else will save me, preferably by my being proven innocent.
HAGGAR:
Kim, you've been cleared of all charges.
KIM'S WIFE:
Huh?
JOTARO:
I just *so* wasted my time.
GEESE:
Let us now form a search party to find Rock.
KIM:
Okay.
[They do.]
ROCK:
Terry! I have come from -- THE FUTURE! -- to tell you that you should let Geese raise me.
TERRY:
'Kay.
[He does. Intend to, I mean.]
GEESE:
I shall grant one wish to whoever finds Rock.
MARIA:
Why?
GEESE (shrugging):
I figure why not.
RYO:
Hello.
[KARNOV falls on him and kills him.]
BIG PAGE BEAR BREAK:
I am Raiden! I take off!
[CLIVE kills KYO and HYO.]
CLIVE:
That was fun.
/* Chapter 74 *\
/* Written by Metal *\
/* Reduced by MMK *\
KRIZALID:
My character development is stuck in neutral! Aiee!
METAL:
LLAMA! Llama llama llama llama llama.
[A theme song is played.]
KHUSHNOOD BUTT:
Let's piss off Heidern!
[They do. This lets KRIZALID go free.]
KRIZALID:
Works for me. ^_^
[KIM punks out TERRY; ADON punks out KIM; HEIDERN does the Robot.]
/* Chapter 75 *\
/* Written by Keio *\
/* Reduced by MMK *\
[IGGI humps HEIDERN's head.]
HEIDERN:
Ick!
[HEIDERN dies. GEESE's group and ADON's group begin fighting. And by fighting I mean 'dancing', just like in West Side Story.]
DR. N. BRIO:
Rolento Schugerg has escaped the loony bin!
HAGGAR:
Eh. Whatever.
GOENITZ:
I have revived the Orochi in Kim Kaphwan's body!
[KIM smashes an acoustic guitar over Goenitz's head.]
KIM:
I am the Chosen One!
[KIM smashes another acoustic guitar over Goenitz's head.]
"DIAMOND" RYU HOSHI:
BANG~!
[He and KEN-YON get smashed with acoustic guitars by KIM.]
KIM'S WIFE:
You seem different today.
KIM:
Shut up, Slapnuts! You can call me K-I-double-M K-A-double-P H-W-A-double-N! Ha-ha-ha!
[A pause.]
KIM:
I mean, no. Nothing different.
[A pause.]
KIM'S WIFE:
Right.
[KIM beats up ROLENTO; KIM'S WIFE goes to bed.]
/* Chapter 76 *\
/* Written by W4 *\
/* Reduced by MMK *\
MERVYN:
We're broke.
W4:
Yup.
[KIM Ka-Bongs W4, MERVYN, himself, DON and KIM'S WIFE.]
URD:
Let's screw with continuity.
CALYPSO:
Oh, yes, let's.
[URD creates a world of peace and lots of Kaphwans; CALYPSO creates a world of devestation and lots of milk.]
CALYPSO:
Heh heh. That's pretty funny.
[URD creates a world of total facial communication; CALYPSO creates a world where DIMITRI MAXIMOV is 500 pounds, and then IGGI is Lord of the Vampires.]
GEESE:
I AM THE AIR PRESSURE FAIRY!
[Cyclops hurts himself.]
[URD has KIM play Dance Dance Revolution; KIM subsequently goes insane and his reformees destroy arcades.]
URD:
Huh.
[URD thus loses her competition with CALYPSO. KRISTA SPARKS, who was previously an espresso machine -- yes, this *is* W4's chapter -- becomes KRISTA, NORSE GODDESS OF TYPOS.]
KEIO:
Hi, guys!
[MERVYN hits KEIO with a guitar.]
KEIO:
Ow!
/* Chapter 78 *\
/* Written by Gaijin Dan Mastriani *\
/* Reduced by MMK *\
GAIJIN DAN:
RECBT needs a new plot. However, I'm going to get absolutely nothing done.
[KYO is killed repeatedly by lightning bolts.]
GAIJIN DAN:
Except that.
[RYUJI cuts himself while shaving and bleeds to unconsciousness.]
KIM:
I'll take Geese's group, you take Iggi's group.
JHUN:
Can do.
[KHUSHNOOD BUTT roughs up the scenery.]
/* Chapter 80 *\
/* Written by OgOpOgO- *\
/* Reduced by MMK *\
[KYO eats a Big Mac and dies.]
SHINGO:
Go figure. Hey, look! Grimace!
SWEET TOOTH:
I am an Origami Master.
[ROCK looks at VICE and MATURE making out.]
ROCK:
What are they doing?
RYUJI:
Nothing.
ROCK:
I play with fire!
[He does so.]
KIM:
My sons and I are fielding applications for new reformers.
[TIFFANY bounces; TERRY roughs up a goose.]
KIM:
It's not going too well.
JACK:
Nope.
DON:
Not really.
[KYO gets run over by a big Mack truck.]
"DIAMOND" RYU HOSHI:
I just defeated two enemies without actually doing anything. And THAT's... a GOOD THING!
["DIAMOND" RYU HOSHI smiles real wide.]
KRIZALID:
This is my only appearance in this chapter! ^_^
[TERRY Power Geysers him across the city.]
LEONA:
Sigh.
[KYO gets killed by MR. BIG, a big mack daddy.]
KIM:
My sons and I are still fielding applications for new reformers.
[TERRY roughs up DUCK KING.]
KIM:
It's still not going very well.
JACK:
Nope.
DON:
Not really.
MEI LI:
Hi!
[TERRY roughs up GEESE's four-story house of cards.]
GEESE:
Argh.
~~~
Okay! We have about two-thirds of the series done. ^_^
Posted on Dec 16, 2002, 5:13 PM from IP address 24.82.203.251
Wow, that was brilliant. But more importantly, it was a learning experience. Your trivia/researching skills put anything I could ever do to shame, and thus I will probably never use Pop Up Hideo.
The reformees did great in this chapter, and I loved seeing the SD Final Fantasy crew again. Kyo and his friends were fantastic (especially some of Kyo's special styles ^_^). Everything with Fortzilla was great, and Ralfra was nuts (but Pop Up Hideo didn't say anything about that weird purple glowing icon in the basement, was that actually a reference to anything?).
I feel silly, but I don't even know when the Reformer Robo came into play. Even so, ditching it into the sea with Bao inside was great ^_^ And Sol just refused to shut up about that CD player, which I loved.
The writing was top notch. Really damned good. So many characters got used, so many things were going on, and it all worked out great together in the end... it was pretty impressive.
My only complaint would be that reading through all the Pop Up Hideo comments forced me to reread a few lines of actual plot/dialog a few times... you took Pop Up Hideo to the next level! But you didn't let him mention any of his escapades with the sexy nurse, now did you.
I loved it when B.B. Hood attached herself to Doom Guy's leg ^_^
Great chapter, MMK. Thank you very much for it. But I wanna ask something of everyone... Kim Kaphwan really seems to be taking a backseat in all the proceedings of late. Has it always been this way, and I've just forgotten? Really, all the guy does it bark out a few orders to keep people in line, and stand his ground in the face of evil. Now, he also turns to Smart Chang to find out what his people should do next. Has the focus of RECBT changed, then, or is it just a coincidence that the last few chapters had him in a sort of supporting role? What else could Kim Kaphwan be doing these days?
It might be, and I can't really say because my analytical skills suck, that because Kim no longer has personal foes to deal with he isn't able to really shine anymore. Geese has been out of the picture for almost nine or ten chapters now. Adon didn't do much when he appeared. Dio's part was also small. And Hyo is apparently really gone now after his final confrontation with Kim in 122. Inserting new villains into RECBT has always been difficult... but what do people think will be next?
And should I have made this a seperate post?
OgO-
Posted on Dec 14, 2002, 5:36 PM from IP address 130.245.220.47
See, because Rikimaru is from Tenchu, which has a ninja girl named *Ayame*, my wee brain decides to flip-flop on which one's Ayame and which one's Ayane. I may need to utilize the If You Ain't Changing Anything Plot-Wise, It's Okay Rule on this one and fix the damn thing.
On the subject of needing to use the Ain't Changing Anything rule, the purple icon *is* from somewhere and I *did* completely forget to cite it. The purple spinning icon is the Mothra Airstrike from the game Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee; if you get it during a battle, Mothra attacks your opponent from the air. I should probably add that in.
I noticed about eight hours too late that the Smiles date was incorrect; c'est la vie. I'll update it (and *fix* it) after Mervyn's chapter, whether he uses any new expressions or not.
I couldn't find when the Reformer Robo came into play either. ^_^ I was looking and looking for it for a Pop-Up Hideo note, trying to find it via deduction using the previous chapters, but eventually I just said "screw it". And then, natch, tossed it into the ocean. I figured why not.
I had this great idea for a scene where Geese sees Fortzilla on TV, knows that the Reformer Robo will be close behind, and then deploys his own robot that he's been working on for months. He sends the robot out,
Rock calls him and tells him that the Reformer Robo is gone, and Geese starts complaining. "What the hell did I even build this thing for, then? Christ!" And then Ralfra attacks it. ^_^
You're right about Kim kind of fading into the background; I had hoped to bring in Clive again -- okay, hell, that's *always* what I do, but this time *for sure* it was going to work -- and have him chase Kim around, because that's usually pretty fun.
I had a *lot* of ideas that I had no time for, actually.
-- Rock Howard (Version One). Rock has a long talk with Ryuji about what it means to be a 'tweener ("Don't know whether you're good or evil? Yeah, I had that. 's pretty @)#% rough, too."), comes away from it with a new attitude towards life. And when I say attitude, I mean Howardtude. Did you know that Rock Howard's favourite flavour of ice cream is Cookies and Cream? Did you know that Rock Howard has seen all the Friday the 13th movies? Did you know that Rock Howard is his father's favourite son? Man, this would have *ruled* with Pop-Up Hideo. But, oh well.
-- Why, exactly, Ralf can become Ralfra. Heidern got a huge grant from the Garcia foundation to genetically engineer monsters (this would also explain why Robert had a Ralfra Airstrike in his damn *basement*), and he decided to just start testing on his team. All this would have been explained by Leona, who would be telling the story to Iori; Leona also reveals that she can turn into King Lhionah, a three-headed dragon-lizard thing. Then Iori looks down at his beer funny and gives up drinking again. :)
-- *Anything* with Adon, Mei Li, Dio, Hol Horse, Polnareff, Image, Super Shredder, Bass, The Krizzler (heh), Ganondorf, Clive, Geese or Grandpa Kim. Damn Statistics! I curse you!
Ah, well. Maybe I'll have to sign up again, then. ^_^
-MMK
Rock Howard knows how to do the tango, foxtrot and rhumba.
Howardtude is practiced in over 100 countries.
Rock Howard's bedtime is 4:00AM.
Posted on Dec 14, 2002, 6:30 PM from IP address 24.82.203.251
See, I liked this chapter a lot. I felt Pop-Up Hideo was done 5x better than it was in my chapter. Ralfra is one of the better post-OgO chapter changes to RECBT. Hopefully this means Clark has spikes for hands and a buzzsaw in his chest.
Man, I really need to play that Godzilla game one of these days.
But the thing is, once you even mentioned "Rock Howard Version One" I busted out laughing before even reading the rest of the paragraph. I can't help but feel a little disappointed that of all the ideas you had you didn't use that one. It's like seeing LotR: Two Towers and enjoying the hell out of it, only to find out that in the town over they're showing it with a 10 minute trailer for "Spider-Man 2: Venom Kills Everything".
I guess you'll just have to sign up again :P
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to attach your special collar that shocks you when you're not writing UVR. Hey, get back here!
Gavok
Wants to have Geese hire Mavado
Posted on Dec 14, 2002, 6:54 PM from IP address 24.59.187.219
I wanted a getter robo parody, but like MMK, I was going through exams, and thus lacked the time to put in the climactic fight scene of a Giant robot Kim, Chang and Choi fighting fortzilla. but, I ran out of time
also on the original script:
1) Rock wouldn't actually know about the rest of wolfpack (as image had just hired them this chapter)
2) Kim would have obtained a personal goal (and romantic tension) from Kunimitsu, considering that she's a theif who absolutely refuses to be reformed
but hey, billy's comin' back (he is also the last of the original reformees to need to be reformed)
Posted on Dec 14, 2002, 10:24 PM from IP address 24.42.201.154
I'm the Higher Power! Er, rather, I invented the Reformer Robo. Then, with evidence pointing to the fact that nobody liked it, I decided I might as well blow it up in my next chapter and use the explosion to bring back Smart Chang and Cool Choi, since I was under the impression people did like them.
Perhaps Graf meant to take responsibility for ressurecting the Reformer Robo?
and Dan is correct, I misinterpreted above remarks, and was taking credit for an attempted ressurection. I mean c'mon, who wouldn't want giant robot versions of chang and choi?
admittedly though, how MMK handled it was far cooler
Posted on Dec 17, 2002, 1:29 PM from IP address 24.42.201.154
I've been on an absolute Suikoden-playing rampage lately, so you can bet your bottom unit of coinage that Clive will be showing up somehow in my chapter. I may have an idea for Geese as well.
Posted on Dec 14, 2002, 10:42 PM from IP address 68.35.208.116
*That* was one of Network54's more interesting hiccups.
Anyway, won't be long now. Quick final scene, 70-character formatting, Author's Notes, off the lights, off the backboard, off the rim, nothing but net.
Posted on Dec 14, 2002, 4:14 AM from IP address 24.82.203.251
So you see, here I was, sitting about. You know just minding my own business, when this man dressed in white robes and carrying a staff showed up. He just kinda hovered barely floating off the ground and looking at me, but he had a holy aura. So I thought, "I've gone and died haven't I".
He spoke, "You haven't died - yet".
The he whacked me with a strip of bacon.
All things considered, I decided it was for the best to sign up.
Posted on Dec 13, 2002, 1:40 PM from IP address 12.225.124.115
FAJ: taking suggestions for the all-subplot chapter
by Grahf316
yes, that's right, this week's chapter of FAJ will feature nothing but subplots. old ones, new ones, one shot gags that demand a return, you name em i'll use them. if you have a subplot you're considering, tell me and I'll do something for it.
on hand:
1- Garuda's search, who is the 4th element?
2- fun with fuuma. "does anyone else know what a tontine is?"
3- battlermania as he returns to a smoker-vandalized battlercave
4- gordon, why the frell is he here?
5- OOSHA, and their quest to defeat the one eyed sinmeister
6- set-up for the christmas episode
and so on...
so, feel free to contribute.
Posted on Dec 12, 2002, 5:27 PM from IP address 24.42.201.154
oh I had an idea for the wushu twins of passion and justice
pose
darkness
petals
but I'm going to consult a few people before I head in that direction.
SCABS, well, I'll try to think of something
Rock, if he turns up it will only be to confirm that he is alive, and recovering from the asswhupping Jae gave him. He's had more than his fair share in the sun for the moment.
Posted on Dec 12, 2002, 8:10 PM from IP address 24.42.201.154
When nobody's around the office and he's certain he's alone, Shang Tsung likes to transform himself into a 2-dimensional banana and dances along to "PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME!" But's that just me
I do actually have a decent idea for a SCABS that will finally put them back in the story. I suggested the ideas to some others and they thought it was pretty fitting.
As for a Christmas plot, I was thinking of having Quan Chi and his Oni duo try to kidnap Santa Claus, which Quan Chi insists was his original intention for years. When all is said and done and it fails, he tells his sidekicks that it was really just a warmup plot and that he was just kidding
For those wondering, here's what Moloch and Drahmin look like: (you have to copy and paste the link)
And also, send Eiji Kisaragi an email and he will make fun of you-- I mean answer them
Gavok
"Dear Eiji, if you hate Ryou Sackazak so much, why don't you just kill him?"
Posted on Dec 12, 2002, 8:30 PM from IP address 24.59.187.219
When nobody's around the office and he's certain he's alone, Shang Tsung likes to transform himself into a 2-dimensional banana and dances along to "PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME!" But's that just me ^_^
I do actually have a decent idea for a SCABS that will finally put them back in the story. I suggested the ideas to some others and they thought it was pretty fitting.
As for a Christmas plot, I was thinking of having Quan Chi and his Oni duo try to kidnap Santa Claus, which Quan Chi insists was his original intention for years. When all is said and done and it fails, he tells his sidekicks that it was really just a warmup plot and that he was just kidding :)
For those wondering, here's what Moloch and Drahmin look like: http://www.trmk.org/images/mkda/endings/Scorpion_1.jpg (you have to copy and paste the link)
And also, send Eiji Kisaragi an email and he will make fun of you-- I mean answer them.
Gavok
"Dear Eiji, if you hate Ryou Sackazak so much, why don't you just kill him?"
Posted on Dec 12, 2002, 8:32 PM from IP address 24.59.187.219
actually, I was going to suggest something like a christmas carol, with Kyo in the scrooge role (your choice for the 3 ghosts, but the jacob marley would be Saisyu, cursed to wander the void until his son finally does a redeeming act). through this, we see kyo's rise to power by infernal means, and where that might lead. In the end, Kyo is shaken enough that he recinds the fire tax (but only the tax. he's still blackheart's gutless minion.)
Posted on Dec 12, 2002, 9:25 PM from IP address 24.42.201.154
I can't seem to find the chapter to be sure, though. I know El Rutt parodied it for the Castlevania 1970 Christmas Special. However, I do like how it fits into the plot.
Hm...
"Kyo, my son! I can't rest in peace because of you!"
"Dad! But, you're still alive!"
"I died three years ago, you asshole! And you'd know that, too, if you hadn't decided that death notice the clan sent you was junk mail and thrown it away!"
What is going on with the Church of Athena? OOSHA burned their house down, and I don't think they've retaliated.
As for Garuda, I had been trying to remember some water users from video games. Sogetsu from Samurai Shodown was the most obvious, and I wanted to see what his brother would think of his new found freedom afterwards. I also wondered if some random Final Fantasy character could meet their end after summoning Leviathan.
Throw in some Belmont News... I love that shiznit.
Finally, while Violence Unlimited have any work this week?
OgO-
Posted on Dec 13, 2002, 1:30 AM from IP address 130.245.220.47
On the other hand, I turned in my last paper of the semester today! Actually, my last two papers and four-hour take-home final of the semester! Woo, and might I add, hoo.
Posted on Dec 12, 2002, 1:13 AM from IP address 68.35.208.116
...but the thing is, Choi is a very common surname in Korea. Kim and Chang are also very common surnames. (I vaguely remember a statistic saying that 1 in 10 Koreans have Kim as their surname.) So seeing a sign saying "Choi's Tae Kwon Do and Acupuncture" is not too much of a surprise.
The other thing is, Tae Kwon Do was founded by a Choi. ;p
Posted on Dec 9, 2002, 6:00 PM from IP address 203.20.192.9
Sometimes I come across the most crack-tastic CDs at work...
by MtWS
Okay, so I'm compiling a database of uncatalogued CDs at the music library, right? And I come across these gems:
1) "Anarchic Harmonies": works by John Cage and Girolomo Frescobaldi (okay, I suppose you have to be a music person to get how whacked-out that combination is) for accordion and trombone. I ask you: why?
2) More New Blues for Piano: This doesn't sound too unusual, right? But it's one of those annoying CDs where you have to look at the liner notes to figure out who's playing what, so in doing this I come across the following sentence: Jacob ter Veldhuis' [a name that just screams "blues," doncha know] Off & On Situation Blues makes use of voice samples taken from crack-addict hookers appearing on the Jerry Springer Show." A co-worker and I just had to listen to this piece, and we both agree that that it's about the most wonderful thing ever written. The notes are multilingual, too, so that sentence also appears as...
Dutch: "In ter Vedhuis' Off & On Situation Blues wordt gebruik gemaakt van stemsamples, afkomstig van aan crack varslaafde hoeren die in de Jerry Springer Show optraden."
French: "Dans Off & On Situation Blues de Ter Veldhuis, il est fait usasge de samples de voix, extraits d'enregistrements de prostituées toxicomane, utilatrices de crack, faits lors de l'émission de télévision intitulée Jerry Springer Show."
German: "In dem Werk Off & On Situation Blues von ter Veldhuis werden Stimmensamples eingesetzt. Es sin die Stimmen von crackabhängigen Huren, die in der Jerry Springer Show auftraten."
This has absolutely made my day.
Posted on Dec 8, 2002, 10:45 PM from IP address 128.186.53.124
I absolutely loved this chapter. It was fresh and the characterization was just perfect. Grahf, you did so many of the characters better than I've ever seen them before. I hope that someday I can do nearly as well in making each character distinct. Doom Guy, Smart Chang, even Super Shredder... all well done.
You seem to put a lot of thought into how/when the characters would react, how they'd interprete things, how they'd speak... this is what really jumped out at me during the chapter.
Of course, the ideas you had were great too. Kyo's new life was just fantastic... Athena's reaction to King... Doom Guy... Ganondorf laid up in the hospital... and definately everything you're doing with Rock/Image/Geese.
Oh, and thanks for the Scorpion cameo... that guy is always great.
You melded the old and the new so very well... thank you.
The only thing I gotta know more about is why you decided that Image should be hanging out with two people named Bass (thus, I guess, forcing you to rename one of them)?
Anyway, bravo.
OgO-
Posted on Dec 8, 2002, 12:32 AM from IP address 130.245.220.47
don't you know, Gavok's will control's the universe!
by Grahf316
seriously, while Supershredder isisting they call themselves wolfpack was mine (a team made up of established lone wlf characters), it was gavok who suggested bass and a greasy drunk to fill it out. so, since I wanted forte (if only for Fortzilla), I patterned Forte after what little I knew of Scott Hall from gavok.
my only complaint: I had to hand the chapter in before I could use the revised Reformer Robo:
GETTER KAPHWAN!
Posted on Dec 8, 2002, 8:06 AM from IP address 24.42.201.154
Honest! I have a friend who's become a friend of his, and he does seem to be a genuinely sweet guy. He just makes really good faces. =^_^=;;; And can deliver lines like, "Your soul is mine," without cracking up.
-Isa. Of course, given that he's ROZ'S friend, maybe he is scary. ^_^;
Posted on Dec 8, 2002, 12:36 AM from IP address 67.27.67.174
(you have to copy and paste the link)