[Coco with marshmallows]

Bent, on May 22 2009, 10:21 PM, said:

Applauds Cocs humor...since no one else will!

thanks Bent, appreciated.

not sure i appreciate being called a coc though.....

[Bent]

spelling fail.....left out the K.

[Dolmen 2.0]

@ sixty: true enough mangaka fiction has a vast range but focuses on teens so its rife with "fanservice". thus the oddly constructed heroine amidst super powers is a pretty common plot. anime of intellectual quality is infinately darker i.e. death note.

Ubel Blatt for example blends the mature and immature worlds perfectly. the "good guys are evil" and the real evil is basicly a really good guy out for savage revenge. such characters inform a lot of open minded writers today so its merely a matter of selectivity

(sorry to veer off the twilight issue)

@Coco phantom rep awaits u. you're the man

This post has been edited by Dolmen: 22 May 2009 - 09:47 PM

[Ain't_It_Just_]

Major argument today with my sad, sick, strange little brother. He is a Twilight reader, and he says that by virtue of Twilight's popularity that makes it better than say...oh, I dunno...the MboTF! he also says that themes such as a messy, imperfect world, love lost (a la Crokus and Apsalar) exist in Twilight. Also that the characters are deep enough (apparently) for him to feel remorse when one dies. Also! That Steven Erikson, in all his majesty, writes books for "not normal people."

I am prepared to receive your letter bombs.

[Illuyankas]

Tell him Celine Dion has more fans than Twilight, and therefore she is better than it. Watch the flesh shrivel off his face at his blasphemy. Alternatively, smack him for thinking arguing from popularity is anything but retarded.

Actually, just smack him.

[Ain't_It_Just_]

That'd make me feel better...but eventually I'll be jumped by a Twilight Hand of the Sparkle (wink) disguised as emos.

Got something...concrete?

[Tapper]

Ain't_It_Just_, on May 23 2009, 02:16 PM, said:

That'd make me feel better...but eventually I'll be jumped by a Twilight Hand of the Sparkle (wink) disguised as emos.

Got something...concrete?

why concrete, just use a brick in a sock?

Tapper, because sometimes, a bit of fratricide appears to be the answer. *

* please note the use of 'appear'. The writer of this post is furthermore not to be held accountable for damage to the sock, brick, head of brother, emotional stress and trauma, replacement of said brother with a new Master Chief clone, retaliation by Twilight groupies, spells of dizziness after reading this post or this disclaimer and any further things which may or may not be the result of reading this post or acting upon it.
The writer of this post furthermore denies any responsibility in or involvement with, anything that may, in a chain of cause-and-effect, be caused by reading this post, unless it involves sex with at the least one female protagonist, in which case, he does want to be involved.

[Grief]

An imperfect world?

Where all the good guys live happily ever after and...Oh wait...

As for popularity, there are many examples of popular not being good. You could point to many historical dictators if you wish to prove this point.

And if normal means stupid, he's probably right

[Bent]

Tapper, on May 23 2009, 08:39 AM, said:

Ain't_It_Just_, on May 23 2009, 02:16 PM, said:

That'd make me feel better...but eventually I'll be jumped by a Twilight Hand of the Sparkle (wink) disguised as emos.

Got something...concrete?

why concrete, just use a brick in a sock?

Tapper, because sometimes, a bit of fratricide appears to be the answer. *

* please note the use of 'appear'. The writer of this post is furthermore not to be held accountable for damage to the sock, brick, head of brother, emotional stress and trauma, replacement of said brother with a new Master Chief clone, retaliation by Twilight groupies, spells of dizziness after reading this post or this disclaimer and any further things which may or may not be the result of reading this post or acting upon it.
The writer of this post furthermore denies any responsibility in or involvement with, anything that may, in a chain of cause-and-effect, be caused by reading this post, unless it involves sex with at the least one female protagonist, in which case, he does want to be involved.

+1

REP!!!!!!!!!!!

[MTS]

Ain't_It_Just_, on May 23 2009, 10:10 PM, said:

Major argument today with my sad, sick, strange little brother. He is a Twilight reader, and he says that by virtue of Twilight's popularity that makes it better than say...oh, I dunno...the MboTF! he also says that themes such as a messy, imperfect world, love lost (a la Crokus and Apsalar) exist in Twilight. Also that the characters are deep enough (apparently) for him to feel remorse when one dies. Also! That Steven Erikson, in all his majesty, writes books for "not normal people."

I am prepared to receive your letter bombs.

Well, if Erikson writes books for "not normal people" then he should feel right at home! Because he is, in fact, a retarded girl with no sense of taste or grammar.

IT'S ABNORMAL YOU MORONIC TWIT.

Besides, I don't think we really want this idiot reading Erikson anyway, because then in all probability he will come onto the boards and troll with his sparkly retardedness. Although I'm sure the mods would get their jollies from banning him. I don't think we've had many trolls for them to ban recently. Perhaps their trigger fingers are itchy...

If none of the above works then you could always burn his Twilight books (and the TG he undoubtedly has under his pillow), sit on his head and read MBotF to him until his brainz melt because his puny mind can't comprehend what good literature really is.

+rep to Tapper.

This post has been edited by Mappo's Travelling Sack: 23 May 2009 - 02:21 PM

[Ain't_It_Just_]

Thankyou for all your suggestions, made me laugh.

I have decided to put chopped onions in his pillowcase.

By the by, Mappo, Idiot Jr. (little brother) expressed a desire to read the MBoTF, not a month ago. If he thinks he can have it both ways, the little sod's goin down.

This calls for the Malazan Justice League!

[Assail]

Ain't_It_Just_, on May 23 2009, 08:09 PM, said:

Thankyou for all your suggestions, made me laugh.

I have decided to put chopped onions in his pillowcase.

By the by, Mappo, Idiot Jr. (little brother) expressed a desire to read the MBoTF, not a month ago. If he thinks he can have it both ways, the little sod's goin down.

This calls for the Malazan Justice League!

Can I come?

The question I would be asking myself at this stage AIJ is why the hell is a your little BROTHER (Point being he's male) expressing a desire to read stupid ass books like Twilight?

Try jacking his Twilight books, hiding them and inundating him with good fantasy. If he's an avid reader he'll eventually be forced to read the good stuff, thus rehabilitating him from the book-drug that is Twilight.

[MTS]

Fluffy makes a wise suggestion.

[Darkwatch]

I have a copy of the Ritualis Romani which contains the Exorcism rituals.
If you can find yourself a catholic priest and get him to read this to your brother while spraying him with holy water it may do the trick.

If you want it PM, because for some utterly demented reason the forum won't let me upload it for you here.

[Assail]

Darkwatch, on May 23 2009, 09:02 PM, said:

I have a copy of the Ritualis Romani which contains the Exorcism rituals.
If you can find yourself a catholic priest and get him to read this to your brother while spraying him with holy water it may do the trick.

If you want it PM, because for some utterly demented reason the forum won't let me upload it for you here.

This might do the trick. However, one can never know when dealing with Twitards. 

[Ain't_It_Just_]

Fluffy the Littlest Pony, on May 24 2009, 01:24 PM, said:

Can I come?

The question I would be asking myself at this stage AIJ is why the hell is a your little BROTHER (Point being he's male) expressing a desire to read stupid ass books like Twilight?

Try jacking his Twilight books, hiding them and inundating him with good fantasy. If he's an avid reader he'll eventually be forced to read the good stuff, thus rehabilitating him from the book-drug that is Twilight.

That depends...do you have...FIREPOWAH?!

Anyway.

The little fool is obdurate. Being twelve, he's entering his rebellious phase. What can you do, eh?

Still, holy water...hmmm... not for him though. TO STAIN THE DEMONIC PAGES OF THAT TOME OF GENERIC FANTASY MWAHAHAHAHAHAH

[HoosierDaddy]

12? Fuck, he isn't even a teen. He doesn't need to explain himself. He sounds prepubescent, which WOULD make him effeminate.

[Ain't_It_Just_]

HoosierDaddy, on May 24 2009, 05:13 PM, said:

12? Fuck, he isn't even a teen. He doesn't need to explain himself. He sounds prepubescent, which WOULD make him effeminate.

Good point...and live footage coming from my keyboard, he can't even turn on the shower.

Noob.

[MTS]

This child has no hope. Lost cause, AIJ, give up.

Recent development in my dilemma:
My girlfriend's roommate sympathises with my plight, being a Twilight loather as well (she has a whole 'nother box of crazy in the form of the Hills and Gossip Girl though ). I have recruited her into my cause, and she will do her utmost to drive my gf into a frenzy of adolescent lust and horniness, at which point she will have no choice but to satiate her urges by having glorious sexytimez with me, seeing as she "doesnt" fap and all...after which I will claim glorious victory over the female sex in an abstinence contest, proving once and for all man's superiority over women

How her roommate will do all this, I have no idea, however I really hope it works. I'm assuming repeated viewings of Wolverine and that scene in Australia will be the order of the day. Australian girls luuuuuurrrrve Hugh Jackman after all...

This post has been edited by Mappo's Travelling Sack: 24 May 2009 - 07:47 AM

[HoosierDaddy]

1. She does (fap).
2. Roommate's plan could backfire spectacularly in an explosion of lesbian love. I approve. Ask to join in and/or film it.

This post has been edited by HoosierDaddy: 24 May 2009 - 07:49 AM