[Mezla PigDog]

I'm procrastinating. Which is a shame because I worked really hard yesterday to kill off something else I had been procrastinating about. On the upside I'm procrastinating with tea and cake.

This post has been edited by Mezla PigDog: 27 January 2016 - 03:50 PM

[Arthur Dayne]

Waiting patiently for the end of my workday/work week. It'll be so nice to get home and stay home. My wife has been filling my nights and weekends with so much activity that I could stand to sleep in for once. I'm starting to feel like Maark.

[Maark Abbott]

Writing. Cezia POVs are weird because she's my only 'optimist'.

[worry]

Time to lop her head off.

[Traveller]

Morning coffee. I love my aeropress.

My boy needed waking up. For the first time in... months? Ever?! He always comes in and wakes me up, 6am or earlier every day; and there he was, all tucked in still.

Off to work I ten minutes, blerg.

[Maark Abbott]

Dumbledude, on 29 January 2016 - 01:58 AM, said:

Time to lop her head off.

Oh I've something far, far nastier in mind for her. Ever hear of mesothelioma?

[worry]

Hell yeah I have.

[Maark Abbott]

Sometimes I need to have brandy in the house so I can appreciate my own villainy.

[worry]

Frankly I think fantasy should have way more people dying of regular things. Diseases, snakebites, whatever.

Spoiler

I know the plague in TBH had its supernatural elements, but it was also a pretty natural thing for characters to confront and/or succumb to, and something they couldn't necessarily fight head on. Same with the fever outbreak in DoD. Way more satisfying than like far off problems, or the protag's mom conveniently dying just in time to set him free for a quest.

[Maark Abbott]

Dumbledude, on 29 January 2016 - 07:49 AM, said:

Frankly I think fantasy should have way more people dying of regular things. Diseases, snakebites, whatever.

Spoiler

I know the plague in TBH had its supernatural elements, but it was also a pretty natural thing for characters to confront and/or succumb to, and something they couldn't necessarily fight head on. Same with the fever outbreak in DoD. Way more satisfying than like far off problems, or the protag's mom conveniently dying just in time to set him free for a quest.

Spoiler for my series around Book 3 of 4:

Spoiler

The plan has always been for Cezia's mechanical arm prosthesis to kill her, namely by it being the first of its kind, the power source does ostensibly the same thing to her as asbestos, causes crystals to build up in her lungs which kill her. My third main character at that stage will snap, pull a face-heel turn and potentially become the big bad in future series. Not sure on the last part yet but I've written that part already and it's very, very Gainax. So first I break the cutie, then I kill her. Bwahahahahahaha.

[Andorion]

Maark, on 29 January 2016 - 07:52 AM, said:

Dumbledude, on 29 January 2016 - 07:49 AM, said:

Frankly I think fantasy should have way more people dying of regular things. Diseases, snakebites, whatever.

Spoiler

I know the plague in TBH had its supernatural elements, but it was also a pretty natural thing for characters to confront and/or succumb to, and something they couldn't necessarily fight head on. Same with the fever outbreak in DoD. Way more satisfying than like far off problems, or the protag's mom conveniently dying just in time to set him free for a quest.

Spoiler for my series around Book 3 of 4:

Spoiler

The plan has always been for Cezia's mechanical arm prosthesis to kill her, namely by it being the first of its kind, the power source does ostensibly the same thing to her as asbestos, causes crystals to build up in her lungs which kill her. My third main character at that stage will snap, pull a face-heel turn and potentially become the big bad in future series. Not sure on the last part yet but I've written that part already and it's very, very Gainax. So first I break the cutie, then I kill her. Bwahahahahahaha.

Make the condition contagious first, turn it into a mini-plague, get it to weaken the plcuky defenders of the city under siege causing them to lose the battle and die Capustan style

[Maark Abbott]

Andorion, on 29 January 2016 - 11:28 AM, said:

Maark, on 29 January 2016 - 07:52 AM, said:

Dumbledude, on 29 January 2016 - 07:49 AM, said:

Frankly I think fantasy should have way more people dying of regular things. Diseases, snakebites, whatever.

Spoiler

I know the plague in TBH had its supernatural elements, but it was also a pretty natural thing for characters to confront and/or succumb to, and something they couldn't necessarily fight head on. Same with the fever outbreak in DoD. Way more satisfying than like far off problems, or the protag's mom conveniently dying just in time to set him free for a quest.

Spoiler for my series around Book 3 of 4:

Spoiler

The plan has always been for Cezia's mechanical arm prosthesis to kill her, namely by it being the first of its kind, the power source does ostensibly the same thing to her as asbestos, causes crystals to build up in her lungs which kill her. My third main character at that stage will snap, pull a face-heel turn and potentially become the big bad in future series. Not sure on the last part yet but I've written that part already and it's very, very Gainax. So first I break the cutie, then I kill her. Bwahahahahahaha.

Make the condition contagious first, turn it into a mini-plague, get it to weaken the plcuky defenders of the city under siege causing them to lose the battle and die Capustan style

Naw, the widespread cruelty is already widespread enough, but the extra special puppy kicking cruelty is all saved for Cezia.

[Slow Ben]

Cruising the web, trying to find a better price on a 61" Carrerra vanity top.

[Kurt Montandon]

Drinking cheap wine while browsing this forum and realizing that I was doing the same thing ten years ago.

[Mezla PigDog]

I'm watching Ghost and wondering how much Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore's apartment would be worth nowadays.

[Mezla PigDog]

And now I'm thinking this film is nothing without Whoopi.

[Stormcat]

Catching up on a years worth of posts...

[Dutch]

Browsing the internet in our new home and deciding which Fiber connection to take

[Loki]

Just spent half an hour looking at pictures of rotavirus, norovirus, adenovirus, and astrovirus with the three year old because they wanted to know what 'tummy bugs' looked like.

Now I'm being quizzed on my pokémon knowledge whilst unsuccessfully trying to switch the conversation to Captain Planet or Biker Mice from Mars.

[Vengeance]

Next time pull out some belly lint and tell them that is a tummy bug that crawled out and died.

Think of the joy that a teacher will have explaining to his/her classmates that belly lint isn't a bug.

There is good parenting and then Great Parenting.