Accepting the tray, the pair swept over to table seven, distributed the drinks and cruised back over to the bar.
Story stuff. Ended up keep that line in there.
What is under your ctrl-v?
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Re: What is under your ctrl-v?
A password, apparently. Not going to post that here for obvious reasons.
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^Sounds like my niece. She tends to end up watching the same things over and over...and over and over. Currently she's on a Despicable Me kick.
Last movie would have been Onward.
I enjoyed it.
.............................................................BUT
I felt they missed the mark they wanted to hit.
It's a fantasy movie that's supposed to set up "once upon a time" there was magic and stuff, etc, but then the fairies discovered electricity and forgot about magic. So now you've got centaurs riding in cars, pixies riding motorcycles...basically just a "modern suburban" setting...with fairy-tale creatures.
The big thing basically is that there's no magic now. They creatures have kind of lost their way.
So now when Ian and his brother discover this spell, they go on a quest and you start to get this sense that they're going to "bring back" the magic to the land, inspire the creatures back to their full majestic selves. At one point they run into a gang of pixies and upset them and the pixies give chase until their bikes flip and they suddenly start flying.
But then...that's they only case of that we see. There's a small scale battle with a golem dragon...that's where you'd think there could be an "Avengers Assemble" moment for the town, but it really only comes down to Ian, his mom, and a minotaur.
However, in the epilogue (god, I almost said "pre-credits scene", darn you, Marvel!), it shows the creatures seemingly start to slowing reinstitute their magical ways.
It just felt a tad clunky. Like I said, I think I know what they were going for, but they missed the mark a tad. There should have been more moments like with the pixie bikers. There's a scene where Mom's centaur-cop-boyfriend is pursuing the boys. They could have had the cop's car destroyed and the centaur is forced to proceed on hoof and is perhaps amazed to realize he's keeping pace with the van...
I dunno.
Like I said, not a bad film. It was fine.
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My post for the movies thread. Wasn't sure if in the time I typed that if FG would log me out. Sometimes happens and tis annoying if you end up losing what you wrote...
Last movie would have been Onward.
I enjoyed it.
.............................................................BUT
I felt they missed the mark they wanted to hit.
It's a fantasy movie that's supposed to set up "once upon a time" there was magic and stuff, etc, but then the fairies discovered electricity and forgot about magic. So now you've got centaurs riding in cars, pixies riding motorcycles...basically just a "modern suburban" setting...with fairy-tale creatures.
The big thing basically is that there's no magic now. They creatures have kind of lost their way.
So now when Ian and his brother discover this spell, they go on a quest and you start to get this sense that they're going to "bring back" the magic to the land, inspire the creatures back to their full majestic selves. At one point they run into a gang of pixies and upset them and the pixies give chase until their bikes flip and they suddenly start flying.
But then...that's they only case of that we see. There's a small scale battle with a golem dragon...that's where you'd think there could be an "Avengers Assemble" moment for the town, but it really only comes down to Ian, his mom, and a minotaur.
However, in the epilogue (god, I almost said "pre-credits scene", darn you, Marvel!), it shows the creatures seemingly start to slowing reinstitute their magical ways.
It just felt a tad clunky. Like I said, I think I know what they were going for, but they missed the mark a tad. There should have been more moments like with the pixie bikers. There's a scene where Mom's centaur-cop-boyfriend is pursuing the boys. They could have had the cop's car destroyed and the centaur is forced to proceed on hoof and is perhaps amazed to realize he's keeping pace with the van...
I dunno.
Like I said, not a bad film. It was fine.
^^
My post for the movies thread. Wasn't sure if in the time I typed that if FG would log me out. Sometimes happens and tis annoying if you end up losing what you wrote...
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Re: What is under your ctrl-v?
The lights gutter out.
$F lets out a high-pitched gasp as you blink against the sudden darkness. A hushed murmur ripples through your companions. You can make out their shapes by the scant light of the moonlit clouds through the window, but nothing more as the ghostly silhouettes burned into your eyes slowly dissipate. (if: (history:) contains "MY" or "CY" or "LY" or "YB")[Yves's hand in yours grips deathly tight.]
Just sticking this here because I'm afraid I'll forget I still need it and copy something else A bit of the game I'm putting together
$F lets out a high-pitched gasp as you blink against the sudden darkness. A hushed murmur ripples through your companions. You can make out their shapes by the scant light of the moonlit clouds through the window, but nothing more as the ghostly silhouettes burned into your eyes slowly dissipate. (if: (history:) contains "MY" or "CY" or "LY" or "YB")[Yves's hand in yours grips deathly tight.]
Just sticking this here because I'm afraid I'll forget I still need it and copy something else A bit of the game I'm putting together
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So I've done Chapter 8, I'm not even sure where we're supposed to be at, at this point...I think we were supposed to have 9 and 10 done this week? Idk, it'll work out eventually
But here you go!
Part 2: Counterattack
Chapter 8: Hooks, Lines, and Sinkers
Annnd I just remembered something about Pex and Chips...I forget which one it was...Do we learn in the next chapter? Or is it later on? *maniacal snickering*
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I suppose flats would be more practical.
....Odin's beard, why am I putting so much thought into women's shoes?
.....*coughordonowcough*....
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Posting for the Readalong thread. My browser has a tendency to log me out if I don't post something every ten minutes...wanted to make sure I didn't lose my post before having to re-log in xD
But here you go!
Part 2: Counterattack
Chapter 8: Hooks, Lines, and Sinkers
- A dream-like state to plot, eh? Sounds like foreshadowing.
- I forget, whatever did happen to Artemis/Holly's gold medallion? I'm fairly certain he has it back in book 5...but it's never mentioned what happens to it when he gets wiped. Unless the CD was inside the medallion then gives it to Mulch...? I dunno. Maybe it was in a safety deposit box.
- Spiro is a villain at a crossroads; he's old enough to have seen/experienced "the Old Days" and has gone through the motions to reinvent/adapt himself into the modern day cat and mouse era of villainy. We get hints that he's tired of it all, mo' money mo' problems and all that. He longs for simplicity.
- On the stolen Titanic doors - you know what, at least he's putting them to better use than letting them deteriorate at the bottom of the ocean. (Though, there is the argument that the Titanic is essentially a gravesite...so....best keep salt handy to ward off ghosts.)
- Even with the Spiro backstab notwithstanding, "Mo" probably wouldn't have had a very long life expectancy if he went back to the Antonellis...I can't imagine they'd take kindly to Loafers being...taken care of...by Mo. Not without good cause anyhow. Then again, knowing what an idjit Loafy was...maybe they'd be grateful and give him a raise.
- Very irresponsible of Spiro to just assume the line was dead. What if Artemis just put his end on mute and heard Spiro and Blunt cackle about double crossing Arty?
- *guilty snickers at Juliet's jade hair ring* And not a mocking snicker either, mind. I do wonder though, how much does it weigh? Don't want some heavy stone yanking on your hair constantly...
- Annnnd now I'm getting some J/H vibes. Definitely a joke we could make there.
- Yes, Mulch, I agree, you're the unsung hero that gets shtuff done.
- Cockup, scuppered, omg, UK/Brit terms are too funny.
- Wouldn't that be a little awkward if Juliet and Holly took down Arno in Arty's Leer with Spiro and his goons literally right next door? Hm...actually, why not just mesmer Spiro then and there?
- Yeah, Arno, sure, go ahead and hit the guy controlling the 11 to 22 thousand pound death machine of whirling blades as he attempts to land in high winds slapping you all about. I'm sure nothing bad could happen. Solid plan.
- Dicey situation with "Mo" and Spiro. Let's put ourselves in Spiro's expensive white suit and just pretend "Mo" might have an inkling of the Cube's value. How is Spiro to be so sure that Mo didn't already tell his crime family partners about the Cube? And that by him going "missing" would/could trigger an alarm and a violent response from the Antonellis seeking vengeance? Seems risky, but what else can you do? I guess he's just over confident in his security systems.
- Juliet's patriotism seems a tad off. Like...okay, you might have been born there but your home for the most part seems to be Ireland. Seems more of a sentimental/rose tinted glasses love than a genuine deep rooted born, bred, and raised Murican love. Course, she does seem to have violent tendencies influenced by American television wrestling programs. *shrugs*
Jesus, Arno, is we got the Cube working, we wouldn't need to hire the Antonellis to kidnap the kid! Try to keep up, man!"Di' your shiendishds geh de Cube worging?"
So does your mom, Juliet, Holly.Don't call me Arty, thought Artemis. My father calls me Arty.
Annnd I just remembered something about Pex and Chips...I forget which one it was...Do we learn in the next chapter? Or is it later on? *maniacal snickering*
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Lulz.
And considering she likely would have to blend into fancy places as a bodyguard. And considering as being associated with the Fowls, she likely would have attended formal events. And hang on, didn't she win the Sugar Beet thing in 1999?
I suppose flats would be more practical.
....Odin's beard, why am I putting so much thought into women's shoes?
Now that you mention it, I get proto-Obadiah Stane vibe from Spiro.
Right? Ugh, what's sad is she has her life more together then than I did xD
.....*coughordonowcough*....
Tis a curious line he balances upon.
But he's got heart and a smile wider than a peeled banana!
Sweet and sour, Mulch is. Lol
I'd read that.
I suppose we could say Mulch is just getting his human groups confused. Lol, biscuits. I always remember reading Order of the Phoenix and McGonagle telling Harry to have a biscuit and going what the heck? Then later I learned the cookie/biscuit thing. Still so random!AFrules12 wrote: ↑Wed 12th Aug 2020See, this stood out to me when I read as well, my copy also says Girl Guides, and Battery is right, as far as I know they're the same as American Girl Scouts. But Girl Guides don't sell cookies. It's just not a thing they do. And if they did sell the exact same types of cookies girl scouts sell, they'd be called biscuits here. So that sentence just doesn't really make sense to british people! But there are enough references to girl scout cookies in various media that it's easy to understand what they're referring to, but I think it would have been more accurate to use scout instead of guide.Battery wrote: ↑Mon 27th Jul 2020My several years of watching tons of British TV taught me that the Girl Guides and the Girl Scouts are pretty much exactly the same thing, just with a different name It even makes sense for him to be saying either one, considering he's from Ireland (or, you know, thereabouts) but in America, lolartymon I\/ wrote:Hm....think we found another difference. In my OG Yankee copy, I distinctly recall Mulch making the joke he'd be selling cookies for Girl Scouts. Here, he says Girl Guides. ??????????
By all means, take it!
I love we're all equally perturbed by her lack of heel skills.
*gasps* Spiro would never reveal pertinent information...and even if he did, there's nothing Artemis could do! Spiro is supreme!
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