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I would be tempted to say that would be kind of cute, at that age. ![[lol]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lol2v12_4863.png "[lol]"){kind=small}
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Heh, I had one of those. Once when I was bored I designed a nuclear shelter. Interesting fact: Most of the shelters from the '50s and '60s are woefully understocked.
Underneath the bridge The tarp has sprung a leak And the animals I've trapped have all become my pets
God Of Cake
I suppose it was, but the really embarrassing thing was my obsession with always having gum around, for either having something sticky to Macguyver-up if I needed, and in case I fell out off a cliff and needed to blow a bubble that would parachute me to safety.
Instead I just got a buncha cavities.
Ok, I'll stop since this is now turning into Dumb Things I Believed As A Kid
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That's what you yanks get for not chewing xylitol gum.
Faith in the self.
It's just a visual trope that is used a lot, based on the idea that a villain is someone who is relaxed and calmed dow...
Why do I even bother explaining this things?
But that trope is not a sign of badassery. Just a sign of villainy. Huge difference (Yes, I know I shouldn't care.)
Also:
Eh, there's the fact that this is a trend in fiction. It doesn't apply to real life. Like World of Badass and etc etc etc...
edited 3rd Jun '11 4:24:29 PM by juancarlos
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And let's be honest, we are all the aforementioned weak.
I'm Only Sleeping
If this were a World of Badass I'd rather not live in it,
Mental gambits are a far more entertaining sport than testosterone overload; better follow Tzeentch than Khorne.
"Wait, it's IV. Of course they are. They'd make IV for Dreamcast." - Enlong, on yet another FFIV remake
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I'd rather not live in the ones depicted in movies either.
Well unless you happened to get free Plot Armor.
If people learned from their mistakes, there wouldn't be this thing called bad habits.
I'm Only Sleeping
Yeah, the reasons fictional badasses make it is because of Plot Armor.
"Wait, it's IV. Of course they are. They'd make IV for Dreamcast." - Enlong, on yet another FFIV remake
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I don't care if that is the reason or not I just don't want me, my stuff, or my loved ones destroyed.
If people learned from their mistakes, there wouldn't be this thing called bad habits.
Formerly G.G.
@Kinkajou
Well, if they happen to cerebral badasses then they wouldn't be that much better than those with machismo. The Xaantos Gambit seems to rely on contrived coincidence and certain intrevals to work. Not to mention, it can fly off the handle fror those of us who cannot grasp this stuff.
edited 3rd Jun '11 9:08:08 PM by GAP
"Thanos is a happy guy! Just look at the smile in his face!"
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Necro.
Hell fucking yes, we do.
I'm a (socialist) professional writer serializing a WWII alternate history webnovel.
... I did go through a really stupid Crazy-Prepared phase when I was 11 or 12, wherein I would carry a bunch of random shit in a huge purse just in case. Like goggles in case of a sudden flooding of the earth or something. I think I was inspired by a Calvin And Hobbes.
Emperor Wu liked cake, but not exploding cake!