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Katrika Since: Jul, 2009
#9401: Nov 2nd 2009 at 3:27:33 PM

Hey peeps.

"You fail to grasp the basic principles of mad science. Common sense would be cheating." - Narbonic
Set Since: Jan, 2001
#9402: Nov 2nd 2009 at 3:28:46 PM

@Meat: I think that's the expanded desktop. If you have 2 screens, you can set them up to have 2 desktops and move some windows from one of them to the other. That's pretty useful.

edited 2nd Nov '09 3:30:42 PM by Set

MadeofMeat Since: Jan, 2001
Set Since: Jan, 2001
Katrika Since: Jul, 2009
#9405: Nov 2nd 2009 at 3:34:46 PM

...cool.

"You fail to grasp the basic principles of mad science. Common sense would be cheating." - Narbonic
Blackmoon Since: May, 2009
#9406: Nov 2nd 2009 at 3:39:40 PM

@2pagesago: It must suck to be a character in my stories, because I like writing Crapsack Worlds. But I also like making everything run on Rule of Cool, so maybe it's not all bad?

Thnikkafan ? from Faroe Islands (not really) Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
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#9407: Nov 2nd 2009 at 6:20:39 PM

Okay, now for all you people (read: probably Matrix) who know Japanese.

For my Higurashi fanfic, I need a good arc name. It's going to be a two-word portmanteau. Pick the combo that sounds coolest or most interesting in Japanese (romajin, to be exact).

  • First word: fake, false, illusory, unknown, lieing, untrustworthy, different
  • Second word: friend, brother, lover, crush

edited 2nd Nov '09 6:20:58 PM by Thnikkafan

Anyone who assigns themselves loads of character tropes is someone to be worried about.
Blackmoon Since: May, 2009
#9408: Nov 2nd 2009 at 6:31:22 PM

@Thnikka: I like "Gen'ei Joujin", myself. Not quite a literal translation (something like Phantom Lover, which actually sounds kinda cool but likely a totally different story).

Thnikkafan ? from Faroe Islands (not really) Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
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#9409: Nov 2nd 2009 at 6:45:17 PM

@Blackmoon: Yeah, that has completely different connotations than what I meant.

Anyone who assigns themselves loads of character tropes is someone to be worried about.
Blackmoon Since: May, 2009
#9410: Nov 2nd 2009 at 6:45:56 PM

*shrug* My online dictionary is a little insufficient and I dun wanna go find my good one.

Thnikkafan ? from Faroe Islands (not really) Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
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#9411: Nov 2nd 2009 at 6:51:06 PM

I'd translate it myself, but most of the translators translate it into kanji/katakana/whatever.

EDIT: Ah. Found one. I think I will go with Kyomeikeishi-hen.

edited 2nd Nov '09 7:01:23 PM by Thnikkafan

Anyone who assigns themselves loads of character tropes is someone to be worried about.
WilliamWideWeb (weaving) Since: Jan, 2001
(weaving)
#9412: Nov 2nd 2009 at 7:15:04 PM

"False friend".

SHIKI is dead.
FreezairForALimitedTime Responsible adult from Planet Claire Since: Jan, 2001
Responsible adult
#9413: Nov 2nd 2009 at 7:27:56 PM

I am feeling pretty good about myself right now as a creative person! For Na No Wri Mo right now, I am writing an idea I tosed into the Pitch Testing Zone a while ago, called "Always A Hero." General premise: Hero from our world who was given Victory-Guided Amnesia several years ago is suddenly needed to save the world from the Big Bad again because he got a can-opener. The original, unseen adventure was a Cliché Storm, while this new one is an Affectionate Parody.

Anyway, in there (and up until today), Big Bad was operating under the generic name of Thanatos. Even for a Troperiffic original adventure, that was kind of... lame. But the Exposition Fairy was explaining most of our premise today. He needed a rename, fast! I wrote him talking about Thanatos, Lord of Rot while trying to come up with at least a better villain name...

...And suddenly thought of one, and derailed it. As it turns out, Mr. Exposition, Boysenberry, just went off on a tangent. Thanatos, Lord of Rot (or, as friends call him, Than) uses his exquisite knowledge of death and decay to be the kingdom's best forensic sorcerer and a decorated detective.

The actual Big Bad is named Arabesque, the Elegant Seam. He can control patterns in cloth and thread. So, for example, he can make a tapestry into a Portal Picture. Oh, and if there's, say, a pair of hands on your shirt, he can make them reach up from the fabric and strangle you. That sort of thing.

So, for example, all the tailors have been run out of the kingdom, and the heroine is nearly run out by her former admirers at first because she wears a shirt into the First Town with a pair of eyes on it. I am operating under the principle that I hate it when children sleep.

"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~Madrugada
Blackmoon Since: May, 2009
#9414: Nov 2nd 2009 at 7:31:21 PM

Damn, good thing I skimmed most of that post, Freezy. I almost got spoilered. D:

JinxedBlackcat The Ultimate Bifauxnen from Blurry Edges of Genderfluidity Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: Buried in snow, waiting for spring
The Ultimate Bifauxnen
#9415: Nov 2nd 2009 at 7:31:25 PM

... I find interesting how very nice tropers are around...

edited 2nd Nov '09 7:31:41 PM by Jinxed Blackcat

Real Life rwby rose
Nyktos (srahc 84) eltit Since: Jan, 2001
(srahc 84) eltit
#9416: Nov 2nd 2009 at 7:31:55 PM

@Freezair For A Limited Time: That sounds pretty awesome.

edited 2nd Nov '09 7:32:19 PM by Nyktos

I guess it is.
melloncollie Since: Feb, 2012
FreezairForALimitedTime Responsible adult from Planet Claire Since: Jan, 2001
Responsible adult
#9418: Nov 2nd 2009 at 7:41:07 PM

@Moony: First Episode Spoilers, if that. If I really wanted to spoiler you, I'd write something about how haha, you actually highlighted this.

"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~Madrugada
WilliamWideWeb (weaving) Since: Jan, 2001
(weaving)
#9419: Nov 2nd 2009 at 7:42:28 PM

Freezair For A Limited Time: I highlighted that spoiler. Nice. grin

SHIKI is dead.
Blackmoon Since: May, 2009
#9420: Nov 2nd 2009 at 7:42:32 PM

...>:(

Damn my compulsive highlighting! Why would I do that?!

JinxedBlackcat The Ultimate Bifauxnen from Blurry Edges of Genderfluidity Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: Buried in snow, waiting for spring
The Ultimate Bifauxnen
#9421: Nov 2nd 2009 at 7:42:44 PM

._.? Nyu..?

EDIT: oh no ms. Mellon I do honestly think people are oddly nice on this site.

edited 2nd Nov '09 7:43:20 PM by Jinxed Blackcat

Real Life rwby rose
WilliamWideWeb (weaving) Since: Jan, 2001
(weaving)
#9422: Nov 2nd 2009 at 7:43:47 PM

This is a really nice site. Which is why I'm here so much, even though I probably bring the quality level of the forum down.

SHIKI is dead.
Zyxzy Embrace the mindscrew from Salem, OR Since: Jan, 2001
melloncollie Since: Feb, 2012
#9425: Nov 2nd 2009 at 7:45:19 PM

@ Jinxed: You have the wonderful fortune to come in when there is no drama!


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