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Aqual wrote:

i discovered and finished the anime "erased" (boku dake ga inai machi) in like two days in april (tbf its only 12 episodes). ive also been listening to a lot of wada akiko, starting with "furui nikki" (old diary) which i discovered in april as well

also oops its been months since ive answered a qotd D:

Cara, como eu fico feliz em ouvir/ler isso... esse anime, quando assisti, foi um explodidor de cabeça e a cada episódio, ficava mais e mais apreensivo. as voltas no tempo super mexeram comigo e acredito que com você também, acho. fica aqui a minha dica de animes para mostrar aos amigos também... ela se chama 7 seeds, tem na Netflix, eu acho, mas se não tiver, acho que tem nos sites online...

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*Hands you a tissue*

Sounds like someone's gonna sneeze, and it might get messy.

Question of the Day:

What did you vote on the poll? Note that you can treat this as your personal preference or your nation's answer.

Tethys 13 wrote:

My answer:
In personal preference, my love for Lawful Good might take me more towards the Jedi, but the Tethysi would definitely be some kooky middle-ground Force users, finding both Dark and Light to be too limiting. Tethysi are very passionate, for learning and creativity especially, so the disassociation of the Jedi would not suit them. However, they are also not prone to malice and have a strong sense of heroism and villainy, and so would not be drawn to the Sith except when specifically embodying villainy with the intention of being defeated by an appropriate hero, which very few Tethysi would be willing to go that far to achieve.

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Republic of fishland wrote:

Damn i havent been here for so long

Huh. That residency was short lived - they're off to be a small fish in the Pacific already.

Tethys 13 wrote:

Question of the Day:

What did you vote on the poll? Note that you can treat this as your personal preference or your nation's answer.

I feel like the reason why I didn't pick Jedi was because I can't personally agree with the rule against attachments. But I also can't pick the Dark Side because of the atrocities. So I'm deciding to be in the middle.

This Week’s Advice From Orcuo:

Most entrepreneurs start out small. From a local grocery store or a town bound wholesales company, businesses begin at the bottom. But just because you start low doesn’t mean your profits have to be low. There is one industry that will guarantee that you make your investment back in no time flat! That industry is… charity fraud! It is very simply: first choose a cause to support, this can be anything from helping local firefighters to helping cancer-riddled children; next you raise funds with the claim that they’ll go towards helping your target group, you can do this by direct donations or creating consumer products that will go towards the fundraising; give 40% of your profits towards the group you were suppose to be helping, while also giving another 10% to the head(s) of that group to be silent on the matter; and presto! You’re a millionaire! And you are worshipped by the public as a hero! Now, if things were to ever break down and people were to find out about your little scheme, plausible deniability is always bound to come in handy. You may also want to consider fleeing the country if things get a little too heated. So what are you waiting for my fellow entrepreneurs! Get out there and make some money!

This Week’s Profound Quote:

“Golf courses are always better when they are built in areas with a lack of water access.”
_{~ Orcuo}

Dispatch of the Week:

Are my dispatches ok?

Tethys 13 wrote:

Question of the Day:

What did you vote on the poll? Note that you can treat this as your personal preference or your nation's answer.

Peace was always a lie.

yaaaaawn
That was a nice nap!

So true

Tethys 13 wrote:

Question of the Day:

Lightsabres are often considered the 'coolest' variety of weapon in all of fiction. Do you agree, and/or what other varieties of fictional weapon might you put forward for consideration?

Hmm. There's a big difference between "fictional weapons" and "weapons used in fiction". In the former case, I'd suggest that we're only really looking at sci-fi and fantasy weapons, most of which are variations on swords or guns. I'd say lightsabres fall into the swords class.

I must have come across dozens of magic swords when reading fantasy, though none of them stick in my memory, except I remember Bilbo's sword glowed when goblins were near. Excalibur is the obvious sword I guess for western medieval style weapons. Oddly the next most memorable item for me is not a weapon, but the shield in Dragonslayer that the hero had to make out of discarded dragon scales.

Japanese style medieval weapons always look cool, whether it's samurai, ninjas (including turtles), anime or The Walking Dead's Michone.

Ninja Turtles, like in Walking Dead, characters were partly defined by their weapons. In Walking Dead, I felt Rick's sheriff's pistol helped symbolise him as the ultimate authority in any situation. Daryl's crossbow portrayed his background as hunter whilst ditching guns for a more unconventional presence. Morgan's staff tied him back to "non-violent" violence and eastern philosophy - and I felt also tapped into the history of black Americans learning Kung Fu. Lucille, Negan's barbwire-wrapped baseball bat was a physical representation of a twisted and violent mind. In terms of 'cool', I'd go with the crossbow there.

Another crossbow user was Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I can't remember if she dusted more vamps with that or with stakes. The other cool item which appears at the end of the story is the axe/scythe. (I briefly debated buying a replica at a comic-con, but couldn't justify spending the cash).

For guns, there was the Colt in Supernatural, and Peacemaker in Wynona Earp, but I was never that excited by them. I liked that Stormtroopers could set their blasters to stun in Star Wars. But while very definitely not cool, the gun that stuck with me the most was Private Pyle's in Full Metal Jacket.

This is my rifle. There are many others like it, but this one is mine. My rifle is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me, my rifle is useless. Without my rifle, I am useless. I must fire my rifle true. I must shoot straighter than my enemy, who is trying to kill me. I must shoot him before he shoots me. I will. Before God I swear this creed: my rifle and myself are defenders of my country, we are the masters of our enemy, we are the saviors of my life. So be it, until there is no enemy, but peace. Amen.

Still haunted.

Tethys 13 wrote:

Question of the Day:

Lightsabres are often considered the 'coolest' variety of weapon in all of fiction. Do you agree, and/or what other varieties of fictional weapon might you put forward for consideration?

I partially agree, but I'd also put forward the Death Star from the same franchise.