If you leave them attached, you can strike them to cause pain again and again.
Can't you do the same thing to the empty ball socket?
Early: Where'd she go? Simon: I can't keep track of her when she's not incorporeally possessing a space ship. Don't look at me.
'Objects In Space'
The Minearverse 3: The Network Is a Harsh Mistress
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Allyson - Feb 02, 2005 2:31:56 pm PST #4386 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
§ ita § - Feb 02, 2005 2:32:55 pm PST #4387 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Can't you do the same thing to the empty ball socket?
I don't think it's the same sort of pain. Of course, you could take steps to make sure it never heals, but I think you've removed the fun bits.
amych - Feb 02, 2005 2:34:16 pm PST #4388 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Silly me. I was thinking balls attached to body, in Tupperware.
So Chris, you don't mind if random strangers have you all fitted out in vacuum-sealed codpieces, do ya?
Stephanie - Feb 02, 2005 2:35:07 pm PST #4389 of 10001
Trust my rage
See - a real buffistas welcome. 30 minutes here and we are discussing your intimate parts.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 02, 2005 2:36:12 pm PST #4390 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
That spawned the notion that this could be what FOX had in mind all along, and there I went.
It seems that FOX are vindictive bastards, though. How else to explain their futzing with FUTURAMA, which was getting great ratings as a SIMPSONS follow-up, and which it's rumored that Matt Groening basically had to blackmail them into letting him make (and therefore FOX resented the show's very existence).
Vonnie K - Feb 02, 2005 2:39:59 pm PST #4391 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
30 minutes here and we are discussing your intimate parts.
Heh. This whole thing is reminding me of the punctured testicle discussion that was triggered by that S4 Angel episode. Ahhh, good times, good times.
Chris Bridges - Feb 02, 2005 2:46:19 pm PST #4392 of 10001
Pretty much full time.
Having known my intimate parts for many years, I'm not surprised that they're worthy of recognition here.
Kristen - Feb 02, 2005 2:47:35 pm PST #4393 of 10001
I also hoped that praising the show to the skies -- which I did, sight unseen, on faith -- would get people interested enough to look into it.
I don't know. When I got the link you sent me this morning, my immediate reaction (after the name misspelling issue) was one of concern.
On one hand, any press is good press, right? On the other, if this is the first time your readers have heard of "The Inside" and they're hearing about it in the same breath as "doomed" and "cancellation," is that really going to make them want to watch?
I guess we'll have to wait and see. I have hope for this one and I never had any real hope for either FF or WF.
DavidS - Feb 02, 2005 2:47:59 pm PST #4394 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Having known my intimate parts for many years, I'm not surprised that they're worthy of recognition here.
Just don't forget to burp the seal to maintain freshness. We don't want you to get stale balls.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 02, 2005 2:50:23 pm PST #4395 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I guess we'll have to wait and see. I have hopes for this one and I never had any real hope for either FF or WF.
Personally? I'm waiting to see when it is aired to determine what hopes I have for it to survive. If it's Friday? I'm beyond skeptical. If it's up against a big ratings show? Same thing.