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§ ita § - Dec 06, 2004 1:57:53 pm PST #6793 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

The problem is, someone's just smacked you in the groin. You can take it in the squishy goolies, or you can absorb it in padding, or you can dissipate the force to places less delicate.

a) is apparently not fun b) makes you look a dork, so it ends up being c) which can lead to some very amusing ringed bruise patterns. But there's still pain. Or that's what they tell me.


DavidS - Dec 06, 2004 2:02:05 pm PST #6794 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

a) is apparently not fun b) makes you look a dork, so it ends up being c) which can lead to some very amusing ringed bruise patterns. But there's still pain. Or that's what they tell me.

Bruising in the groin is no fun, surely, but better than the complete incapacitation brought on by testicular trauma which sends flood waves of nausea through your body and makes you gelid and fetal.


§ ita § - Dec 06, 2004 2:04:41 pm PST #6795 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Well, like I said, most guys I know choose c, so I guess you have support.

Though there are some guys who just take the knock to nuts and keep moving.

I don't like them.


Burrell - Dec 06, 2004 2:16:49 pm PST #6796 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

but I've read some hilarious stories about metal cups in baseball, most of which are about Gary "Ding Dong" Bell throwing in the dirt, hitting his catchers in the [then-metal] cup, and causing rather a lot of pain.

Well there you go. I stand corrected. There's them besides the martial artists who opt for metal cups.

The problem is, someone's just smacked you in the groin.

See, now there you go, reducing things down to the essentials. I don't know why, but this line makes me laugh. It's so... well, hard to ignore.


Steph L. - Dec 06, 2004 2:36:33 pm PST #6797 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

I wonder if Batgirl ever did.

No, he wouldn't say Ow. He'd just go a little more stoic for a few seconds, then tell her to try again.

You *know* she did, if only because of that great "You don't have to hold back with ME. Not ever," scene. And he'd totally react the way Connie described.


§ ita § - Dec 06, 2004 2:41:59 pm PST #6798 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

And he'd totally react the way Connie described.

I just don't see him telling her to try again unless she'd failed. And I don't see her failing.


Connie Neil - Dec 06, 2004 2:43:32 pm PST #6799 of 10001
brillig

Well, she'd never do it exactly to his standards.


Steph L. - Dec 06, 2004 2:45:29 pm PST #6800 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Talk about killing someone with your pinkie -- Cass could no doubt rip a guy's cojones off with just her pinkie. Even if her pinkie was broken.


§ ita § - Dec 06, 2004 2:45:34 pm PST #6801 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Cass? Perfect little Cassandra Cain? The Batgirl that's a better fighter than Batman? The Batgirl he let kill¹?

¹ Okay, there are some technicalities there ...

eta:

Even if her pinkie was broken.

She did take Shiva with that broken arm, didn't she?


P.M. Marc - Dec 06, 2004 2:52:46 pm PST #6802 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Yeah, Bats would be glowing with pride between whimpers of agony.