Aimee's probably right with the cholera. I know you can die of that in the game.
I think so too, but I am basing it on this: [link] The last paragraph in the game description mentions dying of cholera.
Jayne: 'Cause I don't know these folks. Don't much care to. Mal: They're whores. Jayne: I'm in.
'Heart Of Gold'
Natter 41: Why Do I Click on ita's Links?!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Lee - Jan 11, 2006 12:59:14 pm PST #9312 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
§ ita § - Jan 11, 2006 12:59:23 pm PST #9313 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
An entire generation of schoolchildren grew up on the various incarnations of The Oregon Trail. Thus, it has entered popular culture. Characters suddenly dying of a disease, such as cholera and dysentery, is a plot aspect most fondly remembered.
Megan E. - Jan 11, 2006 12:59:27 pm PST #9314 of 10002
Syphillis would be hilarious.
especially the funny Syphillis.
Liese S. - Jan 11, 2006 12:59:57 pm PST #9315 of 10002
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
It's inherently broken for further seasons
Huh. Well there you have it.
bon bon - Jan 11, 2006 1:00:24 pm PST #9316 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Oregon trail tee shirt: [link]
Allyson - Jan 11, 2006 1:06:57 pm PST #9317 of 10002
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
Is this funny?
If it's funny I'm done. Swear.
In his essay, “It's Not Homophobia, But That Doesn't Make It Right: Creative Freedom, Responsibility and the Death of Tara,” author Robert A. Black writes:
“No, the killing of Tara was not an act of homophobia, but that doesn't make it right. Through proper handling of the Willow/Tara storyline, (creator) Joss Whedon could have attained greatness as a pioneer and visionary in modern society, but instead he traded that in for the imagined self-importance of his own ego - and we have all been diminished because of it.”
Whenever someone uses “pioneer” as a noun, I think of that game, “Oregon Trail,” and now I’m imagining Joss Whedon driving a wagon train full of lesbian witches to homestead the Sapphic Ranch, where lesbians never die of the cholera, so we, the viewers, will never be diminished by the imagined self-importance of his ego.
My friend Tim Minear, a television writer, says that in a show like Buffy, there are no sacred cows, not even lesbian cows are sacred…and then tells me that I shouldn’t write that down.
amych - Jan 11, 2006 1:07:36 pm PST #9318 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
We didn't have computers in the classroom back then, so teacher made us LARP Oregon Trail instead. Some of the boys got way too into their death scenes after they looked up "dysentery".
sj - Jan 11, 2006 1:09:41 pm PST #9319 of 10002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Is this funny?
Yes.
P.M. Marc - Jan 11, 2006 1:11:21 pm PST #9320 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I think it's funny.
Lee - Jan 11, 2006 1:13:09 pm PST #9321 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
me too.