Wesley: Hey. Hey, Gunn. Is something weird going on? … Charles, you just peed on my shoes. Gunn: I'll be damned. That's weird.

'Life of the Party'


Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier  

A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.

Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych


Lyra Jane - Jan 15, 2003 12:45:15 pm PST #2885 of 10001
Up with the sun

That's one reason why I want to combine all of the "Why can vampires do X?" Qs, Allyson -- the answers are all, pretty much, "Because the script says they can."


Jon B. - Jan 15, 2003 12:49:47 pm PST #2886 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Moved from current FAQ: Who are the Scoobies? What about the Slayerettes?


Anathema - Jan 15, 2003 12:54:31 pm PST #2887 of 10001
Jonathan Will Always Be My Hero

I made Miss Kitty into a nice curry. It was fabulous, but it unfortunately means she can no longer appear on the show. It does mean, however, that she can be impersonated by the FE.


Lyra Jane - Jan 15, 2003 12:56:36 pm PST #2888 of 10001
Up with the sun

Moved from current FAQ: Who are the Scoobies? What about the Slayerettes?

I'd consider this one a vocabulary item more than a mythology item, and I think the vocab things should largely stay put. But it's no big to add it.


Jon B. - Jan 15, 2003 12:58:27 pm PST #2889 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

No more so than "5X5". I was thinking that the ones derived from canon (i.e. spoken on the show) would move. But I could go either way as well.


Lyra Jane - Jan 15, 2003 12:59:35 pm PST #2890 of 10001
Up with the sun

I was thinking that the ones derived from canon (i.e. spoken on the show) would move.

That would work as a rule of thumb for me, too.


Betsy HP - Jan 15, 2003 3:11:59 pm PST #2891 of 10001
If I only had a brain...

I'd keep any piece of vocabulary that's in active Buffista use. Because when people want to know "What does 'foamy' mean", they don't necessarily know it's a show reference.

And, yes, people ask about vampire erections all the time.

I think the vampire questions are funny as they stand, so I'd like to keep them separate. Of course, this could be construed as backpatting. Which it is.


Atropa - Jan 15, 2003 3:17:36 pm PST #2892 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Is the original Sang Sancre thread archived anywhere? I looked at DX's thread archive, but didn't see it.


Jon B. - Jan 15, 2003 3:19:15 pm PST #2893 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

I see "foamy" as different from "5X5" and the ones I mentioned. The definition of the former was expanded by the Buffistas (esp. Deb Grabien) far beyond how it was used on the show. The latter words? NSM. We use them exactly the same way the characters do.

But like I said, I'm not wedded to a decision. I can see an argument for keeping all the vocab words together on the original FAQ, if only because a newbee won't necessarily know which FAQ to check.


Betsy HP - Jan 15, 2003 3:22:52 pm PST #2894 of 10001
If I only had a brain...

This is the weird way my head works. These:

  • James Marsters isn't English?
  • Alexis Denisof isn't English?
  • Oh, no, what about Anthony Stewart Head?
  • Is that at least really Giles singing?

aren't mythology questions. They're show questions. In my head, some questions can be answered within the text, and some only outside the text. And some are nasty twisty things, because the real answer to "What Happened To Whistler?" is "The actor was unavailable." But questions about the actors don't seem to me to belong in the mythology section.