Tropes that are specific to Speculative Fiction, encompassing Science Fiction, Fantasy, and everything in between...
Quite a lot of stuff there....
Tracy: Well-- That call -- That call means you just murdered me. Mal: No, son. You murdered yourself. I just carried the bullet a while.
'The Message'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
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.
tommyrot - Jul 13, 2009 9:58:33 am PDT #28889 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 13, 2009 10:12:56 am PDT #28890 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Al Franken's on the Senate Judiciary Committee, huh? It's an interesting world.
This is one of the classic coming-out of-coma/back-from-a-deserted island/returned-by-the-aliens "You have got to be shitting me!" moments. Stuart Smalley is on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
"OK, you almost had me going there with the black President thing, and that Ah-nahld is governor of California, but Al Franken in congress? Get the fuck outta here!"
§ ita § - Jul 13, 2009 10:15:22 am PDT #28891 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The TV tropes site suffers from the idea that everything is important. I don't think Aragorn sharpening his sword is actually a trope subversion. It's a guy sharpening his sword. Everyone wants a word in edgewise.
tommyrot - Jul 13, 2009 10:24:37 am PDT #28892 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The TV tropes site suffers from the idea that everything is important.
Huh. I didn't even realize what I linked to was a subset of tvtropes.org. That's what I get for not looking at the url or page headers....
eta: Anyway, they should change their name, as it's more than TV.
msbelle - Jul 13, 2009 10:28:11 am PDT #28893 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Hivemind:
How much do you pay for yoga classes? I pay about $16/class for mac's karate, bit am looking at $19 - 21/class for yoga.
beth b - Jul 13, 2009 10:32:56 am PDT #28894 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Don't answer the blocked call
today work wanted me to work more
tommyrot - Jul 13, 2009 10:36:32 am PDT #28895 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
After seeing Geppetto die at the hands of vampires, Pinocchio swears revenge in this darkly funny graphic novel. As the vampires plot the enslavement of mankind, only a one-puppet army stands in their way. But will a wooden boy and his endless supply of stakes—courtesy of plenty of lies and his elongating nose—be enough to save the day?
Kathy A - Jul 13, 2009 10:37:03 am PDT #28896 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I am so sleepy right now, and I have to go to a 45-minute long meeting in 25 minutes with the CEO presenting "some remarks." I'll be sucking down some Diet Coke and keeping my fingers crossed that it'll wake me up sufficiently.
flea - Jul 13, 2009 10:45:18 am PDT #28897 of 30000
information libertarian
tommyrot's post reminded me, I had a dream last night in which I was a vampire slayer. I was having a hard time telling who was a vampire and who was not, so I poked a lot of random people really hard in the chest with a pencil, just to be sure.
Stephanie - Jul 13, 2009 10:45:21 am PDT #28898 of 30000
Trust my rage
HIvemind question: I'm meeting up with other b.org types at the DC zoo tomorrow and will be taking the metro. The only stroller I have with me is the double jogging stroller. I reallywant to take it with me because that's a long way to carry 25 lb Frisco and keep track of Ellie. But it's wide and I'm afraid will ne unweildy and annoying on the metro. I'm not sure I have a choice, though.