Oh, and to answer a question posed upthread, Bane is quite intelligible. You have to pay attention, but he enunciates very clearly from behind the mask.
Big stop just to renew your license to companion. Can I use companion as a verb?
Wash ,'Ariel'
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Jessica - Jul 18, 2012 4:14:23 am PDT #21751 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Jesse - Jul 18, 2012 7:40:23 am PDT #21752 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Speaking of masks...? I realize this is old news, but I was just reading American Gods, which of course made me think of the Avengers, and I didn't know there's a mythology thing about Loki's mouth being sewn shut, but apparently that is, so maybe there was something about that in the gagging?
Zenkitty - Jul 18, 2012 7:55:28 am PDT #21753 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
there's a mythology thing about Loki's mouth being sewn shut, but apparently that is, so maybe there was something about that in the gagging?
I wondered about that, too, Jesse, but I haven't seen anything about sources of inspiration for the muzzle.
Jesse - Jul 18, 2012 7:58:55 am PDT #21754 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh yeah, muzzle not gag.
Connie Neil - Jul 18, 2012 8:03:30 am PDT #21755 of 30000
brillig
Was it the Fenris Wolf that got muzzled, and bit off someone's hand in the process?
§ ita § - Jul 18, 2012 8:06:31 am PDT #21756 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
There was some stuff on Tumblr about the overwhelming goal being to shut Loki up (which culminated in the literal gag), and that having been a constant through both Thor (since childhood) and Avengers), but it was written from or by enough of a woobie-Loki place that I did not give it due credence. I felt bombarded, and wasn't able to isolated it and evaluate it fairly.
Needless to say googling to find that again was very...edifying.
But I couldn't find the precise thing I'd rolled my eyes at the first time. No idea if it stands by itself if you don't want to fellate Tom Hiddleston.
Why does Opera agree that fellatio is fine, but fellate does not exist? Seriously? Wordnik is good with it, but offers no timeline information. Is there a place that consistently gives timeline information? I just go to Wordnik and see if I get a hit from Webster's 1913, because that's the only source whose date I know, because der.
Vonnie K - Jul 18, 2012 9:16:59 am PDT #21757 of 30000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
I didn't know there's a mythology thing about Loki's mouth being sewn shut
I don't know either, but one of my favourite Avengers fic to date deals with this very act being Loki's punishment upon his return to Asgard. It's short, brutal, and terrifically-written: [link]
Polter-Cow - Jul 18, 2012 2:26:32 pm PDT #21758 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Batman: The Animated Series Rises. An awesome promo done by The Hub.
Fiona - Jul 18, 2012 9:21:22 pm PDT #21759 of 30000
Jessica - Jul 19, 2012 6:51:51 am PDT #21760 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I just realized I'm going to be offline for most of tomorrow and all of next week. So if you guys could just hold off on talking about Batman until I get back, that'd be awesome. Thanks!