Oh dear Cash, much ~ma to your father. I had a bad case of whiplash in college and couldn't turn my head for over a month.
OK folks, my eyes popped out of my head a wee bit at the LAT piece. How in the hooey does TV Tropes get into the LAT?
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'Serenity'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Burrell - Mar 01, 2010 2:15:56 pm PST #12361 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Stephanie - Mar 01, 2010 2:17:33 pm PST #12362 of 30001
Trust my rage
Seriously. LAT is like, real media.
I just want someone to reveal their source.
Eta: we never knew an Eddie, right? Just to be extra super clear. So we assume he keeps talking about us just to tweak our collective noses?
billytea - Mar 01, 2010 2:23:08 pm PST #12363 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
The taLk of yoga fist reminds me of this NSFW Cracked article: [link] Read down to #6 (if you last that long).
Burrell - Mar 01, 2010 2:25:34 pm PST #12364 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
So we assume he keeps talking about us just to tweak our collective noses?
That's not my assumption. I don't think he is thinking about our reaction at all, he's just a sloppy liar.
§ ita § - Mar 01, 2010 2:26:13 pm PST #12365 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
we never knew an Eddie, right?
Not a Fast Eddie, no. We do have an Eddie registered, but I have no reason to suspect it's the same guy.
Stephanie - Mar 01, 2010 2:27:37 pm PST #12366 of 30001
Trust my rage
I just think it's weird that he keeps mentioning us by name. i always think of us as under the radar.
§ ita § - Mar 01, 2010 2:27:46 pm PST #12367 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't think he is thinking about our reaction at all, he's just a sloppy liar.
Why does he keep bringing us up, dammit?
As long as the tvtropes buffistas.org page says it was a dude named Gus that started tv tropes in his basement. So he should clean that up, or come out of the closet.
Polter-Cow - Mar 01, 2010 2:28:03 pm PST #12368 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
So we assume he keeps talking about us just to tweak our collective noses?
Well, he wants to give credit where credit is due.
DavidS - Mar 01, 2010 2:30:03 pm PST #12369 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
So we assume he keeps talking about us just to tweak our collective noses?
I don't read it like that. I thought he was trying to give fair credit by noting that TV Tropes developed out of conversations here.
After the pseudicide I suspected Gus had lurked on the board a long time before he first posted and created a persona that would be immediately popular here. It was carefully constructed, and he was very charming. Later his posts were a bit more dogmatic, less Gus-like. I think it was a bit effortful to keep up the charm.
Tom Scola - Mar 01, 2010 2:37:30 pm PST #12370 of 30001
hwæt
Nobody watched the Kung Fu vs Yoga clip? Comedy gold, people!