Also? The PTB with the "No Man Can Kill the Guy in the Grim Reaper Suit" clause were funny. How clever.
What isn't clever is the rhyming names, because it makes my head go 'splody.
I still think they should have just launched a fork at the Evil Eye.
Wesley: I stabbed you. I should apologize for that. But I'm honestly not sure how. I think it'll just be awkward. Gunn: Good call. Wesley: Okay.
'Time Bomb'
LotR - The Return of the King: "We named the *dog* 'Strider'".
Frodo: Please, what does it always mean, this... this "Aragorn"? Elrond: That's his name. Aragorn, son of Arathorn. Aragorn: I like "Strider." Elrond: We named the *dog* "Strider".
A discussion of Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King. If you're a pervy hobbit fancier, this is the place for you.
Allyson - Jun 01, 2004 8:02:48 am PDT #2675 of 3902
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
Nutty - Jun 01, 2004 8:02:54 am PDT #2676 of 3902
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Yeah. The answer is, that happened in a chapter that did not make it into the short version of the movie. If not for expectation of the long version, there would be no logical basis for assuming they end up together at all -- they should, according to the movie, be complete strangers at the coronation.
But you get extra points for picking up the vibe.
Nutty - Jun 01, 2004 8:07:36 am PDT #2677 of 3902
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
The PTB with the "No Man Can Kill the Guy in the Grim Reaper Suit" clause were funny. How clever.
Oh yeah, laugh now -- when it's you that can't be killed except for by a seagull flying errant across a Los Angeles freeway, and you happen to be on a Los Angeles freeway the day a peregrine falcon is in the mood for some sea-bird for dinner, and the laws of physics take over --
Okay, yeah. That was Fate stuffing the ballot box.
What isn't clever is the rhyming names, because it makes my head go 'splody.
What, you didn't mind Frodo and Meriadoc? Did we mention Frodo's father was named Drogo, and his uncle is Bilbo? I think he had some cousins named Dodo and Bingo and Hojo and Bongo.
(Probably best we not tell her about Ar-Adunakhor and that lot.)
JohnSweden - Jun 01, 2004 8:31:17 am PDT #2678 of 3902
I can't even.
And there's that Aragorn, son of Arathorn business. It was a thing. I think it was supposed to help you remember your lineage back to the One True Hobbit if all the names in your line made a little song.
Oin, son of Groin. It's all good.
Allyson - Jun 01, 2004 8:37:47 am PDT #2679 of 3902
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
The shire makes me want to kill people.
Miracleman - Jun 01, 2004 8:39:22 am PDT #2680 of 3902
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
And there's that Aragorn, son of Arathorn business.
Who was also called "Strider" and "Elessar".
Dude had more aliases than a L.A. felon.
DXMachina - Jun 01, 2004 8:40:06 am PDT #2681 of 3902
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
The shire makes me want to kill people.
Well, you'd be tallest person there, so you could.
esse - Jun 01, 2004 8:40:06 am PDT #2682 of 3902
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
And Elfstone.
Consuela - Jun 01, 2004 8:46:48 am PDT #2683 of 3902
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Telcontar.
Thorongil.
And Gandalf did it too: Olorin, Mithrandir, Grey Pilgrim -- plus some other name the Dwarves gave him, I think.
Miracleman - Jun 01, 2004 8:49:01 am PDT #2684 of 3902
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
plus some other name the Dwarves gave him, I think.
"Slappy" and "Bastard Still Owes Us $37.52 for Back Mithril Order".