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8 years 3 months ago #1 by JG
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    • The title says it all.

    I don't promise to spill Canon secrets.
    8 years 3 months ago #2 by konzill
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    • What is the airspeed velocity of an unladened swallow?
    8 years 3 months ago #3 by Malady
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    • ^^ Wait... So, do you promise to not spill canon secrets?

    ... Hmm... What to ask... Ah!

    ... What's your favorite color?
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    8 years 3 months ago #4 by Arcanist Lupus
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    • What is the most recent book you've read?
    "Shared pain is lessened; shared joy, increased — thus do we refute entropy." - Spider Robinson
    8 years 3 months ago #5 by Sir Lee
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    • What's the answer to the great question about Life, the Universe and Everything?
    Don't call me "Shirley." You will surely make me surly.
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    • What are the chances of seeing natural born, as opposed to mutated, Sidhe kids at Whateley?
    8 years 3 months ago #7 by JG
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    • konzill wrote: What is the airspeed velocity of an unladened swallow?


    unfortunately my military training reared it's ugly head while we were studying this question.

    I'm going to need more swallows.
    8 years 3 months ago #8 by JG
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    • Malady wrote: ^^ Wait... So, do you promise to not spill canon secrets?

    ... Hmm... What to ask... Ah!

    ... What's your favorite color?


    In order, depends on whether it's critical

    Changes with my mood. I'm fond of black, light black, dark black, cobalt black and sometimes even Neon Black.
    8 years 3 months ago #9 by JG
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    • Arcanist Lupus wrote: What is the most recent book you've read?


    Winter Knight by Jim Butcher.

    I'm trying to figure out where the copy of "Ready Player One" went so I can read it.
    8 years 3 months ago #10 by JG
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    • Sir Lee wrote: What's the answer to the great question about Life, the Universe and Everything?


    42, which in sittakitakkikhani translates to:

    Coed dorms, and lots of booze.
    8 years 3 months ago #11 by Valentine
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    • Well, this might or might not be a canon "secret," but where did the idea for the Outcast Corner come from?

    Or What's the capital of Assyria?
    Don't Drick and Drive.
    8 years 3 months ago #12 by JG
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    • konzill wrote: What are the chances of seeing natural born, as opposed to mutated, Sidhe kids at Whateley?


    Approximately in line with the odds of finding Sidhe couples sharing the experience of being freaky between the sheets sometime between twelve and seventeen years prior.


    And forgetting the consequences.

    To be fair though, I have to find out from mags how long it takes to raise a baby elf brat from birth to high school.
    8 years 3 months ago #13 by JG
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    • Valentine wrote: Well, this might or might not be a canon "secret," but where did the idea for the Outcast Corner come from?

    Or What's the capital of Assyria?


    The outcasts were originally inspired by an incredibly well-done Lamia/naga art and a very interesting series of tattoos on a very attractive woman. Follow up with watching Lost world and then asking myself:

    "I need a leader for this band of lunatics. What's the least likely person anyone would expect to be the leader by stereotype?

    And thus was Jericho born.




    Ok truthfully I don't remember. All I remember was screwing around with words and then Jericho assaulted me about a quarter of the way through the second book and demanded to become part of the story.
    8 years 3 months ago - 8 years 3 months ago #14 by lighttech
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    • JG wrote:
    To be fair though, I have to find out from mags how long it takes to raise a baby elf brat from birth to high school.



    We elves are not brats!

    you try being 12 for a 1000 years!

    darn slow aging!
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    8 years 3 months ago #15 by Polk Kitsune
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    • Anything?

    ... Well, I had to ask, wasn't expecting an answer.

    Though more seriously, what'd be your best tips to new writers?

    Winter Knight? I take it from the Dresden files? Because I own most of the books, and you're either talking about White Knight or Cold Days... Or even Summer Knight.

    Shaken, or stirred?
    My story: Evershade: Reforming
    8 years 3 months ago #16 by lighttech
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    • Well JG here is mine

    are we ever going to see a none Jobe altered DNA Drow?
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    8 years 3 months ago - 8 years 3 months ago #17 by Domoviye
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    • never mind
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    8 years 3 months ago #18 by Sir Lee
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    • More seriously:

    How is the writing going? And, for that matter, if you are bored...
    Don't call me "Shirley." You will surely make me surly.
    8 years 3 months ago #19 by annachie
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    • konzill wrote: What is the airspeed velocity of an unladened swallow?


    Damnit, that was the first question I thought of too.
    8 years 3 months ago #20 by JG
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    • Polk Kitsune wrote: Anything?

    ... Well, I had to ask, wasn't expecting an answer.

    Though more seriously, what'd be your best tips to new writers?

    Winter Knight? I take it from the Dresden files? Because I own most of the books, and you're either talking about White Knight or Cold Days... Or even Summer Knight.

    Shaken, or stirred?


    Tip: Concentrate on character interaction and quirks, situation after. If your character can have a realistic human interaction, you've won 90% of writing.

    White knight

    frappe
    8 years 3 months ago #21 by JG
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    • lighttech wrote: Well JG here is mine

    are we ever going to see a none Jobe altered DNA Drow?


    Dunno. ask Bek.
    8 years 3 months ago #22 by JG
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    • Sir Lee wrote: More seriously:

    How is the writing going? And, for that matter, if you are bored...


    five stories completed, two waiting editing, all are in the release lineup.

    I'm introducing a new character, and revisiting an old one. Hope you like 'em.
    8 years 3 months ago #23 by slapshots
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    • how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?

    how much deeper would the ocean be if there were no sponges?

    why is there not a holiday avatar at whateley?

    and

    will the outcast corner changlings ever be known to more then just a couple of posies?
    8 years 3 months ago #24 by JG
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    • slapshots wrote: how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?

    how much deeper would the ocean be if there were no sponges?

    why is there not a holiday avatar at whateley?

    and

    will the outcast corner changlings ever be known to more then just a couple of posies?


    In order:

    it takes one lick to get to the center of a tootsie pop.

    I'm hoping when I render them extinct, San Diego will sink into the ocean

    Because we have taste. What we taste like, is not up for discussion.

    I'll let you do the math when Small Mercies releases.
    8 years 3 months ago #25 by GrimGrendel
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    • How do you write snark well?
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    8 years 3 months ago #26 by JG
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    • GrimGrendel wrote: How do you write snark well?


    Ask Morpheus and Bek. They both have me locked out and beaten there.
    8 years 3 months ago #27 by Phoenix Spiritus
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    • slapshots wrote: how much deeper would the ocean be if there were no sponges?


    Water level would be unchanged.

    Think about it, a sponge increases in volume when it absorbs water (air in sponge is replaced with water from ocean). So sponges, no sponges, there is still the same volume of water in the ocean.
    8 years 3 months ago #28 by Valentine
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    • GrimGrendel wrote: How do you write snark well?


    He practices by having fans ask him stupid questions, that he gives snarky answers to.
    Don't Drick and Drive.
    8 years 3 months ago - 8 years 3 months ago #29 by NJM1564
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    • JG wrote:

    slapshots wrote: how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?

    how much deeper would the ocean be if there were no sponges?

    why is there not a holiday avatar at whateley?

    and

    will the outcast corner changlings ever be known to more then just a couple of posies?


    In order:

    it takes one lick to get to the center of a tootsie pop.

    I'm hoping when I render them extinct, San Diego will sink into the ocean

    Because we have taste. What we taste like, is not up for discussion.

    I'll let you do the math when Small Mercies releases.


    What you mean Bunny isn't the Easter bunny?
    What about being a relative of his?
    I know she is the child of the Easter bunny and Bugs Bunny in drag.
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    8 years 3 months ago #30 by JG
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    • NJM1564 wrote: What you mean Bunny isn't the Easter bunny?
    What about being a relative of his?
    I know she is the child of the Easter bunny and Bugs Bunny in drag.


    He knows too much...

    SEND IN THE IMP!
    8 years 3 months ago #31 by Phoenix Spiritus
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    • the Imp's sleeping.
    8 years 3 months ago #32 by JG
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    • So bribe her with scotch and chocolate and send her in!
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    • Which character of the WU would you like to play with storywise but haven't been able to ? (because you never had the opportunity or because the canon cabal didn't want to for example).

    (serious answer or a funny one, I let you decide.)
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    • Esar wrote: Which character of the WU would you like to play with storywise but haven't be able to ? (because you never had the opportunity or because the canon cabal didn't want to for example).

    (serious answer or a funny one, I let you decide.)


    THaaaat's a tough one. I'd never had a chance to play with any of the A-List supervillians, or some of the close to A-List, like Doctor Dad (Diabolik)

    They've just never come up as appropos to story
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    8 years 3 months ago #35 by Valentine
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    • If you are still bored, are we going to get a canon version of Razorback's origin?
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    • How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop? And no fair asking the owl.
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    • Valentine wrote: If you are still bored, are we going to get a canon version of Razorback's origin?


    It's interspersed here and there in my most recent stories, hints here and there. I haven't actually changed any part of Jack's story from the days when I spelled it out in fanfic before I got picked up as a Canon Author.

    If it ever becomes horribly relevant, the Aussie Rager's history will be revisited.
    8 years 3 months ago #38 by JG
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    • Nagrij wrote: How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop? And no fair asking the owl.


    I didn't ask the Owl. I lick Tootsie Pops with my teeth. I likes the crunchy stuff.
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    • Why are there so many songs about rainbows?
    "Shared pain is lessened; shared joy, increased — thus do we refute entropy." - Spider Robinson
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    • Arcanist Lupus wrote: Why are there so many songs about rainbows?


    Because there is strong evidence that Rainbows are carcinogenic, and this inspires people to write melancholy songs about them.
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    • How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

    And is there an underground contest at Whateley, or indeed in the WU, to find out?
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    • annachie wrote: How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

    And is there an underground contest at Whateley, or indeed in the WU, to find out?


    We will have the answer to this question as soon as we can make Razorback stop eating live woodchucks dipped in Steak Sauce.
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    • You're bored, so what is the "safe distance", if any such thing exists? Billie's spring break is an acceptable unit of measurement for this answer.

    How many items were added to your list during this bout of boredom before you threw up this topic?
    Seriously, thank you for your time and effort. It is appreciated.
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    • Ametros wrote: You're bored, so what is the "safe distance", if any such thing exists? Billie's spring break is an acceptable unit of measurement for this answer.

    How many items were added to your list during this bout of boredom before you threw up this topic?


    Minimum safe distance is approximately 2,217 kilometers, straight line.

    Uhhhhh, lessee, before or after my Muse made me binge-write five Whateley stories in a row after we released Ashes & Steel?
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    • JG wrote:

    annachie wrote: How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

    And is there an underground contest at Whateley, or indeed in the WU, to find out?


    We will have the answer to this question as soon as we can make Razorback stop eating live woodchucks dipped in Steak Sauce.


    Are Jobe modified woodchucks allowed to compete?
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    • Valentine wrote:

    JG wrote:

    annachie wrote: How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

    And is there an underground contest at Whateley, or indeed in the WU, to find out?


    We will have the answer to this question as soon as we can make Razorback stop eating live woodchucks dipped in Steak Sauce.


    Are Jobe modified woodchucks allowed to compete?


    Are you nuts... only an insane person would dip ranch-flavoured woodchucks in Steak Sauce.
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    • Valentine wrote:
    Are Jobe modified woodchucks allowed to compete?


    Those were apparently the most delicious.
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    • I got one!

    in one story Nikki threatened to change a boy into a rabbit --could she do that? or only Aung?
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    • lighttech wrote: I got one!

    in one story Nikki threatened to change a boy into a rabbit --could she do that? or only Aung?


    Nikki would need a few years of practice to pull that off without Aung's guidance.
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    • So, Tia is All Nikki's Fault then? :D
    I love watching their innocent little faces smiling happily as they trip gaily down the garden path, before finding the pit with the rusty spikes.
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    • JG wrote:

    lighttech wrote: I got one!

    in one story Nikki threatened to change a boy into a rabbit --could she do that? or only Aung?


    Nikki would need a few years of practice to pull that off without Aung's guidance.


    Besides, it's more fun to make the person think they are a rabbit than actually turn them into one.
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    • Astrodragon wrote: So, Tia is All Nikki's Fault then? :D


    When in doubt?

    BLAME THE ELF!
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    • JG wrote:

    Astrodragon wrote: So, Tia is All Nikki's Fault then? :D


    When in doubt?

    BLAME THE ELF!


    Somebody is going to find something nasty from the grove in their dorm room!
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    • lighttech wrote: Somebody is going to find something nasty from the grove in their dorm room!


    I thought Jobe already patented that thing?

    Yeah, that IS what they all say.
    Forum-posted ideas are freely adoptable.

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    • Hmm ... just re-read Jericho's day in the life at Whateley... At the end, someone steals Joe's plans for the duplex wave generator. Is this Belfatso? If not will this plot be developed further?
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    • Wrayth wrote: Hmm ... just re-read Jericho's day in the life at Whateley... At the end, someone steals Joe's plans for the duplex wave generator. Is this Belfatso? If not will this plot be developed further?


    This is a long-term plot-hook. You will likely see more later.
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    • Well, there's more than one plot with Jericho and his inventions, like the CORE, who bought his scanner to copy a Palm-Jacker...
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    • Malady wrote: Well, there's more than one plot with Jericho and his inventions, like the CORE, who bought his scanner to copy a Palm-Jacker...


    I can neither confirm, nor deny further plots involving Jericho's wonderful toys.
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    • What did you think of Razorback's Spring Combat Finat?

    What did you think about the use of Jericho and Razor in the Veni, Vici, Cutie?
    Don't Drick and Drive.
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    • Valentine wrote: What did you think of Razorback's Spring Combat Finat?

    What did you think about the use of Jericho and Razor in the Veni, Vici, Cutie?


    :evil:
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    • Is there any chance of the upheval stories being placed in the correct chronological order?
    Currently they are in reverse order. Or werecwhen I searched Joe in the authors.
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    • All columns are sortable. You can reverse the order easily by just sorting the appropriate column.
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    • The main problem with "Upheaval" is that it's not really obvious which part follows which. The best solution would be to rename them (if not internally, at least on the database listings) as "Upheaval 1: Instructor," "Upheaval 2: Walking Alone" and "Upheaval 3: New Friends, New Problems." They can remain unnumbered in the internal title, perhaps with notes like "This story follows..." and "Continues on..."
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    • Done... I added the Upheaval parts of the names on previously, so that people would know to read them together, but the number helps a lot as well.

    Sir Lee wrote: The main problem with "Upheaval" is that it's not really obvious which part follows which. The best solution would be to rename them (if not internally, at least on the database listings) as "Upheaval 1: Instructor," "Upheaval 2: Walking Alone" and "Upheaval 3: New Friends, New Problems." They can remain unnumbered in the internal title, perhaps with notes like "This story follows..." and "Continues on..."

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    • How goes writing Euryale Awakens? Last I saw was your comment... in response to my comment... on bigcloset saying it was something like 80% done.
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    • it's at 80%, pushing into the climax.

    The muse decided that I needed to catch the Outcasts up to year 2...

    6.5 stories later...

    Ok yeah, she's wearing the dominatrix getup again. Dunno where this one's going today. we'll see.
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    • Can you keep your muse away from me? Strange things happen when she drags you over to me, don't they?
    8 years 2 months ago #68 by Bek D Corbin
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    • I don't think that any writer needs to be told that Muses are the most fickle, perverse and vindictive beings in the world. Be warned: if you say 'I'am at 80% and pushing to the climax', that is all a muse needs to go on vacation. Or worse, come up with ANOTHER great idea, that simply cries to be written up. On the flip side, their is no more sovereign way of getting a Muse to produce than having to do something, anything other than writing, the more crucial the alternative, the more generous the muse.
    8 years 2 months ago #69 by Polk Kitsune
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    • Amen to that, Bek. Trying to tame your muse is like trying to train a cat: half the time it'll look at you, and just fudge off in another direction.

    ... Suddenly, it explains why I'm usually writing while at work. Nothing draws you to writing more than procrastinating on something else.

    Though right now, I think my muse is sitting on the couch, waiting for her daily sacrifice of booze... This might be a long one.

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    8 years 2 months ago #70 by JG
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    • MageOhki wrote: Can you keep your muse away from me? Strange things happen when she drags you over to me, don't they?


    She commands.

    I obey.
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    • Polk Kitsune wrote: BTW: do you ever sleep? Is caffeine your one and true god?


    Sleep is a fleeting thing that occasionally graces me with it's presence. Coffee is for flavor. I've developed an immunity to both it, and iocane powder.
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    • Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.
    Seriously, thank you for your time and effort. It is appreciated.
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    • Ametros wrote: Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.


    Mostly because I filled the room with nitrous oxide.

    *lights a cigarette*
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    • Bek D Corbin wrote: I don't think that any writer needs to be told that Muses are the most fickle, perverse and vindictive beings in the world. Be warned: if you say 'I'am at 80% and pushing to the climax', that is all a muse needs to go on vacation. Or worse, come up with ANOTHER great idea, that simply cries to be written up. On the flip side, their is no more sovereign way of getting a Muse to produce than having to do something, anything other than writing, the more crucial the alternative, the more generous the muse.


    Or when your 80% suddenly becomes 40% because your Muse goes, "but what about this?"
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    • Will Cait stay in Hawthorn or get moved to Poe or elsewhere?
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    • That's actually a good question. Now that her magic has stabilized, there's no longer a good reason to keep her in Hawthorn. Maybe Sandra will finally get a roomie who is friendlier than Trisha?
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    • konzill wrote: What is the airspeed velocity of an unladened swallow?


    While one could quibble about the differences between African and European swallows, such items are trivial and needless confusion of the specific point. No one version of the breed is particularly faster than another. And to be filed in the you can find anything on the Internet the answer to your question is 31 to 40 mph.
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    • E. E. Nalley wrote:

    konzill wrote: What is the airspeed velocity of an unladened swallow?


    While one could quibble about the differences between African and European swallows, such items are trivial and needless confusion of the specific point. No one version of the breed is particularly faster than another. And to be filed in the you can find anything on the Internet the answer to your question is 31 to 40 mph.


    Complicated even more by the fact that flight speed is only one component of the final vector, velocity. With a good headwind, the sparrow could have a positive air speed of 30+ knots and still be going backwards relative to a stationary observation point.
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    • Sir Lee wrote: That's actually a good question. Now that her magic has stabilized, there's no longer a good reason to keep her in Hawthorn. Maybe Sandra will finally get a roomie who is friendlier than Trisha?


    That would be telling...
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    • I'd think that unless Eldritch's room is needed for a new Thornie, she'd be inclined to stay put. Help the other Thornies if possible, play chess with Foob.
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    • JG wrote:

    Sir Lee wrote: That's actually a good question. Now that her magic has stabilized, there's no longer a good reason to keep her in Hawthorn. Maybe Sandra will finally get a roomie who is friendlier than Trisha?


    That would be telling...


    For a start there is no way Sandra can get a new room mate until the psychic blindfold on Mrs Savage is removed. Presumably when she gets back from Christmas vacation, with some more knowledge about Astral phenomena she might actually know enough to point this out to someone. Fubar is going to have xome explaining to do, seeing as he is in charge of Astral security, and he completely missed this being done to a member of staff for months.
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    • JG wrote:

    Sir Lee wrote: That's actually a good question. Now that her magic has stabilized, there's no longer a good reason to keep her in Hawthorn. Maybe Sandra will finally get a roomie who is friendlier than Trisha?


    That would be telling...


    For starters, it would be telling us that her magic has actually stabilized. :)
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    • When did Mick Foley become such a Jericho fan?
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    8 years 2 months ago #87 by JG
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    • Arcanist Lupus wrote: Are you still bored?


    When I stop answering questions, I am no longer bored.

    For now, working on a couple more stories.
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    • With controlling the Artificer now being out of play, will the bastard and his voodoo wolves now back off for a while?
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    • I can neither confirm, nor deny any involvement by the Bastard or his minions that Razorback finds tasty.
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    • They're quite nice on toast…:twisted:
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    • E. E. Nalley wrote: They're quite nice on toast…:twisted:


    Where's Ayla, we need a review!
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    • How much of "The Dirty Dozen" was involved in the creation of the Dragon Slayers?
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    • annachie wrote: How much of "The Dirty Dozen" was involved in the creation of the Dragon Slayers?


    none.

    The Dragonslayers were born of a "How could baselines with poor equipment and self-preservation instincts beat most mutants?"

    "How bad would it be for them?"

    "What would be the long-term consequences?"
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    • What's Caitlin's opinion on the 70 Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries ? (I mean, ignoring that fact that she's probably never heard of them, and many of them didn't exist in 2007. Besides that)
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    • Arcanist Lupus wrote: What's Caitlin's opinion on the 70 Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries ? (I mean, ignoring that fact that she's probably never heard of them, and many of them didn't exist in 2007. Besides that)


    Same as most professional militaries' opinions of mercenaries:

    Useless.
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    • As serious advice, probably. But a few of them (e.g. #20: "If you're not willing to shell your own position, you're not willing to win" and #37: "There is no 'overkill.' There is only 'open fire' and 'reload.' ") seem like they match Eldritch's fighting philosophies pretty well.
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    • Yup.

    There is no such thing as overkill. MErely assured kill
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    • JG wrote: Yup.

    There is no such thing as overkill. MErely assured kill


    there is no such thing as overkill; there is only open fire and I need to reload!
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    • JG wrote:

    Arcanist Lupus wrote: What's Caitlin's opinion on the 70 Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries ? (I mean, ignoring that fact that she's probably never heard of them, and many of them didn't exist in 2007. Besides that)


    Same as most professional militaries' opinions of mercenaries:

    Useless.


    Hmm, yes.
    Mercenaries are indeed useless soldiers.
    Like the Ghurkas...
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    • Astrodragon wrote:

    JG wrote:

    Arcanist Lupus wrote: What's Caitlin's opinion on the 70 Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries ? (I mean, ignoring that fact that she's probably never heard of them, and many of them didn't exist in 2007. Besides that)


    Same as most professional militaries' opinions of mercenaries:

    Useless.


    Hmm, yes.
    Mercenaries are indeed useless soldiers.
    Like the Ghurkas...


    in simple fact is these days

    Most world armies are merc's!
    if you are not drafted and go volunteer and are paid---you are simply a merc!
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    • Going by that standard, actually, most of the world's armies are soldiers. China alone would make that the case.

    But no... I'd say the key distinction between soldier and merc is primarily the target of their loyalty. A soldier is hired and paid by a government, their 'cause' for fighting stays consistent... military service to the government. Now, the government may use them for things that are different than the 'cause' for which the individual soldier believes in, but that is a matter of government corruption, not a change in service by the soldier. A Merc, on the other hand, doesn't serve a cause. They serve where they are hired. If a 'cause' or 'government' is the contract, then that's what they serve... but when the contract is completed, they might serve a completely different cause or government, possibly even the one opposed to their previous one.


    As to 70 Maxim's? Sounds like something written by someone who watched a lot of Chuck Norris and Steven Segal movies and things that makes them an expert on military actions. :-p
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    • For context:

    The 70 Maxims for Maximally Effective Mercenaries is an in-universe document from the Schlock Mercenary webcomic. Schlock Mercenary is a strip a day humor webcomic about a troop of mercenaries in a space opera setting.

    Some of the maxims apply specifically to mercenary work (Maxim 49: Every client is one missed payment from becoming a target), but some are more applicable to general military operations (Maxim 3: An ordnance technician at a dead run outranks everybody), and some of them are applicable to all walks of life (Maxim 70: Failure is not an option. It is mandatory. The option is whether or not to let failure be the last thing you do.)
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    • Their own government Kristen.

    Fighting for another government is mercenary.
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    • JG wrote: Murphy's Law #5: Ragers are not toys.


    Even the plushie ones? :)
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