Question The Micro-Scenes Discussion thread

elrodw wrote: Try sticking in a few superfluous "u"s like Astro does. That might do the trick

Kaitha39 wrote: I blame the Americans.
(Sophomore is not a word in OpenOffice's British English dictionary, by the way. Every time I use it, it gets flagged as a spelling mistake.)

Valentine wrote: Whateley doesn't have an Animation Lab, it has a Re-Animation Lab.

Kaitha39 wrote: Siofra: Brit. Shifter(Power Mimic) Ex/PDP/Regen/Heal/Manifest, flies using Telekinesis

Malady wrote: She's a Mimic?? So, she has some stuff of her own, instead of just being a fusion of her parents...

She mimicked Manifestation, right? I don't think we've ever seen her manifest something?

What are her mimic limits?

So, 10 months ago is when she accidentally crippled her dad, I guess.

The Aunt and Uncles thing is for the kiddy look?

Malady wrote:
It'd be so funny/weird when Imperious calls a little girl, Father.

Schol-R-LEA wrote: The part that worried me was that for some reason I was thinking Ribbon's younger granddaughter was named Abigail (her name is actually Kimberly, so... no), and was starting to imagine all the horrible consequences of that.

I also notice we never got their last names (unless Mark's last name is also Morgan, which must have been amusing to them if so - it's a common enough name, so there are plenty of unrelated people with that surname, sort of how Lupine's parents weren't closely related despite having similar - though not identical - surnames).

Angeldude wrote: What is it with wolves having their last name as some variant of "Wolf"?

Schol-R-LEA wrote: Was this obvious enough? I'm not sure if it was obvious enough. Maybe I should have been more obvious.

Schol-R-LEA wrote: Though this does assume that ghosts can become Avatar spirits. We saw that with 'Shine, true, but that seemed to be an exceptional case. Of course, one could argue that applies here, too.

Schol-R-LEA wrote: Annnd... not obvious enough, apparently. And here I was afraid that the mention of Circe next to the Greek surname would have given it away before things really got going.

Schol-R-LEA wrote: Annnd... not obvious enough, apparently. And here I was afraid that the mention of Circe next to the Greek surname would have given it away before things really got going.

Dreamer wrote: Yay! Domo's back! And returned with a fun and funny micro-scene with Teri in it. Glad you are back, you have been gone so long, was worried and about to send out a search party for you.

Malady wrote: Welcome back, Domoviye!

Haha! Teri!

Was it actually raining? ... Could it rain non-stop on Orientation Day? ... *How much rain has there been in Whateleyverse? Not counting Downpour... Too lazy to check...*

...

How is that a WA-1??! ... Need to review how classification works.

... *Hmm... My OC Orbiter could just move things vertically... Name fits, anyway...*

Hi Paulette!

Malady wrote: @Kaitha39 - Do you mean "six girls" instead of "six little girls"? Aquerna isn't that small?

Interesting switch from "Miranda" to "Mahren" at the end...

Oh! She's gonna try and use PSI to help. Right, she's both TK and PSI...

Malady wrote:
How is that a WA-1??! ... Need to review how classification works.
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Arcanist Lupus wrote: Domo's back! And being a terrible person to all his non-Teri characters, as usual.

Don't worry, I've been very evil to Teri to.

Kaitha39 wrote:

Don't worry, I've been very evil to Teri to.

Gotta cement that reputation as "Is this too horrible to do to a character? Nah, Domoviye's done worse."

....I'm only friendly joking, I never said that when writing at 3 am and asking myself "WTF are you writing here?"

Valentine wrote: If Terri gets together with Sizemax, is it spelunking or carnal relations?

Arcanist Lupus wrote: If the Teri X Mobius microscene from way back when is any indication, it's a bad idea is what it is.

Arcanist Lupus wrote: That depends. How good are they at holding their size while... distracted?

Malady wrote:

Arcanist Lupus wrote: That depends. How good are they at holding their size while... distracted?

Well, if they return to normal human size, then things are fine...

Shrinking... How quickly does that happen? Would Teri be forced outside by the area collapsing around her?

elrodw wrote: The last couple are more like comments thread or the quad, not micro-scenes here .....

Malady wrote:

elrodw wrote: The last couple are more like comments thread or the quad, not micro-scenes here .....

I'd say it's play-by-post-ish? If I'm not misunderstanding the term...

Malady wrote: @Domoviye - I wonder where this is going... The mouse is enhanced by that formula... Mighty Mouse? ... Have we seen Jian before? Might this relate back to Sam, with her catgirl transformation thing?

OH! The important part is the "synthetic adrenal hormone"! ... The cat and mouse are just there 'cause it's funny to see a cat running away from a mouse!

... Hmm... I bet he's gonna accidentally inject himself? Or is it for someone else? ... He's gone through 130 versions...

Angeldude wrote: That last scene is a little too close to where I live to be comfortable.

Shortly after these events, Jian has been banned from Science World. ^{Yes, that's its actual name.}

Valentine wrote: Somewhere Jobe inexplicably broke into tears.

Domoviye wrote:

Angeldude wrote: That last scene is a little too close to where I live to be comfortable.

Shortly after these events, Jian has been banned from Science World. ^{Yes, that's its actual name.}

Thanks for the idea.

Malady wrote: @Kaitha39 - So, an intercottage martial arts tournament, I guess? ... So, who's Kaitha??

"firebush", that supposed to be a name?

Malady wrote: What does Kaitha mean? Or just a random syllable sequence?

Iwasforger03 wrote: Pretty sure, based on "May your death by sweet," that Englund is not the one conducting the Catholic mass. He might be ranking minister or whatever, from the school's perspective, but they apparently still have a bishop or SOMEONE coming in on sundays to do a proper Catholic Mass.

Kaitha39 wrote: Having said that, I would greatly appreciate any Muslim who wears a Burkha or Niqab explaining why an Al-Amira, Shayla, Khimar or Chador can't be worn instead.

The level of hate shown to Muslims is on another level compared to any other group I've seen. It may have been that I was a child and therefore ignorant of the situation at the time, but I swear the Irish weren't as hated back before the IRA disarmed.

Sir Lee wrote: Interesting. If your interpretation is correct (I'm not saying it is or isn't, I just have no data either way) the rule about women keeping their hair covered seems pretty much identical to a similar rule for Jewish women. Which many Jewish women get around by wearing wigs over their natural hair...

Not really surprising, since despite their mutual hatred there are many points of similarity between Islam and Judaism. The most obvious being dietary laws, which forbid many of the same foods.

Buster's being a bit smarter! Nice!

Are you like Rose Bunny and you copy-paste so spacing is tricky?

No, Kaitha is an Exemplar, pseudo-Avatar, Energiser and Faux-Wiz

Bullies ... Their mindset is kinda stupid when dealing with mutants. Most of the JH girls could easily kill Buster.

Iwasforger03 wrote: The only possible way Englund could be even close to being able to conduct a Catholic mass is if he was an Anglican priest. Otherwise, he can read from the bible and possibly, but most likely not, serve as a communion minster and thus conduct a communion service, but not a mass. Even the Anglican priest bit is a huge stretch, as that's based on the fact Anglican ministers who convert to Catholicism have an easier time becoming priests, and if they were married, can even receive special dispensation to become a priest despite being married. Any and all instances of a married Practicing Catholic Priest are the result of an Anglican minister converting to the Catholic Faith (far as I know).

The Greek Orthodox (while accepted as sister to the catholic faith) is an entirely separate deal and is not "protestant." Englund is protestant, so he's not Greek Orthodox.

mhalpern wrote:

Sir Lee wrote: Interesting. If your interpretation is correct (I'm not saying it is or isn't, I just have no data either way) the rule about women keeping their hair covered seems pretty much identical to a similar rule for Jewish women. Which many Jewish women get around by wearing wigs over their natural hair...

Not really surprising, since despite their mutual hatred there are many points of similarity between Islam and Judaism. The most obvious being dietary laws, which forbid many of the same foods.

If I remember correctly they are both Abrahamic religions, and so at some point they were a the same religion, and split. The dietary laws are more to do with religious authorities also doubling as the FDA of the era, for instance the only clove hoof animal in the region at the time was the Camel, a very dirty animal, they knew nothing about one of the cleanest animals (the pig) also having a cloved hoof, they also didn't trust people to cook various bottom feeders properly so all of them were banned, I forget the reason for not mixing dairy and meat, I think it has to do with digestive problems.

Kaitha39 wrote: @Domoviye - That was about my understanding of what the Qur'an said, but I just don't get why anyone would go full burkha when something like the Shayla would not only fulfill what the Qur'an asks for, but wouldn't antagonise the locals of their new Western country? I'm not trying to come at this from a hateful perspective, merely an inquisitive one, and it seems to me that many people in the West have a problem with the full burkha.

I'd be happy to learn about the Irish situation. I was born in 87 and grew up in Suffolk (East UK. Had very little violence from anywhere) so by the time I grew up enough to take in details of the world, 11/9/2001 happened and the world around me stopped talking about the Irish and it was all about the Muslims. Views may be dramatically different in areas where the IRA actually hit. Suffolk wasn't one of them.

@Malady
I hadn't read How Far, 'Ruth' was chosen because it's a name that appears in the Bible. Like Molach's mother in Girl Genius, no, I did not read the relevant sections before using it as a name. If it's appropriate or inappropriate, it wasn't intentional.

Iwasforger03 wrote: Just trying to explain and expand your knowledge base mate. Part of the critique process. If you ever do run into situations where you could use some info on catholic faiths/services feel free to message me and I'll do my best to answer. It does seem to come up fairly often in Whateley, even if it's most often antagonistic rather than benevolent (Though the Catholics in Bek's Silver Ghost stories, when they rarely appear, are pretty hilarious to me)

Domoviye wrote: One reason pigs are not allowed to be eaten by Jews and Muslims has to do with resources. Pigs need a lot of water to survive, and water in the Middle East is precious, even in places where they have a lot of it. So it's likely that leaders saw how bad pigs were for the environment and came up with religious reasons (such as one of the older saints banishing a pack of demons into a group of pigs) to declare them unclean.

Katssun wrote:

Iwasforger03 wrote: Just trying to explain and expand your knowledge base mate. Part of the critique process. If you ever do run into situations where you could use some info on catholic faiths/services feel free to message me and I'll do my best to answer. It does seem to come up fairly often in Whateley, even if it's most often antagonistic rather than benevolent (Though the Catholics in Bek's Silver Ghost stories, when they rarely appear, are pretty hilarious to me)

I'd be very interested to read your take on the Seraphim stories, where Father John and the other members of Saint Gregory’s mean well, but fall to the temptation of vanity, while El Penitente seems to take his faith far more seriously.

Domoviye wrote: One reason pigs are not allowed to be eaten by Jews and Muslims has to do with resources. Pigs need a lot of water to survive, and water in the Middle East is precious, even in places where they have a lot of it. So it's likely that leaders saw how bad pigs were for the environment and came up with religious reasons (such as one of the older saints banishing a pack of demons into a group of pigs) to declare them unclean.

I find it very amusing that several locust species are designated as both kosher and halal. Pardon me if this comes off crass, but it definitely feels like a retcon when they realized one particular type of bug eats all their crops, and that bug is then suddenly okay to eat, in contrast to many others.

mhalpern wrote:

Katssun wrote:

Iwasforger03 wrote: Just trying to explain and expand your knowledge base mate. Part of the critique process. If you ever do run into situations where you could use some info on catholic faiths/services feel free to message me and I'll do my best to answer. It does seem to come up fairly often in Whateley, even if it's most often antagonistic rather than benevolent (Though the Catholics in Bek's Silver Ghost stories, when they rarely appear, are pretty hilarious to me)

I'd be very interested to read your take on the Seraphim stories, where Father John and the other members of Saint Gregory’s mean well, but fall to the temptation of vanity, while El Penitente seems to take his faith far more seriously.

Domoviye wrote: One reason pigs are not allowed to be eaten by Jews and Muslims has to do with resources. Pigs need a lot of water to survive, and water in the Middle East is precious, even in places where they have a lot of it. So it's likely that leaders saw how bad pigs were for the environment and came up with religious reasons (such as one of the older saints banishing a pack of demons into a group of pigs) to declare them unclean.

I find it very amusing that several locust species are designated as both kosher and halal. Pardon me if this comes off crass, but it definitely feels like a retcon when they realized one particular type of bug eats all their crops, and that bug is then suddenly okay to eat, in contrast to many others.

Locust aren't bottom feeders they are pretty much entirely herbivorous very efficient ones at that, but they dont eat fecal matter or carcasses and therefore don't pick up the sicknesses that other insects do, the way I learned it, Kosher is more to do with what the animal eats, or the animal's hygiene Pigs weren't available in the desert, and the wording is cloven hoofed animal, not specifically pigs, the animal that fits that description is the camel, which is frequently infested with flees and other bugs that use it as a source of water and nutrients. I studied this for my Bar Mitzvah, if you look at the laws of keeping kosher, they mostly boil down to things that can easily cause sickness.

Malady wrote: @Domoviye - A disturbing use of GoodThingYouCanHeal or something. So, he doesn't even need a heart? He just needs a brain to work?

Valentine wrote: Note that Military Chaplains, of all faiths, perform ceremonies in all other faiths. Those ceremonies are pretty much recognized by all religions. So you could have a Rabbi perform a Catholic Mass, and it would be fully recognized by the Church.

Valentine wrote: More than likely at Whateley, a Priest from either Dunwich or Berlin or one of the other towns comes in and performs a Mass on Sundays.

mhalpern wrote: ... the way I learned it, Kosher is more to do with what the animal eats, or the animal's hygiene Pigs weren't available in the desert, and the wording is cloven hoofed animal, not specifically pigs, the animal that fits that description is the camel, which is frequently infested with flees and other bugs that use it as a source of water and nutrients. I studied this for my Bar Mitzvah, if you look at the laws of keeping kosher, they mostly boil down to things that can easily cause sickness.

null0trooper wrote:

Valentine wrote: Note that Military Chaplains, of all faiths, perform ceremonies in all other faiths. Those ceremonies are pretty much recognized by all religions. So you could have a Rabbi perform a Catholic Mass, and it would be fully recognized by the Church.

Do you have a reference for that? I've never heard of a rabbi performing Mass without at least a Christian assistant, instead of an ecumenical service, nor have I had a Chaplain offer to hold or assist Wiccan, Druid, or Asatru worship in case any non-Christians might be serving aboard.

Valentine wrote:

null0trooper wrote:

Valentine wrote: Note that Military Chaplains, of all faiths, perform ceremonies in all other faiths. Those ceremonies are pretty much recognized by all religions. So you could have a Rabbi perform a Catholic Mass, and it would be fully recognized by the Church.

Do you have a reference for that? I've never heard of a rabbi performing Mass without at least a Christian assistant, instead of an ecumenical service, nor have I had a Chaplain offer to hold or assist Wiccan, Druid, or Asatru worship in case any non-Christians might be serving aboard.

I went to a Catholic Mass performed by a Rabbi while in the Army. It was very brief. Communion had been prepared by a Catholic Priest elsewhere. His assistant may have been Christian, but I have no idea.

Arcanist Lupus wrote: Plates and utensils can carry cross-contamination, so any utensils that contact non-kosher food are considered non-kosher as well, and the same utensils should not be used for both milk and meat. The intensity of the cleaning required to decontaminate them differs from community to community, but it is very common to see families with two separate dish sets, and sometimes even two dishwashers. (I've also seen families that always hand-wash their meat dishes for this reason, or use paper/plastic dishes for their meat)

Malady wrote: @Domoviye - Ha! Cinderella's facing "low-level" fighters that are a lot better than their trait levels would imply!

... Regen-1, AV-1, WA-1, Gadg-1... Gonna wait to see what else turns up. How's she gonna lose against a Wiz-1??

Nope. She's facing Tink. I wonder if she might be able to win...

Will her bad luck follow her to Survival??? Well, she's handling things better than Kayda might have... Perhaps she had some wins in between her losses?

Her glass isn't normal glass... Glass Armor... A Slippery Glass Field would be useful in Survival?

Arcanist Lupus wrote: Cinderella seems to be having a rather bad week.

Laws of Koshrut, in detail! [ Click to expand ] [ Click to hide ]

null0trooper wrote: W/r pork, there is a specific prohibition in the Torah against eating pork or even touching the carcass. Therefore whether it has fleas or other bugs that feed off (as if a cow doesn't) it or doesn't live in the SW Asian and North African desert (neither do turkeys) is irrelevant. Instead the prohibition is generally understood as one that doesn't have to make sense.

Do you have the exact reference for the specific pork prohibition? My understanding was that the only pork mention was as a clarification of where it falls in the general rules, and not really a specific injunction against pig, but I'll be the first to admit that my Torah knowledge is rather scattered.

Malady wrote: @Domoviye - Ha! Cinderella's facing "low-level" fighters that are a lot better than their trait levels would imply!

... Regen-1, AV-1, WA-1, Gadg-1... Gonna wait to see what else turns up. How's she gonna lose against a Wiz-1??

Kaitha39 wrote: I just don't get why anyone would go full burkha when something like the Shayla would not only fulfill what the Qur'an asks for, but wouldn't antagonise the locals of their new Western country? I'm not trying to come at this from a hateful perspective, merely an inquisitive one, and it seems to me that many people in the West have a problem with the full burkha.

Cryptic wrote: Micro scene semi based on real life; My hot water heater blew up today.

Bek D Corbin wrote: Finally! Someone who writes Foxfire as the warm, loving, dynamic 200-pounds-of-wonderfulness-packed-into-a-lithe-100-pound-Juniors-size -bag that she is!

... Thanks for Thanking, Kaitha... Wait... Did you Fanfic Bekky as well?? *shrugs*

@Kaitha - Wow! Nice description of Cindy in the opening!

Did Aiden say "step-dad" 'cause he knew she was a changeling? If so, how did he know?? ... Else, how did he guess the right taunt? I guess he was just lucky...

Sir Lee wrote: Well, "go back to your wicked step-dad" has a strong suggestion of sexual abuse.

Kaitha39 wrote: To be honest, the thought process of the entire scene was just "Show Cindy starting to win, so she doesn't completely break down and drop the class."

Phoenix Spiritus wrote: "Wait, so you're telling me that when you collect all of the probability warpers on campus into a small space their powers actually cancel instead of heterodyne? What are the odds of that?"

"100%! They are probability warpers, there is no chance they are going to let the part of the world they're standing on blow up."

Malady wrote:

NJM1564 wrote:

Phoenix Spiritus wrote: "Wait, so you're telling me that when you collect all of the probability warpers on campus into a small space their powers actually cancel instead of heterodyne? What are the odds of that?"

"100%! They are probability warpers, there is no chance they are going to let the part of the world they're standing on blow up."

Probably.

"Why is the ground shaking?"

"EARTHQUAKE!"

"... Okay, maybe not an earthquake. What happened?"

"The probability warpers just fell into the tunnels."

"Oh."

"And it turns out that a scared Clover's luck doesn't cancel out with everyone else."

"So..."

Katssun wrote: I was horrified at the thought that Teri and Pucelle were friends.

Is Teri going to be in sewing classes with Ribbon?

Domoviye wrote:

Katssun wrote: I was horrified at the thought that Teri and Pucelle were friends.

Is Teri going to be in sewing classes with Ribbon?

Considering how different their personalities re the two would get along about as well as fire and water. And unlike most Whitman girls who are resigned to Pucelle, Teri would quite happily tell her to shove it.

Not sure about Ribbon and Teri.

Katssun wrote: That's kind of just the way she is, and the way she was presented in the original story. She's spazzy, sparkly and happy, but also calculating and vicious when she needs to be.

DanZilla wrote:

Katssun wrote: That's kind of just the way she is, and the way she was presented in the original story. She's spazzy, sparkly and happy, but also calculating and vicious when she needs to be.

Yep... just ask the mice...

NJM1564 wrote: So Tinks personality issues aren't always uncontrollable.
Machiavelian thinking, sometimes crazy, likes to make strange things (Mouse and bird costome).
Could she have Diedrick's? Could she be a Gadgeteer and or a divisor?
Wasn't there something about her not getting tested for that because she didn't want to get one of her only outfits dirty?

Jarjaross wrote: Is there anyone whose permission I would require to write a Cinderella Micro-Scene?

I had an idea but do not wish to slight anyone by writing it without proper considerations. I would not wish to take control of someone's character from them.

Speaking of course of FanFic characters. The canon ones are more or less fair game as I am clearly using them for non-canon appearances/interpretations. FanFic characters on the other hand are more muddy.

If cinderella is canon then I missed her showing up somewhere.

Domoviye wrote:

Jarjaross wrote: Is there anyone whose permission I would require to write a Cinderella Micro-Scene?

I had an idea but do not wish to slight anyone by writing it without proper considerations. I would not wish to take control of someone's character from them.

Speaking of course of FanFic characters. The canon ones are more or less fair game as I am clearly using them for non-canon appearances/interpretations. FanFic characters on the other hand are more muddy.

If cinderella is canon then I missed her showing up somewhere.

She's an official character, who has appeared in R&R and I think No Place Like Poe. Just bit parts, but she's there.

And null, you caught Teri perfectly, she'd jump at the chance to use antlers as her own personal jungle gym/gymnastics set.

"Sir you turned her into a rager."

A beautiful garden of obsidian pumpkins

"I'm sorry. I can only stay until the clock strikes twelve."

Malady wrote: @Jarjaross:

"Sir you turned her into a rager."

A beautiful garden of obsidian pumpkins

What? ... OH! Cinderella Pumpkins. Right!

"I'm sorry. I can only stay until the clock strikes twelve."

Whooo... She's gone CRAZY. Or something... She's super into the Cinderella theme...

Domoviye wrote: And null, you caught Teri perfectly, she'd jump at the chance to use antlers as her own personal jungle gym/gymnastics set.

Angeldude wrote: The Cinderella scene was pure horror. How could you do that to her?

null0trooper wrote: Oh, Canada!

A moose once bit my sister...

No realli! She was Karving her initials on the moose with the sharpened end of an interspace toothbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian movies: "The Hot Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Molars of Horst Nordfink"...

Mynd you, moose bites Kan be pretti nasti...

That bit never gets old. Maybe infected if she forgets to go to the doctor, They haff gut doctors in Oslo. And mani interesting furry animals


Including the majestic moose!

null0trooper wrote: @Kettlekorn:

"He very pointedly ignored the deep, rumbling, ear-raping voice of the demon and its comment about his tush."

I now have the mental image of Godzilla classic squeeing over Bert Kade's bodacious tush.

Cryptic wrote:

null0trooper wrote: @Kettlekorn:

"He very pointedly ignored the deep, rumbling, ear-raping voice of the demon and its comment about his tush."

I now have the mental image of Godzilla classic squeeing over Bert Kade's bodacious tush.

And now I have the urge to write in someone squeeing over Razor's butt...

Rose Bunny wrote: What hath I wrought?

*waits for RCG to somehow become a canon student*

Rose Bunny wrote: One doesn't have to be from the area something is from to mutate into its likeness.

Rose Bunny wrote: I picture the poor Saudi Arabian mutant that finds themselves becoming a giant emperor penguin.

null0trooper wrote:

Rose Bunny wrote: One doesn't have to be from the area something is from to mutate into its likeness.

No, but spirits following a pattern tend to stay "local", so an avatar may be more likely to be from the same area the animal is from, descended from someone originally from that location, or descended from someone whose clan totem was that animal.

Rose Bunny wrote: I picture the poor Saudi Arabian mutant that finds themselves becoming a giant emperor penguin.

Yeah, exemplars and their naughty BITs.

Or, naughty Brits. Hell of a way to find out that dear old great-grandfather wasn't Achmed, but his imperialist archeologist employer Alfred.

Sir Lee wrote: One question... "Team Kimball"?

Kettlekorn wrote: I like dino tail and I cannot lie
You other mammals can't deny

Valentine wrote: Wouldn't Dark Eldritch be a good person?

Sir Lee wrote: So, in the end it's all 'Shine's fault?

Sir Lee wrote: I'm not. I'm blaming him for getting Caitlin drunk.