Monday, July 22, 2013

Can't Think Of A Title For This Post

It's getting harder and harder to find the time to watch movies these days, so you'd think my criteria for the films I DO get to watch would improve, right? Like, I should probably make the decision to ONLY watch movies that have a chance of being actually good, and to stay away from films I've heard are terrible. Right? Right.

But where's the fun in that?

Besides, adopting such a sensible attitude to movie-watching would have robbed me of the delight of realising that two films I expected to be absolute rubbish turned out to be surprisingly good fun. Let's take the first one— a sequel to one of the worst films I've seen in the last few years.

GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra was an awful film. I mean, it was just dreadful. It was so bad that I felt compelled to talk about it on this very Blog, way back in 2009. Here is what I said about it:

"I now hate this movie, for it is awful. It is worse than X-Men 3. It is even worse than Transformers 2. I have not hated a film so much since I saw Van Helsing. Van Helsing was directed by the same man. There are lessons in life I should learn, and yet learn them I do not."

Ah, good times. This was back when I was writing Dark Days. What a fantastic book that was.

Sorry, where was I? Oh yes.

The first GI Joe was horrible. It had a stupid story and stupid action and stupid characters and everything was stupid. It had the worst CGI I'd seen in a long time and they'd taken a monumentally dumb approach to the whole thing. They gave the Joes super robot suits, for god's sake.

So naturally, knowing how much I hated the first one, I went ahead and watched the sequel. And maybe it's because I expected it to be every bit as bad— but it was actually pretty cool.

The story was still dumb. COBRA'S ultimate plan was just daft. But there were so many cool bits in it. The ninjas on the mountain. Adrianne Palicki jogging. Cobra Commander's AWESOME outfit. Adrianne Palicki in the red dress. Bruce Willis and his house of guns. Adrianne Palicki doing stuff.

And the two best scenes were between the Rock and Channing Tatum. The video game and the sharpshooting. Funny writing, funny performances- if every scene was as good as these two, it would have been an amazing movie. As it was, it was fun, action-packed, quite stupid, but there is NOTHING about it you'd hate after watching it.

Oh, but there is ONE moment I should mention. To show how high tech the Joes are, they're given all these cool gadgets at the start. One of these gadgets is a pair of gloves that MELTS THROUGH a chainlink fence. Melts THROUGH it! How awesome is that?? No more waiting around for the extra few seconds while they cut through the fence with stupid, old-fashioned fence cutters! No way! Now they save VITAL SECONDS by using these gloves! And the best thing? THEY GLOW BRIGHT ORANGE! So instead of dumb soldiers cutting through a fence with stupid fence cutters in the dark, being all sneaky and stuff, now the Joes can cut through the fence and alert any enemy within a five mile radius to their presence at the same time! Yippee!

(But apart from this moment of dumbness, it's not a bad movie. I swear.)

And the other film I thought would be awful was Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters.

I heard this was diabolical. It's not. There are parts of this that are SO COOL. The witches are the best witches ever in the world EVER. They're evil and hideous but no two are alike. The make-up is brilliant. Famke Janssen is the head witch, and it takes guts to turn one of the most beautiful women in the world into a hideous monster, but they do it, and she's utterly brilliant.

It's a lovely idea at its core— what would Hansel and Gretel be like when they grew up?— and while it's set in a vague time, hundreds of years ago, the language and the music are modern day, which adds to the anarchic quality of it all.  That said, the American accents sported by Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton are a tad distracting, especially seeing as how everyone else has a thick European accent. But come on... Renner's cool and Gemma Arterton is Gemma Arterton. Mmmm Gemma Arterton...

Word of warning, though. This looks like a family film, like a slightly dark fairytale, but it's not. It revels in bad language and gore. There are exploding heads a-plenty. So naturally I loved it.


I don't know if I'd ever watch either of these movies for a second time, but they were pretty damn good the first time out. Which was a really nice surprise.


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Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...
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Star Inkbright said...

And yeah, Ari exists.

And she also ships us.

Are you saying it or shall I?

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Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

Oh I guess not then

Star Inkbright said...

You can say it.

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Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

[hugs Em]

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Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

*gives Dalek apple juice, runs outside, stops rock hitting bar with energy* I, I need to go! Dalek! Stay in the bar! Hunter and Ez! I think you can handle getting hit by a boulder. *presses sigil and force field appears around the bar, flies off in the direction the boulder came from*

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Noelle said...

I dedicate to getting this all over with.

*raises head of a monster*
Yeah.

Alastair Cruciatus said...

*groans* Yeah, Em, I know... My God, do I know... Sorry...

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Star Inkbright said...

@Hunter: Fine.

Ari, we don't fancy each other.

Em, I think that was rp arguing . . . ? Never mind, I'm not involved.

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Edward Fletcher said...

ok trip. *pours drink*

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Star Inkbright said...

*looks at Ez* Oh, come on. I could have said it better than that.

I adore boulders.

Actually, I aboulder them. *laughs*

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Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

Is this still going on

Star Inkbright said...

Well, you should have said it then. *shrugs*

And btw, your jokes are actually egtting shittier as you're getting older. It's incredible. Sooner or later you'll set a world record.

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Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

*lands by portal* Oh crap.

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Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Idk i calme down but apparently others havent

Star Inkbright said...

I also thought it was rp arguing . . . ?

Anyway, I'm not upset, and if anyone is, they can go talk to Ez.

[Or me. *hugs* I love you all.]

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Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

Yeah and also you guys just completely ignored Death back there

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

*shouting into portal* A-Adra?

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Star Inkbright said...

*looks at Hunter* Oh my God, thanks.

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Noelle said...

*runs up to one of the afterlife monsters, unsheathing her other sword, and she begins slashing, throwing everything she can at it, starting with slicing through it's Achilles' tendons*

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

I'm fine but I'm just annoyed because I'm tired of ALL fighting. Not just normal fighting. RP fighting really makes me annoyed too.

Alastair Cruciatus said...

I thought it was roleplay arguing, too, but the point still stands- conflict, and conflict that can actually offend people and drive them away, regardless of whether or not it started as roleplay arguing.

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Emerald Melody said...

It's not the point whether it was RP or not!

It's just constant fucking arguing. I come on here for the getaway from my real life, where I'm still hurting and grieving.

And I come on here for a bit of relief from my friends, to feel normal again and not feel like a fucking zombie.

But since there's just been nothing but arguing...

I just don't feel happy coming on here anymore. It feels more like a chore to drag myself on here and be around you guys anymore.

It's a load of crap...

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

Ari, that was so well said I am going to hug you

*hugs*

I just don't want to be here if it's so negative, even if it's fake!!

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Well, actually I didn't see her. I thought it was to arguing as well.

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Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

EM, AGREED:

I just don't feel happy coming on here anymore. It feels more like a chore to drag myself on here and be around you guys anymore.

AGREED

Star Inkbright said...

[I didn't see any of her comments until the one saying she had to go to school. If they were there, I DID NOT SEE THEM. If I had, I would have said hi. As it is, I DID NOT SEE THEM.
I didn't ignore anything that I saw.
*goes back to look*
I may have just been absent-minded, though.
In which case, I can't apologise enough.]

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Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

[hugs Ember]

[hugs Ari]

[hugs Death]

[hugs anyone else who wants a hug]

[hums Family Portrait again]

[somehow does this without being here]

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Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Talking: seriously if you guys want to do something to Javier i am all for being sadistic and give him to Coco i would love to see Coco take Javier's true name but a more sadistic Coco isnt exactly good

Noelle said...

*everyone please ignore me, by the way*

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

And it doesn't matter if it's roleplay fighting or real fighting! It can still sometimes be offensive! And every time I go on here I have to argue with Adra or Trip or whoever the hell wants to argue with me.

Star Inkbright said...

[ Death Rose said...
*Walks into Blogland scowling* WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?

July 22, 2013 at 10:21 PM

. . . Oh.

I'm so, so, so sorry.

I take my last comment back.

:'(]

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Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Guys....

Also, Adra, was that sarcasm?

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Star Inkbright said...

[And, sorry, minor identity crisis. Im having trouble acting like me. If I seem a bit harsh, that's why. I can't stop thinking in Hunter's voice unless I'm thinking in Ez's/]

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Jophiel said...
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Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

[hugs Death]
Yeah...

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Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Is no one else just not angry?

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Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Aussie come back here!!!

Noelle said...

No, it isn't. I'm just so pissed that I NEED to get it out some way. And apparently nothing can get done here by talking to other people, so I'm killing things.
Easy.

Star Inkbright said...

[Hunter and Ez would be ignoring you, Adra.

Maybe they'd raise an eyebrow at you and exchange a look, but other than that, they would be ignoring you.

Well, unless they had nothing else to talk about.

OKAY, THEY NOW HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO TALK ABOUT.]

You know, may we should go help Addy out.

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Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

*higs death because feelings are dying*

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Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

*higs death because feelings are dying*

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Maralie Lily Charm said...

Blogland used to be somewhere I could escape to, when real life was... Crappy.

Now it feels like I come on here just to witness fighting and complaining and people leaving!

._.

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Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

[hugs Mara]

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Emerald Melody said...

:'(

You guys suck sometimes...

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

*sighs and sits by tree* i give up

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Oh okay Adra, I might do the same, just to get my emotions in check. *ponders*

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Star Inkbright said...

[I'm not anrgy at all, Trip.

I haven't been angry. I wasn't angry right through the arguing.

That's why everyone being cross about it irl has come as a surprise to me.]

Make the 'we' a 'you', Hunter.

[I'm sorry, Death. Hunter wouldn't have answered, so I didn't.

You see, Hunter does not care whether some of you feel ignored, whereas I love you all and etc.

It's a kind of flaw in this whole me-being-Hunter thing.

starinkbright@gmail.com , if any of you are upset and want to talk.

Look, guys. By having a go at everyone for arguing, you're making things worse. The solution lies in positive thoughts. Not negative ones.]

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Alastair Cruciatus said...

I'm not angry, I just feel sad and guilty and tired. And I really really really want to just leave but I can't, and I hate that so many of my friends are sad, and I hate that, of all people, I'm causing some of it! Whether or not it was intentional! I just... *screams* Augh, sorry... And I don't even have it half as bad as anybody else here...

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Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Well I'm sorry Em, I really f****** am, because honestly, I'm just an idiot who is destroying your wonderland! I'm sorry!

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Noelle said...

That's the thing- I'm angry all the time ,though.
Because there is always something happening
All the time
Every day
Here
ANd it pisses me off so MUCH.
*slices another monster in half*
And I would never even think about leaving, but everyone is just so ANGRY and HURT and SAD and WHINY.

AND I AM SO SICK OF IT. I miss the Blogland where everything was fun. WHICH, BY THE WAY, things can be fun, even if it's a bit dark so- ARGH.

*Screams again, slicing off the head of some large creature with yellow eyes*

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Amen, Em. A-freaking-men.

*sighs*

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Noelle said...

*sits on the floor, breathing heavily, sweating*
*falls back, letting tears fall, laying on her back*

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

I'm sorry, that was uncalled for, it's just... I don't know what emotion to feel, and that's destroying me.

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Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

*tackles Ari* Heey Ari

*glances at Trip* uhm i am sorry for having a go about you arresting Javier...I just can't handle the fact i probably will lose him and I want Alexis to have a father in her life

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

I'm not angry, I'm not sad, I'm... adrift. The closest thing to logic Trip I will ever be.

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Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

I wish I could just flick a switch and fix every |\|\/||/|/\||||ing problem.

I wish I could press rewind and undo it all and make every single thing okay.

But none of that's going to happen, is it?

We're all stuck on the road that goes only one way.

It's like in Seattle, on Aurora Avenue, you're not allowed to U-turn, and the crazy intersections make it almost impossible to go the other direction. And my parents were screaming at each other because Mom can't read a map and Dad can't follow directions. So we drove around for nearly fifteen extra minutes trying to work our way around to the park entrance so we could see the play...It feels like that now. And we missed that turn where you could go up or down and we needed up to get on Aurora, and we went down instead and now we're driving in circles, screaming our heads off and then apologizing, but doing it again.

I'm sorry, I just had to say that.

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Emerald Melody said...

No Trip, you said it all.

Yes this is my wonderland.

Because outside this wonderland, all I do is cry all the time.
I don't eat.
I barely sleep.
I'm on anti-depressants.

So I'm sorry if I come on here, looking for a bit of refuge from the fucking zombified lifestyle I've been put in, not by my choice.

Star Inkbright said...

[Blogger Maralie Lily Charm said...
Blogland used to be somewhere I could escape to, when real life was... Crappy.

Now it feels like I come on here just to witness fighting and complaining and people leaving!

._.

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July 22, 2013 at 10:49 PM

I know a lot of us feel that way.

MSD, SORRY.

Okay. One thing - don't leave. Another thing - don't complain about the fighting.

Complain for one comment or two, sure. Express your views. But then shut up about it.

Also . . . Okay, if any of us think a little squabble is turning into a big fight, say so, and then everyone has to change the subject, end-of.

I'm really sorry, guys, I'm having trouble being me. If I was me, this whole thing would be said a lot nicer and less harsher.

It doesn't help that we always argue when I'm tired and want to go to sleep . . . :P

Okay.

Yeah.


Okay.










Let's change the subject now, in fact. AND WE ALL ACT HAPPY, OKAY?

My mum says, if you act like you're confident, you become confident. She was saying this to me right before the Leeds signing, beacuse I was so nervous.

And then, in Derek's talk, he said that if you acted arrogant, you became arrogant.

And my mum was incredibly smug that he'd backed up her point she'd been trying to make for years. XD

So anyway.

If you act a certain way, you become that way.

Let's change the subject, all act happy, and we'll feel happier.]

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Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

It's fine Zaf, I get it. To be honest, I could have started a war by doing that, so you know! *laughs*

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Star Inkbright said...

[@Fabi: OH MY GOD, I LOVE YOU. *hugs*

And, everyone else - we've established a lot of times that we should all listen to Fabi.

So, LISTEN TO FABI.]

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Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Yeah I didnt think it'd cause a Blogland war whatever now i need to make an account for Alexis

Noelle said...

*sobs* I'm sorry...I'm so sorry....

We're all hurt about something outside of this damned blog... And it's not fair for us to take it out on each other. It's easier to take our anger out on someone we've never met, right? Because the people behind those screens, they con't care...
but we do
And everything we say hurts us even more.
There's a reason I don't talk about my issues, because it'd only be adding more fuel to the forest-fire that's burned through Blogland

Star Inkbright said...

Btw, everyone, our ship name is Ezter. DON'T GET IT WRONG.

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Alastair Cruciatus said...

Just emotionlessly brainstorming here:
Conflict makes roleplay more interesting. The more intense the conflict, the more interesting the roleplay.
People come to Blogland to avoid conflict. The more intense the conflict, the more annoyed/sad people who come here feel.
I think it depends on they type of conflict, too- like, when people are dying and we're trying to save them, everybody seems more or less ok and blogfights seem ok(please, please correct me if I'm wrong) but actual arguing isn't, because even if it's meant to just be rp, some people take it seriously or just can't stand to see their friends arguing so intensely amongst themselves. Or people are so wrapped up in roleplay that they accidentally ignore people.
Thoughts?

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Jophiel said...
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Star Inkbright said...

@Hunter: OHMYGODWHAT . . .

WHY???

AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, DON'T SHIP US!!!

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Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

I get what you mean Star, with the whole hunter thing. I feel like logic Trip is trying to steal my soul. Which makes no sense as it would be in no way logical.

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Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

[hugs everyone]

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Star Inkbright said...

@Ez: Well, I though that they could use our ship name when they were discussing how much they totally don't ship us.

And I wanted them to get it right.

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Star Inkbright said...

[This is me changing the subjectt, btw.]

Hunter, the argument we need to go for is - "We don't have a ship name, because WE ARE NOT A SHIP."

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Star Inkbright said...

But I like Ezter!

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Star Inkbright said...

But we are not a ship!

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Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

I get you Death. Bye! Have fun and stuff.

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Emerald Melody said...

...

And then I get ignored for opening up.
Top class everyone.

If anyone needs me, I'll be building my wonderland.

Alastair Cruciatus said...

Ok, listening to Fabi. I'm going to change the topic and pretend like that never happened now. If you have ideas about what I just said, pwachie@gmail.com (it's so weird, I know). I'll compile it into one post later.

Now, let there be happiness.

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Noelle said...

Yeah, Ari you're right...

*hands Death a skulcake* See y'later....

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Ari...yeah true

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Adra? You being eaten by monsters in there?

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Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

*tackles Ari*

Alexis: ARI COCO CRAZY PEOPLES!

Star Inkbright said...

Yes, but if we were . . .

[EVERYONE LISTEN TO ARI.

That is a very good point.

Okay . . .

Let's try not to argue in future in the roleplay, kay? *tries hard to remember* *would say how I'm trying hard to remember, but my rbain wants me to write Hunter-things*

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Alastair Cruciatus said...

Em! We're not ignoring you, I swear! Really really really really sorry if you feel that way!! I thought we were just trying to solve the problem you brought up...

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Noelle said...

*sits down, breathing heavily, wheezing*
*shuts her eyes, concentrating on her breathing*


Calm...

Star Inkbright said...

YES, BUT WE AREN'T.

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Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Um Em... I'm sorry I guess. Because I'm not. Again, no emotions. This is wierd.

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Maralie Lily Charm said...

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry I ruin everything.

I'm sorry I didn't "shut up".

I'm sorry I "complained" instead of "expressing my feelings".

I thought today was going to be okay.
Then everyone gave out to me because someone said I was depressed and suicidal. Which I'm not. -.- Maybe I was, but whose business is that?

And now, the place I thought was my home, the people I thought were my family, are telling me I messed up.
Okay, maybe I did. That sounds pathetic when it's typed. But today was not a good day for me. It started off amazing, and ended crappy.

So, bye for now. I'll be out of your lives for as long as I can be.

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Alexis said...

Hmmm does this work?

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

[hugs Death] I'm sorry you feel that way. Hopefully see you then...?

Okay:
Insulting someone, even in roleplay hurts... But banging at them with a sword wouldn't offend them irl.

[Swings a knife at Ari's head] [Misses intentionally]

See, you didn't mind that, did you?

But if I walked up and told you that you were wrong and a liar and mean or something, even in roleplay, that might hurt irl. [Depends on the person, I guess]

Mycroft and Trip shooting lasers at each other, whatever.
Mycroft and Trip insulting each other's organizationy governmenty things, makes people uncomfortable.

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Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Adra? Don't make me come in there!

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Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Adra? Don't make me come in there!

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Alexis said...

I wanna help i wanna help!!! *throws knfe at a dummy getting the heart* YES!!!

Noelle said...

Preach it, Fabi.

And, Mara. Please stay a bit longer. We'll figure this out. You're just as much of a Bloglandian as the erst of us. We'll get through this....

*lays down, wrapping herself in a blanket*

Star Inkbright said...

[Ditto waht Ari said.

I was responding by talking about the problem and suggesting ways to improve it. Seriously, if nobody had brought it up, I wouldn't have realised there WAS a problem.

Plus, I'M TRYING TO CHANGE THE SUVJECT TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL HAPPIER.

I'm not kidding here. If you think happy thoughts, you become happier. My mum says so, and my mum is one of the very best people in the world full stop, plus Derek says so, and we all know how awesome Derek is.
Plus I say so, and I#m awesome too. :)]

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Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

You know what, I think I'm leaving too. Bye. Have some umbrellas and shit.

☂☂☂☂☂☂☂☂☂☂☂☂☂☂☂☂☂☂☂☂☂☂☂


Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Oh gosh...

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

*punches self in face* Why did Mara make me feel nothing? This not good! I'm not feeling! My very humanity is escaping me!

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Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

As in for a long time.

Noelle said...

*puts her head in her hands* Star, I'm trying but it's just so hard...

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Well shit, I'm going to the afterlife again.

If it'll make you feel better, go for it September.

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Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

*leaps through portal*

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Alexis said...

*is skipping around*

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

[hugs Mara]

[hugs Em]

[Really shouldn't be here]

:-(

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Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

[hugs Ember]

[hugs Adra]

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Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

*walks through afterlife* Adra? Adra? Hello?

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Noelle said...

*sighs* I'm going to slap him...

I think a lot of people have real life problems and a lot of them trust the people on the Blog enough to share them... but when everyone comes to the blog with their problems, some come to get away from them, and I think that's part of the problem. People who need an escape, and people who need to vent...
And then there are the people who don't really have anything and just want to go on and have fun...

Everyone deserves the help that they need, and everyone deserves a sanctuary.

I don't know where I was going with this...

Noelle said...

*hugs Fabi*

Jophiel said...
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Alastair Cruciatus said...

Please don't leave! Please, just stop leaving! I mean, I won't stop you because I don't cross lines that people can't stand me crossing, and I don't try to, and if you really need to then just go ahead and leave, I won't hold it against you or guilt-trip you into coming back or anything like that. But leaving won't help, and it won't make anybody feel better- in fact, I'm pretty sure it will make everybody feel worse, so please don't!! That said, again, if you really have to, go ahead- I don't want anybody more hurt than they already are. And I'm sorry if I'm not as eloquent here as I usually am. I'm just emotionally exhausted. And I'm so, so sorry.

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Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

It \feels\ as though I'm not feeling anything. Guys, I'm scared.

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Star Inkbright said...

[EVERYONE LISTEN TO FABI. :)

Maraness . . . :(

When I pulled apart your comment, I was looking at the thing wrong with Blogland and ponting out ways to improve them.

I love you. It hurts so much when you blame yourself, because you're awesome and should not be blamed so horrible things by anyone.

Guys. If someone else said to Maraness the things she says to herself . . . Imagine the piles of hate we would pour on them.

But nobody would do that.

Nobody here would be that harsh.

Except herself.

See, Maraness? We love you. You're harder on yourself than anyone else is.

There is a lot wrong with Blogland. When I have bad thoughts, I just ignore them, okay? It's how I deal. When I'm worried about my cello, I ignore it, so I don't practise it and I get worse. When there's a deadline I need to do something for, I ignore it, so I don't do the thing I have to have done in by the deadline and I miss it.

. . . Yeah, it can sometimes suck. XD

When Blogland is being torn apart, I ignore it, because that's the way I am. I ignore it and I don't think about it, beacuse that's my coping strategy, and I'm rather good at ignoring things.

So I guess, to my brain, the solution looks like ignoring it beacuse most solutions look like ignoring it.

Also, I know that it'll make me feel happier by ignoring it, so I subconsciously want us to do so.

I'm sorry. I should probably have realised this earlier . . . *winces*]

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Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

I don't know what I need, what I want. I just, should sleep. A good night's sleep makes it all okay.

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Noelle said...

*raises glass* Hear Hear, Star.

*gets up, pulling her blanket closer around her, and sheathing her swords*
*walks to Trip*
*hugs* I'm sorry...

Edward Fletcher said...

going to go for a while, bye

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Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

*wanders* i wanna annoy coco but everyone made so ill stay quiet

Edward Fletcher said...

ill come back when its calm.

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Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

I'm.. I'm going to bed now. To get my feelings in order. Bye.

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Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

[hugs Star]

[hugs Ari]

[hugs Adra]

[hugs Trip]

[hugs all the people who've left and all the people who are still here]

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Noelle said...

*sighs*

Well.

*sits on the floor*

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Or maybe not. *hugs Adra* For what? It's me who should be sorry.

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Star Inkbright said...

[LISTEN TO ADRA AS WELL. :)

You know, this happened before in Blogland.

Everyone got depressed, and everyone got angry, and Blogladn was just this horrible place with everyone raging at each other.

And then everyone left.

I didn't leave, and I'm not going to now. I'm never leaving unless schoolwork or something like that drags me to distance.

I don't come to Blogland for any particular reason anymore. I used to, sure. But now I just come beacuse it is what I do. Blogland is just a part of me. I can't imagine life without it. Actually, I can, and it has so little point. My life without Blogland is lonley and boring and meaningless.

Blogland kind of is my point to life.

Blogland is part of me, and I am part of Blogland, and however many people leave, I'm not, not intentionally.

And also . . . You know, my identity crisises are sort of scary. And, um, I'm reacting to this leaving like Hunter, because I don't have a reaction and he does.

You know the other day when I didn't know what to say and so I was just saying what Hunter was saying instead?

It's like that.

And Hunter's like: *shrugs* Okay then. It's not what I wanted, but I can deal. *shoves sadness in drawer adn ignores it*

. . . And, yeah. D:

Msd.]

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Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

*lays on ground*

Noelle said...

No, sorry that you feel like you can't feel anything. *frowns* I'm sorry that everyone feels this way. Not by me, just... *shakes head*

I think we should all go to Hogwarts.

Now.

Noelle said...

*raises glass* Damn it, Star. With all of these toasts, I'm going to get drunk

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Star, you just said my thoughts. Right down to the scary identity crisis.

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Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

[hugs everyone and continues to work on random happy video in the hope that it'll do something meaningful and good]

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Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Sorry I don't feel anything? I'm pretty sure it's my fault my emotions are slipping away from me. Just, musing on humanity and sentience has done this to others! It's true!

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Noelle said...

*take's Trip's arm and begins to drag him from the afterlife to go find Ari and Star and Fabi and Zaf and whoever else is here*

WE ARE GOING TO HOGWARTS, DAMMIT

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Oook i just lost feeling in my back

Noelle said...

It isn't our own faults what we feel, guys. We can't control things like that. It's what happens around us...

But you know what? We sure as hell learn from it.

And Trip, I'm pretty sure you're in shock

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

It turns out Trip and I are more alike than I gave him credit for.

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Noelle said...

*shrugs* I think a piece of all of our souls are inside our characters. That's what makes them real.
*drags him though the portal, closing it behind them*

ZAF!
ARI!
STAR!
EM!
NIC?
FABI!
*rings gong*

GET ON OUT HERE! WE'RE GOING TO HOGWARTS

Niccolò Croatoan said...

Ah, Aretha, I think, is going to cry now, and possibly paint her nails as well, so I'll be here in her place for a while.

I am always hesitant to speak when Blogland becomes emotional. I'd like to say that is because I do not know all of you as well as Aretha does, but it isn't. I never speak up mainly because I don't feel I have any right to. Secondarily because Aretha is better at caring than I am, and more brave than I am. I am afraid to mess up, or offend someone, or that I won't say the right thing. That perhaps someone will leave on my watch, or go away feeling worse than when they came. I'm not confident enough to say anything that could be remotely useful. For that, I apologize. Now, please do not respond to anything I've just mentioned, aside from the part about me being here primarily in stead of Aretha. I do not wish to cause more of a commotion.

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Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

And I just burst out grinning, my feelings are back! Oh how I missed you! Joy! Sadness! Hopelessness! Happiness! Wonder! Haha! I love being human!

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Noelle said...

*grabs Niccolo and Zaf*

WE ARE GOING HOGWARTZING

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

Okay then, we're going to Hogwarts.

[Tucks umbrella under arm and follows Adra]

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Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Adra! Thank you! You saying I was I. Shock, it just made me laugh! Then it all came flooding back! You saved my humanity! Thank you Adra. *smiles* Thanks.

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Niccolò Croatoan said...

Aretha Tesla is absolutely no different in real life than she is here, aside from her magic. Everything else, down to each move she uses in blogfights, is real. She is herself. I am separate from her- in fact, you could say that in the novel she is now writing, she has become my character, because she is in it and I am telling the story. The two of us, however, are distinctly different people. I believe our situation may be somewhat unique, however I cannot be certain of that.
Again, I digress- I was merely intrigued by Adra's comment regarding characters and souls.

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Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

*grabs onto Niccolo* Coco....You know you're insane but loveable *pats head*

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

*skips after Adra* we're going away to Hogwarts to Hogwarts! We're going away to Hogwaets doodedededoo!

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Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

Hello Croatoan.

[acknowledges presence]

[sends long-distance-hug to Ari]

Each of my characters, with a few exceptions of course, is me in some way shape or form. I guess because I don't completely know who I am yet.

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Alexis said...

HI COCO!!! *waves giggling*

Noelle said...

*laughs* you're quite welcome

ZAF, COME ON YOU CRAZY CHILE

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Same here Fabi. I put a bit of me in all my characters. Apart from the ones based on other people, then I put bits of them in there. Sometimes.

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Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

*goes quiet* eers if Alexis wants to train with Niccolo i rather stay

Alastair Cruciatus said...

Couldn't wait to ditch these muggle clothes
So I slipped on my new school robes
From this day on, I'm on my own and I am in control!
I saw Lily as I crossed the train,
Her face pressed up against the windowpane
She seemed upset, but all I could think is 'are we there yet?'

This is it! We're off to Hogwarts
And you'd better be in Slytherin with me
We're finally going!
It's been 11 years and now we're finally here!


This is It, Lauren Fairweather
*doesn't sing rest of song* *isn't here*

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Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

TO HOGWARTS!

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Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Slytherin? Fool! I'm a hufflepuff! Right next to the kitchen for the win!

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Niccolò Croatoan said...

I won't be staying here, Zafira- apologies, but Aretha has always wanted to go to Hogwarts. Although she is not currently here, I feel obligated to go for her so she can, at the very least, see it through me, and should she arrive in my absence, I can teleport her there.

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Noelle said...

OH HELL NAW, WE're going back to hogwarts
we're going back to school
BACK TO WITCHES
AND WIZARDS
AND MAGICAL BEAST
TO GOBLINS AND GHOSTS AND TO MAGICAL FEASTS
ITS AL LTHAT I LOVE AND ALL THAT I NEED AT HOGWARTS HOG WARTS.
*opens a portal for King's Cross* Ari, Nic? You guys coming?

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

Ravenclaw!

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Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Oh yeah, before we begin, Rhydian wants to do a cool magic school idea, so go check that out! He needs characters, so if your character is 400 years old, they can teach!

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Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Yah ill come! Dont forget me

I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

SLYTHERIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

[Also, I have not read or watched the entire Harry Potter series, so please excuse any stupidity on my part]

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Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

*sighs* i gtg eat i shall be bavk TAKE ME WITH YOU GUYS IM SLYTHERIN

Niccolò Croatoan said...

Houses? Aretha is most certainly a Gryffindor. She has just informed me that I would be a Ravenclaw. However, each of my names would have separate houses, and should all of them be mixed together... I have no idea where I would be placed.

The song was written from the point of view from Severus Snape. It is from an album about a chapter in the 7th book significant to Snape and Lily, apparently.

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I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

Slytherin is for the AWESOME people.

>:D

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Huzzah! Our merry bunch is going to Hogwarts!

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Noelle said...

JUBI COME WITH US

And that's cool, Fabi

EVERYONE LINK UP!
*opens her hands*

WE HAVE TO GO THIS TOGETHER

Noelle said...

*does a dance* I'm... oh no, what would I be?

..

OH RIGHT. Ravenclaw :3

I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

*laughs* Did you ever notice that the only point of having the Houses is for Quidditch? Like, there's really no other use of them...

Niccolò Croatoan said...

*walks through portal* Aretha still isn't here. She would apologize if she was.

Hm. I had considered teaching at one point, but that was a little over 500 years ago. I am not certain I would trust myself near a group of students as I am now.

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Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Hufflepuff is for the UNCOOL people! Wait what?

No I know, but I'm a hufflepuff. And I'm in the same boat as Fabi. Except I've seen a few of the films.

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I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

OK!!!! *joins everyone*

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

Competition, mostly, Jubiiiiiieeeeieio. Also: YOU'RE A SLYTHERIN? O.o

And Quidditch is cool! XD

[joins the chain]

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Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

I taught a while ago, but I was just scouting for my first channeling students.

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Noelle said...

RIGHT.

On the count of three
1...
2...
3~

*JUMPS!*

I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

Actually, I'm a Ravenclaw according to pottermore.

BUT SLYTHERIN I BETTERRRRRRRRR :D :D :D :D :D :D

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Wait a second, won't the teachers be a little unhappy about a group of mages each hundreds of years old just waltzing into their school?

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I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

*JUmps*


WHEEE!!!

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

*sighs, jumps*

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Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

[jumps]

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Noelle said...

WE DOOOOO WHAT WE WAAAAAAAANNNNNNTTTTTT

*lands in a tree*

Hmm...

Niccolò Croatoan said...

Very fair point, Trip. I suppose we shall find out.

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Jophiel said...
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Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

*smashes into tree branch then falls to the ground, shouting then lands on back* Ow.

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Noelle said...

*sends Death off with another skulcake*

*looks around* This tree looks really familiar.

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

[Shrugs] We'll see, I s'pose.

[hugs Death]

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I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

HOGWAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRTTTTTTTTSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *runs around in circles*

I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

*Hugs Death*

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

*hugs death* Want to come to Hogwarts with is?

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Noelle said...

*eyes widen*

Is this...

TRIP MOVE! *a tree branch comes hurtling down for Trip*

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Say, isn't there a tree that can kill you in Hogwarts?

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Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

*branch smashes into face, goes flying*

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Noelle said...

YEAH

THERE IS

NOW MOVE!

*jumps from the tree as the branches swing at her, and she jumps over them like a jump rope*

Noelle said...

*pauses* *shouts* I TOLD YOU TO MOVE! *dodges a branch*

I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

Yeah....

But I thought I would be over THERE *Points to the edge of the Forbidden Forest*

Niccolò Croatoan said...

*shifts into crow and flies out of reach of tree* *speaks into everyone's minds* Shall I wait for the rest of you, or head towards the castle now?

Death, I am truly sorry you feel you have to leave. You do not deserve that.

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Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

*groans*

}
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I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

WOAH! *barely misses a tree branch*

I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

OK I was wrong....

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

*draws sword, gets up* Tree one me zero. I'm not going to stand for that!

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Noelle said...

Portals are different than apparating.*runs over to Trip and behind to drag him* GET UP YOU LAZY COW

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Coco wait up!!!

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

[Dodges tree branches with a combination of jumping, ducking and holding the umbrella in front of my face]

[Groans]

[Grips umbrella tightly and shadow-walks away from tree]

[Laughs bitterly]

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Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

*sword fills with soul energy, runs at tree*

Yaaaaaa!

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Noelle said...

Guys, let's not fight a tree, we're here to wreak havoc on the SCHOOL, not it's vegetation.

*pulls the other two out of the way*

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

*shadow walks to Coco* damn where is that man?

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Die tree die! *laughs madly, slashing branches off*

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Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Dont kill it!

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