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Psych, the TV show?

I agree. I mean, they're both essentially tackling the same themes, except cyberpunk is couched in a rebellious, "fighting the man" setting, and steampunk/clockpunk is couched in the setting of the British Empire's glorious, unquestionable supremacy. Well, the bad steampunk is.

But seriously, yeah, they were nice-looking sets, but they were a letdown after 2007's innovative, set-unique focus, especially since they were supposed to be the return of the Nuva. EDIT: Boy, am I a geek.

Perhaps, since the franchise has basically drawn to a close, those people with a passing interest in the subject, and few bonds to the community (which made their not being fans so annoying) departed for newer pastures. Pastures fertilized with harmful chemicals that run off into a nearby stream. A stream that orphans drink from because their poor, run-down orphanage has no running water. And the pasture was built on razed forestland that was actually the habitat of an extremely local species of bird, thus demolishing a quarter of their traditional nesting grounds. And the cows grazing there are actually sinister organisms engineered from cow DNA to resemble cows but function as biological equivalents to electronics. Which electronics, specifically, is unknown, but the cows aren't any less sinister when they all turn their heads to look at passing cars. It is hoped they are Walkmans. And the cars are driving past the pasture on an interstate highway that took away traffic from a nearby older route, destroying the economy of the surrounding towns. I'm going a bit far, aren't I.

I think it was more that a bunch of relatively early members who coalesced into some kind group of tastemakers began going through the same adolescent pangs of angst and shortsighted vitriol, and led a few others with them. As for what happened after, well, I can't speak for that because I wasn't here frequently.

Vaguely sinister, I agree. Red eyes and the implication of ancientness are a good combination for that.

Will you have a bowler hat on, and talking about fruit flies, bananas, and arrows?

I would argue that if you inspect it more closely, it's "if enough humans let their apathy or ignorance get them to let horrible things happen, horrible people will immediately take advantage of it and all the people will be horrible by default".

I do, too.

The actors playing Edward and Mary SueBella have both said they don't like the books.

The non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch has reported serious violations of human rights on both sides. For example, Georgian soldiers are attacking ethnic South Ossetians and driving them out of their homes, and the Russian military is using cluster bombs on civilians and civilian structures.

Oh, WX, you so crazy awesome.

Gee, I recall Wendy's chicken nuggets being good. Then again, the last time I had an order of Wendy's chicken nuggets was in 2002.

Staff Sergeant Max Fightmaster is cooler than you are. Seriously, that's his actual name and title.

I don't support this notion of giving magical energy blades to small children of yours.

Maybe they did, but look where Maul ended up anyways. ~D He came back as a cyborg with giant robot chicken legs in a What-If issue of a Star Wars comic.

I know you're referencing some event, WX, but I have no idea what.

My, isn't this a sau-- Er, subtle reference party.

Right. Some are epics are EPIC FAAAAAAAIL! And then there's EPIC MARY SUUUUUUE, EPIC AUTHOR SURROGAAAAATE, and all that jazz.

Doesn't look steampunk to me. ~D Steamboat Willy is one of the original Mickey Mouse cartoons, in which Mickey Mouse captains a steamboat to comedic effect. It was in black-and-white. That isn't steampunk....... -Omi He's referring to that photoshopped image of Abraham Lincoln with a gattling gun for a left arm, if you're not being sarcastic.

Jack Stone? Wow, I can't believe it's been, what, seven years since then? Dang.

LoEG Vol. II tripods own fancy-pants silver diamond-head tripods.

You spelled 'berserker' wrong.

Good jorb, KayBee, spreading knowledge across the land like butter across toast.

It's been addressed before, it's come into exchange as a simple expression of surprise. There's a boundary between the sincerely religious utterance of it and the casual "it's better than 'gee willikers'" utterance of it.