Ta-metru_defender

So you're Tahu is what you're saying?

Were there big droids, though?

There was an imprisoned Droideka which Boba, uh, fell in love with. 

Anyway, shock value definitely shouldn’t be the only thing a story has going for it, but I don’t know if I’d say we should totally discount it.  Surprises can be fun!  A good plot point is sure to leave an impact on you, but if you couple it with surprise it’ll leave an even bigger impact.  So maybe, if you use it sparingly and effectively, it can be a helpful tool, but relying too heavily on it is a mistake?

Agreed. It's a narrative tool that adds to the story, but it should not be the entirety of the story's hook.

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So really, it's less important knowing WHAT happens than knowing HOW it happens? "Kylo Ren kills Han" is a spoiler, but "Han dies trying to redeem his son" is the one that actually robs you of the fun.

...Now, if we can just get a Viking flick with black, Saami, Native American, and Mongolian Vikings, the history nerd in me can finally enjoy movies again...

You have no idea how futzing bad I want that.

Really digging the feedback.

Here's another question: In, say Lord of the Rings, we know the heroes will win and the ring destroyed, even if you haven't seen it before. In Rogue One I know that they'll get the Death Star plans. In Doctor Strange I know Stephen will beat the bad guy. So are those stories spoiled already?

Awesome. Rache, I'm totally implementing yours. Droids and forcefields. Also throwing in some GoTG for good measure.

And here are some inmate notes I doodled down on the subway:

Kaimell

Human. Has a prosthetic leg.  Embezzlement. 

Waign

Twi'lek. 

Forgery

Speedo

Rodian

Murder

Ton'cli

Neimodian

Grand theft auto

Cantin

Gungan

Armed robbery, led a team:

Dadoy the Devonian, Lun'ge the Aqualish, Ivada the dug, and Tess the Besalisk

These guys make quick enemies of the pcs

I gotchu.

Unchaaaaarted! <3

 

 

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Omg, why do you hate sleep???

 

Why are you asleep?

I'm so conflicted about this. 'cuz on the one hand, I didn't play DDD because no 3DS, and that new thing looks cool... But I bought 1.5, and 2.5, and now there's a friggin' 2.8? 

...will probably still get it.

I dig the song's remix, but really want a new song. Also I want more love for Sanctuary.

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Makes sense. There's definitely value in turning down "make ends meet" money for the opportunity to find a good gig. Money itself is pretty common, though money you'd necessarily like to earn is more difficult, ha.

 

Recommend giving the middle of the country a try sometime. 1600 sq. ft. house, new construction, <$1k/mo easy, haha.

Jebediah Futzenberg. I hate you. =P

Rey's Theme and Scherzo for X-Wings give me life.

Totally understand the conundrum.

 

What's the nature of this other work? From what you've said, it seems purely worse:

• Lower pay
• Harder
• More hours

Trying to figure out what's making you consider it. Does it further your career in other ways? Does it pay higher in the end because there are that many more hours?

 

And are you still living in the financial deathtrap that is NYC? Haha.

 

I work hourly (wooo...) so the less pay/more hours thing was, eh. I ended up turning it down (I turned down a job, wut), so, time to find more money paying things.

And yep. Financial deathtrap like you wouldn't believe. Where dollar taco nights, Trader Joe's, and happy hour are your friends.

I've had both good and eh days at cons. I've realized that panels are what I really like, and then it's about the good panels. That and meeting people who's stuff I like. But then there are days where it's kinda just eh.

I really like "Goodnight Saigon," also used it for a paper I wrote once. 

Panels are always the best part.

See, I don't wanna spend money on it (hence not YNAB). And I'm trying with Mint, but it's a hassle to create custom budget categories. Like restaurants and fast food blur together for me, because I don't go to fast food joints but I do delis and food trucks, which is all part of my general food budget. I just found the online component, so I'm fiddling with that.

And man, no, my income's hardly stable, haha. It's built around weekly paychecks and pay from my last job that's still filtering in.

...

...dude, when did we get so old?

The quadratic formula.

Pahra-Pahra-Pahrakdice.

Those are definitely some interesting ones. The coloring club is a pretty neat idea, was everyone given the same pages or was it one of those, "Bring your own."?

 

~Soran

 

We had a tremendous collection of pages I curated over my years as part of the leadership. We've got 'em all collected in a google drive.

 • Coloring.

I ran a coloring club at college. With crayons. And silly pages. Was great.

 

Silly pages... or adult coloring book pages?

Both. Fun ones for kids, dumb ones for kids, coloring pages for grown ups, 'adult' coloring books, adult coloring books...

Are we ignoring Lego? We're totally ignoring Lego, yeah?

I find 'childish' a dumb term, 'cuz, y'know, I'm an adult now, I get to decide what grown ups do.

So.

• Coloring.

I ran a coloring club at college. With crayons. And silly pages. Was great.

• Candy.

I mean, duh.

 

Why have you not built Grievous yet

 

Remedy this mistake immediately

Basically, life got in the way. Guess I'll put you down for Grievous.

 

i never thought i'd agree with ghidora, but yes

build grievous

or vader

Hey, I got two people to agree on something. Guess I'll put you down for Grievous as well.

 

You should build them all. At the same time. Do step 1 for all, then step 2. Repeat accordingly.

 

I'm with TMD.

That would make for an interesting challenge, though I doubt I would have time for it.

 

Not only should you follow TMD's suggestion, but you should do a time-lapse video of it and then put it to Yakety Sax.

I don't know where to even begin on making such a video.

 

Step One.