Random Off-Topic

Yeah if I'm going into hero psychology Jung is pretty much going to be a given. I don't know enough about Freud, outside of just general knowledge, to really know what to look for in that regard yet. So far I'm trying to find as many sources as possible on graphic novels as literature, and critical analysis of graphic novels. You'd be surprised how many scholarly sources there are out there that are written specifically on either the Watchmen or Alan Moore. It's kinda blowing my mind, like the literary world is finally starting to take the medium seriously, as they should IMO.

Spurgun wrote:

DoughGuy wrote:

Spurgun wrote:So many people changing their avatars

Well I couldn't resist

you very rarely post anymore, so that doesn't bother me

Altough i hate the fact that i had to read the username to see who it was :evil: So much extra work for me.


Edit: While we're talking about the Watchmen. I saw the movie a few days ago, i did quite like it. It was gorier that i expected it to be though.

Note to self, can pretend to be new guy by changing avatar

You can actually do that (at least you can fool me)
If you would have just started posting acting like some random person, it would have taken while for me to realize that it's you. At least until i look at your post count

Who is this kind and was has he done with my beautiful doughboy? :/

Spurgun wrote:You can actually do that (at least you can fool me)
If you would have just started posting acting like some random person, it would have taken while for me to realize that it's you. At least until i look at your post count

haha my own post count betraying me

Enjoying my sexy new avi Serious lol

DoughGuy wrote:
haha my own post count betraying me

Enjoying my sexy new avi Serious lol

You shouldn't enjoy it. It's new and different, and we all know that change=bad, right? :evil:

I don't like change either. I get used to it after a while, but I always seem to feel out of touch with things for a bit if the change was big enough.

Change = adventure

ADVENTURE.....GOOOOOOOOOD!

Sometimes

Watchmen spoilers alert!

Spoiler:

Andres, how'd you get to do a Dark Souls evaluation?

The only problem I had with Watchmen (keep in mind this was a long time ago, I saw it only in theaters, twice, but still only at launch) was that Mr. Manhattan was so overpowered. When you can warp to distant planets and conjure up savage tsunamis that the flick of a wrist you know there are balancing issues.

I think that's actually deliberate. Feeding off of Plastic's point, there's no reason to think that, if he wanted to, he could somehow avert the crisis. They show he can be multiples of himself, so even if he had to kidnap all the world's leaders and smack them around until there was actual peace it would better than the alternative. If he was really motivated, he could become a symbol more powerful than what he was. It's hinted he was flaunted as the ultimate weapon, which was the reasoning behind nuclear weapons in the first place, don't attack us because we have a bigger gun basically. Instead, he could have helped solve the world's problems by assisting everyone, etc. I could go on with that. Basically, he could have done a whole hell of a lot more than the ONE thing he was working on.

Like Plastic said, he became so detached that, despite near omniscience, he failed to actually see alternative strategies. In the end....

Spoiler:

"Essentially, he's exaggerated to demonstrate the character flaw."

That's what I figured.

Oh, and andres, I'm also interested in hearing how you were allowed to write about Dark Souls.

Also,

Whacking Day

meet

Squirrel Slam

The picture is hilarious. Don't think I've ever seen a creature be so delighted to be caught in the crosshairs.

There's a HUUUUUUUGE uproar in my area about this. Protests are clearly in no way tied to recent firearm stories and legislation. You know, since this is year FIVE and no one's had an organized protest and petitions to Albany for the last four years.

I can see the reply from Albany now:

Dear Protesters,
We appreciate your concern and involvement with the activities of your fellow New Yorkers. Please follow the enclosed link to the DEC information regarding squirrel hunting (found here). As you can see, this event is taking place prior to the conclusion of squirrel season in NY state. Additionally, I would like to point out that the daily limit for protected varieties of squirrels (gray, and in some areas, black) is 6 per day. This is the individual limit. The event you are protesting states teams may only have five, under the approved NY state limit for an individual. I would also like to point out, red squirrels, which the event in question has included in their competition are NOT protected and can legally be hunted WITHOUT LIMIT. The weigh in times are clearly prior to the end of the squirrel hunting day.

In conclusion, they're doing this completely legally and likely with the best wishes of the DEC. Basically go **** yourselves!

Spoiler:

Out with the guns, cannot come quick enough.

skarekrow13 wrote:I think that's actually deliberate. Feeding off of Plastic's point, there's no reason to think that, if he wanted to, he could somehow avert the crisis. They show he can be multiples of himself, so even if he had to kidnap all the world's leaders and smack them around until there was actual peace it would better than the alternative. If he was really motivated, he could become a symbol more powerful than what he was. It's hinted he was flaunted as the ultimate weapon, which was the reasoning behind nuclear weapons in the first place, don't attack us because we have a bigger gun basically. Instead, he could have helped solve the world's problems by assisting everyone, etc. I could go on with that. Basically, he could have done a whole hell of a lot more than the ONE thing he was working on.

Like Plastic said, he became so detached that, despite near omniscience, he failed to actually see alternative strategies. In the end....

Spoiler:

Exactly. I'd argue that Ozymandias and the Comedian are a binary pair in some ways too. Both of them are able to see things for exactly what they are, and to a degree each prompts the other to his ultimate fate, but the Comedian's general perspective puts him in a position to not be able to change anything, while Ozzy's puts him in a position to do so much that it's morally questionable. There's definitely a link between character psychology and morality.

Part of the reason I like Rorschach so much though, is despite all this stuff, which can all be rationalized and analyzed to make perfect sense, Rorschach kind of resists any solid analysis, because his character pretty much states that he has no real stated meaning, or can mean whatever you see, or whatever you want him to.

I wouldn't call him a hacker. Glitches like that are rare, but you do meet an invisible person every now and then. There's nothing either of you can do about it.

Invisibles used to be really common in the forest. They can see and hit you. You can bleed and die.

Luckily, I was on their side more often than not

Another one joins the cause!


Hail to the curse!

Keh heh heh heh

GrinTwist wrote:

BeeSeaEss wrote:

GrinTwist wrote:I'm always on my computer.
Watching things.
Posting things.

I have an eventful life.

Pretty much what I do all day

And there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
By the way, don't ever try to sleep in a sink it was incredibly uncomfortable.
I got an hour of sleep before I moved into a more comfortable position and got my back wet.
...
Maybe I should try sleeping in my bed sometime this week.

Yea, I went back to my bed this week because I have to wake up at 5am now, everyday... This one time, I used an empty dog food bag as a sleeping bag

HEY! I'm random and I'm popping in in the middle of a conversation probably, but I just want to say that I see a bunch of blue orbs in the General Discussion section.

It's been a LONG time since I've seen that.

Ok, continue with your CONVERSATION! Whatever that is.