Accidentally discovered on the SJG Forums:

http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=41526]TV Tropes characters-as-devices expressed as brief GURPS character templates.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

Having reread Island in the Sea of Time and the 1632 series, an idea occurred to me:
How about one of these "Alien Space Bat" plots with the transported folks from the past coming to the present?
Happily bubbling away in the back of my mind, I picked an event with a controllable number of folks of diverse backgrounds... kind of.
Premise: Alien Space Bats cause a "ring of fire" that transports the RMS Titanic from the night of April 14, 1912, (in its own universe) to the night of April 14, 200x (in a universe where the Titanic sank).
Now, before I can get to the wonderful drama of these early 20th century class-stratified folks adjusting to the "chaotic" modern age, I need to figure out the consequences of the arrival. I'd need to figure out how long the old ship can cruise around without realizing anything's wrong except a "damned strange weather phenomenon last night, wot?" And just what modern ship will encounter Titanic first.
I'd like it to be the Queen Mary 2 on its own transatlantic crossing, but I'd also need to realize how long it would be before the Titanic was picked up on radar, etc, getting the various Coast Guards riled up when it only has a Morse spark-gap "wireless" system or semaphore for communication...
And exactly how the US Coast Guard WOULD react...
If you folks still have the link to that author's resource blog for me to ask such questions, that would be swell.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll

There was a manga, comics, toy and collectables convention downtown. I'd forgotten about it, really - I was in the city for something else, and walking to
the train station when I passed a poster. And I'm like, hey, wait, that's down the street.

So. I feared I'd leave with my wallet somewhat lighter, but I went anyway. As it turns out, I was right, I did spend enough money to blow my budget for
nonessential entertainment items for the next, well, few months. The thing is...

...I spent my money at the Wacom booth.

I am no longer an artistic Luddite. I have a drawing tablet. And here's my first attempt at an entirely digital piece of work:



The actual base drawing isn't my best, but I was still feeling my way through the whole 'sketching with a tablet' thing when I did the initial
linework. But by the time I got to the colours and shading, it was a breeze. The chest symbol's pretty crap, admittedly - I really can't draw stars,
can I? But I had to take a stab at it for the costume. Ah well.

All in all, I think I've leveled up my capacity to produce neat things.
-- Acyl

I've recently done a bit of desperation and picked up another job. The constraints of it and my other job held concurrently mean I have very little time to
play CoH as it stands, especially since, as anyone who's done any long-term CoH missions with me lately knows, this means I have limited time to
"help" my father with his online schoolwork.

So, I'm gonna be on the game considerably less than previously... add to this the lack of PlayNC timecards at my former sources... ><
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll

(Or should that be "Frodo's Guide to Fenspace"? )

Since I'm writing a long story with people moving from place to place, I thought it might help to list where they can get a decent bite to eat... So, here's a very rough, "zeroth-draft" list of where to get a good meal out in Fenspace. These are just the places I remember being mentioned by somebody; details and other contributions, as always, are encouraged.

Venus

The Tipsy Senshi (**)
Castle Magellan, Level xx
Japanese-style Bar

review-here-blah-blah-cheap-sake-blah-blah-yakitori

Earth/Luna/Cislunar Space

Meg's (***)
Stellvia, Main Concourse
American-diner style food

review-here-blah-blah-meatloaf-and-mashed-potatoes-with-gravy-blah-blah-best-tollhouse-cookies-off-earth

Manny O'Kelly's Bar and Grill (*****)
Moonbase Alpha, D Level
American-style Bar and Grill

review-here-blah-blah-brewpub-blah-blah-garlic-steak-sandwich

250K Saloon (***)
Kandor City, West sector
what's-it-like?

review-here-blah-blah

Mars

Callahan's (***)
Port Phobos, Level xx
American-style Bar

review-here-blah-blah-inexpensive-beer-blah-blah-smash-your-glass

Main Belt

The Drunken Harlock (**)
Pirate Island
American-style Dockside Bar

review-here-blah-blah-cheap-beer-blah-blah-fishcakes-no-really-fishcakes

The Dancing Shinobi (**)
Village of Hidden Asteroid
Japanese-style Bar

review-here-blah-blah-expensive-sake-blah-blah-okonomiyaki
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

Ahem...

Does it count as a plotbunny when so many people have already written the story?
http://www.dotchan.com/gallery/details.php?image_id=313]Super Sailor Ranko
http://www.dotchan.com/gallery/details.php?image_id=302]Sailor Ranko and the Fiancée Senshi
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

I'm way behind on my anime fix and I'm looking at Konakon...just on episode 1 we're talking 7.5 on the echi-meter!

Poor guy..being called the Great Erotic King...just because the school bishojo is literally doing everything short of raping him!
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Into terror!,  Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell

Someone placed these on a forum I fequent and I thought someone should get a kick out of this:











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Into terror!,  Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell

Pixar knocks it out of the park again. I don't think these guys have a bad movie in them.

Absolutely brilliant, beautiful picture. Not so much "highly recommended" as "what the hell are you doing sitting around on the Internet, fool? GO SEE IT NOW! NOW NOW NOW!"

Also, it has Satchmo, and Peter Gabriel. *Everything's* better with Satchmo and Peter Gabriel.
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery

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