Someone commented, back when, about the possibility that Doug would notice that Skuld sounded an awful lot like Lisa Vanette (on account of them having the same seiyuu). I just recently discovered that Inoue Kikuko's roles included Electra in Nadia. I hardly think Doug's gonna forget Belldandy's voice any time soon. Weird coincidence time! What if he hears her speak before he sees her face?
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Big Brother is watching you.  And damn, you are so bloody BORING.

Can no one writing Buffyfic bother to look at Sarah Michelle Gellar's IMDB entry to get her height? I've seen Buffies ranging from 4'10" to 5'4", just in the past couple days. At least three of the heights I've seen come from one single fic, to boot.

-- Bob
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For Jor-El so loved the Earth, he sent his only begotten son...

Just a quick note to let folks know that I've updated the DW FAQ (nothing big, just a change to the question about confusing me with the guy who runs DC's Batman franchise), and I've finally put the finished version of Shayne's "Crossroads" up on the Fic^2 page.
That's all.

-- Bob
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For Jor-El so loved the Earth, he sent his only begotten son...

Photo here.

-- Bob
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For Jor-El so loved the Earth, he sent his only begotten son...

I was looking for some Twisted Sister AMVs and found two that are worth sharing:
Bubblegum ROCK!
www.animemusicvideos.org/...hp?v=59412
Anime: Bubblegum Crisis
Song: I Wanna Rock
and
Young Punks on Bikes
www.animemusicvideos.org/...php?v=7590
Anime: Akira
Song: The Kids Are BackWhat if: Chibi Usa, Veteran Speznas Ninja Commando From Hell(tm)?What if: Chibi Usa, Veteran Speznas Ninja Commando From Hell(tm)?

"A futuristic flexible material that instantly hardens into armour upon impact will protect US and Canadian skiers"

-- Bob
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For Jor-El so loved the Earth, he sent his only begotten son...

I've got a need in several different Steps for a song that'll let Doug refine/melt/extract metal, with refine/extract being more operative than "melt". Anyone have any suggestions?

-- Bob
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For Jor-El so loved the Earth, he sent his only begotten son...

There's a fun filk rock group called Ookla the Mok. They do some fairly impressive songs, and this one appears to be tailor-made for granting songs to others. I don't know if this should be a targeted song, or if anyone in Doug's area of effect gets tagged. I sort of lean towards the second idea, since it'd generate some lovely chaos. The powers granted...well, Doug could determine them, they could be utterly random, based on the targets' personalities, or maybe their own favorite ideas for powers. But this should do the job fairly well, I'd think.
Super Powers
copyright 1998 Randam music
words by Rand Bellavia and Adam L. English
music by Adam L. English and Rand Bellavia
performed by Ookla the Mok
I got bitten by a radioactive bug
I tried an experimental drug
I went out for a stroll on a gamma testing range
I found an enchanted Uru cane
I made a serum that made me small
I modified the serum so it would make me tall
I got radioactive isotope in my eye
A dying alien helped me accessorize
I gained the proportionate strength of a spider
Now I'm invincible and I can fly
I lost my sight and my other senses were heightened
I'm gonna put on my pajamas and go fight crime
Now I'm a super hero (now I am a)
I'm a super hero now (super hero)
Now I'm a super hero (I'm a super)
I got my super powers (hero now)
My best friend and my girlfriend (and her brother) went into space
Who'da thought we'd get bombarded by cosmic rays
It turns out I'm the last of a powerful alien race
My mother formed me from a lump of magic clay
I'm given super powers by a yellow sun
I studied under the Ancient One
I got an adamantium skeleton
Some grizzled old wizard taught me a magic acronym
Now I got the wisdom of Solomon
And the Strength of Hercules
I haven't memorized what "AZAM" was
But I still fight evil in my red pajamas
Chorus
I gotta get me a helicopter
And you can get a jet plane
We'll take out their surveilance tower
We can make up code names
And when you get home at the end of your day
I'll pack your parachute and put away
Your utility belt and gas grenades
You were never meant to see
I showed you my secret identity
I suppose that I could always hypnotise you
If I wanted to
But I propose another thing
You can wear my decoder ring
We can have matching hovercraft
We can go undercover
After all we might just fall like stars from the sky
You know too but I know you you won't be happy til you try
Super hero team-up
Cowboy secret space detective true love
Super villain two-in-one
The bad guys have taken over Washington
Don't be scared cause I'm prepared
There's an emergency but I'm ready
Cause fortunately I'm a super hero too
I got super powers just like you
Now I'm a super hero
Now I'm a super hero
Now I'm a super hero
I got my

In further observance of "I Hate Valentine's Day" Day ...
Metamorphic Invaders -- 285 points.
Attributes: ST +4 [40]; HT +2 [20].
Secondary Characteristics: Basic Move -2 [10].
Advantages: Double-Jointed [15]; Fangs [3]; Hard to Kill +5 [25]; Injury Tolerance (Homogenous, No Neck) [45]; Morph (Up to 35 points; Copies Personality, +100%; Genetic Match 2, +100%; Link, Terror, +10%; No Memorization Needed, +50%; Needs Sample, must consume, -50%; Takes Extra Time, 10 minutes, -60%) [265]; Single Minded [5]; Terror 5 (Link, Morph, +10%) [88].
Perks: Immunity to the Riders [1].
Disadvantages: Appearance (Horrific; Universal, +25%) [-30]; Bad Sight [-25]; Bestial [-15]; Invertebrate [-20]; Low Empathy [-20]; No Sense of Humor [-10]; Obsession (Hunt, Kill & Reproduce) (6) [-20]; Odious Personal Habit (Eats sentient beings) [-15]; Slow Eater [-10]; Unusual Biochemistry [-10]; Weakness (1d/minute, Alcohol) [-40..
Quirks, Features, & Taboo Traits: No Social Skills [0]; Uncongenial [-1].

In honor of "I Hate Valentine's Day" Day ...
The Void -- 4236 points.
Attributes: ST 83 [730]; DX 15 [100]; IQ 12 [40]; HT 10 [0].
Secondary Characteristics: Dmg 9d+1/11d+1; BL 2021 lbs; HP 83 [0]; Will 12 [0]; Per 12 [0]; FP 10 [0]; Basic Speed 6.25 [0]; Basic Move 6 [0].
Social Background: CF Western [0]; Languages: English (Accented) [4], Spanish (Native) [0]; TL 8^ [0].
Advantages: Alternate Form (Unpowered Human; Reduced Time 4, +80%) [27]; Control 12 (Gravity; Singularity, +50%) [360]; DR 65 (Absorption, any trait, +100%; Cannot Wear Armor, -40%; Force Field, +20%; Limited, Energy, -20%; Singularity, +50%) [683]; Doesn't Breathe [20]; Doesn't Eat or Drink [10]; Flight (Low Ceiling, 10 feet, -20%; Singularity, +50%) [52]; Immunity to Metabolic Hazards [30]; Injury Tolerance (Homogenous) [40]; Lifting ST +19 (Super Effort, +400%; Singularity, +50%) [314]; Matter Absorption (33d Corrosive Attack [Always On, -40%; Aura, +80%; Cosmic, Irresistable Attack, +250%; Melee Attack, Reach C, -30%; Selectivity, +10%; Singularity, +50%; Variable, +5%) [1403]; Pressure Support 3 [15]; Sealed [15]; Singularity Talent 5 [25]; Telekinesis 16 (Singularity, +50%) [120]; Unusual Background [50]; Vacuum Support [5]; Warp (Blind, +50%; Naked, -30%; Reliable 9, +45%; Singularity, +50%) [215].
Disadvantages: Appearance (Monstrous) [-20]; Compulsive Behavior (Construction of strange devices) (9) [-15]; Delusion (I become another person when I transform) [-15]; Insomniac (Mild) [-10]; Loner (6) [-10]; Megalomania [-10]; Paranoia [-10].
Quirks: Believes the machine she's constructing will separate her forms; hates her "alternate personality"; wants to know why she's being persecuted.
Skills: Brawling (DX+1, E)-16 [2]; Engineer (Electronics) (IQ, H)-12 [4]; Mathematics (Applied) (IQ-2, H)-10 [1]; Mechanics (Automobile) (IQ, A)-12 [2]; Scrounging (Per+2, E)-14 [4]; Stealth (DX+1, A)-16 [4].
* Her Matter Absorption ability is based on the Disintegration example in Powers, under "Absolutes". It is easily the most frightening thing I've built in roughly twenty years of gaming. Anyone who touches or strikes her will take an average of 117 points of damage. This annihilates anyone with 11 HP or less, regardless of armor or other protections. I gave her the ability to turn it down (but not off [Edit: except for the "ignores DR" portion]), so that she can pick things up and throw them at the PCs. Big things.
* Her normal press is 8 tons. Her extra effort press is 7600 tons. Using Telekinesis, she can move an extra-heavy encumbrance of 510 lbs; she uses this when she doesn't want to damage what she touches -- i.e. the electronics equipment she steals.
* For that reason, I decided not to give her Telekinesis the Attraction/Repulsion limitation, even though it's highly appropriate.
* I changed her mental disadvantages slightly. I discussed why she's not a Split Personality under 4e before; in her background, her compulsion seems to be to build a weird machine, with theft as the only way that she can get the parts that she "needs".