Gavin

[SIZE="1"][B]Madra[/B]. [list][*][SIZE="1"][FONT="Verdana"]It's Irish thereby fitting the European requirement, and everyone knows Irish stuff is cool.[/FONT][/SIZE] [*][SIZE="1"][FONT="Verdana"]It sounds partially-Asian, heck add another "a" after the "d" and you'll even get a Naruto character's name.[/FONT][/SIZE] [*][SIZE="1"][FONT="Verdana"]Less than .08% of the world's population will actually know the translation without looking it up. [spoiler]Dog.[/spoiler] :p[/FONT][/SIZE][/list][/SIZE]

[quote name='Lunox'][font=trebuchet ms] I know this is a captions thread, but this picture needs no captian. Keep in mind this is an original photo with absolutely no Photoshopping involved. [img]http://xs132.xs.to/xs132/08424/1224131947987417.jpg[/img][/font][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]I actually tried for about a solid half hour to come up with a caption for that picture, but as Lunox said, it just doesn't need one. :animesmil[/SIZE]

[CENTER][SIZE="1"]And continuing my Freeloader cat pic, I present Beerloader. [IMG]http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/funny-pictures-cat-would-love-another-beer-if-you-are-getting-up.jpg[/IMG] In Rusha cheezburger can haz you. [IMG]http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/funny-pictures-cat-discovers-that-the-cheeseburger-is-not-yet-ripe.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/CENTER]

[CENTER][SIZE="1"][IMG]http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/political-pictures-george-bush-say-anything-give.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] Sad but true, come on George, you know Osama is actually on Mars now, just give NASA some warning and you can still invade before November. [CENTER][IMG]http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/political-pictures-barack-obama-yoda-grammar-doing-right.jpg[/IMG][/center] Mmmm, the Hope is strong with this one. [center][IMG]http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/political-pictures-sarah-palin-beauty-queen-world-peace.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] I just want to say for the record, even if she's an incompetent red-neck, she's still damn hot.[/SIZE]

[quote name='Solo Tremaine'][COLOR=#503F86]Or at the very least she has enough taken out of her that we see her 'real age' soon. 'Cause that'd be interesting.[/COLOR][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"][CENTER][IMG]http://i37.tinypic.com/2ym9ipy.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] Kaname Ougi is horrified by your desire to see the hag's true form.[/SIZE]

[quote name='Solo Tremaine'][COLOR=#503F86]That's fair enough, but I've never really seen him as condescending. He's just more of a realist than perhaps some of the other characters are. He's not that emotionally distant; certainly Ichigo's are bubbling much closer to the surface in the way he acts, fights and reacts to everything that's thrown at him, it's still obvious that Hitsugaya cares not only for Hinamori and Rangiku, but also that he felt completely betrayed by Aizen and Gin; you can tell that when he tried to murder Aizen for attacking Hinamori, and for lashing out at Gin for believing he corrupted her. But yeah, he doesn't give off the warmest of auras, but then he is an ice-wielder, so it's almost in his nature anyway :P[/COLOR][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]True, he is far more emotional and emotionally-driven than he likes to portray himself as being, and perhaps I'm simply labelling his expressed authority as a captain as being arrogance. His sense of betrayal is also a fair point, though I consider it more linked to Hinamori who's been completely warped by the whole thing. It's obvious he cares about her a lot more than he lets on. Perhaps hate is a bit strong, I simply dislike his general attitude as against the other captains, in fact he's one of the few captains I don't particularly care for, the others being Soifon (because really she's just Yoruichi's Hinamori) and Yamamoto. I am slightly relieved though by the fact he resembles a young Byakuya, so in another fifty or so years, he'll hopefully ooze awesomeness.[/SIZE] [quote name='Solo Tremaine'][COLOR=#503F86]Heh, people in Sixth Form used to call me Hu-Gi-Oh ^_^; I'm used to the Yugi puns.[/COLOR][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]I know, you did tell me after all my friend, I just have quite a good memory to remember it after so long. ^_^[/SIZE] [quote name='Solo Tremaine'][COLOR=#503F86]With regards to his strength, he actually seems like one of the weaker captains when you put it in perspective, and that's probably indicative of his age (I don't often remember details like timelines, so thanks for pointing out how long he's actually been there, heh). But then his battles have always had him up against people vastly more powerful than he is. I guess in a way I'd prefer it if he had better technique as Ichigo but perhaps didn't have the raw power. That would be a fair compromise in my eyes. I think it was a little indulgent for him to have his own movie though. I haven't seen it yet, heh. Or the first one, for that matter...[/COLOR][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]I think one of the major problems in trying to rank captains as stronger or weaker is that it depends on the fight and the opponent, some like Mayuri would be considered stronger based on strategic fights, while Kenpachi rules the head-on battle. Taking captains who excel all around like Byakuya, Yama and his students and Aizen and then I suppose you can construct some sort of system. I have Hitsugaya ranked lower (and I use the term lower loosely) due to his relative lack of skills with his bankai (he can't seem to maintain it for long periods like other older captains). Skip the movies, they're not particularly worth watching. [I]Memories in the Rain[/I] is quite a good expanded version of Ichigo vs Grand Fisher though.[/SIZE]

[CENTER][SIZE="1"][B]Nathan[/B] [IMG]http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/funny-pictures-cat-is-practicing-cpr.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/CENTER]

[SIZE="1"]I'm not usually that amused by captions based on "nom" but I gave a good chuckle at that one. [CENTER][IMG]http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/funny-pictures-cat-eats-baseball-players.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/funny-pictures-you-have-a-freeloader.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER][/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Behold, Matrix Table-Tennis. [CENTER][YOUTUBE="Matrix Ping Pong"]-dcmDscwEcI[/YOUTUBE][/SIZE][/CENTER]

[SIZE="1"]It's not really out of context but this was just one of the few scenes in Gundam 00 that might fit in here. [CENTER][IMG]http://zeitgeistglee.250free.com/Gundamlol.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/CENTER]

[quote name='Ace'][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Sanbi is probably still alive, since Deidara and Tobi took out the 3-tailed beast in the wild. I'm assuming it escaped, though there's a chance they killed the host and then captured the beast.[/FONT][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]Hmm true, I always thought that when a Tailed-Beast escaped from the host it meant the latter's death, considering the same thing happened to Gaara when the Ichibi was removed fully. I hope Kishi actually dedicates a few chapters at some point to the lives of the Jinchuuriki we haven't seen as they look a fairly cool bunch, sort of like the Turn Back the Pendulum chapters in Bleach.[/SIZE]

[quote name='Solo Tremaine'][COLOR=#503F86]I really don't see why he's so annoying. He's just a very serious young man. He hasn't done anything particularly obnoxious during the series. Do I detect jealousy much?[/COLOR][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]I think it's just the emotionally cold, prodigy archetype of his character is something I dislike in literature. Even though Ichigo is cut from a somewhat similar cloth, while he is emotionally distant, we at least know underneath it all he is very concerned with the welfare of his friends and allies. He's not particularly annoying but the way in which he conducts himself and speaks often has an edge of condescension I think seems almost ridiculous from someone his age and relative inexperience. It's also the fact every time he's threatened someone (Gin, Aizen and Luppi) he's ended up getting beaten. I know he didn't technically lose to Gin, but I don't think Gin was fighting at full strength there either and he is yet another prodigy. And no Hugi, there's no jealousy there. (And that wasn't a typo for your name) :p[/SIZE] [quote name='Solo Tremaine'][COLOR=#503F86]Why would it be unrealistic for him to be more powerful than Ichigo anyway? He's been a Shinigami for hundreds of years; personally I'd be more disappointed i Ichigo were to ace absolutely everyone on the first go, much like some other God-Modding manga characters we could care to mention.[/COLOR][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]Putting aside the fact that Ichigo is the main character and there for subject to constant power-ups in order to justify his continued victories, Ichigo's calibre of victories completely out-strip Hitsugaya's. The only parallel we can genuinely draw is their fight against Aizen in which Ichigo survived being nearly bisected and was able to remain conscious having just fought and beaten Byakuya and taken considerable damage. In Hitsugaya's fight well he was similarly bisected and well, did not manage to stay conscious. Dealing with the four main aspects of Shinigami strength, it is likely that Hitsugaya may be more powerful than Ichigo, but taking their combat potency alone as the measure I find it hard to believe that Hitsugaya's sword skills and shunpo could be better than Ichigo's. Adding Ichigo's Vizard powers to the mix, which drastically increase his strength and speed and that seals it for me that Ichigo is Hitsugaya's combat superior. In terms of age, Hitsugaya is unlikely to be any more than than fifty or so years old given that Rukia attended the Shinigami Academy approximated half a century ago at the same time as Hinamori who as we've seen knew Hitsugaya prior to his being a Shinigami. There's also the fact he refers to the other Captains as "stupid old men" during their argument over Gin letting the Ryouka live. Obviously there's the possibility he's been alive for some time before he became a Shinigami but I think the idea of it being in the hundreds of years is most certainly a gross stretch.[/SIZE] [quote name='Solo Tremaine'][COLOR=#503F86]Apparently he overtook Ichigo as the #1 favourite character in Bleach a short while ago (but then, I did read that on the internet so it's probably wrong), so I don't think he'd be dying any time soon.[/COLOR][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]I blame the fangirls and the fact he got his own movie. And no he almost certainly won't be killed, but I feel that move was almost certainly suicidal in nature.[/SIZE]

[quote name='Phenom']Err... even though I'm against Barragan being the #1 espada, I am leaning towards him being #1, especially if he's going to be squaring off against old man Yama.[/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]I suppose it's possible but I still have my money down on Stark being the Primera Espada, just because Barragan appears to be facing off against Yama (assuming that he is and not just waiting, like Yama to see how things pan out). It's possible too that Barragan holds the overall command of the Espada but is not the strongest (somewhat similar to the Kenpachi of the Gotei 13 but taken to the next level). Either way...I just really want to see Halibel kill Hitsugaya, because if she doesn't it ranks his power above Ichigo in Vizard form and that I just refuse to accept because it then completely screws up the power rankings I've worked out. [/SIZE]

[quote name='Ace'][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Too bad all but 4 of them are dead, all but one of those having been done in off-panel before Shippuden even started.[/FONT][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]Four ? Who's the fourth after Naruto, Gaara and Killerbee ?[/SIZE]

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[SIZE="1"]Seems this thread kinda merged over with the funtime one, I'll see if I can rummage up a few good pics. [CENTER][IMG]http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/political-pictures-sarah-palin-fine-example-family-values.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/political-pictures-john-mccain-governor-palin-alaska.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/political-pictures-barack-obama-official-act-first-sell-alaska.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER][/SIZE]

[quote name='Phenom']And while all of this is going on, where is Yami and Wonderweis(sp?)?[/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]Yami was playing the Hachibi in Naruto, which explains why he's not been around. Apparently he had to drop some weight, lose his mask and grow out his hair for the role, but he says the 8-tailed bijuu was a far better partner than Ulquiorra. Seeing as Killerbee just finished up in Naruto we'll probably see Yami back fairly soon. As for Wonderweiss, I...don't have a funny comparison to draw there, sorry. :animesmil[/SIZE]

[quote name='Raiyuu']I'll be happy as long as Barragan isn't #1, but if Halibel can cut Hitsugaya in half for me that'd be a nice bonus as well. To be honest what I'm most looking forward to is seeing how Haineko, Sougyo no Kotowari, Katen Kyokotsu, Gegetsuburi and Gonryuumaru actually work. (Five points available for anyone that can match the swords to the wielders!) Matsumoto's released twice now, and the others have released once each, and no one has a clue what any of their shikai do![/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]Matsumoto, Ukitake, Kyouraku, Omaeda and Sasakibe. ^_~ But yeah, I'm curious to see what'll happen too. I've always figured that as the 1st Division's second in command Sasakibe should probably be the most powerful fukutaichou so I guess we'll see if that theory holds water soon enough. Either way I'm glad to see I'm not the only Hitsu-hater here. ^_^[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Nice to see you back Phenom, the thread was getting neglected without you. Anyway moving on to this week's chapter, seems apparently the top three Espada are finally ready to go to war. Stark is pretty much confirmed as #1 at this point given he's facing both Ukitake and Kyouraku with just his fraccion, hopefully we'll see some bankai action from the two students. Hitsugaya has completely over-estimated his strength again and decided to take on Halibel, whom I'm personally hoping will kill the little **** rather quickly. I've always hated Hitsugaya and there's no way based on what we've seen so far he can win this fight, and of course Soul Society would finally take a casualty. Still with reinforcements coming he might just get tossed about and rescued.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]I was wondering when that image was going to make it's way over here. Guess it's been confirmed as legit then, as opposed to a good hoax ? Funny when you look at the split in the middle it seem like two different pictures. As I recall though, wasn't the three-tails just running loose by itself ? Thus leading to the question as to why there's a Jinchuuriki for it then. *Shrugs* Such a cool looking group, as Ikillion said it's a shame most of them died off-pages. Oh and just to spoil a little of the forthcoming manga issue for anyone who hasn't read it, apparently Robo-Pain has a laser for a brain now.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Rebirth of the old OB AIM Chats huh ? Sounds good to me, probably the only thing we need to do there is to get familiar with one anothers AIM handles so people know who's actually in the chat. Of course that first barage of "Hey" and "Who's this" is always fun. ^_^ If this is successful, we really should try and make it a regular, even weekly thing.[/SIZE]

[CENTER][SIZE="1"][B]Dragon Warrior[/B] :animesmil [IMG]http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/funny-pictures-kitten-tries-a-pick-up-line-on-you.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/CENTER]

[SIZE="1"]Oh God...poor Korey...that's just.... O_o; *Brainsplosion* That weirdness aside Gav it was a funny chapter, I think, I'm still rather mentally scarred from that image. So it seems it's going to be Retri against DW, that's going to be a rather interesting showdown. [/SIZE]

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[quote name='Sangome'][SIZE="1"][b]Sorairo Days[/b] by [b]Shouko Nakagawa[/b], i.e. the TTGL opening. Second best anime opening EVAR. It's filled with pep and amazingness and stuff and...yeah. I dunno.[/SIZE][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]Took the words right out of my mouth Sangome, I've been binging on [I]Sorairo Days[/I] and [I]Happily Ever After[/I] for the last few days after getting into Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. Outside of anime songs, I've been re-listening to [B]Shinedown[/B]'s [B]Sound of Madness[/B] album. Originally I didn't think much of them, but now, the more I listen, the more I like it. [i]Devour[/i] is pretty good, but I think [i]Call Me[/i], [I]Breaking Inside[/I] and a lot of the songs that use acoustic guitars are far, far better, or perhaps don't lose their quality as quickly.[/SIZE]