Gavin

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[quote name='Ikillion'][COLOR=#35160f][SIZE="1"][FONT="Trebuchet MS"]Whoa lets not get too crazy here. I don't think its possible for anyone, even a troll to like Nina.[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]Definitely quoted for truth. As for the results themselves, well, 4chan's shenanigans aside, it gave me a laugh, especially Clovis, although Rivalz is certainly worth a few chuckles for his antic though for me Keigo is incarnation of the better stupid women-obsessed classmate.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Speaks for itself really, aside from the fact the trust from the engines would most certainly kill the poor fool. [IMG]http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c267/evandodson/jetfightr.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Right now I'm sort of flicking between [B]Trapt[/B]'s latest album [i]Only Through the Pain[/i] and [b]Breaking Point[/b]'s [i]Coming of Age[/i]. I've been trying to pick up the latter for the last few months and finally found a copy of the album on eBay for a reasonable price. [i]Only Through The Pain[/i] is a great third album from Trapt, anyone who's a fan of their alternative sides of Rock and Metal would be well worth giving them a listen.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Because people really need to be able to gape in horror at just how ridiculously bad the trailer is. [CENTER][YOUTUBE="Scorpion King 2"]gkGQAYiBv54[/YOUTUBE][/CENTER] As Al said, this is the case of milking an milked series to the point of ridiculousness. I mean after how bad the third Mummy film was, I'm actually amazed they went ahead with this. [/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"][b]Fable: The Lost Chapters[/b], it's gotten to the point where just for the laugh, I've trained to master every skill in the game before my first actual mission and then laugh at other heroes when they think they're better than me (Briar Rose, I'm looking at you). I'd probably throw the two [B]KOTOR[/B] games, [B]Jade Empire[/B], [B]Mass Effect[/B] and [B]Elder Scrolls Oblivion[/B] in with Fable for their difficulty, once you know practically what you and the enemy will do, it's child's play[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Perhaps best described as the love-child of the "[I]Caturday[/I]", "[I]What video game creature do you think a fellow member is like?[/I]" threads, lolmembers is a hopefully fun new game where people can post lolcat images that they feel really reflects another member on the site. An good example would be as follows: [center][b]Rachmaninoff[/b] [IMG]http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/funny-pictures-cat-piano-coldplay.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] In terms of who you can post one based on, there's no restrictions, although I would ask that you don't be post anything anyone would find insulting personally. This is meant to be fun after all. Hopefully we can have some fun with this.[/size]

[SIZE="1"]Sorry about the delay guys, real life stuff kept me offline. Winner is [B]Gelgoog Pilot[/B][/SIZE]

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[SIZE="1"]I'm afraid I have to agree with Rach's opinion of your relationship MaskedRider, it's certainly isn't love, and it certainly isn't healthy for you. While your original intentions may have been benevolent, it is clear that you're now becoming bitter about a relationship which you believe exists that in reality doesn't. You talk about providing for her in her times of need and then add that she won't sleep in your room with you, and forces you to listen to her having sex with others. Although I don't intend it to sound harsh, it's pretty clear what you want in return for your help. What the two of you have isn't even a friendship judging by your own descriptions of her actions and attitudes. In continuing to provide for her when she can't provide for herself, all you're actually doing is perpetuating her ability to avoid facing up to her own mistakes. While I wouldn't go as far to say that you should've forced her to go through with having the child to learn to take responsibility for her actions, it would not be an inaccurate to the overall point. She was kicked out of her mother's house for her drug problems, and despite now being clean remains living in what you call a "dirty roach-filled apartment". Obviously there's something keeping her there rather than returning home where the financial requirements would be lessened and she would be able to return to school more easily. In the end MaskedRider, if you really love her like you claim and despite as cliché as it sounds, let her go. If you take yourself out of the equation, I have a feeling she?ll recognise she needs to take responsibility of herself, and you?ll have the chance to experience some real relationships. Maybe in ten years when she?s cleaned up her act and become as successful as you hope then you two will be able to be together, but right now, it?s self-destructive for you both.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Alright, let's try this. [CENTER][IMG]http://asapblogs.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/08/04/caption.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/CENTER]

[SIZE="1"]It hasn't been mentioned yet, but I'd certainly recommend [B]Samurai Champloo[/B] if you're into the shounen stuff. Like a lot of the others mentioned, it's only 26 episodes long, and it's definitely enjoyable for what it does. Another unmentioned one as well would be [B]Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo[/B], visually it's a treat one you get used to the style, the story itself is a classic and you will find yourself enthralled overall by it.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]After their fifth drunken attempt, Superman still doesn't get the pencil magic trick from [I]The Dark Knight[/I].[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Might as well dredge this up again. [b]Code Geass[/b] Despite the fact death is pretty common in this series, I found [spoiler]Euphy's death near the end of the first season[/spoiler] to be very saddening. While she wasn't my favourite character her innocence and selfless kindness, [spoiler]as well desire to build a better world and reunite her fractured family[/spoiler] at the same time made her certainly admirable character in my mind. Of course the fact that [spoiler]her death was accident, or rather her death was made necessary because of an accident while her relationship with Suzaku was blooming[/spoiler] made it all the more tragic, as was [spoiler]Lelouch's referring to her as "his first love" afterwards.[/spoiler][/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Ugh, Ace's summary covers most of what I was going to say about this chapter. Yet again we've seen Sasuke dodge dying through some new deus ex machina. I mean seriously, remember when Sasuke had to recover after nearly dying against Deidara ? Did Karen display this miraculous healing power then ? Nope ? Didn't think so. Drop the hax Kishi, this **** got old a long time ago. As for Naruto, does anyone else buy Fukusaku's explanation of why Naruto and Jiraiya are the only two who could learn how to use Sage chakra ? Because I'm seriously not. Massive chakra supplies and guts ? Please. I mean really, what is Naruto going to get out of this ? Sure, Sage chakra, but what will it lead to ? A newer, more destructive Rasengan to replace the Rasen-Shuriken ? Do any of his teachers, seriously, any of them think that teaching the kid a few new moves might be a good idea ? I mean seriously, his three major opponents coming up, Pein, Madara and Sasuke all have huge libraries of techniques at their disposal. I wouldn't even like to guess at how many techniques Madara has picked up in his century or so of life, Kakashi is what thirty and has over a thousand ? So some new uber chakra is meant to level the playing-field ? I don't think so. The way things are going, Naruto has a snowball's chance in Hell of winning against any of them. Maybe, just maybe, this new Sage chakra will give him greater control over his Bijuu chakra, or maybe it'll make his Kage Bunshins stronger against damage so as to mimic Pein's extra bodies. I don't know, all I know is that with only three shadow clones to speed up the training, Naruto might've been as well off to go apprentice under the 8-Tails and learn to control the Kyuubi. Overall, this chapter failed big-time.[/SIZE]

[quote name='Whoa, Mann'][SIZE="1"][COLOR="hotPink"]You know... if [B]Group Sounds [/B]was still around, I could just copy and paste like 200 cat pictures from the Cat Pic Thread on there.. Damn.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]Very true, we did seem to build up quite a collection. [center][IMG]http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/bring-me-solo-and-the-wookiee-they-will-all-suffr-4-dis-outrage_r.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/funny-pictures-darth-vader-cat.jpg[/IMG] [img]http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/funny-pictures-expecting-skywalker-cat.jpg[/img][/SIZE][/center]

[quote name='Haku877']" I had always Wondered why the Tennis ball kept' getting bigger and bigger, then it hit me![/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]Winner. Omega comes in second.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Sorry about the delay everyone, real life sort of took over for a while. Hopefully people get the duality of the conversation between Faust and Valen, though the latter does see him certainly as a potential ally in the future, he doesn?t trust him fully yet and so has to put on a more cordial face. The best example I can give is Liam Neeson?s Ducard/Ra?s Al Ghul from Batman Begins. Something of the character probably leaked into Valen as they are quite similar.[/SIZE]

[INDENT][size=1][center][img]http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee132/Runaway511/zelda/newvalenavatar.jpg[/img][/center] Valen?s mind burned as he stood alone in the Queen?s bed-chambers. The initial sight of it had almost been enough to unbalance his carefully constructed façade in front of Commander Song. But only almost. If he were perfectly honest with himself, Valen was still quite wary of the fact Song had only summoned Valen himself, and none of the remaining Guard-Captains to the grizzly scene, and then tasked him solely with her rescue. Mild paranoia suggested that Song had somehow become aware of his actions and was using this scenario as a means of gathering evidence to convict him of treason. Valen brushed the thought from his conscious mind. In the years that Valen had served beneath him, he had come to view Song as a fool, graced with his position through a combination of mediocre skill and the right connections. As such, and the main source of his negative status in Valen?s mind, he clung to captains whom he viewed as particularly capable, depending on their skill to augment or replace his own. His parasitical reliance did have it?s benefits however, a more astute and perhaps less trusting Commander might possibly have discovered Valen?s activities or at least, identified the possibility that there were sympathisers among the Guard. The mask of indifference remaining firmly fixed to his face, Valen casually walked over to the corpse of Lady Impa for further inspection. He had only met the woman a handful of times, but they had been enough to leave a lingering sense of respect towards her as a person. She had been, for the lack of a more encompassing term, the Queen?s protector but as Valen now stared into her grim, frozen expression he couldn?t help but wonder why Impa had been so loyal. Slowly his eyes drifted down to the roughly cut Tri-Force emblem on her hand. If Link, the Hero of Time had indeed been responsible for the murder here, as well as the Queen?s kidnapping, then this had been intended as a message. Equally however, Valen had to accept the possibility that Link had no involvement at all in the act, and this crude wound was simply a poor attempt to fool the Guard into accepting his involvement. Valen was no fool, he knew that public opinion had turned against Link, therefore strengthening the possibility the mark as a ruse. Unfortunately he could dismiss neither. The ocarina which lay gripped in her fingers puzzled him even more. Lady Impa had been a formidable warrior by all accounts and yet there were no signs of a struggle at all. It was as though the assassination had come completely unexpected. Yet if that were true, her hold on the musical instrument should have been significantly slacker. Valen could come to only one conclusion, she had been protecting it. Carefully he pried the ocarina from between the dead woman?s fingers, wiping off the smears of blood with his handkerchief. It was certainly well crafted, and bore the royal seal, but neither of those two facts would explain why Impa would give her life to defend I. Further examination yielded nothing, it did not seem to house anything important nor were any of the markings on the instrument indicative of some greater hidden value. Sighing he placed the ocarina within the pocket of his cloak for further study later hoping that it might still reveal some clue to him, then gently folded Lady Impa?s hands into a more natural, and sedate pose. The gash in her throat was unfortunately of little use to him in a larger investigative sense, it had been a clean cut, thus a knife or other straight-bladed weapon and there were no other wounds on the body to give him any sense of what sized weapon may have been used. Another cursory evaluation of the room left him with no new answers either. It had been torn asunder by someone looking for something, and Valen grew more and more certain that that something was the ocarina now sitting in his pocket. There was also the possibility that the intruder had found that they were searching for among the ransacked furniture but something about the chaos of the scene suggested that this had not been the case. In the end, Valen was left with no substantial leads aside from the Tri-Force wound. Intending to depart the room himself, Valen gave a final look at the late Lady Impa and surprised himself by what he found himself uttering. ?[b]Requiescat in pace.[/b]? [center][img]http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee132/Runaway511/zelda/newvalenavatar.jpg[/img] [img]http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee132/Runaway511/zelda/faustavatar.jpg[/img][/center] In the hour it had taken Valen to return to his own barracks, his mind continued to replay the scene and the information he had gleamed from it. His loyalty to Queen Zelda as monarch was non-existent. To him, she represented everything that was wrong with the world. She was the sum-total expression of both Hylian arrogance in their domination of Hyrule at the expense of other races, and the folly of the Goddesses who had created the Hylians themselves. Zelda represented the continued oppression of his people and the continuation of Hylian tradition itself. But equally, and oddly, he found himself arguing that Queen Zelda herself was young, barely more than a child and that as an dutiful upholder of the law, he was honour-bound to save her, not out of loyalty, but because she too was a citizen of Hyrule and it was his duty to protect them. It was an unwelcome and perplexing situation, and Valen found himself wishing he could simply hate her as a symbol and be done with it. Of course there was also the fact failure was simply not an option. The subsequent briefing with his senior staff had gone over much as expected, while they likewise expressed concern about being given the mission, it was accepted that for the sake of their overall goals the search and rescue mission for the Queen would have to be given their utmost ability. Valen?s decision in the end had been to order a the majority of his men to pursue the investigation assuming that the Hero of Time had not been the perpetrator of the murder of Lady Impa and kidnapping the Queen. What this was likely to mean of course was an even more thorough investigation of the Gerudo population, as well as the possibility that a human dissident group like themselves had been responsible. Valen himself would take a handful of his most skilled men and go confront the ?Hero of Time? directly, and if possible take him back alive for questioning, though Valen suspected the confrontation would likely end in the deaths of one party. By the time his office had been left quiet again, all Valen could do was collapse exhaustedly back into his seat and hope for a few hours rest before setting out. Unfortunately no more than thirty minutes later, a series of sharp raps at his door had jolted Valen from his brief sleep. Hoarsely he called to find out who was there and the response caused him to quietly curse under his breath. ?[b]Show him in.[/b]? Willing the fatigue away, Valen watched with an appearance of cordiality as Faust slowly entered his office. In truth, if he had not been sure he could convert the boy to their cause with a single conversation he?d have requested Faust return another day. It had not been easy, getting a pardon for the boy, nor had it been easy to cover up the fact that Valen had been the one to acquire it. Political favours were the common currency among the elite of Hyrule, money simply could buy certain things that people desired. Extending his open hand, Valen requested Faust take the empty seat in front of the expansive desk separating them. Taking his seat, the boy?s mouth opened and closed several times, as if choosing the best opening to make an impression. ?[b]Thank you for freeing me.[/b]? Well, he has manners, that certainly improves his chances of surviving in society, Valen thought silently. The smile on his face never wavered. ?[b]You?re welcome Faust. Losing four years of your life, especially at such a critical age was most unfortunate. I?m simply glad I was able to arrange for your release.[/b]? Faust merely nodded in response. Yet again he seemed to question was he was going to say, before finally speaking. ?[b]Sir, if I may, there are many other innocent human prisoners still locked away in the dungeons?would you be able to free any of them ?[/b]? Valen?s face changed to a sad frown. ?[b]Unfortunately no. Securing your pardon required considerable resources, and I?m afraid if I release too many people, others may catch on to what I?m doing and put a stop to it.[/b]? There was also the fact most of them weren?t worth the resources it would take to free them now. But Faust didn?t need to know that yet. In time, when the boy fully understood their mission, he would see things Valen?s way also. Faust?s expression became crestfallen. ?[b]I?m sorry to have to disappoint you Faust.[/b]? The boy shook his head. ?[b]No, it?s fine, you?re doing what you can.[/b]? ?[b]Yes?and that?s part of the reason I asked you here today.[/b]? ?[b]Sir ?[/b]? Raising himself from his seat, Valen walked towards the window of his office facing the city. He glanced back to Faust with the veneer of a troubled face. ?[b]Do you believe in justice Faust, truly ?[/b]? ?[b]I?I don?t understand what you mean.[/b]? ?[b]Do you hate Hylians ?[/b]? Anger swept across the boy?s face instantly. ?[b]Of course I hate them ! Do you know what they?ve done to me ?! To my family ?! To so many humans ?![/b]? The outburst was not unexpected, but still unwelcome. There was potential in the boy certainly, but hate like that would make him sloppy, and would endanger all of them. Instead Valen put on his best paternal voice. ?[b]Your hate has probably kept you alive in prison Faust, but out here, back in the world if you cling to it, it will destroy you, I can promise you that. I can offer you the means to survive, the means to fight the injustice you hate, because it is their injustice rather than the Hylians you truly hate. All I ask is that you give up that hate now and trust in me.[/b]? Faust seemed to consider the words before nodding. ?[b]Tell me what I have to do.[/b]? Walking over to the boy, Valen clasped his shoulders. ?[b]You?ve already taken the first step. Faust, I am not merely a sympathetic Guard-Captain, I am the leader of a small, but growing organisation dedicated to political change in Hyrule by working behind the scenes. I intend that one day, all men, Humans and Hylians both, will be able to live together in peace equally. I want you to join us, because I think you can help us achieve this goal.[/b]? ?[b]What can I do ?[/b]? ?[b]Well, first, you?re going to have to join my guards, so as not to arouse suspicion. There are certainly very many against what we?re trying to do Faust, and this way, we can operate would drawing unnecessary attention to ourselves.[/b]? He paused and then smiled. ?[b]It will also give normal people hope, seeing that even if you were falsely imprisoned, you still believe in justice.[/b]? ?[b]I understand.[/b]? ?[b]Good, I?ll write up the forms for your acceptance. I?d like you to report to my second in command, Lieutenant Gast now, he?ll provide your gear, assign you some quarters and see to your training. He?s a good man, my most trusted friend, so you should trust him as you would me.[/b]? Faust smiled, and thanked Valen once again before moving to open the office door. ?[B]Wait, Faust. I?m going to supervise your training personally. I want to go to Gast and tell him you?ve been assigned to the mission to the Lost Woods instead.[/b]? The boy nodded vigorously before closing the door behind him. Find himself alone once more Valen finally returned to his seat and allowed himself to drift into gentle sleep once again, satisfied he had yet another asset to complete his political insurrection in Hyrule. [/size][/INDENT]

[SIZE="1"]I'm willing to bet little girls are this freak's jollies. No reason for imprisonment Kisuke ? Suuuure. [CENTER][IMG]http://lustrousrealm.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/b-106-5.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER][/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]I won ? Didn't think my caption was that funny. [CENTER][IMG]http://www.thetennischannel.com/community/balllface_caption.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] Should get a few good captions out of this hopefully.[/SIZE]

[CENTER][SIZE="1"][IMG]http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/images/news/Commandments_Poster.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] Know ye and obey the Almighty's 5th Commandment Korey.[/size]

[SIZE="1"]I should have a post up either later this evening or tomorrow. Sorry about my lack of activity lately but my broadband connection all but died earlier in the week and was only fixed in the last hour or so. Omega, if you would, I'd like to write the meeting between Faust and Valen. To be honest, I didn't really think your portrayed Valen or his group accurately, by which I mean these guys are extremely secretive in how they operate and I don't think that came across in your post. Valen can't just go around freeing every human prisoner in Hyrule's dungeons because it suits him to do so. To get Faust freed would've required a pardon be obtained, probably through bribery, and the guards guarding Faust would most certainly not have known that Valen was behind the pardon. It's all very "behind the scenes" stuff if you get me.[/SIZE]

[quote name='Aceburner'][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]?I?m surrounded by morons,? sighed Gavin, ?one more mistake like that and they?ll be paying to work.? ?That reminds me, Mr. Zeitgeist. How is it that you prosecutors threaten the police force with salary cuts even though you have no real power over such a thing,? questioned Ace. ?Because we?re awesome,? replied Gavin, ?Those people are fools and I will not tolerate their incompetence any longer.?[/FONT][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]*Applauds* That has really made my day Ace, even more than your Naruto summary which gave me a good laugh too. I wouldn't even like to guess how many times I've uttered the phrase "I'm surrounded by morons" under my breath so, yeah undebatable accuracy there, heh. *Applauds again*[/SIZE] [quote name='Aceburner'][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]?That?s enough, Mr. O?Turney,? interrupted the Judge, ?You have made your point. The defendant can?t have murdered this man, because you?re enjoying it too much! I hereby formally declare you to be the prime suspect in the murder case of Mr. Tical Boy!? Ace only had one thing to say. ?D?OH!?[/FONT][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]Dibs on prosecuting him !![/SIZE]