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[color=#b0000b][size=1][b]GinnyLyn[/b] [i]Categories: theOtaku Staff, OtakuBoards Staff, Artists, Fanfiction Authors, Digipeeps, Digimods[/i] GinnyLyn was an early (ca 2001) contributor to the old theOtaku digimon site. Her work included writing character descriptions and episode summaries, as well as extensive work on theOtaku's "Digidex." Under her, theOtaku's digimon site was transformed from being nearly nonexistant to being one of the most thorough available on the internet. She was a prolific digimon artist, submitting dozens of pictures at a time when it was rare for an artist to submit more than two or three. Prominently featured in her drawings were Ken Ichijoji/The Digimon Emperor (her favorite character) and her many FMDs (fan-made digimon). At one point, she created a new, nameless FMD (or "ficdigi"), and a naming contest was held on the main page of theOtaku, wherein visitors could send name suggestions to her via email. The winning name was "Nekomon." Aside from her artistic contributions, GinnyLyn was also in charge of Digimon fanfiction submissions. She herself wrote the two longest-running Digimon fanfics available at theOtaku at the time. On OtakuBoards, GinnyLyn was a long-time moderator of the Digimon forum (styled "Digimod"), and an avid roleplayer. She later became the first "Goddess" (female supermod) of the boards. A strong Christian, Ginny often found herself to be in conflict with other members over this point, and this eventually led to her resignation. She disappeared completely from the theO scene shortly after the launch of myOtaku.com. [b]Requested articles[/b]: [size=3][color=red][font=century gothic][strike]kuja[/strike][/font][/color][/size], [strike]Safer Sephiroth[/strike], [strike]Babygirl(Jenna)[/strike] , Adam's Angels, Topaz, Piromunkie, Justin, Queen Asuka, Anna.[/size][/color]

[color=#b0000b][size=1]Just for the record, the phrase is "in [i]whom[/i] we trust." An easy way to remember this is that the word "whom" works just like the word "him." [b]You would say "In him we trust" (or "we trust in him"), not "we trust in [i]he[/i]."[/b] So the same way you would use "him," use "whom." As for where he's going with this?my home state just amended its constitution to ban gay marriages and civil unions, and reinstituted the death penalty. I feel like striking "in God we trust" from the currency wouldn't go over here.[/size][/color]

[quote name='The13thMan][COLOR=DarkOrange][FONT=Century Gothic]Sense of humor is not appropriate when discussing one's religion.[/FONT'][/COLOR][/quote][color=#b0000b][size=1]I would argue that a sense of humor is [i]crucial[/i] for such a discussion.[/color][/size]

[color=#b0000b][size=1]In this thread, will discuss the things that [b]We Really Wanted For Christmas When We Were Younger[/b] I don't care what's on your list this year, and I don't care what video games you got last year or the year before. I am talking about [i]nostalgia[/i]. I am talking about what was at the very top of your wish list nine, ten, eleven, twelve years ago. (The upper limit here is Christmas of 2001. Five years, people. At [i]least[/i]. And I'm only granting you that because some of you are so alarmingly under fifteen years old.) I'll start. I no longer remember how old I was (maybe seven or eight?) but there was a time in my life when this: [center][img]http://www.otakuboards.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=25928&stc=1[/img][/center] was arguably the Greatest Thing Invented in the History of Ever. I saw this in a catalog, and immediatly desired it. Look at the colors! Look at the media! Paint! Pencils! Markers! [i]Crayons[/i]! Oh, to own that utterly, mind-blowingly, wonderfully colorful Art Set. This was Big, guys. This was Art. This was Important. I [i]did[/i] get it for Christmas, and although I can now say, with the benefit of hindsight (not to mention experience with decent art supplies), that it was kind of terrible, I [i]loved[/i] it. The plastic binder it came it was chinsy, the crayons weren't great, and the markers bled, but [i]man oh man[/i], did I love that thing. [/color][/size]

[quote name='Dragonboym2']I was orininaly thinking about "I is a colledge Stewdant", but the R is a little more funnier.[/quote][color=#b0000b][size=1]I kind of feel like you should stay away from intentionally misspelled tshirt slogans. If you actually want to buy a "real" tshirt, [url= http://www.threadless.com/?from=verdana][b]Threadless.com is having a holiday sale[/b][/url] which you should probably check out. They do have slogan tees, if that's really what you're looking for, but they also have some very cool designs.[/size][/color]

[QUOTE=The13thMan][COLOR=DarkOrange][FONT=Century Gothic]Root is the key word here. In the sense that the word is used here suggests that there are things that branch forth from the root, and also there are things that can go deeper down past the root, in the opposite direction. Maybe an older piece of the root or the dirt perhaps. In that sense, then maybe the dirt is indeed money. Therefore the statement money is the root of all evil is indeed true. It's just the next step up that most everybody agrees with is that the love of money is the root of all evil. Well, without money there can be no love of money. Let's even go further though. Who or what created money? Man created money. Therefore man is the root of all evil. And then if you want to get into religion, would not the creator of man be the absolute root of all evil? Or maybe it's the free will that the creator gave to man? Who knows? You say that money itself is incapable of causing evil, right? Well, how exactly is the love of money any more capable of directly causing an act of actual evil? Is it not the person that actually commits this act of evil? Of course it's the person. Also, i believe the love of money is an abstract concept. Do you understand what i'm getting at? To say the love of money is the root and that money itself is not is a little hypocritical. [/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE][color=#b0000b][size=1]Your metaphors are breaking my mind. Also I am not sure you know what 'hypocritical' means. The statement that [i]the love of money is the root to all kinds of evil[/i] does not:[list][*]mean that money is evil. [*]mean that everything which requires money stems from evil. [*]imply that love can be evil. [*]have anything to do with dirt. [*]say that people are evil for having created money. [*]say that people are evil because they use money. [*]say anything at all about free will. [/list] What it says is this: the [i]love of money[/i]?the desire, the obsession, the yearning for more, the wanting things for the sake of having them?leads to all kinds of problems. The love of money is greed. It's wanting things, not because you need them, but because they are there and [i]they are not yet yours[/i]. This leads to problems. The love of money [i]directly causes[/i] people to lie, cheat, steal, injure, deceive, attack, kill, invade, and destroy. Money by itself has no agency. To assert otherwise is ridiculous. Greed is also closely linked to jealousy, another major cause of human conflict.[/color][/size]

[color=#b0000b][size=1]In case you missed it, Dead's post is a link to a page listing all of OB's staff members.[/size][/color]

[color=#b0000b][size=1]tachiKC, right now medafunk is drawing a character. When she is done, she will post her drawing, and one of her own characters. The first person to claim medafunk's new character gets to draw it and post their own original character.[/size][/color]

[quote name='Retribution][size=1']Way to take a joke.[/size][/quote][color=#b0000b][size=1]Way to insinuate that I enjoy the pain and humiliation of others, brushing off my offense as simply the inability to take a joke. [quote name='Retribution][size=1']The line between justice and revenge is a perceived one, not one written in the ground.[/size][/quote]I think the line between justice and revenge lies between a quiet death sentence and a publically televised execution so people can see him "right before he's hanged, with the noose around his neck and his bewildered face." It lies between feeling relieved that a murderer is sentenced, and taking joy in the fact that the murderer will die.[/color][/size]

[QUOTE=Retribution][size=1]Oh c'mon. You know you secretly love it. There's something about seeing a mass-murderer reap what he sows that gives me satisfaction.[/size][/QUOTE][color=#b0000b][size=1]No, and I'm more than a little disgusted that you suggest that I do. As open questions to thread participants: I realise that this came up in the last thread about the death penalty, but where is the line drawn between justice and revenge? In cases where "an eye for an eye" isn't possible (because of the nature or sheer numbers of the crime), do you feel that punishment should be meted out in the best, fastest way possible, or do you favor elaborately extended punishment/torment/humiliation? The fact is, no matter what [i]does[/i] happen with Saddam Hussein, his punishment will never ([i]can[/i] never) be equal to the magnitude of his actions. So what is the goal at this point in time? Are we trying to exact revenge on him, or are we trying to finally put an end to a long, painful story? Saddam killed a lot of people. But some of these suggestions, jesting or not, turn my stomach a bit.[/size][/color]

[QUOTE=Shinje][color=crimson] if you take the political threads out of the Lounge, you take away one of the reasons for the lounge [strike]existing[/strike] sucking.[/color][/QUOTE][color=#b0000b][size=1]Just kidding. I actually still love the O. Lounge. (I am probably its most loyal defender, huh?) But yeah, for an [b]anime[/b] forum that [i]only has one section for anime[/i], it doesn't make so much sense to break up social discussion into individual boards. It's not that it's a bad idea, Lt. Zero. It's more that OB has evolved over the years to the point where it is now, and a lot of things have already been tried along the way. The direction we ended up going was "fewer, broader forums" instead of "many specific forums." Please don't let the resounding "um, that's a dumb idea" response deter you from posting suggestions in the future. We have a lot of know-it-alls here, and we're not always the kindest people. We all secretly love the Suggestions forum, though, because it allows us to show off our vast knowledge of the inner workings of the OB. And the staff and admins similarly enjoy reading new suggestions?sometimes, they even implement them. =][/size][/color]

[size=1][color=#b0000b][quote name='Chiyasha']Money can buy whatever you desired![/quote]I would have to disagree with that, m'dear. I mean, for goodness sake... even [i]Mastercard[/i] disagrees with you on that. The Bible passage in question: [quote name='1 Timothy 6: 7-10][size=1][color=#b0000b]For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. [b]For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil.[/b] Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.[/color'][/size][/quote]The translation is NIV. [/color][/size]

[color=#b0000b][size=1]From the way the picture looks, I'm guessing you used references. The best advice I can give you is this: don't. Let me explain. I honestly have no idea if that shot exists elsewhere (if I had to guess, I'd say no), but different aspects of her costume don't seem to match up, as though you were constantly double checking to make sure that the hat looked [i]that way it was supposed to look[/i], rather than the way it looked best in this picture. I glanced over some of your other pieces, and right now, it looks like you're copying other works (or to put it another way, it seems that you're trying very hard to make the characters look canon). You don't need to do that. The best fanart [i]isn't[/i] when the characters look exactly the way they do in the movie, it's when the artist has his or her own identifiable style, and his or her own unique take on the characters. Every almost-canon drawing looks the same. But when you learn to let your own style shine through, people will be able to pick it out. Your commenters will polarise a bit?some will like it a lot, some will dislike it strongly. But in general, a mix of "this is unique and cool" and "this is unique and sucks" opinions is a much better statement on your abilities as an artist than a lot of "this is kind of bland, but I guess it more or less looks like who it's supposed to look like." Anyway, that's more like "advice for life" than a critique of this drawing, so here's what I see: Her shoulders are too narrow. If you were to erase what you have there and bring her shoulder out to where the cape is now, the picture would be a lot stronger. (I think that would also help the "her neck looks too long" issue.) Her ear looks like it's backwards. Her earrings are strangely lopsided?they occasionally appear that way in the movie, but because of they angles at which we see them. They should be elongated discs, equal in size and shape. Also, make sure you know where they are supposed to be attached. The way they are drawn right now, they can't be attached in the same way on both sides of her head. Strong points: Nice detail in the eyes. If you darken the left eye so that it has about the same values as the right, it will look very nice. The lips are very well drawn. I feel like you get a lot of practice drawing faces, so it's something you're used to?this is where your own style peeks through. (Going back to my earlier soapbox, if you want to draw an unfamiliar costume, the best way to make it look natural is to study a reference for a little while, and then draw several dummy sketches with notes to yourself?"the cape attaches here. This many pendants. Hat shaped like this." It's like writing a paper for class?everything needs to be put into your own words (so to speak. In this case, maybe, "your own lines") before it goes into the final project. Otherwise, things will be disjointed.) All in all, I think you have a lot of talent. Stylistically, my only quibble is that the face paint probably doesn't need its defining lines to be quite that dark. Thematically, you've drawn her older here than she appears in the film. A cool thing to do with that would be to modify her costume somehow to reflect the passage of time. Maybe she wears [i]different[/i] face paint now. Or something like that. Anyway, keep drawing.[/color][/size]

[quote name='Raina][COLOR=Blue']It's nearly 2 months since we started dating. And my 20th birthday is coming up. So, do you guys think that it would be okay, if we went "all the way"? [/COLOR][/quote][color=#b0000b][size=1]If you need to ask, the answer is [b]no[/b].[/size][/color]

[quote name='DeadSeraphim][COLOR=Indigo][SIZE=1][FONT=Arial]The last movie I saw was Jackass 2. It was hilarious, though I missed parts of it (mostly tiny bits of the huge ending prank, and the credits). [spoiler]The ending was great, I laughed so much when they used their pubes for beard hair. haha[/spoiler][/FONT][/SIZE'][/COLOR][/quote][color=#b0000b][size=1]Alan, that's basically [url=http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/teachslf/milt-par.htm#TALE]the oldest joke I have ever heard.[/url] The last movie I saw was [i]Beauty and the Beast[/i], as part of a Disney mini-marathon (okay, so it was two movies) as a floor activity in my dorm. Wonderful movie. Also, it is the subject of one of my favorite quotes. [spoiler]A young woman, upon the [i]Beast gives Belle the library[/i] moment: "If some guy did that for me, I'd thrown down and **** him [i]right there[/i]."[/spoiler] I'm not too sure about the [i]Human Again[/i] sequence that was added. Little iffy about that, yes. Also [i]The Iron Giant[/i] is a great movie.[/size][/color]

[size=1][color=#b0000b]You know, I've never had plywood flavored ramen. My favorite flavor is the tomato. All of the other kinds seem too salty to me (I avoid ramen noodles in general for this reason). (Maybe it's better to say that tomato ramen is the flavor I dislike least.) You know what is really good, though? [url=http://p2.hostingprod.com/@thaikitchen.com/productsstore.html]Thai Kitchen[/url]. Same sort of "dried instant noodle" deal, but WOW. They are so much delicious, it is almost unbelievable. My favorite flavor is Lemongrass and Chili. My mouth waters just thinking about the delicacy that is this dried noodle packet. YUM.[/size][/color]

[quote name='Retribution][size=1']I'd like to see a picture of him right before he's hanged, with the noose around his neck and his bewildered face.[/size][/quote][color=#b0000b][size=1]That's awful.[/size][/color]

[color=#b0000b][size=1]Everyone has their moments. =] Hey, out of curiousity, an informal poll: [b]Do you say rah-men, ray-men, or something else?[/b] Also, if you answer the question....where are you from? Everyone I know calls it [i]rah-men[/i] except for some guy originally from Michigan. [/size][/color]

[color=#b0000b][size=1]I think of Sleepyside-on-Hudson, the setting of the [i]Trixie Belden[/i] series. I also think of [i]The Legend of Sleepy Hollow[/i]. Small towns and mysteries, haha.[/size][/color]

[quote name='Sho Ayori']if something has left you disfigured and you need the operation to survive, then I back it up. But seeing people have it done just for the hell of it is, in my opinion, inexcusable.[/quote][color=#b0000b][size=1]Yikes. What's the harm? From what do these people need to be [i]excused[/i]?[/size][/color]

[color=#b0000b][size=1]I've had four roommates, and I've gotten along with all of them just fine. So, err.... Sorry to hear about your bad experiences?[/size][/color]

[quote name='DarkFactor']I worry about the future of it because I don't know how it will be for our children. Our kids deserve to have two stable opposite gender parents who love eachother and model classic wholsome gender rolls for them. That's exceedingly rare, and I want them to have that.[/quote][color=#b0000b][size=1]Trust me, any children you have will be [i]well[/i] aware of their assigned gender-roles, regardless of who in your household supports the family.[/color][/size]

[color=#b0000b][size=1]There's an art section, but one of the moderators will move this thread for you. Don't worry about it. How you start coloring depends a [i]lot[/i] on what you hope your final image will look like. If you're hoping for something pseudo-cel-shaded like this: [img]http://fanart.theotaku.com/imgs/14-20040607192831.jpg[/img] I can tell you how to go about that. Do you understand what layers are and what the different tools are called?[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=#b0000b]*rolls eyes* Yeah, God forbid that you have to [i]work[/i] for scholarships, Azure. :p Also, make sure you fill out your FAFSA form when that time comes around. If art's what you're interested in, you can also just try googling "art scholarships." See what you get, and refine your search from there. Incidently, you're applying to art school?how does your portfolio look? [/size][/color]

[color=#b0000b][size=1]Talk to your high school's advisor. They should have one. Failing that, you can look at Fastweb, but be aware that as soon as I signed up for it, I started getting a ton of spam from different companies. Might want to use a throwaway email.[/size][/color]