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0|0|0|||1||S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|JeanneHedge||12:02:53|08/13/2013|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Aug-13-13 AT 12:06 PM (EDT)]Nothing big or deep here%2C as I%27m travelling today. Happy to see my teaser giggle fit turn out - Sergei%27s got a girlfriend%21  %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0AMaybe reading too much into this%2C but how%27d the press get tipped off about Corwin %26 Utena%3F They arrived via magic back door%2C went from airbenders to hotel%2C and the desk clerk is updating someone %28press%3F bad guys%3F%29 the next morning. Do the airbenders talk about the Avatar%27s visitors%3F Does the hotel talk about their guests%3F They weren%27t in public long enough to cause real public interest. Guess I%27ll have to stay tuned for part 2. %0D%0A%0D%0AJeanne%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22 width%3D%2280%25%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd align%3D%22center%22 width%3D%2210%25%22%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhedge.com%2Fmisc%2Foldowl.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5D%5Bfont size%3D2%5D%5Bb%5DJeanne Hedge%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.jhedge.com%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhedge.com%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bi%5D%5Bfont size%3D1%5D%22Never give up%2C never surrender%21%22%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5B%2Fi%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D
1|1|0|||1||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|pjmoyer||13:41:53|08/13/2013|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Aug-13-13 AT 01:42 PM (EDT)]%3EMaybe reading too much into this%2C but how%27d the press get tipped off %0D%0A%3Eabout Corwin %26 Utena%3F They arrived via magic back door%2C went from %0D%0A%3Eairbenders to hotel%2C%0D%0A%0D%0AVia a sky bison%2C in midair%2C after about an hour overflight over the city%2C getting their photos taken by people in airship gondolas who presumably have the Diqiu equivalent of Twitpic and Instagram on their phones. The lightningweb sees %5Bi%5Deverything%5B%2Fi%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Eand the desk clerk is updating someone %28press%3F %0D%0A%3Ebad guys%3F%29 the next morning. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe desk clerk was updating his little sister Emily Wong about the presence of two notable guests for the society page beat which she works.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EDo the airbenders talk about the Avatar%27s %0D%0A%3Evisitors%3F Does the hotel talk about their guests%3F They weren%27t in %0D%0A%3Epublic long enough to cause real public interest. %0D%0A%0D%0AThey were driving around in the city for two days in an open top car with a woman with %5Bi%5Dlong pink hair%5B%2Fi%5D. Corwin%27s write-off-able as a Water Tribesman with too little sun %28or maybe Foggy Swamp Tribe%2C but he hasn%27t got the accent or leaf hat%29.  Utena%27s an entirely unique creature.  You can spot her halfway down a city block with ease%21 %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EGuess I%27ll have to %0D%0A%3Estay tuned for part 2. %0D%0A%0D%0AYep%21 %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--- Philip%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%223%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D2 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%0D%0A%5Btr%5D%5Btd width%3D%2265%22%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie.org%2F%7Eaerianne%2Ffoth.img%2Fgaia_ser_philip_saber.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%0D%0A%5Btd%5D%5Bfont color%3D%22%230000dd%22%5DPhilip J. Moyer%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%230000aa%22 size%3D-2%5DContributing Writer%2C Editor and Artist %28and Moderator%29 -- Eyrie Productions%2C Unlimited%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%230000aa%22 size%3D-2%5DCEO of MTS%2C High Poobah Of Artwork%2C and High Priest Of the Church Of Aerianne -- Magnetic Terrapin Studios%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%230044aa%22 size%3D-1%5D%5Bi%5D%22Insert Pithy Comment Here%22%5B%2Fi%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd width%3D%2265%22%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie.org%2F%7Eaerianne%2Ffoth.img%2Fgaia_aeri_coat_sword.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%0D%0A%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%223%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D1 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D
2|2|1|||1||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|Gryphon||14:19:13|08/13/2013|%3EUtena%27s an entirely unique %0D%0A%3Ecreature.  You can spot her halfway down a city block with ease%21 %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0A%22Like a Studebaker at a Volvo dealership%2C%22 I believe%2C was how the development notes put it. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
3|1|0|||1||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|McFortner||20:05:55|08/13/2013|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Aug-13-13 AT 08:08 PM (EDT)]A fun read I must say.  Since I%27m into film photography%2C I have to say I love the choices of cameras you had Emily use.  The Rolleiflex and the Minox AIIIS are classics.  I have a couple of TLR cameras%2C but no Rolleis or Minoxes.  I have a Yashica 44 %28no bloody A%2C B%2C C%2C or D%29%2C a camera similar to a Rolleiflex Baby %28both use 127 film%29%2C and a pair of Minolta-16 MG cameras instead of a Minox.%0D%0A%0D%0ASo%2C Gryph%2C are you a fan of old cameras%2C just stuck between the future and the past%2C or both like I am%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22black%22%5DMichael C. Fortner%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22green%22 size%3D-1%5D%22Maxim 37%3A There is no such thing as %22overkill%22.%0D%0AThere is only %22open fire%22 and %22I need to reload%22.%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont size%3D1%5DLinks for those who are curious%3A%0D%0A%5Blink%3Acamera-wiki.org%2Fwiki%2FRolleiflex%7CRolleiflex%5D%0D%0A%5Blink%3Acamera-wiki.org%2Fwiki%2FMinox_IIIS%7CMinox AIIIS%5D%0D%0A%5Blink%3Acamera-wiki.org%2Fwiki%2FYashica_44%7CYashica 44%5D%0D%0A%5Blink%3Acamera-wiki.org%2Fwiki%2FMinolta-16_MG%7CMinolta-16 MG%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A
4|1|0|||||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|Zox||20:28:09|08/13/2013|%5Bblockquote style%3D%22background-color%3Asilver%3B padding%3A.5em%22%5D%5Bpre%5D       As they were crossing the footbridge over Highway One to Main%0D%0AParking B%2C Touga Kiryuu gave his %22graduate advisor%22 a sardonic look and%0D%0Aremarked%2C %22-That- was easy.%22%0D%0A        %22Why should the poor man be suspicious of us%3F%22 Souji Mikage%0D%0Areplied%2C shrugging.  %22Our credentials are perfectly valid.  The%0D%0AUniversity of Tothis is a fully accredited institution.%22%0D%0A        %22And a wholly owned subsidiary of Shrine Investment Partners.%22%0D%0A        %22One would almost think you -wanted- this to be harder%2C Mr.%0D%0AKuroda%2C%22 Mikage chided him%2C plipping the remote-control locks of their%0D%0Arental car.%0D%0A        %22Perhaps I%27ve merely grown suspicious of success%2C Professor%2C%22%0D%0Asaid Touga dryly.%5B%2Fpre%5D%5B%2Fblockquote%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AHey%2C Mikage. When Touga %22Arrogance Lad%22 Kiryuu has doubts about the success of a plan%3F Seriously--%5Bi%5Dreconsider the plan%5B%2Fi%5D. %3A%29
5|2|4|||1||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|Mister Fnord||21:40:19|08/13/2013|%3EHey%2C Mikage. When Touga %22Arrogance Lad%22 Kiryuu has doubts about the %0D%0A%3Esuccess of a plan%3F Seriously--%5Bi%5Dreconsider the plan%5B%2Fi%5D. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0ATo give Touga credit%2C this isn%27t the first time he%27s done Akio%27s field work. Even when the plan %5Bi%5Dworks%5B%2Fi%5D it usually ends with him getting his ass kicked. I%27d be wary%2C too. %3B%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--%0D%0AMr. Fnord%27s karma ran over his dogma.
12|2|4|||1||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|Mercutio||23:14:25|08/13/2013|I won%27t often defend Touga%2C but I do gotta say that he seems to be learning... I don%27t think I%27d call it humility. Caution%2C I guess%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AHe seems to slowly be catching on that he%27s often in over his head and that those situations usually lead to him dying%2C which he%27s done two or three times now and doesn%27t really enjoy.%0D%0A%0D%0A-Merc%0D%0AKeep Rat
37|3|12|||1||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|Offsides||13:51:37|08/17/2013|%3EI won%27t often defend Touga%2C but I do gotta say that he seems to be %0D%0A%3Elearning... I don%27t think I%27d call it humility. Caution%2C I guess%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AEventually%2C the hindbrain%27s self preservation instinct refuses to be ignored%2C no matter how stupid said brain%27s owner is...%0D%0A%0D%0A%26%2391%3B...%26%2393%3B in order to be a realist you must believe in miracles.%0D%0A    -- David Ben Gurion%0D%0AEPU RCW %23%26pi%3B%0D%0A%23include %3Cstdsig.h%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A
6|1|0|||||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|Polychrome||21:52:15|08/13/2013|Hey%2C Emily Wong%21 what a pleasant surprise. Maybe she could get a beat in the wider universe so we can see more of her. Her brother better be careful%2C he could lose his job for what he did.%0D%0A%0D%0APolychrome%0D%0A
8|2|6|||1||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|JeanneHedge||23:02:19|08/13/2013|%3EHey%2C Emily Wong%21 what a pleasant surprise. Maybe she could get a beat %0D%0A%3Ein the wider universe so we can see more of her. Her brother better be %0D%0A%3Ecareful%2C he could lose his job for what he did. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EPolychrome %0D%0A%0D%0A%3Csigh%3E  OK%2C what other-universe is Emily Wong from%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AJeanne%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22 width%3D%2280%25%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd align%3D%22center%22 width%3D%2210%25%22%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhedge.com%2Fmisc%2Foldowl.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5D%5Bfont size%3D2%5D%5Bb%5DJeanne Hedge%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.jhedge.com%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhedge.com%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bi%5D%5Bfont size%3D1%5D%22Never give up%2C never surrender%21%22%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5B%2Fi%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D
9|3|8|||1||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|Gryphon||23:05:12|08/13/2013|%3E%3Csigh%3E  OK%2C what other-universe is Emily Wong from%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AShe%27s one of the many people who randomly importune Commander Shepard for strange favors in the first %5Bi%5DMass Effect%5B%2Fi%5D game.  She%27s Chinese%2C she%27s a reporter%2C it seemed like a good fit.  This version is rather younger than the one in the game%2C just starting her career.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
38|4|9|||||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|CdrMike||17:43:43|08/17/2013|%3E%3E%3Csigh%3E  OK%2C what other-universe is Emily Wong from%3F %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EShe%27s one of the many people who randomly importune Commander Shepard %0D%0A%3Efor strange favors in the first %5Bi%5DMass Effect%5B%2Fi%5D game.  She%27s %0D%0A%3EChinese%2C she%27s a reporter%2C it seemed like a good fit.  This version is %0D%0A%3Erather younger than the one in the game%2C just starting her career. %0D%0A%0D%0AShe gets bumped up to anchor desk in %5Bi%5DMass Effect 2%5B%2Fi%5D%2C but then put on a bus off-screen in time for %5Bi%5DMass Effect 3%5B%2Fi%5D.  Still remember one of the fellow fans I ran into at the midnight release going %22Hey%2C did you know Emily Wong is dead%3F%22  
10|3|8|||||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|ejheckathorn||23:09:57|08/13/2013|%3E%3Csigh%3E  OK%2C what other-universe is Emily Wong from%3F %0D%0A%0D%0A%5Blink%3Amasseffect.wikia.com%2Fwiki%2FEmily_Wong%7CMass Effect%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0AEric J. Heckathorn
7|1|0|||1||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|trigger||22:21:30|08/13/2013|I just want to say%2C after the foreboding%2C and what had to be the best food-crawl ever%2C that if y%27all make me cry tears of sorrow in part 2%2C then I%27m going to be really%2C really miffed.%0D%0A%0D%0Auntil the next one. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0Ait was good%2C%0D%0At.%0D%0A%0D%0ATrigger Argee%0D%0AManon%2C Maccadon%2C Orado%2C etc.%0D%0ADenton%2C never leave home without it.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22This isn%27t exactly the Olympic Games.%22 - Corwin of Amber
11|1|0|||1||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|Mercutio||23:11:13|08/13/2013|Big ups to Jeanne for starting the thread. Time for opinions%21 So many opinions.%0D%0A%0D%0AI never really thought we%27d actually get Avatar folded into UF%2C and now that it%27s happening I don%27t quite know what to do with myself. This is like back when Utena ended up folded in%3B I was pretty stoked then too.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EXINQIWU%2C SANYUE 12%2C 291 ASC%0D%0A%0D%0AHmm%2C so we%27re about a hundred twenty years out from the series. I understand the reasons behind it%2C but man%2C I am rather disappointed that this makes it deeply unlikely Tenzin%2C Lin%2C Asami%2C and Bolin won%27t be around except maybe in Valhalla. Especially Asami.%0D%0A%0D%0ATenzin%27s kids are REALLY hanging in there%2C tho. I mean%2C that%27s not unheard of in Diqiu%3B the line of Fire Lords are super long-lived%2C and Bumi managed to last a long time. Hell%2C Lin and Tenzin look amazing for people pushing sixty%2C in LoK. But man%2C based on what we see later%3F Jinora et. al. are rocking it awesome old lady style.%0D%0A%0D%0AOnly nine years till the next comet%2C too.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EThere was only one person who could do that.  He immediately set%0D%0A%3Easide his broom to hurry back to the main compound.  The masters had to%0D%0A%3Ebe informed%3A The Avatar had returned.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m unsure as to whether or not that %27the%27 should be capitalized or not. It doesn%27t look quite right to me%2C but I%27m fuzzy on the actual grammar.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%22The Acolytes aren%27t airbenders%2C%22 she said.  %22They follow the%0D%0A%3EAir Nomads%27 old ways to honor them%2C but so far as we know%2C no amount of%0D%0A%3Estudy can make a bender out of someone who wasn%27t born with the gift.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m not sure how much you guys care about hewing strictly to canon %28Ben implied in a previous thread that it%27s a Big Deal for Phil%29 but I%27d like to note that we have Word of God on this not being correct within the source materiel. It is possible within the context of Avatar to become a bender through focused study and spiritual discipline. It%27s just extraordinarily%2C incredibly rare%2C a bodhisattva-level accomplishment of spiritual development.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EHe was one of those men who wore middle age%0D%0A%3Eambiguously%2C with no particular clues as to which end of that long curve%0D%0A%3Ehe was really at.%0D%0A%0D%0AA hundred and twenty is pretty damn good to still be looking like you%27re merely middle-aged.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EKorra grinned.  %22True.  Go there and give the person at the desk%0D%0A%3Emy card%2C%22 she said%2C handing him such an object.  %22They%27ll take care of%0D%0A%3Eyou.  You%27re set up for three nights%2C it%27s all taken care of.  My%0D%0A%3Ewedding present to the pair of you%2C%22 she added%2C her grin becoming a bit%0D%0A%3Esentimental.%0D%0A%0D%0AThere are way to many instances of this scattered throughout the story for me to document them all%2C so I%27m just gonna seize on the first one%3A I am really digging Korra actually being adept at the whole%2C you know%2C %22I am an important person thing%22 thing you guys have going on. Korra the fully realized%2C mature Avatar is still recognizably KORRA%2C but she has that fluid skill at existing within the system and working the resources available to her she didn%27t have in the series. It%27s all very organic and well-executed%3B I can easily see this Korra showing up to address the President and the Council and%2C rather than ending up awkward and manipulated%2C working the room like a professional elder statesman. %0D%0A%0D%0AAnd then going out for noodles afterwards%2C because noodles rock.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%22Well%2C%22 said Corwin%2C %22remember how you were saying the other day%0D%0A%3Ethat maybe we all should get a dog%3F%22  He made a sort of %22ta-da%22 gesture%0D%0A%3Etoward the bison.  %22This is better.%22%0D%0A%0D%0ACorwin is saying this with the kind of self-assurance of a person who probably did not have to %5Blink%3Awww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dnnun8y7r8_U%7Cclean up after%5D a ten-ton ruminant the last time he was there.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EIt wasn%27t%0D%0A%3Ereally a saddle at all in any conventional sense%2C since his back was%0D%0A%3Emuch too wide for any human being to sit astride of%2C but rather a sort%0D%0A%3Eof solid platform with raised edges%2C handholds%2C and places to secure%0D%0A%3Ebaggage%2C sufficient for several people and their effects.%0D%0A%0D%0APeople have made the case convincingly that what you put on sky bison is less of a saddle and more of a howdah%2C like you%27d put on an elephant.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EKorra waved until she was confident they wouldn%27t be able to see%0D%0A%3Eher any more%2C then turned to the others and said%2C %22OK%21  That%27s those two%0D%0A%3Eout of our hair for a while.  Who wants to try pinepear pie%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0AYou know%2C I just finished make this sort of verde-style chili with a lot of cactus pear in it%2C and all I can think is %22man%2C pinepear sounds DELICIOUS.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EThis was Utena%27s first experience with flying on%0D%0A%3Esomething that didn%27t at least have seats%2C and she had expected to find%0D%0A%3Eit a little more daunting than she did.%0D%0A%0D%0AHuh%2C does Utena not know that Corwin can fly%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AI am not%2C of course%2C Utena. But if I had a boyfriend who could fly%2C I would totes have insisted on a trip or two up there so I could see what it was like to be in the air without tons of metal wrapped around me.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EBeyond the skyline%2C a gibbous moon was just%0D%0A%3Erising%2C framed in one of the passes through the mountains that backed%0D%0A%3Ethe city.  At this angle%2C it seemed huge%2C bigger than Cephiro%27s moon -%0D%0A%3Eperhaps the size of Bajor in Jeraddo%27s night sky.  Its silver light%0D%0A%3Eseemed to highlight the city%27s golden glow rather than compete with it.%0D%0A%0D%0AYue knows how to arrange things for maximum aesthetics%2C y%27all.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3ECorwin grinned.  %22That%27s Aang%2C one of Republic City%27s founders.%0D%0A%3EHe%27s my second favorite Avatar - he was the one before Korra.%22%0D%0A%0D%0ABah. Someone needs to be properly educated into just how hard Kyoshi rocked. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3ENo one seemed%0D%0A%3Eto think it was all that strange that the pattern had just been joined%0D%0A%3Eby a huge flying animal with two people aboard.  People waved to them%0D%0A%3Efrom the windows of airship gondolas and took photos.%0D%0A%0D%0AI was reminded of this of an older work by Elliot S%21 Maggin in which people find it good luck for Superman to fly by their windows. I can see Republic City finding sharing the immediate sky with a sky bison as being auspicious%2C a sign of good fortune.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%22That%27s Shiro Shinobi Arena.  It%27s a temple%2C all%0D%0A%3Eright - a temple of sport%21  Major League Bending%2C dangerball%2C I think%0D%0A%3Ethey even configured it for an Earth Rumble once.  Remind me%2C we%27ll%0D%0A%3Echeck the sports page in the morning.%0D%0A%0D%0AY%27know%2C I%27ve been meaning to point this out for a bit... people in UF seriously need to buy themselves some smartphones. There have been a lot of times where they would have come in handy. Most recently%2C for Kaname%3B having something with a panic button app installed on it would have been real helpful during Wedding Attempt No. 1. I mean%2C waiting for the morning to actually check the dead tree version%3F You have an omni%2C Corwin. %28Although right this second you are%2C admittedly%2C driving.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EEnormous golden%0D%0A%3Eletters set into the building%27s facade at the top announced its name%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AI only point this out because later on in the movement you make explicit distinction between letters and characters in kanji or tongyu%3B it seems off that Republic City%27s poshest hotel has it%27s sign in Standard. You%27d expect elegantly-crafted characters instead%2C created by the finest calligraphers and rendered in the appropriately huge size by skilled architects.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28I may be overthinking this.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EOne was a powerfully built young man who might%27ve%0D%0A%3Ebeen a Water Tribesman if not for his very fair skin%2C%0D%0A%0D%0A... huh%2C really%3F%0D%0A%0D%0ACorwin is the son of two people who are EXTREMELY white. They don%27t have white folks in Diqiu%2C so I guess something strange happened to give him the facial characteristics of an Inuit. It%27s not impossible%2C I guess%2C it just seems... weird. Not the only time this happens here%2C and I kind of have a lot of trouble buying it%3B Corwin seems like he should stand out as an obvious foreigner%2C especially with %28what people are going to assume are%29 those tats on his face.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EInside%2C the lobby of the Phoenix House was done up in the sort%0D%0A%3Eof style one would expect from looking at the outside of the building -%0D%0A%3Elots of golden and copper trim%2C red leather%2C and lashings of that black-%0D%0A%3Eveined red stone.%0D%0A%0D%0AI do love that Fire Nation aesthetic. The Phoenix House seems kind of like %22Fire Nation goes Art Deco%2C%22 which is awesome.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3ECorwin stopped next to her and looked up at the photo%2C smiling.%0D%0A%3E%22The crew of the Phoenix Flight%2C%22 he said.  %22I may have mentioned to%0D%0A%3EKorra at some point that you%27re an early-spaceflight buff... %22%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m a bit surprised at all the phoenix imagery and the choice of name for the flight. The last guy in Avatar to go into the phoenix metaphor in a really big way... well%2C Phoenix King Ozai ain%27t well-remembered.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EA bellman appeared with a bronze cart%2C upon which Corwin and%0D%0A%3EUtena%27s bags%2C once he%27d placed them there%2C looked comically small.%0D%0A%3EMeanwhile%2C the clerk slid a large%2C brass-edged%2C leather-bound book%0D%0A%3Eacross the counter%2C along with an elaborate pen in an upright holder and%0D%0A%3Ewhat appeared to be an extremely high-end version of the kind of inking%0D%0A%3Epad people used to use with rubber stamps.%0D%0A%0D%0AI quite love the little touches in this sequence. Many people in Diqiu would%2C of course%2C be using a chop%2C rather than signing their name. Which is of course what the ink pad is for. I expect that they have a calligraphy brush behind the desk as well%2C and that Azana merely pegged the two of them as being exceedingly unlikely to use it.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28Corwin and Utena should totally get chops made while they%27re here. Chops are both inherently cool and well-made ones are the kind of functional objets d%27art that Corwin would really like.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EThis%2C Corwin knew%2C was the style of the Southern Water Tribe%2C%0D%0A%3EKorra%27s native culture - her house in the South Pole settlement of Senna%0D%0A%3Elooked much like it on the inside%2C or had when he%27d last been there%2C%0D%0A%3Esome eight years before%0D%0A%0D%0AAwww%2C Korra named a town after her mom. Can you say best mother%27s day -ever-%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%3ELike Senjo%2C they then left with deep bows%2C%0D%0A%3Eneither expecting nor awaiting a gratuity.%0D%0A%0D%0AI really hope Diqiu isn%27t a tipping culture. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0A%28Back when I traveled%2C always one of the things I made sure to check%3B am I going to need to tip%2C or will they be insulted%3F%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EThe food was fantastic%2C spicy without brutality%2C and the wine - which%0D%0A%3Ethey hadn%27t ordered%2C and which had simply appeared with the staff%27s%0D%0A%3Efelicitations - superb.%0D%0A%0D%0AWine nerd time%3A the Phoenix House%27s sommelier probably paired a semi-sweet riesling %28NOT a dry one%3B not with spicy food%29 or a nice pinot blanc. Definitely a white%2C though%3B with spicy stir-fry%2C you don%27t go with a red.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%22Cheaper than taking a%0D%0A%3Etaxi everywhere.  I suppose you could ride Sergei%2C but I don%27t think%0D%0A%3Ehe%27s anywhere near big enough.%22%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%22Hrumph%2C%22 said Serge%2C eyeing the Avatar dubiously.%0D%0A%0D%0AOh%2C man. Anthy and Corwin%27s spawn is totally going to ride Sergei at some point%2C and it%27s going to be epic.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EUtena jumped behind the steering wheel%2C%0D%0A%0D%0AI am now imagining that Korra has the exact same superpower as Brock Samson does%3B the power to always know when someone is in her car.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%22OK%21%22 said Corwin.  %22Move the spark advance back to about%0D%0A%3Emidway%2C just until the idle smooths out - you%27ll feel it when it%27s%0D%0A%3Eright.%22  She did so%2C finding the sweet spot without difficulty - he had%0D%0A%3Enoticed long ago%2C when teaching her to drive%2C that she had a natural%0D%0A%3Eaffinity for this kind of thing.  %22From here on%2C it%27s pretty much like%0D%0A%3Eyou%27d expect.  Oh - first gear isn%27t synchronized%2C so you can only shift%0D%0A%3Einto it when the car%27s stopped unless you double-clutch.%22  He gestured%0D%0A%3Evaguely forward.  %22Let%27s do this thing%21%22%0D%0A%0D%0AI am now about to reveal myself as a complete philistine%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AFuck manual transmission.%0D%0A%0D%0AThat is all.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EAnne turned and saw that it was dominated by a large%2C%0D%0A%3Eframed portrait of a stern-looking young man - black-haired and amber-%0D%0A%3Eeyed%2C he might have been Azana%27s college-age brother - with a truly epic%0D%0A%3Eburn scar around his somehow-intact left eye.%0D%0A%0D%0ATrivia%3A Zuko%27s burn is actually something only an extremely skilled%2C very precise master of firebending could pull off. Someone with less control would have ended up boiling the eye right out of the socket. %0D%0A%0D%0AOzai deliberately structured it the way he did as an advertisement of his puissance%3B it%27s visually arresting and heinous looking%2C an object lesson for anyone who might offend the Fire Lord... but it doesn%27t really physically impair Zuko in any way%2C thus preserving any potential usefulness Ozai might want to wring out of him in the future.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28Ozai was pretty... special.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%22He has been all those%0D%0A%3Ethings since he was but a child.  And he has -long- been a kind%2C gentle%2C%0D%0A%3Eentirely unwitting thief and breaker of hearts.  Maki of Kyoshi%0D%0A%3EIsland... my great-granddaughter Nyima%2C whom you met... half a dozen of%0D%0A%3Ethe younger Air Acolytes%2C not all of them girls... even%2C -ridiculously%2C-%0D%0A%3Emy sister Ikki%2C who is nearly as ancient as I.  When he was last here%2C%0D%0A%3Ea mere boy of 13%2C he conquered them all - a feat of which I suspect he%0D%0A%3Eis still ignorant.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AHmm. I%27m about to tread on dangerous ground here%2C but I%27m gonna make the attempt anyway.%0D%0A%0D%0AYou might want to dial back the %22Corwin is awesome and makes all the ladies love him without him even trying%22 stuff. Just a bit. It%27s become somewhat self-congratulatory.%0D%0A%0D%0AThis isn%27t to say it hasn%27t produced some top-quality stuff. The pool the Valkyrie were running%2C that was comedy gold%2C as was Kaname%27s reaction to it. But this is... I think the third movement in a row that%27s had scenes with people just standing around kind of gushing about how much they and everyone else love Corwin.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m not saying stop entirely. It%27s an important part of the character. I%27m just saying it%27s maybe becoming a bit much.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%22Anything%2C%22 Anthy replied flatly%2C her voice becoming ever so%0D%0A%3Eslightly cold - not hostile%2C not even particularly aggressive%2C but with%0D%0A%3Ea distinct and undeniable edge.  %22Those who would do him harm.  By fire%2C%0D%0A%3Eby sword%2C by stealth... %22  She sipped her tea%2C put the cup down%2C and%0D%0A%3Ewent on calmly%2C %22... by conspiring to deprive him of old and cherished%0D%0A%3Efriendships.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AYeah. THIS isn%27t going to bite all three of them at some point. No sir. Not. At. All.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28I love this side of Anthy so much.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3ENall cleared his throat%2C looked significantly around to make%0D%0A%3Ecertain he wouldn%27t be overheard%2C and then leaned nearer to the window%0D%0A%3Eand said portentously%2C %22The Earth King has invited us to Bosco%27s%0D%0A%3Ebirthday party.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AThis whole ticket-buying sequence was well-executed%2C but it was a bit... twee%2C I guess is the word I want%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AI get that Diqiu wants to keep things on the down-low%2C but there%27s enough commerce between it and Zipang that Standard has crept in as a widely-spoken second language and it can economically support regular transit service and commerce. Bare minimum%2C we%27re talking thousands and thousands of people who are in on it. That%27s not really the kind of thing you can keep a lid on anymore%2C even in a galaxy of trillions. I mean%2C this isn%27t even strong encryption%3B any idiot could have picked up that passphrase%2C handed over anonymous%2C untraceable cash%2C and headed for Ba Sing Ce.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%22If you get out to Ba Sing Se%0D%0A%3Esometime%2C check out the Wall Museum.  Some of the stuff the Fire Nation%0D%0A%3Egot up to back then... %22  She shook her head.  %22Seriously crazy.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A... it%27s the drill%2C isn%27t it%3F They kept the drill in situ and turned it into a museum.%0D%0A%0D%0AI liked this whole sequence with Anne and Azana%2C although I do feel like maybe some discussion is merited at some point of the potential advantages of some of Anne%27s non-traditional demonstrated abilities with fire. She can set stuff on fire without needing to actually THROW fire at it first%2C which seems like it would be something rare and considered of great potential and power.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%22Ah well.  Let%27s get our -couture- on.  Have to admit I%27ve been looking%0D%0A%3Eforward to this.%22%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%22Are you secretly a girl%3F%22 Utena wondered as she took his arm%0D%0A%3Eand they crossed the street to the shop.%0D%0A%0D%0ASometimes the banter does drive home that despite the very fast growing up they%27ve all done%2C these people are still teenagers. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Ethe food was excellent%2C and%2C unlike in most%0D%0A%3Eother fine dining establishments either of them had experienced before%2C%0D%0A%3Ethe management wasn%27t shy about the portion size either.%0D%0A%0D%0AThis would actually be a black mark for Kwong%27s if I hadn%27t checked the annotations and seen that they have portion selection on their menu%2C something I wish more restaurants would do.%0D%0A%0D%0AI can%27t speak for everyone of course%2C but if I%27m going to the trouble of going to an actual sit-down restaurant with a dress code and a maitre%27d and a wine list%2C I want to -dine-. That means I want to have a soup%2C a salad%2C an appetizer%2C the entree%2C and then dessert and coffee. This of course necessitates relatively small portions on each of them. If an %22entree%22 is going to be an enormous platter of food the size of my torso %28which is what you get at a Chili%27s or an Applebees%29 that means no appetizer and probably no dessert.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%22Are you kidding%3F%22 Utena replied.  %22With a little industry%2C you%0D%0A%3Ecan keep this going for -days%21-  Your editor will be on the edge of his%0D%0A%3E-seat.-  And when the payoff finally comes - and it will%2C if you trust%0D%0A%3Eus - you%27ll be number one with a bullet on the Tribune society page.%0D%0A%3EPlay your cards right%2C that could take you anywhere.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AUgh. Emily Wong is on the society beat%3F Really%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AI mean%2C we all gotta start somewhere%2C but the society pages are where legitimate newsgathering goes to die. They are %28or were%2C as print continues to die as a medium%29 the domain of the courtier press%2C people who believe that the purpose of a newsman is to afflict the afflicted and comfort the comfortable. See%3A Quinn%2C Sally.%0D%0A%0D%0AI hope Emily gets off that desk as soon as humanly possible before it warps her.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EExclusive Photographs by Our Correspondent%2C Emily Wong%0D%0A%0D%0AShe%27s at least getting her own bylines%2C always a plus.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%22I beg your pardon%2C%22 he said%2C sounding dismayed.  %22This must%0D%0A%3Ebe a typographical error.  Is it a tigerdillo or a tigervark%3F  This just%0D%0A%3Esays %27tiger%27.%22  He shook his head.  %22Oh dear.  That%27ll need to be%0D%0A%3Ecorrected posthaste.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AI was waiting all story for this joke... and it did not disappoint.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%22No it is not.  This is a representation of Noatak%2C%0D%0A%3Ealias Amon%2C the figurehead of the Equalist %27revolution%27.%0D%0A%0D%0A... eh%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AAmon... wasn%27t really a figurehead. He was actually in charge. Or does the historical record take the stance that Amon was%2C in fact%2C just a figurehead and the real mastermind was Hiroshi Sato%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%22Being obvious was the whole idea%2C%22 Corwin told her.  %22Keep%0D%0A%3Epeople looking at the spectacle so they don%27t notice the real chicanery.%0D%0A%3EThink of the guy who ran that Black Rose thing... %22%0D%0A%0D%0AOn my initial read%2C my first thought here was %22Huh. They remember that%3F%22. I mean%2C Akio did a pretty thorough job scrubbing out the Black Rose arc of SkU from everybody involved except himself and Anthy. Hell%2C he went so far as to use the weird-ass time warping nature of the ongoing failed Tournament to mess with the physical nature of the campus. I suppose there have been a lot of opportunities for those blocks to get popped off during the Symphony %28Utena has been through%2C what%2C two%2C three different apotheosis events since then%3F%29 but damned if I can recall when and if that was made explicit.%0D%0A%0D%0AThen I considered it context with the scene it segueways into. Sending Nemuro to DSM%2C especially -under his own name- seems almost suicidally overconfident on Akio%27s part unless his only goal is to rile up Utena and Company%2C or if he doesn%27t intend for Nemuro to be there for long. %28Both possibilities I haven%27t entirely discounted.%29 I mean%2C the first generation of Duelists don%27t live there anymore%2C but they%27re in and out on a fairly regular basis.%0D%0A%0D%0ABut it%27s only suicidally overconfident if Akio doesn%27t know they actually remember him and his shenanigans%2C isn%27t it%3F Then all he has to worry about is Anthy%2C and he may figure Anthy is ashamed enough about what she was doing as Mamiya that she won%27t have told anyone. %28He%27d be wrong about this%2C but Akio doesn%27t understand Anthy 2.0.%29 In that case%2C there%27s a hell of a lot less risk.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EProfessor Hideki Nemuro smiled engagingly.  %22Oh%2C not at all%2C Dr.%0D%0A%3ETiefeld%2C%22 he replied.%0D%0A%0D%0AI was really hoping his name would %22Chirikazu Nemuro.%22 %3A%28%0D%0A%0D%0A%28Old old old fanfiction joke%2Freference.%29%0D%0A%0D%0ANemuro has changed a fair bit since the second time he died%2C I%27ve noticed. Nemuro v1.0 and Mikage Souji were not what you%27d call chipper or enthusiastic people. They were driven%2C certainly%2C but their personalities were cold%2C distant%2C laconic. Dryly intellectual.%0D%0A%0D%0AThis guy is not. He%27s involved%2C passionate. Quite%2C quite mad of course. Dying twice and being resurrected by a Duke of Hell will do that to you. But %22graduating%22 really seems to have changed him. I%27m actively wondering how much that has to do with Utena unraveling his little Black Rose scheme%3B Utena does revolutionize peoples lives%2C after all.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28I kind of feel bad for UF-Mikage in a way I have trouble feeling bad for UF-Touga. Mikage seems like he still has redeeming%2C or at least sympathetic%2C facets to his character. Touga is just a small%2C nasty%2C petty kind of evil. Something happened to him between SkU and SoS that utterly stripped out anything redeeming or%2C indeed%2C even very interesting about him.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%22Why should the poor man be suspicious of us%3F%22 Souji Mikage%0D%0A%3Ereplied%2C shrugging.  %22Our credentials are perfectly valid.  The%0D%0A%3EUniversity of Tothis is a fully accredited institution.%22%0D%0A%3E        %0D%0A%3E%22And a wholly owned subsidiary of Shrine Investment Partners.%22 %0D%0A%0D%0AThis provoked a visceral reaction in me%3B I have done a lot of work with for-profit%2C privately owned universities. They are the scum of the earth%2C preying on vulnerable people trying to build a better life.%0D%0A%0D%0AAlso%2C fuck the Corporate Sector. Seriously. The WDF should have burned that fucking place to the ground when they had the chance.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%22Most of them I vetoed.%22  She rolled her eyes.  %22I%0D%0A%3Edon%27t think anyone today really wants to know that I was once arrested%0D%0A%3Efor vigilantism on San Hua Bridge%2C for instance%2C%22 she added%2C drawing a%0D%0A%3Elaugh from the others.%0D%0A%0D%0AI dunno%2C it seems like%2C with a distance of some years in place%2C Korra would be obscurely proud of that one. %3A%29 Although I imagine that negotiations broke down when she wanted the wording to be %22On this spot in 170 ASC%2C Avatar Korra was arrested for doing the police%27s job better than they did.%22 With a footnote reading %22YOU HEARD ME LIN.%22%0D%0A %0D%0A%3E%22Nall and I%2C we%27re used to the idea%0D%0A%3Ethat most of our loved ones are likely to make it at least as far as we%0D%0A%3Edo.  And the ones who don%27t%2C well... we%27ll have plenty of warning%2C at%0D%0A%3Eleast.  But Korra%3F  She isn%27t aging%2C but as far as we know she%27s still%0D%0A%3Emortal.  She might live until Fimbulvetr.  Or tomorrow afternoon she%0D%0A%3Emight just... stop.  We just don%27t know.  Nobody knows.  -She- doesn%27t%0D%0A%3Eknow.  So every day they stole from us... %22%0D%0A%0D%0AThis is a little bit petty and self-righteous on Corwin%27s part.%0D%0A%0D%0A... that%27s intended as a compliment%2C by the way. Corwin%27s a passionate dude%2C and that%27s not always gonna play to his benefit.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhile I acknowledge they%27ve fucked up a number of times%2C I%27m pretty sympathetic to the White Lotus. Being the support network for an Avatar as headstrong as Korra can%27t be easy%2C and Utena is a giant metaphysical wild card. Wanting them not to hurl headlong into each other is a natural precautionary measure.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EShe%27d%0D%0A%3Eseen a number of races billed as %22vintage%22 before - the Nekomi Institute%0D%0A%3Eof Technology Motor Club%2C of which she was a member %28or had been - was%0D%0A%3Eshe in fact still a -student- at NIT%3F  She%27d have to check into that%2C it%0D%0A%3Ehad been a very odd year%29%2C held vintage and retro events quite often.%0D%0A%0D%0ADon%27t they have that event where they challenge people to build cars that never existed%2C but SHOULD have%3F I recall reading something somewhere about crazy steam-powered cars and other such automotive chicanery.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EThen%2C with a look of gleeful realization%2C she ran back around%0D%0A%3Eand seized Corwin by the front of his jacket%2C giving him a shake.%0D%0A%3E%22Corwin%21  Did you grow up to be a -gentleman burglar%3F%21-%22 she demanded%2C%0D%0A%3Egrinning widely into his face.  %22Do you have a heist team%3F%22 she went on%2C%0D%0A%3Egetting more and more excited as she explored the idea.  Nodding toward%0D%0A%3EUtena%2C she asked%2C %22Is she your social engineer%3F  %28Spirits know he%27d have%0D%0A%3Eto have one%2C%29%22 she added wryly to Utena with a wink%2C making her giggle%2C%0D%0A%3Ebefore returning her gleeful eyes to Corwin.  %22Do you have a getaway%0D%0A%3Edriver%3F  Can -I- be your getaway driver%3F  I will literally change my%0D%0A%3Eface and let Ryo have the company if I can be the getaway driver in your%0D%0A%3Eheist team.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AMy one thought on reading this was %22if Minami is ever put in the same room as the Leverage%2C Inc. team%2C they will end up breaking into the Federation Senate to steal all of Bill Clark%27s pens%2C and Nate Ford will not have any idea why they did it or%2C indeed%2C why they are now being chased by the gendarmes through narrow alleyways in a stolen Peugeot that Minami is SURE she can make jump over the Seine if she finds the right ramp.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%22Oh%2C stop it%2C Ryo%2C%22 Minami chided him%2C pulling to a halt in%0D%0A%3Efront of their next destination.  %22You watch too many movies.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22The Piandao serials are not just -movies-%2C Minami. They are -high art-. Haven%27t you ever seen %27Burning of the Golden Temple Part XIII%3F%27 Amazing wire work%2C just amazing.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%3ETaken by Storm will continue in%0D%0A%3EPart 2%3A Goodbye and Hello%2C as Always%0D%0A%0D%0ASeeing the quote from his namesake makes me hope that Corwin%27s kid gets a better name than said namesake%27s son did.%0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C %27Merle%27 isn%27t a bad name%2C I guess. But Merlin%3F Dara should have thought that one through.%0D%0A%0D%0ANormally%2C here%27s where I%27d go into a wrapup of general thoughts... but I got nothing to add I didn%27t already go over. At least not at the moment.%0D%0A%0D%0A-Merc%0D%0AKeep Rat
13|2|11|||1||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|Gryphon||00:21:07|08/14/2013|%3E%3EThe masters had to%0D%0A%3E%3Ebe informed%3A The Avatar had returned.%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI%27m unsure as to whether or not that %27the%27 should be capitalized or %0D%0A%3Enot. It doesn%27t look quite right to me%2C but I%27m fuzzy on the actual %0D%0A%3Egrammar. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe general rule I was taught%2C aeons ago%2C was that if the bit that comes after the colon is a complete sentence in its own right%2C you capitalize it%2C and if it%27s just a list of things%2C you don%27t.  I don%27t always think of it%2C but it%27s somewhere in my mental stylesheet%2C all the same.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EI%27d like to note that we have Word of God on this not being correct %0D%0A%3Ewithin the source materiel.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m just enjoying the mental image brought on by the phrase %22source materiel%22.  It makes me think of the original stories as things that have to be brought in on trucks%2C like military supplies.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnyway%2C it%27s possible Korra%27s just wrong about that.  She%27s not omniscient%2C after all.  It certainly hasn%27t happened within her lifetime that she knows of%2C anyway.  There are probably %5Bi%5Dlegends%5B%2Fi%5D of old-timey airbenders who did that%3F  But she also owns %5Bi%5DThe Complete Adventures of Wang Fire%5B%2Fi%5D on crystal%2C so she knows a thing or two about buying into legends. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3EHe was one of those men who wore middle age%0D%0A%3E%3Eambiguously%2C with no particular clues as to which end of that long curve%0D%0A%3E%3Ehe was really at.%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EA hundred and twenty is pretty damn good to still be looking like %0D%0A%3Eyou%27re merely middle-aged. %0D%0A%0D%0AIt%27s worth noting that from the perspective of someone from New Avalon%2C 120 %5Bi%5Dis%5B%2Fi%5D the righthand edge of middle age.  We%27ll be looking at this a bit more in the next movement.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EI can easily see this Korra showing up %0D%0A%3Eto address the President and the Council and%2C rather than ending up %0D%0A%3Eawkward and manipulated%2C working the room like a professional elder %0D%0A%3Estatesman. %0D%0A%0D%0A%22Took me long enough... %22%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EPeople have made the case convincingly that what you put on sky bison %0D%0A%3Eis less of a saddle and more of a howdah%2C like you%27d put on an %0D%0A%3Eelephant. %0D%0A%0D%0ANo canopy.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EHuh%2C does Utena not know that Corwin can fly%3F %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI am not%2C of course%2C Utena. But if I had a boyfriend who could fly%2C I %0D%0A%3Ewould totes have insisted on a trip or two up there so I could see %0D%0A%3Ewhat it was like to be in the air without tons of metal wrapped around %0D%0A%3Eme. %0D%0A%0D%0AIf you%27re envisioning something like that scene from the %2770s %5Bi%5DSuperman%5B%2Fi%5D movie%2C I%27m afraid it%2C uh%2C doesn%27t really work that way.  At least not for Corwin.  He doesn%27t really fly so much as levitate%2C anyway%2C which isn%27t as exciting for potential passengers.  It%27s mainly useful for not falling to one%27s death.%0D%0A%0D%0AThat said%2C she%27s flown a New Avalon Police jetpack%2C and that doesn%27t have a seat%2C so what she%27s really comparing the experience to is what it%27d be like to%2C say%2C go wing walking.  Large vehicle%2C but no actual seats.  It%27s a strange experience%2C and quite unlike jetpacking or paragliding or whatever else have you.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EBah. Someone needs to be properly educated into just how hard Kyoshi %0D%0A%3Erocked. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AOh%2C Corwin%27s well aware of that.  He has great %5Bi%5Drespect%5B%2Fi%5D for Kyoshi.  But he doesn%27t %5Bi%5Dlike%5B%2Fi%5D her. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EI was reminded of this of an older work by Elliot S%21 Maggin in which %0D%0A%3Epeople find it good luck for Superman to fly by their windows. I can %0D%0A%3Esee Republic City finding sharing the immediate sky with a sky bison %0D%0A%3Eas being auspicious%2C a sign of good fortune. %0D%0A%0D%0AHeh%2C I like that.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EY%27know%2C I%27ve been meaning to point this out for a bit... people in UF %0D%0A%3Eseriously need to buy themselves some smartphones. There have been a %0D%0A%3Elot of times where they would have come in handy. Most recently%2C for %0D%0A%3EKaname%3B having something with a panic button app installed on it would %0D%0A%3Ehave been real helpful during Wedding Attempt No. 1.%0D%0A%0D%0AThere%27s no signal in Brown Sector.  We covered that.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EI mean%2C waiting %0D%0A%3Efor the morning to actually check the dead tree version%3F You have an %0D%0A%3Eomni%2C Corwin. %28Although right this second you are%2C admittedly%2C %0D%0A%3Edriving.%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AJust getting into the spirit of the thing.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3EEnormous golden%0D%0A%3E%3Eletters set into the building%27s facade at the top announced its name%3A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI only point this out because later on in the movement you make %0D%0A%3Eexplicit distinction between letters and characters in kanji or %0D%0A%3Etongyu%3B it seems off that Republic City%27s poshest hotel has it%27s sign %0D%0A%3Ein Standard. You%27d expect elegantly-crafted characters instead%2C %0D%0A%3Ecreated by the finest calligraphers and rendered in the appropriately %0D%0A%3Ehuge size by skilled architects. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%28I may be overthinking this.%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AOr simply not bearing in mind that a building with a square footprint has four sides. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3EOne was a powerfully built young man who might%27ve%0D%0A%3E%3Ebeen a Water Tribesman if not for his very fair skin%2C%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E... huh%2C really%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C sure%2C if he%27s %5Bi%5Danything%5B%2Fi%5D recognizable%2C it%27s going to be that%2C simply based on his hair and his eye color.  And the Viking cheekbones.  He%27s odd-looking%2C but not as outstandingly foreign-looking as Utena %28who%2C in the time-honored anime tradition%2C has a Japanese name - anyone in Diqiu just seeing her name somewhere would assume she was from Kyoshi Island or the Fire Nation - and doesn%27t look even %5Bi%5Dslightly%5B%2Fi%5D Asian%29. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%28In a similar vein%2C thanks to the art style employed in the source%2C I%27m not havin%27 this %22he must look Inuit%22 thing.  Only the -really old people- in either Water Tribe look Inuit.  Korra%27s dad looked like Corwin%27s Uncle Balder with a dye job and a tan. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3ECorwin stopped next to her and looked up at the photo%2C smiling.%0D%0A%3E%3E%22The crew of the Phoenix Flight%2C%22 he said.  %22I may have mentioned to%0D%0A%3E%3EKorra at some point that you%27re an early-spaceflight buff... %22%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI%27m a bit surprised at all the phoenix imagery and the choice of name %0D%0A%3Efor the flight. The last guy in Avatar to go into the phoenix metaphor %0D%0A%3Ein a really big way... well%2C Phoenix King Ozai ain%27t well-remembered. %0D%0A%0D%0AThat was kind of the idea%2C actually.  %22Phoenix%22 as in rebirth%2C the five nations working together%2C etc. - Project Phoenix Flight was a major step in the rehabilitation of the Fire Nation%27s foreign policy image.  We%27ll hopefully get round to telling that story one day.  We have notes for most of it%2C as a byproduct of the design of this very scene.%0D%0A%0D%0ASo yeah%21  You were wondering what Korra did on her first Comet Day%3F%0D%0A%0D%0ASHE WENT TO THE MOON.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EAwww%2C Korra named a town after her mom. Can you say best mother%27s day %0D%0A%3E-ever-%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C %5Bi%5Dsomeone%5B%2Fi%5D named a town after her mom.  It might not have been Korra herself%2C except inasmuch as she may have said%2C %22No%2C don%27t name it after me%2C if you have to name it after anyone you want to give some credit to%2C name it after my mother.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bi%5DHe says %22I don%27t wanna be on no stamp%2C man%22%0D%0AI say %22King%2C I understand%22%0D%0AHe says %22My mama should be on that stamp%2C man%22%0D%0AAnd then he fires his .44 into the television%0D%0AElvis and I%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3ELike Senjo%2C they then left with deep bows%2C%0D%0A%3E%3Eneither expecting nor awaiting a gratuity.%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI really hope Diqiu isn%27t a tipping culture. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0ANope.  One of the many refreshing things about traveling there.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%28Ozai was pretty... special.%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AIndeed.  One hopes that at some point he attempted to escape and one of the Kyoshi had the opportunity to put him down like the mad dog he was.%0D%0A%0D%0A... one is not a Buddhist monk%2C you should understand. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Me%2C on the other hand%2C I say guys like you are %5Bi%5Dalways%5B%2Fi%5D worth it.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EBut this is... I think the third movement in a row %0D%0A%3Ethat%27s had scenes with people just standing around kind of gushing %0D%0A%3Eabout how much they and everyone else love Corwin. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI%27m not saying stop entirely. It%27s an important part of the character. %0D%0A%3EI%27m just saying it%27s maybe becoming a bit much. %0D%0A%0D%0AMm%2C you may have a point there.  In fairness%2C Jinora%27s not really coming across with any %5Bi%5Dnews%5B%2Fi%5D there%2C and she proceeds to make exactly the same point.  Anyway%2C it%27s lead-up to something we%27ll get to later.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EThis whole ticket-buying sequence was well-executed%2C but it was a %0D%0A%3Ebit... twee%2C I guess is the word I want%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AI congratulate you on your perspicacity%2C sir%21  Nall is living out a spy-movie fantasy.  He%27s doing that on %5Bi%5Dpurpose%3B%5B%2Fi%5D it probably hasn%27t really been done that way for years.  The ticket agent is just too polite and well-trained to give him the hairy eyeball about it. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%28As Phil notes in the annotations%2C most people do it online these days.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3E%22If you get out to Ba Sing Se%0D%0A%3E%3Esometime%2C check out the Wall Museum.  Some of the stuff the Fire Nation%0D%0A%3E%3Egot up to back then... %22  She shook her head.  %22Seriously crazy.%22%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E... it%27s the drill%2C isn%27t it%3F They kept the drill in situ and turned %0D%0A%3Eit into a museum. %0D%0A%0D%0AThere weren%27t a lot of other options.  I mean%2C it would make a %5Bi%5Dlousy%5B%2Fi%5D restaurant.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EI liked this whole sequence with Anne and Azana%2C although I do feel %0D%0A%3Elike maybe some discussion is merited at some point of the potential %0D%0A%3Eadvantages of some of Anne%27s non-traditional demonstrated abilities %0D%0A%3Ewith fire.%0D%0A%0D%0AAzana would probably make note of that%2C yes.%0D%0A%0D%0AIf she knew about it.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt%27s only the first day.  Patience%2C weedwhacker.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EUgh. Emily Wong is on the society beat%3F Really%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AOddly enough%2C that%27s Emily%27s basic response to the situation too.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3E%22No it is not.  This is a representation of Noatak%2C%0D%0A%3E%3Ealias Amon%2C the figurehead of the Equalist %27revolution%27.%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E... eh%3F %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EAmon... wasn%27t really a figurehead. He was actually in charge.%0D%0A%0D%0APossibly so%2C but he was also indisputably an obvious bit of branding%2C which in Corwin%27s eyes makes him deeply suspect as the actual mastermind.  I mean%2C that would be like believing that the guy who set the Reichstag fire%2A was the real mastermind behind the Nazis%27 rise to power%2C or that the ringmaster really runs the circus.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnyway%2C historians are probably still arguing about that%2C given that many of the key figures in the incident disappeared and were never seen again.  Hell%2C there are probably some who insist%2C based on the fragmentary documentation available%2C that it was really all Batroc. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bsmall%5D %2A No%2C not the Dutch patsy%2C G%C3%B6ring.%5B%2Fsmall%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EAlso%2C fuck the Corporate Sector. Seriously. The WDF should have burned %0D%0A%3Ethat fucking place to the ground when they had the chance. %0D%0A%0D%0A... they had the chance%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3E%22So every day they stole from us... %22%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThis is a little bit petty and self-righteous on Corwin%27s part. %0D%0A%0D%0AA bit.  Although it%27s worth bearing in mind that he includes Korra in that %22us%22%3B he%27s not just talking about himself and Nall.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EDon%27t they have that event where they challenge people to build cars %0D%0A%3Ethat never existed%2C but SHOULD have%3F I recall reading something %0D%0A%3Esomewhere about crazy steam-powered cars and other such automotive %0D%0A%3Echicanery. %0D%0A%0D%0AThey did it at least once%2C back in the days when Belldandy and Keiichi were students%3B that%27s where Utena%27s car %28the AC Cobra with a back seat%29 came from.  It may not have been run in the new kids%27 lifetime%2C though.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Ebeing chased by the gendarmes through narrow alleyways in a stolen %0D%0A%3EPeugeot that Minami is SURE she can make jump over the Seine if she %0D%0A%3Efinds the right ramp.%22 %0D%0A%0D%0A%22Do you take care of this car%3F  The tires feel a little splashy.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
14|3|13|||1||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|Mercutio||01:50:34|08/14/2013|%3E%3E%3EThe masters had to%0D%0A%3E%3E%3Ebe informed%3A The Avatar had returned.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3EI%27d like to note that we have Word of God on this not being correct %0D%0A%3E%3Ewithin the source materiel.%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI%27m just enjoying the mental image brought on by the phrase %22source %0D%0A%3Emateriel%22.  It makes me think of the original stories as things that %0D%0A%3Ehave to be brought in on trucks%2C like military supplies. %0D%0A%0D%0A%22Phil%2C are we out of Jinora%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Uh... darn it%2C we are. I%27ll have some more overnighted.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3EA hundred and twenty is pretty damn good to still be looking like %0D%0A%3E%3Eyou%27re merely middle-aged. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EIt%27s worth noting that from the perspective of someone from New %0D%0A%3EAvalon%2C 120 %5Bi%5Dis%5B%2Fi%5D the righthand edge of middle age.  We%27ll be %0D%0A%3Elooking at this a bit more in the next movement. %0D%0A%0D%0AAlso worth noting that I could stand to brush up on the data provided back in the Featured Docs as to this kind of thing%2C myself.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3EPeople have made the case convincingly that what you put on sky bison %0D%0A%3E%3Eis less of a saddle and more of a howdah%2C like you%27d put on an %0D%0A%3E%3Eelephant. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3ENo canopy. %0D%0A%0D%0ATrue%2C although you could rig one up easily enough.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EIf you%27re envisioning something like that scene from the %2770s %0D%0A%3E%5Bi%5DSuperman%5B%2Fi%5D movie%2C I%27m afraid it%2C uh%2C doesn%27t really work that %0D%0A%3Eway.  At least not for Corwin.  He doesn%27t really fly so much as %0D%0A%3Elevitate%2C anyway%2C which isn%27t as exciting for potential passengers.  %0D%0A%3EIt%27s mainly useful for not falling to one%27s death. %0D%0A%0D%0AThat was exactly what I was envisioning%2C yes. %28Don%27t judge me.%29%0D%0A%0D%0AYou%27ve ruined my illusions. %3A%28%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3E%28I may be overthinking this.%29 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EOr simply not bearing in mind that a building with a square footprint %0D%0A%3Ehas four sides. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AI... er%2C am actually completely clueless as to what you mean by this.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EWell%2C sure%2C if he%27s %5Bi%5Danything%5B%2Fi%5D recognizable%2C it%27s going to be %0D%0A%3Ethat%2C simply based on his hair and his eye color.  And the Viking %0D%0A%3Echeekbones.  He%27s odd-looking%2C but not as outstandingly %0D%0A%3Eforeign-looking as Utena %28who%2C in the time-honored anime tradition%2C %0D%0A%3Ehas a Japanese name - anyone in Diqiu just seeing her name somewhere %0D%0A%3Ewould assume she was from Kyoshi Island or the Fire Nation - and %0D%0A%3Edoesn%27t look even %5Bi%5Dslightly%5B%2Fi%5D Asian%29. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AI am reminded of... it was either in Full Metal Panic or FMP%3A Second Raid%2C where a bunch of mercenary guys have Tessa and Kaname cornered at the school%2C and they order them to %22send us over the white girl.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AIt was like... WHICH white girl%3F %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%28In a similar vein%2C thanks to the art style employed in the source%2C %0D%0A%3EI%27m not havin%27 this %22he must look Inuit%22 thing.  Only the -really old %0D%0A%3Epeople- in either Water Tribe look Inuit.  Korra%27s dad looked like %0D%0A%3ECorwin%27s Uncle Balder with a dye job and a tan. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AFair enough. I%27ll be the first to admit that the people in Avatar only look in very broad strokes like the cultures they%27re built to resemble%2C but there are certain broad similarities within the universe itself.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3EI%27m a bit surprised at all the phoenix imagery and the choice of name %0D%0A%3E%3Efor the flight. The last guy in Avatar to go into the phoenix metaphor %0D%0A%3E%3Ein a really big way... well%2C Phoenix King Ozai ain%27t well-remembered. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThat was kind of the idea%2C actually.  %22Phoenix%22 as in rebirth%2C the %0D%0A%3Efive nations working together%2C etc. - Project Phoenix Flight was a %0D%0A%3Emajor step in the rehabilitation of the Fire Nation%27s foreign policy %0D%0A%3Eimage. %0D%0A%0D%0AYou know... I really hope Zuko managed to hang on to see that happen. Especially because of this%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%3ESo yeah%21  You were wondering what Korra did on her first Comet Day%3F %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3ESHE WENT TO THE MOON. %0D%0A%0D%0AThis is the best goddamn idea I%27ve ever seen for what should happen on the next passing of Sozin%27s Comet. 115 would be really pushing it%2C even for Zuko%27s family%2C but man%2C being able to contribute to that sort of thing%2C even as just a %22I am the former Fire Lord and I give this project my approval%22 stature-lending thing%2C would be the final expiation of his families sins for him.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3E%28Ozai was pretty... special.%29 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EIndeed.  One hopes that at some point he attempted to escape and one %0D%0A%3Eof the Kyoshi had the opportunity to put him down like the mad dog he %0D%0A%3Ewas. %0D%0A%0D%0AOne of the things that makes Ozai so frightening%2C at least in my opinion%2C is that he isn%27t really mad%2C per se. He%27s entirely sane. He was probably a very effective ruler of the Fire Nation%3B he%27s intelligent%2C incisive%2C understands people%2C all that stuff.%0D%0A%0D%0AHe was just%2C you know... evil. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0ABesides%2C him dying in an escape attempt is way too merciful. What I like to imagine is that after he%27d made his point with a few years in that tower%2C Zuko had his Dad moved to a comfortable prison-apartment somewhere on the Palace grounds. A high room%2C with a great view.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd then he made the old man spend the next half-century watching him tear down and rebuild the Fire Nation into something Ozai would have found abhorrent and weak. He%27d make sure Ozai had access to plenty of broadsheets and other news sources%2C too. Maybe have them read aloud to him. %0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%22Me%2C on the other hand%2C I say guys like you are %5Bi%5Dalways%5B%2Fi%5D worth %0D%0A%3Eit.%22 %0D%0A%0D%0AI forget where%2C but I once read a fairly decent little fanfic wherein%2C after Ozai rather comically declared %22I%27m still alive%22 in response to Suki%27s query%2C Sokka considered the architect of his peoples near-genocide philosophically for a couple seconds%2C and then simply straight-up knifed him right there in front of Aang.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28And it would have to be Sokka. Toph%2C for all her tough-girl persona%2C doesn%27t have the experience of life as prey of the Fire Nation all the others have%2C and Suki I don%27t think quite has the nerve to kill an unarmed%2C beaten man in cold blood.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3EThis whole ticket-buying sequence was well-executed%2C but it was a %0D%0A%3E%3Ebit... twee%2C I guess is the word I want%3F %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI congratulate you on your perspicacity%2C sir%21  Nall is living out a %0D%0A%3Espy-movie fantasy.  He%27s doing that on %5Bi%5Dpurpose%3B%5B%2Fi%5D it probably %0D%0A%3Ehasn%27t really been done that way for years.  The ticket agent is just %0D%0A%3Etoo polite and well-trained to give him the hairy eyeball about it. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AYou know%2C I sometimes congratulate myself on seeking out subtlety in my fiction%2C and then when it shows up I just entirely miss it.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt%27s especially annoying because I totally called Nall%27s desire to do just this in Try%2C Try Again. %5E.%5E%3B%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3E... it%27s the drill%2C isn%27t it%3F They kept the drill in situ and turned %0D%0A%3E%3Eit into a museum. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThere weren%27t a lot of other options.  I mean%2C it would make a %0D%0A%3E%5Bi%5Dlousy%5B%2Fi%5D restaurant. %0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C they could have broken down and moved the thing out entirely%3B it represents a vulnerable point.%0D%0A%0D%0AThat said%2C with their sudden combined mastery of both air power and artillery pieces%2C the Fire Nation sort of took Ba Sing Ce%27s walls and obsoleted them overnight. Postwar%2C they probably rebuilt that big gap the Dai Li carved in the thing%2C but the drill likely wasn%27t a priority anymore.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EAzana would probably make note of that%2C yes. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EIf she knew about it. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EIt%27s only the first day.  Patience%2C weedwhacker. %0D%0A%0D%0AHrm.%0D%0A%0D%0AI am forced to admit that%2C if I were still doing martial arts%2C that would not be... an INACCURATE sobriquet to hang on me.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3EAmon... wasn%27t really a figurehead. He was actually in charge.%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EPossibly so%2C but he was also indisputably an obvious bit of branding%2C %0D%0A%3Ewhich in Corwin%27s eyes makes him deeply suspect as the actual %0D%0A%3Emastermind.  %0D%0A%0D%0AInteresting. I am now curious as to his thoughts on Big Fire. I mean%2C really. %22The Magnificent Ten%3F%22 Even for a cadre of metahuman supervillains%2C that%27s a pretty on-the-nose piece of branding. They might as well have their own line of action figures%3B the Fabulous Fitzcarald with real snapping action%2C Shockwave Alberto with a pack of tiny cigars you can tuck inside his suit.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EAnyway%2C historians are probably still arguing about that%2C given that %0D%0A%3Emany of the key figures in the incident disappeared and were never %0D%0A%3Eseen again.  Hell%2C there are probably some who insist%2C based on the %0D%0A%3Efragmentary documentation available%2C that it was really all Batroc. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AHey%2C within Amon gone%2C it is totally Lieutenant Batroc%27s time to shine%21 You%27ll see%21 He%27s gonna build his own revolution%21 With hookers%2C and blackjack%21%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3EAlso%2C fuck the Corporate Sector. Seriously. The WDF should have burned %0D%0A%3E%3Ethat fucking place to the ground when they had the chance. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E... they had the chance%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AI am maybe wrong about this%2C but... my impression has always been that in the immediate aftermath of the War of Corporate Occupation the WDF was basically running the table and could have gotten support for rending Genom and all their creations limb from limb if it had wanted to. %0D%0A%0D%0AStarfleet had been mostly destroyed %28and even if it hadn%27t been%2C various Federations members governments had been largely destabilized and were in need of a lot of restructuring%29 and Genom had brought basically everything it could spare that wasn%27t doing stuff like pinning down Salusia or the Quarian Union to Zeta Cygni... which led to all that hardware being either destroyed or captured. Plus%2C the WDF had gained serious cred by being right about Genom all along. The other major military power still standing at the time was Salusia%2C close WDF allies.%0D%0A%0D%0AGiven that%2C it seems like that represented a primo opportunity to rip apart Largo%27s little kleptocratic empire he built out in the Corporate Sector and subject it to MAJOR restructuring. %0D%0A%0D%0AI mean%2C I understand the counterargument for not pulling the trigger on that%3B it would have meant continuing the war for months%2C possibly years%2C as they subdued the Corporate Sector system by system and arranged for the occupation and administration of a vast volume of space and billions of people. So taking the soft victory and letting Kwei-chang Kane and later on Larry Mann handle the situation delicately makes a certain amount of sense. But the end result of that process seems to have been Corporate Sector Lite%3A Less Megalomania%2C More Fascism.%0D%0A%0D%0ABut the chance did exist.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28I could of course be wrong in my read on the situation as it was then.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A-Merc%0D%0AKeep Rat
15|4|14|||1||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|Gryphon||02:28:07|08/14/2013|%3E%3E%3E%28I may be overthinking this.%29 %0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EOr simply not bearing in mind that a building with a square footprint %0D%0A%3E%3Ehas four sides. %3A%29 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI... er%2C am actually completely clueless as to what you mean by this. %0D%0A%0D%0AThere are four sides to that part of the tower.  We only know from the text provided that it says PHOENIX HOUSE HOTEL in Standard on one of them.  It%27s entirely possible -  in fact%2C likely - that the name is rendered in Tongyu on at least two of the remaining three.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3EIndeed.  One hopes that at some point he attempted to escape and one %0D%0A%3E%3Eof the Kyoshi had the opportunity to put him down like the mad dog he %0D%0A%3E%3Ewas. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EOne of the things that makes Ozai so frightening%2C at least in my %0D%0A%3Eopinion%2C is that he isn%27t really mad%2C per se.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt%27s a f---ing figure of speech%2C for f---sakes.%0D%0A%0D%0A... sorry%2C too sharp%3F %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EBesides%2C him dying in an escape attempt is way too merciful.%0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C yes%2C arguably%2C but they don%27t have the technology base to construct a proper prometheon%2A%2C and the guy%27s like Hannibal Lecter.  As long as he%27s capable of walking around and speaking to people%2C he%27s going to be a problem.%0D%0A%0D%0AToph%27s right%2C you know.  Those guys are just born bad.  That%27s why Zuko is so shit at being a good guy.  He has to make a Will check every time he %5Bi%5Ddoesn%27t%5B%2Fi%5D murder somebody.  It%27s an umpty-point Flaw%2C which explains why he started the game at like level 15%2C but in the long run it wasn%27t really worth it.  He%27s a bad design.  Someone needs to have a word with his player. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EI forget where%2C but I once read a fairly decent little fanfic wherein%2C %0D%0A%3Eafter Ozai rather comically declared %22I%27m still alive%22 in response to %0D%0A%3ESuki%27s query%2C Sokka considered the architect of his peoples %0D%0A%3Enear-genocide philosophically for a couple seconds%2C and then simply %0D%0A%3Estraight-up knifed him right there in front of Aang. %0D%0A%0D%0AHmm.  Nearly plausible%2C though I%27m seeing it more as a redneck katana fugue with that whale jaw club thing.  III%27ve been WORKin%27 on the RAIL rooooad%2C ALL the LIVElong DAAAAY... %0D%0A%0D%0A%3EInteresting. I am now curious as to his thoughts on Big Fire. I mean%2C %0D%0A%3Ereally. %22The Magnificent Ten%3F%22 Even for a cadre of metahuman %0D%0A%3Esupervillains%2C that%27s a pretty on-the-nose piece of branding. They %0D%0A%3Emight as well have their own line of action figures%3B the Fabulous %0D%0A%3EFitzcarald with real snapping action%2C Shockwave Alberto with a pack of %0D%0A%3Etiny cigars you can tuck inside his suit. %0D%0A%0D%0AOh%2C they%27re branding%2C all right.  It%27s fairly well-agreed within the International Police that the Ten are just a front for something much less colorful and - let%27s face it - fun to punch.  They want the public to fear them%2C but also to find them %5Bi%5Dinteresting%5B%2Fi%5D%2C which is not something 100%25 Committed Bad Guys care about.  They%27re %5Bi%5Ddangerous%5B%2Fi%5D branding%2C but then%2C so was Amon.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A%5Bsmall%5D %2A Breathtakingly cruel and elegant 14th-century Gamilon torture device.  Employs a combination of tailored stasis and cellular regeneration inducers to keep the prisoner alive while a vicious animal eats bits of him.  Indefinitely.  Illegal everywhere%2C including on Gamilon%2C nowadays.%5B%2Fsmall%5D%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
18|5|15|||1||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|pjmoyer||15:33:05|08/14/2013|%3E%3E%3EOr simply not bearing in mind that a building with a square footprint %0D%0A%3E%3E%3Ehas four sides. %3A%29  %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThere are four sides to that part of the tower.  We only know from the %0D%0A%3Etext provided that it says PHOENIX HOUSE HOTEL in Standard on one of %0D%0A%3Ethem.  It%27s entirely possible -  in fact%2C likely - that the name is %0D%0A%3Erendered in Tongyu on at least two of the remaining three. %0D%0A%0D%0AIn fact%2C the Phoenix House Hotel is named in Standard on one side%2C Tongyu on the two sides adjacent to it%2C and in Kokugo %28the original spoken and written language of the Fire Nation before Tongyu supplanted it internationally%29 on the side opposite of the Standard label%2C since the building was partially built by Fire Nation interests.%0D%0A%0D%0AKokugo also shows up more frequently in the Little Fire Nation neighborhood of Republic City%2C as well as in the Little Zipang neighborhood %28where it%27s often mistaken for that foreign %22Japanese%22 language%29.%0D%0A%0D%0A--- Philip%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%223%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D2 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%0D%0A%5Btr%5D%5Btd width%3D%2265%22%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie.org%2F%7Eaerianne%2Ffoth.img%2Fgaia_ser_philip_saber.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%0D%0A%5Btd%5D%5Bfont color%3D%22%230000dd%22%5DPhilip J. Moyer%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%230000aa%22 size%3D-2%5DContributing Writer%2C Editor and Artist %28and Moderator%29 -- Eyrie Productions%2C Unlimited%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%230000aa%22 size%3D-2%5DCEO of MTS%2C High Poobah Of Artwork%2C and High Priest Of the Church Of Aerianne -- Magnetic Terrapin Studios%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%230044aa%22 size%3D-1%5D%5Bi%5D%22Insert Pithy Comment Here%22%5B%2Fi%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd width%3D%2265%22%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie.org%2F%7Eaerianne%2Ffoth.img%2Fgaia_aeri_coat_sword.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%0D%0A%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%223%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D1 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D
16|4|14|||||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|mdg1||07:54:19|08/14/2013|%3EHey%2C within Amon gone%2C it is totally Lieutenant Batroc%27s time to %0D%0A%3Eshine%21 You%27ll see%21 He%27s gonna build his own revolution%21 With hookers%2C %0D%0A%3Eand blackjack%21 %0D%0A%0D%0AMais non%21  Leftenant Batroc would never sully himself with %5Bi%5Dles colombes souill%E9es ou vingt-et-un%5B%2Fi%5D%21 It would be an insult to %5Bi%5Dmon avatar%2C non%5B%2Fi%5D%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AThen he kicks another metalbending cop in the head%2C and jumps out the window.
19|2|11|||1||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|pjmoyer||18:00:53|08/14/2013|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Aug-14-13 AT 06:19 PM (EDT)]%3EI never really thought we%27d actually get Avatar folded into UF%2C and %0D%0A%3Enow that it%27s happening I don%27t quite know what to do with myself. %0D%0A%3EThis is like back when Utena ended up folded in%3B I was pretty stoked %0D%0A%3Ethen too. %0D%0A%0D%0ATo be honest%2C Merc%3F  It%27s all your fault.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27d had the thought off and on about how bending and the %5Bi%5DAvatar%5B%2Fi%5D world could incorporate into UF%2C and mostly wrote it off as not plausible %28especially given its metaphysics and event timing%29%2C but it was your comment about Katara or Korra at the CTF Snowball fight that caused me to re-think the possibility and re-ignited the creative juices for the integration %28especially since it%27ll tie into several other things later on involving %5Bb%5D%26l%3BINFORMATION REDACTED%26r%3B%5B%2Fb%5D.%29%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd believe me%2C after hearing about the event from Corwin and Utena%2C Korra will NOT be missing the next one.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3EXINQIWU%2C SANYUE 12%2C 291 ASC%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EHmm%2C so we%27re about a hundred twenty years out from the series. I %0D%0A%3Eunderstand the reasons behind it%2C but man%2C I am rather disappointed %0D%0A%3Ethat this makes it deeply unlikely Tenzin%2C Lin%2C Asami%2C and Bolin won%27t %0D%0A%3Ebe around except maybe in Valhalla. Especially Asami. %0D%0A%0D%0AYeah%2C well%2C that%27s life in the big city.  I want all 4 Books of Legend of Korra to be Canon for our purposes %28as far as is reasonable%29%2C which puts us in a bit of a pickle thanks to Books 2-4 not being released yet.  Is it September yet%3F %2Awhine%2A%0D%0A%0D%0A%3ETenzin%27s kids are REALLY hanging in there%2C tho. I mean%2C that%27s not %0D%0A%3Eunheard of in Diqiu%3B the line of Fire Lords are super long-lived%2C and %0D%0A%3EBumi managed to last a long time. Hell%2C Lin and Tenzin look amazing %0D%0A%3Efor people pushing sixty%2C in LoK. But man%2C based on what we see later%3F %0D%0A%3EJinora et. al. are rocking it awesome old lady style. %0D%0A%0D%0AAdmittedly%2C a lot of that appearance is derived from fanart depictions of the older Airkids%2C though I suppose I should draw Ancient Master versions of them one of these days%2C with Korra.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3E%22The Acolytes aren%27t airbenders%2C%22 she said.  %22They follow the%0D%0A%3E%3EAir Nomads%27 old ways to honor them%2C but so far as we know%2C no amount of%0D%0A%3E%3Estudy can make a bender out of someone who wasn%27t born with the gift.%22%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI%27m not sure how much you guys care about hewing strictly to canon %0D%0A%3E%28Ben implied in a previous thread that it%27s a Big Deal for Phil%29 but %0D%0A%3EI%27d like to note that we have Word of God on this not being correct %0D%0A%3Ewithin the source materiel. It is possible within the context of %0D%0A%3EAvatar to become a bender through focused study and spiritual %0D%0A%3Ediscipline. It%27s just extraordinarily%2C incredibly rare%2C a %0D%0A%3Ebodhisattva-level accomplishment of spiritual development. %0D%0A%0D%0AWhich%2C well%2C %22bodhisattva-level accomplishment of spiritual development%22 doesn%27t come along everyday.  Do %5Bi%5Dyou%5B%2Fi%5D know many current bodhisattva running around these days%3F  Also%2C I%27d like a citation on that Word of God%2C since I don%27t recall it being listed as a possibility for attaining bending on the Avatar Wiki %28which remains our go-to source on matters Avatar for the time being%29.%0D%0A%0D%0AYes%2C it may be possible%2C but in %22today%27s%22 fast-paced world of Diqiu%2C it certainly isn%27t considered likely.  Far more possible for devoted Air Acolytes to give birth to airbending children %28or for a random genetic %27sport%27 to show up in the wider population%29 than it is for the intense-study method.  They just haven%27t encountered them yet.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3EKorra grinned.  %22True.  Go there and give the person at the desk%0D%0A%3E%3Emy card%2C%22 she said%2C handing him such an object.  %22They%27ll take care of%0D%0A%3E%3Eyou.  You%27re set up for three nights%2C it%27s all taken care of.  My%0D%0A%3E%3Ewedding present to the pair of you%2C%22 she added%2C her grin becoming a bit%0D%0A%3E%3Esentimental.%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThere are way to many instances of this scattered throughout the story %0D%0A%3Efor me to document them all%2C so I%27m just gonna seize on the first one%3A %0D%0A%3EI am really digging Korra actually being adept at the whole%2C you know%2C %0D%0A%3E%22I am an important person thing%22 thing you guys have going on. Korra %0D%0A%3Ethe fully realized%2C mature Avatar is still recognizably KORRA%2C but she %0D%0A%3Ehas that fluid skill at existing within the system and working the %0D%0A%3Eresources available to her she didn%27t have in the series. It%27s all %0D%0A%3Every organic and well-executed%3B I can easily see this Korra showing up %0D%0A%3Eto address the President and the Council and%2C rather than ending up %0D%0A%3Eawkward and manipulated%2C working the room like a professional elder %0D%0A%3Estatesman. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EAnd then going out for noodles afterwards%2C because noodles rock. %0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C it also helps that%2C for all practical purposes%2C Avatar Korra is the only Avatar the living population of Diqiu %5Bi%5Dhas ever %5Bu%5Dknown%5B%2Fu%5D%5B%2Fi%5D.  There%27s no more %22aangst%22 about living up to Aang%27s legacy%2C because everybody who could have known Aang in life and compare her to him is now %5Bi%5Ddead%5B%2Fi%5D.  That brings about a level of freedom that Korra didn%27t have growing up%2C because she pretty much knows everybody who%27s worth knowing on the planet%2C being contemporary or older than them.%0D%0A%0D%0AOf course%2C that brings along its own set of problems%2C which we%27ll get into later...%0D%0A%0D%0A%28It%27s like having the Queen or the Pope running around negotiating treaties and kicking bad guys in the face.  She%27s an accepted fact of life%2C and you can%27t imagine the world without her%2C but you don%27t believe she%27d just drop in at a food stand on the street to pick up food skewers for her polar bear dog.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3ENo one seemed%0D%0A%3E%3Eto think it was all that strange that the pattern had just been joined%0D%0A%3E%3Eby a huge flying animal with two people aboard.  People waved to them%0D%0A%3E%3Efrom the windows of airship gondolas and took photos.%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI was reminded of this of an older work by Elliot S%21 Maggin in which %0D%0A%3Epeople find it good luck for Superman to fly by their windows. I can %0D%0A%3Esee Republic City finding sharing the immediate sky with a sky bison %0D%0A%3Eas being auspicious%2C a sign of good fortune. %0D%0A%0D%0AThis is a common sentiment%2C especially among the other major cities of Diqiu%2C as the Air Nomads have returned to existence.  They%27re very much a %22community outreach service%22 organization in the modern day%2C providing support in disaster areas%2C quelling disputes%2C relaying messages and goods to remote corners of the globe%2C etc.  Kind of a mix of Amnesty International%2C the International Red Cross%2C and the Peace Corps.  On flying bison.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3ENall cleared his throat%2C looked significantly around to make%0D%0A%3E%3Ecertain he wouldn%27t be overheard%2C and then leaned nearer to the window%0D%0A%3E%3Eand said portentously%2C %22The Earth King has invited us to Bosco%27s%0D%0A%3E%3Ebirthday party.%22%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThis whole ticket-buying sequence was well-executed%2C but it was a %0D%0A%3Ebit... twee%2C I guess is the word I want%3F %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI get that Diqiu wants to keep things on the down-low%2C but there%27s %0D%0A%3Eenough commerce between it and Zipang that Standard has crept in as a %0D%0A%3Ewidely-spoken second language and it can economically support regular %0D%0A%3Etransit service and commerce. Bare minimum%2C we%27re talking thousands %0D%0A%3Eand thousands of people who are in on it. That%27s not really the kind %0D%0A%3Eof thing you can keep a lid on anymore%2C even in a galaxy of trillions. %0D%0A%3EI mean%2C this isn%27t even strong encryption%3B any idiot could have picked %0D%0A%3Eup that passphrase%2C handed over anonymous%2C untraceable cash%2C and %0D%0A%3Eheaded for Ba Sing Ce. %0D%0A%0D%0AYes%2C this is a concern%2C but it%27s also rooted in the whole relationship between Diqiu and Zipang %28the details of which will be covered%2C hopefully%2C in later stories%29.  However%2C in summary%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AZipang was founded in the late 2100%27s%2Fearly 2200%27s by a bunch of Tomadachi settlers and other first-wave colonies that had decided that those colonies had gotten rather too urbane for comfort.  Since they wanted that real frontier experience%2C they settled on Zipang and started up again%2C this time going for a Tokugawa%2FEdo%2FMeiji aesthetic%2C but with much less of the social stratification%2C and allowing concessions for modernity like automobiles%2C telephones%2C etc.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28In essence%2C a planet founded by historical anime fans.  You may cringe now%2C if you like.  They still view %5Bi%5DRuroni Kenshin%5B%2Fi%5D as historical drama.%29   %0D%0A%0D%0AThings went along well for several decades until 2282%2C whereupon the WDF fell%2C GENOM came to power%2C the Galaxy went down the toilet%2C and the Zipangi went %22Whoah%2C we don%27t want no part of this%22 and locked down their borders save for Dejima Station %28much like their historical counterpart of Japan did%2C back in the day%29.  However%2C this left them with a conundrum of what to do about trade and general interaction for however long this exile would take ...%0D%0A%0D%0A... and then they started realizing they%27d never been entirely alone in there%2C anyway.%0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C things happened%2C contact was made with Diqiu%2C and a symbiotic relationship evolved enough that in the present day%2C pretty much %5Bi%5Dthe entire government of Zipang%5B%2Fi%5D is in on the secret.  And they%27re very good at respecting their sister planet%27s privacy.  Hence things like automatically changing passports for Diqiu natives heading out into the galaxy%2C or hiding Diqiu%27s internet traffic within Zipang%27s.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3E%22If you get out to Ba Sing Se%0D%0A%3E%3Esometime%2C check out the Wall Museum.  Some of the stuff the Fire Nation%0D%0A%3E%3Egot up to back then... %22  She shook her head.  %22Seriously crazy.%22%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E... it%27s the drill%2C isn%27t it%3F They kept the drill in situ and turned %0D%0A%3Eit into a museum. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe Wall Museum of Ba Sing Se contains many historical artifacts from the 600-day Seige of Ba Sing Se and the Fall of Ba Sing Se and the following Comet Day.  It%27s quite the tourist attraction.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3E%22No it is not.  This is a representation of Noatak%2C%0D%0A%3E%3Ealias Amon%2C the figurehead of the Equalist %27revolution%27.%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E... eh%3F %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EAmon... wasn%27t really a figurehead. He was actually in charge. Or does %0D%0A%3Ethe historical record take the stance that Amon was%2C in fact%2C just a %0D%0A%3Efigurehead and the real mastermind was Hiroshi Sato%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AEven the testimony of the Avatar only takes one so far.  And believe me%2C Korra%27s still annoyed about it.  %0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3E%22Most of them I vetoed.%22  She rolled her eyes.  %22I%0D%0A%3E%3Edon%27t think anyone today really wants to know that I was once arrested%0D%0A%3E%3Efor vigilantism on San Hua Bridge%2C for instance%2C%22 she added%2C drawing a%0D%0A%3E%3Elaugh from the others.%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI dunno%2C it seems like%2C with a distance of some years in place%2C Korra %0D%0A%3Ewould be obscurely proud of that one. %3A%29 Although I imagine that %0D%0A%3Enegotiations broke down when she wanted the wording to be %22On this %0D%0A%3Espot in 170 ASC%2C Avatar Korra was arrested for doing the police%27s job %0D%0A%3Ebetter than they did.%22 With a footnote reading %22YOU HEARD ME LIN.%22 %0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C they also wanted to put up a giant statue of Korra to go with the one of Aang out in the harbor%2C but she said they could only do that if the statue would be going %22I%27M VERY VERY VERY SORRY%21%22 to Aang%27s statue%2C which kinda put the kibosh on the idea.%0D%0A%0D%0AAlso%2C Korra%2C in hindsight%2C readily acknowledges that her first day crime fighting really didn%27t go so well.  She trashed a street%2C a clock shop%2C AND left an iceberg over a canal bridge. All over three petty Triad members.  These days%2C she%27d just lock them in stone and ice and call it a day.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EWhile I acknowledge they%27ve fucked up a number of times%2C I%27m pretty %0D%0A%3Esympathetic to the White Lotus. Being the support network for an %0D%0A%3EAvatar as headstrong as Korra can%27t be easy%2C and Utena is a giant %0D%0A%3Emetaphysical wild card. Wanting them not to hurl headlong into each %0D%0A%3Eother is a natural precautionary measure. %0D%0A%0D%0AAgain%2C the issue is complex%2C as Korra herself would acknowledge.  It%27d just help if they %5Bi%5Dtalked about it%5B%2Fi%5D with her%2C you know%3F  It%27s not like she%27s hard to reach%2C she%27s even got a %28screened%29 email address and most of the Master Lotuses have her direct-line cell number...%0D%0A%0D%0A--- Philip%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%223%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D2 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%0D%0A%5Btr%5D%5Btd width%3D%2265%22%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie.org%2F%7Eaerianne%2Ffoth.img%2Fgaia_ser_philip_saber.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%0D%0A%5Btd%5D%5Bfont color%3D%22%230000dd%22%5DPhilip J. 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21|3|19|||1||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|Mercutio||21:24:14|08/14/2013|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Aug-14-13 AT 09:28 PM (EDT) by pjmoyer (moderator)]%3ETo be honest%2C Merc%3F  It%27s all your fault. %0D%0A%0D%0AOh man%2C Phil%2C you know better than to actually VALIDATE me. %3A%29 It%27s like feeding a mogwai after midnight%2C only with my ego instead of a mogwai.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EI%27d had the thought off and on about how bending and the %5Bi%5DAvatar%5B%2Fi%5D %0D%0A%3Eworld could incorporate into UF%2C and mostly wrote it off as not %0D%0A%3Eplausible %28especially given its metaphysics and event timing%29%2C but it %0D%0A%3Ewas your comment about Katara or Korra at the CTF Snowball fight that %0D%0A%3Ecaused me to re-think the possibility and re-ignited the creative %0D%0A%3Ejuices for the integration %28especially since it%27ll tie into several %0D%0A%3Eother things later on involving %5Bb%5D%26l%3BINFORMATION REDACTED%26r%3B%5B%2Fb%5D.%29 %0D%0A%0D%0ATo be honest%2C I figured if it happened at all%2C it would happen %28I think Ben spoke to this%29 like the Eva pilots happened%3B names%2C personalities%2C and universe-appropriate explanations for the powersets%2C rather than a wholesale setting integration.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m pleased the latter happened%2C tho.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EIs it September yet%3F %2Awhine%2A %0D%0A%0D%0ASeptember 7th%21 Just three weeks.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EWhich%2C well%2C %22bodhisattva-level accomplishment of spiritual %0D%0A%3Edevelopment%22 doesn%27t come along everyday.  Do %5Bi%5Dyou%5B%2Fi%5D know many %0D%0A%3Ecurrent bodhisattva running around these days%3F  Also%2C I%27d like a %0D%0A%3Ecitation on that Word of God%2C since I don%27t recall it being listed as %0D%0A%3Ea possibility for attaining bending on the Avatar Wiki %28which remains %0D%0A%3Eour go-to source on matters Avatar for the time being%29. %0D%0A%0D%0AGrr. I can only provide half a cite.%0D%0A%0D%0AMike and Bryan spoke to the subject in a pair of interviews%3B the first was rather sketchy and just laid out hypotheticals and broad strokes%2C the other one they nailed it down a bit more solid.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe first one is archived %5Blink%3Awww.avatarspirit.net%2Finterviews.php%3Fid%3D19%7Chere%5D at ASN.net%2C but I%27m having trouble finding the latter one%2C as I can%27t remember who was interviewing them or%2C indeed%2C if it was an interview rather than a panel transcript.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3E... it%27s the drill%2C isn%27t it%3F They kept the drill in situ and turned %0D%0A%3E%3Eit into a museum. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThe Wall Museum of Ba Sing Se contains many historical artifacts from %0D%0A%3Ethe 600-day Seige of Ba Sing Se and the Fall of Ba Sing Se and the %0D%0A%3Efollowing Comet Day.  It%27s quite the tourist attraction. %0D%0A%0D%0AI now choose to believe that the Jasmine Dragon remains operated as a historical trust by a cadet branch of the Fire Nation royal family both as an example of period tea-making and for its historical significance as the preferred residence of the Gaang while visiting Ba Sing Ce. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3EAmon... wasn%27t really a figurehead. He was actually in charge. Or does %0D%0A%3E%3Ethe historical record take the stance that Amon was%2C in fact%2C just a %0D%0A%3E%3Efigurehead and the real mastermind was Hiroshi Sato%3F %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EEven the testimony of the Avatar only takes one so far.  And believe %0D%0A%3Eme%2C Korra%27s still annoyed about it. %0D%0A%0D%0A%22Dammit%2C I had to fight a bloodbender with practically no help at all%21 HE was the mastermind%21 It was really hard%2C you guys%21%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EWell%2C they also wanted to put up a giant statue of Korra to go with %0D%0A%3Ethe one of Aang out in the harbor%2C but she said they could only do %0D%0A%3Ethat if the statue would be going %22I%27M VERY VERY VERY SORRY%21%22 to %0D%0A%3EAang%27s statue%2C which kinda put the kibosh on the idea. %0D%0A%0D%0AIf it%27s been restored%2C they presumably have a stature of Korra in that big spiral room in the Southern Air Temple%2C although that%27s much more modest.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EAlso%2C Korra%2C in hindsight%2C readily acknowledges that her first day %0D%0A%3Ecrime fighting really didn%27t go so well.  She trashed a street%2C a %0D%0A%3Eclock shop%2C AND left an iceberg over a canal bridge. All over three %0D%0A%3Epetty Triad members.  These days%2C she%27d just lock them in stone and %0D%0A%3Eice and call it a day. %0D%0A%0D%0AKorra seemed really personally offended by their behavior at the time%2C like they were an affront to her sense of order in the universe. Probably contributed to the overeaction.%0D%0A%0D%0AStill%2C it was probably salutary in some ways. It%27s like the possibly apocryphal story about Bill Russel%2C a Celtics player. He didn%27t want to throw an elbow on the court%2C it wasn%27t his style. So one day Red Auerbach tells him %22Listen. Get out there and throw an elbow. Just once%2C and you%27ll never have to do it again.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AKorra%27s rampant destruction is a bit more large-scale than a basketball game%2C but I bet the Triads got the message.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28Sean Connery%27s %22That%27s the Chicago way%21%22 speech from the Untouchables may also be relevant here.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3EWhile I acknowledge they%27ve fucked up a number of times%2C I%27m pretty %0D%0A%3E%3Esympathetic to the White Lotus. Being the support network for an %0D%0A%3E%3EAvatar as headstrong as Korra can%27t be easy%2C and Utena is a giant %0D%0A%3E%3Emetaphysical wild card. Wanting them not to hurl headlong into each %0D%0A%3E%3Eother is a natural precautionary measure. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EAgain%2C the issue is complex%2C as Korra herself would acknowledge.  It%27d %0D%0A%3Ejust help if they %5Bi%5Dtalked about it%5B%2Fi%5D with her%2C you know%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AOn the one hand%2C this is a legitimate point%2C as Korra is the Avatar and she%27s kind of large and in charge. Presumably the Avatar Spirit picker her for a REASON.%0D%0A%0D%0AOn the other hand%2C I%27m willing to bet there are multiple instances where the Lotus brought something to Korra%27s attention advising caution%2C restraint%2C and limited engagement%2C and the mere fact OF them bringing it to her attention caused her to dive in with both feet and raise a ruckus. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A-Merc%0D%0AKeep Rat
23|4|21|||1||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|Gryphon||00:52:02|08/15/2013|%3ETo be honest%2C I figured if it happened at all%2C it would happen %28I %0D%0A%3Ethink Ben spoke to this%29 like the Eva pilots happened%3B names%2C %0D%0A%3Epersonalities%2C and universe-appropriate explanations for the %0D%0A%3Epowersets%2C rather than a wholesale setting integration. %0D%0A%0D%0AYes%2C my hypothesis %28mentioned in the notes for this movement%2C I think%29 is that Korra would%27ve been imported more-or-less original-context-free%2C and possibly a scattering of characters from the earlier series would%27ve done the same.%0D%0A%0D%0APhil%27s way is probably better%2C though.  Assuming%2C at least%2C that he doesn%27t kill me with this canon thing before it%27s all said and done. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3EIs it September yet%3F %2Awhine%2A %0D%0A%0D%0ASpeaking as someone who isn%27t looking forward to the fall semester%2C may I just say%2C secure that shit%2C Hudson. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EI now choose to believe that the Jasmine Dragon remains operated as a %0D%0A%3Ehistorical trust by a cadet branch of the Fire Nation royal family %0D%0A%3Eboth as an example of period tea-making and for its historical %0D%0A%3Esignificance as the preferred residence of the Gaang while visiting Ba %0D%0A%3ESing Ce. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AHistorical trust%2C hell%2C it%27s a thriving business concern.  There are Jasmine Dragons all the hell %5Bi%5Dover%5B%2Fi%5D Diqiu%2C and a handful in Saikyo and Uehara.  The original shop %5Bi%5Dis%5B%2Fi%5D maintained pretty meticulously in its Original Configuration%2C though%2C which in the modern day makes it like one of those turn-back-the-clock McDonald%27s restaurants%2C only%2C you know%2C classier.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%22Dammit%2C I had to fight a bloodbender with practically no help at all%21 %0D%0A%3EHE was the mastermind%21 It was really hard%2C you guys%21%22 %0D%0A%0D%0AAt many%2C many points in both ATLA and %5Bi%5DKorra%5B%2Fi%5D%2C I kept hearing that immortal line from the English dub of %5Bi%5DSpecial Combat Unit SHINESMAN%5B%2Fi%5D%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Ever wish you just had a %5Bi%5Dshotgun%3F%5B%2Fi%5D%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EIf it%27s been restored%2C they presumably have a stature of Korra in that %0D%0A%3Ebig spiral room in the Southern Air Temple%2C although that%27s much more %0D%0A%3Emodest. %0D%0A%0D%0AYeah%2C I%27m sure it%27s fully refurbished by now.  They may even have updated it a bit%2C gotten rid of those statues that don%27t actually look anything like Kyoshi%2C Kuruk%2C et al.  Cough. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%28That room must be a huge hassle to maintain.  %22OK%2C everyone%2C the Avatar%27s died%2C and you know what that means%3A We have to move all the statues%21%22%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3EAlso%2C Korra%2C in hindsight%2C readily acknowledges that her first day %0D%0A%3E%3Ecrime fighting really didn%27t go so well.  She trashed a street%2C a %0D%0A%3E%3Eclock shop%2C AND left an iceberg over a canal bridge.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt%27ll melt%21%0D%0A%0D%0A... OK%2C the other stuff is a problem%2C but... %0D%0A%0D%0A%3EKorra%27s rampant destruction is a bit more large-scale than a %0D%0A%3Ebasketball game%2C but I bet the Triads got the message. %0D%0A%0D%0AShe might%27ve been able to make a little more headway with the Equalist Gimps if she%27d played it a little more Martin Riggs.  %22You know%2C I%27m surprised you guys haven%27t heard of me%2C I mean I got a %5Bi%5Dreal%5B%2Fi%5D bad reputation.  Sometimes I just go %5Bi%5Dnuts%5B%2Fi%5D%2C like %5Bi%5Dnow%21  Hahaha%21%5B%2Fi%5D%22%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
26|2|11|||1||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|JeanneHedge||10:23:13|08/15/2013|%3E%3E%22Being obvious was the whole idea%2C%22 Corwin told her.  %22Keep%0D%0A%3E%3Epeople looking at the spectacle so they don%27t notice the real chicanery.%0D%0A%3E%3EThink of the guy who ran that Black Rose thing... %22%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EOn my initial read%2C my first thought here was %22Huh. They remember %0D%0A%3Ethat%3F%22. I mean%2C Akio did a pretty thorough job scrubbing out the Black %0D%0A%3ERose arc of SkU from everybody involved except himself and Anthy. %0D%0A%3EHell%2C he went so far as to use the weird-ass time warping nature of %0D%0A%3Ethe ongoing failed Tournament to mess with the physical nature of the %0D%0A%3Ecampus. I suppose there have been a lot of opportunities for those %0D%0A%3Eblocks to get popped off during the Symphony %28Utena has been through%2C %0D%0A%3Ewhat%2C two%2C three different apotheosis events since then%3F%29 but damned %0D%0A%3Eif I can recall when and if that was made explicit. %0D%0A%0D%0AIf we%27re talking about the same blocks %28to forget Utena and the failed tournament%29%2C there were gaps in them%2C especially among those who knew Utena and took part in that tournament. For example%2C they did work on Miki - until he saw Utena after she inadvertently brought him across that first Christmas to help Kate.  They didn%27t work on Juri at all - IIRC%2C she had a photo %28or something like that%29 of Utena and never forgot her in the first place. Juri said she%27d been asking people at Ohtori what had happened to Utena%2C until people%2C not remembering Utena%2C started thinking Juri was nuts%2C at which point Juri stopped asking. %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AJeanne%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22 width%3D%2280%25%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd align%3D%22center%22 width%3D%2210%25%22%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhedge.com%2Fmisc%2Foldowl.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5D%5Bfont size%3D2%5D%5Bb%5DJeanne Hedge%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.jhedge.com%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhedge.com%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bi%5D%5Bfont size%3D1%5D%22Never give up%2C never surrender%21%22%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5B%2Fi%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D
27|3|26|||1||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|Mercutio||11:20:36|08/15/2013|%0D%0A%3EIf we%27re talking about the same blocks %28to forget Utena and the failed %0D%0A%3Etournament%29%2C there were gaps in them%2C especially among those who knew %0D%0A%3EUtena and took part in that tournament.%0D%0A%0D%0AWe%27re not%2C actually. Akio slapped people with two sets of mindwipes over the course of SkU%3B the big whammy came at the end%2C when people either forgot Utena or didn%27t quite remember things involving her the way they happened. Those aren%27t the ones I mean.%0D%0A%0D%0ABut there was a second set of blocks he set up within the series itself%3B after the Black Rose arc ended%2C he made everyone forget it. Not only did he make them forget it%2C he altered the physical configuration of the campus literally overnight%3B after Mikage %22graduated%2C%22 Nemuro Memorial Hall went from Mikage%27s secret lair of mindfuckery to a burned-out shell%2C and it%27s implied that Akio managed to make it so that it %5Bb%5Dalways had been%5B%2Fb%5D a burned-out shell.%0D%0A%0D%0AFrom her in-series perspective%2C Utena jumps straight from her second duel with Touga to her third duel with Saionji%2C with no Black Rose stuff in-between.%0D%0A%0D%0A-Merc%0D%0AKeep Rat
28|4|27|||1||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|Gryphon||12:21:29|08/15/2013|%3ENemuro Memorial Hall went from Mikage%27s secret lair of %0D%0A%3Emindfuckery to a burned-out shell%2C and it%27s implied that Akio managed %0D%0A%3Eto make it so that it %5Bb%5Dalways had been%5B%2Fb%5D a burned-out shell. %0D%0A%0D%0AOr it actually %5Bi%5Dhad%5B%2Fi%5D always been one - Nemuro and his students had%2C after all%2C died in a fire - and the illusion was that it had been there at all.%0D%0A%0D%0ARegardless%2C all of that stuff pretty well unraveled when the Lost Tournament was finally resolved properly.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
29|5|28|||1||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|BobSchroeck||13:09:44|08/15/2013|%3E%3ENemuro Memorial Hall went from Mikage%27s secret lair of %0D%0A%3E%3Emindfuckery to a burned-out shell%2C and it%27s implied that Akio managed %0D%0A%3E%3Eto make it so that it %5Bb%5Dalways had been%5B%2Fb%5D a burned-out shell. %0D%0A%3EOr it actually %5Bi%5Dhad%5B%2Fi%5D always been one - Nemuro and his students %0D%0A%3Ehad%2C after all%2C died in a fire - and the illusion was that it had been %0D%0A%3Ethere at all. %0D%0A%0D%0AThat was the interpretation that I took away from the end of the Black Rose Arc -- that it all had been one bizarre %5Bi%5Dghost story%5B%2Fi%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3ERegardless%2C all of that stuff pretty well unraveled when the Lost %0D%0A%3ETournament was finally resolved properly. %0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C that%27s good to hear.  At least we won%27t have to worry %28much%29 about landmines in anyone%27s head.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AMy race is pacifist and does not believe in war.  We kill only out of personal spite.
30|6|29|||1||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|Mercutio||13:30:30|08/15/2013|Hell%2C all of SkU can be interpreted as a bizarre ghost story.%0D%0A%0D%0AOr a bizarre passion play. Or both%21%0D%0A%0D%0AIt is good to know that everyone%27s slate got wiped clean when Akio finally got slotted%2C though. We know where we%27re at%2C at least.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt may be wrong of me%2C but... I%27m kinda-sorta rooting for Mikage. He was a crazy son of a bitch in the series%2C don%27t get me wrong%2C and his actions in the Symphony have not been what you%27d call %22highly ethical%22 but the man had legitimate issues and Akio and Anthy really did a number on his brain. I feel a great well of sympathy for him for some reason %28unusual for me in regards to the guys in black hats%2C or%2C hell%2C the guys in white hats%29 and I wouldn%27t mind him getting a clean death%2C or at least getting to stagger away from the wreckage of Akio%27s latest doomed enterprise with mind and body intact.%0D%0A%0D%0A-Merc%0D%0AKeep Rat
34|7|30|||1||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|BobSchroeck||16:45:07|08/15/2013|%3EIt may be wrong of me%2C but... I%27m kinda-sorta rooting for Mikage. He %0D%0A%3Ewas a crazy son of a bitch in the series%2C don%27t get me wrong%2C and his %0D%0A%3Eactions in the Symphony have not been what you%27d call %22highly ethical%22 %0D%0A%3Ebut the man had legitimate issues and Akio and Anthy really did a %0D%0A%3Enumber on his brain. I feel a great well of sympathy for him for some %0D%0A%3Ereason %28unusual for me in regards to the guys in black hats%2C or%2C hell%2C %0D%0A%3Ethe guys in white hats%29 and I wouldn%27t mind him getting a clean death%2C %0D%0A%3Eor at least getting to stagger away from the wreckage of Akio%27s latest %0D%0A%3Edoomed enterprise with mind and body intact. %0D%0A%0D%0AI can%27t say I feel inclined to disagree with you here -- and besides%2C %0D%0Awe do have precedents for apparent bad guys turning into awesome good%0D%0Aguys in UF.  Maybe we%27re seeing a new ally coming from an unexpected%0D%0Adirection...%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AMy race is pacifist and does not believe in war.  We kill only out of personal spite.
36|7|30|||1||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|Pasha||17:27:45|08/15/2013|%3EIt is good to know that everyone%27s slate got wiped clean when Akio %0D%0A%3Efinally got slotted%2C though. We know where we%27re at%2C at least. %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27ve never actually heard %27slotted%27 used to mean %27killed%27%2C I have to admit.  It %28at least in my knowledge%29 has a totally different meaning.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- %0D%0A-Pasha%0D%0A%22Don%27t change the subject%22%0D%0A%22Too slow%2C already did.%22
39|8|36|||1||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|Gryphon||22:21:20|08/20/2013|%3E%3EIt is good to know that everyone%27s slate got wiped clean when Akio %0D%0A%3E%3Efinally got slotted%2C though. We know where we%27re at%2C at least. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI%27ve never actually heard %27slotted%27 used to mean %27killed%27%2C I have to %0D%0A%3Eadmit.  It %28at least in my knowledge%29 has a totally different meaning. %0D%0A%0D%0AI think it%27s from the hilariously awkward Canned Future Slang in either %5Bi%5DCyberpunk 2020%5B%2Fi%5D or %5Bi%5DShadowrun%5B%2Fi%5D.  Probably the latter.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A%5Bsmall%5Dyou sass that hoopy Ford Prefect%3F%5B%2Fsmall%5D%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
40|9|39|||1||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|BobSchroeck||08:38:34|08/21/2013|%3E%3EI%27ve never actually heard %27slotted%27 used to mean %27killed%27%2C I have to %0D%0A%3E%3Eadmit.  It %28at least in my knowledge%29 has a totally different meaning. %0D%0A%3EI think it%27s from the hilariously awkward Canned Future Slang in %0D%0A%3Eeither %5Bi%5DCyberpunk 2020%5B%2Fi%5D or %5Bi%5DShadowrun%5B%2Fi%5D.  Probably the %0D%0A%3Elatter. %0D%0A%0D%0ANope%2C %5Bi%5DSR%5B%2Fi%5D uses %22fragged%22 most of the time.  Must be %5Bi%5DCyberpunk 2020%5B%2Fi%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%2C%0D%0A%5Bi%5DShadowrun Returns%5B%2Fi%5D backer%0D%0APlayer of Mossad%2C the Jewish Street Samurai%0D%0A%28Still angry after all these years that there were no bagel shops in %5Bi%5DSR%5B%2Fi%5D Seattle%29%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AMy race is pacifist and does not believe in war.  We kill only out of personal spite.
41|10|40|||1||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|Lime2K||10:19:13|08/21/2013|%5Bi%5D Slot %5B%2Fi%5D is indeed from Shadowrun. It%27s amusing definition in the slang dictionary in the most recent core rulebook is%3A%0D%0A %0D%0A%22slot n. %28vulgar%29 Mild curse word referring to female genitalia. v. To insert a chip or credstick into chip or credstick reading device.%22 %28SR5%2C pg. 14%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%28Yes%2C that was copy%2Fpasted. I%27m not re-typing all that.%29%0D%0A%0D%0AGeek is what SR uses for kill%3B Frag and its various derivatives is used where the F-bomb would be dropped normally.%0D%0A%0D%0A--------------%0D%0ALime2K%0D%0AThe One True Evil Overlord%0D%0A%5Bi%5DI love how it%27s all Webster-like with its definitions...%7B%2Fi%5D
42|11|41|||1||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|Pasha||11:15:39|08/21/2013|Yeah%2C to have sex with is the definition I%27m familiar with%2C from SR%0D%0A%0D%0A-- %0D%0A-Pasha%0D%0A%22Don%27t change the subject%22%0D%0A%22Too slow%2C already did.%22
43|11|41|||1||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|BobSchroeck||13:11:47|08/21/2013|%3EGeek is what SR uses for kill%3B Frag and its various derivatives is %0D%0A%3Eused where the F-bomb would be dropped normally. %0D%0A%0D%0AI remember the other use as well%2C but... I wonder if it%27s a difference in versions %28we ran SR2%2C but I haven%27t looked at the books in years%29%2C or maybe just our group%27s evolved usage...%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AMy race is pacifist and does not believe in war.  We kill only out of personal spite.
44|11|41|||1||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|Mercutio||14:00:28|08/21/2013|As the instigator of this one%2C I%27d like to note that I have no idea where I got this from. I%27ve been using %27slotted%27 as slang for %27killed%27 for at least a decade%2C but I don%27t know when I picked it up.%0D%0A%0D%0A-Merc%0D%0AKeep Rat
45|12|44|||||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|Bushido||14:05:55|08/21/2013|Urban Dictionary has an entry with that definition credited as British Army slang.
46|13|45|||1||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|Gryphon||14:09:49|08/21/2013|%3EUrban Dictionary has an entry with that definition credited as British %0D%0A%3EArmy slang. %0D%0A%0D%0AAh%2C there we are.  %5Bi%5DShadowrun%5B%2Fi%5D%2C Andy McNabb%27s books - not that much of a difference%2C really%2C no wonder I had them filed wrong. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
48|13|45|||1||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|Mercutio||02:36:26|08/26/2013|%3EUrban Dictionary has an entry with that definition credited as British %0D%0A%3EArmy slang. %0D%0A%0D%0AAha. With that as a pointer%2C I can at least say that I almost certainly picked this one up from Garth Ennis%2C during either his Hitman or Punisher runs.%0D%0A%0D%0A-Merc%0D%0AKeep Rat
17|1|0|||||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|Star Ranger4||11:50:34|08/14/2013|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Aug-14-13 AT 11:45 PM (EDT)]%5Bfont color%3D%22red%22 size%3D%22small%22%5Dinital edit on accounta premature hitting of the send button%5B%2Ffont%5D %0D%0A%0D%0A%3E         %22It%27s amazing%2C%22 said Utena%2C and she meant it.  Ever since the%0D%0A%3E first time she%27d seen it%2C New Avalon had been her benchmark for Amazing%0D%0A%3E Big Cities%2C but Republic City could contend in the same weight class.%0D%0A%0D%0AMmmm Hmm.  Well%2C they do said that you always compare the rest to your first. %3CEG%3E I like the way you make it clear that even though it may not be as tall or wide as New Avalon%2C Republic City holds its own in its own ways.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E         %22Master Rohan%2C%22 Korra replied%2C making the slightly different%0D%0A%3E salute of her own native Water Tribe %28right fist loosely enclosed in%0D%0A%3E left hand%29 in return%3B then the two smiled and performed a complicated%0D%0A%3E secret handshake before embracing like the old friends they obviously%0D%0A%3E were.%0D%0A%0D%0ASince I%27m technically cheating and doing this on my SECOND read through%2C we will be surprised by just HOW old friends they really are. %28for whatever reasons I rather thought that Korra was more like her described age%2C somewhere in her 40%27s%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E %22but%0D%0A%3E she does love her symbols%2C and I%27ve found it%27s generally best to humor%0D%0A%3E her.%22%0D%0A%3E         Corwin chuckled%2C an I-get-it sort of chuckle%2C and said%2C %22It%27s%0D%0A%3E Jinora%2C isn%27t it.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AWhich%2C after all%2C is a perfect extension of how she was written in the first %27Book%27 %28which is all I%27ve seen of LoK so far%29.  And makes sense since it %27smooths the waters%27 unless its about something important enough to not do so.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E         %22I don%27t know%2C I was five%21%22 Corwin objected%2C then frowned.  %22No%2C%0D%0A%3E wait.  Yeah%2C I did.  I remember now.  I had one from dinner when I went%0D%0A%3E back out to the cave that night.  Mogi was the only one who came out to%0D%0A%3E see me%2C so I gave it to him.  Sort of an apology for%2C you know...%0D%0A%3E stealing his mom.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd well%2C further proof that at another half of what the Air Temple does is providing backup security%3B after all it doesn%27t matter if %22yip yip%22 is very weak encryption if you never get to where you can put in the password.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E        Rohan whacked his arrow with the heel of one hand.  %22Oh%2C for%2C%22%0D%0A%3Ehe said%2C but the rest was lost in semiaudible mumbling.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd probably is the spitting image of his dad %28except for no beard%29 in that pose %3BD%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E %22We%27ll have to look into the%0D%0A%3E import%2Fexport regulations for Diqiu megafauna.  Ah%2C jeez%2C aren%27t sky%0D%0A%3E bison endangered%3F%22%0D%0A%3E         %22They once were%2C but not for some time now%0D%0A%0D%0AProof of how Corwin is maturing under the good influances of his mates.  A mentally younger Corwin might not have even thought about that worry till after it had become a problem for them.  Though I have a feeling that even if they were still endangered %28though the fact that they were%2C but now arn%27t%2C says good things about the stewardship Tenzin%27s children have provided for them%29 the powers that be would have to have bowed gracefully to the inevitable%3B much like the ancient joke %22Where does an 800lb gorrila sit%3F ANYWHERE HE WANTS TO%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E        Corwin stopped next to her and looked up at the photo%2C smiling.%0D%0A%3E %22The crew of the Phoenix Flight%2C%22 he said.  %22I may have mentioned to%0D%0A%3E Korra at some point that you%27re an early-spaceflight buff... %22%0D%0A%0D%0ANo doubt%21  Korra probably grinned to herself when she learned the two had that in common as well.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22red%22 size%3D%22tiny%22%5Drest of thoughts here later when I have time to finish up%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E %22Senjo will show you up.  My name is Azana%2C and%0D%0A%3E if there%27s anything you need%2C please don%27t hesitate to dial zero and ask%0D%0A%3E for me.%22  Then she really smiled%2C showing very white teeth%2C and added%2C%0D%0A%3E %22Have a wonderful evening.%22%0D%0A%0D%0Aa line like that...  makes me wonder how many idiots she%27s had to hurt cause they insist on interpreting %22anything%22 in a rather... adult way. %2Arolls eyes%2A%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E        %22I already know her phone number%2C it%27s zero%2C%22 he replied%0D%0A%0D%0A%2AGZNERK%2A%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E         %22Wow%2C a restaurant with a -dress code%2C-%22 said Utena.  %22We     %0D%0A%3E haven%27t done that in a while.%22%0D%0A%3E         %22Nope%2C%22 Corwin agreed%2C placing the cards carefully in the top%0D%0A%3E pocket of his black-and-grey-checked wool jacket.  %22Think we%27ll be able%0D%0A%3E to pass%3F%22%0D%0A%3E         %22Of course not%2C%22 Utena replied%2C grinning.  %22That%27s half the%0D%0A%3E fun.%0D%0A%0D%0AMaybe not %2Abefore%2A their stop at the clothiers%2C but we do know they clean up darn well. %2AEG%2A  In fact%2C its the sort of setup that screams for a useage of %22Sharp Dressed Man%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E         %22No idea what most of this stuff is%2C%22 she mused.  %22That must be%0D%0A%3E the cocktails.  Cactus juice%3F%22%0D%0A%3E         Corwin snorted.  %22Best saved for another time%2C I think%2C%22%0D%0A%0D%0AReminds me spiritually of a drink I had in the Phillipines while I was in the navy...  and I dont remember anything of the evening after that%3B  Suffice it to say that I was not a happy camper the next morning %28and was put to tasks to compound said suffering just to try and drive the point home about my poor judgement%29  Tasted like fruit punch%3B had an alchohol content probobly near 50%25%3B and I%27ve gone and wandered into TMI territory I expect.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E %22I also got you a map and a couple of Badgermole cards%2C%22 Korra went on%2C%0D%0A%3E giving Kate a rolled-up document and a small waxed-pasteboard card%2C the%0D%0A%3E latter decorated with a gaily colored cartoon image of the eponymous%0D%0A%3E animal.  %22For the subway%2C%22 she explained to Anne%27s curious look.  She%0D%0A%3E held up the other card%2C then handed it over.%0D%0A%0D%0AAh%2C so those are like the equivalent of monthly passes%3B and that BadgerMoles have become Daiqu%27s generic term for underground urban rail transport then.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E        %22Hrumph%2C%22 said Serge%2C eyeing the Avatar dubiously.%0D%0A%0D%0AI agree%2C Serge.  Though its probobly not a size or weight issue as much as that of dignity%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E        Several objects were indeed coming their way%2C lofting down from%0D%0A%3E the upper levels of the Air Temple%27s tower.  Kaitlyn automatically%0D%0A%3E stepped into formation with Korra%2C her blade singing from its wooden%0D%0A%3E cover %28out of the corner of her eye%2C she noticed the boy and a couple of%0D%0A%3E the other youngsters goggling at it%29.  Anne slung her bokuto%2C figuring%0D%0A%3E that whatever these objects were%2C she was probably better equipped to%0D%0A%3E deal with them empty-handed.%0D%0A%0D%0AHeh.  This really shows a lot about Kait and Anne.  No confusion%2C no hesitation%2C just instant correct assesment and action.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E        Her jaw set in a look of fierce determination%2C Korra took a step%0D%0A%3E forward and whirled her staff before her like a rotorblade%2C intercepting%0D%0A%3E all four of the incoming objects at once.  They instantly disintegrated%2C%0D%0A%3E creating a great spray of multicolored semi-liquid that flew outward in%0D%0A%3E a broad arc to either side%2C covering the ground in a wide stripe.%0D%0A%0D%0Awhat the%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E %22Hm.%0D%0A%3E Orangeberry%21%22  A moment later a squadron of flying lemurs arrived%2C%0D%0A%3E descending upon the distributed pie filling like cleanup crews%0D%0A%0D%0AOho%21  %3CBelushi%3EFOOD FIGHT%21%21%21%21%3C%2Fbelushi%3E Now why does this make me think of Tenzin%27s youngest%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E        Korra sighed%2C rolling her eyes.  %22Meelo... %22%0D%0A%0D%0AProbably because of that.  Heh.  I believe the thought here is %22The more things change the more they stay the same%22. %0D%0A%0D%0A%3E        %22I just speak Standard more slowly%2C%22 Amy added.%0D%0A%3E        %22And louder%2C%22 supplied Rory%2C earning himself an elbow in the%0D%0A%3E ribs.%0D%0A%0D%0AAh. Like a true citizen of the Brittish Isles%2C then. %3Bp%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E        Corwin considered asking him if he could get ahold of a black%0D%0A%3E Buzz Rickson%27s MA-1 pilot%27s jacket in Utena%27s size%2C but decided against%0D%0A%3E it.  He almost certainly wouldn%27t get the joke%2C although - the Phoenix%0D%0A%3E House being the kind of place it was - he might just come up with the%0D%0A%3E jacket somewhere.%0D%0A%0D%0ADarn skippy straight Corwin.  Thats the sort of thing Concierges and or Head Desk clerks DO.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E        %22Em%3F%22 he said in a hushed voice when his party answered%2C cupping%0D%0A%3E his hand around the mouthpiece.  %22It%27s Jiang.  They just left.  No%2C they%0D%0A%3E didn%27t mention where they were going.  They%27re foreigners honeymooning%0D%0A%3E in Republic City%2C use your imagination.  No.  No%2C I don%27t think you%27ll%0D%0A%3E have any trouble picking up their trail.  They%27re quite... memorable.%0D%0A%3E Right.  Fine.  You owe me for this%2C little sister.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AThough this... sometimes is and sometimes isnt.  But given that its his little sister turning the thumbscrews...  well%2C lets just see who Em turns out to be%2C eh%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E        %22Fuel pumps to AUTO.%22%0D%0A%3E        A quick hunt turned up the appropriate knob.  %22Fuel pumps to...%0D%0A%3E AUTO.%22%0D%0A%3E        %22Magnetos to BOTH.%22%0D%0A%3E        %22Magnetos... magnetos... aha%21  Magnetos to BOTH.%22%0D%0A%3E        %22Spark advance to FULL.%22%0D%0A%3E        Utena scanned the panel.  %22Spark advance... %22%0D%0A%3E        %22That%27s that thing that looks like a turn signal lever%2C except%0D%0A%3E it%27s on the wrong side of the wheel%2C%22 Corwin told her%2C since it wasn%27t%0D%0A%3E marked.  %22All the way forward.%22%0D%0A%3E        %22Aha.  Spark advance... FULL.%22%0D%0A%3E        %22Gearshift in neutral.%22%0D%0A%3E        Utena waggled the lever.  %22Neutral.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%3CBurt Ward%3E%0D%0AAtomic batteries to power...%0D%0ATurbine to speed..%0D%0A%3C%2FBurt Ward%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E        Only then did it occur to her to ask%2C %22So%2C uh... where are we%0D%0A%3E going%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0AA valid question%3B but then again as I recall you two work best when you just go where you will.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E        %22Deng%21%22 a woman%27s voice called from behind him.  %22Are you being%0D%0A%3E an ass again%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0AFeel more like STILL to me.  Probably his default setting involving anyone not directly a student of the school.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E %22Hello%21  I%27m Azana.  This is Deng%2C%0D%0A%0D%0AWell%21  the night clerk is also someone high up in the Firebending dojo to boot%3F  Eyrie synchronicity%2C or someone casting on the cheap%3F %28%22Your already paying her to scale for this gig... why not throw in a few more lines and save yourself the cost of a second actress%3F%3F%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E %22search for a g-greater understanding of the sword and of ourselves.%22%0D%0A%0D%0Aa stutter%3F  Good heavens%2C either Kait is still knackered after yesterday despite a nights rest or she%27s seriously stressed...%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E Within%0D%0A%3E thirty seconds%2C he was convinced of that.  The other ninety were just%0D%0A%3E because he was having such a good time.%0D%0A%0D%0AHa%21  They may be %27grown%27 but their not %28always%29 %22Grown-up%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E        %22Azana%2C%22 said Ito conversationally%2C %22do you remember our%0D%0A%3E discussion about your teaching career%3F%22%0D%0A%3E        Azana%27s smile became slightly indulgent.  %22I remember you%0D%0A%3E telling me I should have one%2C%22 she said%2C more in a tone one would use%0D%0A%3E when speaking to a favorite but slightly dotty old relative than when%0D%0A%3E addressing one%27s sensei.%0D%0A%0D%0AEhehe...  Bet it because at the moment she%27s thinking of him as her slightly dotty old relative than as the Master of the Dojo%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E        %22Well%2C%22 Ito said%2C magnanimously ignoring her tone%2C %22we now have%0D%0A%3E the potential for a compromise.  Here is a young woman who isn%27t%0D%0A%3E entirely certain she wishes to study here.  You are not entirely certain%0D%0A%3E you wish to teach.  Why don%27t you find out together%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0AThats so crazy IT JUST MIGHT WORK%21%21%21%21 MUAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA  %2Ahack hack couhg%2A%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E        Anthy chuckled.  %22Well... for that%2C you%27ll require some%0D%0A%3E background information.  You%27ll have to bear with me%2C because the old%0D%0A%3E figure of speech about something being a long story is more than usually%0D%0A%3E true in this case.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AAbout 5 symphonies worth%2C not counting the original source material. %2Awink%2A%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E %22But%0D%0A%3E that would require him to know he%27s doing it%2C and then he wouldn%27t be%0D%0A%3E Corwin.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AThere has been a bit of discussion about that fact%2C and%2C well..  I think this pretty much sums up the whole issue.  Its not so much what he does%2C but who he is.  It just sort of happens because of the sort of person he is%2C you know%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E %22... by conspiring to deprive him of old and cherished%0D%0A%3E friendships.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AUrk...  Please tell me that was more the doings of previous members of the Lotus.  cause otherwise this could get...  interesting%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E        %22There you are%2C%22 he said.  %22Will you need assistance with your%0D%0A%3E luggage%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0AYes%2C but he%27s already got it covered%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E They took the same tack this time%2C and the result%0D%0A%3E was a day to look back on and smile forevermore.%0D%0A%0D%0ASee%3F  if its not broke%2C dont fix it%21%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E        %22Well%2C by night I%27m the desk clerk at a fancy hotel%2C%22 Azana%0D%0A%3E replied%2C %22but my day job is professional bending.  I%27m the firebender%0D%0A%3E for one of the local MLB teams - the Temple Island Fire Ferrets.  So you%0D%0A%3E see - having a firebending student is a perfectly valid training%0D%0A%3E technique.%22  She grinned and added%2C %22Maternity leave%3F  Not so much%2C%22%0D%0A%3E drawing a laugh from Anne.%0D%0A%0D%0AHa%21  Confirmation of several points...  And the Temple Island makes a less controversial sponsor than Korra herself%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E Her broad%2C blocky head reminded Serge of Buddy%2C the%0D%0A%3E Labrador retriever who lived a few doors down from their old house on%0D%0A%3E Tomodachi%3B but there was something bear-like about her giant stature and%0D%0A%3E the way she carried herself.%0D%0A%0D%0AOne of Naga%27s decendents%2C carrying on the family tradition%2C I assume.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E                               %2F%2A  ZZ Top%0D%0A%3E                          %22Sharp Dressed Man%22%0D%0A%3E                        _Eliminator_ %281983%29  %2A%2F%0D%0A%0D%0AHAHA%21  Yes%2C I was kind of expecting that music cue for a while now%21%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E        The staff of Ming and Daughters%2C Clothiers appeared to consist%0D%0A%3E of identical quadruplets%2C %0D%0A%0D%0Aand they even get their own version of the SDM girls to boot.  My hat is off to you%2C G.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E        There was a brilliant flash of light from across the street%2C%0D%0A%3E near the car.  Without missing a single beat%2C Corwin went on matter-of-%0D%0A%3E factly%2C %22 - and the entire circulation of the Republic City Tribune%2C%0D%0A%0D%0AI hope Doc can score a comission of that shot.  it would be most totally awesome.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E They were there to hear Baron Zoria and his Circle of Horns%0D%0A%0D%0AHear them play like men Possesed%21%0D%0AFall under their spell%21%0D%0AYou%27ll swear their out of this World%21%0D%0A%0D%0Aahem.  I%27d apologise%2C but that%27s been stuck in my head since their first appearence.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E        %22What a winning disposition you have%2C%22 Utena said sweetly.  %22I%0D%0A%3E can see why you chose a profession that involves a lot of interacting%0D%0A%3E with the public.%22%0D%0A%0D%0Aand she managed to not bite off her tounge despite it being so far in her cheek.  Woman of many talents there Corwin.  Dont ever let her go...%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E        %22That accusation is not unfamiliar to me%2C%22 Utena agreed%2C then%0D%0A%3E repeated%2C %22Are you in%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0AAh%2C but its the best KIND of crazy%21%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E %22Hi%2C Corwin%0D%0A%3E Ravenhair here.  I need to send a telegram.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AHave to wonder though...  was there a reason Corwin HAD to send a telegram%3F  or just cause he%27d always wanted to but never had an excuse till now%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E        %22Being obvious was the whole idea%2C%22 Corwin told her.  %22Keep%0D%0A%3E people looking at the spectacle so they don%27t notice the real chicanery.%0D%0A%3E Think of the guy who ran that Black Rose thing... %22%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E              DEEDLIT SATORI MANDEVILLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE%0D%0A%0D%0A...%0D%0A...%0D%0A...%0D%0A%0D%0Awell.  It didnt strike me the first time%2C but isnt THIS just an interesting scene jump.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E        As they were crossing the footbridge over Highway One to Main%0D%0A%3E Parking B%2C Touga Kiryuu gave his %22graduate advisor%22 a sardonic look and%0D%0A%3E remarked%2C %22-That- was easy.%22%0D%0A%3E        %22Why should the poor man be suspicious of us%3F%22 Souji Mikage%0D%0A%3E replied%2C shrugging.%0D%0A%0D%0AOh geez.  this would be frighteningly ominous if it was someone other than Mikage and Touga.  Now it seems more like finding that the bad guys have hired Laurel and Hardy%0D%0A%0D%0Awell%2C at least we kind of know why Souske%2C Amy and Rory are there.  But unless Akio sends some COMPETENT help%2C they%27re gonna wipe the floor with em without ever realising they were a threat%21%0D%0A%0D%0AAlso%2C is it just me%2C or does anyone else get the vibe that Amy and Rory have been sort of doing the Quantum Leap sort of thing for a bit before their appearance here at DSM%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E        %22He died%2C%22 said Anthy.%0D%0A%0D%0ASadly%2C his body kept on going without him and hasn%27t STOPPED stirring up trouble since.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E Or tomorrow afternoon she%0D%0A%3E might just... stop.  We just don%27t know.  Nobody knows.  -She- doesn%27t%0D%0A%3E know.  So every day they stole from us... %22%0D%0A%0D%0AYup.  thinking about that can dampen most anyones spirits%2C really.  And as a serial re-incarnator%2C its not like she%27ll be hanging around Vallhalla.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E It was a sort of mechanical clatter%2C and it seemed to%0D%0A%3E be coming from somewhere outside the train.  And it was -moving%3B- it%0D%0A%3E racketed invisibly along the wall of the compartment%2C from front to%0D%0A%3E back%2C and faded away to the rear.%0D%0A%0D%0AHeh.  Kind of reminds me of the background noise of the previous generation of bus destination signs.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E        Ryo straightened up and gave a merry laugh%2C hands on hips.  %22Oh%2C%0D%0A%3E you%27re good%2C%22 he said.  %22You%27re very good.%22  He turned to Corwin%2C%0D%0A%3E pointing to Utena.  %22She%27s very good%2C%22 he added%2C as if Corwin might not%0D%0A%3E have noticed it before.%0D%0A%0D%0AOh%2C he has.  And I see Ryo has more than a bit of his own Stark on at the moment.  Though you really should give him his leg back now that your done pulling it.  He%27ll need it for the race.%0D%0A%0D%0ASpeaking of...  For some reason I%27m seeing it as sort of full color panels%2C much like from Aha%27s video for %22Take on Me%22.%0D%0ASadly%2C its not an OFFICAL music cue.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E car 22 %28Sato%2C Minami and Ryo%29 won%0D%0A%0D%0ADoes this mean on the astronomically rare occasion that they DO manage to get passed its a%0D%0A%3Csunglasses%3E Catch 22%3F %3C%2Fsunglasses%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E        Azana%27s smile was a tad enigmatic as she replied%2C %22Oh%2C I expect%0D%0A%3E you%27ll be seeing me again soon.  But you%27re very welcome.  We%27ve enjoyed%0D%0A%3E having you here%2C and we hope you come again.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AMost likely first at 4%3A30 on Tuesday%2C then whenever they help bring Anne to or from bending training.%0D%0A%0D%0A 
20|2|17|||1||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|Pasha||18:09:57|08/14/2013|%0D%0A%3EWhich%2C after all%2C is a perfect extension of how she was written in the %0D%0A%3Efirst %27Book%27 %28which is all I%27ve seen of LoK so far%29.%0D%0A%0D%0ADon%27t feel bad%2C that%27s all the unwashed masses have seen%2C too.  Book two starts up in...september%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A-- %0D%0A-Pasha%0D%0A%22Don%27t change the subject%22%0D%0A%22Too slow%2C already did.%22
22|2|17|||1||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|Gryphon||00:37:40|08/15/2013|%3E%3E %22Senjo will show you up.  My name is Azana%2C and%0D%0A%3E%3E if there%27s anything you need%2C please don%27t hesitate to dial zero and ask%0D%0A%3E%3E for me.%22  Then she really smiled%2C showing very white teeth%2C and added%2C%0D%0A%3E%3E %22Have a wonderful evening.%22%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3Ea line like that...  makes me wonder how many idiots she%27s had to hurt %0D%0A%3Ecause they insist on interpreting %22anything%22 in a rather... adult way. %0D%0A%0D%0AOh%2C not many%2C I should think.  The Phoenix House is an ultra-luxe grand hotel%2C one of the two or three best in the city.  They don%27t attract the kind of clientele that would do that sort of thing very often %28nor encourage them to stay on the rare occasions when it happens%29.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3E        %22I already know her phone number%2C it%27s zero%2C%22 he replied%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%2AGZNERK%2A %0D%0A%0D%0AHeh%2C I%27m glad this got that reaction from someone.  I remember being very pleased with it when it came to mind.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3E %22I also got you a map and a couple of Badgermole cards%2C%22 Korra went on%2C%0D%0A%3E%3E giving Kate a rolled-up document and a small waxed-pasteboard card%2C the%0D%0A%3E%3E latter decorated with a gaily colored cartoon image of the eponymous%0D%0A%3E%3E animal.  %22For the subway%2C%22 she explained to Anne%27s curious look.  She%0D%0A%3E%3E held up the other card%2C then handed it over.%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EAh%2C so those are like the equivalent of monthly passes%3B and that %0D%0A%3EBadgerMoles have become Daiqu%27s generic term for underground urban %0D%0A%3Erail transport then. %0D%0A%0D%0ASorta%2C but not quite.  I had in mind the Oyster card that%27s used on London public transport%2C and those refillable ticket card things they used on BART back in the %2790s when I lived in Oakland%2C CA - not a monthly pass%2C but a sort of debit account arrangement%2C so you don%27t have to keep fumbling around for change.  It%27s called a Badgermole card because that%27s the trademark the Republic City Transportation Authority uses for the card service %28again%2C like the Oyster card%29.  The subway itself is just... well%2C the RCTA.  Or the subway.%0D%0A%0D%0ANow%2C the one in Ba Sing Se is rather grandly called the Subterranean Railway Network%2C with elaborate and imposing signage to match%2C but then they like to get their pompous on in Ba Sing Se. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EOho%21  %3CBelushi%3EFOOD FIGHT%21%21%21%21%3C%2Fbelushi%3E Now why does this make me %0D%0A%3Ethink of Tenzin%27s youngest%3F %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3E        Korra sighed%2C rolling her eyes.  %22Meelo... %22%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EProbably because of that.  Heh.  I believe the thought here is %22The %0D%0A%3Emore things change the more they stay the same%22. %0D%0A%0D%0ATechnically Rohan%27s the youngest%2C but as he was barely a character in Book 1 %28and then only toward the end%29%2C the oversight is understandable.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EThough this... sometimes is and sometimes isnt.  But given that its %0D%0A%3Ehis little sister turning the thumbscrews...  well%2C lets just see who %0D%0A%3EEm turns out to be%2C eh%3F %0D%0A%0D%0ATo give Jiang credit%2C what he%27s doing there %5Bi%5Dis%5B%2Fi%5D a fireable offense%2C but at the same time%2C it has to be said he%27s not giving up much information.  He didn%27t even tell her their %5Bi%5Dnames%5B%2Fi%5D%2C which he surely knows%2C enabling her to preserve the Phoenix House%27s reputation for discretion in her article %28as seen later%29.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EWell%21  the night clerk is also someone high up in the Firebending dojo %0D%0A%3Eto boot%3F  Eyrie synchronicity%2C or someone casting on the cheap%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C she%27s not %5Bi%5Dthat%5B%2Fi%5D high up %28officially she has no standing there at all%2C which is why she isn%27t dressed like an instructor%29%2C but yeah.  Azana started out as just the desk clerk - when originally designed she was supposed to be distinctly from the Fire Nation%2C but not necessarily a bender - but then we needed a firebender for the Fire Ferrets %28more on that in the next movement%29 and Anne needed a congenial firebending instructor%2C and%2C well%2C why reinvent the wheel%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AI posted about Nyima being one of those Rina Dragonaar-like characters who are just supposed to show up and do something simple%2C but end up developing into well-fledged characters with arcs of their own%3B well%2C that happened %5Bi%5Dseveral%5B%2Fi%5D times in the making of this movement.  Nyima%2C to a lesser extent Lhakpa %28more about her in the next piece%2C too%29%2C Azana%2C and the Satos all sort of barged to the front of the bus on me%2C as has at least one character who won%27t appear until next time.%0D%0A%0D%0AOn the one hand%2C this is irritating because the Symphony cast is already %5Bi%5Dmammoth%5B%2Fi%5D and there will inevitably be a good many Someone%27s Favorite Character who gets slighted on screen time as we proceed into S5%3B on the other%2C it%27s good because%2C well%2C it%27s creativity happening%2C and I%27ve found over the years that I buck that current at my peril...%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3E Within%0D%0A%3E%3E thirty seconds%2C he was convinced of that.  The other ninety were just%0D%0A%3E%3E because he was having such a good time.%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EHa%21  They may be %27grown%27 but their not %28always%29 %22Grown-up%22 %0D%0A%0D%0AMaster Ito is not related to the Fire Nation royal family%2C but he has a bit of the Uncle Iroh-nature.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3E %22... by conspiring to deprive him of old and cherished%0D%0A%3E%3E friendships.%22%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EUrk...  Please tell me that was more the doings of previous members of %0D%0A%3Ethe Lotus.  cause otherwise this could get...  interesting %0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C Korra did say the people responsible had been sacked.  %28We%27ll see more about this - you guessed it%21 - next time.  There are reasons why this is unambiguously marked as part 1 of a thing.  Even though it%27s part 5 of another thing.  Actually%2C part 5 OF PART 5 of a thing.  Sometimes my head hurts.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EHa%21  Confirmation of several points...  And the Temple Island makes a %0D%0A%3Eless controversial sponsor than Korra herself %0D%0A%0D%0AThey aren%27t actually sponsored by the Air Temple%2C as such%2C but by long arrangement%2C they%27re allowed to list the island as the team%27s home %28even though their real headquarters%2C for any operational purpose%2C is Shinobi Arena%29.  It%27s no big secret that Korra%27s the majority owner of the franchise %28these things work a little differently in Major League Bending than they did in the old days%2C when pro bending was more like boxing%29.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3E Her broad%2C blocky head reminded Serge of Buddy%2C the%0D%0A%3E%3E Labrador retriever who lived a few doors down from their old house on%0D%0A%3E%3E Tomodachi%3B but there was something bear-like about her giant stature and%0D%0A%3E%3E the way she carried herself.%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EOne of Naga%27s decendents%2C carrying on the family tradition%2C I assume. %0D%0A%0D%0AYou assume correctly.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3E        The staff of Ming and Daughters%2C Clothiers appeared to consist%0D%0A%3E%3E of identical quadruplets%2C %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3Eand they even get their own version of the SDM girls to boot.  My hat %0D%0A%3Eis off to you%2C G. %0D%0A%0D%0ALike I said once elsewhere%2C I like to think that those girls and the ghosts of ZZ Top are still roaming the galaxy%2C bestowing good fortune and the keys to the Eliminator upon the downtrodden%3B but the Daughters of Ming are similar spirits%2C it%27s true. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3E        %22What a winning disposition you have%2C%22 Utena said sweetly.  %22I%0D%0A%3E%3E can see why you chose a profession that involves a lot of interacting%0D%0A%3E%3E with the public.%22%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3Eand she managed to not bite off her tounge despite it being so far in %0D%0A%3Eher cheek.  Woman of many talents there Corwin.  Dont ever let her %0D%0A%3Ego... %0D%0A%0D%0AThat%27s one of those lines Anthy will take great pleasure in hearing about%3B she%27s been working for %5Bi%5Dyears%5B%2Fi%5D now to slant Utena away from punching guys like that %28at least as an %5Bi%5Dopening%5B%2Fi%5D move %3A%29 and more toward insulting them with a smile.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3E %22Hi%2C Corwin%0D%0A%3E%3E Ravenhair here.  I need to send a telegram.%22%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EHave to wonder though...  was there a reason Corwin HAD to send a %0D%0A%3Etelegram%3F  or just cause he%27d always wanted to but never had an excuse %0D%0A%3Etill now%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C yeah%2C he could have just called%2C but it%27s the principle of the thing. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3E Or tomorrow afternoon she%0D%0A%3E%3E might just... stop.  We just don%27t know.  Nobody knows.  -She- doesn%27t%0D%0A%3E%3E know.  So every day they stole from us... %22%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EYup.  thinking about that can dampen most anyones spirits%2C really.  %0D%0A%3EAnd as a serial re-incarnator%2C its not like she%27ll be hanging around %0D%0A%3EVallhalla. %0D%0A%0D%0AYeah%2C that%27s the thing Utena thinks of asking about and then doesn%27t bring up%2C because the moment isn%27t right.  Avatars don%27t go to the %22normal%22 afterlife%3B they go to Diqiu%27s Spirit World%2C where they%27re available to be consulted by the next one.%0D%0A%0D%0AI mean%2C Corwin can get there%2C if he really wants%2C but it%27s... not the %5Bi%5Dsame%5B%2Fi%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3ESpeaking of...  For some reason I%27m seeing it as sort of full color %0D%0A%3Epanels%2C much like from Aha%27s video for %22Take on Me%22. %0D%0A%3ESadly%2C its not an OFFICAL music cue. %0D%0A%0D%0AIn an earlier conception of that scene%2C the race was more of a track-day%2Famateur cup-style event%2C and Corwin and Utena ended up participating.  For %5Bi%5Dthat%5B%2Fi%5D I would utterly have busted out %22Take on Me%22%2C because I thought of that video the moment the race car turned up in %5Bi%5DLegend of Korra%5B%2Fi%5D %28and doubly so when I saw a storyboard of one of the racing-scene frames%3B in storyboard form it looks eerily like the video%2C I think I posted about that somewhere else on these boards%29.  I didn%27t end up writing it that way%2C though%2C because... well%2C I dunno%2C somehow it seemed like it would be a little too much%3F  Also%2C I%27d thought of Minami and Ryo by then.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
47|3|22|||||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|Star Ranger4||10:20:02|08/22/2013|%3ESorta%2C but not quite.  I had in mind the Oyster card that%27s used on %0D%0A%3ELondon public transport%2C and those refillable ticket card things they %0D%0A%3Eused on BART back in the %2790s when I lived in Oakland%2C CA - not a %0D%0A%3Emonthly pass%2C but a sort of debit account arrangement%2C so you don%27t %0D%0A%3Ehave to keep fumbling around for change.  It%27s called a Badgermole %0D%0A%3Ecard because that%27s the trademark the Republic City Transportation %0D%0A%3EAuthority uses for the card service %28again%2C like the Oyster card%29.  %0D%0A%3EThe subway itself is just... well%2C the RCTA.  Or the subway. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3ENow%2C the one in Ba Sing Se is rather grandly called the Subterranean %0D%0A%3ERailway Network%2C with elaborate and imposing signage to match%2C but %0D%0A%3Ethen they like to get their pompous on in Ba Sing Se. %3A%29 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AIn Los Angeles their known as TAP cards.  You can load them with cash like a debit card or put your monthly pass on them %28like I do%29  
24|2|17|||1||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|Mercutio||00:58:15|08/15/2013|%0D%0A%3E%3E        As they were crossing the footbridge over Highway One to Main%0D%0A%3E%3E Parking B%2C Touga Kiryuu gave his %22graduate advisor%22 a sardonic look and%0D%0A%3E%3E remarked%2C %22-That- was easy.%22%0D%0A%3E%3E        %22Why should the poor man be suspicious of us%3F%22 Souji Mikage%0D%0A%3E%3E replied%2C shrugging.%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EOh geez.  this would be frighteningly ominous if it was someone other %0D%0A%3Ethan Mikage and Touga.  Now it seems more like finding that the bad %0D%0A%3Eguys have hired Laurel and Hardy %0D%0A%0D%0AThat%27s true enough in Touga%27s case%2C but so far Mikage has been shown as pretty good at what he does. He isn%27t a fighter%2C though. Well%2C I mean... he IS%2C SkU proved that%2C but he%27s primarily a wizard.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Ewell%2C at least we kind of know why Souske%2C Amy and Rory are there.  %0D%0A%3EBut unless Akio sends some COMPETENT help%2C they%27re gonna wipe the %0D%0A%3Efloor with em without ever realising they were a threat%21 %0D%0A%0D%0AUpon considering it for a couple days%2C I think I have to walk back my initial assessment that sending these two guys here is suicidally overconfident on Akio%27s part. I don%27t think these two are meant to get into any kind of fight or%2C indeed%2C any sort of conflict while they do whatever it is they%27re planning to do to the pliant young minds of the DSM institute. Among other things%2C they%27re woefully underequipped for it. They probably have a specific mission they aim to complete and then get out%2C and will likely be taking every precaution possible %28you%27ll note they%27re going to be based out of an isolated and underused Residence Hall%29 to remain unnoticed. %0D%0A%0D%0AI mean%2C lets break it down here. Best case scenario for Akio is that the mindwiping is still holding and the only person with direct%2C firsthand memories of Hideki Nemuro%2FSouji Mikage is Anthy%3B everyone else has to go off her account%2C rather than personal experience. In that case%2C Nemuro could literally walk right by any of his former Black Rose Duelists and nod to them in the hallway%2C with little risk of disaster. They%27re not even on-campus that much%2C and judicious use of magic and technology would serve as forewarning that he and %22Kuroda%22 should spend a couple days sequestered in their offices.%0D%0A%0D%0AWorst case scenario is everyone has all their memories back in full. This is bad%2C but not catastrophic%3B Utena would sure as hell know him on sight%2C as would Anthy%2C and all his Black Rose Duelists. But most of the Black Rose Duelists are scattered to the four winds or just plain old almost never show up at DSM %28Shiori and Kozue have no strong connection to the school%2C Mitsuru and Kanae have full-time jobs in Cephiro%2C Tatsuya never became a Duelist and is Sir Not Appearing in This Symphony%3B that just leaves Wakaba%29 and Souji Mikage didn%27t really have much interaction with the Student Council%2C did he%3F I%27m not even sure that Miki and Juri even met the man%2C I%27d have to re-watch the series.%0D%0A%0D%0AThat%27s much trickier%2C but if Nemuro works really hard at keeping his head down and not being noticed%2C he should be okay. Using his own name is slightly arrogant %28all somebody has to do is mention it in Anthy%27s hearing%29 but the man has his pride.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt is entirely feasible for both Mikage and Touga to go unnoticed for months and months. I%27m not sure they could manage it for years%2C but that%27s probably not their timetable. There%27s still what I would consider a high probability Touga %28and if someone fucks this one up it%27s gonna be Touga%29 will walk out of the admin building one day and run smack into Kaitlyn and Juri%2C but fortune favors the bold.%0D%0A%0D%0A-Merc%0D%0AKeep Rat
25|3|24|||||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|Bushido||02:04:32|08/15/2013|I just got the mental image of Utena showing up for the next grand snowball fight%2C belting someone in the face with a snowball%2C and only then realizing that it%27s Touga.
31|1|0|||1||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|twipper||14:02:59|08/15/2013|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Aug-15-13 AT 02:03 PM (EDT)]%3ENothing big or deep here%2C as I%27m travelling today. Happy to see my %0D%0A%3Eteaser giggle fit turn out - Sergei%27s got a girlfriend%21  %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AThis scene promises to be a favorite of mine for some time. Ben %26 Co are the only group of writers I read reliably other than Jim Butcher who manage to make their non-verbal characters consistently interesting and fully communicative without ever actually speaking.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd props out for importing Emily Wong.  %0D%0A%0D%0ACouldn%27t have made Emily the ship-board reporter in ME3%2C no...%0D%0A%0D%0ABrian%0D%0A%0D%0A
32|2|31|||1||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|Mercutio||14:11:26|08/15/2013|Thematically speaking%2C it would have been nice to be offered a choice between Emily Wong and Khalisah al-Jilani for shipboard reporter. %28Does -anyone- pick Diana Allers%3F Someone you have no pre-existing relationship with and sketchy credentials comes flouncing up to you wearing their workout clothes%2C and you%27re supposed to let them embed themselves in your unit%3F%29%0D%0A%0D%0AFor reasons that baffle me%2C Bioware decided to kill off Emily Wong in a marketing stunt%3B she was live-tweeting the Reaper invasion of Earth in the run-up to ME3s launch%2C and she and her news crew go out piloting their shuttle into one of the smaller in a kamikaze strike.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt wasn%27t bad writing%2C but it was a really gimmicky way to kill someone off%2C even a minor character%2C out-of-game.%0D%0A%0D%0A-Merc%0D%0AKeep Rat
33|3|32|||1||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|Gryphon||14:22:03|08/15/2013|%3EThematically speaking%2C it would have been nice to be offered a choice %0D%0A%3Ebetween Emily Wong and Khalisah al-Jilani for shipboard reporter.%0D%0A%0D%0AKhalisah%27s lucky she doesn%27t work at the %5Bi%5DRepublic City Tribune%5B%2Fi%5D.  It would just have been her luck if she%27d emigrated to Diqiu and taken a job at the %5Bi%5DTrib%5B%2Fi%5D in the hope that%2C by decamping to an out-of-phase otherworld in a timespace pocket%2C she would never%2C ever have to be headbutted by Commodore Tenjou again.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
35|4|33|||1||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|Mercutio||17:15:10|08/15/2013|I disagree with her politics%2C but I%27ve always admired Khalisah%27s moxie.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt takes a certain amount of guts to fire up your camera drones and keep getting in the face of someone who you KNOW will abuse their extralegal status to assault you on-camera and walk away scot free%2C if they%27re so inclined.%0D%0A%0D%0AKhalisah and Emily would actually make a hell of a team%2C now that I think of it. Khalisah goes in all attack-dog style%2C distracting and discombobulating people while Emily pumps a bunch of sources and engages in some not-strictly-legal information gathering. %0D%0A%0D%0AThen just when their subjects are about ready to write Khalisah off as another pretty face full off bombast and hot air%2C BAM. She hits them with the stuff Emily passed on to her. She gets the on-air credit%2C Emily writes the long-form piece and gets the byline.%0D%0A%0D%0A-Merc%0D%0AKeep Rat
49|1|0|||1||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|JeanneHedge||18:32:51|12/29/2013|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Dec-29-13 AT 06:34 PM (EST)]Something I noticed on a re-read. Perhaps something to be said for people double-checking their timelines when writing%2C or something nitpicky like that.%0D%0A%0D%0AIn %5Bi%5DTry%2C Try Again%5B%2Fi%5D%2C at breakfast the morning of the wedding%2C it is mentioned that Korra is checking the pre-season baseball and pro bending results on the sports page. %0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btt%5D        She was flipping through the sports section of the Republic City%0D%0ATribune%27s website%2C checking up on the spring training results in both%0D%0Abaseball and pro bending%2C%5B%2Ftt%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AIn %5Bi%5DHoneymoon By the Sea%5B%2Fi%5D%2C a later story in the timeline %28taking place after the wedding%29%2C Anne and Azana discuss fitting Anne%27s training into Azana%27s schedule%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btt%5D        %22A week%2C I think.  Last I heard%2C the plan was to head home next%0D%0ASaturday.%22  Anne scrubbed at her hairline%2C then draped the towel around%0D%0Aher neck.  %22If all goes well%2C I%27ll be coming back sometime in the middle%0D%0Aof June.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A        %22Hm%2C%22 said Azana.  They made their way down the stairs into the%0D%0Abuilding%2C closing the trapdoor behind them.  %22Well%2C that works for me.%0D%0ASpring training starts later this week%2C but it%27s a lot less regimented%0D%0Athan the spring training in%2C say%2C baseball%2C so there%27ll be plenty of%0D%0Aopportunities for us to keep exploring if you want.  After that I%27ll be%0D%0Apretty well tied up for most of April with all the business involved in%0D%0Agetting the season underway%2C but by mid-June we should be into a pretty%0D%0Agood groove.  There%27ll be time to breathe.  Be a good time for us to%0D%0Areally get started%2C if you want.%22%5B%2Ftt%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0ATo recap - spring training hasn%27t started yet in %5Bi%5DHoneymoon%5B%2Fi%5D%2C so how can there be pre-season bending results in the sports section in %5Bi%5DTry%5B%2Fi%5D%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd no%2C Korra wasn%27t looking at exhibition results - in %5Bi%5DWhat%27s Past is Prologue%5B%2Fi%5D %28happens %5Bi%5Dafter%5B%2Fi%5D Honeymoon%29%2C it is said of the exibition matches the group goes to see%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btt%5DThis was the first exhibition of the year%2C not even part of the%0D%0Aofficial preseason %28which didn%27t begin until the following week%29%5B%2Ftt%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AJeanne%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22 width%3D%2280%25%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd align%3D%22center%22 width%3D%2210%25%22%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhedge.com%2Fmisc%2Foldowl.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5D%5Bfont size%3D2%5D%5Bb%5DJeanne Hedge%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.jhedge.com%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhedge.com%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bi%5D%5Bfont size%3D1%5D%22Never give up%2C never surrender%21%22%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5B%2Fi%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D
50|2|49|||1||RE%3A S5M5 Pt 1- Honeymoon By the Sea|Gryphon||18:52:16|12/29/2013|%3ESomething I noticed on a re-read. Perhaps something to be said for %0D%0A%3Epeople double-checking their timelines when writing%2C or something %0D%0A%3Enitpicky like that. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EIn %5Bi%5DTry%2C Try Again%5B%2Fi%5D%2C at breakfast the morning of the wedding%2C it %0D%0A%3Eis mentioned that Korra is checking the pre-season baseball and pro %0D%0A%3Ebending results on the sports page. %0D%0A%0D%0AIn the case of pro bending%2C it%27s not actually the result of play so much as the pre-preseason roster changes and other administrata of the sport.  The tail end of the %22silly season%22%2C as it were.%0D%0A%0D%0AThat%27s my story and I am sticking to it.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D