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poison ivy
eco-terrorist
Posts: 48
(5/14/03 4:01 pm)
Re: Bruce and Pam
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actually i found most of those rhymes to be really good. i'd wondered how difficult they'd been to put together.

and since we're talking earlier stories...a big thumb's up to dick's bachelor party. it was great.

i'm sure my co-workers must think i'm quite the lunatic when i sit there and snicker in my office.

poison ivy
eco-terrorist
Posts: 50
(5/16/03 7:21 am)
Re: Bruce and Pam
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ah, a rhyming dictionary...of course. i never write verse of any kind, just narration. i always forget those are out there.

interesting point about the vertical vs. horizontal layout. i'll have to try it to satisfy my own curiosity.

thanks, though...i was wondering. i always envy people who can turn a good rhyme.

Chris Dee
Gothamite
Posts: 776
(5/22/03 10:37 am)
Re: The Highlander
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The Highland Games conclude!
CHAPTER 4: The Trees and the Big Yellow Ugly

On the Website too

poison ivy
eco-terrorist
Posts: 75
(5/22/03 10:59 am)
Re: The Highlander
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ah...man...we had to know nothing good could come of that octopus joke. *shakes head* somehow, the tome of secrets continues to rear its ugly head.

great stuff...i love having the giggles in the office. puts a nice spin on the day.

TwoFace275

Posts: 1425
(5/22/03 1:56 pm)
Re: The Highlander
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That bloody Octopus joke has taken on its own mythos around here! LOL!

stephensmat2
Gothamite
Posts: 40
(5/22/03 7:08 pm)
Re: The Highlander
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Well.

Oh what a circus, oh what a show!

A drunk Ivy? A moment please while I consider the possibilities. How will the queen of green spin this one?

Harley Quinn and the bagpipes. You know, the moment I heard 'Bagpipes' I knew that *the joke* would be involved at some point. But Joker breaking up with her? Well. Harley's always been the one to do that. But now... Joker rarely keeps an idea in his head longer than a week, so by then he'll either be back together with her, or have the vague impression that Harley is evil, just like Brucie is wonderful.

Jason gets the apartment? The rogues will now take great exception to this and either grit their teeth through it, or attack Jason, to get him out of the way. Etrigran's gonna be busy.

On that score, does this mean that Jason blood and his other half are going to be a common character? If so, what's his status among the bat clan, or the rogues for that matter? I mean, Ivy, who hates him, and of course wanted the apartment herself is going to blow a gasket.

Now, your small clip about the next episode. Seismic shocks. Are we re-visiting NML?

And by the way, while I know the gist, I havent been ale to find overmuch in the way of details, and I'm a detail man. I like to know all the little things, 'cause thats where the story becomes great. If so, then does anybody know a site somewhere that can give me such information?

So, a drunk Ivy, a bruised Harley, a scorned Joker, a demon from hell living locally, dissapointed rogues, seismic shocks on the way, and Selina's moving in. Put that all together and what do you get?

Well...

I'll get back to you.

(Nice work Chris)

Chris Dee
Gothamite
Posts: 777
(5/23/03 10:02 am)
Re: The Highlander
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Thanks guys!

Stephen, interesting variety of questions as always.

Yes Jason is indeed going to be a permanent fixture in Gotham, it's always been one of his favorite cities afterall. Just how often he'll be appearing in the Tales, only time will tell.

his status among the bat clan is exactly what was stated in he fic. Bruce isn't crazy about him operating in Gotham, but he does owe the guy, and he does respect that Jason is more responsible than the flighty flashy self-important metas he stays in the JLA to keep an eye on. Jason's view of them: children, fussing about with their little games that have little to do with his long-term battle with evil. One on one, however, he likes and respects them more than he'd ever want to admit.

The rogues reaction to this guy getting the apartment? Well we'll have to see about that too. I suspect once word gets out about how he shot down Ivy, there are those at the Iceberg who will be more inclined to worship him as a god. But if anybody did get any ideas, Jase is a powerful magic user in his own right and more than capable of taking care of himself. He's probably at Miriam's now getting the fixings for some kickass protection charms for his new abode. (Wonderful, says Miriam, now I can finally get that DVD player.)

Seismic shockwaves was a figure of speech: it's the Joker-Harley breakup that is going to have far-reaching consequences, not a literal earthquake.
But since you mention the Cataclysm and NML here is what happened: Few years back there was a MINOR Earthquake - NOTHING APPROACHING the devastation reported in the Gotham Post! It's just that Gothamites weren't really aware there was a faultline there at all, and so their reaction was a LITTLE drastic. Californians (the spandex-ones as well as the regular folks) had a lot of laughs at Gotham's expense over the whole thing. I mean seriously, if they're going to go all hysterical over - what - a 1.3?

Now Gotham, like its realworld Manhattan counterpart, does throw around a bit of attitude, and the quake and their overreaction really picked that scab as far as the rest of the country was concerned. And politicians were quick to jump on the bandwagon. This lead to No Man's Land - a period which, again, the Gotham Post blew ENTIERLY OUT OF PROPORTION (as tabloids are known to do).

What really happened was a few congressmen decided to score some points by saying Gotham should not receive any federal relief funds to repair damage from the quake.
(Segue: these guys now claim they were under demonic influence - and the SCARY THING IS some yokels out there BELIEVE THEM!)

The congressmen weren't SERIOUS, it was a stunt, but the GC Mayor had a hissyfit anyway (Segue: his marriage was breaking up in a very public and ugly manner and this making an issue of the quake-funding made a good distraction).

Part of the mayor's response was to say that if the Feds so much as debated withholding funding, Gotham City would secede from the union and goodbye to the income tax from ALL THOSE MILLIONAIRES, BILLIONAIRES and CORPORATIONS. That was an intolerable thought and the Feds said they would install national guard troops...It turned into a pissing context that was simply too complicated for the typical POST reader to follow, so the Post "simplified" it by saying Gotham was declared a No Man's Land and feudal fifedoms were now in effect.
This nonsense went on for a few months. Gothamites were mostly too sophisticated to buy into it much, but there are rubes in other parts of the country who actually think was a serious thing with the rivers being blockaded and the city being starved out.

These are the fools Lex Luthor was able to take advantage of in order to get himself elected President. He positioned himself as a savior of Gotham or something. (An ad campaign which resulted in Bats breaking Joker's jaw, cracking two of Two-Face's ribs, and you don't want to know what he did to Croc).

Star Ranger4
Adrift in Space/Time
Posts: 262
(5/23/03 1:57 pm)
Re: The Highlander
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Well, this definatly proves that the Joker is an Egomaniac.

Poor Harl. All she did was just answer his question!

And last but not least.... NEVER underestimate the power of a good poker face!
"I was an Otaku before those kids came along and changed the meaning of the word."

-- HM "Howling Mad" Wilson to more than one team-mate.

Chris Dee
Gothamite
Posts: 782
(5/24/03 8:19 am)
Re: Look out for the trees...
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The Highland games ... Personal experience or divine inspiration?
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I was wondering if anyone was going to ask that. Fact is, I do have an acquaintance that is an actual Scottish laird (not, alas, a rich bigshot like MacDonald, but every bit as proud of his heritage as Stephie's mom). Over the years, he's taken me to two of these festivals and two scotch tastings.

Now then, enough about me. About the Dickster - okay I did have fun with the kilt, BUT balancing that:
- I brought bridge & tunnel boy home to Gotham and out of that armpit Bludhaven
- he had a wonderful honeymoon in Italy and
- in the catverse he IS acknowledged by hero and villain alike as the finest piece of mantail in the DCU.

That has to count for something doesn't it?