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[WillowLuman]

(( Ok. Maybe not all the time but I have yet to see an anime that doesn't feature 3+ girls competing over a wimp at least once in its series run. ))((An' yes.))

((Just want to point out, I would not in any way call this stuff Leftist or feminist. I know a few feminists, and they really don't like shows where girls center their whole lives around guys. I wouldn't say it's political in any way, probably just escapist fodder for wimps in real life.))

((As for Smurfington's Lieutenant, I'm gearing up to deal with him, having identified him as Cheesistan's greatest threat, as soon as I muster enough forces to get a roll bonus.))

[poketwo]

TRY TO FORGE COOL VALYRIAN STEEL SWORD AGAIN

[CaptainMcClellan]

((*reads rant*

Alright, I'll stop using your game as another output for my sociopathic sadism(and my other pile of mental issues). I may or may not go visit a therapist in future.

I can't really think of an easy way to deal with the Dragon though, due to my eternally shitty rolls, but I'm open to suggestions. He got dark really fast, he was supposed to be a chivalrous comedic sociopath, dammit. Roll modifed to accommodate. Being a mad god is hard, because my dumb ideas get dark really fast due to shitty luck.

In other news, I have to agree, manga is better, usually because there's year-round weekly/monthly updates, and I can archive binge them quite quickly, unlike that time I watched all of the Ramna 1/2 anime over the holidays. Much regret, wow.

Though High School DxD is the perfect mix of all the stuff I like which can be summed up by: fighting where they don't explain EVERY EFFING MOVE, heartbreaking/heartwarming moments and romcoms.))

(( Thank you.

Yeah well... tbh, that's pretty much how it went with all mythological gods. "Do thing. Thing failed. You effed up the universe. Get the Sane Man to fix it. Mock the Sane Man." It's why Ragnarok became a thing. All the Norse gods got shitty rolls and made shittier choices and it ended up in a massive world-destroying blood-fest where some of their most prominent mistakes come back to bite them in the ass pretty severely. The Greek gods, it was noticeably less so because they would cheat and/or smite things far more often, but they didn't completely Karma Houndini. ( The irony is that the Greek gods were probably worse they the titans they sought to supplant. At least, from a purely human point of view. ) Learn from their mistakes and don't use sapients as playthings. Don't even act like a god besides summoning shit out of nowhere for the sake of !!fun!! and maybe being slightly comedically haughty. ( Though expect the logical results to ensue should you stretch your pride too far. ) Also, the Dragon? While less explainable than many Greek and Norse mythological bads is quite similar. "We wanted to make a powerful thing to serve us. We rolled a metaphorical 8. Then realizing it was gonna kill us, we put it in a box or tied it up or something. ) Or even more recent mythology, like FF6. I don't want to have Kefka Palazzo in my RTD at any point, or anyone like him.)

Plus in manga you can choose what they sound like rather than being force to endure bad voice acting or even worse dubbing. While many of the bigger animes get around to fixing this, it's a problem often enough to make me trepidatious about all anime.))

Mitzi: Share icecream with everyone.

Mitzi: See if Lyeos has cheered up yet.

((Lyeos: Interrupt OOC.))

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

So, I just realized that I can totally bomb my exam today and still pass Math. Like, last year I did horribly in math, made a 48 on the exam, and passed with a 66. This year, my grades have been much better, so, I can bomb this exam like I'm about to do. I just did.

Seriously, fuck math. That's the only reason I made a 33 on my ACT instead of a 35, so apparently I should get tutored in math and take it again. Which I'm not fuggin' gonna do. Fuck. Math.

On a side note, I'm actually perfectly happy now that I've accepted that I'm a worthless, easily replaceable idiot. Lots of freedom when you embrace it, y'know? And if I die, it won't affect anything, so it's all good if I get killed by someone! I'm so freakin' free from importance, even my death doesn't matter! Woo! I am so fucking cheerful and sleep deprived right now! No, seriously! 

Spoiler: WHUT? (click to show/hide)

YOU GOT A 33!? DUDE! BEST I EVER GOT WAS A 32!!! ( 'twas Math that killed me too. My scores, as I recall where English: 31/32, Math:28, Reading:36, Science: 33 ) Seriously man. Feel honoured. ( Also, now I gotta go back to Spearbreakers and apologize to Mr Frog for telling him not to make everything a competition. >.< )

(( Ok. Maybe not all the time but I have yet to see an anime that doesn't feature 3+ girls competing over a wimp at least once in its series run. ))((An' yes.))

((Just want to point out, I would not in any way call this stuff Leftist or feminist. I know a few feminists, and they really don't like shows where girls center their whole lives around guys. I wouldn't say it's political in any way, probably just escapist fodder for wimps in real life.))

((As for Smurfington's Lieutenant, I'm gearing up to deal with him, having identified him as Cheesistan's greatest threat, as soon as I muster enough forces to get a roll bonus.))

(( Short answer: Yes. You're right. Not feminist. My bad. ( I still assert that it's somewhat Leftist tho. ) ))

Spoiler: Long, long, long answer. (click to show/hide)

(( Of course they don't. And for once, I agree with them. My apologies on using making a false connection. Also, such rivalries aren't actually about the guy. The girls could just as easily be fighting over a car or a pair of pants, that's how pathetic/unavailable/objectified the guy in question is. The real bullshit comes from the unrealistic portrayal of women as edgy, possessive, batshit crazy people that fight over stupid things and may or may not have homoerotic entrende scattered in the "bickering". It's totally unrealistic and stupid, oh so very stupid. I've met feminists and bisexuals and neither of them behave this way. Well at least, not the ones I got to know well. The ones that do I just lambasted and sent them on their delusional way because they're probably poorly raised 12-year-olds on the internet who'll grow up in a few years. I also agree that it's escapist fodder, but at the same time it serves two or three other psychological torture mechanisms and stereotype beat-downs. It provides a stereotype of Sexual tension + females = combat and may or may not imply other things which also fall under the false stereotypes of female-only boarding schools. In actuality, they don't resort to yandere and situational lesbianism or constant bitchiness and fighting, they either handle themselves in a totally appropriate manner and get their school stuff done, get themselves expelled and go back to public school, or sneak out to meet a boyfriend and struggle to maintain a B average because they're not really that committed to education.  Also, it provides a both a sadistic and masochistic pleasure for the watcher based on which roll he (and it usually is, but due to unfortunate implications and inaccurate stereotypes there is a lot of pleasure a particularly sadistic female can derive from it as well ) chooses to assume. In fact, it can flip the escapist genre on its head, depending on just how insane the females in question are, leading to more media bullshit like black comedy rape and invoking the double standards involving abuse by a female. I guess that's where I get the "feminist" part from, because amazingly most of them seem to perpetuate that double standard whilst aiming to attack double standards that affect them negatively. And from a particularly twisted ( and incorrect ) point of view, all of this can be misconstrued as female empowerment. It's not. It's just a set of particularly exaggerated stereotypes, often the "Bitch Triad", as I call it, the Crazy Dominant Bitch/Queen Bee, the Smart Scheming Nerd Girl with No Self Confidence, and the Crazy Horny Bitch with More Political Views than Bill Clinton has Sexual Harassment Charges Who Dresses Like an Asshole for No Reason At All. (Or the stereotypical "Non-Conformist" for short. ) And while some real life people may exhibit some of these traits, most don't and none do to the extent of any of this sort of scenario. What pisses me off is there really are guys out there who are just as pathetic as the ones that you usually see in this kind of scenario. Also the more idealistic part of me shuns the concept of playing girls into fighting one another, but I can admit that there's some pretty dark pleasure that can be derived if its done well. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT I MADE THIS RTD FOR AND I WANT TO GET RID OF THAT KINDA SHIT, NOT PERPETUATE IT. What noone seems to realize is that this used to be a game, not an insanity contest of epic proportions with a hollywood-ready plot line and secret tunnels inside of secret tunnels inside of catacombs. Still, now that we can't go back, we might as well do it right! ))

((Also, we'd really better drop the subject of feminism while this thread still might survive. ))

(( Yay for plot contrivances! ))

((HOLD THE OOC, I'M 'BOUT TA ROLL!!!

(( Also, for the curious, this is my official schedule of animes to watch now: Hellsing ( but not the OVA ), Dead Man's Wonderland, Madoka Magica, High School DxD ( though I'm pretty sure I won't like it ), Code Geass, Death Note, No Game, No Life,  and Full Metal Alchemist. Also One Piece because I already have watched it but never finished. Any insanity that results in this RTD will be your own fault. ))

[CaptainMcClellan]

Ok, get something to eat.

Then go Super Saiyan God

Arena command:
Lazer eyes again.
Use techno magic
Merge with a ship and crash it into CMC. ULTIMATE FINISHER!!!

[4]You get a hot dog from the hot dog stand. It's not very filling at all.
[4]You maintain your Super Saiyan I.

They have to catch me first!

Set off the nuke.

THE DETAILS ARE IRRELEVENT!

EDIT I wasn't paying the most attention to the updates,apparantly I'm in a police car in handcuffs.

THE DETAILS ARE IRRELEVENT!

[3]You don't have the detonator. We do.
[8]Yes, so we fly you to Space Prison. Welcome to Space Jail. ( But wait there is no Space Jail? And how did an armoured car fly into space? THE DETAILS ARE IRRELEVANT! )

Tune: Get Masamune from Sephiroth's dead hands somehow

Tune: Gather most of the materia except the useless ones

[8]SONOVA BITCH!!! You retrieve Masamune and cut your arm off in the process. Not to mention that I'm pretty sure dead Sephiroth moved.
[6]You acquire most of the useful materia and hoard it in a secret room of your citadel.
(( Please cut Sephiroth's head off before he becomes Zombie Sephiroth and those horrible things happen like I foretold when talking to you on Skype. ))

(Is the Hobo in the catacombs with me?)

Check the WWI era bunker connected to the catacombs for sings of recent trespassers.

Find out who's responsible for this subterfuge! Was this the work of the Communists decades ago?

[6] It's still untouched and the combination lock is intact, though severly damaged like it was shot at.
[6]* you consult a Magic 8 ball * Signs point to yes.

Kevak: Give Sollux a spaceship.

Fix the darn space elevators.

[AUTO] Sollux is in another dimension right now. A pocket dimension that cannot be breached until the battle is complete.
[8] You use nano-bots to speed the repairs. Great. Now the space elevators are sentient.

Acquire large amounts of magnets.

[6] You buy all the hardware stores out of their magnets and order several more from companies. ( Why? )

Since when am I the hero?

As the dragon is a chivalrous pervert protectorate, find him a girlfriend. Preferably one that scares him into submission.

Make the butt monkey go to an all girls school. This is done because reasons. ((i actually have shitty reasons if you want them)).

*long, deep fart*

Ahh, much better. Enough of the cra-zay!

Dissipate the dragon, steal his power and give it to Wallace.

Depart from Earth and find a new civilisation to watch over far, far away (so no one can disturb me)

[6]All is good. The dragon has spolded and Wallace has gained the power. You quote the Uncle Ben to him, "With great power comes great responsibility." He nods and swears he'll be the greatest hero ever. That's not what you meant, but you're already packed to leave, so who cares?
[6]You find a planet full of mole people. They find your gift of potatoes to be quite agreeable. Congratulations! You are the god of the Mole People. ( And now I have to go update the Wiki. >.< )

Me: Try to shape shadow-metal into a scythe anyway.
Me: If that fails ask Tune Kevak for help.

[6] (( I think my auto roller is broken? )) You shape the metal into a dull scythe-blade.
[AUTO] But it didn't fail, so no need to get help.

Make Cheesistan economy be illogical through reasons

[3] Economists come out of the woodworks to give you 1001 reasons not to do it.

Mitzi: Share icecream with everyone.

Mitzi: See if Lyeos has cheered up yet.

[8]Ice cream for all! National holiday. ( No downside, because ice cream. )
[1]Nope. Now he's upset because he can't eat ice cream.

CaptainMcClellan: Give lecture on National Security to the military.

Maria: The time for patience is over, start scolding him harshly and demand that he come back immediately.

Hobo: Aid in the investigation.

[4]Most of the military is busy, but a few new recruits learn some valuable things.
[3]He points out that he's grown now and doesn't have to do what you say. Other psychics are starting to put in their two cents now since this device basically works like a telepathic intercomm.
[2]You can't find any particularly useful clues.

Spoiler: Arena (click to show/hide)

Sollux:Laser eyes again
CMC: Block again.
[12-7]vs[1] SHIT. For a whopping 3600 damage Sollux blasts the crap out of CMC. Sollux's rage fades. (( It's what I get for pretending to mess with his gf. ))

CaptainMcClellan: Use stun-gun
Sollux: Use technomagic
[9]vs[18] He redirects the stun-gun to me, I am stunned. ( -12 to my next roll. )
Sollux:Beirus's ultimate finisher
CaptainMcClellan: Redirect damage back to Sollux.
[16]vs[2-12] so... 16+10=26, 26*2 ( for Finisher Auto-crit ) 5200 damage.

Statut:
CMC:-1900/12000
Sollux: 8600/12000

Victor:

Sollux Captor!

[~Neri]

Introduce Sollux to the Sentient Space Elevators.

Give Sollux a Starship.

[Tune of Dwarves]

Tune: Cut off the head of the dead Sephiroth

Tune: Go stand next to the healing station thing of healing to get my arm back

[smurfingtonthethird]

Keep an eye on Wallace.

Give the molepeople cheese.

[CaptainMcClellan]

Spoiler: Arena Aftermath (click to show/hide)

After I respawn, I approach Sollux and congratulate him on his victory. After cutting him away from the ship, I explain to him the whole premise behind this Arena, ( sans a few details ), and tell him that he's won the right to come back to life and join the Nation of Cheesistan. I also explain to him that Aradia is fine, or well... I didn't hurt her. I show him the software I used to engineer the fake scream I played. He seems relieved that she's not hurt, but seriously pissed off at me. After punching me in the face and calling me a "piece of shit", I present him with a Cheesistani passport and a 1-Up Mushroom and shove him through the portal to Cheesistan before he has time to protest. "Welcome to Cheesistan!"

[Prophet]

"OK this is boring." Have cult go into hiding.
Sharpen the scythe blade.

[Lyeos]

Lyeos: Cast Holy on self.

Mitzi: Be unproductive.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Mhmm. Science 36, English and Reading 35, but my math was... Awful in comparison. Not that I'm actually smart or anything, though. My luck sometimes is just... Insane.

But... Society won't crumble without me, so I'm free to have an adventure! This is why being unimportant is so great! I want a submarine!

[Beirus]

Master Kaiokenx9001(its over 9000!)

Convince Sollux to found the Hussie Hunters.

[TamerVirus]

BRAINWASH ECONOMISTS, MAKE ECONOMIST ARMY

[CaptainMcClellan]

(( Are we still waiting on anybody? ))

CaptainMcClellan: Try to fix Cheesistan's other problems.

Maria: Get scientist's help to track him down.

Hobo: BE HELPFUL IN ANY WAY

[WillowLuman]

"You keep investigating. I MUST RIDE!"

Send the Hobo to hit up old friends at the Cheesistan Masonic Lodge.

Lead the Knights into battle against the Tetris god.

[CaptainMcClellan]

"You keep investigating. I MUST RIDE!"

Send the Hobo to hit up old friends at the Cheesistan Masonic Lodge.

Lead the Knights into battle against the Tetris god.

(( Oh we're starting that already? ))