Nice pics. We even have gotten the chance to see Lightning's armpit, as the poster felt inclined to tell us. I can't wait for this game! It's looking great so far.
I'm moving this to the spam zone since there is already a thread somewhat like this and it is also more a Spam Zone thing.
Now that is more what it is like. The freedom fries thing was so funny. I still called them french fries and a fast food place actually scolded me for it and I told them to excuse my french but I don't give a damn because I'm an American. Good fun. I thought it was kind of 'cute' before I was scolded and people were so serious about it. xD
Thanks :) I'm sure I pay for the skills I have with a good case of dyslexia and ADHD. Of course, they probably made me think and do more so I don't consider it so bad. lol
Guys, please read the actual purpose of the thread instead of people taking insults to what was asked here. Religion was to be left out so that the creator could find out people's feelings on homosexuality without the religious fights needing to be ensued. And PAW, he certainly does not have to ignore that someone, including you, brought religion into a question that asked people to refrain from doing it. This was in no way meant to upset people who are religious and was asking what would be wrong with homosexuality if religion were not the issue. It's no different than asking 'why are lies bad if not for the religious issue?'. You could tell why lies are bad without just saying it's a sin, couldn't you? Hopefully my explanation is understood more. If there are anymore problems with this, I suggest you PM me because anymore arguing about religion will be considered spam and continuing will prompt me to have to hand out warnings. Please stick to the topic or don't post here. Moving on... I am straight but really have nothing against homosexual behavior. However, I cannot say I have always felt this way. Some of the transitions I went through I will describe in yet another essay and I applaud anyone if they actually read this because it's probably very boring! I felt confused and well, disgusted by homosexuality at first. Having no exposure to gays until I did hit my teenage years, except for hearing of one aunt who was apparently gay that I never really talked to made me really not used to it. Friends and I would joke around, you know how people are in school, saying gay jokes and all but really we were pretty clueless. When my attention was first drawn to it, some kids were making fun of a couple girls for it and later on a couple boys. I went home and thought about it, and just was turned off utterly at the aspect of two guys kissing each other or having a guy with another guy doing a lot more than that. I wasn't particularly mean to those two boys but at the same time, I really didn't want anything to do with them because it was gross to me to think about. However, when they were being picked on too much, I did tell others to just leave them alone. Of course, I also said to 'ignore' what they were doing, which isn't the same as accepting, which I would learn more of. When I was out of school and going to college, as I am now, I worked at the college part time in an office helping out with computers, filing and stuff. One of my partners there was gay and was kind of hitting on me. I finally just asked him if he was gay and he admitted to it and I said 'I'm freaking straight. Leave me the hell alone.' To make sure he got it I basically ignored him a lot for a good few weeks and if he looked at me, I stared at him angrily. Later however, in the school year, we did have to work more together and slowly I warmed up to the person. He became sick and I took over work for him and I had gotten sick a week later and he did my job admirably. We got to talking on a break and he apologized to me and I had nearly forgotten about the former incident so I asked what for. He said for hitting on me but not asking me if I was gay and I accepted the apology and told him I was sorry for being so harsh. After that we became friends. I still found gays to be weird though and began to research more into homosexuality, going online and all to understand it more and learned some tolerance...and through taking biology and researching animals and such, found homosexuality is more common than most people think in nature. It made me wonder more so I asked my friend if I could ask him some rather serious questions and though it was awkward for us both, he entertained me and complied. So I went into asking him what made him attracted to other men, why he felt he was, what age was he when he realized it, how he was raised etc. The guy didn't dress gay or sound gay really and I asked him about that sort of thing too. What was funny to me at the time was that he asked me some of the same questions about what made me straight etc. As time went on I began to meet more gay people or people I had known for years but didn't realize they were gay, which was quite the surprise. I was dragged along to a gay support rally and met a whole bunch more gay people as well as people like me, who were straight and just there to support and understand. I met all sorts of people who were the 'stereotypical' males and females people associate with gays and quite a few people who were gay that you could never tell if you met them on the street. It was awkward and even kind of intimidating for a bit, but when I realized they held no ill will to me and actually appreciated me being there and being open-minded, I relaxed considerably. The fear of having someone do something to me etc slipped away. So here I am today, with quite a few friends who are gay, both males and females. I also have a lot of straight friends. Perhaps I can relate the fear in a way to how some white people feel about blacks or vice versa. How the unknown and different lifeway is scary. I didn't have to go through that fear really being as I'm half Native American so accepting others of any ethnicity was always easy for me though admittedly it was harder for my dad and he came around with me bugging him on it. However, this fear of homosexuality and disgust was natural since I had not been presented with it as a natural thing before I came into contact with it. So it is very similar to me with some race issues people have. Considering I've found that these people aren't crazy, I've gotten used to two guys kissing or holding hands and what not by exposure to it, and that in nature itself there are animals that are gay, it doesn't seem to be such an alien thing anymore. I do not feel I've ever wanted to be gay or am drawn in any way towards that and one of my friends who is male has a lesbian mother but he is also very straight. People fear that exposure to gays will mean others turn gay...and there are just all sorts of fear things said. I know because at one time I felt them too, but it's more than clear to me now with science examination, actually talking and hanging out with people who are gay etc, that it is not a crime against nature. Gay people may or may not reproduce in their lifetimes but so what? We have plenty of humans any way.
You do realize the Pledge of Allegiance was changed to have 'one nation under God' in the 1950s and it is a -new- change as the old Pledge, which was written by a Christian, never had it and never was intended to have it. He actually wanted to put in when he wrote it say something instead that described One nation of equality' instead...which was not included because at the time of the writing we had slaves in this country. I think 'One nation of equality' makes more sense and speaks to all people more so than 'One nation under God'. That is what the issue is over. The author's intention and what we stand for versus some unruly people in the 1950s adding a phrase that the author who was Christian never wanted in. This is quite different. The word 'hello' is a greeting and as I outlined above, has its history and does not coincide with the word 'Hell' at all except that in the English language, instead of keeping Hallo, it was switched to Hello. Hell came from Hel more than likely. The nations where Christianity flourished called Hell 'Inferno' or a derivative. In the end, I find it funny but think the guy can do whatever. Only zealots would be willing to do this because others will actually look up the origins of the word and see it has no conspiracy, just coincidence. It is different than the Pledge of Allegiance, which was -changed- from what the author had intended.
That picture turned out great. lol. I could draw so much better though without a mouse, but it was so much fun. More people should go play around there with the tablet.
lol, that's hilarious. I wonder if anyone has walked up to the guy and said something akin to this: In Italian, hell is Inferno. In German it's Hölle In French it's Enfer In Spanish it's Infierno In Latin - Inferne means 'down below'. In Judaism - the term Sheol is often used to describe their version of Hell which is more akin to a state of bleak gloominess. There is no 'Hell' as is found in Christianity and Islam. In German, hello is hallo and it is also the same in Dutch and Norwegian. In Spanish, hello is 'hola'. I would surmise probably we took the word 'hullo' from German/Norse/Dutch and it is still used though more in the UK. Hell probably derives more from the word Hel which is a place in Norse Mythology as well as the Goddess who ruled the domain. Someone should just tell the guy to use Hullo or Hallo if he has a serious problem or better yet 'hey' or 'hi'. I lol'd and am not sure why I wrote out the rest of this other than to avoid the spam of my original post and to share some history on the words.
OOC: Yes, you can take Sora over. Just read back a few pages to make sure you know what is going on here with the character and it's all good. Twilight Town: Roxas you arrive at the Usual Spot and find Hayner, Pence and Olette inside. As you enter they seem to be talking about school. They look over at you though and all of them study you curiously. Hayner blinks and looks at Roxas. "Who are you? ...You remind me o someone but not sure." Olette took a double take and rubbed her eyes. "You remind me of Sora, but that's not right. I know I've seen you before. You must be that boy we saw here that we mistook Sora for!" she announced somewhat excitedly. Pence nodded in agreement with Olette's call. "Yeah, the one who hung around that other guy with red hair. What's your name?" <Destiny Islands> DiZ stood there as water poured over him in a torrent and for a moment he eyed Demyx, taking in the fact he had just been attacked but by an Organization member that was actually defending Riku, Sora and the other companions here. He was surprised to see Demyx outside of the realm of TWTNW and the water left him a rather wet mess now. He looked down at himself and then back at Demyx and raised a hand. "You have no reason to attack me. I come here as a friend" he stated while simply letting the water run down him. Riku could only blanch as his reaction was too late. Shock had taken him as he first noticed DiZ and Demyx had moved so fast. He was grateful to see that DiZ was alright and noted that he did not seem overly angered that the Nobody had attacked him. The affect on a regular person would have been a lot stronger, no doubt. "Demyx! It's okay, he's an ally. Not sure how he's back too, but this is DiZ or Ansem the Wise. It'll be alright." He stood forward now, returning fully to his senses and hoping Demyx was going to settle down. "That was very brave of you though, Demyx. Thanks." Riku could recall before that it seemed in Demyx's former interest to run away often so he was somewhat surprised to see the Nobody stand up and put his life on the line. More respect was born for Demyx at that moment. <TWTNW> Xigbar shook his head. "Dudes, you are totally missing the point here. We need to work together and fighting amongst ourselves isn't going to solve a thing! We all thought the plan would work or we wouldn't have done it. We all did some stupid things. Some of us even went beyond the call of duty and you can't blame Xemnas all for it. Simmer down and let's like totally figure what's going on! There isn't that much time we've got to play around and we aren't going to waste it stabbing at each other, are we?" If he had a Heart he would be in disbelief now that Saix and Xaldin wanted to waste such precious moments with declaring outright mutiny. But no, he was a logical Nobody without that area of depth...just the memory of having it. He hardly moved to express himself as he spoke, accepting what would happen would. Was he going to have to put this little rebellion down? He began to wonder if anyone other than he and Xemnas at the moment saw the threat that loomed.
I'm thinking there's been more than one. However, the admiration is definitely there for this kira. I await to see the whole thing unfolded when we get er done.
Everyone needs a change now and then and if you felt you outgrew it, then you did. Really, you don't have to justify to others why, ya know. I think they will be happy to just know you did explain it and that the change is done. Those who miss the old nick aren't adapting to the more mature you. They will certainly come around though.
We're all workin' on it.
I didn't even realize you had a name change. People change their nicks so much I just tend to try to hope I can keep up. I like the nick and if it makes you happy, that's the most important thing. If others don't get it at first, they will adapt.
Question...what time at 10:59... which time zone?
I went through and chose who I thought did the best to me but it doesn't mean I don't think there aren't some other incredible people out there. So yeah, if Ghetto has all the votes he needs to get nominated, perhaps now people should start choosing someone else since this isn't the final vote. It's just presenting names forward for voting.
Dead people: サキ アマミヤ Dead by possibly someone knows the first name or a Shinigami eyes death. Graxe -Dead from accusing Shades gintasthebest Dead from either Shinigami eyes or the kira knows the first name. Something linked to amber. hmm. Heartless_Vice dead from a peanut. bummer. CarbuncleGem - accused Pyro and is dead. KittyKat88 doubtful since joining the game just now. Accused pirateking_luffy. clouddart100 - comes in and out so it leads to question. Accused TrueKeybladeMaster TrueKeybladeMaster - accused but found innocent. Shades -Already been accused and released. Also accused DemoN:||D@ys. Cocohints - Either ICSP kept Coco a secret or she's pretty much not the kira. I'm going to so far go with it that she's not. Cocohints accused Amber. pirateking_luffy proven innocent of accusation. Committed suicide of his own volition. Then somehow killed again by the kira. Rosey - Accused jojo13. Trogdor - Was accused and released. Accused Mr Despair. DemoN:||D@ys Accused by Shades and released. Accused Repliku. Amber - Accused by Cocohints. Released due to evidence. Accused OblivionRoxas but died prior to accusation. Love - was he even playing? Firekeyblade - another lurking person killed by the kira. Mr.Despair Accused by Trogdor and released. Mr Calamity Just joined in. OblivionRoxas - confirmed that he possibly could be in the game. Accused by TCO. The Investigated: Pyrɸ - innocent by lack of evidence. whee. tortured even! jojo13 Rosey accused him. Released. Repliku Accused by DemoN:||D@ys and released. Can't be the Kira ICSP - Shinigami (so he says). The Others Chervalier good possibility. Has been around occasionally though quiet. ヨシュア leaning towards no here since he was the kira last time. jettie - I'm near ready to possibly say no to jettie being the kira but still lingering on a couple things. TheChosenOne - needs more investigating. Nate_River - a possibility. Darkrequiem0 Just joined in. advent_of_apocalypse - been silent the whole game and yet a curiosity. People that seem to have abandoned the game to just keep track are: Goimez advent_of_apocalypse CreatorOftheUncreatd This is the current list.
Ah heck. I am caught between two names...so iffy. Do I take a chance or not...hrmm.
Hmm...so still a couple possibilities. I do ponder if that Death Note didn't pass hands at all...but eh, I still am leaning towards the one I think though DarkRequiem may be a possibility. And Cin, you can't be Kira. You weren't in the game. If you were, then the rules were broken from the beginning of the round.
Well I suppose Kira had to get rid of more people. He really -is- the kira. lol
