Harvey Birdman just looked at Avenger and both shrugged at the same time. "Well, now that that's over..." He scratched his head and took out some papers rummaging through them. He would wait for Pika's reaction but as far as he was concerned, that was enough to do about nothing since the direct questions had been averted but yet answered at the same time. He took a long drink of coffee and leaned back in his chair. Yep, it was going to be a looooooooong day. Despite it all, he didn't mind Luxord that much. At least he did go speak for himself and despite his view of the other side, which was normal, in his way, though looping words around, he had been a better person about it than the former two Org members. Of course, he had a lot less to lose and being out front with it meant that he probably would not be sentenced so badly any way. Harvey was curious on points about Luxord and wished he could have had time to question him, even out of court. The man was intriguing with his unusual mindset. Such an option probably wasn't going to happen though. He looked over at Pika again and the Judge. "Did we want to call anyone else up or are we ready to go over the charges?"
Cloud and Squall, via abilities, mirror each other too distinctively for me to really think who would win in the end. Both have immense attacks and considering both only get 9,999 HP at max, I'd say the first one that -hits- successfully and outright fully wins. Doing Omnislash or Renzokuken would just be overkill, though it would look cool. I think they should both hit each other enough to get limits and then kick off the limits at the same time and when the dust clears...neither is present in the area anymore.
Harvey sighed and whispered. "The spirit of Darkness probably did exist prior but the fact that it was changed into an Emblem Heartless by the Organization, most likely Luxord himself on the world since that was his assignment needs to be inquired. The Emblem Heartless are creations and not natural despite what is being said. It is the same with the dragon that Xigbar corrupted. Whether it was a dark force on its own, it clearly was not a Heartless at first. Making it a Heartless put it under his control. That is what needs to be addressed other than what was already stated." Luxord was even now playing a game with words and hoped Pika would not lose patience. In a way he understood Luxord and it was very probable he did believe not doing what was expected of him could result in death. "Another point is that he was 'hired' to the job most likely by Xemnas, when he refers to being 'employed' but ask for assurance who he felt he was employed by. He has stated that he was doing the bidding of the Org and about Axel's scenario and he is a low number in the Org as well, so what he means should be addressed." Harvey wasn't really so worried about Luxord. At this point, most of the charges should stick but if there was some sort of feeling he was controlled into it, that was important to address too. Harvey wasn't out to totally twist things around either on the Defense or Offense points but to get to the root of the situations to get justice and Luxord was in a position of peculiarity. He did feel that Luxord's case probably could be wrapped up swiftly if the right questions were asked and that his punishments would be pretty minor. After all, one of the worst, Marluxia, was let off with some humiliation but things weren't so bad for him. Sora flew back as did Riku, both slamming into the wall but recovering swiftly enough. Sora rubbed his shoulder and stood back up looking at Namine and Roxas and winced. This wasn't going to turn out well. Riku stumbled back and stood up after hitting the wall, almost by reflex. He was already imagining the sound of a slap because of where Roxas's hands currently were. He looked off down the halls as he fixed his shirt and pants up and then seeing no one yet, went over and turned the water back on to the toilet since it seemed to be fine. "What are you two exactly doing? How does one get his foot caught in a toilet like that?" "And I thought "I" was accident prone." Sora snickered.
I think it has a sort of spirit of its own but I don't know if I'd call it sentient. It does 'choose' its wielder apparently by the Heart of the wielder so I would say it has a base intellect by magic of some sort. I don't know whether though it would be considered an 'intelligent' weapon though at this time. That is a good question to think on though.
I thought it a bit unusual too with Sora's name, because Sora is also the name of a female Digimon character but also a male character in .Hack. I just consider it a name like Jaime or Chris that can be fine for either gender and it works.
Well, what kinds of things do you enjoy and do well in school with? I take it you mean a Junior in high school. Just so you know, really you don't have to pick a declared major to get into a University though some may rather you did. If you do pick one, you can change it at the uni if you feel it just isn't what you are wanting to do, so don't let that get you stressed. Quite a few students in their 2nd year of college switch majors or take another major or minor. My advice would be to take time to think on what kinds of skills you do have and what you'd want to work on. What kind of fields interest you at all? What classes do you do well in and feel you really connect with? There are also tests that sometimes school counselors give or schools in general to help kids figure out possible things that they are talented in that you might want to ask to take. They help by asking you a bunch of questions and finding out through your likes, dislikes and more. Then after it 'grades' you, I think it gives off like 3 occupations that might be interesting based on your answers.
I think it's because people assume kids are innocent and they are soOOo not. Those little evil kids! We have our movies too with evil kids like 'Children of the Corn' or 'Pet Semetary'.
I do have to agree that -most- teenage relationships just probably should be realized that they aren't going to work as those years really are experimental years. The desire for some teens to grow up too quickly and get someone because it's cool and they won't be lonely ruins a lot of people's relationship experiences. If two teens have been friends for a while and know each other well and all, then they may have a chance at lasting, but other relationships really are mostly about infatuation, raging hormones, being with someone and trying to grow up and experience what it's like to be married etc. Also, if two people have different agendas, then a relationship is just not going to work. It really does seem best to realize ithat teenage relationships are experiment time and getting to know what it's like to be in a relationship rather than depending that this significant other is actually going to be with the person for the remainder of their lives, even if it turns out to be that way. There are so many hormones etc going on in teenage years that feelings change so fast from being desperately in love to really ticked off at another person. If a relationship actually survives past teenage years, it may be going places, but otherwise it's not something teenagers should feel bad about too much if things don't work out. I do think dating and such is not a bad thing and that if people aren't putting expectations on each other to play out these 'mature' relationships so dramatically, things could work out better. But I so remember a lot of teens going out, including me, with dreams of 'we'll be together forever' aww..and then reality kicks in that it's just not going to happen. I wasn't that devastated but dealing with friends that wanted to commit suicide over it...egads, at times it made me want to jump off a bridge to stop hearing it. So, I suppose if teens can be -real- about it and see that romantic novels and movies are fantasy and the reality is different, maybe so many hearts wouldn't be 'devastated' and perhaps more relationships would even be successful. The expectations and dreams before a teen knows another person well really does kill the chances of a relationship succeeding. ...I wrote an essay in the spam zone. How extraordinary. Don't think I've done that one before.
Armageddon is another term for the Apocalypse, End Days, etc. The end of the world.
Yeah, it seems to me you should just be out front and say you are not dating the guy and say you are going out with someone else and move on. It doesn't seem like it's that big of a problem to get worried over. It could be some prank some people are playing or maybe that guy just wanted to sound 'cool' with his buddies and said he was dating you. Telling the truth is your best option and heck, since you don't really know the guy, say that too. If you tell the girl who is his ex that it's false and you don't know who it is, this rumor will probably die off pretty swiftly. Good luck!
If I was going to say who would win in a battle, I'd say Xigbar because space and gravity and shooting kicks butt over lunar power any day. If I was going for personality and who I thought was someone I'd rather deal with, I'd also go with Xigbar. He wasn't the mental torturer that Saix was. He was a bit odd with that surfer voice coming out of a guy with an eye patch and some serious war scars, but hey, it made him unique. He also seems to have had a mysterious past that Nomura has hinted makes him rather important, and he might be seen in BBS. Xigbar seemed to be doing what he was doing because he thought it was the only way, while Saix seemed to relish tormenting people and confusing people on purpose with no remorse at all. It was very hard for me to find any sympathy for Saix. :/ And lastly...claymores don't look like that. Guns don't either...but the sniper awesome gun...whoo hoo!
The novel actually is considered to be much more canon than the mangas. There are events that happened in the novel that were also in KH2:FM as TwilightNight pointed out. It actually sticks pretty well to the storyline though it gives you some more thoughts from the characters' points of view instead of just letting you assume as in the game. Hopefully more will be translated because so far it has been an interesting read. I still am under the impression that at least as long as a Nobody and his/her Heart are separated (as in the Heart is not in a body or is still a Heartless) that the Nobody will not age because their very existence is supposed to be well...non-existent. There is really nothing to show that any Nobody aged at all in the series but possibly Namine, and to me she looks like herself in CoM but with the more elongated artwork in KH2. Her hair didn't grow etc, even as her limbs did somewhat. Roxas can't be used as an example because he looks just like Ven. So then the evidence of Xehanort's picture and Xemnas's appearance as the same still holds true. I also am still thinking on how Ienzo could have been 7 years old and yet convinced Ansem the Wise to build a larger lab area etc to study the effects of the Heart. A 17 year old whiz kid seems much more feasible to have that impact than a 7 year old, regardless of how smart that kid is. Also, a hint that Axel did go back to his Somebody (which meant the Heartless was destroyed and his Heart liberated for such a rejoining to take place, by Nomura's interview), even if you don't want to go by the novel is that he had a tear fall in the scene with Roxas after the Sora/Roxas battle. Why would he have that if he were just going away when no other Nobody had signs of this? I don't think the -way- Axel died has as much to do with things as much as he chose to die there because he felt he was moving on and could at that point. Xemnas also makes a comment in KH2:FM about how Axel wants to find his Heart and it is almost scoffed at. So, there are hints to lead to the fact even in the game itself that Axel did find his Heart and probably returned to reform his Somebody with that Heart. It's not -solid- factual but enough for me to say the novel is canon enough when Namine says it in there that Axel did go back to where he should be.
"I bet it is the Sea Salt Ice Cream...that stuff is good!" He grinned and then moved to get a better footing. "Okay, help me out, Riku!" Riku moved Roxas's leg so it wouldn't be broken and looked at Kairi and Namine. He would have stuck his hand in the toilet. He just hadn't wanted to but hey, the girls did the job so he could focus on the strength bit instead. He maneuvered behind Sora then and nodded. "Alright, on 3!" He took one of Roxas's shoulders while Sora grabbed the other one. "1, 2, 3!" With a strong pull by the two boys as Namine and Kairi kept his ankle adjusted, they hoped Roxas would come free. Of course, Sora and Riku, as well as Roxas would probably go back flying to land on their bums, but at least hopefully Roxas would be out of the mess. Harvey looked at Pika, wondering if he was going to pick apart some valid things in Luxord's statements and point out how he contradicted himself. Harvey whispered to the Pokemon. "He is saying he did not do the curse and all, but who was in charge of the Heartless? Who also ordered his Nobodies to steal the gold in the first place, sending Sora out because Jack was cursed, and he also stole the Heart once the Heartless was slain so it could not go onto the real Kingdom Hearts. You do have some things to ask him about his statements such as that. There is coercion, theft, the curse after the problem was resolved after Sora and Jack had dealt with Barbossa and Pete's Heartless. You can do this." He hoped Pika would go back over what was said and analyze it deeper, asking what needed to be asked. He knew the little guy was willing to go overboard at times, but also he was missing some key things here. Maybe it was lost in the fancy words. He did, however, want Pika to do the investigation as Pika had asked, so he was reluctant to state anything himself in the immediate.
You watched that Indiana Jones special pertaining to information about the 13 skulls, didn't you? I watched that too. There are only I believe 6 (or 5) skulls that have been found and in the possession of either museums or mostly private owners that go about showing them off and saying they have curative powers. I'm not sure I buy into this stuff and without seeing it first hand, I'm reluctant to put much faith into it. The crystal skulls are very interesting but I'm not seeing how that would stop disaster. They just look cool. It makes for a good movie though.
Yeah, that seems really extreme. I'll have to look up more on it before feeling comfortable commenting that it just shouldn't be that way, such as the ages of these kids and their history some. I do think though that instead of arresting them and removing them from schools in the county, perhaps looking into their family life and history and getting them some help and rehabilitation would have been a better option. I can see people not feeling comfortable with them in the school they may have been at but jeez, it does seem overdone.
If this was really true wouldn't we see real testimony of people with cancer etc, names and medical actual proof that they were healed of such things? If I actually saw -real- medical documents saying the persons clearly had some form of disease that was not treatable that went to him for healing I'd buy it but there's nothing but some people saying they had some condition and he healed it. I wish I could believe in such things but without valid proof it's a dream.
What he said. This stuff seriously gets old to hear about. He's getting money to go about and talk and lift people's morale. Anyone with a good talent in acting and empathy could imitate it.
Well, nations in themselves are slower to disappear than actual government systems of people in those nations. So in that effect, I think all governments go through some changes to endure or adapt and those that don't or become too fascist where outsiders have to deal with them, or people get stuck in war in their home territory, that's when things start to crumble. Could anything happen? Yes. I hope it doesn't though. There are going to be struggles in this country though between the stubborn conservatives and the tremendously liberal, while many people must decide to do something or just show the disinterest in things as they have in the past and not bother to even vote. We have a democracy and yet we are letting too many personal freedoms go up and there are some other issues out there we have to contend with. We've already fallen down some notches so there's one of two ways to go now. Up to get back jobs and hope, future and some prosperity or Down to a depression that will demand people do -something-. When depressions happen is when people get desperate so I will hope we could try to be changing and fixing ourselves up before things worsen. In the end, I think that is more the danger than having outsiders crumble this country or any country for the matter. The leadership is borked and we know it.
I will have to now disagree with you. Children are forced to go to Church. If parents go, they want their kids to go. They may dress it up and make it look enticing, and really, I have no problems with kids -going to church-. There is a problem though when people try to say a kid is a Christian or of another religion because in seriousness, what real issues of religion are even touched on besides the cutesy stories of Noah, Moses, Jesus etc until the kid is old enough to actually -read- the Bible semi-decently? The kid isn't getting the point of what the Bible really is so why is it a Christian and not 'a child being raised by Christians'? I do feel that is wrong and harmful and it has led -many- children to have to face abuse, neglect, mistreatment etc. Also, parents that marry and are of two different Christian faiths...oh that's even better for kids. I should know. One last thing...Catholics aren't the -bad- ones. The church did its crimes, sure, but let's also not forget the founder of Protestant religion, Martin Luther, he was anti-semitic and -hated- Jews. He was not such a great man as he is painted out to be historically by Protestants who want to go on about how they won their freedom from the Catholic Church. Here's one site but there are many places with the truth about his views. He wasn't a -great man-. He was every bit as dogmatic as the Catholics. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/anti-semitism/Luther_on_Jews.html Not all Churches do this. You are right. However, a majority do. I sat in a nice church one time with a bunch of locals of the area and the pastor decided to ask us each (since I wouldn't go to the lame teenage group and went to the adult group with my mom instead) what would we do if our children weren't Chiristian and denied God and Jesus. Some people said they'd disown the kid, a couple said they'd -kill- the kid. I think I was the ONLY one (and boy did it humiliate my mother who hates my guts for it still) to say that if I had a kid that wasn't religious, I wouldn't give a crap and that kid is more important to me than some stupid book. These are regular people that believe in this crap. I've been to quite a few churches because my mom was insistent I be a good lil Christian. And I tried for her, but in the end, I could not cave in for reasons like this and the fact I felt I did not need some deity telling me to feel and do what I knew I should any way. I am up to allowing people to believe whatever, so long as I am entitled to that same right. However, local people who say 'you are going to hell', videos like this one and of people like Ted Haggard and his Jesus Camp, etc...you really have to understand there are thousands of people like this that are evangelical harms to society. They bully and harm many people's rights to believe what they want and threaten constantly against constraints to teach children proper science even. The -word- science to some of these people is blasphemy. There are great Christian people out there but I am sure it is because they are GREAT PEOPLE and not because they are great Christians. I think good people deserve more credit and there are some Christians out there I have a great admiration for. However, there are many others that are bad examples. Think of it this way...on this site here, there are some nice people of varying religions here. Then we get a nut like KHSuperfan. Now, we are a small percentage here. Multiply this by thousands and we see how bad it is in America right now. If even 1 out of 20 religious people is harming others who don't believe as they do, or doesn't have a faith at all, that's a pretty large number when they get gathered. The worst thing is most feel they are martyrs and victims, even though they are the ones attacking. I do know there are a great deal of good people out there who follow Christian faith. However, the point is this. How come Christians won't take care of this rabble instead of tossing out a martyr card? If the 'regular' Christians actually stopped this abuse, neglect, mistreatment etc and punished the nut cases as they would with any other person that was abusing or harming for any other reason than religion...well things would be different, wouldn't they? If people would stop getting 'get out of jail free cards' for believing in Christian ways, well, walla, that would be a change too. You guys have the -power- which is why a lot of us who do not believe in Christianity do not understand why you tolerate such things and just complain. We are doing your fight for you by complaining about it and all it ever amounts to is regular Christians like yourself saying we are too extreme because all of Christianity suffers for it. You guys have more than half of the majority. More than 3/4ths the majority of followers. I hope you get what I mean here, because it is a serious thing when people -of- the religion won't stop their zealots or fanatics and then get mad because others must. I know it's upsetting but think how others feel that have no connections to it and have to step up. We should be tossing the victim card instead but we won't because we will actually try and fight it. If others who don't act are going to get hurt in the crossfire, well, what are we supposed to do, because you won't? There's a point to say that madness is just that, whether you share the same faith or not.
Right! Another essay. So no Apocalypse. I had tried pot a couple times but it never did anything for me and well, it was dumb to try but in my view at the time, not as stupid as some other drugs that I saw friends try like meth and ecstasy. There's nothing like seeing friends rushed to the hospital, or a couple friends dying because they were stupid. In the end though it wasn't for me, and I didn't trip out or anything. It just made me kind of sleepy and it is -not- addicting like alcohol or heroin etc is. The only people who get addicted to pot really seem to be those who have addictive personality disorders of some kind. There have been a lot of tests on it. This isn't to say that I would do pot again or recommend it, but it's to show that we are often lied to on how severe something truly is. Pot is no more dangerous than alcohol or cigs in my opinion and in many tests. X and meth, crack, heroin, acid etc..yeah, those can be much worse but the truth is something really people don't know and should without having to research it all through scientific journals. It should be honestly taught in teens' health classes. I do agree with Cin and have had this debate countless times that drugs should be legalized and the market be out in the open. There are a few reasons for this. I don't like 'drugs' myself, and wouldn't ever try anything, even pot anymore, but there are just some realities to face. 1. The FDA could get involved to stop the manufacturing of drugs with 'extra additives' that can be just as harmful as the drug itself if not more. The disgusting habits of how people smuggle drugs into this country (which I won't go into but are pretty morbid at times) would stop. People in foreign countries that market this stuff would be forced to pay taxes also to sell it, and people would have a cleaner product and one without so many people dying. We also wouldn't be disrupting life down in South America so much. In other words, the drug cartel would finally be more manageable and a lot of world violence; not just local violence, would have to find a new vent, and wouldn't people -want- a cleaner drug if they were told actually what went into some of that crap that they buy on the street? I would sure think so. 2. Make it illegal for kids as tobacco and alcohol are. It would be likely to be more enforced and monitored because otherwise the drugs would be legal for adults and so the target audience for drugs would steer more to that market. Of course, teens would be a problem just as is the case for smoking and drinking but it couldn't really get worse at this point. 3. It would stop some of the underground violence that circulates about the drug cartels and on the streets. Gangs would have to learn a new trade for business. This is also why I debate why prostitution is illegal. Taking it out of the control of street gangs would mean many teenage girls etc would not be taken advantage of the way they are now, and teenage boys. 4. People would not be in jail for 'drug possession' because of a bag of pot or some nonsense. Yes, drugs are bad but really, pot is no more harmful than alcohol or cigs. People that are addicted to alcohol act about as useful as someone on pot. If these people were out of jail, they would possibly not go into trying more dangerous substances and would not get caught in a world of going to jail and back out again repeatedly. Also, many of these people would be able to get jobs and not have a prison record to look back on when going to get hired. 5. Already employers of businesses declare openly that if you are drunk or drugged up, you will be sent home and ordered to attend some kind of group therapy or help of some kind to get the person clean. If they do not, they lose the job, or if they repeat the offense. In other words, the business world is already prepared for legalization of drugs, should it happen. Alcohol is the biggest drug out there that people are addicted to and it isn't going anywhere, though it kills more people than any other drug known. 6. Our government could already be prepared for dealing with the scenario using the same rules that apply to drinking and driving to being under the influence of any drug. This already exists but of course, the tacked on drug charges boost time. I really don't see a reason why someone on ANY drug, to include alcohol, gets punished more or less for driving under the influence. It's all the same and reckless. 7. It offers a chance to open up better rehabilitation centers because we will have money from all of the 'drug wars' relief being stopped. It can go to opening up these facilities, getting much better help for people with addictive personalities, and also helping find out if these people have other mental disorders that are impairing them. It could be a real change from just sending someone to prison for minor transgressions and also gives some power back to the people. If people want to destroy their own lives, they are going to, regardless of what laws there are. At least with real rehab facilities and not the crappy 12 step program that has around a 10% chance of success, more people may benefit and find better things to do. Also, it wouldn't be so humiliating and people wouldn't auto-lose their jobs if they turn themselves in to rehabs. 8. The criminal view of people who are on drugs and/or alcohol may change and become stricter, as in someone who domestically abuses someone, drives drunk and kills someone, etc may face more strict punishments because it is a -choice- to put a drug into your system. With rehab better and conditions safe from persecution better, these people run out of excuses as to why they disobey the law and can therefore be punished more efficiently and we get the actual troublemaker idiots off the roads etc and out of people's homes. They get treated in rehab and have some prison time, because those are the ones who merit it and need to either get shaped up or else. 9. We can put real offenders of the law who harm others behind bars and stop paying 25+ thousand a year to house people who have done petty possession laws. That crap is expensive. 10. Programs to tell the -Truth- about what drugs do...and not this over or under exaggeration stuff will be possible so teenagers and adults know exactly the crap they are putting into their bodies. There have been serious lies done about the effects of drugs etc and it has made many teenagers and adults go out and try the drug just because obviously pot isn't killing their friends who have smoked it for 3 years so wtf! 11. Parents would not fear turning their children into rehab because the child's records wouldn't be messed up legally so parents would have the ability to do so without fear it screws up that child later in life. In the end, people will do things to destroy themselves or experiment. We could certainly do better if we stopped wasting time on a failed drug war and instead focused on fixing people up who wanted to be fixed up and helping those who want to deal with addictive personalities etc. Just like the Prohibition of alcohol failed, so does trying to get drugs off the streets. People make the drugs in their basements etc and have contacts to other countries. Making drugs legal and then providing help for people who need it really seems a better option than what is going on now. If people choose to kill themselves on drugs...it may be cruel to say, but that was their choice too. I don't feel people have a right to force someone to live if he/she doesn't want to by taking away his/her toys. Our police could be used to stop domestic disputes, harmful activities, child abuse, etc. I'd much rather they be doing that than wasting time trying to monitor people for drugs. When a person on drugs messes up, book 'em. Until then, screw it.
