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Did You Know.......?
#21
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Did you know that there's a coven of dyslexic devil worshippers in Sacramento who have sold their souls to Santa?
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
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#22
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(February 19, 2018 at 11:45 am)Cyberman Wrote:
(February 19, 2018 at 9:43 am)Tizheruk Wrote: Did you know Superman was never supposed to fly .And only did so because the artist got tired of drawing him leaping .

Wasn't it because of the 'copycat' Captain Marvel? I agree that Supes was better before he could fly. He's too overpowered to be interesting anymore.
Actually the opposite . Captain marvel is a copycat of superman . And yes sups is a mary sue .
Seek strength, not to be greater than my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy -- myself.

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#23
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Did you know that, in frigid weather, domestic cattle will freeze to death in conditions that will cause only minor frostbite to wild cattle. The reason is that domestic cattle will face away from the wind, causing the frigid air to get under their fur. Wild cattle typically face into the wind, accepting  minor cold burns on their faces in order to preserve their body heat. 

Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
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#24
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(February 19, 2018 at 11:57 am)Tizheruk Wrote:
(February 19, 2018 at 11:45 am)Cyberman Wrote: Wasn't it because of the 'copycat' Captain Marvel? I agree that Supes was better before he could fly. He's too overpowered to be interesting anymore.
Actually the opposite . Captain marvel is a copycat of superman . And yes sups is a mary sue .

That's what I said, or meant to say; that CM was the knockoff.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
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(February 19, 2018 at 12:15 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Did you know that, in frigid weather, domestic cattle will freeze to death in conditions that will cause only minor frostbite to wild cattle. The reason is that domestic cattle will face away from the wind, causing the frigid air to get under their fur. Wild cattle typically face into the wind, accepting  minor cold burns on their faces in order to preserve their body heat. 

Boru

Yikes.
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(February 19, 2018 at 12:16 pm)Cyberman Wrote:
(February 19, 2018 at 11:57 am)Tizheruk Wrote: Actually the opposite . Captain marvel is a copycat of superman . And yes sups is a mary sue .

That's what I said, or meant to say; that CM was the knockoff.

Fair is fair - Superman is a knockoff of Doc Savage. 

Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
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#27
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Everything's a knockoff of something, even if it's accidental.

I was so fucking furious recently about a Black Mirror episode. Some months ago, I was driving with Tibs and I said, wouldn't it be a cool idea to have doctors that learn to diagnose by plugging into and feeling a patient's symptoms? It would make them more accurate and give them compassion for their patients' pain. I loved the idea for a book or short story. Flash forward a few months and the new season of Black Mirror is out. They have an episode very similar to my idea. It didn't have the outcome/plot I imagined for my work, but it was sufficient enough that I'd be called a copycat if I wrote it now. Sonofamotherfuckingshitfuck.
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(February 19, 2018 at 12:38 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(February 19, 2018 at 12:16 pm)Cyberman Wrote: That's what I said, or meant to say; that CM was the knockoff.

Fair is fair - Superman is a knockoff of Doc Savage. 

Boru
Technically every superhero that exists is a copy of the hero's of greek mythology .
Seek strength, not to be greater than my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy -- myself.

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#29
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(February 19, 2018 at 1:45 pm)Tizheruk Wrote:
(February 19, 2018 at 12:38 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Fair is fair - Superman is a knockoff of Doc Savage. 

Boru
Technically every superhero that exists is a copy of the hero's of greek mythology .

I don't know. Doctor Manhattan and Rorschach (not necessarily super on Rorschach's part, but you know what I mean) were pretty modern.
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#30
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A lot of Batmans tropes were stolen from a 1920s movie called The Bat or The Silent Shadow Of The Bat 

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The joker 

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The Bat Signal 

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The Dual identity 

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A man dressing like a bat

(February 19, 2018 at 1:53 pm)Shell B Wrote:
(February 19, 2018 at 1:45 pm)Tizheruk Wrote: Technically every superhero that exists is a copy of the hero's of greek mythology .

I don't know. Doctor Manhattan and Rorschach (not necessarily super on Rorschach's part, but you know what I mean) were pretty modern.

I mean the concept of a superpowered hero . And to be fair if we factor people like Jason who was a mere mortal but still a hero (like Rorschach ) . I think the comparison fits.
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Hercules anyone
Seek strength, not to be greater than my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy -- myself.

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