Dragons! God, I love dragons. And thus I am ashamed to admit that I have no idea who Appa the Sky Bison is. But Toothless would probably have gotten my vote anyway, because he is too adorable for words.
I'm glad to see the surgery went OK. I'm gonna keep my fingers crossed for her! And I hope The Sister feels better soon.
I am so mad at myself. Years ago, I drew out one of the pictures from my Book of Dragons illustrations and it was pretty damn good - but I gifted it to my older brother and I didn't take any photos of it first, so I have nothing to show for it. I would love to have been able to show it to you. Cuz dragons are awesome.
Appa the Sky Bison is from the Avatar: The Last Airbender cartoon series. You would love this cartoon. It's a fight between the Earth/Water/Air nations against the evil Fire Nation and three kids, their lemur and their Sky Bison set out to save the world and well...it's a lot more complicated than that, all full of mythology and history and war and family and friendship and that theme I love so much, 'the family we make'.
Your vote for Toothless broke the tie and now he is winning! I voted Toothless as well - he is just so full of personality...plus Appa is really big, idk where we would park him outside the school. ;)
Dragons are the best. I spent my teenage years mourning the fact that they weren't real. IDK if you've ever played Heroes III, but there are dragons in the game, and before you start this great, awesome illustration shows up. I could stare at that for hours. It's so beautiful and cool and awesome. And did I mention awesome?
Dude, I might have to watch that. It sounds awesome. Is it Japanese? The roommate would be so shocked if I watched anime of my own volition.
Aaaw, that's adorable. I love his six legs. :)
*runs "bronchitis" through translator* Ouch, that sucks. :S It's good about the medicine, though.
I have never even heard of Heroes III. A video game?
There is a How To Train Your Dragon video game. I bought it for The Nephew and then I was kind of jealous. Now that I have a Wii, I may have to get it for myself.
Avatar: The Last Airbender is not japanese, though it certainly pulls a lot from Asian origins. It was put out by Nickelodeon. Like Harry Potter, the maturity level grows as the kids in the series grow. Aang the Avatar is roughly 10 when the series starts, so it's a little young but the level of issues grow increasingly with the war they are battling. The wikipedia entry here.
I wanted to buy an Appa doll for The BFF for Christmas but they are like $60. :(
Heroes III is a computer game that I spent my youth on. Me and my brother and two of our cousins would just play and play and play. There are knights and dragons and war and elves that I pretended were Legolas after I had seen the first LotR movie. :P
Dude, now I want that game too! And I don't even own a video game console of any kind. Do you get to fly around on Toothless? Do you? *eager*
Oooh, that looks really cool. And Japanese. ;) And why is the fire people always evil? *pets Pyro*
Dude, that video game looks awesome. It reminds me of something my older brother and I played this one time. He was home visiting for a week and we literally spent every second that family wasn't demanding his attention playing this fantasy war game on my computer
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I now have the urge to play Heroes III. You give me these strange urges! ;)
You get to design a dragon?! I want this! Now!
They did a good job of humanizing everyone and also showing that not all the 'good guys' were necessarily heroes. That's awesome. I hate it when the "bad guys" are just bad because they're bad and you can't figure out their motivation at all. They should be likeable, in spite of being evil. Like Zachariah. I hate that guy, but I love him, you know? And Lucifer I just plain love.
Speaking of... uh, things that have nothing to do with this next thing - have you heard about Joss Whedon's new movie? The Cabin in the Woods? Just saw a trailer of it, and OMG! I NEED TO SQUEE! Hrm. Yes.
ahahahahahahah! /rolls around on the floor/ The Todd says "High-Five!"
Zachariah is like the guy you 'love to hate'. But I also get his motivations. I like when I can see the bad guy's motivations. Unless a person is an actual psychopath, they should always have a reason for the bad things they do - even if they are still bad.
I have seen a trailer for Cabin in the Woods!! It looks freaking scary! Plus, awesome cast. Bradley Whitford and Amy Acker - not mention Fran Kranz, who I never see in anything.
ahahahahahahah! /rolls around on the floor/ The Todd says "High-Five!" *snickers* High-Five!
Unless a person is an actual psychopath, they should always have a reason for the bad things they do - even if they are still bad. Exactly! People don't just go around doing bad things (or good things) for no reason. People have reasons for everything, no matter how irrational, and I want the bad guys to be people.
Yes! Scary, and awesome! And I have serious Joss-Whedon-missing-feels (it's totally a thing) so I'm even happier that both The Avengers and Cabin in the Woods are released this spring. Joss ftw.
I'm glad to see the surgery went OK. I'm gonna keep my fingers crossed for her! And I hope The Sister feels better soon.
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Appa the Sky Bison is from the Avatar: The Last Airbender cartoon series. You would love this cartoon. It's a fight between the Earth/Water/Air nations against the evil Fire Nation and three kids, their lemur and their Sky Bison set out to save the world and well...it's a lot more complicated than that, all full of mythology and history and war and family and friendship and that theme I love so much, 'the family we make'.
Your vote for Toothless broke the tie and now he is winning! I voted Toothless as well - he is just so full of personality...plus Appa is really big, idk where we would park him outside the school. ;)
Appa loves his boy so muchThanks! My mom seems to be doing good. My sister just found out ( ... )
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Dude, I might have to watch that. It sounds awesome. Is it Japanese? The roommate would be so shocked if I watched anime of my own volition.
Aaaw, that's adorable. I love his six legs. :)
*runs "bronchitis" through translator* Ouch, that sucks. :S It's good about the medicine, though.
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There is a How To Train Your Dragon video game. I bought it for The Nephew and then I was kind of jealous. Now that I have a Wii, I may have to get it for myself.
Avatar: The Last Airbender is not japanese, though it certainly pulls a lot from Asian origins. It was put out by Nickelodeon. Like Harry Potter, the maturity level grows as the kids in the series grow. Aang the Avatar is roughly 10 when the series starts, so it's a little young but the level of issues grow increasingly with the war they are battling. The wikipedia entry here.
I wanted to buy an Appa doll for The BFF for Christmas but they are like $60. :(
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Dude, now I want that game too! And I don't even own a video game console of any kind. Do you get to fly around on Toothless? Do you? *eager*
Oooh, that looks really cool. And Japanese. ;) And why is the fire people always evil? *pets Pyro*
Jikes. $60? :S
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You get to design a dragon?! I want this! Now!
They did a good job of humanizing everyone and also showing that not all the 'good guys' were necessarily heroes.
That's awesome. I hate it when the "bad guys" are just bad because they're bad and you can't figure out their motivation at all. They should be likeable, in spite of being evil. Like Zachariah. I hate that guy, but I love him, you know? And Lucifer I just plain love.
Speaking of... uh, things that have nothing to do with this next thing - have you heard about Joss Whedon's new movie? The Cabin in the Woods? Just saw a trailer of it, and OMG! I NEED TO SQUEE! Hrm. Yes.
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ahahahahahahah! /rolls around on the floor/ The Todd says "High-Five!"
Zachariah is like the guy you 'love to hate'. But I also get his motivations. I like when I can see the bad guy's motivations. Unless a person is an actual psychopath, they should always have a reason for the bad things they do - even if they are still bad.
I have seen a trailer for Cabin in the Woods!! It looks freaking scary! Plus, awesome cast. Bradley Whitford and Amy Acker - not mention Fran Kranz, who I never see in anything.
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*snickers* High-Five!
Unless a person is an actual psychopath, they should always have a reason for the bad things they do - even if they are still bad.
Exactly! People don't just go around doing bad things (or good things) for no reason. People have reasons for everything, no matter how irrational, and I want the bad guys to be people.
Yes! Scary, and awesome! And I have serious Joss-Whedon-missing-feels (it's totally a thing) so I'm even happier that both The Avengers and Cabin in the Woods are released this spring. Joss ftw.
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