Fandom Radio, Sunday, March 6th
First off, I just want to say that you guys finally had something worthwhile in the school on a Saturday besides that one guy in the library, so congratulations. Unfortunately, I don't think I heard anyone at a booth for Burger King, so I think most of you didn't get the career advice you really need.
Nah, I'm just joshing you. Everyone here is AT LEAST McDonald's quality, I'd bet.
Okay, let's start with that school stuff.
School
At the library, Blackagar was reading kids books. Spoiler warning, he ended up liking green eggs and ham.
And there was also a Career Fair but before it started, people had some time to mingle. Dr Man-voice... err, Girlfriend and Rude flirted, making plans to meet up at the bar later on. Deadpool, his dangerous daughter, and Taskmaster all caught up. What, was he her kindergarten teacher or something? Reno caught up with Rude. Jack McFarland struck out with Jeff Winger. Boba Fett was watching out for everyone and Rude gave him a nod. The way we're going, they either know each other from way back, or Rude was trying to pick up a third wheel for drinking. Anakin and Boba caught up by being surprised the other guy was alive. Sheila and Jack bonded over getting watches as gifts. Jack pegged Jeremy as being important. Really? How many movies has he been in? Sundance prize winners? Yeah, thought so. And Tony was approached by a completely legit good guy named Basil Sandhurst who was not creepy or evil in any way, shape, or form. (I got your back.)
After everyone was reacquainted or hit on, the workshops started. Doctor Girlfriend presented for the Guild of Calamitous Intent, an organization that sounds like it needs a snappier name to me. I think my group could take 'em. And Doctor Girlfriend thought she could take Hank... to a life of evil. I wonder how that worked out. I could really use some evil minions around here. I'd have no problem stealing them from some Guild thing. Hank, if you turned evil, stop by. Bring a latte. Half-caf. Jeremy thought he was in the wrong place, but the Doctor worked him over, too, because... Wait. Am I reading this right, these are evil people in costumes? God. Like evil people don't have enough going against us, now we even have people coming onto the island to convince people to wear costumes if they want to be evil. Seriously, guys. Just come to me. It's casual wear every day, t-shirt and jeans is fine. No union dues. But if you're a guy, you do need specialized facial hair if you're able to grow it yet. Warren asked about Henchmen 21 and 24 and really? They give their henchmen numbers? That's fine as a theme, but as a name? Anduin was freaked out by Girlfriend's voice. And Scully was horrified at the thought of crime as a career.
Basil talked about his company, AIM, which only recruits the best and brightest. What ever happened to starting an organization for petty revenge? Why does it have to be bringing villains with nothing in common together and making them wear stupid costumes, or being douchey and exclusive? Where's the petty revenge? God.
Dean Pelton presented on being a teacher at Greendale Community College, which sounds like a place where winners go. Just one letter off from that, Jeff WinGER was forced to participate in Pelton's thing, but he just trashed Greendale. I guess that's the way he wins. Juliet and Jeremy passed notes instead of listening, and when Rinoa bugged Pelton about community college, he failed to make it sound exciting. Actually, the notes say he tried to make it sound exciting, but I'm just assuming here.
Brian Kinney gave a presentation on being a Sleazy Ad Man which actually sounds pretty great. Because it was all about selling stuff with sex. Seriously, thumbs up, Brian. Quinn talked to him about sexy but monogamous ads, which pretty much only works with diamond ring commercials. Bod thought he was in the wrong place since he focused more on the macabre than sex. Apparently somebody's never heard of Zombie Strippers. You can't tell me that has to get metaed. The two can go together. And Caroline pretty much just conned her way out of the workshop using coffee as an excuse. George came up with a cell phone ad that featured sexy women and men, and I'm assuming it had something to do with sexting. Rilla freaked out and got ripped on for being a prude and eating sugar, but Maladicta was nice and tried to talk her down. Maladicta thought the whole thing was a little uncreative and just used one basic ad for everything. And Scully tried to vague up her ad so she didn't have to say dirty words. So I'm going to help her out. Whatever ad she came up with? Everyone in it was naked. There. Fixed.
Dirk Anger, which is the world's least subtle name, talked about his organization HATE and how terrorists are bad. Jono asked if mutants were allowed, and Dirk answered by trying to recruit him. Tony asked if SHIELD was going to be there too, and Dirk whined about SHIELD.
Jack gave a lecture on how to be unemployed and mooch off a rich friend. Isn't that what half of reality TV is?
Ace Ventura talked about pet detecting and then... summoned the woodland creatures of Fandom to him with a yell. Alright then. George was skeptical, but Ace won her over by detecting stuff.
Taskmaster talked about running a kindergarten. *chittering* Yeah, I know the notes say he's a mercenary. It's a stupid name and he's friends with Deadpool. So screw him. He runs a kindergarten. Peter asked Taskmaster about an underwear retrieval job, and I'm going to assume that means some kid soiled himself and Taskmaster had to deal with it. Momoko wanted to know the difference between bounty hunting and teaching kindergarten, and that would make a lot more sense if I wasn't saying he was a kindergarten teacher. But anyway, one hunts bounties, the other teaches tiny children. And bounty hunting has more nap time. Apparently Rilla hates children because Taskmaster and her were both upset about her being there. And Taskmaster told Blackagar that it was Quiet Time. That wasn't a changed note, that's actually what happened. See? Kindergarten,.
Jeff talked about being a lawyer, which I approve of. It's one of the real evil professions out there, after all. But really, he focused his whole thing on being cool. I can respect that, too. Claudia asked Jeff how he's cool and he didn't really answer that. Because you can't really define 'cool'. Everyone knows that, Claudia. Jeremy talked to Jeff about his sunglasses and you see? That's cool. Squall losered it up by saying he didn't want to be cool like Jeff, but whatever. Have fun with your pocket protector. And George called lawyering boring, but Jeff pointed out that you don't actually have to read stuff if you're good enough. Same applies to acting.
Boba Fett gave a lecture on being a mercenary, focusing on the shooting people and being amoral parts of it. And part of his demonstration included capturing Ben, one of our students. I like this guy. Leia asked if the amoral thing meant he was okay with killing innocent people and Boba gave the obvious answer: as long as you get paid. Hank tried and failed to rescue Ben, who whined about being taken hostage. Man up, kid. Momoko argued for cute bounty hunter uniforms while Maladicta asked how someone might become a bounty hunter. Scully asked Boba a bunch of questions about his weapon. And Elphaba was mostly just horrified by the whole killing people thing. Deal with it.
Robin talked about the pros and cons of being a reporter, with the biggest pro being 'TV.' I can't argue with that. I mean, I prefer the movies, but I spent some time headlining the X-Games. I know what it's like to be on TV.
Archie Goodwin talked about working for a genius and that's just bringing back memories. I didn't have to do the crap he did, apparently, but I did get to try to kill people back in the day. Respect, G-Man, wherever you are. *sound of microphone getting a respect fistbump* Hank asked Archie if his job was annoying, and Archie was mostly positive about it. Rinoa asked how you got started working for a genius and I think that's pretty obvious. Step 1: Find a genius. Step 2: Blackmail. Or seduce. Depends on your skillset. And Peter took things to a point much later in life and asked about retirement.
Rude talked about being a courier, and I don't mean 'bike messenger.' Nico asked how you find a dispatcher for a courier service and Rude answered something besides "Craigslist," so I don't know about him. Warren asked Rude about the apocalypse, then got teased by Wesley for when he thought he was a girl. Wesley also asked Rude if he planned to go into this kind of career.
Veronica Palmer gave a lecture about being a woman to a man's world to a bunch of guys and, okay, that's hilarious. Dolf tried to figure out what Veronica's problems with a Dutch guy were. How about this? He claims to be Dutch, but there's no place on the map called "Dutch" or "Dutchland." It's confusing. Alex stared at Veronica like she was crazy, instead of like she was crazy hot. For the record, that comment would be frowned on in the business world. But I'm an actor, so screw that. Squall told Veronica she should just be competent instead, and Veronica laughed at him. And Rinoa - an actual girl - asked if Veronica had destroyed phones to get her way like she said in her lecture. Of course she did. Didn't Russell Crowe teach us anything? Breaking phones on peoples' faces always works.
And that's all from the fair.
Dorms
Ben spent the morning working on his computer in his room. Jono and Raven had a scary movie night, but I've never been in a scary movie, so it was a wasted night. Jason and Nico got pizza. Nico made an offering to some kind of gods and Jason plotted theft of a fountain. Tony went to his room to hide and had to talk to Jack about some kind of mind control thing he accidentally did to Jack and others. And Bruce was on the roof, staring out into the distance, and he does that creepy staring thing a lot, doesn't he? Anyway, Ben stopped by to talk about being mind controlled and the career fair.
Town
The Arms was quiet while Mary worked. Leo worked on his model ship at Fixxer-Uppers. Jack Sparrow ran the bar at the Devil's Nest and had to be sober. Fortunately, he only had one customer in Leda, who also did some dancing. Eric, meanwhile, was drinking in the VIP section. And Jaina tended bar at Caritas while Tino showed up late.
And that's all from here. Remember, if you're interested in evil and a loose dress code, contact me.
Nah, I'm just joshing you. Everyone here is AT LEAST McDonald's quality, I'd bet.
Okay, let's start with that school stuff.
School
At the library, Blackagar was reading kids books. Spoiler warning, he ended up liking green eggs and ham.
And there was also a Career Fair but before it started, people had some time to mingle. Dr Man-voice... err, Girlfriend and Rude flirted, making plans to meet up at the bar later on. Deadpool, his dangerous daughter, and Taskmaster all caught up. What, was he her kindergarten teacher or something? Reno caught up with Rude. Jack McFarland struck out with Jeff Winger. Boba Fett was watching out for everyone and Rude gave him a nod. The way we're going, they either know each other from way back, or Rude was trying to pick up a third wheel for drinking. Anakin and Boba caught up by being surprised the other guy was alive. Sheila and Jack bonded over getting watches as gifts. Jack pegged Jeremy as being important. Really? How many movies has he been in? Sundance prize winners? Yeah, thought so. And Tony was approached by a completely legit good guy named Basil Sandhurst who was not creepy or evil in any way, shape, or form. (I got your back.)
After everyone was reacquainted or hit on, the workshops started. Doctor Girlfriend presented for the Guild of Calamitous Intent, an organization that sounds like it needs a snappier name to me. I think my group could take 'em. And Doctor Girlfriend thought she could take Hank... to a life of evil. I wonder how that worked out. I could really use some evil minions around here. I'd have no problem stealing them from some Guild thing. Hank, if you turned evil, stop by. Bring a latte. Half-caf. Jeremy thought he was in the wrong place, but the Doctor worked him over, too, because... Wait. Am I reading this right, these are evil people in costumes? God. Like evil people don't have enough going against us, now we even have people coming onto the island to convince people to wear costumes if they want to be evil. Seriously, guys. Just come to me. It's casual wear every day, t-shirt and jeans is fine. No union dues. But if you're a guy, you do need specialized facial hair if you're able to grow it yet. Warren asked about Henchmen 21 and 24 and really? They give their henchmen numbers? That's fine as a theme, but as a name? Anduin was freaked out by Girlfriend's voice. And Scully was horrified at the thought of crime as a career.
Basil talked about his company, AIM, which only recruits the best and brightest. What ever happened to starting an organization for petty revenge? Why does it have to be bringing villains with nothing in common together and making them wear stupid costumes, or being douchey and exclusive? Where's the petty revenge? God.
Dean Pelton presented on being a teacher at Greendale Community College, which sounds like a place where winners go. Just one letter off from that, Jeff WinGER was forced to participate in Pelton's thing, but he just trashed Greendale. I guess that's the way he wins. Juliet and Jeremy passed notes instead of listening, and when Rinoa bugged Pelton about community college, he failed to make it sound exciting. Actually, the notes say he tried to make it sound exciting, but I'm just assuming here.
Brian Kinney gave a presentation on being a Sleazy Ad Man which actually sounds pretty great. Because it was all about selling stuff with sex. Seriously, thumbs up, Brian. Quinn talked to him about sexy but monogamous ads, which pretty much only works with diamond ring commercials. Bod thought he was in the wrong place since he focused more on the macabre than sex. Apparently somebody's never heard of Zombie Strippers. You can't tell me that has to get metaed. The two can go together. And Caroline pretty much just conned her way out of the workshop using coffee as an excuse. George came up with a cell phone ad that featured sexy women and men, and I'm assuming it had something to do with sexting. Rilla freaked out and got ripped on for being a prude and eating sugar, but Maladicta was nice and tried to talk her down. Maladicta thought the whole thing was a little uncreative and just used one basic ad for everything. And Scully tried to vague up her ad so she didn't have to say dirty words. So I'm going to help her out. Whatever ad she came up with? Everyone in it was naked. There. Fixed.
Dirk Anger, which is the world's least subtle name, talked about his organization HATE and how terrorists are bad. Jono asked if mutants were allowed, and Dirk answered by trying to recruit him. Tony asked if SHIELD was going to be there too, and Dirk whined about SHIELD.
Jack gave a lecture on how to be unemployed and mooch off a rich friend. Isn't that what half of reality TV is?
Ace Ventura talked about pet detecting and then... summoned the woodland creatures of Fandom to him with a yell. Alright then. George was skeptical, but Ace won her over by detecting stuff.
Taskmaster talked about running a kindergarten. *chittering* Yeah, I know the notes say he's a mercenary. It's a stupid name and he's friends with Deadpool. So screw him. He runs a kindergarten. Peter asked Taskmaster about an underwear retrieval job, and I'm going to assume that means some kid soiled himself and Taskmaster had to deal with it. Momoko wanted to know the difference between bounty hunting and teaching kindergarten, and that would make a lot more sense if I wasn't saying he was a kindergarten teacher. But anyway, one hunts bounties, the other teaches tiny children. And bounty hunting has more nap time. Apparently Rilla hates children because Taskmaster and her were both upset about her being there. And Taskmaster told Blackagar that it was Quiet Time. That wasn't a changed note, that's actually what happened. See? Kindergarten,.
Jeff talked about being a lawyer, which I approve of. It's one of the real evil professions out there, after all. But really, he focused his whole thing on being cool. I can respect that, too. Claudia asked Jeff how he's cool and he didn't really answer that. Because you can't really define 'cool'. Everyone knows that, Claudia. Jeremy talked to Jeff about his sunglasses and you see? That's cool. Squall losered it up by saying he didn't want to be cool like Jeff, but whatever. Have fun with your pocket protector. And George called lawyering boring, but Jeff pointed out that you don't actually have to read stuff if you're good enough. Same applies to acting.
Boba Fett gave a lecture on being a mercenary, focusing on the shooting people and being amoral parts of it. And part of his demonstration included capturing Ben, one of our students. I like this guy. Leia asked if the amoral thing meant he was okay with killing innocent people and Boba gave the obvious answer: as long as you get paid. Hank tried and failed to rescue Ben, who whined about being taken hostage. Man up, kid. Momoko argued for cute bounty hunter uniforms while Maladicta asked how someone might become a bounty hunter. Scully asked Boba a bunch of questions about his weapon. And Elphaba was mostly just horrified by the whole killing people thing. Deal with it.
Robin talked about the pros and cons of being a reporter, with the biggest pro being 'TV.' I can't argue with that. I mean, I prefer the movies, but I spent some time headlining the X-Games. I know what it's like to be on TV.
Archie Goodwin talked about working for a genius and that's just bringing back memories. I didn't have to do the crap he did, apparently, but I did get to try to kill people back in the day. Respect, G-Man, wherever you are. *sound of microphone getting a respect fistbump* Hank asked Archie if his job was annoying, and Archie was mostly positive about it. Rinoa asked how you got started working for a genius and I think that's pretty obvious. Step 1: Find a genius. Step 2: Blackmail. Or seduce. Depends on your skillset. And Peter took things to a point much later in life and asked about retirement.
Rude talked about being a courier, and I don't mean 'bike messenger.' Nico asked how you find a dispatcher for a courier service and Rude answered something besides "Craigslist," so I don't know about him. Warren asked Rude about the apocalypse, then got teased by Wesley for when he thought he was a girl. Wesley also asked Rude if he planned to go into this kind of career.
Veronica Palmer gave a lecture about being a woman to a man's world to a bunch of guys and, okay, that's hilarious. Dolf tried to figure out what Veronica's problems with a Dutch guy were. How about this? He claims to be Dutch, but there's no place on the map called "Dutch" or "Dutchland." It's confusing. Alex stared at Veronica like she was crazy, instead of like she was crazy hot. For the record, that comment would be frowned on in the business world. But I'm an actor, so screw that. Squall told Veronica she should just be competent instead, and Veronica laughed at him. And Rinoa - an actual girl - asked if Veronica had destroyed phones to get her way like she said in her lecture. Of course she did. Didn't Russell Crowe teach us anything? Breaking phones on peoples' faces always works.
And that's all from the fair.
Dorms
Ben spent the morning working on his computer in his room. Jono and Raven had a scary movie night, but I've never been in a scary movie, so it was a wasted night. Jason and Nico got pizza. Nico made an offering to some kind of gods and Jason plotted theft of a fountain. Tony went to his room to hide and had to talk to Jack about some kind of mind control thing he accidentally did to Jack and others. And Bruce was on the roof, staring out into the distance, and he does that creepy staring thing a lot, doesn't he? Anyway, Ben stopped by to talk about being mind controlled and the career fair.
Town
The Arms was quiet while Mary worked. Leo worked on his model ship at Fixxer-Uppers. Jack Sparrow ran the bar at the Devil's Nest and had to be sober. Fortunately, he only had one customer in Leda, who also did some dancing. Eric, meanwhile, was drinking in the VIP section. And Jaina tended bar at Caritas while Tino showed up late.
And that's all from here. Remember, if you're interested in evil and a loose dress code, contact me.