Memorable quotes

Tvistor

- 2012/11/04 10:51:10 - Tvistor says, "Can ah... can anyone pacify the piranha?"

- 2012/11/04 10:51:23 - Kaevan says, "Not sure."

- 2012/11/04 10:51:49 - Tvistor says, "Would you have a go at it? My protege appears to have taken a 

disliking to aquatic life, and they are reciprocating."

GDI.

Melodie

That's just Neraeos trying to recruit your protege.

Tagg

Should've killed them yourself, you pansy. SHOW THAT PROTEGE WHO'S BOSS.

Thaumas

Jiraishin said:

(Order): You say, "Hail, Master!"

(Order): Apollyon says, "My Disciple."

(Order): Apollyon says, "Greetings."

HE EXISTS.

He capitalised "disciple". WHY

Jiraishin

Because it's my Order rank.

Thaumas

You capitalised "order". WHY

Jiraishin

Because I hate you.

Corbeaux

Not enough suffering in that log, @Jiraishin

Erasariel

*Suffering

Mathonwy

Compromise: SuFfErInG

Ayodele

1. Occasional drops of rain fall to the ground from a sky grey with pregnant clouds. A runic totem is
2. planted solidly in the ground. A small, dark-haired boy scampers about nearby. The shining figure of
3. a guardian angel floats in the air here.  Postulant Zuko, Novice of the Mind is here. His face is
4. partially concealed beneath a raised hood.
5. You see exits leading northeast and southwest.
6. 
   
7. You greet a small boy with a sincere smile.
8. A small boy says, "I wish I had something cooler than this button collection. My friends keep
9. calling me a girl."
10. A small boy sniffles softly.
    Zuko says in a low, determined voice, "I truly due love you."
11. A small boy exclaims, "Gross!"
12. You roll on the floor, laughing.
13. Zuko rolls on the floor, laughing.
14. You say to Zuko with an eastern accent, "I love you, too."
15. You exclaim to a small boy with an eastern accent, "Not you!"
16. You tickle a small boy mercilessly!
17. (Cyrene): A small boy says, "Gross, gross, gross! Kissing!"
    
    
    And there followed a very strict (and hilarious) conversation on CT about how it's inappropriate to kiss in public. AND the boy accused us of touching tongues. AND I would like it to be publicly known there was no kissing in front of small children. He totally made that up. Just saying. But I definitely won't be making any public declarations of affection in Cyrene from now on. I'm so embarrassed right now I'll probably never say the L-word again.

Nellaundra

Ayodele said:
-snip-

Took it like a champ, my friend.

Crathen

why the hell does rofl exist and why do people insist on using it

Nellaundra

Crathen said:

why the hell does rofl exist and why do people insist on using it

Because the admins are Mhaldorian irl and want you to suffer.

Alyssea

Because if it didn't exist some people would be more likely to do "say rofl" or "emote rofls," which would be much, much worse.

Ayodele

Nellaundra said:

Ayodele said:
-snip-

Took it like a champ, my friend.

I tried. Still thinking I might need a year or three of sleep to get over the humiliation :P Clearly I need that novice respect lesson more than I thought.

Mishgul

rofl is such a beautiful thing.

Delphinus

Alyssea said:

Because if it didn't exist some people would be more likely to do "say rofl" or "emote rofls," which would be much, much worse.

They do that anyway, just like they do with "lol." All the emote does is encourage it, since they can say that it's technically in-character (for someone with severe low-functioning autism).

Ayodele

Delphinus said:

Alyssea said:

Because if it didn't exist some people would be more likely to do "say rofl" or "emote rofls," which would be much, much worse.

They do that anyway, just like they do with "lol." All the emote does is encourage it, since they can say that it's technically in-character (for someone with severe low-functioning autism).

Wow, ableism for the win.

Also, it may be absolutely awful roleplaying because most able-bodied people don't do it, but it's actually possible to roll on the floor laughing in real life. I do it frequently. So it's not just a figure of speech.

Mathonwy

I actually enjoy the 'lol' emote. It's well-written and more situation-specific than 'sparkle' or 'laugh.' I can't help but feel judged when I use it, though.

Delphinus

@Ayodele: Perhaps your fellow Tumblr social justice bloggers will have more to say about this. (Rolling on the floor is something that occurs with low-functioning autism, which is a severely impairing class of autism that interferes with the ability to live an independent life. It's often characterised by rhythmic movements, and is only as derisive as you read it to be.)

I never claimed that rolling on the floor was impossible, just that it was (as you said) bad roleplaying for the majority of I'm-otherwise-completely-healthy adventurers. It is not some stunning critique of the barriers that exist in our oppressively ableist society, nor of the bonds that form despite them, but a lazy bow to internet chat culture.

Why am I responding to this seriously

Ayodele

Delphinus said:

@Ayodele: Perhaps your fellow Tumblr social justice bloggers will have more to say about this. (Rolling on the floor is something that occurs with low-functioning autism, which is a severely impairing class of autism that interferes with the ability to live an independent life. It's often characterised by rhythmic movements, and is only as derisive as you read it to be.)

I never claimed that rolling on the floor was impossible, just that it was (as you said) bad roleplaying for the majority of I'm-otherwise-completely-healthy adventurers. It is not some stunning critique of the barriers that exist in our oppressively ableist society, nor of the bonds that form despite them, but a lazy bow to internet chat culture.

Why am I responding to this seriously

It's also something that people with cerebral palsy do *raises hand* as well as people with Asperger's and people with plenty of other kinds of disabilities. Thanks for the education, it's not like I don't work with people with disabilities for a living. But in Achaea everyone is supposed to be cute and perfect and able-bodied. That's why it's acceptable for my character to laugh melodically (which I NEVER do, and for that matter, have never heard anyone else do) and not fall out on the floor in a laughing fit (which I USUALLY do). Have you ever seen someone's eyes sparkle with amusement? I haven't. Pardon me for getting fed up for the pileon whenever someone quotes something with the rofl emote because it's SO OOC OMG.

And I don't use tumblr.

Jiraishin

I have much more patience for the 'sparkle' emote because that is a novel trope.

Mathonwy

That little kid is awesome. I wish I could get away with saying anything I wanted to and have everyone believe me.

Jonathin

This is boring. More quotes pls.

seriously, I have to post this on like every page. ffs, if you want to start an argument about autism and compete in the online somethingThatCan'tBeConsideredHateSpeech go make a thread for people that care.

Mathonwy

also - @Ayodele - It isn't that it's so OOC per se. It's more that if something were so entertaining that you were compelled, in the face of all dignity and common sense, to roll around on the ground because something were that funny, it would probably be a joke Pandora told, and the odds are equally as good that it would probably get you killed, afflicted, or incapacitated in some meaningful way.

As contrasted to my beautiful 'lol' emote, which mostly consists of trying not to laugh and failing.

ETA - if you were already sitting on the ground, I could maybe see an exception, maybe. Also-- and please don't take this the wrong way-- if you were roleplaying an able-bodied character, wouldn't it be out-of-character to react the way someone who wasn't able-bodied would?

(That is, btw, a legitimate question.)

Ayodele

Mathonwy said:

ETA - if you were already sitting on the ground, I could maybe see an exception, maybe. Also-- and please don't take this the wrong way-- if you were roleplaying an able-bodied character, wouldn't it be out-of-character to react the way someone who wasn't able-bodied would?

(That is, btw, a legitimate question.)

It is a legitimate question. My point is that a) I wasn't thinking like that because I've never been able-bodied and b) by those standards, every one out of two emotes is equally ridiculous and stupid. (If you consider rolling on the floor laughing ridiculous and stupid. Which, well, I don't, because I actually roll on the floor laughing FAR more in real life than my eyes sparkle or I laugh harmoniously or whatever other shiny happy expression of amusement exists in the massive emotion list.)

I just find it frustrating and irritating that a) people seem to jump to the conclusion that everyone must agree with them about what expressions are dumb and OOC and b) there has to be a huge pileon whenever someone uses the expression they think is especially dumb and OOC.

I mean, I guess it's a good way to train people to be better at roleplaying something they're not - this conversation certainly made me feel like crap and I won't be using the ROFL emote or posting anymore quotes on this thread anytime soon. (Reason #724 why I can't be Mhaldorian - too thin-skinned.) ETA: I don't get as big a kick out of making fun of people, I guess.

Babel

More quotes, less discussion of the nature of cerebral disorders, please.

Additionally, we appreciate self-redaction of possibly non-constructive language, but we'd appreciate if you didn't do it in our color, which we use specifically for the purpose of marking moderator actions and input. We suggest purple, which is a lovely color. (It happens to be my favorite.)

Tahquil

Just on the sparkle note : It's a representation of amusement where the muscles in your cheeks near your eyes tighten, causing the bottom eyelid to rise thus creating a smaller area on the eye all the lubrication is forced into giving them a more watery, glistening affect. But I don't think that explanation is catchy for an emote.

On the ROFL note : Just look at them in disgust because they are rolling about in dirt and most likely animal faeces.

Prythe

Idelisa said:

Velyse says in a throaty contralto voice, "Veldrin's is massive. It hurts so much."

.... that's what she said.

She did. I was there.