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by Dire
Sat Jun 07, 2014 2:16 am
Forum: General Shenanigans
Topic: The Dating Stories/Progress thread
Replies: 2476
Views: 298841

Re: The Dating Stories/Progress thread

*rattles a tin of teddy bear biscuits in princess brothel's direction* I concur with HB about the confidence thing. If you try and offer her biscuits without being able to sit up straight, smile, and look her in the eye... she might wonder what you put in the cookies. Body language or even the tone ...
by Dire
Fri Jun 06, 2014 3:32 am
Forum: General Shenanigans
Topic: The Dating Stories/Progress thread
Replies: 2476
Views: 298841

Re: The Dating Stories/Progress thread

Well, every girl (and boy) is different. Who knows, maybe the other girl cut contact because she was suddenly preoccupied with a new boyfriend. I just think playing it safe yields a good return simply because even if the lady gets snapped up by another guy, by being friendly and non-threatening/cree...
by Dire
Thu Jun 05, 2014 12:33 pm
Forum: General Shenanigans
Topic: The Dating Stories/Progress thread
Replies: 2476
Views: 298841

Re: The Dating Stories/Progress thread

I think your common sense is spot on. I'd recommend against the facebook play. If someone is able to do it successfully they probably have a lot of other smooth moves to back it up. More often then not the stories I hear about people trying to initiate though FB are about what creepers they are. The...
by Dire
Sun Jun 01, 2014 1:52 am
Forum: General Shenanigans
Topic: All topics unimportant enough to not create a thread for
Replies: 110303
Views: 6384279

Re: All topics unimportant enough to not create a thread for

That's because America tries very hard to disgruntle their employees.

Luckily for Australian employers, they banned the guns before they REALLY started to make the workers angry. They were smart.
by Dire
Fri May 30, 2014 8:43 am
Forum: Media Swamp
Topic: Movies
Replies: 11458
Views: 835812

Re: Movies

Yeah that was pretty disappointing. They completely threw out the family drama with Rogue/Mystique/Nightcrawler, certainly one of the more interesting family relationships within the marvel universe. It might never be acknowledged since it would go against how the first movie showed both of rogue's ...
by Dire
Thu May 29, 2014 3:59 pm
Forum: Media Swamp
Topic: Movies
Replies: 11458
Views: 835812

Re: Movies

I didn't, refer to: reasons above. But I'm glad you enjoyed yourself.

One thing those movies do have is special effects. Pretty decent ones.
by Dire
Mon May 26, 2014 2:07 am
Forum: Media Swamp
Topic: Movies
Replies: 11458
Views: 835812

Re: Movies

Mystique: She went after the beast too. Her whole motivation was to feel beautiful. She wanted to be attractive to men. She stuck with the professor because he was the first to accept her powers, but she wanted to feel desirable too. Then comes beast, nerdy guy with freaky feet, easy target she thin...
by Dire
Sun May 25, 2014 4:23 pm
Forum: Media Swamp
Topic: Movies
Replies: 11458
Views: 835812

Re: Movies

Dead certain. It's not like the scenes in Ironman where Harold 'pop flyin'' Hogan is being rude to Black Widow and then she turns the tables on him. Mystique: Mystique's main motivation throughout the movie was getting the D. Even in the comics where they can't seem to decide what her motivations we...
by Dire
Sun May 25, 2014 7:01 am
Forum: Media Swamp
Topic: Movies
Replies: 11458
Views: 835812

Re: Movies

I'd say all of them but that's not too helpful. I guess watch the first just for the set up, the second because it's based on the mini series 'god loves, man kills' and isn't too bad. Skip the 3rd one, all it has to offer is Kelsey Grammer as Beast and there was too little of him. I'd skip all the W...
by Dire
Sat May 24, 2014 11:44 am
Forum: General Shenanigans
Topic: All topics unimportant enough to not create a thread for
Replies: 110303
Views: 6384279

Re: All topics unimportant enough to not create a thread for

You know, I really like it when the shit Bara-chan says to be funny is completely debunked.
by Dire
Thu May 22, 2014 2:08 pm
Forum: General Shenanigans
Topic: Things that piss you off
Replies: 62203
Views: 2744078

Re: Things that piss you off

Avatar is a good example of differences between races done right. While everyone is 'Asian', they're also all different too. Korra was not dark skinned cause, 'fuck man, that makes her look cool' She's dark skinned because she's from the southern water tribe. In the fictional world of the Avatar the...
by Dire
Mon May 19, 2014 5:56 pm
Forum: General Shenanigans
Topic: Things that piss you off
Replies: 62203
Views: 2744078

Re: Things that piss you off

I'd say that someone drawing anybody should try to draw distinctive features. Even two Caucasians shouldn't look the same.
by Dire
Mon May 19, 2014 5:37 pm
Forum: General Shenanigans
Topic: Things that piss you off
Replies: 62203
Views: 2744078

Re: Things that piss you off

I'm not even talking about coding, that's what my problem is with just resorting to skin colour. The problem isn't with people who chose to use different skin tones, the problem is with young artists insisting Character Z is from Country Y and not bothering to care about what that means for the char...
by Dire
Mon May 19, 2014 4:24 pm
Forum: General Shenanigans
Topic: Things that piss you off
Replies: 62203
Views: 2744078

Re: Things that piss you off

But you're one example. I could then find 50 other people with your skin tone, but not your face and body. It's not about saying there are no black people with 'white' features. It's about 'black' not being just a colour (or any other race/nationality). It's super important for an artist to recognis...
by Dire
Mon May 19, 2014 3:37 pm
Forum: General Shenanigans
Topic: Things that piss you off
Replies: 62203
Views: 2744078

Re: Things that piss you off

To be honest it bothers me a little too. Mostly when it's sort of arbitrary. I get that they are trying to reflect diversity but they just need to go the extra step and research. Look at the different noses, different body types and different eye shapes etc. It's like when they want to express a cha...