Veroe's world of geeky things

[Veroe]

The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny

Who would put in your Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny?

Me? I want to see David Xanatos and Obberon from Gargoyles team up against Lex Luthor teamed up with Darkseid. Every Iron Man suit team up against every mega man. Oh and planeteers in there somewhere.

The Daleks versus the Darth Vader and the Emperor.

Marty McFly meeting Dr. Who for a race through time.

Loki, the Joker, Darkseid, Thanos, Abomination, The Red Skull, and Lex Luthor on Big Brother.

Anakin Skywalker and George Lucas on Jerry Springer.
Anakin levels a finger at George, "I never had a father, my mom died, Padme died, me and obiwan hate eachother, a creepy old guy in a black bathrobe wanted me to join him on the darkside, padme died, I never got to be a father to my kids, and It's all your fault!"
Crowd pumps their fists shouting, "Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!"

 

[Luna_Wolf72]

For me the most memorable tear jerker moment I ever had was when I read David Weber's In Enemy Hands and when Jamie Candless died, he wasn't one of the main characters, He was one of Honor Harrington's bodyguards but the way he died and why....and the way Dave wrote that moment...honestly made me tear up.

Dave's done that to me lots of times since, and not just peripheral characters, but with the sacrfice or triumph of main ones too, but Jamie Candless was the one where I realized just how emotionally invested I was in the world of Honor Harrington and what deft writer mr Weber is when it comes to my heartstrings. Its why he's my favorite writer, all time.

Anybody else have a good memory of a story affecting them so much it makes them tear up, flat out cry?

Oh Gods...

Tearing up and making me bawl flat out?

Darkest Evening of the Year...when the dog saves the main characters...and the pretty little girl named Hope who was born with down's syndrome.

The last few chapters of The final Dark Tower book.

Almost EVERY book by Charles De Lint has at least one scene that makes me cry.

*thinks*

damn it there are so many...

also...

My geek list....cuz damn it...

I have one. (Is all mixed up cuz I am odd)

1. Any/every RPG...whether it be table top/LARP/console

2. Wolverine. I love him. He is awesome. I want us to have babies.

3. BOOKS~urban fantasy, sci-fi, splatter and cyber punk.

4. Storm~I want us to be lovers.

5. The Punisher~ utterly fuckin' awesome.

6. Raphael~ cuz I love him.

7. WRITING but especially the bits that are just for me.

8. Most any anime/manga that I have found here in the states but esp. Wolf's Rain and Inyuasha...plus most anything set in the near future with dystopic views.

9. Music...all music, any music.

10. Spawn~ cuz really. Bad ass from HELL...*grins*

 

[Veroe]

Oh Gods...

Tearing up and making me bawl flat out?

Darkest Evening of the Year...when the dog saves the main characters...and the pretty little girl named Hope who was born with down's syndrome.

The last few chapters of The final Dark Tower book.

Almost EVERY book by Charles De Lint has at least one scene that makes me cry.

*thinks*

damn it there are so many...

also...

My geek list....cuz damn it...

I have one. (Is all mixed up cuz I am odd)

1. Any/every RPG...whether it be table top/LARP/console

2. Wolverine. I love him. He is awesome. I want us to have babies.

3. BOOKS~urban fantasy, sci-fi, splatter and cyber punk.

4. Storm~I want us to be lovers.

5. The Punisher~ utterly fuckin' awesome.

6. Raphael~ cuz I love him.

7. WRITING but especially the bits that are just for me.

8. Most any anime/manga that I have found here in the states but esp. Wolf's Rain and Inyuasha...plus most anything set in the near future with dystopic views.

9. Music...all music, any music.

10. Spawn~ cuz really. Bad ass from HELL...*grins*

Nods yeah that's it.

But it doesn't have to be actual tears Luna. Just moment when you're watching or reading and its good, and cool, and then somebody dies and it hits you the same as a actual non-fictional real person you know dying would hit you. You feel it the same way.

And in my case it was a character that was never more than just on the peripheral, among the background, but god when Candless died....part of me mourned for the guy.

Alternatively are there any moments when you're reading or watching something and its great, but...you have to put it down or put it on pause to cuss out/explain in detail why the thing they did, what the just said, what they just decided to do was stupid and going to lead them to disaster. I call those moments Anakin Skywalker or Jacen Solo moments. Anyone familiar with star Wars I suspect would understand what I mean by that.

I'm interested in the moment you realized you were genuinely emotionally invested in something.

 

[The_Spectre]

The Daleks versus the Darth Vader and the Emperor.

Marty McFly meeting Dr. Who for a race through time.

Loki, the Joker, Darkseid, Thanos, Abomination, The Red Skull, and Lex Luthor on Big Brother.

Anakin Skywalker and George Lucas on Jerry Springer.
Anakin levels a finger at George, "I never had a father, my mom died, Padme died, me and obiwan hate eachother, a creepy old guy in a black bathrobe wanted me to join him on the darkside, padme died, I never got to be a father to my kids, and It's all your fault!"
Crowd pumps their fists shouting, "Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!"

I'll add this just because I never thought of it and it would be pretty cool to see who wins.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M1fe3CrsNM

 

[Veroe]

 

[The_Spectre]

To be fair Peter did reveal to Gwen that he's Spider-Man. But it's not like anything will happen to her, right?

*in denial*

 

[Last_Rider]

As far as television, I was sad when Fred died in Angel. But, I wound up watching I Will Remember and Hero back to back and wound up a wreck for a while.

I'm also with Luna about the last Dark Tower book, though my emotions moved from sadness to anger rapidly since I wont post spoilers.

For as much as Star Trek Nemesis annoyed me on several levels, Data making such a human move at the end got to me. That combined with everyone standing around talking about him and Riker unable to remember a detail and getting emotional over it.

Since I talked about Angel I suppose I should talk about Buffy, because when her mom died it really hit home. Still not sure why, there was something just so normal about it. That really is how people die, all the time in fact.

 

[Veroe]

I'll add this just because I never thought of it and it would be pretty cool to see who wins.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M1fe3CrsNM

My money's on Goku. Supes is ridiculously powerful, but Goku takes that ridicuous level of power and kicks it into orbit.

I'll add the justice league and the Avengers at a no holds barred tournament of trivial pursuit....To the Death!!!!!

 

[Luna_Wolf72]

Nods yeah that's it.

But it doesn't have to be actual tears Luna. Just moment when you're watching or reading and its good, and cool, and then somebody dies and it hits you the same as a actual non-fictional real person you know dying would hit you. You feel it the same way.

And in my case it was a character that was never more than just on the peripheral, among the background, but god when Candless died....part of me mourned for the guy.

Alternatively are there any moments when you're reading or watching something and its great, but...you have to put it down or put it on pause to cuss out/explain in detail why the thing they did, what the just said, what they just decided to do was stupid and going to lead them to disaster. I call those moments Anakin Skywalker or Jacen Solo moments. Anyone familiar with star Wars I suspect would understand what I mean by that.

I'm interested in the moment you realized you were genuinely emotionally invested in something.

That's just it...

for me the knowledge that I am about to cry is that epiphany.

Like...

When Denna died in the Sword of Truth novels. Richard killed her by turning the sword white.

That hurt me in my heart...because he had to love her, to truly fucking love her, to do it...

 

[Veroe]

As far as television, I was sad when Fred died in Angel. But, I wound up watching I Will Remember and Hero back to back and wound up a wreck for a while.

I'm also with Luna about the last Dark Tower book, though my emotions moved from sadness to anger rapidly since I wont post spoilers.

For as much as Star Trek Nemesis annoyed me on several levels, Data making such a human move at the end got to me. That combined with everyone standing around talking about him and Riker unable to remember a detail and getting emotional over it.

Since I talked about Angel I suppose I should talk about Buffy, because when her mom died it really hit home. Still not sure why, there was something just so normal about it. That really is how people die, all the time in fact.

Ditto being sad when Fred died. Mostly because the writers and actors really dug in on it being the end of the character, but I didn't stay sad, which was sad in its own way, because I loved Amy Acker as Illyria. She really shined as that character, and it made me feel for Wes whenever they were in scenes together too. Such sweet agony.

Ditto about Buffy's mom too.

About Riker forgetting that detail...man that was a nice touch. nods.

 

[The_Spectre]

Since I talked about Angel I suppose I should talk about Buffy, because when her mom died it really hit home. Still not sure why, there was something just so normal about it. That really is how people die, all the time in fact.

Yeah that was pretty heavy, mostly because it just happens out of nowhere. I liked how she sorted of daydream how if she was there earlier, she could have saved her. I can't tell you how many times I've done that.

 

[Veroe]

That's just it...

for me the knowledge that I am about to cry is that epiphany.

Like...

When Denna died in the Sword of Truth novels. Richard killed her by turning the sword white.

That hurt me in my heart...because he had to love her, to truly fucking love her, to do it...

Gah, don't even get me started on Denna and Richard Cypher or Richard and Kahlan.

At the opposite end of the spectrum the scene in Temple of the winds when that bastard Stephan placed a bowl of rats against the abdomen of Cara, who always was scared to death of rats, and then put hot coals onto the bowl so they'd start running over her skin, scratching, looking for a way to escape the heat as he kept adding more coals to the bowl. God that made me feel her terror and agony reading that.

I did mention Cara was my favorite character from the SOT series right?

 

[Veroe]

 

[The_Spectre]

And that's when Superman punched Batman's face off.

 

[Veroe]

And that's when Superman punched Batman's face off.

Lol Sometimes I think Bruce deserves it. Or atleast a kick me sign taped to the back of his cape or something. Wolverine too. They think they're soooo badass and cool.

 

[Last_Rider]

My money's on Goku. Supes is ridiculously powerful, but Goku takes that ridicuous level of power and kicks it into orbit.

I'll add the justice league and the Avengers at a no holds barred tournament of trivial pursuit....To the Death!!!!!

It's even for a long time, then Supes gets the upper hand, Goku spends two episodes begging Vegeta to save his ass, Vegeta intervenes giving Goku enough time to summon a spirit bomb with all the energy from the multi-verse. Vegeta still gets no respect.

 

[Veroe]

It's even for a long time, then Supes gets the upper hand, Goku spends two episodes begging Vegeta to save his ass, Vegeta intervenes giving Goku enough time to summon a spirit bomb with all the energy from the multi-verse. Vegeta still gets no respect.

I understand you like him Rider, but for me Vegeta was one of those guys on DBZ I most often wanted to punch in the face. I don't care if he wouldn't even feel it and I'd probably break every bone in my fist doing it. The jerk made a living going from planet to planet picking a fight with everybody because he's a mighty warrior so and so saiyan prince and then blowing up the whole planet.

I know he's supposed to harken back to some samurai archetype and all, but seriously his sanctimonious pride on the mighty saiyan warrior heritage he has makes me just want to punch him in the face. He was nothing more than a bully and a jerk never fighting anyone when he wasn't certain he was stronger than someone else, and the times when that became evidently not the case he froze and folded.

Mighty saiyan prince...pfftt...makes me glad I'm human, one of those pissants weaklings he'd never would have had a compunction about annihilating to depopulate earth to sell it to frieza.

Now I probably opened up a can of worms here...so I'll let you take your best shot at my fave characters on DBZ then we can call it even and walk away. My favorite characters are Gohan and Piccolo and Krillin too not Goku FYI.

 

[The_Spectre]

Well one thing's for sure.

 

[Veroe]

Well one thing's for sure.

I saw a Krillin vs. Pikachu one not too long ago that was hilarious. I'll see if I can find it again.

 

[Veroe]

 

[Last_Rider]

I understand you like him Rider, but for me Vegeta was one of those guys on DBZ I most often wanted to punch in the face. I don't care if he wouldn't even feel it and I'd probably break every bone in my fist doing it. The jerk made a living going from planet to planet picking a fight with everybody because he's a mighty warrior so and so saiyan prince and then blowing up the whole planet.

I know he's supposed to harken back to some samurai archetype and all, but seriously his sanctimonious pride on the mighty saiyan warrior heritage he has makes me just want to punch him in the face. He was nothing more than a bully and a jerk never fighting anyone when he wasn't certain he was stronger than someone else, and the times when that became evidently not the case he froze and folded.

Mighty saiyan prince...pfftt...makes me glad I'm human, one of those pissants weaklings he'd never would have had a compunction about annihilating to depopulate earth to sell it to frieza.

Now I probably opened up a can of worms here...so I'll let you take your best shot at my fave characters on DBZ then we can call it even and walk away. My favorite characters are Gohan and Piccolo and Krillin too not Goku FYI.

I've got no issue with someone disliking Vegeta, in many ways you're right. I suppose I just liked that he was a three dimensional character, plus I've always been more of a fan of anti-hero's than regular ones.

As for Gohan, he annoyed me once he became a teenager. That was also the story telling, but really, he became too much like goofy Goku as a teenager, and I hate goofy Goku.

Krillin was always OK with me, except for his needless yelling for Goku's help when it was painfully obvious it was needed. It just got a tad old.

Piccolo was always cool, I don't think I ever had a complaint about him.

 

[The_Spectre]

Oh no, who will.....

*walks away*

 

[Last_Rider]

My opinion of Aquaman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUSQP3AYAWM

 

[Veroe]

 

[The_Spectre]

My opinion of Aquaman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUSQP3AYAWM

lol, poor Aquaman. He should have thrown a shark or something though.