The manliest man thread

[edible_eye]

Originally Posted by Solumina

Hi e_e, nice to see you pop in for a bit!

Always nice to see you, beautiful Solumina. *bow*

[Fruitbat]

Originally Posted by ssj_goku

r u a furry?

I'm a Yeti.

[HumanePain]

Originally Posted by Despanan

I lived in the woods for six months, carried everything on my back while walking 2176 miles across the east coast. ...

I also have a beard.

I lived in my car for 2 days when I was younger, does that count?
And I have a beard too.

[Versus]

Beards don't count anymore. Unless your beard can keep you warm, E_E takes that one.

Also: HP, I've casted you in the role of a Colonel Trautman/Colonel Campbell type character in the G.net parody I'm writing in my free time.

[Fruitbat]

Originally Posted by Versus

Also: HP, I've casted you in the role of a Colonel Trautman/Colonel Campbell type character in the G.net parody I'm writing in my free time.

*and the crowd cheers** Way to go V!

[Versus]

Hype is important. I thought making something public might motivate me to get to it.

[HumanePain]

Originally Posted by Versus

Also: HP, I've casted you in the role of a Colonel Trautman/Colonel Campbell type character in the G.net parody I'm writing in my free time.

Ah, beyond his prime but still dapper in uniform! Sounds good! Carry on!

I was only able to follow Apathy's Child's story for the first few posts and then I was killed off early in the story and so lost me as audience.

The key to holding everyone riveted for the next chapter/post/installment in your story is not to kill off everyone too soon. Once in a while kill off someone in a spectacular way so they go "ooh! ah!" and die with honor on the field of battle.

You can kill me off, but please: not in the first chapter!

EDIT: for reference, here is my story Town and Turret written with an all Gnet cast. I made some changes to names to make them more realistic, for example Edible Eye became Ed Eye and Apathy's Child became Mr. Child.
http://gothic.net/boards/showthread.php?t=9841

[Fruitbat]

Originally Posted by Versus

Hype is important. I thought making something public might motivate me to get to it.

Write. Write. Write. XD

*not nagging, just encouraging*

[Apathy's_Child]

Don't worry, Humane. The part of Jasmine, the soul-eating monster of kindness from Angel, has your name on it when I write Gnet in the Buffyverse. I probably will do another one when I inevitably hit a wall at some point in the future, which'll include the people who got zombified and any cool newbies we've accrued by then.

Versus, don't listen to Humane - you're writing a war parody, you gotta be brutal. No one wants to read about some pussy war where everyone makes it. I want to see femurs flying around like batons at a majorette parade.

By the way, if you want some feedback pre-posting, send it over. This is an entirely selfless offer and is in no way an attempt to score an early preview.

[edible_eye]

Originally Posted by Versus

Beards don't count anymore. Unless your beard can keep you warm, E_E takes that one.

Submitted for review of authenticity of above claim.
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w.../ride-home.jpg

HP - I'm gonna have to read that story. I just wish I had a better working knowledge of the personalities decorating this site, of late.

[Versus]

Originally Posted by Apathy's_Child

By the way, if you want some feedback pre-posting, send it over. This is an entirely selfless offer and is in no way an attempt to score an early preview.

That is very charitable of you! I will.

[CuckooTuli]

Originally Posted by edible_eye

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http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w.../ride-home.jpg

That is impressive! Looks to be on the verge of acieving sentience - I guess all we can do is hope it will make a benign ruler when it takes over the world.

[Versus]

Also, now that I have a moment to respond properly:

Originally Posted by Apathy's_Child

Versus, don't listen to Humane - you're writing a war parody, you gotta be brutal. No one wants to read about some pussy war where everyone makes it. I want to see femurs flying around like batons at a majorette parade.

By the way, if you want some feedback pre-posting, send it over. This is an entirely selfless offer and is in no way an attempt to score an early preview.

You know, I was really concerned with what kind of war parody I wanted to write about. I'm a big fan of nonsensical action movies, as well as more serious war movies.

Some interesting ideas that struck out in my mind:

Something like Platoon, casting myself in the role of Charlie Sheen... completely caught up in an internal forum war. I considered casting you, AC, in the role of Sergeant Elias (because hugs and togetherness get you killed when you're in the bush. XD) and a very disgruntled HP as the hard ass Staff Sergeant Barnes as a kind of parody to how polite he is.

"What was HP like before the war?"

"You'd think he was like a really chill Gandhi, or something."

I could do it so well, too. I know some obnoxious and creative ways to string expletives and vulgarity together.

I also considered a WW2 parody... mostly because I snickered at the thought of Kontan and Desp as Nazi soldiers at Normandy, bickering about who gets to shoot the machine gun inside their bunker.

Starship Troopers, Aliens, and Terminator were some other noteworthy ideas.

I've decided to settle with something in the middle of serious and campy: Rambo.

Confirmed cast is AC, AP, Jin, KK, Desp, Saya, Alan, AD. I've still got a few more spots left, but I'm not really sure yet.

[Apathy's_Child]

LOL - sounds like it's coming along, dude. I don't see why you should have to stick to a single movie though, if you don't want to - you can always mash the iconic scenes with your own shit to make a parody which has recognizable war movie tropes but is still yourstory. Although, if you're happy with Rambo, that WOULD make a cool parody.

Pro-tip: now that you've posted some vague plans, you'll probably be inundated with requests - "Oooooh, do me!! I wanna be Colonel Kurtz!!" "Make my character do .... [insert awesomeness]". Unless you genuinely think they've come up with something cool, that you really do wish you'd thought of yourself, IGNORE THEM. Trying to make everyone happy will ruin your story. Just do your thing. And don't stick people in just because they ask you to, if you can't think of anything worthwhile to do with their character. You seem to be being selective on cast list, which I think is wise - unfortunately you can't have everyone on a forum this size.

Loving the Terminator idea! oh man, that would rule so hard.

[Versus]

Originally Posted by Apathy's_Child

LOL - sounds like it's coming along, dude. I don't see why you should have to stick to a single movie though, if you don't want to - you can always mash the iconic scenes with your own shit to make a parody which has recognizable war movie tropes but is still yourstory. Although, if you're happy with Rambo, that WOULD make a cool parody.

Pro-tip: now that you've posted some vague plans, you'll probably be inundated with requests - "Oooooh, do me!! I wanna be Colonel Kurtz!!" "Make my character do .... [insert awesomeness]". Unless you genuinely think they've come up with something cool, that you really do wish you'd thought of yourself, IGNORE THEM. Trying to make everyone happy will ruin your story. Just do your thing. And don't stick people in just because they ask you to, if you can't think of anything worthwhile to do with their character. You seem to be being selective on cast list, which I think is wise - unfortunately you can't have everyone on a forum this size.

Loving the Terminator idea! oh man, that would rule so hard.

My original plan was to do just that, actually. I decided against it because I didn't really care to jump from The Crusades to an apocalyptic Terminator. I might (probably not) write out-takes if I stay motivated.

And I know what you mean about casting. The current dopplegangers are just people that I feel comfortable in poking fun of. Either they have a distinguished enough personality or quirk in my mind that I can embellish, or I have a pretty good idea about how to get a rise out of them.

[Fruitbat]

Versus - Can't wait to read it... well I can wait..

I'll be patient...
...
Is it ready yet?
...
What about now?
...
Now?
...
XD

[Fruitbat]

Originally Posted by edible_eye

Submitted for review of authenticity of above claim.
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w.../ride-home.jpg

HP - I'm gonna have to read that story. I just wish I had a better working knowledge of the personalities decorating this site, of late.

Awesome beard. Really awesome beard.

[Apathy's_Child]

Originally Posted by Versus

And I know what you mean about casting. The current dopplegangers are just people that I feel comfortable in poking fun of. Either they have a distinguished enough personality or quirk in my mind that I can embellish, or I have a pretty good idea about how to get a rise out of them.

That, my friend, is the shit parody is made of.

I love the idea of you as Sheen caught in a futile internet forum war. Kind of a different movie, though - makes me think of a sci-fi war version, where the characters have to fight their way through this website personified - the enemy soldiers as Mansonites in the music section, the polar opposites of evil Sternn & Deadman in Politics (with reinforcements from infowars), and Kontan and Desp berserking all over General, mooning and smearing their own feces over everything while laughing crazily.

On a side note, I would make an awesome Sergeant Elias.

[Apathy's_Child]

Yo, Versus. Clean your goddamn PMs. If it ain't from me, it ain't worth shit anyway.

On topic: my girlfriend is away at her parents' and I have now survived for over sixty hours on a half-bag of potato wedegs and two bottles of whiskey. I'm also rocking some pretty epic stubble - perks of being a hairy motherfucker.

[honeythorn]

Originally Posted by edible_eye

Submitted for review of authenticity of above claim.
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w.../ride-home.jpg

HP - I'm gonna have to read that story. I just wish I had a better working knowledge of the personalities decorating this site, of late.

That sir, is some excellent facial topiary. I approve !

[Murder.Of.Crows]

can you imagine, if he were to eat a very messy taco?

[Versus]

Originally Posted by Apathy's_Child

Yo, Versus. Clean your goddamn PMs. If it ain't from me, it ain't worth shit anyway.

On topic: my girlfriend is away at her parents' and I have now survived for over sixty hours on a half-bag of potato wedegs and two bottles of whiskey. I'm also rocking some pretty epic stubble - perks of being a hairy motherfucker.

Sorry. I hadn't noticed.

And you sound like me.

[Apathy's_Child]

Day 4. 1/2 a bag of wedges. 6 pieces of toast. An apple. a sausage sandwich. 3 bottles of whiskey and a pack of beers. A stomach that feels like a ball of cancer. An ashtray on the floor I don't recall spilling.

But fuck all that, because, 3 new poems and the biggest hug of Karin's life coming up when she gets back tomorrow... and I just lost all my manly points right there. Give a fuck, I miss her bad.

[vindicatedxjin]

D'awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[Apathy's_Child]

She is gonna be MAD when she sees the apartment... I should probly clean up at some point. Even our dog has neglected to lick his balls for like a day now.