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11th Feb 2017, 5:00 AM
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I agree with Fluttershy here.
I like Rainbow Dash, but 3 episodes in a row is a little too much for me.
I like Rainbow Dash, but 3 episodes in a row is a little too much for me.
Storytime: Most creative use of neo-profanity!
So now she swears in ancient Greek. :P
Not sure if this counts, but my best friend/ former room-mate has a very creative vocabulary some times. If I remember the story she told me correctly, she once called the manager of the local mall a 'fucking monkey-ass'... Or was it 'ass-monkey'? I don't remember too well. It's been a good ten years since she told me about the whole incident. It led to her being kicked out of the mall...though not before the manager she insulted complimenting her for its creativity.
Another case could be the fact that I use British profanity almost exclusively when I feel the need to swear. I am not British. I was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest (not getting any more specific) of the USA. My exposure comes solely from watching WAY too much BBC America and reading my Discworld books far too many times... Also watching Let's Play's done by British people on YouTube. Why do I do this? Bugger if I know. It just somehow became a habit.
Another case could be the fact that I use British profanity almost exclusively when I feel the need to swear. I am not British. I was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest (not getting any more specific) of the USA. My exposure comes solely from watching WAY too much BBC America and reading my Discworld books far too many times... Also watching Let's Play's done by British people on YouTube. Why do I do this? Bugger if I know. It just somehow became a habit.
I use a lot of British swearwords too, comes from watching BBC, listening to Celtic folk music, and reading everything GM Fraser ever wrote. I was well into it before I discovered Discworld, sadly...
A bunch of linguists actually analyzed a lot of classic swears from over the pond. They found that 'single-syllable curse + trochere' was the most effective. So you get things like 'c**kwomble', 'd**kwanker', and 's*t*tgibbon'.
Do you KNOW how adorable hearing a 3-year old shouting "Drek" is? Especially in public where most people don't know what it means. They assume it's baby-babble! XD
I love made-up swearwords too. I use the Yiddish-German "Scheisse", "Frag" and "Feth" from Warhammer 40K, and "Modderpocker" from the Prince Roger novels.
Riiiiight... German and Yiddish are made up languages. Dre(c)k being Yiddish.
Noy Jitat, you folks need to do your homework.
Noy Jitat, you folks need to do your homework.
I'm Yiddish, I know that. Next time I'll be sure to write "foreign and made-up" instead instead of assuming the context will make what I say clear.. :p
Fluttershy's epic freakout on the same page as a well-integrated reference to Cyrano de Bergerac.
This is the kind of thing that keeps me reading.
This is the kind of thing that keeps me reading.
Think there is a part in that play where Cyrano vows to take on 100 hired thugs. An amusing coincidence as my roommate played Cyrano in the play not too long ago.
Also Fluttershy's rant reminds me of when she says, "I don't give a flying feather" on the show.
Also Fluttershy's rant reminds me of when she says, "I don't give a flying feather" on the show.
The best kind of cultural reference is the one you don't even realise you're making.
The player isn't normally like that either. It's when she gets mad that the GM becomes terrified, remember?
At some point the GM is going to get irritated with RD's spotlight-grabbing antics and just give her the ticket, like with Rarity's character.
Or, here's a thought: give her exactly what she wants OFF-SCREEN. "Yeah, you spend the entire night gabbing with the wonderbolts and they agree you're just the tops. Now, Applejack's food stand..."
Or, here's a thought: give her exactly what she wants OFF-SCREEN. "Yeah, you spend the entire night gabbing with the wonderbolts and they agree you're just the tops. Now, Applejack's food stand..."
They then saved the loan shark after I threw them off a tall building. Turns out a 20,000,000 bit loan is worth a life debt.
I'm helpful. :)