TMNT: Good fourth sequel. Made up for the suck that was Vanilla Ice. Mr. Stuff, you're thinking of Ziyi Zhang, from Memoirs of a Geisha and House of Flying Daggers, who did the leader of the Foot Clan. Not some lame Japanese voice actress at all. SHAME ON YOU FOR THINKING SO. Second, the narrator was Lawrence Fishburne--MORPHEUS FROM THE MATRIX. SHAME ON YOU AGAIN.
The jokes were not cheesy, or at least not to the point where they were bad. There were plenty of good one-liners. The style was perfect. Flawless animation with awesome battle scenes. I counter at least two dozen 'ninja' moves in that film. And an epic battle between Raphael and Leonardo.
In all, if you are a TMNT fan or have ever been one, even if you were a kid, SEE THIS FILM. End of story.
On top of that, I've misplaced my iPod Nano. If I don't find it, that's $300 vaporized. I might be able to claim insurance, but I am so pissed at myself for misplacing it. It killed the fervor from the movie.
Hey everyone. It's been a very long, over-stimulating day, and I have a lot to catch up on, so I'll probably update in installments.
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Hi, coffee-folk, a bit of bad news...
Lilly, you are in a very difficult situation right now, and this is one of the biggest challenges that transgender people - especially transgender youth - have to face, which is lack of social support. People need friends and family and people who understand to help them through things, and as hard as this can be, we just don't often have that support. It is one of major seeds of risk for suicide and self-destruction among transgender people.
The more you tell me about your situation, the more speechless I feel. Your circumstances are complex, because it involves the conflict of very strongs feelings between different people who are not interested in compromising those feelings, and the matter at hand is something very personal and important to you. This puts you in a vulnerable place; you're in a bad position to begin with, dealing with not only growing up with the burden of gender dysphoria, and the people around you end up having a lot of power as to how these burdens can be dealt with. Unfortunately, these people don't understand what you need, aren't willing to understand, and aren't willing to change how they see the world or you. Some of them, such as your father, want to help you. They're trying to care. The problem is, they do not know what caring for you right now entails. They don't know what you need - in this case, you do know. But they won't listen to that. They're being very cruel and unreasonable, but they don't realize that. That makes what is going on quite complicated and difficult.
In many ways I feel I was lucky growing up. My parents weren't exactly accepting of my atypical and controversial gender expression when I was a child, which is why I hid it and tried to change. However, they still went with it in some ways, and in the more subtle aspects, they never pressured me to change. They never tried to stop me from playing with "girly" toys like dolls, or from liking She-Ra or Rainbow Bright, or so forth. My mom did make me play tee-ball once when I was in kindergarten, but she told me all I had to do was try it, and if I didn't like it, I didn't have to continue. I tried it, reacted very badly, and she dropped me out of it.
In addition, most of my close friends (the little I had) we very accepting, as most of them were pretty atypical themselves: my brother is gay, and some of my best friends were gay and more than a little femmy. So even though I grew up with intense social discomfort, and kept people at a considerable distance (even family), I still had a relatively stable and calm home life and had nice friends who didn't give me trouble about it.
You don't have that, Lilly, which is what makes this so hard. You're at a point now when you just can't stand to keep putting on an act for your self-preservation. You're feeling desperate, and it just seems like nobody even cares. I get that. It often seems like nobody cares; everybody is against you. You never did anything wrong, and everyone treats you like a criminal. Everything is your fault, even though the only thing you can do about it to help matters, they won't accept.
But I can tell you this - it will get better. And soon. High school won't last much longer, and many of your friends who can't accept you won't last either. Either they'll realize that this is important to you, or they'll show what their "friendship" really means, and split. And once you have more independence, your dynamic with your dad will improve. Slowly, some of that power will start being yours, instead of theirs. And you'll be ready, knowing exactly what to do with it.
If only you had some way to show on authority that you're not wrong about this. This is why I think it's so important for people in societies like ours to be educated about transgenderism/transsexualism. At the very least, parents needs to know how to cope with it.
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In sad news (not wanting to continue the bad vibes today but I need to talk about this) I lost a friend the other day, a close one.
It's not uncommon for some transsexuals to hold other transgender people to a kind of normative standard when it comes to simply being transgender. Many of them believe that transgender people who don't have the same kind of feelings they do, whether about gender or transition, aren't "really" transsexual. I've often been astounded when reading websites or blogs by transsexual people in which they attempt to spread information and champion acceptance of transsexuality, and on the very same page say that "transgenders" or people who don't follow that classic transsexual model ("I'm a man trapped in a woman's body, I need genital reassignment as soon as possible") are really just trendy queer rebels who "tamper with gender" or who are just trying to be different. They seperate them from "real" transsexuals who are suffering people, just trying to get by, just wanting to be normal men and women. Many of them reject the very term "transgender" because they don't like being associated with the less clear-cut types of atypically-gendered people.
This is a subtle and nuanced perspective, I think. I can understand it in the same way I don't like being thought of as a transvestite or a gay person - they're both similar, but it's really not the same thing. It doesn't mean I have anything against gay people or transvestites. Many transsexuals just want to get past the pain and discomfort they experienced because of their birth sex, and that is completely valid and understandable. They often just want to be accepted as the gender they identify with, leave the past behind, and be normal. They don't want to make a "big deal" about being transsexual. This, too, is understandable. One often wishes that it never happened, that one was born cisgender, and the like. However, many transsexuals and other non-transsexual transgender people never feel like they fit into either of the prescribed gender categories (male or female), that they're always somewhere in between. And many like it that way, ultimately. Just as someone can identify as a woman, some identify as basically feminine, but still masculine in part, and want to accept all parts of their life, experience, and personality.
There are many different standards, personal standards, of how to express one's gender. Unfortunately, we seem to have this tendency to want others to use our standards, even when not appropriate. Socially, there are two gender categories. The way some see it, it's okay if you don't like the one you were dealt, as long as you only try to shift over to the other one of the pair. Others think it's acceptable to have maybe a third or forth such category (transman or transwoman could be considered such categories), but if you can't fit into one of those, you're screwed. It's really just another type of gender normativism, only for transgender people. It's the same thing that cisgender culture puts on transsexuals, and some transsexuals turn right around and put it on other transgender people. Shape up, or ship out. That gender should be nuanced and varied on a invidual level is apparently an anathema.
What really gets me is how some transsexual people, knowing what they know, are proponents of traditional gender norms - i.e. a woman must be a little homemaker, a man must be decisive and a breadwinner, etc. See, to me, one thing my experience taught me is that rigid gender roles don't work; one size does not fit all. That some people can go through the same experience and yet not find that is troubling.
I'd be lying if I said I couldn't understand it at all, though. I've often felt insecure about my femininity, especially knowing how I look, and had times when I've almost desperately tried to fit into a traditional feminine stereotype just to kind of claim that aspect of myself. I don't think doing that is in any way wrong - it's basically what transitioning is about, and cisgender do it a lot, too. And really, supporting traditional gender ideas is a step the same direction, though not in a positive way. Again, the problem comes from trying to put a personal standard on other people. If one person feels that in order to be truly feminine, one must wear dresses and hats and gloves and lipstick, then it's fine if they do that. It's not fine, however, to insist that others also be that way, or they're not "really" feminine, "really" masculine, "really" transgender.
If you identify with a gender category that isn't the one assigned to your physiological type; if the presence of gender in social interactions discomfits, troubles, or challenges you; if you have dysphoria because of your sex or your gender identity - then I'm sorry, you're transgender. It really doesn't matter what anyone says to you, you are.
I think this is it, chickadees, the root of the normativism, the sexism, all of it. It's not just seeing the gender groups as different from each other; it's seeing the members of each group as not that different from each other. Assuming that because one, or even most, women/men act a certain way, that all women/men act that way, or - and here's the clincher - need to act that way. The very essence of this is defining people by their gender attribute. Now, some people may not define you by your ***** or ******, but they may still define you by your gender, try to reduce you to that, even though you cannot rightly be reduced to any one attribute.
Sakura, I'm sorry that your friend feels this way, and has decided to treat you this way because of it. It's unfair, and unkind. But I hope that your transition process will not be characterized by this. You move in your own time, and do things based on your own needs.
All that I yearn for, for richer or poorer, is to be the light that you see. All that I yearn for, for richer or poorer, is to be the peace that you feel. All that I yearn for, for richer or poorer, is to fill your heart on my own.
But the rainbow is an image of hope for many reasons, as it is a brilliant sight coming out of oftimes dismal weather.
But other than that, I've got an idea for a new avvy and banner, so I'll probably put into a shop later on. But, for now, I'm going to use this new one.
The avatar is very interesting. What's the art from?
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A lot of things have worked out. My parents are okay with my becoming a teacher, even if the rest of the family doesn't approve. But now they don't like my new girlfriend because she is Islamic. If it isn't one thing, its another.
Wow, tough. I guess parents tend to picky about who their kinds go out with, sometimes for silly reasons. Good luck with your future in education and your new relationship!
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She says a TS person would not embrace being TS, but I do.
So do I. I know now that I can't fit neatly into one of the defined gender categories; I don't even want to! I don't want to be assimilated into some preconceived personality, I want to have my own.
I feel like how I see myself varies a lot. On some days, I see myself as just an ordinary girl with unusual circumstances, and my thinking and view of things seems more similar to such a person. Other times (most often), I see myself as somehow blurred between the genders, or just apart from the gender dichotomy altogether. And some days, least often, I see myself as a kind of very femmy guy. I think one thing I've learned is that it's not entirely clear; I'm not even sure it is for most cisgender people, it's just that they have less cause to question it. I do sometimes wonder if I'm a "bad" transgender person, because I'm not putting every effort and cent I have into getting a flawless transition right now. However, I realize somewhere inside that I have to work on my own schedule and operate on my own needs, feelings, and plans. I can't try to live someone else's ideal life, I have to live the way that is best for me.
I often feel that, being transgender, you're basically screwed from the day you are born. Even other transgender people have a problem with you, for goodness' sakes. Most people see you as a freak. Even with gender reassignment, you still are seen as not quite right. You, just by existing, step all over the comfortable gender ideals that societies like ours are founded on. You become a pariah just by being who you are, especially if you're not silent about it. Everyone else knows better; everyone else understands what you need to be doing. Everyone sees what your problem is. There's always something you could be doing better, something to fix yourself. You can't defy the traditional gender norm, because you were born the way you are for a reason. You also can't not transition, for the same reason. But you still have you to accept yourself. Some say that you enforce gender stereotypy by wanting to transition; others think you're some kind of weirdo for not wanting to transition. Others are sure you're going against your nature, no matter which road you take, because apparently they know your nature better than you ever could. You're not supposed to talk about it. You're not supposed to feel good about it. You're pathological. You're insulting. You're ugly. You're hurting yourself. You're a joke. You just want attention. You're ruining your life. And even when you are trying so hard that every day is an ordeal, you really should be trying harder. Everything could be normal, everything could be better, if you'd just try. You're always doing something wrong, and everyone has an opinion about it.
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No offense to your friend, because she is clearly a very improtant person to you, but that's one of the dumbest things I've ever heard. It never ceases to amaze me how people can experience something most people are very narrow-minded about and be very narrow-minded about that very thing themselves.
Oh, I know, it's incredible. I suppose anyone may be that way, and being transgender doesn't make one especially likely to be exempt from that.
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Hey Coffeehouse. Seems to me in the past 7 days this clan's turned into a major support group. I'm both glad that we're all here to support each other, but also saddened that so much **** has been flung our way.
It does often seem like we go through hard times together.
Happy early birthday, Alacar! *hugs*
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Here are a set of wigs I just ordered. They are so sexy :-P
Yes, they're very pretty. I like the one with the highlights!
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Edit: again, I'm sorry everyone for being so self-concerned right now and so depressing, I don't mean to bring anyone down
Don't apologize, you gingersnap. Feel free to share this if it's important to you, and I think it is important. Anything, if it helps. And Sakura has a point - a supportive therapist might be the very thing for you. Just make sure you have the final say in who you see, and don't go to one who might try to change you to "stop" being transgender.
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Blah im 20th place out of 57 players right now in the legacy tournament with one more round to go. Ill do a legacy report after im done with the tournament if any of you are interested in here. Well i just got back from work im going to go for awhile. See you all soon and ill be on aol and msn if anyone wants to talk to me. *hugs and blows kisses* Have a great weekend everyone!
That's still great! *hugs*
@TMNT: I figured it'd be a bit corny, but I really want to see it now. I used to love the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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They should make a Exalted Cecilia that would kick butt.
Heh. That'd be cool to see.
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I hate smexy
*beeps nose*
@Strongbad: I'd love to comment on your situation, and will later when there's more time. I hope everything works out to your mutual satisfaction. This isn't an easy scenario, either, by any means. Feelings can be very hard things to understand. Ah, youth. *hugs Strongbad*
All that I yearn for, for richer or poorer, is to be the light that you see. All that I yearn for, for richer or poorer, is to be the peace that you feel. All that I yearn for, for richer or poorer, is to fill your heart on my own.
But the rainbow is an image of hope for many reasons, as it is a brilliant sight coming out of oftimes dismal weather.
May I befriend your group?I know cybertronians dont drink coffee and im surprised I fit through the door, but I like talking...may I coffee drinkers?
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Well last night was the final performance of the play, and even though it ran my life for 3 months, I'm sorta sad to see it over. I met a lot of good friends through doing play's and now many of them are going to be graduating. I was going to go out to dinner with them all last night afterwards, but sadly my back siezed up as a result of the lactic acid buildup.
Today though I get to go to play Type 2 for the first time in about 3 months, and that makes me happy.
May I befriend your group?I know cybertronians dont drink coffee and im surprised I fit through the door, but I like talking...may I coffee drinkers?
I think this is possible under two conditions: 1) You stay active and 2) no Decepticons followed you here.
@TMNT: OK... I must admit it looked really really really bad when I saw the commercials for it. But now that I've heard good things, I'm intrigued. I was - how do you say... - ENVELOPED by the TV series and quite happy with the movie when I was younger. I even owned at least one action figure of each of the turtles. No fanboy by any means (a true one probably would've had Casey Jones and April O'Neill too...) But yeah now I'm pretty interested at least... I'm still not expecting much tho.
Welcome Rodimus Prime... wow, I spelt it right on my first try. That was lucky ;). Of course you're welcome here. But please stay active, we've had more people show up here for one post and then leave then we've had active members.
I was a TMNT fan for about a year. Basically when you could still rent the original show from Blockbuster or where ever. I'm not sure exactly when it was on the air, but I was only able to get into it when I was 10 or something because my parents didn't want us watching shows with violence in them :rolleyes:. They don't care about that anymore, just no blood and guts that can disturb younger kids ;).
Also, I'm getting back into paper magic. I may be going to a draft with my friends next friday but I have to find out what time something else starts I was going to do first.
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I'll bet you wish you had a non-unglued/unhinged card that shared your first name.
Lilly, you are in a very difficult situation right now, and this is one of the biggest challenges that transgender people - especially transgender youth - have to face, which is lack of social support. People need friends and family and people who understand to help them through things, and as hard as this can be, we just don't often have that support. It is one of major seeds of risk for suicide and self-destruction among transgender people.
The more you tell me about your situation, the more speechless I feel. Your circumstances are complex, because it involves the conflict of very strongs feelings between different people who are not interested in compromising those feelings, and the matter at hand is something very personal and important to you. This puts you in a vulnerable place; you're in a bad position to begin with, dealing with not only growing up with the burden of gender dysphoria, and the people around you end up having a lot of power as to how these burdens can be dealt with. Unfortunately, these people don't understand what you need, aren't willing to understand, and aren't willing to change how they see the world or you. Some of them, such as your father, want to help you. They're trying to care. The problem is, they do not know what caring for you right now entails. They don't know what you need - in this case, you do know. But they won't listen to that. They're being very cruel and unreasonable, but they don't realize that. That makes what is going on quite complicated and difficult.
In many ways I feel I was lucky growing up. My parents weren't exactly accepting of my atypical and controversial gender expression when I was a child, which is why I hid it and tried to change. However, they still went with it in some ways, and in the more subtle aspects, they never pressured me to change. They never tried to stop me from playing with "girly" toys like dolls, or from liking She-Ra or Rainbow Bright, or so forth. My mom did make me play tee-ball once when I was in kindergarten, but she told me all I had to do was try it, and if I didn't like it, I didn't have to continue. I tried it, reacted very badly, and she dropped me out of it.
In addition, most of my close friends (the little I had) we very accepting, as most of them were pretty atypical themselves: my brother is gay, and some of my best friends were gay and more than a little femmy. So even though I grew up with intense social discomfort, and kept people at a considerable distance (even family), I still had a relatively stable and calm home life and had nice friends who didn't give me trouble about it.
You don't have that, Lilly, which is what makes this so hard. You're at a point now when you just can't stand to keep putting on an act for your self-preservation. You're feeling desperate, and it just seems like nobody even cares. I get that. It often seems like nobody cares; everybody is against you. You never did anything wrong, and everyone treats you like a criminal. Everything is your fault, even though the only thing you can do about it to help matters, they won't accept.
But I can tell you this - it will get better. And soon. High school won't last much longer, and many of your friends who can't accept you won't last either. Either they'll realize that this is important to you, or they'll show what their "friendship" really means, and split. And once you have more independence, your dynamic with your dad will improve. Slowly, some of that power will start being yours, instead of theirs. And you'll be ready, knowing exactly what to do with it.
If only you had some way to show on authority that you're not wrong about this. This is why I think it's so important for people in societies like ours to be educated about transgenderism/transsexualism. At the very least, parents needs to know how to cope with it.
It's not uncommon for some transsexuals to hold other transgender people to a kind of normative standard when it comes to simply being transgender. Many of them believe that transgender people who don't have the same kind of feelings they do, whether about gender or transition, aren't "really" transsexual. I've often been astounded when reading websites or blogs by transsexual people in which they attempt to spread information and champion acceptance of transsexuality, and on the very same page say that "transgenders" or people who don't follow that classic transsexual model ("I'm a man trapped in a woman's body, I need genital reassignment as soon as possible") are really just trendy queer rebels who "tamper with gender" or who are just trying to be different. They seperate them from "real" transsexuals who are suffering people, just trying to get by, just wanting to be normal men and women. Many of them reject the very term "transgender" because they don't like being associated with the less clear-cut types of atypically-gendered people.
This is a subtle and nuanced perspective, I think. I can understand it in the same way I don't like being thought of as a transvestite or a gay person - they're both similar, but it's really not the same thing. It doesn't mean I have anything against gay people or transvestites. Many transsexuals just want to get past the pain and discomfort they experienced because of their birth sex, and that is completely valid and understandable. They often just want to be accepted as the gender they identify with, leave the past behind, and be normal. They don't want to make a "big deal" about being transsexual. This, too, is understandable. One often wishes that it never happened, that one was born cisgender, and the like. However, many transsexuals and other non-transsexual transgender people never feel like they fit into either of the prescribed gender categories (male or female), that they're always somewhere in between. And many like it that way, ultimately. Just as someone can identify as a woman, some identify as basically feminine, but still masculine in part, and want to accept all parts of their life, experience, and personality.
There are many different standards, personal standards, of how to express one's gender. Unfortunately, we seem to have this tendency to want others to use our standards, even when not appropriate. Socially, there are two gender categories. The way some see it, it's okay if you don't like the one you were dealt, as long as you only try to shift over to the other one of the pair. Others think it's acceptable to have maybe a third or forth such category (transman or transwoman could be considered such categories), but if you can't fit into one of those, you're screwed. It's really just another type of gender normativism, only for transgender people. It's the same thing that cisgender culture puts on transsexuals, and some transsexuals turn right around and put it on other transgender people. Shape up, or ship out. That gender should be nuanced and varied on a invidual level is apparently an anathema.
What really gets me is how some transsexual people, knowing what they know, are proponents of traditional gender norms - i.e. a woman must be a little homemaker, a man must be decisive and a breadwinner, etc. See, to me, one thing my experience taught me is that rigid gender roles don't work; one size does not fit all. That some people can go through the same experience and yet not find that is troubling.
I'd be lying if I said I couldn't understand it at all, though. I've often felt insecure about my femininity, especially knowing how I look, and had times when I've almost desperately tried to fit into a traditional feminine stereotype just to kind of claim that aspect of myself. I don't think doing that is in any way wrong - it's basically what transitioning is about, and cisgender do it a lot, too. And really, supporting traditional gender ideas is a step the same direction, though not in a positive way. Again, the problem comes from trying to put a personal standard on other people. If one person feels that in order to be truly feminine, one must wear dresses and hats and gloves and lipstick, then it's fine if they do that. It's not fine, however, to insist that others also be that way, or they're not "really" feminine, "really" masculine, "really" transgender.
If you identify with a gender category that isn't the one assigned to your physiological type; if the presence of gender in social interactions discomfits, troubles, or challenges you; if you have dysphoria because of your sex or your gender identity - then I'm sorry, you're transgender. It really doesn't matter what anyone says to you, you are.
I think this is it, chickadees, the root of the normativism, the sexism, all of it. It's not just seeing the gender groups as different from each other; it's seeing the members of each group as not that different from each other. Assuming that because one, or even most, women/men act a certain way, that all women/men act that way, or - and here's the clincher - need to act that way. The very essence of this is defining people by their gender attribute. Now, some people may not define you by your ***** or ******, but they may still define you by your gender, try to reduce you to that, even though you cannot rightly be reduced to any one attribute.
Sakura, I'm sorry that your friend feels this way, and has decided to treat you this way because of it. It's unfair, and unkind. But I hope that your transition process will not be characterized by this. You move in your own time, and do things based on your own needs.
So do I. I know now that I can't fit neatly into one of the defined gender categories; I don't even want to! I don't want to be assimilated into some preconceived personality, I want to have my own.
I feel like how I see myself varies a lot. On some days, I see myself as just an ordinary girl with unusual circumstances, and my thinking and view of things seems more similar to such a person. Other times (most often), I see myself as somehow blurred between the genders, or just apart from the gender dichotomy altogether. And some days, least often, I see myself as a kind of very femmy guy. I think one thing I've learned is that it's not entirely clear; I'm not even sure it is for most cisgender people, it's just that they have less cause to question it. I do sometimes wonder if I'm a "bad" transgender person, because I'm not putting every effort and cent I have into getting a flawless transition right now. However, I realize somewhere inside that I have to work on my own schedule and operate on my own needs, feelings, and plans. I can't try to live someone else's ideal life, I have to live the way that is best for me.
I often feel that, being transgender, you're basically screwed from the day you are born. Even other transgender people have a problem with you, for goodness' sakes. Most people see you as a freak. Even with gender reassignment, you still are seen as not quite right. You, just by existing, step all over the comfortable gender ideals that societies like ours are founded on. You become a pariah just by being who you are, especially if you're not silent about it. Everyone else knows better; everyone else understands what you need to be doing. Everyone sees what your problem is. There's always something you could be doing better, something to fix yourself. You can't defy the traditional gender norm, because you were born the way you are for a reason. You also can't not transition, for the same reason. But you still have you to accept yourself. Some say that you enforce gender stereotypy by wanting to transition; others think you're some kind of weirdo for not wanting to transition. Others are sure you're going against your nature, no matter which road you take, because apparently they know your nature better than you ever could. You're not supposed to talk about it. You're not supposed to feel good about it. You're pathological. You're insulting. You're ugly. You're hurting yourself. You're a joke. You just want attention. You're ruining your life. And even when you are trying so hard that every day is an ordeal, you really should be trying harder. Everything could be normal, everything could be better, if you'd just try. You're always doing something wrong, and everyone has an opinion about it.
Oh, I know, it's incredible. I suppose anyone may be that way, and being transgender doesn't make one especially likely to be exempt from that.
* ShinSakura hugs tight
Damn this cruel fate which keeps you so far from a real embrace
I wish I had you online with me when I was fighting with Amber. Though I doubt she would listen to you either.
May I befriend your group?I know cybertronians dont drink coffee and im surprised I fit through the door, but I like talking...may I coffee drinkers?
Heh. I can quote that movie so much, it's awesome. Glad to have ya, if you decide to stay.
You sure do write a lot, Mams. You could probably get a job at a local paper or magazine or someplace if you wrote them an introductory cover-letter like some of the things you write here. 'Course, some jobs do require you have a diploma, but you'd be surprised, I think.
Let's see... what else... Oh yeah, TMNT. I don't care what you say, Alacar, Lawrence Fishburne did not do a good job reading the opening monologue. And I do recognize the voice of the foot-leader now from Memoirs of a Geisha. I still think she sounds a little bit stereotypical in her accent, though, and they give her a few lines with slang that sounds odd coming from a non-native speaker. Once again, minor qualms though. The movie is an action movie at heart, and I can forgive a lot of things for the sheer awesomeness of some of the battles they threw in there. And Splinter saying "chotto matte" ('wait a minute' in Japanese) when he puts his hand in front of Winter towards the end - that was pretty nifty as well.
So, I'm pretty much doing nothing today. I'm feeling a little down... I may write about my friend some more. I'll probably finish watching Haibane Renmei, at least - only 4 more episodes to go.
Good news, guys! I'm a spammer! I've never been so happy in my life, or something.
Welcome, Rodimus Prime. Good to have someone else with cybernetic parts in the 'house. I'm sure Mamelon will be thrilled =)
@TMNT: I wanna see it. I was the HUGEST TMNT fanboy when I was little and this movie looks like a good one. On a related note, who's seen the older, live-action TMNT movies? I'm pretty sure they're bad, but I love 'em just the same.
The avatar is very interesting. What's the art from?
It is a picture of Sonia from Fire Emblem 7. I believe I found it on the offical website as part of a wallpaper or something. It looked nice, so I used what paint skills I have and made an avatar out of it. My next avvy and banner will be Fire Emblem too, but that's all I'm saying. I don't want to ruin it.
Just as a heads-up, I won't be in the 'House much today. I've got work in a few hours and I don't get off until 9. I'll see if I can catch up on everything I miss.
@TMNT: It looks interesting enough and I'm a big fan of the Turtles, but I don't get out often enough to go to the movies.
I'm going to relax a little bit and then head to work. See you all later!
Ah yes, the older live action ones were goofy, but they were okay all the same. They seemed to be more emotional than the newer cartoon ones, and I actually liked that, because in recent times, characters like the turtles have no depth to them, and seeing Raphael pondering meditatively in an emotionally unbalanced state, and emotionally communicating with master splinter, was a nice part to that movie.
(I also liked seeing the shredder get thrown into one of those compacter dumpsters, LOL, it was smexy)(yes, i use that too)
I can't wait to see the new TMNT movie, I'll probably see it in a few days
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@Buzz: I just discovered that animepaper.net has all kinds of awesome Fire Emblem scans... I could totally do that for ya, if you haven't put it in somewhere else.
@Ether: I'm not getting the reference. Did you get a warning or something?
@Buzz: I just discovered that animepaper.net has all kinds of awesome Fire Emblem scans... I could totally do that for ya, if you haven't put it in somewhere else.
@Ether: I'm not getting the reference. Did you get a warning or something?
No, he is just bitter about the recent post count debate.
Explanation: The sentiment was that anyone who wasn't against the idea of post counts must be either an idiot, a spammer, or both. I don't think I need to go into why this could get someone riled.
Anyway- those who are gaming minded- please check my blog out. I've been working really hard on Rise the past few days, and I would like some feedback on some thoughts I've had- which I have posted.
It's almost 1PM. Dammit, time passes so quickly on the weekend.
When I was a kid, the TMNT movies were like candy-flavored crack. I had multiple racorded copies of each one just in case they wore out from me watching them too much, heh.
@Mr. Stuff: It's a reference to that damned post count thread in Speak your Mind. Let's just say I don't take kindly to having my intelligence insulted.
EDIT: I didn't know I was quoted for the red button thingy O_o;;
@TMNT movies/cartoons : As much as I loved the original cartoon, I also despise them for the impact they have had on peoples belief of what the Turtles are. The original comics were very dark and violent. The first Live movie was awesome because it was relatively close to the original comics yet managed also to maintain its child friendly feel. Unfortunately parents complaining nerfed that for the sequels, and they were much sillier (though I like the one in ancient Japan)
I like the newer Turtles cartoon alot actually, it doesn't rape the original story as much (until they turned Shredder into an alien, cool storyline...but WTF??? O_o)
I own the Japanese turtle cartoons, they are really funny.
The new movie looks promising though. With studios more willing to take cartoon and super hero movies seriously instead of pumping out fluff, it has the potential to be really good. I am so glad they have stopped raping the things we love. Turtle rape = bad.
I am thinking of changing my last name as well. Sakura Anderson doesn't sound right...and I have bad connections to my father's side of the family. I was thinking Hime. It means princess. Sakura Hime would read as Princess Sakura to a japanese speaking person.
Alternatively, I am thinking something with Shin in it. I will look up variations I like.
I am going to take like 1 or 2 months off from the coffeehouse. This is official now because I still feel alienated when i post here. Well i hope you all enjoyed me being here but if not thats cool. Sorry if i sound cold or anything but I dont think the coffeehouse will change much when im gone.
@stuff : I cant see that here at work it is blocked :-(
@Kevin : I love you Kevin, hurry back to us. I worry about you alot. You go in a pattern of ups and downs on a very fast cycle...and when you are down you are way down. I would suggest getting yourself checked for Bi-Polar or Manic Depressive.
You are always wanted and appreciated here by all, you bring smiles to all of our faces. We want you to be safe secure and happy.
So hurry back little brother :-D
Well, if you can't see the video, here's a synopsis:
The turtles were unexpectedly summoned by the spirit of light, Crys Mu. They were given extraordinary stones called "Mutastones".
*Voices yell out "Su-pah Mu-tae-shon" (Super Mutation)*
These stones are capable of transforming the turtles into super turtles for only three minutes.
Screenshot:
Then it goes on to show Shredder, Bebop, and Rocksteady transform similarly with a "Dark Mutastone". What do the turtles do? Combine into "Saint Turtle", of course. ROFL.
well the truth is to everyone thinking i need to see a therapist is absolute false. I only act this way online but in real life im just like anyone else. I mean i go to work on time everyday and I say hello how are you to everyone i meet in person while im at work. I always feel i belong to the place i work at i mean i get along with all of the other staff members where i work at just fine. If i acted like what i do online then i wouldnt have the job i am working at right now. Just wanted to let you all know that.
Living and acting in daily life =/= happy and healthy....it means coping.
Why are you such different people online and offline, and yet the online one is so unhappy? Most people who act differently online as a "role play" are happier as the character they roleplay because they can vent frustrations.
We just worry about you Kevie.
We may be wrong, maybe you are happy and well adjusted...it just makes no sense. The "fake" you is unhappy...only you can make the "fake" personality unhappy...it is your choice to act as you wish the character "Cecilia" to act...and to portray how you want her to feel. But it is a role you play, and not real.
TMNT: Good fourth sequel. Made up for the suck that was Vanilla Ice. Mr. Stuff, you're thinking of Ziyi Zhang, from Memoirs of a Geisha and House of Flying Daggers, who did the leader of the Foot Clan. Not some lame Japanese voice actress at all. SHAME ON YOU FOR THINKING SO. Second, the narrator was Lawrence Fishburne--MORPHEUS FROM THE MATRIX. SHAME ON YOU AGAIN.
The jokes were not cheesy, or at least not to the point where they were bad. There were plenty of good one-liners. The style was perfect. Flawless animation with awesome battle scenes. I counter at least two dozen 'ninja' moves in that film. And an epic battle between Raphael and Leonardo.
In all, if you are a TMNT fan or have ever been one, even if you were a kid, SEE THIS FILM. End of story.
On top of that, I've misplaced my iPod Nano. If I don't find it, that's $300 vaporized. I might be able to claim insurance, but I am so pissed at myself for misplacing it. It killed the fervor from the movie.
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Lilly, you are in a very difficult situation right now, and this is one of the biggest challenges that transgender people - especially transgender youth - have to face, which is lack of social support. People need friends and family and people who understand to help them through things, and as hard as this can be, we just don't often have that support. It is one of major seeds of risk for suicide and self-destruction among transgender people.
The more you tell me about your situation, the more speechless I feel. Your circumstances are complex, because it involves the conflict of very strongs feelings between different people who are not interested in compromising those feelings, and the matter at hand is something very personal and important to you. This puts you in a vulnerable place; you're in a bad position to begin with, dealing with not only growing up with the burden of gender dysphoria, and the people around you end up having a lot of power as to how these burdens can be dealt with. Unfortunately, these people don't understand what you need, aren't willing to understand, and aren't willing to change how they see the world or you. Some of them, such as your father, want to help you. They're trying to care. The problem is, they do not know what caring for you right now entails. They don't know what you need - in this case, you do know. But they won't listen to that. They're being very cruel and unreasonable, but they don't realize that. That makes what is going on quite complicated and difficult.
In many ways I feel I was lucky growing up. My parents weren't exactly accepting of my atypical and controversial gender expression when I was a child, which is why I hid it and tried to change. However, they still went with it in some ways, and in the more subtle aspects, they never pressured me to change. They never tried to stop me from playing with "girly" toys like dolls, or from liking She-Ra or Rainbow Bright, or so forth. My mom did make me play tee-ball once when I was in kindergarten, but she told me all I had to do was try it, and if I didn't like it, I didn't have to continue. I tried it, reacted very badly, and she dropped me out of it.
In addition, most of my close friends (the little I had) we very accepting, as most of them were pretty atypical themselves: my brother is gay, and some of my best friends were gay and more than a little femmy. So even though I grew up with intense social discomfort, and kept people at a considerable distance (even family), I still had a relatively stable and calm home life and had nice friends who didn't give me trouble about it.
You don't have that, Lilly, which is what makes this so hard. You're at a point now when you just can't stand to keep putting on an act for your self-preservation. You're feeling desperate, and it just seems like nobody even cares. I get that. It often seems like nobody cares; everybody is against you. You never did anything wrong, and everyone treats you like a criminal. Everything is your fault, even though the only thing you can do about it to help matters, they won't accept.
But I can tell you this - it will get better. And soon. High school won't last much longer, and many of your friends who can't accept you won't last either. Either they'll realize that this is important to you, or they'll show what their "friendship" really means, and split. And once you have more independence, your dynamic with your dad will improve. Slowly, some of that power will start being yours, instead of theirs. And you'll be ready, knowing exactly what to do with it.
If only you had some way to show on authority that you're not wrong about this. This is why I think it's so important for people in societies like ours to be educated about transgenderism/transsexualism. At the very least, parents needs to know how to cope with it.
It's not uncommon for some transsexuals to hold other transgender people to a kind of normative standard when it comes to simply being transgender. Many of them believe that transgender people who don't have the same kind of feelings they do, whether about gender or transition, aren't "really" transsexual. I've often been astounded when reading websites or blogs by transsexual people in which they attempt to spread information and champion acceptance of transsexuality, and on the very same page say that "transgenders" or people who don't follow that classic transsexual model ("I'm a man trapped in a woman's body, I need genital reassignment as soon as possible") are really just trendy queer rebels who "tamper with gender" or who are just trying to be different. They seperate them from "real" transsexuals who are suffering people, just trying to get by, just wanting to be normal men and women. Many of them reject the very term "transgender" because they don't like being associated with the less clear-cut types of atypically-gendered people.
This is a subtle and nuanced perspective, I think. I can understand it in the same way I don't like being thought of as a transvestite or a gay person - they're both similar, but it's really not the same thing. It doesn't mean I have anything against gay people or transvestites. Many transsexuals just want to get past the pain and discomfort they experienced because of their birth sex, and that is completely valid and understandable. They often just want to be accepted as the gender they identify with, leave the past behind, and be normal. They don't want to make a "big deal" about being transsexual. This, too, is understandable. One often wishes that it never happened, that one was born cisgender, and the like. However, many transsexuals and other non-transsexual transgender people never feel like they fit into either of the prescribed gender categories (male or female), that they're always somewhere in between. And many like it that way, ultimately. Just as someone can identify as a woman, some identify as basically feminine, but still masculine in part, and want to accept all parts of their life, experience, and personality.
There are many different standards, personal standards, of how to express one's gender. Unfortunately, we seem to have this tendency to want others to use our standards, even when not appropriate. Socially, there are two gender categories. The way some see it, it's okay if you don't like the one you were dealt, as long as you only try to shift over to the other one of the pair. Others think it's acceptable to have maybe a third or forth such category (transman or transwoman could be considered such categories), but if you can't fit into one of those, you're screwed. It's really just another type of gender normativism, only for transgender people. It's the same thing that cisgender culture puts on transsexuals, and some transsexuals turn right around and put it on other transgender people. Shape up, or ship out. That gender should be nuanced and varied on a invidual level is apparently an anathema.
What really gets me is how some transsexual people, knowing what they know, are proponents of traditional gender norms - i.e. a woman must be a little homemaker, a man must be decisive and a breadwinner, etc. See, to me, one thing my experience taught me is that rigid gender roles don't work; one size does not fit all. That some people can go through the same experience and yet not find that is troubling.
I'd be lying if I said I couldn't understand it at all, though. I've often felt insecure about my femininity, especially knowing how I look, and had times when I've almost desperately tried to fit into a traditional feminine stereotype just to kind of claim that aspect of myself. I don't think doing that is in any way wrong - it's basically what transitioning is about, and cisgender do it a lot, too. And really, supporting traditional gender ideas is a step the same direction, though not in a positive way. Again, the problem comes from trying to put a personal standard on other people. If one person feels that in order to be truly feminine, one must wear dresses and hats and gloves and lipstick, then it's fine if they do that. It's not fine, however, to insist that others also be that way, or they're not "really" feminine, "really" masculine, "really" transgender.
If you identify with a gender category that isn't the one assigned to your physiological type; if the presence of gender in social interactions discomfits, troubles, or challenges you; if you have dysphoria because of your sex or your gender identity - then I'm sorry, you're transgender. It really doesn't matter what anyone says to you, you are.
I think this is it, chickadees, the root of the normativism, the sexism, all of it. It's not just seeing the gender groups as different from each other; it's seeing the members of each group as not that different from each other. Assuming that because one, or even most, women/men act a certain way, that all women/men act that way, or - and here's the clincher - need to act that way. The very essence of this is defining people by their gender attribute. Now, some people may not define you by your ***** or ******, but they may still define you by your gender, try to reduce you to that, even though you cannot rightly be reduced to any one attribute.
Sakura, I'm sorry that your friend feels this way, and has decided to treat you this way because of it. It's unfair, and unkind. But I hope that your transition process will not be characterized by this. You move in your own time, and do things based on your own needs.
All that I yearn for, for richer or poorer, is to be the peace that you feel.
All that I yearn for, for richer or poorer, is to fill your heart on my own.
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The avatar is very interesting. What's the art from?
Wow, tough. I guess parents tend to picky about who their kinds go out with, sometimes for silly reasons. Good luck with your future in education and your new relationship!
So do I. I know now that I can't fit neatly into one of the defined gender categories; I don't even want to! I don't want to be assimilated into some preconceived personality, I want to have my own.
I feel like how I see myself varies a lot. On some days, I see myself as just an ordinary girl with unusual circumstances, and my thinking and view of things seems more similar to such a person. Other times (most often), I see myself as somehow blurred between the genders, or just apart from the gender dichotomy altogether. And some days, least often, I see myself as a kind of very femmy guy. I think one thing I've learned is that it's not entirely clear; I'm not even sure it is for most cisgender people, it's just that they have less cause to question it. I do sometimes wonder if I'm a "bad" transgender person, because I'm not putting every effort and cent I have into getting a flawless transition right now. However, I realize somewhere inside that I have to work on my own schedule and operate on my own needs, feelings, and plans. I can't try to live someone else's ideal life, I have to live the way that is best for me.
I often feel that, being transgender, you're basically screwed from the day you are born. Even other transgender people have a problem with you, for goodness' sakes. Most people see you as a freak. Even with gender reassignment, you still are seen as not quite right. You, just by existing, step all over the comfortable gender ideals that societies like ours are founded on. You become a pariah just by being who you are, especially if you're not silent about it. Everyone else knows better; everyone else understands what you need to be doing. Everyone sees what your problem is. There's always something you could be doing better, something to fix yourself. You can't defy the traditional gender norm, because you were born the way you are for a reason. You also can't not transition, for the same reason. But you still have you to accept yourself. Some say that you enforce gender stereotypy by wanting to transition; others think you're some kind of weirdo for not wanting to transition. Others are sure you're going against your nature, no matter which road you take, because apparently they know your nature better than you ever could. You're not supposed to talk about it. You're not supposed to feel good about it. You're pathological. You're insulting. You're ugly. You're hurting yourself. You're a joke. You just want attention. You're ruining your life. And even when you are trying so hard that every day is an ordeal, you really should be trying harder. Everything could be normal, everything could be better, if you'd just try. You're always doing something wrong, and everyone has an opinion about it.
Oh, I know, it's incredible. I suppose anyone may be that way, and being transgender doesn't make one especially likely to be exempt from that.
It does often seem like we go through hard times together.
Happy early birthday, Alacar! *hugs*
Yes, they're very pretty. I like the one with the highlights!
Don't apologize, you gingersnap. Feel free to share this if it's important to you, and I think it is important. Anything, if it helps. And Sakura has a point - a supportive therapist might be the very thing for you. Just make sure you have the final say in who you see, and don't go to one who might try to change you to "stop" being transgender.
That's still great! *hugs*
@TMNT: I figured it'd be a bit corny, but I really want to see it now. I used to love the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Heh. That'd be cool to see.
*beeps nose*
@Strongbad: I'd love to comment on your situation, and will later when there's more time. I hope everything works out to your mutual satisfaction. This isn't an easy scenario, either, by any means. Feelings can be very hard things to understand. Ah, youth. *hugs Strongbad*
All that I yearn for, for richer or poorer, is to be the peace that you feel.
All that I yearn for, for richer or poorer, is to fill your heart on my own.
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"Let this mark the end of the Cybertronian wars,as we march forward to a new age of peace and happiness.Till all are one!"- Rodimus Prime, Transformers:the Movie(1986):symr:
RODIMUS PRIME,Apprentice of LAVAMANCY
Proud member of the Izzet.:symru:
Thanks to a_passer_by for the AWESOME banner!:jam:
Today though I get to go to play Type 2 for the first time in about 3 months, and that makes me happy.
I think this is possible under two conditions: 1) You stay active and 2) no Decepticons followed you here.
@TMNT: OK... I must admit it looked really really really bad when I saw the commercials for it. But now that I've heard good things, I'm intrigued. I was - how do you say... - ENVELOPED by the TV series and quite happy with the movie when I was younger. I even owned at least one action figure of each of the turtles. No fanboy by any means (a true one probably would've had Casey Jones and April O'Neill too...) But yeah now I'm pretty interested at least... I'm still not expecting much tho.
I was a TMNT fan for about a year. Basically when you could still rent the original show from Blockbuster or where ever. I'm not sure exactly when it was on the air, but I was only able to get into it when I was 10 or something because my parents didn't want us watching shows with violence in them :rolleyes:. They don't care about that anymore, just no blood and guts that can disturb younger kids ;).
Also, I'm getting back into paper magic. I may be going to a draft with my friends next friday but I have to find out what time something else starts I was going to do first.
* ShinSakura hugs tight
Damn this cruel fate which keeps you so far from a real embrace
I wish I had you online with me when I was fighting with Amber. Though I doubt she would listen to you either.
Bar neep granit neep ninibob!
Being a bot fan myself, I welcome you whole heartedly.
LOL! That one of the best introductary posts I've ever seen. Welcome!
Unless it's the Predacons. They're cool.
Current New Favorite Person™: Mallory Archer
She knows why.
Heh. I can quote that movie so much, it's awesome. Glad to have ya, if you decide to stay.
You sure do write a lot, Mams. You could probably get a job at a local paper or magazine or someplace if you wrote them an introductory cover-letter like some of the things you write here. 'Course, some jobs do require you have a diploma, but you'd be surprised, I think.
Let's see... what else... Oh yeah, TMNT. I don't care what you say, Alacar, Lawrence Fishburne did not do a good job reading the opening monologue. And I do recognize the voice of the foot-leader now from Memoirs of a Geisha. I still think she sounds a little bit stereotypical in her accent, though, and they give her a few lines with slang that sounds odd coming from a non-native speaker. Once again, minor qualms though. The movie is an action movie at heart, and I can forgive a lot of things for the sheer awesomeness of some of the battles they threw in there. And Splinter saying "chotto matte" ('wait a minute' in Japanese) when he puts his hand in front of Winter towards the end - that was pretty nifty as well.
So, I'm pretty much doing nothing today. I'm feeling a little down... I may write about my friend some more. I'll probably finish watching Haibane Renmei, at least - only 4 more episodes to go.
Welcome, Rodimus Prime. Good to have someone else with cybernetic parts in the 'house. I'm sure Mamelon will be thrilled =)
@TMNT: I wanna see it. I was the HUGEST TMNT fanboy when I was little and this movie looks like a good one. On a related note, who's seen the older, live-action TMNT movies? I'm pretty sure they're bad, but I love 'em just the same.
It is a picture of Sonia from Fire Emblem 7. I believe I found it on the offical website as part of a wallpaper or something. It looked nice, so I used what paint skills I have and made an avatar out of it. My next avvy and banner will be Fire Emblem too, but that's all I'm saying. I don't want to ruin it.
Just as a heads-up, I won't be in the 'House much today. I've got work in a few hours and I don't get off until 9. I'll see if I can catch up on everything I miss.
@TMNT: It looks interesting enough and I'm a big fan of the Turtles, but I don't get out often enough to go to the movies.
I'm going to relax a little bit and then head to work. See you all later!
Windmills do not work that way!
(I also liked seeing the shredder get thrown into one of those compacter dumpsters, LOL, it was smexy)(yes, i use that too)
I can't wait to see the new TMNT movie, I'll probably see it in a few days
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@Ether: I'm not getting the reference. Did you get a warning or something?
No, he is just bitter about the recent post count debate.
Explanation: The sentiment was that anyone who wasn't against the idea of post counts must be either an idiot, a spammer, or both. I don't think I need to go into why this could get someone riled.
Anyway- those who are gaming minded- please check my blog out. I've been working really hard on Rise the past few days, and I would like some feedback on some thoughts I've had- which I have posted.
It's almost 1PM. Dammit, time passes so quickly on the weekend.
@Mr. Stuff: It's a reference to that damned post count thread in Speak your Mind. Let's just say I don't take kindly to having my intelligence insulted.
EDIT: I didn't know I was quoted for the red button thingy O_o;;
I like the newer Turtles cartoon alot actually, it doesn't rape the original story as much (until they turned Shredder into an alien, cool storyline...but WTF??? O_o)
I own the Japanese turtle cartoons, they are really funny.
The new movie looks promising though. With studios more willing to take cartoon and super hero movies seriously instead of pumping out fluff, it has the potential to be really good. I am so glad they have stopped raping the things we love. Turtle rape = bad.
I am thinking of changing my last name as well. Sakura Anderson doesn't sound right...and I have bad connections to my father's side of the family. I was thinking Hime. It means princess. Sakura Hime would read as Princess Sakura to a japanese speaking person.
Alternatively, I am thinking something with Shin in it. I will look up variations I like.
Well in that case:
This must be the devil.
Yeah... If you haven't seen that... look out. Henshin FTW.
*Yells*
SU-PAH MUU-TAE-SHON!!!!
@Kev: Again? Ok... Bye, then, I guess.
@Kevin : I love you Kevin, hurry back to us. I worry about you alot. You go in a pattern of ups and downs on a very fast cycle...and when you are down you are way down. I would suggest getting yourself checked for Bi-Polar or Manic Depressive.
You are always wanted and appreciated here by all, you bring smiles to all of our faces. We want you to be safe secure and happy.
So hurry back little brother :-D
The turtles were unexpectedly summoned by the spirit of light, Crys Mu. They were given extraordinary stones called "Mutastones".
*Voices yell out "Su-pah Mu-tae-shon" (Super Mutation)*
These stones are capable of transforming the turtles into super turtles for only three minutes.
Screenshot:
Then it goes on to show Shredder, Bebop, and Rocksteady transform similarly with a "Dark Mutastone". What do the turtles do? Combine into "Saint Turtle", of course. ROFL.
I did say I have the Japanese Cartoons :-P
Just didn't realize that was what the video was a link to.
Why are you such different people online and offline, and yet the online one is so unhappy? Most people who act differently online as a "role play" are happier as the character they roleplay because they can vent frustrations.
We just worry about you Kevie.
We may be wrong, maybe you are happy and well adjusted...it just makes no sense. The "fake" you is unhappy...only you can make the "fake" personality unhappy...it is your choice to act as you wish the character "Cecilia" to act...and to portray how you want her to feel. But it is a role you play, and not real.