Ejected (Dead):
1. Rhand, Robocop, Mafia Gifter, Ejected by Consensus D1
2. Ecophagy, Top Gun, Town Ascetic Vigilante, Killed N1
3. Ignoramus, E.T., Town Bodyguard, Killed N1
4. Highroller, Nightmare on Elm Street, Mafia Strongman, Ejected by Consensus D2
5. Axelrod, ???, Town ???, Killed N2
6. Grapefruit21, The Empire Strikes Back, Town Mirror, Ejected by Consensus D3
7. gooLagoon, Stand by Me, Town Deathcop, Killed N3
8. Killjoy, Beetlejuice, Town Ability Investigator, Killed N3
The rusty orange Hornet skidded to a stop in the loose gravel driveway, pea gravel spraying everywhere. The driver's door creaked open and a leg, clad in white jeans and a pair of cowboy boots a shade of orange just slightly darker than the Hornet emerged. The driver stepped out and brushed a speck of imaginary dust from the sleeve of his black dress shirt, then smoothed the faux fur of his shag vest. The Taco Bell name tag on his trucker ballcap said "Ignatius Ordansky".
Ignatius stared up at his grandfather's three-story Victorian mansion. The old kook was on a cruise to Malaysia or somewhere and had asked Ignatius to stop by, water the plants, and make sure no one had decided to turn it into a squatter's paradise. He went around to the back, felt under the back porch stoop, and found the spare key, then let himself in.
Ten minutes later, he had watered all six venus flytraps, adjusted them so they were in the sun, and then found his way to the kitchen, where he confirmed that the fridge was well-stocked with the local microbrew that his granddad liked so much. Grabbing one, he popped the top and started ambling around the house, poking his nose into the corners and seeing what secrets his grandfather might be hiding.
He was passing by one of the who-knows-how-many bedrooms when he noticed a strange light coming from over by the fireplace. He went into the bedroom and, much to his surprise, discovered that there seemed to be a small hidden passage that had been inadvertently left open. A strange purple light emanated from within. He ducked inside and came face to face with what could only be described as the quintessential supervillain lair.
There was a large highbacked wingtip chair, upholstered in leather. There was a small table off to the side with a rather elaborate chemistry set, complete with burbling liquid, from whence the purple light was coming. There was a set of chain restraints bolted to one wall. And there was an entire wall covered in a large array of old tube TV's. Ignatius slid into the chair, sending up a small cloud of dust, and swiveled around to face the screens. He counted: thirteen in all. And beneath each one ("You've got to be joking," he muttered) was a VCR.
As he sat there, marveling at what appeared to be the world's most extravagant tribute to outdated technology, he noticed a small sheet of paper on the desk in front of him. He picked it up and read:
Step 1: Drop acid.
Step 2: Throw the switch.
Step 3: ???
Step 4: Profit.
He glanced back at the desk and saw a previously unnoticed sheet of what appeared to be stickers depicting a rather loony looking character in a large top hat. Acid, huh?
#0: I am the mod and I reserve the rights to change these rules.
I am the final arbiter of role interactions and game rule infringements. I will never lie or intentionally mislead you. If you have a problem with a ruling I make, please shelve it until after the game. To the best of my and my reviewers' knowledge, this is not a bastard game.
#1: Have fun, be respectful towards the other players and follow the normal forum rules. This is a game, which we're playing for fun. Expect a low tolerance for flaming.
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While I don't care about cursing, I will report, replace, and/or modkill you for derogatory content, in particular, slurs, in relation to another user or person, at my own reasonable discretion.
#2: Keep the out-of-game separate from the in-game. This is a modkillable offence.
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If you have not posted in 48 hours, you will be prodded. Failing to respond to the prod within 48 hours will lead to your replacement. Content is, of course, subjective, but “Posting to avoid prod,” “catching up,” or similar short not-really-game-related posts are obviously not content. If you need to be absent for an extended period of time please post “V/LA until [Date]” in bold on its own line in the thread so that I and the other players know when you’ll be back. You do not need to explain your reasons for being absent in thread. If you will be gone for more than four or five days you should consider requesting replacement.
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#11: Scum players may submit actions for other scum players if the other scum player has not submitted an action. However, if the other player ever submits an action, their fellow scum cannot change what that player submitted.
TL;DR: Be excellent to each other, post something substantial every 48 hours, ask me questions in private when possible, don’t edit or delete posts, no funny business involving cryptography, etc. and... have fun, that’s the whole point.
A Few Notes:
1. Deadlines for this game will start at 10 days/48 hours and will be adjusted as I see fit.
2. Roles will be fully revealed upon death.
3. Uses of abilities with limited shots are expended even if prevented/blocked/etc.
(Note: Flavor is provided for your enjoyment and entertainment; game decisions should not be based on flavor scenes.)
Ignatius placed a single tab of acid on his tongue, then reached to the side of the desk where a large lever protruded from the floor. With some effort, he threw the switch and settled back in the leather chair to wait for the acid to kick in. He heard a series of whirring gears and clicks coming from various parts of the room, and then one of the monitors came to life, showing his grandfather in a white lab coat, green-tinted goggles atop his head, staring intently into the camera.
"This," he said dramatically, "is the seventy-sixth day of experimentation. I continue to refine my measuring apparatus, but results are promising. With enough time, I feel confident that I will be able to prove that the effect of human emotions on the surrounding environment isn't just measurable, but that energy can be collected, stored, and used for alternative purposes.
"Obviously, given the sensitive nature of my equipment, field testing is problematic. Ironically, the strongest emotions I've been able to identify in a controlled setting are those generated from popular entertainment. Music, sitcoms, movies. Nostalgia tends to amplify the sensations. Psychotropics also help. At some point, I will want to determine how foreknowledge of the experiment affects the outcome, but for now, I am content with just having proof."
The video cut to static, then faded out altogether. More clicks and whirs. Ignatius noticed that his fingers, which had been resting lightly on the arms of the chair, had fused into the leather, so that it looked like he was wearing racing gloves. The mild panic he felt at not being able to move his arms was quickly forgotten when all the televisions and VCRs came on simultaneously. Each screen started playing a movie, several that he recognized. Older movies, from when his parents had been growing up, but good ones. Most seemed to be what Ignatius' mom called "feelgoods", not necessarily sappy movies with happy endings (although those certainly fit her definition), but actions, dramas, romances, and comedies that contributed, in his mom's words, "to the betterment of society".
Some, however, were movies with a darker trend. Horror movies.
As Ignatius watched, the screens started to blur together, as characters from different movies interacted with each other. Events in one film would impact all the others. Ignatius started yelling out orders to the actors and found to his delight that they would follow his directions. He started contriving scenarios pitting movie against movie, to see which ones could "win" his attention. After some time, he realized he had ascended to godhood, playing with the characters at whim, and while part of him thought, "that escalated quickly", the sheer sense of power was intoxicating. Without further ado, he began proclamating:
"Oh ye movies of yore! Some of good intent and some of bad! We shall hold a grand contest to see which is more powerful: the positive and uplifting, or the dark and horrific. The winners will receive the honor of being enshrined in my memory forever. The losers will be," he paused for dramatic effect, "EJECTED. Will love conquer all? Or will evil always triumph, because good is dumb?"
A character from one of the films, wearing an oversized black helmet, turned to Ignatius and whined, "hey, that's MY line!"
"Not," Ignatius said with a capricious grin, "anymore." Reaching over to a VCR, he pushed the eject button.
Spaceballs has been ejected.
Spaceballs, Town Exemplar
Oh *****. There goes the planet.
May the Schwartz Be With You: At the start of the game, you may use the formidable power of your Schwartz to guess the combination of your luggage. Whether you're right or wrong, you'll still be ejected.
I have a feeling I should up my meme game for this. And by "up" I mean develop one at all. Where do people go for their memes and how do I post them? A quick tutorial from someone pretty please?
I will
Vote: Highroller before he claims.
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Ambush Krotiq makes me laugh so much. I keep rereading the card and it keeps not having Flash. In what sense is this an ambush again? I just have visions of this huge Krotiq poorly concealed in some bushes, feeling slightly sad that his carefully planned ambushes never seem to work.
Where do people go for their memes and how do I post them? A quick tutorial from someone pretty please?
It is a place called "google" and it is mysterious and vast.
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I am asking to be hand fed here. New things scare me.
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Ambush Krotiq makes me laugh so much. I keep rereading the card and it keeps not having Flash. In what sense is this an ambush again? I just have visions of this huge Krotiq poorly concealed in some bushes, feeling slightly sad that his carefully planned ambushes never seem to work.
KoolKoal: Feel free to take this with a grain of salt since self meta isn't particularly helpful, but I think I get scumread mostly for style over substance, but also for a certain lack of substance over style. It's not so much what I AM posting most of the time (though sometimes that can seem bad) but what I'm NOT posting. I've been told I come to non-obvious conclusions a lot, so when I post, quite a bit of the time there's jumps in logic that people can't follow and they think that's scummy. I get that accusation about a lot of questions I ask specifically. People call them "busy work" when the questions are legit etc.
As far as things to ignore, I can't think of anything. I would suggest you focus less on what I'm doing and more on how I'm doing it. That's probably more likely to be accurate. Like I've just said, what I do tends to come off a little weird, but if you look for how I do it, mindset comes into play and maybe you figure out something useful.
Ambush Krotiq makes me laugh so much. I keep rereading the card and it keeps not having Flash. In what sense is this an ambush again? I just have visions of this huge Krotiq poorly concealed in some bushes, feeling slightly sad that his carefully planned ambushes never seem to work.
KoolKoal: Feel free to take this with a grain of salt since self meta isn't particularly helpful, but I think I get scumread mostly for style over substance, but also for a certain lack of substance over style. It's not so much what I AM posting most of the time (though sometimes that can seem bad) but what I'm NOT posting. I've been told I come to non-obvious conclusions a lot, so when I post, quite a bit of the time there's jumps in logic that people can't follow and they think that's scummy. I get that accusation about a lot of questions I ask specifically. People call them "busy work" when the questions are legit etc.
As far as things to ignore, I can't think of anything. I would suggest you focus less on what I'm doing and more on how I'm doing it. That's probably more likely to be accurate. Like I've just said, what I do tends to come off a little weird, but if you look for how I do it, mindset comes into play and maybe you figure out something useful.
Ambush Krotiq makes me laugh so much. I keep rereading the card and it keeps not having Flash. In what sense is this an ambush again? I just have visions of this huge Krotiq poorly concealed in some bushes, feeling slightly sad that his carefully planned ambushes never seem to work.
Sheesh, the Pine Treks are 00s. Get on point. I will allow 80s Trek movies.
Also, I am sad. Because google does not, in fact, tell me how to do those posts.
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Ambush Krotiq makes me laugh so much. I keep rereading the card and it keeps not having Flash. In what sense is this an ambush again? I just have visions of this huge Krotiq poorly concealed in some bushes, feeling slightly sad that his carefully planned ambushes never seem to work.
Sheesh, the Pine Treks are 00s. Get on point. I will allow 80s Trek movies.
Also, I am sad. Because google does not, in fact, tell me how to do those posts.
They are not 80's movies but they are in fact delightful. Well the second isn't but the first once is a beautiful nostalgia ride, apart from wanting to be a star wars movie, and the third is awesome.
Anyway hottest of takes Axel is scum on the worst possible reasoning.
Sheesh, the Pine Treks are 00s. Get on point. I will allow 80s Trek movies.
Also, I am sad. Because google does not, in fact, tell me how to do those posts.
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Remove the *s and you're good to go.
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Ambush Krotiq makes me laugh so much. I keep rereading the card and it keeps not having Flash. In what sense is this an ambush again? I just have visions of this huge Krotiq poorly concealed in some bushes, feeling slightly sad that his carefully planned ambushes never seem to work.
Ambush Krotiq makes me laugh so much. I keep rereading the card and it keeps not having Flash. In what sense is this an ambush again? I just have visions of this huge Krotiq poorly concealed in some bushes, feeling slightly sad that his carefully planned ambushes never seem to work.
Ambush Krotiq makes me laugh so much. I keep rereading the card and it keeps not having Flash. In what sense is this an ambush again? I just have visions of this huge Krotiq poorly concealed in some bushes, feeling slightly sad that his carefully planned ambushes never seem to work.
Ambush Krotiq makes me laugh so much. I keep rereading the card and it keeps not having Flash. In what sense is this an ambush again? I just have visions of this huge Krotiq poorly concealed in some bushes, feeling slightly sad that his carefully planned ambushes never seem to work.
Ambush Krotiq makes me laugh so much. I keep rereading the card and it keeps not having Flash. In what sense is this an ambush again? I just have visions of this huge Krotiq poorly concealed in some bushes, feeling slightly sad that his carefully planned ambushes never seem to work.
Sheesh, the Pine Treks are 00s. Get on point. I will allow 80s Trek movies.
Also, I am sad. Because google does not, in fact, tell me how to do those posts.
They are not 80's movies but they are in fact delightful. Well the second isn't but the first once is a beautiful nostalgia ride, apart from wanting to be a star wars movie, and the third is awesome.
Anyway hottest of takes Axel is scum on the worst possible reasoning.
If it's the reason I think you're thinking, then yes it's bad.
KoolKoal: Feel free to take this with a grain of salt since self meta isn't particularly helpful, but I think I get scumread mostly for style over substance, but also for a certain lack of substance over style. It's not so much what I AM posting most of the time (though sometimes that can seem bad) but what I'm NOT posting. I've been told I come to non-obvious conclusions a lot, so when I post, quite a bit of the time there's jumps in logic that people can't follow and they think that's scummy. I get that accusation about a lot of questions I ask specifically. People call them "busy work" when the questions are legit etc.
As far as things to ignore, I can't think of anything. I would suggest you focus less on what I'm doing and more on how I'm doing it. That's probably more likely to be accurate. Like I've just said, what I do tends to come off a little weird, but if you look for how I do it, mindset comes into play and maybe you figure out something useful.
Sheesh, the Pine Treks are 00s. Get on point. I will allow 80s Trek movies.
Also, I am sad. Because google does not, in fact, tell me how to do those posts.
They are not 80's movies but they are in fact delightful. Well the second isn't but the first once is a beautiful nostalgia ride, apart from wanting to be a star wars movie, and the third is awesome.
Anyway hottest of takes Axel is scum on the worst possible reasoning.
If it's the reason I think you're thinking, then yes it's bad.
Ambush Krotiq makes me laugh so much. I keep rereading the card and it keeps not having Flash. In what sense is this an ambush again? I just have visions of this huge Krotiq poorly concealed in some bushes, feeling slightly sad that his carefully planned ambushes never seem to work.
Ambush Krotiq makes me laugh so much. I keep rereading the card and it keeps not having Flash. In what sense is this an ambush again? I just have visions of this huge Krotiq poorly concealed in some bushes, feeling slightly sad that his carefully planned ambushes never seem to work.
Anyway fellas, let's all stop by the sock-hop and get an eggcream on our way to the roller derby.
1978.
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Ambush Krotiq makes me laugh so much. I keep rereading the card and it keeps not having Flash. In what sense is this an ambush again? I just have visions of this huge Krotiq poorly concealed in some bushes, feeling slightly sad that his carefully planned ambushes never seem to work.
Ambush Krotiq makes me laugh so much. I keep rereading the card and it keeps not having Flash. In what sense is this an ambush again? I just have visions of this huge Krotiq poorly concealed in some bushes, feeling slightly sad that his carefully planned ambushes never seem to work.
Feelgood 80's Movie Mafia
A Closed Setup for 12 Players
Created by Cantripmancer
Reviewed by Shadowlancer and Osie
This is a closed setup (billed as role madness light) with no game-specific rules, medium complexity roles, medium flavor, heavy on fun.
Now Showing (Alive):
1. Jackrito
2. Slothful
3. TerRaine
4. ZeDorkSlipeur
Ejected (Dead):
1. Rhand, Robocop, Mafia Gifter, Ejected by Consensus D1
2. Ecophagy, Top Gun, Town Ascetic Vigilante, Killed N1
3. Ignoramus, E.T., Town Bodyguard, Killed N1
4. Highroller, Nightmare on Elm Street, Mafia Strongman, Ejected by Consensus D2
5. Axelrod, ???, Town ???, Killed N2
6. Grapefruit21, The Empire Strikes Back, Town Mirror, Ejected by Consensus D3
7. gooLagoon, Stand by Me, Town Deathcop, Killed N3
8. Killjoy, Beetlejuice, Town Ability Investigator, Killed N3
Ignatius stared up at his grandfather's three-story Victorian mansion. The old kook was on a cruise to Malaysia or somewhere and had asked Ignatius to stop by, water the plants, and make sure no one had decided to turn it into a squatter's paradise. He went around to the back, felt under the back porch stoop, and found the spare key, then let himself in.
Ten minutes later, he had watered all six venus flytraps, adjusted them so they were in the sun, and then found his way to the kitchen, where he confirmed that the fridge was well-stocked with the local microbrew that his granddad liked so much. Grabbing one, he popped the top and started ambling around the house, poking his nose into the corners and seeing what secrets his grandfather might be hiding.
He was passing by one of the who-knows-how-many bedrooms when he noticed a strange light coming from over by the fireplace. He went into the bedroom and, much to his surprise, discovered that there seemed to be a small hidden passage that had been inadvertently left open. A strange purple light emanated from within. He ducked inside and came face to face with what could only be described as the quintessential supervillain lair.
There was a large highbacked wingtip chair, upholstered in leather. There was a small table off to the side with a rather elaborate chemistry set, complete with burbling liquid, from whence the purple light was coming. There was a set of chain restraints bolted to one wall. And there was an entire wall covered in a large array of old tube TV's. Ignatius slid into the chair, sending up a small cloud of dust, and swiveled around to face the screens. He counted: thirteen in all. And beneath each one ("You've got to be joking," he muttered) was a VCR.
As he sat there, marveling at what appeared to be the world's most extravagant tribute to outdated technology, he noticed a small sheet of paper on the desk in front of him. He picked it up and read:
Step 1: Drop acid.
Step 2: Throw the switch.
Step 3: ???
Step 4: Profit.
He glanced back at the desk and saw a previously unnoticed sheet of what appeared to be stickers depicting a rather loony looking character in a large top hat. Acid, huh?
"Yeah, I got this," he said with a grin.
#1: Have fun, be respectful towards the other players and follow the normal forum rules. This is a game, which we're playing for fun. Expect a low tolerance for flaming.
Mafia is a game, we’re here to have fun. Please be respectful of your fellow players. Sometimes emotions run high and we get caught up in the moment. That is not an excuse for flaming or poor sportsmanship.
Also, remember that image leeching is not allowed on MTGSalvation.
While profanity itself is not against the forum rules, and you are free to include profanity in your posts as appropriate, certain words are automatically censored by forum software. Do not attempt to evade the censor. Self-censoring, any attempt to 'cheat' a word past the censor, or attempting to clarify what a censored word is, are all considered censor evasion. If you're going to swear, just swear.
While I don't care about cursing, I will report, replace, and/or modkill you for derogatory content, in particular, slurs, in relation to another user or person, at my own reasonable discretion.
#2: Keep the out-of-game separate from the in-game. This is a modkillable offence.
#3: DO NOT edit, delete, or thank posts. Even if it’s an accidental double post. This is a modkillable offense.
#4: No funny business. DO NOT use invisible text, cryptography, tiny writing, hidden messages, acronym/alphabet claims, or similar. DO NOT post after you are dead. DO NOT post if you are not a player. This is a modkillable offense.
#5: Post game-related content at least once every 48 hours. LET'S MAKE THIS A REPLACEMENT-FREE GAME, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.
#6: I make no promises about public answers to any question. If you have a question about your role or a rules interaction, please communicate with me privately.
#7: By confirming that you have received your Role PM you also confirm that you have read it. Not reading your Role PM is a reportable offense.
#8: Once elimination threshold is reached, votes are considered locked in. Votes and unvotes made after that will not be counted. (This is known as the Twilight phase.)
#9: If deadline is reached and no player has reached elimination threshold, the day ends with no elimination.
#10: Make your votes clear to the mod. BOLD your votes and place them on separate line.
#11: Scum players may submit actions for other scum players if the other scum player has not submitted an action. However, if the other player ever submits an action, their fellow scum cannot change what that player submitted.
A Few Notes:
1. Deadlines for this game will start at 10 days/48 hours and will be adjusted as I see fit.
2. Roles will be fully revealed upon death.
3. Uses of abilities with limited shots are expended even if prevented/blocked/etc.
4. This game will follow Natural Action Resolution with potential twists at mod discretion.
Role PMs have been sent. Game will start when I have confirmation from at least 10 players.
The game has not yet started; please do not post.
(Note: Flavor is provided for your enjoyment and entertainment; game decisions should not be based on flavor scenes.)
Ignatius placed a single tab of acid on his tongue, then reached to the side of the desk where a large lever protruded from the floor. With some effort, he threw the switch and settled back in the leather chair to wait for the acid to kick in. He heard a series of whirring gears and clicks coming from various parts of the room, and then one of the monitors came to life, showing his grandfather in a white lab coat, green-tinted goggles atop his head, staring intently into the camera.
"This," he said dramatically, "is the seventy-sixth day of experimentation. I continue to refine my measuring apparatus, but results are promising. With enough time, I feel confident that I will be able to prove that the effect of human emotions on the surrounding environment isn't just measurable, but that energy can be collected, stored, and used for alternative purposes.
"Obviously, given the sensitive nature of my equipment, field testing is problematic. Ironically, the strongest emotions I've been able to identify in a controlled setting are those generated from popular entertainment. Music, sitcoms, movies. Nostalgia tends to amplify the sensations. Psychotropics also help. At some point, I will want to determine how foreknowledge of the experiment affects the outcome, but for now, I am content with just having proof."
The video cut to static, then faded out altogether. More clicks and whirs. Ignatius noticed that his fingers, which had been resting lightly on the arms of the chair, had fused into the leather, so that it looked like he was wearing racing gloves. The mild panic he felt at not being able to move his arms was quickly forgotten when all the televisions and VCRs came on simultaneously. Each screen started playing a movie, several that he recognized. Older movies, from when his parents had been growing up, but good ones. Most seemed to be what Ignatius' mom called "feelgoods", not necessarily sappy movies with happy endings (although those certainly fit her definition), but actions, dramas, romances, and comedies that contributed, in his mom's words, "to the betterment of society".
Some, however, were movies with a darker trend. Horror movies.
As Ignatius watched, the screens started to blur together, as characters from different movies interacted with each other. Events in one film would impact all the others. Ignatius started yelling out orders to the actors and found to his delight that they would follow his directions. He started contriving scenarios pitting movie against movie, to see which ones could "win" his attention. After some time, he realized he had ascended to godhood, playing with the characters at whim, and while part of him thought, "that escalated quickly", the sheer sense of power was intoxicating. Without further ado, he began proclamating:
"Oh ye movies of yore! Some of good intent and some of bad! We shall hold a grand contest to see which is more powerful: the positive and uplifting, or the dark and horrific. The winners will receive the honor of being enshrined in my memory forever. The losers will be," he paused for dramatic effect, "EJECTED. Will love conquer all? Or will evil always triumph, because good is dumb?"
A character from one of the films, wearing an oversized black helmet, turned to Ignatius and whined, "hey, that's MY line!"
"Not," Ignatius said with a capricious grin, "anymore." Reaching over to a VCR, he pushed the eject button.
Spaceballs has been ejected.
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The second post has been updated with rules and notes.
Day 1 has begun. Deadline is set for Saturday, February 6th, at 2:00pm MST.
A mustache twirling brit, in the 80's? That's a villain right there.
I will
Vote: Highroller before he claims.
It is a place called "google" and it is mysterious and vast.
Vote ZeDorkSlipeur
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Hey.
Hey.
You guys wanna go see a dead body?
Not my kink. Pass.
Oh no. Death of a sales(wo)man.
Vote gooLagoon for existing.
...I have no regrets
The movies are and Captain Kirk transcends time, decades and universes.
Don't let the nerd get started, she'll never shut up.
Also, I am sad. Because google does not, in fact, tell me how to do those posts.
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Remove the *s and you're good to go.
They are not 80's movies but they are in fact delightful. Well the second isn't but the first once is a beautiful nostalgia ride, apart from wanting to be a star wars movie, and the third is awesome.
Anyway hottest of takes Axel is scum on the worst possible reasoning.
This could get bad.
Share your reasoning with the class?
Fool.
You trying to shame me by insinuating I didnt think about it.
I did, hon. There's a reason I didn't change it
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None of that.
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You're all welcome