Tales of the Parodyverse - The more you give away the more you get back.

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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 at 07:05:15 am EST

Reply Subj: Hmmm... You can't really spend Karma...
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I would say that Vinnie doesn't even seem to get much good karma out of his life, but then I remembered that he has apparently taken up some fun activities with a hot Chinese woman, so there's that.

You're right that more bad things need to happen to Vinnie. Noted.

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Tell me about it. Over here, as part of our budget defecit measures, the government has allowed top college fees to go rise to Ã‚Â£9,000 a year - that's be around, what $16,000? Plus subsistence and lodging. I'm starting to feel poor.

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It was pretty damn pricey when I was in college so many years ago, so I don't imagine it's getting any better.

I'm thinking I might save a few pounds if I just stop eating.

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I do see commercials on television where you can get your degree from home and don't even need to change out of your pajamas. You might not even have to do coursework. The prices seem very reasonable too. I can try and order a brochure for you if you like...

There's even one where an African prince will forward you money to help you out in your studies.

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And while I'm ranting, I tried to get Rhiannon insured to drive my car now she's 17. They wanted an additional Ã‚Â£4,500 insurance premium (above my existing Ã‚Â£700 premium)! It's actually cheaper for me to buy Rhiannon a clunker and insure her to drive that than to let her occasionally use my car.

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Yikes! Hey, I'll sell you my car for less than that. Relatively few miles on it for as old as it is (working from home has benefits.) Delivery might be an issue though.

Car insurance prices have hiked by 40% this year. Petrol is now Ã‚Â£1.30 per litre, which is $9.36 per gallon.

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From what I gathered last night it involved walking across a live volcano, visiting the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum, finding off ants, being one of four students who weren't involved in a night club incident, loving Italian ice cream, and getting rained on.

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That sounds pretty good, actually. I love good gelato, and nightclub incidents are almost always overrated. The rain part could be a downer, but it'd make me feel better about crossing the live volcano. Admittedly, a strong drizzle probably only does so much to quell molten magma, but then thermodynamics were never my strong suit.

Apparently Rhiannon was also shown the "inactive" half of the volcano, on which the Italians have built an old folk's home and a tourist campsite.

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Yes, I quite like the dynamic because of it. And it allows for various contracts, including sceptic/believer, optomist/pessimist, spontaneous/organised etc. Maybe even merciful/ruthless. Mags and Griff and Samantha's best chance of not becoming something terrible.

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I quite liked the Mulder/Scully skeptic/believer angle to this chapter, as poor Sam was a little too grown up to buy into it all. I know it can put quite a bit of stress on the relationships between real children when the older ones start to cross that threshold before their playmates. Of course, the kids are isolated enough that there's not a lot of peer pressure to help drive wedges between them.

I think each of the three comes with their own baggage. Sam's baggage is all about the emotional disconnect she's cultivated to protect her from her feelings about her past and how she channels her bereavement into a long-term revenge plan in the future. It's fundamentally unhealthy.

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Vinnie was fun, of course, and naturally had a clever way to deal with the threat. It's a shame that there was nobody there to press him as to why exactly he carries around a glamour to change women into busty, scantily clad (okay, "accurate") copies of a certain Caphan. Somehow, "to bring invisible fiends into puberty" just doesn't sound all that convincing.

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I'm sure it was for perfectly innocent recreational purposes.

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I'm sure they're quite popular as recreational aids.

And I'm not even sure that Miiri wouldn't be complimented.

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Now Griffins are an interesting mythological creature. I've never yet got round to using this in the PVB yet, but Greek, Roman, Middle Eastern and Egyptian myths all depict Griffins as guardians of treasure, variously of emeralds, gold, the Tree of Life, secret knowledge, and the road to salvation. Considered a "good" monster, they warred with serpents and with basilisks, both agents of evil.

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Well, we know that Griff doesn't care for gothenmanders or wyverns (eventually, anyway). And he was a pretty good guardian for a number of years, and can keep a secret.

He also knows secrets.

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A mixture of the king of the beasts and the king of the birds, the griffin was monster royalty. Some griffins sleep on beds of gold like dragons. Griffin eggs resemble agates. Philostratus claims that griffins mine for gold with their beaks. Manderville notes that men made powerful bows of their ribs and pen-feathers. When a griffin mates with a horse it births a hippogriff.

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Griff is going to have to settle for a regular mattress like anybody else. Gold can't be good for your back anyway.

Griff probably has other treasures.

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        Re: Then proceed. · Anime Jason · Wed Mar 02, 2011 at 07:45:32 am EST
        
        Re: Then proceed. · HH · Thu Mar 17, 2011 at 04:27:19 pm EDT
        
        Re: Then proceed. · Anime Jason · Fri Mar 18, 2011 at 12:20:24 pm EDT
        
        Re: Then proceed. · HH · Mon Mar 21, 2011 at 09:22:42 pm EDT
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    - Hmmm... You can't really spend Karma... · Visionary · Mon Feb 21, 2011 at 05:01:08 pm EST
      - The more you give away the more you get back. · HH · Wed Mar 02, 2011 at 07:05:15 am EST
        
        Actually... · Rhiannon · Thu Mar 03, 2011 at 03:31:40 am EST
        
        That a comfort then. (no text) · HH · Mon Mar 21, 2011 at 09:22:57 pm EDT