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HH
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Manga Shoggoth

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Subj: Splendid.
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 at 02:20:31 pm EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 at 07:37:54 am EDT (Viewed 367 times)


> >     In the adjoining computer laboratory, Mr Flay finished extracting encoded schematic data from the Bautistamax mainframe. Mr Skinner came back to join him.
> These sound familliar. Which source are you cribbing from here (I can think of three...).

Any number of sinister double acts, really. And maybe a little Abbot and Costello.

> >     Mr Epitome frowned. “It’s bad news when we send for back-up and the best powerhouse we can field is Visionary.”
> That's a little unfair. I have a strong suspicion that Visionary has derailed more villians than anyone else...
> Just not directly.

I think Epitome was reflecting on the time that Finny, Enty, Donar, and Banjoooo were just a call away.

> >     Sir Mumphrey Wilton scooped up the pile of box files on his desk and dropped them into the waste-paper basket beside it. “There,” he approved. “Done all the necessary paperwork.”
> >     Ã¢â‚¬Å“You can’t do that!” protested the Deputy Secretary to the United Nations. “There are procedures. Details.”
> >     Ã¢â‚¬Å“Hmph,” snorted the eccentric Englishman. “Well, good luck with those, old chap.” He smiled over at Samantha Featherstone. “I’m takin’ my grand-daughter out for an ice-cream.”

> I see Mumph has his priorities right, as usual.

I'm not saying they were right, I'm saying that's what Mumph would do. He comes from a different, less regulated age.

> >     The leader of the combined Earth defence force turned to the five-star general who was hovering in the doorway. “Oh, and you can tell all those chaps that have been having the secret meetings about how to get me to stand down now the crisis is over that they were wastin’ their time. I’ve just done it.”

> And his style.

He's also a wily old bird.

> >     Michael was about to launch into a torrent of angry abuse when he caught himself. Instead he ran an appraising eye over Sarah’s ample curves. “Well, maybe you could convince me,” he offered, leering. “In the back room.”

> Just how many kinds of idiot is this guy?

One kind is enough.

> >     The stranger grabbed some napkins so Sarah could dry her face. “I’m Harry. Have dinner with me?” he asked. “Please?”

> I know this is probably one of my more bizzare ideas, but has Xander's familliar reincarnated?

Not so as you would notice.

> >     Ã¢â‚¬Å“He’s a big softy really.”
> >     Ã¢â‚¬Å“He’s a feral killing machine backed by the conjoined powers of the Celestian Space Robots and the Destroyer of Tales...”

> Yup. That more or less sums up the pro/anti cat arguements.

It's also our first indication that Lisa has beefed up her pet.

> >     Ã¢â‚¬Å“He’s wonderful,” Dancer giggled. “I think he might be the One!”

> Not wishing to second-guess the plot, but with her sample rate...

Noted.

> >     That is a better name for a ship, approved the Manga Shoggoth. The loathsome elder being was wobbling in a corner waiting for the transport pad to be cleared. Ships should be called things like Howl’s Moving Castle or Baba Yaga’s Tiny Hut.

> I don't remember the second of those in Anime.

Unfortunately, I'm not familiar enough with Anime to know a second example, and the sentence flow needed another name.