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Postby Gravity Defier » Tue Dec 29, 2009 9:40 pm

I'm not referring to Bean's genetics or any other biological/genetic component when I say he doesn't come across as human enough to me; I am referring to his personality. It's been years since I picked up the Shadow series but he came across as robotic; an intelligent but overly logical robot/ass who refused to acknowledge he had feelings and instead repeatedly said "I act this way because I'm so damn smart and know it, as you should know it." That he was ever emotionally feel-y enough with a girl/woman to be in a relationship astounds me.


I would argue your second paragraph but quite frankly, I think it's utter bullshit to claim that those who don't have children aren't capable of "completely" bonding as those who do have children. God, you're the one who makes it sound business-like, thinking he should marry for children instead of marrying the woman he loves because she can't or won't give him any.
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Postby Glass » Tue Dec 29, 2009 9:53 pm

I'm not referring to Bean's genetics or any other biological/genetic component when I say he doesn't come across as human enough to me; I am referring to his personality. It's been years since I picked up the Shadow series but he came across as robotic; an intelligent but overly logical robot/ass who refused to acknowledge he had feelings and instead repeatedly said "I act this way because I'm so damn smart and know it, as you should know it." That he was ever emotionally feel-y enough with a girl/woman to be in a relationship astounds me.


I would argue your second paragraph but quite frankly, I think it's utter bullshit to claim that those who don't have children aren't capable of "completely" bonding as those who do have children. God, you're the one who makes it sound business-like, thinking he should marry for children instead of marrying the woman he loves because she can't or won't give him any.
when you say bull sh*t you mean Kuso. lol.
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Postby perspicacious.emperor » Thu Dec 31, 2009 9:48 pm

((Oh kuso what happened?))

COMBO BREAKER!!

When your parting greeting is "The enemy's gate is down."

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Postby Sonikku13 » Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:44 pm

Lets add...

When your New Year's resolution is to become Ender Wiggin.

When you naturally use Battle School slang.

When your parting greeting is salaam.

When your opening greeting is ho.

When you carry your Ender stuff everywhere with you.
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Postby perspicacious.emperor » Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:50 pm

I need to do some of the above.

When you're planning on starting an Enderrevolution at school.

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Postby Peterlover14 » Thu Dec 31, 2009 11:28 pm

When you post on Pweb till 11:30 pm.

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Postby human. » Fri Jan 01, 2010 12:23 am

When your boyfriend offers his signed copy of Ender's Game to you if you're wiling to have a threesome, and it's really tempting..

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Postby zeroguy » Fri Jan 01, 2010 1:11 am

parting greeting
You keep using that word; I don't think it means what you think it means.

(I got what you meant, but still... what?)
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Postby Jeesh_girl15 » Fri Jan 01, 2010 3:31 pm

Hehehehe, A parting "greeting".
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Postby Sonikku13 » Fri Jan 01, 2010 3:39 pm

Fine... CLOSING greeting. The greeting you end a conversation with.
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Postby human. » Fri Jan 01, 2010 5:20 pm

I think the greeting part is the problem. Greeting is like an introduction, the beginning of something, the start to a conversation. But when you're parting from someone, you are ending things, you're stopping communication.

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Postby Sonikku13 » Fri Jan 01, 2010 5:59 pm

So you just want me to change greetings to phrases for when you say good bye? Makes sense, I see it now.
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Postby bmirheli » Sat Jan 02, 2010 5:50 pm

When you find a guy on Xbox live with an Ender gamertag and bombard them with questions, then curse their firstborn when you found out they never actually read the books
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Postby Sonikku13 » Sat Jan 02, 2010 6:23 pm

When you find a guy on Xbox live with an Ender gamertag and bombard them with questions, then curse their firstborn when you found out they never actually read the books
Heh. I use Ender-related gametags too on xfire and Steam, but I actually read them. I must be obsessed.
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Postby perspicacious.emperor » Tue Jan 05, 2010 9:33 pm

parting greeting
You keep using that word; I don't think it means what you think it means.

(I got what you meant, but still... what?)
I don't think greeting is limited to meeting or parting.

When you abuse your school's library system so you can borrow Enderverse and renew them over and over until the end of the school year.

When you look up other books by OSC and start reading them. (Characters & Viewpoint, heh)

When in the middle of walking, you say "Beeeaaaaaaannnnn I miss you" after not reading Shadow for a while and call out Bean's name again and again in a long, drawn-out way that annoys people around you.

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Postby Crazy Tom: C Toon » Sun Jan 10, 2010 9:42 pm

Someone said earlier about having dreams about it. I am hereby obsessed: I had a dream where Fly Molo and Carn Carby and others of Ender's Jeesh came to my school, and I was the only one who knew them..... how sad is that?

... and a greeting is an introduction or beginning, so parting greeting is sortof oxymoronic.

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Postby Jeesh_girl15 » Tue Jan 12, 2010 7:13 pm

I've had dreams where I'm viewing the story of EG, but from a first person POV. I was like a soldier in Dragon Army with the awesome flash suit and everything. I also had a dream that an EG movie was coming out, but the preview was of a sailboat...
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Postby Crazy Tom: C Toon » Tue Jan 12, 2010 7:19 pm

That's pretty awesome.
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Postby Jeesh_girl15 » Tue Jan 12, 2010 7:36 pm

Heh, the sailboat? :P I remember waking up and having a great picture of an actual EG movie in my mind, but when my mom told me that people had been trying for years, I gave up on the thought.
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Postby Syphon the Sun » Tue Jan 12, 2010 8:11 pm

Why would it be a sailboat?
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Postby Crazy Tom: C Toon » Tue Jan 12, 2010 8:53 pm

Dreams are weird, man
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Postby Jeesh_girl15 » Fri Jan 15, 2010 4:00 pm

People are weird, dude.
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Postby perspicacious.emperor » Fri Jan 15, 2010 10:31 pm

I keep rereading Enderverse ;-;

My friend asked me how I am supposed to start a revolution when I keep taking the books out from my school's library.

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Postby Crazy Tom: C Toon » Fri Jan 15, 2010 11:07 pm

People are weird, dude.
Ya, I guess that's more to the point, huh?
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Postby Sonikku13 » Fri Jan 15, 2010 11:10 pm

Still waiting for that last Ender's Game comic... 2/17/10... Anticipation means boredom, so a boring wait...
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Postby megxers » Sat Jan 16, 2010 12:45 am

I've been really ~academically interested in~ a military geographer over the past few months and reading all of his books except one, but the one I haven't read? A. its old news, B. my first thought when reading the full description was, "Peter Wiggin!"

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Postby Gravity Defier » Sat Jan 16, 2010 7:09 pm

geographer
woohoo!

According to my diploma, I am very loosely a non-practicing one of these.
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Postby Crazy Tom: C Toon » Sat Jan 16, 2010 11:32 pm

geographer
woohoo!

According to my diploma, I am very loosely a non-practicing one of these.
whatever THAT means....
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Postby Gravity Defier » Sat Jan 16, 2010 11:49 pm

It means my degree is in Geography, but due to it being a BA instead of a BS, I'd consider it a somewhat lesser degree for what most people consider a proper geographer to have. I'm also not sure one qualifies as a geographer with just a bachelor's. I hope you know what non-practicing means; I don't have time to link you to M-W every time I post.
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Postby megxers » Sun Jan 17, 2010 2:16 am

geographer
woohoo!

According to my diploma, I am very loosely a non-practicing one of these.
Heh I'm a recovering historian, even less qualified for legitimate inquiry with a BA.
So don't go worrying about me
It's not like I think about you constantly
So maybe I do, but that shouldn't affect
Your life anymore

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Postby ptr.arkanian » Sat Jan 30, 2010 5:47 pm

when you and your friends run around during math yelling, "the enemy gate it down" and shooting eachother with fake guns.
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Postby Jeesh_girl15 » Sun Jan 31, 2010 9:55 am

Ah, man, I wish I had Ender-obsessed friends too.
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Postby Sapphire » Sun Jan 31, 2010 4:59 pm

When you assume that Val is short for Valentine and not Valerie. Oops. That was awkward. :o
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Postby Peterlover14 » Thu Feb 25, 2010 10:34 am

Ha! I almost did that to my friend Valerie.

When you meet a really smart, athletic kid and think about how he would probably qualify for Battle School.
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Postby Graff^ » Thu Feb 25, 2010 3:09 pm

When everyone you meet you think who in Enderverse they are most like.
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