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Post by Mirage on Mar 14, 2005 16:46:35 GMT -5
Yes...the Silver goes to Lizard-Girl! Congratulations!
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Post by RandallBoggs on Mar 14, 2005 16:51:00 GMT -5
OH! Sorry Mirage....I thought you were second... Hmm....
We'll give you what's between...uh....the....Isn't Bronze but closer to Silver trophy.....heh heh.... The....Tourquise Trophy!
Silver goes to Lizard Girl....
Bronze goes to....huh? Has anyone seen Avis?
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Post by Mirage on Mar 14, 2005 17:09:07 GMT -5
YAYY!! Turquoise Trophy!! Bee-yooo-teeful!! xD I love turquoises... *looks around* I've been wondering where the crow went!
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Post by RandallBoggs on Mar 14, 2005 18:11:19 GMT -5
Via-sattilite....
We award the Onyx Trophy!
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Post by Ranger Parsec on Mar 14, 2005 19:20:06 GMT -5
Very nicely done songfic! You capture Mirage's personality beautifully. I love it muchly. And, to top it off, the song fits perfectly with the whole thing. Marvelous job!
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Post by Mirage on Mar 14, 2005 20:32:23 GMT -5
That's exactly what I was thinking! I've read songfics where the song doesn't match up as well as this one does. And the capturing of the personality--perfect if I do say so myself! 'Tis splendid.
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Post by pitbulllady on Mar 14, 2005 20:50:12 GMT -5
Great fic-fits perfectly with what she must have been feeling, but then, maybe it was SHE who was "cooling down" a bit in that relationship, eh?
Only problem-I have difficulty imagining anybody smaller than James P. Sullivan(and they'd have to be a whole lot meaner)beating Buddy Pine to a bloody pulp! He's not a little guy, by any means; according to his "Official" stats(one of my students has those collector cards-try to buy that one off him, but the price was way too high), Buddy is 6'1(excluding hair)and 185 pounds. At that height, 185 is NOT overweight, by any means, and having taken many life drawing and anatomy classes in my day, I can tell you that he is NOT fat or "pudgy" as many have called him. He's built like a Pit Bull-barrell-chested, all muscle, and being a redhead, he's probably just as "game" as a Pit Bull, too. Unless someone killed him dead as doornail, he'd just keep getting up and lighting into 'em like George Foreman(if none of you ever saw ole' George fight, you really missed something)! Redheads didn't get that rep for being bad@$$es for nothing!
I'm also not sure if Buddy would have gone to high school, at least not for long. He'd be WAY smarter than nearly all of his teachers, and probably give them you-know-what every chance he got. He has issues with following orders. He has a temper(putting it mildly), but then, with that red hair and those freckles, it wasn't too long since HIS ancestors walked off the boat from Ireland and Scotland, either, so that Celtic fire burns pretty close to the surface. That temper would most likely have gotten him kicked out of high school before long. In my years as a teacher, short temper +extremely high IQ often leads to TROUBLE when it comes to school. Besides, Buddy was a multi-billionaire by the age of 25-26, his age in the movie. He didn't just make all that money overnight, which meant he'd have to have gotten an early start at his weapons and technology inventing and marketing, and high school would have cut into that really bad. One or the other would have had to go, and since he was one of the those few who really didn't NEED a school education, being smarter than his teachers, anyway, I guess it would be obvious which one got the boot. Somebody like that is a NIGHTMARE in a classroom, since they WILL take over, given half a chance, and most of the time it just comes down to a nasty power struggle between the kid and the teacher, and its one neither of them can win. Buddy had very obvious emotional problems, and proably always had, and obviously had never gotten any help for this, or he wouldn't have turned out the way he did. Schools have two choices when it comes to severely troubled kids-recommend to the parents that the child be tested and helped by a professional psychiatrist, and if the parent refuses, kick the kid out of school. Believe me, I've seen many "Buddy Pines" slip through the system over the years, because their parents refused to believe anything was wrong with THEIR kid, or because they just didn't give a rat's Be-hind. That's all a school can do-SUGGEST that the parent get help for the kid, but they can't make 'em actually do it. Most don't make it nearly as far as Buddy did; they either end up committing suicide, getting shot by someone else, or in prison before they turn 21.
BUT, other than those two points, it was still a really good fic, so I'm not trying to tear it apart or anything. I just know redheads pretty darn good, being one myself;)
pitbulllady
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Post by RandallBoggs on Mar 14, 2005 20:54:36 GMT -5
The offspring of Lucy Ricardo ^_^
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Post by Mirage on Mar 14, 2005 20:55:19 GMT -5
Love the comparison of Buddy to a pit bull! My dad is just a bit taller than him, according to that card, and he's almost 300 lbs---but it's /all/ muscle. ^_^ So Buddy's definitely not overweight by any means--but certainly very strong!! And with his redhead thing... ;D It's all true. His red hair's lighter than mine, but it's similar. And I LOVE LUCY!!!
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Post by pitbulllady on Mar 14, 2005 21:00:33 GMT -5
The offspring of Lucy Ricardo ^_^ You know, I'd thought about that! Someone on IMDb had suggested, during one of our threads about Mirage's nationalilty(at least, where she was raised in the Human World), that she sounded Cuban, and I believe that Elizabeth Pena(sorry, don't know how to put that little thingie over the "n"), the actress who plays her, IS Cuban-American. I just thought that this was almost the opposite relationship from Lucy and Ricky-with Mirage(IF she is Cuban-Light Rises, what's your opinion on that?)being the serious one and Buddy being the crazy redhead, LOL! pitbulllady
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Post by Mirage on Mar 14, 2005 21:03:45 GMT -5
You know, I'd thought about that! Someone on IMDb had suggested, during one of our threads about Mirage's nationalilty(at least, where she was raised in the Human World), that she sounded Cuban, and I believe that Elizabeth Pena(sorry, don't know how to put that little thingie over the "n"), the actress who plays her, IS Cuban-American. I just thought that this was almost the opposite relationship from Lucy and Ricky-with Mirage(IF she is Cuban-Light Rises, what's your opinion on that?)being the serious one and Buddy being the crazy redhead, LOL! pitbulllady That's so interesting...and funny! You know, I was JUST thinking about her nationality, and I thought it was part Spanish or something...but if Elizabeth Pena is Cuban, then I'm sure that's the word I was looking for!
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Post by RandallBoggs on Mar 14, 2005 21:07:54 GMT -5
Cuban....Irish....Cuban...Irish....hmm...
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Post by pitbulllady on Mar 14, 2005 21:09:45 GMT -5
Love the comparison of Buddy to a pit bull! My dad is just a bit taller than him, according to that card, and he's almost 300 lbs---but it's /all/ muscle. ^_^ So Buddy's definitely not overweight by any means--but certainly very strong!! And with his redhead thing... ;D It's all true. His red hair's lighter than mine, but it's similar. And I LOVE LUCY!!! Yeah, I don't know WHY so many people have called him "pudgy" or "chubby" or even FAT; I guess they are used to seeing those scrawny-looking guys in many of the popular Anime series, that look like they need a good dose of dog wormer or something! Buddy doesn't even have a decent set of "love-handles" yet(and us older gals instinctively look out for that sorta thing, LOL)! He is also VERY quick and agile, even on those rocket boots, so I'd pity the fool unlucky enough to get into a fight with him, gadgets or no gadgets! Shoot, if that Evil Genius gig doesn't work out, there's always professional boxing, and even Buddy is nowhere NEAR as nutso as Mike Tyson, and unlike many boxers, can actually speak in complete sentences! pitbulllady
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Post by pitbulllady on Mar 14, 2005 21:15:45 GMT -5
Cuban....Irish....Cuban...Irish....hmm... Some equation, huh, Sean? HOWEVER, IF my theory that Mirage and Randall are siblings, separated at birth, then that means she was only RAISED Cuban(or more likely, Cuban-American, in Miami, perhaps), but that she, too, is actually Irish(those emerald eyes give it away). So, it's actually ALL Irish, in this relationship-WHEW, if she and Buddy ever have kids, can you IMAGINE what little hellions THEY will be? They'd have to be.....almost as bad as my niece! Gotta love those Celts, eh? pitbulllady
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Post by Mirage on Mar 14, 2005 21:16:11 GMT -5
Some people have such a warped idea of what 'fat' is...>__< I could see him, as a boxer, though.. ;D
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