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->''"I ran really fast, and when I stopped, I discovered that socks have no traction."''
->''"Don't worry, you have main character privileges."''
A dude who loves to draw and come up with stories. He has a [[http://coolman229.deviantart.com/ Deviant Art page]], where he puts up his comics. He also writes some articles in his Deviant Art journal. He also has a [[http://www.youtube.com/user/politcalgamer?feature=mhee Youtube channel]], which now has some videos on it. And now he has [[http://coolman229.tumblr.com/ a Tumblr]]! The story of how he came to TV Tropes is long forgotten, but it probably had something to do with his roommate. He loves happy endings, but isn't above subverting it for a story.
[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Quotes/Coolman229 My Analysis page is no longer a Quotes page!]]
[[https://www.fanfiction.net/~coolman229 He also writes fanfic now.]]
Tropes pertaining to this man:
* AffectionateParody: My comics do this all the time.
* ArchiveBinge: Attempted on the Anime/{{Pokemon}} anime, only for [[DownerEnding Mega Upload to be taken down]].
* ArtEvolution: My drawing ability has significantly improved since I started doing comics. Very noticeable if you look at my early comics, then look at my doodles that I do now.
* AuthorAppeal: I love [[ChessMaster clever]], [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]] [[AffablyEvil vill]][[FauxAffablyEvil ains]] that are smart enough to [[KnowWhenToFoldEm run away or surrender]], [[OutGambitted or have a]] [[XanatosGambit back-up plan so that they never lose]], per se. Almost all major villains in my stories will be like this, mostly modeled after [[CharacterDerailment pre-RE5]] [[ResidentEvil Wesker]]. One comic that I'm planning has an entire act where the villains are ''nothing but this.''
* BanOnPolitics: I have this on my Pacho & Jimmy comics. After some...[[{{Understatement}} lackluster]] comics centered on politics. I may draw some political comics, but it won't be Pacho & Jimmy. Though that doesn't mean I won't make the occasional political joke, but I won't do any comics all about them.
* BerserkButton: [[ShmuckBait Go ahead. Ask me why I hate]] DeathNote. [[ShmuckBait And just tell me how]] [[VillainProtagonist Light]] [[NotSoDifferent is just like]] [[CodeGeass Lelouch.]]
** While were on it, {{Watchmen}} [[BlatantLies is also a good talk.]]
** Pretty much everything listed below in the Things I Don't Like folder.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: I try not to resort to violence, but I don't like it when people piss me off. I can work around getting pissed off by turning it into humor, but sometimes...I just want to deck some people. Thankfully, I've never done anything worse than a DopeSlap. I may [[IFeelAngry say that I am annoyed if I can't take it.]]
** Well, except that one time when a guy I knew was doing [[GayBravado really annoying stuff]] to me at a bus stop that bordered on sexual harassment. He tried to give me a very unwanted hug, and I [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome instinctively kicked him square in the chest]]. He stopped trying to hug me after that.
** And I get a little pissy when a show/game/movie has a terrible ending, or they squander things with bad writing. {{LOST}}, MassEffect3, TheLegendOfKorra are good (bad?) examples.
* BrilliantButLazy: TVTropes and Tumblr don't help.
* CannotSpitItOut: Too many times.
* CannotTalkToWomen: Only if I really like them. Other than that I'm fine.
* CatchPhrase: NathanFillion is always relevant!![[note]] The man is is so much stuff, and what he's in/what he talks about can be related to any conversation. No exceptions.[[/note]]
** Or "[[AvatarTheLastAirbender Elaborate Fire Nation Trap!]]"[[note]] this came up when I was rewatching Avatar with some dorm mates. It was during the end of season 2, when the main characters [[LetsSplitUpGang were separated]]. It was all an elaborate Fire Nation trap! Think that's your [[DisappearedDad dad]], Sokka? Wrong! It's just a Fire Nation spy! And those Water Tribe members? SPIES!! It's all an Elaborate Fire Nation Trap!!![[/note]]
** "Or something like that." I've managed to turn stupid things I've said funny with this line.
* ChasteHero[=/=]CelibateHero: I really don't get flirting. I'm ''[[{{Understatement}} really]]'' bad at it. And I'm not interested in sex. [[HeroicVow That can wait until marriage]].
* ChristianityIsCatholic: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Bugs '''THE CRAP''' out of me. Whenever you see Christianity in television, it's always Catholic. I don't have a lot of problems with Catholics, but for the love of God! There are other sects! What about Baptist, Protestant or non-denominational churches?
* CloudCuckooLander: I always say odd things and act oddly. It's not that I'm really nuts (though that's a distinct possibility), it's [[RuleOfFun just more fun.]]
* CluelessChickMagnet: People tell me that I'm a ChickMagnet, but I don't see it. [[FridgeBrilliance Maybe that's why I'm clueless?]]
* CovertPervert: [[HiddenDepths Most people]] [[ChasteHero couldn't tell]]..... I'm not proud of it....
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Improving to save not one but two theater class plays. Once was my Theater II class, and we were performing Neil Simon's Rumors. I was [[CloudCuckooLander Ern]][[TheMcCoy ie]], and when a friend playing Ken came in after shooing out officer Welch, he shut the prop door too hard and it fell on the guy playing Glenn. It only bumped his head on the way down, but ''those doors are heavy'' and he didn't flinch. Everyone on stage, in the audience, and our senior director all gasped. I ran along with Ken across the stage to pick up the door. While doing that I shouted[[note]] so the audience could hear[[/note]] "Good God, Ken! Why did you break the door?!" and he replied "I'm sorry!" Everyone in the audience laughed, as well as our senior director, and was considered the highlight of the night. Later my theater teacher praised me for being the only person to not break character.
** In my Theater III class, we performed Jake's Women[[note]] It's a play where there's one guy, Jake, and he hallucinates about all of the important women in his life[[/note]], [[ImprobablyFemaleCast and as I was the only guy in the class]], I was Jake. Much of the play was just me monologuing to the audience, so I was alone most of the time. There was one scene were the girl playing my wife Maggie suddenly skipped to the part where she leaves, and we hadn't done half the scene. I was at a loss, all alone on the stage stuck in the middle of an unfinished scene. I just started complaining to the audience about her[[note]] Which is totally in character with Jake[[/note]]. Then after what I guess was about 30 seconds she came back and we finished the scene. I don't remember what I said, I just know that it went over well and the audience didn't notice.
** One time[[note]] well there was that one time that I went through more than 4 rounds wiping the floor with the terrorists on Aztec while named Strong Bad[[/note]], when I was playing [[CounterStrike Counter Strike 1.6]] in my high school library, I did something ridiculously awesome. I was playing on the [[LawfulGood Counter-Terrorist]] side against one guy on Assault with gravity turned down to about 200 or 400. I bought a Deagle[[note]] For those that don't know that's a [[{{BFG}} Desert Eagle]][[/note]] and just decided to go with that. Within about 20 seconds of the match starting, my opponent jumped off of the warehouse roof and went flying through the air. Without thinking, I turned up and fired one shot. [[BoomHeadshot Headshot]]. I won. That was pretty much the highlight of my day.
* DamnYouMuscleMemory: I can usually adapt to controls pretty well, but gosh darnit, KingdomHearts had such a backwards control scheme[[note]] that really needed to be streamlined[[/note]] (X for attack and O for jump) I kept jumping when I wanted to attack and attacking when I tried to jump. It was almost completely unplayable.
* DeconstructiveParody: This also happens in my comics.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: Story of my life.
* DoingItForTheArt: The reason I do comics, and take the time to accurately represent video game and anime characters.
* EarWorm: Some songs just don't leave.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NxKoqnxCvs Never Close Our Eyes]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFvFo8_uJos Too Close]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fEAW-5k_5I Heart Skips a Beat]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu-xFvLaE68 Radioactive]]
** [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Bad Apple]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owFulRTR1Sc English]] ''and'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzEUeWnV73U Japanese]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEp9MCQlAa4 Spectrum]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFkCO4jVRg4 Beggin']]
* EntryPimp: I become this sometimes if I get into something. For an example, check the ContinuityNod page, and go to AdventureTime under WesternAnimation. ''[[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife Most all of that is mine.]]'' I created that entry and did everything except for part of ''Goliad'' and ''Beyond this Earthly Realm.'' [[note]] thanks to the guy who cleaned up the entries.[[/note]]
* FailedASpotCheck: I've done this a number of times, [[ConspicuouslySelectivePerception but I'll always spot a penny on the ground.]]
* FanWebComic: I'm planning some of these. Specifically for [[AlternateUniverseFic Met]][[FixFic al]] [[OriginalFlavour Gear]] [[ForWantOfANail Solid]], [[DeconstructionFic Po]][[AdaptationExpansion ke]][[DeconReconSwitch mon]], [[FixFic Mass]] [[OriginalFlavour Eff]][[AdaptationExpansion ect]] and [[AdaptationExpansion Adv]][[NoodleIncident ent]][[ContinuityNod ure]] [[OriginalFlavor Time]][[note]] Two, actually. One that will deal with what happened between Princess Bubblegum and Marceline that made them unfriendly towards each other, and one that shows Simon's life before, during, and after [[TearJerker his decent into madness]][[/note]].
%%Metal Gear Solid: Divergence
%%[Prototype]: Machinations
%%Mass Effect
%%Resident Evil
* FourFingeredHands: Many of the characters in my Pacho and Jimmy comics have these. But [[ArtEvolution I've gotten used to drawing five-fingered hands nowadays]].
* GoshDangitToHeck: I do on occasion, sometimes, use damn or ass, but only to reference something. Even if I hurt myself (example, stub toe) the worst thing I'll shout is FRIK!!
* IdenticalGrandson: I resemble my grandfather in his youth. It's scary.
* {{Improv}}: I love improv. Playing improv games in my theater class (the three that I took in high school) was always enjoyable.
* LargeHam: I never miss an opportunity to be over the top.
* LawfulGood: I always lean towards this, though I'm more inclined to be good. [[ToBeLawfulOrGood If I had to choose]], I would choose good.
* LimitedWardrobe
* ManlyTears: This has happened quince (Plus one):
** Near the end of StarFoxAdventures.
** And during {{CLANNAD}}: After Story. [[spoiler: Ushio humming the Big Dango Family song was SO SAD!!!]]. I'm just glad [[OcularGushers no one else was around]].
** [[AvatarTheLastAirbender The Tale]] [[TearJerker of Iroh]].
*** Iroh and Zuko reuniting and [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Iroh forgiving him]] ''almost'' made be bawl.
*** Azula descending into madness was sad, but when she was chained up and screaming in the end I really wanted to cry.
** [[http://www.watchcartoononline.com/adventure-time-season-4-episode-13a-i-remember-you Remember You]]. Oh dear Lord. I didn't cry when I first watched it, but after watching [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNLIiQgAlvo&feature=related the song]] again, I just cried.
** WreckItRalph: When (wait, I'm gonna have to see it again to remember the scene)
*** When [[spoiler: Ralph was crushing Vanellope's car]], I almost lost it. You could feel the sadness in the scene.
*** [[spoiler: Ralph looking at the candy medal saying [[TearJerker "I am bad and thats good. I will never be good and thats not bad. Theres no one Id rather be than me."]]]] ''Almost''.
** The WesternAnimation/TeenTitans episode [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qthHZgY9mR8 How Long is Forever?]]. Every time Cyborg came on I started bawling.
** [[SincerityMode I didn't cry]], but I don't even want to talk about the [[TearJerker first]] [[BeyondTheImpossible 15]] [[{{Film/Up}} minutes]]
** [[IncrediblyLamePun The End]]ing of [[MetalGearSolid3 MGS3]] came [[TearJerker ridiculously]] close.[[note]] Even though I knew how it ended, when Big Boss saluted, and then Way To Fall started playing, I nearly lost it.[[/note]]
** And [[GoshDangitToHeck gosh dangit]], [[MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker Peace Walker]] came close, too.
** [[http://coolman229.tumblr.com/post/52160479600/chibi0pikachu-macklecorn-demposts This video]]. I just.....cried so much
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Of all the roles I've played, I have an easier time playing {{Jerkass}} characters. I tried to play a nice, kind, caring husband, but I almost completely failed at that. When I played [[IdenticalGrandson his]] [[ActingForTwo grandson]](who's a total jerk), I was applauded for doing such a good job. Same with playing Judge Brack in HeddaGabler. I just seem to be able to play characters that are completely opposite of myself better than characters that are like me.
* MrImagination: Welcome to my own little world, where I often daze off into realms of my own creation.
* NiceGuy: I try to be nice to people even if I'm making a joke, and it takes a lot to get me worked up.
* OldShame: In my first year of doing comics, I did several politcal themed comics. Looking back, they were terrible and unfunny. I'd rather not look at them, and I'll never upload them. I don't like how horribly slanted they are, and that the "jokes" are just plain pitiful. This led to my BanOnPolitics for my Pacho & Jimmy comics.
* OneSteveLimit: [[AvertedTrope Averted hard]] in my life. I once had three friends whose names were Ryan. ''At the same time.'' And in college? I've met at least three other guys with the same name as me.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: To my college floor mates, [[MeaningfulName Scribbles]], since I draw comics. We're all given names by the floor when we first get on, and most of us don't know each other's birth names.
* PlayingAgainstType: In school plays I've been a quirky but kind psychiatrist[[note]] Neil Simon's Rumors[[/note]], a caring father[[note]] The Long Christmas Dinner[[/note]], and sympathetic prison guard[[note]] Santa Goes to Jail, a class made play[[/note]], and [[AMidsummerNightsDream Oberon]]. I've also played [[{{Jerkass}} Judge]] [[DirtyOldMan Brack]][[note]] HeddaGabler[[/note]] and a {{Jerkass}} RebelliousSpirit ([[IdenticalGrandson A Long Chris]][[ActingForTwo tmas Dinner]]). Funnily enough, I've gotten more praise for my {{Jerkass}} roles.
* RealMenLoveJesus: [[{{Irony}} Hell yeah]]! Praise to the [[{{God}} Lord]]!
* ReferenceOverdosed: Being around me will usually result in this.
* RootingForTheEmpire: I don't do this often, and I usually don't want [[TheBadGuysWin the bad guys to outright win]], but I do cheer for some bad guys.
** [[{{Anime/Pokemon}} Team Rocket]]. This is anime only, because besides PokemonTheFirstMovie, we don't see them win. Ever. And even when [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain James, Jessie, and Meowth]] [[TookALevelInBadass get freaking awesome]] in Pokemon Black and White (Best Wishes in Japan), and they spend more than ten episodes building up to [[TheHeist one heist]] (That was brilliantly planned) ''they still don't win''. Because [[IdiotHero Ash]] is a freaking MarySue.
** [[ResidentEvil Albert Wesker]]. [[CharacterDerailment At least until Resident Evil 5]], he was a brilliant villain. He was [[BigBad bad]], he was [[GeniusBruiser smart]], and it was [[EvilIsCool awesome]]. Sure he was evil, but it was fun to watch him succeed, because he always had a XanatosGambit and never won the big battles.
** The Major Medical bird in the Geico commericals. What exactly is wrong with it? It pays the doctors, boi!!
** Cobra from GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra. Maybe it's because of the [[DesignatedProtagonistSyndrome uninteresting main character]], or maybe [[EvilIsSexy Baroness]], but I found it more fun to watch them (except for [[TheStoic Snake Eyes]] [[BadAss of course]]). I didn't want their ultimate ([[BondVillainStupidity and ridiculous]]) plan to succeed, [[EvilIsCool but, you know]].
** There was a Powerade commercial with basketball players getting a RousingSpeech from their coach about them beating the bigger more popular team who did a dance. A dance! Is it bad that I want the bigger team to win?
** ''[[TheLegendOfKorra AMON]]''. He was such a compelling villain. [[HannibalHasAPoint He had good points]], [[BadassNormal and he defeated benders without bending]]. [[VillainDecay Too bad he was completely]] [[BadassDecay ruined in the finale]].[[note]] I can't be the only person who laughed and cheered when Amon smashed Mako into the walls and ceiling of that hall[[/note]]
** Captain Rochefort in Film/TheThreeMusketeers2011. I didn't like him at first, but since [[DesignatedProtagonistSyndrome D'Artagnan]] was unlikeable, I ended up cheering for him in the end. I was pissed when PlotArmor kept protecting D'Artagnan. The [[CombatPragmatist "I just don't fight fair"]] line cemented him as my favorite character in the movie[[note]] this is a guy who brought ''two'' guns to a swordfight and refused to duel D'Artagnan to make it fair[[/note]]. Even the Musketeers lost what made them really awesome after the intro. I was screaming for him to kill D'Artagnan just so that there would be some ''legitimate'' drama.
%%* RuinedForever: [[YouTube YouTube]] changing the channels so that you can't watch any video from your playlists or Favorites on the channel was totally unnecessary and stupid. I loved using that in channels because it was so convenient, but apparently Google felt like being dicks with their whole "Integration" plan. The fact that they didn't let you go back to the old channel style pissed me off. And their "Complain here if you have any problems!" thing didn't help at all. I'm pretty sure they only took the most positive comments and used it say how everyone loved the new changes.
%%** And if {{Facebook}} switches to that Hell-Awful Timeline thing, I will shoot somebody. There's a point where you need to stop changing things and just tweak things. As a matter of fact, I did [[http://coolman229.deviantart.com/#/d4cxanm a comic on this subject]] a while back after {{Facebook}}'s [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks last big change]].
* RunningGag: Bushbabies.[[note]] During a discussion about 2001 A Space Odyssey with some friends we were talking about what didn't make sense about it (I was the only one who hadn't seen it). One of my friends said that the only thing she was wondering about was if that girl who wanted a bushbaby ever got it. This was followed by a ''2 hour'' conversation that was pretty exclusively made up of us fitting bushbaby into famous movie quotes.[[/note]]
** Salad/bread/pudding is for wimps and it gives you cancer![[note]] The same friend said this when I made a joke about someone eating salad. You'd be surprised how many foods are for wimps and will give you cancer.[[/note]]
** [[Film/{{Thor}} No, Loki]][[note]] Based on a scene from the Thor movie, where Loki is saying to Odin how he did all the bad stuff for him and Asgard, and Odin just says "No, Loki." This has become a default response to anything I don't like or is bad. Loki killing 80 people in 3 days? No, Loki. Peter Parker doing his emo dance in Spiderman 3? No, Peter. Also originated from the same friend.[[/note]]
* SelfDeprecation: Some of my humor comes from this.
* SeriesContinuityError: I have stumbled into these with my Pacho & Jimmy comics sometimes, like accidentally switching two characters'[[note]] Isabella and Maria, who are sisters[[/note]] names for a good half a year. I [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded it]] and [[AuthorsSavingThrow explained]] that they experimented with switching names and hypnotized everyone to do so. This caused ParanoiaFuel for the character it was explained to[[note]] the [=titular=] Pacho[[/note]].
* SeriousBusiness: If you want to discuss something with me that I know a lot about (MetalGearSolid, {{Pokemon}}, TheLegendOfZelda, {{Batman}}, {{Anime}} in general), be prepared to be destroyed with information. I also get worked up if people insult {{Pokemon}}, {{Zelda}}, [[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic MLP]], or anime (among other things) without any real argument.
* ShrinkingViolet: I may not [[PluckyComicRelief look it at first]], but I am [[{{Understatement}}incredibly shy]].
* SitcomArchnemesis: A friend of a Tumblr friend seems to have something against me. I was told I'm his archnemesis. I've embraced it.
** And it turned out to be a hoax created by a friend.
** And apparently he's all into my being his archnemesis now...
* StickFigureComic: I started out doing comics like this, mostly themed on video games like ResidentEvil and HalfLife. The most prominent being a SuperSmashBros themed one called ''Tales of Brawl: An Adventure Through Melee'', that featured stick figure versions of [[SuperSmashBrosMelee Smash Bros]] characters finding out about [[SuperSmashBrosBrawl Brawl]]. I only did one issue that was four pages, but it was fun to do.
* SociallyAwkwardHero: I'm willing to help people, but when it comes to social stuff.....yeah...[[CannotTalkToWomen and girls? Yeah...]]
* SophisticatedAsHell: Often in [[MemeticMutation Joseph DeCreaux]] form, and when playing video games, often done during a CrowningMomentOfAwesome or when I TakeALevelInBadass. I like to say these when it's funny. Especially when it's funny.
* StereotypeFlip: I'm a born and raised Texan. No, I don't speak in a southern drawl, I do not own a horse, I don't wear a cowboy hat[[note]] I prefer a [[NiceHat driver's cap or a fedora]][[/note]], and I have never been to a rodeo. I'm a rather meek guy who's rather geeky.
* StopBeingStereotypical: I do not appreciate Texan stereotypes, as seen above. And those crazy "Fundamentalists" who bash gays and condemn everyone that's not them [[NoTrueScotsman aren't real Christians]]. I'd rather not be grouped with them. You're supposed to speak in love, not hate. Hate the sin, not the sinner.
* TheTeetotaler: After accidentally tasting beer at a young age, I don't look to try it again.
* TheQuietOne: When I'm not jumping around and yelling, I'm this. Due to my shyness, if I'm not totally comfortable in my surroundings, or I don't have anything to say, I become this. [[{{Irony}} Often borders on being]] [[TheStoic stoic]].
%%* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: [[YouTube YouTube]] and {{Facebook}}. See my RuinedForever above.
%%* ThinkNothingOfIt: I always say something to this effect when I help someone. Must be due to a light case of ChronicHeroSyndrome, or that I don't want to seem like I didn't want to do it.
* TVTropesWillRuinYourLife: I hate that this site is so interesting! Just look at this page!
* WorldBuilding: Most of my spare time is spent doing this for various stories that I have.
[[folder: A Few of My Favorite Things]]
* AceAttorney: OBJECTION!!!
* AdventureTime
* {{Airplane}}
* {{Anime}}
* ApplesToApples
* AvatarTheLastAirbender: Boomerang! You ''do'' always come back!
** [[TheLegendOfKorra Avatar The Legend of Korra]]: You have been cleansed.[[note]] GRAH!! MAKO!! FINALE!!! AMON'S BACKSTORY!!! Those ''almost'' completely ruin the show.[[/note]]
* [[Film/TheAvengers Avengers, The]]: Uber awesome. So much awesome in that movie. Pretty much a string of [[Awesome/TheAvengers Crowning Moments of Awesome]] and [[Funny/TheAvengers Crowning Moments of Funny]] with ComicBook {{Fanservice}}.
* AxisPowersHetalia
--> Germany: GERMANY RECOGNIZES HIS FRIEND ITALY!!
--> Italy: [[EstablishingCharacterMoment Pastaaaaaa!!!]]
* {{Castle}}
* CodeGeass: So much so that I started writing an abridged series for it.
* CowboyBebop
* DarkerThanBlack
* {{Egoraptor}}'s work
* EnslavedOdysseyToTheWest
* ExcelSaga
* FullMetalAlchemist
** Specifically, the Brotherhood anime. I haven't actually seen much of the original show, or read the manga.
* FullMetalPanic: Specifically Fumoffu.
* GalaxyQuest: The greatest StarTrek movie ever made. Also incredibly quotable.
* GGundam: [[LargeHam THIS HAND OF MINE GLOWS WITH AN AWESOME POWER!!]] [[BadassBoast IT'S BURNING GRIP TELLS ME TO DEFEAT YOU!!]] [[CatchPhrase HERE I GO!!! SHINNNIIIINNGGG!!! FINNNNNNGGGEERRRR!!!!]]
* TheGreatGatsby
* {{Hellsing}}
** [[TeamFourStar Even better!]] [[HellsingAbridged Hellsing Ultimate Abridged!]]
* TheHoliday
* Film/HowToTrainYourDragon
** WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk
* {{Inception}}
* InitialD
* [[DeathNote Light Yagami]]'s glorious death. That bastard can rot in hell for killing Ray Penber and [[EnsembleDarkhorse Naomi]] (as well as for being the reason all of the good characters are death.)
** On a related note, [[spoiler: Matsuda]] [[TakenALevelInBadass taking a level]] by ''shooting Light''.[[note]] My favorite moment of the series.[[/note]]
** And the [[FanNickname Justice Light]] arc.[[note]] The second arc when Light played a MemoryGambit. Too bad he got his [[ItGotWorse memories back....]][[/note]]
* JakAndDaxterThePrecursorLegacy. [[DarkerAndEdgier Less so for its sequels]].
* LuckyStar
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kyv6ouzsDBo&feature=em-uploademail This]] [[MassEffect3 ending]] made by [[http://www.youtube.com/user/Archengeia Archengeia]]. And the best part? [[color:red: NO]] [[color:blue: FREAKING]] [[color:green: COLORS]].
* MetalGear!!!
* [[MontyOum Monty Oum]]'s work
* Most comedy {{anime}}: I love to laugh [[note]] [[MaryPoppins Ha Ha Ha Ha! Loud and long and clear!]][[/note]]
* MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic: [[FunPersonified Pinkie]] [[CloudCuckoolander Pie]] and [[ShrinkingViolet Fluttershy]] are my favorite ponies.
* PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt: No matter how [[GainaxEnding messed up the ending was.]] Or [[RefugeInAudacity how inappropriate it was.]]
* {{Pokemon}}: Mostly the games and the anime. I find most of the manga too strange.
* ThePrincessBride: One of the most quotable and memorable movies every made.
* [[{{Prototype}} [Prototype]:]] One of my favorite games due to it's intricate plot and well-developed lead. It had some [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse problems]], but that's minor.
* Film/{{Rambo}}
* RedVsBlue: Time-LINE?! Time isn't made of lines! It is made of circles. That is why clocks are round.
* ResidentEvil: ResidentEvil4 Wii Edition is one of my favorite games of all time, and I love the mythos of the games. [[BigBad Wesker]] is my favorite bad guy of any video game. ([[ResidentEvil5 RE5]] [[CharacterDerailment messed him up!!!]])
* The SlyCooper series.
* WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderman: That has got to be one of the best superhero shows I've ever seen. Get all the rights to the show and bring it back {{Marvel}}!
* SteinsGate: [[MadScientist Mad scientists]]! TimeTravel! [[TrademarkFavoriteFood Dr Pepper]]! [[CatchPhrase Tuturu]]!
* TheChroniclesOfNarnia
* TheGreatGatsby: I actually liked this book. One of the few Classic Literature that I actually enjoyed.
* TheLegendOfZelda: WindWaker, MajorasMask, and SkywardSword are my favorites.
* TheMostDangerousGame
* {{Trigun}}: Everything up to [[KnightOfCerebus Legato]]. I also love the Badland Rumble movie.
* WreckItRalph: [[CatchPhrase I'M GONNA WRECK IT!]]
[[folder: Things that I do not like]]
* AtlasShrugged: I don't even have to read it to know it's [[AuthorOnBoard just an]] AuthorFilibuster of AynRand.
** AynRand: From what I've read about her, she's a total [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocritical]] {{jerkass}}.
* {{Cars 2}}, unfortunately. An ActionizedSequel just doesn't [[DarkerAndEdgier strike the right cord]]. It wasn't bad, just not a good sequel to {{Cars}}
* CatcherInTheRye: The absolute worst thing I have ever had to read.
* Certain elements from DarkerThanBlack season 2, like maybe most everything.
* [[JerkSue Brenda]] [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality John]][[ItsAllAboutMe son]] of TheCloser. She's obnoxious, her TrademarkFavoriteFood comes across more as an addiction, she's a bitch to ''everyone'', and she's ''always'' right. Everyone exists to make her look good. MajorCrimes will be a better show ''just'' for not having her.
* DeathNote: Dear God, how I hated this show. I needed help to even get through the first arc.
* DistrictNine: I hate that movie. Good effects, but an unlikable protagonist, a CrapsackWorld taken to the extreme, and a lack of anything relating to good in the movie just made me cringe. Almost as bad as CatcherInTheRye.
* {{Facebook}} [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks constantly changing]]. It's reached a point where you have to stop or you'll just piss everyone off.
* FranklinAndBash
* GodOfWar: I can't stand how angry [[JerkAss Kratos]] is and how pointlessly violent the series is. Yeah, you killed your own family, but you don't have to be a douche. [[SuperSmashBrosBrawl You'll get no sympathy from me]].
* How every time you see [[TheChroniclesOfNarnia Narnia]] again, everyone you knew from the last book is dead.
* TheInternational: Wow, that was a disjointed mess.
* JamesCameron's [[{{Avatar}} Pocahontas With Giant Space Smurfs IN SPACE]]: Seriously, I don't know why some people (including my family!) love the movie. It has good special effects...and that's it. The story was painfully predictable, and it was a blatant ripoff of Pocahontas [[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE!]] [[{{Jerkass}}James Cameron]]'s pot shot at gamers with saying that SigourneyWeaver smoking represented gamers addicted to video games was also not appreciated.
* JamesCameron, while we're on it. I just don't like the guy. He's made some good movies, but I really just don't have a lot of respect for a guy that claims that Avatar was an [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-x8eayqYYBKc/TXGNnXGruJI/AAAAAAAAAI8/HARn0iU_mpM/s1600/poca2uresized.jpg original]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm3HWjVESL0 story]]. And that bastard hogged the title "Avatar" for his movie, to the detriment of the ''{{WesternAnimation/Avatar}}'' series.
* [[TedBaxter Kid]] [[MostAnnoyingSound Kraddick]] in the Morning
* LordOfTheFlies: Until the last two chapters, when it was more suspense-thriller. I will never forgive the author for killing [[OnlySaneMan Piggy]].
* {{LOST}}: I wasted four years of my life watching that, only to find out that the writers [[TheyJustDidntCare didn't really care]].
* [[MassEffect Mass Effect 3]]'s [[TheyJustDidntCare terr]][[NoEnding ible]] [[GainaxEnding end]][[ExecutiveMeddling ing]]. I'm ashamed {{Bioware}}.
** The "Extended Cut" DLC [[TrueArtIsAngsty doesn't]] [[AngstWhatAngst really]] [[TakeThatAudience help]] [[WriterCopOut much]].
* The last two minutes of LegendOfKorra. Very DeusExMachina, very MoodWhiplash. And I hate Korra being with [[JerkAss Ma]][[YourCheatingHeart ko]]. TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot by turning the BittersweetEnding that showed the cost of war into a [[DeusExMachina cheap]] HappyEnding just lessened the impact of [[spoiler: Korra losing the ability to bend all of her bending except Air by just restoring it]].
** After cheating on [[SpoiledSweet Asami]] and refusing to take responsibility for kissing Korra, [[UnintentionallyUnsympathetic Mako]] has become my [[http://fuck-mako.tumblr.com/antimakoarmada least favorite character]] in the show. And Pema lost some respect in [[HarsherInHindsight hindsight]] due to her terrible advice getting [[RomanticPlotTumor Korra and]] [[YourCheatingHeart Mako]] [[StrangledByTheRedString together]] at the expense of [[DoggedNiceGuy Bolin]] and [[TheWoobie Asami]], who ''Mako is dating''.
* [[{{Prototype2}} [Prototype2]:]] How do you make a sequel to [[{{Prototype}} [Prototype]?]] [[SuddenSequelHeelSyndrome You tu]][[NotAsYouKnowThem rn the]] AntiHero [[RogueProtagonist protagonist]] [[OutOfCharacterMoment of the]] [[CharacterDerailment first game]] [[AGodAmI into the]] [[GenericDoomsdayVillain villain!!!]]
* {{Skyfall}}: Seriously. [[WorstWhateverEver The worst Bond ever]]. Wacky disjointed plot, bad villain, sexism, and more!
* [[{{Uncharted}} Nathan]] [[JerkAss Drake]]
** {{Uncharted}}: Besides it having an [[DesignatedHero unlikable main character]], all of the characters are [[FlatCharacter flat]], the [[ExcusePlot story]] is just [[RandomEventsPlot a string of set pieces]][[note]] No, really. NaughtyDog admitted that they come up with awesome set pieces and try to come up with a story that incorporates them rather than trying to write something interesting.[[/note]] and [[SociopathicHero Drake]] shooting people. Drake is always followed by [[TheVillainMakesThePlot dumb villains]] who always want to use the artifact of doom for weapons purposes. At least the games look pretty and the gameplay is (mostly) solid.
* [[OneMoreDay One More Freaking Day]]
* People who say that [[{{VideoGame/Pokemon}} Erika]] is a lesbian. The "evidence" is just ShippingGoggles in action. Just because Erika is nice to the other female gym leaders means nothing. I've read the script of those scenes. In one, she's trying to help a shy [[ShrinkingViolet Jasmine]] get the confidence to go and do a Pokemon Contest. And for why men aren't allowed: It ''couldn't possibly'' have to do with that DirtyOldMan who's constantly staring inside, [[AllMenArePerverts could it?]]
* {{Prometheus}}: That was a terrible movie. Being co-written by [[{{LOST}} Damon Lindelof]] will do that.
* PuniPuniPoemy: Really, the only thing that I enjoyed about it was [[ShinichiWatanabe Nabeshin]].
* RomeoAndJuliet: [[IdiotPlot Can no one think rationally?!]]
** Most of {{Shakespeare}}'s tragedies.
* ShippingGoggles. Especially Yuri Goggles. Some people just try too hard to find "evidence" for their ships. It's a case of people finding evidence to prove their theories rather than deriving theories from evidence. [[AdventureTime Marceline/Princess Bubblegum]] is a shining example.
* Some of the HarryPotter movies. Specifically: Goblet of Fire, [[TheyJustDidntCare Half-Blood]] [[RomanticPlotTumor Prince]], Deathly Hallows.
* The direction MetalGearSolid took with [[MetalGearSolid2 Sons of Liberty]].
** And even with all the awesome stuff from MetalGearSolid4, I still don't like the story. There [[{{Retcon}} was]] [[ThirtyXanatosPileup just]] [[IdiotPlot too]] [[HumiliationConga much]] [[StoryToGameplayRatio crap]] [[{{Nanomachines}} going]] [[TVGenius on]].[[note]] EFFING MICROWAVE HALL. That wasn't emotional. It was stupid[[/note]] It'd take too long to list all the problems I have with the game. Just the story, though. The gameplay was... [[MetalGearSolid3 pretty good]].
* The ending of {{FLCL}}. So unsatisfying.
* TheLastAirbender: MNightShyamalan, you have lost your movie privileges.
* The Tropers that police the LegendOfKorra YMMV page. Seriously. I haven't seen such ferocious people who won't take any criticism of [[{{Jerkass}} Mako]]. [[TooDumbToLive They try to keep a YMMV page objective]].
* VGCats: Probably the least funny (and most vulgar) webcomic I have ever seen.
* {{Watchmen}}: WAAYYYYY too dark for me. I died inside when I watched the movie.
* [[http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/358/7/1/stocking_is_trollin___by_scourgeotg-d35loa6.jpg Y'all got trolled by Gainax!]]
* [[YouTube YouTube]] and it's recent changes. It just pisses me off.
[[folder: {{Fanon}}]]
Happens quite a bit when I don't like what's happening in a show/game, or it's just ambiguous. Here are some notable ones:
* CodeGeass: [[spoiler: Euphemia and Shirley were actually turned into [[MetalGearSolid Cyborg Ninjas]] after [[TearJerker their]] [[HesJustHiding deaths]]. They then went on secret missions, TimeCrisis style! TimeCrisis: Area Eleven!]]
** Or more realistically, [[spoiler: [[WellIntentionedExtremist Lelouch]] really got [[BigBad Char]][[SocialDarwinist les']] Code of {{Immortality}} when he turned into the [[MemeticMutation CHARLES ROCKET!!!]] Even if [[MagnificentBastard Lelouch]] didn't know (if he did have it, [[CrazyPrepared he knew]]) after [[ThanatosGambit his death]], he left with [[MysteriousWaif CC]] to Australia.]]
** Combining the two above, [[spoiler: [[OfficialCouple Euphemia and Suzaku]] got to be together after he became the new Zero. And then [[FanPreferredCouple Lelouch]] [[YourMileageMayVary and]] [[DoggedNiceGirl Shirley]] could be together, with C.C. eventually giving Shirley Geass and her Code of Immortality.]]
** [[TheEveryman Ohgi]] [[spoiler:[[TheMole was really an OSI agent the entire time.]] [[AlwaysSaveTheGirl That's why]] [[AllBlueEntry he]] [[OutOfCharacterMoment suddenly turned]] [[LoveMakesYouDumb against Lelouch]] [[DiabolusExMachina near the end of]] [[OddlyNamedSequel R2]].]]
* DeathNote:
** 1. Light saw the [[MacGuffin Death Note]], picked it up [[ProperlyParanoid without actually touching it]]....and tossed it in the trash. Then he went on to become a respected detective.
** 2. Light's plan to become Kira again at the end of the second arc failed, and remained [[FanNickname Justice]] [[LawfulGood Light]]. [[FanonDiscontinuity The events of the third arc never happen.]]
** 3. Light realized what a boring character he was, and became [[IncrediblyLamePun dead set]] on killing anyone more interesting than himself. Everything just kind of spiraled down.
* AvatarTheLastAirbender[=/=]AvatarTheLegendOfKorra:
** [[ToyShip The Duke]] is Lin Bei Fong's father.
** Given how [[CoolOldGuy Iroh]] [[LikeASonToMe treated]] [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor Zuko]] and those children in [[DayInTheLimelight The Tale of Iroh]], just think of how he would treat Zuko's daughter. He would treat her like his own granddaughter and be the most awesome great uncle ever. Then you remember that she named her son ''Iroh''. Iroh II is now a walking CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.
** The prosecutor at Yakone's trial is Bolin and Mako's grandmother. There is absolutely no evidence to this. Just an idea. As for why we never heard of her.... Yakone did break out of jail......
* AvatarTheLegendOfKorra: As far as I'm concerned (and until season 2 gives us something better), the last several minutes of Endgame [[FanonDiscontinuity didn't happen]]. Everything after Aang tells Korra that she's unlocked her spiritual side didn't happen, and [[UnintentionallyUnsympathetic Mako]] realized he was [[TookALevelInJerkass becoming a douche]] and [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap apologizes to Asami]] and reconciles with her, realizing that his brother [[DoggedNiceGuy Bolin]][[note]] [[AllThereInTheManual who has an inferiority complex to his brother]][[/note]] is better for Korra and his feelings are merely platonic. Korra then spends the foreseeable future learning her spiritual side and ''eventually'' learning how to [[spoiler: regain her ability to bend Water, Earth, and Fire and restore bending in others]]. And it was Bolin who went out to Korra instead of Mako, [[OutOfFocus because he got shafted]].
** Personally, I'd call season 1 "Book 1: Amon" and rewrite the last 5 episodes. Everything up to episode 7 was great. Amazing, even if the love triangle got in the way of telling the story. But after that, Korra lets Mako go. This ends the LoveTriangle. At this point, Bolin is there to help Korra. I'd start with them growing closer as Mako gets shifted to the background and become TheLancer and Asami's boyfriend. I'd like to have him reveal what happened to him and Bolin after their parents died to Asami, and how they got into Pro Bending. I'd even like to see that he is terrified of his firebending since a firebender killed his parents. Everything would pretty much happen the same, with all the attention and scenes focused on [[RomanticPlotTumor Mako and Korra]] given to [[FanPreferredCouple Bolin and Korra]]. That takes all of the romance drama out. When Korra is kidnapped, Tenzin is the one who gets intense about finding her, while Bolin is worried sick. Korra doesn't unlock all of the Yakone story. I'd rather her do it a little more slowly, using this time to get more in line with her spiritual side. It'd be nice if we saw Korra meditating more throughout episodes 2-7. If she got better glimpses throughout, it wouldn't be so sudden. After the rescue Tenzin carries her to Oogie, with Lin telling everyone to give her space, and Bolin takes care of Korra. She realizes that he really cares about her. Team Avatar would have some sort of bonding moment. Then we get to Amon's {{backstory}}. [[IKnewIt I like him being Tarrlok's brother]], but he should have been a non-bender. His [[FantasticRacism hatred of benders]] should have been from his [[AbusiveParent father]] and Tarrlok's cruelty. His ability to remove bending should be Energybending, which he should have learned from a spirit[[note]] [[CallBack Koh the Face Stealer?]][[/note]]. I'd like to see him use Energybending like Yakone and Tarrlok use Bloodbending. Amon would still remove Korra's bending, Korra wouldn't Airbend, instead activate the Avatar State, defeating Amon ([[KnowWhenToFoldEm who escapes]] and would be assumed dead) and [[DestructiveSavior destroying a good chunk of the building they're in]]. [[MagnificentBastard Amon would use this against her later against her]]. Everything else would still happen, and the Equalists would be defeated. Korra would go out to the cliff and cry, Aang pops up, and tells her that when we're at our lowest we're open up to the greatest change. He would give her hope by telling her that there is a way to get her bending back, but she's going to have to master her spiritual side and basically reconnect to the elements. Not like the [[AvatarTheLastAirbender other series]], but she'd have to get used to not having bending. Bolin would come up to her and ask her who she's talking to. She'd then hug him, and they'd have a tender moment (not kiss, though. That would be saved for later). In season 2 she'd have to learn Air[[note]] then rediscover Water, Earth, Fire[[/note]] and gain the ability to give other people back their bending. Maybe the season finale. It would have been so much better that way.
%%* MassEffect2: What Smudboy says.
%%ME2's main plot should've been a mission against the shadow broker because TIM convinced shepard into believing he was working with the reapers. Your encounter with the SB or his agents should reveal that he's working with the collectors, which then leads into the next 3/4 of the game, which revolves around protecting the colonies from the collectors which are then revealed to be reaper puppets.
%%The end should be your entire team stealing the shadow broker's ship because it is the only way to the Collector base and then rescuing the collected colonists. The collector threat to humans should begin in the game instead of shep being dropped in.
%%Tela Vasir should have also played a bigger part. Like Saren.
* [[{{Prototype}} [Prototype]:]] I like to think that Alex [[FadeToBlack spared]] [[TheMole Karen Parker]]. She really didn't want to betray him in the first place. She was strong-armed by Blackwatch. And given that Alex has had CharacterDevelopment I think it would be nice for him ''not'' to eat her. Not to mention, what better way to help her get out than to pull a FakingTheDead by making everyone think she was nommed by Alex?.
** [[FanonDiscontinuity And let's just forget]] [[{{Prototype2}} [Prototype2].]] I don't like the idea of Alex Mercer as the [[BigBad bad guy]]. It goes against the CharacterDevelopment that he got in the first game. It also destroys the interesting AntiHero from Prototype 1 by turning him into a GenericDoomsdayVillain. Though his plan was actually pretty well thought out, I would have preferred him to use that plan to ''get rid of'' the virus rather than spread it. I think that would be more in line with what he did in the first game.
%%I like the extraction team that you infiltrate in "Stranger Among Us". While they're jerks, they're actually pretty funny people and work as a team. I genuinely like them more than Heller.
* FireEmblemTellius: Ike [[spoiler: didn't [[WhatAnIdiot kill the Black Knight]] in Radiant Dawn. He realized that his dad [[WhatAnIdiot accepted a duel while he was wounded]], and knew that since the Black Knight is [[GameBreaker ridiculously powerful]], he would be helpful. The Black Knight then [[BeyondTheImpossible one-shots]] [[FinalBoss Ash]][[PhysicalGod era]].]]
* FinalFantasyVII CrisisCore: [[OneManArmy Zack]] calls up Rufus to explain the whole [[WhiteHairedPrettyBoy Sephiroth]] situation. Rufus understands and gets Zack the proper support to take care of Sephiroth. :)
** Alternatively: [[IdiotHero Cloud]] uses a Phoenix Down on [[SacrificialLamb Zack]]. Zack and company then go on [[FinalFantasyVII an adventure.]] Then he gives the [[{{BFS}} Buster Sword]] to someone who deserves it: [[ActionGirl Tifa]].
* ChronoCross [[DroppedABridgeOnHim doesn't]] [[SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome exist]]. Schala didn't merge with [[CosmicHorror Lavos]] and was reunited with [[WellIntentionedExtremist her brother]].
* HellsingUltimate: [[spoiler: [[BattleButler Walter]] didn't betray Hellsing. He really tricked [[ThoseWackyNazis Millennium]] and killed [[BigBad The Major]] with his RazorWire. [[BloodKnight Alucard]] and [[BadassPreacher Anderson]] realized that fighting each other was pointless when London was [[GodzillaThreshold BEING EATEN BY NAZI VAMPIRES]], [[RivalsTeamUp and fought Millennium]].]] Also, [[spoiler:[[EnsembleDarkhorse Rip Van Winkle]] was spared instead of getting nommed by Alucard.]]
* {{Inception}}: [[spoiler: I'm pretty sure that Cobbs in in the real world at the end. The top wobbled.]]
* SamuraiJack: If you ask me, Jack got back home in the first episode of season 2. All of the other episodes are just is adventures he is remembering.
* AdventureTime: [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Princess]] [[PrincessesPreferPink Bubblegum]] and [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Marceline]] '''are not romantically attracted to each other!!''' Goodness people, take off the [[ShippingGoggles Yuri Goggles]].
** Marceline is over [[WhoWantsToLiveForever 1000 years old]], so she'd naturally value friendships that she has. [[NoodleIncident Something happened between Princess Bubblegum and Marceline a while ago]] and now they're not on the best of terms. But I'm sure it was ''not'' romantic.
** After seeing [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110923021435/adventuretimewithfinnandjake/images/0/05/What_Was_Missing_promo_by_RS.jpg this picture]] done by Rebecca Sugar, some FridgeLogic set in. Several years ago, Princess Bubblegum would have been much younger, maybe around Finn's age (or younger) when whatever happened between them happened. I'm guessing that their relationship was sisterly, kinda like how [[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight and Cadence]] were when Twilight was a filly. [[NoodleIncident Something happened]], and I think Marceline didn't realize what she did, but she pissed off Princess Bubblegum (or her family/the kingdom) so a rift grew between them.
** To be honest if there's any "proof" of it in season 5 I'm ignoring it since I dropped the show due to SeasonalRot.
* LegendOfZelda: Stuff that I've thought for a long time.
** [[TwilightPrincess TP Link]] [[IKnewIt descended from OoT Link]]
** [[IKnewIt The]] [[SpiritAdvisor Hero's Shade]] [[IKnewIt was OoT Link.]]
** [[IKnewIt Kaebora Gaebora was Rauru.]]
* FullMetalAlchemistBrotherhood: [[spoiler: Fuhrer]] [[ShipperOnDeck Grumman]] works things out so that [[FanPreferredCouple Mustang and Hawkeye]] can be together [[spoiler: after his ascension to power]].
* FinalFantasyTheSpiritsWithin: Really, I feel that [[spoiler: everyone's souls were returned to their bodies (at least the ones that were taken in the attack that [[KnightTemplar General]] [[WellIntentionedExtremist Hein]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone caused]]). So we get [[DeadPanSnarker Jane]], [[CasanovaWannabe Neil]], Ryan, and Gray back after Gray's HeroicSacrifice.]] I was seriously thinking this was going to happen, then the credits came up and I felt kinda empty.
* MetalGearSolid: Everything after the [[MetalGearSolid first game]] is FanonDiscontinuity to me. After Shadow Moses Island, [[RetiredBadass Snake]] and [[ActionGirl Meryl]] got together and lived together happily in Alaska. I told you I like happy endings.
** Also, Snake [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim shot Revolver Ocelot the first time he met him]]. When the man took a full minute to twirl his [[WeaponOfChoice revolver]], ''dump out the bullets,'' and say how awesome it is.
* TheAvengers: Until [[JossWhedon someone]] says otherwise [[spoiler: Agent Coulson [[HesJustHiding is still alive]]. [[MagnificentBastard Fury]] lied about it to get the Avengers to work together. He's been confirmed to be in other movies]], but this is JossWhedon [[TrollingCreator we're talking about]], so it's up in the air.
** [[IKnewIt I WAS]] [[Series/AgentsOfSHIELD RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT]]
* DoctorWho: Ok. [[spoiler: Amy and Rory don't DIE. That was lame, and a blatant DiabolusExMachina. In my own world, they decided to stop travelling with The Doctor after the Year of the Slow Invasion, and stayed in their normal lives.]]
* [[ClashOfTheTitans Wrath Of The Titans]]: [[spoiler: Zeus]] didn't die. When Perseus gets [[spoiler: Zeus away from Chronos, and to the army, he gets everyone to pray to Zeus, who regains enough strength to go [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome kick butt]] [[BashBrothers with Hades]]]].
* CowboyBebop: If you ask me [[spoiler: Spike is still alive. As is Julia, who is able to survive the gunshot wound. He's able to get the crew back together after they split up. It's reasonable that he could have gotten to a hospital after his fight with Vicious. But now he has to deal with the triad....]]
* ResidentEvil5: [[ChessMaster Wesker]] didn't really die. The Wesker that was shot in the head with a rocket launcher [[ActuallyADoombot was just a]] [[CloningGambit clone of him.]] The reason the clone was injecting himself with Uroboros was because he was unstable, and it [[AGodAmI drove him crazy]]. Spencer was full of crap when he gave Wesker's "true backstory." That's why he got a [[ShutUpHannibal fist through the chest]]. The real [[CrazyPrepared Wesker]] is sitting comfortably in his chair [[SinisterSurveillance watching all of the protagonists]] via satellite.
* Left4Dead: Bill doesn't die in a HeroicSacrifice. He get's everyone out safe, then when everyone is morning him, he comes flying towards them DualWielding M16s while riding a flaming Tank screaming "YOU THINK THAT WOULD KILL ME? A FEW ZOMBIES?! I'VE BEEN THROUGH [[VietnamWar NAM]]!! THIS IS NOTHING!!"
* MetroidOtherM: Likewise, [[spoiler: Adam]] didn't die in his HeroicSacrifice. After [[spoiler: Going into Sector Zero, and Samus is all like "NOOOO!! ADAM! NOOO!!" Adam [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace bursts out of Sector Zero not wearing his helmet]] shooting any Metroids left and flying back to the Bottle Ship.]] Samus would be shocked, with [[spoiler: Adam]] replying "You thought that I was going to die? It'll take more than that to kill me! [[spoiler: [[CatchPhrase Any objections, Lady?]] ]]"
* TengenToppaGurrenLagann: [[spoiler: Kamina didn't die. Simon and Kamina took care of Thymilph together. They discover Nia when practicing some moves, and Simon gets thrown too far. Things continue and Lordgenome is defeated. NIA IS NOT THE MESSANGER FOR THE ANTISPIRAL.]] Happy endings!
[[WMG: Shipping]]
I have a rule about shipping. I really only like parings that make sense in context of the story or how they are portrayed. This doesn't mean that it needs to be canon, but it should at least have some evidence to back it up or at least have potential. Ships like [[CodeGeass Lelouch/Shirley]], [[AvatarTheLegendOfKorra Bolin/Korra]], and [[LegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Link/Maron]][[note]]Each with varying degrees of canon proof[[/note]] are ones I support. Though I do have a few crackships. I don't hate anyone for shipping differently, and [[DieForOurShip I don't hate characters for getting in the way]]. It's a fun thing to do, and we should respect it, no matter how absurd it can get[[note]] coughcough ZUTARA cough[[/note]].
* CodeGeass: [[CosmicPlaything Lelouch]][=/=][[NiceGirl Shirley]] and [[TheAce Suzaku]][=/=][[WideEyedIdealist Euphemia]]. I really relate to [[CannotSpitItOut Shirley]] more than [[MysteriousWaif C.C.]] or [[FieryRedhead Kallen]]. I really think that Lelouch and Shirley were the best couple. Heck, they even dated in the second season. [[OfficialCouple Euphy/Suzaku]] was canon, but I really liked them together.
* AvatarTheLastAirbender[=/=]AvatarTheLegendOfKorra:
** Personally, I ship [[TagalongKid The Duke]][=/=][[LittleMissBadass Toph]], [[LadyLooksLikeADude Smellerbee]][=/=][[SilentBob Longshot]], [[EnsembleDarkhorse Jin]][=/=][[TroubledButCute Zuko]], and [[GirlNextDoor On Ji]][=/=][[NiceGuy Aang]]. And after [[AvatarTheLastAirbenderThePromise The Promise]] part 2, I feel the need to say [[ActionGirl Suki]][=/=][[TheSmartGuy Sokka]].
*** Jin and Zuko is interesting since we only see her in [[DayInTheLimelight Zuko's Tale]] in [[http://www.digavatar.com/avatar-tv-chapter-15-tales-of-ba-sing-se.html Tales of Ba Sing Se]]. She asks Zuko on a date, and [[ShipperOnDeck Iroh accepts for him]]. It's incredibly awkward. It's also really cute. I like Mai, and [[PortmanteauCoupleName Maiko]], but I prefer Jin and Zuko.
*** On Ji and Aang was also a one off thing from [[http://www.digavatar.com/avatar-tv-chapter-2-the-headband.html The Headband]] (one of my favorite episodes). She's just a normal, nice girl who happens to be from the Fire Nation. She obviously has a crush on Aang (going under the name Kuzon), and I feel is a better fit for Aang than Katara.
*** [[ToyShip The Duke and Toph]] is something I didn't think about at first. But they have [[http://moonchild419.deviantart.com/art/The-Duke-and-Toph-theory-292722898 some moments]] in "Day Of Black Sun Part I" and a hug in "Sozin's Comet Part IV: Avatar Aang," but it's shipping bait. It's really easy to see them together.
** And [[ToyShip The Duke]] is Lin Bei Fong's father.
** I ship [[DoggedNiceGuy Bolin]][=/=][[ActionGirl Korra]] and [[SpoiledSweet Asami]][=/=][[TheLancer Mako]].
*** There was a ''lot'' of crap that went on in TheLegendOfKorra, but the worst of it was the relationships. I really liked [[ShipTease the date that Bolin took Korra on]] in "The Spirit of Competition" and felt that they had a lot in common. The show goes out of its way to show just how well they get along, only to throw it away. [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6qd7oOPh31qk9ry0o1_500.png There were plenty of moments]]. Hopefully it will happen later on down the line.
*** No matter what happened, I like Mako[=/=]Asami. Even though Mako was [[CharacterDerailment derailed]] after episode 4 ("A Voice In The Night"), he and Asami had a good relationship until he started becoming [[StrangledByTheRedString obsessed with Korra]]. If he never showed interest in Korra, then (like Bolin and Korra) they could have had a sweet relationship that could have been [[CharacterDevelopment positive]] for both of them.
* ResidentEvil: I like Jill[=/=]Chris. TrueCompanions. Been together for years. Apparently it never occurred to them.
** Leon[=/=]Claire. I'm not a fan of [[DatingCatwoman Ada]], and Claire happens to be my favorite character in the series. Leon and Claire just seem better together.
* {{Batman}}: [[{{Batman}} Bruce]] and {{Zatanna}}. I really started liking this after the episode "Zatanna" of [[BatmanTheAnimatedSeries The Animated Series]]. I just like Zatanna a lot.
** [[{{Nightwing}} Dick Grayson]] and [[{{Batgirl}} Barbara Gordon]].
** [[{{Robin}} Tim]] [[Comicbook/RobinSeries Drake]] and [[{{Robin}} Stephanie]] [[Comicbook/{{Batgirl2009}} Brown]]. Honestly they're just so cute together. I think they're relationship is probably the best in the Batman universe.
* WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderman: [[TwiceShy Peter/Gwen]]. It's so frustrating that [[JerkassWoobie Harry]] cockedblocked Peter by using Gwen's kindness to [[ManipulativeBastard manipulate her]] into staying with him. [[OfficialCouple Peter and Gwen]] should have gotten together, but [[AFateWorseThanDeath now that the show's cancelled we may never find out what happens]].
* LegendOfZelda:
** OcarinaOfTime: Link ended up with Malon. [[TwilightPrincess TP Link]] [[IKnewIt descended from OoT Link]], and he's a [[FarmBoy ranch hand]].
** SkywardSword: Link and Zelda. I never ship this because it usually doesn't make sense, but in SkywardSword, their relationship just [[ShipTease so sweet]].
** TwilightPrincess: Link and Hena. Her sarcastic nature and tendency to point out [[LampshadeHanging typical player behavior]] would make her and Link a cute couple. There's also the fact that she [[http://coolman229.tumblr.com/post/56495572584/so-i-saw-something-online-and-i-checked-it-out takes Link out on the boat she reserves for her boyfriends....]]
** I also ship [[OcarinaOfTime Saria]] and [[WindWaker Fado]], a ship I've dubbed Sageshipping. I started shipping it when I read that one strategy guide says that Fado was a personal friend of the Hero of Time. I thought they'd be cute.
* {{CLANNAD}}: Tomoya and [[StudentCouncilPresident Tomoyo Sakagami]]. Not because she's an ActionGirl, but because she's so kind and motherly. [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair The gray hair didn't hurt]]. I really liked her the most out of all the girls in Tomoya's harem. Yukine Miyazawa is a close second.
* AdventureTime: I like [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Princess]] [[MadScientist Bubblegum]][=/=][[ChronicHeroSyndrome Finn]]. I wasn't a big fan of [[PlayingWithFire Flame Princess]] at first, but I've warmed up to her. I kinda like Flame Princess[=/=]Finn because their relationship is so sweet.
* TengenToppaGurrenLagann: [[CrazyAwesome Kamina]][=/=][[FriendlySniper Yoko]]. In my [[{{Fanon}} idealized version]] of the show, they can ''[[EsotericHappyEnding actually]]'' [[EsotericHappyEnding be together]].
** [[CloudCuckooLander Nia]][=/=][[TheAce Simon]]. In my [[{{Fanon}} idealized version]] of the show, they can ''[[EsotericHappyEnding actually]]'' [[EsotericHappyEnding be together]].
* TheMelancholyOfHaruhiSuzumiya: [[DeadpanSnarker Kyon]][=/=][[RealityWarper Haruhi]]. I know a lot of people like [[EmotionlessGirl Yuki]], but I'm not that big of a fan. And despite the fact that I really like [[InnocentFanserviceGirl Mikuru]], her being a TimeTraveler could cause some problems. Even if a lot of people see Haruhi as an unrepentant {{Jerkass}}, I think she's had some good CharacterDevelopment and there's at least some basis for a relationship.
* InitialD: Iketani and Mako. Hardcore. It's so depressing that relationships don't work out in that show. They like each other, but due to PoorCommunicationKills, he blew her off. Even though he realized his mistake and she still liked him, we don't get a resolution.
** Keisuke and Kyoko. Too bad he was too much of a jerk to actually accept her feelings. She chose him over racing, [[SeriousBusiness and in this show]], that's pretty darn big. But nooooo. He wants to focus on racing.
** Itsuki and Kazumi. This is a case of NiceGuysFinishLast, since despite him ''always'' being nice to her, she still chooses her [[MayDecemberRomance much older ex]] without a thought, ''right after'' saying she'd like to be with Itsuki. I think the writer of the manga didn't like romance.
* {{Sherlock}}: Sherlock and Irene. It's been a long time since I've shipped two characters so hard.
* AttackOnTitan: I originally tried to not ship in this...but I ended up doing it anyway.
** Eren and Historia: This was a crackship that snuck up on me, and surprisingly ended up not being crack at all in later chapters.
** Levi and Hanji: This is probably one of the most obvious ships in the series. Their interactions are kind of adorable.
** Annie and Reiner: I started shipping them when I first saw episode 4 of the anime. I only started shipping them more later on haha.
** Bertholdt and Ymir: Another crackship until they allied together in later chapters. It may seem weird to ship Bertholdt and Ymir when Ymir has canon feelings towards Historia, but I just really love them.
** Mike and Nanaba:
** Sasha and Jean: For some reason I have magical shipping powers because any crack ship I had ended up not be
* {{Fire Emblem}}:
** [[FireEmblemAwakening Awakening]]: Oh boy I have a lot
*** Frederick x Sumia. I love them so much. They're a very sweet couple. My favorite in the game.
*** Cordelia x Stahl
*** Chrom x Anna (with male Avatar)
*** Chrom x Fem!Robin
* VideoGame/Borderlands2: May0 (Zer0 and Maya). I played this game for five minutes and I shipped the hell out of them. This ship does things to me.
[[folder: Good Dubs]]
For the whole SubbingVersusDubbing debate, I find the argument of "purists" rather elitist. There are good dubs, there are bad dubs, and here are a few of my favorites:
* AxisPowersHetalia: It sure beats trying to read [[WallOfText all the text]] or understand the Japanese humor. It's also [[{{Woolseyism}} freaking hilarious.]]
* CodeGeass
* CowboyBebop
* ExcelSaga
* FullMetalAlchemist
* FullMetalPanic
* GGundam: Sure, it might not be the greatest in the world, but come on! It was wonderfully [[WorldOfHam Hammy]].
* HellsingUltimate
* KazeNoStigma: The voices were well-chosen, and if you watch it with subs, then you can get the best of both worlds.
* LuckyStar
* OuranHighSchoolHostClub
* PaniPoniDash: You need subtitles for all of the Japanese writing, but I didn't get a lot of the jokes because they're in the subtleties of speech. Watching the dub was a necessity for me.
* SamuraiPizzaCats
* TengenToppaGurrenLagann
* TheFamiliarOfZero: [[CristinaValenzuela Cristina Vee]] as Louise? I think yes.
* TheMelancholyOfHaruhiSuzumiya: With [[JohnnyYongBosch Lelouch]] as [[MrExposition Koizumi]] and [[CrispinFreeman Jeremiah Gottwald]] as [[DeadpanSnarker Kyon]], how can you really go wrong?
* {{Trigun}}
[[folder: Favorite Game Stories]]
In no particular order:
* ChronoTrigger
* TheWorldEndsWithYou
* '''[[{{Prototype}} [PROTOTYPE] ]]'''
* ResidentEvil4
* TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask
* TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword
* TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker
* {{Okami}}
* FireEmblemRadiantDawn
* [[ProfessorLayton Professor Layton Series]]
** ProfessorLaytonAndTheUnwoundFuture
* TheLastStory
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%% These are people who have demonstrated an inability to listen to reason and displayed idiotic and/or complete {{Jerkass}} behavior. More for me than anyone else.
%%* Bioware Forums
%%** dreman9999
%%** Dean_The_Young
%%** Dragoonlordz
%%** saracen16
%%** Seival
%%** IamDanThaMan
%%** Geneaux486, and in record time!
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A libertarian leaning, common preference seeking, pro-science, pro-critical rationalism, humanist blog, which is mainly, but by no means exclusively, about home educating in the UK.
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Howard Gardner's Problems with School
It also seems strange that we raise our children in a completely undemocratic institution and then expect them to have the skills required to function responsibly in a democracy.
3 comments:
- Leo said...
Gardner's theory of multiple intelligents seems to have worsened or it's just my impression? That five mind theory is just terrible.
It has absolutely nothing to do with true personalised learning to shove people into categories in order to fit utopian plans about the future of society.
It's depressing these people have power on the educational field and say all the wrong things.
- 4:50 pm
- Carlotta said...
Well said, Leo.
- 6:26 pm
- Ron R said...
I have his book 'The Unschooled Mind'. Whether or not you or I agree with his theories on intelligence(s), the book is a worthwhile read in that it directs you to thinking about what the current education system lacks and seemingly prevents children from learning.
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How far along before you tell your employer you are pregnant?
Do I need to do it in writing, or how should I tell them?
Mama to DD (12.2005), DS1 (01.2009), DS2 (04.28.2013) with DH 04.10.13!!
Basically, tell when you are comfortable doing so. You can even tell just your immediate supervisor and let him/her know that you want to keep it quite from general information for a while yet.
I've had three different experiences with it.
DS - told my boss right away and he asked my permission to consult with two other people about possible hazards in the workplace that we hadn't thought of. Decided on any necessary job modifications and I told co-workers later.
Pregnancy2 - hadn't intended to tell, had a workers comp. accident where I cut my finger and needed stitches, the pregnancy information came out. I miscarried. Having to tell everyone I was no longer pregnant really really sucked. However, when I screw up everything I touched for 1/2 a week and then took the rest of the week off no one said a word and understood that I was working through some stuff.
DD - Waited until I was 12 weeks and then told everyone who had already guessed, because I get really ill when pregnant and no one belived I'd had "a touch of a stomach bug" for that long.
I know at least two people who choose not to say anything until closer to 20 weeks, but I think may have let their immediate supervisor know sooner.
So it varies so much. Just tell when you are comfortable doing so.
Katie - Married to Mike 06/02/01, Mom to Sydney Anne born 11/21/09 and Alice Maeryn & Oliver Thomas born 04/24/13
Depends on the job and how you're holding up, really. If things are fine, I'd say wait as long as you can. I personally like to wait until it's pretty obvious because the minute people find out you're pregnant, it seems like they start acting really weird around you and treat you like some totally different person. Or you get a ton of "advice" or horror stories that you may or may not want to hear. I vastly prefer not to have all that extra attention.
I kinda like things to be as normal as possible, as long as possible, so I never tell anyone until it's totally obvious and I'm showing.
Legally, I think you have to give a month's notice for FMLA, but in practice, it's good to give them a few months' notice to find a temporary replacement.
Andrea , child of God, wife of Tim , mama of L, B,
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I'm on a healthy mission.
Well, I told them, because DF was worried about me doing heavy lifting, but they said it didn't matter, they would only restrict or change my duties if I had a note from my doctor restricting lifting or something. I guess restricting lifting is not everywhere, so we shall see. I'll just have to be extra careful.
The part that is a little more upsetting about having told someone is that I told a few of my friends, but apparently they thought even though I asked them not to say anything to anyone, it was okay, because there's a lot of rumors going around now, and people just running their mouths about "who's the daddy?!?!?" like I don't know.
Mama to DD (12.2005), DS1 (01.2009), DS2 (04.28.2013) with DH 04.10.13!!
I am somewhere between 6-13 weeks pregnant, I have not told my employer yet. Mostly because, well I am getting a transfer to a (for me), much better position, and I want to be 100% sure I get it before I tell them. On Friday I was officially given the new position, so now I am waiting on confirmation how far along I am. Before 12 weeks I don't want to tell, because if something goes wrong, and everyone knows... I don't know if I could handle that.
Friday we are going for an ultrasound and will find out how far along I am.
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So I got my Stainless Works Catback system yesterday and took it to the installer today. I showed him the video and emphasized that the Xpipe needed to be centered. So I go to pick it up and the tailpipes are having issues getting centered....
So he tries for a bit and it just isn't working on the right one. He got the Left one decently centered but the one on the right is practically touching the plastic.... I certainly didn't want to damage the plastic so we both started getting frustrated. Anyway I had to drive it home so I did. When I got home the right tip is not touching the plastic anymore at least, but It definitely isn't centered and neither is the left one. I've contacted Stainless Works but not sure when they can get back to me since it's a weekend.
It was a pretty horrible experience overall since I really didn't want to melt any of the plastic. Thankfully that didn't seem to happen. Plus my stock exhaust is at the place since it was larger than I anticipated (derp) and for some reason I thought it would fit inside my wagon...
Any advice would be appreciated.
Here's the pics
Right pipe not centering
Left pipe better but still not perfectly center
Installer felt the muffler pipe should have been pushed in that far (right muffler). But said he had to move it out to get it to fit in the tailpipe hole.
Same with the left
pics of the pipe
After I got home Right Tip
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This dog hooded sweatshirt uses three measurements, L (LENGTH FROM NECK TO BASE OF TAIL), and G (GIRTH AROUND CHEST), and N (SIZE AROUND THE NECK). The most important measurements are the GIRTH and NECK. Note that every dog is shaped differently. Please adjust the size ordered according to your dogs shape, size, and build
Posted by Unknown on 02/23/15 9:13 PM
Very nice well made product
Posted by CATHY on 02/20/15 4:35 PM
This hoodie is exactly as shown. It is so adorable on my Yorkie. Very easy to put on as it has Velcro closures. Also has convenient slit for leash which accommodates my dog's harness easily as well.


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analog lines not getting disconnected
after a call is made from IPphone to mobile(for eg), even after disconnecting the call from IPphone its not getting disconnected on mobile...
inshort the fxo port is still active..the voice port remains off-hook..so gotta manually shut and open voice port from CLI everytime....
tried changing the cptone configuration(tried all the cisco provided configs(erricsson,alcatel etc))
fadhu mohammed
As you have realised, this is the well known problem of supervisory disconnect, where the telco expects users to disconnect the call. They signal the end of the call by playing a disconnect tone to the party that is still off hook.
We can detect this tone and drop the call from the voice port if we know the frequency and cadence of the tones.
Here is a procedure you can use to determine these values (from an earlier posting of mine on Netpro)
Setting the cptone to KR will use the default settings for Korea, but we find that in many countries they do not use consistent tones across the entire nation, so even through cptone KR might work in one location, it may fail in another site. The best thing to do here is to get an ethereal/wireshark log of a call that is disconnected.
If you use G711 as the codec, we can easily save the audio payload out of ethereal as an AU file and can analyse the frequencies and the cadence (duration) of the tone. You should be able to plug a PC into the phone's PC port and capture the voice traffic.
All you need to do is to make a test call to the phone, then hang up from the PSTN side and listen for the disconnect tones to be played from the PSTN. Once you hear them, start wireshark and record the packet stream. We only need about 10 seconds or so.
We do this all the time to create custom tones for supervisory disconnect.
Here is an example -
voice class custom-cptone Korea_customtone
dualtone disconnect
frequency 480 620
cadence 300 200
We set up a custom disconnect class called 'Korea_customtone'. This will look for two tones of 480 and 620 hz, with a repeating on time of 300msec and an off time of 200msec
voice-port 0/2/1
supervisory disconnect dualtone mid-call
supervisory custom-cptone Korea_customtone
timeeouts call-disconnect 3
timeouts wait-release 3
To analyse the audio, you save the payload from wireshark as an AU file. (G711ulaw, 64Kbps, 8 bit, 8khz)
Search on the internet for an audio application called 'cooledit96'(which is now Adobe Audition)
Load the audio file into cooledit application.
Play back the audio to identify the disconnect tones
Use the cursors to highlight the start of the tone period, and then measure the on time duration. Do the same for the off time. This gives the cadence of the tones.
Move the cursor over the tone , then select Analyse-->Frequency Analysis
This will open a new window that shows a frequency domain view, and the two component tones are shown a individual peaks. Move the cursor over each tone peak and carefully read the displayed frequency (round it to the closest 5hz)
These values - cadence and frequencies are then used in the custom tone class.


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how do i stop my cat from being mean to my other cat?
my tow cats nutmeg and mango are twins and they have been living together since they were born but we just got them 1 month ago and nutmeg who is a bit fat is being really mean to mango.
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It's difficult to tell from your question or from Mango's profile your kittys' histories. If they are not neutered or spayed, they need to be. Two unaltered or fixed cats of either sex will fight to the death to protect their territories, kittens, food,etc. Did you get them at the same time? If they were apart for any length of time, bringing the second cat in is like introducing a new cat. They don't understandabout "brotherhood" and all. Nutmeg may be letting Mango know that he's the boss. If the fighting is really nasty, you'll have to separate them. Put Nutmeg in "timeout" in a separate room until the situation calms down. It make take some time to teach Nutmeg that YOU are the boss and not him, so don't expect it to happen overnight. And if your kitties have not been to a vet recently, do take them in even if they are fixed. Sometimes when one animal isn't feeling well, the other does sense it and will "pick on" the one who isn't feeling up to snuff.
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USS PELELIU - Being away on a ship isn't the easiest thing for Marines and sailors to do. To alleviate the feeling of being homesick, vending machines and ship stores are available on each of the ships of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group. The 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Disbursing Office helps Marines purchase these items.
The office assists Marines and sailors of the MEU by replacing cash with Marine Cash cards to make purchases while embarked in the Peleliu ARG. However, they do much more than that. Their mission is to provide deployed disbursing support to the troops to ensure they are properly paid and also resolve any pay and entitlement problems they may incur.
This support includes assisting the servicemembers with the setup of their cash cards and split pay, which is an option Marines have that directs a portion of their paychecks to their Marine Cash cards. Additionally, it doubles as a prepaid debit card.
"Split pay is a great program because it helps lessen a lot of potential financial headaches," said Sgt. Lionel E. Smith, disbursing non-commissioned officer-in-charge, 15th MEU. "I used to be an infantryman, and I know how difficult situations can affect Marines when they need to be focused on the mission. As disbursers, we're here to mitigate financial heartaches involving pay issues, allotments or setting up a savings deposit program," added the 26-year-old native of Baltimore, who also assists by teaching classes on the services his team offers.
Since the MEU is spread out through the three ships of the ARG, the disbursing office also has one Marine on each of the smaller ships.
"Having a Marine on each ship puts our Marines where they could be needed," said 1st Lt. Clayton L. Wiggins, disbursing officer, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. "My goal for this deployment is to get my Marines off the ship to do their job in a field environment."
If the unit were called to shore, the disbursing team is capable of providing payments for contracts, micro-purchases and casual pay, which is the ability to pay cash if a situation deems it necessary.
"The real impact is felt when Marines need something, and we're able to deliver it quickly," said Wiggins. "The faster we can resolve an issue helps our Marines and sailors focus on their mission," added the 33-year-old native of Franklin, N.C.
Wiggins' Marines are trained to be embedded with any unit in the event they need to pay for something in a forward environment. Disbursers give the commander in the field the capability to purchase something unforeseen during the planning process, which gives these Marines a whole new level of responsibility.
"The contracts involved in the field are complex and extremely detail-oriented," said Wiggins. "Being efficient and accurate is the way to minimize mistakes, and I train my Marines with practical application exercises to better prepare them for when they are working independently from the office."
The practical application exercises are not the only thing the lieutenant does to prepare his staff. He preaches customer service, preparation and the total Marine concept.
"We've got a weekly challenge in the office," said Wiggins with a grin. "Five-hundred pushups, 500 sit-ups and 500 air-squats that start on a Monday and end on a Friday. Being physically fit is an important part of being a Marine." He also mentioned the numbers would increase over the course of the deployment.
At the end of the day, whether their mission involves purchasing a last minute generator in the field or assisting Marines setting up the split pay option, the disbursing office just wants to take care of their fellow Leathernecks.
"Our main purpose is to take care of the Marines, in the field or on ship, by giving them the comforts of home by way of the Marine Cash program," said Gunnery Sgt. Rodolfo Gonzalez, disbursing chief, 15th MEU, a 32-year-old native of East Chicago, Ind.
For more information about the Marine Cash program visit, www.navycash.com.
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President Obama this morning unveiled details of his administration's latest conditions for aid to struggling automakers General Motors and Chrysler. It was already known that one of those conditions was the resignation of GM CEO Rick Wagoner.
We followed the news in this post. Click your refresh button to make sure you're seeing our latest additions.
12:05 p.m. ET: The White House transcript of Obama's remarks is now posted here.
11:27 a.m. ET. The president just finished his remarks. As he was speaking, the White House released four documents:
-- The administration's "new path to viability for GM & Chrysler."
-- Its "viability determination" regarding GM.
-- Its "viability determination" regarding Chrysler.
-- Its "new warranty commitment program" for auto buyers.
11:23 a.m. ET. New director of recovery:
"When a community is struck by a natural disaster," says Obama, "the nation responds to put it back on its feet. While the storm that's hit our auto towns is not a tornado or a hurricane, the damage is clear, and we must respond. That is why today, I am designating a new director of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers to cut through red tape and ensure that the full resources of our federal government are leveraged to assist the workers, communities, and regions that rely on our auto industry. Edward Montgomery, a former deputy Labor secretary, has agreed to serve in this role."
(Photo: Montgomery, right, joined the president at today's announcement. By Alex Wong of Getty Images.)
11:21 a.m. ET. Warranties and tax breaks:
"Your warrantee will be safe," Obama tells anyone thinking of buying an American-made car. "In fact, it will be safer than it's ever been. Because starting today, the United States government will stand behind your warrantee."
Then he lays out other ways the government is going to try to boost auto sales.
"We must also recognize that the difficulties facing this industry are due in no small part to the weakness in our economy," the president says. "Therefore, to support demand for auto sales during this period, I'm directing my team to take several steps. First, we will ensure that Recovery Act funds to purchase government cars go out as quickly as possible and work through the budget process to accelerate other federal fleet purchases as well.
"Second, we will accelerate our efforts through the Treasury Department's Consumer and Business Lending Initiative. And we are working intensively with the auto finance companies to increase the flow of credit to both consumers and dealers.
"Third, the IRS is today launching a campaign to alert consumers of a new tax benefit for auto purchases made between February 16th and the end of this year -- if you buy a car anytime this year, you may be able to deduct the cost of any sales and excise taxes. This provision could save families hundreds of dollars and lead to as many as 100,000 new car sales."
11:19 a.m. ET. Bankruptcy?
"While Chrysler and GM are very different companies with very different paths forward, both need a fresh start to implement the restructuring plans they develop," says the president. "That may mean using our bankruptcy code as a mechanism to help them restructure quickly and emerge stronger. Now, I know that when people even hear the word 'bankruptcy' it can be a bit unsettling, so let me explain what I mean.
"What I am talking about is using our existing legal structure as a tool that, with the backing of the U.S. government, can make it easier for General Motors and Chrysler to quickly clear away old debts that are weighing them down so they can get back on their feet and onto a path to success; a tool that we can use, even as workers are staying on the job building cars that are being sold. What I am not talking about is a process where a company is broken up, sold off, and no longer exists. And what I am not talking about is having a company stuck in court for years, unable to get out."
11:17 a.m. ET. Chrysler gets 30 days:
"The situation at Chrysler is more challenging," Obama says. "It is with deep reluctance but also a clear-eyed recognition of the facts that we have determined, after a careful review, that Chrysler needs a partner to remain viable. Recently, Chrysler reached out and found what could be a potential partner -- the international car company Fiat, where the current management team has executed an impressive turnaround. Fiat is prepared to transfer its cutting-edge technology to Chrysler and, after working closely with my team, has committed to building new fuel-efficient cars and engines right here in the United States. We have also secured an agreement that will ensure that Chrysler repays taxpayers for any new investments that are made before Fiat is allowed to take a majority ownership stake in Chrysler.
"Still, such a deal would require an additional investment of tax dollars, and there are a number of hurdles that must be overcome to make it work. I am committed to doing all I can to see if a deal can be struck in a way that upholds the interests of American taxpayers. That's why we will give Chrysler and Fiat 30 days to overcome these hurdles and reach a final agreement -- and we will provide Chrysler with adequate capital to continue operating during that time."
11:15 a.m. ET. General Motors gets 60 days:
"GM has made a good faith effort to restructure over the past
several months," Obama says, but "the plan they have put forward is, in
its current form, not strong enough. However, after broad consultations
with a range of industry experts and financial advisors, I'm absolutely
confident that GM can rise again, provided that it undergoes a
fundamental restructuring. As an initial step, GM is announcing today
that Rick Wagoner is stepping aside as Chairman and CEO. This is not
meant as a condemnation of Mr. Wagoner, who has devoted his life to
this company and has had a distinguished career; rather, it's a
recognition that it will take a new vision and new direction to create
the GM of the future.
"In this context, my administration will offer General Motors adequate working capital over the next 60 days. During this time, my team will be working closely with GM to produce a better business plan."
11:12 a.m. ET: "Each company has submitted a plan to restructure," says Obama. "But after careful analysis, we have determined that neither goes far enough to warrant the substantial new investments that these companies are requesting. And so today, I am announcing that my administration will offer GM and Chrysler a limited additional period of time to work with creditors, unions, and other stakeholders to fundamentally restructure in a way that would justify an investment of additional tax dollars; during this period they must produce plans that would give the American people confidence in their long-term prospects for success."
11:11 a.m. ET: "We cannot, we must not, and we will not let our auto industry simply vanish," the president says. "This industry is, like no other, an emblem of the American spirit; a once and future symbol of America's success. It is what helped build the middle class and sustained it throughout the 20th century. It is a source of deep pride for the generations of American workers whose hard work and imagination led to some of the finest cars the world has ever known. It is a pillar of our economy that has held up the dreams of millions of our people."
11:09 a.m. ET: "The pain being felt in places that rely on our auto industry is not the fault of our workers, who labor tirelessly and desperately want to see their companies succeed," Obama says. "And it is not the fault of all the families and communities that supported manufacturing plants throughout the generations. Rather, it is a failure of leadership -- from Washington to Detroit -- that led our auto companies to this point."
11:07 a.m. ET: It looks like the event is about to begin.
David's journalism career spans three decades, including coverage of five presidential elections, the Oklahoma City bombing, the 2000 Florida presidential recount and the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He has covered the White House for USA TODAY since 2005. His interests include history, politics, books, movies and college football -- not necessarily in that order. More about David
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Newsweek's Eleanor Clift Compares Hillary's Senate Replacement to (Gasp!) Sarah Palin
When New York. Gov. David Paterson picked Rep. Kristen Gillibrand (a gun-rights-favoring Democrat) instead of Caroline Kennedy to take Hillary Clinton's place in the Senate, many liberals howled. Newsweek's Eleanor Clift unloaded an editorial at NPR.org on Tuesday that used that nasty P-word to insult Gillibrand: Palin.
Gillibrand is to Kennedy what Sarah Palin was to Clinton: a very different political package. Women who supported Clinton did not flock to Palin once they knew what she stood for. Gillibrand is pro-choice and she won't be gunning down wolves from a helicopter like Palin, but her pro-gun position is at odds with every other Democrat in the New York delegation, men and women alike. Maintaining the Senate's gender balance won't be much consolation to New Yorkers who back gun control.
After the Palin slap, Clift hoped: "Now that Gillibrand has the entire state to represent, she may moderate her views." But she certainly worries about them:
[S]he is no Caroline Kennedy. Kirsten Gillibrand has a 100 percent rating from the National Rifle Association, and in her previous life as a corporate lawyer, she defended Altria, the parent company of Philip Morris. Critics complained they didn't know what Kennedy stood for. News flash: She didn't stand for the NRA or Big Tobacco. Progressive politics are in Kennedy's DNA; Gillibrand plays both sides of the aisle, a fashionable formula in the post-partisan Obama era.
Clift seems to be writing on behalf of all liberal Democrats. The editorial's title is "Show Us What You Got, Gillibrand." (Feel the warmth.) She wrapped up the editorial by trying to see the new Senator through Hillary Clinton's eyes:
Winning depends on her ability to divide and conquer and bring along enough Republican support to offset angry liberals. She was an ardent supporter of Hillary Clinton during the presidential primaries. Her effusive praise of Clinton upon being named her successor should help her tap into Clinton's money people. Gillibrand is no Clinton when it comes to her policies, but the fact that she's not a Kennedy goes a long way in the dueling dynasties. It would have been a far more bitter pill for Clinton to see her seat go to someone whose endorsement of Barack Obama helped doom her presidential chances.
The filling of this seat is personal as much as it is about policies. Kennedy will get over the way she was slighted and find her revenge, perhaps in a future race when she is more prepared. Clinton is surely relieved.
Clift's first reaction to Palin last year was to tell her fellow panelists at The McLaughlin Group that her selection caused a lot of laughter in newsrooms. Eleanor is not the first to compare Gillibrand to Palin. In early December, I noted that at the liberal Daily Beast website, Benjamin Sarlin called Gillibrand the 95-percent liberal a "bizarro version of Sarah Palin," despite her endorsement by NARAL Pro-Choice New York and liberal voting scores from both sides of the aisle (8 percent from the American Conservative Union, 95 percent from the libs at Americans for Democratic Action).