 party on Booty Island.
Their relationship needs that edge to work - they're a mismatched couple, not soulmates, and while there is obviously romance involved, their general relationship works better as big sister and little brother than husband and wife. Not to mention Elaine knowing that she should know better.
Having them together is also disastrous on a narrative/puzzle level, since part of what makes Elaine a good character is that she's far more competent than Guybrush. Not for nothing have the three games where the two were in a relationship had to start by benching her - in Curse, turning her into a gold statue for the entire game, in Escape, leaving her to do'serious' stuff while Guybrush plays pirate, and in Tales, splitting the duo up and leaving her a pawn to be feuded over for much of the story.
All this is bad in many ways, but Elaine herself suffers the worst from it - a character who should be really good and a foil for Guybrush, instead of being forced into a "Now, don't be silly, dear," role. Elaine may not need saving from the Ghost Pirate LeChuck, but she could do with a helping hand here.
Problem B: Guybrush And LeChuck - Mighty (?) Pirates!
Both of these characters suffer from the same problem, from different angles - too many games. Guybrush has accomplished far too much to still be a loveable underdog (Monkey Island 2 made him a braggart for a reason), and LeChuck had too many defeats to be scary. Tales of Monkey Island was a great attempt at bringing him back as an actual threat, but more is needed.
Worse, the spiritual gimmicks are played out now. He's been a ghost, a zombie, a demon, a human (twice) and a voodoo god. We can't just throw a dart at the board and say "Oh, but he'll be REALLY scary as MechaLeChuck!" and expect it to work. So, we won't. Instead, we need to go back to basics.
Problem C: The Times They Have A Change-Ed
Since Monkey Island 2, everyone who worked on the series has broadened the nature of the world - and while that's led to some really fun stuff, it's also taken it from an endearingly anachronistic world into a pretty silly one. The early games' theme park elements exploded with the end of Curse actually having LeChuck's evil plan involve a demonic rollercoaster. Escape then took things to eleven by adding gags like a restaurant called Planet Threepwood and... and far worse. Shudder. All the shudders.
Tales of Monkey Island was much better about this, but cranked up the folklore aspect of the world with merpeople and learning to talk fish and so on. That in itself isn't a problem, especially in the series as it is at the moment, but making it casual enough to feel banal to the characters did rob the attempted magic. Think the original Pirates of the Caribbean, where a single ghost ship was a big deal, versus On Stranger Tides where every ship has a gimmick. Nothing kills magic like too much magic.
So, how might our reboot's story go? Time to put down the scalpel and reach for the broadsword.u/YonnieChristo gave me the heads up, and I had pretty much the same response. then you scroll through 1000 comments that insult and take shots at your character, it just wears at your soul in a different type of way. I told the absolute truth through the entirety of that video, yes I misspoke here or there but for some naive reason I thought people would believe me. Raised in a very christian home (dad was a pastor) always tried my best to keep my name very clean. Living in a small town every one knows everything. as a PK I was under a microscope so I adapted to that. I guess I thought my character would speak for myself if I told the entirety of the story good and bad of myself. just simply didn't pan out like that But now its time try to redeem my name.2023 applications are due October 15, 2022.
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“I’ll take, ‘Things That Show The Church Is Going Crazy’ for $1000 Alex.” The material to bring up and discuss is ever growing. I personally like the ease and accessibility we have to everything that is going on around the world and the rapid way in which we can learn it. There is always the temptation to be addicted to all the social media and news outlets to the point of neglecting people and literally everything else. However, knowing information and what is being taught and preached allows us to be informed, so that we can respond quickly with truth and answers.
Bethel (probably a whole series could be spent talking about this church) has a new product out they call The Declarations Clicker. They sell this product on their website (probably at their church building as well). It resembles a pitch counter that you use to track the number of pitches that pitchers have in a game. The difference with this, though, is that they want to encourage you to track your daily prayer…declarations. Now here’s where there will probably be a division and debate that will inevitably happen with church people. “I see nothing wrong with this. We should do this. We need to declare more things and claim things in the name of Jesus! We don’t do this enough. This is why so many Christians are living in weakness and defeat.” Then the other side chimes in. “The Declarations Clicker? What in the world? This is one of the many problems with this ‘Name it Claim it’ movement treating God like a Genie. Remember the whole ‘Holy Spirit activate, Holy Spirit activate!’ thing on Family Feud? That’s from that. We don’t declare things as if God is obligated to grant us spiritual wishes.”
The real question is, if these people have such abilities, why aren’t they changing the world? Why doesn’t Benny Hinn live at the Cancer Center, or Children’s Hospital? Kenneth Copeland, I thought he declared and decreed (by blowing) Covid away two years ago? He also said to put your hands on your head and your hair would grow back. It seems he needs to declare it in a few more spots, because it’s pretty thin. How about Joyce Meyers? It appears she needs to go to her doctors and “declare” she gets her money back for face job. This seems inconsistent and outside of what they teach and say they can do. The inconsistencies are unending. They hold scheduled revivals and only choose particular people to be healed. They will claim that we are to live in complete physical healing now, because of Jesus and Him taking the stripes (Isaiah 53:5). Yet, we still die, because, “C’mon, no one can stop that.” I’ve been told that every believer is supposed to live a sick and disease free life now…but we will die a natural death, because that’s what happens.
I know this may come across harsh and like I’m making fun. It’s a serious matter and these people and many with them are dangerous. They are literally false teachers that the Bible tells us to watch out for and to ignore. We must warn people about them. And countless others are fed this lie from Satan that if they have decreed something to happen or someone has decreed something to happen over them and it doesn’t take place, then it’s their fault. The recipients of this treatment walk away, sad, confused, angry, or depressed. And even worse, there is a rising number every day of people who have “declared” that they no longer believe in a God. And when you dig into their story, their reasons, the churches they went to, or the pastors they sat under, it’s no surprise that a common thread is this false teaching.
So where does this teaching come from? There are numerous passages that are taken out of context or “cherry picked” for the purpose of fulfilling their wish. Theologically we call this eisegesis (reading your meaning into a text). Jesus told His guys that if they didn’t doubt, that they could tell a mountain to throw itself in the sea (Mark 11:23-24). Many of them will say things like, “We’re created in the image of God. That necessarily means that we can do what He can. We have that authority.” But is that what the Bible teaches? Is that what God has said?
The writers at gotquestions.org stated this: “The problem is, our statements can be declarative, but not causative, no matter how true they are; plus, when we go around “decreeing” things, we are in danger of putting our will over God’s will.” There are numerous places where it is clear that our approach to God in prayer is to be done in humility and submitting towards His will, not ours. Consider the model prayer that Jesus shared in Matthew 6. “Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” God’s will is the goal. What about when