In reply to Titus Blackwell (msg # 774):

There are only 2 versions of Hercules that I have enjoyed (beyond the written stories, which are excellent):

1) The 1960s cartoon version of Hercules. While not canon, the episodes are like 6 minutes long and are hilarious. Hercules is a god with the strength of ten men, but only when he wears the ring of Zeus. Which he carries in his belt. With or without the ring, he can jump up to Mt. Olympus or down to Greece whenever he wants. By jumping. It's excellent in a terrible way.

2) The Disney version of Hercules. Also not strictly canon, but I can't watch that movie and not have a good time. Though maybe that's just me.

In reply to Brennan Otthild (msg # 775):

What? no love for Kevin Sorbo?

Boo.

In reply to Titus Blackwell (msg # 776):

Didn't really watch that.

I did, however, watch Xena. For obvious reasons.

In reply to Brennan Otthild (msg # 777):

Obvious... :)  I always liked the homoerotic tension of the Kevin Sorbo Hercules, it actually is one of the few things that truly captures the relationship between him and Iaolus.

In reply to Titus Blackwell (msg # 778):

... and no mention of the homoerotic tension between Lucy Lawless and Renee O'Connor?

In reply to GM (msg # 779):

I should think that was covered under "obvious". And it is another part of why I preferred Xena :)

In reply to Brennan Otthild (msg # 780):

You know I went back and watched a few episodes of Xena about 2 years ago... its significantly worse than I remember it being.  Same for Hercules.  Apparantly if you don't have teenage testosterone coursing through your veins the show is suddenly less interesting.


...Don't even get me started on going back to voltron.

In reply to Titus Blackwell (msg # 781):

Most of the old shows perform poorly under adult scrutiny.

An exception is Gargoyles. I still enjoy it, even if there's a wince or two from time to time.

In reply to Brennan Otthild (msg # 782):

For every bad word spoken about Gargoyles, you lose a die from all future pools.

In reply to GM (msg # 783):

You know Gargoyles was one of those shows I never watched...

In reply to Titus Blackwell (msg # 784):

Am I going to lose my nerd card for that... again?

In reply to Titus Blackwell (msg # 785):

I think Gargoyles more of a 90s card criteria than nerd card.  That was my jam in middle school.

In reply to Enrei Omal'i (msg # 786):

Oh Brennan and here I was going to go back to story of Hyrium negotiating the arrows out of the sky.

In reply to Enrei Omal'i (msg # 786):

Yeah, that's fair. It is damned nerdy but at the time it really wasn't.

Instead I'll take your childhood card.

Also, nice dodge Brennan.

In reply to GM (msg # 788):

I am nimble!

In reply to Brennan Otthild (msg # 789):

I love how Titus puffs you all up and then you just beat him into submission.

In reply to Titus Blackwell (msg # 790):

this is what you get for improvising around someone who doesn't even know the meaning of the word.

In reply to Enrei Omal'i (msg # 791):

I saved us all from being beaten to death, and you're complaining because in doing so I compromised the quality of your tale? Pshaw :P

In reply to Brennan Otthild (msg # 792):

Actually, I'm not.  You'll learn his true feelings when he has a chance.

In reply to Titus Blackwell (msg # 793):

How old are these kids again? Headmaster Brennan will need to create a curriculum for them, if they're staying with us...

In reply to Brennan Otthild (msg # 794):

about 8.

In reply to Titus Blackwell (msg # 795):

Thaaaaat's gonna really slow down the whole "teaching them to read and write" angle. Though maybe they already know how to do that, given that their parents were ostensibly witches and perhaps had "recipe books" for spells or something.

am I the only illiterate member of this party?  because if we're gonna teach these kids Enrei's sitting in on these classes.

until he gets bored, at least.

In reply to Enrei Omal'i (msg # 797):

Since I think Jon got eaten by a bear I'm just going to assume that the villagers complacently follow me to the nearest bar where they float me on a river of whiskey to the home of the most toothsome female in the village where she carnally expresses her gratitude.


I'm just spitballing here.

In reply to Titus Blackwell (msg # 798):

Since homehow our crabby hermit is the party's moral compass..

I couldn't think what else to do with our children of the corn, and knew we couldn't leave them here to cause hell..

I'm open to suggestions, and we probably can't set the precedent we're going to recruit every magical person we run into.

Soon Jon will have us followed around by an entire orphanage of magical children.

Actually, that sounds like a sweet game.

What if I told you 4 tax collectors..