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I'll bite and say the area right before the Spirit Temple...even if that isn't right. *curses not having GCN*

:therock: Dang, spike. What bugs me is that Aeris' death was probably one of more impact to me than most of the ones I see these days. For some reason, I go "meh" a lot at characters' death. *is reminded of Legend of Dragoon and FF4* It just doesn't seem to have the same impact for some reason. Which is why I guess FF7 is such a great game for handling the scene well. Multiple character embellishments at once. And Aeris' (or [spoiler]Sephiroth's[/spoiler]) Resurrection is prolly one of the more, if not the most, common topic I see for Final Fantasy fanfics. Even if most of us didn't like Aeris.

*squeaks* 200[b][i]6[/i][/b]?!?? Oy. I believe you actually must have [spoiler]all Damations and lock all keyholes.[/spoiler] I never got the Ultima Weapon, but I still saw the special ending. OOOO, I hope they stay with that kind of animation, it's pretty sweet! Though I doubt they will. Animation like that will easily become obsolete before the year is out.

I could not do it personally. Eating a human, period, regardless of whether they are my friend or not, regardless of whether it's considered "suicide" (*cough*whatever*cough*), regardless of all those flipping "What ifs", is just not a possibility for me. But then, I've never been on the verge of a combination of near-death and insanity. [spoiler]BTW, suicide is considered taking one's own life. If you take your own life indirectly--the bullet for another incident--then that is failing to fulfill the definition. Feel free to scream nice and loud and long about how wrong my opinion is, since it isn't yours. :rolleyes: Chocolate.[/spoiler]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Kinetic [/i] [B] Just because some people who are Christians are ignorant fools doesn't mean that all Christians are. If someone disagrees with me, oh well, I have my opinions, they have theirs. Not every Christian "has a habit of seeing anyone that disagrees with them as evil."[/B][/QUOTE] Finally, someone who gets it.

Heh, see, Semmy, I told you my opinion differs from yours! ;) Nothing like blowing (stuff) up after a bad day at work. "Ratchet&Clank" is your basic action/adventure/buddy game. You are Ratchet, who finds Clank, who helps you leave your home world in search of other ones. You've got your typical bad guy, Chairman Drek, out to destroy the universe and make his own little planet. Lots of weapons, fun and crazy. Glove of Doom (complete with evil laughter sounds) was a favorite. So's the R.Y.N.O. (Rip Ya a New One). The only thing that was ever a problem for me was getting enough money for certain things (RYNO RYNO RYNO!!! ARGH). Other than that, there's a good handful of secret things and options you can unlock. Took me 30 hours to complete. The voicings are pretty good, but I'm surprised that the inhabitants of every single planet tend to be green and scaly. What ever happened to new races on new worlds? Anyways, I thought it was a lot of fun. Good, mindless, "Blow (stuff) up" (the catchphrase) fun. :D

I am still undecided on Takari/Daikari now....but poor TK. Until he tried that one bit, that is.

It's too late for you, Lance. You are now a sworn Austin St. John fanboy. Be quick before I banish Jason David Frank to the Dimension of Horny Betsumon! :devil: *blames clowmet for that*

Yeah, I kinda sorta thought that was when it happened, but I am not sure...dang, I'll have to play the game again. Just restarted FFX though, so that'll be awhile yet.

1999 or 2000, easily. I'll have to ask Sara, heh. Dang, has it really been that long? *has no life* I had 1578 posts on the last Boards before they went under--I saw that on the first few posts under my post list. Heh, ah the memories. There's something. Go pull up the post list of members that have been here a long time and read what happened back then. Unbelievable stuff. oO;

Thanks, everyone. I... ...thanks.

And here's another thought--I know some kids will try [i]anything[/i] to get out of going to school. Does anyone else think that she might've not been communicating her thoughts so much as trying to get out of being stuck in a place that doesn't agree with her?

*screams happily* You're getting REALLY good, Flora me dear--that was what my drawings looked like when I was your age!!! *is freaked out now* :eek: Anyways, my only advice is to work on the eyes, and you got it made. *saves it* Ooooo...it's meeeeeee....^^ Yes, the hand is really REALLY good. I am so impressed.

I remember having a debate about the 1st Ammendment rights, and thing that stuck out the most is that, yeah, your rights end when they start infringing on someone else's. The fact of the matter is, until we are all mindless clones of each other that bounce balls in perfect rhythm ([i]A Wrinkle in Time[/i]'s Camazotz, anyone?), we will always be infringing on each other's rights. It's like asking for world peace--as long as we have our differenting views, it ain't gonna happen. What I see here is the girl's rights, and the school's rights. And the school can scream louder, with more people to back it up, than the girl can. Does this mean I agree with the girl's wearing the shirt? Not really. Yeah, I'm a bit offended by it. And quite frankly, I think she could have brought this point up some other way that would result in honest, frank, and thoughtful conversation/debate, than having everyone point at her and either cheer her on, or jeer at her. It goes back to stereotypes, how people too quickly affix a name to someone because they only see one action, but don't take time to research into the matter. I feel she stereotyped herself quite nicely. Once again, her actions prompted instant emotion reaction that will be forgotten tomorrow, instead of inducing thoughtful topic talking (.oO;.) that could improve people's abilities to understand what the Hades is going on in the real world. Or maybe she did just that, by us all talking about it. Though we are focusing on her rights, and not on Bush himself (and thankfully, that is where the thread should stay, as pointed out earlier). Bush's stance is a topic for another thread. *steps off soapbox and trundles off*

My first death scene was in ChronoTrigger (and the PSX cutscene made it all the more...damn, so emotional--I actually LIKE those characters!), and my second in FF7. I guess it depends on how much you've seen, heh. ^^; But, if anything, you have to admit the Seph part was cool. And I've never liked Cloud that much, or Aeris either. Bah, I preferred Seph, Barrett, Tifa, Nanaki, and Cait Sith; all the other ones could burn as far as I was concerned. Again, though, it was only the second death scene I had seen in games, so it was a big deal for me, even if it was only Aeris.

As some of you may or may not know, my mom attempted to overdose on OTC drugs Thursday night. My father woke me up first thing Friday morning to tell me, and then rush off to the hospital. Naturally, the incident was a complete shock to me. My mom never seemed like the type...she was depressed, but she had only attempted once before and that was over a decade ago. I'd never thought she'd try it again. We visited her at the hospital last night, and she seemed ok, physically. What scared me is that she kept saying stuff like, "Well, at least my friend took me seriously about this," or "I could have pulled it off, you know." My aunt told us that my mom said she was going to pull it off one of these days and handed my dad a note my mom had written before she had taken the pills; my aunt quickly followed that by saying that that was the depression talking. Right now, they are analyzing my mom's mental and emotional stability, to see if she can come home, or if she needs to be placed in a facility for a few days. She is definitely getting a prescription to handle the "imbalance in her brain". Not only am I blown away by all this happening (and a major thanks to everyone who comforted me yesterday), I'm also worried about my mom (natch). I feel like, from now on, I'm going to have to worry about leaving her alone, for fear she might try to take more pills, or try some other way. I'm also hurt that I, the person that was really close to her for my entire life, was kept in the dark; she kept playing happy around me, and she's quite good at it. I don't feel much guilt, but I am understandably upset that I couldn't keep this from happening. My other problem is, I act so much like my mom, it is scary. I went through a situation online this past week that paralleled actions she tried to take about ten years ago--running away from everyone she cared about because she thought no one cared. And ever since my uncle passed away last May, I find that I act more and more like her, especially when it comes to playing happy when I am really quite distraught. But I don't want to be like her--not if it'll lead to something like this! I...I'm not quite sure why I made this thread, but...if anyone has any advice about how to deal with this kind of situation (and I'm sure you do), please share. This has turned my world upside down and inside out.

I'll take a guess and say the dirty magazine. (Oh wait, that was the old geezer from DW7.) Oh well, lemme try that as a guess, anyway.

One argument is that Cloud was the typical anti-emotional, angsty character that was part of the trend at the time, so he failed to show emotion due to his characterization. Um, when did he beat up on her again? The story right around that part is muddled in my mind. I know he kept trying to raise his sword to slice her in the Ancient Place, but I don't recall him actually touching her (which promptly Mr. Masamune himself to come swooping down like the Angel of Death). I think the only part that really bothered me was the emotionless face on [i]Aeris[/i] herself. Sure, her eyes widen a tad, then she slums over. Um, whee? No blood from her wound, no blood on the Masamune. The animation was really stiff, too (eSPECially when you watch the full form of Sephiroth pull the sword out of her again), which could have hampered the effect of the scene. Very memorable scene, nonetheless. I might like to see this one reanimated with the abilities we have now, BUT I would hate to see the sadistic look on Seph's face changed from how it was presented in that moment. If nothing else, this very scene secured his place in the SuperVillian Hall of Infamy.

At the risk of this getting spammy, yes, Temple of Chaos needs to go on or we will all be evicted by default. >.<

Question. NOW. Or the plushie suffers. *holds a Zelda plushie above a fire*

Mmmpff, I'd argue that Yellow was based on the show, to give kids a more "I'm Ash!" kinda feel.

*has secured herself happily in the thought that she has successfully made off with him* ANTENNAE! hee hee hee. Or is it ANTENNA? Pffft. ^^;

Mmm, gotta have chocolate covered almonds. Or expresso beans. I get high on attention. *ignores the groans* Or am I confusing cravings with highs? :drunk:

It shocked me. I mean, I never cared either way for Aeris, but in that holy place, by Sephiroth--I think it shocked me [i]more[/i] that Sephiroth killed instead of Aeris being killed. And the worst of it is all the little reminders you get afterwards--staffs are still for sell, you pick up the L4 break about that time (if you didn't earlier). But yeah, it felt GOOD to slap JENOVA around afterwards...I believe that is part of the reason the programmers constructed it that way. Very rarely had I felt such pure emotion like that. I keep saying that, if that's how I felt about a so-so character, image if they had killed off one of the ones I actually cared about. *stares at still existing PS* Lucky you.

Ron, my manager, understood instantly (how I love him), so I can be home for my brothers when they find out. This is just...gosh. And the people talking to me on AIM right now, thank you so much. *hugs all around*