08/15/07 [#807] Scene Change

[Zedd]

Reminds me of a headache I had before

[e_voyager]

Was it the one form talking to me and three of my former incarnations at the same time?

[Illusionist]

I like Dan's new shirt, and Abel's lack of one.

That is all.

[Turnsky]

Melon'd!

And that reminds me, Amber, any chance on an amendum on 'Furrae Fashion' to cover winged, and other critters with non-humanoid upper torsos?

[Tapewolf]

Cool.  Interesting that Abel hasn't read Dan's intentions.  Also, I would have thought that he would know some interesting magical ways of weeding.  Tentacles would help, at the very least.  On the other hand, he's probably terrified of blowing his disguise, and his hatred of shapeshifting would prevent him from assuming a cover appearance.

Incidentally, I think Dan's wings are getting bigger. More aerodynamically feasible, therefore. I still think they should actually fly with them...

No tail.  That ain't going to, uh, fly.  I think he should be able to break his fall with them, though.

[Turnsky]

Cool.  Interesting that Abel hasn't read Dan's intentions.  Also, I would have thought that he would know some interesting magical ways of weeding.  Tentacles would help, at the very least.  On the other hand, he's probably terrified of blowing his disguise, and his hatred of shapeshifting would prevent him from assuming a cover appearance.

Incidentally, I think Dan's wings are getting bigger. More aerodynamically feasible, therefore. I still think they should actually fly with them...

No tail.  That ain't going to, uh, fly.  I think he should be able to break his fall with them, though.

at best, he'd glide, much like a hang-glider does, flying wings are inherantly unstable, and neither Dan nor Abel have feathery butts to take care of the stability. It'd also require a LOT of effort on Dan's part to flap them, so gliding it'd be.

Also, Dan doesn't seem a "think before you act" type, not to mention Abel doesn't seem to have the longest of attention spans..

just an odd thought, but with those two, they seem more like siblings than anything, even with Abel's overall seniority over Dan age wise, on a maturity level, they're equals. 

[kaskar]

    And what cheap trick will Amber try now, to continue the plot ?

[Tapewolf]

So much for his vow never to fight other 'Cubi...

[Zedd]

So much for his vow never to fight other 'Cubi...

Heehee..Im glad you still rember that Tape. Yes lets see if Dan can get away giving Able an concussion with a dose of vitamin melon!

[Turnsky]

So much for his vow never to fight other 'Cubi...

Abel's a special case, he can't kill dan, for fear of retribution from the pink poodle terror. Plus there's a little backstory between Abel and Edward Ti'fiona, that we don't know about..

plus, i don't think it's fighting, Dan's crowning Abel King of the watermelon imperium.

[kaskar]

Either Able's gonna dodge that, or that's gonna be one nasty headache >.<
Either way, Dan's gonna get it in the end.

Dan usually gets it in the end. He is the 'fall guy' of the series. Of 'course, he always wants to get back at Abel, the overbearing, while Jyrras actually thinks Dan is intelligent, in his own way ...

[Madmann135]

It's not an attack, it's a preemptive revenge hit and a simple revenge hit for this and that.

Why do you think he asked "do you think a skull is harder than a watermelon?"  Which indicates that Dan does not want to hurt him much.
Somehow coming from Dan that line should activate all sorts of alarms.

I really think Able hates shirts.  As often as we've seen him he's only wore shirts in a hand full of scenes.  Even when he took on the appearance of a girl he totally forgot the shirt and made Dan's eyes bleed (again).

[RobbieThe1st]

Cool.  Interesting that Abel hasn't read Dan's intentions.  Also, I would have thought that he would know some interesting magical ways of weeding.  Tentacles would help, at the very least.  On the other hand, he's probably terrified of blowing his disguise, and his hatred of shapeshifting would prevent him from assuming a cover appearance.

Incidentally, I think Dan's wings are getting bigger. More aerodynamically feasible, therefore. I still think they should actually fly with them...

No tail.  That ain't going to, uh, fly.  I think he should be able to break his fall with them, though.

Of course, looking at #263, the various winged inhabitants of Furre *can* fly, though they don't. Perhaps its just magic(i.e. energy being channeled, either to reduce gravity, or to basically hold the furry in the air as he/she wants[mentally controlled flying?]). Of course, that would negate the need for wings, unless the wings are basically energy collection devices, and perhaps also where the energy is rebroadcast from to cause the effect. In short, its magic.

-RobbieThe1st

[Alondro]

*Charline tee-hee!* Looook where Abel's tail is!     *naughty thoughts*  Maybe Dan wants to knock Abel out to molesternate him?  That would tie the scenes together nicely.   

*Charles pokes Amber's mini-rant*  Bleah, family getting in the way of what's important!  That's why I... heh heh heh... 'disposed' of mine!  Eh...erk!  I've revealed too much!      Uhm... I mean, I sold them to slavery... ack!  That's no good either!      Ok, I sold their organs to Thailand!   

*Charline*  And they said the chemicals in the lab wouldn't cause brain damage.   

[techmaster-glitch]

Cool.  Interesting that Abel hasn't read Dan's intentions.  Also, I would have thought that he would know some interesting magical ways of weeding.  Tentacles would help, at the very least.  On the other hand, he's probably terrified of blowing his disguise, and his hatred of shapeshifting would prevent him from assuming a cover appearance.

Incidentally, I think Dan's wings are getting bigger. More aerodynamically feasible, therefore. I still think they should actually fly with them...

No tail.  That ain't going to, uh, fly.  I think he should be able to break his fall with them, though.

Of course, looking at #263, the various winged inhabitants of Furre *can* fly, though they don't. Perhaps its just magic(i.e. energy being channeled, either to reduce gravity, or to basically hold the furry in the air as he/she wants[mentally controlled flying?]). Of course, that would negate the need for wings, unless the wings are basically energy collection devices, and perhaps also where the energy is rebroadcast from to cause the effect. In short, its magic.

-RobbieThe1st

Oh boy. Looks like it's time to dig up my old flight lecture to contibute, but you're pretty close Robbie.
here we are.

Then wouldn't it be possible for other magic beings who don't have wings to learn some form of willed flight?

Maybe it requires a combination of magic and wings in order to completely work as true flight.

Just an example, there is a LEGO comic called Bionicle. In the first comics, one of the Toa(the heroes), Toa Lewa possesed the Kanohi Mask of Levitation. It did not allow him to fly, but it did always give him soft landings as well as let him easily swing through trees(his favorite form of travel), and of course, levitate. However, after all six Toa were trasformed into Toa Nuva, with better masks, weapons, and elemental powers, Lewa had the Kanohi Nuva mask of Levitation, and also got twin Katana Weapons. By attaching the Katana points to his waist, (acting as a physial glider) and using his Mask at the same time, he had true flight.

In a similar example, in the Nickelodean cartoon Avatar: The Last Airbender, in the very first episode Aang describes how he is able to perform true flight; he uses Airbending to control air currents that go right beneath his Glider-staff. If he is using only his glider, that is exactly what he does: glide. If he uses only Airbending, he can only hover. Either one alone cannot fly, but combined they can.

Even in the real world, all this is nearly identical. the three basic concepts are gliding, hovering, and actuall, true "powered flight". If you have a lightweight  aircraft with only wings, you will glide with it. Gliders operate on this principle. If you attach a propeller to an engine, that provides power, but by itself, will only hover. Helecopters use this principle(because, technically, helecopters dont fly, they just hover in various directions). If you combine these concepts, unpowered gliding and powered hovering, you will get a true flying machine, the plane.

Maybe in Furrae, it works in a similar way. Neither Magic(hover) nor Wings(glide) alone will let you truely fly, but add them together.....

I don't know about everyone else, but this makes a heck of a lot of sense to me.

[rt]

Hmm yes Dan is right, never interupt a story for a scene change, we all know Amber would never pull a stunt like that

err .. wait   

[LionHeart]

You can almost hear the fourth wall creaking (or possibly cracking)...

[Turnsky]

You can almost hear the fourth wall creaking (or possibly cracking)...

that's just my avatar, the stucco'd walls of DMFA's fourth wall remains stalwart..

[GabrielsThoughts]

Is this like a flash back sequence ? or is this part of the actual continuity?

[CameronCN]

ust an odd thought, but with those two, they seem more like siblings than anything

That is interesting. It makes sense when you consider that both of them have a close relationship with Destania--teacher/student and mother/son--as well as with Edward, though what Abel's connection there is, who knows...

[Caswin]

Is this like a flash back sequence ? or is this part of the actual continuity?

A flashback, I'd think, would be part of the continuity.

[GabrielsThoughts]

ok, then is it a flashback to before Abel was trying to kill Dan for no apparent reason?

[CameronCN]

ok, then is it a flashback to before Abel was trying to kill Dan for no apparent reason?

Couldn't be-- they're not wearing the same clothes. No, I think this is a "what are the other characters doing at this moment" thing, with a dash of irony.

[Azlan]

Dan apparently wants to be murdered by Abel...

[Turnsky]

Dan apparently wants to be murdered by Abel...

it's meloncide i tells ye!

[Brunhidden]

Never get into a food fight with a cubi, they may just throw someone you know.

There are no inconsistencies in the Discworld books; ocassionally, however, there are alternate pasts.

[Indilee]

You can almost hear the fourth wall creaking (or possibly cracking)...

I thought the fourth wall had a revolving door for Amber and her muse.

[Zedd]

Never get into a food fight with a cubi, they may just throw someone you know.

[DarkAudit]

You can almost hear the fourth wall creaking (or possibly cracking)...

that's just my avatar, the stucco'd walls of DMFA's fourth wall remains stalwart..

Stuccoed rubble? That wall fell in around 2001.

[WhiteFire]

I notice that Abel took his shirt off.