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Friends and Neighbors => Weimer Republic (WeiDU.org) => Solaufein => Topic started by: L_Jonté on January 02, 2003, 10:11:47 PM
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Allright people, the holidays are pretty much over. Time to put the decorations away, clean the onion dip off the carpet and get back to posting about your favorite Drow and mine...
Driz... er... Solaufein!
So speak up! What is it about Sola that just makes your heart go pitty-pat? Is it his boyish good looks? His rapier-like wit? His ability to make a world-class party out of nothing but a pack of cheese doodles and some stale beer?
Speak!
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His uber sword-- the powergamers delight!
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So speak up! What is it about Sola that just makes your heart go pitty-pat? Is it his boyish good looks? His rapier-like wit? His ability to make a world-class party out of nothing but a pack of cheese doodles and some stale beer?
Speak!
Yeah, I knew Solaufein was in trouble when Kiki started slumming in the Tashia room. :)
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His uber sword-- the powergamers delight!
Yes, many of us find Sola's sword to be his most outstanding attribute. B)
Yeah, I knew Solaufein was in trouble when Kiki started slumming in the Tashia room.
Tashia!? Kiki noooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!! :blink:
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Yikes.. I'm not sure I can post in public what it is about him. ;)
Kiki, get your behind back here, woman!
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Too late. Renmauzo already posted about his "sword." :P
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Too late. Renmauzo already posted about his "sword." :P
Get thy mind to a cleansing stream, woman *snicker*
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Never!
Back to the subject at hand... *snort*
Solaufein is a snappy dresser. No really! It's not easy to find fabric that doesn't clash with that remarkable skintone/hair combo of his.
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Didn't think so, those things are only good for the body and .. other things anyways, not the mind ;)
But it's more fun undressing him, Lisa... :P
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Hmmm... Kiki had best make her appearance soon, otherwise all the good puns will be gone.
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Not to mention yelling at us for starting a party without her
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Me lord! This is what’s happened in the past few days I’ve been gone!? :blink:
*sobs at the state of the cult of solaufien*
Anyhoo, back to the subject. What caught my interest when I read the read me file was fact he didn’t need to be babysat. The second intrest was the fact I had a choice for my PCs other than Anomen (I didn't know about Kelesy until I started going to this message forum).
What I really liked about him was the fact he was more interested on the state of his soul, not his personality vanity. Compared to the other NPCs, he didn’t want much from the ill suffering PC. He just wanted your character’s ear and your time. You didn’t have to suffer egotism, telling the ‘truth’, flattery, or get ‘abused’. The only thing that could chase him away (much the moaning of the non-appreciative romance types) is to flat out say ’Go away’.
That, and his sword. [_[
[!--EDIT|Sphira|Jan 3 2003, 07:41 AM--]
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Me lord! This is what’s happened in the past few days I’ve been gone!? :blink:
*sobs at the state of the cult of solaufien*
There you are! Missed ya, sweetie :)
This is what happens when Wes leaves us to our own devices. That'll teach him to desert us ;)
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Me lord! This is what’s happened in the past few days I’ve been gone!?
Days? Naaaa... This is what's happened in the last hour or so. I got fed up with the lack of Sola talk and decided it was time to stir the pot a little.
B)
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A new drawing coulda stirred things up too ... *ducks*
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[img]http://hven.swarthmore.edu/~burns/images/argh.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image']
ARGH!
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Now how did I know she'd do that? ;)
Hmmmm .. let's see... how about the lovely way he shuts up and kisses you when you tell him to? :D
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Now what have I told you about having parties without me? As your punishment, I expect to see a new Sola lovetalk from each of you on my desk first thing in the morning.
And it wasn't slumming ... it was trying to provide help to someone who'd been ignored for several days by people more knowledgeable than myself, so I finally offered some advice that promptly got picked apart by a certain individual who ignored this poor poster's plight but didn't hesitate one nanosecond to get out the hairsplitter for me. Hmph! :)
(But I should thank Lisa for starting this topic and getting me back to my proper board.)
Now, on to the main course, delicious drow --
I like how Solaufein reminds me of Yul Brynner's character in The Magnificent Seven, one of the few westerns I like and the only one I love. (It would be tough choosing between his character and Steve McQueen's. If only I had such problems.) I like how he actually makes me feel guilty for how I play the game--I have a hard time with summoning certain creatures now. He must have picked up some tips from some Jewish mothers that I know ...
[!--EDIT|Kiki|Jan 3 2003, 12:44 AM--]
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Now what have I told you about having parties without me? As your punishment, I expect to see a new Sola lovetalk from each of you on my desk first thing in the morning.
Look under that pile of paper over there. Oh... you said *lovetalks*. ;)
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Hey, I cleaned my desk before I left for Christmas--it's not *that* messy. Give me a few days to get it back to its usual state. You can leave the lovetalks on my chair, instead.
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His ability to make a world-class party out of nothing but a pack of cheese doodles and some stale beer?
And it's the way he squeezes the lime before he drops it into my gin and tonic. Gives me a little shiver every time.
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And it's the way he squeezes the lime before he drops it into my gin and tonic. Gives me a little shiver every time.
And of course we're not going to say *what* he squeezes it with...
Of course I'd rather have champagne and strawberries... now there's some interesting ways he pours that bubbly. Or I should say *where* it gets poured.
[!--EDIT|Tsuru|Jan 2 2003, 11:55 PM--]
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Now what have I told you about having parties without me? As your punishment, I expect to see a new Sola lovetalk from each of you on my desk first thing in the morning.
Nooooo! I can't write romance! :blink:
I like how he actually makes me feel guilty for how I play the game--I have a hard time with summoning certain creatures now.
:lol: You too? I'm a cheater so in BGI I created tons of Summon Monster III scrolls to use all the time. After that talk I stared to keep away from them. But I have no qualms about summoning devils/demons. They try to kill me! [_[
Tsuru
Thanks! ^_^ Been spending time away from the compy for my own good. *nods*
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And of course we're not going to say *what* he squeezes it with...
You'd like to know, wouldn't you?
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so I finally offered some advice that promptly got picked apart by a certain individual who ignored this poor poster's plight but didn't hesitate one nanosecond to get out the hairsplitter for me. Hmph! :)
Now, now. I wasn't arguing the advice, I was just clarifying what's really going on behind the scenes. Good for everyone to know.
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Too late. Renmauzo already posted about his "sword." :P
You know, I almost prefaced my original statement with a (not that kind of sword, you sicko) but I figured this crowd was too high brow for that :)
[!--EDIT|Renmauzo|Jan 3 2003, 11:45 AM--]
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You know, I almost prefaced my original statement with a (not that kind of sword, you sicko) but I figured this crowd was too high brow for that :)
You forget who you're dealing with here, dear heart ;)
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You know, I almost prefaced my original statement with a (not that kind of sword, you sicko) but I figured this crowd was too high brow for that :)
You forget who you're dealing with here, dear heart ;)
Ah yes... plebeians. Do not touch me, for I am chaste.. :blink:
[!--EDIT|Renmauzo|Jan 3 2003, 12:34 PM--]
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I do believe I'll leave that one for Lisa and Kiki to deal with in the morning :D
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Now what have I told you about having parties without me? As your punishment, I expect to see a new Sola lovetalk from each of you on my desk first thing in the morning.
Sorry baby. After two weeks of Christmas vacation I doubt I could write a grocery list with any flair. Must get back on track... Monday. Mmmm... More coffee...
But I should thank Lisa for starting this topic and getting me back to my proper board.
You're welcome. And we shall look the other way with regard to your loitering on other boards. This time.
B)
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Ah yes... plebeians. Do not touch me, for I am chaste..
Chaste? HERE!?
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
*ahem*
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You're welcome. And we shall look the other way with regard to your loitering on other boards. This time.
If it hadn't been so eerily quiet over here, I never would have strayed. Although real slumming would have involved posting on The Fridge. I shall never sink to such depths.
Do not touch me, for I am chaste.
Not another snooty paladin, please. :)
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Careful now, not all Paladins are arrogant, delusional and fixated on their own supposed purity.
Some of us who run/write Paladins feel that it is completely possible to be rightous and randy.
B)
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That's why the adjective "snooty" is in there--it wasn't intended as a redundancy. :) (Originally it was "paladin wanna-be" but then I reconsidered in deference to you.)
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Anyone else here a James Branch Cabell fan? (Can't think why that particular fantasy author should come to mind so often on these Sola threads.)
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I thought we WW's were the only ones allowed to hijack threads here... ;)
Now where were we? *goes back to pondering the delicious drow*
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An Amazon reader says:
Cabell was witty, erudite and scandalous...by far the finest, widely unknown fantasist ever produced in America. Only for those who relish dense language and wisdom that is inevitable.
Sounds like he could be a good one. I shall put him on my to-read list.
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Ever since I noticed the similarity between Sola and Yul Brynner, I haven't been able to get the theme music from The Magnificent Seven out of my head. I'll have to Photoshop a picture of Yul Brynner for a new Solaufein portrait.
New topic: What would you like to talk to Solaufein about?
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That's why the adjective "snooty" is in there--it wasn't intended as a redundancy. :) (Originally it was "paladin wanna-be" but then I reconsidered in deference to you.)
Thankee kindly ma'am. B)
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New topic: What would you like to talk to Solaufein about?
Literature most likely, of the prose variety.
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Tsuru, if you think I'm changing directions here, you've obviously never read the gentleman.
Kiki, I don't know who perpetrated that quote but it makes him sound more like Henry James Joyces or someone, rather than the William Powell-Myrna Loy byplay in the Thin Man. Allowing for the difference in genres, the latter is much closer to his usual tone as for instance, a nobleman recounts of his father: "He cared nothing for such fripperies as jeweled garter belts. His mind was given entirely to higher things."
The context implies the question: "Indeed? Higher by how much?"
[!--EDIT|Hendryk|Jan 3 2003, 09:08 PM--]
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"He cared nothing for such fripperies as jeweled garter belts. His mind was given entirely to higher things." ... "Indeed? Higher by how much?"
I snicker in your general direction.
I always get The Thin Man mixed up with The Third Man. Into the rental queue it goes.
Literature most likely, of the prose variety.
Any particular book?
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Me lord! This is what’s happened in the past few days I’ve been gone!?
Days? Naaaa... This is what's happened in the last hour or so. I got fed up with the lack of Sola talk and decided it was time to stir the pot a little.
B)
Meh, you're no good. Hehe. Do what I did; Call Solaufein a wuss and a bard.
His ego is as big as his sword. :lol: :lol: :lol:
That'll stir the fangirls and fan..erm there are no fanboys. :blink:
[!--EDIT|Michel|Jan 3 2003, 11:41 PM--]
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C'mere, Michel, dear...
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C'mere, Michel, dear...
See? :lol:
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But I have no qualms about summoning devils/demons. They try to kill me!
If you yanked me out of bed, into another world, and threw me at a lich, I'd probably try to kill you too.
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That'll stir the fangirls and fan..erm there are no fanboys. :blink:
Only Kish happens to make me cranky. :D But I do mean that in a good Kish-sama! *offers a peace cookie*
If you yanked me out of bed, into another world, and threw me at a lich, I'd probably try to kill you too.
Point.
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What to talk about with Sola... music would be nice. Or prose as Lisa said. And I'd really like to know why he became different from the other Drow. What happened to change him? I may have missed something, but I don't think I did.
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What to talk about with Sola... music would be nice. Or prose as Lisa said. And I'd really like to know why he became different from the other Drow. What happened to change him? I may have missed something, but I don't think I did.
I semi-hinted at the idea Phaere might of been a major cause in the easily forgotten history based post nookie chat I wrote. It was supposed to be pre-nookie but I think when I sent it to Wes-sama I said it was 'post-nookie' so the dialouge is now post nookie. He made it fit that area well. :) But I had written it slightly impersonal compared to what Wes changed it to. And he said he can't do romantic stuff. ^_^
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I semi-hinted at the idea Phaere might of been a major cause in the easily forgotten history based post nookie chat I wrote. It was supposed to be pre-nookie but I think when I sent it to Wes-sama I said it was 'post-nookie' so the dialouge is now post nookie. He made it fit that area well. :) But I had written it slightly impersonal compared to what Wes changed it to. And he said he can't do romantic stuff. ^_^
I've been so busy writing and learning Weidu that I haven't played much lately (Ok, so I played the new Kelsey). So I haven't really seen all that many of the new dialgoues yet.
Phaere is probably part of the reason, but I bet there's more. And I bet this thread is gonna turn into a dialogue writing one..LOL!
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I've been so busy writing and learning Weidu that I haven't played much lately (Ok, so I played the new Kelsey).
Indeed. I'm surprised you didn't suggest that Lisa alleviate her boredom with a Hot Sorcerer Rubdown, (new to SOA-1.5.)
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Indeed. I'm surprised you didn't suggest that Lisa alleviate her boredom with a Hot Sorcerer Rubdown, (new to SOA-1.5.)
Hush you evil man ;) I want that all to myself!
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I've been so busy writing and learning Weidu that I haven't played much lately (Ok, so I played the new Kelsey).
Indeed. I'm surprised you didn't suggest that Lisa alleviate her boredom with a Hot Sorcerer Rubdown, (new to SOA-1.5.)
Tsuru For shame! :lol:
Jason
Shameless! :P
I'm kidding about both, of course. ^_^
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Whaaattttt?? I've always admitted I'm a greedy little wench ;) Besides I *need* that today ... I hate Fridays :(
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...OR, Lisa, if you're bored, you could go tell the new Sarevok Romance people the same things you said about the Imoen Romance. :)
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Incitement to trolling...shameless indeed.
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Hahaha, but I think they might need it. :D
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And we shall look the other way with regard to your loitering on other boards. This time.
I don't think she visits other boards, not even when this one is completely dead. Unlike my traitorous self.
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Hey, Hendryk--my library has three Cabell books. Which do you recommend?
Beyond life; dizain des demiurges
The St. Johns, a parade of diversities
As I remember it; some epilogues in recollection
Edit: Never mind, they're all non-fiction books.
[!--EDIT|Kiki|Jan 3 2003, 06:43 PM--]
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Incitement to trolling...shameless indeed.
Not at all. I'm testing Lisa to see if she'll be consistent. :)
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...OR, Lisa, if you're bored, you could go tell the new Sarevok Romance people the same things you said about the Imoen Romance. :)
Sarevok!? There's a Sarevok romance!? :blink:
That is beyond twisted. [_[
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No, that's just twisted, beyond twisted would be the Sarevok, Imoen and P.C threesome mod.
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EEeeewwwwww! Stop that you!
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No, that's just twisted, beyond twisted would be the Sarevok, Imoen and P.C threesome mod.
And then Sola the Bard will sing the love theme. Haha! :lol:
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And then Sola the Bard will sing the love theme. Haha! :lol:
Michel, sweetpea, c'mere.... *thwack!*
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And then Sola the Bard will sing the love theme. Haha! :lol:
Michel, sweetpea, c'mere.... *thwack!*
Okay, okay, it's hard ya know, being here with all the fangirls provoking me :lol:
(well, not me realy but ya know :lol: )
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Okay, okay, it's hard ya know, being here with all the fangirls provoking me :lol:
(well, not me realy but ya know :lol: )
Us? Provoke? Us innocent sweet little angels? :P
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Okay, okay, it's hard ya know, being here with all the fangirls provoking me :lol:
(well, not me realy but ya know :lol: )
Us? Provoke? Us innocent sweet little angels? :P
You said it. Hehe B)
[!--EDIT|Michel|Jan 5 2003, 05:18 AM--]
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Anyone else here a James Branch Cabell fan? (Can't think why that particular fantasy author should come to mind so often on these Sola threads.)
I think I know why.
It was droll to receive letters from remote mysterious persons, who had read his book, and had liked it, or else had disliked it to the point of being goaded into epistolary remonstrance, sarcasm, abuse, and (as a rule) erratic spelling. And it was droll to be having so many scented letters from strange women whose designs as to his physical chastity were wholly frank.
- James Branch Cabell, The Cream of the Jest
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Sounds like him. Sophisticated, witty, observant ... and...oh, yeah, the defendant in a major obscenity trial in day when authors were subject to such inconvenience for referring to sub-Platonic affection.
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No, that's just twisted, beyond twisted would be the Sarevok, Imoen and P.C threesome mod.
I've said it before, but I'll say it on here! :D "Next Time, On Springer..."
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And then Sola the Bard will sing the love theme. Haha! :lol:
Nah. He'd just be jealous as hell. *lol*
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Sounds like him. Sophisticated, witty, observant ... and...oh, yeah, the defendant in a major obscenity trial in day when authors were subject to such inconvenience for referring to sub-Platonic affection.
Yes, yes, the style conjures up shadows of Solaufein ... but I was referring mostly to the content, as in strange women with wholly frank designs on his physical chastity. :)
Was Cabell gay? Seems like it was mostly homosexual authors (Wilde, Coward) who got hounded for obscenity. Certainly I haven't read anything yet in this book that would raise even a Victorian eyebrow.
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Gay? Don't know & frankly don't care.
I also have never read Cream of the Jest, so I can't guess about it's content. In what I have read there's nothing like the frankly anatomical excursions that we today might consider obscene. What got him in trouble was only frank reference to baldly sexual situations. For example in one of the tales, a nobleman is about to marry and part of the preparation requires that he remove from his household a couple of young "friends", one boy and one girl. Cabel wrote "touching" parting conversations for each and in each case the protagonist was in bed with his playmate. Nothing we would call especially smutty but definitely bawdier than the norm of 75-80 years ago. Plus, in Cabel's version, both apt and amusing. So adjusting your expectations might be necessary. I can't recall anything in Cabell that's naughtier than 'Candide', for instance, if that's any help.
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And then Sola the Bard will sing the love theme. Haha! :lol:
Nah. He'd just be jealous as hell. *lol*
Jealous? Solaufein? He doesn't do jealous.
Then again, that's Solaufein the fighter/wizard. Solaufein the Bard (or, for that matter, Solaufein the fighter) might have a different reaction.
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Gay? Don't know & frankly don't care.
I was wondering if that was the real reason why he was persecuted.
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I'd doubt it. Before the trial, he wasn't a big-league celebrity like Coward or Wilde, so his own preferences wouldn't have been common-enough knowledge to make a difference. I'd say the bluenoses went after him purely on merit as that was estimated in Boston in the 1920's.
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Uh ... the Nova Scotians went after him?
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No. An old US term for censorious prigs; spoiled Puritans whose capital was Boston, Ma. There they had such vast influence on what literature could be sold in that commonwealth that "Banned in Boston" became an advertising plug in the rest of the country for any novel set in the 20th century.
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"Banned in Boston"
Heh, now there's a phrase I haven't heard in ages. B)
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I'd say the bluenoses went after him purely on merit as that was estimated in Boston in the 1920's.
I thought the term was bluestocking, or perhaps I'm thinking of something else.
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No, bluestockings were the first group of formally educated women to receive degrees from Oxbridge; so called because, being of middle-class origins and modest means, they could afford education or fine hosiery but not both. Choosing education meant they had to swathe their lower limbs in plebian blue stockings.
Ah well. Ye'd better be back to Solaufeining; 'tis far more entertaining and has at least a perceptible connection to the purpose of this forum.
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Although I was born and bred in Massachusetts, I think first of bluebloods when I think of Puritans. Before today, the only bluenoses I had heard of were in Nova Scotia (for example, as in the schooner Bluenose, featured on the obverse of the Canadian dime). But I do not doubt you.
And, alas, there's no Solaufeining to be done, which is why we're trying to amuse ourselves with totally random tangents. Sigh.
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Before today, the only bluenoses I had heard of were in Nova Scotia (for example, as in the schooner Bluenose, featured on the obverse of the Canadian dime).
And, alas, there's no Solaufeining to be done, which is why we're trying to amuse ourselves with totally random tangents. Sigh.
Well if trivial irrelancies are to be the order of the day, I never heard of a Nova Scotian referred to as a bluenose - but Webster has both our definintions so we each learned something; something useless, granted, but something nonetheless.
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Bluenoses and bluestockings... no wonder I'm having a serious fit of the blues ... gah.
Where were we on this before we got sidetracked onto such seriousness anyways? Hmmm... where in the Realms would you like to explore with Solaufein once all that godhood mess is out of the way?
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Bluenoses and bluestockings... no wonder I'm having a serious fit of the blues ... gah.
Where were we on this before we got sidetracked onto such seriousness anyways? Hmmm... where in the Realms would you like to explore with Solaufein once all that godhood mess is out of the way?
Heh. Try a little blue language. Sometimes helps.
As for where to go with Sola, Qilue runs a nice Eilistraean spa in some Waterdhavean suburb or other.
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Hmmm... where in the Realms would you like to explore with Solaufein once all that godhood mess is out of the way?
A cozy B&B somewhere in the Moonshae Islands. B)
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Bluenoses and bluestockings... no wonder I'm having a serious fit of the blues ... gah.
Wear rose colored glasses? :( *gives a cookie to Tsuru-sama*
Hmmm... where in the Realms would you like to explore with Solaufein once all that godhood mess is out of the way?
I'm not familar with FR but from what I've seen, Candle Keep. Notably just to see his reaction to the old farts who blab about the PC running around as a toddler in the buff. However... the comptetion with the books would be awful... (Note, very OOC behavior ahead and author who proably isn't known in Faerun. ^_^)
PC] *tries dragging our beloved drow away from the libaray*
Sola] Must... read... more... Faulkner! :wacko:
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Wear rose colored glasses? :( *gives a cookie to Tsuru-sama*
Long as it's not a "Death to Smoochy" cookie special ..argh, you've ruined me forever... :P
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Long as it's not a "Death to Smoochy" cookie special ..argh, you've ruined me forever... :P
Heehee. ^_^ They're the nice normal chocolate chip kind! :D
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A cozy B&B somewhere in the Moonshae Islands. B)
Somehow I suspect one of those b's isn't what it normally is...
I think a nice private island somewhere would be nice. No one to bother us for at least a month... or a year ;)