The Arlong Park Official General Discussion Thread

Sai-chan

I hate hot weather. I love fall and winter, because of all the colors, the orange and yellow, and it's also the time my favorite holidays occur in. Those times of the year are the times that I'm the happiest, I think. Or at least when the child in me takes control more often.

Holidays–Chrismas and Halloween. <3 Christmas because it's the time of year for everyone to be happy and to be together, it doesn't matter if you can give something physical to someone. As long as you can give someone happiness, it's all that matters. And Halloween, well, because. I get scared easily, so I don't actually like the more adult and frightening take on the holiday, but I prefer the kid friendly version. I love that kids can just go around dressed in silly costumes, asking for candy, and having fun with each other. Plus, it's the time of year where stuff decorated with pumkins, bats, vampires, ghosts, witches, and all the like come out. <3 I love those~ All those aspects of Halloween make me feel like I'm a kid again and nothing really matters and I can be happy all I want even if I'm dressed in a stupid costume~

trappedolphin

I hate the heat too. Just a ten minute walk outdoors and I start feeling sticky. Come to think of it, I'm really deprived - I've only experienced winter once, in Hong Kong, but it doesn't snow, so it was just cold. I lived in Australia for a few months when I was really young, so I experienced winter then, but I have absolutely no memory of it, which is awful. So yes, I've never seen real autumn/winter etc. How sad.

Christmas is by far my favourite holiday. I love it because everyone is just so nice and happy. Sometimes I do charity work that involves asking the public for donations. Usually I get grumpy looks or people pretending not to see me. When it hits Christmas, though, when I call out "Merry Christmas!" they'll turn around and smile and say "Thank you!" It's like it's illegal to be grumpy during Christmas.

loledinmypants

I like Spring and Fall. Summer would beat them both if it wasn't so hot. The failing of Spring and Fall is that's where we get a lot of stormy weather amidst the nicer days with more ideal temperatures. I don't like the cold, so Winter is automatically out.
Favorite holiday… idk... Christmas and Halloween are fun like Sai said. Christmas probably has the edge just because I get a break from college (and got breaks from school in general, but this quarter is making me want that damn break between fall and winter).

LaCaSiNa

@Gigglepuffy:

I will never live anywhere that just has four straight up seasons.

Then Finland is definitely not for you. :ninja: As for me, I actually love it that we have all four seasons, but that's probably due to the fact that I grew up here and thus I'm used to it.

Kitsune Inferno

Ugh I need to rant.

People are fucking assholes. I just got attacked by a bunch of "weeaphobes" because I was talking about 'Seiken Densetsu 3' and not 'Secret of Mana 3'

What the fuck?

Robby

@Kitsune:

:\ Anybody got a topic we can discuss?

There's aways armadillo penises.

I survived the buster call

@RobbyBevard:

There's aways armadillo penises.

Hey Robby. Haven't seen you 'round these parts much lately. Good to see you.

So, 'bout your… suggestion. 'Fraid I'm, ah, not terribly... familiar with... those. (Perhaps that was a little, I dunno, TMI of you to suggest Rob, old man? :ninja:)

Robby

You haven't read Naruto lately, have you? Latest chapter has an okamadillo.

Gekko135

As far as seasons go. I'd probably say late summers. Especially in the evening when it's still warm but has a slight cooled off feeling. Although I love smoking outside during winter and coming inside for a cup of coffee. And that reminds me… winter = coffee.

Fuck scraping ice off of vehicles in the morning though. If I could skip that, the winter would be tops for me.

piratemarimo

I liked winter more back in the good old days when I could walk outside in shorts and not get sick. Still my favorite season, however, because I can't tolerate heat. ~~makes me wonder why I wanted to spend two weeks out in a desert~~

Christmas used to be a lot more exciting when I was younger. It's a different kind of enjoyment is what I'm saying. The best part about Christmas is that my family plays a special card game together. We literally only play this card game once or maybe twice a year (X-mas and New Year's). It's a funny little tradition wherein my dad always tries to cheat by trying to play a pair when he's only got a single or slipping an Ace up his sleeve if we forget to tell him he can't play wearing long sleeves. This year Halloween might be a little more fun because I actually have something I want to be. Must.. find a goddamn pinstripe fedora and dress shoes… I was hoping to get an authentic one and not a modern fedora, but I guess I'll have to make do. Real ones are damn expensive. :p

Sea

I sure prefer cold weather to hot.
But I believe that hot weather is healthier.

SGRaaize

They're both bad
Bring on the Spring

I survived the buster call

@RobbyBevard:

You haven't read Naruto lately, have you? Latest chapter has an okamadillo.

Naruto? Never heard of it.

Wow–between the over familiarity with animal appendages and the reading of Naruto--Robby I knew ye not!

But fear not--I won't judge you... (much)

(Seriously, lately I haven't had time to read much aside from OP and a little Bakuman, although I've been watching Kekkaishi with the kids (good concept, not well carried out, at least in the anime.) Stopped reading Naruto just about half way through the very test where Sasuke got bitten by the evil emo bug, and turned B.A.D. way back in the first season. Not a conscious decision, more a "put it down and never had the motivation to pick it up again," thing, but I may some day, I suppose.)

piratemarimo

No buster call! don't go over to the dark side!!

on topic:

I like spring for the rain, but not the worms that come out afterward. Lately I've enjoyed taking nice walks out in the sun (used to hate doing that). In Minnesota, we're having unusually nice weather this year. Normally it'd already be getting cold and bleh by this point, but it's still sunny and warm. :D

RPGJay

I love fall. It's just the right combination of summer heat and winter breezes.

Which means I would probably like spring if I didn't live in Michigan, where winter doesn't really end until around mid-April.

I despise driving in winter.

trappedolphin

@BC-Survivor: the idea of having a mother who watches anime and reads manga with her kids sounds really awesome to me. I applaud you for being awesome, as well as the only proper lady on this forum, according to Cyan D. Funk.

Kitsune Inferno

Robby, confirmed furry.

Somebody call all major news outlets!

I survived the buster call

@trappedolphin:

@BC-Survivor: the idea of having a mother who watches anime and reads manga with her kids sounds really awesome to me. I applaud you for being awesome, as well as the only proper lady on this forum, according to Cyan D. Funk.

Really? Cyan said that, huh? Aw. That's very sweet of him.

And thank you for the compliment, as well.

You're all very kind. All this praise will go to my head if I'm not careful, lol.

Sakonosolo

I like winter if there's a decent amount of snow. It sucks if it's just cold. I hate having to warm my car up and scrape the ice off of it, though. I can't park in the garage because my parents do :sad: .

Robby

Fall is the best. Not too hot, not too cold, awesome colors in the trees, longer nights.

@Kitsune:

Robby, confirmed furry.

Somebody call all major news outlets!

You're the one lamenting THAT ~~jutsu~~ thread. So, bring a little of it here and mix it in. Not of the actual chapter, but the meme of the week it manages to create. 600 billion exploding papers was two weeks ago. This week is more… awkward.

RPGJay

No offense but memes aside, there's no easy way to introduce penises in a conversation.

Sakonosolo

Says you :ninja: .

Bobjr

It's harder when you're on a date. You can't be too forward, but you can't just wait too long either.

I survived the buster call

I'm inordinately fond of Autumn, because the weather is usually crisp and clear, just cold enough to allow comfort with the right clothes, but not so cold as to chase you inside, and is full of the best food and colors in the entire calendar. As for holidays, I have never been able to choose. They all have such wonderful traditions, but my top faves include Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and Japanese New Year's celebrations.

Nami

Well, I like all seasons the same. I can't make out which is my favorite.

I just hate it, that the sun goes down earlier when it comes to autumn and winter.

trappedolphin

@I:

Really? Cyan said that, huh? Aw. That's very sweet of him.

And thank you for the compliment, as well.

You're all very kind. All this praise will go to my head if I'm not careful, lol.

http://apforums.net/showthread.php?p=1932768#post1932768

Flux

I like Octoberish time because :

A). It's my Birthday
B). The Weather is never too sunny, never too rainy. Perfect mix.
C). Halloween; Dark skies start coming earlier.
D). Not Christmas yet, but it's around the corner.

I survived the buster call

@trappedolphin:

http://apforums.net/showthread.php?p=1932768#post1932768

I'm left speechless(A rare occurance indeed, lol) and choked up :cwy: I honestly don't know what to say, so "Thank you" will have to suffice.

Thank you, Cyan.

(And thank you, Trapped, for telling me about it.)

Sai-chan

@I:

And thank you for the compliment, as well.

You're all very kind. All this praise will go to my head if I'm not careful, lol.

Dude. I wish my mom and my sister, and basically anyone close to me in my family liked anime. xD The closest compliment I've gotten outta my mom about OP was that 'she liked it more than Death Note' and that her favorite character was Luffy and her least favorite was Usopp, cause she think's his nose is ugly.

piratemarimo

Buster Call, I'd love to have you as my mom. My real mom likes manga and whatnot (she IS Japanese) but IDK, I feel like we're not on the same wavelength when it comes to manga.

Sai-chan

The only anime character my mom can remember throughout the years is Hotahori (sp?) from Fushigi Yuugi because she thought he looked hot.

… that's it. D:

piratemarimo

I love to annoy the hell out of my mom by spouting out random Japanese phrases in reference to an anime she's probably never heard of cuz it's not her type. "Sumimasen kero!!" "Shakin Hei to bingo" and "Watashi wa Kaminari desu. Here. Have a soda. It's room temperature nya."

Sai-chan

I love showing random manga pages to my friends and family and asking them what gender the character on the page is. I think I've scarred some of them for life.

piratemarimo

God I love that. I remember back when I used to be disturbed at effeminate men and now I'm just like whatever or hot damn! and then non-anime fans just freak out. XD

RPGJay

The only problem with that is you find out you converted your friends into liking traps.

Muhahahahaha

Kitsune Inferno

I wish my family liked manga. :\

I've gotten my aunt into video games, I figured anime was the next step.

Nami

I showed my mother years ago Confidential Confessions to show her that there are other Manga/Anime than Sailor Moon. She liked it.
When I was a little brat, she watched Cat's Eye, Ai Shite Night and other oldschool series with me.
But well.. that's all long time ago. I can't await to show my kids one Day One Piece and all the other series. And I will show them all Disneymovies.

GypsyCarts

The only anime my Father knows is Pokemon. And once, after a bad fight I had with a friend that resulted in the friendship ending, he goes:

"Emily, it's like when Ash had to release his Butterfree…you just have to know when it's the best time."

He said he had been waiting years to tell me that.

My Mother loves Luffy. xD

piratemarimo

You know the thing I hate most? People who say anime sucks because Pokemon is an anime. They refuse to listen to me say that there are literally thousands upon thousands of different types in Japan and that it is by no means a reflection upon the whole, but I think they're just being douchebags on purpose. Luckily I haven't run into those guys for a while…

Nami, that reminds me, I need to relive my childhood and watch all disney movies from the good old days when all disney movies were excellent. All I need is a looooong list and a way to watch it without paying money for it (because I'm cheap like that). I feel terrible that the only one I can actually remember distinctly is Lion King and Toy Story.

Sakonosolo

There's a guy (two actually, probably more) people on another forum I go to that says anime and manga suck because they're all the same and everyone who likes it has mental problems. It's pretty funny to see him make an idiot out of himself sticking to his blind beliefs.

trappedolphin

my parents don't watch anime or read manga :/ my sisters do, but they're not into One Piece, which is why I took so long to get into it. two of the first things I will teach my future kids is the true meaning of Disney, and the awesomeness of One Piece.

Sai-chan

@trappedolphin:

two of the first things I will teach my future kids is the true meaning of Disney, and the awesomeness of One Piece.

I'm with ya' buddie. I don't care what they say, I'm forcing them to watch the classic Disney movies, and they will not be allowed to watch Disney Channel unless by some miracle the channel somehow redeems itself by the time I actually have kids.

trappedolphin

@Sai-chan:

I'm with ya' buddie. I don't care what they say, I'm forcing them to watch the classic Disney movies, and they will not be allowed to watch Disney Channel unless by some miracle the channel somehow redeems itself by the time I actually have kids.

Phineas and Ferb isn't so bad. it's like the one redeemable thing about Disney channel. but yeah, I know what you're talking about. and the 'Disney movies'? POCAHONTAS 2 IS NOT DISNEY. I don't care who wrote or produced it, the girl never falls out of love with the first guy to fall for the second guy. ever.

Sea

Perhaps the only manga my parents will ever read is written by me. But I sure don't hope they are my only readers.

Sai-chan

My mom couldn't care less about anime or manga. The only times she pays any sort of attention to either is when I force her to watch/read it or when she looks at my pictures. D:

@Trapped: Well, yeah. But everything else just makes my eyes burn. Luckily I own all the Halloweentown movies that are decent (fuck the fourth one) and they can watch those.

… if dvds are even still used by that time, of course.

Nami

@piratemarimo:

Nami, that reminds me, I need to relive my childhood and watch all disney movies from the good old days when all disney movies were excellent. All I need is a looooong list and a way to watch it without paying money for it (because I'm cheap like that). I feel terrible that the only one I can actually remember distinctly is Lion King and Toy Story.

Youtube is your best friend :ninja:

Well, I want to make sure, that I have all good oldschool disney movies on dvd or VHS by the time I get kids.
I still have Pocahontas, Lion King, Aladin, Snow White, Ariel, Mulan and Tarzan on VHS
and Alice in Wonderland and Mulan again on DVD. The Alice in Wonderland DVD I got for Christmas 2008, when I was 19

I survived the buster call

So funny. Before I got married I was utterly convinced that I would want my kids to see all the old Disney classics to the point that by the time I was 19 and in college, I was collecting them one at a time on VHS as they were released (and yes, I am old enough that I have most of the original releases, lol) Got 'em all from Sleeping Beauty, Bambi and Jungle Book to the newer ones like Toy Story and what not.

After I had a daughter, though, and I sat down and watched one with her? Well, Cinderella went ok. Who can resist singing animals? So cute–she was entranced. Beauty and the Beast and Lion King scarred her for life though. Who remembered that much violence, really? It was amazing how fast my opinion changed on all that. Tarzan may not have ever been taken out of the package until they were both over 8 or 9, lol. They managed to redeem themselves with Brother Bear though, I must say. My son saw it for the first time at 2, and then proceeded to follow my daughter around calling her his brother for a week after. So cute, if still on the scary side in a lot of the scenes.

By seriously, sometimes in those early films it really seemed as if Disney had a vendetta against mothers, or sometimes parents in general--let's not even get into the who mythos of princes saving helpless females and what not. Give me Mulan any day of the week.

Off to sub at a local school for the day. Be good while I'm gone, lol. (Or as Mae West used to say, "If you can't be "good"... be the best." (or something along those lines)

Smudger

I missed the harem thread… sigh

Just as I found the perfect YT video.

! cEkT5uspE3c
At least the thread was anaesthetised.

ChesCa

As I mentioned before, my mom's into One Piece, FMA and Soul Eater.
She's not an otaku or anything (and I wouldn't want her to be anyway), but she tends to like the good stuff.
It helps that we have similar tastes.

LaCaSiNa

My mom never has or never will understand why I'm into manga and anime so much. She keeps telling me that I would make a fairly nice amount of money by selling all of my manga volumes.

So yeah, not quite on the same level there. :ninja:

Luckily my little brother is a huge OP fan and my big brother loves Dragon Ball. He even has kid-Goku tattooed on his arm. :D