Nurturing Smile 2018-02-09
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Nurturing Smile 2018-02-09
Valerie has an interesting perspective on the situation. I guess the best you can do, is make the best of whatever you can do!
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Re: Nurturing Smile 2018-02-09
On the face of things, there's nothing to face.
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hssjwhouk wrote:On the face of things, there's nothing to face.
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"Never use a huldra for manual labor. They simply can't put their back into it."AnotherFairportfan wrote:hssjwhouk wrote:On the face of things, there's nothing to face.
Nyah!
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Re: Nurturing Smile 2018-02-09
Tentacle?? Ok who been putting tentacle porn in the jar again??Atomic wrote:"Never use a huldra for manual labor. They simply can't put their back into it."AnotherFairportfan wrote:hssjwhouk wrote:On the face of things, there's nothing to face.
Nyah!
Tosses Norse Mythology book in the general direction of the Pun Jar. A tentacle reaches forth....
Wonder if Valerie is one of the creators of Face Off on syfy
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Re: Nurturing Smile 2018-02-09
I'm kind of wondering how Valerie speaks. From what we've seen, she doesn't have any lips... Of course, when you're dealing with someone who looks like they come from the wrong side of the Lovecraft mythos, that's probably a minor difficulty.
Re: Nurturing Smile 2018-02-09
Or a tongue as such, or vocal cords, probably.eee wrote:I'm kind of wondering how Valerie speaks. From what we've seen, she doesn't have any lips...
But then, birds don't have either lips or vocal cords, and some of them speak very well indeed... the beak and syrinx serving analogous roles. There seem to be two functions involved... one organ vibrates as air passed through it, and another organ (or organs) shape and filter the resulting sounds and add others (e.g. clicks and hisses)
I see no reason why Valerie might not be able to do all of those things with specialized sets of mouth-and-throat tentacles. For her, speaking might be a symphony of squirm!
And, if she occasionally mis-pronounces a word or two, she can't possibly lose face over the mistake.
(Dave places a copy of a Berlitz "Mandarin Chinese in 60 Minutes" CD into the Pun Jar)
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Re: Nurturing Smile 2018-02-09
Hexadecimal had no trouble speaking...eee wrote:I'm kind of wondering how Valerie speaks. From what we've seen, she doesn't have any lips... Of course, when you're dealing with someone who looks like they come from the wrong side of the Lovecraft mythos, that's probably a minor difficulty.
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It could be amusing to see Atsali walk in on these two and try to strike up a conversation, and watch her try harder and harder to practice reading facial expressions on them. Or maybe it would be good for her, if she knew that facial expressions weren't there and could just quit trying to read them and instead concentrate on other social cues.
Maybe Valerie can get a decoration like Bia's diadem, only with multiple expressions available on it. Her tentacles could reach up and switch it over to whichever expression was appropriate for the moment.
Perhaps in similar manner to how a certain talkative bundle of vines manages. Or she could have a whole bunch of lips and mouths and whatever else, in the same place where all of those tentacles come out from.eee wrote:I'm kind of wondering how Valerie speaks. From what we've seen, she doesn't have any lips... Of course, when you're dealing with someone who looks like they come from the wrong side of the Lovecraft mythos, that's probably a minor difficulty.
Maybe Valerie can get a decoration like Bia's diadem, only with multiple expressions available on it. Her tentacles could reach up and switch it over to whichever expression was appropriate for the moment.
Re: Nurturing Smile 2018-02-09
If she gets a diadem with twelve faces on it, she could cosplay as a character from The Phantom Tollbooth!Catawampus wrote:Maybe Valerie can get a decoration like Bia's diadem, only with multiple expressions available on it. Her tentacles could reach up and switch it over to whichever expression was appropriate for the moment.
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There was a character in Marvel's Excalibur who had a diadem which reflected his emotions. Also a villain in Adam Warren's Dirty Pair had a headband which showed his current thoughts (in words).Catawampus wrote:Maybe Valerie can get a decoration like Bia's diadem, only with multiple expressions available on it.
Ten minutes of web-trawling has failed to turn up pictures. If I find some in the next 24 hours I'll post them.
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A certain green-haired warrior princess from Skifander has one such headband, with an ever-changing smiley face...
If you don't know who I am talking about, I truly do pity you...
... and strongly encourage you to go visit http://www.girlgeniusonline.com
(Zeetha doesn't appear until Agatha reaches the circus, but that's OK, I'm sure you'll enjoy the read anyway...)
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(Zeetha doesn't appear until Agatha reaches the circus, but that's OK, I'm sure you'll enjoy the read anyway...)
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Agatha Heterodyne's friend Zeetha has a headband that matches her expression.Chaise Murphy wrote:There was a character in Marvel's Excalibur who had a diadem which reflected his emotions. Also a villain in Adam Warren's Dirty Pair had a headband which showed his current thoughts (in words).Catawampus wrote:Maybe Valerie can get a decoration like Bia's diadem, only with multiple expressions available on it.
Ten minutes of web-trawling has failed to turn up pictures. If I find some in the next 24 hours I'll post them.
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Both with the same timestamp:
lake_wrangler wrote:A certain green-haired warrior princess from Skifander has one such headband, with an ever-changing smiley face...
* SNAP *AnotherFairportfan wrote:Agatha Heterodyne's friend Zeetha has a headband that matches her expression.
Proof Positive the world is not flat: If it were, cats would have pushed everything off the edge by now.
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What can I say: "great minds think alike"...AnotherFairportfan wrote:Both with the same timestamp:lake_wrangler wrote:A certain green-haired warrior princess from Skifander has one such headband, with an ever-changing smiley face...* SNAP *AnotherFairportfan wrote:Agatha Heterodyne's friend Zeetha has a headband that matches her expression.
Then again, "fools seldom differ"...
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And here's a very good example of it.lake_wrangler wrote:A certain green-haired warrior princess from Skifander has one such headband, with an ever-changing smiley face...
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I hadn't noticed you writing this, before quoting both our posts, or I would have mentioned it earlier...AnotherFairportfan wrote:Both with the same timestamp:
Technically, that's not quite correct: I have my forum preferences set to display the seconds, on the timestamp, and my post preceded yours by a full 27 seconds...
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* bleeah *lake_wrangler wrote:I hadn't noticed you writing this, before quoting both our posts, or I would have mentioned it earlier...AnotherFairportfan wrote:Both with the same timestamp:
Technically, that's not quite correct: I have my forum preferences set to display the seconds, on the timestamp, and my post preceded yours by a full 27 seconds...
Proof Positive the world is not flat: If it were, cats would have pushed everything off the edge by now.
Re: Nurturing Smile 2018-02-09
Fixed that for you, and you're welcome. I assume your seconds will be talking with his seconds?AnotherFairportfan wrote:* bleeah *lake_wrangler wrote:I hadn't noticed you writing this, before quoting both our posts, or I would have mentioned it earlier...AnotherFairportfan wrote:Both with the same timestamp:
Technically, that's not quite correct: I have my forum preferences set to display the seconds, on the timestamp, and my post preceded yours by a full 27 seconds...
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* bleah encore *Dave wrote:Fixed that for you, and you're welcome. I assume your seconds will be talking with his seconds?AnotherFairportfan wrote:* bleeah *lake_wrangler wrote:I hadn't noticed you writing this, before quoting both our posts, or I would have mentioned it earlier...
Technically, that's not quite correct: I have my forum preferences set to display the seconds, on the timestamp, and my post preceded yours by a full 27 seconds...
Proof Positive the world is not flat: If it were, cats would have pushed everything off the edge by now.