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Post by balzac on Feb 6, 2012 20:25:14 GMT
If her job is anything as inconvenient as adding rust to metal, I'm sure she'll do fine.
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Post by hal9000 on Feb 6, 2012 22:27:01 GMT
I disagree. Having a job (especially a well-paid one) is a big deal for humans either. But it isn't a "doing magic" kind of big deal for humans, is it? I'd say that depends on the person and the job; some jobs are so ridiculously cool and/or pay so well that getting one might be that big of a deal, for some people (especially in this economy).
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Post by Kuraimizu on Feb 6, 2012 23:08:03 GMT
Probably the point is that name is a reward that each fairy gets with their graduation. They need the classes to integrate themselves into the human society, and only when they are ready will they be named, which gives them the permission to be self-reliant. Maybe only humans can name these Foresters-turned-humans. The faeries can't just name each other - that's cheating! They're not allowed to cheat. Also, I feel it requires a level of empathy that not even their own self-interest could summon for long enough to do anything about it. Annie messed up the system, naming a fairy who hasn't yet gotten enough training to make out in the world on her own. Yup Annie messed up the system. Also Annie is going to mess it up more. Annie is going to spill the beans, "Humans are Named at birth." The class of Fairies will go "Humans are named first thing they become Human? We want names too, Name us too. Please Annie. Give us names." And Annie will give names to each of the Class. maybe based on hair color or animal, or maybe she'll put some thought into it, Or maybe she won't and will just start pointing and calling out names from memory. "Tom. Julie. Eric. Howard, you look like a Howard. Elisa. James. ... etc. Either way the whole class has a good chance of being named by the end of the chapter. Annie will be telling Kat, and Reynardine the day's adventure. And Then Annie will remember "I forgot to give them last names." "Oh and Middle names, can't forget middle names" Kat will add. "Genealogy, We'll just spend the rest of our lives naming all the fairies' ancestors too." Renard will add sarcastically. "And don't forget lordships, esquires, seconds and thirds of the same name, and who's forth in line for the throne of the bird king." this had better not get out of hand. I think this is one of those cases of "they deserve each other." All these retarded faeries, are jerks, but they all suffer from each other's jerkitude, so it works out. This is probably the main reason the court keeps these bozos separate, "nobody else really deserves to have to deal with their inane bullcrap." And This is the entire reason the fairies get put in these special classes. Fairies need to be taught life skills that each of us learn from birth. Fairies get taught life skills as part of their special curriculum. also the fact that the bodies are storing the knowledge, allowing the fairies to play on the etherial plane all day, might explain why they are never given vacations. they don't need them every day is a vacation/work-day. We all saw Red try and cut her finger off when she learned hair could be cut. Fairies are really a danger to themselves. And an annoyance or "comedy act" to the rest of us so called humans.
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Post by Fen on Feb 6, 2012 23:12:58 GMT
Well, that puts this in a whole new context.
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Post by todd on Feb 6, 2012 23:20:33 GMT
Sounds good to me. It's always been interesting to guess how much the students of the Court know about what goes on there and the nature of things - not even in terms of the plot, but things like the seperate house. The impression I get is that most of the students don't even seem to care much. Take the "Power Station" chapter, for example; most of the students seemed more interested in the boy or girl they were going out with than with whatever was going on at the power station itself. I suspect that the majority of them just accept that it's a school where weird things happen and don't ask questions about it.
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Post by myzelf on Feb 6, 2012 23:30:27 GMT
I was hoping Blue would end up getting named this same chapter. Now, I really, really hope she does. Jeesh.
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Post by rafk on Feb 7, 2012 1:42:31 GMT
I was hoping Blue would end up getting named this same chapter. Now, I really, really hope she does. Jeesh. I can't see Annie naming EVERYONE, but after all the fuss that she and Kat went through with Red last time because they could see that Blue missed her, I can totally see her naming Blue too. Annie might be messing up what's "meant" to happen with faerie schooling here, but I can't help but think that Jones intended this. If naming the faeries was bad, Jones would have warned Annie about it, right?
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Post by mithrandir on Feb 7, 2012 2:03:27 GMT
Annie might be messing up what's "meant" to happen with faerie schooling here, but I can't help but think that Jones intended this. If naming the faeries was bad, Jones would have warned Annie about it, right? Well, not necessarily, as such. There are just so many things about fairies that are different from humans that it's hard to warn about all of them. It's almost like the mirror image of warning humanified fairies not to try to cut off their fingers. I think it's more accurate to say that Jones figured Annie wouldn't cause too much harm. Having Red running around with a name before she was supposed to get one may be a mild disruption, but in the greater scheme of things, I think the Court carefully keeps all the humanified fairies segregated from anything that would cause any real harm. After all, even the "teacher" is a space-case by human standards.
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Post by Rafael on Feb 7, 2012 4:23:48 GMT
Bozos. Jerks. Clowns. Numbnuts. Numskull. Losers. Doof. Shmo. Schlubs. Galoot. Jabronis. Crumbum. And now, Schmendrick.
This chapter is a fountain of knowledge. I'm beginning to wonder if some of these are Tom's own creation though.
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Post by TBeholder on Feb 7, 2012 4:50:22 GMT
I think this is one of those cases of "they deserve each other." And I don't just mean Red and Blue. I mean all these retarded faeries. They're all jerks, but they all suffer from each other's jerkitude, so it works out. It's just that outsiders much approach at their own risk. Now, now, other than Red and Blue fairies are nice, merely a bit out of it (understandably) and show-off. Moreover, back then Turquoise and Orchid were happy about Red and Blue's reconciling. They weren't too happy to wang tomatoes at these two... but let's be fair, who would? The clowns really deserved it. ;D Red with a job? Inconceivable! You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. (refraining from an obvious cheap joke) Soon! The new misadventures of City Face, a pigeon who became human businessman, and his cute ex-fairy secretary Red. Also available in 3D version. Bozos. Jerks. Clowns. Numbnuts. Numskull. Losers. Doof. Shmo. Schlubs. Galoot. Jabronis. Crumbum. And now, Schmendrick. This chapter is a fountain of knowledge. Why? We knew they are clowns back then.
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Post by Georgie L on Feb 7, 2012 18:43:39 GMT
Bozos. Jerks. Clowns. Numbnuts. Numskull. Losers. Doof. Shmo. Schlubs. Galoot. Jabronis. Crumbum. And now, Schmendrick. This chapter is a fountain of knowledge. I'm beginning to wonder if some of these are Tom's own creation though. I've heard about half of them in looney tunes before and others are from Yiddish (not sure how I know that.)
Red with a job? Inconceivable! You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. it does mean what they thinks it means (or at least it makes sense in this sentence) - unable to be imagined, believed or conceived by the mind.
- stretching a person's powers of belief or imagination
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Post by Fhqwhgads on Feb 7, 2012 23:14:50 GMT
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Post by icekatze on Feb 8, 2012 3:18:51 GMT
hi hi
Schmendrick is without a doubt the last of the red-hot swamis. They're nothing but a bunch of nerdlingers.
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Post by TBeholder on Feb 8, 2012 10:03:34 GMT
I like the part where Red: Now I don't gotta come to dis stupid class any more! Class: ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D hi hi Schmendrick is without a doubt the last of the red-hot swamis. They're nothing but a bunch of nerdlingers. Heh.
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Post by warrl on Feb 11, 2012 3:27:25 GMT
Bozos. Jerks. Clowns. Numbnuts. Numskull. Losers. Doof. Shmo. Schlubs. Galoot. Jabronis. Crumbum. And now, Schmendrick. This chapter is a fountain of knowledge. I'm beginning to wonder if some of these are Tom's own creation though. I've encountered all of them elsewhere, except for "Schlubs" and "Jabronis". Which is actually somewhat surprising, since I've never been to Britain or known a recent arrival from Britain. I wouldn't expect the slang to be *that* similar. I mean, the base languages are different enough that Tom and I don't even wear our pants the same way...
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Post by baf on Feb 15, 2012 5:39:11 GMT
I recall playing a version of Rogue that used "Schmendrick" as a level title. You started off as a Beginner or something, worked your way up through Trainee and Soldier and Warrior, eventually becoming a Warlord, then an Overlord, then a number of increasingly grandiose Grand Overlord-type titles, and then all of the sudden you became a Schmendrick. It just got worse after that. I think the highest level you could attain was called Time Waster.
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