Subject: Dune is the best sci-fi novel ever. (nm)
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Posted on: 2009-05-31 00:04:00 UTC
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OT: Archie Andrews is (allegedly) getting Married! by
on 2009-05-29 03:44:00 UTC
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http://archie-blogs.archiecomics.com/archie_news/2009/05/archie-andrews-is-getting-married.html
... To the brunette.
(prays to the Makers that this is one of those Chani-Paul-Irulan political dealies) -
To Veronica? by
on 2009-05-29 23:03:00 UTC
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No. Just. No. Betty and Archie belong together!
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On second tought... by
on 2009-05-29 23:05:00 UTC
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It could just be a false alarm. Just a way to get more sales, I hope!
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on the other hand... by
on 2009-05-30 00:26:00 UTC
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I almost wish that, if this is true, it is purely political: a way to gain control of the holdings of the Padishah Emperor, Hiriam the 4th (:P) when the day comes for his water to return to the world... A way to stabilize vast tracts of wealth, while at the same time... ending this sensless feud by resort to the ancient tradition of the Bound Concubine?
Veronica: I AM HIS WIFE!
Bety: You have his name. I am the one he calls WIFE.
(ooc: is it just me or do I sound like I was born on Arrakis?) -
Dune is the best sci-fi novel ever. (nm) by
on 2009-05-31 00:04:00 UTC
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* The first one, that is. by
on 2009-05-31 00:26:00 UTC
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The rest of the series is decent, but it's increasingly difficult to keep going if you're not a true fan. By the fourth book, the universe and the characters have changed too much to my taste. Although I am otherwise an atheist, I firmly believe that Status Quo Is God. That's why Duncan Idaho is my favorite character: while everything changes, and not always for the better, Duncan remains.
I know that Leto II warns us against status quo and stagnation, using his 1500-year reign as a scheme to force humankind to evolve, but I refuse to follow the Golden Path. Long live the old empire! -
I liked the fifth. by
on 2009-05-31 11:15:00 UTC
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Miles Teg is pure awesome, as well as the Honored Matres (of course, that could just be my libido speaking).
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*nodnodnod* by
on 2009-05-31 02:33:00 UTC
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I totally agree. The original Dune is always nearest and dearest to my heart.
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*grins* by
on 2009-05-30 03:26:00 UTC
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"...and we, who are called 'concubine', history will call 'wives'."
...The books were better. :-P
I do hope it is a Chani/Irulan/Paul type political thingy. That would make...sense. And we like sense. -
as we confuse, alienate over half the board... by
on 2009-05-30 18:11:00 UTC
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this is good. Though I think that Archie is wayyyyyy to simple of a character to pull off Paul. Though Paul did have alot of angst.
Just my to ￥2
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Ah, confusion, how I love you. by
on 2009-05-30 19:28:00 UTC
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No, Archie isn't Paul. Besides, I've never pictured Paul as a redhead.
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I never said Archie knew by
on 2009-05-31 06:31:00 UTC
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What I said is that (I wish there was) a plan that allows both girls what they want: Veronica gets to "win" (in her own warped definition of such) while allowing Betty to actually gain Archie's companionship within an established framework.
The Reverend Mother Acuzio Geraldine Grundy has approved this plan, wishes benisons upon her students (and especially upon her acolyte) and desires guarentees of a proper mixture of the bloodlines.
-G the B, going crazy to keep from getting mad -
The book is always better... by
on 2009-05-30 05:43:00 UTC
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But the Battle of Arakeen wasn't bad, the soundtrack in the second movie was OK and the worms were cool.
I guess it does make snese: better than letting Reggie get his hands on the Lodge holdings and with the Bound Concubine loophole... would the BC apply in this case? Ah, it's all the same for rich people: marriages are for business and mistresses are for their other good characteristics.
Well... after OMD/BND in Spiderman, comics have been making all sorts of wierd decisions.
"The water that we spread upon the desert has become BLOOD... blood upon the land that was once clean and pure! We have fouled the nest... and it is KILLING US!"
I've already put out a contract to lace Veronica's food with contreceptives. (:-p) -
I accept! by
on 2009-05-30 10:47:00 UTC
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I'll start immediately.
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*nods meaningfully to WikiMaster* (nm) by
on 2009-05-30 21:09:00 UTC
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*snicker* by
on 2009-05-30 07:45:00 UTC
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A little...persuasion...with a Gom Jabbar could do the trick...
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Not THAT transparent.... by
on 2009-05-30 20:46:00 UTC
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The Sisterhood has a great deal pegged on the correct mixing of genes from the carefully cultivated Andrews line to one of their younger acolytes (Ms. Cooper). However, they also see the political advantage to let this ABOMINATION of a marriage proceed... but with the bloodline carefully controlled.
If you disbelieve me, this message comes direct from a Reverend Mother planted deep in the teaching roster of Riverdale High (you know which one).
-G the B, (male) messagebeing for the Bene Gesserit -
Oh, Betty is so a Bene Gesserit. :-D (nm) by
on 2009-05-31 02:37:00 UTC
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And lo, I hear the shrieking... by
on 2009-05-29 08:19:00 UTC
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Of a thousand comic nerds.
I swore off 4chan about a month back, but this is worth diving back in to see a reaction or two from /co/. -
Bwuh? by
on 2009-05-29 05:47:00 UTC
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...Uh...pardon? That's not supposed to happen. I don't think that's supposed to happen.
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Well... by
on 2009-05-29 20:58:00 UTC
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I'm an A/B shipper meself, so...
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Re: Well... by
on 2009-05-31 07:42:00 UTC
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Hear, hear. Veronica is a snot who has no respect for him.
Then again, Archie's really no prize himself. Someone stated that he'll be just as happy with Veronica as he deserves to be. I'm somewhat inclined to agree.
I think, at some level, I just thought he'd actually grow up and go for the girl who actually seemed to care about him. -
Wha??? by
on 2009-05-29 04:05:00 UTC
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You mean that they are having a teen marriage?
Oh... They made them grow up. Archie Comics I think will finally die a slow and painful death now.
Leto