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[Fiery Phoenix]

NuclearBuddha wrote...

cannedcream wrote...

NuclearBuddha wrote...

Mouth of Madness is quite good, for what it is.  It definitely captures the "reality as you understand it is a lie" horror that HPL liked.

Nuke, that reminds me, since I had my computer wiped, I lost all of my bookmarks. Would you mind sending me the link to the HP Lovecraft stories again when you have a free minute?

Here.

Wow! That's really interesting, NB! Funny how I never saw it before.

[Su37]

Orgelmir wrote...

SU37 wrote...

Orgelmir wrote...

Tali is the only one you see that has a special hood tho. Why is hers different? (besides her being adorable and awesome)

To make her unique. As in, stand out from the average quarian.

But then why dont the admirals have something similar? And another quesiton is you hear about quarians recieving medals on thier siuts. Where?

Oh, you want BioWare to make every quarian have a different style, do you?

[NuclearBuddha]

Azint wrote...

NuclearBuddha wrote...

You see now, if this was HPL himself writing this, Miss Williams would be true to her first name while Alenko would still be standing well and alive.

No necessarily.  Guys dying in heroic (though often futile) sacrifice are a staple:  Statement of Randolph Carter, the Hound, etc.  The few times a woman is mentioned (aside from Asenath and Lavinia, of course) it's usually someone noting that they have to shield their wife from seeing something they shouldn't, like Armitage does in Dunwich Horror.

Edit:  Thing on the Doorstep has the protagonist making sure his wife doesn't see what's left of Asenath's victim, too.

Modifié par NuclearBuddha, 25 juillet 2010 - 06:36 .

[Andaius20]

Azint wrote...

NuclearBuddha wrote...

Andaius20 wrote...
Awhile ago music came up and some agreed this would be like old Quarian music.

Try this on for size.

It's sorta doing the a capella thing.

Both saved for... future reference.

what I personally liked about the celtic folk music that mckennett does is it tells stories and legends in song. Seems liek soem Quarians would do since they have ansestor worship.

Modifié par Andaius20, 25 juillet 2010 - 06:35 .

[Azint]

NuclearBuddha wrote...

I'm not saying they don't make their own suits.  As you note, they pretty much have to.  I was questioning if they make or trade for the decoration to those suits.

It's possible they do have cottage industry making the stuff.

I imagine that quarians have a monoply on that trade, or they at best only trust their own people to make these suits.

[cannedcream]

NuclearBuddha wrote...

I'm not saying they don't make their own suits.  As you note, they pretty much have to.  I was questioning if they make or trade for the decoration to those suits.

It's possible they do have cottage industry making the stuff.

Ah.
Apologies. Misunderstood mission parameters.

Again, it doesn't seem like it would be something that hard to make, as it's just a long length of fabric, and for all we know there's some kind of. . . magic futuristic sewing machine that can pump such designs out faster than we would think.
Of course, they could also just buy them at some space JoAnns.

Hmm. I wonder if the designs have any kind of special meaning to them, or if they're just little more than decoration. . . Have we ever heard anything about that one way or the other?

[Azint]

NuclearBuddha wrote...

No necessarily.  Guys dying in heroic (though often futile) sacrifice are a staple:  Statement of Randolph Carter, the Hound, etc.  The few times a woman is mentioned (aside from Asenath and Lavinia, of course) it's usually someone noting that they have to shield their wife from seeing something they shouldn't, like Armitage does in Dunwich Horror.

Edit:  Thing on the Doorstep has the protagonist making sure his wife doesn't see what's left of Asenath's victim, too.

'Twas but a jest.

Edit: And the Norwegian sailor trying to protect his wife from the truth in Call of Cthulhu.

Modifié par Azint, 25 juillet 2010 - 06:38 .

[cannedcream]

SU37 wrote...

Orgelmir wrote...


But then why dont the admirals have something similar? And another quesiton is you hear about quarians recieving medals on thier siuts. Where?

Oh, you want BioWare to make every quarian have a different style, do you?

Geez. Any quarian missions would require their own special 360 disk. 

[NuclearBuddha]

cannedcream wrote...

NuclearBuddha wrote...

I'm not saying they don't make their own suits.  As you note, they pretty much have to.  I was questioning if they make or trade for the decoration to those suits.

It's possible they do have cottage industry making the stuff.

Ah.
Apologies. Misunderstood mission parameters.

Again, it doesn't seem like it would be something that hard to make, as it's just a long length of fabric, and for all we know there's some kind of. . . magic futuristic sewing machine that can pump such designs out faster than we would think.
Of course, they could also just buy them at some space JoAnns.

Hmm. I wonder if the designs have any kind of special meaning to them, or if they're just little more than decoration. . . Have we ever heard anything about that one way or the other?

Every time this comes up I note that the swirls of her hood design look very much like the carved manes of Chinese stone lions.

It might be intended to evoke hair.  Curly hair.

[NuclearBuddha]

And here's the image I like to cite:

[Su37]

cannedcream wrote...

Geez. Any quarian missions would require their own special 360 disk. 

...What?

[Lividity Jones]

NuclearBuddha wrote...

Every time this comes up I note that the swirls of her hood design look very much like the carved manes of Chinese stone lions.

It might be intended to evoke hair.  Curly hair.

Yeah, I can roll with that.

[Orgelmir]

Phil725 wrote...

Orgelmir wrote...

SU37 wrote...

Orgelmir wrote...

Tali is the only one you see that has a special hood tho. Why is hers different? (besides her being adorable and awesome)

To make her unique. As in, stand out from the average quarian.

But then why dont the admirals have something similar? And another quesiton is you hear about quarians recieving medals on thier siuts. Where?

The actual reason is to avoid spending money developing unique detailed appearances for minor characters.  Any justification would likely be incorrect, since they probably all would have unique decorations.

maybe im reading into it too much.... Medals would only pose problems if you kept them on a suit that you had to live and fight in. And maybe Tali just wanted to be different. She did help save the galaxy and all...

[cannedcream]

Azint wrote...

I just realized that her hood makes me think of a cobra. The shape of it, and her neckpiece are what assert the illusion, to me.

Huh. Now that you mention it, I can see it, too.
Works for her.

[NuclearBuddha]

Azint wrote...
'Twas but a jest.

Edit: And the Norwegian sailor trying to protect his wife from the truth in Call of Cthulhu.

Oooh, good one!  Yeah, I'd forgotten about him!

[Azint]

NuclearBuddha wrote...

It might be intended to evoke hair.  Curly hair.

Grr. Arg.

[Lividity Jones]

Azint wrote...

NuclearBuddha wrote...

It might be intended to evoke hair.  Curly hair.

Grr. Arg.

Monosyllabic responding grunt.

[NuclearBuddha]

Oh, and on the "why do most quarian suits look the same" question: game limitations. I hate to say it, since I like to take things in the game at face value, but Ascension makes a point of how unique each quarian's suit is.

[cannedcream]

Lividity Jones wrote...

NuclearBuddha wrote...

Every time this comes up I note that the swirls of her hood design look very much like the carved manes of Chinese stone lions.

It might be intended to evoke hair.  Curly hair.

Yeah, I can roll with that.

Second.

Always did figure it was an analog for hair (by the designers, not the quarians probably), but never thought about how they matched those statues, as you said. Interesting comparison.

[NuclearBuddha]

Anyway, that's it for tonight. Thank you for your tolerance.



Fake edit: Man, I completely forgot to put on my HLP face.

[Lividity Jones]

NuclearBuddha wrote...

Oh, and on the "why do most quarian suits look the same" question: game limitations. I hate to say it, since I like to take things in the game at face value, but Ascension makes a point of how unique each quarian's suit is.

Fookin' game limitations...

[NuclearBuddha]

Azint wrote...

NuclearBuddha wrote...

It might be intended to evoke hair.  Curly hair.

Grr. Arg.

Just a theory.  For what it's worth, I personally think they've got stubble at the most under there (if they are a species does have hair).

[cannedcream]

NuclearBuddha wrote...

Oh, and on the "why do most quarian suits look the same" question: game limitations. I hate to say it, since I like to take things in the game at face value, but Ascension makes a point of how unique each quarian's suit is.

One day I will find that damn book.
I know I could just order it online, but that's not the point. It's the principal of the matter.

Revelation is EVERYWHERE, but Ascension? Always sold out.

[NuclearBuddha]

cannedcream wrote...
Revelation is EVERYWHERE, but Ascension? Always sold out.

Wonder why that is.