Zorua

Granted. It isn't launched, and the military then arrests you for trespassing, among other relevant charges. I wish for a working pair of headphones.

Beat part about being the only one in the house that's lactose intolerant? I get all the Lactaid milk to myself. I can drink straight from the carton and nobody can stop me. I also found lactose-free chocolate milk. Store-bought chocolate milk is so much better than home-made chocolate milk. I don't know why Krogers or Wal-Mart or what have you sell Lactaid chocolate milk, though; I've only seen store brand. To finish it off, I'm having a hohotdog or three.

Animal crackers.

Lost underwear in the drier.

Okay, panel-by-panel commentary time. Panel 1: He TL;DR'd it. And yes, the implications are kinda scary. Panel 2: Right. That isn't news at least (except the part where she's possibly an introvert). Panel 3: Why do you do this? That's the ultimate question, isn't it? Right next to "You ever wonder why we're here?" and "Who left the air conditioner at 80 again?" Panel 4: Yeah, magic would've been the gun in medieval times. The Great Equalizer. Take it away and you have swords that take time to train to use, and bows that take more time to train to use. Magic levels the playing field. It's like giving everyone rocket launchers and bomb suits. Panel 5: The gun is the Great Equalizer even when magic is in play. People (mainly military) have actual rocket launchers and actual bomb suits. Magic doesn't stand a chance against the range and muzzle velocity of a firearm. The only ones that might have a plausible magic-based defense against bullets are actual soldiers, since they're the most likely ones to get spells related to bullets. Generic forcefields might come second (I can see introverts and antisocial people getting forcefields) but, again, rocket launcher vs. bomb suit. Would the defense be up to snuff? Also, Teenage Pandora. We've seen her as an adult, a child, a formless monster, and a Character That Is Not Pandora. We haven't seen Pandora as a teenager who is still recognizably Pandora. So, props there. Panel 6: She invoked Tedd. Not sure if good or not. I read a fanfic once where a modern human in a magic-using medieval fantasy world realized the danger that modern technology presented, even to magic-users. Guns and missiles have better range than most spells, jets have excellent hit-and-run potential, tanks are tanks, and nukes take care of whatever's left. To say nothing of the communication technology that would leave modern armies way more coordinated than medieval ones. Magic doesn't stand a chance. So far we haven't seen mundane efforts to combat magic users. Nobody's pulled a real gun on anyone yet (unless enchanted boars count as "anyone"). We've seen a bad guy or two that might be resistant to guns, though (Damien and Not-Tengu). The ultimate problem is people have to become used to magic, and until they do, it's a New Thing. People don't know how to use New Things right away, and first impressions affect how long it takes for New Things to become just things. Between gaining spells without knowing it, gaining spells based on their personality and behaviors, and not reading the manual (which pretty much nobody's gonna do; "I have magic! Why do I need an instruction book? It's magic!"), things are gonna be hectic for a while. Inevitably a magic-using criminal is gonna cause real damage, magic is gonna be seen as a Bad Thing, there's gonna be social stigmas that dissuade magic use, blah blah blah I ran out of steam here somebody continue the argument. Admittedly, this would push the "guns = Bad" thing off to the side, but let's leave that for another thread, mmkay? Of course, this doesn't really matter since Magic Itself doesn't want to become a thing. Commentary: Pandora backing Tedd. Not sure if good or not. Villain Has A Point?

I accidentally the Internet

Granted. I have the perfect way to give you plenty of extra time. You're fired. I wish for better headphones.

I'm not gonna say a Pokemon is good or bad solely because of its name or its design. I'm not gonna be that guy. But holy 'karp, did they give a cool-looking Pokemon a terrible name. For Pokemon Sun and Moon, they leaked some Pokemon in CoroCoro magazine and cleared up a couple of 'em in a trailer. First of all, a new Ground/Ghost Pokemon line, {Sunabaa} and {Shirodesuna}. {Sunabaa} resembles a mound of sand with a toy shovel embedded in the top (blade down), and {Shirodesuna} resembles a sand castle, again with a toy shovel in the top (handle down). I personally think the idea is they disguise themselves as such to hide among beachgoers as a means of ambushing prey. But come on. Really? Sand castle? Second, a Pokemon that's a school of fish. Normally it's one fish, but its ability lets it form into a school of fish that make up one really big fish. Think those charades fish from Finding Nemo. So this one looks pretty awesome, right? Wishiwashi. That's its name. That's literally its name. I'm nicknaming every one I get. I do like a number of these Pokemon. Mimikyu just wants to be loved, and judging by the fandom response, it got its wish. Rowlet's an adorable owl with a leaf bowtie. Alolan Vulpix truly fits the description of "arctic fox" in all but habitat. Tapu Koko looks pretty cool. Lurantis is an elegant mantis. This gen's preview trailers and leaks are definitely hit and miss, and there are a few iffy ideas already *coughMr.Mimecough*, but in general I'm hopeful.

Granted. Eternal youth sold separately. I wish for a bowl of peach cobbler.

Sirleck's situation. I AM THE LINKER! SAVING THE DAY WITH HYPERTEXT!

*spinning 910cmx logo transition* So when I read this page, I noticed that one little tidbit. Magus can amplify abilities as well as emotions. Which reminded me of that time when Ellen blasted Vlad with her FV5 ray. While the result was the same as every other time Ellen's used that beam, that particular time had rather significant concussive blast to it, enough to knock Vlad into a wall with enough force to render him unconscious for a non-negligible amount of time. Never has Ellen's beam had that much damage to it. I suspected Magus had a hand in that, amplifying the beam significantly. Granted, there's evidence against. One, Elliot was there, and Helena and Demetrius were likely there too, so Magus likely wouldn't have been there. That said, they have slept in before, allowing Magus to get close enough to use his power on them, so depending on when they started their nap this opening could've still been there. And two: Granted, at this point in time, Ellen had no way of knowing she could amp up her beams, but these people barely read their spellbooks today. They use spells they don't know the ins and outs of all the time. Even Nanase fell behind on her reading, and she was practically obsessed with the thing. So yeah, it's plausible that Ellen's amped-up spell could've just been emotion. That said, in the comic Scotty linked to, Grace doesn't appear to move back when hit in the last panel, suggesting that the beam doesn't have concussive force by itself. Maybe it's not there because this isn't a life-or-death situation, but that's still worth noting. So there we have it. Evidence for and against Magus amplifying Ellen's beam against Vlad. What do you guys think?

To be fair, it's a tiny detail in a paragraph that's TL;DR'd a second later, from a page written seven years ago. Not unsurprising that it'd be missed or forgotten. I know that the beam was most likely amped up by emotion and there's reasons to suggest that was in fact the case. Still, it's always fun to speculate. To the speculation thread! *spinning 910cmx logo transition*

He can amplify abilities. He says so right here. He hasn't done so in canon (theories about Ellen's FV5 beam against Vlad vs. against everyone else aside), but he can do it. So the idea that he could amp up Tedd's Anti-Magic is still plausible.

Panel-by-panel Reaction Time! Panel 1: Disco Wizard does not understand. Panel 2: And now he does. Pandora tantrum for the win. Panel 3: That's the million-dollar question. He's asking the one who caused the energy problem. Panel 4: As far as we know, Immortals can only empower and guide mortals. De-powering is the opposite of empowering, so she's stuck. And now we know the plot. Tedd can remove enchantments. Is...wait. Magus can amplify abilities. Is Pandora gonna track Magus down, have him amplify Tedd's power to Anti-Magic levels, and send Tedd around town so he'll depower Moperville by proximity? Panel 5: Obviously. Duh, dude. It was like, super obvious. Panel 6: Seriously, Disco. Pay attention. Commentary: Aw. But Dan, I want a cookie. Forum: ...eh. Nothing new to contribute.

And that's why I felt safer jumping from one moving vehicle to another. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna sit over here until my heart stops exploding.

Nope. *gets into Leslie's car* Nope nope nope nope.

Grilled cheese sandwich.

Wait, since when was I in the car? Help! I've been kitnapped! I remember. We met in the old forum's intro threads. You gave me a "summon intergalactic fleet to glass the place" button. I don't have it anymore--nobody has any of their old intro thread stuff; they went bye bye in the Crash. And then we took over this thread's predecessor for a month or two RP-ing about space stuff. As for Leslie and co., I'm kinda going through a nearly two-year-long writer's block slash procrastination slash motivation deficiency right now, so they haven'd done anything period in a while. Need to work on that. I also doubt I'm gonna do any RP-type stuff on the new forums, so they're not likely to show up here. "Says you. Get in." *Leslie pulls up in a flying DeLorean*

Jinkies.

Needs more kazoo.

Granted. Your dumbbells vanish. I wish my pool and all the water in it was completely clean.

Dangit. I was in the middle of making this thread. Stupid Wi-Fi signal... So...show of hands. Who here thinks Tedd "more dangerous rarity" Verres is this rare type of wizard? Back before the Crash, I speculated that Magic changing has to do with werewolves being a thing in the past but not the present.

Few things. One, watching Jeff Dunham on YouTube always makes me laugh a little. Two, Jocelyn Samara DiDominick, the awesome lady who made the webcomic Rain, finally went in for SRS. Woo! I think all of her fans were applauding when they got the news. Three, my brother got a 3DS, and he said I could borrow it if I asked. So now I can play my Pokemon games again. Woot!

We know Ashley is good at dance soccer.

Magic Itself is not amused.