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With This Ring (Young Justice SI) (Thread Twelve)

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I once saw a brochure where a mound of crap basically looking like a pile of shit rolled in hemp and strewn with other detritus, glued to a plywood plate, was described in the most florid terms as a commentary on the human soul itself, asking questions such as what it really means being human. A tent with the names of lays and aborted foetuses (Who tortures themselves thusly?) being a deep and insightful look into mortality, and the ceaseless hypocrisy of modern society (or something) seems all too likely. Modern art seems to be full of artists asking "Can I sell this random shit as sonething deep and provocative?" and art critics answering "Yes, you can. Here, have some money!"

In my opinion, art should be a marriage of technical skill, aestethics and imagination. @Mr Zoat succeeds far better than most acclaimed artists in that regard, in my own, humble opinion.
 
Angelform said:
Not sure Tula truly understood the lesson if that is her counter to mental magic. The point of such subtle attacks is that they hit at a moment of unsuspecting weakness. Having a defence you must activate doesn't matter if you don't know when it is needed.
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She didn't say it was her only defence or technique to combat mental magic. It's merely a way to purge external influences, which as shown is pretty useful.
 
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No that is just him being British and the other guy being Amish. A Scottish Amish at that.
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No, common manners is that if some one is within about three paces of you, you hold the door to keep it from swinging back and smacking them.

Though savages and barbarian, heck one of their recent national celebrities was a guy who got famous for kicking a terrorist so hard he broke his foot while said terrorist was on fire, the Scots do know about this rule, and for that matter so do the Amish*.




* which these people are clearly not, the wind turbines being a bit of a give away, and the lack of a church doubly so.
 
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-attack craft.

A beam of ruby energy takes out part of the far wall next to the door, but the shields behind it hold. Teekl takes cover behind my legs, fur on end.


"Recognised, Martian Manhunter, zero seven."

Seeing no return fire, the aliens intensify their attack. Individual shields weaken as more beams are fired. Kaldur catches General Lane's eye. "General, begin evacuating!"
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I'm not sure that there is suppose to be two blank lines in this section. If there is it seems weird, I tried highlighting the section but there is no hidden text.
 
Breastplate? Is was under the impression that his Light Armour was a biker outfit.
 
I'll second anyone shit talking modern art.

I always thought that kind of stupid bullshit was just some exaggerated joke used in movies and tv shows. Then I actually checked out some modern art museums. It was physically painful seeing those abominations being paraded around as art.
 
What's worst is the 'found object' sculpture, really. The abstract paintings and stuff I can usually enjoy and even if it clearly represents nothing but the artist mucking about with his tools it still is capable of looking good and can still show hints of art principles like balance and variety etc. Found art though is just a way to keep cashing in on the legacy of that one guy a hundred years ago who thought it'd be hilarious to submit a urinal as a sculpture. That got old with the first dozen or two variations on that theme and now it's just awful.
 
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aeqnai said:
What's worst is the 'found object' sculpture, really. The abstract paintings and stuff I can usually enjoy and even if it clearly represents nothing but the artist mucking about with his tools it still is capable of looking good and can still show hints of art principles like balance and variety etc. Found art though is just a way to keep cashing in on the legacy of that one guy a hundred years ago who thought it'd be hilarious to submit a urinal as a sculpture. That got old with the first dozen or two variations on that theme and now it's just awful.
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I think I'll... is it fourth by this point?
Art should require effort of some type - and be something intelligent people want to buy.

What's in a name? That which we call trash, by any other name, would look as disgusting.
 
"I'm from Glasgow. If I had to explain Glasgow to you... I'd say that if I had to pick a city in the world... where I could depend on a member of the public... to punch a man who was on fire. To punch a flaming man! To the ground! We should get a photo of that blown up and use it as the welcome sign in Scottish airports. And underneath we should have the words "Scotland Welcomes Careful Drivers". I mean, the naiveté of Al-Qaeda trying to bring religious war to Glasgow. We're four hundred years ahead of you guys. You've not even got a football team."

— Frankie Boyle, on the failed 2007 Glasgow airport attacks.
 
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Skyllian Blitz said:
Yes, but how are we going to turn a discussion about modern art into a SI story?
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Shouldn't be difficult. There's that stone circle installation that symbolizes institutional cheapness and the interconnectedness of things, evoking fear of the status quo amongst other things. And with most other SI stories one could have made comparisons involving steaming heaps of excrement.
Not to mention the performance art that's surely going to come sooner or later, involving fire and screaming.
 
kjyl said:
Though savages and barbarian, heck one of their recent national celebrities was a guy who got famous for kicking a terrorist so hard he broke his foot while said terrorist was on fire, the Scots do know about this rule, and for that matter so do the Amish*.


* which these people are clearly not, the wind turbines being a bit of a give away, and the lack of a church doubly so.
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The sign over their gate saying "Pagan Nation" was a bit of a clue, too. Not very Amish of them at all.

Sam L Rioter said:
Breastplate? Is was under the impression that his Light Armour was a biker outfit.
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Originally yes; I'm pretty sure he upgraded. He got shot by that mob guy at a restaurant while in street clothes and his armor took it.
 
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