shylarah

To Dance with the Stars

@SinfulSkills *gasp* It's a post! *glomps*

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I'm loving this convo. And I'm with Goat -- it's only weird by our standards. But then, to a Jewish gal, so's an open casket funeral! I nearly screeched at my first one. >.<

And honestly putting the dead body to a good use -- compost -- seems better than just burying them in the building materials. At least to me. I'm sure the whole "gotta rot 'em first" doesn't get discussed much. Just like nobody talks about what happens to your body after burial. But I suppose the building then becomes a monument, in a way. But I'm not sure bodies make good building material...OOH. Compromise! The meat and whatever goes to compost. Bones are used for building materials! And nobody discusses the preparation of the dead at length. *nodding*

EDIT: erps, smelting process. Okay, yeah, that might work. 'Cept the whole fire thing. But hey, if they're doing that, you could use 'em to help forge blades, too! Maybe you get to choose, building or weaponry. OR maybe some of the rich have their bodies used to forge specific weapons, and those weapons get names...something something status symbol....

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@Draken There's no evidence that it is, though. Otherwise I'd agree.

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@Lovejoy burial is probably difficult, given the layer of permafrost and all. Cremation is out. ...maybe the poor are turned into compost?

NaNoWriMo Discussion

@Antarctic Termite WOO!

I'm adding up all the stuff I've written for rps over the last month right now, just for giggles.

NaNoWriMo Discussion

@RomanAria It's okay, I didn't find the thread right away either. *snugs* I hope school's going alright, at least!

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@The Angry Goat It does matter, and I see what you're getting at, but all spears are blades on sticks. or pointed sticks, before there were blades. They come from the same idea: take the sharp thing, and make it reach farther. This doesn't mean that there aren't other sticks with blades too, though. ^.^;;

Honestly, if you wanna see a gun combo that's interesting, I rather liked Ruby's scythe in RWBY. She can shoot thiungs, and she can use the force to push herself, or add power to a cut. Makes much more sense than "it cuts because it vibrates side-to-side".

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@vietmyke@The Angry Goat Spears are just blades on sticks. But yeah, the whole...vibration-cutter thing is SO WRONG.

Although there is a gunknife that actually exists IRL. For some unknown reason.

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@The Angry Goat actually they did...they're called bayonets. =P

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@Scout WOO!