Doctor doctor, please
Don't you know I'm going fast
Doctor doctor, please
Don't you know I just can't last
She walked up to me and really stole my heart
And then she started to tear my body apart
G-Gappy-c-chan! S-Shady Ruro-san! D-don't die! D-don't elephant into the light!
Nah, them's certifiably healthy. They're just sharing enemy empathy times, them dramafyings before becoming nakamathings. One must steal the heart of the other and pull her over to the 'dark side' of things.
But you didn't have one before becoming our nakama.
I'm just that good, the dramafyings couldn't afford my rates.
What do you think of The Library and its Librarians? Being related to one of them seems like it may give you a biased response, but we'll overlook that nepotism and take your reply completely and totally at face-value with no snark or between-the-line readings~
*Lies in a crater, staring up at the sky* Hey.....you know what?
*Is lying in the same crater beside Gappy, similarly staring up at the sky* What?
I don't actually hate the library and its librarians.
...Hah....I don't actually hate the Atelier and its artists either.
You probably don't know this, this is probably a little-known fact, but I was the proto-librarian, the first dedicated mod for the library back before it was even called 'Patchouli's Scarlet LIbrary'. It was an easy task, considering the writers were (and are still) an easygoing, mild-mannered bunch.....
....so you were one of us once....so you can't be all that bad, for an artist...
....with a few exceptions.....which I tend to CRUSH MERCILESSLY UNDER MY AWESOMELY AWESOME MANLINESS.
I take that back. You're sinful scum, through and through.
I am a writer myself, and while I haven't properly dabbled in Touhou fanfiction, I have personally experienced the pride and joy in sharing my work with fellow enthusiasts. Having a place you can call your own, wherein you can meet like-minded people who understand and shares your passions, to have a home and community that fosters creativity and appreciates passion....that is truly priceless. The library is an amazing place, not just because it's a repository of great works, but mainly because it brings together all the librarians and the writers together, forging a close, warm community that thrives on creativity and passion. It is simply inspiring to say the least.
Why don't you post more often/come into IRC more often? :qq:
I'm actually around on IRC a lot, hanging out in the library and in the Atelier.
How did you end up on Motk?
You know, I first came over to MotK about 2 years ago now in search of playtesters for a Touhou Tabletop RPG I was writing with a friend at the time. Somehow, I ended up starting a Forum RPG entitled 'Waking Up From the Dream', the premise of which was the untimely collapse of the Great Hakurei Barrier and a mass exodus of Touhous into the outside world, with the players being outsiders stranded in Gensokyo just prior to the event who are then tasked with becoming 'mana batteries' to keep the mana-dependent Touhous alive in the outside world. Much like how they became stuck in the outside world, I've since become stuck here. Oh, interestingly, we're restarting that Forum RPG, actually....
I first came here back when....
Shut up, this isn't your interview.
But it's our enemy empathy event thing! We have to open our hearts to each other in order to accept one another as nakama forged in the fires of battle!
Ssshh, you're doin' it wrong, you're ruining our empathy moment. Now, shush, and listen to teacher~
When making a moderation decision on a problem, how do you approach it?
The first, most important thing is to avoid confrontation, or escalation thereof, and establish a relationship of cooperation with the person in question.
As the wise man says, you destroy your enemies when you make them your friends.
Yes, DESTROY THEM UTTERLY AND COMPLETELY, CRUSH THEIR WILL TO OPPOSE YOU, TWIST THEIR MINDS TO YOUR CAUSE, AND USE THEM AS MINIONS TO SUBJUGATE MORE ENEMIES TO YOUR CAUSE!*Eyes Ruro* Accomplished.
H-hey....
G-Gappy-c-chan, I-I thought y-you s-said w-we were befriending e-everyone....
Communication is key to a successful cooperation. Most people who require moderation aren't even aware of what they've done wrong. The violation in question tends to be unintentional. As such, a good, calm discussion on the problem and the reasons behind the need for moderation is necessary. Note that I use the word 'discussion', it must be a bilateral process, with the moderator taking on the role of the active listener from time to time. Sometimes, sitting quietly and listening, and maintaining an open approach to the person's side of things, does wonders in resolving issues before they even become issues. This works even when the person in question takes offense and rages at you at the unfairness, all the other exceptions, blablabla. They must and will run out of steam after ranting for a while. Once that happens, attempts at re-establishing cooperation can be made afresh.
Communication can also sometimes take on the form of BASHING THEIR FACE IN WITH A RUSTY SPORK UNTIL THEY SEE REASON! WHILE IN A MONSTER TRUCK! WHILE ON FIRE!Hmmm....right, the sunset has reached the right angle. This is where we get up, climb over the crest of the crater, leaning on each other's shoulders, before meeting our cheering nakama.
Hmmph, T-this is just because I can't walk out on my own, you know! It's not like I want to be your comrade or anything.
I'm not saying this style is perfect. There are immature people out there who just can't swallow being at fault or in the wrong, no matter what. In these cases, if you're still interested in a resolution, you must try and avoid saying 'no', and, instead, ask 'why', and let the person in question arrive at the logical answer to why they are at fault in their own time. Again, active listening is key. This works, of course, assuming the person in question has a shred of logic or reason....which, let's face it, are at times a little scarce on the internet. *Gets up and climbs over the crest of the hill, shoulder to shoulder with Ruro*
So that's how Gappy-chan 'befriends' people....
Just so we're clear, I'm following you guys to make sure you don't commit any further nefarious deeds as well as to capture this evil food thief. I'm not doing it cause I'm your friend or anything.
Gappy, you're a doctor. Tell me - is it lupus?
No, it's Tsundere.
Tsundere?
Them's Tsundethings.
Tsundere.
I'M NOT TSUNDERE!
Ever had a crush on a forum-goer?
No,
unless you define crush as a 'OMGWTHHESOMANLYANDCHARMINGANDAWESOMENOWAI' sort of admiration for someone but that tsundere over there seems to have.
I'm not Tsundere, darnit! I really am not following you because I like you or anything!
Now, CRUSHING a forum-goer, I've done before. Case-in-point, the rather battered shady tsundere.
Hey, I crushed you first! And stop adding 'shady', 'poor', 'greedy' and 'unemployed' to everything!
You added them 'poor', 'greedy' and 'unemployed' yourself, again, woman. Now, have some herbal homeopathic remedies.
Med-student, huh? My condolences, but I salute your perseverance. How do you take your coffee, or other stimulants, if any?
Coffee is one of my fondest vices. I am admitted addicted to caffeine. I have my own special recipe I call the 'Gappy-Special', with 3-4 teaspoons of ground coffee (Any will do, but avoid the sour types of coffee like Javanese and Cuban coffee beans) mixed in with as little water as possible, about a fifth of the cup-full. Then mix in as much sugar as you want, a teaspoon of cocoa powder and a very, very small pinch of cinnamon, before filling up the cup to full with hot milk, stirring all the while.
By the way, if this is homeopathic, what's it made of?
Homepathins involves grounding up whatever killed you, dissolving it and diluting it 100.000 times before administering it as medifications. Essence of strawberry diluted 100.000 times for the Red Gap, and Essence of Disgusting diluted 100.000 for the Shady Ruro.
Hey, that's funny, because it implies I'm in fact Disgus-....
....
EERRRRGHHHH! YOU TASTE DISGUSTING!
Look, towards that bright sun sinking to end another day, bringing the promise of a new and brighter dawn tomorrow!
Don't shamelessly change the subject! That's not the sun, you disgustuuugghhh Gap! It's.....what is it?
Fireworks?
Fireworks don't home in on your face, girl. Danmaku does.
LOOK OUT!
UWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!
Phew, aren't you glad I pushed you out of the way and saved you?
SAVED ME?! YOU PUSHED ME RIGHT INTO A BULLET!
Learn to graze moar. *Collects Ruro's dropped power-ups*
Don't sweat them fine details *Helps with them collectins*
YOU DID THAT ON PURPOSE! AND GIVE ME BACK MY POWER-UPS!
And that is why I keep a sizeable but manageable group of
cannon fodder power sources comrades around. *Pours power-ups into coffee and drinks it* I like my coffee best with a nice sprinkling of score multipliers, shot boosts and 1-Ups when I can get them.
THOSE ARE MY POWER-UPS AND MY 1-UPS YOU'RE DRINKING! AND I'M NEITHER YOUR CANNON FODDER OR YOUR COMRADE!
How do I learn how to draw? 
(how did you learn how to draw)
Fine, because I'm so generous, I'll teach you how to graze. Grazing is like drawing. My first baby-steps in drawing were literally that - my parents, ameteur artists both, had me and my siblings paint with our hands as babies, before graduating to brushes and crayons when we were slightly older. In essence, I've been drawing and painting all my life. I started to dabble in manga art at around the age of 8, when a friend in my international school introduced me to my first manga - Doraemon. I mainly learned through copying, copying, more copying, until finally I got the gist of drawing stuff ab initio. I suppose that is the case with how we learn most things - by imitating others, whether it be our parents, or manga. I only seriously got into drawing manga-style when I was 10, my CardCaptor Sakura days. Looking back on them now, my art was horrible back then. I delved into the many sparkly and rosy intricacies of triangular-faced bishonens of the shoujo world.....until, as I mentioned, we all graduated from innocence and discovered yaoi. I could never, ever look at Toya and Yukito the same way again....ugh. Anyway, thankfully, Ah! My Goddess was around to save me back then, and I fell in love with the art style at first sight. It far outdid anything the shoujo realm ever produced. And I've been a practicer of the ways of shounen art ever since. So, how to learn how to draw? Start simple - learn how to walk before you run, copy copy copy, then, one day, when you feel confident enough, you can strike off the path and walk out into the amazing terra incognita of art, full of possibilities and potential!
Wow, that's amazing, Gappy-chan....
*PetPets Sakana-neechama*
Ehehehehe~
There wasn't any mention of grazing in that at all!
Learn to readifying between them lines, girl. There lives wisdom.
There was more wisdom in that homeopathic remedy of yours than there was in the entirety of everything she says!
Ever seen a youkai before?
U-umm, H-Hello! ?..feeling encouraged yet?
It's a youkai who just tried to murder Ruro.
YOU TRIED TO MURDER ME, YOU RED GAP!
Gappy-chan....This youkai looks.....unemployed and useless....
I'm also an MMO addict~
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Rather than feel 'encouraged', I feel rather irritated....
Depends on what you call a 'youkai'. The
lazy slackers locals we have around here aren't exactly prime youkai material. Proper youkai are all 'Ground his bones to make my bread, then use his liver to bash his head' sort of thing. Around these parts here we only have tea-drinking minors who have no respect for drinking age restrictions, whose idea of a good time is cluttering air traffic by attempting to kill one another by throwing prismatic rice at each other. So the answer is a 'maybe', with the faint hope that one day these girls, particularly this one in front of me, can live up to their name.
Favorite medieval armament?
W-well?.looks like you need a little pep talk then, maybe....B-but don?t worry, I?m Courage made flesh!
Oh, good. Flesh I can cut.
Oh, a kataners. Them's handy.
I like swords in general.
But I particularly like weapons that can do more than just knock on people's doors, you know, like morning stars and SIEGE HAMMERS! AND NUKES!
G-Gappy-chaaan, nukes aren't medieval!
Plant enough of them and it'll get medieval again.
See? The good doctor has the right idea.
You've both got the wrong ideas. Your entire brains are wrong.
If I give you my shikigami, can I avoid the question fees for the duration of this thread?
Err.....I don't want this one....
D-don't defeat her! I don't want her to join us!
You?ll be all psyched up in no time, y-you have my personal guarantee!
?..you?re going to try and kill us again?
Got any favorite books, movies, comics, webcomics?
....encouragement comes in many forms! Books, Movies, Comics....you like them, don't you?
Depends. I am quite discerning in my taste for books - In the realm of fantasy there's Pratchett, Tolkien and Gaiman, then there's Asimov, Clarke, Dick, Gibson, Vance and Huxley in the realm of sci fi, there's Dickens and Cooke in the realm of historical fiction, then there's modern fantasy and thrillers by people like Dahl, Stross, Koontz and King as well as Japanese authors such as Nasu and Tanigizawa. My own writing style is inspired by Stross, Pratchett, King and Tanigizawa in particular.
How is this relevant to us about to die by encouragement?!
Movies....well, anything engaging enough, I suppose. I watch whatever I come across, as long as it's not horror....I don't like horror....it makes me scared....
Now, comics, well....name a manga and I've probably read it. As you may have probably gathered, I'm mad about manga. Interestingly enough, I have little to no interest in the mainstream stuff like Naruto, Bleach and Negima, having lost interest in them ages ago. I am much, much more interested in the more cult ones like The World God Only Knows and Banana no Nana, or classics like Ah! My Goddess, Chobits and CCS. There's something refreshing about the non-mainstream or original classics, something that is over-exploited and overdone in the commercial mainstream ones. But that's probably just my opinion.
Which part of....oh, never mind....she's not stopping....
yeah! Encouragement comes in oh so many forms, even music, dances, fireworks....
?..bullet shots?.
Y-Yeah, that too. Did you like it?
I would like it if it wasn?t aimed at, y?know, killing me.
I like it when it is.
....I Will FIGHT YOU.
BRING IT ON, STRAWBERRIES!
EAT CATFOOD, GAPFACE!
Another one of them feline brawls.
G-Gappy-chan, S-Shady Ruro-san, s-stop it, please!
W-wait, p-please don't fight!
Huff....huff.....d-darn-it.....t-this enemy....t-this courage youkai.....s-she's t-too strong....
Y-yeah.....w-we're burning out....b-but she hasn't even broken a sweat!
But.....you haven't even....
Chill, girl, reason doesn't apply to'em, in more ways than one.
But it?s all for you! I came to help!
With help like that, who needs fodder fairies?
I do.
I'M NOT YOUR CANNON FODDER OR YOUR NAKAMA!
WHERE IS SARAH CONNER
I've even cheered along the great Sarah Conner.
That solves the mysteryfics. We should start searchifyins for Conner's remains in them ceremonial urns.
.....G-Gappy-ch-chan, w-we s-should c-call the police. S-she's a m-murderer!
WHERE IS SANA?!
Fix'd :3
That hat-girl I cheered along earlier liked it a lot too~
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! SAAAAAANAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-CHAAAAN!
S-Sana?! Y-you killed SANA?!
She was so impressed she decided to come along with me to spread courage and bravery everywhere~ *shows everyone Sana's hat*
Oh....she's alright. That's okay then.
False alarm, the girl's still alive.
BUT THAT'S ONLY HER HAT! SANA-CHAN! YOU KILLED SANA-CHAN!
Isn't that Sana-chan though?
Looks like her alright.
Definitely Sana.
NOOOO! SAAAAANNAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Can you get my ass in England too? It sounds more fun
It depends on your definition of 'fun'. Dodging murderous black taxies and rampaging red buses, running under the permanently rainy weather and wading through beer, and minding that Gap all the time, England is one non-stop adventure. Not to mention the English sense of humour....it's to die for~ As for your question.....I'm not sure they sell shrinemaiden ass in Sainsburys...
Try the 'Sainsburys Basics' Corner, where all the cheap stuff goes.
Oh.
?..let?s see, let?s see?.which card should I choose next?..
?.hello? Are you listening?
?.oooh, oooh, I know, I know, this one?s pretty good.
?.you?re not listening to us, are you?
?this one knocked the crowd dead last week. I?m sure you?ll like it!
I'd believe that.
No! No! We won't like it! We wooooooon't!
?.yep, you?re not listening. I had a feeling I?d have to kill you.
What type of car do you drive?
Interesting thing, actually. For a while I was told I may never be able to get myself a driving license as I'm waaaaay too short. But, as it turns out, I managed driving school just fine (with the help of a special strap-in seat pad).
Now I share a red Toyota Prius with my sister. Going hybrid, cause we all have to do our part to bring forth a better, cleaner future~
and red.....BECAUSE RED MAKES THINGS GO FASTER!
I also ride hobos. Like this one. To Battle. And I run my enemies over with them.
Easy on them shoulders there. I just waxified them.
It's GATTAI! We have no time to worry about wax jobs!
Hey Gappy what's your favorite mecha of the Real and Super Genre? :3
Real - Design wise - Gundam Strike Freedom, Gundam Wing Zero Custom, and Gundam Deathscythe Kai, though I'm quite partial to the Armored Core series, particularly the Noblesse Oblige and the White Glint of FA, the Front Mission series of Wanzers, particularly the Zeninslev and the Raijin-0, Macross, as well as the Steambot series of...well...steambots.
Super - I personally can't stand most supers in the veins of Gundam G, Getter, Mazinger, etc. The only super-robos I actually like are the Anubis and Jehuty of Zone of the Enders, TTGL of the series of the same name, Soukou No Strain, and . Recently, I've become quite a fan of Infinite Stratos.
But you forgot to mention one other type...
AWESOME ROBOS! ROBOS MADE OF AWESOME! CREATED THROUGH THE ULTIMATE GATTAI!
KACHING
