What the flying ####: AKA: New Beginning a Retrospective by Gentlman Vaultboy.

[Marvelous Miscreant]

So you're saying I read that correctly and you were, in fact, insulting NB. What's more, you're confused as to why I would be offended by an insult to something I helped to create.

Great I'm glad we cleared that up.

[Mik_Hael]

Not sure what you think just happened but whatever, I don't give a crap. Congratulations for reaching a resolution.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

I think we all did and said things to annoy, frustrate, bother and insult each other all the time back then. And eventually, it collapsed into something more coherent, like us actually trying to go about little quests and journeys and stories and whatnot. It's a huge process. All of it. It was a process of reality benders getting use to, and testing the use of their powers.  A process of forum users getting used to each other's personalities, writing styles, writing patterns and backstories. It was a process of writers getting used to each other's narrative development and improvement. That's literally the whole of NB.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

And you seem not to. After all the things we've done to each other, you seem to still hold some animus. Toward all of us, toward just one of us, I don't know, but you seem to really have adopted this feeling of prickly antipathy, antagonism or resentment for not just us, but maybe the forum as a whole. Like, really, it's very easy to tell just how done you are. Though, honestly I thought all of this would have been resolved by now. New Beginning 4-6 took place back in 2011. Did we not resolve these issues? Your rocky contention with Marv? Your feeling of being ganged up on? Are you still angry about any of that?

[Mik_Hael]

No I honestly don't give a crap, I am completely apathetic. I just have a headache, probably exacerbated by remembering that period I just said fuck it and went batshit insane.

[Philote]

Sigh, I hate seeing everyone fighting. I know we've all wanted to smack each other around at one point or another, a side effect of us all trying to work on the same project, or projects, together for so long. I'd like to think that we are all friends here, I like Rping with all of you, especially when we can get the ball rolling (Or doing combat, I like that). Let's all take a breather and remember that we should all focus on using this forum for entertainment and having a good time. We shouldn't think of this as a job where we dread participating at all because we expect some level of work or awe is necessary to join at all and we shouldn't focus in so much on getting an Rp to work or to be viewed positively that we get in fights with each other.

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Now for the main purpose of this thread, reminiscing about the good moments and the straight up silliness of our earlier posts.

@Vault: Will you be going over the exact effects of NB Brawl? I remember that as a fun moment (Though I know I'm intentionally overlooking the arguments involved with it and hope that doesn't distract you as well).

I think I built a whole world that was a hot tub for one party, but for the most part I think I stayed out of the craziness that was any of the NB parties. The battles and adventures were more my forte.

[Mik_Hael]

I think Bug outdid you with his whirlpool galaxy.

[Mik_Hael]

 Although while I was reading it I had to ask myself if we didn't grow to an outrageous size what would be the point of it, it would be alot like just floating in an endless expanse of warm water. A bit relaxing but I'd prefer the visual of several giant titans literally using a water galaxy as a whirlpool tub.

[Mik_Hael]

....eh why not, going to draw a picture of Tengen Toppa Gurren Laggan Chillin in a whirlpool tub galaxy.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

That may happen at some point.

[Mik_Hael]

Considering the ending of Tengen Toppa Gurren lagann unfortunately I doubt it.

From the surface the story looks stupid as hell but it still pulls at the heartstrings.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

I have no clue how the story ended, but the Gurren Lagann did show up in the previous NB. So, um, make of that what you will.

[Mik_Hael]

All I'm going to say is watch it, anyone else whose seen the series knows what I'm talking about.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

I'll definitely give it a try.

[Mik_Hael]

Have you reached the finale of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann yet?

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

NEW BEGINNING RETROSPECTIVE PART 4: FOURTH NEW BEGINNING 

Nothing happens.

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What? What were you expecting? Nothing happens. I wish something had happened, but I'm sorry. There was nothing. Nothing happens. You want the gist of what happens in this New Beginning? Go back to the last one and read the party bits, because no one covers any new ground in this one. It's just The Party again. The Party takes up the whole thread, and it's still not over by the end. So there it is, there's nothing special about this one. Go away.

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......

*sigh* Ok, so I guess there are one or two things.

First of all, the thread has Malware in it. On the first page Wulf posts a hoard of smileys. That's where it is. Thought you ought to know.

Now I'm going to do something strange and skip the first 13 odd pages, because it's just this:

New Beginning wrote

"Hey, isn't (comic book/celebrity lady) totally bagin'?
"Yes, she is at this party and is totally into (me/you/Bug).

The only other thing that happens is Wulf literally calling his mother to come burn a bunch of maids to death because Terryfinda tried to unionize them. Yeah, can't go letting the help get any ideas. Marv comes back from core diving to find a giant dragon in his city (Wulfs mom can turn into a giant dragon) and a bunch of maid he has to have cleaned up. Flummoxed by this, he and Bug take their leave. Wulf see's that everybody gas stopped dancing because of the, you know, wanton murder and tells everyone to start dancing again. When they don't, his mom orders them to do so and they uncomfortable go back to making merry.

So many things about The Penultimate just started making sense.

Bug.... has been playing Pokemon. I don't even know what to say to that. He's at a party that's so massive and decadent the Romans would find it offensive (except for the no alcohol policy, which they would find offensive for entirely different reasons) and he's been playing around on his gameboy. Marb points this out, so he pulls Lugia out and starts riding around on it. Marv jumps up on his own Steampunk dragon and start flying with him. Bug, not to be outdone, dived head first into one of the pools and starts doing sick dolphin tricks. Wulf finds this so impressive he puts it up on the big screen.

GreenDay, apparently bored, asks if they can go find a villain to fight. Like Magneto. It's pointed out that Magneto is at the party having a slice of cake and why is Magneto at a party this seems so out of character for him. Fictional character, I guess from Rad World, have shown up in droves to the party because Wulf brought them. None of the, however, seem particularly like themselves. I'll point out specific instances of weirdness as we go along, it's just strange.

Wulf mentions a Zero-G ball pit. I could make a Dashcon joke, but I like to think I'm better than that. *Takes picture of Mussolini, replaces his head with a cats in photoshop, nods approvingly at his own comic genius*

Phi suggests a game of Sphereball, and Wulf takes on Phi and his lieutenants with a random orc, troll, and goblin. He's also really mean to this one Gnome, but that guy seems like a total brown noser who deserves it. No one even scores before the game is forgotten.

Mik shows up with that dragon from before, now solid, and offers to take anyone who wants to ride on a trip to see the universe in five seconds. When it's pointed out to him that it would just be a blur, he lengthens the time to one minute. Which would still be nothing but a blur. Some people decide to ride their own dragons, which I guess move faster than Miks because they show back up before they even left. Mik also keeps trying to give people weird pets, like totally subservient women and monkey things.

Batman and Catwoman announce their marriage engagement at this giant party. I mean, I'm not sure why the Batman is even at a party. He's not the party sort of guy. And this is how he chooses to propose, to announce it with a megaphone? Somethings wrong with the way these characters are acting.

Then Wulf posts this:


That's GAUGAMON, the destroyer. The monsters whose grief at Wulfs death is so terrible that it kills the entire planet of Celedon. So this is what the apocalypse looks like: a potato. I can see what Wulf means when he says that thing is just a big old softy at heart, he looks huggable. But when MArv tried he ends up with a black eye for his trouble. Bug freaks out because, OMG, there's strange animal here and whips out his machine gun to kill it. As a southerner I can't but approve. When it emerges unscathed from this assault Bug puls put bigger and bigger ordinances to try and kill it all of which are just as effective. In the crossfire 15 guests are brutally killed by the monster.

As this all happens, various superheros surround Wulf watching, laughing, and making pithy comments. No one goes to help the people who just got killed, no one even comments on them. No one tries to stop this debacle, which has already taken lives. They just talk about how impressive the monster is and how much they enjoy watching it attack Bug. I'm convinced that they're not from Rad World at all and are, in fact, pod people created by Wulf.

After Bug passes out from overexertion Wulf congratulates him on losing to his monster.

Marv sets up a shooting range, and Bug instantly perks up at the prospect of shooting guns. Then Bug startsa plaing a video game and killing Nazy. Then Neo summons up 10,000 copies of his wife Gen to rape hi- no, no, no, that can't be right hold on. Let me re-read this.

Nope, I wasn't mistaken. That it exactly what happens. Neo summons up 10,000 copies of Gen, each with subliminal sexuality, to rape Bug. Things get even more uncomfortable as Bug is forced to literally start beating his wife with a hammer, which Neo then steals because he's not a mod. The funny bit reading this is that Bug now has a big honking ADMINISTRATOR title under his avatar, whereas Neo doesn't. It's the only funny bit. Bug thinks up a few ways to get out of this situation, but Neo is really adamant that this whole rape thing happen and cooks up new and even more twisted ways to hold Bug still or trap him, up to and including literally shoving the clones inside of him. Marv is actually finding it funny at first, but visibly gets more and more uncomfortable with it as it goes on and on and on. In the end there are tentacles involved and Bug just shuts his brain off and resolves to lie back and think of England.

Marv finally convinces Neo to cut it out, and he lets Bug out of the box. Everyone goes back to the shooting range and tries to pretend that the most uncomfortable, grossest fucking thing didn't just happen.

Myself, that society of yours has been de-throned. THIS is now the creepiest part of New Beginning.

To take everyone's mind off what just happened, Marv has K.A.R.M.A. simulate the most fun a person could possible have: killing Nazis. The shooting range turns into a WWII battle. Everyone joins in, with Phi foreseeing an end to the party and the promise of things actually starting to happen again. Which is great because if I have to cover one more thread of this party I won't be responsible for whatever happens afterwards.

At the end of the thread, Zale posts for the first time to steal the last post. Then Phi one ups him.

----Vault's Confused Question Corner----

This isn't actually a question, but something for Marv. Marve, during the thread you made comments that mean you haven't watched/read Yu Yu Hakusho. If you haven't since, you should really give it a go. It's pretty godly Shonen up until the last arc where it goes to crap, and it actually managed to make a Tournament Arc interesting.

[Zaleramancer]

I must have missed the part with the creepiness.

In retrospect, though, I don't really mind missing it.

[Mik_Hael]

Spoiler*

Apparently plot tries to happen in the next thread, it doesn't, but at least it tried.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

 Is THIS the thread with Neo's Tentacles of Forced Intrusion?

Cause if not, that's coming up soon...ready the brain bleach!

(And "Potato"? Srsly? Since when do potatoes have extra arms and a tail and green skin?)

[Mik_Hael]

Yes, it is.

Brain bleach doesn't help.

and South Dakota spring of 1984.


I'm just interested that apparently I did have a plan for a random thing i did at one point.