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Maybe it's time to pull out that old never used rule where 2/3rd the state legislatures can create an new Amendment... my suggestion would be as long as a shut down goes on, Congressmen don't get paid either, nor may they take money from donors or special interests during that time. Betcha we'd see some negotiations then

Looks like some folks in Puerto Rico are tired of waiting Good on them I think https://www.npr.org/2018/01/19/579196353/after-four-months-without-power-a-puerto-rico-town-strings-its-own-lines

Fair question. The answer is, only from fictional sources. You could not draft Ulysses S. Grant from our world, but you could draft the one from the movie Wild, Wild West, for example.

Welcome, and to you and the other late comers I only say Oh, for the record folks, we WILL keep picking during weekends. I have no life, so others must suffer

Looks like the Movie version to me so.. unless you correct me, that's what I'm putting down

Geez that's a scary combo of General and Dragon Ahem... No more Clark Kent Superman folks. All your Superman are belong to V'han!

In their defense, I think the high tech costume guy is straight from the comic books, though my BL Lore is weak

*Transmission begins* A lavender skinned man with bug eyes behind a pair of glasses, wearing an imperial uniform and a beret appears in holograms in multiple realities of the Empire. "Greetings glorious and happy citizens of the Empire! For you all are citizens, some of you just don't know it yet! Will this not be a happy surprise? Yes, yes it will," He wags a finger with certainty, "I am Imperial Bob, secondary information minister for the glory of V'han, may she rule a billion more dimensions soon!" "Some of you may have heard that that V'han has sent her best generals to liberate from chaos dozens of new Earths! That their inefficient governments and pathetic economies will be added to our own, uplifting them to a glorious paradise that we who know are already in. You have heard that there is almost no resistance this time, for every Earth, in it's molten heart love Empress Isvatha V'han! It is her most destined manifestness to save them! But, what you have heard? Is nothing! The truth is so much better than that!" "No less than fourteen forces are moving out! Yes, fourteen, more than 77% of our citizens can count on their paradise loving hands (For those that have hands), At least FOURTEEN forces are underway! And the Generals that are being chosen? Very smart, not like the stupid foes who will defy us! Our D-Troopers will surround them, and subdue them with the love of V'han! We shall teach them civilization if we have to slaughter hundreds of thousands, the poor deluded barbarains!" "We are the awe and the shock, and the sneaky and the clever, and the foes that know, only because we want them know, will be the shaking in the boots! Yes, their sad poorly made because they are not imperial quality boots!" "And some of the Earths that will soon be joining us? Well, they're a very nice. Some have good fashion sense, others with the cute petting animals, and one may even have the screwdriver sonic on it somewhere. I always wanted one of those. Very handy. Sonic Screwdrivers for V'han!" He salutes, "Never be doubting we shall always succeed! And remember, if you face doubts, go to your morale adjustment center right away!" *End Transmission*

Yeah, I didn't care for some of the pacing, and my usual gripe about the lighting came up more than once (Honestly, there are some moments in Daredevil and the other Netflix shows so lacking in illumination I might as well be listening to the radio) , but the actor playing him is dead on.

Still a moderator, mostly I approve stuff for new guys until they get their mandatory post count up and sometimes ask folks to mellow it out a little. Yes, we missed you!

Totally agree. Pre sales have gone through the roof in part because 'marvel' but the black community appears to be uberjazzed for this. I was impressed with the actor in Civil War, and love the Pulp meets Sci Fi touches I'm seeing in Wakanda from trailers, so I'm really excited, but I imagine for those who feel they want a hero they can perhaps more easily identify with or even idolize, it's way past that.

From what I understand, the Driving while Black moment was based on real incidents experienced by showrunner Salim Akil/Director himself.

I didn't NOT like it, but I didn't like it either. Ralph's speech to Joe was well acted though.

Marvel has a lot of Earths and universes. I assume you mean Earth 616 aka the mainstream marvel

In less than an hour, the power of the Empress will begin to Manifest, her chosen targets declared one by one!

I saw it all, and like Old Man and Psybolt, I liked it. Acting seemed solid all around. I kind of liked the costume being over the top Jefferson comes across as a noble man who pulls a PG rated John Wyck for reasons that any family man could understand. He's not perfect, and conflicted on some things, but you can both admire and sympathize with him. Race is an issue within the show, but let's face it, it kind of has to be. There's a DWB scene I thought was fairly well handled but I'm sure some others will consider needless. But if the writers ignored that side of things they'd pretty much get ripped for that instead. His daughters are headache one and two, the eldest very civic minded to the point of charging after windmills but also responsible. The youngest on full bad as she wants to be just to assert her independence mode. And yet they clearly love their over protective dad and are at the corner of it, good people. Tobias is a chilling villain, very polished then abrupt in his violence. Lala is a dangerous underling with an interesting connection to Jefferson. And a certain Tailor is great for support motivation some of the action scenes were popcorn munching fun, and I think I could get invested in this very easily.

Please tell me I won't be the only one watching this

"Xander, don't speak Latin in front of the books"-Giles

I worry that allowing this will take some of the random risk out of it, but your idea of giving up an option as a price seems fair. IF you an option unspent, you may use it to redraw, but if you get the same suit twice, you're out of luck. you've lost an option for nothing, The House of V'han is a cruel casino. ANNDD you must tell everyone (Honor system) that you did this so we may mock you. Mockity mock mock.

Ahem. Your crazy germanic franco mishmash of a language and its sophistry will not save you now!

You must have at least three protagonists, your General, and your dragon picked before you have your card draw day. If that's too hard to keep track of then just save it for last Good pick from the music And Anime not a problem! I tend towards western superhero oriented, but I know others aren't and that's fine! Anime, Manga, Novels, TV shows, Movies, etc are all viable options.I may end up going "who?" more than once, but that's MY ignorance and that's fine.

Easy folks, let's keep it polite.

NP. I owe you a bit of an apology. I left some basic info that I took for granted off because I forgot we may have new posters who have never done this before.

DOES NOT START TILL WEDNESDAY! Only one pick per day! And you might want to delete that post TJackFlash as you just gave away your plans. Others can pick the same folks too, it's first come first serve. Heck, I'll delete it for you.

This spot will be where I keep track of Teams and Rosters Assault Location: Doctor Who Earth. Protagonist 1: The Twelfth Doctor. General: the Great Intelligence. Protagonist 2: Malcolm Tucker, from The Thick of It. Badger Location: Sailor Moon Earth The Dragon: Fuhrer King Bradley also known as the homunculus named Wrath General: The Major from Hellsing Ultimate Protagonist: Sosuke Aizen (Bleach) Protagonist: Trunks (Future version = DBZ) Protagonist: Starbuck (Original BSG, Dirk Benedict version) Protagonist #4: Kurapika Kurta from HunterxHunter. Last of the Kurta clan Option #1: Doomsday as the Empress's "Champion" Protagonist: Colonel Robert Hogan (Hogan's Heroes) Option: Aisha Clanclan from Outlaw Star Card Pick: Diamond- The Shikon Jewel (from Inuyasha) crossed through dimensions and is somewhere in this dimension's Earth. The Empress has discovered this information and this is the reason she has invaded. Protagonist 5: The undead priestess Kikyo, former guardian of the Shikon Jewel. Bazza Title: DCEU & Arrowverse crossover. Location: Earth, DC Extended Universe (DCEU) Protagonist 1: Diana Prince, Wonder Woman, DCEU The Dragon: Superman (DCEU) General: Batman, DCEU. Option: The Spear of Destiny. Protagonist 2: Oliver Queen Green Arrow (Arrowverse) Protagonist 3: Barry Allen the Flash, Arrowverse Protagonist #5 Supergirl, Arrowverse. Card Pick: Hearts (Diana and Sara have a romantic fling. And Diana and Kara have one also.) Option: 2nd Card Pick- Clubs Batman betrays V'han Option 3: Superman has a Mother Box Cancer: Title: "Waiting for Dave the Piper" Location: Earth, of the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers Underground Comix series. The Dragon: Mighty Mouse Protagonist 1: Fat Freddy's Cat. General: The Brain Second Protagonist: Fritz the Cat Protagonist 3: the Cheshire Cat, from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Protagonist #4: Krosp, Emperor of Cats Protagonist #5: The Cat, from Red Dwarf Option 1: Theme "music". The eponymous debut album of Cheech & Chong. Card Pick: Spades-Fritz is handed over Option 2: Rat Fink, announced as Commander East Cattitude Occupation Forces during the early phases of the invasion. The cats panicked when they realized that "rat fink" is just an earlier version of "narc". Option 3: Savior of that degenerate segment of Earth: legendary figure, the Pied Piper of Hamelin. Csyphrett Title: Metroville Location: Rifts Earth Protagonist 1: Dan Hayata and his heroic counterpart Ultraman General: Rasputin (ala Hellboy) Protagonist 2: Saitama aka One punch man. Protagonist 3: Kent Nelson Dr. Fate. Option: the Coalition States Army Protagonist 4: Blossom (From the Powerpuff girls) Protagonist 5: Dexter from Dexter's Lab Option: Starfox Metroville Option: The Cloverfield Monster Card Pick: Diamonds Option: a Giant Robot Death Tribble Title: Die Earth, Die! Location: Marvel Heroes earth. Mainstream Comics 616 General: Thanos Protagonist 1: Iron Man. (Tony Stark) Protagonist 2 : The Hulk (Bruce Banner) Protagonist 3: Spiderman (Peter Parker) Protagonist 4: is the Scarlet Witch Protagonist 5: the Vision (Married to the SW) Dragon: Smaug (Yeah, THAT Dragon) Card Pick: Hearts (Love is in the air) Nebula is working for Thanos and falls head over heels in love with Iron Man. Option 1: Parademons (Under Thanos' command) Option 2: Adam Warlock is going to be there to fight him.. Option 3: SHIELD Agents Doc Shadow Title: Invasion Alert, Terra! Location: Perry Rhodan's Earth circa 1985 just after the 1st cycle The Dragon: Darth Vader, Dark Lord of the Sith (immediately post Star Wars Ep. 4 A New Hope) The General: General Erich Domel, Lt. Gen. Greater Garmillas Empire (Space Battleship Yamato 2199) Option: 100 trained Sith (Star Wars: The Old Republic) Protagonist: Captain James T. Kirk (Star Trek original series) Protagonist: Colonel Wilma Deering, Earth Defense Directorate (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century) Protagonist: Lieutenant Susumu Kodai, United Nations Cosmo Navy (Space Battleship Yamato 2199) Protagonist: Admiral Lady Dame Honor Harrington, Duchess Harrington, Royal Manticoran Navy (David Weber's Honorverse) Option: The Mutant Corps (Perry Rhodan series) Option: Power Bracers II (Gadgets and Gear page 144-145) Card Pick: Diamonds, Theme Music: The Avengers Protagonist: Protagonist: Major Donald West, USAF (Lost in Space) Doctor Mid-Nite Location: Toho/Tsuburaya Monsterverse The Dragon: KING GHIDORAH! General : General Zod Protagonist #1: Ultraseven Protagonist #2: Sunfire Protagonist #3: Mr. Fantastic Protagonist #4: Charles Xavier Protagonist #5: Namor, the Sub-Mariner Option #1: The Mind Gem Option #2: The Atlantean Armed Forces... Card Pick: Diamonds Enforcer84 TItle: That's All, Folks! Location: Earth 26 aka Zoo Crew's Earth General Cruella DeVille Dragon: Bobby Coswell, the Thunder Bunny Protagonist 1: Roger Rodney Rabbit & aka Captain Carrot Protagonist 2: Peter Porkchops, Aka Pig Iron Protagonist 3: Felina Furr aka Ally Kat Abra Protagonist 4: Timothy Joseph Terrapin, aka FASTBACK Protagonist 5: Byrd Rentals, AKA Rubberduck Option: Co-Dragon: Wonder Wabbit Option: Rova Barkitt aka Yankee Poodle Card Pick: Hearts (Wuv) Option: Underdog Logan Location: Earth 10 where the Nazis won WW2 The Dragon: Overman, aka Superman of Earth 10. Protagonist 1: Captain America from Earth 9997, aka Earth X. General: Captain Nazi Protagonist 2:, T'Challa, The Black Panther! Protagonist 3: Captain Britain Protagonist #4: Vindicator (Heather Hudson) Protagonist #5 : China's The Collective Man! Card Pick: Spade Option 1 is a new protagonist, Ireland's unofficial flagsuit Shamrock! Option 2 protagonist, Aquaman Marcus Impudite Location: the alternate Earth where both Bush and Gore lost the 2000 election to an unknown. Protagonist #1: Witchcraft of the Champions (5th Ed) Protagonist #2: Cantrip of the Motor City Defenders (5th) Protagonist #3: Solitaire of the Champions (4th) Protagonist #4: Raven of the Teen Titans Protagonist #5: Barbarella The General: Mad Mod The Dragon: Naraku Option #1: Mad Mod got his mitts on some water from the fabled Fountain of Youth and has been restored to his prime. Option #2: Mod and Naraku are keeping none other than Byron Swain prisoner in the basement of their headquarters. Mod it seems is collecting Swain's pheromones to put into the Lothario™ cologne his dummy corporation, Mojo Fragrances, has been marketing; both as a way of causing chaos, and as a way of putting money in their coffers. Card Pick: Clubs! Taking orders from V'han is one thing, but Naraku is chafing under the command of that dandy, Mad Mod. He's secretly plotting to backstab Mod and take command personally. Option #3: The Quantum Forge OldMan Title: Shades of Reality Location: the Earth of "They Live" The Dragon: T-1000 General: Loki (MCU Movie Version) Protagonist #1: Dr. Saito (Inception) Option: Holodeck Tech Protagonist #2: Bucky Barnes (Winter Soldier) Protagonist #3: Neo (The Matrix) Protagonist #4: Douglas Quaid (Total Recall) Card Pick: Clubs! Betrayal Protagonist #5: Dolores Abernathy (Westworld) Protagonist #6: Rachael (Blade Runner) Option: The Sunglasses (From They Live) Pariah Title: "To Redeem a Damned World". Location: Backworld, as detailed in Champions in 3-D (4th Edition) General: Steve Rogers, Agent of Hydra The Dragon: Mary Marvel (Evil black skirt version) Protagonist: Victor Von Doom Protagonist: Black Adam (known as White Adam in Backworld) Protagonist: Bellatrix Lestrange Protagonist: Magneto Protagonist: Mechanon Option (Protagonist): Lady Shiva Card Pick: Spades Option (Second Dragon): Galatea, Justice League Unlimited Option (Ally): Golden Avenger and P.R.I.M.U.S. Psybolt Title: YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED Location: The Earth From the 5th Element Dragon: THE BORG General: Ultron (616?) Option: adamantium Option: The Reavers (Firefly) Protagonist 1: Leeloo, the Fifth Element. protagonist 2: Magneto (From Days of Future Past movie) protagonist #3: The Terminator Card Pick: Spade (Sacrifice) , Magneto is making the ultimate sacrifice, giving the last moments of his life to pull the remaining adamantium out of the Borg. Protagonist #4:. Optimus Prime Protagonist #5: Brainiac SKJAM Location: The Earth of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure circa 2000 CE, shortly after the events of "Diamond is Unbreakable" but before "Golden Wind." First Option Pick: The reason the Empress wants this world--the Stand Arrows. General: Dio Brando, Lord Joestar Option: This Dio comes from a timeline very similar to that of the JJBA manga. Protagonist 1: Jotaro Kujo The Dragon: Joel Cochin aka Paragon Protagonist 2: Rohan Kishibe #3 Protagonist: Perfect Kars, the Ultimate Life Form TjackFlash Location: WildStorm Earth of the Wild C.A.T's and StormWatch. Now not available: Magneto, Captain America Steve Rogers, and Superman/Clark Kent