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Post by Ennui on Feb 28, 2005 8:08:27 GMT -5
Hahaha, I agree with Char on the whole intellectual snob thing. It's like... a developing sub-section of 667 that wasn't there before.-Tragedy
Well, the truth will out. Come, fellow intellectual snobs. The time for silence has passed. No longer can we conceal our devilish schemings to seize all 667 by fire and sword. Rise up and write, rallying to this standard!
(But don't get your grammar wrong in the process. That would be too, too ghastly...)
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Antenora
Detriment Deleter
Fiendish Philologist
Put down that harpoon gun, in the name of these wonderful birds!
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Post by Antenora on Feb 28, 2005 8:13:26 GMT -5
Is it entirely necessary to use fire and sword? A proper group of intellectual snobs would conquer with logic and rhetoric. (Though, swords and torches would certainly help too.)
Still, I am greatly in support of this plan. We must win the "Charlotte Wars".
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Post by Ennui on Feb 28, 2005 8:33:06 GMT -5
Valid point, E. That means Henry V's speech will have to be slightly edited.
Once more unto the board, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our paradox. In peace there's nothing so becomes a pen As erudition, not humility: But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the critic; Stiffen the sinews, summon up the ink, Disguise fair nature with a pedant's rage; Then lend the eye a cynical aspect; Let pry through the portage of the head Like Voltaire's ramblings; let the brow o'erwhelm it As fearfully as doth a galled rock O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swill'd with the wild and wasteful pretension. Now set the teeth and stretch the glasses wide, Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit To his (short) height. On, on, you noblest bookworms. Whose quill is fet from fathers of book-proofs! Fathers that, like so many Schopenhauers, Have in these parts from morn till even fought And sheathed their swords for some slight slip of grammar: Dishonour not your mothers; now attest That those whom you call'd fathers did beget you. Be copy now to men of grosser blood, Not plagiarism-we call it "research". And you, good scribbler, Whose lines were writ astutely, show us here The mettle of your pasture; let us swear That you are worth your sniping; which I doubt not; For there is none of you so mean and base, That hath not at least read a tome or thirty. I see you stand like cheetahs in the slips, Bathing in arrogance. The game's afoot: Follow your spirit, and upon this charge Cry 'God (or not) for literature-and us!'
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Post by Dante on Feb 28, 2005 13:34:11 GMT -5
I like to think that I was the one who made being an intellectual snob fashionable.
In reality, I'm just a generally unpleasant person who's simply managed to recruit more people to our reviled ranks.
But that's not the point. The purpose here is to cement our positions in the upper echelons of 667 and burn all who oppose us. Them and their homes.
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Post by xangelkimzx on Feb 28, 2005 13:38:29 GMT -5
Well I'm in love with Tocuna, J, FFWF and Ennui so I'll take the "Intellectual Snob Admirer" position, plzkthx.
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Post by Amber on Feb 28, 2005 14:34:07 GMT -5
Well I'm in love with Tocuna, J, FFWF and Ennui so I'll take the "Intellectual Snob Admirer" position, plzkthx. & I'm married to you so I join you with that. I love you all too you know. *awe*
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Post by Ennui on Feb 28, 2005 14:38:54 GMT -5
I declare you both, Amber and Kimia, elevated to the exalted rank of Intellectual Snob, bolstering our illustrious company. Long will the strings of lyres be plucked in the telling of our glorious deeds...
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Post by xangelkimzx on Feb 28, 2005 14:43:50 GMT -5
Yay! Me and Amber rockin' hardxcore yo.
Anyway, I've always had a liking for the clever group -- FFWF, Tocuna, J and Ennui, so wahay.
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Post by Ennui on Feb 28, 2005 14:47:16 GMT -5
That's it! Why did it take so long to coalesce? J is our D'Artagnan! Or at least a candidate.
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Post by Dante on Feb 28, 2005 14:55:41 GMT -5
That's it! Why did it take so long to coalesce? J is our D'Artagnan! Or at least a candidate. Somebody should write a fanfic based on this premise.
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Post by Ennui on Feb 28, 2005 15:04:22 GMT -5
That's a mantle I'm willing to grab...
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Post by Dante on Feb 28, 2005 15:06:15 GMT -5
That's a mantle I'm willing to grab... Well, I know that I'm not going to do it. I don't like to write about people I know on 667 in case they feel that I've portrayed them inaccurately. Actually, I don't write much at all, but that's a confidence thing.
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Post by Ennui on Feb 28, 2005 15:08:05 GMT -5
I might pass you a nice killing scene, if you like...
Antenora, will you illustrate?
THE THREE INTELLECTETEERS
(It's traditional to refer to us as three, even though there are four of us, if J joins our merry band...)
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Post by Dante on Feb 28, 2005 15:10:45 GMT -5
I might pass you a nice killing scene, if you like... I have no objections. Ensure that J. wields Walter, also.
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Antenora
Detriment Deleter
Fiendish Philologist
Put down that harpoon gun, in the name of these wonderful birds!
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Post by Antenora on Feb 28, 2005 15:21:21 GMT -5
I might pass you a nice killing scene, if you like... Antenora, will you illustrate? THE THREE INTELLECTETEERSIf I feel inspired, I'll try my best. But I'm not sure what you look like. I already have drawings of FFWF and J, someplace.
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