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 Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 7:16 pm
I've never seen a vulture outside of a zoo. I live in the northern US so it's a bit too cold
for me to have vultures around. wink They are funny looking. I always think of the movie
"Homeward Bound' where a turkey is described as a Rottweiler with it's head run over.
Vultures kind of have a similar thing going for them lol. And yet they're kinda cute too.
Gah I envy your Irish-ness! I'm a redhead with freckles and I always get asked if I'm
Irish. (I'm mostly German FYI.) I even go to the St. Andrew's Society Highland Games
(which leans towards Scottish but has love for the Irish too). You are SOOO lucky! whee
Not to stereotype, but do you like bagpipes? I love them but no one else ever seems to.
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Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 7:22 pm
I never played the third game. sweatdrop I did play the fifth which was awesome since it was
the first game where they completely rendered out the Hogwarts grounds. heart It was so
cool watching the movies after that and realizing how all those scenes connected... whee
Hippogriffs are cool creatures. Their respect for others as well as the respect they require
towards them make them more than just some dumb pack animal. I like the adorable chirpy
caw noises they make too. Where would Sirius have been without one of them around? wink
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Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 7:26 pm
Nikkiquin I never played the third game. sweatdrop I did play the fifth which was awesome since it was
the first game where they completely rendered out the Hogwarts grounds. heart It was so
cool watching the movies after that and realizing how all those scenes connected... whee
Hippogriffs are cool creatures. Their respect for others as well as the respect they require
towards them make them more than just some dumb pack animal. I like the adorable chirpy
caw noises they make too. Where would Sirius have been without one of them around? wink Exporing the grounds was my favorite part of the games heart You have to respect Buckbeak for ho-slapping Malfoy, though. xd
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Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 7:30 pm
Well while blast ended skewets are powerful they're not terribly bright animals. One of the
things I require when liking a magical creature is a certain level of basic intelligence. 3nodding It's
implied that no amount of niceties or dedication get through to them despite hard work on
the part of the students involved with them. I can't imagine using something that stubborn
and well, dangerous as a weapon. neutral They'd blow up their own army with them, ya know?
And something killing regardless of race or gender does not make it a good thing...
Besides, that statement could be said for a lot of the more majestic predators, such
as dragons. I don't see why a Dark Lord wouldn't choose dragons over Skewets. xp
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Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 7:35 pm
Draco totally had it coming. He should've been polite when he was warned. But his father
did hear about that incident, didn't he? Good old Malfoy and his predictable behavior. rofl
I never got to play many of the games unfortunately. sad I did once try to build a replica of
Hogwarts in The Sims though. That was ridiculously hard! I think I did OK considering. 3nodding
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Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 7:38 pm
Nikkiquin Draco totally had it coming. He should've been polite when he was warned. But his father
did hear about that incident, didn't he? Good old Malfoy and his predictable behavior. rofl
I never got to play many of the games unfortunately. sad I did once try to build a replica of
Hogwarts in The Sims though. That was ridiculously hard! I think I did OK considering. 3nodding Oh my gosh! eek I would never have the patience for that. I give you major props. 3nodding
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Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 9:45 pm
I always thought they were just very full of personality. The way they move and chase each other around is really funny, especially to a small girl on a ranch.
I do, in fact, have a great love of bagpipes. For some reason I get asked if I'm Russian quite a fair amount of the time. I don't really know why, maybe because of my interest in the slavic countries, but still. I'm fairly sure I look pretty Irish!
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Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 11:49 pm
Nikkiquin Well while blast ended skewets are powerful they're not terribly bright animals. One of the
things I require when liking a magical creature is a certain level of basic intelligence. 3nodding It's
implied that no amount of niceties or dedication get through to them despite hard work on
the part of the students involved with them. I can't imagine using something that stubborn
and well, dangerous as a weapon. neutral They'd blow up their own army with them, ya know?
And something killing regardless of race or gender does not make it a good thing...
Besides, that statement could be said for a lot of the more majestic predators, such
as dragons. I don't see why a Dark Lord wouldn't choose dragons over Skewets. xp
When you have a dumb beast they are much less likely to care about wheather they should listen or not where as an intelligent species such as dragons centuars and house elves could all be a threat or refuse to help
And the skewets could be great in large groups i mean seriously they hardly attack them selves if the dark lord(theres only one with that title in the harry potter series) were to release them on a city like london the amount of damage it would do before people took them out would be huge plus the ministry of magic would have to alter so many muggle minds that they would be exhausted and distracted from any particular plans the dark lord had making any who are left to fight him weak and tired while his forces were strong and prepared
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Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 9:56 am
Clover_IceQueen Oh my gosh! eek I would never have the patience for that. I give you major props. 3nodding
It's fun for me. heart I love games that let me build and design homes. emotion_kirakira I have helped
design so many homes for family and friends on Gaia because of that love. I wish they
would release multiple rooms in Gaia Homes so I could do more with each place... mrgreen
In the original Sims I built tons of stuff. My favorite building was actually a shopping mall.
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Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 10:16 am
I always wanted to grow up on a farm. I suppose it was a bit rural where I was. We still
had dirt roads when I was first growing up and people would ride their horses down the
street. We had so many wild animals (well small stuff like birds and bunnies anyhow).
Oh you're fond of the Slavic areas of the world? I'm basically a jumble of those! whee
I'm mostly German with healthy doses of Serbian, Slovenian and a touch of Russian.
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Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 10:38 am
Well no one said dragons are easy to control. But in the overall scheme of things they're
more reliable. As I said before, the Skewets are powerful but they're not very versatile.
Plus, dragons can fly, their hides are near impenetrable and they have a strong magical
defense. Their natural defenses (fangs, claws, fire/acid and armor) make them useful.
I suppose if the Skewets were used as disposable fodder it'd be one thing. But once
things got serious it'd be better to bring in stronger, more intelligent creatures. wink
Oh and Dark Lord is not a singular title James. It's a title for any dark wizard of note.
For example, Gellert Grindlewald was the Dark Lord extraordinaire before Voldemort
came into power. There have been many, many Dark Lords in the history of magic. whee
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Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 12:17 pm
Nikkiquin I always wanted to grow up on a farm. I suppose it was a bit rural where I was. We still
had dirt roads when I was first growing up and people would ride their horses down the
street. We had so many wild animals (well small stuff like birds and bunnies anyhow).
Oh you're fond of the Slavic areas of the world? I'm basically a jumble of those! whee
I'm mostly German with healthy doses of Serbian, Slovenian and a touch of Russian.
It was quite the experience, to say the least. I suppose it gave me a different view of the world. People seem to be fascinated when I tell them as I hurry along the city where I live in heels with a latte in my hands. To bring it back to Harry Potter! It made it quite convenient to make-believe I was surrounded by all sorts of magical things.
That's quite the mix! Serbia is actually one of my fascinations, and the whole of the former Yugoslavian countries.
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Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 2:51 pm
Nikkiquin Clover_IceQueen Oh my gosh! eek I would never have the patience for that. I give you major props. 3nodding It's fun for me. heart I love games that let me build and design homes. emotion_kirakira I have helped
design so many homes for family and friends on Gaia because of that love. I wish they
would release multiple rooms in Gaia Homes so I could do more with each place... mrgreen
In the original Sims I built tons of stuff. My favorite building was actually a shopping mall.
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Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 3:53 pm
Clover_IceQueen Nikkiquin Clover_IceQueen Oh my gosh! eek I would never have the patience for that. I give you major props. 3nodding It's fun for me. heart I love games that let me build and design homes. emotion_kirakira I have helped
design so many homes for family and friends on Gaia because of that love. I wish they
would release multiple rooms in Gaia Homes so I could do more with each place... mrgreen
In the original Sims I built tons of stuff. My favorite building was actually a shopping mall.
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Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 9:27 am
I was aware of the larger sized homes (which take forever to load and lag BADLY). I had
not heard of their being separate rooms in Gaia Homes (i.e. clicking on a door to enter a
different area in the same home/flash space). Are you sure both of those exist James? ninja
Randomly, you didn't address my earlier comments to you in reference to Dark LordS. Did
I clear up some confusion there? If not I could go into greater detail on their history. mrgreen
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