Of Wizards and Robots

[awizardidit]

So, you made the icons for this account from the comics, and you get to complain I don't smile much?

Uh. Have you seen my life?

Not that you make it any better. I mean, I'm in a game with Optimus Prime and I can't get near him.


...


No, I won't sent him love letters with Mouse.


Fan letters are another matter.

Comments

[onehellofadame]

God Harry you're such a nerd.

[There's a pause and then she asks.]

Is your magic really going to short-out a giant robot?

[awizardidit]

Hey, Murph.

I'm a geek, if you don't mind. The cool kids say that's, you know, cooler.

[Even if Harry himself isn't sure of what the difference is.]

And my mun doesn't only seem to think so, but it was used as a plot point to stop Starscream's plan for total domination. Of which I'm both proud and a little frustrated at the same time.

[onehellofadame]

Pretty sure this is one of those toe-may-toe, toe-mah-toe things. But sure, whatever you say.

[Either way you'd probably get shoved in a locker if you weren't so freaking tall and gangly. God Harry why do you have to be a giant.]

Of course it was a plot point. You could always try shouting at him from a few blocks over about your undying love for the Autobots. It's like how you would stay a safe distance away from my computers in my office before I let you in.

[awizardidit]

[With his luck, they just would've made bigger lockers.]

I'm not ashamed of being an Autobot fan. Not that's it's bad to like Decepticons, but at the end of the day, yes, let's do the right thing.

[It makes him feel validated.]

And I haven't blown any of your computers lately. That I know of.

Those are paid by the city anyway, don't they?

[onehellofadame]

That doesn't mean they'll replace them right away...especially if someone starts making a habit out of it. [Pointed look at YOU.]

[awizardidit]

[This looks like the perfect moment to change the subject.]

But we were talking about Transformers. Do you have a favorite? Did you have any of the toys when you were a kid? I should get around and buy one, but I can't decide which one or which continuity. My back account can't afford to get them all, even if I wanted to.

[Or to babble. Babble is good.]

[onehellofadame]

Wasn't really my thing. [She shrugs, sorry to kill that conversation quick Harry.]

So, can't really help you with that list either.

I'm sorry for the delay. Holidays and RL happened :c

[awizardidit]

It's ok. I'll manage eventually.

What's your thing, then? My Little Pony? Wait, no. My money is on She-Ra.

[onehellofadame]

Either way, it's not like I'm still trying to collect anything and I'm certainly not going to tell you what my "thing" was.

[awizardidit]

[Harry pouts.]

Murph, you're not fun.

[onehellofadame]

I'm a cop. I get paid to be not fun.

[awizardidit]

It's okay. I can be fun enough for the two of us. That's why we're friends. We complement each other.

[attemptress]

A little bit of focus would go a long way in helping with that.

Yay! Lash!

[awizardidit]

[Trying to focus when you're being all fanboyish is hard, all right?]

You'd think meditation instructors would be all about patience, but it's amazing how fast they give up on you when you fall asleep every session.

<3

[attemptress]

Oh please- meditation is a waste for someone like you, my Host. It's really more an issue of... applied self control.

Or you could take the easy way out and talk to him from inside a circle but that would be rather a chore, wouldn't it?

[awizardidit]

I'd rather not to trap myself inside a circle. There aren't enough people there who might want me dead, but one is more than enough.

[Let's talk about that update to Ghost Story, Harry.]

[Also, he hopes Lash doesn't have some ancient trick up her sleeve to offer.

How many Fallen have talked to Transformers in old times, anyway?]

[wizard_redfive]

Hey, at least you have your own comic. And a TV show. Not everyone has that many options for icons.

[Hello, consulting wizard. Meet a young New Yorker wizard.]

You can't? Why not? Are you in a game with strict fourth wall rules?

[awizardidit]

I agree with you! My mun is the one complaining.

[Hi, there!]

Not really, no. The game's fourth-walling rules allow for each player to decide if they want to play it or not. Optimus' mun is perfectly fine with breaking his. The problem here is my magic. My aura breaks technologically-advanced stuff if I'm not paying attention.

[And it's hard to pay attention when you're a fanboy, right, Dresden?]

[wizard_redfive]

Oh, I know how that is. My mun keeps whining because there apparently aren't enough book covers with me on them.

[Not that she gets to see these books, oh no.]

What, seriously?!

I'm sorry for the delay. Holidays and RL happened :c

[awizardidit]

Not even fanart? My mun can't draw at all, but she doesn't seem to think of that as a limitation.

And yup. I don't get to have an iPod, but who needs those. Long plays are better.

That's fine :)

[wizard_redfive]

There's not much. I come from, as my mun calls it, an "relatively quiet fandom." Meaning people know about the series, but few make stuff for it. The only fanart I see is what my mun makes for me, and that's usually in that "anime" style Carmela fawns over so much.

But why?! Wizardry shouldn't be creating entropy without a spell guiding it! And why technology in particular?

[awizardidit]

And now my mun is going to google and see if she can find fanart of me in anime style. Brr.

[Damn right, Harry.]

[He shrugs.]

Wizards in my universe would be too powerful otherwise. But it's ok. We get used to it. Who needs an iPod when you have an old, trusty LP player.

[wizard_redfive]

Powers help you.

[Hey! Keep insulting my art, and I'll turn you into an iPod, Miss Dairine Regan Callahan.]

Somehow I think Darryl would disagree with you there. You couldn't separate him from his WizPod if you tried. And I certainly wouldn't go anywhere without Spot if I had the choice.

[magicalpadawan]

....I think having multiple face-to-face conversations with James Tiberius Kirk beats that by a long shot.

[awizardidit]

Except you can get close to him. That's not even near the level of pain and suffering I'm subjected to.

[magicalpadawan]

Nope, it's definitely not. [Just ignore that suspiciously impish grin she's giving you, sensei.]

[awizardidit]

So, you went and joined the Enterprise?

[magicalpadawan]

Hah, no, I wish. It would probably explode.

Nah, I'm on a giant turtle. It's .....interesting.

[awizardidit]

I've heard there are games where they take your powers away. I'm afraid my mun will decide to throw me into one of those just for kicks.

Giant turtle? Like in Discworld or the Neverending Story?

[magicalpadawan]

Not quite as big as Discworld. More like very-large-island sized. His name's Asti, he's...calming, I guess, is a good word for it.

I still have all my zap, though it did go away for a little while. That was seriously annoying.

[awizardidit]

But, as I'm glad to see, you're still in one piece. As long as you have your wit, you'll be fine.

[Given what you said up there, that's a bit hypocritical of you, don't you think so, Dresden?]

What do you do on a turtle anyway?