Fandom Gladiators Part DEUX! - First Period, Friday, 08/02.

[died8yearsago]

If Rosa was a nicer person, a more considerate, sympathetic soul, she might have realized that perhaps everyone on the island would have had enough of ridiculous platformer conventions and challenges and could use a break by the time Friday rolled around. But if Rosa was nicer and more considerate, she wouldn't be Rosa now, would she? Suck it up. It was good for you.

Plus, she was pretty sure there was at least a handful of you weirdos (teachers included) that were still eating this crap up.

So when they all got to the danger shop, they'd find she'd set it up a little differently from the usual arena. There were two towering walls with a series of tilted rebar platforms and ladders and barrels. And fireballs. Because why not?

"Alright, guys," she said. "Time for a little climbing obstacle course race. Try to think of this week as practice for this moment right here. Whichever team gets all their members to the top first wins. Once you do get to the top, you'll be sent over to the top of the opposing team's tower, where you can start throwing barrels to impede their progress. Since the," ugh, "students won last time, they have an advantage this week. I got Fosse to start us out with the barrel-tossing on the top of the teacher's side. And, you guys, this guy cleans our offices. He's not going to make this easy.

"If there aren't any questions....get up and let's get started."

[[ ocd incoming! is up! ]]

Gods & Monsters: Divine Trickery, Friday, Second Period.

[talentforlying]

"There's no creature more commonly known to be a trickster than a fox, regardless of culture," Constantine drawled as class started. "Kuma Lisa, the kitsune, the pale fox of the Dogon people, Aesop's tales...the list is vast. We call people cunning or clever as a fox when we agree with what they do, sly as one when we don't, call women 'vixens' if they're tricky... hell. Reynard is such an iconic trickster fox in France, that renard became the standard French word for 'fox', replacing the previous term, goupil, from the Latin vulpecula."

"Which, not surprising. Reynard has an ego and probably instigated the change himself, the preening bugger."

"So what is it that makes us think of the fox as the ultimate in trickery? Sure, they're murder on a chicken population, but what elevates them to a mythological status? Why do we not only tell tales about them, but aspire to be like them? Our stories and dreams shape reality in more ways than you suspect--" yes, Del, he was shooting you an amused glance. "--so why do we empower the fox over other animals as a trickster?"

Recreational Misuse and Alternative Uses of Gadgets, Friday

[captainskullpoopl]

"So, we already did this," Wade said, waving at the outside if the classroom. "So, instead we're gonna fuck up a Sega Genesis."

Totally different.

"Maybe this will keep us all safe from that terrible preview. Oh god, those teeth alone. You know, some things just shouldn't get a movie. But not me. I'll get another movie the very moment they figure out how to reboot the X-Men yet again."

There was a pause before he crossed his fingers and looked up to the sky.

"Phase 5. C'mon, baby. I'm the real money maker for R rating."

It wasn't going to happen, but an actor could dream, right?

"So, we got some hammers and other nerd shit to see what you can do with this vintage consoles," Wade said. Because was flying solo and there was no one to keep him from doing dumb shit. "Maybe some modern art."