My kids are watching the Buzz Lightyear of Star Command cartoon. It suddenly occurred to me that Evil Emperor Zurg: Bears a close resemblance to a certain 'friend' of ours... Coincidence?

Hmmm, names beginning with "Z," masks with prominent ears/horns, high and pointy collars, and a purple and red and black colour scheme... I think you're on to something! Maleficent from Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" is nearly there.

I agree with the costume, but the green skin messes it up for me.... Still, the bird on her shoulder is reminiscent of the Great Blue Chicken...

I wonder if with green skin there is any relation to Ego?

The piccies does look like Katse!!! Is that just a bad guy stereotype!! I can see it now at the Anime Villian convention... "Damn it your wearing my costume!" Evil Emperor storms over to Berg Katse. "I have been wearing mine since 1970... when the designers thought me up." Katse curtly responded and then went back to look at the latest Mecha design and signs a few autographs of eager fans... "This won't be the last you hear about me Katse!! No one steals my costume." The Evil Emperor fumes and storms off with a small storm cloud in tow. "Katse where do you find them..." Count Egobossler walks over and hands him a glass of red wine. "You think I attract wannabe's... look at who's got her eye on you." Katse smirks and sips his wine. Count Egobossler pulls a sour face and glances at the ban of his existance. "For some reason that green faced Queen has been following me around this whole convention...Can you believe she threatened to put me to sleep for 100 years if I didn't take her out on a date." "It could be worse." Katse said looking at the Evil Queen from sleeping beauty. "How?" Ego asks frowning. "The Condor and the Eagle could show up." Katse's eyes roamed around the room fearfully like they could appear any minute. "Here she comes I have to run..." Ego said fear crossing eyes he looks for a way out as the Evil green faced Queen heads in his direction...

You come up with the funniest ideas, Ebony! Ego and Maleficent, yes, they can get together and have teal and aqua children.

Great snippet Ebony. I would love to have a mind that comes up with things like that at the spur of the moment. Maybe I am just not cut out to be in this group, I make things too complex. THink things through too much. (Does that mean I really am an Eagle?)

We need all types of minds around here, to preserve the balance of the universe! However, careful planning and attention to detail do strike me as very "Eagle" traits!

Originally posted by Ebonyswanne The piccies does look like Katse!!! Is that just a bad guy stereotype!! I can see it now at the Anime Villian convention... "Damn it your wearing my costume!" Evil Emperor storms over to Berg Katse. "I have been wearing mine since 1970... when the designers thought me up." Katse curtly responded and then went back to look at the latest Mecha design and signs a few autographs of eager fans... "This won't be the last you hear about me Katse!! No one steals my costume." The Evil Emperor fumes and storms off with a small storm cloud in tow. "Katse where do you find them..." Count Egobossler walks over and hands him a glass of red wine. "You think I attract wannabe's... look at who's got her eye on you." Katse smirks and sips his wine. Count Egobossler pulls a sour face and glances at the ban of his existance. "For some reason that green faced Queen has been following me around this whole convention...Can you believe she threatened to put me to sleep for 100 years if I didn't take her out on a date." "It could be worse." Katse said looking at the Evil Queen from sleeping beauty. "How?" Ego asks frowning. "The Condor and the Eagle could show up." Katse's eyes roamed around the room fearfully like they could appear any minute. "Here she comes I have to run..." Ego said fear crossing eyes he looks for a way out as the Evil green faced Queen heads in his direction...

This is great...

Ebony, that's terrific! I love it! Now I think Katse would do well with Cruella de Ville....

Ebony, that was great!! You always come up with the best snippets! CD - we always need you! And you can and do come up with stuff spur-of-the-moment! Not everyone is as quick as Ebony and TJ are (case-in-point, me!) Sometimes you just need to wait for the one "thing" that triggers a thought - then you just go with it. I mean, I never would have thought of anything like Ebony's little story above. That was great! But the comments here didn't spark anything for me, whereas they did for Ebony. So don't think you can't do it, because you can (I've seen you!!), it's more that the ideas don't always give to an idea for you to act on. (did that make any sense whatsoever??) ETA: Meant to add that I always wondered why Zurg in Buzz Lightyear looked so familiar to me! Now I know... Thanks, TJ!

Originally posted by Hinotori CD - we always need you! And you can and do come up with stuff spur-of-the-moment! Not everyone is as quick as Ebony and TJ are (case-in-point, me!) Sometimes you just need to wait for the one "thing" that triggers a thought - then you just go with it. I mean, I never would have thought of anything like Ebony's little story above. That was great! But the comments here didn't spark anything for me, whereas they did for Ebony. So don't think you can't do it, because you can (I've seen you!!), it's more that the ideas don't always give to an idea for you to act on. (did that make any sense whatsoever??)

Yes it made perfect sense to me. I was just thinking the way Ebony comes up with the spur of the moment snippets. You and TJ come up with spur of the moment song filks. And a lot of people seem to be able to come up with ideas for IF's I feel so inadequate. I know at times I can come up with things, but most of my bright sparks come from a lot of thought, planning and hard work. Which is too much for me to do all the time considering I work hard all day. (Now try to see if that made sense. ) I wish I could do more of those spur of the moment things, because they seem so much more relaxing than what I do.

CD! You come up with wonderful ideas, as seen by your creative and detailed AU. We all work in different ways, but that's no reason to feel inadequate! You are a wonderful and valued member of this board.

Originally posted by Transmute Jun CD! You come up with wonderful ideas, as seen by your creative and detailed AU. We all work in different ways, but that's no reason to feel inadequate! You are a wonderful and valued member of this board.

Thank you TJ, but as I said it is so exhausting. I want to be able to do something instantly gratifying. I want to see results and success now. I want to hear people say "you are the best" .... Okay, Cloud has stopped channeling her inner 6 year old and will return to being an adult now. I was just practicing for having to deal with them in a weeks time when 20 of them show up in my classroom. Well that is my excuse and I am sticking to it.

Originally posted by clouddancer "you are the best"

You are the best, CD! I love you!

Originally posted by Hinotori Ebony, that was great!! You always come up with the best snippets! CD - we always need you! And you can and do come up with stuff spur-of-the-moment! Not everyone is as quick as Ebony and TJ are (case-in-point, me!) Sometimes you just need to wait for the one "thing" that triggers a thought - then you just go with it. I mean, I never would have thought of anything like Ebony's little story above. That was great! But the comments here didn't spark anything for me, whereas they did for Ebony. So don't think you can't do it, because you can (I've seen you!!), it's more that the ideas don't always give to an idea for you to act on. (did that make any sense whatsoever??) ETA: Meant to add that I always wondered why Zurg in Buzz Lightyear looked so familiar to me! Now I know... Thanks, TJ!

I'm not that good at Hino... But thanks for the compliment... CD... I think its just the obscure way I see the world, that's why I always loved the "far side" captions and pics.

Originally posted by Ebonyswanne I'm not that good at Hino... But thanks for the compliment... CD... I think its just the obscure way I see the world, that's why I always loved the "far side" captions and pics.

My warped sense of humour loves the Far Side as well Ebony, but I still don't come up with snippets like yours. You have something special.

Awe CD its nice to feel special...