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Welcome, MrVampire. Did you chose that for your avatar or you just like vamps? I think most of us are here for that reason. We watched BotP or Gatchaman when we were kids and have never been able to get it out of our minds. The only difference is we now look at it with adult minds, question things and make it our own.

Welcome

MrVampire and great avatar! I agree with Becky Rock ... for me it was the same! Do not hesitate to forward your point of view!

I really dig you avatar there, Brak rules! Welcome MrVampire!

MrVampire! Welcome to the fold.... I loved the Goodies and Monkey too!!!!

Welcome MrVampire! Pull up a bar stool and place your first order. One of the Eagle will be sure to put it on their tab. Another BOTP viewer. We all seem to keep trying to return to our youth. I wonder if that is the way it always has been or if there is just something we miss about BOTP.

Originally posted by clouddancer Welcome MrVampire! Pull up a bar stool and place your first order. One of the Eagle will be sure to put it on their tab.

Not this Eagle!! Hello and welcome, MrVampire!

Originally posted by Hinotori Not this Eagle!!

Neither this one!!! I've already got a heavy one myself!!!

Well, as you know it is tradition for the Eagle to place a newbies first drink on their tab .... so maybe if you will not co-operate I will volunteer Eagle Met to put it on his tab, especially since he is not around right now and would not notice the addition of one or two more.

I'll drink to that.

I like how nobody has suggested a Condor pick up the tab. Maybe because, much like the Condor himself, we all pay up front without bothering to wait for a tab to be written? Hmm.. I wonder if anyone with an intellectual bent has managed to categorise our own personalities with our chosen loyalities.....

Originally posted by green Hmm.. I wonder if anyone with an intellectual bent has managed to categorise our own personalities with our chosen loyalities.....

LOL, I have never considered the tab part as being important for my considering myself an Eagle! I'm also one who likes to pay up front what I wish to acquire! But, I identify myself with most of the other Eagle's characteristics! This notwithstanding, as I said some time ago, I also have something from the other four members' characters and I think that every person behaves differently according to the actual situation in which he/she's involved ... that is everyone can sometimes be an Eagle or a Condor, Swan, Swallow or Owl ... it depends on what's occurring at that moment!

Originally posted by greenHmm.. I wonder if anyone with an intellectual bent has managed to categorise our own personalities with our chosen loyalities.....

Yes this topic has be brought up several times through out the time I have been here. Although with new members always arriving it is nice to hear(see) their take on the topic as well. I have aligned myself with the Owl, probably because I most resemble the Owl and have the laid back mannerisms of the Owl. I also do not like to see people left out, feel all should be included and at the time I chose to represent the Owl clan he had no volunteers. But the Eagle has always been my first choice and love from the series. My AU stories are all based from the Eagle's POV because of this love.

Originally posted by green I like how nobody has suggested a Condor pick up the tab. Maybe because, much like the Condor himself, we all pay up front without bothering to wait for a tab to be written? .

IMHO, I think all the members of the team, including the Condor, have a huge tab. It is just we never hear Jun, during the limited "down time" we see in the show, mention it to the others.

I'm a Condor because I most identify with him. I'm a hot head and my parents used to say I should have been a redhead (they were very stereotypical). I'm also a loner at heart and started watching racing when I was a kid. The Condor driving a cool car helped me like him even more.

I can't watch racing, but I love driving and I will admit to being a bit of a speed demon there's this nice empty open road and I know what the limit is, but well.... Anyway, I was never the hot headed one in my family unless pushed, but definitely the loner.... I got called ruthless by my manager the other day. But in a good way - apparently I know what needs to get done and will do anything to make sure it is done right the first time.... Hmm.... And here I was thinking I'm a Condor because I have a thing for guys that you know are just wrong..... As for Joe having a tab - didn't he get a huge payout for winning the African Rally in Witch Racer? If he's got a tab, Jun would no doubt find a way to make him pay up. I'm thinking a yo-yo strike and not upside the head....

Galactacor/Spectra employees don't need a tab, it's all free in the commisary.

And all you have to do is sell your soul..... Oh, and watch out for little birdies.....

Originally posted by green Hmm.. I wonder if anyone with an intellectual bent has managed to categorise our own personalities with our chosen loyalities.....

Like CD said, we have run through our similarities with our clan personalities, and amazingly, most of them really are right on. But like Gatchamarie said, we all have at least some characteristics of each one. As for me, I am definitely an Eagle. But I think I'm predisposed to it, since, according to fandom, Ken and I share the same birthday (sorry guys, but it's been a while since I've had the opportunity to mention it! LOL!). But I really do have a lot of the same characteristics as Ken, which are really generalizations for those of us who are Aries. I'm independent, self-reliant, and honest, but I can also be stubborn, impatient, and, depending on the situation, can sometimes get mad easily (well, I wouldn't say "mad" as much as "annoyed" It takes a lot to actually make me mad). But, I'm also compassionate like the Swan, listen like the Owl (he really does have a sensitive side!), can be playful like the Swallow, and the Condor... Well, if you are one of the unlucky ones who really can make me mad, watch out! LOL! But as for the Eagle's similarities, yeah, there you go... Me and the Eagle - perfect together!

I don't think I've welcomed you yet, Mr. Vampire- but it's good to have you with us! The avatar is awesome, btw...he'd make a great Galactor Captain! And yes, I am one of the many swannies on the board- but my personality is more like the Owl...I'm pretty laid back most of the time!

Hello from me too, Mr. Vampire! I joined the Condor clan here without a second of indecision but not exactly because I think I'm like him. Jason had been my favourite on BOTP (I had bossy older siblings and I think I really felt for the "hotheaded" guy who didn't get to be in charge), and I think I carried a lot of that over to Joe when I started watching Gatchaman. Plus, Joe's character and story arc really drew me in too. He's often angry and impulsive, he hardly ever smiles and he can be a jerk (especially to Ryu) but so often, little bits of humor and kindness sneak through his facade, and as much as he can be labelled "a loner," his actions show he's utterly loyal and devoted to his teammates. And his story, as his (and his parents') past is gradually revealed, as every girl he's drawn to dies, and then his health breaks down but he's determined to make one last, heroic stand and go down fighting... Yes, the Condor makes me and !

Welcome, Mr. Vampire! I apologize for being late to the party. You hit the nail on the head when you said 'trying to recapture your youth'... I think most of us here fall in that category! *TJ raises hand sheepishly* Regardless, welcome, and I love your avatar! You would have made a perfect Galactor Captain! Uh, not saying that I want you to get blown up and die with the mecha... no... a Captain who escapes with Katse? There were a couple...