Comments on: Mary Poppins versus Cthulhu, a writerly parlor game

By: Donteatacowman

Donteatacowman — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:33:31 +0000

Ahaha, YES! Awesome! Now, to find some fellow players…

By: Tracey Stewart

Tracey Stewart — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:02:10 +0000

How funny – theonering.net used to do exactly this (probably still does) in “The Arena”: Sauron Vs. 20th Century Fox Corporation; Gimli vs. the Seven Dwarfs; Peter Jackson’s three movie cameos pitted against each other… I’ll have the image of “probably the strangest Borg Queen ever” in my head for ages! Hilarious! Thanks!

By: Merc

Merc — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:05:40 +0000

That is so awesome.

*is picturing a Borg musical now*

By: Kevin Andrew Murphy

Kevin Andrew Murphy — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 09:06:49 +0000

Well, Glinda the Good Witch of the North is a creation of the movie. In the book, there’s the Good Witch of the North, as well as Glinda, the Good Witch of the South.

Book vs. book, I’d put my money on Glinda, since she’s regularly doing that sort of stuff, and not just to save the entire world either. Sending Queen Anne Soforth of Oogaboo out to invade the world outside of Oz was just shipping Oz problems elsewhere. That’s a level of petty bitchiness well beyond Gandalf the Grey.

By: Alan Kellogg

Alan Kellogg — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:10:05 +0000

An a related note; who’s the more manipulative bastard, Gandalf the Grey or Glinda the Good Witch of the North?

Yes, I have read Abercrombie, why do you ask?

By: Genre Reviewer

Genre Reviewer — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:46:59 +0000

*laugh* I really love the idea of the Shirley Temple and Borg Collective encounter. Sounds like a fun game.

By: Foz Meadows

Foz Meadows — Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00:49 +0000

‘On the Borg ship Lollipop,
It’s a sweet trip assimilation shop
Where Seven of Nine
Lost her innoncence
And Picard was fine…’

I now have this in my head, and it is ALL YOUR FAULT.

By: An ultimate showdown: @ Monitor Duty

An ultimate showdown: @ Monitor Duty — Wed, 27 May 2009 19:51:25 +0000

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By: Asakiyume

Asakiyume — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:05:12 +0000

The link to the Ludic Kid set of match-ups was super, and I love the idea of a literary version. Sort of like Top Trumps.

By: green_knight

green_knight — Wed, 27 May 2009 10:38:45 +0000

Mary Poppins vs. Cthulhu

That is such a wonderful mental image. melts