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Aggressively Secular Paleo-Feminist ([info]ladysphinx) wrote in [info]fandom_wank,
@ 2007-03-04 23:04:00
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Entry tags:fandom: world of warcraft, i know it because of my learnings

Can We Have Elf-Wank without LotR? Answer: Apparently.
In [info]girl_gamers, [info]project_jeni shares with the group her St. Patrick's Day/WoW tee-shirts, featuring the game's newest race, the Blood Elves, and the logo Kiss Me, I'm Elvish! Hey, I'm the biggest folkloristic morphology geek ever (as evidenced by the fact that I even know what the hell "folkloristic morphology" is), and while the shirts are not exactly folklore-friendly, I still want one.


Two comments in, [info]omnissiah appears, wondering what the hell this has to do with St. Patrick's Day. People gently try to explain the pun, but [info]omnissiah stubbornly refuses to yield:


I've never known of Elves being considered of Irish descent in any of the games I've played. Mainly because elves are of German descent and most games follow the Tolkien style of mythology, which still doesn't render them as Irish.


People try to move on, but [info]omnissiah continues to pop up with his/her authoritive knowledge of all things Irish/Elvish.


Slowing down now, but the wank is rich.


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[info]dragonfangirl
2007-03-05 08:31 am UTC (link)
Honestly, if you were going to make this joke about any race in WoW, it ought to be the Dwarves. I know my dwarf has the cutest little Scottish accent you ever did hear, and while it isn't exactly the same as an irish accent, it's a lot closer than the blood elves' Valley Speak.

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[info]napalmnacey
2007-03-05 10:49 am UTC (link)
I wouldn't say that around any Scottish people. Really. ;) (Well, not my mother at any rate).

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(no subject) - magpiggles, 2007-03-05 11:09 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]napalmnacey, 2007-03-05 11:35 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]mary_mac, 2007-03-05 09:55 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]napalmnacey, 2007-03-06 12:58 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]mary_mac, 2007-03-06 01:34 am UTC

iwanttobeasleep
2007-03-05 08:39 am UTC (link)
I'm in that comm, and I completely missed it. How did I miss it?! I could have been in there, wanking about how using a comm for promoting your goods is eeeeevil.

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[info]soupspooks
2007-03-05 08:39 am UTC (link)
I would wear a shirt that says, "Kiss me, I'm Gnomish!" on it in binary. Mostly 'cause one of the punch card boxes in Gnomeregan says just that.

...

/nerd.

*hides*

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[info]faemageforsaken
2007-03-05 06:16 pm UTC (link)
That's just brilliant! I'd have to get that one...

...just to watch my bf twitch in a corner from Gnomer flashbacks. heh

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(no subject) - [info]heddychaa, 2007-03-05 08:03 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]keleri, 2007-03-06 04:08 am UTC

[info]bangoskank
2007-03-05 08:55 am UTC (link)
I hate Blood Elves, but I admit that shirt is pretty clever.

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[info]sunhawk
2007-03-05 09:30 am UTC (link)
Geez, that's quite a show of crankypants. St.Patrick's Day is about being drunk all day and loving it, not pointless bitching about spelling the holiday right! Hey, if you can spell ANYTHING at the end of St.P's Day, you're ahead of the game!

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(no subject) - [info]napalmnacey, 2007-03-05 10:50 am UTC
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(no subject) - [info]napalmnacey, 2007-03-06 12:57 am UTC
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(no subject) - [info]onaga, 2007-03-06 12:27 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]napalmnacey, 2007-03-06 01:00 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]shadowkitty, 2007-03-05 04:27 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]queencallipygos, 2007-03-05 05:50 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]blue_penguin, 2007-03-05 06:48 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]queencallipygos, 2007-03-05 07:00 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]ladysphinx, 2007-03-06 01:39 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]teruhiko, 2007-03-06 01:42 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]queencallipygos, 2007-03-06 04:22 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sunhawk, 2007-03-05 06:49 pm UTC
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(no subject) - [info]sunhawk, 2007-03-05 07:23 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]whimsy_chan, 2007-03-05 09:20 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]onaga, 2007-03-06 12:26 am UTC
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(no subject) - [info]v_digitalwytch, 2007-03-07 01:38 am UTC

[info]eilan
2007-03-05 09:46 am UTC (link)
Another comment like this and your post is going to get tossed into a gas chamber. No one asked you to be rude about another persons culture.

What the fuck?

Gosh, this people lack a sense of humour. And tact. They should get drunk.

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(no subject) - [info]napalmnacey, 2007-03-05 10:50 am UTC
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(no subject) - [info]shaggydogstail, 2007-03-05 12:57 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]smo, 2007-03-05 06:33 pm UTC

[info]delcj
2007-03-05 10:29 am UTC (link)
alas, my Legolas "Kiss me, I'm Elvish" icon is at one of my other journals. it would've been so apropos right now. maybe i should upload it just for St. Paddy's Day.

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[info]wanktasticbus
2007-03-05 10:29 am UTC (link)
Your sense of humour is sadly incredibly dull, with all that having to take basic rhymes and sell shirts over them.

Whoa! I think someone needs a good ol' fashioned St. Patrick's Day drinking binge. Or maybe just to pull that freight train out of his/her/its ass.

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*Ignoring everything else*
[info]cathowl
2007-03-05 12:43 pm UTC (link)
Mainly because elves are of German descent

...What about the Scottish little folk, who were sometimes considered a kind of elf? Y'know, Picts? They were actually humans, but I've heard them called elves.

Damn it, I'm part Pict! Acknowledge them!

/grumpy

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Re: *Ignoring everything else* - [info]cathowl, 2007-03-05 01:52 pm UTC
Re: *Ignoring everything else* - dracothelizard, 2007-03-06 12:59 am UTC
Re: *Ignoring everything else* - [info]cathowl, 2007-03-06 01:55 am UTC
Re: *Ignoring everything else* - dracothelizard, 2007-03-06 01:57 am UTC
Re: *Ignoring everything else* - [info]cathowl, 2007-03-06 02:07 am UTC

[info]belafarinrod
2007-03-05 01:35 pm UTC (link)
Er... what about those Sidhe types then, which are quite popular as more-or-less elves in fantasy books?

Though, now I want a t-shirt that says "Küss mich, ich bin der Erlkönig!"

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(no subject) - sockpuppet_rat, 2007-03-05 01:44 pm UTC
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(no subject) - [info]smo, 2007-03-05 06:34 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]absurdwords, 2007-03-05 08:47 pm UTC
(no subject) - dracothelizard, 2007-03-06 01:01 am UTC
Reposted due to kind of hilarious 4 AM word misusage - [info]vigilanterodent, 2007-03-06 11:55 am UTC
Re: Reposted due to kind of hilarious 4 AM word misusage - dracothelizard, 2007-03-06 02:46 pm UTC
Re: Reposted due to kind of hilarious 4 AM word misusage - [info]cmikhailovic, 2007-03-06 08:45 pm UTC
Re: Reposted due to kind of hilarious 4 AM word misusage - [info]vigilanterodent, 2007-03-07 01:31 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]belafarinrod, 2007-03-06 08:32 pm UTC

[info]aerobot
2007-03-05 02:09 pm UTC (link)
Man, I was interested in that community, but not if [info]omnissiah mods there.

My life is actually quite entertaining at times. Your sense of humour is sadly incredibly dull, with all that having to take basic rhymes and sell shirts over them.

Where do I even begin? Cripes, someone buy her a pint.

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(no subject) - [info]skarrow, 2007-03-05 04:21 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]aerobot, 2007-03-06 09:25 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]sandyclaws68, 2007-03-05 04:38 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]smo, 2007-03-05 06:36 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sandyclaws68, 2007-03-05 06:51 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]smo, 2007-03-06 01:27 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]isntitironic, 2007-03-07 09:47 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]smo, 2007-03-07 09:49 pm UTC

[info]makeshyft
2007-03-05 02:48 pm UTC (link)
"You don't know the history of elves like I do!!!"

Yeah, other than that.. gots nuttin.

Well, other than a hankering for that dancing blood elf tee.

*and yes, he does love his two BE female chars, cause if yer gonna go spend hours grinding a 'lok or hunter, you need an ass you can dedicate plenty of time staring at.*

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(no subject) - [info]perletwo, 2007-03-05 08:32 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]soupspooks, 2007-03-05 09:09 pm UTC

[info]barankhy
2007-03-05 03:13 pm UTC (link)
Mainly because elves are of German descent

Oooh, I just wuv it when people mix up German/Germanic *nitpicks*.
And yes, someone please introduce [info]omnissiah to a bottle of vodka or something.

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(no subject) - [info]sandyclaws68, 2007-03-05 04:39 pm UTC
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(no subject) - [info]sandyclaws68, 2007-03-05 06:05 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]barankhy, 2007-03-05 07:39 pm UTC

[info]lynstraine
2007-03-05 04:54 pm UTC (link)
Oh my GAWD, ANYONE can see that those shirts feature both Blood AND Night elves. Get it RIGHT <33

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(no subject) - [info]squib, 2007-03-05 05:50 pm UTC

[info]onaga
2007-03-05 05:01 pm UTC (link)
Why hasn't anybody mentioned that [info]privateskylark is also fapping away?

"Kiss me, I spout gibberish!" is probably more apt.

To quote my lovely friend from Belfast: "Get th'fuck o'er y'self, y'fuckin' cunt."

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(no subject) - [info]lynstraine, 2007-03-05 05:07 pm UTC
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(no subject) - [info]smo, 2007-03-05 06:35 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]ecchaniz0r, 2007-03-06 12:38 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]paintobscura, 2007-03-05 10:00 pm UTC

[info]fionnabhair
2007-03-05 10:13 pm UTC (link)
Every year there's Paddy's day wank, and...why? What is it about my native holiday that inspires such lunacy? I'd have thought intoxication would diminish one's capacity to type at least.

(And incidentally, I'd say the Tuatha Dé Danann are fairly similar to our conception of Elves, but then...I'm hardly a scholar on this type of thing.)

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(no subject) - [info]ladysphinx, 2007-03-06 01:43 am UTC

dracothelizard
2007-03-06 01:04 am UTC (link)
From the post at girl_gamers:

"Actually, Elves are considered Faerie, and the earliest mention would be the Tuatha De Danaan of IRELAND.

And you are are confusing Germanic with German. Very big difference.

(Here courtesy of F_W)"

Actually, no. Elves and Fairies (whatever spelling you use) are different, seeing as how Elves are part of Germanic mythology, and the Fairies of Celtic mythology, but thank you for playing, person-who-does-not-read-the-FW-rules.

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(no subject) - [info]marumae, 2007-03-06 01:14 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]faemageforsaken, 2007-03-06 01:43 am UTC
(no subject) - dracothelizard, 2007-03-06 02:48 pm UTC
also... did we change the rules? - [info]zing_och, 2007-03-06 07:01 pm UTC
Re: also... did we change the rules? - dracothelizard, 2007-03-06 07:22 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]cmikhailovic, 2007-03-06 08:52 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]cmikhailovic, 2007-03-06 08:55 pm UTC

[info]demonbean
2007-03-06 01:37 am UTC (link)
The maelstrom that destroyed BitofEarth, horrifying and painful as it was, was, in the end, I believe, the work of God.

I read that as "the wank of God."

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[info]teruhiko
2007-03-06 01:40 am UTC (link)
Irish-related wank just makes me cringe and gives me a headache every time. :( I guess it just annoys me the most.

Maybe it's just cos I'm sick of getting "WOW COOL UR IRISH i'm .0005% Irish and I want to know EVERYTHING ABOUT THE PLACE so start typing rite now!!!" messages on MySpace/Facebook/everywhere. :(

/token Irish person

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(no subject) - [info]faemageforsaken, 2007-03-06 01:46 am UTC
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[info]beckyh2112
2007-03-06 04:38 am UTC (link)
I've never known of Elves being considered of Irish descent in any of the games I've played.

By this statement right there, this person has demonstrated that they've never played my MMORPG of choice.

I was going to go work on my fire wizard tonight, but now I think I'll play my (Irish!) elven blademaster to spite him/her/it.

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[info]anonyrat
2007-03-06 06:41 am UTC (link)
I've never known of Elves being considered of Irish descent in any of the games I've played.

Shit, someone better call White Wolf.

/Changeling LARPer

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[info]caffeine_fairy
2007-03-06 03:05 pm UTC (link)
Who pissed in [info]privateskylark's Guinness? Jeez.

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[info]cmikhailovic
2007-03-06 09:06 pm UTC (link)
Oh gods, I cannot help myself FORGIVE ME FOR WANKING IN-HOUSE, but I'm not seeing anything about "folkloristic morphology" in this wank, because that refers to *narrative structure* of folk stories; the wank here is about classification and terminology of folklore critters. They're somewhat different things, and since this wank is all about proper terminology, I felt obligated to point it out. AGH.

/folklorist

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