Miss Friendship wrote:So, are you going to be the new Debate moderator after ED leaves for a year?
I think we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. I think that could end up being how the chips fall just because of where I usually spend most of my time, but that's for Belle to decide, not me.
Miss Friendship wrote:Is the moderator control panel much different from the user control panel?
Well, by virtue of the fact that they're for the mod powers, I'd say yeah.
Basically, you can get post details, report the post, delete the post, or warn the user based on the post, and you can move posts within topics, lock topics, or move posts to different topics. It's pretty intuitive.
Miss Friendship wrote:Can you read the entire history of the Mod-Admin thread?
Can I? Yes.
Will I? Probably not.
I have read the last couple of pages just to get caught up on the latest news, and I did take a look at the disciplinary history of other users so I could familiarize myself with the warning/banning system.
Isaiah the Ox wrote:Fair enough. And, I apologize if I have offended or upset you in anyway in asking about such things. I just thought I'd ask some people on here, and since you normally have very well thought out and reasonable answers, I decided to ask you. @Sola Scriptura
Well, I do appreciate that you were thinking of me as a reasonable person, and I forgive you.
I probably should have been less abrasive in my response, so I'm sorry for that. It's just not a hill I'm comfortable fighting on just yet, you know?
Isaiah the Ox wrote:xD Gargoyle Tigershadow.... hmmm....
Oh, it's very attractive, believe me. It's how I get all those cute boys sprinting to get me gifts. (At least I think that's what they're doing...)
Isaiah the Ox wrote:What are your thoughts on Buck?
At first it was like Richard Maxwell 2.0—another character who does criminal acts but is really a redeemable little marshmallow on the inside that half the fandom (many of them female, let's be real) flocks to so they can wrap him up in blankets and tell him that everything's okay because he's a perfect little cinnamon roll. >_>
As I listened to TTB and then Album 59, though, I started to really like Buck's character. He's clearly trying to make changes in his life, he's facing discipline for morally gray acts like confronting Vance's gang behind the Meltsners' backs, he clearly regrets the things he did with Mr. Skint, and he seems to want to take an active role in making it clear that his background is not at all to be desired. He just wants to leave his past behind him and make a new life for himself, and I can really relate to that, and I love what his character could add to the cast as he becomes more integrated into the show.
Isaiah the Ox wrote:Is there a reason your drawings of Trent look like a little like Harry Potter? o_o
Well, I think it's worth mentioning that my visualizations of Harry and Trent are pretty distinct from each other, so looking like Harry Potter is relative, at least to me. I gave him rectangular-framed glasses because "A Glass Darkly" mentions that he wears glasses and those are the kind of glasses most kids I know wear, and his hair is...well, I guess you could say it's a bit messy, but that's just how I draw that particular haircut—I have to give some life to it so it looks more visually interesting. He's tall and lanky because I always imagine nerdy characters to be skinny unless told otherwise; most of the nerdy guys I know weighed less than I did in middle school.
Isaiah the Ox wrote:Do you think Mandy and Trent will ever have marriage problems, like Mandy's parents (meaning, not just "small" marriage problems, but actual separation)? (in your own headcannons, of course
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do you understand how long I've waited to be asked stuff like this
-hugs Ox-
Before we begin: Any and all Trandy-related questions are welcome, as well as questions relating to any of the kids from Album 40 onward. I'm all about it
It's pretty sad how much thought I've given to these questions.
Anyway, I'm going to give an overview of how I think the relationship goes chronologically:
I think a lot of drama around that relationship at its early stages would be related to Mandy's concern that a relationship of hers might turn out to have just as much strife as her parents' did. As she gradually falls for Trent, seeing in him so many qualities that she can't help but find attractive, she fights with herself, because she can't let herself fall for a guy; she's read the statistics about divorcees' children. She can't let Trent get hurt like that; she cares about him too much to let that happen. She finally lets it all spill to Liz, who convinces her that
it's gonna be okay, Mandy, you can take things slow, there is no way he won't understand (because of course he does, he's Trent DeWhite and he's a little sweetheart)
It takes them a few years to make the final decision—they date from sophomore year of high school to sophomore year of college—to commit to one another, and they're engaged for two years before getting married after their respective college graduations. (The engagement takes awhile because they're both still in college when Trent proposes and they want to pace out to plans of the wedding.) I've already headcanoned their wedding a few pages back.
As to marital problems, I honestly don't think that they have strife on par with the Straussbergs', at least in part because of wise counsel given to them by Mandy's parents during their engagement—that at the core of every strong marriage isn't the love between the spouses, it's Jesus. Needless to say, given who it's from, both of them take this very seriously. Trent and Mandy are two people who are intellectual equals, who respect each other as human beings, and who see the inherent spiritual value in each other as creations of God; they rarely come to verbal or emotional blows long-term, just over minor things.
However, we all know it isn't sunshine and roses in any marriage. I headcanon that they have three kids—Melanie, Mark, and Tanya. They live in Houston, Texas, where Trent works at the Johnson Space Center and Mandy is a professor in the English department at the University of Houston. Unfortunately, Trent's job is particularly demanding on his time, and around the time they're in their mid-forties—Melanie is late middle school/early high school, Mark is late elementary/early middle, and Tanya is elementary—Trent's been there for them less and less. He's rarely at dinner, constantly holed up in his office working on reports and schematics, and it's a miracle if he gets to bed before midnight. Responsibilities for transportation for various activities and for school lies almost solely on Mandy's shoulders, and between that, her work life, and the housekeeping that she also has to take entirely upon herself, she's about ready to tear out someone's hair, and she knows exactly who's going to have a bald spot.
However, she's also learned from her parents' mistakes and her own flaws; she knows how to approach a situation without excessive aggression and accusations. One evening, she and the kids pray about confronting Trent on his workaholism, and she decides that the best thing to do will be to have them all out of the house to grant their parents some privacy (she may or may not have side-eyed Tanya for the little prankster's eavesdropping tendencies). After they all *~conveniently~* go over to some friends' houses for the afternoon, Mandy walks into his office and gets his attention, and they have a
lengthy discussion of Trent's recent behavior.
Mandy isn't unwilling to listen to Trent's argument that as the one with the higher salary, he has the greater responsibility to earn money to keep up a reasonable standard of living, but she points him to a passage in the Sermon on the Mount—that one ought not worry about life, because God will provide, and while earning one's bread is important, it should never come at the expense of one's loved ones. Trent, shaken by the sudden awareness that he's been neglecting his wife and children for his job, can barely stop apologizing, neither to Mandy nor to his children. Melanie and Tanya immediately put the matter behind them—Melanie's old enough to start understanding that her parents aren't perfect, and Tanya's a friendly, forgiving soul—but while Mark lets it go for the time, it does put a rift in his relationship with his father, a relationship that will get worse before it gets better.
it's not about 'deserve'. it's about what you believe. and i believe in love
I did do some research and found that the most common religions practiced on-campus are Christianity (Catholicism was categorized separately, which annoyed me) and Judaism, but I'm really not entirely sure. I don't think it matters what the majority is, honestly; I'm not going to change my views based on what everyone else believes or practices.
It was pretty cool and you are a lot nicer IRL than on here. (Not to say you aren't nice on here but yeah...)
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