Monday, April 04, 2005

In Kitty Pryde and Wolverine #4, Wolverine Tells The Following Story:

"There's a story people tell of the greatest swordsman in Japanese history, Miyamoto Musashi, of how one fine morning, in those younger days when he still wore steel instead of wooden swords, he came to a bridge only to find his path blocked by another samurai.
'The way, honored sir, is wide enough only for one. It is only fitting htat the lesser man step aside to let the better one pass.'
'Agreed, my friend. If you would be so kind as to do so, I shall be on my way.'
'It appears we have a difference of opinion...'
'...That only our blades can settle.'
Ogun threw down the gauntlet and as one, with blinding speed, two gleaming katanas leapt from their lacquered scabbards. For one minute, the men stood poised, their eyes locked...and then...they sheathed their steel, bowed, and went their separate ways, never to cross paths again.


A few nights ago, I was talking with the Good Rever--er, I mean Bad Reverend Linus about our Nerd Quotient competition. We came to the conclusion that we are Nerd Samurai and, like the Samurai in the story above, we can acknowledge that we are equally matched without resorting to violence (or endless rounds of blog posts, as the case may be). So, we've decided to bow and sheathe our swords.

See, I was confident that I could find something to out-weird the Prince of Tennis/Matrix crossover he found (I seem to remember something about a Catholicism/anime crossover out there somewhere), but then he threatened to break out the Spock/Kirk hentai, which they apparently publish professionally in Japan. However, I felt this was too far into the realm of fanfic and if we were going to open this competition up to fanfic, it could go on forever. I was tempted to mention some of the nerdy, weird, and/or downright scary stuff I've come across (mostly a result of hanging out at godawful.net), but I decided I would rather go home and go to bed than stay up until 3 am talking about all of the crazy shit out there. Hey, I had to get up early for work the next day, what can I say? Besides, if I'd mentioned anything about the infamous Celebrian fic, I might never have slept again.

3 Comments:

Blogger Linus said...

I think we have made a wise decision here. No need to make public the sort of drek that I have encountered while searching the back alleys of the internet...
My sword is sheathed.
:)

4:00 AM  
Blogger Claytonian said...

Can I still do geeky knowledge-dumps? Like for instance, that I have in my possession a copy of the comic adaptation of the "Left Behind" series?

5:14 PM  
Blogger Linus said...

Left Behind as a comic?
Yikes, dude.

2:55 AM  

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