Guy- So.....whose AMV does the link lead too?
If you mean THIS:
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members/members_videoinfo.php?v=41471... then (not to brag) but "yours truly" made this one last year. I had seen 'Chibi Things tha Kill,**' and contrarian that I am, despite that there were a ton of folks who found it hilarious, it was the kind of thing that made my blood boil. Just my own reaction. I hated it. It was "wrong" but wrong to me in away that I couldn't just let it go.
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http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members/members_videoinfo.php?v=16649 ]
So I plotted and planned, and well, after months of federal paperwork, negotiations, suggestions, learning and consulting with professional folks in pyrotechnics and commercial blasting, PLUS county law enforcement, [MUCH gratefulness!] and networking with an arcane group of folks known as 'Class III weapons collectors,'
{{... yes there -WAS- someone within 25 miles or Portland who LEGALLY owns a 20mm Lahti very much like the one zipping by ("Maybe Next Time ...") ... I met a dealer who owned an original German MG42 (as seen in 'Jin Roh' and worth 10's of thousands now ...) hard to believe designs from the 1920's and 40's are still in field use, essentially unchanged ... }}
Anyway, I learned a LOT.
Then I analyzed -WHAT- characteristics elicit a nearly INSTANT dislike for a character (to me.)
Example: Smurfs.
Example: Barney.
Example: Jar-Jar Binks.
Example: The red spheroid (Haru?) in the latest Gundam. Even though I don't watch Gundam - I only say a few stills in a Newtype and I 'know' that thing is a TARGET.
And so forth. Now, this was after 9-11 so althought there are lots of anime characters I dislike, (don't worry, there are even more that I think are really COOL characters, too) I decided it would be prudent to AVOID any that were humanoid or of human form, so as not to be accused of encouraging or deomstrating any real-world form of violence or criminal activity. Same goes for playing with fun chemicals, some of which have lots of federal strings attached, others very little, and still others, they make a difference depending on what you're using it FOR. Example here is potassium-[censored.] You can buy this at Fred Meyers in the gardening department and use it as a [tree-product.] Or if you are a federally licensed low-explosives manufacturer, you can mix it with [other stuff] keep records of where the compound is, store it in an ATF-approved magazine .. ET CETERA, and then you can use this same stuff combined with other things you can get in the same store - as cannon powder. (Do _NOT_ break the law!)
So I thinned the list down to 11 'targets,' and slowly acquired them. I found someone by means of whom I could get to use a 'toy' whose ammo I could afford. For a day, at least. (Hint: 20mm = $35 for ONE shot.) My sweetie made chibis. She sold some, and the others left behind were on 'Death Row.' People even GAVE me some plushies when they heard what I was planning.
Then one fine day in May 2004, it all came together. Private land, notifications to local law enforcement, approvals for the interstate movement of the registered 'toy' taken care of months previously - and some of my closest friends, who had all researched and practiced with me on how to SAFELY set up use the ordinance we were able to get our hands on ...
... and it became an unforgettable memory ...
If you were at Rarnom and Irong's Lanime party this saturday ...
Sigh - I have training EVERY Saturday through JUNE. (sigh, again ...)
- G
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