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Posted by Samuel Bush (Member # 460) on :

There are certain questions that philosophers and other folks with way too much free time on their hands have kicked around in vain for years. You know, questions like:

What happens if an irresistible force meets an immovable object?
Where does your lap go when you stand up?
If a man speaks in the woods and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?

Well another one occurred to me and I’ve stayed up all night trying to come up with an answer. Of course that was largely because I was on graveyard shift. But still . . .

. . . I just have to know. And if you can’t answer this question at least have the decency to divert my attention by asking a different “profound” question.

So here is the question:

What happens if the Final Fantasy meets the Neverending Story?

Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :

And what does it do?

Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :

Nothing, that's the beauty of it. [Smile]

Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :

*Releases snakes in the thread*

Posted by Ecthalion (Member # 8825) on :

you get FFXI?

Posted by MightyCow (Member # 9253) on :

Isn't Final Fantasy already neverending?

Posted by Samuel Bush (Member # 460) on :

I sure seems so, that's the irony of it. [Smile]

Posted by cmc (Member # 9549) on :

Sameul Bush:

1) They ignore each other.

2) It's still there, just not as comfortable.

3) Nope - she is.

Stan the man: The Nothing is HORRIBLE!!! Didn't her naming take care of it??

Posted by suminonA (Member # 8757) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Samuel Bush:
[1]What happens if an irresistible force meets an immovable object?
[2]Where does your lap go when you stand up?
[3]If a man speaks in the woods and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?
[4]What happens if the Final Fantasy meets the Neverending Story?
[numbers added]

[1]Define “irresistible” and “immovable”. Following the Newtonian laws, any force has an effect on any object, see the 2nd law of motion. Or, to be more specific: all forces are “irresistible” and no object is “immovable” (in the “real Universe”).
[2]Define “lap”. By the “upper side of the thighs of a seated person” definition, when you stand up the term does not apply anymore. The “lap” is a name related to a position. When you change that position, it exists no more.
[3]Define “wrong”. [Wink]

[4]Short answer: Nothing. Long answer: Nothing, because they’ve already met. That is, FF is a “never-ending story” already.

quote:
Originally posted by Eaquae Legit:
And what does it do?

Define “it”. [Big Grin]

- - - -

My question: And what if I’m generally wrong?

A.

Posted by Samuel Bush (Member # 460) on :

quote:
And what if I’m generally wrong?

A. You must be a man. In the woods.

Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :

quote:

What happens if the Final Fantasy meets the Neverending Story?

umm... I fall asleep?

Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :

quote:
What happens if the Final Fantasy meets the Neverending Story?

Wasnt there a kid in the 2nd NES that could wish for anything but everytime he did a part of his brain was stored in some crystal?

Once the crystal was filled up, something (Gaia related) shatters it, and adventurers have to put the crystal together. The crystal is filled up again and shatters, ad infinitum.

Posted by suminonA (Member # 8757) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Samuel Bush:

quote:
And what if I’m generally wrong?
A. You must be a man. In the woods.

Posted by Eduardo St. Elmo (Member # 9566) on :

BB: yes, there was such a kid in the 2nd NES (the movie that is). His name is Bastian Balthasar Bux and he was also the protagonist in the first movie. However, the storyline as portrayed in the movies is just the book chopped into two pieces.

*spoilers for the Neverending Story*

Every time Bastian made a wish, he lost one his memories. It is true the memories were stored in some kind of crystal. Now, as Bastian goes on creating Phantasia anew, he's also looking for the thing that he wants most. But his powers distract him, and he runs the risk of forgetting everything he ever knew and then he won't be able to return the real world. The last thing to go is his name, for without that his identity is gone as well.
In the end he discovers that his most heartfelt wish is to be able to love somebody (in this case his father). That's his ticket back to reality.
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I might have screwed up the chronology a bit here and there, but that's because I'm typing this from memory. Please try and find the book, for Bastians story maks far more sense when you take it in as a whole.