The "Official" TG Caption Thread

[lbh]

Hope you like it

[thelurker]

Originally Posted by lbh

Hope you like it

Good one, but the lack of punctuation makes it hard to read.

Paace,
Lurker.

[thelurker]

Originally Posted by zdarkness

I do read them.

Well, if people read them, I'll continue.

Here's my 2nd entry for the December contest at the Haven.

Imagine the rapture, a traditional apocalypse. You die, you're judged, you're either resurrected or burn in hell, right?
But what if it isn't like this? Wouldn't you want a trusted friend to explain the situation and make you aware of your options?

Read on to find out what this friend might say...

Peace,
Lurker.

[thelurker]

And the 1st entry for that month, with a smacking of image manipulation

I've been waiting for quite some time to do a "War of the Worlds" cap series and finally the opportunity has presented itself.

The 1st panel serves as an introduction and consists entirely of text taken from "The Eve of the War" from Jeff Wayne's 1978 musical adaptation, which I highly recommend! (I find the original novel to be a bit dry). The next three panels are the actual story.

If you are interested in the technical details: the model is Kathy Lee from the Actiongirls set "Army Babe"; the tripods are pictures of a modified Pegasus Hobbies 1:144 kit; the soldier is some Australian guy with an M203 grenade launcher attached to his assault rifle; the beams, glow, composition, etc. were done in Paint.net; and the deranged babbling in panels 2-4 are by yours truly.

Peace,
Lurker.

[zdarkness]

If only that's how it worked.

[wandering_spirit]

I've been working for a few months now on making captions for TF-Media, and I thought I'd share some here.

I came up with a bit of a RP idea. It started as a restaurant and quickly became a full-fledged hotel/spa resort. 'Ambrosia Resort' is the name, and the experience is always life-changing, whether it's for a night or the rest of your life.

[Sephie]

Originally Posted by lbh

Hope you like it

Would like it more if it did not have racial epithets in it.

[thelurker]

Originally Posted by Sephie

Would like it more if it did not have racial epithets in it.

I do not think it did.

Peace,
Lurker.

[Sephie]

Originally Posted by thelurker

I do not think it did.

Peace,
Lurker.

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It may or may not be considered to carry pejorative connotations by those so described

My family considers it a pejorative. My great grandfather's house was looted and burned down, and messages against "Gypsy Scum" left behind.

[thelurker]

I believe the full quote was:
It may or may not be considered to carry pejorative connotations by those so described, and use of the word "Gipsy" in English is so pervasive (and is a legal term under English law) that many Romani organizations use it in their own organizational names.

Originally Posted by Sephie

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My family considers it a pejorative. My great grandfather's house was looted and burned down, and messages against "Gypsy Scum" left behind.

No disrespect to your ancestry, but having been called various variations of "filthy Jew" in the Soviet Union and "stinking Russian" in Israel (the irony was not lost on me), I would humbly suggest that perhaps the "scum" part was the offensive one.

Peace,
Lurker.

[Sephie]

Originally Posted by thelurker

I believe the full quote was:
It may or may not be considered to carry pejorative connotations by those so described, and use of the word "Gipsy" in English is so pervasive [...] that many Romani organizations use it in their own organizations
Peace,
Lurker.

Similar can be said about other racial epithets.

[lbh]

I was fully unaware that Gypsy was a racial slur I meant only to invoke the old "Gypsy Curse" myth against a guy who was being a jerk and getting a taste of his own medicine. I am sorry if I offended anyone