BlakeTheDrake
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3/22/2015
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Quite a few of the items - whether potent equipment or random dross - have quite interesting descriptions... some chilling, some amusing. I recently found a new favorite, after crafting the Bejewelled Cane: "Excuse me? Could you put a cover on that? It's blinding the butler." A sentence which is scientifically impossible to say in anything BUT a stuffy, upper-crust British accent.
So I am wondering - what is YOUR favorite item-description? Do you tend towards the humorous, the terrifying or the bizarre?
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Alexis Kennedy
Posts: 1374
4/16/2015
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babelfishwars wrote:
Estelle Knoht wrote:
ruen wrote:
May I humbly submit my LEAST favorite? "Ankle Manacles" has been bothering me for a long time.
edited by ruen on 4/12/2015
How? Is there a specific word you are allergic to?
Non-FBG voice: I'm guessing it's that the derivation is from 'hand' - so it's a bit like 'ankle handcuffs'. But they *are* used re: ankles elsewhere - it's a general usage oddity, not a FL one.
Like so much other word-choice stuff in FBG, this generated a lot of heat behind the scenes. It is, as Olivia says, a weird usage, but a usage, and we couldn't find another word that was usefully specific.
But six years on, sod it, it doesn't need to be usefully specific, so I'm employing my fiat to go off and change it to Leg Irons.
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angelcat
Posts: 26
3/22/2015
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"I have a tiger. Do you have a tiger?"
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Mordaine Barimen
Posts: 670
3/23/2015
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I can't decide if my favourite is "He insists on formality. He's a projectile, not a conversationalist." or "Mr Fires gave me this bell. He assures me that should I ring it, it is unlikely to cause a stalactite to fall from the roof and pulverise the house of an enemy. These things do happen, of course. You recall that house on Childcake Street? The one with the political posters? But that, too, was probably just a coincidence."
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Estelle Knoht
Posts: 1751
3/23/2015
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If you ever betray him, make sure he doesn't survive.
*swoons*
This is the way the world ends.
edited by Estelle Knoht on 3/23/2015
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Lady Sapho Byron
Posts: 770
3/23/2015
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"I love my love with an I. Because these eyes follow my love EVERYWHERE. I hate my enemy with an H. My enemy knows why."
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Fighting the Menace of Corsetry Since 1892.
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ruen
Posts: 47
4/5/2015
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He insists on formality. He's a projectile, not a conversationalist.
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Lady Eris
Posts: 162
4/22/2015
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Hurrah for etymology!
I have just been shopping, as it were, and was reminded of these:
'Propriety so stiff one could beat a presumptuous maid with it' (Formidable Gown)
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'Suitable for a lady of restraint and dignity or a gentleman of highly specialised tastes' (Respectable Grey Gown).
Also, the morning suit: 'Brisk and clean. The attire of clerks, diplomats and the livelier sort of solicitor' makes me smile. I like the idea of the less lively solicitors looking at the wearer with studied disapproval and muttering that he isn't quite the thing.
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William Templeton, Viscount Manningham, newcomer, gentleman, all-round good egg - accepting absolutely all invitations.
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MissCrumpet
Posts: 113
5/22/2015
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mrf1shie wrote:
Darkdrop Coffee - Musky! Explosive! Almost certainly not actually brewed from bat guano! That's just Mr Wines' little joke.
So given the Masters' identities, the coffee is...?
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Estelle Knoht
Posts: 1751
5/24/2015
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Loon wrote:
MissCrumpet wrote:
mrf1shie wrote:
Darkdrop Coffee - Musky! Explosive! Almost certainly not actually brewed from bat guano! That's just Mr Wines' little joke.
So given the Masters' identities, the coffee is...?
edited by MissCrumpet on 5/22/2015
Oh God. I may never drink coffee again.
Given how much Coffee are exported to Vienna, it is almost certainly not bat guano because they don't have enough time to poop.
(Iron has the boldest and best flavor and I will fight anyone who drinks Veils)
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MissCrumpet
Posts: 113
5/21/2015
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I really enjoy the evocative poetic descriptions, such as the Night Whisper: eliminate the sound of the wind from the night, and you'll hear silence. Eliminate the silence, and you'll hear this.
But there are so many funny and clever descriptions that are perfect in the way they convey the everyday absurdity of Fallen London. The Gift of Scorn, for example: someone has sent you a dead bat in a little box. That's the Feast of the Exceptional Rose for you.
Silk scrap: there probably can't be that many spiders down here. Probably.
Winsome Dispossed Urchin: One has to pick a pocket or two. Regrettably.
Outlandish copy: the Bishop of Southwark is breeding an army of warrior-nuns! The Unterzee is rising two feet a year! Cheese is made of spiders!
I really love Abominable Salts, though: WARNING: consumption may cause vomiting, paralysis, and ennui.
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Gillsing
Posts: 1203
4/6/2015
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'Coming through! Coming through with woefully inefficient brakes!'
The description for the Velocipede is by far my favourite.
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dragonridingsorceress
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3/23/2015
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Eyes and teeth are discomforting in an article of clothing, but useful.
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Seeker of Names is a... being with an obsession. They're willing to accept all invitations.
One who seeks to know all that is and may be. One who dances in the silence of the void. One whose fantasies make the reality come alive.
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BlakeTheDrake
Posts: 237
4/18/2015
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Alexis Kennedy wrote:
Like so much other word-choice stuff in FBG, this generated a lot of heat behind the scenes. It is, as Olivia says, a weird usage, but a usage, and we couldn't find another word that was usefully specific.
But six years on, sod it, it doesn't need to be usefully specific, so I'm employing my fiat to go off and change it to Leg Irons.
*checks the Bazaar* Huh. They've changed, all right. I must say, when I randomly decided to start a thread about the cool and amusing descriptions of items in this game, I hadn't expected it to actually cause one of them to CHANGE. >_> Even though it's just a small thing, it feels... kind of good. And Leg Irons IS better. ^_^
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Theus
Posts: 311
4/20/2015
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Clearly pedacles. Pedecles sounds like a guy who was too boring to make it into the Greek histories. Pedicles are the things my wife inflicts upon me during the cold sleeping months.
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bitterhorn
Posts: 61
4/20/2015
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A B Nile wrote:
Fetters would work, too. That word derives from "foot", I think.
Totally. In Old Norse it's fioturr (from 'fotr' ["foot"]).
I'm gonna stop myself now before I go on and on about ~*EXCITING ETYMOLOGICAL TRIVIA*~ But yes, 'fetter' as 'manacle's' downstairs neighbor, for sure.
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Lomias
Posts: 84
3/23/2015
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"The kind of gem that gathers legends as stones gather moss. Perhaps it's cursed! Imagine! How exciting!"
"You can't go wrong with an iron hat. Except that you look ridiculous. That's a problem, certainly. Also, it rusts; it punishes the innocent vertebrae of the neck; it attracts urchins who enjoy the cheery ping of a hat-bounced pebble. It is, nevertheless, proof against dart, bullet, and light glim-fall."
and "The 'emergency' in question is generally 'I really do need a gun, but I have no money to speak of'. Still, if you point it away from you, it usually won't kill you."
are my personal favorites.
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Lady Eris
Posts: 162
3/24/2015
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Some of my favourites have already been quoted, but I also rather like the Ostentatious Diamond: 'Oh, I say.'
Always makes me smile.
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Lady Eris Psmith, Society darling, devoted wife. Dangerous when crossed. Accepts most social invitations. Distributor of Parabolan Kittens. Welcomes new acquaintances, especially those who write 'in character'.
William Templeton, Viscount Manningham, newcomer, gentleman, all-round good egg - accepting absolutely all invitations.
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Rackenhammer
Posts: 354
3/24/2015
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Many of my favorites were mentioned already, but the top one for me, just for the story it tells:
"Late. Sorry. There was nine of them. Six now." - Laconic Prodigy
Honorable Mentions:
"What larks we shall have! Fetch the giraffe-spoon, we have a bet to win!" - The Young Stag's Club
"The Pages Crackle with salt. The ink is a briny smear. Only fragments remain: 'O furnial passion, hot as the glance of stars!' '...The palupitating beat of my heart...' and the disturbing, 'My love, will you reciprocreate?'" - A Tear-Drowned Collection of Incomprehensible Love Poems
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Mathieu Psmith: The Bard of Lost Children, loving husband, and a fixture of the artistic set. Can never resist making a show of things...
Irene Psmith: Adopted Daughter of Mathieu. Specializes in Information, Acquisitions, and the Acquisition of Information.
Vaughan Montblanc: Once a frontiersman of Western Canada, he now practices medicine in London. His discretion may be absolutely trusted.
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Blaine Davidson
Posts: 388
3/25/2015
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"Look at it this way. He's with us or against us. But he doesn't know that. And she doesn't understand that. Trust me. We're going to make a profit here."
[spoiler]Devious Raven Advisor[/spoiler]
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OctaviaCrowe
Posts: 137
3/26/2015
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Percenila wrote:
"Not what it was, but once it was something special." - Stained Red Velvet Gown
I want to make it become special once again!!
Hmmm, maybe a little storylet? Take one Stained dress, so many echoes, and try to persuade a tailor to refurbish it?
Your reward: a Glamorous Red Velvet Dress.
There's even an unused red dress image floating around the FL software they could use.
http://images.fallenlondon.com/icons/corset.png
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Master Polarimini
Posts: 310
3/27/2015
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It's followed you home from nightmares.
But it's still a good dog.
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Passionario
Posts: 777
3/29/2015
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I saw it! Ask anyone! ...except her. Don't ask her.
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Passion: Profile, Appearance
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