Writer's Workshop General Chat Thread

[Kelleo]

You have to cook lobsters and crab alive or else they become poisonous. Which is a little messed up because they scream when you put them in boiling water O_O

Well, wouldn't any animal you toss into a pot of water that hot? xP

[Tophat Dragoneye]

Don't cooks stab them in the head first?

[NoirGrimoir]

It's kind of sad though.

But as for Chipotle, I live in So Cal so if I want good mexican food, I can turn a corner and there'll be a great authentic shop. And if I get tired of that one, I can turn another corner and there'll be another shop. Or I can turn another corner, and they'll be another shop! >_<

^Maybe, but I don't think so. When a lobster or crab dies is leaks poisonous stuff, that's why when lobster/crab fishing one dead lobster can ruin the whole catch because it will kill the others with the poison and then they're no good to eat either.

[Ahnyo]

Lobsters don't actually scream when they're being boiled; what you hear is the sound of the air escaping from their bodies. Speaking of which, we have lobster tails sitting in the freezer... mmm. I love me some seafood.

[Kelleo]

I love seafood too, mostly. But I actually hate crab and tuna. I've never tasted lobster though.

[AceTrainer14]

Speaking of food at that, but do any of you ever find it difficult if your writing a meal and realise that if they are going to be having meat, it's probably going to come from a Pokemon? It just disturbs me slightly whenever I think I am going to have to mention bacon and wonder if it came from a Grumpig or a Pignite...

[Kelleo]

Nope, I don't get that problem much because I don't write Pokemon fics much. lol

And when I do, I prefer to write about the actual Pokemon rather than the human characters. Unless it's Cilan, of course. XD

[Instrutilus]

Lobsters don't actually scream when they're being boiled; what you hear is the sound of the air escaping from their bodies. Speaking of which, we have lobster tails sitting in the freezer... mmm. I love me some seafood.

Isn't that what screaming basically is? The air from the body escaping, vibrating the vocal cords on the way?

Anyway, no, I don't particularly mind Pokémon being eaten: it's how the world works.

[Tophat Dragoneye]

Try look from the perspective of a person living in the Pokémon World, and then try at our world from our own perspective. I believe it is just as normal in their world as with our own world and most people doesn't really think about it.

[Kelleo]

Yeah, and I bet Pokemon eat other Pokemon too. Like, isn't it logical for a Pidgeotto to feed on Caterpie?

[Soulmaster]

Speaking of food at that, but do any of you ever find it difficult if your writing a meal and realise that if they are going to be having meat, it's probably going to come from a Pokemon? It just disturbs me slightly whenever I think I am going to have to mention bacon and wonder if it came from a Grumpig or a Pignite...

I love me some Grilled Bouffalant Steak with Messed taters on the side. As well as Tauros Chili, mmm. And Smoked Tepig Ribs, delicious. I've also heard that the Top of Pansage is quite good if cooked right. Boiled Crawdaunt, I'm not one for seafood but I know others who are. Oddish Salad, yum, Bellsprout salad also. Grilled Psyduck, bit stringy but still good. Smoked Tentacruel, same as Boiled Crawdaunt. Fried Farfetch'd, om nom nom. Omanyte Escargo, eh.

ok I'm done torturing you. For now.

[Ahnyo]

Isn't that what screaming basically is? The air from the body escaping, vibrating the vocal cords on the way?

No, because lobsters don't have vocal cords.

[Lugion]

There's a Sinnoh legend about people eating Pokémon.

"Pick clean the bones of Pokémon
caught in the sea or stream.
Thank them for the meals they
provide, and pick their bones clean.
When the bones are as clean as can
be, set them free in the water from
which they came.
The Pokémon will return, fully
fleshed, and it begins anew."

[Instrutilus]

Isn't that what screaming basically is? The air from the body escaping, vibrating the vocal cords on the way?

No, because lobsters don't have vocal cords.

I meant the general "air escaping body, vibrating something as it goes" rather then "Lobsters have vocal cords." Dey spaik?

[Ahnyo]

I meant the general "air escaping body, vibrating something as it goes" rather then "Lobsters have vocal cords." Dey spaik?

Whoops, I guess I misinterpreted what you said. Regardless, there's a difference between screaming in pain and having air forcefully ejected from your body.