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Title: Reincarnation (What would you be?)
Post by: Phoenix on 2004-05-01, 06:35
Just a fun little poll, I picked what I felt would be some of the most common choices.  If what you like is not on the list, feel free to do a write in!


Title: Re: Reincarnation
Post by: OoBeY on 2004-05-01, 07:04
Bird, all the way. The prospect of flight is a definite must have, and while dragon was VERY tempting, I figured I would need something capable of integrating itself into society without causing mass waves of panic.

Oh, and if we're gonna get specific, I'll say hawk, or any other bird of prey. Hell yeah.


Title: Re: Reincarnation
Post by: l4mby on 2004-05-01, 07:29
Bird. Wewt ! I've always wanted to fly. Now, if pegasus were on this list ;p


Title: Re: Reincarnation
Post by: games keeper on 2004-05-01, 10:54
monkey

reason  

to manny people say I look like a monkey when I go trough obstacles
( its just the movement , not the looks )

if it wasnt that I would come back like a human since I havent been that , nly heart many people here talking about it .



Title: Re: Reincarnation
Post by: ConfusedUs on 2004-05-01, 11:35
Dragon. Then I can eat annoying little monkies. :)


Title: Re: Reincarnation
Post by: Footman on 2004-05-03, 05:25
Where's fox, rat, alien, demon, and God? :P


Title: Re: Reincarnation
Post by: OoBeY on 2004-05-03, 05:42
God is reserved for administration purposes.


Title: Re: Reincarnation
Post by: Phoenix on 2004-05-03, 05:51
Yes, and demons are not incarnate beings, they're spiritual, although I suppose one CAN join their ranks in the afterlife.  That's not really reincarnation though!  As for fox, rat, etc, well gee I can only fit 10 choices up there so if you want something not on the list just say so and we'll count it as a write-in. :)


Title: Re: Reincarnation
Post by: Angst on 2004-05-03, 06:08
>.> dog != wolf... :P


Title: Re: Reincarnation
Post by: Footman on 2004-05-03, 06:14
Quote from: Phoenix
Yes, and demons are not incarnate beings, they're spiritual, although I suppose one CAN join their ranks in the afterlife.  That's not really reincarnation though!  As for fox, rat, etc, well gee I can only fit 10 choices up there so if you want something not on the list just say so and we'll count it as a write-in. :)
You could've put OTHER as one of the choices.


Title: Re: Reincarnation
Post by: OoBeY on 2004-05-03, 06:21
Anyone choosing anything not capable of flight is being foolish.


Title: Re: Reincarnation
Post by: games keeper on 2004-05-03, 19:54
they have send a monkey to  space  , how is that for flying  :ownage:




Title: Re: Reincarnation
Post by: Phoenix on 2004-05-04, 02:15
Quote from: Footman
You could've put OTHER as one of the choices.
It's my poll!


Title: Re: Reincarnation (What would you be?)
Post by: Tabun on 2007-07-11, 21:12
Cat sounds best to me (although I have little to go on, when considering how much fun it would be to be a unicorn or dragon ;)). Cats are able to sleep anywhere and anywhen.


Title: Re: Reincarnation (What would you be?)
Post by: scalliano on 2007-07-14, 04:12
Dragon, without a shadow of doubt, but one of those kickass sleek ones, rather than the big fat cumbersome ones we see in cartoons.


Title: Re: Reincarnation (What would you be?)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-07-14, 04:30
Well the old poll results unfortunately could not be preserved owing to the board transition, so everyone feel free to re-vote.  :doom_thumb:


Title: Re: Reincarnation (What would you be?)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2007-07-14, 22:47
I'm going to go with "dog" since there is not an "other" choice.  Dragons are nifty but as Oobey said, you'd be hard-pressed to go unnoticed.  Besides, if I want to fly I can always ride an airplane.


Title: Re: Reincarnation (What would you be?)
Post by: Tabun on 2007-07-15, 01:34
Dogs have a particularly hard time booking flights, you know..  :rolleyes:


Title: Re: Reincarnation (What would you be?)
Post by: BiGRoB85 on 2007-07-15, 02:54
Dragon all the way.

They are, among other things...

  • Very intelligent
  • Live for thousands of years
  • Able to fly
  • Able shape-shift into human form, so as not to freak everyone out

Oh, and, more specifically, I'd prefer to be one of the good dragons, so I'm less likely to be slain by a party of adventurers.


Title: Re: Reincarnation (What would you be?)
Post by: Visimar on 2007-07-16, 20:37
I think you'd all know what I'd prefer to be. :D


Title: Re: Reincarnation (What would you be?)
Post by: Lopson on 2007-07-16, 22:23
Bird! I love cats, but reincarnate as a cat is not an option. They have a great freedom, I mean, they can pratically go anywhere they want!


Title: Re: Reincarnation (What would you be?)
Post by: Thomas Mink on 2007-07-16, 22:25
I'd go with mink.. tho it would have to be an anthropomorphed version of one. ;)

So I'm foolish.. I'd rather be cute than fly.


Title: Re: Reincarnation (What would you be?)
Post by: Tabun on 2007-07-16, 22:41
Why is reincarnating as a cat not an option? Because you've overlooked it? :]

By the way, why have you both switched to cutesy anime-identities? :huh:


Title: Re: Reincarnation (What would you be?)
Post by: Thomas Mink on 2007-07-16, 22:49
By the way, why have you both switched to cutesy anime-identities? :huh:

I'm a furry. Thanks. Can't stand anime.. actually one of few (furries) to say that.

Saying 'why' I changed is long and drug out, and don't feel like saying it again. But this name and 'identity' better reflects who I am now than SpAwN did.


Title: Re: Reincarnation (What would you be?)
Post by: Tabun on 2007-07-16, 23:02
Ah. I can't say I'm particularly inclined to make a huge distinction between "furries" (whatever that may be, precisely), and "anime character fans," for it is pretty much the same to me -- as everything is, when viewed from big enough of a distance. It doesn't help that this: (http://forums.wireheadstudios.org/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=97;type=avatar) is supposedly mr. Mink. :]


Title: Re: Reincarnation (What would you be?)
Post by: Kain-Xavier on 2007-07-16, 23:38
Dogs have a particularly hard time booking flights, you know..  :rolleyes:

Only due to lack of opposable thumbs and an inability to speak human languages... That could change... maybe... doubtful... but meh, I'd rather be a dog than a bird.  The ability to fly is no fun without other abilities such as telekinesis or the ability to control time and whatnot.


Title: Re: Reincarnation (What would you be?)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-07-17, 02:25
Don't knock it until you've tried it.  I can think of nothing finer than flying.


Title: Re: Reincarnation (What would you be?)
Post by: Kajet on 2007-07-18, 07:20
Wow, dragon's a pretty popular choice... and for good reason, depending on whose work you read they can fly (duh no really?) breath fire, shapeshift, telepathy, teleport, and a myriad of other supernatural gifts.


Title: Re: Reincarnation (What would you be?)
Post by: Tabun on 2007-07-18, 14:40
Aside from the question which of the various selections of abilities and properties would fit the dragon in question (we may be dealing with a Komodo dragon -- which does not fly, knows no impressive magical tricks and its biggest 'supernatural gift' is smelling like an abandoned, infested eggfarm) -- Aside from that, one interesting property I would like to have if I were to reincarnate is to actually exist. :p ;)


Title: Re: Reincarnation (What would you be?)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-07-18, 15:40
The idea of being reincarnated kind of implies existence.  I thought that was a given...  :P

Now as for the poll's purposes, "dragon" in this sense is referring to the classical variety as depicted in myth and legend and I dare say popular culture, not the giant monitor lizards occupying the island of Komodo.  As for whether I mean European dragon or Eastern dragon, that's open to interpretation.  Whatever the voter's idea of a dragon is or should be is what they'd be voting for.


Title: Re: Reincarnation (What would you be?)
Post by: Tabun on 2007-07-18, 15:41
Still you have to admit it'd be funny in a way to see someone signing up for Dragon-Power! and ending up as a Komodo tourist attraction.. ;]


Title: Re: Reincarnation (What would you be?)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-07-18, 15:50
That "tourist attraction" has lethal bacteria in its saliva, and it's body is typically covered in the same bacteria.  Getting bit or even getting a scrape by one means you're dead in 3 days without immediate medical attention.  It's immune to its own bacteria, and it's at the top of the food chain on the island.  I imagine that would still be a bit of a let down though.


Title: Re: Reincarnation (What would you be?)
Post by: Tabun on 2007-07-18, 16:18
I very well aware of all that -- and I wouldn't dream of trying to tackle one, knowing it could easily stomp or poison me. I just meant, like you say, that it would probably be a let down for anyone hoping for the mystical abilities people are praising here. ;]

Oh well, all this is coming from someone who picked "Cat", so.. perhaps I should add that I'm talking about reincarnation as a Thundercat! :]


Title: Re: Reincarnation (What would you be?)
Post by: Phoenix on 2007-07-18, 16:38
Works for me.  :doom_thumb:


Title: Re: Reincarnation (What would you be?)
Post by: Lordbane2110 on 2007-08-08, 20:01
ummm that's a tricky one

are mythical creatures ok?

because if they are i'd quite like to be a sphinx, you know human head, lion body, batlike wings

cause then you'de get to be a cat and fly

genius