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 Learning to Ghost Dance, "Change the world: Become a burnout!" |
 Aug 31 2007, 05:42 PM
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I just finshed rereading the novel 2 weeks ago, and they basically called it a Great Ghost dance in the novel. ( not the climatic ritual, but the one were they initially took control of the islands )
The hawaiians come out and say they took thier lead from the NAN Gr3eat Ghost Dance. |
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Sep 1 2007, 07:59 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 831 Joined: 5-September 05 From: LAX, UCAS Member No.: 7,687 |
I guess that pretty much clinches that one. Kudos!
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Sep 2 2007, 01:32 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 30 Joined: 28-August 06 Member No.: 9,240 |
Great Ghost Dance = once in a lifetime event where all the ghosts in the world go to a party and form a conga line. Note that the party is held in a metaplane.
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Sep 16 2007, 04:38 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 490 Joined: 29-August 06 From: Texas Member No.: 9,245 |
The actual White Shirts that they were talking about were a kind of Buff Jacket. It really was pretty much bullet proof. Knowing the history of the guy who introduced it to The People, it is entirely possible that he was conned/ inspired to think that all white shirts were bulletproof. I also always assumed that it was Drain that killed them, and that the Dance was a big ritual. |
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Sep 18 2007, 05:57 PM
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You are correct about the deaths during the ritual being drain driven. But the deaths also FEED the ritual ( at least as it is desribed in House of the Sun ). |
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Sep 18 2007, 11:39 PM
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Midnight Toker Group: Members Posts: 7,686 Joined: 4-July 04 From: Zombie Drop Bear Santa's Workshop Member No.: 6,456 |
Most of those who died in the ritual were mundanes. They weren't taking drain in the same sense that a magician takes drain, they were no different than a virgin gutted by a blood mage, except that the damage was caused by the ritual rather than being a simple component of the ritual.
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Sep 19 2007, 03:42 PM
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I was struck by lighting Walkin' down the street I was hit by something last night in my sleep It's a dead man's party Who could ask for more Everybody's comin', leave your body at the door Leave your body and soul at the door . . . :twirl: :twirl: :twirl: |
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