Can you guys tell me what this quote really means, and what the words/phrases I've underlined or bolded mean?
"Disturb not the harmony of Fire, Ice, or Lightning. Lest these three Titans wreck destruction upon the world in which they clash. Though the water's Great Guardian shall arise to quell the fighting alone its song will fail. Thus the Earth shall turn to ash. O, Chosen One, into thine hands bring together all three. Their treasures combined tame the beast of the sea."
For the last part I underlined:
When Ash brings the 3 orbs together, doesn't it make Lugia come up out of the water, getting all involved in the huge fight? That doesn't sound very tame to me.
...I feel like such a nerd writing most of that from memory. ;)
Here goes...
For
lest, it pretty much means
otherwise. If either Moltres, Zapdos, or Articuno were to be disturbed (and it turned out to be Moltres first), they would go out and mess things up, one of the things being Zapdos taking over Fire Island.
For the first underlined part:
Quote...to quell the fighting, alone, its song will fail.
To quell basically means
to end. Lugia would, indeed, be the mediator of the situation, but there, the prophecy says that it wouldn't succeed in doing so without help. The iconic melody would not and could not be enough to put it all back to normal. Because, really, would a song alone be enough to stop a guy in his tracks from trying to capture all three Legendary Birds and Lugia himself?
If he were a ReDead, it would
definitely be a different story.
The second:
QuoteTheir treasures combined tame the beast of the sea.
No, it doesn't tame Lugia in the general sense of calming it; instead, it could have the meaning of
control. Ash did bring the three orbs together, and that, in essence, gave Ash the privilege to get Lugia's support until his job was done. But now that I think about it, Lugia seemed willing to help him out before he had the treasures, so I guess I kind of forget their significance to the plot to begin with.
Quote from: MagmarFire on January 18, 2009, 09:22:21 PM
For lest, it pretty much means otherwise. If either Moltres, Zapdos, or Articuno were to be disturbed (and it turned out to be Moltres first), they would go out and mess things up, one of the things being Zapdos taking over Fire Island.
Actually, "lest" means "for fear that."
Yeah, "for fear that" sounds better.
Ever since I was little, I wondered exactly that quote means.
Quote from: Hi no Seijin on January 19, 2009, 06:09:45 PM
Actually, "lest" means "for fear that."
Seriously?
...
Well, I feel
stupid. >_<'
But still, if you replace it with a word meaning "otherwise," or even "resulting in," it essentially keeps its meaning. Either way, disturbing "the harmony of Fire, Ice, or Lightning" is a causation of the three going berserk. To me, it feels like "in fear of" and "resulting in" aren't mutually exclusive descriptors.
Wow, I haven't heard this quote for a dang long time.
Yay for old pokemon Episodes/movies! I lieked misty more than the new ones. Her and her ginger self.
The first movie was the best. The second was okay, the third was pretty good, and the forth one was pretty touching for me. However...I have no response to the fifth one. It was an epic fail. The sixth was meh, right on the border, and the seventh, well, it had a storyline. One that I could follow.
I want misty to come back for good! If she don't i make me angray.
Well, then your going to have to get your stress ball ready, Ash is farther away from Misty than ever. In the Sinnoh region.
She came back a bit ago. and who says Sinnoh is really far away from Kanto? No official collab map has been released.
That reminds me; I need to go to Psypokes.
serious pokemon discussion itt
Serebii.net is awesome
Quote from: linkdragon0 on January 22, 2009, 05:58:31 PM
I want misty to come back for good! If she don't i make me angray.
The writers confirmed that she will not be returning to the main cast. Sorry, dude.
She's one of the few Gingers I miss! The other is this guy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0
I can't believe I clicked on that... :P :P :P :P :P
OMG I GOT YOU! I DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD WORK!
Yeah, well... :P
Just wait until I fry your brain. HnS should know what I mean. >:D
*Cowers in corner while your ominous silouette rises above me.*
Quote from: MagmarFire on January 22, 2009, 07:10:05 PM
Yeah, well... :P
Just wait until I fry your brain. HnS should know what I mean. >:D
Perhaps, but I probably already forgot.
Because he fried your brain.
Exactly. MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! >:D
It was bound to happen. One of the most respected members finally lost his brain, yet another victim to the venomous mod's power.
Who are all you? I have a strange burning feeling in mah brian...
Oh, lord, no! I must get you out of here! Headache....getting....too....stro-ng....must...*Collapses on the floor and dies*
Did you click it havoc?
Yes, that's right... I am mastering files in C++... I am taking information from your brains into blank files...and then deleting them!!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Hahahah...hoo... I sure can be evil sometimes. :P
*Rises from the floor*
YOU FOOL! YOU DARE THINK THAT I COULD DIE THAT EASILY???? FOOLISH MORTAL! FOR THAT, I SHALL SUMMON THE HATE OF THE NAZIS TO RAIN SHADOW DOWN UPON YOU! FALL, AND BOW BEFORE YOUR MASTER, OR ELSE YOU WILL DIE!!!!!!
You dare use the greatness of C++ to harm innocents? I mean Americans H Bombed the Nazis with C++
(I hate History this version is better)
Quote from: Lt. Havoc on January 22, 2009, 08:01:01 PM
*Rises from the floor*
YOU FOOL! YOU DARE THINK THAT I COULD DIE THAT EASILY???? FOOLISH MORTAL! FOR THAT, I SHALL SUMMON THE HATE OF THE NAZIS TO RAIN SHADOW DOWN UPON YOU! FALL, AND BOW BEFORE YOUR MASTER, OR ELSE YOU WILL DIE!!!!!!
Um... no? :P
Uhh....
*Shadow rains from the heavens and fries ZF into a charred corpse, and blasts linkdragon0's head off*
NOW I HAVE DEMONSTRATED MY POWER! MAGMARFIRE, YOU MUST BOW, BEFORE YOU SUFFER THE SAME FATE!
My brain isn't there. I think with something else...
Quote from: Lt. Havoc on January 22, 2009, 08:07:48 PM
*Shadow rains from the heavens and fries ZF into a charred corpse, and blasts linkdragon0's head off*
BUT IM STILL ALIVE!!!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!! ;D
....Maybe so, but you are in pain.
ANYWAY, SO TWO MORTALS ARE NOT DEAD, BUT YOU SOON WILL BE!
gwapes
YES, GWAPES!
Wait, gwapes? What the...?
SO KAWAII! NEKO! *pets cats head.*
MY CAT TALKS!
Indeed.
Can your dog talk? hmmm???
*looks at dog* Well Black Hayate? CAN YOU!?
He can through his eyes. And his brother can when he panics due to seperation anxiety. Which is all the time.
lol.
thats all.
Quote from: Lt. Havoc on January 22, 2009, 08:19:55 PM
YES, GWAPES!
Wait, gwapes? What the...?
A duck walked into a hardware store and asked the man behind the counter, "Do you have any gwapes?"
The man replied, "Uh... no." The duck turned around and left.
The next day the same duck came back and asked the same man, "Do you have any gwapes?"
The man, getting quickly irritated, said, "No, we do not have any grapes! And, if you come in here one more time and ask for grapes, I'm gonna staple your feet to the floor!"
The duck quickly waddled out of the store. The next day the duck came back and stepped up to the same man and asked, "Do you have any staples?"
The man said, "No."
Then the duck said, "Do you have any gwapes?"
OMG I GET IT!
YES, WELL, AMUSING JOKES ASIDE, ALL MORTALS ON THIS PLANET WILL SUFFER FOR IGNORING ME! FEAR ME! OR SO HELP ME THE WORLD WILL BE DESTROYED, A THREAT THAT HAS BEEN OVERUSED SO MANY TIMES AND HAS NEVER BEEN CARRIED OUT!
Link come do your job and then go away... agian...
:-X "Really? Come on guys.."
throws book at you
;D "I WON!"
YOU WILL DIE FIRST FOR TELLING A JOKE I DO NOT UNDERSTAND!
Hi! :) ;) :D ;D >:( :( :o 8) ??? ::) :P :-[ :-X :-\ :-* :'(
That's quite the mood swing.
you're funny >:(
Burn in hell ;D
Now we can be together. mainly cause I'm renting out crematoria...
Now that's burning in Hell, Shika. Watch and learn as Linkdragon0 shows you how to burn yourself in a crematoria!
There will be one speed... my speed. *Puts on harcore sunglasses.* "COME ON!" *runs out onto lavelike wasteland.*
Are you watching, Shika?
"Keira?"
"WHAT?"
"Get that *ss MOVING!"
*Climbs more as sun comes up releasing lava across black obsidian waste that is crematoria*
I won't spoil anymore of like one of the best Sci fi movies ever.
Ah, man! I expected more burning of human flesh! 8)
*Furyan guy walks into the open of crematoria and burns* Happy?