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Radio!: Mar 15, 2008; Look at that post.

Hold up a second here. If red coasters are the only ones born, and they're born without a father, what's going on in all those horrible pictures Leek drew of a pregnant coaster and a male coaster?

Please don't tell me Railrunner also gets the magically ability to not have to be dead before reproducing.

# ¿ May 4, 2013 03:28

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# ¿ Jan 27, 2023 01:24

Radio!: Mar 15, 2008; Look at that post.

Detective Black :ohdear:

# ¿ May 20, 2013 23:54

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Iced Cocoa posted:

Note: Mistymetal is a character in Vertigo that does not appear in Twisted. My speculation is that she's the mother of Firetrack, the second red, there are couple of clues strewn around that hint at that.

By "hints" you mean she outright states it several times over the course of one chapter, right?

# ¿ May 22, 2013 09:56

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attackbunny posted:

Twisted rollercoaster names: Railrunner, Thunderbark, Firetrack, Shadowtrack, Angeltrack, Ironwheel, Mistymetal, Moonblood, Redrail, Freakshow, Prototype.

Actual rollercoaster names: The Cyclone, Leap-the-Dips, The Racer, Kingda Ka, Steel Dragon 2000, Top Thrill Dragster, Millennium Force, Saw: The Ride, Nemesis, Oblivion.

About the only thing I could see an amusement park actually naming a ride is Freakshow, although they would then get violently petitioned for disrespecting people with deformities or disabilities.

Hahaha just think about how much better this would be.

"My name's not Rodney! It's really Saw: the Ride©!"

Even better if he wouldn't allow nicknames or shortening or any kind.

# ¿ May 23, 2013 03:54

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When I saw the warning I thought "yeah right how much worse can it get".

I was so wrong.

# ¿ Jun 24, 2013 06:27

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quote:

It was a good thing I had it on safety so it wouldn�t shoot on accident and kill me.

What a loving tragedy that would have been.

# ¿ Jun 25, 2013 07:44

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You know, when I first started reading this thread I assumed only excerpts rather than the whole text were being posted because of how disjointed and awful it was. I wish I had been right if only to save myself the shame of having read this whole loving book.

# ¿ Jul 1, 2013 15:07

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Antlerhill posted:

I was reading another book today, and when I came upon the word "sigh" I was reminded of this travesty of a book and had to put it down and take a break. The writing in Twisted is so bad that it ruins the good writing in other books. It has practically murdered an English word for me.

I found my old copy of Roller Coaster Tycoon a couple days ago but when I tried to play it I just felt unclean.

# ¿ Jul 2, 2013 04:06

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Dreggon posted:

3. Brand new deus ex machina. Magic laser beam gun sword rollercoaster killer gun shooter bullets.

~The healing power of rollercoaster love~

# ¿ Jul 2, 2013 04:46

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I hate this book and I hate Railrunner and I hate Thunderbark and I hate everything they stand for.

# ¿ Jul 2, 2013 13:47

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Geokinesis posted:

Secret santa or anonymous bookswaps!

Hahaha I am imagining someone getting this for Book Barn secret santa, realizing what it is, and just collapsing in despair.

# ¿ Jul 4, 2013 13:19

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# ¿ Jan 27, 2023 01:24

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JoeyJoJoJr Shabadoo posted:

Oh my god, I just found that she has made some beautiful (HORRIFYING) images of pregnant Angeltrack (?) and some sickening baby images of Railrunner (?).

I'm on a horrible internet connection so it's hard for me to download and upload them, would some wonderful goon please rehost them and post them here?

E: it took me two minutes to upload it, but it's imperative to post Railrunner licking his own dick.

I'll probably regret asking, but what is this picture actually supposed to show?

# ¿ Jul 31, 2013 01:07

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