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Topic: [PRT] Hyunmu AMA. Yes, I'm back.
In: Boards ► United States ► Southwest ► Arizona ► Phoenix ► General
Hyunmu (Original Poster) (Verified Cape) (Wards Phoenix)
Posted On Jul 16th 2005:
Good morning, everyone. I had a wonderful nap. The new PR guy says I need to do the bare minimum to "connect with the community" or somesuch nonsense so here it is.

Ask me anything.

Edit: By Ornn's shaggy asscrack, you lot can't trust anything, can you? [I am Hyunmu]. There. Video of me freezing [Magic Trash Panda's] shoes to the floor. Now excuse me while I run for my life.

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►Mezcal Mike (Veteran Member)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Is this for real?

►Haha Bro #2 (Veteran Member)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
No way, dude. It's probably a joke.

►Haha Bro #3 (Veteran Member)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Yeah, but he's got the Verified Cape tag. He might be a new Ward.

►BadSamurai
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Are you a new cape [Hyunmu]? Because if this is a publicity stunt to announce a new Ward, it's in really poor taste. It feels pretty disrespectful to take on Hyunmu's name.

►Minuteman Sam (Veteran Member) (At Ground Zero: Washington, DC)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Shit's not cool, [Hyunmu]. I know you probably think you're going to live up to the name, but I was in DC during Last Christmas. Go back to whichever chucklefuck in PR gave you that name and tell them to stuff it.

►Hyunmu (Original Poster) (Verified Cape) (Wards Phoenix)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
For fuck's sake. You guys really can't trust anything, huh? It's me and here's [video proof]. Edited the OP and tagged [Magic Trash Panda] so she can come yell at me.

►Magic Trash Panda (Verified Cape) (Protectorate Phoenix)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Yeah, that's Andy. Ask your questions while you can because when I catch him, he'll wish he was back in bed.

►Minuteman Sam (Veteran Member) (At Ground Zero: Washington, DC)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Holy shit! Welcome back!

►Haha Bro #3 (Veteran Member)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Welcome back.

►Haha Bro #1 (Veteran Member)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Welcome back.

►WhedonRipperFan
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Actual question: Are you part of the Phoenix Wards?

►BringingDaHeat
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
When did you wake up?

►Tin_Mother (Moderator)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
I was contacted by the PRT. I will be monitoring this thread carefully. While I'm here, I may as well participate.

[Hyunmu], what's the biggest change since 2002 that you've noticed, both personally and professionally?

►EmpressCygnus (Cape Groupie)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Wow, welcome back! Does this mean you'll be prioritizing the Worldstone Network again? That thing saved a ton of lives and your friendly neighbors up north could use some love.

►Hyunmu (Original Poster) (Verified Cape) (Wards Phoenix)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
[WheldonRipperFan]: Kinda? I'm in a bit of a political limbo at the moment. The short answer is yes, but I'll be working on my own projects independently. Because I'm now an edgy teenager and too cool to hang with them.

Nah, it's because there are too many things that I can do that go beyond the scope of a single city, such as the Worldstone Network as mentioned. Not to mention, I need to develop new potions and manage the other things in my pipeline. I'll stick around Phoenix (I like the city), but it was agreed that my work shouldn't be limited to any one city.

[BringingDaHeat]: I woke up this month. I suppose I could have done this AMA sooner, but I wanted to spend some time with my family and friends.

[Tin_Mother]: The biggest personal change is definitely Riley, even more than waking up in an older body. She's adorable and I love her already. I was super excited to hear that mom adopted a little sister for me to spoil rotten.

Professionally? Not nearly as positive, I'm afraid. I miss the Madhouse. It was years ago for you, but to me, that was just two weeks ago.

[EmpressCygnus]: You're Canadian, then? And yes, I've already begun adding cities to the network. I have a lot of things to juggle, but work will continue until I have every metro area in the US and Canada included. After that, well, the name speaks for itself.

►Mezcal Mike (Veteran Member)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Alright, I know this needs to be said. How pissed are you at [Metalmaru] for outing you?

►Haha Bro #1 (Veteran Member)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
lolol You really went there.

►Loyal
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Man's retired. Let it go, dude.

►Haha Bro #3 (Veteran Member)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Tbf, he did out a Ward. Post-endbringer battle, too.

►Metalmaru (Verified Cape) (Retired)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Why was I-Holy shit. Welcome back, little dude!

And wow... I'm really sorry about that. I should have checked with other people first.

►Hyunmu (Original Poster) (Verified Cape) (Wards Phoenix)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Ehh, it's cool. I don't really mind being an outed cape. Things were really chaotic and you legitimately thought I was dead so the mask didn't matter anymore.

I heard you have a kid now too. I'll visit sometime soon, maybe bring over a cake or something.

The paparazzi that stalked my mom should watch his fucking back though.

*The user has received an infraction. Please don't threaten people. You're still a hero.

►Tin_Mother (Moderator)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Please don't threaten people.

►Hyunmu (Original Poster) (Verified Cape) (Wards Phoenix)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Threats? Me? Never. It's a suggestion. See the "should?" He's free to do as he pleases. Run. Accept your fate. It matters not, for the Kindred welcomes all in due time.

►BringingDaHeat
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
lolol Can you imagine some poor boy trying to ask out Riley ten years from now and getting the shovel talk from Hyunmu?

Imagine some kid knocking on his door to ask his sister to a school dance and there's suddenly a giant shadow-wolf-thing drooling down his neck.

I already feel bad.

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►Hyunmu (Original Poster) (Verified Cape) (Wards Phoenix)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
I wouldn't do that. She'll have enough weapons to geld someone without my assistance.

►Tin_Mother (Moderator)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
BACK TO THE AMA.

Do you go to school? What do you do during your spare time?

►Ranchero (Verified Cape) (Protectorate Albuquerque)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
lol He graduated high school a long time ago. Rubbed it in Bandit's face for the longest time during our movie nights. It was hilarious.

Also, the little guy likes to bake when he has spare time. And he's scarily good at it.

►Haha Bro #2 (Veteran Member)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Wait, Hyunmu... bakes...?

►Ranchero (Verified Cape) (Protectorate Albuquerque)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Yup. Ask [Magic Trash Panda] if you don't believe me.

►Magic Trash Panda (Verified Cape) (Protectorate Phoenix)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
When did I become the Hyunmu expert? Not that I'm complaining.

Can confirm, he's great. And I don't mean "brownie mix and chocolate chip cookies" great. I mean "3-layer black forest cake with homemade dark chocolate ganache and hazelnut crisps" great. I didn't even know what a black forest cake was until he gave me some.

Actually, wasn't there a bake sale he participated in for a PR thing years back with the Arlington Wards?

►Haha Bro #2 (Veteran Member)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Huh…

Looked it up in the PRT MySpace archives. [Yeah], there was. I don't think anyone thought he was the one who baked those cookies though.

►Haha Bro #1 (Veteran Member)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Yeah, that's unexpected. I mean, cool, but weird. I expected his hobby to be like... shooting practice or building race cars from scratch or something. Baking feels…

►Mezcal Mike (Veteran Member)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Mundane? I feel you. It's surprisingly normal for a tinker who can go toe-to-toe with an endbringer.

►BringingDaHeat
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Eh, everyone needs something to get their mind off work, I guess. I really want a slice of that black forest now.

►Mezcal Mike (Veteran Member)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Yeah, not knocking it, just unexpected.

►Hyunmu (Original Poster) (Verified Cape) (Wards Phoenix)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
[I made a cake this morning]. It's white chocolate and matcha with almond shavings. Both mom and I really like matcha and we're slowly enlightening Riley to the proper way of things.

And yes, I bake regularly. It's a great hobby to have because I can share it with Riley. [Here's] a picture of my sister with chocolate on her face from last week. I think the disconnect is because you guys put me on a pedestal as some kind of super-tinker. I have normal hobbies like everyone else.

If it makes you feel better though, I do practice martial arts using Isolde (my scissors). And, because mom's a classically trained musician, I practice music, mostly sax and piano (I like jazz).

►SenorEel
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Damn, how do you find time in your day for all that?

More importantly, why scissors? Like, we all saw it, but you could have chosen any other weapon shape and you went with scissors. That can't be the most practical weapon you could have come up with.

►Good Ship Morpheus
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
How many other people can say they stabbed the Simurgh with a pair of scissors though?

►Mezcal Mike (Veteran Member)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Yeah, we've all seen the memes, but I doubt that was the reason he chose scissors as his primary weapon.

While we're on the topic of crazy tinkertech, what's [this]? [Stingray] said it was just called the Mask and the Lamb and Wolf were projections but what's with them?

►TheGnat
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Actually, can we just get a description of all the tinkertech in your suit?

►Good Ship Morpheus
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Probably a good idea. Seconded.

►SenorEel
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Thirded. Also, what else (besides the Worldstones) is in your pipeline? Any Gundams? Please build a Gundam.

►Hyunmu (Original Poster) (Verified Cape) (Wards Phoenix)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Alright, fine... Here's a quick description of all my tech.

Isolde: A pair of scissors favored by Gwen, who herself is a living puppet created by a seamstress-turned-queen of an ancient, magical kingdom. The queen's name was Isolde.

Relic Pistol: One half of the twin guns of Lucian, a Sentinel of Light. He was a great warrior sworn to defend the world of men from the Black Mist, basically a zombie apocalypse. He's not a fan of lanterns and loves his wife very much.

Curtain Call: The shoulder-mounted augment to my relic pistol. It is named after Jhin, a homicidal maniac who fancied himself a virtuoso of the arts and considered each murder a masterpiece to be painted in exacting detail. He favored a four-shot hand cannon that functions like a magical coilgun.

Ymelo: Named for the original craftsman who made Ahri's sunstone talismans. Yes, those anti-master talismans I gave to some members of the Protectorate. It's a very pretty ball. Don't mind it. It's not stealing your soul or anything.

White Walkers: Named for George's greatest mistake. They were designed to replicate the shoes worn by Sun Wukong, disciple of Yi. They let me walk on air and stuffs.

Dragonfly Familiars: They're little drones shaped like dragonflies that extend my visual range. Nothing special about them.

Anivia's Grace: My armor. The greatest frozen turkey in the world gave me a boop and now I too can make frozen turkey whenever I want. Also, rest in pieces, Lily #1-192.

The Mask: Death magic incarnate. It's tied to my soul and makes me one with the Kindred, specifically the Lamb and Wolf. They are spirit gods of death. Lamb grants peaceful rest to all who embrace the end as their time comes. Wolf hunts those who try to cheat death relentlessly. They're actually very nice, all things considered. I think they're lonely.

I think that's everything I used in the endbringer battle.

[SenorEel]: I had plans for a Gundam. Or a Galio, really, but I scrapped it. It's not as helpful as Gamera.

►Haha Bro #1 (Veteran Member)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
I'm worried. Am I the only one who's worried?

►Haha Bro #2 (Veteran Member)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
lol No. You said a whole lot of worrying things right there, [Hyunmu].

And what's a Gamera? Like from [Godzilla]? I mean… Damn…

►BringingDaHeat
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
I guess we now know Hyunmu is also into high fantasy. I mean, to be fair, what kind of tinker gives away all his tricks anyway?

Also, LotR, Narnia, or Maggie Holt?

►Haha Bro #2 (Veteran Member)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Yeah, guess we shouldn't have expected a straight answer there.

Actually, something I've been curious about: How do you see anything anyway? Those blue crystals you stuffed into your eye sockets don't even have pupils.

►Hyunmu (Original Poster) (Verified Cape) (Wards Phoenix)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Tolkien Lewis McCrae. Don't even joke about that. The Maggie Holt series definitely isn't one of the greats. Though to be fair, I don't usually like darker tones anyway. If I want gloomy and depressing, I'll just watch [Ranchero] try to plan a date for [Stingray].

[Haha Bro #1]: I see through walls and can selectively focus on anything I want in a spherical range around me. The dragonfly-shaped familiars I used expand my range and lets me aim Curtain Call far past where things would normally start going black for me.

As for Project: Gamera, it's called that because I'm a huge nerd and turtles are kinda my theme. I could have called it Project: Blastoise just as easily.

►Haha Bro #2 (Veteran Member)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
lol Ouch. Also, wrong Haha Bro.

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►Hyunmu (Original Poster) (Verified Cape) (Wards Phoenix)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Oops, sorry.

►Ranchero (Verified Cape) (Protectorate Albuquerque)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Oi!

►Stingray (Verified Cape) (Protectorate Phoenix)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Hey now, he's not that bad. I mean, he once set my car on fire, but that was past the planning phase.

►Ranchero (Verified Cape) (Protectorate Albuquerque)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Off topic [Tin_Mother]!

►BadSamurai
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
lol He's running away. Also, [Hyunmu], does that mean you can see people naked?

►Tin_Mother (Moderator)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Don't answer that.

►Hyunmu (Original Poster) (Verified Cape) (Wards Phoenix)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
[BadSamurai]: Yes, and to preempt this nonsense: It's actually really boring. Sure, I can see your penis. I can also see your kidney stone about to make you piss blood.

Yes, I know what color your nipples are. I also know the exact poundage of shit that's accumulated in your rectum. Hell, I can track it in real time.

Really, you're not as pretty as you think you are. I'm actually a little afraid my power's made me asexual, or one of those otaku neets who are only into 2D women. When I say I can see anything in my sphere of vision, I do mean anything. The human body is more gross and/or scientifically fascinating than it is sexy.

[Tin_Mother]: What? Did you think I was going to solicit nudes or something?

►Tin_Mother (Moderator)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
I can never be too sure with you. There was some talk about someone trying to sell Hero's bathwater? I admit it was before my time but I'm told the internet is a crazy place.

►Hyunmu (Original Poster) (Verified Cape) (Wards Phoenix)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
That was [He Who Inspires]. Oh, wow, he can still be tagged? Hahahaha, that's great. I'm not him though. That would be crazy. Why would a Ward have access to Hero's bathwater?

►Tin_Mother (Moderator)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Why indeed…

►SilentSongstress
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
I have no idea what any of that's about. [Hyunmu], are any of your potions good for diets? Like, are they all allergy-free and stuff? What about gluten? If I'm on a keto diet or a juice cleanse, do your potions qualify?

►Hyunmu (Original Poster) (Verified Cape) (Wards Phoenix)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Wow, I... I don't recommend you take prescription medication as a regular part of your diet, you know, unless you have a doctor's prescription.

My potions are great, but they're not food. Your diet shouldn't factor in at all unless you have very specific nutritional requirements that are medically vital to your health. Long story short: Ask a doctor. They have all the information they need to help you. Seeing how I do not have access to your medical records, I can't help you.

To be clear: No, that is not an invitation to send me your medical records.

►Zero2Hero (Veteran Member)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Yay, you're awake!

Are you working with Hero again? Also, what's he like in-person? Does he have a girlfriend? I heard rumors about him and Alexandria. Do you?

►Minuteman Sam (Veteran Member) (At Ground Zero: Washington, DC)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
lol I remember that bathwater thing. I think someone got into the Madhouse comms or something? I don't know; it was a few years back.

And [Zero2Hero], aren't you too old to ask a 13 year old boy about his relationship status?

►Hyunmu (Original Poster) (Verified Cape) (Wards Phoenix)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
As mildly creepy as that is, I did say AMA, so...

Hero's great. He's actually a huge dork. That's where you fangirls are all wrong. He doesn't want naked pictures of you. Or your underwear. He wants the latest LEGO box set of the Death Star or the Enterprise.

And why would I know anything about Hero's relationship status? I was asleep for three years. What I will say though is: It's really hard to date when you're hiding a huge portion of your life from your significant other. Even when they know, they don't get it without personal experience. That narrows down the options quite a bit.

As for me? I think I'll wait to date until I'm... twenty? Look, if you don't know what the difference between a traditional and a Roth IRA is, you're too young for me.

►Metalmaru ((Verified Cape)) (Retired)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
See, [Hyunmu]? This is why people say you're an old man in a child's body. Do you know how old I was when I knew what those were? It sure as hell wasn't twenty.

For that matter, why do you know what an IRA is?

►BringingDaHeat
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
lol I'm in college and I'm too young for Hyunmu because I had to look up what that meant.

►Haha Bro #3 (Veteran Member)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Hyunmu likes older women, confirmed.

►Miraclemic
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Why is everything about sex with you people?

Oh, here's a question: Will Riley go to public school or will she be homeschooled?

►Tin_Mother (Moderator)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
I don't think that's any of our business. This is a Hyunmu AMA. Let's not dig into details about his family's personal lives.

►Miraclemic
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Fair enough. In that case, how do you feel about the merchandise that the PRT's made in the past few years with your logo on it?

►Haha Bro #3 (Veteran Member)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
lolol [Miraclemic]. I doubt he's even seen them all. I saw [these] Hyunmu brand scissors floating around. They're kinda lame honestly. I mean, the plastic kinda looks like Isolde, but they're obviously just regular school supplies.

►SilentSongstress
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Wait, didn't they get discontinued because kids stabbed each other with them?

►Haha Bro #3 (Veteran Member)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
I don't know. If so, I'm not surprised. I mean, come on, the biggest badass their age stabbed an endbringer with a pair of scissors. What else were kids going to do with them?

►SilentSongstress
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Point. I guess it's still better than the [Hyunmu brand athletic cups]. "Shell-tar" lol

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►Mezcal Mike (Veteran Member)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Wow, putting the PR in PRT. Guess they're the real villains.

►Hyunmu (Original Poster) (Verified Cape) (Wards Phoenix)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
What the fuck.. No, I didn't know that. Please excuse me while I go murder Glen Chambers.

*The user has received an infraction. You're a hero. Please don't threaten to commit a felony.

►Tin_Mother (Moderator)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
I regret this job…

►Hyunmu (Original Poster) (Verified Cape) (Wards Phoenix)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
Fine, so I won't stab him. I'll... I don't know but I'm sure I'll figure something out.

►BringingDaHeat
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
lol Let's distract Hyunmu, guys. [Hyunmu], where is your lab? You're in Phoenix but I don't think anyone's seen you around?

►Hyunmu (Original Poster) (Verified Cape) (Wards Phoenix)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
It sits atop a hill overlooking an enchanted forest in a whole separate world. There, towering trees made entirely of petricite stand taller than skyscrapers and gryphons rule the skies.

►BringingDaHeat
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
You could just say it's a secret, you know.

►Hyunmu (Original Poster) (Verified Cape) (Wards Phoenix)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
I mean, it's not a secret. I told you where it is. You're free to visit, though you might have to find the Aspect of Twilight and bribe her to help you.

Actually, don't do that. She's sweet, but she doesn't know how to play nice with mortals. You'll die… or wish you died. You know what? Let's forget I said anything about Zoe, okay? Don't worry, she's not going to blow up the sun or anything… probably…

►Stingray (Verified Cape) (Protectorate Phoenix)
Replied On Jul 16th 2005:
You really worry me sometimes…

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Author's Note

Hyunmu is an entirely honest person. He's also a shameless troll. Both things can be true at once.

Animal fact? Sure, why not. Pigeons played a surprisingly large role in the World Wars. I'm sure you've heard about some that received military medals of honor, but did you know that Americans once considered making pigeon-guided bombs?

Project Pigeon was B. F. Skinner's attempt to contribute to the project. Yes, that Skinner. Basically, the missile was a small glider with a guidance area in the nose. In it were placed one to three pigeons that pecked at the image of the target. The pigeons would only peck at the image when it deviated from the center of the screen (when the glider went off course) and would be rewarded via operant conditioning methods.

Skinner received $25,000 for his project but the military ultimately canceled it because they felt it was impractical and would take resources from other, more immediately applicable, projects. Skinner himself would complain that no one took them seriously.

Funnily enough, Project Pigeon would be briefly revived by the US Navy in 1948 as Project Orcon, only to be canceled five years later when electronic guidance systems were validated.

So there you know, pigeon-guided missiles was almost a thing in history.